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Sunday, June 26, 2011

no.31 RW - 26 june 2011

26 june 2011 
universal studios!












Trip to Resorts World Sentosa - Universal Studios 26 jun 2011
a very very HOT sunday, the last day of the school holidays!
jamie's treat!! 



Thursday, June 23, 2011

no.30 planting & re-planting

PLANTING BASIL & TOMATOES 
WITH SEEDS FROM BANGKOK SEIYU SUPERMARKET :P

day1 - planting. sweet basil seeds are small & black in colour 17jun2011
day2 - seeds turn purple!
day3 - tiny green SPROUTS!! sooooooo cute!!!
day4 - more tiny green sprouts! soooooooo cute & bigger too!!
day5/day6 - sprouts are overcrowding the pot! still sooooo cute!
day8 - re-planted overcrowded sprouts!! 24jun2011

17 june 2011 our day3 sweet basil sprouts appeared (pic below)...
day3 sprouts - sooooo cute!!

 
day4 sprouts
- sooooo sooooo cute!!
day5/6 overcrowding!!
still sooooo cute!!
day5 - overcrowded - cherry tomato sprouts

re-planted - holy basil (top right), sweet basil (bottom right), cherry tomatoes (left, 3 pots)

re-planted - baby tomato sprouts



Friday, June 17, 2011

no.29 17jun2011 seafood dinner at Long Beach ECP

mom's birthday dinner at long beach UDMC east coast...

we were so enthusiastic about the chilli & pepper crabs that we forgot to take photos of the "star" dishes!!


earlier that day, our day3 sweet basil sprouts appeared (pic below)...
day3 sprouts - sooooo cute!!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

no.28 year 1985

1985
class: sec 4-1
st margaret's secondary school

honestly, i don't remember taking these photos. i don't remember much of school. i do remember some of these beautiful faces & a blurry, foggy idea of what we were like in school... and that alone is really SOMETHING TO REMEMBER!

 left to right - cecilia m. peralta, chong li hua, rebekkah chiam, veronica wong, and me - at our school's entrance gate!! 1985
 left to right - yean peng, rebekkah, veronica, me, li hua, ling ling (front) - at changi airport sending Veronica off to Oz! Veron looks so miserable... 1985
sec 4 (16 years old) - in our classroom!! 1985
half of these faces have no names in my memory :( 
i am horrible at remembering people...
left to right - teo ling ling, veronica wong, colleen ang
- in 4/4 classroom!! 1985

Friday, June 10, 2011

no.27 food diary 10 jun 2011

food cravings for the week, june 2011...


the simple chicken macaroni soup

above: simple chicken macaroni soup
below: chicken macaroni soup with lots of extra toppings for me
- spring onions (chang), cilantro (wang sui), chinese parsley (kng chye), tang chye (salted pickle), bawang goreng (fried small red shallots)


we also had home-made apple crumble...

jannah's announcement: 
"aidan! christen! the crumbly apple is READY!!"

 above: a serve of apple crumble - missing custard & vanilla ice cream!
 above: left-overs for mama & gong gong
above: stewed apple 

above: jannah watching the apple crumble bake in the turbo oven... getting impatient when the smell of melting butter and baking crumble fills the kitchen. keeps asking "are we there yet?" LOL

apple crumble recipe

apple stew
- apples - sliced
- lemon juice/rind
- orange juice/rind
- sugar

crumble
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups cornflakes, or oats
- 1 cup sugar (i like to mix white & brown sugar)
- a squirt of honey
- a pinch of salt

how to:
1. cook apples with lemon & orange juice/rind & sugar - stew till a preferred texture
2. mix crumble ingredients together (jannah does this like an expert!!!)
3. top crumble mix above stewed apples in a baking tray
4. bake 150 degrees, 30-45min or until golden brown


pisang goreng!!! (fried banana fritters)
 above: gooo-ey batter for pisang goreng

below: deep fried golden brown & crisp pisang goreng!!

pisang goreng recipe: (fried banana fritters)
favourite bananas used - pisang rajah or pang chior

mix/mash:
- bananas - mashed 
- gula melaka
- flour

deep fry mix in hot oil till golden brown & crisp!

YUM!!!