Some updates!

I'll try to do this in as little words as possible.
Last weekend, saw Transformers 2, or Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen. I enjoyed it a lot. Explosions, computer graphics, car-chasing scenes and Megan Fox. Sometimes, it's really enjoyable to just be able to watch a movie without having to think much... Call it low brow, but, I enjoyed myself.

I injured my leg running a couple weeks back. It's healing slowly, but it's getting there... So, I can walk fine, but just can't run... my right calf still can't handle much impact yet. On a somewhat related not, a new wall-climbing gym just open for business a month or two ago. It's really close to my workplace and a bunch of us go there weekly. After a couple of climbs, I decided that I like it, like it enough to buy my own gears... so, I have my climbing shoes... and also a complete set of indoor climbing gear... Harness, carabiner, belaying device (ATC), chalk bag....

On a totally unrelated note. I was sorta on a spending mood last weekend, and my friend commented that the walls on my apartment need some love, some personal touch... So, i decided to pick up a few frames and hang up some pictures... So, below are some pictures in pictures...

I love this picture of me staring into the great Grand Canyon...

Some pictures of Michigan... the Union on the right, and the bell tower on the left
the Union on the left and the bell tower on the right.

So, yeah, I'm liking it... it seems more homely now... guess i might pick up a few more frames and do something more about it...

And another note. I passed exam 5. :-)

Too much TV...

So, I've been watching way too much television shows lately. So, most sports ended last week (NBA, NHL), and I don't really watch baseball as there are just way too many games played every season. But, instead of spending less time in front of the screen, I'm just spending the hours watching new shows and movies.

Finally, I'm actually utilizing my netflix subscription to its potential. To give you a sense of how much TV shows I watched, last weekend, I saw 5 movies and countless more hours of HGTV and Food Network shows.

This weekend, I saw 2 more movies and more than 5 hours of HGTV. And on top of that, all 7 episodes of season 13 of South Park. I think I missed the entire season 12 as well. But, that's too much to catch up this weekend. Maybe next weekend.

Also, started watching a new drama series Leverage. Interesting so far.

I partly blame my watching more TV on my injured right leg. I still can't run on it. Walking is fine, but I soon as I put more weight on it, my right calf aches... I'll give it another week, if it doesn't heal completely, I'll have to seek for some treatment. Absolutely not what I want to do.

Other than watching tv, there's also more cooking and baking going on around here. I baked another sheet of brownies again today. This time, instead of marshmallow creme and chocolate frosting, it's butterscotch, peanut butter and semi-sweet chocolate chip morsels as toppings. It got a little messy as I tried to cut it before it's fully cooled down (thinking that it will be hard to cut it once it's cooled and the topping hardened). But I like this week's brownies better as it's even richer with all those morsels.

How much...?

So, my obsession with numbers/counting continues... So, it's been a slightly more than a year since I moved into this apartment. And, I just renewed my contract to stay in the same place for another year. Guess, I'll try to save up some money and see what's next. Maybe I might decide to move into my own place next year. Maybe I might decide to move to another apartment next year.

So, in a year, I used about 1 liter of cooking oil. What else?
4 tubes of toothpaste,
4 toothbrushes,
48 rolls of toilet paper,
7 rolls of paper towel,
250 sandwich bags,
6 boxes of facial tissue,
300 bags of teabag,
4lbs of brown sugar,
...

Anyway, I wanted to start studying this weekend, but instead, I decided to procrastinate a little longer. To effectively do so, other than watching movies and sporting events, I came up with something even more creative. That is, to make brownies... (inspired by my manager a month back as a pick me up for us who were studying and a colleague who brought brownies in a couple weeks back,).

So, it turned out really well, much better than I expected.
The ingredients... Baking spray, marshmallow creme, chocolate fudge frosting, chocolate fudge brownie mix (not in the picture: a pinch of salt (even though it's not mentioned in the instruction, I was told by my mom that you need salt for whatever you cook/bake...), 2 eggs and 1/3 cup of cooking oil (which pretty much finished that liter of cooking oil).

Mix the ingredient and spread them onto a baking tray...
350 degrees and 29 minutes later... this is the semi-finished product... well, semi-finished because I decided to go fancy than just plain brownie...20 minutes later, when it's cooled down, I spread a thin layer of marshmallow breme on it.
Then, I add some chocolate fudge frosting onto it, spreading it with a butter knife in a circular motion to give that swirling effect...
To give it some room to be cut into slices, I took away about half an inch from the side so that I can have some sliding room for those cut slices so that they are well separated (also, so that I can eat that half inch that I took away). It came out really much better than what I expected it to be... Must be from all the watching my mom making all the cookies and cakes when I was growing up. Or just because I can follow instructions well... :-)

So, will let you know what my colleagues think tomorrow... Who knows, this might sprawl a bake-off...

Either way, I successfully procrastinated studying.