Scotland vs. Brazil

Fuel before the big game






on the way in....superb atmosphere. You can always rely on the Scots for good atmosphere / good banter to make up for the 'not so good' performance on the pitch! (I hope Scott is not reading this!)
Desperately looking for a piper for the wedding...there must be a piper somewhere in KL/Singapore!


Scots love their drinks. This is a good reminder that we need to stock up big time for the wedding...no pussy footing on single digit number of cans per person here...we are talking double digit pints per person (and this obviously exclude spirits or champagne). Do they sell beer in barrels in Malaysia? Must remember to speak to Uncle Don when I am back in town.




final score? We lost...2-nil...could have been worst....it was a friendly afterall

Me likey

1) I am liking this....need to find thin leather straps.The hardware? Easy...I am literally living and breathing Homebase judging by the amount of DIY we are constantly doing in the flat

2) Oddly attracted to this. Not really a jewerly person but love this personalised necklace. I blame it on wedding prep - I am literally OD-ing on personalised this and that  to make a wedding unique

source: 1, 2 (both viewed from Bleubird Vintage)

Weekend pictures

FRIDAY NIGHT

Dinner with Ross and Nat - spicy chicken pie, carrot+beetroot+pear salad (recommended! no additional dressing needed), buttered potatoes. Chocolate & Guinness cake. Verdict: more malty than chocolatey..but still very tasty

SATURDAY



Sorcha's 30th birthday party. This is definately another sign of 'adulthood'...accepting invitations for 30th birthday party vs. 21st / 16th birthday parties.

SUNDAY





Spring cleaning the garden - weeding, defining borders, picking up leaves, cutting down dead branches. Check out my plum trees...completely covered in white flower that look like snow in the picture. I am assuming it will be 1 plum per flower (OMG - FAINT!)

Mee Hoon Kueh!

Scott's verdict: That's why I marry you!
Success!
I added in a little cornflour into the flour mix after reading this to see if it works and I think it does...the texture is definately smoother.

weekend in Scotland

Citizen M hotel in Glasgow - compact with a cool layout. Various lighting options - orange for love? (not so sure about it!)


a decent picture of the girls...before things got messy


after 2 champagne too many....groom is standing next to Scott


Cake made by bride's auntie who owns a cake shop in Glasgow (look and taste delish). Made to look like an unfinish cake as the couple recently bought a house together and renovating the whole thing (ehh....knocking down walls and floors, building stud walls, etc...makes our project look Mickey Mouse-ish!). They cut the cake with a black&decker saw!


Amazing venue called the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow. One of our top choice for a wedding venue too. They retained the cobbled floor and old signages


favours and wedding place-cards...clever


Before the free-flowing wine effect...all smiles for the camera!


Late night chow back in the hotel....chippy doused with vinegar with deep fried sausage (only in Scotland!)


completely irrelevant but I hope our future kids inherit his 'legs gene' instead of my midget legs

Simple Pleasures: Fish fingers + baked beans

Dinner tonight....after a very rich marmalade glazed roast duck for lunch, we crave something a little simpler. We try to keep a stock of fish fingers in our tiny freezer drawer above the fridge whenever possible and always always have a can (or 4) of baked beans in the cupboard. Good emergency fuel.

Weekend was quiet and blissful apart from me leaving the camera out in the garden and for the fox to 'steal' it....drag it from the garden table to the grass and gnawed the camera. The strap is gone...the cover for the lens is no longer attached to the camera but the camera survived! Lesson learnt...

Happy Birthday Mum!

Happy Birthday Mummy!!! Here is to another year of 4D wins, good food, holidays and no wedding stress!


I can't find any recent pictures of her on my laptop. This was taken probably 2 years ago but I like it. Everyone is looking happy. Mum is next to her fav son (only because there is only one! haha) and her soon-to-be son-in-law. That must be something to smile about right?

My guilty *SPAM* pleasure

I lurveee Spam - for all its preservatives and E number and what not. Call it nostalgic food or comfort food but once in a while I get a strong craving for it. For all the healthy/organic/free-range food we have daily and the daily drumming from the media of rubbish 'mystery meat'....I still have a soft spot for it
Scott is not a fan so I often grab a can when he is away (like this weekend!)


It is such a versatile 'meat'! - can you call it that? I mean I love it in my fried rice, with instant noodle, fried with tomato sauce on soft white bread, with kimchi soup and rice....It has to be fried though...I like the crispy outside and the soft soft 'meat' inside.

Apparently SPAM stands for 'Specially Processed American Meat' or 'Supply Pressed American Meat'....or more naughtily (but correct?) - 'Something Posing As Meat' or 'Spare Parts Animal Meat'


I do wonder who buys them - I know they are supposed to be cheap meat but I dont think it is very cheap considering I paid £1.58 for a small can (larger 300g can cost £1.78) and you can buy a whole chicken (ok - battery reared sad chicken) for £2.29!!! I assume they are targeting the same consumer demographics no? Apart from the pensioners who still have a soft spot for it from their WW2 days.... I mean it is still very popular in Hawaii and the Philipines (according to the world wide web!!) - why those two countries? American army supply base.....bingo!




Last night I had it as fried rice.....with Glory Ikan Bilis sambal -yum yum yum....Glory is the best. Don't bother trying their sambal with prawns...stick with the ikan bilis!

Happy Birthday Scott!!!

One day late - only because I was busy finalising his pressie!

Happy birthday love - you crack me up!

The obligatory Valentine's day post

It's not a day we celebrate for obvious reasons (cheesy, commercial, every day should be valentine's day blah blah) so we do not go out for a special meal or do anything that fancy. We do always try to cook something lovely at home. Like yesterday, we (ok..he) cooked risotto because it's one of our favourite food and I made choc chip cookies. End of....oh, ok we do exchange cheesy cards - thats the extent of us falling into the commercial trap, but to my credit, I did make his card from scratch so it's just him falling into that trap!


But he did surprise me with flowers delivered to my office - a huge bouquet of flowers that looks like it exploded it the bag (so big I filled 3 vases of flowers at home)! It was a lovely surprise as I wasn't expecting anything (apparently he buy me flowers every year - I do have rubbish memory...need to eat more gingko nuts). I was the only one with flowers on my floor - smug!


one of my fav flower - the amaryllis






lamb with cous cous
he cooked dinner again tonight because I was working late...definately a keeper eh? :)