New hopes and wishes for the New Year!

Looking forward to the New Year - 2009!

• Continue to spend time with my family and friends
• including Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, my Raku dinner wiff Evon
• Cooking more exciting dishes and blogging about them
• Diligently practice Pilates at home i hope!
• Working with my best friend
• Spring cleaning for the Chinese New Year
• Enjoy my 1 week break before i start on my new job
• Travel to new destinations!
• Start on a new hobby sewing maybe?
• Make babies
• Try meditation

Stir-fry pork with sichuan vegetable

Stir-fried some lean pork strips with sichuan vegetables for dinner last evening. Simple and quick dish!

My husband likes it =D and polished it off with some rice

Ingredients

Lean pork, cut into strips

1/2 packet of sichuan vegetable (bought those that come ready in strips in small packets )

Sesame seeds, to sprinkle over the dish when its done

Garlic, minced

Chilli (optional)

1 -2 tbsp Vegetable oil, which is slightly more than my usual to prevent the meat from sticking together

Dark soy sauce

Light soy sauce

Cornstarch

Pepper

Sugar

Hua Tiao wine

Method

1. Marinade the lean pork strips with light soy sauce, sugar, pepper and cornstarch

2. Heat oil and stir-fry the minced garlic

3. Add-in the lean pork strips and stir-fry

4. Add-in the sichuan vegetable (and some cut chilli if you like)

5. Add the dark soy sauce, hua tiao wine and sugar to taste

6. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the dish when its done and serve

Xiao Bai's little butt sticking out from the toilet roll core while zzz-ing

I want to be a Pottery Barn kid!

Chanced upon this website: Pretty Little Things

This is my kind of thing! Then i went on to discover the Pottery Barn kids website...and Land of Nod...would so love to own some of these sheets and bedding and the dollhouse bookcase! I would love to be in this line as well creating such girly and dreamy works with my hands and bringing things to life (~^.*)

回顾2008

What have i done in 2008? Any significant events? Let me see...

• My hamster Cuppy passed away
• Two new hamsters Xiao Hei Xiao Bai wow my no. 10th and 11th hamsters
• Discovered the wonders of Nintendo Wii and Ravin Rabbits - see my Wii muscle?
• Discovered also the wonders of Facebook & MSN...better late then never hor?
• Started this blog! And posting of recipes 52 posts and counting!
• Travelled to Perth, Bali and Hokkaido
• Started trying for a baby
• The passing away of my youngest uncle
• Resigned from my current job
• Had a biopsy done
• Attended more funerals than weddings but also welcomed more babies been buying tons of kids stuff!
• Saw the value of my investments drop?
• My green fingers husband started our garden
• Spent more time with my family and friends =D
• Put on some fats around my tummy? kept waiting for them to disappear but alas! still had to buy new jeans
• My husband passed 2 of his papers!! Woo hoo!

Karaoke - 恰是你的温柔蔡琴？

Had a battle of oldies at the karaoke at the k-box @ Marina Square yesterday...kekeke 蔡琴's 恰是你的温柔 sounded really nice surprisingly when we sang it (using our modern day voice). Even the old SBC days drama theme song 温柔的夜 was sung.

Stay @ Fairmont

My parents had a complimentary nite's stay at the Fairmont which they gave to us and we went on Boxing Day. =D Hee hee and we went on a shopping spree at City Hall and Suntec! Bought 2 tops from a store i liked - Promod and managed to squeezed into a kids (size 14A) jeans at Okaidi. Spent about S$100 on the 3 items, quite a steal!

This is the view from 16th floor, south tower.


Joted down our wished on the white floating balls to be placed at Marina Bay

Xiao Hei giving me the pleading look - it was showertime!

More muffins for Xmas, century egg porridge

More muffins for Xmas! The blueberry ones are more popular with the adults =D ran out of most of the ingredients and muffin cups already...need to stock up and experiment with different fillings!

My husband had a craving for century egg porridge and hence my first attempt at it!

Century Egg Porridge

Ingredients

2 century eggs, shelled and cut into small cubes

Lean pork, cut into strips

1 cup rice

1 handful of glutinous rice (optional)

Water

Light soy

Pepper

Chopped Spring onions

Sliced ginger

Method

1. Marinade pork strip with light soy and pepper

2. Wash rice and glutinous rice, fill water to brim of pot and bring to boil

3. Add sliced ginger, pork strips and century egg and turn down the heat

4. Stir occasionally, with glutinous rice it tends to burn more easily

5. Turn of the fire when the porridge reaches the desired consistency

6. Add light soy or salt to taste

7. Serve with chopped spring onions