Peach Cake

Another Sunday Night activity.. while watching AR Rahman’s LA Concert (2000) with Presh. Mom n dad, I baked this cake with less sugar ( I took off 35g) upon mom’s request and the verdict : the cake was yummy and still sweet..guess ,I should have taken 50g off the sugar ..

The Clan's Visit

It has been a hectic month as the clan was down from KL and to add more joy, Palani joined us on Deepavali eve. 1st day of family’s arrival, the temperature dropped to 9 deg Celsius !! Thank God the everyone coped well with the weather though most of us only took shower once a day…haha too bad…the hot water was gone after everyone took their morning shower. so the idea of an evening shower was no good…lol.. At Brighton Beach..

On Tuesday (Melbourne Cup Day), when the entire Victorians will be busy with the race, the clan went to Phillip Island for a day trip.

Deepavali Morning pics (courtesy of Palani) – visited Shri Shivan Vishnu Temple @ Carrums Down

Deepavali Evening – Visit to Shridi Sai Baba Ctr

Preparing for the clan’s arrival this Sunday !!

Gotta iron all the washed cloths which are piled up on the guest bed and then clean the messed up computer table and vacuum the room which I was supposed to get it done by last nite but was just too tired after cooking for Hubby since it was his birthday yesterday. So need to get it done by tonite.

Tomorrow , I will clean n vacuum our room and the living room book rack which is in a mess too. Not gonna vacuum the living room till Saturday.

Friday I’m gonna sit and relax the nite away and Saturday…pheww…I will need to do marketing, cut n clean the chicken,lamb, purchase some vege meat for my bro , clean the washroom and vacuum the living room…

My 1st trial on Lamb Shank Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Poor Hubby..:(

Poor hubby as he has a bad cough for the past 2 weeks which became worst I think due to the weather change. He coughs a lot and his throat was sore. I was worried sick of him when he started throwing up whatever he consumed for one week. I took carer’s leave for 2 days just to take care of him..poor baby…tried giving him all sort of home remedies ,. Antibiotics, cough syrups, panadols and even brandy to calm his troat.. took some test and x-ray and the results were all good…nothing to worry about.. thank god his is recovering now and hopefully he gets well soon as the entire clan will be arriving this Sunday..yay!!

A Day Trip to Mornington Peninsula

On a bright sunny Saturday, we went for a road trip to Rye - Sorrento – Portsea for just to check out the place and we ended up at the Point Napean National Park. All I wanted to do was to walk to the tip of the Point Napean National Park where you can view the Bass Straits and also Port Phillip Bay but unfortunately it started drizzling and I just carried my SLR along with me without the bag. So we had to rush back to our car and furthermore the walk was about 1.5 KM long. Sigh nvm, shall visit there again one fine day.

The initial plan was to drive out to Great Ocean Rd but since hubby was not feeling that well, we thought of it will be best to put off that plan and go somewhere closer instead.

Below are some pictures taken on a beach somewhere long Portsea facing Port Philip Bay.

At Shamim's place for Dinner

Choc Moist Cake & Nasi Minyak

Our dinner tonight was Nasi Minyak, Cucumber Salad with Lamb Perattal..



Now my weekly baking activity became a fortnightly activity…sigh..i’ve got to do something about the laziness in me...and this is the time when I wish I have more ppl in the hse to feed all the food i cook/bake … so knowing my preshious who is not a big fan of cake except Choc cakes, I baked Moist Choc Cake for him last night.. loved the moist texture of the cake and I liked it personally coz the sweetness is just nice (not to sweet).. yeah lah…takut kalau I inherit my parent’s harta.. Diabetes..lol..

Pls take no notice of the blurriness of the pic as I was rushing to take this pic… all I wanted to do after baking the cake was to eat it and hit the bed…:P

Tesselaar Tulip Festival

Mini Murtabak Kambing

Our dinner tonight : Mini Murtabak Kambing with Chicken Curry

Honeycomb Cake

My weekly baking activity if I’m not lazy… Tried baking this cake for the 1st time and the verdict is : it was so yummy that I finished half the cake myself.

The taste was unlike other cakes and it has a ‘spongy’ texture. I was suppose to leave the cake mixture on its tray for 3-4 hours before baking it ,but I just couldn’t wait..left the cake for 2 hours and then, straight into the oven… …I guess that is why the ‘comb’ effect on the cake stops halfway up..lol..but again who cares…as long as it taste good.

Halfway through there….where…weekend!!!

Long awaited sun rays gleaming as I walked towards to Hosier Lane (shortcut to office)… while walking up the lane, there were a few photoshoots at the lane with some models… yes ppl, this lane is a must see lane if u r into Graffiti art… the doodles are changed every 2 months I think except for a Sri Ganesha Graffiti which has been there ever since.

Even an unsightly looking lane, sometimes stink and you could see litters or broken beer bottles everywhere on Monday Morning…but it became a tourist attractions just for its art on the walls… unexceptionally brilliant talent some ppl own…yeap those who contributed to this art are mostly in between 18-25 years old..

Its Thai tonite..

Chicken Green Curry for dinner

A healthy Dinner

Dinner for Sunday was Steamed Ginger Promfret with Rice. That’s all for now, too lazy to blether.

Spring has officially kicked in

Yeah ppl…its spring now…luvin the weather…its gorgeous… bright luminous sunlight as early as 7am..And the weather is around 9-12 degree Celsius…





Today's Breakfast : Spicy Fried Mee Hoon


My 1st failed attempt of Layer Cake :(

It has been 3 days….

3 days? What happen? 3 days since what? Sigh…3 days since I left taking alco, coffee and tea…and yeah, still surviving.. But the sluggishness in me has just mounted to its peak…I am off to my lala land by 10am everyday since Monday..

All I consumed for the past 3 days were Chocolate Drink, Milo, Milk and Peppermint Herbal Tea!!! And since OH had been so obstinate about having healthly food for dinner and lunch (atleast on weekdays), our dinner last nite was Grilled Salmon with Bok Choy stir-fried with Ginger and Garlic…yeah very healthy (Except the curly fries)…:P


And my lunch box today, I had 2 cookies for brunch and 2 slices of bread with Nutella (yay!!) which then, I was warned by OH this morning that from tomorrow onwards,I cant have anything sweet…:( .. {enna kodumai sar inthu} ..

Mordialloc Creek

Happy Onam to all those celebrating…

Supposed to be posted on 23.08.2010 - Nothing much happened today besides same old routine…reached back home from work at 7.10pm… hurried to my kitchen department to prepare Kesari for prayers and dinner… Just too exhausted to blab today…

Our Dinner tonite was Rice with Sambhar (yay…my 2nd attempt to make sambar and this time it turned out good…thanks to M.I.L), Tofu Sambal and Brinjal Stir-fry..

Coffee Intake ...

My love for coffee started when I was preparing for my Form 3 exams (PMR)… used to stay up late nights to study with my bro who was then sitting for his Form 5 Exams (SPM)… and mom will prepare a big jug of black coffee for both of us so that we would not doze off on our study table @ dining table… That’s how it started till I finished school…then slowly I reduced the coffee intake when I was in college…but the Coffee addict gotten worst when I started working…yeah I don’t have the habit of eating breakfast and I will drink coffee all the way till my lunch hours…then whenever I get hungry at work, coffee comes to rescue…

My daily coffee routine : -

Morning – Before I leave to work
- Once I’ve reached office
Evening – to have coffee on our tea time during weekends

Now since I’ve decided to cut down the coffee intake from 2 mugs of coffee every morning to one half-a-mug of coffee…what should I have/munch if I get hungry and start craving for more coffee…help me people!!!

Anyways, since I’ve decided to stop drinking alco (for maybe a year or two) starting from Sept 2010, I managed to persuade OH to buy me these BrownBrothers wines.. ;)

Calla Lily

The Calla Lily is actually a part of the Araceae family of flowers. The Calla flower means magnificient beauty by the florist. Its also one of the SPring Flowers in OZ...and when OH and I came back home after work this evening, noticed the Calla Lily plant at our lawn has its 1ts flower bloomed...yeah peepz, this shows the Spring is almost here...yay!!

Our DInner tonite : Sup Kambing

Not a sunny Sunday... :-(

Breakfast : Onde Onde & Coffee


Lunch : Rice with Fish Curry, Fried Masala Fish & Bittergourd Sambal

Saturday Night with SKYY BLUE Vodka & Hoegaarden

Breakfast : Cekodok in Skewers

Our Dinner : Rice with Lamb Perattal,Rasam,Egg Tofu Sambal & Okra Blachan

Our Supper (hehe...) : SKYY BLUE for me & Hoegaarden for him...;)