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Gee TGIF, the week is over! Yes! Hallelujah! Have never work so hard for so long... Had it too easy for too long. I am not complaining. I cannot complain cos hey, moolah is rolling in... but this girl need a break! I am tired! I was down with flu! I did not have time for yoga and run! BUt hey, TGIF, i am now relaxed.. totally; just down 3 glasses of white wine... ooh..blissful! hahahaaa N roast chicken n roast potatoes are in the oven.... tomato soup in the boil.... And what's next on the agenda? The weekends are full... party till i drop tomorrow. Brunch on Sunday.... kind of like it.. just the way to laze away the Sunday.. and then Monday comes early. Gotta meet the old tenant and receive the handover of the rental flat. Time to arrange for a good clean up and look for new tenant for the Serangoon's flat., The woes of landlord. But worse, I am not the landlord; but the acting! Money don't go to my pocket! But what to do,; it's blood....gotta do it for Alb
Wednesday nite is like playing Hell Kitchen for real these days. Ever since I started school and Bez's term begins, we only have Wed, Sat & Sunday to actually sit down and have a meal as a family. And with the uncertainty of weekends, Wed has now officially become the "eat as a family's day". So needless to say, we will go all way out. Planned menu way ahead. Cook a storm and timing it to be ready all on time so that it will be piping hot. .... just like Hell's Kitchen. And for this week, the menu is Potato Salad, Celery & Carrot Sticks with dips, Fresh Homemade tomato soup and Braised Pork Knuckles with chinese bun. Potato salad with sour cream, chopped boiled eggs & bacon bits. Tad of mustard for that extra tangy taste. . Prepared way ahead and chilled..Bacon bits added later This is my first attempt with tomato soup. A pretty straight forward and easy dish to prepare. But not very good with the roux and it did not turn out thick and creamy en
Mega Picnic Alas
The much awaited Mega Picnic alas! Been wanting to do this for a while but with all our busy schedules, it is really hard to set a date. .This is so much fun. We really need to do it more often. And of course we don't picnic the simple way. It has to be pot luck with great wines and gourmet food. Boys, including the big ones had some good work out with the frisbee too. this so sharp focus photo not taken by me la. Don't know what he is scratching... seems like Bez too! WEsley giving it a good throw. Don't have a sharp focus. Camera not good enough or was it the camera girl? He actually caught it but hey, camera girl too slow again. He already threw it out . a much needed rest at half time? Sexy mama Pussy n Bitch? Tomo's got exam.. Picnic, Singapore's way. Maid n mummy fanning while he's working on his assessment. Kiasu! Comfy cushion... lucky Dom Geneieve & me in blink cap. So u all can spot me from far My smiley Apple pie Honestly don't know what the
Another Theme Party
This time to celebrate Daisy's birthday. Actually, Daisy and Rachael, since hers is just 2 days later. I know all the photos are already in Facebook. But somehow, i feel safer keeping some in my blog. Well, if one day my computer crashes (touch wood) or Facebook starts acting up again, I still have some photos hidden some where. And I think many years down the road, when I look back at my blog, I will be reminded of all these fun and silly parties we have. Here's Wesley, suppose to dress up as terrorist or Rambo, but somehow managed to look like one of those Vietcong fighters..And Bez was a Spy for Team Fortress 2. A character that had everyone befuddles. No one, except the 4 boys knows. Its apparently a character from the game they played. Look familiar? Same pose, almost same party animals, but different theme.. My Viet Cong GI Janes with make up.. Ling trying to look fierce... lol... try harder, Ling. And here Shirin trying to look nasty. Daisy going to battle with
Back to School mIgrane
Just spent the last 3 hours on a 12 page power point presentation! Pathetic isn't it; 3 hours! But hey, my first attempt using power point. Not to mention, its been donkey years since I have school assignment and such. It's been a real eye opener going back to school. Apart from what I am learning about the science of FengShui, all its formulas, diagrams and reasoning to digest, I am given a rare threat to be back to school, in a "today's" college environment. I said that because school these days are indeed very different from my times. Now, I am not going to mention how long, but those of you who know me know it. Go figure :-p To start with, I was actually quite taken back by the in depth we are delving into in this course. To think that it is only a basic night class, I was quite surprise by the enthusiasm shown by my classmates. There are 84 of us. From all walks of life. Naturally we have quite a handful of architects, interior designers, landscape d
It was about 3 Boxing days ago, when I saw the news report on the obscenely huge piles of rubbish left over from the previous day's christmas gift wraps. It was such a waste. All new, crisps gift wrappers used once and discarded the following day. Think of the amount of waste, the trees that were chopped down for that one sole purpose. From than on, I've been wrapping all my gifts on recycled materials. Well, with Jazz it Up, I've plenty of off cut fabrics that I can used for this purpose. I don't use any tapes too. Only tie it up with ribbons (also collected from presents given to me) or even strips of materials. All recycled. To "jazz it up", I've also resorted to use old xmas's decorations, dry flowers etc.... anything i can get my hand on. This is wrapped with a piece of raw silk. Tie up with gold ribbon and spice up with a old xmas flower that would otherwise be kept in a box and never see daylight again. This is also with pink silk. Hey,