29 February...

 "I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."
- Martha Washington

29 February comes only once every four years and we are now approaching the end of the day. The end of February. Two months have gone by again, so super fast. I really do not know what happened to them. Everyday has been been about planning things out, working things out, dealing with problems and work, having guests, cleaning up and more guests. So there goes the time!

March is arriving in hours. We don't have Spring to look forward to in this island, but everyday is a new day that we ought to be grateful of. Let's move forward and enjoy life and do not let anyone ruin our happiness, including the very cold, miserable and unfriendly staff of the company that I am dealing with at present! (wink!) See you in March!

15 Minutes Away...

This picture was taken approximately 15 minutes after I walked rather briskly away from home, trying to exercise aside from having an active lifestyle. I always like the colorful buildings there with the water and the boats on the side. Lovely scene. I have not been back since, shame on me! I have been failing to prioritize it. But then again, I don't really have to walk there to exercise. Other forms are accepted too. I know, it's just my lame excuse!

Behind The Fried Noodles....

Eating Fried Rice Noodles is so homey to me. It reminds me of my childhood when  my older siblings cooked them for the family. It also it reminds me of my sister who left this world to a better and more peaceful place. When I slice the green onion, I remember her helping me in the kitchen in my previous place. When I pack the leftover, I remember packing the noodles for her in the hospital. Occasionally I also bought bananas for her too, they were from Seven Eleven at Singapore General Hospital. Sometimes she asked me to eat her hospital food as she rather ate the food from me. Sometimes I sigh when I think about that, once in a while, I need to grab a piece of tissue paper to dab my teary eyes. To this very day, I still think of her and wish she had stayed around a bit longer. But God has a different plan for her, he is The Boss!

Cute Kittens!!!

Simply adorable!

Fried Wontons

As much as we'd like to, we can't completely avoid fried food. Occasionally, I indulge myself and make my family do the same, into making some deep fried food and soaked up the goodness of them....  Here are some fried Wontons that I made on Tuesday with homemade dipping sauce. The filling was a combination of minced chicken, minced shrimp and water chestnut.

Cheese Swirls...

I think I have fallen in love with ready-to-use frozen puff pastry, they are so easy to use and the result looks so good, as if they came from a professional bakery. For these Cheese Swirls, I used a combination of grated Cheddar, Colby and Parmesan cheeses and brushed the side with egg wash. They are good for snack or breakfast on Sunday morning when the weather is cool or simply when you are hungry.

Sunday Dim Sum!

We went out for Dim Sum yesterday, I don't know why but I longed for it. We went to Vivocity and had no reservation anywhere, thinking that it should not be a problem to get a table for three over there. Of course we were wrong. The first place that DH wanted to dine in was Crystal Jade Dining In, and we were informed that we had to wait for around 45 minutes. I asked him to leave our phone number anyway. The second place we tried to go to was Tunglok Signature. There was a man (staff) on the table looking down at the appointment book and ignored us. I asked and he looked up to us and said that the place was fully booked. "The whole day?" "Yes!" Hhmmh... no wonder he was snobbish.

So we went to look again, there were so many restaurants there, it just happened the first two that we picked were booked. It's a bit unusual. We walked and walked and suddenly got a phone call from Crystal Jade, informing us that there's a table for us. We went there, and yes, there's a long table shared by a party of two men and another party of three adults and two little girls with runny nose.  We were seated in the middle. Beggars can't be choosy! We took it.

We had roast pork, the first picture above. Miss K who was full to begin with, ordered Egg Tarts (above) and Lo Mai Kai. We also had Char Siu Soe (below), which is  pastry filled with barbecued pork and Shao Mai. I guess, we were quite hungry, we ordered Fish with long beans and Penang Fried Kway Tiaw (see below) too. Thinking back, that's a lot of food for three people. one of whom ate so little because she was stuffed from late breakfast!

Lemon Meringue Tart

It's Saturday. We had a couple of workers coming over in the morning to work on the drain in the garden. We then had afternoon dentist appointment that started a half an hour later that the appointed time. How annoying! The dentist apologized and blamed the earlier patient  that came late. This came from a clinic that would call us when we are not there yet on the dot, for our appointment. Anyway. It was quick cleaning for the three of us, it was practically 10 minutes spent on each, we got clean teeth to begin with and the damage was still full price at $235. That's a quick way to make money, study to become a dentist!

We were starving by the time we finished with the dentist and headed to Da Paolo Pizza Bar again. DH seemed to long for the place since we had pizza there less than a month ago. This time, for dessert, Miss K chose Lemon Meringue Tart that she loved so dearly. I helped her out and found it just okay, but I want to make them at home myself. I think it will be more satisfactory.

Wordless Friday: Rosemary...

 

Got Them All, ...

I got the fire inside of me. To start going to the gym. I got my new trainers out, the one pair that I got months ago. I had no running shorts, a shocker. So I ran to the mall nearby and got myself a pair. I got my shirt, I got the gym and I got the special playlist in my iPod ready. Too bad I ran out of motivation today. No exercise.  I got dinner to prepare!