That Time Again

It’s not hard to guess the hormonal condition of a girl when she comes home with dinner consisting of vanilla ice cream, frozen Tim Tams and Ice Magic.

New House Preview

We went for the final inspection of our new house today!

4 weeks ago (when we bought the house) we only looked around for 20 minutes. We fell in love with it instantly and put an offer on the place a few hours later.

So yes, it’s 4 weeks later, and I am very VERY keen to see the place again.

I was a little scared that we might have been caught up in the MOMENT and that the house was actually crap. Scared that if we looked at the house a second time, we’d find some outrageous problem that we didn’t spot the first time. Or that it was smaller than we imagined. Or that it had burnt down.

But what I was MOST worried about… was that I might look around the house and decide that I didn’t really like it anymore. Aaak. Can I change my mind?

Anyway, as we arrived at the house I was struck by how small it looked from the outside. As we walked around checking lights, stove, oven, sprinklers, locks, doors, windows…. I knew we had bought a gem. The rooms were all a great size, heaps of storage, nice division of living spaces, beautiful kitchen, and best of all… the previous owners looked after the house REALLY well.

I was so happy with the house, that I didn’t seem to mind the nightmare, albeit superficial, that would betray my sense of taste-pride. The colours of the walls and carpets were shocking! Pink. Speckled brown.

Best Pancakes Ever

Every Sunday morning I try to make something a little special for breakfast. I absolutely love these mini pancakes (or pikelets), especially with fruit.

1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
2 tablespoons of castor sugar (optional)
1 egg, beaten lightly
¾ cup (180ml) of milk
butter for cooking

1. Mix flour and sugar
2. Mix in egg and milk, to make a smooth batter.
3. Add a bit of butter to lightly coat a hot pan. Pour dessert-spoons of pancake mixture onto the pan.
4. Wait for bubbles to appear on the surface of the pancake, flip!
5. Serve hot with fruit, yoghurt and honey!

My parents don’t like their pancakes to be stacked up, so I serve them like biscuits.

Birthday Celebration to Bb Eve

*pretty hands*

Dinner at Roadhouse. Countdown at Wings Cafe. Live Singing from Quin to Eve on Stage. The boy next to our table so happened was having the same brithday as Eve, which borned at the same year and day! What a lovely coincidence~ *smile*

Happy Birthday to my bao bei, and I love you so.. muax! *hugss*

xoxo

Happy Birthday to my Babe Quin~

Bb eve, Babe Quin and Babe Jess~*

Sweet smiles*

The birthday girl *hearts*

We celebrated Quin's birthday in The Gardens RedBox on last Friday. Great moments with perfect sounds systems and the delicious Secret Recipe Chocolate mud cake. ^^

Happy Birthday to my dear, love you heaps!

xoxo

Rainy Days

The last couple of days have been cold. Cold, rainy, wet and gloomy. The rainy days have brought a gorgeous warmth to our house. The spaces seem smaller. The rooms feel cosier. The corners glow with intimacy.

I’ve been nursing a flu. Catching up on sleep. Reading a book. Staring out the window, watching the rain fall in the garden. And sipping on steaming cups of gen mai cha.

I made a HUGE pot of chunky winter vegetable soup with red lentils. I made it Monday evening, and we were still eating it yesterday. Hee hee. It was DELICIOUS. Especially with crusty garlic bread. And especially since I varied the recipe to suit my own tastes (ie. threw together whatever vegetables I had in sitting my fridge and pantry).

I just love rainy days.