Tiring Day

I was so excited at going to Ikea, I woke up at 8am!! And finding Hub still soundly in bed, I went back to sleep. =(

Woke up at 9am and Hubby still asleep! hai... so I tried to go back to sleep.. but finally at 9.45am, I can't sleep anymore and woke him up.

He was not very pleased but he was so amused at my excitement that he obliged and woke up.

After getting ready, we headed towards Alexandra Ikea.

First stop. Cafe!

We filled our hungry tummies with meatballs and chicken wings. Relax with coffee and then do our shopping.

Our loots for the day.Tea lights for our daily prayers
White candles for the Easter vigil
Colored candles for the different season of the liturgical calendar.
Pack of batteries
2 pairs of bed room slippers

Took a break at McD and then we headed home to rest before getting ready for our Exodus Dinner at Grassroots Club.

Buffet dinner was so so but it was good to be able to see all our friends who got baptized together in 2005. We did not have much chance to talk much, it was still good to see them. All their children have grown. From babies to now toddlers. From kiddies, they are all in primary school, some already moving to Secondary school while some others, waiting to go Uni! Time really flies!

And these young parents were also too busy chasing after their kiddies to really talk much la. hahahaha... So busy the moment they have kids! I'm doubly glad that we just sit and chat, no need to run after kiddos! =D

Before we left the gathering, each of us got a little souvenir. No idea what it is yet, but it should be something handmade.

Definitely made lovingly! Time really flies. It's aleady the 4th year that we got baptized!

Unveiled. Oh! Bookmarks. Designed and printed by I have no idea who. But really spent lots of effort and energy into these! There were around 60 people there.

4th anniversary. Exodus 2004/2005.

Meaningful verse.I hope I can do what John says.

Back at home, using the colored candles at altar. This is the period of lent, hence the purple candles.

We still have Pink and Red candles. Pink (and Purple) candles can be used for Advent which is sometime near Christmas. Red candles will be feast days.

Now our altar is beginning to get colorful with us trying to reflect the liturgical colors. =)

Rainbow!

A few weeks back, I heard that there was a gorgeous rainbow in the sky after a heavy rain. I remembered that it was a Wednesday but I was in school, hence no chance to see it at all. And the next thing I knew was lots of my friends posted it into the FB.

Hubby and I saw one, after we had dinner at The Prata House after mass.

The rainbow was huge and gorgeous and pretty clear in the sky!!I think there was another one above it (somewhere to the right of the pic) but my hp camera could not capture that.

Such pretty things, these beauties from God.

We walked over to Thomson Plaza and then we had Soya Bean Curd with Glass Jelly from Pin Le.

Soft, smooth and hot is the curd. Not too sweet as well but with the glass jelly then it is.But, it looks quite disgusting with the glass jelly. Reminds me of eating hair.

Not cheap too lo. 1 tub like this is $1.90. But then again, we don't eat it all the time. So it's ok.

*mental note* No more glass jelly with bean curd but I want to try their almond paste. I like almond paste!

Birthday 2009 (Back dated)

Birthday was a simple affair.

My mom actually told me, "Don't come home for dinner har. (We usually go back for dinner on Sunday) and she said, I'm going to the Flyer. Not cooking."

So sad lor.

My own mother din even bother to cook anything for me lei. =( But then again, she and my father are 2 persons that choose tor remember my Chinese Bday rather than the ang mo Bday.

So, with no dinner. Hubby brought me out for dinner.

Uncle Leong.

My Creamy Butter Crab! *swoons*

We ordered the butter and chili crab with 10 pieces of the bun. Finished every single bit of crab and bun.

SHIOK SHIOK!

Very happy. hahahaha..

And ya. No presents. =(

Post dated - Valentines' Day 2009

I finally have the chance to sit down to blog about my VDay (or lack) of it.

As like any normal Saturday, we woke up late, and usually I wake up first. With hubby still snoring on bed, I would have separated the dark and the light colored clothing and throw the first load into the washing machine.

At this point in time, hubby usually wakes up and we just laze around waiting for the laundry. Once it's done and out in the sun, we'll be going down to the nearby coffeeshop for brunch.

Come back, wash the 2nd load. Into the sun it goes too.

That evening, we went for mass at Church of the Holy Spirit at Thomson followed by dinner at Thomson Plaza. We had Sushi Tei. One of my preferred Japanese restaurants.

And that's that lor.

No frills, no fancy. No presents even!

Were we always this boring? Or we just got older and older and we don't see the need to celebrate it on purpose?

After all, everyday can be Valentine's Day isn't it? (Sounds cliche I know.) Maybe I am trying to make myself feel better.

But honestly, I don't mind it a single bit. Nice, cozy dinner with hubby and we had fun, laughter and good food. Enough.

Contended already lor...

大年初八

And it's the first day of CNY that I start work.

I must say, not a bad day to start work. Besides clearing emails, answering some emails, print and send out letters to the schools for a competition, I was pretty much left alone! =)

Only thing was, early early in the morning, when I was preparing to go out, I realized, I've misplaced my earrings!! *Horrors* That pair of earrings costs me more than $2k lei. I just cannot remember where I've placed it and I just cannot find it in the box I keep my daily jewelery or on the table.

Hurriedly, Hub and I try to recall when was the last time I last worn it and where on earth did I leave it. I was pretty sure that the last time I worn it was on the 1st day of CNY and after that, as we did not go anywhere fancy, I did not wear it anymore. And I cannot even remember where I've placed it!!!

Worried about it the whole day but also no choice, just cannot recall and not at home to check.

Later in the day, Hubby asked me if I could have placed it in the cupboard in the toilet and he assured me that I must have left it there after I last worn it.

Felt a little better but still...worried la.

Reached home and immediately after I closed and locked the doors, throwing everything (my dinner, snacks and tml's breakfast) on the dinning table, I dashed into the toilet to check.

WOW!

Hubby deserves a big hug! My earrings are there. Safe and Sound!

Hooray!!

Heng ar... Did not loose anything. I'm happy.

And come to think of it.... I must have forgotten to remove my earrings (oh yes. I have a habbit of removing all my jewelery before taking my shower... the jewelers told me, if I don't, the metals and stone will get tarnished easily, hence, I've made it a point to remove everything... thing is, remove and cannot remember where I left it!) before going for my shower that day. When I was about to wash my face, then I realized I still have my earrings on, so I took it out and the only safe place was in the cupboard! It was so safe. Out of sight, out of mind, truly.

Now, I will just have to make even more stringent mental notes to myself.

Take out everything in the room, leave it in the small box! Getting old, cannot afford to have such "heart attacks" anymore!

大年初七

It's everybody's Birthday!!! =)

Happy Birthday to one and all!

We went for mass at CTK in the morning and then dropped by Courts in AMK, I wanted to take a look at the HP mobile phone as I am contemplating one... But oh well, they don't have it, so too bad.

I think at this moment in time, I should be getting the Samsung Omnia. If I can convince myself that it is all right to be using the same model as my mgr and another colleague (all in the same department!) then I will get Nokia E66. Or if I can convince myself that the buttons of Sony Ericsson G705 will get seasoned with use, then I'll get that. After all, the G705 is the cheapest of the lot and still meet my requirements of having WiFi!

Anyway... we had a steamboat dinner at my Grandma's place. First time, having steamboat dinner there and we also have the traditional "Lo Hei" after dinner. Should be before dinner but the adults say after dinner then "Lo" then after dinner lor.

Lots of laughter with my sisters and all the other relatives.

Sitting here blogging just drives home the fact that tml is back to work for me. I should not be grumbling, after all, I've had a week long CNY break. Not many are as lucky as me to have such a long break.

Hope that the new work year will be a smooth sailing one!

大年初六...after class.

I thought I was late for class but end up, the tutor was even later and he start late, he end late. Problem is, I don't have the luxury for him to take his own sweet time to start or to end the class.

End up, I was late for the 7pm class too.

Finance was a blur of theories and the formula seemed simple enough but to prove that it works.. wow... that's another thing altogether.

English writing, the tutor seems nice. Except that she herself admitted that she don't give Ace for TMA. =( There goes my hope for a A for the whole module. Usually, TMA is the only time when we can score and get A for exams. If TMA cannot get A, then quite confirm, our overall grade will be pulled down.

As I predicted, I had no time for dinner, luckily, I brought along some snacks and drinks so can still have a light bite and only manage to eat dinner after I reached home at almost 10.15pm.

Really very stressful for my poor brain to sit through 5.5 hours of straight class. And then I feel so guilty for eating late at night. =(

大年初六

and I have to go back to SIM for make up lessons!!!!

Worse. It's 4pm to 7pm AND followed by 7pm to 9.30pm. Back to back! =(

Feeling so sad and moody.

Back to back lessons at unearthly times and no time for me to even grab a bite and I got to dong till 9.30pm!

Hubby will, should be at home surfing net, watching TV, napping or enjoying the rest of the snacks left... while I go school.

Depressed.

大年初五

After lazing at home the whole day on the pretext of trying to study, to do TMA and to do revision for the next lesson, all I managed to accomplish the whole day was blog, reply some messages, surf net to search for handphones, sleep and then eat a lot of snacks.

But the one thing that made my day was having dinner with Clement and family. Which means, we got to meet up with my darling God-daughter! =)

It's such a joy to see her growing up healthily and happily. She's getting more and more active with a mind of her own. And she is beginning to look more and more like Mommy!

After dinner at J8, Crystal Jade, we went to walk around and she was playing this childrens' game which will win her some mentos and she seem to be so pro at it. Knowing when to press the button and when to pick up the mentos that drops into the bin. After collecting the mentos, she will pass to her mommy or myself so that she can take some more from the bin.

Then she was soooo busy climbing up and down from the kiddies ride. All of us were just looking after her, making sure that she does not fall and will not knock herself while climbing. Hubby said she's like a little hamster, up and down, up and down and just cannot sit still at 1 particular spot!

We had coffee at Dome and the little princess was in a happy and chirpy mood. Playing with us and even sharing with us her snacks!

Love her!!

大年初四

Hubby woke up late and thus, decided to call in for another day of leave rather than going in late and have his pay deducted. Might as well take leave in that case.

We waited for Carrefour to deliver the ladder and then we went for lunch with Jeff and Godma at AMK, Astons. Nice, cheap, good western food!

Where to find nice Chicken Chop that comes with 2 sides of my choice at only $5.90?! And the serving is reasonable. Not too tiny some more!

After doing the laundry, we fell off to slumber land... and I was waken up by a call much later. On hindsight, I should not have answered the call. Was my colleague who wanted me to do something for him. I dislike him because, he made it seem as though it's my responsibility to do his things when I am actually doing him a favor by helping him do it lor!

Anyway, handle it when I go back to work on Monday, for now, I shall ignore and treat him as invisible. Don't waste my time and breadth on him.

My new resolution for this year will be, "Don't waste time and breadth and energy on people who don't matter."

Our tenant came back from Korea (She went back to Korea to celebrate CNY with her family) and she gave us this...Can guess what it is?

Some kind of nuts? Snacks? Partially right. It's Korean Popcorn!

No added sugar, honey, salt or whatsoever. It's really just POP-ped corn. Taste very good too! Not as crunchy nor as soft as those we get from our cinemas. It's naturally sweet and fragrant.

According to my tenant, it's a traditional food that they must have in Korea for CNY. I assume as much as we have Pineapple Tarts, Bak Kua and don't know what else, this is their must haves lor..

oooohhhh... Now I learned something.

Back to eating!

大年初三

Hubby decided to take a day off to rest (and maybe to recover from the horrifying Sentosa Trip!) and I was a little disappointed that he decided to stay home. I had already planned to go to Suntec Carrefour to buy a ladder and aluminum poles for hanging laundry.... with him around, it just simply means I got to justify my reasons why I'm getting it.

I was really just hoping for a get-it-and-go kind of shopping experience. =/

So, no choice. He will come with me then and I had to explain and justify why I want the ladder, the poles and a new pillow. =(

We had a good lunch at Mahattan Fish Market, they just opened a new branch at J8 and I was dying to go to them ever since they opened! Never had the chance till now.

They have quite value for money set lunches and I enjoyed it. Only thing was, it was a pretty long wait for the food. Hubby had the normal fish and chips I cannot remember the name of what I had. But it was good. My grouse would be the garlic rice and chips served were getting cold. Other than that, the fish are good.

We got our ladder and I got myself a brand new pillow. My neck's been giving me aches and pains for the last few months, I suspect it's my pillow. Finally changed it, hope my neck and shoulders will not be so achy from now on. It's really a pain for me to keep visiting the sinseh every 2, 3 weeks and my co don't approve of chinese sinseh's MC.. so everytime I go, I got to take leave!

Anyway, carrefour ran out of the aluminum poles so no choice, just the ladder and we paid $8 for delivery - which is still cheaper than us taking a cab home from Suntec. (Was hoping to accumulate our purchases till $150 for the free delivery but nothing to buy already, so no choice) Best of all is we don't have to lug it around and we can go for coffee!

After paying for purchases and arranging for delivery, we took a coffee break at Gelare. They have some tea time promotion and we ordered.

Some Ice Cream Cake....Blueberry Cheescake....Flat White for us both. Can sit down and enjoy coffee, hubby is very happy already. Can tell right?! Anyway, the baby seated behind hubby is very cute!! He kept turing round to look at us and smile! hahahaha...

I want to show off the Tee I bought from Old Navy. So cute right?! Actually, I prefer the other piece of the girl decked in soccer attire. Even more cute and girly!

Testing of the self timmer function on the camera...also to showcase that we had a window cushion seat with a rather nice view.

Last shot before we left... This shot took many many many tries before we could get it right and in the end it was hubby who did it!

Walked over to Marina Square and I grabbed another turtle neck top in Grey from Zara. No choice as I need to cover my neck and shoulder area these days to prevent the wind from blowing onto the aching area... and only turtle necks can do that.

Like that 1 day and my 3rd day of CNY is over!

大年初二; Scary Sentosa

Hubby, my 2 younger sisters, my mom, her sister and me braved through scary Sentosa on the 2nd day of CNY.

My mom and her sister are sort of flowers crazy and since we have no plans lined up for CNY, we all made a trip there.

Only 1 word to describe the trip TO Sentosa from Vivocity. MADNESS!!! Total Madness. I've NEVER seen so many people at Level 3 of Vivo to get tickets there.

Anyway, I kind of feel cheated out of my time and money lei. There flowers there are quite disappointing... Or maybe it's too hot, too crowded and too little walking space for me to enjoy it much....

Anyway, array of flowers... Different kinds... Goodness knows what their names are. I just snapped.

Cactus with flowers blooming, which got my mom all excited and demanding that I snapped. I obliged.
Some strike me more than others...Like this funny flower that seems to have a face on it. Rather fierce, angry and scary face I might add.

Pineapple Flower.Tree of Life.Velvet balls of Red Flowers.There's lots more, I'm too tired to post up 1 by 1.

Sisters Forever!!! Sisters for over 50 years and counting. Mom and her sister la.

Sisters for as long as I can remember. My middle sister (Blue) and I suspect that there's some production error when I was being manufactured. Just look at the size discrepancy lor!!! Sis thinks I'm a defect product. But too bad la, there's no "return to maker" guarantee la. Morever, it's already in usage for the last 20+++ years.

Hubby and I against a field of pink lilies and don't know what else. Oh.. think got lettuce and some big ass hearts and a pair of lovey cows which people got to queue to take photos. Nope. We din. Too hot.

Moo Moo Year. Must. Have. Cows.

People queue to take a pic with the huge plastic cows. We? Din bother. See can already la.

More cow. Some works by some secondary or primary school students.
The horn of the moo moo already dropped off lor. People don't just take photos, they pull and touch and then it came off. *Tsk*

And a shot of us all.2 pairs of sisters and the 1 single sole man.

Finally, Hubby and I. Wishing all a Happy and Prosperous NIU Year! May your new year be Smooth, Healthy, Happy, Worryfree and Wealthy!!!









Ya la. Hide behind hubby will make me look a tiny bit smaller la. After seeing for myself how tiny my 2 sisters are, I will do all I can to look smaller.

大年初一

Was planning to go Church for mass but we both woke up very late and by then mass would already have started, hence really no point to go.

We got ready to go out and 1st stop was to my maternal grandmother's place to 拜年. We had lunch there and then stayed on for a while longer before we made our way to AMK Hub to catch 家有喜事 at Cathay.

Funny show... but rather lame.

Time waster kind of show.

Is about the very tomboyish and spinster sister who cannot find a boyfriend. The brother had girlfriends before but never got married because his family believes that as long as the elder is not married, bad things will happen to the younger siblings should they get married earlier.

Bro got a love guru to try to help the sister, but sister fell in love with the love guru. Love guru fell in love with another girl and spark off lots of funny things in the process when the sister found out and try to find out the truth if the love guru is two-timing her.

My conclusion. No storyline. Watch if really desperate to waste some time (which we were really desperate to do so, hence we watched). But it's a good laugh.

After the movie, we made our way to Jer's maternal grandmother's house to 拜年. We did not want to reach the grandma's house too early because there will be lots of people and it's very hot and crowded. Plus, there won't be much room for standing or sitting, the place is too small for so many people lo... So if we go late, we don't have to stay too long.

Watched the adults played majong and hamsters in cage (The hamster very steady, strong forelegs! Can do horziontal monkey bar against gravity!!) Ate some junk. Made small talk and finally after dinner, we could go home!

Bliss to be able to go home. Away from the crowd and heat and noise.

I really dislike house visitation on CNY. Thank God, it's a once a year thing though.

年除夕

We do an alternate year thing for reunion dinner so as to be fair to both sides of the parents and Reunion Dinner was at my in laws place this year.

Hubby and I brought a "Lo Hei" from Ichiban Boshi and the few of us sat down for a steamboat dinner after the "Lo Hei".

There was only PIL, YBIL and us present this year. OBIL had gone into Malaysia with his wife for reunion dinner and will only be back on the 3rd day of CNY.

I was feeling a little sore. If we had known earlier that OBIL is going into M'sia to celebrate the occassion with his in laws, then we can all have an early reunion dinner and then on this actual day, hubby and I could actually go back to my parent's place for dinner ma.

Anyway, no point saying anything anymore. It's over.

For future years to avoid things like this, will just ask Hub to chk with the bro to see if he is going into M'sia for reunion dinner. If he is, then, maybe we can eat early and then hub and I can go back to my parents's side.

Shoes Craze

Sometime last week, just as I was getting out of the house on MONDAY morning, I realized my ONLY pair of black working slip on heels was missing. STOLEN!

Crap!

Monday morning, rushing and cannot find my heels!

On the way I was fuming and cursing at whoever it was who took my heels. And I really wanted to wear that pair today as Hub and I will be on half day and we'll be going to town to do some Christmas shopping and that pair is slip on, so it's easy for me to try on shoes and clothes!

To cut the whole story short, I got into the Mary Jane lookalike from Clarks

and off we went to work, still upset at my loss.

I "announced" it to the whole world via msn when I reached office and my lunchtime kaki was the first to respond. Thank Goodness, she has her URS card with her and I borrowed it from her for the day.

To make up for the loss of my heels, I need to get a slip on replacement. Best would be if I can find back the same pair. I am particular about my heels... Coz I am flat feet. Most shoes arches are too high and narrow for me. So far, only those from URS fits my feet.

I have no idea but I ended up with 3 pairs instead of just 1. =PLeftmost pair was the exact same pair that I lost.
Middle pair, I like the soft satin ribbon on it.
Rightmost pair, I like the purple against black and it was very low.
So. I bought 3 pairs to replace 1 lost pair. =/

Hub also bought 2 pairs of shoes. One pair while we went shopping, the other pair over the weekend that past. Rounded and slightly pointy.

And a few days ago, it was told to us that during the Open House next year, all staff will be wearing a Black Polo Tee. As usual, for ladies, we cannot wear jeans nor capris. And my role will be in charge of student guides, means I will be moving around. Which therefore also means, I must wear dark colored pants (coz I have no light / white long pants) with the Black Polo Tee. Which will means once again, I have no shoes to wear!!

I cannot possibly be wearing the Clarks the whole 3 days.
1) It will stink by the 2nd day.
2) No doubt it's comfortable, but it's high.
3) I also realized that it tends to be a little slippery when on wet tiles.

I would love to wear my Nike "Ballet" shoes. Only thing it's silverly white, now it's greyish silver as it has aged. But imagine my top and bottom to be black and shoes greyish silver?! Too outstanding shoes.

Hence, I needed something black and low and comfortable. I got myself another pair of shoes on Sunday when we were at Queensway Shopping Centre.

This time, from Rockport. Low and comfortable and formal looking enough. $95 after 20% discount.

I have no idea why I kept buying shoes recently. Hub was commentating why do I keep buying shoes that's only suitable for certain occassions? But not a pair that's suitable for all or most occassions? Honestly, besides being vain and wanting to look well dressed and being comfortable for the various occassions, I have no answer to that question.

I mean, I cannot be wearing white shoes when my top and bottom are both black! I cannot be wearing heels to run around, chasing my students and leading lost visitors from venue A to venue B, walking up and down the many many flights of stairs and across my campus (rough area size is about 15 football fields) for 3 days! I also cannot be wearing the same pair of covered shoes for 3 solid days and running around in it. SOCKS? I've tried those heel socks. I hate it. The elastic eats into my skin and makes me feel worse!

This shall be my LAST pair of expensive shoes for the next 1 year! I've just spurged on the Clarks and now rockport. NO more!

The next time I buy any more shoes will be when it was WORN out!

ARGH! Feel so fraustrated when I buy so many pairs of shoes!

Edited to add: ah... and I forgot to add that recently, I got myself a pair of Merelle Sandals too

$59.90 from Royal Sporting House at J8. Ya la, slippers. So all in, within 2 months, I've almost replaced ALL my shoes!

Udon

Another dinner that I made from the cookbook.With the leftover frozen mixed veggies and the remaining block of toufu, I decided to just add everything plus some more other ingredients into the Udon noodles for dinner.

As usual, I followed what I understand of the recipe, the rest, I modified and edited.

For the soup base, I just went to NTUC to buy the pre-pack miso soup base. Throw in some chinese mushrooms and scallops (to make the soup sweet) and wait for the pot of water to boil. Add in marinated chicken (pepper, hua diao jiu, salt) and mixed veggies after the pot of soup of mushroom and chicken has boiled.

Continue to simmer on low heat while I go take my shower.

After my shower, add in those white scallops followed by Udon. Wait to boil. Meanwhile cut the block of toufu and put into serving bowls. I did not add the toufu to the soup as the toufu are those super soft and meant to be eaten cold not for boiling soups kind. So I just cut and then pour the whole pot of soup, Udon and the rest to cover the toufu.

Serve. Our dinner of Mixed Veggies Udon in Mushrooms, Chicken & Scallops.

I think passable. The ingredients sounds weird, not Chinese not Japanese. But ultimately, as long as can eat, and Hub say "OK" I think can already la.

Definitely room for improvement but at least I am trying.

A Home Cooked Dinner at long last!

After a very very very long time, I finally decided that I will once again step into the under utilized kitchen and cook a simple dinner for ourselves.

I guess it started because of that 2 simple cookbooks I got in KL. What better way to start with a simple meal and since Hub has no class and I've finished exams for this semester! =)

I decided to make Japanese rice with egg and chicken. So during lunch, the lunch kaki and I went to AMK Hub for lunch where I also went to buy my chicken, frozen veggies, toufu and Yakitori sauce to prepare for dinner.

But I always prefer my meals with veggies... so I modified the given recipe and added in frozen mixed veggies. End up... My chicken becomes very colorful with the mixed veggies =P I think it's still acceptable! I did not really follow the given recipe and instructions exactaly. What I did was stir fry the onions and mixed veggies till almost done. Add in marinated chicken (in Yakitori sauce), water and continue to stir fry. When chicken is almost done, add in 2 beaten eggs, simmer for just 5-10 seconds and off the fire.

By this time, the japanese rice (Short Grain Rice) is done, pour all the chicken into the rice cooker to keep warm and to cook the egg so that the egg will still be watery and soft.

And I love the Japanese Cold toufu! So I decided to make that as well. Only thing is, I added Enoki (not sure how to spell) mushrooms, spring onions and bacon bits. VOILA! A little of "East meets West" but added crunch from the bacon bits and not to mention, it looks so much more colorful too!Hub commented. "WAH! So convenient! Don't even need to cook!" I retorted "Says who! I got to lightly boil the mushrooms lei!"

For the sauce, just mixed the yakitori with some water, soak the cooked enoki mushrooms and pour it over the toufu. Chuck it back into the fridge to keep it chilled till it's ready to be eaten.

Then, we go bathe! hahaha.... so that we can have a nice meal after our shower and I've also heard that showering after dinner is not good and it adds weight! So, as far as possible, we try to shower BEFORE eating. hahahahaha..

Our dinner on 27 Nov. Home cooked Japanese Rice with Egg and Chicken with a twist and Cold Toufu.Pardon the newspaper.... We usually eat in front of the TV at the coffee table and we are just too lazy to even wipe the table after eating, so with the newspapers, just crunch everything up and throw. =P

Hub said it was Good. =D And I'm happy that he likes it.

The Ingredients (serves 4)....
1. Dashi, 250 ml
2. Sugar, 1 Tbsp
3. Mirin, 4 Tbsp
4. Japanese light soya sauce, 4 Tbsp
(no idea what iall the above are, I used Yakitori sauce to replace items 1 to 4!)
5. Large onion, 1, peeled and thinly sliced into rings
6. Chicken fillet, 250 g, cut into small cubes. (I used chicken tigh, cut into bite size)
7. Eggs, 4 large, lightly beaten (I used 2 normal sized eggs)
8. Cooked Japanese Rice, 300 g (Short Grain Rice, 3/4 cup)
9. Shichimi togarashi (No idea what it is, replaced with Yakitori sauce)

Instead of Yakitori, other japanese sauce can be used too!

and the Instructions...
1. Combine items 1 to 4 in a bowl and bring to boil in a pan.
2. Add onions rings and chicken cubes and turn heat to hight. Cook for 2-3 minutes ensuring Chicken is evenly cooked. (I just heat olive oil, lightly fry mixed veggies and onions, then add Yakitori sauce and water to dilute the sauce and lastly chicken marinated in the yakitori.)
3. Pour in eggs covering chicken and onion rings. Cover pan and leave for about 30 seconds. Remove from heat and leave to stand for about 1 minute, allowing eggs to cook lightly but remain soft.
4. Divide into portions, pour warm egg mixture over each bowl, sprinkle with nanami togarshi or Japanese seven-spice seasoning to taste. (To keep the food warm, I just pour the whole thing into the rice cooker. No need to add seasoning as the yakitori sauce does it all.)

That's all. Simple isn't it!

Cold Toufu is even easier!
1. Remove the toufu from the plastic container.
2. Rinse it under cold running tap water, place on plate.
3. Mixed yakitori sauce (or other sauce) with water.
4. Pour mixture over toufu. (I felt that it's a little too plain, hence added Enoki mushrooms, spring onions and bacon bits... these, I anyhow add, not even sure how it would taste.... But Thank God. It's not too bad!)
5. Chuck back into fridge and only take it out when it's ready to be serve.

Was a good and simple meal.

Bday Celebration

Nothing much but just a nice dinner at Ichiban Sushi in AMK Hub.

My order of Don Don Set.. which was way too much and I can't finished... coz I had no idea it was such a BIG set! I was attracted to the sashimi, unagi and soft shell crab.

Hub's order of some curry rice cannot remember if it's chicken or pork... and since he ordered so little and I can't finished my meal... needless to say, he finished everything else that I can't stomach.

Don't know if it's my bday or his bday hor.. I seem to eat better than him! =P

And, Lastly, here's the Bday man, himself. All decked out in his new shirt and tie that I got him for his bday, taken on the morning of his hatch day before we left the house.

And yes, that picture behind him is a 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle that he completed all by himself within a month.

This, I really salute him.

Happy Birthday, my man. =D

Hub's Special Day..

It's my darling's special day today...

Happy Birthday Darling!

May God shower his blessings and bless you always.

Love you!

You look good in that shirt... enjoy your special day and then let's pig out tonight... hee.

3rd Wedding Anniversary

Time really flies by so quickly! In a blink of an eye, we've been married for 3 years. We don't really plan what to do nor how to celebrate. But we do make sure that we'll spend the day together or at least a meal to commemorate this day, where 3 years ago, we pledge to love, honor and to be with each other till death do us part. This year, very luckily for us, our wedding anniversary falls on a public holiday, Hari Raya Puasa and hence, we don't even have to take leave to spend the day with each other.

I got a voucher for trail massage at Wellness Village Spa for $30 as a cardmember and companion will just need to pay $38 for it. Hubby agreed to go for it and I made a booking for it long ago as I was afraid that they may not accept promotions since its on a PH and we wanted to do it in a couple room.

Luckily for us, the branch at Pan Pacific Hotel was cool with it. Hence, no issue, only condition was that payment got to be made thru the OCBC credit card, hardly an issue at all!

With joy, we made our booking and went on our way! =)

Appointment was at 3pm and we were on time, in fact a few minutes early so we went to the washroom where I took the chance to camwhore. Amelia says the only way to take good self portraits is to practice. Hence, I’m taking her advise! Hahaha…

While waiting for the earlier couple to be ready, we have to fill up the personal particular form and I was done faster than Hubby so, took the chance to snap more photos.Bored hubby and bored me. Nothing much to do while waiting ma. Finally, it’s our turn for the massage!

Inside we have to stripe. So no photos. But the massage ladies are quite good. I really feel quite comfortable, also a little shy at having to bare it all…

After the 1 hour massage, we both felt VERY hungry and we went for a bite…

Yuan Yang, Kopi-C, Raddish Cake and Siew Mai!

We were due for a buffet dinner in another hours' time, so that's all we ordered. Drinks ok. Normal. Raddish Cake not bad. Siew Mai. Don't bother.



Took a slow walk and we crossed over to Suntec for our buffet dinner at Shillawon, which is 2 or 3 doors away from Kuishin Bo.

Food was not bad, but only good if go on weekend or PH as the menu will have more choices.

Pork, Chicken, Beef. All you can eat. They also have small mains like the bim bim bang, noodles, pancakes, soups and other things like salad and other small snacks while waiting for the food to cook.

Oh.. best of all, since there was not much crowd, the waitress could even BBQ and cook the food for us! We just need to write down what we want, they'll serve it onto the table and she cook for us where necessary! All we need to do is write, eat, chat and enjoy! My kind of BBQ! heheheheHere, I wanna rave about the boiled pork belly!!! It's soooo good!!! Yes. Yes. I know. VERY sinful. But the boiled pork belly is really really so good! It simply MELTS in your mouth!

Wrapped it in crunchy greens covered with sauce and kimchi, pop the whole thing into your mouth and just simply let the taste slowly spread all over. WOW!

It's simply delicious lor!

My favourite dish for the night!

Stunned Hubby (before we made a mess of the food).

At the end of the meal, both of us were so full that we had to just sit and wait for the food to be digested.

Got the waitress to help take a shot. Happy Anniversary, Darling. My wish is the same as yours, may we have many many more of such anniversaries!

Love you!