Food Note - Sun Dinners @ Home

Sunday dishes require fresher ingredients, more preparation time + effort and more people @ home to enjoy them=)

Overdose

Back from US autumn get-away...

Instead of jet-lag, think I am suffering from pics overdose...

Finally got them uploaded on FB,
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41459&l=d6776&id=632219079

"There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred."

President Theodore Roosevelt, speaking of America's National Parks

Bits & Pieces

Mum always prepare surprise snacks for us over the weekends=) Tata, it's prawn fritter this time round! She makes it sound so simple, quoted: "I hve some prawns, bean sprouts frm the mkt this morn, so with these ingredients + some plain flour = prawn fritters"

Sent my mobile for servicing last Mon evening. Received the msg to inform that it is ready for collection yest evening. I was thinking: I am definitely not going to spend another 2hrs waiting for the queue. Took bus 27 at around 10.30am to ensure that I were there early when the service centre @ century sq. opens from 11am. I got Q. No. 5 & the screen reflected that it was serving No. 3...good just 2 customers to wait for rather than the 20 over on Mon night. Got a beady ring from fieJapan..found it pretty & lugged it home. Impulsive purchase=P

Wall-E

Watched Wall-E with ssl @ vivo this morn. Show is supposed to start @ 10.30am. We are running late...walking @ a mad pace frm home to sk mrt to catch nel train. Managed to reach by 10.50am but thankfully, the movie only commenced ard 5 mins after we sat down:P

A thought-invoking show that touches on the emotions through scientific WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) & EVE (a feminine search robot). My fav character in this show is M-O, a small cute robot that is programmed to clean anything abroad the Axiom classified as " foreign contaminant".

Before catching it, I have heard some raves. My bias conclusion is guys might find this movie more interesting than girls. After all, it's robots!

With HOPE, there is always a FUTURE

A good initiative=) Something that I truly support for the benefit of our future generations. Hopefully, one day, I can contribute in any little way to Hope School and the children=P

http://bizalum.nus.edu/eflyer/2008/HopeSchool/about.htm

Joi Chua

Friends who know me enough know that I practically don't sing...or I just don't know how to sing=P As a listener, I like her voice and she has been one of my fav singers=)

Wakashachiya Curry Udon

It's Central again. We celebrate KS's bday @ Wakashachiya CURRY UDON. To end the day, green tea+red bean azabu sabo icecream by the steps.

Marutama らーめん まる玉

Went to Marutama on a Thurs night some weeks ago for Fio's birthday.

It's ramen again =P Enjoyed the Aka Ramen (left). As described on the menu, the soup base is made of 7 kinds of nuts topped with coriander. I am fascinated by the 7 nuts indeed & chose this. The rich brew is delectable, even without sprinkling the fried garlic chips. A wring of lemon gives an invigorating twist to the soup. The meatballs which come in nice pinkish colour are my fav. The springy thinner version ramen noodles complete the bowl.

Yummy & satisfied=)

HaPPy BirthDAY, Singapore!

On the 18th floor, masses of red, blue skies, water bay, esplanade, hotels, skyscrapers, singapore flyer, cranes. It seems like a nice painted pic which is definitely more complete with magnificent fireworks. A pity my phone cam is only 2 megapixels with reflections..nonetheless Enjoy!

Happy 43rd Birthday!

Niece Therapy

Met mum @ amk hub on fri. We went to MOSBurger for dinner. She asked me to order rice burger for her. I ordered one of my fav for her - Kakiage Rice Burger...quite surprised that my mum actually likes MOSBurger as she is quite a no fastfood, no mayo person. Yeah I have one more dearie to share MOSBurger cravings with:)

Seeing my niece as always is a therapy. Much better than retail therapy:P

With no jap classes on sat now, sis & I decided to walk from sk to my aunt place at seletar hills in the late morn. The morn breeze was nice. While we were 2 junctions away from sk new sports complex, a bus uncle driving an empty coach with kallang leisure park graphics printed signalled to us. The route ahead was straight & empty. He winded down his windows & said he cld give us a ride. We were hesitant but didnt know how to reject his offer. Onboard the empty bus, we realised he thought we were on our way to the sports complex for swimming. Nope, we told him we were heading towards jalan kayu area. He was indeed a kind-hearted soul, saying he wld drove us further up so we did not have to walk so far. Though our exercise plan is half-spoilt, we felt grateful to bus uncle.

Having not seen my beloved niece for close to 2 mths, she is beaming all the way. She has grown a little taller with longer hair & knows how to call yiyi now. I am offically "Yiii" to her. Snds old but guess I hve to accept it with grace. Her fav action with me is hug hug with arms wide open. Fav action with sis is knocking shoulders. We brought her to the nearby park for a walk. A sat filled with such simple joy:) Blissful (",)

Shape Run 08

Are we READY?

Sun Dinner

Dinner on Sunday evenings are fantastic with mum's homecooked dishes:)

ST, Happy Birthday!

My dear fren, Happy Birthday!!!

Hope you enjoy Miss Saigon & the little pressie.

Bday girl! Pardon my shaky hands:P

May all wishes come true in work, life & everything:)

Refer XQ's blog for more...

Santouka らーめん 山頭火

I prefer soba all these while. However, have a sudden crave for some good ramen.

All set to go for either Marutama or Santouka @ Central. Looking at the snake queue @ Marutama, we settled for Santouka.

Fio & I had the set meals of ramen in shoyu (soy sauce) & miso (soybean paste). She chose fried rice while I chose the mountain grated yam rice. SJ ordered toroniku shoyu ramen. The soup base is strong & good but too saltish. Found out from waitress that shio (salt base) is the popular & least saltish among the 3 bases. Maybe will try the next time.

No drinks. We settled for azabu sabo hokkaido icecream in the end. Had my usual green tea with red bean. Just nice to end it off with my sweet tooth:)

TIme to get going on my jap hw:P

3D2N Macao

Mum, Sis & I purchased Tiger Airways tics to Macao way back in late Apr as the rates were quite enticing. A short get-away:) Dad decided he'll join us a week ago & he flew in via HK to meet us in Macao on the 1st day. A fam bonding trip:)

Wedding Bliss

My first fren from college to get married. It seems only yesterday when we were in the ndp cheerleading & singtel advert 2gether:) *Wedding bliss*

犬と私の10の約束

Trailer: http://www.shochikufilms.com/movie/inu.html

Opens on 26 June!

Nice combi~

The combi of yoplait forme yogurt with Jacobs Craks Orginal flavour is fantastic! Dip some yogurt on the cracker & all goes well:) Strongly recommended!

Friday The 13th

Dept dinner @ Minori tonight. Our whole team of 19 pax turned up. Fun night indeed! The last time I was here was during the grad prog when the coy paid for the executive set lunch. Sat around the same area this time. Think the tatami room will be nice, but it can only accommodate smaller grp. Service wise, rooms for improvements though.

The gang decided to head for drinks after tt...thinking of following to chill out initially. But didnt in the end haha. Hitched a ride with ju to clarke quay...we had to walk thru the clarke quay stretch to reach Central CQ stn. Ju's 1st time so while we passed Clinic, she said sick also come here? Haha told her the concept & she burst out laughing:P Always like some Nectarine desserts but as usual it was crowded...

Accompanying grandpa to bank tmr morn. Gotta feast again tmr @ PPS HTL brunch buffet. Sadly, hve to leave latest by 2pm to head for Jap class:( Looking fwd to Sun's blading, hopefully can kill off some calories from the buffets:)

Happy weekends!!!

of Roces & Puma

Tempting GSS period. Taking stock before overspend.

2 major purchases this year:

1st pair of in-line skates from Roces & another new pair of Puma:)