Darrenkane

It's the season of Christmas and that gives me more time to indulge in food. But besides eating, there is much fun and joy in making it too. So i decided to make a Marble Cheese Cake. It turned out to be easier than I expected. Mine was a little too watery and so I reduced the about of eggs into the recipe below. So here's how I did it. 1. In a plastic bag, crush 140g of diguestive biscuits until fine and add about 1 tbs coco powder, not too much or it'll taste bitter. Add soften butter (50g) into the crushed bicsuits till it sticks to each other. 2. Beat the cream (1 tube of Philadephia cream cheese) until soft, but not too much. Add 2/3 cups of fine sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tbs vanilla extract and 2/3 cup of heavy cream and mix well. 3. Remove 1/3 of the mixture into another bowl and add melted chocolate into it. 4. Line a baking tin with the crushed biscuits so that it forms a crush and pour the plain mixture into the tin. 5. Add spoonfuls of chocolate mixture into the plain mix

Once again I'm back to blogging, still foreign with it though and at the wrong time; Exams peeking from behind the bushes with a sly smile. So what are we, poor and frustrated, students to do? Well beside praying, we can draw strength from caffeine and one of my best way, in my opinion, is to drink coffee. Stay in NTU hall, there's no personal pantry to make my own coffee. Grind the beans, and let water pass through the grains and out comes thick black gold. So I have resorted to 3-in-1. Being a person who can drink coffee and fall asleep the next moment, coffee is not longer for staying up but as a way of life and appreciating the wonders of the Earth. I was introduced to Nescafe's new 'Cafe Menu: Cappuccino & Mocha' by a very good friend. I think aesthetics is very important when selling a product and here Nescafe has does it once again. The packing is appealing to the eye and slim so it fits in your hand perfectly. I see a trend with the packaging becoming

I found it quite silly to travel up from Ho Chi Minh (HCM) to Hanoi and back down again, after hearing about the bumpy and long journey. Thus the trips will now be from HCM to Hanoi and a flight direct from Hanoi to S'pore. Day 1 (10 Aug) Singapore → Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) (Secure trip to Angkor Wat, for early next morning) (Secure day trip to Mekong Delta on Day 5) (Buy open tour bus pass from HCM to Hanoi 47 USD) Day 2 (11 Aug) Ho Chi Minh City → Siem Reap, Cambodia • 6.45am - Catch bus to Siem Reap • 7pm - Arrive in Siem Reap Day 3 (12 Aug) Siem Reap Day 4 (13 Aug) Siem Reap, Cambodia → HCM Day 5 (14 Aug) HCM → Mekong Detla (Can Tho) → HCM Day 6 (15 Aug) HCM Day 7 (16 Aug) HCM → Nha Trang (Bus Dep: 7.30am or 8.30pm) • 15.30 pm - Arrive in Nha Trang • 7.30 am - Catch bus to Nha Trang Day 8 (17 Aug) Nha Trang → Hoi An • 7.30 am - Catch bus to Hoi An ZL will be heading back to HCM to catch 5.30 pm flight back to S'pore by Tiger • 15.30 pm - Arrive at Hoi An Day 9 (18 Aug) Hoi

The idea came about when I, sadly, decided to cancel my Mount Kinabalu trip due to lack of interested and serious people need to cut the cost of the climb. Serious issue when it comes to climbing 4,000 meters up and with only 70% of oxygen as compared to sea level. I have always liked the idea of backpacking. Mainly because it is cheap, especially important when you have to save up for so many things installed for us (to pay) in the future. I have been on somewhat a backpacking trip to Penang, Malaysia. Booking only the air ticket there and nothing else. Malaysia is a relatively easy country to backpack, especially for a Singaporean who know a little Malay. It was a nice adventure, with 2 other good friends of mine, dodging in and out of hotel and lodges to find for the cheapest yet with acceptable living conditions (to us - meaning simple bed & toilet). We spent about 5 days in Penang, and booked a bus to Kuala Lumpur (KL), after getting enough of Penang, don't get my wrong, i

Question is why did I want to start a blog? Well very simply it all started when I had to complete an ICT module, where I had to get my hand dirty, by actively using blogs and evaluating them. The idea of starting a blog is not new, and I guess I have been asked by some to start one, posting about food and traveling, which are my interests. Only problem is when I do not have the time to regularly come online to check on the traffic flow and reply comments. But well its free so why not, good experience for using ICT to teach in the future. On hindsight, I look forward to posting articles about the world around us, unique situations and things, which can only be found in certain parts of the world and also my food and travel discoveries. Cheers, Darren