I love the sound of real voices, real instruments and real human souls...

Those delicate, small, beautiful moments. 

sometimes life feels like a circle.

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sand shoes & dickie bow

Notice I didn't post it until everyone's seen it?

...Huh? 

......Huh? 

It shows respect :P

DISCLAIMER: If you haven't seen the latest 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who and intend to watch it. Don't read any further!

So here is my review of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special.

According to Wikipedia there was an immediate cascade of positive responses and the rest of the world seems to be applauding at the latest episode's genius...

...Not in my case.

I guess at my small get together that comprised of a Doctor Who-noob, a part-time fan, a slightly more enthusiastic part-time fan (yours truly) and a fully qualified curator of all things wibbly-wobbly and timey-wimey, there was one unanimous response: shock.

And it's taken me a while to break down that shock into words and here they are:

The bad

So my friend (who absolutely loved the episode) texted me asking me what I thought were the low points. 

Haha she really shouldn't have done that.

Here were my responses:

The zygons just forget they're a zygon? Hm. I feel like Moffat at that point panicked about having enough time to solve the Time War problem so he just pushed the issue of the zygons aside and left it hanging. 

What happened to the rest of them? How about the ones that are not in the room? 

This is something we never find out. 

Apologies for the grammatical errors but that text pretty much explains how I feel about the decision to change the ending of the Time War. 

Oh Clara Oswald. What you've gone through.

You were introduced as this dynamic badass that used her computing skills to save the Doctor and his companions and blow up a whole planet owned by the Daleks.

And then you just lost your magic...

I can't blame you. Bad writers and bad episodes did that to you but in this episode, you were merely the companion and occasionally a plot device. 

You aren't really a character anymore. 

Sorry. 

The alright

There were some things which I thought were a bit of a mix of good and bad:

The good

But just like my feelings for the Les Miserables movie, I felt the good points really skyrocketed.

Here they are:

AND of course...the Doctor himself.

Or should I say the Doctors...

I love the comparisons of the three: the warrior, the one that regrets and the one that forgets. It truly gives the idea that the three represent the same person but at different stages in his life and the interaction of the three is a big ball of chaotic, catastrophic, dynamic, symphonic, schizophrenic hilarity. Definitely the high point of the show. 

And there you have it. Quite simply put: I have mixed feelings that lean closer to the positive side so it's a 3.5/5 from me!

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Recipe: Chocolate pie w/almond crumb topping

I have friends coming over today to watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special (I live in Australia and too lazy for the original airing). My parents are making their famous dumplings while I decided to make a chocolate pie with almond crumb topping for dessert.

Here is the recipe if anyone's interested:

Pie crust

1. Place 1 cup flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar and 8 tbsp butter into a bowl and mix well.

2. Combine with 2 tbsp cold water to make stick together.

3. Pat into disc and set in fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Topping

1. Stir 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 cup chopped almonds, 1/4 cup dark brown sugar and 1/4 tsp salt in a bowl.

2. Mix in 4 tbsp butter with fingers till mixture looks like crumbs.

When the dough has set for at least 30 minutes.

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

2. Roll out the dough on surface lightly dusted with flour. Roll up into a ball once more.

3. Place in middle of greased pan (8-inch diameter) and begin moulding into shape of pan.

4. Wrap pan in glad wrap and place back in fridge.

Filling

1. Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla extract in a separate bowl.

2. Melt 3 tbsp butter and 250g dark chocolate in a pan. Add to sugar mixture and mix well till thick. 

3. Pour into pie crust pan.

Finishing up...

1. Carefully place almond topping on top of the chocolate mixture.

2. Place on bottom rack of oven and cook for 20 minutes.

3. Reduce temperature to 150 degrees Celsius and place on middle rack. Cook for another 40 minutes.

Taking it out.

1. Let the pie cool down for at least 10 minutes.

2. Using a knife, carve out the outline of the pie so it doesn't stick to the edge of the pan.

3. Put a plate that is bigger than the pie on top and flip together with pan upside down. The pie should slip out when you pull the pan off.

4. With another plate, flip the pie right side up.

And voila!

And for all you Whovians, don't forget.....

Fish fingers and custard!!! :P

the rocks + clothes, clothes & more clothes!

I spent most of my morning shopping and ended up running late for one of my dance classes so instead I decided to explore the Rocks.

On my way to dance...

AND as promised...

clothes, clothes & MORE CLOTHES!