first piping job with pastry bag! cream puffs or choux pastry...call it anything u want

sooo i was bored yesterday and had nothing to do...and too lazy to go out etc.etc. of my endless excuses...i went on flickr for random flower pics...and i found a strawberry cream puff pic. it looked sooo good and my sugar craving these days just won't listen to me these days...i decided to look for the recipe...found it...its a fairly easy recipe...so i thought i would make it since i have all the stuff i need in my kitchen.
first step was to make the dough. fairly simple...just boil the butter, salt, sugar, and water and put the flour in...and stir until it becomes a dough that won't stick to the sides of the pan...cook for a few minutes to reduce the moisture in the dough. let it cool down for a couple of minutes. put the cooled dough into the mixer and add eggs (one at a time) there is no instruction on how many eggs i should add...since it really depends on how large the eggs are and how moist the dough is (the drier the dough, the better it absorbs the eggs which in turns puff up more when its baked) i stopped at 4 eggs when the dough felt glossy, heavy and consistent.
here comes the hard part...i've never done any piping with a pastry bag in my life before. i figured ohh it should be easy...its just squeezing the dough from the bag. what i didn't realize was the amount of dough i had made. i figured i would get one tray of puff pastry. but after piping one full baking tray of the dough...i came to a horrible realization that my dough was not even half empty yet -____- my hands were already hurting from holding the pastry bag in certain way for piping. but i can't stop...or else what am i supposed to do with the rest of the dough...i can't just turn it into a cake the next day...the composition is different. so i had to keep piping and piping...it took me over an hour to get 4 trays!!! i piped about 110 mini puff pastries in total (each tray fits about 30 - 35) the puffs came out nicely after 25 minutes in the oven...totally paid off my hard work.
now to the filling!
the recipe calls for pastry cream which needs whipped cream and i don't have at home. i thought i could make my own by using the mixer but i didn't have any heavy cream at home...the only thing i found in the fridge was a box of half and half. so i had to trash that idea and came up with my own filling...i found some cream cheese (regular and peach) so i decided to make cream cheese mousse. whipped up an egg white first then added the cream cheese with some lemon juice along with some sugar...it tasted great! but the texture is not firm enough to pipe into the pastry so i had to leave it in the fridge for about an hour...thennn finally started piping the mousse into the puffs. they were delicious!! would i ever make them again??? maybe i will...depending on how much time i have. cuz this thing took me a whole evening to make. but it was worth the time and effort. it is a dessert after all and no one would say no to it! =P

Ai No Oto (English version) Lyrics

Ai no Oto a.k.a Sound of Love by Moumoon

"Good bye for now" you said
Waving hands, I couldn't smile
I knew it was the last "Good-bye"
Cause your eyes never lie
I walked away from you
I just could't turn back
Wished you stopped me, and you held me

I'm missing everything when you're not here with me
But my freezing hands couldn't dial to hear your voice
I really want you to be close like you used to be
But that was then, I don't know how you feel without me

On silent nights I hear this sound
Just like our love fading away
Ah snow flakes falling down so slowly
On my window pane
Before the memories fade away
Until my pain goes away
The only thing I ask from you to do
Oh please be with me

Tell me, oh tell me
What do you see and how you feel
Oh tell me
Where are you now?
Tell me how you feel

I liked the way you think, I liked the way you talk
Holding hands, feeling your lips
Hugging, teasing, squeezing you
I saw us smiling in photographs, then I can remember how we laughed
But the time goes, Can't go back
Memories of you still goes around and around
And my tears from my eyes coming down and down
Wanna tell you how I feel about right now
But don't know how to say it, I can't find the words to say

The sound of love fading away
Ah I know you can hear it, too
You're so kind, but sometimes it hurts me
Oh don't make me cry

Telling myself that I'm OK without you no more
But I don't want you out of my life because I need you
Before the memories fade away disappear someday
I wanna see you right no Ah
The Sound of love silencing our hearts through the lonely night
The Sound of snow covering our hearts with moments of the past
With every "Hello" there's "Good-byes"
I know beginnings always have an end
Even though it may be fate

Tell me, oh tell me
What do you see and how you feel
Oh tell me
Where are you now?
Tell me how you feel

Credit: youtube

yayyy

Man U vs. Inter
2 - 0
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ta ta ta touch holic...how 'bout you? don't you want it? ♪♪♪
♥Jang Geun Suk♥ cuteness!

Samsung CF/MV
Yeptic & Haptic Love - Jang Geun Suk

another mv ^^

Jaejoong has anger management issues...but who cares...JJ is still hot ;b
call me call me~~~

Call me by Taegoon

MAY'S Daydream~~~

Another awesome song I randomly found.
Love the traditional japanese instrument (harp I think..Im not really sure)mix with modern music...this makes the whole thing really cool!

Heres MAY'S Daydream from her new Dreaming single

The only thing that cheers me up today

So I checked my schedule for next week and see what is due on what day...I kinda got depressed cuz I don't know what Im supposed to do for some of my assignments...so I started listen to the song Im in love with on youtube...the full version isn't out yet...so I waited for the official release (March 4th according to Duy) and I found the link to the full version (ripped from the official PV)on youtube with romanization and translation of the original lyric!!! yay meeee ^^ that made me feel so much better. The quality is pretty good (around 7.5 MB) even though its a PV rip.
The romanization and translation are after the vid...just so I can look at it whenever I want.



TRUST YOU - YUNA ITO
Hana wa kaze ni yureodoru you ni
Ame wa daichi wo uruosu you ni
Kono sekai wa yorisoiai ikiteru no ni
Naze hito wa kizutsukeau no?
Naze wakare wa otozureru no?

Kimi ga tooku ni itte mo mada
Itsumo kono kokoro no man'naka
Ano yasashii egao de umetsukusareta mama
Dakishimeta kimi no kakera ni
Itami kanjite mo mada
Tsunagaru kara
Shinjiteru yo
Mata aeru to
I'm waiting for your love

I love you, I trust you
Kimi no kodoku wo wakete hoshii
I love you, I trust you
Hikari demo yami demo
Futari dakara shinjiaeru no
Hanasanaide

Sekai no hate wo dare ga mita no?
Tabi no owari wo dare ga tsugeru no?
Ima wa kotae ga mienakute nagai yoru demo
Shinjita michi wo susunde hoshii
Sono saki ni hikari ga matsu kara

Kimi ga oshiete kureta uta wa
Ima mo kono kokoro no man'naka
Ano yasashii koe to tomo ni hibiiteru
Afureru kimochi no shizuku ga
Atatakaku hoho tsutau
Tsuyoku naru ne
Shinjiteru yo
Tsunagatteru to
I'm always by your side

I love you, I trust you
Kimi no tame ni nagasu namida ga
I love you, I trust you
Ai wo oshiete kureta
Donna ni kimi ga michi ni mayotte mo
Soba ni iru yo

Waiting for your love
Always by your side
You're the one that I love
You're the one that I trust
You're the only one

I love you, I trust you
Kimi no kodoku wo wakete hoshii
I love you, I trust you
Hikari demo yami demo
I love you, I trust you
Kanashimi demo yorokobi demo
I love you, I trust you
Kimi no subete wo mamoritai

Donna ni kimi ga michi ni mayotte mo
Soba ni iru yo
Futari dakara shinjiaeru no
Hanasanaide


English Translation:
Credits to Seirya@nana-nana.com/yunaforum

Flowers sway in the wind as if dancing
So that the rain moistens the earth
Even though this world is alive, coming closer together
Why do people hurt each other?
Why do partings come about?

Even if you go far away
You're still always right in the middle of my heart
While they remain completely buried by that kind smile
Even if I feel pain
In fragments of you that I held, because we're still connected
I believe that we can meet again
I'm waiting for your love

I love you, I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you, I trust you
Even in light, even in darkness
Because we're together, we're able to believe in each other
Please don't leave anymore

Who saw the end of the world?
Who announces the end of the journey?
Even though it's a long night and the answer can't be seen now,
I want you to move on on the road you believe in
Because from this point forth, the light is waiting for you

Even now, the song you taught me
Still remains within my heart
And echos along with that friendly voice
The overflowing tears of my feeling
Run over my warm cheek
Become strong, ne
Believe!
If we connect with each other
I'm always by your side

I love you
I trust you
The tears I shed are for your sake
I love you
I trust you
You taught me love
I love you
I trust you
No matter if you walk on the wrong path,
I'll be beside you!

I love you
I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you
I trust you
Even in light, even in darkness
I love you
I trust you
Even in sadness, even in happiness
I love you
I trust you
I want to protect you completely

No matter if you're walking on the wrong path
I'll be beside you!
Because we're together, we're able to believe in each other
Please don't leave anymore

This is copied from youtube. I do not own this.

new addiction~

Trust You by Yuna Ito
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season Ending OP2



GO SETSUNA!!

new semester...new schedule

This is how my finalized schedule looks like

Monday - 8 am to 11 am
Tuesday - 10 am to 6 pm
Wednesday - OFF!
Thursday - 12 pm to 3 pm, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (yes i know !___!)
Friday - OFF!! :3

So i got nothing to complain about my schedule except for my Thursdays...i mean it already sux enough to go to school in the freezing -10 something degrees weather...i heard the prof takes the entire 3 hours to lecture...which means no getting off early around 9ish...the class will be over exactly at 9:30 pm. !___! i really don't want to go home that late in the cold...it will be around 10:30 by the time i get home >,< but thennn im happy with the 2 days off.

currently watching:
Minami-ke okaeri
Skip Beat
MSG 00 second season
Kuro Shitsuji
Toradora (palm top tiger rocks!)
Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou
Maria + Holic

Manga
Ouran High School Host Club (almost done ^^)
Kuroshitsuji