Our home

Finally we will get to have a place of our own.... Hooray!!!

Being a lazy pig and crowd lover, i still like to stay with my in-laws but the thought of having our own little space, leaving aside the household chores and monthly expenses, makes me excited....

Corp Challenge 2009

Here's the annual corp challenge again....

Didnt manage to run last year as I was carrying a ball..... this year i can finally participate in the run. Bot this pair of super cute socks for colleagues from taiwan and i made all of them wear this for the run.

My lucky number but didnt strike 4D over the weekend..... Luckily i never buy hehe

We walked all the way to the starting line as the bus which was supposed to ferry us there was full. We sweat before we reach the starting line.... Saw singa the lion along the way and took some cute pics which makes us look like childish students.

Initially I planned to run and walk through the 5.6 km but got tempted by taya to take shortcut when she called me just as I was around the finishing point so in the end i only run abt 1km and walk 1km, reach the finishing line in my fastest timing 25 mins. =)

The food in the hospitality tent was not fantastic but the drinks was not too bad, there is Brewerks beer and wine. I took one out of the tent to offer to Di who was also there for the run sponsored by her company, it makes her colleagues so envy of her. hehe.....

I will try to train and go for the complete 5.6 km run next year.

What a fall??

I simply cannot believe that i still will fall down stupidly at this age??? Went to Jan's place and fell while climbing down the stairs as i was smsing hehe

Although it is my oversight, I will still want to complain.... why did HDB build another two more steps after the flight of staircase?????

BE and MIL were stunned at the moment they saw me fall. The first thing that came to my mind was... is there anyone else who saw that? It was so embarrassing.

MCQ at the arcade

Hei is going to Japan to work so we arranged for a meet up before i leave for taiwan for holiday and she leaves for Japan. Di took leave as well but she meets us later as she is the oink oink in the group.

We are still early for dinner so decided to check out the arcade... We feel a little out of place but still enjoy the whole process... miss those young days but we are not super old now either hehe.... We played House of dead, basketball, mario daytona...

I chose Yoshi, Di chose ??? funny cat??? and Hei chose luigi. We played twice and the results is still the same but the one who won the first prize has no driving license...

It was really fun and i bet i will miss the times spent as MCQ together. =/

Tampop0 again!!!

Once i fancy the place, i will tend to go there super often..... went to tampop0 recently for JC meeting with mich and daffi.

Mich and daff shared ramen, tonkotsu and some sides while i have the 'selfish' sushi set for $43.

There is this conveyor belt in the restaurant which i think is interesting but super silly. It is not like the usual sushi shop where there are diff selection food on it for consumers to pick, it is for sushi platter to be delivered to your desk by the conveyor belt instead.

I saw my platter and was super excited but it somehow got stuck and then miss the exit and my platter went one round again... Feels a little sian as it will lose 10 mins worth of freshness but when the food arrives near my table again, it got me excited as it has all my favourites...

There is tamago, uni, roe, unagi, otoro, chutoro, scallops and others which i dont know what they are. I LOVE the uni and tuna!!!!

Home-cooked grilled fish set

I love to cook but BE always dont want me to cook as he thinks it is too troublesome to buy, prepare, cook and most imptly wash the dishes after cooking...

One fine day, we wanted to go to the supermarket to buy some veggies to cook porridge for the little one so we decided to buy food and cook our own dinner.

Grilled fish set
Ingredients:
For the baked potato - potato, butter, sour cream, bacon bits
For the veges - broccoli, carrot, salt, oil
For the side dish - bacon, asparagus
For the fish - fish, italian seasoning, lemon juice, pepper, salt

For the baked potato - poke the potato with fork so that it can be cooked faster, wrap it with aluminium foil before baking in oven. Once done, cut a cross, add butter, sour cream and bacon bits.

For the veges - blanch broccoli and carrot in hot water with salt and oil

For the side dish - blanch the asparagus and roll it with bacon. Bake it till cook.

For the fish - marinate the fish by adding salt, lemon juice, italian seasoning and pepper. Wrap it with aluminium foil and bake it.

T@mpopo

Wanted to go out for a meal but hate crowd so decided to head to Liang Court as i loved shopping at the jap supermarket even though the stuffs there are expensive. Decided to check out the jap restaurant which Hei once mentioned to me...

We had Black pig shabu shabu ramen, Black pig tonkotsu ramen... the pork is super tender....

And also the highlight for the day........... Otoro sashimi!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wanted to try that after watching a HK serial which focus on japanese cuisine.

It costs $55 for 5 pcs of otoro and $45 for chutoro...

Whats the difference?

Otoro is the premium part of tuna belly that usually does not get a price on any sushi house menu. Otoro is they best part of the tuna. Because otoro is from the belly of the tuna it is fatty. Otoro is light pink in color, sometimes almost white, and creamy looking. Otoro will leave behind a swirl of oil on the surface, and when it hits your pallet, it will melt. The fattiest portion of the tuna, found on the underside of the fish.

chutoro is the belly area of the tuna along the side of the fish between the Akami and the Otoro. Often preferred because it is fatty but not as fatty as Otoro.

Yummy! It tastes like meat instead of fish but i am glad i tried that but dont think i will eat it again unless i am in Japan. =)

Home-cooked Valentine's Day Meal

BE likes Abalone rice so i decided to cook Heart-shaped Abalone Rice for our V-day.



Ingredients required: Abalone, broccoli, carrots, parsley, pepper, corn starch, salt, oil, rice



Cut Abalone into heart shape

Cut carrots into heart shape and blanch the carrot and broccoli with hot water, a little salt and oil

Place the rice,broccoli, carrot and abalone into a claypot. Heat up the abalone gravy together with cornstarch mixed with water to the desired mixture. Pour the gravy over and add some pepper to taste.....

Here's the yummy Thai village lookalike heart shaped abalone rice.... Yummy!!!!!!!!1

Lion in the office

It is an annual routine during CNY to see lion dance in the office to bring luck to the company and i will always buy the lucky number which is display at the lobby but always never strike 4D. =)

Eyelash extension........

Tried to put on fake eyelashes previously for a dinner but it doesnt turn out to be nice due to lack of skill and practice so decided to go for eyelash extension at Mi11y's at Far East Plaza to save the trouble...

Here's the results.....

Given that i still cannot wear contact lense that often, this eyelash extension is giving me a little of a problem when i wear my spectacles my lashes is now longer than the width between my specs and my eye so i have to tilt my specs abit and this makes me look as if i got long sightedness.... Haha

On the first night, i got awoken by the fake eyelashes as it kind of pokes my eyes till i tear a little. I feel as if i never wash away my make up when i sleep.

Final verdict - i will not do it again unless necessary as it is creating more uncomfort to me but will have to endureat least after CNY since i paid $75 for this pair of eyelashes.

I am Back.......

I realised that i have not been updating my bloggy for slightly more than a month.... Now i am a full time babysitter for a week - itinery for the day will be wake up, bathe bb, eat breakfast watch tv, wash bottles and clothes, eat lunch watch tv, play with bb, surf net while bb nap, eat dinner and watch tv, family bonding time then play psp before i sleep..... the next day starts again =) Well i dont mind this kind of life but it lacks alot of communication coz no one at home to talk to me and it is difficult for me to go out also... anyway seeing him smile makes my day so no more grumbling.

My eyes have been getting better -- i hope, feeling a little lazy to visit the doc again but will go for daily contact lenses now even though it is more expensive. Will go for lasix after 30 as recommended by J's family eye doc friend. Have been reading abt this Dr Lee from Gleneag1es ever since it is recommended by colleagues - rather renowned and my lao ban going to check it out in Jan so shall see her reviews.

Going for my eyelash extension, massage and shopping with MCQ at Orchard this thurs so as to give myself a break before leave ends.... Have been watching nu ren wo zui da till i tempted to give my eyelash a new look.

Next leave will be in March-- going Taiwan for a short trip with BE and bro.... thanks Ting for her super comprehensive itinery. But before that, feel super sian coz i need to work on CNY Chu er when it is my first CNY with new addition.

Thats all for now!