Every morning, especially during weekdays, my breakfast will be a piece of wholemeal bread, glutinous grains' cereal. Are you like me feeling sick having the same routine breakfast almost everyday?  Let's get down to the kitchen and cook some porridge which is healthier than most outside foods.

Ingredients

1 Century Egg
1 Salted Egg
Long Grain Rice
2 cups of water 

Actually not many people like the taste of the century egg as compared to the salted duck egg. Some may even wonder what is a century egg and salted egg?  A century egg is also known as preserved (Can be Duck, Chicken) egg and like its name, it is cured with a coat of clay which made up of salt, wood ash and mud. The taste of the egg is sure very unique where not much people can stand it nowadays. But... I love it!!!

As for the salted duck egg, the egg is coated with a thick layer of salted charcoal to preserve the egg, giving it its saltiness.

Clean the rice and boil them into the water till the rice grains are white and soft. In the meanwhile, remove the coats of the eggs and boil them for 15 mins.

You may chop the eggs in wedges or dices if you like it smaller pieces. Well, I preferred mine in wedges. Hehehe... Last but not least, I would sprinkle some pork floss and some dry seaweed bits to my porridge.

Oooh... yeah~

Ever Since I posted the first entry on the recipe's section, I have been slightly obsessed in trying all sorts of cruises. Well, maybe the simpler ones from the internet and slowly improvised to healthier choice.

Nowadays, I tried to whip up dishes such that they can be served as a meal, like lunch or dinner. Still wondering what can I do to present the best to this blog? hahahah... 

 

How do you find it? 

Well,, with all the ingredients that were found in the fridge, I have decided to cook the Korean egg roll with spicy tofu meal and a corn soup to fill my stomach for dinner. 

So, Let's get started

Ingredients : Sweet Corn Soup

A packet of Silk Tofu, cut in dices 

1 Can of Sweet Corn Cream

1 packet of Minced Chicken 

2 small packets

 of Chicken Broth

Mix the minced meat with a pinch of pepper, salt and 1/2 tablespoon of cornflour. After mixing the mixture, I rolled them into little meatballs.

Leaving the meatballs aside for awhile, pour the 2 packets of chicken broth and the sweet corn cream into the pot and bring to boil. Whisked the egg and poured into the soup slowly...  finally throw the tofu dices into the soup during the last 5 mins. 

Da...da...da...da....da...da.... 

Now, we can get ready for the next dish, the egg rolls....it is a pretty easy dish, it's just that you need to make sure the omelette was "well rolled". =))) 

Ingredients : Korean Egg Rolls

3 eggs

1/2 of the Onion

A pinch of salt 

Chopped the 1/2 onion into little dices and whisked the eggs together. Poured some oil into the pan and spread the egg, wait for 1 min. 

Using the spatula, flipped one side of the omelette and slowly rolled it to the right side.  Make sure the oil was well spread so that the omelette won't stick to the pan or burned. 

Chop chop chop evenly and this should be what you have. 

This is Home... Truly ~~   The song sung by Kit Chen had been surrounding in my head for these past few days. Part of the reason was because the radio stations, had been playing National Day songs  all day long. Hahaha..

I don't mind listening to those songs except maybe the more recent ones which are certainly not my cup of tea, well it may be good to include some "young" elements into the music, but the lyrics are kinda of meaningless~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GfChCnvRhg

Anyway, enough of what I thought of the National Day's songs, my real intention is to show some of the best I have got from the NDP preview I have watched with Boo last Saturday.

It was very nice of Boo to specially ballot in order to get those tickets specially for me as I had mentioned to him before I had never watched the NDP and would very much like to watch it. He has always been a sweetie!

Anyway, to get things started, we proceeded to the blue sector indicated on the tickets and got ourselves the goodies pack. Woah.. I was amazed with the many foods and drinks inside which are much better than what we got in big Marathons like Standard Charted etc. There were a lot of people wearing red so Boo and I were the few minorities wearing pink! So both of us decided to wear the little red cap in the fun pack to blend into the crowd. =))

The first program to kick start the National celebration was the air borne performance presented by the Red Lions. It was a pleasure to see a first female parachutist which I felt utterly proud of her.

Coming up next was the showcase of our land, sea and air military strength and was presented by showing us how our equipment will contributed when facing emergency situations.







 For example,in case of terrorism, we are well protected and covered with the well equipped police forces, fire fighters , ambulances and..... even tanks...

There was even a small explosion scene at the river to start off for our ships and rode across the platform.

Last but not least, loud noise were heard above the sky where planes flew over our head in different formations and the helicopters flying past, with the Singapore flag flying over the MBS building... Nice ah~

By then, the sky was darker and spotlights at the stage began to slowly lit up with different platoons from selected schools' uniform groups marching in, the armed forces and some local big companies. Marching commends were made and the cannons sounded.  Stimulated MPs began to come in and finally our stimulated Prime Minister. Ahahaha..  The stimulated personnel were very professional, young and... handsome. ahahahaha..

 In cooperate with this year's theme, ONE SINGAPORE, there were programs like cycling stunts on stage, persuading dreams was never a dream at all and appearances from our sports' representatives!!

 Even the Merlion was made to swim across the Singapore River to the floating platform! And only till then did I know Merlion cannot swim!! wahaha.  A talking Merlion was quite creepy though..

Towards the end of the NDP, we had all the Singapore sports' representatives demonstrating their abilities and I was even surprised that horse polo team were there too, riding on the real horses on the floating platform!!

The most capturing moment arrived with the first fireworks shot up to the sky and more fireworks, green, red , golden colors just filled up the sky....

There were too many fireworks shots I took and of which, these four were the best I have chosen. Well, Boo and I did not stay till the end to take the National Pledge =((  as we want to beat the crowd to get out of the place ~

 I still love you, Singapore, deep down in my heart... Happy 48th Birthday!

Day 3 - 30th Jul 13 

Woooo... it was finally the last day of my short getaway and there gone the time I could just spend my money like water without much thought.. !!!

Anyway, my style for the 3rd  day in Bangkok, a bright yellow top with a pair of embroidery flower shorts.

I knew it sounded boring butl we went to Platinum Mall again for a super last min shopping and I bought a pair of fake Melissa shoes plus a Korean Inspired dress filled with metallic stars. I just love the details of this dress and best of all, made me looked very slim! hahaha. For your information, it was by far the most expensive dress which costed me SGD 80!!

A small little open secret, I indulged in the Mac Donald's sweet corn pie again.. for the past three days... **drooling*** I will just miss it sooo sooo sooo much !

We went on to Central World again and I bought two work dresses from Forever 21, a long sweater  and got my very first pair of Melissa shoes!!!! The real thing! You couldn't imagine how excited I was!!  ** Shine bright like a diamond!*** Pinky Pink !

 After all the shopping and walking for the morning, we were so very hungry for carbos and decided to stop by for the must-go pizza place in Bangkok! Presenting the Pizza Company!!

My main course was the clam tomato sauce pasta which I found it tasted a bit salty and normal. I guessed spaghetti wasn't the pizza place's forte (Obviously!). However, I did try out my brother's cheese baked spinach and it tasted heavenly good, not to mention the Hawaii pizza.... ahhhh... so so so good. 

With the lunch, it ended the short but fun getaway with my family.

 I actually hope we would have more of such getaways to update one another's life even though we live under one roof! Sad to say, but the fast pace lifestyle and advanced technologies we have in Singapore had made us talked less with one another...


Starry Korean Inspired Dress

Season.y

Novotel Room 2-28, 29, 2Fl, Soi Oxford B 
Phetchaburi Rd., Rajchathawee Bangkok 10400 

Day 2- 29th Jul 13

Morning everyone! We got up as early as 7.am to kick start the brand new day! Oooo.. yeah.. another round of shopping plus  Massage/Manicure sessions await us!

How do I look with my battle attire for more shopping and eating? hahahahhaha.. ~~~~

After a light breakfast, we decided to set off to Pratunam shopping village and Platimum Mall for some budget shopping. Well, I wouldn't say the things sold there were as cheap as before especially there were sales everywhere for at the big shopping malls. =))))) You must remember to bargain in the markets or if not, buy more pieces for discounts!

I have bought myself a night sleepwear with roses prints for my wedding morning make up!!So stay tune for that special day!!! No photo here~

We ended our morning with walking around the aera hahaha. we hired a tutu to send us to Big C as we were too lazy to walk back. I just had to snap a photo of us in the tutu taxi to memorial my youngest brother's "virgin ride".By the way, I looked fat in the picture!

It was about 11am when we arrived at Big C. I secretly went to get a sweet corn pie before my manicure session starts. My brothers went to get themselves a full body massage while mum got the same package as Day 1.

Well, although the manicurist used OPI nail polish and all these fanciful procedures; my foot were soaked in flower petals and slices of lemon, but I still feel I can do much better. Wahahah..it just reminded me how long I have not update my Nails Art part. ..

There were a lot of Chinese nationalities crowded around the store, which left me puzzled, and I realized there was a big sales on their products ! Enough said, Beauty Buffet, here I come! I had bought a bottle of day treatment repair essence and a few sheets of sheep placenta masks! I should have bought the goat milk's body moisturizer too! Hump!

Since I still had some time before my family finished their massage session, I went to get myself a terrayaki chicken ramen in soba soup for my lunch. It looked tasty but the chicken tasted more like roasted chicken! Tasty roasted chicken?! wahahahaha.. I don't know how should I describe the Ramen, wordless. ...

    Picture from www.bangkok.com

For your information, my second purpose to going to Bangkok was to buy some nice shirts for my brothers for my wedding day. So, I have bought them pink shirts for my cute little brothers in MBK.

My next stop to shop was Siam Paragon, which is of course located at Siam station which is only one station away from MBK ( National Stadium Station).  I decided to treat my family to Taling Pling for some Thailand cruise which was recommended by my ex Thailand colleagues. Surprisingly, the branch at Siam Paragon serves western food too.. and the Shepherd's pie was really tasty!!! Well, the rest of the food were yummy and authentic except the Tom Yam Soup, which was a bit of a disappointment.

I bet with my fats that you all have never tried this ice cream flavor in Swensen's.  The Swensen's at Bangkok will always introduce seasonal new ice cream flavors which never fail me... This summer's  theme are Teas and Coffees. I have got myself a Rum & Raisin plus Caramel and some coffee cubes at the bottom known as the Irish coffee Ice cream!!!  It was always shiok to treat yourself an ice cream in the hot weather as my last meal for the evening ~

See you all ~~ Night guys. And look forward to Part 3 ---- the last of my eating, shopping journey in Bangkok.

I am going on a short getaway with my family !!!  OMG, it has been quite awhile since my youngest brother don't seem to enjoy plane rides. However, as we love our mother so much and she always wanted us to go on a trip together, there we are, going to the "land of thousand smiles", Thailand!

It was the earliest Sunday morning as we enjoyed our Burger King's breakfast at Terminal 2 before boarding the plane at 7.20am. **Yawns**  Nice sky ~

Day 1- 28 Jul 2013 

After a one hour and fifty-five minutes' flight and  plus nothera one hour's car ride to Anorma Hotel. It is the Hotel which my mother always stayed whenever she was in Bangkok. The service might not be as fantastic as the other hotels in Bangkok, it is strategically well located in the central of the big shopping malls, within walking distance to the Erwan Shine as well as the Sky train station.

Before moving to anywhere, we went to the Erwan Shine to pray for our well being and got the dancers to dance to the four-faced Buddha to repay him back for the peaceful and prosperity he had granted us for the past year.

The Shine was super crowded as it was a Sunday.  We went to Chatuchak Market for a short while  located at the Mo Chit Station. It was extremely hot even though it was drizzling that day and the shops were clamped together, leaving no air flowing through the huge tent. I was practically suffocating~

    Picture from www.bangkokpost.com

I should say we were too tried to think or move farther around, therefore, the rest of the evening we decided to take it slow by walking around our hotel area. Like the Central World. Well, it was not a bad day for me as I got to buy a dress, a rainbow blouse from Zara at SGD 58 only!!! And a cute neon pink top from FOX at SGD 15!!!!  Did I not mention that it was their GTS- Great Thailand Sales ? Muahahah..

After some shopping, the four of us were too hungry to go on.. my mother decided to have some Japanese food at the Fuji Restaurant located at Central World for dinner.

What a spread, wasn't it? ahahahaha... I had the Sashimi set for only SGD 7!!!  The Wide spread of food included the seafood Udon, the deluxe set, Tempura Ramen all at SGD 60 only!! WAH!!!

Yummy and fulling dinner we had almost made me unable to breath properly! Anyway, we went on to shop at the little stalls along the streets at around 9pm.  Dim light bulbs shone at the stalls as we chose small little accessories and bags to buy for our friends and of course myself!

Each earrings at only 20 Baht!!! And I think the quality wasn't that bad! Nice!

Our very last stop for the day was having a head, shoulder and foot reflexology for an hour costed about SGD 30 bucks! The guy, yes, a masseur gave me a good massage which really loosen my tensed shoulders as well as my tired calves' muscles. My mum did not have a really good masseuse though, but she enjoyed as much, well better than none right?

Well, Nice evening ended very well with my lovely family. OOO.. and 1 more thing, my younger brother was a bit disappointed with the fact he did not get to eat the roadside food. =)))

To be continued~~~ 

Hello Hanoi! I have been very busy preparing the Vietnam business trip which had left me so drained and strained in the previous week.  Hahaha.. Anyway, it was quite an enjoyable trip with my friendly Vietnamese co colleagues and I learnt a lot from the senior director and legal counsel whom were on the same trip with me.

Day 1 ( 24th July 13, Hanoi)

After a two hours' flight and an one hour car ride, I have finally reached the Melia Hotel. When the front desk told me that I was upgraded to the suite due to rooms were fully booked, It was actually not bad, considering I got a little meeting room, with two bath rooms and a big bedroom!

As it was a free day, I went to explore the nearby area, which I thought it looked like the old Saigon in Ho Chi Min City which I visited 4 years ago.

Along the streets, there are a lot of little shops selling "inspired clothing" from brands like H&M, Chanel .. etc ... you name it, they have it! hahaha..  I literally lost on the way back to hotel where I coincidentally walked past the Women's Museum. 

I didn't know what exhibits are shown in the Museum but I did goggle some details. The exhibition feature the culture and challenges the Vietnamese women are currently facing especially ; with the single mothers. 

Wah.. have you seen that delicious two scoops of ice creams in the cocktail glass? The taste was heavenly!! I ordered the rum & raisin and lime sorbet. A truly comfort dessert after a long walk under the hot sun. In the shop, there were at least a dozen of different types of ice cream dishes presented in creative forms.All looked good on the menu, which was a pity that I couldn't eat all. =(((

After having the little cooling dessert, I bistro-hopped to the next door for some Vietnam Chinese food which I can never can finish the food! The waiter still told me I could finish them as the potion were small. =~(((   I ordered the silk tofu with salted eggs and fried rice. 

The tofu was well fried but the skin was too thick which made the tofu a little less appealing. As for the fried rice, there were tiny slices of the roast pork, peas vegetables, some Vietnamese veggies and diced Chinese sausages. I thought the Chinese sausages should be of bigger slices so that the taste will not be so hidden ~ 

Well, I was supposed to be enjoying the experience(maybe not so much on the food) when I realized that there was a pen cap in my Irish smell alike Vietnamese coffee!!! For your information, I have drunk 3/4 cup of the coffee! I am so being poisoned!!~~~

Anyway, my spoiled mood was slightly lit up the moment I saw a simple yet touching gesture from the hotel where the blanket corner was flipped up, a floor mat with the good night wording and a mineral bottle + glass on the desk in case I were thirsty in the mid of the night. 

It was both a tiring day for me and a shocking experience from the coffee. ahahaha.. My adventure in Vietnam shall continue...   

Day 2 /3 - Hanoi + Ho Chi Min City

All went well during the presentation although I was quite nervous and I could hear the trembling voice projecting out to the audiences. Well, I will try not to make the same mistake again. ahhh~ 

 The presentation was done at 3pm, which was 4pm (SG time), I took the 7.20pm flight from Vietnam Airlines. My colleague in Vietnam had mentioned to me that the Airline has always been "famous" for earning its title as the " Delay Airlines". I thought it was meant to be a joke I got stranded in the airport for three hours due to some technical issues experienced. To think I have to change my seat on the ticket for 3 times!!! 

I finally reached Ho Chi Min City at 1am plus a half an hour's ride to Renaissance Hotel. Once reaching the hotel, I am welcomed by the comfortable and clean, warm lit room... 

And..... I love their pair of Slippers!!! 

R for RABBIT!!!@ heheheheh... Night guys, a trip that I truly enjoyed... although my workload had pounded up.