Spizza for friends!

felt so handicap without camera for a couple of days becos i got mum to bring my camera to beijing to take all the good things she sees, eats, hear, smell! on saturday, arranged with sis to have dinner together before heading to airport to fetch mum. together with dan and gx, we had dinner at spizza at jalan kayu. it was crowded! so with out my camera, i relied on my hp... thus results poor images. we are looking to buy another camera...can't wait!

we didnt need to wait long for our table and sis was oredi busy with deciding what to have when we were in Q. for Antipasti - appetizers, sis wanted smoked salmon with onion rings and capers. this was nice, we both loved the capers but the boys thou. i wanted the cripsy calamari with "pizzaiola" sauce. when we were waiting, i saw the waiter dished out this golden plater many times! it was nice, very crispy and i like the herb batter! definitely ordering this dish when i go back top try out their many other dishes.

we ordered the special pasta served that nite. if i remembered correctly it should be Fettuccine. it was cooked in a Truffle sauce, served with mushroom and rocket salad. at first i find the pasta too thick but when it was mixed well with the sauce and with a bite of the mushroom, this was heavens! Authentic Italian Wood-Fired Pizza. for pizza here, they make the base when u order, there is this guy who will work on flatening the dough, spread the sauce and topped it up with your choice. here they have a very cute menu for pizzas! they have 24 types of pizzas and not just that they have names from A-V. we ordered Pamela - tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms and cooked ham. the thin- crust, almost crispy, hot from the oven pizza was soooooo good.

after the enjoyable meal, think sis was happy with the dinner, i head to airport with sis and dan. gx head to pick his parents. we were early, so we settled at tcc for sweets. while sis had tiRUMmisu, i had mont blanc. dan ordered a drink. sis's tiRUMisu was not very nice. the top was too cheesy. she pratically took the top off and say the bottom was still acceptable. mines nice. looking forward to make my own mont blanc!

UN DAY 2008

it's not the actual UN day yet but school celebrated the event on fri Oct3rd. this year the school arranged a slide show and i found it very touching, thou it started out as a funny clip to me. yes touching to the point i fight to hold back some tears... maybe it is seeing the slide during the event, before that the kidos clapped and scream in joy when the flagbearers walked out with the flags of all the countries and the UN speech by a kido from 2nd grade. the slide was a nice touch to this year's UN day. found it and i wanted to share it. i find it very meaningful.



more clips from the guy and his webpage. enjoy!
http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/videos.shtml?fbid=jpQN6C-TvWH

oh watch it in high quality on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY!

sept - so many good things happened!

its oct 4th but i am still posting things that happened in sept. too many good things happened in sept and i hope it continues into the rest of the year! there were many big thing gog on for me in sept such as my baking classes, canepe class, family birthday celebrations, my wedding anniversaries - lunar (lantern/mooncake festival) and actual wedding rom day!

i wish i cook more but i really hate washing up~~~ i drag it but i really enjoy cooking once in a while, planning the dinner, getting the food, i love supermarkets! thou i used ready made frozen mushroom pasta sauce, i love adding fresh ingredients! mushroom, bacon fettucine. gx liked it! the sauce is good quality form melvados, where i get good mango sorbets! haven been to the frozen wholesalers in woodland terrace to 3mths, think we are gog to oragnise our trip soon!

also i finally got to meet joyce! we had a few dates cancelled due to my flu. she is so sweet! when we met up at big o she gave me this gift for me and i was thrilled! this cost $11! she did take out the price tag of cos! she didnt know that there was one more tag in the insides the book itself!


i loved it! it was so sweet and i have a few more classes i booked for in Oct and Nov. and i started using this to record the days i have classes using the stickers! its fun and i love every page cos it has different illustrations! KAWAII! it came with a magnetic bookmark too! i gave her a handcream to keep her hands beautiful for her wedding! funny thing is that i never got a chance to take any photos when i am out with her! we just chat and chat and never got to take any photos!

after our seriously lousy tea/dinner at Big O - standard dropped!!! only the spike d made it. we walked over to isetan and i had to pop my head in to check out the jap fair. not as exciting as the hokkaido fair but i spent $18 getting some japanese tapioca pastries. i actually like the white/yellow one better than the purple! it was nice to try but not something i would buy again thou.

STAR BUYS OF SEPT!

i bot this SPOON/FORK/KNIFE! it 3-in-1! i always forget my own cutlery when i bring my own lunch to school. so i got this when i saw it! also when i was out looking out for princess decor for twins bdae, i chanced upon this stitch bag and i wanted it! its from japan disney... this shop apparently brings in toys and accessories from japan!

i was a daiso queen this month! after attending class with the same group for 2 weekends, i got influenced to step into daiso. its not my 1st time there, its just that i am scared of this place! its very tempting and i am so afraid that i will lose control in there! and I DID! i was there to check out the baking items but i ended up buying household stuff, kids stuff, kitchen ware and managed to check out 26 items within 1h30mins! yes i was at PS daiso... if i was at imm... think i will shop till it closes!

best find was the icepack! reusable icepacks that i can keep in my cooler bag when i go for class, deliver desserts or when i buy my frozen stuff! also i found a nice insulated lunch bag... $2 for all items! those above was bot in round 1... i returned to daiso for a 2nd round!
but i bot less and was more focus - came to get icepack cos my 1st set i gave it to a fren but still, i find things that wasnt on my list! pokka lime is a small bottle of lemon juice, used for cooking or baking! they ran out of the small pack of icepacks and i bot the last 2 bigger pack of icepacks on the shelf. i bot a pack of small shrimps, similiar to the ones i ate in taiwan. they served fried rice with those little prawns as topping. hopefully it will taste as good! i bot this mango jelly to try.

this while month... i have been out with ann on some afternoons after school. we went in search of twins' gift, goody bag stuff and party decor. then we ate dessert twice in chinatown. but we have been meeting up for almost 5-7? times to go woodland's pasarmalam to eat... RAMLY burger! its so good! it better when we stood there to see the process of the cook preparing our burger! one man show and lots of steps to get the burger the way it is! patty topped with cheese, mayo and black pepper sauce wrapped in flat egg omelette. we are gog to look out for the next pasarmalam!

beside shopping at daiso, i have got quite a few items from ikea... was there to buy a digital weighing machine... it not for me! its for measuring food! fell in love with it during class with chef nan. we get to measure everything ourselves, do everything from scratch which actually is better way to learn.

on 30th sept, i planned 1st oct's brunch! i just wanted to nuah at home without having to leave this house for anything! so i went on a supermarket spree and bot stuff for our brunch! did the stuff mushrooms i learnt from my canepes class and gx loved it! we ate it at about 1.45pm and we didnt eat dinner! we just had fruits, green bean soup and tried my mango jelly from daiso! i ot the mango was real mango cubes but it turn out that they are mango jelly too! it was quite nice mit try the peach if i dare to step into daiso again!

Aunt's special treat!

i am so lucky! think thats how most of us (my family) feels! after the saturday party, before we left, we were surprised to hear uncle m informing us that tomolo the party continues... at Ah Yat Restuarant. So on Sunday 28th Sept, we met again in the evening to gather to celebrate my aunt's Big day!


the boys esp gx was alittle affected cos its F1 final nite race in singapore. but we were glad to find out that the room has ktv, 2 flat screens and it has tv receptions! so we had the one nearest to us showing the race while those who are singing had to face the other screen.

way before we ate, we were served champagne. i love champagne but it has to be cold thou. the dishes started with the soutao. followed by a cold meat dish which was not bad. then the crispy sucking piggy was nice.


wooo the next dish was sharks fin. it was good and i like that they put the beansprouts aside allowing people to add according to their liking. then really we had bao yu. the abalone. cos this restuarant is known for its abalone dishes. it was nice! next to the abalone was prob duck feet.

yes we wore our "lovers tees" ... the tees he bot for me as anniversary present... haha his is considered my present too. as we sang through the nite, watch f1, play with kidos, te adults took the opportunity to talk and share their feelings... and of cos the food didnt stopped! next after the tummy warming soup and lovely abalone, we had prawns with snow peas.

what i love about steam fish in restaurant is that they smell so good, the soya sauce smell, makes me wana eat the fish! next we had crab. ALASKAN CRAB. thats not all.... its cooked in FOI GRAS sauce... yes we did taste the foi gras and the was black pepper in it but of cos its not the usually dosage of black pepper and i love the taste of it! first time ever for all of us eating foi gras alaskan crab!

the veg soup was a little weird cos the veg is very bitter but the soup taste good... fried rice to end the savoury part of dinner but i spiced it up with the remaining foi gras. then we had toasting! i drank several glasses of champagne through the dinner! i say prob 6-7glasses? drank alot that nite. and sure did my uncles too....


dinner ended with my favourite xue ge. gx and i was being crazy with the camera since he commented i had such a greedy look when my favourite is served! he like onee better! it was an enjoyable dinner!!