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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Day: 1 bake, 1 steam:
so i decided to make bloody full use of my off day. =)
woke up early and went to hougang to get stuff ready for :
1) banana+walnut+choc chip cake
2) kueh salat
mix them ALL up for a nice smooth batter!!
ready to bake!
viola!
our brekkie now.... =)
next, the kuehs
had the glutinous rice steamed with pandan leaves...
the coconut mixture boiling...
and the end produce.
however, i used the wrong pandan juice, and i dun like the pandan taste, so i had the whole plate threw away. no kidding lo.
as u can tell from the picture, i dun even have the heart to cut the glutinous rice properly.... hee...
anyway, it was my good try, i will be doing it again soon. =)
Nite:
As we were making ourselves comfortable in front of the tv, watching our fav 10.30pm show - repeat telecast of <9-layered>, 'ding dong', someone was at the door.
(I had to then run in to change a short, as i was wearing too short a short to welcome any guest, hee...)
Dennis was at the door, with the kah lua i asked him to buy for me at DFS.
when i came out of my room, he goes "ahem, ahem!!"
i shouted, "that's a sign!" haha....and the dream team appeared outside our door singing the birthday song, and with sx holding the birthday cake. =)
(thanks guys!! u guys were so sweet!)
it was late. it was a weekday nite. i so thank you all for the effort.
and omigod, see wat gift they got for me!!
a set of 3kg plates! wea's the bar???
haha, beng has to come in with the bar, like monkey god! well done!!it's a heavy 5kg bar, thanks so much to all, esp felin and sx who carried the heavy bar all the way from town to our home....love u so much!
the dream team, with kenny and eddie not in (outstation).thanks guys, now i can pump at home if i miss my body pump lesson at the gym!!love u ALL so much! *muakz*--------------------------------------Kueh Salat
Bottom layer:400g glutinous rice200ml thick coconut milk with 100ml water2-3 pandan leavessome blue food colouring (optional)a pinch of saltTop layer:6 eggs800 ml thick coconut milk200g rice flour320g sugar50 ml pandan juicesome green food colouringa pinch of saltMethod:
Bottom Layer:1. Soak glutinous rice for 2-3 hours. Drain.2. Steam the rice on pandan leaves with a pinch of salt for 15-20 minutes or till tender.3. Remove from heat and add in coconut milk. Mix well with a wooden chopstick.4. Then sprinkle some blue food colouring all over the rice (optional).3. Transfer back to heat and steam for 10 minutes further or till cooked.4. Lay a banana leaf on the bottom of an 8 inch square tray. Place steamed rice in the tray and press down firmly with a banana leaf on top to compact it.5. Return to steamer and steam for another 5 minutes. The bottom layer has to be hot when the top layer is poured on.Top Layer:1. Beat eggs in a mixing bowl lightly with a fork. Mix in the rice flour.2. Cook coconut milk, pandan juice, sugar, salt and green food colouring over low heat. Keep stirring and add in the egg mixture. Stir continuously over low heat, until mixture thickens.3. Pour the yellow mixture over the steamed glutinous rice in the steamer slowly. Steam for 15-20 minutes or until set4. Cool the kueh before cutting. *Note, i didn't have banana leaves, so I used normal grease proof paper instead. works fine.------------------------------------------------Banana Bread:Ingredients:You will need
500 g riper bananas, mashed up120 g soft butter
85 g sugar 85 g brown sugar
2 beaten eggs
2 Tbsp condensed milk
220 g self-raising flour
65 g walnuts
70 g chocolate chips
Method:Set the oven to 180 degrees centigrade
Blend the ingredients
Using your spatula spoon the butter into the mixer bowl, follow with the brown sugar, white sugar, then lower the whisk attachment into the bowl and blend on medium speed for a few minutes. Then slow down the speed and slowly add in the eggs, the mashed bananas, the condensed milk and slowly begin to add the flour, shaking it in little by little then add in the chocolate chips and finally the walnuts.Then switch off the blender, using your spatula give it one final quick mix by hand.
Transfer to the baking tin
Place the baking tin into the centre of the preheated oven and bake for roughly 55-60 minutes. You can check to see if it's ready by piercing into the centre of the cake with a skewer. It should come out dry and if so, remove from the oven.
*i didnt want it too sweet, so i did not add in the 85g sugar, and only used brown sugar.taste good too!Enjoy!! =)Labels: appreciative, baking, Birthday, breakfast, celebration, challenge, cooking, Food, gift, Merry, party, Surprise, team work, workout
Thursday, September 27, 2007
This is another session of team building.
I noe.... i noe.... i noe what is in ur mind right now...
this is my 5th team building programme for the past 7 months.
its quite alot, but i am beginning to appreciate it, as the mgmt is trying to help us align our workplan along the way. Better then u work for the whole year, and doesn't know what is the team's objective, how your intiative has helped the rest of the pple, how's the performance, where are we now with regards to our target in 2010 and so on....
This time, the venue is at Yio Chu Kang, The Grassroot Club.
very near my hse, hee hee...
And the much anticipating activity, creating our own window mosaic...
and this was what our team created:
And the objective?:We have 12 groups, 12 window mosaics, we have a theme, that is to create a picture with the mosiacs, that shows either 1) synergy, 2) transformation or 3)growth.we appointed a ART director, and so, we created a story: As you can see, (the first row) everything started with a seed on the ground, and grew into a small plant, finally, blooming into a flower, the 2nd row, shows a lava, growing into 2 butterflies flying in the same direction.... and the 3rd row, shows the transformation from evening to morning!Bravo! team work is amazing, isn't it!From a blank sheet of paper, we created what-seemed-impossible-from-the-start.especially when it involves so many pple's brain, its not easy to co-ordinate and have everyone agreeing on the same concept.Labels: appreciative, challenge, discovery, encouraged, game, quality time
Diana and us called it "The Rock Room" when we first designed our house,
we didnt construct built-in cabinets, because we find it a waste of money if we were to move one day. After all, some stuff will not be moved if we shift in future. And, these cabinets are not going to increase our valuation anyway. =)
So, for practicality sake, we managed the room on our own, other then giving it a coat of 'rock color' paint.
After staying there for close to 12 months, the rock room has a study table, a chair and 3 display cabinets, all from ikea. We were searching for a book shelf/cabinet to add on. My criteria is, it has to come with doors. Im a freak with dust! no open shelves if possible.... heh heh... and of cos durable, since books are gonna be heavy (which means, ikea is out of the picture, cos majority of their bookshelves are not heavy duty)We sort of know that we need to scout around in those neighbourhood chee-na shops for our ideal bookshelf. And, so, after a while, we found it at bedok. hiak hiak hiak....Time to move out all our barangs in the display cabinet, move them and make way for the new giant. =)
there were some rearranging to be done to the cabinets in the rock room.
 sad to say, this is 1 damage while we move the ornaments.... =pLabels: busy, challenge, damage, team work
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Our first Run
i tried hard to sleep early,
but the chores kept me bz until 12mn...
So, i had to wake up at 5.30am, and meet rachel at 6.15am at our estate carpark, to go to the run together, and i'll be meeting budd at Marina Square carpark.
anyway, i woke up at 2.30am, to welcome my monthly menses.... arghhhhhh
(i knew it will come on this date.....)
I have another 3 hrs to sleep.... and it also means i have to run with an extra padding....sick.... =(
when i finally woke up, it was 5.45am...
I rx rachel's msg to say she had conjunctivitis, so she won't be joining us.
wasted....left with me and budd.
livingstone left me a note on the table before he went to sleep....
he is so sweet.... =*)
before i pin it on for the run.... =)
this is not a big scale run (5km only....), but the fact that it is my first run,
and it is a strictly women's run, makes me really excited!!!
It was just me and budd, which was really quality time! we enjoyed the first 3km run with our usual chit chat session as we jog, before we run on our own for the rest of the journey.
by the time we reached our last 250m, we were running towards it, together! =)
nah, i don't care what timing i clocked, but i am very happy that i completed my milestone for 2007. =)
it was our first official run afterall.... =)
at the carpark, after our run.
we got to rush for our next session (my steamboat party, budd has to go work) after we collected our goodie bag. our result will only be release on the 19th, and i'll be able to download fotos of ourselves in the run from the officials. yeah!
that was budd and her monster in front of me as we headed towards ECP, in opposite direction =)
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Steamboat Party
my SILs came to pick me at my hse to go marketing for the steamboat party,the objective was to celebrate Judy's b'day! =)look at our wonderful spread! yummy yummy !
 the family!i enjoyed the entire session, i hope they did too! =)we prepared almond longan and choc fondue for dessert.... heh heh.... (to make myself feel better, i said " lucky i had a run this morning to compensate what i jus ate for the nite....") I got this fondue set during last x'mas gift exchange (from jean),and we didnt use it until now....
 there were mashmallows, bananas, kiwis and strawberries.... eh, very nice leh! !
now i have another item to treat my guests.... =)
from the time i woke up until the time i hit the bed.....i lost count of how many hours i stayed up. and how many chores and stuffs i have put my hands in to participate, i have no complains (except for my extra padding im carrying la), i enjoyed my day very much, hopefully budd and my family felt the same. =)and if you wanna noe wat's inside the goodie bag.....here u go:
 Labels: Birthday, busy, celebration, challenge, cooking, Dinner, Family, Merry, party, quality time, run, team work, tired, workout
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
 We had an early dinner at my mom's place, by 11pm, livingstone is asking for supper.My challenge is to look up the drawers and fridge, to see what we can whip up....a pack of mee, 2 slices of ham, and an egg.....voila!are we in HK? =)Labels: challenge, supper
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