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Konnichiwa from Melbourne
posted by MitarashiDango on Wed, 2009-03-18 11:31
Hi all~
I have joined this forum for about 2 weeks and have been lurking JustHungry and JustBento for more than a year. I frequent Maki-san's sites for recipes and tips, they're wonderful and revolve around my daily situations quite a bit :]
I am 20, female, over-aged international student who is doing advanced diploma in design, and looking forward to do interior and/or communications design next year in uni. I have not created any online portfolios to showcase my works, but I will.. soon? Maybe via something like myspace or something..
Prior to this, I was a studying business (banking and finance) for 2 years. However, I had much difficulties doing it and decided to stop last year and do what I have always wanted to do most -- art.
Why bento?
Eating out is much less economical for my case. My art materials are very expensive, let alone having to buy a tripod and a new lens for my camera.. I need to save money since my parents do not allow me to work. I mean, although I know that they are more than able to provide for me. Still, current economic conditions make me weep when I look at my expenses here when I convert them to my home currency. And also, recalling the fact that I just transferred from business school -- which means that I have wasted everything that I learn there since they do not really apply to what I am doing now.
In addition, I have piled on too much bulk since 2007. It bothers me so this year (after receiving all sorts of remarks from my mother's friends), I want to lose them all. So far, I've lost a bit, but I still have about 10 more kgs to go. I have tried all sorts of ways to lose them but they bounce back soo easily. Now that I start bento-ing, the excess bulk are now slowly falling off. I am aiming for healthy weight loss through bento and I hope it stays.
Due to my busy and intensive routine, I never find the time to exercise nor cook something proper. I always end up snacking. Thanks to portion control and bento-ing, I am now getting all these under control.
@ Maki-san: Thank you for creating such a wonderful site!! I enjoy reading your posts as I get to learn from them. And also, thank you for this link
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Hmm, I think I recognize you Ms. Dango. :P Welcome to the forums, finally :)
The Big Onigiri.
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Thank you for the welcome, Maki-san :D
I tried making your dry vegan curry a few days ago despite the lack of ingredients. I did not have raisins, tomato paste and tempeh on hand, so I used canned soy beans and sweet chilli sauce. They did not come out as nice, but is still okay ^^; The color looks a little dull, nevertheless, I'm glad my classmate said it tastes good..
Also, I am looking forward to your japanese-style salad dressings~
Thank you for the welcome, Maki-san :D
I tried making your dry vegan curry a few days ago despite the lack of ingredients. I did not have raisins, tomato paste and tempeh on hand, so I used canned soy beans and sweet chilli sauce. They did not come out as nice, but is still okay ^^; The color looks a little dull, nevertheless, I'm glad my classmate said it tastes good..
Also, I am looking forward to your japanese-style salad dressings~
Yep I do need to do that salad dressing post ^_^
The veg. dry curry is a lot better with the raisins and so on...and tempeh really makes a difference too, because of that added umami. Maybe next time you can try it with those things!
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