14 Feb 10
Ben & I went our separate ways for dinner tonight, both of us had dinner with our own families. By the way, it’s Chinese New Year here and tonight’s the night for reunion dinner. Just in case you’re wondering what’s up with the whole separate dinner with family thing. So anyway I came home to a sleeping giant and I decided to be kind and let him sleep. At about 2AM, I got hungry which is when I saw this box of cupcakes! Awww cupcakes for me! Geez, they’re so freaking pink tho. Awww he bought me cupcakes! Is it a lame attempt to be all Valentine’s Day. Awww awww! Imma gonna eat them anyway because I just have to. The internal struggle I have, over a box of cupcakes…
Well, I had two of them and immediately felt a heartburn coming on. But I really like the silver cups they’re sitting in tho.
So, happy new year to my fellow Chinese people and if you and your significant other celebrate Valentine’s Day, have a romantic day, learn something new about each other and kiss lots.
P.S. Some of you had real nice encouraging things to say in my last post. Thanks a big big bunch. Means much and I’m keeping your words close to my heart now.
| Tags: cupcakes in a box, late night snacks, pink cupcakes
20 Jan 10
My mash-up of photos, from December till just about last week. First up is photos of Karyn’s immensely charming home, she had us over for a Post-Christmas dinner!
(L-R) Sarah, Karyn, Mellow & Yen
Her boy, Tommie
In the bedroom
Headed outdoors >
Ada; Little girl red at Magazine Road
Back in the kitchen >>
Kailan with mushrooms, drenched in oyster sauce. Gah, chinese is so hard to do! Couldn’t have done it without STUMPBO’s help via Twitter.
Day-old salad on mini toast (well only four of them are mini if you look closely), faux bruschetta
Out in town, at Tang’s, for the Harajuku Street Style Showcase >>>
(L-R) Myself, Sarah, Sheryo, Jayden & Tania [Photo by Tania]
(L-R) Sarah, Rae, Tania, myself, Jayden & not sure who’s this lady tho
I sneaked in a photo of shoes but that’s alright right? How could I not! Those Luellas, ohhhhhh, (good) sigh.
| Tags: harajuku street style showcase
9 Jan 10
bought these, I will try to make them sometime
yoghurt, mini-sized milo drink, yakult, ferrero rocher chocolate
toasted, coon slices in between a baguette
if you like cookies & cream ice cream, try the Meadow Gold one – it’s a blue tub with a white lid – $7! it’s actually the best c&c ice cream I’ve had, surprisingly. couldn’t have found out about this if not for dinner at Karyn’s!
ingredients for the burger and the mediterranean salad
it was gooood! (i’ve scanned the recipes, burger and salad)
stuff for the finishing touches for the tandoori salmon
with chappati (instead of naan), yoghurt mix of cucumber + lemon juice + red chilli and I used Patak’s tandoori paste for the fish. recipe’s also from Jamie O’s Ministry of Food.
It’s going to be a stay-home weekend for me so I think there will be plenty more home-cooking which means more food photos!
| Tags: ate and still hungry, jamie oliver's ministry of food, late night snacks
2 Jan 10
Here’s making up for the lack of everything on this blog, y’know in these festive times!
Fatboy awaiting the arrival of our friends
Celeste, Yajun, Caili, Popo, Ben & myself
Popo made her famooos tiramisu
We started drinking early
Played Charades while waiting for the stroke of midnight
We played with sparklers and poppers at midnight, then a bottle of beer smashed in the kitchen and then we went on to spend many hours watching weird funny horrible Japanese videos on youtube. Drank some more and was I the only drunk one at the table?
We missed you Whiteboy!
{Some photos were taken by Caili but it’s hard to say which ones exactly!]
| Tags: dinner party, having friends over, nye
22 Dec 09
First up, photos of the picnic are up on Sarah’s! I am gonna finish up my roll of film and share those later. Love the mix of people who joined us, Sandy, Yvonne, Arlia & her 15 year old sister, Nadia, Nurul and Dybs – You girls were champs despite the rain! And I have to thank my awesome friends for being so awesome and entertaining – Nabs, Sherms, Caili, Farah – you guys, love you guys because you’re worth it! Our worlds got smaller that day, Sarah & her friend, Charlotte, went to school with Nabs and Sherms and you’re confused, I’m confused but everyone’s happy!
So abruptly moving on, I’ve been eating and making and here are photos.
Stitching together little pockets for my origami
My gift wrapping improved ten-folds this year! Last year it was shiny paper and lots of mistakes. Btw, you have to check out Essimar’s gift wrapping ideas, I wouldn’t mind an empty box from her, just to get some gift wrapping goodness!
Finished product. One’s going to Belgium and the rest will be put up in my etsy store! Which is totally dusty and needs a revival.
| Tags: ori packs
