Hiccups!

Bloody Hell!  I’ve got hiccups!  Excuse me if I have  been typing wrongly!  I have tried taking a deep breathe, and I still have the bloody hiccups!  I am holding my breathe this very minute!  Instead of a ‘hiccup per second’. it is now ‘hiccup per micro-second’!

I tried holding my breathe for few seconds, and the hiccups stop for the few seconds!  The minute I breathe, OR stop breathing, it comes again!!!  So the ’stop breathing’ technique doesn’t work!

Argh……….! FINALLY!  No more hiccups!

 To start off, it has a hell of a nite!  A friendly game with another pub, then hving to be anchor player!  SO STRENOUS!  Thank goodness my buds won the first 3 games, so the doubles and last singles was not that stressful!  I managed to ‘luckily’ win my game but WOW! one hell of a stressful game!  Heading back to my home ground was just as stressful , but we could have left earlier and do what we want!

On top of the whole scenario, it was saddening to find out problems with my 2 best buds!  One felt sorry, the other tried feeling strong.  Both forgave each other, but I realise, no matter what, the hurt will always remain!  It did take awhile, but I think we have overcome that stage in life whereby we can stand up for what we want, and/or what we need.

 All I do believe is GIRL POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Take control of your life, take control of what you want to do in life.  The rest is history!

Chinese New Year is coming!

Its that time of the year again!  I have to start packing up the red packets with money….  I am going to be really stingy this year when I give Ang Paos…. Too broke you see… :p

The hubby had mentioned that he may invite his friends over to our flat on the third day of CNY.  And I have been asking him day after day if it is confirmed!  If his friends are coming over, then I’d have to really clean the place up and also buy some food to standby when people pop over!  I have already planned to buy loads of frozen food to stock in the freezer, either to fry, bake or grille them if his friends do come over.  Maybe some packet of Chicken Nuggets, Fishball, Sotong Ball, Samosas, and whatever I can find in the frozen section of the supermarket.  I may also cook something simple or depending on my mood, may cook my beef stew… DAMN! I don’t have a rice cooker at the flat!  Note: To bring rice cooker from home…. Or maybe buy frozen french loaf from Delifrance, just throw into oven and it will be good to dip for the stew.

I’ll decide that tomorrow!  Better get to sleep!  Dreaming of the menu and what I shall bake for that day!

Kueh Lapis Baking Class

I went for a baking class today.  I’ve learnt how to make Nonya Kueh Lapis and Nonya Prune Lapis, and I realise that it is actually quite simple to do.  The only problem is that it is very time consuming!  The class lasted about 3 hours!

I couldn’t wait to taste the Kueh Lapis when it was baking.  It was oh so fragrant!

I had actually registered for the class with Cat, not knowing what to expect as the information was very hush hush.  I had emailed them for their address but all I was given was to make payment first, and then they will provide the information!  The class cost $80 for both of us (Early bird discount) and I thought, fine, if she ran away with the $80, I can still earn the money back.  Thank goodness, she emailed me with the full address when she received my payment!

The class was held in a HDB flat, and I was shocked to know that there were 27 of us there, waiting to learn the art of baking Kueh Lapis!  Cat and I were there before 7pm, and there were people cracking eggs, separating the egg yolks, chatting amongst themselves.  And I realise, these people must be regulars!

I found the class to be informative, except for a few aunties asking the same old questions, again and again and again!  We were recommended to use Golden Churn butter, Sunsweet Prunes (as they were sweeter than Del Monte), and also reason for using Hong Kong flour, instead of others.

Overall, I think I did enjoy the class.  And I WILL sign up again if there is a class that I am interested in.

I CAN Cook!

I had meant to write this weeks back, but I have been ever so busy that I had totally forgotten to write about  ‘Party for 4: Part 2′!  Actually, its not for 4 people, its more like 5!

I had my usual guinea pigs to try my food AGAIN, and I guess it was pretty successful!  On the menu, Linguine with a choice of cream sauce or algio olio.  Well, thanks to my sister-in-law, she had taught me how to make the cream sauce easily, by just mixing full cream, parmesan cheese and an egg!  The only ‘work’ to be done was to fry the sliced bacon. I actually added some pesto sauce and threw in some of the Aglio Olio sauce into the cream sauce, and it tasted great! The Aglio Olio was a tough one cos I’ve never tried that before, but from my recollection, I threw in what I felt would taste great!  Fried the chopped garlic with butter, threw in the chopped onions, cook til softened, threw in olive oil, threw in sliced button mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste, and Voila!  Of cos, I guess it would be better if I had white wine…..

Vicky had 2 portions of cream sauce pasta and 1 portion of aglio olio, while the rest had their portion of Aglio or cream sauce.  Vicky took my portion cos he said he wanted more, so I actually surrendered my portion to him! Sob sob!  :(  But then, I was really hungry, cos I guess all the cooking made me lose my appetite.  So maybe I should be picking up more cooking!  Then I’d lose weight more!

I have tried cooking Western and Italian, what should I do next?  Maybe Chinese?  Or Malay?  I know!  Beef Stew!  With loads of carrots, potato and onions!  But then, I must think of another dish then…. 1 dish isn’t enough for those pigs!  Maybe a roast chicken?  Should we have rice or french loaf?

I think with comments of me being ‘Motherly’, I think I should start writing a cookbook, or ‘An Idiots Guide to Being A Mother’!  Inside shall have portions of how to look after your kids, how to cook, how to bake, how to do the laundry, how to clean the house….. WAIT A MINUTE!  I don’t even do my own laundry, or even clean the house, even my own room is a total mess!  OK, I think I shall forget about that book, maybe I should….. tidy up my room abit first… then take a photo of it, before and after, AND blog about it!  Hey!  It will be an achievement for me, you know?  Ok, stay tuned to the before and after photos of my bedroom!  (But that may take some time too!) 

An Unforgettable Day

What a whirlwind day it was for me yesterday.  Full of ups and downs!  I can’t believe that a colleague quit on us today!  He just threw in his key and walked out the door after a small spat with the boss!  Imagine how stress I was to start looking frantically for relief teachers to take over the classes he abandoned!  Well, it was a stressed out time for me, knowing that I had to remember to book a table at a restaurant and order a cake for THE husband (it was his birthday you see), and at the same time, sorting out the mess, checking out how to cancel the teacher’s employment pass and all.

It was also satisfying that I had managed to talk to the teacher later on in the day, persuading him to stay for awhile, at least til end of term, or even better still, til end of next term, so that we can source for teachers to replace him.  It was great to know that he obliged and was willing to compromise.

With that, I ended my day celebrating with a mug of beer and preparing for a night of DDD (Drinking, to Destress and Detox the next day! :p ).  It had been an enjoyable evening with me kicking ass on the pool table but somehow, the night got wierder as I was suddenly attracting attention!  An old man introduced himself and said, ‘I’ve seen you play, you play really well! I really enjoy seeing you when you play! And you carry yourself well!’  Erh….. Ok….

Next was 2 men whom I have known for ages from Chinese Swimming Club.  I’d better not reveal their names in case their kids or spouses chance upon this page! :D  Anyway, I had told them few days ago about this pub and they have promised that they’d head over on Thursday to find me, which they did!  I could see that they were enjoying themselve totally!  I popped over their table a few times to have a drink with them and suddenly, one of them told me, ‘SHA-NA, there was a girl sitting with me just now, Wah! her boobs damn big!! As big as yours!  But only difference is, I can touch hers, but can’t touch yours!’  Oh My God!  Can’t believe he said that!!  Well, the other sleazy friend of his had to act gentlmenly, by saying, ‘A! Quiet ah!’ then saying to me, ‘Ah yah, excuse him lah, he’s drunk!’  And I was thinking to myself, you’re no better than him yourself!

The finale of the night was having a Malay Rocker lookalike (imagine, tight jeans with big belt buckle, long curly hair, you get the drift?) chatting up with me, admiring my pool skills, and challenging me to a drink!  I imagine that he had one too many drinks too, cos he started getting closer to me and tried hugging me!  I had to push him away saying, ‘A! Bra-der! Wait my husband see ah, you kena whack ah! You lucky he not here now!’  And his friends laughed at him!  I thought I had gotten rid of him but to my horror, he got more open in his advances!  When I was playing the ‘Spot the Difference’ game on the computer with some friends, he came behind me, hugging me and rubbing my butt!!!!  I moved aside, he followed!  I quickly walked away to my table and sat down!  And lo and behold, he came strutting towards me, smiling at me, giving me the ‘I’m-God’s-Gift-To-Women’ look, and I tried to look away, then he came close enough to tell me, ‘I’m going off already!’ and tried to lean towards me to hug and kiss me!!! YUCKS!!!!  I pushed him away, shaking my finger at him, smiling sarcastically at him, and he understood that if he had taken one small step towards me, I’m gonna make a police report against him for sexual harassment!  What an asshole!

I just realise that nowadays, men don’t care if you are married or not!  If they want someone, they go get it!  Gosh! Talking about thickskinned!

What a day it had been!  And as expected, I have been ‘detoxing’ myself today.  I really can’t remember how many times I have visited the toilet today!