China Porcelains

My sudden interest in China Porcelains kicked-in when I’ve started cooking..coz since I always had the habit of snapping pictures of the meal I prepared..I did purchase a few presentable looking plates and Soup bowls just for photography purpose…

So last week when Hubby and I went to Glen Waverly to get some Asian/Malaysian grocery, I managed to get 2 pretty China Porcelains bowls (typical designed small ones) and also one Claypot (just nice to cook for both of us).. Hubby wanted me to buy the Claypot so I can try cooking Claypot Chicken Rice..lol…we shall see about that…

Anyways, so when I surf the net to get more info on these Chinaware’s, they are quite fascinating …now I’m thinking of having them as a collections…

Anyways today's Dinner : Curry Mee

Jelly Gula Melaka Bersantan

LINCRAFT

Coming back to my mini project… I wanted to get some ideas on how to get it done.. so I went to this place called Lincraft just about 10 mins walk from my office.. this place has all sort of ideas on crafts... From tailoring to beading jewelleries to making your own painting to creating a scrap/ journal… everything… pretty interesting you know.. check this out : http://lincraft.cart.net.au/

And I was thinking of doing some gardening over the weekend… since its towards the end of winter,I think it is the best time to start gardening.. Might wanna start off with Coriander & Spring Onions (it’s a must!!) and maybe some nice Tulips or Lavender..not sure yet..moreover our lawn is quite small..I’ve never done gardening before in my entire life..once I loved this Daisy plant I saw at some nursery while my dad was purchasing a few plants for his garden, so I bought the Daisy plant.. that was the only thing I did, the rest was taken care by my dad…that much I knew about gardening…but again,its better late than never..;)
Anyways,coming back to my gardening story, I might visit Bunnings this weekend to get some tools to prune the unkempt grass , pots for my salad plant (would prefer a 2 tier-ed pot) and some soil as well..

Our dinner was simple today :Grilled Peri-Peri Chicken

Railway Traffic

10 mins late to work due to RAILWAY TRAFFIC… gosh .. a year back, I would not even had imagined of going through a railway traffic and here I am…

Nyways, while doing my daily chores, something popped up into my mind…the idea was brilliant and it is for Deepavali…yeah its like 3 months away but there are lots of stuff to plan and to prepare the product of it.. yeah so its going to be my Deepavali Mini Project…Stay tuned :P



Tonight's dinner was Char Kuey Teow...

Can't Think of a Title right now...

Tonight's Dinner - Nasi Lemak with Sambal Ikan Bilis and Egg Rendang

Composed Monday

This post was meant to publish on Monday - Had a very composed Monday morning…there were no rush in the morning…Perfect Monday Morning.. Managed to catch the Express Train and reached office 25mins early…Work was all good…

Prepared Grilled Chic Sandwich for hubby and left over of Chic Curry with bread for me. So there are no pics of today’s dinner but below is the pic of our Dinner Last night : Chicken Curry, Snake/Long Beans Stir-Fry with Egg and Fish Cutlet.

Below meal was Saturday's Dinner - Sardin masak Buah Keras and 5 Spice Chicken Stir-Fry

Freaky Friday

Yeah my Friday morning didn’t start off that well..it was a hectic day for us in SAP that we were all inundated with work.. All I could think off now are :
- where is the nearest post office to my office to post my Tax Return File 2010
- what shall I cook tonight since there is a defrosted chicken breast in my fridge
- where should we go over the weekend
- should I go to the temple tomorrow in the morning or evening
- should I bake over the weekend or tonight
- and Hubby is going out tonight to meet his friend in the city,so what shall I do to kill my time..

Finnaly,i came up with this Carrot & Walnut Cake and its was yummy...:)

Weekend Bustle..

It’s another Thursday, leaving to work like it’s the end of the world and the waiting fervently for weekend. At work, the only thing I can think of is what shall we do on Fri night and of course what to do or where to go over the weekend..

Yes people, yours truly here think it’s a waste to be at home doing nothing but eat, TV and sleep on a weekend. Weekend is the only time you do all the enjoyable stuff or go somewhere to explore places or adapt an activity you would take pleasure in or at least have a hobby or do something inventive like crafting, tailoring/designing your clothes/shawls, gardening outside your house, doing your own photo journal, or buy a canvas and do some painting on it…at least you get something done out of a weekend…remember, life is short ;)

Anyways below are the meals I’d prepared for darling Hubby this week.. These pics below are not the only food I’ve cooked…its just that i don’t post pictures of the meals that I’ve already posted before..or else,you guys will get bored looking at the same food over and over again..:P

Fried Egg Sambal

Tofu Podimas

Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich with Fish Fingers & Chips

BrownBrothers's Orange Muscat & Flora Wine

Snow ???

Got up fairly late for a Sunday and were all geared up for our 1st snow experience..yes every1, hubby promised that he will take me to Mt Donna Buang..it is the nearest place from Melbourne (about 100km away) which has snow..so I was all prepared my winter clothes, gloves, tripod & SLR…

We hit the road at 10.00am and it was a very picturesque drive up and once we reached the peak, the entry gate was closed due to the snow and we have to use another route to the other entrance of Lthe mountain… And we really didn’t know how long the other supposed route might take, so we just headed back home with all disappointments..maybe will try to go to Lake Mountain sometime next month if there is snow…or else will wait for next year winter..

Came back home and had Nandos for Lunch, watched FRIENDS season 7 for a while and guess what..I dozed off on hubby’s lap..and seeing me soundly asleep, he woke me up and we both went to our room to have our afternoon nap..what a way to spend the Sunday away.. Anyways, we skipped our dinner as we were still feeling stuffed with our heavy lunch..

So I just prepared Chicken Dumplings and BrownBrothers’s Orange Muscat & Flora wine…it was ecstatically sweet.. And the we continued watching FRIENDS until 11pm and off to lala land…

Nite nite Leveryone and Monday bluezzz

My very own Chauffeur

Us at the foothills of Mt Donna Buang


Foothills of Mt Donna Buang

Weight Gain !!!

I've been keen onreading blogs especially those relating to cookery, parental, fashion or even about how they live their very inspiring life on...that really gives me idea on what i should do or what new improvements i need to acclimatize to live a better me...

So i became a devoted reader of this blog in Fotopages since 2005..yes people, from the time she started dating her husband,then the marriage, the 1st pregnancy, the 1st child brith, how she took care of her family while working her ass off , and then her business and now her 2nd pegnancy...yeah i read her blog everyday without fail anonymously..shhh

So while going through her blog entry sometime in 2007, she stated about having backache and also knee problem after her child birth...that in fact made me speculate...without having any kids yet, i'm having backache and knee probs whenever i sit on the floor...have i gained too much of weight...oh god !!!

Anyways,below are the food i cooked last few days for dearest husband...yeah its all for him...lol..:P

Stawberry flavoured Sparkling Wine

Mocha Choc Cake Egg Sambal

Lamb Varuval

Tofu & Vege with Hoi Sin Sauce

Chapati with Mince Lamb Perattal & Prawn Sambal

Prawn - Potato Sambal

Arduous Tuesday

i did a new dish today...its called Vangi Badth (Eggplant Rice)..Apparently its a Karnataka Special...so below are the pics of our dinner...

Eggplant Sambal

Potato-Tofu Masala

Vangi Badth (Eggplant Rice)

HONDA CIVIC 1.8 - My Dream Car !!

Hie everyone....yes yes...its the arrival of our new ride...and we r loving it..(**Grins**)

Our Dinner tonight...Prawn Sothi, Fish Sambal & Kankong Belachan

Our new Vroom vroom

Hubby with his new vroom vroom

Happy Tuesday

Was a positively a better day than yesterday..Below are pics of the meals i cooked on Sun,Mon & Tues...

Chicken Masala

Vadai

Fish Curry

Sawi Stir-Fry

Saturday Morning at Oakleigh

OH had an appoinment on Saturday morning @ Oakleigh..so I accompanied him and had a short brisk walk to the Warrawee Park & Oakleigh Pioneer Memorial Park..

Meals which fit for human consumption produced by me

This is a long tardy post..these shots below were taken sometime last week ..every day while working, I would think of posting my pictures by hook or by crook but somehow that doesn't happen..It is just too exhausting to come back home late in the evening and to prepare dinner. All we do after dinner is watching a few series of FRIENDS (which we are watching for the 3rd time) and hit the bed by 11pm..

Ginger Chicken

Spicy Fried Macaroni

Vanilla Cup Cakes

Spicy Tuna Sandwich & Tuna Balls

Tandoori Chicken

Roti Chanai with Spicy Sardin Sambal

My 1st attempt of Curry Puffs

Nasi Lemak with Chicken Rendang