One of my fav bloggers Digital Nomad, and I share 2 things in common – photography…. and a passion of chocolate!

So when she posted this recipe for Molten Cake, I HAD to make it!

The recipe is on the link above, if you want to try it out…. in the meantime, this is how I served mine…

(… and it tasted absolutely GORGEOUS!! )

I picked up this meme from Mars, and unlike other meme’s I had to think about some of the answers. I feel miserable at the moment (in bed with flu), so this one cheered me up…. have a read… and why don’t you have a go to? YOU *pointsatyoulikeuncleSam* have been TAGGED!

Part One:
Name: Cookie Monster
Birth date: July 7th (in the early 80′s)
Birthplace: Birmingham, UK
Current Location: London, UK (close to the heart of the 2012 Olympics location – wooot!)
Eye color: Dark brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 172 cm (5 feet 8 inches?)
Righty or Lefty: Righty, but self trained lefty… well for everything except using a knife!
Zodiac sign: Cancer the Crab – why would you want to be anything else?

Part Two:
Your Heritage: Started in the UK, then the Middle East, then East Africa, then Middle East, then UK, and hopefully the Middle East in 2009…. oh – and my family comes from south east asia…. I am a bedoin… of sorts…..
The shoes you wore today: Beach slippers…. I am in bed with the flu….. wait… why am I wearing slippers in bed?
Your weakness: Chocolate….. no Lasagne.. no Chocolate… no….
Your fears: dissapointing my nearest and dearest, and most importantly dissapointing myself…..
Your perfect pizza: mushroom, chicken, and the tomato base on top of that…. yumsies!
Goal you’d like to achieve: Upto 4 years ago, I have always been told that I have so much promise, but don’t perform to my capabilities…. well, thats changing, and one day I will hit the peak that is expected from me.

Part Three:
Your most overused phrase on AIM: aha… (as in I am listening, keep taking….)
Your first waking thoughts: Physically I wake up at 6am…. at 11am I start thinking “I should really wake up now….”
Your best physical feature: You tell me
Your most missed memory: My first kiss with the person who I have been the most craziest about in life so far…. it was just something else…. (summer 2006)

Part Four:
Pepsi or Coke: yuk!
McDonalds or Burger King: No really…. YUKKKK!!!!
Single or group dates: SINGLE!!!! Group dates are a baaaaaaaaaaad baaaaaaaaaad idea!
Adidas or Nike: Nike…. cos it will let me just do it!
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Ice Teaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (umm, I guess Lipton)
Chocolate or vanilla: hahahaha – ok this is a stupid question! (and its chocolate of you can’t figure it out!)
Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino

Part Five:
Smoke: eugh…. hate it! Thank heavens for the smoking ban!
Cuss: used to F and B every other word at university, now it’s reserved only for the roads and highways….
Sing: It’s better that I don’t!
Take a shower everyday: Only on the third tuesday of every month, if the sun is shining…… (what sort of question is that…. ofcourse I shower everyday!)
Do you think you’ve been in love: yes
Want to go to college: Got that t-shirt baby!
Liked high school: LOOOOOOVED IT!
Want to get married: Yup….
Believe in yourself: Most Def!
Get motion sickness: Don’t be silly, i’m a bedoin!
Think you’re attractive: Brad Pitt gets jealous of me….
Think you’re a health freak: I love my food…. ofcourse not!
Get along with your parents: Yup!
Like thunderstorms: The most beautiful experiences ever! We used to sit on the corniche in Dubai, listen to the thunder and watch the lightning on the horizon…… happy days….
Play an instrument: I wish I did…. I would love to play the guitar….

Part Six: In the past month….
Drank alcohol: Eugh…. nope!
Smoked: eugh eugh……. nope nope…
Done drugs: I used to OD on caffeine tablets (legal) and then stay awake for all but 2-3 hours in the final year of my degree…… it was for a good cause!
Made out: Now that would be telling
Gone on a date: Yes…..
Gone to the mall: umm… yea….
Eaten an entire box of Oreos:YESSSSS!!!!
Eaten sushi: Last week – Yes!!! and I lovesssss itsssssss!
Been on stage: In 2 plays in high school…..
Been dumped: Nope (phew!)
Gone skating: Yes, and hopefully again in Jan ’09!
Made homemade cookies: Being the cookie monster – it’s the one thing which I havent done! (doh!)
Gone skinny dipping: Nope! As much as I love the water…. I am scared about fish… well you know…. feeding on the bait…..
Dyed your hair: Once yes – I was Blood red for charity…… it looked horrible!
Stolen anything: (gonna steal Mars’ answer) – no, except hearts….

Part Seven: Have you ever….
Played a game that required removal of clothing: nope…
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: I get paranoid if I am not sane and stable – so nope and will never happen!
Been caught “doing something”: Ofcourse not…. ‘cos i’m goooooooooooooooooooood!
Been called a tease: *shamelessly* Yes
Gotten beat up: By my brothers – yes
Shoplifted: Once, when I was a 13-14 – yes…..
Changed who you were to fit in: Now why would I do that?

Part Eight:
Age you hope to be married: 437…. (it would have been a long wait….)
Names of children: (I don’t know why but….) Maittha, Huda, Safa, Misbah, Humeira, Ismail, Abyad…. One of these…. Something Arabic for sure…
Describe your dream wedding: Something riddiculously simple – totally not a typical Asian wedding.
How do you want to die: However it is meant to be….
Where do you want to go to college: As I said – got that T-shirt!
What do you want to be when you grow up: You calling me a child?
What country would you most like to visit: New Zealand…. because it is beautiful…. and on the other end of the earth….

Part Nine:
Number of drugs taken illegally: Nada
Number of people I could trust with my life: it used to be 4… now down to 2….
Number of CDs that I own: Loads!
Number of piercings: None…
Number of tattoos: Not into body art, so ZERO!
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: I don’t know… don’t get enough time in the day to scour through each article
Number of scars on my body: a few… i’m almost a walking talking accident…
Number of things in my past I regret: I always think/wish that I did slightly better at uni (maybe 5% better)…. but life has turned out pretty decent with what I have achieved, and I am thankful and greatful to god for that!

Why don’t you tell us more about you?

Like Umm Ibrahim, I am crave chocolate like crazy! So when she posted this recipe of fudge, and it seemed so simple…. I had to make it!

This is what it looks like….. *picture was supposed to go here* well….. we ate it all in about 4 hours….. (That’s a lot of fudge!)

I can tell you…. it tastes FAAAAAANNNNNNNTAAAASSSSTIC!!!!

I spent part of my Sunday catching up on my Google Reader; I can’t believe that I have hardly been online this week – it’s something very unusual for me! I still have 109 posts to read….. getting there slowly….

I would recomend every chocoholic to go ahead and make the fudge…. it was truly wickedly delicious!

At the end of the post, the player tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

I was fresh off the boat in London village (UK), settling into life in England and preparing to begin my life as a college student.

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list for today

• visit client and deal with their issues…
• complete testing of software back at work…
• post something on blog…
• catchup with a couple of friends online…
• exercise…

3. Snacks I enjoy:

• Apples…
• Chocolate…
• Oranges…

4. Places I’ve lived:

• Birmingham, UK…
• Dubai, UAE…
• Nairobi, Kenya…
• London, UK…

5. Things I’d do if I were a billionaire:

• Pay off my mortgage…
• Clear off the debts of my nearest and dearest…
• Help someone to buy a decent house for her mom (you know who you are)…
• Donate to charity (ofcourse)…
• Open up an education trust fund for my kids…
• Bank a million in savings…
• Give everything else to those who need it more than me…

I have 4 people to tag…

M @GPS, Auburn Cat, Freshly Squeezed, and Lhjunkie.