Please put out an APB on my missing photo's!!!

I decided to get something constructive done, so i thought i'd load some pics...like my grad pics and then i could maybe edit and post the "seared tuna salad" LOL...

As it turns out, my pics have disappeared..all of them...

WHAT? WHY? HOW? WHO?

Hmmm, yes..

My sister was trying to do something kind and helpful and at the same time, she was making some space on their camera [i had to borrow their camera to take pics at my graduation].

She then proceeded to load the pics onto the pc..but alas! The program she was using to load the pics was only a trial program..i'm not really sure why she used the wrong program..

And then after "loading" the pics..she deleted them from the camera because she thought they were safely saved...

*sniff* * sniff*

They're gone, the program won't allow you to open them until you subscribe again [or something along those lines] OR they actually didnt load and those files will remain empty on that pc..

Sadly i may have lost my pics for good...i'm hoping that there is some way of retrieving them.

This is the pic of the seared tuna salad...mmm the avo!

not really sure about a title...

edit* Yes, this part usually goes at the bottom of the post, but who wants to scroll all the way down there, hehe..

Some not-so-useful-but-exciting news: I have my very own tv..yes, however strange that may sound, i have never owned my own tv..until now! Which means i get to lie under my covers on these lovely chilly, wintry nights and watch some tv, dvd's and hopefully soon, satellite! HEHE..

The actual post...
It's really funny because i started typing the title and it seems i've used [possibly] used this title before.. that must mean i have serious issues trying to think up a title for my posts. That must be yet another thing i "over think" ...oops, my bad! I just don't want the title to seem boring, or like it really doesn't match... ok, i know that might be some people's signature on their blog post title's to not really match but it's one of those things....

Like the way i don't like buying paper or cardboard if its bent, or can't stand it when people force the paper/cardboard/magazine into a bag that is too small..i mean seriously, then i'll rather carry it in my hand..

Another thing that used to really get on my nerves was when i was at college and my lecturers would demand getting absolutely neat assignments/projects/work etc and we had to fit specific criteria [like putting each page in a single plastic sleeve and that we had to put them in flip files]. That was not the issue, my work was always neat and always flip files and for each assignment i had board new plastic covers and binders for them...i liked my work to be absolutely presentable - maybe slightly over the top to say every assignment had a new flip file/binder etc BUT my point is that i wouldn't use damaged plastic sleeves/binders... and i used to get so ticked off when my lecturers would hand my work back to me, looking as though their chihuahua had marked/graded it!!

At least have the decency to hand something back without doggy ears, coffee stains and/or damaged plastic sleeves or bent covers??

[ok, this is starting to become a ramble post and i'm going off track... i think i've forgotten what i actually wanted to post about... bugger! ]



No wait, i've got it... i remember...


I wanted to say that i know it probably seems strange that i haven't posted anything else food-related, other than the food show. I mean i haven't really posted anything about the things i've made or recipes or my work...


Maybe i should... but that means i need to find pics first! LOL

These are some pics i found ... hope they tantalize those tastebuds!

1. Creme Brulee


2. Choc Mousse Cheesecake


3. Choc Brownie


4. Yoghurt Terrine with Vanilla Meringue


5. Sticky toffee Pud


Those are some of the yummy desserts i used to make and plate [put on plate and add things to make them even prettier!] at the last restaurant i worked at..
I made sandwiches and salads there too, but i had more fun taking pics of the desserts because the dessert section was seperate from the hot and cold kitchens.

Plus, desserts are way way more fun, not so?? ;)

I have a lovely pic of Seared Tuna Salad [with the oh so scrumptious wasabi dressing] but i don't Adobe Photoshop on this pc:( so i can't crop it, sorry - can't add the pic cos one of the ppl i worked with is in the shot - need permission to do so first hehe..

I also have pics of the birthday cakes i'v made.. the edible novelty ones.. kids stuff mostly..

but i think i have to leave that for another post [because that is on my other pc..at home! LOL]

I can't really think of what else i wanted to post today, but maybe i'll just add some new links..

update: the graduation

so.. i went to my graduation..

was really good that i went because i was really happy to catch up with some of my friends.. there were however ppl who [haven't changed and who still are not fans of mine! LOL] Class politcs somehow never left behind..and not even long to enough to be able to congratulate each other! HEHE

Yeh well, for my fans [ahem, friends... it was superb seeing them all]

Ok, there was a rumour that i was in India??? Yes, i'd love to visit India some day,but how'd they come onto that one?

Thing is, i was really glad to go, even though i was slightly disappointed my mom was the only person who came to see it.. the rest of the nation is obviously occupied with work/campus/children on a friday morning..not to worry though, my dad popped in and my sis surprised me by showing up after the ceremony and saying we need to have celebratory lunch [oh and my lunch is only from 12-2 today, so let's get going!!] LOL

I was also pleasantly surprised.

I took some pics..i need to however load the pics [i know i am slow/lazy when it comes to loading pics...] I'll put them up soon..fingers crossed!

oh so sudden

My aunt passed away on monday night..
It happened so quickly and it was a really big shock to us all, because after we had seen her a few nights ago, she had quickly recovered from the stroke... she was talking and she could move and she wanted to go home.She was allowed to go home, but then she got rushed to the hospital on monday evening again..

It still feels surreal, i keep thinking "is she really gone?" because i can picture her clearly and she was so happy to see us and i remember things..like how she made a joke about saving the vanilla wafer ice cream for my uncle because he only eats vanilla ice cream..

My mom took it really bad..she went into shock and she got really sick. They had to sedate her.She's ok now.. Just that everyone really is finding this hard to absorb.

Everything just felt strange walking into their house and she was'nt there.Her body was there but when you there you'd expect her to be sitting there or offering tea [because all of the Hendricks's love tea and won't ever refuse it]..

I love tea too.

It was her time to go, I will make duah for her, that the Almighty (SAW) grant her Janatul Firdous and that He puts Nur in her Kabar Inshallah.

untitled

i wake up in the morning, put on my face
the one that's gonna get me through another day...doesn't really matter, how i feel inside
this life is like a game sometimes
then u came around me,the walls just disappeared, nothing to surround me
or keep me form my fears, i'm unprotected
see how i've opened up, oh you've made me trust
because i've never felt like this before, i'm naked around you
does it show?
you see right through me and i can't hide
i'm naked around you and it feels so right
i'm tryin to remember why i was afraid, to be myself and let the covers fall away
i guess i never had someone like you
to help me, to help me fit in my skin.....



and now you're gone

gra - DUE - 'ay - SHUN

I finished my course just over a year ago..but since their were students in my class that never finished off certain sections/chapters/assignments/projects OR had to redo them, those of us who were patiently awaiting our diplomas... Well, we had to sit back and wait, or work etc...

But since things have changed so much in the past year, the excitement of my upcoming graduation has actually worn off a bit.

What's worse is that i actually can't even work in that industry anymore - well, not entirely, but i can't really stand on my feet all day...refer to chapter one to find out why... Anyway i called to say i am attending the ceremony, but the next step is to actually fetch my tickets [2 lucky ppl get to come see me get diploma'd! ] I also spoke to friend about the ceremony, and my friend said it'd be a nice thing because i'd get to see my friends from college etc.. don't just skip ut altogether...

But the thing that ticked me off and just made me feel really bad is that i mentioned it [graduation] to my uncle a few days ago while he was sitting in my office sipping on his "teatime coffee"...

... and his reaction was, "So late?" so i said yeh and explained the bit about the rest of the group who had to catch up .. then he said "It's such a waste though, i mean it's not like you're even going to use the diploma anymore!"...

me:

i mean to say... Excuse me? Did i hear you correctly? ARE YOU INSANE?
Instead, i politely said, "Well actually it won't be a waste, i mean you do know that i intend to start my own business once i have the finances... it's not like i'm going to work here forever, besides that, i worked really hard to earn that diploma!" [yes, another one of those creatures called perfectionists]

The sheer cheek!

I was apalled.

Anyway, he had no further reply and finished his coffee quietly and then got up left for work again.

I still had a bit of a bleh feelings after that... wondering whether i should actually pick up those tickets... ceremony takes place Friday 20 July 2007 @ 9am...

>>?<<

Oh yeh, just to clarify, we have a ceremony for each level you complete [in SA we have up to level 5 in the industry - so this ceremony is for completion of the level 5 ] The ceremony is just the part where they hand you your piece of paper..however, handing in of final assignment (major assignment) usually qualifies as finishing the course;)

Something off the discovery channel....

I found something out last night, it was one of those rare moments... And now i can't really forget it.

My dad was busy with a steel ruler, some cotton, a thimble, a piece of ancient fabric chalk and those little pointer black scissors my mom has had forever. Yeah, he was busy altering a pair of pants belonging to my sister. And well i was sitting and watching him.

He was having a short discussion with himself about measurments and then he asked me for a ruler and he made a marking on it. I think i heard him mumble something like "three and five eighths" I think that would have meant just a little more than 3 and a half inches...

Now if you know my dad, then you'll know the type of person he normally is, he's a hard man, strict, stern, usually meaning that what ever he says goes. He has worked for something like 27 years [i think, altho it may be 26 years] for the same company. He's worked so hard and if you look at him long enough, you'll see just how much he's aged in the past 4 or 5 years.

He's really a grandpa now..and i mean that with the utmost respect.

But this stern man, was busy altering pants and takin measurements of somethng other than a wall or piece of wood... He held onto the fabric so delicately, with such respect, and carefully and making the precise marking.

I was amazed.

See, my father, was a Tailor back in the day. He worked with his own father and they had their own little business. But that was probably like 100 years ago LOL

So dad, has not really been doing stuff like this in a while, a long long while.And i have never sat and watched him work, and while i did this.. [sat and watched] i saw a whole other side to my dad, a gentle side. Now i know that might sound harsh but seriously it was like watching him hold a butterfly on his finger... and i realised that if he has maybe been in that line of work for longer with his father and maybe someday had his own business in that line, he probably would have been a lot different [well, not entirely but some aspects of him would have been different].

Another i realised was just how much he had been enjoying what he was busy with, he sat with it and it had to be perfect [obviously since it was alteration ] but also perfect because he made my sis try the pants on a few times to make sure the "turn-up" was just right!