If only the weather could stay like this forever.

The weather has been Awesome!

Yesterday, according to a friend, it was 17 degrees in the middle of the day. But yesterday, Na was still in T-shirt and shorts for the entire day in uni.
Come to think about it, it's been really comfortable lately.

Today, Na feels light hearted and almost too carefree to have any motivation to mug for friday's paper.
All because of this:
It may look like just another rainbow, but if you take a closer look, about a few cm above the first rainbow is a hint of another rainbow!
Here's another angle of the rainbow. Super faint, but it is there.
Double rainbows. A rare sight. You have to be really lucky to meet one. Today, the folks in St Lucia must be having a good day. ^^

Too much life

Too little TVXQ.
I'm turning Na's Haven into a boring place!! (In Na's context.)

Na's Haven isn't Na's Haven without TVXQ!

Something recent.
Tohoshinki's Asahi Ontama episodes.
It's pretty JaeSu-fied this time round.

Jaejoong rocked this episode:

Joongie's face when imitating Changmin. *ROFL!!*

SMS killer Jaejoong in action!

Ahhh!! It's cute to see how they phrase their thoughts. Junsu sounds so much like a kid in here.

They are all funny here. But the highlight has gotta be JUNSU'S ButtCrack!!!

And the last bit of TVXQ ganging up on Junsu. How typical.

There are 2 more episodes that are also hilarious.
1 where Jaws came into the picture. How imaginative!
and another that's suppose to be on TVXQ's stage errors/regrets, but turned out to be Junsu's errors. How perculiar. And I thought Junsu makes the least mistakes. How cute.

Lastly, abit of Changmin love ^^


Sometimes I wonder... would Tohoshinki be closer to the real TVXQ or is DongBangShinKi the real deal?
I mean, most fans love DBSK better than Toho, but recently, I came to realise that as their popularity rises and command of Japanese improving, they start to be alot more of themselves rather than the quiet/polite/respectful/rigid Tohoshinki. I mean, they are still polite and respectful, but they are also showing alot of their true selfs to the BigEast. Whereas in DBSK, there's an image to uphold and the netizens to be wary of.

Oh no! Na is turning from a Cassie to a Bigeast!!

Oh wells, as long as it's TVXQ Love. (:

Chef Na back in business!

The journey to regain my cooking abilities have been toilsome, but Na still managed it. Here's 5 dishes to regain your cooking abilities.

First up, sunny side up.
It sounds ridiculously easy, but at least you wouldn't fumble and screw it up. Seriously, anyone who screws up egg frying shouldn't even be allowed to step into the kitchen.
Second dish to regain your cooking abilities: Mashed Potatos and Gravy.
Recover your fear of sharp objects in the kitchen by starting with a potato peeler. It's the last sharp thing you'd expect to cut yourself with. Butter knives aren't sharp.
When you're almost ready, season some chicken, bake them and make chicken rice out of chicken stock. Na's surprised!! This really taste like chicken rice at home!!
To fully regain confidence, Kimchi Jigae is the answer! Chef Na wouldn't be Chef Na if there isn't any Korean in her cooking. Add some vermicelli in the broth and you'd get a nice bowl of Kimchi Soup Beehoon!
How creative!
Finally, when you've accomplished all of those mentioned above, you're alas ready for the finishing touch of professionalism.
Greenbean soup. Sounds easy but you'll need a precise judgement of quantity and procedures to accomplish this dish.Oh! Did I mention I also baked double choc chip cookies? But that's out of a premix, so it shouldn't be something Chef Na should brag about.

Chef Na says: No electric mixer lar! Don't blame me lar!

Sheena's Haven says: Yea right.

Marilyn's Birthday!!

I don't think she reads my blog or knows it exists since I hardly do any publicity for Na's Haven.
Anyways, Marilyn just got home from US this morning, and it was her birthday yesterday, so the 3 kids at home decided to throw the woman of the house a surprise birthday party dinner.

First of all, every birthday needs a cake. We could have bussed down to indooroopilli to get one from the coffee shops, but it'd be no fun anymore.
Well, Chef Na may be in sabbatical, but her spirit is still in the house!

Marilyn's Birthday cake shall be homemade double choc chip cup cakes!
Premix of course. We'd make one from scratch, but an electric mixer wasn't within our budget. (Yea right.)
Fill up the colourful paper cups until half full and line them up on a baking tray.
1 for Marilyn, 1 for Lina, 1 for Ann and 1 for Na!
And in goes the cup cakes.... You have no idea how gruelling the 20minutes of baking was. The scent/fragrance, the sound of the oven fan, the joy of watching the batter rise into delicious little things. You'd think you've walked into a house of CMI Cheerleaders when the oven went "Ding!"
Take the cup cakes out to cool for a while. In this case, 1 night, cuz Marilyn was arriving in the morning, and being a surprise, we had to do it the night before so she wouldn't find out.

Next, make the choc icing!! (yea.. premix again.. cuz no electric mixer lar!! (yea right.)) And spread them evenly on the cakes. Sprinkle choc rice quickly before icing hardens.
Being the inspirational Chef Na, I bought the metallic ball candy thingies to decorate the cakes.
And what do we do with the left over icing?
Strawberry "Fondue"!!!

Well, a dinner can't be only cup cakes. So Lina plans on making... guess what!?!?!?
NASI LEMAK!!!
And an essential in Nasi Lemak....
Ikan Billis!!!

Umm... there's only so much lazy people could do. So deep-frying is out of the option.
Instead, we have this sambal ayam paste thing that Ann contributed to complete our Nasi Lemak combination.
It's not fried chicken wings, but it's still chicken wing that taste excellent!
We lay out the table and wait for Marilyn to walk out of her room.
Oh.. the yellow thing is egg tofu omellete.
Once dinner is over, off the lights go and out comes the Unit 5 choir singing the birthday song for our dear Marilyn.
Happy Birthday Marilyn!!

Na's Haven in Brissy

Curious, Curious.

Yes, I do have people asking me what my room in Brissy looks like now.
Last semester I did a house tour but this semester, after I moved, I got too busy with life so I didn't get the chance to hold a house tour in Na's Haven.

First of all, unlike last semester's suite, this is not a very big room. So not much touring is needed.

Welcome to Na's Haven in Brissy.
Please enter.

First up, Na's workstation.

It looks absolutely neat in real life, but somehow it translates differently in photos.
Next, you'll get to see how Dongbang-fied Na's room is.

The white doors (or you may think is a wall) with loads of pictures stuck onto it is my wardrobe. And yes, those are ALL Dongbang pictures. ^^

OhOh! Sh and Qp! Spot the card you gave me for my pre-21st! (:

And lastly, where no magic happens, Na's hibernation nest.

Uh Huh! More Dongbangs!!! I Love It!!!
Although not as Dongbang-fied as my home sweet home in Sunny Singapore, but this room is pretty dongbang-fied for a 1 year accommodation.

Sab! Yl! Mich! Nz! Spot the Star Card you guys gave me b4 departing last year!!

A random fact: Na has 7 calenders in this room. Guess why.

Long time no see Sunnybanks :)

Straight after the easter holidays, a group of 9 girls headed to Sunnybank for Dim Sum at Landmark Restaurant.
Sunnybank is a asian-fied town 30-40mins bus ride away from uni.
After Yum Cha, we split into our own groups to do shopping. I, obviously joined the M&Ms club.
Next stop, dessert!!
There's a taiwan/hongkong-ish dessert shop nearby, so we stopped by for tauhua.
We did our asian mart shopping, buying stuff like frozen pandan leaves, fishballs, rock sugar that cannot be found in Coles or Woolies (local supermarkets).
Nearly 4-5 hours later, Bel had to leave for her Zefron movie and so it was just the Lodge Trio left for dinner.

Just a little trivia.
M&Ms gang = Lodge Trio + Bel.
Lodge Trio = Ambassadors of Unit 3/5/6 of Campus Lodge.
And we're all Singaporeans.
Which brings me to my next photo.
Our dinner place: Little Singapore in Sunnybank.
The menu looks absolutely fine at a first glance.
The usual Nasi Lemak, Laska, Curry, etc.
But when you take a closer look and read the menu intently, you'd realise that OBVIOUSLY A SINGAPOREAN DIDN'T WRITE THIS MENU!!
How Ironic!!
*Hint: Try finding Roti Prata in the menu.
We took a loooooooong time to decide on what to eat. It's been a while since we had anything Singaporean-ish. So long, that all the waiters/waitresses had each came up to us to ask if we were ready to order.
Ooo! And guess what??
NONE OF THE STAFF WERE SINGAPOREANS!!
HOW IRONIC!!!!!!!
You get Korean staff in a Korean restaurant,
Japanese staff in a Japanese restaurant,
Thai staff in a Thai restaurant,
Vietnamese staff in a Vietnameses restaurant, and
Taiwanese staff in a Singaporean restaurant!!!
Ash: Chicken Char Siew Curry Dry Noodles
Rach: Laksa
Na: Seafood Horfun

You'd think that judging from the photo, laksa would taste the best.
But Nooooooo. I thought mine was the best. ^^