It has been awhile since I've sat down and write about anything at all.

Majority of times, I've found myself with a lot of things to write about, but when faced with the screen, incapable of putting them into words and even forgetting what I wanted to write about.

"Where are all the weird and wonderfully obnoxious thoughts that was so me, that I wanted to jot down?"

I reckon that I am the type of person that should record as I go because everyday. from the moment that I opened my eyes, a lot of thoughts flitted through my mind. Then again, if all I ever do was go around everywhere with a diary and a pen and writing down each and every single thoughts, I reckon I be quite incapable of doing anything else.

Now, the reason that I actually have anything at all to fill this space is because for the first time in a long while, I actually took to pen and paper and write. Without a computer, which since I was 13 years old, has became a indispensable part of my life, suddenly, I needed something to fill up my time.

Wow. I reckon that I do need to practise my handwriting. My handwriting has become so shoddy. ):

Hmmm.. But, Why am I without a comp? This, for anybody that knows me well will know that it is impossible to pry it away from me. The moral of the story here is "Do not try to be smarter than what you appeared to be really are".

Trying to fix something that you are not familiar with is not a good idea. Anytime.

HAH! When will I ever learn? *sheepish grin*

Oh well, now I would actually have the time to read all these wonderful books that I currently have in possession.

One tiny thought... Why do people (some people then) dislike yeast extracts like Vegemite? It is YEAST. Majority of people ate it in some form or another daily. READ : BREAD.

Do not like the taste or smell? For me, I am acutely aware of that strong smell of yeast every time I smell bread. Too salty? Boring?

I love yeast extracts. I could dip my spoon in it and lick it, I'll drink it as a hot drink. (Yeh! I know... Most people are quite disgusted when I said that I consume Vegemite as a drink =p) But, it is yummy.

Ever since young, whenever I was sick or unwell, Mommy always made me water congee with vegemite or a hot drink with it.

To me, its connotation is comfort.

These are just some of the creative ways you can use vegemite for, beside the good old boring "spreading it thinly on toast or crackers".

Use it as a marination for meat, especially beef. As a base for brown stock/brown sauce. Instead of roasting your veges with tomato paste as in traditional brown sauce/stock making, try using vegemite. YUM~

As I have mentioned, use it as a meat marination and use that marinated meat in a stew dish.

Mix it with a bit of honey and uses it as a baste for roast pork. =D

My cooking secrets slowly revealing itself! hahaha

All these lead up to one thing. In one of my favourite book, "Molecular Gastronomy" by famed French chemist, Herve This, it is mentioned that "how you likes or dislikes and even detect taste, it is all controlled by the grey matter".

(I know! Why aren't you not surprised...)

Tastes. Distinguished by the surface of the papillary cells on the tongue. (Bless~ I still remembered what I have learned in uni). by using MRI techniques, which record cerebral activity by detecting changes in blood glow in the brain, neurobiologists had been able to detect and identify the cerebral areas activated by taste molecules. The summary of this; The perception of taste is actually laterilised in a way that is analogous to language use and motor activity.

INTERESTING FACT: Left handers and right handers taste detection areas in the brain are activated differently (in the insula).

I wonder... What about people that are equally adept at using left and right hands?