Re: June post, previous bento and 4th of July cake

Here's the souffle that I attempted to make in a custard cup (I ate some before the picture was taken so..yea ._.), the last photo I took of my daily bentos, and a small cake I made for my friends on the 4th of July.

Store updates and more

O~su! I'm finally back and I've updated the store section again and if you're too lazy to scroll down, here are the updates with some additional comments:
Japan Home Center: (Chinatown, NYC)
tamagoyaki pan (is under $3, is more sturdy than the $1.99 tamagoyaki pan sold at Banzai99 and is sold in CHINATOWN *coughmichellecough*)
sushi roll molds (There are two different molds for this just for you know- the smaller one is for single fillings and is $2.50; the bigger one is $3 and yah.. it holds several fillings. Note that they only make the kind of sushi with the nori on the outside.)
Sunrise Mart: (SoHo, NYC)
new discoveries: Plastic sushi grass is sold for $.99 by the pocky section. Pocky sale; $.99 per box (contains 4 packs inside). I've read from other people that Sunrise sells Panya cookies for $.99 in huge bags after 9PM. Note that there are two Sunrise Marts in NYC and they close at 10PM on weekdays, if i remember correctly.

I have this obsession with Mont Blanc pastries and wagashi now. Somebody seriously has to help me buy chestnuts and kanten so I can make them~ ;o;

New Post of the Month

Hehe.. I havn't updated for a while.
Summer: Moving on to HS, Summer School in Chinatown until mid-August, volunteer work at Day Care Center afterschool, almost no time with friends, tons of *gag* summer hw..
At least I can still find the time to make a bento everyday ^_^;;

Crazed

It's the end of the school year and in 2 weeks, I'll graduating from middle school. 3 years passed by pretty quickly and there are a ton of people I'll miss including teachers D; My senior friends are graduating too and srsly... you guys will be missed by me a lot. I wouldn't even have joined any clubs if you guys weren't around so yea. Call me any time.. I'm not online as often as I used to be so keep that in mind..

At some point now I will feel mildly depressed and alone so if you're with me please try your best to include me somehow...

I'm a bit lazy right now and my own computer is pretty much half dead and won't stay on for more than 10 minutes. I won't post any bento pictures and I couldn't take a picture of the last bento I had in Anime Club. I did take a picture of a souffle I made today from a recipe from Cooking Light (Apr 2007) but that'll be posted later.
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News and Updates:
Shop section updated- Sunrise Mart (SoHo, Manhattan)
Off to AnimeNEXT: July 6-8 (Somebody suggest an easy character to cosplay on the 6th and 8th?) 12012 playing in the evening of the first day! :O concert is free with purhase of convention admission ticket.
Smashing Pumpkins new album will be out in July 10th.
No Lindsay playing at Club Europa at 10:30pm on July 11th.

Baked goodie and some news

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._. I spent several hours making this. Since I didn't have a mini muffin pan, I had to use my regular sized pan and had to fix the portioning myself. They turned out pretty well though and my parents really liked them. For me, the recipe only yielded 10 tarts, but I suppose you could make one more tart if you used even less of the filling and pastry in each tart.
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Ok. So I just came back from my 8th grade graduation trip which wasn't so great. Why? Well my school had us pay over $200 to spend only 2 days and one night at Washington DC. We mostly went to monuments and memorials. The places that actually required for us to pay money was for the bus ride to and from school, at the hotel (which we shared a room with 3 other people), our bagged lunch for the first day and bagged "dinner" for the second day and at two food courts. My bus' air conditioning kept breaking down and the emergency exits at the top of the bus had to be opened. Little did we know, there was going to be rain and lightning a few hours later. My teachers couldn't reach the latch while the bus was *moving* on the highway and even after we got off at school at 10pm, we still didn't get to close the darned things. The bus ride was a bit boring except for the occasional strange events (a car on fire on the opposite lane on the highway) and talking with my seat buddy, Nathan who was in my homeroom 2 years ago.
Psh..I know nobody really reads this blog unless I make them read it don't tell me that I have no life because that's already a known fact.

*Check Cassadaga post and shop guide for an update; Banzai 99cent Plus.

Bento Collection

I recently went to Banzai and bought about $15 worth of bento supplies~ :D
So here's my latest collection:
Photo 1: Most of my collection
Photo 2: My collapsible sandwich bento, a matching side dish container and a HK sauce container.
Photo 3: The collapsed version of the sandwich bento
Photo 4: My first bento with a handsewn elastic and a blue i.kotoba bento
Photo 5: 2 green Putifresh bentos
Photo 6: My trusty flat utensil set
Photo 7: All my rice molds
Photo 8: My trusty lunch bag; fits 2 bento boxes, my utensil set and 2 side dish containers
Photo 9: My *o*ful sakura bento (that's actually plastic ;o;)
Photo 10: somewhat matching kinchaku that actually fits both tiers for my sakura bento
Photo 11: My wonderful $2 tamagoyaki pan
._.ll I still don't understand how to post pictures on this blog..

Cassadaga

Just today, i bought Conor Oberst's new cd Cassadaga. It is AWESOME. I've been listening to it over and over for the past 2.5 hours. But what's amazing isn't just the music, but the cover art. It's beautiful and it makes me think. What i really like about the cover is that it comes with a decoder.
I've taken a picture a part of the front cover:














Random thought: I should make profiteroles during the weekend... and more meringues :9