Away

Currently attending this. Which means understanding the subject matter. On the up side, I have crossed out two things from the to-do-list this evening. 8 more to go. Bleah!

Flying Chillies

Tempura squid

Basil Chicken with steamed rice

Had dinner at Flying chillies at the Gardens. Nice and quiet on the weekday. No brawling kids. My favourite dish would be the basil chicken. Do you see the bits of chill padi ( green specks) with the chicken? The egg was overdone yesterday but I shan't complain because it was a lovely dinner.

Precious...

Lost between sunrise and sunset, sixty golden minutes

No reward is offered, for it is gone forever

These Happy Golden Years. Laura Ingalls Wilder

Monday :)

Hassle-free drive to work. I hope this sets the tone for the rest of the week. Happy working to everybody. Plan for today is not to lose my temper. Let's see how that works:)

Chicken licken at the dinner table and a very cute bear

The exact opposite of last Sunday's dinner, I had a lovely yummy satisfying meal this evening. On the menu was; fried yam roll,  four angled beans fried with dried prawns and chillies, tau fu with chinese wine in a clay pot, fried hor fun and SUCKLING pig. Yum!! It was our 4th visit to this restaurant and they have served consistently delicious food. Before the meal was served, little cheeky chicken licken found its way to the table and had a sniff at the acar on the plate.

Such a sweetie it deserves to be posted on the blog

Found! One bear at TIMEs bookstore. Too adorable for words so I clicked away. Wouldn't mind one for christmas! So those of you reading this, may want to spread the word.:)

Wakey wakey

picture taken from booksforkidsblog

Found on the net. Too cute to ignore so I decided to post it. That's me in denial. Happy Sunday I need my caffeine-fix before I can function.

Ward rounds etc

I'll be heading for ward rounds later this morning. Hope there're no nasty surprises waiting.

And this is the new obsession. Gone off facebook and egg-collecting and updating status every 3 minutes and poking other people senseless. THIS is just as addictive.

And I really must have a pedicure.....

What a pong

"The Green Leaves of Summer" has to be shelved. Indefinitely. Until I can come up with a way how to read it without the smell ( still figuring out what kind it is) getting up my nose. I've tired reading it from a bit further away than usual. Plus ( I must confess) the story line isn't as enticing as it promised to be. Although what possessed me to believe so firmly in the idea of it being a treasure I cannot say. A lapse in judgement. And now, I'm left with an old book which reeks of years of dirt and dust lying on the dining table waiting for its fate. I think I may be allergic to it. Eeek! 

This frustration led to "A funny thing about love" by Rebecca Farnworth. Picked up two days back. It smells of new-ness which is something I never thought I'ld admit to liking a little bit more than usual. And so for the next week, I think I deserve a pong-free-read. 

Outside the comfort zone

picture taken from haas-elsa.info

I've been out of my comfort zone for the last one week. What this has done ( apart from making me aware of my short-comings..which is never pleasant) is make me more efficient. Week one over. I have more grays....and less sleep....and more work piling up. But I'm not complaining just yet because the there's a little bit of me that's pleased I'm being pushed just that bit more. Happy Friday folks...and I'm looking forward to this evening...of unwinding with a nice meal and book. 
Plan for the weekend is to watch the last episode of korean drama Yu Hee the witch....possibly do some reading ( optional ) and a spot of shopping...( I needs new shoes) ....and buy a new hair clip. ( not a necessity *ahem*)In between all that, there's the obvious obligatory violin practise. ( bleah ) Results out in Oct....I've got a bad feeling about this. Fingers crossed. 

Book two....

Finished "Button Jugs"am now onto " The Green Leaves of Summer" by Oriel Malet published by Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square London. Reading time limited by the self imposed rule of reading at the dining table only, lest the dirt and dust of many many years drop onto the bed and cause scabies.  Time to head to work. Happy Tuesday everybody

Funny ducks....

My favourite would be the duck lying on its back:)

Monday wasn't as bad as expected. .Picture of ducks taken ( illegally ) in a shop at Great Eastern Mall. Shortly after the horrible dinner we had. Don't you just LOVE them?

Penang Village

The dinner place.....where we suffered

Empty tables all around. Now we don't have to wonder too hard why

Half eaten paiti. 

Oh-terrible-oh-chien

The three stone-like chicken bits were tasteless

Decor was VERY nice:)

There was a write-up in the papers today. This led us to Great Eastern Mall and this restaurant. Ambience was nice. There were 8 other people in the restaurant. The first inkling that all was not right. Next bad omen was the list of branches....I spied a branch which we ate in before and the meal was terrible.  Paiti was the first to arrive with a CASHEW ( swoon ) nut in it. The paiti was lemau....and the only good thing about it was the chilli sauce. The nasi goreng petai was sweet and even the petai couldn't cheer me up. the keropok was crispy so no complains there.  The Oh Chien was OH-so-terrible. We also ordered fried kueh teow which was given a 7/10 and kueh teow sup which was brilliant.  Service was slow. Nobody greeted us at the door and getting someone to see my hand waving for the bill took some time. I won't be returning...EVER!