Lilitu, katsudon and the quest for the perfect abs.

It has been another long hiatus from the blogging sphere but here is your favourite author back with her chilling repertoire of moral conduct and outlandishly witty statements on world politics..errr... umm maybe not.

I am officially back at uni this week, sounds like fun doesn't it kids?
i have started most of my projects, created already my own essay topics for this semester
( one is based on the myth of Lilith) God, i love my course so much, i can tailor it to study pagan, esoteric and anciently historic things so well!

All the old faces are still there, yet they have changed somewhat. Our course has been chopped and changed so much over the last few months, it doesn't resemble the vibrant and happy place it used to be, but there is still hope. We have a new lecturer, who brings a fresh and vibrant feel to the material, and with myself picking up a subject from the education department, I have a chance to experience the learning styles of other departments. I must say that Genres of Childrens literature has to be one of my most favourite classes so far this semester. We get to study children's books and Neil Gaimen features heavily in our texts!

I have been doing some Aquasize for the last couple of weeks, it has been a fun and easy workout, with my muscles being sore at the time, but no residual pain afterwards. i cant really tell if i am doing a good work out or not- apparently it is common to feel no muscle tiredness or aches after a hard session in which you have worked hard and sweated...also, as of next week i will be doing an awesome personal training session on Tuesday nights- which involves half an hour of some serious cardio and strength training... to tell you the truth i am a little scared as i know my fitness level is not up to scratch, though i have a tread mill now, i have only used it once, but its quite a work out.

I have been taking a packed lunch to uni on Wednesday and Thursdays, in my little bento box! it involves me putting some of the food i cook at night into my little lunch box, but its good fun and sometimes i even make sushi, but i would love to always make Katsudon! :)

So for a blogging first i am going to share a recipe :)
Chicken Katsudon

( this photo looks nice but mine doesn't come out so neat :)
ingrediants :
short grain rice one cup
2 fillets of chicken breast, cleaned
panko crumbs > available in the Asian isle of Safeway or Coles)
3 eggs
one onion
mirin seasoning > safeway,coles, bendigo wholefoods
Dashi soup stock ( aka dashino moto > coles, bendigo whole foods
soy sauce
tomato sauce >
Worcestershire sauce >

method :
1. boil rice in one and half cups of water or as per instructions
2. cut any yuk bits off the chiken then flatten ( beat it up) until its thin
3. set up two bowls, one with an egg in it, and one with the crumbs- dip the flattened chicken first in the egg, coating it wholely, then in the crumbs covering it completly. heat up a pan with a bit of oil in the bottom and then fry the chicken.
4. while this is cooking mix up 2 packets of dashi with about a cup and a half of boiling water. add one TBSP of mirin, one TBSP tomato sauce, ONE tbsp soy sauce, and one tbsp Worcestershire sauce. stir, then set aside.
5. cut up one onion into rings while keeping an eye on the chicken.
when you have done this, take the now fully cooked through chicken out and cut into strips about 2 centimeters in width, place this back in the pan with the onions and the soup stock. keep an eye on your rice.
6. when this mixture comes to the boil, crack in the remaining two eggs over the top and let cook. you will start to notice the liquid will start to get thicker, and soaked into the meat- this is good!
7. serve the rice into a bowl, then add the katsudon over the top and voila! you are done!

it tastes just as good cold too :)
Here is a link to a fabulous website specialising in cooking for bento if you too are interested http://www.cookingcute.com/recipes.htm

enjoy!

fitness take 2

What can i say, some days i feel like a born loser.
This week is no exception. I had a gym membership... And, like all things that i start i go hacks for a month or so, then petter out into nothingness. I spent 300 big ones on a good gyms membership, only to end up not going in the last month of it.. Oh, sure i can use excuses to back up my reasons, but i know that in reality its all down to laziness. I didn't want it enough.- but like the fool that i am, I always say it doesn't matter, that i have a better plan, so... while that plan forms in my head i neglect the last plan and etc, etc in a never ending cycle of destruction. I know i shouldn't beat myself up over it, many people don't take to gyms- and i know a few people who let their memberships lapse... But i wanted to write it here.. so i can remember for myself- and so some of you can prod me to move my ass when you see i am flagging again!
On this same topic i went on a school excursion the other day, the final component of which was a climb up a hill... I was the last one up the hill.. and for a long shot too.. seriously like ten minutes after the rest of the group had climbed it i finally made it to the top and by golly did it hurt, not just physically but mentally.
So... I bought a helmet the other day. Its purple and silver and pretty. yep, you guessed it, my new pursuit is bike riding. It worked once when i was living with Bernardo (when i didnt have the naughty David shoulder imp saying bad things in my ear: e.g. FRAPPPPPPPPEEEEEEE)and i have decided to do this alone. I am not setting a goal thats unattainable, (like my lose 30kilos in 6months gym deal) but something broad. The official label is "just be healthy"- No crazy four-times-weekly-only-eat anything-green-plan... I am going to allow myself some leeway- a little bit- like, coffeees on wednesdays for uni, and when i meet up with my fave girls; dinner out only once a week maximum- and choose the healthy option- cut down on meat, and increase my vegie intake to 80% of my daily food( which i am proud to say i have been doing pretty good at) but keeping my goals to a cyclic and easier to manage area. :)
Tegan has volunteered to be my wing captain and go with me, which is excellent as she has an awesome bike track close to her house! so yeah like i said earlier...
This is my new plan of attack. Riding, riding towards freedom... and hopefully i will stick with it.



P.s i just read over this and i realise its all crazy eccentric all over the place weird sentances... but really...meh.