Langues de Chat cookies

In the recent weeks, I find myself spending more and more time in the kitchen (on weekends), experimenting new recipes - both cooking and baking. I am popular at work for being lazy in the kitchen, due to the fact that I get my dinners delivered to the office. In actual fact, I do not mind cooking at all. Its just that I am quite slow in the kitchen, and if you asked me to cook you dinner on a weekday.... well, after finishing work late, hopping on the train, walking home from the station, then going to the gym.. after all of that, dinner would be ready only at 10pm.

I usually reserve a few hours on a Saturday or a Sunday, in the kitchen, making something new, something that I am craving for! :)

I also find it very therapeutic... spending this time in the kitchen by myself, trying out new things while listening to music on MTV.

If I am not alone at home, Grumpy will normally help me in the kitchen, especially with the washing up. Everyone knows that Grumpy is a very good cook, but I am becoming a bit more experienced now. We work well together in the kitchen, I must admit. If he was cooking up a feast, I would be in between reading recipes out to him and holding on to measuring cups, etc.

Last Saturday afternoon, I made 'Langues de Chat'. A French style cookie, which means Cats Tongue. Its very easy to make. I found this recipe on my Epicurious app on the iPhone, but there are still some elements which I would like to modify to make this the most perfect tasting Langues de Chat cookies. Grumpy said it was delicious, which is a good start.

It is a very thin, crisp cookie. Once you start eating them, it is very hard to stop. The recipe said it makes 2 and a half dozen cookies. When Grumpy got home from golf, he would have been lucky if there were more than a dozen left. I ate them all. Before I even finished baking all the batches. LOL

Fun and games

Last week, I was so caught up with all sorts of things. The weekend was chock-a-block full of errands, I was up around 6.30am both on Saturday and Sunday, and this week again, work has been completely flat out.

In the recent weeks, I had two rounds of interview with an internationally reputable company for a role, which I have no clue why I even applied for it in the first place. Sometimes I find myself doing silly things, and the most silly of all, is letting my nerves get the better of me during the interview process. I found it so daunting, and of course when I am nervous, I speakreallyreallyfast. The third stage was a GMA test (psychometric) and a personality test. I think I failed this part, as they rang yesterday to say they were not going to proceed further with my application. I was extremely disappointed with myself, but of course it was a big learning curve for me.

Looking on the bright side, the role was not something I was very keen in pursuing. Put it this way, if they advertised it in my company, I would have disregarded it. The other point was that if I was successful (which I am not), I would have to divest all my investments in shares. Jules, you clearly do not have a million dollar portfolio here.. lol. However, that would have still resulted to some financial loss on my part as the current financial situation is bad bad bad. Did I mention that it was also applicable to my other half? Therefore Grumpy would not be allowed to own any form of investments in shares too, if I ended up in that company (which I will not).

While all of that was going on, there were many things happening at my own current work place too. For the first time, in my career, I had to sign a confidentiality agreement with my company. Over the next few months, there will be many changes in the office, and while I may have some knowledge of this, I am strictly not allowed to share it with anyone at all. Quite sad, really.

The flip side of this is that I will have some brief opportunities to travel overseas (short term) for work over the next few months which is always a bonus for me. So while I am keen to start a new challenge at a different work place, it is also very tempting for me to stay put and to support my boss over the next couple of months. So yeah.... fun and games!

This weekend, I look forward to staying home and chillaxing with my dog. Grumpy has requested that I 'sleep in', or at least try to get 12 hours of sleep!