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hello stranger i am on a night-out again. today was a long day at watermanship training. basically, it was ultimate wetness. i am speechless. and the boots are squishing, but no matter - jinquan has taught me the power of newspapers.
and very much like newspapers and solid sodium hydroxide - i could tell you more about baking science now! - sugar absorbs water well. that's why sometimes you notice your sugar container is damp, especially at the cap. it is also for this reason that baked goods like cookies have to be kept in airtight containers; the deliquescent property of sugar causes the phenomenon which we call 漏风. (i don't know the english term for it.) basically, the baked good loses its crunch if left in the open, because the sugar absorbs water and causes the thing to soften. i think putting a softened cookie in the refrigerator restores its crunch again simply because the refrigerator withdraws water, as do air-conditioners!
this morning i woke up at 3am because the radio in the bunk was permanently on and playing music that woke me up. weirdly though, it played a song that sounded so familiar. the tune was 东方神起's one. however, the lyrics were in chinese! but i was very sure it was the song i was thinking of because i hummed along with the tune. then later the radio played 张韶涵's 不痛.
the even weirder thing was that it felt as though the songs played as i was thinking of them. like, i was thinking of 东方神起's one, and then i suddenly realised that it was playing on the radio. likewise, i was thinking of the strings prelude in 不痛, and the radio seemed to take me straight into the song after the prelude in my head ended.
the weird 3am happenings.
tomorrow i shall be out for a GIC interview. but by now i'm already feeling quite jaded about applications that entail interviews. i think that there is a very high chance that i am not even being considered for the MOE scholarships.
i would love to bake something tomorrow too, but i cannot betray the kindness of my platoon sergeant, who gave me a lot of time allowance out of camp, with the trust that i returned to camp as soon as i finished the interview. but i'm thinking, what if i repaid that kindness by staying at home longer, to bake something nice and then offer him some?
sighs.
and very much like newspapers and solid sodium hydroxide - i could tell you more about baking science now! - sugar absorbs water well. that's why sometimes you notice your sugar container is damp, especially at the cap. it is also for this reason that baked goods like cookies have to be kept in airtight containers; the deliquescent property of sugar causes the phenomenon which we call 漏风. (i don't know the english term for it.) basically, the baked good loses its crunch if left in the open, because the sugar absorbs water and causes the thing to soften. i think putting a softened cookie in the refrigerator restores its crunch again simply because the refrigerator withdraws water, as do air-conditioners!
this morning i woke up at 3am because the radio in the bunk was permanently on and playing music that woke me up. weirdly though, it played a song that sounded so familiar. the tune was 东方神起's one. however, the lyrics were in chinese! but i was very sure it was the song i was thinking of because i hummed along with the tune. then later the radio played 张韶涵's 不痛.
the even weirder thing was that it felt as though the songs played as i was thinking of them. like, i was thinking of 东方神起's one, and then i suddenly realised that it was playing on the radio. likewise, i was thinking of the strings prelude in 不痛, and the radio seemed to take me straight into the song after the prelude in my head ended.
the weird 3am happenings.
tomorrow i shall be out for a GIC interview. but by now i'm already feeling quite jaded about applications that entail interviews. i think that there is a very high chance that i am not even being considered for the MOE scholarships.
i would love to bake something tomorrow too, but i cannot betray the kindness of my platoon sergeant, who gave me a lot of time allowance out of camp, with the trust that i returned to camp as soon as i finished the interview. but i'm thinking, what if i repaid that kindness by staying at home longer, to bake something nice and then offer him some?
sighs.
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