Sunday Madness

27 July 2008 Sunday

Alan and I rushed here rushed there again today. We were late, even after rushing, to Jay jay's class and then went to the nearby foodcourt for a quickie lunch.

After we reached home, we watched a bit of dvd and then left again to Bangsar Pasar Malum for our weekly ritual. we picked up some sotong, prawns and a promfret and also loads of vege at the nightmarket. Then we headed to the Village Grocer to pick up even more groceries. I was going to bake some chicken (nut bread) n mushroom pies and cook up a storm the whole of the coming week.

After Shirene and WJ called off our dinner appointment, Alan and I went back to the market to grab some dinner- asam laksa and rolls of poh piah. we also bought lotsa fruits to complement our dinner.

Home beckoned.

28 July 2008 (Monday)

I don't know how time flew by today but it did. I bathed Jay Jay first thing in the morning and then got ready to go to tuition with Hayden. After a short chitchat after class, I went back home to prepare dinner. I did not leave the kitchen until dinner was ready to be served.

We had steamed prawns, steamed pomfret, chicken and mango poh piahs with sweet dip, fried vege, fried egg and shirene brought her steamed pork with cuttlefish. I also had boiled the old yellow cucumber and pork ribs soup since morning and the Tans and the Kuas happily tucked in together at around 8pm, sipping the complementary red wine as we munched.

They left almost at 11pm after which Alan and I continued the decadence by watching two more episodes.

29 July 2008 (Tuesday)

I have just come back from tuition with Aisha and Haifa. Tired. My chicken and mushroom pie is in the oven. :) Baked one for the Kuas too. That's our dinner tonight, coupled with ham and onion soup and for dessert, mangoes/grapes/papaya/banana/apples and also sweet potato soup.

burps.

Freelance Writing Opportunity

Friday 25 July 2008

I had tuition with Hayden from 130-230pm. n then left for The Gardens. I had booked a stem collagen facial..Yumz. It was a two hour shiok treatment. After that, Alan joined me and we had dinner (pop corn and hot dogs) before our movie. We watched X- Files, I want to Believe. Then headed home to continue with our DVD chasing. ahahha

Saturday 26 July 2008

Ahhh Today was indeed hectic. We woke up late after sleeping in and then headed to The Gardens (again) to shop. KL is having its MEGA SALES now and we popped in and out of shops. GAP was a HIT today as there was a storewide 50% (and above) discount. I bought a short one-piece and also another causal top and Alan bought himself a nice pullover with a hood to wear in USA.

We went to Cres (my facial place) next to take part in their 5th Anniversary celebrations. We had some lucky draw opportunities and we won some beauty products and also some slimming treatments. COOL! hahaha. we were also cajoled into buying two other packages and enjoyed free products and instant discounts. ahhaah The More you Buy the more you save!

After a buffet lunch which was served, we went to shop at MPH and JUSCO and then collected the car which was sent for a wash and headed home.

After an episode, we took a nap and then showered and got ready for John Yeoh's wedding dinner. We went to Royal Selangor Country Club (which was the wrong venue) and then headed through the jam to selangor country club. We arrived at around 815pm and realized that Malaysia's culture is not unlike Spore's. Wedding dinners start late. :P

We sat with the datuks and their sons and wives and I made instant friends with Jeremy and Denyse- cousins of the groom's. Denyse writes for a women's mag in Spore and she promised to keep me in the loop for freelance writing opportunities. hahaha ! COOL MAN!

a BBQ

Nothing much to update unless we are talking about the future. Alan and I have decided to host the Ti-ratana children at our condo for a BBQ during their August school holidays. ahhahha I have not had so many children eating at my place before in KL. The last time we had such a BBQ was with the 4G2 girls at Waterina! :) Ahhhh..those were the days when I still felt appreciated. hahaa. O well.
We have already requested for permission to bring them out and logistical administrative arrangements will be done soon. :) I think it will be fun! In the meanwhile, I will need to plan what to serve up and we have to buy the Kungfu Panda DVD to screen as promised. :)

Singapore Curry Chicken.

After tuition today, I cooked Singapore Curry Chicken. hahaha With the instant curry paste, powder and chilli powder of course! It was a hit with the husband who scooped spoonfuls of the gravy and drank them all up, slurping his lips as he went along. Jay Jay had his fair share of curry stains licked up from the kitchen floor as well. ahahhaa.

Must thank Mrs Lucy Tan for buying me this paste (in a box) and the Chicken Rice paste as a farewell pressie. :) How sweet of her!

At Ti-ratana

Today I had tuition with Hayden from 1230-130pm and then cooked some fried bee hoon for Alan and my dinner.

Lessons at Ti-ratana was very fulfilling tonight. I taught the girls William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and then had a 2-hour narrative story writing lesson with the class. I taught them how to begin their compositions at the Beginning / Climax / Ending. The class was very interactive and there were surprisingly no sleepy faces. haahaha. We all had a good laugh during the special moments as well. :) Nice!

Arabian Lady Students

I had two new students today - Aisha and Haifa. Both are Arabians who have accompanied their husbands who are on business to KL. We interestingly, sat on the floor, in the multi-purpose hall, and had our 1 hour lesson from 2-3pm.
I taught them how to converse with a taxi-driver, a salesgirl and also a waitress and they took down notes purposefully in a bid to make their trips to KLCC and MVMM more fruitful. After that, I went home to cook dinner for Alan.

We had very fresh food (from Bangsar Pasar Malum) and I steamed the huge prawns, and fried the fish with sweet and sour sauce. Our watercress and pork rib soup was also delicious. The husband kept praising the Housewife throughout the meal.

SUNDAY BUSINESS!

To make up for a lazy Saturday, we carried out a busy Sunday schedule.

First, I made us sandwiches which we gobbled down before taking Jay Jay to class. He was a good boy and of course, also enticed by his new treats - cheese sticks! It was almost noon when we left the class.
We decided to bring Jay Jay for further torment at the Bandar Utama Central Park which is opposite 1-U. We took family (lacking Ash) portraits there and also some cute shots (which I will upload later, when Alan is less busy). Alan then proceeded to buy lunch (SUBWAY!) and pay for parking before we headed home.

We commenced on a new HK drama serial (with very handsome hunkies) and after 3 episodes, we then headed out to Bangsar Village to pick up some dinner. Not hungry surprisingly, we settled for some of Madam Kwan's cuisine. I had ipoh horfun and Alan had Nasi Bejari.

Next, we went to the Pasar Malum to pick up some fresh produce. We bought some veges and fish and prawns for cooking for the following week and some supper - otah, mee jiang kuay and also soon kuay!
We left for home again, tired but fulfilled.