Everything is Possible

Today I cooked Ah Ma's famous Fried Sharksfin with Fake Sharksfin. Jo and I (deprived lah) enjoyed it every much even though I almost melted in the kitchen. I put lots and lots of bamboo shoots so it was super crunchy and the carrot strips gave it a slightly sweet flavour. Ahhhh...
And guest what I received in the mail yesterday??



Thank you thank you thank you Jan. I really love it. I think the message is most inspiring. Planning to only wear it on special occasions and every time I feel I need a bit of support or courage. (^___^)

I returned from my eye checkup today. Good and bad news. My wounds are slowly healing due to the medicated eyedrops, but because my eyedrops are so strong, my eye pressure is now too high. Sigh. So we have to stop the medication and try to get my pressure back to normal.

I'm going back on Tuesday. I think the positive side is, everything is under control and fixable. So nothing to worry about ok?

Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to seeing a sharp and clear world again. Afterall, everything is possible right?

Jo's First Dish!

Jo has started cooking! We've decided to spilt dinner duties this year, she's taking Mondays and Wednesdays while I'm cooking on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Weekends are free for all (^___^)

I advised her to start easy and cook some stir fries. But instead she asked Jaya for a recipe and decided to cook Butter Chicken. I was anticipating lovely Indian Butter Chicken when I came home, but instead she was cooking chinese style Butter Chicken instead, shallow fried with KFC powder then coated with a sauce made out of condensed milk and butter.

The chicken was good, tender and crispy. But one problem. Gillian was helping Jo in the chicken and taking out the 'condensed milk' when she said ' this isn't condensed milk, it's mayonaise!'
She mistook the mayo jar for condensed milk and unfortunately we didn't have any condensed milk at home. So I suggested that she change the sauce to a basic sweet and sour sauce instead.


Tadah, Jo's first Tomato Chicken garnished with crunchy sesame seeds and chopped spring onions.


I prepared a mixed vegetable dish to go with it.

It was a nice dinner and a great first try from Jo. I am anticipating more yummy dishes to come, congratulations!

Hot Summer Days

Hot summer days are only nice when you have Korean watermelon ice lollies! in the dridge.

Summer salads

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A mango chicken salad that I had over the weekend.

o's back in town, haha, now I have someone to moan about the heat with. It's 38 and above every day for the coming week, we're literally melting here.

I'm blogging from home! The internet connection is a bit wonky but at least we're online. More next time!F

Long Ma Jing Shen ....

long ma jing shen long ma jing shen long ma long ma long ma long ma long ma jiiiiiing shen .......

Haha, I even miss those horrible cny jingles!

Guess what I had for reunion dinner?


Lots and lots of fish! Guarantee this year will Nian Nian You Yu. Hahaha.

Ok the promised house photos.

First, the front door. I think Jo will have a little trouble parking but ... practice makes perfect!


The living room. Quite big and spacious with clean tiled floor. We will have our bright rugs out soon.

I like the kitchen except no gas stove! (T____T) Don't like electric stove for cooking. But I love the space plus there's a pantry room at the side, good storage space.


The laundry room.


Bathroom. The toilet is next door. I got us a very pretty sakura themed shower curtain.


Jo's room. A bit small but there's a big built in wardrobe which is good. I don't know why I didn't take a photo of my room which is essentially the same as Jo's but a little bigger.

We also have an outdoor verandah which is big enough for a small bbq party and a storage shed for all our junk.


Ok, just a random picture I took the other day at Cottlesloe beach. It's summer!

M.I.A.

I will probably be missing in action for about a week or two while the phoneline and internet line gets connected. And then there's all that unpacking and making the new place livable. I was going to post up photos of the new place but... my digicam wire is sealed in a box somewhere. I can imagine Ah Ma and Jan reading this and shaking their heads and going ' aiyoh...this ah Di is always so blur'.

Meanwhile, I finally moved in yesterday and the new place resembles a disaster zone. Who knew two girls could possess so much rubbish? I hate moving so much and swear that we'll have to stay at our current place for at least 2 years till I can save up to afford professional movers!

Ok, so if anything important crops up, just send a text message k? Meanwhile, Happy Chinese New Year to family and friends in advance! Hope you all have a wonderful and prosperous ( always must add prosperous) and very very lucky and happy Chinese New Year! GongXi Fa Cai, Wan Shi Ru Yi, Xin Xiang Shi Chen!