A Sophisticated Lady Must Have Culinary Skills!

How to Be a Sophisticated Lady

(p.s. This is utter bullshit by NaomiNaoko but good usable bullshit)

I come from an all girls high school  which automatically gets girls like us into a mental category of "prim and proper possible lesbian girls" in a dude's mind.

When guys meet us, especially ones which are drop dead gorgeous with every perfection of their dream Barbie girl, they assume we can cook, be all womanly and sophisticated.

Let's laugh together.

We tend to act like we have 10 brothers before our birth. Not exactly gentle.

An apt example would be me.

I am a clumsy fool who can't cook.

Lived as I was until I turned 19 and felt---------- heck, I need to be more womanly.

Exude that sophisticated , not overpowering but subtle sexiness every confident woman owns.

Here in lies my journey into burning some vegetables, over adding salt, sugar and wine into my dishes.

Couple of times I almost tripped myself on the kitchen floor. Couple more I almost dropped my bowls.

If someone took a video of me cutting my vegetables, let's laugh together again.

Thought I am looking more like Masterchef Australia each day.

I am more of  'Unexpectedly clumsy chef '

My ego got hurt by  my Masterchef Grandma.

In a way, the perspicacity of her remarks will teach me not only to be a good cook,but a highly tolerant person towards insinuating people.

I will cook my following meal, solo. Without the grandma eagle eyeing my cooking style.

This is my grand master plan :

To learn and change profoundly for the better good of myself.To move forward and never look back and live in the present. I must achieve this once my newly short hair grows out back to Sleeping Beauty length and before my parents pack me away for university.

The following are the vegetarian dishes I choose to cook over the weekend.

I will take pictures of the outcome.For now, let's preview what I will cook.

Yes, I am ambitious but I also won't give in to negativity.

Being in an all girls school specifically mine, we are trained to go after dreams in life. We won't back down.

Plus, I really need to mature into a sophisticated lady with good culinary skills.

I doubt there are any guys  like my dad who would accept a lazy rough wifey.

The essence of my being and character are still there but self improvements never hurt.

Ingredients for cooking Western food are very expensive, so choose receipes within your budget and capabilities.

Thank you weak buying power of  Malaysian Ringgit.

I plan to calm my nerves, increase level of swag-ness by playing my favourite playlists in the kitchen as I cook.

Preview of my playlist

1. II Mundo -Jimmy Fontana

2.Riptide-Vane Joy

3. La Valse d'Amelie - Yann Tiersen

4.Sur le fil -Yann Tiersen

5.Naomi - Yann Tiersen (Cascade Street )

6.J'y suis jamais allè - Yann Tiersen

My Picture Story

The Road of Lost Love 

by NaomiNaoko

Description: I have put together photographs I have taken and edited them to compose somewhat of a story of emotions.No, I am not PMSing. PMS to me means Pissing Me Shitlessly (which I believe most males think their girlfriends does that to them every month)

The combo :Coffee and Books

Preparing Morning Coffee

 

 

 

 

My Light Breakfast

My book haul

The Introvert's Way

The Introvert's Way took my full attention. As a natural introvert, I thought this book could relate to me silently.It reminded me of a book about The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain.She gave an astounding talk in TED. Do watch what she has to say before judging introverts. 

Eleanor & Park

Well, I thought it was sweet and yes you could say very much cliche romance however at that time, my mind was rather interested in reading how hipster love is like. All i could say was Park would secretly share his comic books with Eleanor. I found it rather sweet of Park when he placed his headphones on her head. They spent every bus ride sharing the love for music. Unfortunately, I stopped reading it as Park's loving ways towards Eleanor had elicited something sad within me. I think I am alright to pick up this book again.

John Green Books

If you've read The Fault In Our Stars, then you may be pulled into buying more of his books. I know. Cliche story of a boy and a girl with severe health issues, they fall in love, and then the author just had to pull a romeo and juliet by killing off the guy's character.Well, if you are a girl with emotions running high.This is a book for you. I liked it because I fell in love for the witticism and charming main dude.

 

 

 

 

 

Murakami

 

 

He is the best kind of writer, nobody competes with his absurdity and brilliance. Eloquent, classy, yet understandable. I love how he could represent his ideas so beautifully, intelligently with a tad bit of witticism thrown into the bowl of awesomeness. His books are about the different worlds,the point of view of the world to each of his own different characters. What we common people accept as absurdity, it is in fact fate to him. Whenever I read his books, I think to myself  "If I am married for life to such a guy with a mind I would love to unravel, and then love every part of him to bits."

I recommend a way in enjoying and even falling in love with Murakami.

First read Norwegian Wood, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle,Blind Willow Sleepy Woman, Kafka On The Shore,After Dark ,Underground and saving the best for last 1Q84. 1Q84 and Norwegian Wood are stellar together.

 

 

 

 

Orhan Pamuk

 

 

 

This is my first book from him. I am trying out books written by Nobel Prize for Literature winners.I hope I will finish it and probably do a book review. I bought Red Sorghum which was a book by Mo Yan the Nobel Prize for Literature winner of 2012 however I didn't find the time to read it. I will try to make it a point to do so.

 





Mitch Albom

 

 

 

 

Please.Read Tuesdays With Morrie. Then you would understand my Mitch Albom obsession. His other book called The Time Keeper was also really good however some critics in Goodreads thought It wasn't as good as his other books. I have to disagree with them. It is a beautiful masterpiece about Time. There is a time to amend your wrongs , a time to forgive, a time to be still and enjoy how lovely life can be if only man did not measure time and allow it to govern his life.

 

 

 

 

 

Love&Books

 

 

 

I would love to one day read a book under a tree, during Spring with the sun shining one me and the breeze lovingly caress my skin.