Have you spotted the giant Havanias?

Slippers that might fit the BFG (Big Friendly Giant)

Home-made goodness

Making your own meal is an experience nothing short of gratifying.

The colours, the smells, the mmm-so-good feeling that comes with each mouthful.

When I cook alone, I pretend I am demonstrating on a cookshow, expounding on the finer points of the culinary art to my invisible audience.

Here's a little of what went on in Min's cookshow today:

Brocolli flowers blanched in hot water and put to steam

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Fresh salmon marinated in salt and lemon juice

Cooked under low heat with a (smalll) knob of butter

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Potatoes boiled till able to put a fork through

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Along, with finely sliced shitake mushrooms, diced zucchinis (and a secret ingredient)

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A satisfying salmon lunch


Would you like to try it too?
(I mean try cooking it)

Tan Hong Ming

She does like you, Tan Hong Ming :)

Tanglin School Carnival (Episode 3: People)

Games stall also manned by Class 3/2

This kid is good! He got all three bottle caps into the pink slots!

Michael Han (in green sleeves) gets the Most Frequent Visitor award

He probably played about 10 times and each time he asked me for discount.

My gamestall bodyguards - 

I've never known of more gentle and hardworking boys.

THE Brother with 'Happy Belly'

Vanda Miss Joaquim

Adorable little one enjoying chocolate fondue

Tanglin School Carnival (Episode 2: Walkabout)

I walked around the school when the fried rice sold out (Thanks to Azri's hard sell tactics) Here are some things I saw.

Student enjoying prata

(Touted to be the best food of the carnival)

Orchids from Andy's garden

Taking a rest in the shade

Old school yellow orchid

Art and craft cloths

Ginger flower bathing in the sun

Tanglin's koi pond

Tanglin School Carnival (Episode 1: Fried Rice Paradise)

Azri scoops

Junhong packs

Grace stacks and Jiahui commands

Perfect mounds of fried rice (5 tokens each)

Poor little young ones terrorised by Azri to part with 8 tokens

Table for one

There are days where I find myself alone and hungry. I have no qualms about eating alone at my favourite restaurant, but most of the time, if the time and ingredients allow, I would much rather cook my meal.

Fried brown rice with brocolli, asparagus and pumpkin

Yong Tau Foo noodles with lots of beansprouts and caixin

My specialty - Pasta with homemade tomato sauce and beef

The challenge is always not to overcook since my training with mom has always been for a table of six. These days, I am getting better at it - a table for one. 

But there is nothing quite like a meal with good company. A table for two perhaps?

시험 (TOPIK Beginner)

어제 한국어시험이 있었습니다.
시험은 어렵진 않았었습니다, 하지만 제가 공부 안했습니다.
Will I pass? ㅋㅋ

Wessex Estate photography excursion (2)

The photography excursion to Wessex Estate was a discovery of sorts. I learnt a lot more about my camera as I walked through this charming little estate set in dreamlike tranquility. One can walk through this place guided by numbers of all shapes, sizes, and colours!

There is a famous eatery called 'Colbar' right at 9A Whitchurch Road.  Personally, I don't recommend it unless you wish to drink beer. There is Laurent Bernard Cafe and Chocolate Bar that I hope to visit the next time. I would add the art galleries into my visiting itinerary too.

Getting there is a slight challenge for public transport users, but I have since found that there is a direct bus 191 from the bus stop opposite Buona Vista MRT.

I think you will like it there, so do visit!

Wessex Estate photography excursion (1)

Colonial buildings of black and white

Dreamy

A tiny flower for a tiny bee

Blue eyes on duty

Swing for one

Twins

Popping romantic beans

Selamat Hari Raya

It is a national holiday in Singapore today - Hari Raya Adilfitri. It is to celebrate the end of the month of fasting for Muslims. It is a happy day for all Singaporeans for we too get an extra day to play!

Recipe to a great national holiday:

1. Wake at 6.30am to run & play tennis with great friends

2. Change picnic plans to Jones the Grocer when it rains.

Order French Earl Grey Tea, Sourdough toast with Scramble Eggs

Add an avocado and mushrooms as sides

And a Scone with Raspberry Jam and Butter

One of my childhood friends - fen 

3. Receive a present that shows a photo of 3 of us at 12 years old.

(Yes, there is one more childhood friend - JH)

4. Buy a little-elephant-balancing-apples toy

5. Visit the National Museum and find out how very lucky you are!

Admission is free today!

Enjoy a 3.5hr audio tour on Singapore's history

Viola~ a great national holiday!

I am completely proud of my country and all the gallant men and women who made our independence possible. 

Majulah Singapura!

(Onward, Singapore!)

Relativity

Sit next to a pretty girl for an hour, 

it seems like a minute. 

Sit on a red-hot stove for a minute, 

it seems like an hour.

That's relativity. 

Einstein

Right within your heart

T o d o
w h a t  i s       r i g h t
w i t h i n  y o u r  h e a r t

i s          b u t  

a   l o n e s o m e  p a t h.

Sounds like music

I just started my first lesson at my grand age.

I can now  play a very slow version of 'Jesus Loves Me'. When I heard the music forming itself from the ivory keys, I felt like how I felt the first time I made a car move. It made me smile and I could not stop smiling.

I hope to play a real nice song for you, someday.

Home, sweet home

My favourite food - Mama's

One of the best things in life, would probably be to 

come home to the smell of Mom's cooking and 

settling down to a hot dinner and 

freshly brewed soup at the end of a work day.

To be able to come home to dinner with the family 

is a privilege of the recent months.

Mom's winter melon's soup

As I changed into my home clothes before dinner today, 

I realised that my mom had ironed it. 

As I ate my dinner and drank my mom's soup, 

I realised how very many years she has been cooking and 

taking care of all aspects of our lives.

A quiet love, indeed.