Author: amanda

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Stay or go?

This have been a huge issue and it’s always at the back of my head.. i guess, i can’t be truely happy knowing that I have a HUGE burden back home

BH woke up this morning and the first thing he asked me was ” Should we go Korea on our way  back to SG or on our way home?”

We’ve not been to Korea.. and it sure sounds nice to go to a new place…. BUT i’m not sure if  I should or I could make it back 🙁

“What if I don’t wanna come back?” I asked BH. He was like ” Then I’ll have to come home alone.. what to do? ”

Seriously do not know what to do… I have been saving every single penny, cooking nearly every meal.. and we are not 1/2 way there 🙁

It’s so frustrating… I only have myself to blame.. it’s all me , my fault 🙁 I wanna be 17 again – i promise i’ll do better

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Bittergourd with salted eggs

It was my 1st attempt to cook this… in fact, the FIRST time i bought bittergourd here… BH doesn’t like bittergourd.. so i DON’T cook bittergourd at all…

I LOVE bittergourd 🙂 It feels good to cook your fave food for yourself! It’s sad but  true…Only my mum will cook my fave food for me ..

Looks great – taste great! heh… Better than Facing East imo.. hehehe..

I always make sure that BH goes to work with lunch – if he doesn’t I feel guilty 🙁 Maybe it’s just me… So I made Char Siew in addition with the Bittergourd + Rice

Hope he’s enjoying his lunch? I always thought going to work with a lunch box is the most ‘xin fu’ thing.. I wonder if BH feels the same? oh well… he’s just so bz and he doesn’t mk me feel appreciated for the things I do for him..

*ahem* Chanel Classic Flap Cavier will be nice 🙂

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Windows phone

I want this!

Can’t wait to lay my hands on this!! Don’t ask me when I became a pink fan… haha

Must be mass media 🙁 I feel like an ah-lian now

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Cereal treats ( CNY goodies)

This is kinda late but we made these ysterday. Super ez to make ( no need mixer) and tastes great!

Addictive!!! yummy! ( but HIGH in calories.. count to your age before indulging!)

*recipe passed down from my late aunt whose cereal treats is superb!*

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Unboxing Kitchenaid mixer

After thinking long and hard on whether we shld open the mixer or sell it…. we finally decided to KEEP it! 🙂 heh.. no regrets! The size of the 6qts bowl is even bigger than my head BUT big bowl is good… it allows space to add ingredients and prevents splatters!

I love the all steel construction. Even the beaters and dough hooks are steel! ( unlike the Artisan, it’s plastic? not that sturdy esp if u r making bread dough) The colour of the mixer ( Dark Pewter) is really chic and pretty – matched our Brita flask. So we opened the mixer and we needed to test it out right? Used a cake mix ( the simplest way to bake) to bake cupcakes and a 9″ cake.

Cakes turns out nice! NO FUSS at all… no need to clean the batter which landed on the table… I have free hands to do some washing while the mixing is in process… wah! worth every single penny!

However, maybe the engine is ‘powerful’ ( 575 watts) – it’s super noisy, sounds abit like vaccum cleaner.. and maybe it’s new.. it has some weird engine smell coming out.. ohh… some parts of the flour was not mixed properly – so i needed to stop the mixer on a few occasions to scrape down.

Other than that…the mixing action is superb. It keeps the place clean and does the job done FAST 🙂

Us and our great kitchen helper – Will definitely try to bake bread soon!

PS: Being able to bake with BH is bliss… it’s like doing your fave thing with your fave person.. happy! I wonder how long more do I have.

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1st drive on the FREEWAY!

So I drove us to the outlets today! It’s a spontaneous thing – the weather was good.. Since it was bright and early… I might as well try driving right?? hahaha…

The outlet is like 30 miles from our home… I started at 9am and reached destination at 9.40am 🙂

I’m kinda proud of my achievement! hee.. it’s not that bad! erm.. I have very bad tendency to make big turns and maybe coz in SG we drive on the RHS, I veered to the right .. I think Bh repeated “Keep to your lane.. ” X10000000 !!

I was quite nervous throughout the drive… and was holding onto the steering wheel really tightly… haha.. i still miss my own car 🙁

I think I still dare nt drive alone though… don’t feel confident BUT i will practise more.. hopefully I can get my WA driving license soon!!

My performance today? BH gave me 3/5 only lor… sob sob…

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Getting vaccinated

Yesterday, I went down to BH’s workplace for the H1N1 vaccine. seems like the H1N1 scare is over? there were not many pple getting vaccinated.  Anyway, the vaccine is paid for by the company.. might as well take it right?

Prior to taking the jab, you got to fill up a form. There’s this ‘Age’ section that you need to fill in.. for once, I forgot how old was I 🙁  I thought I was 2_ BUT after I took 2010 – 198_ , I’m actually 2^ !!! I gasped in disbelief and horror… ” Am I that OLD???” and the nurse came to me ” Is there anything wrong?”

heh.. I thought in my heart ”  oH yes! MY AGE IS WRONG!” but I told her “erm… nothing!”

If only, that vaccine is to stop me from growing old…

The rest of the evening, I window shopped downtown for……… ANTI-AGING COSMETICS!!

Getting old? Tell me about it man… haha

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Great deals come in BIG packages!

what we love here… BIG things with small prices 🙂

These came in the mail today!

Kitchenaid Pro 600 stand mixer ( yay!! Got my mixer BUT it’s too big!!! sad..)

Cannon PIXMA MX330 printer