so ... how's life after the honeymoon? now that we have settled down and gotten back to work ...

tiring? still cleaning up the house, cuz since it's Christmas time, it means it's time to BAKE!!!

tried one new fruitcake recipe by some famous chef mother ... baked for 4 hours - our verdict? so-so ... not as good as the original recipe i used. So it means another round of soaking the dried fruits in VSOP, and then getting down to fuss about the oven for another 4 hours of baking time ... ya ... fruitcake is a pain when it comes to baking it, but Mr Lai loves it, and he specifically requested back for this other recipe ... well i love fruitcake too but i just hate the process of cleaning up. Yup, i admit i'm the messiest baker around. This year though i tried a different approach ... i actually TRY to get all the ingredients nicely laid out in their proper quantity. You can assume what the previous baking sessions are like :P

I'm also back to work, on part-time basis. Not sure if I could really handle a full time 9 to 5 job (oops these days 9 to 6 job) at the desk. I'm quite happy now with the arrangement, because it means i could do other things with the rest of the day. I'm now involved with some other sideline business, so i'm busy doing the "marketing" stuff like presentations and website. Better still, I'm brainstorming to see what other things I could better the current situation. I'm actually doing what I like (well at least temporarily ... it's better than nothing!).

Unfortunately, on the side of the coin means, lower income. I'm drawing less than half of what I use to (which wasn't much anyway - is any of my bosses reading this?) so there is the stress of finances. I just hope the sideline business takes off, so which i could do MORE for it, and of course, some income from it.

Maybe i'm too much of a dreamer?