Pearl milk tea and job hunting

It’s been a while since I last indulged in food other than my meals. I was very busy the past week. Actually I was attending job interviews and went for my second interview while running a fever. I feel like giving myself a little reward for the hard work I put in.

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The milk tea is so so only. I don’t think I will buy again.

Back to the job…

It is highly unlikely I will be leaving my current job. Why do companies think they can pay so low for people with experience and skills they’re looking for? Why do HR treat every new recruit like a fresh grad? 6 months probation? 16 days annual leave pro-rate to 8 days?

I don’t fancy the points or products by the way. If they’re so concern about getting good people, they should make people feel they’re valued. Not by imposing rules that is only beneficial for the company. It should be fair for both parties.

All I want is fair salary, shorter probation period and give me all my leave even though I join in the middle of the year. I am not someone who take advantage of employee benefits, I carry forward my entire year of leave for the past 2 years and I now have 17 days per annum, I also have proof that I got 3 months bonus based on my performance for the past year in my current job. I will not give up my job for 6 months of uncertainty.

Lemon Butter Cake Gone Wrong 错误的柠檬牛油蛋糕

Last weekend I made my first butter cake, a lemon butter cake. It looked good but it was dry and tasted weird. I did not take any photo because I was not satisfied with the result.

Today I searched for lemon recipes online again and I come across the same lemon butter cake recipe on another website. Only this time some milk is added and instruction is given to poke some holes on the cake before pouring the lemon syrup over.

These are the missing steps in my previous attempt. I got duped by the blogger who posted nice pictures and has lots of recipes on her blog. The recipe was not accurate. I guess I won’t be visiting her blog again to try out more recipes.

上周末做了一个柠檬牛油蛋糕,卖相很不错但是味道有点不对劲。没心情拍照啦,因为自己觉得不满意。今天再一次搜寻和柠檬有关的食谱被我发现到同一个柠檬牛油蛋糕的食谱。这一次有加牛奶,还有将蛋糕戳洞洞再将柠檬糖浆倒入。这样才对嘛,我出师不利,被另一个部落格的食谱害了。以后不会再尝试那里的食谱了。