My brother had some practice activity going on at the Nativity, so my family went to Hougang to get our stuff for the new year. I got a new paper binder since my old one could easily pass off as the legendary Hobo's Paper Binder of Scrappiness. That was probably due to my stuffing it with a lot of papers and not bothering to empty it until it got too full to close. And also the fact that I kept fiddling with the edges, eventually causing the polymer to wear out. Well, not anymore! My new folder is made of an improved plastic material that does not wear out to reveal cardboard inside! Because there's none. Plus, it's Japanese. Like that makes any difference... Anyway, you can expect me to be less organised now that my file won't explode as quickly.
I walked into that friendly, familiar place we used to hang out at when we had nothing to do after school: Hougang Mall. One of the stalls at the entrance had been replaced by a donut shop. I thought, hey, why not? So I bought a box of 6.
That was an even bigger waste of money than that can of silicon spray I bought a few months ago. At least pressurised cans can do cool stuff. The donuts were small, and not really tasty. But the part that really grinds my gears was that they used powdered sugar.
Powdered sugar(or frosting) is this white little substance that could just as easily be flour. It's fine, it melts really quickly, and you can't taste it when you put it in your mouth. All you get is this powdery sensation on your tongue, which quickly turns into a layer of cement before washing down your throat. It's completely tasteless and does nothing but make it really easy for CSI to identify you.
I remember this occasion when my mother made donuts and we used frosting sugar for it. Same effect there, but that was somewhat obscured by how the donuts were fried and so they tasted really good anyways... My point is, the sugar frosting did nothing! Nothing at all. Powdered sugar is as useless as wearing goggles in a nuclear explosion.
People should stop using powdered sugar. Sure, it looks nice, but the crystals are so tiny and so few that they're practically tasteless. I even took an entire spoonful of powdered sugar once(don't tell my mom) and the results were sub-par. If I'm going to get some excess sugar related disease, I might as well get it while enjoying my food. Down with powdered sugar! Everyone, please switch to regular, granular sugar. The kind that looks like tiny little rocks. The kind that you put into your morning coffee/tea/essential liquid. Number one, it tastes so much more, and number two, they crunch when you bite into them. I personally find the crunching of sugar grains to be the most pleasurable part of eating anything with sugar on it.
So where can we find good donuts? BreadTalk! They've got these donuts that go for a dollar each, and they use regular, sweet, fabulous sugar. They also have white chocolate. I like that one.
The evening sky is beautiful. Funny how I never noticed. I can still see the clouds against the grey sky. Plus it just rained, so the air is nice. It reminds me of that documentary I watched about the extinction of the dinosaurs. Whoo.
Completely unrelated picture. Enjoy.
-Joe