Secret Recipe. A dash of neuroticism. A crap load of chocolate. And walla!
5:05 AM
Man. I am so easily amused. Ordinary day it was, today. But Melitta and I induced some craze into it. We went to St. Luke's and I am so proud of myself for not buying anything. It gets harder each time to tighten those purse strings. Materials weren't on my mind today. It was all about the walking and the talking. A lot of walking and talking. Such joy.
And then we came back and decided to bake coz we've been wanting to do it for ages and we've always been pretty envious of Kailas and Agata for their awesome baking skills. So there we were, toiling in the kitchen, working up a mess of it's own kind. And when we were done, even the sight of the cookies were repulsive so we decided to spread the love and distribute them to our fellow 9th floorers. Again. Such joy.
They weren't the best. Burnt outsides, mushy insides. Amateur icing. But with the secret ingredient and a little bit of lurvinggg all was good.
getting everything set.
creaming without those whipping things was a feat.
and instead of chocolate blocks, we used cocoa powder and water.
the human mixer.
There were a lot of make shift ingredients as there were make shift methods.
Cookie dough comes into formation.
Just before popping them into the oven
and in they go.......
so while we wait, we observe Ronnie making japanese curry for his dinner.
and struggled not to consume cookie dough
and so the first batch of chocolate walnut cookies come out and they are nowhere close to perfect. A tad bitter and there was no crunch to the cookie. But Jacob and Guna said they were pretty good. And we were not about to give up.
So we made a second batch with a brand new recipe and real Dairy Milk chocolate bits.
while the old ones went into keeping
There's our new batch
Melitta gracefully spooning little clumps onto the baking tray
and out they come tasting better than the previous batch although not looking as good.
the cookie cutters. us before going out on a distribution run.
Ronnie.
Shaun.
Asal.
Charlotte.
Michael.
And only after giving them out did we come up with the secret ingredient. A heaven of truffle icing. They made the cookies look even more appealing than..... you name it.
talk about transformation man.
melting the truffles.
o boy. o joy.
after a while, we got lazy to do the whole pattern thing and just chucked chocolate all over the cookies.
drizzle. drip.
yummah. mummah.
And then we came back and decided to bake coz we've been wanting to do it for ages and we've always been pretty envious of Kailas and Agata for their awesome baking skills. So there we were, toiling in the kitchen, working up a mess of it's own kind. And when we were done, even the sight of the cookies were repulsive so we decided to spread the love and distribute them to our fellow 9th floorers. Again. Such joy.
They weren't the best. Burnt outsides, mushy insides. Amateur icing. But with the secret ingredient and a little bit of lurvinggg all was good.
getting everything set.
creaming without those whipping things was a feat.
and instead of chocolate blocks, we used cocoa powder and water.
the human mixer. 
There were a lot of make shift ingredients as there were make shift methods.
Cookie dough comes into formation.
Just before popping them into the oven
and in they go.......
so while we wait, we observe Ronnie making japanese curry for his dinner. 
and struggled not to consume cookie dough
and so the first batch of chocolate walnut cookies come out and they are nowhere close to perfect. A tad bitter and there was no crunch to the cookie. But Jacob and Guna said they were pretty good. And we were not about to give up.
So we made a second batch with a brand new recipe and real Dairy Milk chocolate bits.
while the old ones went into keepingThere's our new batch
Melitta gracefully spooning little clumps onto the baking tray
and out they come tasting better than the previous batch although not looking as good.
the cookie cutters. us before going out on a distribution run.
Ronnie. 
Shaun.
Asal.
Charlotte.
Michael.Didn't take pictures of Guna, Andrew, Trish, Jacob and random British guy.
And only after giving them out did we come up with the secret ingredient. A heaven of truffle icing. They made the cookies look even more appealing than..... you name it.
talk about transformation man.
melting the truffles.
o boy. o joy.
after a while, we got lazy to do the whole pattern thing and just chucked chocolate all over the cookies. 
drizzle. drip.
yummah. mummah. 
With the people at my table. Table 9.
......you're never constricted when it comes to creativity.........
.......your love for Starbucks mirrors mine (just like so many other things).....
.....for the signature pose that reflects unique-ness?!?!...........
.......for the support you provided me with, be it in Rotaract or in even the most mediocre events in my life................
........coz i've shared celebrated moments with celebrities in your company........
.........coz when we're together, life goes by in euphoric blurry flashes of light..........
......sexay lingerie?........
......or perhaps, I could take you out to some expensive restaurant.......
