i'm gonna find another you (but better)

My dear friends...

if you love me, you will want me to be happy. And I will be happy if someone can get this Anya Hindmarch bag for me. I alays do my part in saving the planet, recycling and all that, like a mini-enviromentalist.

Details: South East Asia
A cream bag with grey lettering will be launched in July through Anya Hindmarch stores in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Beijing. It will also be available through On Pedder stores in Jakarta, Bangkok and Shanghai. USD $15

Can someone please?

Somedays

...you just need ice cream. But you didnt realise it. Like, you will feel kinda weird all day, lost, hungry....nothing satisfies.

Then your fav. person in the office starts yelling:"Free ice cream! Outside! NOW!" You don't ask, you just go.


Bliss.

One of my girls - C is leaving for greener pastures so we had to send her off. With Indian food and Irish beers, all in one place. I will be hanging out more at this weirdo combo as we speak.

No photos. Too busy schnoodling.



Anyone noticed that I have bangs?

No more walls

update: I just received this is in the mail! It even came so nicely packaged up. I opened it and let my fingers run thru the paper surface! LOVE!

gonna go frame shopping this weekend!



A new piece to my collection~

YAY!

Can't help it.

Little Tea Party

This beautiful Sunday, I skipped over to D's place as she hosted her tasting party. Yeah, lure me with some promises of cupcakes and tea. I will be there, even if I fall down or lose me a leg.

When I got there, everything was laid out. I whipped out the camera and snap snap snap. Then I just sat on the same spot the whole time. Mouthful after mouthful, cup after cup. It was great company and for a great cause.

We need to give her very detailed feedback so that she can start her little buzzy delectable pastry business. Good luck young one! I know you will venture very far with this! Yay!




Got her a little hostess gift - an Eggling to grow into a basil plant.

the frog shop

I have to go!!!



Come ribbit!

FOund!

Isn't this awesome? Went to WS on friday and found some fuuny Monkey bread! I am going to make it one day.

Classic Monkey Bread Mix


All the rage after it was first introduced in the 1950s, the pull-apart yeast bread called “monkey bread” has become a 20th-century classic. Designed for use with our monkey bread baking mold, this premium mix adds to the fun by simplifying the recipe, which calls for forming the rich yeast dough into balls, coating them in melted butter and cinnamon sugar and baking them in a tube pan. Blended from the finest all-natural ingredients – King Arthur flour, sour cream and Vietnamese cinnamon – the mix yields a sweet, wonderfully gooey golden-brown loaf. 1 lb. 6.25 oz. Serves eight. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.

$12.50

#136

Wiser people always advise the ignorant to learn to pick themselves up after they fall down.

This afternoon I fell down on the pavement. I picked myself up immediately, checked for wounds and turned around, hoping no one saw me.

I didn’t realize I am so proud. I thought the humiliation will be a big part of the experience.

There was an elderly man on the bus, staring constantly at my knee wound. Until I finally get to my destination, I covered them up with band-aids.

I feel a little stronger, but still an idiot.

OMG!

I had a tiny-mini-internal-swirl-of-esctasy moment when I saw this at Rose & Radish online store.


Wetter Indochine Cupcake Bowl, Small $15.00

Manufacturer: Wetter Indochine, Vietnam

I need!

Weekend Chef

I am trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle, which includes eating healthier, no-nitrate, no-hormones kinda meats, and going organic whenever I can. The local main organic supermart is Whole Foods (which is adoringly known otherwise as *Whole Paycheck* $$$). I will go there and buy as much as my skinny arms can carry home, and also I love the way they pack/wrap freshly ordered meats into brown recyclable paper which fills up the awkward spaces in between the freezer.

I can only have the luxury of cooking on weekends. You don't understand. Cooking needs a lot of planning. Especially since I don't have a fully equipped kitchen. If I wanna venture soemthing new, I need to go buy those fancy seasoning or herbs that I'll prolly use only once. So I have to set a dayor two to go food shopping and then schedule the special cooking day on the weekend.

This past weekend I tried two recipes from 2 different magazines. They both claim that they're easy cooking recipes. First is the Roast chicken tenders with Lemons + portobello mushrooms(my own decision).



Being really Asian, I had to pair it with rice. And the ease of letting it do its magic int he oven, instead of slogging/stirring at the stove is much much easier! I cut, season, put all in the pan, put it in the pre-heated oven and Voila! I go do other stuff meanwhile. I am a bona fide housewife as I multi-task.

RESULTS? Yummys!
I think it is a tad too salty but all's well. I am glad I added the lemon only at the end coz it was ZESTY! And there was only 3 slices.

The very next morning, I set out to make the Gingerly Shrimps with Snow Peas(which I sub for Zucchinis) and couscous! For those of you who don't know what Couscous are, they are tiny tiny beads of pasta. They are the size of Tobiko (sushi toppings). You boil some water, butter and salt then turn off the fire and dump the couscous in and stir - all seperate from the main dish.

I have rarely cooked gingerly stuff and thought this would be a good idea. I even had to ask my mom how to say ginger in chinese coz I have completely forgotten.

This dish is stir-fried, so it took a little more time. Plus, it has more ingredients than the previous dish. There was the garlic, onions, ginger,salt and pepper for seasoning. I felt that it was a lot and I was right. the whole dish was an overhwhelming rollercoaster spin of spices for my tastebuds. Too much. I will tone it down at the next try I guess. I would suggest less one of those garlic and you will be fine~ Maybe less salt too.

But it was fun. I found some pork chops from the previous trip to Whole Paycheck. So I am going to make Pork Chops with this *just-add-water* packet of organic Turkey sauce next time I cook. But my weekend is already packed with so many fun-filled activities!

Thursday(yes It can begin on thursdays) - bird day party @ the Mars Bar for Lotus, my beloved ex-instructor and cool role-model of life.

Friday - Possible dinner with the friends. If not, DVD night with me, myself and I.

Saturday - Back to Stumasa for one gig. Time to catch up with Maybelle, the new goodies in the store and her wacky stories. Possible gathering with some friends for farewell drinks.

Sunday - Mini sweets & tea party at Danielle's to try out her new pastries for possible new business ventures~~~ exciting! clap clap clap!!!

Monday - Dear sweet Sunshine's birthday! I got her a Little Miss Sunshine tee to thank her for making working hours more bearable with her presence. Shawn's gonna make some cupcakes! yeah!

Sounds pretty preoccupied huh? But I could still find some time to sulk in my moodiness/depression. feeling kinda lousy, but NO! Not because of men(why do ppl always assume that?), but because of career. sigh~

what to do....what to do.......

Paper construction by Matthew Sporzynsk

He is a regular at REAL SIMPLE magazine which I subscribe to.

Aren't they pretty?