Facts fuelled by "me" time

This time, I'm not kidding.

I'm REALLY taking a break from baking. Sure I got my first order of cupcakes for Sunday. But that aside, I'm staying away from more baking at least till Monday. Instead, I'm gonna gimme some "me" time. Yes flour! You heard me. Damn you and your stupid friends sugar. And Valrhona, don't think I love you just coz you have a fancy name!

So what do I do with this “me” time?

Create a "me" list:

1. I had my first taste of foie gras at 9
2. I have never dyed or expressed desire to dye my hair
3. At 13, I dated a boy for a month. The relationship promptly ended when he tried to stick his tongue down my throat.
4. I have neither been too thin or too fat, but grew up convinced I was overweight
5. I’m an environmentalist at heart, but sometimes I throw an apple core on the grass because it's, well, biodegradable
6. Toast dripping with butter is my favorite food on earth. But every time I eat it, I get a fever afterwards
7. There are quite a few people in this world I’d rather not have to deal with for the rest of my life
8. I might hesitate spending $30 on a top but have no qualms about spending $100s on skincare
9. Béchamel sauce tastes much better if I didn't know what went in it
10. I love Paris no matter what
11. Pandan kaya is just as good to me as crêpe Suchard
12. I have low tolerance for blown up titles in jobs, politics and life
13. I know myself a lot less than the bf does
14. The bf is by far my greatest discovery at twenty-something
15. I’ve been to 18 different countries in the world
16. I’ve lived only in cities. 6 cities to be exact. I could very well be a country girl at heart, but I really don't know
17. I will eat anything once
18. I won't do everything once
19. I dream of living in South of France. Le Cordon Bleu is just a step closer
20. I look better in pants than I give myself credit for
21. I over-indulge in everything but am addicted to nothing
22. My life will always be a fairy tale
23. Kissing ass doesn't cut it for me. Even if it means a million dollars
24. There are people who come and go in my life. And I think of them fondly as I sip my morning coffee
25. My mom told me that coffee made kids stupid. I now drink more tea than coffee
26. I did retail at Banana Republic and kicked ass
27. Every job I've had has been advertising-related down to (my first job ever!) selling ad space for The Daily Free Press at BU. Every job but the 1 at Banana Republic
28. I have fond memories of trudging through piles of snow feeling the cold wetness seep through my classic adidas in Boston
29. I prefer Pretz to Pocky
30. As a kid, I made my own mini candy store with cardboard, mini jam jars and rewrapped cut-up sweets
31. My most memorable “alone” time in life involved an hour long boat ride from Montreux to Le Bouveret after a 6 hr flight, swimming in Lake Geneva, walking down Sixth Ave. in Manhattan for interviews, and stepping into my dorm room for the first time at BU
32. I was head cheerleader in high school
33. At 10, I disobeyed my teacher by rollerblading in class. She slapped me and I laughed
34. Max the dog bit me in Oct '05 and left a scar on my left cheek
35. I crave chocolate only once a month
36. I developed allergies at 21
37. Despite graduating with honors, I didn't do the walk. No reason
38. I love and hate being Asian
39. When living in London, I ate fries and mayo almost every night before bed
40. The bf has “Slow Show” by the National as his ring tone when I call
41. I’m clumsy
42. I performed a “story-telling” of Roald Dahl’s The Brolly Man during junior high, and cussed twice right into the microphone because I forgot my lines
43. I used to think all bloggers were narcissistic. Still do
44. Talent over looks on all counts
45. I would move to London just for clotted cream (and Selfridges, and Waitrose, and )
46. I don’t understand chick flicks and was shocked to hear that some of my closest friends swear by Legally Blonde for motivation. You know who you are
47. I’m not the least bit religious
48. But I just laid on the kitchen floor asking God why my candy thermometer broke