New Year Resolution (2015 Edition)

I love to read others' new year's resolutions. Though some of you may say "Who cares?! Who cares if people say they want to lose weight or save money?", however it's kind of fun and I feel great seeing people sharing their positiveness about the future, wanting to better themselves and taking the time to gather their thoughts and put it out there. And also the feeling like turning over the page on a calendar and seeing a whole month ready for you to get stuck in to it. With every new year, comes renewed optimism.

So behold the things that I would like to accomplish in 2015!  If I stick to them, great, if not, at least I've tried!

Learn to play violin.

I've got a violin now. There's no backwards on this. Gotta learn and play at least 10 songs smoothly and nicely in 2015 if I still couldn't get a violin teacher. Play like a violinist! :P

How to dress like a Parisian more chic.

I spent a lot of time to do research on how to dress more chic. However, it just doesn't happened last year. And now, I would like to pursue this unfinished mission. Try to dress like a fashionista. Kick start from here:
http://www.whowhatwear.com/secrets-french-girl-style-fashion-winter-2014/slide28

Put on make-up before stepping out from home to work or shopping.

At least I started off with my eyebrows. By doing this, hopefully I will be more confident to interact with people or enable my camwhore/selfie mode ON! XD
I usually inspired by some Korean make-up artists with their amazing make-up skills, especially by PONY.

Developing an effective working relationship with my boss a.ka. JHM.

I've been struggling for years on this issue. I would very much like to overcome this challenge. Take a deep breathe, although it may seems difficult but I will try.....I've made a few special notes:

1. Accept that your boss is your boss
2. Allow your boss to make mistakes
3. Understand your boss' management style
4. Make your boss look good
5. Keep your boss in the loop
6. Compensate for your boss' weaknesses
7. Communicate continuously

Blog more.

I wouldn't blame the year of 2014 that had been taken up most of my time on work & my #Queenderella wedding preparation. I had sucked up in a vortex of functions. However, it has been a fruitful year for me. I want to spend more time to blog about my life experience. 2014 would have been a great year to do this for, but hopefully 2015 will be just as exciting!

Create more passive income.
As you know, this is a big part of this blog and my business in general. Creating even more things that can add to the digital portfolio of revenue I have is always going to be something I strive for.

XOXO,

Cammy Mi-chan

Thai Housewife Cooking 101 (Krabi Trip)

Those are some of the luxuries of life which we enjoy, but eventually will be forgotten in your old age. One thing that you can bring with you forever are MEMORIES. And that is why traveling to me is one of the luxuries I would like to indulge in.

And maybe...just maybe....some time in the future, i hope someone out there will find it useful.

Back in last July 2013, I went to Krabi with my buddy, Joey. You must be thinking, why went to a romantic island with buddy?!?!?! There's no special reason and it was just a spontaneous trip.We signed up a Thai cooking class with Smart Cook Thai Cookery School from Ao Nang Beach at Moo 3.

They provide a very affordable cooking course and they can even have vegetarian version! They also provided us with the ground transfer to the cooking school. This is so thoughtful. 

A selfie in their 'song teaw' (taxi truck).

A brief overview on their courses and prices:

They have their own wonderful organic farm with freshly grown ingredients.The environment was very clean too.

Before the cooking class begin, we put on the apron to make us look like a professional chef. *more like a Thai housewife*

The teacher was very patient & friendly as we do not have much experience in cooking. Nevertheless, we're trying our best to be a qualified housewife. :P

We opted the Smart Short Class which more suitable for our level to learn some Thai culinary tips. Our experienced teacher explained all the important herbs, spices and sauces used to inspire the delicious Thai flavors, such as basil, coriander, galangal ginger, kaffir line, lemon grass and etc. Then she began talking us through the preparation for our individually selected dishes and passed around the fresh herbs and ingredients, most of which were freshly picked from the farm and looked delicious…

I've learnt to grind some peppers and spices with a mortar & pestle. My ever first grinding task in my life, I must be too pampered by my mom and have never try to do this before. \(^o^)/ This was the most tiring & energy exhausting task for the entire cooking lesson.

After lots of careful preparation of our many ingredients and all the important pastes for our dishes, we were ready to get cooking in our lovely, clean open air kitchen…

Voila! Here's our masterpiece!
Delicious? I can say that we are very pleased with our 'masterpiece'!!

And finally we're graduated from the cooking school!!! 美女厨神毕业啦！！！！！

To finish the day off we were presented with a cook book of recipes for everything we cooked that day, so that we can recreate our Thai experience in our own kitchen!

I swear....You will be enlighten with the cooking experience. We’d highly recommend those who is planning a visit to Krabi enrolls in a cooking class, as learning how to make authentic Thai food on your own is a skill that will last a lifetime besides sightseeing. A must do if you love Thai food.

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Merci....XOXO