Cupcakes.

CUPCAKES

More specifically, Devil's Food cupcakes.

Staying at home can be quite boring, especially during the holidays. I've done almost everything I planned on doing, I've slept long enough hours, and I've wasted many hours doing useless stuff. 

I figured it's time I changed that and do something more.. productive and enlightening.

I love to bake stuff. I've baked red velvet cupcakes once last year, baked chocolate chip cookies twice this year and unfortunately I failed (they were too soft for my liking). Baking brings joy to a person like me who, has a sweet tooth and spends countless hours on youtube watching other people bake cupcakes, cakes, cookies, pies - you name it. 

It's time I get baking too, instead of watching others have fun baking desserts while I sit in front of the laptop screen feeling both hungry and miserable.

After spending way to much time searching for a recipe which is not only easy to do but also has a tasty outcome, I've finally found the recipe I needed.

||I'm going to be using pillsbury devil's food cake mix instead of making the cupcakes from scratch. The purpose of this post is to save everything I researched for future references.||

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

1 3/4

cups devil's food cake mix (about 1 2/3 cups)

1/2

cup water

1/4

tablespoons vegetable oil

1

egg

Frosting:

• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks or ½ pound), softened (but not melted!) Ideal texture should be like ice cream.
• 3-4 cups confectioners (powdered) sugar, SIFTED
• ¼ teaspoon table salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• up to 4 tablespoons milk or heavy cream

SERVINGS: 12

LINKS to the cupcake & buttercream recipes:

• http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/hot-chocolate-cupcakes/0a9538e7-8659-4b1c-844f-d51ea981ffe0
• http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/03/buttercream-frosting/

I'll be making these next Monday.

Until then, back to watching Youtube videos.. ∞

UPDATE 8|8|2014: Ah, I remember that day when I baked these cupcakes.

Instead of using vegetable oil, I used peanut oil and it resulted in the cupcakes having a hint of peanut flavour in them which made them sort of non-appetizing. As for the buttercream.. yeah, we failed at making the buttercream too. 

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And the award goes to... Girls' Generation!

#YTMA

So guess what I'm going to be talking about today.

Need a hint? It has something to do with Girls' Generation owning western fandoms' asses during the YTMAs.

Now, whenever I wake up, the first thing I do is... open my eyes. Lol.

On a serious note though, AFTER I open my eyes and brush my teeth and all that stuff you do in the mornings, I go on twitter to be up to date on things that i've missed while I was sleeping.

Imagine waking up to a fanwar between western fandoms and the kpop fandom.

It was a really displeasing sight to see tbh because us kpoppers seriously don't need to take this bullsh*t from them. The racist comments, the negative energy, the "girls' generation who?" jokes, everything, just EVERYTHING.

So here's what I have to say about this situation (Although I'm not a Sone): SNSD won fair and square. WHY? Because sones united as one and voted for "I got a boy" in hopes that their goddesses would win.

Instead of being arrogant assh*les and ASSUMING that their idols would win, they voted and voted and voted and SNSD eventually won in the end. (Whilst some lazy asses are out there complaining their butts off.)

Ya' know what they say, "United we stand, divided we fall". THAT's what makes a fandom. That line is something fandoms should take note upon because if the people in the fandom aren't united, they might as well crumble overtime and fall apart. If you guys can't be united and vote for let's say Justin, 1D or Gaga TOGETHER then it's not a surprise they didn't win.

||hehe, what's funny is that if you take away the 3 million votes from snsd, they'll still win anyways||

And just so you know, claiming that YTMA is rigged is just stupid and childish. It's obvious you don't want to admit that your little wittle artists aren't as good as the non-American singers.

Boo-Hoo GET OVER IT.

Here's a tip: try VOTING as a united fandom next time k? 

It's not our fault your fandom sucks at voting.

//ugh I'm ranting and ranting and I forgot half the things I wrote lol. There may be some irrelevant things up there plus some grammar mistakes but I'm too lazy to read it over because it's 1.30 in the morning and I just had to get this off of my chest before I sleep.

I wanna sleep with peaceful thoughts.

Since I'm so sleep deprived I guess I should end this here but I MAY come back to edit this post and hopefully whatever I write then will make more sense than whatever I wrote up there.

If you're offended then Boo-Hoo, I have the rights to say what I want to say and if you're going to bash me well then be my guest. 

Anyway, good night.//

[UPDATE: unfortunately for me though, the need to rant has disappeared and when it does, I can't really write anything on that particular topic anymore. So, I guess I'll just leave this unfinished product here and hope that there won't be any articles like this in the near future.]

∞

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Things I need to buy in Japan

LIST4JAPAN

Basically, this is a list of things I need to buy while I'm in Japan~

• I found an Etude House in Tokyo = (Etude House B1F 3-38-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku Lumine store in Shinjuku, Tokyo ) And since the things sold in Japan are usually a little cheaper compared to my country(EDIT: so my mom told me that Japan's stuff aren't cheaper if the stuff aren't made in Japan), I'm gonna be patient and wait till then to purchase Etude House's Rose Rosy Tint Lips in Before Blossom and/or After Blossom.
• Green Tea Kit Kat(OUT OF SEASON) || Strawberry Kit Kat || Meiji white chocolate || Meiji Green Tea chocolate || Rilakkuma KitKat
• Hopefully my mom forgets the whole "pokemons are monsters and you have been brainwashed" theory and allows me to buy an eeve or vaporeon figurine.
• TOTORO.
• Shingeki No Kyojin(?) / Kuroko No Basuke & Kanisame Hajimemashita(?) stuff for cousins in exchange for european/australian chocolate (yes I'm addicted to chocolate, don't judge me I'm underweight) x4
• http://www.seriouseats.com/assets_c/2011/05/20110503-japanese-snacks-chocolate-meiji-petit-assortment-thumb-560x400-158007.jpg
• 
  

-I'll update the list soon-

TO_BE_CONTINUED_________________

UPDATE 8|8|2014: Looking back at this post, I've realised that I did manage to get a few of the items listed above such as:

1. Green Tea Kit Kat at the airport at the VERY LAST MINUTE (THANK LORD FOR THAT) 
2. Strawberry Kit Kat
3. Meiji White Chocolate
4. Shingeki No Kyojin x1
5. Kuroko no Basuke x I don't remember how many

And that's about it.

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Girls’ Generation’s YoonA to be Romanced by 20 Years Senior Lee Bum Soo for “Prime Minister and I”

LINK : http://www.soompi.com/2013/10/21/girls-generations-yoona-to-be-romanced-by-20-years-senior-lee-bum-soo-for-prime-minister-and-i/

Here are my thoughts

Woah. Even though it's just acting, both actors have a TWENTY YEAR AGE GAP. TWENTY YEARS.

First off, I get that YoonA wants to venture further into the amazing world of acting where you get the chance to portray different characters from time to time instead of just being a singer that barely gets any lines, But seriously!? I don't understand WHY she'd accept this role. (*coughs* TWENTY YEAR AGE GAP *coughs* ) 

Secondly, won't Lee Bum Soo feel awkward?
I mean, this girl is young enough to be your neice! Won't it be weird to act as lovers despite having such a HUGE age gap? 

Imagine, it's like watching an ahjusshi and a young lady be in a relationship. I'm sorry but that's just a little bit disgusting in my opinion.

Everybody had a 'problem' when Girl's Day's Hyeri was reportedly dating former H.O.T member Tony Ahn because of their 16 year age gap. They describe it as seeing an old monkey and a young girl together ( by 'they' I meant korean netizens )

So, will they also have a problem with this even though it's just acting? I'm really curious.

I guess I'll head on over to Netizen Buzz right now to see K-Netizens' reactions on this matter. 

Til' next time, bye! ∞
[Update: Unfortunately for me, Netizen Buzz hasn't touched on this topic yet.]

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Good doctor ep1 [thoughts]

GOOD DOCTOR EP 1

Exams are over and so freedom begins.

With freedom comes boredom when you realise that there's not many exciting things you plan on doing with your spare time. 

That is why I have decided to use up all of that free time to catch up on k dramas which I have recorded beforehand on tv.

One of those k dramas includes good doctor.

Now, I've been meaning to express my feelings so many times-whether to my friends or on twitter-because I find this drama to be not only very fascinating at times, but also very irritating.

||As to why I find it irritating, it has something to do with how the other characters in the drama treat the main character, Park Shi On ( Joo Won ).||

But is twitter really the place to vent out your frustrations? Unless you don't mind having many people unfollow you ( unlike myself ) I'm sure you'd find it satisfying. Unfortunately though I'd like to keep my followers.

Furthermore, do friends really make you feel more relaxed after you tell them everything you hate about the drama? NO. Especially those who haven't watched the drama yet, they just nod and pretend to listen when in retrospect they're probably wishing you'd just stop blabbering already. This makes me feel really REALLY unsatisfied.

So to vent out everything I have stored inside of me I decided to write a blog post since I have just finished watching episode 2, and let me tell you - I'm kinda pissed.

EPISODE 1

>When their so-called "friends" force Shi On and Hyung to go inside an abandoned mine

Seriously, what the hell kids!? 

I was literally disgusted when I saw this scene because it depicts how messed up kids are sometimes. 

"Go inside and get me something then I won't bully your brother" what kind of logic is that?

It is ridiculous to risk your life just so you could "play" with someone who's not even worth playing with, let alone someone who used to bully you a couple of times.

The fact that hyung thought it was a fair request and went into the abandoned mine to find the thing they wanted made me speechless. seriously speechless.

And then he died, in front of his little brother. Who didn't see that coming seriously?

How sad for Shi On. He had to witness his brother's death after he witnessed his rabbit's death.

(I would've loved to punch those little kids who caused all of this. 

>The kid who got injured when a big sign board accidentally fell onto him

Now, I know kids can be really clueless sometimes but seriously

you see a giant signboard dangling from the ceiling and you just stand there looking at it?

really?

I was expecting the board to fall onto him tbh because that was quite obvious.

Now getting onto the part where Shi On performs surgery on the spot-

I find it very repulsive to see blood oozing out from the kid's body even though I know it's fake blood. I mean, I'm not like those people who faint whenever they see blood but still, I do get disgusted at such scenes.

Even so, I will continue to watch this drama because I am quite interested in the storyline ( not only because I think Shi On is hot *coughs* *coughs*if that's what you're thinking )

>The Kim Do Han guy

Throughout the rest of the episode, I have constantly been pulling back the urge to punch my tv screen whenever this guy appeared.

His malicious words and his cold-guy-appearance makes me really really annoyed at him.

(Now, I'm not hating the actor okay, I'm hating the character he's playing.)

They say that the reason he's so mean to Shi On is because he blames himself for his brother's death ( who ironically, also had disabilities ) but I don't want to give in to this bs.

He should learn to be more professional. Hating someone innocent because of your personal regrets is unprofessional and stupid in my opinion.

Now, I had way more things to rant about but unfortunately, I've forgotten most of them since I watched this episode last Thursday(?) I think?

What I can't forget is that I was so angry to see cute little Shi On get picked on by many people who look down on people with autism, I mean c'mon! Cut the guy some slack would ya'?

Anyway, if you feel that I'm being too picky and I should just enjoy the drama, then please don't ever visit my blog again.

Because in the land of kdramas, there's always that one character, one plot twist, one accident etc that makes you get all boiled up inside and unable to breathe.

If you can't understand my POV then I'm sorry.

However, if you DO feel the same way as I do, please look forward to my thoughts on ep 2, which is coming up soon~

And if you yourself have written down your rants on this drama or any other dramas on your blog, please link it to me in the comments section! 

Thanks for reading! ∞


EDIT:

I'm not going to share my thoughts anymore.

It's just that I'm too lazy to type up all this stuff when I could just shout at the tv screen to release my anger instead.

I mean that's not satisfying enough but hey, at least I don't have to move my fingers.

Also another reason is that I've been so absorbed into the drama that I keep watching the next episodes non-stop.

I could watch 2-4 episodes in a day without stopping.

Because of this, I've sorta forgotten about what I was about to write/rant on that particular ep. Hehe. 

That is all.

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Please don't hurt Infinite anymore.

INFINITE

Now, I REALLY REALLY REALLY love Infinite 

And seeing them get hurt makes me sad.

K-fans get to see them everyday, yet they abuse their privileges and do crazy things that injured some members

From what I heard, the members in the 2nd car got injured on the way to a recording(?)

Here are some pics:

> Sunggyu

Woohyun's nose got injured

Sunggyu got grabbed by a fan

Sungyeol injured his leg ( he's limping )

Sungjong stepped on broken glass

Please know your boundaries!

Infinite didn't even complain! they kept on smiling and saying thanks to Inspirits

SO please. Watch yourselves.

pics: cr owners

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