Hello!

Hi Guys…sorry for not posting in such a long long time.

Well…i came back to Sydney on the 13th July. This is the first week of uni.

I’ve not been cooking a lot…just a little. I cooked my favourite dessert – Black Glutinous Rice with Coconut Cream! I really like to eat it in Singapore and found it amazingly simple to cook at home and tastes really really great too! I have pictures etc..but i will share the recipe and pics the next post!

I watched Harry Potter yesterday with Fish. It was dark..brooding..and you could really see the characters developing and mysteries deepening. The love relationship between Ron and Hermione, Harry and Ginny. What really intrigues me is Professor Snape. He’s quite a complex character – we’ve drawn conclusions that he must have been forced by Dumbledore to associate himself with Voldemort and kill Dumbledore to save Draco Malfoy from turning evil. (Well…i’m saying all these without reading the last 3 books..so.. =)

Today was a really comfy day to sleep in..and i had a nice awakening from Fish when he barged in and woke me up loudly declaring that he has bought my favourite foods for lunch..haha.. its Portugali by the way. Best morning/afternoon ever!

I’ve recently also spent a little money on books purchased from yesasia.com. Bought some chinese cookbooks and Xiao Jing Teng’s latest album from there. Their prices i find are relatively reasonable – at least the cookbooks are cheaper than if i were to buy from kinokuniya here in sydney.

I have also been really really really trying to find pandan leaves or essence here. They are really really hard to come by. If anyone has any idea at all where i can find pandan leaves or essence – please tell me! I’ve found pandan paste in brillant blue! I’m so not using that!

Well…i think that’s all for now.. Bye! Leaving you guys a quote:

男女平等 – taken from 文化中国 ‘老子的智慧人生’

“当男人注意打扮之日，就是男女平等之时。

当男人认为女人的欣赏有必要的时候，这就是男女平等之时。

当男人注意自己的外貌，注意别人对他的看法的时候，就是男女平等之日。”

- 赵启光教授

In Singapore…HOT!

First day back in Singapore and … it is freaking HOT!

I went around with my mum and dad…here there…

Had steamboat for dinner, mangosteen for fruit and Brown Brother’s Moscato to go with it.

What else?

Nothing much i suppose… Hopefully i can get to go shopping and more…

Missing Tattle and my darling!

More Updates…

I forgot some stuffs..hehe

19. I think i’ve found my favourite Max Brenner drink in Australia. I think it is the Dark Chocolate with Crunchy Waffle Balls – Delish!

20. Fish wants to get a light saber for his birthday…hmmmm

21. Oh…and Fish broke my spectacles, lucky i had my old pair which was still working fine… so i have to make a new pair of specs when i return.

22. Going Bondi to watch transformers now..bye!

Updates…

Hey guys… haven been updating in a very very long time. I definitely have pictures etc that i want to share, but for now, i’ll just leave you guys with a summary.

1. I nearly burnt (rather, smoked) the house down. And destroyed an expensive pot.

2. I am actually watching soccer right now! Ever since my first match between Brazil and USA (not the finals – i am watching the finals replay now) in the Confederations Cup. I have so far watched 2 full games – the first was 91 minutes (i think) and the one i watched 2 days ago between Spain and South Africa was nearly 130 minutes. The adrenaline is amazing.

3. Had 2 of Shi Hui’s friends come over for dinner – we had alcohol (moscato – very weak), stewed pork belly (which i cooked, but was not up to my expectations), brownies (also not up to my expectations) – hai……

4. Made porridge using a new method – which was relatively successful – though not all i had hoped for.

5. The first reason why i had stopped blogging for a while was because i got sick with the flu – wasn’t swine flu – didn’t see a doctor but recovered in around a week or so.

6. Oh – about soccer again – i think Kaka from the Brazil team is kinda cute. (OK, now i sound like shi min..haha) I think i actually like his name more.

7. We have a new member of our soft toy family. We have Tiggy, Foggy and finally….Tattle! He’s the youngest of the family and other than his shell and belly, he is green! I shall take a picture and show it to guys one day. With Tattle, Foggy has become the older brother and Tiggy is now Uncle Tiggy.

8. I made Black Glutinous Rice today – one of my favourite desserts and breakfast foods. It was surprisingly easy and tasted good!

9. I am starting to dabble a little in make up. But i am the ultra lazy type – so i just want something that is easy and quick.

10. I can’t think of anything else i think. By the way, it’s not going so well for Brazil at the moment – it’s USA 2 Brazil 0.

11. Me and Hui will be going back to Singapore this Wednesday (1st July) till the 13th July. It was a sudden unplanned trip. But still, i am quite excited about going back but yet at the same time, Fish will be staying here all alone.. what a poor darling… he’s got Tattle and Tiggy to accompany him though.. =)

12. My cousin is having a third child – a little baby girl – sometime soon.

13. I bought a new jacket from Myers. It’s a Ben Sherman navy blue jacket that i soooo totally adore! Fish liked a skirt from Ben Sherman for me as well, but i decided to just get the jacket. The next day, we went to the Ben Sherman store at Bondi and found the last skirt of the same size (lucky me) at a $30 discount! YAY!

14. Oh – and with no malice at all – the South African supporters look really really amusing at the Confederations Cup. Esp when South Africa lost against Spain.

15. Fish just told me a gruesome bit of history regarding soccer – dunno if it’s true or not though.

16. I think soccer players must do loads of leap frogs – judging by the amount of jumping over other soccer players.

17. Brazil’s goal keeper just made a very funny face after losing a free kick. Haha…

18. oK….this is becoming a soccer-logue. I shall stop here and concentrate on the game. Hopefully i didn’t miss out anything.

See you guys in Singapore! Auf Wiedersehen.

My Current Favourite New Cookbook!

I just bought this book at Kinokuniya. It is a Taiwanese cookbook. In case you can’t read Chinese, the book name says ‘just like to eat eggs’.

The book has i think 70 recipes using eggs as the main ingredient.

There are beautiful pictures to accompany each recipe.

There are recipes from the very basic and more advanced.

It costs $28 and i am quite happy with it!