Thirty and five

Long time no hear. I've been busy, a lot of things was going on and I really didn't have time for writing a blog. So I'm writing it now. It was a pretty good week even though it's not a Sunday yet. There was a party, I went on a walk with my friends, cooking, cleaning my hamster (of course) etc. I love walking on sunshine. Just like the song says. I mean, who doesn't like walking on sunshine? I also like walking in snow. Not in rain, but snow. But because is already the end of the April, I really hope that there will be no snow. I already put away skis and other winter accessories. It's not convenient to drag them back out. Anyway, now the sun is shining and I'm not gonna worry about tomorrow. Since Easter is coming, I'll worry about easter eggs, ham, horseradish, and sweets. Sweet home Candylama. And if someone wants to join the After Lent party, welcome!

And now I'm gonna dream about ice cream.

HF, D.

#34

I was off for three days. I went on a short trip and it was great. I went to Italy, specifically to see Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre means "five lands" or five villages.
The Cinque Terre is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian riviera. It is in the Liguria region of Italy, to the west of the city of La Spezia. "The Five Lands" is composed of five villages: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all part of the Cinque Terre National Park and is a UNESCO world Heritage Site.
The Cinque Terre is noted for its beauty. Over centuries, people have carefully built terraces on the rugged, steep landscape right up to the cliffs that overlook the sea. Part of its charm is the lack of visible "modern" development. Paths, trains and boats connect the villages, and cars cannot reach them from the outside. The people are very nice, friendly and want to show you everything. They also want to sell you everything. They have an amazingly good food, especially they're known for their sauce called "Pesto". You definitely have to try it when you're there. Of course you have to try their ice cream too. It has a rich, sophisticated flavor. They surely know how to get more and more tourists. We also had a very beautiful weather, which made this trip even better. I'm thinking about moving there. If you want to buy a mansion, you won't buy it without having to pay at least a million euros. It's not so expensive, right? (read it with the sarcasm) But I must admit it was a nice trip with a nice people and I'd love to do it again. I'll post you some pictures to see what you're missing ;)

HF, D.

Thirty 3

Today I found this good recipe for even better chocolate cake. I recommend you to check it out here:

Death By Chocolate:

Yield: 12 servings.

Ingredients:

8 oz (225 g) dark semisweet chocolate (40-50% cocoa)
2/3 cup (140 g) butter
1 cup (210 g) sugar
4 eggs
4 heaped tablespoons (1 dl) all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1½ teaspoon baking powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons sour cream

Ingredients for frosting:

2/3 cup (1.6 dl) heavy cream or whipping cream
9 oz (260 g) semisweet chocolate (40-50% cocoa)

 

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C).
2. Line a circular 10 inch (25 cm) cake tin (3 inches tall) with grease proof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin. (Please note that the cake will rise to 3 inches and collapse somewhat when cooled. If your cake tin is less than 10 inches wide and 3 inches tall we recommend that you use two cake tins.)
3. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it with butter over hot water.
4. Beat the eggs with sugar, mix with flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract.
5. Slowly fold in the melted butter and chocolate and the sour cream.
6. Bake at 350 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 40 to 50 minutes (if using 2 cake tins 20-30 minutes may be sufficient).
7. Cool the cake completely. When it has obtained room temperature place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before removing the cake from the tin (the cake is sticky and difficult to cut when it is warm!) Remove the crusted surface on the top of the cake, and cut in half, horizontally.

Frosting:

1. Heat 2/3 cup (1.6 dl) of heavy cream or whipping cream in a sauce pan.
2. Remove from heat, add 9 oz (260 g) of finely chopped dark semisweet chocolate, stir until smooth, and let it cool until in thickens.
3. Use one 1/3 of the frosting between the two layers, 1/3 on top, and the rest around the cake. Put the cake into the fridge for one hour or more to harden the frosting.
4. This cake should have room temperature when served. 

 Since I'll be gone for three days, I hope you'll bake the cake and tell me how it tasted. Thanks for being that nice. And if you spare a piece for me, you would be even nicer.

Enjoy these 3 days and when I'm back, I'll write the next blog.
HF, D.

32-bits

I don't feel like talking and writing today. And neither feel like dancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5I6y1Qvz0





HF, D.

31 of..something

I'm sure you all know the movie How to lose a guy in 10 days. I'm sure you also know the Date night, Due date, Iron man, Transformers, Life as we know it, Grown ups, Dinner for shmucks and The Bounty hunter. I'm also sure that you know Forrest Gump, Up, The Hangover, The Proposal. I cannot imagine you didn't see the movie spectacle Avatar. For all the cartoon fans there is Madagascar, Shrek, Finding Nemo, Rango. In case you didn't see them, now is the right time to do it. And if you don't like these movies, here is a list of some movies I recommend:
James Bond: Quantum of Solace,
Transporter 3,
Batman: The Dark Knight,
Fantastic 4,
Brüno,
My best friend's girl,
Slumdog millionare,
John Tucker u're dead,
Ocean's 11, 12,13,
Catch me if u can,
Taxi 4,
Ghost rider,
Patch Adams,
Number 23,
The DaVinci code,
Crank 2
Turistas,
The proposal,
Yes, man,
Hide and seek,
Nothing Hill,
My big fat greek wedding,
Unborn,
The mist,
The happening,
Pursuit of hapiness,
The prestige,
Guess who,
Just my luck,
Cast away,
Little miss sunshine,
Truman show,
Hairspray,
Nine months,
Sixth sense,
The national treasure,
Face off,
Max Payne,
The Italian Job,
Rush hour 1,2,3,
I, robot,
I, legend,
Speed 1,2,
Twister,
Dante's peak,
Panic room,
60 seconds, 
Gone, baby gone;
There's something about Mary,
You don't mess with the Zohan,
Hannibal,
Behind the enemy line,
Wanted,
Alcatraz,
The recruit.


If you don't like any of this movies, God help you, I surely can't. 
I would like to talk to you a little more, but I'm too occupated with watching Prison Break.
Thanks for understanding (or not).




p.s.: My hamster enjoys eating (which is irrelevant to this theme).

HF, D.

30 minutes of toothache

Yesterday I felt a little swelling in the gums. In one afternoon my gums swollen and it hurt a little. I went to bed with a tought that tomorrow will be better. I'm am afraid of dentists and I'm sure you don't like them so much either. I thought that next day I'll try to put some compresses on the teeth. Then, in the middle of the night I woke up and my jaw was very swollen. The rest of the night I was thinking if I'm gonna go see a dentist next day or if I'm gonna wait a little. Soon the morning came and I got up to go to a dentist, I didn't want to risk it and get into trouble. So I went to the emergency dentist. I sat on his chair and got a very very big injection of local anesthesia. I had to wait about 15 minutes to got my jaw paralyzed. I sat back and opened my mouth. The dentist wasn't too happy to see that mess but he had no choice than fix it. I was sitting there for 30 minutes for sure and thinking how happy I am because I didn't feel any pain. Thanks to the injection of course. He cleaned my teeth and even that my jaw was still swollen, I felt much better. I went home much more happy, but after few hours the injection has abated. Ouch. It hurts but it's also better than before. Of course I couldn't eat, especially anything what is difficult to chew. Now I'm drinking water and eating some yogurt. And I hope tomorrow will be even better.




Otherwise I could not have the After Lent Party in two weeks.


HF, D.

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5 ways to escape your bed in the morning:
1) Because we all know the-monday-out-of-bed-morning feeling, I'll tell you a few ways to escape it. It's awkward when you wake up at 5 a.m. and you try to get up, but your bed keeps pulling you back and threatening you. At first, you try to lay back and pretend that nothing happened.
2) Slowly you try to get up again and reach your slippers. If bed still pulls you back, you have no option than lay back.
3) You move your left and then the right leg. If nothing happens, you try to move your hands. If still nothing happens, you get up piece by piece. If bed starts moving, play dead.
4)I'm sure you have some kind of scissors in your bedside table, so get them out of it and try to cut bed's evil assistant blanket. Then you move forward to your pillow. When you cut it all, in silence of course, because bed can hear you, put the scissors away and crawl out of bed on the floor.
5)When you're sure that bed doesn't follow you, run away as fast as you can, dress up, eat the breakfast and go to work.



Next day, you do it all over again.


HF, D.