Missing piece

One of the missing pieces to my existence on my diary

**November 2008**

N formally graduated. And the besties were part of the fun in some merlion grad shots taking :):)

I was soooooo SLIM! And almost BOOBLESS! :D

*omg faintz*

I have put on near 6kgsssss since....but boobier.....

Gosh! Can I have the BEST of BOTH worlds please? Slim AND booby??!!

:D

Family Bonding

Found this on the ground one evening while walking Murphy.. arent the wings pretty?

Iphone LOMO 

Boyfriend not in town. Sat's house party postponed.

Hence alot of family bonding this weekend :) Somehow in life, there are just too mannnnny people, tooooo many commitments!

 Littlest Siyuan is sooo big already!!

Have I mentioned I realllly love house parties? The very essence of being able to laze around sit down on the sofa and eat the delivery over some catchup just sound very desirable! If u are lucky and the host is a good cook, can fly to heaven already!!

A bottle of women's drink ;p Still have one more chucked away in storage with higher % alc content :) Sweet. My kind :)

We did Sat's luncheon in a very unhealthy manner! ARNOLD's CHICKEN!!

Screamsss FANTABULOUS! I find it better than KFC! They opened a new outlet in Hougang Green :) 

The to-die-for FRIED bunss :) Any fried bun is to die for anyway...I know how to make!!! The dad was craving for some chilli crabs and I told him I could go buy some to cook for him...PLUS make fried buns.

He told me not to waste the crabs... o_O"

Dear dear!!! You will eat my crabs even if they give your rashes right???!!! :):):)

OMG! The SKIN!!!! *drooling*

 Another to-die-for dish only in ARNOLDS. Their coleslaw is simply yummy! Better than KFC leh!

 

 Wolved down the coleslaw and the mash with the fried bun. *slurpzz*

 And the must-order potatossssss platter if u are a potato lover.

I felt really homey on Sat. So I decided to share my love around the house :)

Porkie shrooms pie on the menu!

Think I m innovative or what! I only know how to cook minced pork in ONE way. The hotplate tofu way ;p So with the same cooking style, I made the fillings and rolled them into a pie :)  the bottom piece looked abit charred cos I switched the oven to intense heat over the top halfway into baking. Switched back again and caused the whole house to get short circuited. Luckily the dad was at home...

Note to self, must learn how to handle the circuit board from the dad leh..

"Live and learn"

PS: I hung out my FIRST stick of bamboo pole during the parents' trip this time round. Very proud of self :) Cos I always visualise dropping the pole onto some poor chaps car down below ;p

 Side view of my Porkie shrooms pie :) also added in leaves of baby spinach (raw) and cheese (not enough. Must add more next time)

 Tweaked the recipe to the 3-egg spinach. Too bad no salted egg at home.. So I ll just have to continue experimenting till I get it right

 Braised pork (courtesy of mummy)

Since I m in a good mood (I just came back to the city!!), I shall share my favorite minced pork recipe here..But I think....perhaps only Shaoyu....will need this :) Dont think any of my friends cook leh...

Recipe for good minced pork

Ingredients

1 pack of S$2.50 minced pork from NTUC supermarket

5-6 pieces of mushrooms (chinese/can/japanese)

Some garlic

Some chilli padi

Mixture A (taste)

- 1 tbsp oyster sauce

- 1 tbsp water

- 1 tbsp sugar

- 2 tbsp sesame oil

Mixture B (glue)

1 tbsp cornflour (or riceflour)

3 tbsp water

Steps

Stir fry some garlic till fragrant

Throw in the pork and stir fry till almost cooked

Throw in mushrooms and continue stir frying

Add in Mixture A and continue stirfry

Cut in your chilli padi

Slowly add in Mixture B until you achieve the desired goey-i-ness (dont have to add all)

There it is! The secret is in Mixture A! This pot of minced meat is awesome goodness! you can use it as a dish on its own, place it on ur hotplate toufu or even make it into a pie! Very versatile!! hahaha!

Do you even use the word on food? ;p

Unhappy

This tail shows an unhappy dog.

And SO I learnt after having Murphy baby boy. That was how fast I rushed into it :) Didnt think of the consequences. Didnt do ANY research on bringing up a furball. I basically knew nothing about a dog!

Pinky & I disturbed him from his sleep last night. And LOL over this sight.

We had a good laugh over the day when I thought I broke Murphy's beautiful tail!!

It was the 1st (few) time I brought Murphy boy out of the house. So him, being young and timid, refused to budge half the time. And I had to carry him home one day. That fateful day, I scooped him up with one arm under his pits and the other under his butt. His tail was kiap downwards and held together with the butt.

When I finally let him down, his tail was dangling downwards!!!!

And I thought I broke his tail!!!

Attempts to lift it up again saw it swinging downwards. So I thought I broke the tailbone or something.. Got sooo scared I ran home to tell my family.

Just when all attempts to lift up his bushy mane fail, and we were anxiously pondering over what to do next (he wasnt whimpering, so it might be redundant to go to a vet), the tail slowly rose to its masculinity...

o_O

I later went to google and learned that a dog's tail swings downwards when it is unhappy or scared.. Poor boy must have been scared in the foreign environment..

Hey!! Live and learn!!

Gonna sleep! Furball's waiting for me!

Manja Baby

Man and dog had some bonding hunting to do over the weekend..

They went in search of.........squirrels!!! Spot it? :p Bishan park is a treasure cove for these furry creatures :) But no insects due to the midday sun :(

No chance for the man to hone his skills. He now has a liking for anything macro. It is like that in the sea. Is like that on land as well o_O

Mind you. Macro means everything, including cockroaches and houseflies ok??!! He actually SEES beauty in them!! >.<

And here is his self-proclaimed BEST shot that he is verrrrry proud of!

Presenting....

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not for the faint hearted...

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not for people who HATE insects...

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BUT u might change your mind after seeing its upclose 'cuteness'

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THE HOUSEFLY!!!!

cute is a judgement. U be judge for yourself :)

Anyway, we took the Saturday leisurely. Had a slow brunch...

And Murphy was a happy dog! we unleashed him to mingle around with the doggies there but he decided to pee on people's bench *_* So I scooped him up after a while. Always 'throw my face' in public...he still looks happy on the chair anyway.

Whipped out the trusty Iphone to geek around. I just downloaded some photography apps onto my Iphone and they are doing my photos wonders!!

LOMO (before and after)

picture looks sunshinier. I dunno how else to describe it better :p

There's even an app to make you pretty and flawless!! The flawless, smooth and white skin that all us woman lust after...

OF COURSE! This is NOT his real skin!! Compare it to the original photo below for the real skin texture! Even the most hated chiu chiu (moustache), that irritatingly pricks and tickles u when he kisses u, made to look innocent... I swear one of these days I am going to get my hands on 2 coins and kiap them out one by one...

And into the night.....My manja baby boy was sooooo worn out, he fell asleep on my lap... *loveshugscuddleskisses* I melted instantly and forgot that I had to bathe :)

Aweeee.... weekend...can you come soooooooner????!!

TGIF - Left my heart at home...

This happy little baby is not so happy this afternoon...

Because there's no one to feed him light lunch and treats this midday.

Guess he miss my mummy much as I do when I did the full load of laundry last night o_O

I totally forgot about the laundry till late and was hence even later for my kopi session with some good mates :)

I am glad I made it in the end. Almost had to pry myself away from the sofa to get the butt out of the house

z_z

How did I ever think of missing a good catchup (and some slight bitching) with some good mates??!!

It's TGIF!! And we have a DATE NIGHT tonight! Role swop. I am going to FETCH MY BOY!! o_O

Our story - Wedding Venue

One binding promise.

Two different persons.

A common trait. DECISIVENESS! Or rather, IMPROMPTUNESS! :D

Throughout the baby steps towards our own wedding, we realised how much we have in common. Perhaps, we just dislike all the wishy washyness. If you are happy with what has been offered, why bother to go multi placessssss, ask multi people, do multi researchesssssss, and then have a hard time scratching ya head over the pros and cons of each option before deciding on one? Sometimes, after all that trouble and head scratching, you might even end up in square one.

So...YES! We DID IT again!! :) Just like how we bought our flat. Simply, with a snap of our fingers!! Not much discussion beforehand :) Date not fixed. Guest list also not fixed. My parents happens to be out of town the WHOLE week, so I dun even know how many tables they need! Nonetheless, it is a load off our preparations. Am sure the guest list will do fine. It will fall in place nicely :):)

Just last weekend, we were meeting up with SS & YN to free ride on their research of the day. Come recent weekend, we went to a wedding showcase (the ONLY one we ve been to), confirmed and placed the deposit there and then (within 2 hours)!! Even though we were limited by time constraints cos had to rush off to A's competition by 6pm. Made a coupla calls to the 'elderly' da ges and da jies for some consultations, and that was all! :) Bargained quite a bit and TAHDAH!

So YAY to a venue! We will be working hard at the guest list and getting the date fixed up. Sooon. Soooon. Not everyone can accept what we just did. Reverse order! :)

PS. Some people are going to WOW!! at my marvelous decision making trait, displayed once again :) *hehheh*

Food, friends and insects

THE CHEF CHALLENGE!

(5 June 2010: with new challengers, SS & YN)

Flaming HOT after taste! Shiok!

I still prefer the way it is done in Jerry's (than Sunset's).

There were talks about the Buckaroo's which we had looooong time ago! I actually forgotten about that particular date! *the importance of a diary*

We free rided on their venue research *heh* Cos even though they decided to get hitch later than us, they decided to have an earlier wedding than us. 1.1.11. GREAT. No clash now :) They can be each other's brothers :p And hence I am already double booked on that day.. :S

Earlier before, we did a catchup with the girlies. Rejoiced over TWO birthdays and TWO engagements!!

Really a major catchup session, I wished I had more time.

THE PREMIUM KOREAN BEEF

(7 June 2010: With Karen, Martin & Dylan)

 

N wanted to share these prime cuts with people he loves :) The catchup dinner has been postponed from April to May to June! Cos it wasnt easy for ALL to be in Singapore at the same time. They almost went ahead without me while I was in Ho Chih Min. But their daughter(s) very sweetly said she wanted Shwu jiejie to go *swoons* though they didnt manage to turn up due to camp commitments >.<

Still. such sweet gestures. I feel LOVED.. :)

We did it the Korean way. Han Sang. No need salt and pepper to taste, it was just good on its own! And I found out I'm not the only one who hates beefy smelly cuts ;p They even served cinnamon tea!!! I tried to search for it in vain during Korea. Was told it has to be brewed aka no 3-in-1 :(:(

Luckily the traditional Korean restaurants in Singapore sell them! *major loves*

THE SUNDAY ACTIVITY

(6 June 2010: Hort Park)

See what the man is up to..

He got sooooo interested in a piece of leaf...

Great eyesight. keen eye for crawlies. That's the man for u! :D

He actually spotted a pretty worm on the leaf!! :):) I was intrigued by its beauty too... So we stayed there for 30minutes?? in order to get a good shot. Too bad twas too windy, the leaves were swaying and we got no proper one.. :(

This is MY best..not sure about his DSLR.

More sightings within the park..

Interestingly!!!

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WORMS WERE HAVING SEX!!!

Spotted these worms in pairs (one mounted on top of the other) crawling around!! I excitedly told the man to come over get some sexshots *hoho*

A gecko camouflaged within the leaves :) Spotted it cos the leaves rustled while it was trying to catch a butterfly. we didnt stay long enough to watch it prey successfully cos weather was tooo damn hot.

This week's back to kicking some asses! Women only get off days once a month! BOO! But still better than the men, who gets NONE. Time for bed! And be ready to kickass tomorrow!

Live to eat!

A good sign of who's the stronger one, I wasnt aching as much from the pumps. teeeheee!

So thou stilth choseth to believe thee is thus stronger! (pardon my gibberish! I ve been reading the holy bible off the iphone. Greek stories make the BEST stories)

We ve been up to no good recently. Alot of food. Yet another favorite thai session with his best buddies last night! Venue was in a farfaraway land. And it was a WEEKDAY!! 

All in the name of FOOD.. :)

WARNING!!

Massive food porn ahead!

I had to do a pictorial documentary of the foodiebulous vesak weekend! :):)

27 May 2010 - Cavers, Brozeit (313)

Finally another meetup and speculations of a pregnancy! To be confirmed 3 mths later cos some people are pandan. Jiemeiship very difficult to confirm cos they are exposed to mannnnny such unforeseen circumstances! haha! backup plan gotto be done now..

Pork knuckles (their famous dish), though I dunno how to appreciate such cuisine.. >.<

Shrooms pizza on thin crust

Da fave for potato lover! wedges!

Salad

Sausages are major LOVES!! :) Esp the cheesy one! Oozed out upon biting!

And a group pic, still not the full force. But also dunno what is considered full force. There are just so mannnny people!

I was telling my other Ms Lee how staying longer in hardship saw mannny more friendships made. How true. She started hanging out with other people after we all left her there! ;p I also started hanging out with these people after my own Honeybunch left!

FRIENDSHIP. How queer!

28 May 2010 - JB, Palm Resort, Taman tebrau

Drove in in search for June's venue. Found. And by sheer luck, twas a good holiday venue! we did luncheon there. The 3 hour tuas jam got us stucked from breakfast time to lunch time! HUNGRY!

Downed 2 servings of these before the food came...

Caffe latte. Never go wrong with it, anywhere.

Vit C BOOST! Really can taste the boost in a tiny sip. Made of real citrus goodness!

Blackforest

And our very important first meal of the day came! I never never never skipped breakfast before! :( Those who know what I eat for breakfast usually give me raised eyebrows... ya.. so imagine the hardship! No breakast on vesak day :(

Crab fried rice was all sold out the night before :( Alternative order. The mee goreng came with kakiage too :)

Very special curry fried rice.

Beef burger. The fries were very nice! The crisp on the outside is just different..I dunno how to put it in words..

And a little shopping after...we had dinner 4 hours later! :D pigs!

But definitely worth every bit of the calories!!

BUTTER CRAYFISH!!!!! *salivating already*

Sambal kangkong - wasnt that fantastic. We didnt finish the whole plate.

Chye sim

Frog legs with CHICKEN ESSENCE!! Whole bottle of essence! But the dish was too salty that day...

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CHILLI CRAB!!!!!

(taken with DSLR)

Since N doesnt do crabs justice, A & I devoured on the whole crab ourselves :) Had mantou for dips too.. *slurpz*

30 May 2010 - Great World City, Kenny Rogers

We told ourselves we deserved a good treat :) And I was craving for some mac&cheese!! Always a major love! And I read somewhere cheese gives u big boobs!! Though it's a bit late now.. Dont know why I HATED cheese when I was in the growing up stage :(:(:( If I have a daughter, I ll make her love cheese and milk! Or I ll mix them into her rice!

Kenny's famous muffins

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Seriously I dont know what's the hoohaa about it. Diz & I even attempted to treat our ex collics (during our parttime days) to some of these supposedly uber goodness muffins. Seriously?! What were we thinking? We should have bought them the tanglin doughnuts instead!! Hahaha!!

You know in JB, these muffins come in different flavours? Vanilla, chocolate and banana (i think). We should do kenny's in the next JB trip.

But there were talks last night about some abalone noodles and shark's head soup!!!!!

I'm not going to drink the latter! Pro sharks cos I wana swim with them :D Have abided by it thus far... I do deserve a pat on the back :)

Favorite! Mac&cheese!!! :):):):)

Mashed potato

Coleslaw

Half rib

Half chicken

And that ends the foodiebulous vesak weekend.

It's Friday! And another bingeing start to the weekend tonight :)

Bringing Ms Foodie to the fruit tarts place we went with Mari to try :) She is a real food connoisseur. Very picky about her food. I saw quite a queue there on Wed. Hopefully she will like it there :D

TGIF!!