Jamie is singing lullaby... gtg!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The Story of a Girl who cares for our Mother Nature
First and foremost, I'd like to say thank you to the lovely blog owner to allow me to be a guest blogger. So my first contribution will be about her and her kind deeds in helping our environment.
This is a story about a girl who cared for the environment. She would think twice before acting to make sure it does not cause more greenhouse gas to our wonderful mother earth than it should.
I hope you guys were entertained. The blog owner is nicely taking a rest while watching a Jamie Oliver video which she borrowed from the library.
Oh, the moral of the story is... RECYCLE!
Til next time, enjoy your life!
This is a story about a girl who cared for the environment. She would think twice before acting to make sure it does not cause more greenhouse gas to our wonderful mother earth than it should.
It all started with today's dinner, which was a healthy meal from subway...
and a walk in the neighborhood with the dog...
Ta-da! Subway Double Choc Cookie! :D
and a walk in the neighborhood with the dog...
Ta-da! Subway Double Choc Cookie! :D
I hope you guys were entertained. The blog owner is nicely taking a rest while watching a Jamie Oliver video which she borrowed from the library.
Oh, the moral of the story is... RECYCLE!
Til next time, enjoy your life!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
PHOTOLOG #4: 20090329
I always feel good riding at Balestier Street cause it's one place that I feel like I am back in Penang again...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
PHOTOLOG #3: 20090328
It has been a routine to have breakfast with J every Saturday morning before his work. If we aren't making our own breakfast, normally we will settle for either McD/McCafe or the hearty oriental breakfast set from the coffee shop nearby our place.
Saturday breakfast is always a moment that I am eagerly looking forward since the start of a week...
Have a nice weekend everyone.
Friday, March 27, 2009
PHOTOLOG #2: 20090327
Anyway when I laid my eyes on the bags of Reese mini cups in a duty free shop at LCCT, some good memories just kinda flashed back and I suddenly remembered how much I used to love these pieces of bliss. Without hesitation I grabbed a bag even when it had burnt a hole in my pocket, costed me about RM50.
1 month had passed and I still have half a bag in the refrigerator and I started to wonder how I could have fallen in love with them in the first place...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
PHOTOLOG #1: 20090326
Aunty Teo and I have a plan.
We had agreed to adhere to the plan and be as persistent as we possibly can.
It's called the PHOTOLOG.
What we both will do is, we will upload a daily picture everyday along with a short passage or perhaps a few sentences as caption is too fine. We both think it's a fun thing to do as the project will keep us close even when physically we are far apart, and at the same time keep us active in the blogosphere. Personally it feels good to share a special thing with someone significant.
So as starter I would like to show a pic of us,
which was taken ages ago when I cheated her into that position so that her face would look BIGGER than mine. Seriously it's a BKM that I think every gals should learn.
Remember how we used to push each other's face to the front whenever we take picture together haha... It's truly my utmost pleasure to have known someone like her. May our friendship last forever, and this... will be my very first photolog.
We had agreed to adhere to the plan and be as persistent as we possibly can.
It's called the PHOTOLOG.
What we both will do is, we will upload a daily picture everyday along with a short passage or perhaps a few sentences as caption is too fine. We both think it's a fun thing to do as the project will keep us close even when physically we are far apart, and at the same time keep us active in the blogosphere. Personally it feels good to share a special thing with someone significant.
So as starter I would like to show a pic of us,
which was taken ages ago when I cheated her into that position so that her face would look BIGGER than mine. Seriously it's a BKM that I think every gals should learn.Remember how we used to push each other's face to the front whenever we take picture together haha... It's truly my utmost pleasure to have known someone like her. May our friendship last forever, and this... will be my very first photolog.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Another Saturday Ride
It had been a real long time since I last rode on my bike. J had been losing touch on his riding too, except the routine short rides to and back from work. Guess we need some time to start picking up everything again and to get really serious on our training for Sundown Marathon. We are both participating in the 42km full marathon category but this time round J won't be staying with me for the whole 42km journey as he has his own personal record to break (in other words I am pathetically a snail runner). So I better prepare myself and really dwell into some intensive training in despite of the long working hours that I am currently suffering.
The weather had became insanely unpredictable lately but thank God that it was perfectly sunny this morning. We had decided to go for an easy ride to the nearby Lower Peirce Reservoir.
J was inflatting the tyres and Elmo was feeling grumpy after J told him that he can't tag along this time. We really should install a crate or something on our bike for the ease of bringing Elmo around. I really hope that he can too share the fun we are having.
Camwhoring a little before starting off. Elmo was feeling grumpy still. :( He just had his new haircut last week and is completely bald right now. The Shih Tzu next door named Xiao Wei is going bald too, so sometimes when we happened to stumble on the owner walking the dog, it's kinda funny to see 2 botak dogs mingling and smelling each other haha... Oh ya! See my new jersey? That's my very first cycling jersey which is a Valentine's Day present from You-Know-Who <3 The baby blue makes me look like a very sweet pro but in fact I am not wahahaha.. I mean I am still sweet but not a pro... yet
Here we are! The astonishing view of the reservoir. All the reservoirs in Singapore are particularly scenic and infrastructural that the government had made them to be recreational hubs for people to enjoy the wild greeneries and the serene backdrops away from the cityscapes. They are one of the few places that you can have a taste of natures in Singapore, which are not too natural for me though because they are way too well-maintained and had made friendly for all classes. Remember one time when I saw some kids catching reared fishes in an artificial longkang I was like hmmmm... do those kids actually know how a chicken looks like?
J made me do this *act innocent* and he told me that he'll be snapping only my pointing arm and the backdrop. When I confronted him later he said my arm is attached to my body and hence he had to include my whole body. Very the lame la this guy..
Another great view at the reservoir with pretty well-trimmed piece of grassland.
Spotted 2 beagles from far hehe... was telling J that we should bring Elmo for a good run here one day...
Our bikes resting side by side. Guess which pretty one is mine?
Overall the ride is fun with a few slopes which are good for training but I am looking forward for longer rides. Anyway hope this ride can at least be a motivation for J to liven up the engine again after slacking on training for so long, if not the sacrifices of my precious sleeping hours will really come to a waste grrrrrr.
And last but not least.. the perfect breakfast after a perfect ride with a perfect man..
The weather had became insanely unpredictable lately but thank God that it was perfectly sunny this morning. We had decided to go for an easy ride to the nearby Lower Peirce Reservoir.
J was inflatting the tyres and Elmo was feeling grumpy after J told him that he can't tag along this time. We really should install a crate or something on our bike for the ease of bringing Elmo around. I really hope that he can too share the fun we are having.
Camwhoring a little before starting off. Elmo was feeling grumpy still. :( He just had his new haircut last week and is completely bald right now. The Shih Tzu next door named Xiao Wei is going bald too, so sometimes when we happened to stumble on the owner walking the dog, it's kinda funny to see 2 botak dogs mingling and smelling each other haha... Oh ya! See my new jersey? That's my very first cycling jersey which is a Valentine's Day present from You-Know-Who <3 The baby blue makes me look like a very sweet pro but in fact I am not wahahaha.. I mean I am still sweet but not a pro... yet
Here we are! The astonishing view of the reservoir. All the reservoirs in Singapore are particularly scenic and infrastructural that the government had made them to be recreational hubs for people to enjoy the wild greeneries and the serene backdrops away from the cityscapes. They are one of the few places that you can have a taste of natures in Singapore, which are not too natural for me though because they are way too well-maintained and had made friendly for all classes. Remember one time when I saw some kids catching reared fishes in an artificial longkang I was like hmmmm... do those kids actually know how a chicken looks like?
J made me do this *act innocent* and he told me that he'll be snapping only my pointing arm and the backdrop. When I confronted him later he said my arm is attached to my body and hence he had to include my whole body. Very the lame la this guy..
Another great view at the reservoir with pretty well-trimmed piece of grassland.
Spotted 2 beagles from far hehe... was telling J that we should bring Elmo for a good run here one day...
Our bikes resting side by side. Guess which pretty one is mine?Overall the ride is fun with a few slopes which are good for training but I am looking forward for longer rides. Anyway hope this ride can at least be a motivation for J to liven up the engine again after slacking on training for so long, if not the sacrifices of my precious sleeping hours will really come to a waste grrrrrr.
And last but not least.. the perfect breakfast after a perfect ride with a perfect man..
Monday, March 9, 2009
New Home
Went back home for the weekends and was excited to see the renovation progress of the new house. Dad and mom seemed to be very thrilled too, judging by 90% of their conversations were all about this house. During the first visit to the house since my last trip home, my super dad actually surprised me with some of his DIY works which I never thought can be Do-It-Ourselves. All the guys must be blaming dad for spoiling the market la. How to find such handy man like him?
The wooden deck at the 2nd floor balcony just beside the living room. Before this the floor was cemented and covered with small pebbles, until dad did the miracle and transformed it into a deck.
From measuring and sawing the wood planks to nailing, polishing and painting, superdad did all by himself. Seriously, I want superdad to teach my bf all these.
Supermum resting on the newly bought leather couch while superdad working hard on the deck under the hot sun. So demoralising...
While I was busy snapping photos and doing nothing else, mum suggested that I should offer to take some of the works off dad's shoulder. Being the best daughter I agreed and wanted to show my creativity on dad's deck but he shooed me away from his territory and handed me a roller and a tray of paint to draw a Monalisa on the wall.
Haha.. kidding. I don't dare seriously.
I was assigned to paint the piece of wall above the fish pond but after 15 mins of painting when I realised that I wasn't tall enough to reach half of the wall, dad took over the job cause he thought I wasn't good with the ladder. So there I was, back into position busy snapping again.
Paint work and ladder. The holes on the wall are actually the outlets for the fountain later on.
This is photographed from my room which window is 1 floor above the soon-to-be fish pond. From the picture you can see that the wooden deck is perpendicular to the fish pond, surrounding the living room.
The long window at the staircase from 3rd floor to 2nd, which I suggested to mum that it should be curtained cause I think we should have some privacy. Mum said it's unnecessary cause I have nothing to let others see. -____- very funny..
Going down..
Dining hall and entrance to the dry kitchen.
The dark-wooden cabinet in the dry kitchen. You can't imagine how big is the combined kitchen of wet and dry. Didn't take a picture of it but just imagine a kitchen which can fit in 10 mattresses side by side? I so want it. :(
A totally unrelated picture but just wanna show you our first 30km (to and fro) night ride from Ang Mo Kio to Marina Bay back to Ang Mo Kio. It's always fun to ride on the road except the time we did a trial-ride from AMK to my work place when J lost his patience and made me feel like I am stupid :((( Anyway, this ride was fun and the background is the renowned and operating Singapore Flyers. Beside me is the handy man that will build our future home.
The wooden deck at the 2nd floor balcony just beside the living room. Before this the floor was cemented and covered with small pebbles, until dad did the miracle and transformed it into a deck.
From measuring and sawing the wood planks to nailing, polishing and painting, superdad did all by himself. Seriously, I want superdad to teach my bf all these.
Supermum resting on the newly bought leather couch while superdad working hard on the deck under the hot sun. So demoralising...While I was busy snapping photos and doing nothing else, mum suggested that I should offer to take some of the works off dad's shoulder. Being the best daughter I agreed and wanted to show my creativity on dad's deck but he shooed me away from his territory and handed me a roller and a tray of paint to draw a Monalisa on the wall.
Haha.. kidding. I don't dare seriously.
I was assigned to paint the piece of wall above the fish pond but after 15 mins of painting when I realised that I wasn't tall enough to reach half of the wall, dad took over the job cause he thought I wasn't good with the ladder. So there I was, back into position busy snapping again.
Paint work and ladder. The holes on the wall are actually the outlets for the fountain later on.
This is photographed from my room which window is 1 floor above the soon-to-be fish pond. From the picture you can see that the wooden deck is perpendicular to the fish pond, surrounding the living room.
The long window at the staircase from 3rd floor to 2nd, which I suggested to mum that it should be curtained cause I think we should have some privacy. Mum said it's unnecessary cause I have nothing to let others see. -____- very funny..
Going down..
Dining hall and entrance to the dry kitchen.
The dark-wooden cabinet in the dry kitchen. You can't imagine how big is the combined kitchen of wet and dry. Didn't take a picture of it but just imagine a kitchen which can fit in 10 mattresses side by side? I so want it. :(
A totally unrelated picture but just wanna show you our first 30km (to and fro) night ride from Ang Mo Kio to Marina Bay back to Ang Mo Kio. It's always fun to ride on the road except the time we did a trial-ride from AMK to my work place when J lost his patience and made me feel like I am stupid :((( Anyway, this ride was fun and the background is the renowned and operating Singapore Flyers. Beside me is the handy man that will build our future home.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Ramekins Encounter
I have been looking for nice ramekins for ages, since when I started baking and had learnt the uncountable dishes that I can possibly come out with these wonderful pieces of china. Just before the last Valentine's Day when I was planning to surprise J with a sinful Chocolate Fondant dessert (that will be the story of another day) which had called for ramekins to mould the batter, I had failed to find it anywhere that I could possibly think of. So, instead of using ramekins, I had brilliantly replaced it with stainless steel jello moulds that I had found on the supermarket shelf. Though the outcome was still good, but the ramekin-hunting mission didn't end just like that.
Today, when J and I were hunting for a cover for my new baby (got this from J for completing my very 1st marathon <3, and that will too be the story of another day) at Mayer in Plaza Singapura, well we couldn't find what we were supposed to get but we found an interesting shop called Daiso just a few blocks away. It's not some lavish shop that will burn a hole in your pocket but it's actually a 100 Yen shop that surprisingly sells a lot of quality stuffs with a mere $2 of all items! We had fun running through all the shelves, and that was when I spotted the beautiful pieces of china that I had been yearning for. Can you imagine that? At a 100 Yen shop? $2 for a piece of art that will ecstasize your life with so so much wonders?
It's not even those cheapo-looking ramekin. It's made in Japan!!
Look at the beautifully crafted blue stripes.
And yea.. I was being so ambitious that I had gotten 6 of them to make a...
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leaning tower of ramekins.
It's gonna be so much fun, isn't it?
P/S: I know the kitchen towel background is a disaster but seriously you don't wanna know what's at the back of the scene.
Today, when J and I were hunting for a cover for my new baby (got this from J for completing my very 1st marathon <3, and that will too be the story of another day) at Mayer in Plaza Singapura, well we couldn't find what we were supposed to get but we found an interesting shop called Daiso just a few blocks away. It's not some lavish shop that will burn a hole in your pocket but it's actually a 100 Yen shop that surprisingly sells a lot of quality stuffs with a mere $2 of all items! We had fun running through all the shelves, and that was when I spotted the beautiful pieces of china that I had been yearning for. Can you imagine that? At a 100 Yen shop? $2 for a piece of art that will ecstasize your life with so so much wonders?
It's not even those cheapo-looking ramekin. It's made in Japan!!
Look at the beautifully crafted blue stripes.
And yea.. I was being so ambitious that I had gotten 6 of them to make a...
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
leaning tower of ramekins.
It's gonna be so much fun, isn't it?
P/S: I know the kitchen towel background is a disaster but seriously you don't wanna know what's at the back of the scene.
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