Dragon Boat Festival aka Duan Wu Jie

Mummy decided to try her hands on doing rice dumplings for this year’s Dragon Boat Festival. Though today is the official Duan Wu Jie, she started her preparation last Thursday and the wrapping was done on Friday. The amount of time and effort spent resulted on tasty dumplings which tasted almost the same which her friend did.


Of course, there’s still room for improvement, but being the 1st time doing it, we gave Mummy positive comments. keke. She did the second batch yesterday, this time tastier but smaller (it’s like half the size of a normal dumpling) :p I brought one each to my colleagues and I’m glad that they like it too. Might be giving Ghaya another one as she likes dumplings a lot… keke

Up next on the try out menu: Butter cake!!! *slurp*

I want a bowl of fishball noodle!

I'm so craving for a bowl of fishball noodles now... Gonna grab one packet with extra vinegar after my FOC ear candling session later. Can't wait! *slurp*
It's not helping that the pic which was taken from here has other food which looks sooo delicious....

Just not my taste

After seeing many online posts raving about peanut butter + marmite spread on bread, I decided to be an "extra" and bought a bottle of marmite too.

Told Mummy to spread a thin layer of marmite as I'm not sure if I'll like it. And as predicted by Sis and Mummy, it was definitely not my taste of liking. The marmite was salty and together with the peanut butter, it was sure an acquired taste (0.O)


Guess we should just stick to marmite in porridge or soups from now...

Pasta Mania Buffet @ CPF Building

Went for Pasta Mania ala carte buffet mania @ CPF building with my colleagues today. I made a reservation for 6.30 but we reached there only at 7pm. Luckily, they saved the table for us.

. poster 1 . garlic bread and mushroom soup . beef bolognese . chicken wrap .
. marinara . pork stew . stuffed squid rings . crispy beancurd/saba fish/dory fish/lime chicken .
. shrimp toast . banana dessert pizza . poster 2 .
not in pic: bacon parcel, lemon grass drink

The pizzas, wraps, salad, soup, brownie were on the buffet table while the pastas and side dishes were cooked when ordered. That was rather nice as the pasta was steamy hot when arrived and like their beef bolognese. The side dishes were nothing to shout about as most were deep fried food, however the banana chocolate pizza was nice for dessert.

For a price of $12 nett, it was certainly value for money even if you head there for the few choices of pasta only. Might be going there on the 2nd June again with my poly friends....

Eruptions

Mount Merapi erupted, so did the pimples on my left cheek. *Sigh* Thankfully, my beautician helped do the extraction FOC AGAIN when I popped by yesterday evening.

We seriously don't know what caused the sudden breakout as I've been sleeping early, drinking lots of water this week, watching over my diet etc..... She mentioned that it's infection and she actually predict it to happen last year, and it's consider "late" that it happened now *gasp*

I believe my complexion will be cleared like how it used to be. I'll just give myself some more time...

I believe, therefore it will!

update - 17:00 hrs
Someone is getting on my nerves!!!!!

- He finished audit early and knock off without coming back to the company. And yet can complain that they dont have enough days back in office to do their paperwork.
- Gives stupid comments like "auditors have to look for dates if they were to die" due to their pack schedules.
- Tell me to to change the auditors which I've paired him up with as he dont wish to work with the other auditor.

Oh pleasee.... that's so unprofessional and silly of him to put it in email to me (I could simply forward to the managament and seek their advice). I'll just rant it on my blog for now till the day when I really can't take it and it'll be in to the small room with the manager to give my feedback! *hmph*

Crustless Quiche - A Success?

So I woke up @ 8.30am on Sunday to do my crustless quiche. But Mummy asked me to have my breakfast 1st which led me to thinking if she doesn't want me to do the quiche for fear that I'll mess up the kitchen. After Sis woke up and we had our breakfast, I started mixing the eggs, ap flour etc while Sis placed the ham and cheese in each mini pan and Mummy pre-heat the oven.

After 30 mins of baking, the quiche were ready!!!! However, I don't know why it looks so puffed up at the top (like muffins)
Surprise surprise, the quiche are edible. haha Not very very nice, but still acceptable for a novice like me (us)..

. mix . out from oven .
. crustless quiche . fillings .

Mummy and I are thinking of getting a cake mixer during the GGS. So baking every weekend?? keke

Saturday with Sis

I have a mental block on writing today. Therefore, I’ll do this post in point form:

- Went to Standard Chartered to open e-saver account
- Plan to have lunch @ Chin Chin was ruined due to the rain
- Had light lunch @ Thos S.B. Raffles, shared the Thos S.B pie and earl grey tea
- Walked to Chin Chin but saw Hock Lam Beef noodle
- Had the kway tiao beef while Sis had the mix soup
- Walked to Bugis Village
- Bought 6 pairs of earrings for $10
- Ate banana and chocolate pancake and oolong tea
- Bought biscuits and papadam
- Went to Burlington Sq to check if they bring in my Korean sweet, thank god they do!
- Took the wrong bus and ended up @ Millennia Walk
- Took free shuttle bus to City Hall MRT
- Bought mozerella cheese and honey baked ham for my quiche on Sunday

. Thos S.B. Raffles . early grey tea . Thos S.B pie .
. dry kway tiao beef . mix soup . banana and chocolate pancake .

Mother's Day Lunch

We (actually was Sis) treated Mummy to Wak Lok @ Carlton for dim sum lunch on Fridy. Nothing special there but we ordered too many dishes till we’ll have to pack the ½ peking duck back home.

- lotus rice
- ½ peking duck
- steamed carrot cake
- chicken feet
- har kow
- char siew pineapple bun
- steamed chive dumplings
- beef balls

. wah lok . char siew pineapple bun .
. dishes . peking duck .

After lunch, we shopped around Raffles City for awhile before settling down at Coffee Club for some tea/coffee as I’ve the $25 voucher from M1. Nothing special too, just a simple day out with Mummy.

Random from the office

My colleague told me that my previous reporting officer told her that I'm a smart girl and I learnt things fast when I was working under him. Though its a compliment, I felt rather weird on why he'll talk to her about me as I'm now under another RO.
He also mentioned that he'll "protect" me from any office politics (ongoing thing here) like before...
I'll try my best to continue working well with his team like before as the devil in me used to have a bad thought of not helping him generate letters etc anymore since I'm no longer under him...

Bonding Session @ Dome

Sis and I had a bonding session on Wednesday night after my trip to Suntec and her meeting at the CC. Actually the plan was to have dinner @ the newly opened HK Café at Novena but as predicted, her meeting ended late at 8.30pm which was the time I reached Bishan, therefore we changed the venue to Bishan CC’s Dome instead.

. menus.
. carbonara . cheese crackers with mashed potatoes . chicken & mushroom tart .

It had been quite some time since we chatted (abt a week) since I was already in bed or getting ready for bed when she reached home for the past week. As usual, I ranted about my work and people who’s crossed my path, my encounter with different “smell” on the train, stupid jokes of mine etc…

Based on my “I want to eat @” list, we’ll sure have many choices for our next bonding session. Haha…

"Just JJ" World Tour

I'm thinking of watching "Just JJ" World Tour (Singapore) 2006.
But the best seat (Category 1) is $128. And the category 4 tickets ($88) has only single seats available. Category 5 of $68 is affordable but what I'll see on stage would be a miniature JJ Lin and will have to rely on the big side screens.
Another concern is to look for someone to accompany me. Haiz...

Update (12/5/06): $130 for a 2 hour concert is quite costly. $70 for the last 7 row seats does not sound like we’ll be able to enjoy the concert. Final decision made after a 1 hour plus discussion with Lx was not to go… :(

Freelance

Yesterday after work, I went to Suntec as my previous customer had some problems with his computer and he's willing to pay me to go down and have a look.

The boss knew how much I charged as I've been to his other branch just last week, and they too paid me even though I wanted to assist through the phone. The manager then asked if I was busy and cannot go down, I told her that if I can solve it through the phone, they can save the $$. She then said "I'll rather you come down as I really don't know how to meddle with PCs"

The boss don't even mind giving me my transport fees if they face the problem again today as the computer was ironically fine yesterday. That's what I call a true professional businessman!!! Which is why I'll be willing to drop by if I happen to be around that area to see if they've any issues.

To think that some others would want to save that minimal charge fee and stop using the software entirely..... duh

A Visit to NUH

We went to NUH after work today as Rajes was admitted to hospital for severe headache. Wanted to get a hamper at first but decided to get flowers, fruits, snacks from NTUC instead.

Like many, I don’t like the feeling of going to hospitals. It’s uncomfortable seeing the sick/elderly lying on their beds and thinking of the pain they’re going through. As we went around dinner time, the ward smelt of food instead of medicines. But still, I don’t like it. Anyway the doctor suspects that she might have contracted dengue fever and she’ll be discharged only at the end of next week. Hope she gets well soon!!!

. flowers in the office .

A Pancake Flop

Woke up at 8am this morning despite having 3 hour of sleep only to prepare my long- anticipated pancakes. I bought Bisquick as I can use them for my next "project" - crustless quiche instead of the pre-mixed pancakes. I knew it was a wrong choice when I smelt the mixture of eggs, Bisquick and milk. It smelt so "floury"... We did 4 pancakes and luckily there's steamed paus for breakfast backup. The pancakes did not taste nice and I think this will be my last time doing pancakes with all purpose flour. Hopefully, the quiche will turn out well... :p

HK Cafe and KTV @ the East

I went to the temple alone today to return my blessings as I promised to do so if I were to pass my driving test.

After which, I walked aimlessly @ Toa Payoh central till 2.15pm as I wanted to get the Tiong Bahru pau which opened only at that time. I then went to NTUC to get Bisquick all purpose flour and maple syrup as I wanted to do pancakes for tomorrow’s breakfast
After buying the long awaited paus, I went home to have my late lunch or rather tea time of 2 paus, surfed the net and had a nap @ 5.30 as I’ll be meeting Janice and her friends for dinner around 8pm.

Janice picked me up @ 8pm and we headed to Hong Kong Café @ east coast. Her air stewardess friend – Lynn was very very approachable and kept us entertained during the journey with her stories of being an airline crew.


I ordered the stir fried beef hor fun and ice milk tea float. The hor fun was super salty which I ate only mouthfuls while I enjoyed the milk tea float. After dinner, Lynn suggested to go KTV. Since it was still early, we went to Marine Parade K-Box to hit the notes...
We sang till 2am before Janice sent us all home. Poor her, reached home only at 3.30am!!

Despite being ready for bed at 3.30am, I only managed to fall asleep around 4.45 am - guessed it might be the milk tea (-.-)

I...

have a break-out on my left cheek and I'm feeling so inferior :(

get upset/angry when I "sense" people looking at my face :(

am hesitating on whether I should go to my ex-customer's place or Monday for fear that they'll ask me what happened :(

need to sleep early and avoid soy products as advised by my beautician :(

wonder when this will be through.... :(

Cloths and Needles @ Chinatown

After the potluck party on Sat, I meet Mummy and Sis @ Chinatown as Sis wanted to get some ribbons. It’s my 1st time to People’s Park Complex after the renovation. I’m amazed by the big change to there now. There’re many shops selling clothes imported from HK and Taiwan and of course those shops selling bolts of cloths/materials/buttons etc.

We spent about 2 hours there and I bought a polka dot material for Mummy to do me a dress. I’m so excited as I’ve been pestering for a long time to help me do one since she did 2 tube dresses for Sis previously. Keke. Though I’ve not thought of what kindda dress I want, Mummy suggested a simple tube. Well, I guess I’ll just leave it to my “designer” then.. haha

. belt & earrings . ribbons and laces . cloths for my dress .

After our mini shopping @ People’s Park, we had Chinese dessert of walnut cream and mango with sago ice as Sis wanted to try Singapore’s standard of walnut cream. After her recent trip to HK, she mentioned that the walnut cream there is fantastic therefore she’s still trying to find one in Sg which is comparable to HK.

Wanted to try the pies at Thos S.B. Raffles but it was sold out so we decided to settle our dinner @ Miss Clarity Café. I was too full from the party while Mummy and Sis had the following:

. menu . chicken ballotine. chicken bake rice