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Started the Saturday morning bright and early at The Slowhouse for a little workshop with Clarins. It was Justin and my favourite kind: cooking, and a Pink Curry at that, a first for us both trying and hearing of it.


Of course, before we could begin we watched Bella, whose lovely house I never get tired of, do a demo for us on how to make the Pink Curry.


Made from a plant-based curry paste, consisting of all things delicious like kaffir lime, lemongrass, green chillies, organic brown miso, pink himalayan salt, etc. But the curry really gets its pinkness from beetroot powder and our star ingredient for the day - Acerola, which is a type of cherry from Brazil and also found in Clarins' White Plus Range. Acerola when digested has plenty of antioxidants, and it helps to lighten up your complexion for a spotless rosy glow.

I only had three full days left in Karlsruhe after my exams finished, so it was a huge rush to meet all the people I wanted to see before I left Germany indefinitely, and of course, Giulia was one of them! She was my first friend in Karlsruhe - when I couldn't find a house, she let me bunk in her gigantic hostel room FOC for a night while we both frantically apartment searched, and I ended up staying a week till we settled our accoms :) Yes, I randomly asked an Italian girl I had only met for a couple of hours if I could stay in her room  (I seem to have a habit of doing that), but we both know desperation makes you a little crazy, and luckily there are kindred spirits such as lovely Giulia around!


It's PIZZA NIGHT! One thing Giulia promised me is that she will make me Italian pizza from scratch before I leave, and she really goes all out to get all kinds of ingredients to bring over to my place! Mozzarella, champignions, potatoes, peppers, tomato sauce... you name it!



Giulia made the pizza dough from scratch in the morning because it needs time to rise, and then she uses a GLASS to roll it out. How cool is that?


I tell Giulia I have olive oil, but she insists on bringing hers, because it's the legit stuff that she brought all the way from Italy. Liking this more and more!


We get busy prepping the ingredients! Giulia shows me how to carve peppers properly (oops) and I amuse myself watching her shred the mozzarella onto the pizza because I've never seen proper mozzarella being done. So used to those yellowish, store bought, pre-shredded ones, but this ain't it!


Finishing off the pizza with toppings! We have 4 different flavours on 2 massive pan-sized pizzas - plus it's thin crust - my fave! Giulia shows me a jar of what she calls "carciofini" that her grandma bottled and gave for her to bring to Germany. So cute! She doesn't know what they are called in English, so I try guessing, but eventually we Google translate it, and... they're artichoke hearts! D'oh!

Hi guys, sometimes you get so used to being an "other half" that when your other half suddenly leaves, even if just temporarily, it leaves you reeling a bit, wondering what on earth to do with your life. Anyway, I made it a point to catch up with Miss Alexis Chen Wei Qi (i.e. "social non-media girl"/"a girl I do not see enough"), because she's an equally free bird this summer like myself, and we spent the whole afternoon LOL-ing about psycho friends, trashy jobs that earn lots of money, and of course, baking muffins!