The Hari Raya holidays ended yesterday (sob)... one week of leave, 9 days of enjoyment what bliss! Managed to do loads of stuff this hols too.
So Saturday my pals and I took a roadtrip to Malacca for some good fun and Street Fighter. Despite the many warnings and jinxes that the roads will be absolutely jammed due to the traffic out of KL, the roads were completely clear. We checked in then went gallivanting around town, tasting the local delicacies like Chicken Rice Balls, Asam Laksa, Cendol, Nyonya food and seafood. Very yummy :) The company made it all the much greater as well. We also played loads of street fighter and iPhone games haha! It was good fun.
Cooked twice this holiday, we made our Spanish meal on Wednesday. Janice cooked a Chicken and Prawn Paella. The Paella was awesome but it would have been more awesome if we had managed to find the right kind of rice. I made three different tapas to accompany her Paella; a tomato based tapas with sliced cherry tomatoes and chicken pieces (kinda like the tomato base I made for the spaghetti), a cream based tapas with potatoes, leeks and shitake mushrooms and lastly a mango, shallot, garlic and dried chilli tapas in infused olive oil. For dessert, Janice whipped out some carrot cake which was fantastic! Not too sweet (we ran out of sugar for the icing) and so nice with the walnuts and stuff!
Second time we cooked was yesterday, my sister came back home from England so I cooked up something for her. The main course was my specialty Imperial Roast Chicken (haha) marinated in honey, salt and pepper. Accompanying this was a side-dish of Janice's roast potatoes, sweet potato buns and a block of brie cheese. Yummy! We ate quite late so we only finished lunch at 4 p.m. *ADD: She also made really yummy chocolate cake :3
Also took the opportunity to go clubbing on Saturday till really really late. I accompanied my long-time friend for his first clubbing experience! He was really shy and for the first part of the night him and I spent it chugging down whiskey shots and what not. After a Jaeger bomb he finally got the 'courage' to go dancing and off we went till like 3:30 a.m. when we were all pooped. Dropped by McD's on the way back for supper and a chat. Great fun!
Played loads of boardgames too, surprise hit was Cranium. I like how Janice and I have this connection when playing that game :3
Anyway that's pretty much all for now, till next time.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
New House!
Been one month since we've moved back to our newly renovated house. Still a few hiccups here and there (toilet, outside lights, gate...) but its still a really nice place. We've moved in (mostly) with a few furniture pieces missing and the rooms still a bit of a mess but its livable. Especially like the IKEA bookcase and drawers we bought, it was good fun building it up from scratch together with Janice.
Janice and I have taken to cooking every weekend now. The week before last I cooked up a cherry tomato and enoki mushroom appetizer with chicken legs marinated and covered in a creamy orange sauce, served with a red wine while Janice baked up her specialty apple puddings for dessert. Last week it was Italian night, so I made a fresh tomato sauce base served on spaghetti (fried first before steeping it slowly in the sauce) with potato crackers and cherry tomatoes on the side. Accompanying this was a fruity dessert wine and a fantastic dessert of cream puffs, honey biscotti and Beirut coffee. The next meal we're planning is a Spanish themed one; Janice is cooking here seafood paella while I'll be handling the tapas; looking forward to it :D
On the work front, its mixed feelings about whether I want to take on the new job or stay where I am. I'm feeling down about my current workplace recently, no thanks to the despondent attitude of my teammates and the whole department actually. Still, its hard going making the choice to leave. I'll have to think about this a little more.
My friends and I picked up some new boardgames recently; YK and I shared for Gloom (really funny but depressing game about tragedy and killing off a family), HS got 7 Wonders (wonderful resource/drafting game; just my type) and Grimoire (nice concept but somehow didn't give a great impression) while JH picked up the expansion to Nightfall (haven't played it yet, need sleeves first). Lots of gaming to look forward to next week given the start of the raya holiday.
Speaking of holidays, I'm off to Malacca this weekend (without my baby though) with some friends. 3 days 2 nights stay... looking forward to the great food and company. Will pick up some good stuff for you Janice, don't worry :3
Patches (my cat) is doing great as well, she's gotten a bit fatter now (so have I! hahaha...) but she's as cute as ever. I think she's grown up a lot smarter now... she understands some words now (her name, fish)! It's almost like she's human...
There you have it for my little update on my (married) life, will update this again soon-ish.
Janice and I have taken to cooking every weekend now. The week before last I cooked up a cherry tomato and enoki mushroom appetizer with chicken legs marinated and covered in a creamy orange sauce, served with a red wine while Janice baked up her specialty apple puddings for dessert. Last week it was Italian night, so I made a fresh tomato sauce base served on spaghetti (fried first before steeping it slowly in the sauce) with potato crackers and cherry tomatoes on the side. Accompanying this was a fruity dessert wine and a fantastic dessert of cream puffs, honey biscotti and Beirut coffee. The next meal we're planning is a Spanish themed one; Janice is cooking here seafood paella while I'll be handling the tapas; looking forward to it :D
On the work front, its mixed feelings about whether I want to take on the new job or stay where I am. I'm feeling down about my current workplace recently, no thanks to the despondent attitude of my teammates and the whole department actually. Still, its hard going making the choice to leave. I'll have to think about this a little more.
My friends and I picked up some new boardgames recently; YK and I shared for Gloom (really funny but depressing game about tragedy and killing off a family), HS got 7 Wonders (wonderful resource/drafting game; just my type) and Grimoire (nice concept but somehow didn't give a great impression) while JH picked up the expansion to Nightfall (haven't played it yet, need sleeves first). Lots of gaming to look forward to next week given the start of the raya holiday.
Speaking of holidays, I'm off to Malacca this weekend (without my baby though) with some friends. 3 days 2 nights stay... looking forward to the great food and company. Will pick up some good stuff for you Janice, don't worry :3
Patches (my cat) is doing great as well, she's gotten a bit fatter now (so have I! hahaha...) but she's as cute as ever. I think she's grown up a lot smarter now... she understands some words now (her name, fish)! It's almost like she's human...
There you have it for my little update on my (married) life, will update this again soon-ish.
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