Lemon Tea? Anyone?

I like made lemon tea for babe yesterday, apparently she like it and hope to do it herself! so independent. so here i m typing this entry for ani1 interested in making your own lemon tea, you must be asking: "why the hell i can buy Seasons Ice Lemon Tea at 65 cents at Sheng Siong, NTUC, or 1.20 in any kopitiam, would i wana waste my precious time and effort to make this crap?"

the reason being:

1- its really more refreshing then those commercial ones
2- its not that sweet! --> low cal --> ideal for ppl who are watching their weight
3- confirm no preservative
4- u get the kick n satisfaction when ppl say its nice!
5- u get to customize it! adjust the sweetness to your likeness, add some curry or durian into it for extra kick!

ICE LEMON TEA

• boil 1 liter of water in a pot or kettle.
• add 5 packet of Lipton tea or any nice n cheap tea bag into it
• you can just dip it inside around the corner to make it lk pretty
• * do not crush the teabag--> release tannins that causes our tea to become bitter*

You have to wait for at least 1 hr i think, this step is called steeping, just add the cover n leave it alone. i normally go back to study or play net :D or mayb call u babe. its alrite if u go n slp and forgot bout it, i once leave it for 3 hrs, and it still taste as nice :D

• remove tea bag *once again do not crush or press the tea bag*
• add in 1 - 2 freshly squeezed Lemon--> depend on size and how lemony u like :D
• add in 1 bowl of sugar, it might lk alot! but cummo its def less then carbonated drinks n Season Ice Lemon Tea sugar content. it really depends on ur taste, if you dun have a sweet tooth like me, u can just add mayb 5 grain of sugar :D up to u
• stir like mad to dissolve it, dun have to reheat or wry bout the temperature! becoz adding lemon juice lowers the pH and allow it to dissolve! why? okie here goes

lowering the pH means increase in Hydrogen (H) ions, by increase the H ions, it decrease the no. of H bonds between water(H2O), coz ion-dipole interaction btw H+ and the O of h2o. when this happen, H2O molecule network, aka water lattice, is brokenup, this also decreases replusion btw sugar molecule (nonpolar) and water!! meaning the sugar molecules is able to insert itself into spaces btw water molecules instead of staying amoung itself cluster fark within itself.

okie lets get back to ice lemon tea

• sip it and taste it, its suppose to be sweeter den normal! of coz, u haven add the water!!
• now add another 1 Liter of water, stir it well. pour all into a container and put into frigde
• now just wait for it to chill. so simple! especially the chem part rite.

tok about my normal life, 1 word --> HAPPENING
have to plan so much stuff i haven study my psychology for 2 days! wth

• pluck my 2nd pair of wisdom tooth damn fun!!
• plan cycling route! its quite fun! below is the intended route for the cycle route!

• play with Google earth n see how much i actually run every time! around 6.8km, this is my solo route, if i run with lun n wei then its another route. its traced in the red dots and white line
  

• below is the other running route i call it the WLD route, weilundelon. LOL its 6.46km for me, but this more slack for me coz i always havea can of 100 plus at 3km pitstop at lun blk before finishing it
  

tomorrow have to go back sudong!! weeee.. kinda lking forward to it. plan to have bbq in one of the nights. honey bbq wings, satay. ahhh this is life. study n enjoy :D sudong power!!!!!

Miss You

Carbonara

Did this for lunch, xia wanted to learn, so heres a very lousy recipe and very noobish instruction for you girl.

• boil some water and add 1 tsp of salt
• add your pasta and follow instruction at the back of the pasta packaging (11 mins)
• Taste a bit to confirm its cook and not too hard or soft

• while cooking the pasta (11 min) get a yolk and whisk it
• while whisking, add 1 tbsp parmesan cheese

• when pasta is cook, throw the water away and drain it, use the chopstick to stop the noodles from falling out, if theres some water left in the pan, its alright, what i did was to just keep stiring it and the rest of the water will just vaporise into steam
• Add some olive oil, mix well to coat the noodles *
• Off the fire and slowly pour in the Yolk-Cheese mixture
• **keep stiring and mixing the noodles as ou add the mixture, the heat from the noodles should cook the noodles slightly and coat it and not form pieces of egg on the noodle
• if you find the mixture abit slimely and er xin. turn on very small fire n keep stiring the noodles

there you go babe, your fav carbonara :)