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Made dog treats over the weekend. SIL asked why did I make dog poo. Then I realised the treats do look like dog poo. From someone who ate too much oats but failed to digest them :p I've been buying dog treats to reward Jack and Gypsy after their walks but I find them expensive. So I've decided to make them myself. Found the following recipe online. It's really easy to bake them: Ingredients   1 cup wholemeal flour or low protein flour 2 eggs 1 cup rolled oats Pre-heat the oven to 170 dgree C. Mix all the ingredients together and form a dough. Start shaping the dog treats (you can use a dog bone mold if you have one :)) Place the dog treats on a baking sheet. Send into oven and bake for 25 mins. Lower down the heat to 120 degree C and bake for another 20 mins. Let the cookies cool down and store them in air tight container. They can be kept for 1 - 2 weeks. Gave the treats to both of them and they love it! Jack gave up his escape plan just for the cookie.

I've attempted to make sweet potato steamed bun once, it turned out okay but not perfect. So for the second round I combine 2 recipes, 1 from a recipe book and another from the Internet. Managed to improve the texture of the bun and I am quite happy with the outcome. If you would like to give it a try, check out the recipe below :) By the way, I made the buns with bread maker's help. Sweet Potato Steamed Bun / Pau 番薯包 Dough   300g --- medium pro flour/ plain flour  3g ------ baking powder 150ml-- plain water  6g ------ instant yeast 30g ----- sugar  6g ------ vegetable oil  Filling  200g --- sweet potato (I used the orange sweet potatoes. You can use the expensive Japanese sweet potato and skip the sugar as I find them quite sweet)  30g ---- sugar  30g ---- unsalted butter  1. Steam the sweet potatoes until tender.  2. Prepare the dough while waiting for the sweet potatoes to be cooked. Pour the 150ml water into the bread pan. Sift fl

 2 weeks ago, I picked up Mr Oreo from the groomer and...he's so silly that he did this... He bit his own tail till it's bleeding! So geram and heartache. He's giving us no choice but to make him wear cone of shame (e-collar). When you thought that's the only silly thing he did...He surprised us again with... Sorry for posting the gross photo. When I pointed at his pee and asked him "Why You Pee In The House?" in a stern voice. He did this... Hiding under the chair and refused to come out I don't know whether to be pissed or to laugh. The daily dose of my happiness :)   The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ~Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912

A song that depicts my current life so accurately. I wrote about Being Twenty Something  7 years ago and how time flies without you even realizing...I am already in my 30s T_T! If I could, I would have told the 20-something-me, stop worrying and enjoy your life! If you are still in your 20s, I strongly advise you to: 1. Travel more 2. Forget about those crappy relationships 3. Enjoy being single 4. Play hard but work harder too 5. Treat your family well 6. Save and invest ASAP 7. Buy yourself a property 8. Spend time with true friends 9. Get involved in volunteering work 10. Most importantly, have an open mind, go for your dreams and have no fear. I am sharing the above from the bottom of my heart, lol. I wouldn't say I have regrets but I think I could have done more and better in my 20s :) Your 20’s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing possible. Be selfish with your time, and all the aspects of you. Tinker with

I almost cried my balls out reading the eulogy written by John Grogan to his dog - Marley. I guess you will never understand the pain of losing a dog if you never owned one. If you do, you will know that they are never pets to us, they are family. Not sure about others but dogs have taught me so much about love, compassion and loyalty. You can read the eulogy below:  In the gray of dawn, I found the shovel in the garage and walked down the hill to where the lawn meets the woods. There, beneath a wild cherry tree, I began to dig. The earth was loose and blessedly unfrozen, and the work went fast. It was odd being out in the backyard without Marley, the Labrador retriever who for 13 years made it his business to be tight by my side for every excursion out the door, whether to pick a tomato, pull a weed, or fetch the mail. And now here I was alone, digging him this hole. "There will never be another dog like Marley," my father said when I told him the news, that I finally ha

The screenshot above shows that I did try to blog multiple times but I failed to complete any of the entries. Call it writer's block or perhaps I have to many concerns whenever I try to blog? I've to make sure my grammar is correct, I am writing proper English and I have to think many times if it's okay to share what's on my mind. I do miss the carefree me. I would really like to ask the 20-something-me, how did you manage to share so much? Don't you worry what others might think of you? You being an emotional person, the relationship issues and your shameless selfies! What has aging done to me -_-? Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging. ― Maya Angelou