it's our anniversary, again!

i am utterly dismayed by my lack of cooking skills and consistency standards. Today is our wedding anniversary and since kimmy was working, we decided to stay home for dinner instead of going out. i rushed to the supermarket after work to grab my ingredients and back home to cook. alas, in a hurry, everything ended up under par. The roasted broccoli and capsicums tasted a tad bit salty to me, whilst his chicken chop, which i thought would be delicious because of bbq sauce, ended up a bit bland. My cod fillet was strange, (I then remembered cod steaks had a nicer texture as compared to the fillet), and my scallops were juicy but too salty. There were also baked beans which kimmy complained were lousy because it was AYAM BRAND, and a small side of spaghetti aglio olio which i liked but he said was too oily. The highlight of the night came from a can of campbell's corn soup, thank goodness for that.

To cap of the evening, we indulged in kettle honey dijon chips...not that great an idea, it turned out like an anti-climax, nice while it lasted, but gave a terrible aftermath. :(

After dinner I watched Amazing Race Asia where the contestants had to eat a huge bowl of smelly tou fu. They felt terrible, I felt terrible, and I wanted to throw up like they were.

as I write this, i feel the urge to puke again. :(

update on roaches...

I ought to post up photos...but oh well...it might gross some of you out.

I installed the "combat cockroach killa" at a new spot underneath the sink last week and it has proven useful. I found 3 dead baby cockroaches already, 2 in the kitchen and 1 in the living room. I dunno why they are baby ones, and I'm not sure if I should be heartened or worried by the fact that I don't see the big ones. In any case, I saw another baby one hanging out in the bomb shelter 2 days ago and promptly smashed him to bits.

Some of my friends never see ANY roaches in their house. I'm wondering if it's because my block of flats is kinda old, or could it possibly be due to a neighbor who's encouraging their existence. I try my best to keep my kitchen as clean as possible, but i dare not think what lurks behind the glossy brown cupboards, where the pipes are...*shudder*

pork with sage

i am deflated, dejected and defeated. i always try my best to make good food for kimmy but he never appreciates any of it. Perhaps he's appreciative of my effort but whatever I make is always greeted by complaints of dislike.

I made pork with sage today. According to Gordon Ramsay, pork tastes great with sage and lemon zest. I tried my best, and I even made sides of mashed potatoes and roasted peppers and zucchini. All this in under an hour, while he was napping. Add to it a full day at work, rushing off to the supermarket at 7 to grab the items, and taking the train back in record time.

I understand kimmy's extremely fussy palate, something he subconsciously picked up from his dad (obviously) who doesn't eat anything except chinese food, and he's been eating that his whole life. I don't cook beef, buy cheese or do anything that's creamy. But whenever I make the same dishes like roasted vegetables and chicken chop, he complains I'm always cooking the same thing, and dismissing me as an inexperienced cook. Today I made something different, and my dishes got dismissed as weird tasting and bad. I dunno how to satisfy him. I cannot cook the same dishes as his mother and I never will. I cannot cook like a masterchef, and I don't want to cook the same dishes that he likes every single day. I cannot bring myself to "tabao" or eat out everyday too, although that seems to suit him fine, but that's not healthy to me.

I feel so sad. He's a great guy, and I doubt I can find someone else as nice as him. But he makes life so difficult for me sometimes, in a way that other women don't have to worry about, and which I envy. Everyone has their peeves about their partners I know, it's just depressing that it's a constant struggle to have to learn to live with it. There is a saying that women often think they can change their husbands after they marry them. Am I in a similar situation?

Playground - baby rabbit batch #3

My mom bought a lovely plastic house for the baby rabbits. Incredibly, they can all squeeze in at the same time. I love how their cage looks like a little playground now with the green mat which coincidentally looks like grass. Looking at them happily playing and eating in their home, you wouldn't suspect that all 3 of them are suffering from injuries at the moment.

Speaking of fun, the swimmers in Beijing are making the water cube their playground, rewriting world and olympic records at an astounding rate. Heat after heat, we're not even talking about finals here, records are smashed and fans are screaming. It makes a truly fun time for us viewers around the world. It's fun for the spectators too although apparently, most of them are volunteers who were given free tickets because there were too many empty spaces showing up on TV and it was getting quite embarrassing for the organisers.

About Me

Previously a registry for friends and family to buy housewarming gifts...Now it's used as a personal blog for my daily (weekly or monthly rather) monologues, and my fondness for discussing the way to personal happiness.

I'm generally a contented person. Except on the rare occasion when I plunge into melancholy and darkness, I am the sort that looks at the silver lining behind the clouds, optimistic that there's hope in this world...and if there's little of that, there's always love.

When I'm not at work as a wedding card design guru, I like to indulge in my various social networking tools, and write a blog entry or two.

Join me as I explore the many ways to be happy in this crazy world, in my travels, experiences, at home, at work, and even in the food I eat.

i hate roaches!

I have always thought that we wouldn't have problems with cockroaches in our new place, seeing that the garbage disposal is located outside the flat. Strangely though, I found a baby cockroach hanging out in the sink this morning. He's the 4th one we had since we moved in. There was one that flew in through the window, one that my mom saw next to the main door, and a third one that was crawling out of the storeroom.

I really hope that there are no colonies in my home, and I clean almost every nook and cranny regularly every week. Could they be crawling in through the window, from a neighbour's house perhaps? Or did they crawl through the drainage covers since they are baby ones and small enough? I feel compelled to buy those cockroach killing devices they sell in the supermarket. But I rather rest knowing that my house is clean enough and free from pests. A friend who lives in a brand new flat has never had roach problems in the last 2 years. I feel a bit worried now...

Baby Rabbits for Adoption

my mom's rabbits gave birth to some babies...it's quite a handful keeping so many so she's looking to give some away. buzz me if you are interested. They are barely 2 months old and terribly cute! Grab them while they are cute and curious!