Living Nerdy in Sydney

What's a lounge without good food? The Qantas Sydney International Business Class lounge will not disappoint. You will need a premium economy ticket or above to enter. Of course, if you are a Gold or above Qantas or One World frequent flyer that's your gold entry ticket too. And if you are a paying member for Qantas Club, entry won't be denied. For the rest of us cattle class people, there are other ways of gaining entry too like getting a voucher from Qantas platinum credit cards. If you are here on a stop-over, this is a great place to get a free shower. The bathrooms are stocked with towels and very aromatic toiletries. There free wifi, lots of place to charge up, however there no PC terminals. So BYO. There is also not really anywhere to lay down as all chairs are single sofas.  For the little ones, there is a free play area as well. Now for the food... The food at this lounge is quite international. There was fresh salads, in fac...

In most homes in Asia, it would be rare if you found an oven. So what to do if you want to bake a cake? Ever thought of using your rice cooker? Newer rice cookers have the ability to pressurise and can be used to for baking. Such rice cookers also often already have a bake function. If you have an older rice cooker, you will need to make some modifications for baking. Rice cooker cakes are often denser, so cakes like chocolate cakes would work much better than a sponge cake. Instructions: 1. Pick your favourite cake mix and prepare it as per the box instructions. I've tried the cheap Woolworths cake mix and various Betty Crocker mixes and they work equally as well. 2. If you have a non-stick rice cooker, you can skip this step. Else, you will need to oil your rice cooker. 3. Place your cake mix into the rice cooker. 4. For newer cookers which can pressurise, select the cake function, or the quick-rice function. For older cookers turn the cooker to the normal rice fun...