| sex |
[11 Jul 2008|05:37pm] |
i've been having it!!
in the past 7 days, i've had sex 4 times.
That's alot, compared to regular frequency of the past two years.
ALOT, I tell you!!
And the best part of it, the last 3 times, I did not hurt. There was no blood.
NO BLOOD!!
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| moving on to new blog |
[03 Jul 2008|11:56pm] |
i'm creating a new blog.
my life has changed dramatically since the time i first started this journal 5 years ago.
i want to have a blog my family can read without thinking i've gone nuts.
the new blog will have "non-x-rated" content.
i'll be keeping this one for the juicy stuff. if it ever happens. HAH!
well if anyone cares, i'll be at http://furrybookworm.blogspot.com/
if you come by, leave a comment!
on the other hand, maybe i may not keep the new blog.
who knows, eh?
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| stretchy jeans |
[02 Jul 2008|06:03pm] |
i bought 3 pairs of jeans in february.
they were stretchy, they fit, they weren't too long or too short.
the material was thin-ish, which is good for hot weather, and they were fitting, not baggy like the rest of the jeans i already had.
so anyways, i've been rotating between these 3 pairs of jeans.
i had shunned my old jeans. the old jeans various problems with them. but i think i'll be wearing my old jeans when it's winter time and i need the extra room for long johns.
sometimes, i put on the new(er) jeans, and i find that i was suffering from the muffin top syndrome.
it feels like i had been muffin-topping for about 3 months.
today, while i was out, i was in a public restroom. and i pulled down my jeans. without undoing the button or the zipper !! wow!
i pulled the jeans on, still fastened. wow!!!
i felt myself up.
i had no muffin top going on.
i told kiwi about it.
he said yep, it's a female thing. sometimes you get really bloated. and sometimes you're not.
oh okaaaayyyyy........
geez, i thought i'd lost weight.
blah.
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| weekend events |
[30 Jun 2008|08:20pm] |
last weekend was the pride festival
and the com fest.
we did not go to either.
saturday afternoon, we went for lunch buffet at schmidt's sausage haus. the buffet was ok, not too bad.
but we will want to go again for the a la cart menu items.
i was craving schnitzel and it was not a buffet item, and i was starving by then so i didnt want to wait for food.
green beans + spaetzel was so so. disappointed because the green beans tasted like they came out of a can. i would have preferred a plate of buttered spaetzels by themself. my fav item on the buffet was the cabbage. it was cooked with bits of shredded corned beef.
tasted wonderful. not bland. not cooked to mush. buttery smell. yum yum.
kiwi wants to go back and try the cabbage rolls, and honey turkey sandwich.
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then for dinner, we went to visit a couple. we had pizza, and played a board game. it was nice to catch up.
we plan to be seeing them on the third friday of july at CABS for more games.
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sunday for lunch we went over to another couple's place.
met their new dog. it was a HUGE golden retriever. it was a rescue dog.
he's very sweet. and didn't smell bad. i also loved on their kitty cat pedro. i love pedro. pedro likes me. pedro loves the catnip toys i bought for xmas.
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| ice cream |
[25 Jun 2008|02:57pm] |
i tried Häagen-Dazs Hawaiian Lehua Honey & Sweet Cream Ice Cream last night.
i like!
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[16 Jun 2008|10:01am] |
i'm on facebook.
anyone want to be my friend on facebook?
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| goodbye tongue stud |
[15 Jun 2008|09:16am] |
been irritating the bottom of my mouth for awhile.
i finally decided to take it off permanently.
i figure if i really want it again, i'll get it pierced again.
the first time piercing it wasn't too bad.
only hurt about as much as biting myself while eating.
it'll be ok.
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| sick |
[15 Jun 2008|09:15am] |
been sick for a week.
i think the cough is finally easing off.
hopefully in 2 weeks, the subconjunctival hemorrhage will disappear.
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| kitten fosters |
[22 May 2008|12:20pm] |
right now, i have 2 kittens on me.
i got a full black one, he's male, and he's got a cloudy right eye that's constantly runny.
but he's got a pretty good personality, and hopefully he can get adopted.
i'm also looking after a slightly smaller kittens, he's mostlly white, with black markings on him. he's a little more timid, but also very loving. he's soooooo cute. i'm pretty sure he'll get adopted.
i get to keep them for 2 more weeks.
need to fatten them up a little more. give their bodies a chance to grow bigger, healthier, and more resistant to shelter diseases.
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| update |
[03 Mar 2008|12:39am] |
thursday 21 feb
cant remember, but according to my phone's date book, i did nothing of significance
friday - 22 feb
went to have 2nd check up on my eye.
doc says looks recovered already.
i said still feel tired.
we also explored the possibility of lasik again.
he looked at my chart, and said it's do-able.
the turn around time is about 2 weeks.
so next time i come to singapore for about a month long, i will probably do that.
saturday - 23 feb
went to meet jon for dim sum buffet tea at lau bei jing.
format changed a little.
now must get up to get food. as well as order from server.
then we went to watch cj-7
the show is ok lar.
not that fantastic cos i love stephen chow's brand of humour.
this movie not much of that sort of humour.
sunday - 24 feb
had f, g, and h come over to my place.
we swam
we played taboo
we played fluxx
we had pizza
we had a wonderful time.
monday - 25 feb
went for dental in the morning
got some awesome 1/2 spring chicken + rice for $4.50 from golden rooster.
then evening time went to meet j.tan.
ate dinner at mos burger.
then watched the eye. the hollywood version. haha. ok only lar. not too bad, made me jump once during the show
unfortunately, we did not have much time to talk. cos we rushed through dinner, and she wanted to leave straight after the movie. oh well.
tuesday - 26 feb
do nothing.
good to have a rest
wednesday - 27 feb
late morning went to do banking matters with mum.
put her name into my savings account.
we also opened a checking/current account together.
had lunch.
thursday - 28 feb.
morning go dentist
dinner time the whole family went to traders' hotel for a buffet dinner.
ok only lar. it was dad's birthday.
friday - 29 feb
went to meet t.wong at raffles city gloria jean. around mid afternoon.
then she say never eat lunch, so i accompany her to go mos burger.
i had a meal there too.
then she still want to go gloria jean have coffee. ok. we do that too.
very full already.
then evening time she went off.
i went to meet LZ and her man(him, for the first time).
luckily, they also dont mind meeting at raffles city.
we had thai express, i think.
did not eat much, heh. still sloshing from coffee.
got to talk a little with them.
would have been nice to have more time, but they got time constraints - tired plus must go home and let the dog go pee. hmm, i think this is a good reason for me to stick to cats. not that i have anything against doggies. i like them just fine.
saturday - 1 march
went out with YL in the late afternoon.
were planning to go to bugis village to go shopping for silly message tshirts.
had a detour and never ended up going.
went to raffles city cocoa tree.
bought a bunch of chocolate.
yl bought 1 bar of choc and 1 bag of chip/pretzel things.
then we walked through citylink mall, walk through suntec city, then got into millenia walk.
went to candy empire and i bought more chocolate !!
YL bought a couple bars of chocolate and 1 bag of chips.
then we went to eat at outback restaurant.
shared 1 calamari appetizer, 1 seafood pasta, and 1 small dish of steamed vegetables.
we spent a few hours there.
slowly eating, talking, and drinking the endless refill of iced lemon tea.
sunday - 2 march
met f, g, and h again. this time at clementi.
ate bbq seafood at the coffee shop. stingray, sotong, prawn otah, crayfish, baby kailan, and rice.
and yummy chinchalok.
then back to my place. played more taboo, played more fluxx. tried to teach them dai-di but it was a challenge for them because all 3 did not know how the 5-card poker hand sequences worked.
had pizza dinner.
and then ben and jerry ice cream later.
they love miss fudge the kitty. i will totally miss her when i get back home. boohoohoo.
monday - 3 march
early afternoon go to the office.
do income tax with mum.
then go lawyer's office and do some official documents.
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| update |
[20 Feb 2008|03:27pm] |
wed - 13 feb
did not go out
stayed home and played on the pc
thur - 14 feb
same as wed
parents came home from perth
friday - 15 feb
went out for lunch with parents
went to get measured for new glasses for astigmatism
went shopping with parents - bought 3 pairs of jeans and some undies.
marks and spencers no longer have bras my size.
looks like they have downsized their lingerie collection to fit the asian form.
went for dinner with LZ at vivo. she went to buy contact lenses and ended up getting measured for new glasses. spent 1 hour choosing frames. we hung out a little later and talked girl stuff over coffee. awesome date.
saturday - 17 feb
went to eat lunch at simei's sakae sushi with TW and his wife LY
then went to their home nearby (6 bus stops away)
hung out and chatted for a few hours.
left by taxi ($30!!!) to get back home.
went for simple dinner with parents.
they did grocery shopping, then home again
sunday - 18 feb
went out for afternoon movie - jumper
with 3 of my degree course classmates
H, F and midniteger
then we played 6 rounds of air hockey and 2 rounds of daytona racing.
then dinner at swensens.
spent almost 8 hours there.
great great great fun.
reached home at 4.30am
monday - 19 feb
recuperated during the day at home.
night time went out for dinner with the family.
followed by some light grocery shopping.
i realise that my mum seems to like to buy just a little bit at a time.
maybe because the home has not much storage.
and the produce does not seem to last as long as it does in my home.
during dinner, they realised that it was ME making all that noise in the home at 4.30am. they thought it was the brother (cos they heard his alarm clock - but he FAIL. could not wake up early enough to do his homework). and mum was all aghast and shocked that i would actually come home late!!! OMGZOMBIEZ!!! and she assumed that i would keep it from kiwi. i said no, after i came home, cleaned up, it was a good time to call him. so i did. and next she assumed that kiwi would disapprove. and i said no, he was glad i was having a good time.
subsequently i related this segment of the conversation to kiwi and he said well yes some people may get worried/upset, but he's secure enough not to worry. uh, ok ......... personally, if we were together, and one party goes off and disappears for hours, or does not come home at the expected hour and is uncontactable by cellphone, the other would be worried and upset. about traffic/dangers, not straying. at least, that's how MY mind works.
tuesday - 19 feb
went out for dinner with the same group from sunday.
we met at paya lebar mrt station. everyone (except me) was late. as usual.
went to singapore post center, food court to eat naan and other assorted sides.
it was ok lar. but F and H seemed to really really enjoy it.
then we took a little walk to geylang road to check out u4ria.
both F and H say they have never been inside an adult toy store.
uh, ok......
so i suppose it was an eye opening experience.
i was not too impressed. seeing that i have been to my local store, and i do have a favourite online store as well.
then went to settlers cafe on east coast road opposite katong shopping centre.
hung out for less than 2 hours, played taboo.
great fun. lousy service. took way way way too long to get our drinks ready. then 2 of the drinks (we all ordered iced honey) were not even cold. lame.
then still feeling pumped up after the cafe was closed, we went to east coast beach mcdonalds. talked, and played mostly hangman. how silly. but how fun. it was really nice to hang out with fun friends and laugh and giggle and bullshit.
that night i came home earlier. 3am. hahaha.
wed - 20 feb
morning - dentist
afternoon - collect glasses. the glasses were fitted only with lenses with astigmatism correction. i need no myopia correction at all. SIGH. if not for astigmatism, i would have perfect eyesight. but now i have good glasses so hopefully i can pass my vehicle renewal eyesight test in june.
since i was in china town, i did a little shopping. went to at least 5 stores to look for a large enough waist pouch to replace kiwi's existing one. cannot find. quite annoying.
bought myself a pair of slippers. comfy. goody.
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| recent events |
[12 Feb 2008|09:56am] |
tuesday 5th feb
was supposed to go see the dentist again
but i had a really bad hacking cough
so i called and cancelled.
i can imagine suddenly coughing, and the dentist's drilling tool going somewhere it's not supposed to.
oh dear god.
wednesday
reunion dinner night
simple dinner lar
later then i went with brother to uncle M's place to hang out for awhile.
they were having their reunion dinner with uncle T's family
then i took a cab down to u-pub and hung out with J, my ex poly classmate.
he just took over the pub, so he has to be on duty.
came home relatively early, before 1am
thursday
3 families came to visit grandma
most of the cousins hung around to play blackjack.
i just help my brother organise his coinbox cos he was banker
later on went to uncle C's place. this time uncle C was banker.
parents went to airport themselves and go australia.
friday
quiet during the day.
evening time i went out, had dinner with YL.
then we met 6 other people, go and watch sweeney todd.
then prata supper.
then home.
brother went to uncle T's place. he did not come home
saturday
stay home and nua
brother came home evening time.
sunday
stay home and nua some more
brother went out for dinner.
did not come home
monday
stay home and nua until mushy
brother came home around 10am.
showered and collapsed into bed.
he said he got MC. skip school
tuesday
brother skip school again.
said he's still sick.
ok, whatever.
i went out for dinner with rulakir and K
came home pretty early.
about 9.30pm
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| update-weekly, sorta |
[04 Feb 2008|08:10pm] |
Wednesday 30 Jan.
dont quite remember. but i'm sure it was non exciting.
like - staying home sick
Thursday
dentist.
home sick as usual
Friday
see Wednesday
but with developing cough
Saturday
mum's mum came over.
started preparations for pineapple tarts.
she processed a total of 15 pineapples.
all the ladies helped
Sunday
very exciting day.
sick also must go out !@!@!@!
morning started early by having breakfast with the parents.
then go marketing.
then come home and start making pineapple tarts
like a little assembly line.
everyone helped.
after lunch, i took a nap.
then woke up, showered, light dinner - or else will get nagging.
took a cab around 8.15pm, went to pick up YL.
went to bt timah to eat prata.
supposed to be meeting ykaens and his co-worker at 9pm.
umm, the boys were LATE.
like ..... 9.40pm.
hrmph.
unfortunately, ykie did not like prata. and he ordered orange juice. who the heck orders orange juice to go with prata. ah, poor strange little dutchboy. he didnt seem to like anything else he tried at the indian/muslim place. oh well.....
then went to holland V for drinkies. dont remember the place, but it wasn't that sensational anyway.
monday
woke up super early. wtf.
spent time with granny.
we made fishies from red packets.
had lunch together.
made more fishies.
then i went out to meet ykie.
then we met his friend ed
walked bugis village (UGH crowded BLEAUGH) cos ykie wanted to look for fake rolex watch. hmmm....
then go simlim square. the boys were having fun at this place.
then go orchard. heeren. had sakae sushi.
ykie did not like tempura or the fried stuff. his fav was the gyu don. hmmm..... meat meat meat!
then the ed did some shopping. bought some slutty message tees.
i bought a solar powered nodding doll.
then walked to cineleisure. not exciting either.
then back to bugis - TCC - bullshit session.
ah, it's really nice to hang out with silly people.
my regular friends are way too uptight.
one bad thing though.
these men. walk too fast. and they like to walk with each other.
i keep walking behind them. alone.
GRRRR
tuesday
nothing else planned except another dental visit.
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| missing home |
[29 Jan 2008|02:25am] |
everytime when i talked with kiwi, i always referred to singapore as home.
i mean, yeah, the house we live in is also home too.
but after this trip, i dont think singapore is home anymore.
i left singapore only to be with my husband, the option to move back was always available ( when the father in law is dead). now i dont think i want to move back unless there are extreme circumstances.
i like my new life.
yes, i desperately miss my family and friends here.
yes, the food here is wonderful.
i'll come back to visit when budget/time permits.
push/pull factors why my new life is better
pull-
i've got my own vehicle
we live in an actual house - with front yard and backyard and garage and it costs less than my dad's vehicle.
less people in the city
much better weather/climate
can get alot of stuff online easily
push-
stupid hot damp weather, at night also so fucking hot
so many people. why so many china people ?
mrt so crowded. and i abhor buses.
i'll never be able to afford a vehicle.
i sure as hell dont have the 20% downpayment for a pigeonhole here.
people here are so rude and pushy.
i dont HATE singapore
this will always be my birth country.
but i'm not happy living in it anymore.
now that i've got somewhere better.
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| update |
[29 Jan 2008|01:17am] |
monday - 21 jan
sick
supposed to work, supposed to meet a facebooker.
did not happen
tuesday
still sick.
supposed to go out with two old friends for dinner.
did not happen
i did go to the dentist
wednesday
also sick
supposed to go have dinner with two gamer friends.
did not happen.
however, i did go to the hospital to have my eye looked at.
apparently i've got an allergy.
one side more serious that the other. that's the reason why my left eye has been feeling strange for the past few months. got prescribed some eyedrops. will have to go back for another check up next month.
thursday
sick.
rested all day at home
friday
getting less sick
went to dentist.
throughout the whole week, my temperature was going between 37.5 to 38.8 celcius.
my entire body ached.
and the thin mattress was a bitch to sleep on.
kept waking up everyday with my back hurting.
*whine whine whine*
saturday
feeling ok.
went for dinner/movie/supper with YL
prata and milo dinosaur is awesome
sunday
i dont quite remember what i did.
probably nothing.
stayed home.
boring
monday
same, stay home, boring.
tuesday.
fall sick again. this time is sore eye, runny nose, painful sorethroat.
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| week's update |
[20 Jan 2008|11:48am] |
last saturday - 12 jan
went out with a small group of seconday school friends for dinner and movie
at vivocity. we ate at kolo mee, and watched i am legend.
made a new friend, got him on facebook too
sunday
met up with YL for lunch at clementi.
we ended up buying food, and then going back to my place.
the original plan was to eat, and watch DVD.
well, we ended up taking a nap after eating.
then wake up already, eat dinner.
hahah, we're so piggy.
monday
did nothing of note
tuesday
went to get my hair done
wed
go dentist.
then dinner was hotpot steamboat somewhere in bugis.
with TL and EW.
EW drove, which was nice.
TL paid for dinner, which was also very nice.
i couldnt eat the food cooked in the spicy soup.
stuck to the non spicy half.
wimpy.
thurs
went to work
dinner at clementi with the family
my first bbq seafood dinner back in singapore
stingray, sotong, crayfish
fri
went out with bro in the afternoon. hung out.
evening had dinner with 2 aunties and 2 cousins. my bro was the only guy among the six of us.
later that night, met up with 2 sec sch classmates to watch movie at the cathay. 27 dresses.
then walked around after that. finally settled on mcdonalds. ate. then walked around somemore.
finally reached home around 5am.
sat
too tired, cancelled with YL for lunch.
she also very nua.
when we were both awake and online, couldnt decide if we wanted to go out or what, in the end just stayed home lor.
very tired, started to feel sick, achey, bone/joint pain.
still went out with family to bt timah hawker center.
bbq seafood, 5 spice stuff, and kangkong + cuttlefish, fruit juices.
came home, took 2 tylenol pm, passed out for 16 hours.
sunday -
spent hours on the phone with my kiwi.
spent even more hours sleeping off the illness.
home cooked meal.
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| busy week |
[11 Jan 2008|01:40pm] |
been back in singapore for 1 week exactly.
been super busy busy busy
last friday evening
got picked up at airport.
family went to dinner buffet at some hotel
ok food lar.
nice to see everyone again
saturday
went out with YL
kinda last minute.
spent 2 hours at west mall coffee bean talking.
then walked around for 1 hour, shopping.
then decided to tah bao some food back at the food court
managed to get a ride from the parents - they also sent YL home, how nice!
sunday
big family dinner
hoshi buffet at IMM.
3 families plus 2 older folks.
my bro's birthday party.
monday
went to office, help out at work.
condo building manager finally got someone to come clear the rubbish chute choke, so i went back to be the "person to open the door".
tuesday
went out to meet J for lunch
go his house, pick out dvd
walked back to me place, we watched 2 episodes of survivor season one
he fell asleep during the middle of episode two.
so after that he went home.
then the family went to no-signboard restaurant at vivo city. cos that day's my bro's official birthday.
then much later met up with stph, went to some small pub. chit chat.
wednesday
met up with LZ
dinner at margaritas
then walked to her place.
played with her happy dog.
thursday
go office help out.
all day.
dinner with family at old tiong bahru bak kut teh
friday - super busy.
morning - go see doctor.
afternoon - go see dentist with bro. get bitched out/nagged at by dentist. so fucking annoying. going again wednesday.
nite - dinner with extended family. farewell BMT/NS dinner for cousin. huge feast at crab party.
supper - milo at mcdonalds, clementi. with stph and TL.
TL still looks exactly the same. still fair and cute. still single.
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| finally back in singapore |
[07 Jan 2008|10:54pm] |
last wednesday morning, kiwi and i drove to the airport.
it was snowing. i was so hoping that the flight would not be cancelled - i'd hate to miss my brother's birthday gathering.
it was not cancelled, just merely delayed.
the flight got to chicago in plenty of time for the next flight.
unfortunately, the chicago plane was delayed.
for 4 hours.
apparently the plane hit a bird. or a bird hit it.
anyway, there was a dent or something. so the airline had to change planes.
which meant a delay.
i took a short nap at the airport.
got on the plane, and was it was a fucking long flight - 14 hours
so finally we reached tokyo.
since my connecting flight to singapore had already left, and there were no more flights that day, i got a voucher for a hotel stay and breakfast and dinner tickets.
finally managed to get to my hotel room about 9.30pm
restaurant closes at 10pm, so hurried down to eat dinner.
come back up, since all i had was my carry-on, which had no clothing, i had to wash my own undies.
because my period started somewhere in the air between chicago and japan.
the hotel was really really really nice.
had a bidet with heated seats.
ooo i want one of those in my home. eventually. i'd choose a heated bidet over a whirlpool tub!!
so finally, i reached singapore.
and there was some stupid dumbshit runaround trying to get some duty free booze for my mum.
which resulted in me being the absolute last person to pick up my luggage from the collection belts.
they were already sitting on the floor and some lady with a walkie talkie was guarding them. heh.
so i reach SG around 5.30pm local time, 17 hours later than scheduled.
but still ok.
i'd spent almost 48 hours in transit.
i never want to do that again.
but of course, i'll have to travel again to get back.
and mum wants me to come back every year for CNY.
which really isn't impossible - because i've got my permanent resident status already so now i can travel freely.
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| need new swimsuit |
[12 Dec 2007|05:25pm] |
since i'm going to Singapore in january, i'm planning to do some swimming.
so i dig out my old swimsuit - which has not been worn since i came over here.
i pull it on to make sure it still fits and everything, and it kinda goes "creeeek, and reeeeep" at the elastic leg bands. hmmm ..... this is what happens when you don't wear/stretch it out in a long while.
so i go online and pick something out
http://www.jms.com/product/12592.html
hopefully it fits.
i'm not exactly the same proportions as the recommended sizing chart. bust/waist is one size, hips is a smaller size. i'm going to get the one that fits my top.
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| csa 10 nov 2007 |
[13 Nov 2007|09:40am] |
1 stalk of brussels sprouts
5 small onions
3 small squash
1 bunch of leafy greens (smell like their salad green mix)
bunch of beets
1 celeriac
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| CSA 3 nov 2007 |
[03 Nov 2007|08:39pm] |
1 bunch of beets
1 bunch of kale
2 small gourd-like squash
4 small ears of corn for popping
1 head of cabbage
1 small head of broccoli , brocolli, broccolli , brocoli. uh, umm. whatever.
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| CSA 27 Oct 2007 |
[31 Oct 2007|03:08am] |
2 turnips
2 pumpkins
1 small bunch of carrots
1 small bunch of leafy greens
1 small bunch of beets
1 bulb of garlic
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| csa 20 oct 2007 |
[23 Oct 2007|01:04pm] |
1 bunch of baby turnips
2 eggplants
2 bell peppers
3 onions
1 bunch of mustard greens
1 bag of green leafy stuff
1.5 pounds of tomatoes
2 small squashes
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| bbq |
[15 Oct 2007|04:17pm] |
last saturday we had a bbq. the meats were pretty normal. but this was the first time i've grilled portabello and button mushrooms. and corn in husks.
i did abit of research online on the proper technique/recipe, and i'm pretty happy with the results. even kiwi, who dislikes portabellos on principle, says they were wonderful and juicy.
corn was nice and cooked, but not mushy, still had a nice crispness to it. al dente, i suppose.
the button mushrooms definitely need to be marinated for a few hours, because they turned out a little dry. unfortunately, the person who brought me the mushrooms did not prep them ahead of time. i only had 1 hour to work with, definitely not enough marinating time for such dense shrooms.
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| preparing for winter |
[15 Oct 2007|04:14pm] |
i re-organized my clothing closet today.
stuffed all the light summery dresses and skirts into one corner, and pulled out the pants and tops and longsleeves and thick stuff into the middle for easy access.
i also set out some sweaters in kiwi's clothes shelves.
also made 1 small bag of clothing to be taken to the salvation army. pulled out the other salvation army-bound clothing, and looked through them. this makes 6 small bags of clothes. i do small bags rather than 1 ginormous bag because smaller bags makes it easier for me to carry.
i must plan for a little trip around town somewhere in the week, to send these clothes away and get some groceries. probably wednesday, because that's the only day that's not forecasted for rain. heh.
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| csa 13 Oct 2007 |
[15 Oct 2007|04:09pm] |
1 head savoy cabbage
1 bunch radishes
1 bunch small turnips
1 bunch mustard greens
1 small bag of salad greens
1 head of lettuce
1.5 pounds of tomatoes
1 pumpkin
2 hot peppers
1 handful of lady fingers
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| csa 6 oct 2007 |
[08 Oct 2007|01:00pm] |
1 pound of tomatoes
1 red cabbage
5 sweet peppers
2 hot peppers
4 long eggplants
1 head of lettuce
1 bag of salad greens
2 onions
1 bunch of baby turnips
1 bunch of radishes
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| CSA 29 September 2007 |
[01 Oct 2007|08:23am] |
1 head of cabbage
3 bell peppers
1 small bag of salad greens
1 small bag of spinach (extra catapillar, no charge)
1 small bunch of mustard greens
1 bulb of garlic
5 lady fingers
1 pound of tomatoes
2 hot peppers
1 small summer squash
1 small pumpkin
1 acorn squash
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| CSA 22 sep 2007 |
[24 Sep 2007|01:00am] |
1 head of cabbage
2 small round eggplant
4 big red onions
several small potatoes
4 bell peppers
2 hot peppers
1 pound of tomatoes
some herby leaves
1 yellow summer squash
1 speckled squash
1 acorn squash
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| fishy fishy |
[18 Sep 2007|11:29pm] |
last saturday, i'd cooked fish for dinner.
the 2 tilapia were purchased from the live tank at CAM, and killed and cleaned on the spot.
i do my usual foil wrap and tossed it in the oven.
i was hungry, so i was chowing down on my fish.
finally kiwi got around to eating his fish.
he'd put the whole thing on his plate and slowly removed the skin and all the fins/bones/head.
i helped him eat the head and suck the bits of flesh off the fins.
he was very proud of himself. the first time he'd dissected a fish all by himself.
he told me that when he was served fish in the military, he just couldn't eat it. apparently some people dont like whole fish. they like their fish in fillet, so blah, so (plank-like).
so only after marrying me, and trying to be more open to my type of cuisine/cooking, he'd finally picked apart a fish all by himself.
my next goal is to re-introduce pomfret. i think it's much better quality than tilapia. but apparently his complaint is too many bones, too little meat.
he likes FAT MEATY fish.
we saw the red snapper at CAM, but we'd already ordered the tilapia, so i think next saturday we might buy some snapper.
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| CSA 15 September 2007 |
[17 Sep 2007|10:17pm] |
2 tiny watermelon
1 head of cabbage
1 kolhrabi
2 eggplant
2 large onions
3 bell peppers
2 hot peppers
1 bunch of basil
1 pound of tomatoes
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| silly quiz |
[13 Sep 2007|11:29am] |
Your Score: Yuki-OnnaYou scored 19 in Malice and 20 in Chaos!Yuki-Onna manifests herself as an irresistably beautiful maiden clad in a white kimono, pure and inviolate. However, appearances are deceiving; her skin is pale and her breath like frost; she appears to mountain travelers in the midst of terrible blizzards and hovers above them while they sleep, slowly but inevitably sucking the life from their lips and breath. She is a terrible demon who, once attracted, cannot be repelled.
However, she is also susceptible to the charms of the opposite sex; if a man is handsome enough, she may spare his life on the condition that he swears never to reveal the encounter to others. This promise, once made, must be kept; for, like an obsession, Yuki-Onna will follow the man for the rest of his natural life, perhaps even disguising herself as a future wife, waiting and watching for any hint of betrayal. If the man ever breaks her trust, the consequences are fatal. |
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| CSA 8 September 2007 |
[10 Sep 2007|12:23pm] |
1 small zuchinni
1 small yellow squash
1 pale purple thin eggplant
1 big deep purple eggplant
1 small watermelon - too seedy, not ripe. bleaugh
1 cantelope
2 bell peppers
4 tomatillos
2 hot peppers
1 bunch of basil
6 small potatoes
1 bag of green beans
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| CSA 1 September 2--7 |
[02 Sep 2007|02:23am] |
5 onions
2 habaneros
2 bell peppers
bunch of basil
3 eggplants
1 yellow squeash
1 watermelon
1 cantelope
4 tomatillos
1 kolhrabi
1 pound of tomatoes
1 bunch of fuzzy beanpods still stuck on the stalk/branch. looks like edamame.
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| more kittens |
[27 Aug 2007|04:50am] |
i've had mama cat and 3 kittens for about 10 days now.
this is a much much easier batch to take care of, simply because they require no medication and do not have poo-poo problems.
kittens smell goooooood. kinda like spicy talcum powder. heh.
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| CSA 25 Aug 2007 |
[27 Aug 2007|04:49am] |
I got an email from the farmer earlier last week, saying that because of the heavy rains, they were having problems with planting.
okey dokey then.
anyways, the produce for this week is ...........
4 green bell peppers
handful of lady fingers
4 large yellow onions
1 longish eggplant
1 fat eggplant
7 ears of corn (very poor quality - moldy, picked too young, wormy, etc)
3 pounds of tomatoes
1 cantelope
1 watermelon
i also bought 2 pints of cherry tomatoes. $2 each. i love them!!! I was not an early bird last week, and the cherry tomatoes for the CSA subscribers ran out. This time I came really early, but they had a poor harvest (i guess because of the rain) so they didn't have alot, so they just put out whatever they had for sale.
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| quiz |
[23 Aug 2007|05:41pm] |
You've Experienced 64% of Life
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You have all of the life experience that most adults will ever get.
And unless you're already in your 40s, you're probably wise beyond your years.
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| CSA 18 August 2007 |
[20 Aug 2007|07:06pm] |
1 bell peppers
3. hot peppers
7 pounds of tomatoes
6 ears of corn
1 watermelon
1 cantelope
2 eggplant
4 onions
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| csa 11 august 2007 |
[12 Aug 2007|09:39pm] |
1 red cabbage
8 onions
3 eggplants
1 handfull of lady's fingers / okra
1 bunch of greenbeans
1 honeydew melon
5 pounds of tomatos
1 bunch of basil
8 tomatillas
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| new PC |
[09 Aug 2007|03:05am] |
i've had a new PC for a week now.
i saw this refurbished PC from tigerdirect, and showed it to kiwi. he said it's a great deal, and told me to get it. so i did.
i'm still getting used to vista, and trying to customise it.
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| state fair |
[06 Aug 2007|06:04am] |
went to the statefair yesterday evening.
as usual, we park for free at kiwi's work place and walk across the street from there.
this year, the fair did not seem very exciting.
after walking abit, we bought a bunch of food for dinner.
1 turkey leg $7
1 roast corn $3
1 rib dinner $8
1 foot long corn dog $5
1 plate ribbon fries $4
1 elephant ear $5
kiwi bought the drinks so i'm not sure how much those were. but probably as overpriced as the rest of the food.
i like fair food. heh.
after eating, we were in the middle of clearing up our table.
kiwi spotted a couple friend of ours, walking towards our set of tables, and he waved them over. what a total coincidence.
we had a good chat, and after they finished eating, we started walking together.
spent about 1/2 hour at a hypnotist show.
then we watched the 7 minute fireworks show.
we also saw a female barker trying to get people into the freak show.
by then it was already almost 10pm, so i told kiwi i wanted to go see the freak show next sunday instead.
and we also saw a big tiger. and a bunch of other tigers in the back of an arena in cages.
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| CSA 4 august 2007 |
[06 Aug 2007|05:59am] |
4 onions
1 cabbage
2 eggplant
2 pounds of tomatoes (1 big, the rest cherry)
2 zuchinni
4 yellow squash
2 pattypan squash
2 hot peppers
3 bell peppers
1 bunch of basil
1 fennel
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| CSA ly 2007 |
[30 Jul 2007|11:38am] |
red skinned onions plus tops, 8 assorted squash/zuchinni, 2 small heads of cabbage, 1 bunch of basil, 4 assorted peppers, 1.25 pounds of tomatoes (i chose 1 big one and many many small ones), a small load of tomatillos.
the small tomatoes taste so good raw. yum yum yum.
reminds me of the time when i was young, my mum grew tomatoes in a pot on the balcony. and when they were ripe, i'd pick them, nip a small hole in the skin, then slowly suck out the sweet sweet juices.
oh, its gonna be so hard to get back to regular store bought cherry/grape tomatoes.
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| loot from friend moving away |
[26 Jul 2007|03:45pm] |
one of my friends, T, is leaving for a year.
she's off to laos to do field research.
then she'll be back for another 2 years.
i'd brought her some packing boxes last week, and we had a nice lunch and chat.
today i dropped off even more boxes for her, cos kiwi just happened to bring more boxes back from work, and she needed them.
so since she's actually leaving tomorrow, her little apartment was really bare.
she gave me a whole bunch of food-stuffs.
about 5 different kinds of chili. home-made stuff as well as retail type.
plus pasta, and a whole bunch of different sauces/spices. plus other stuff too. too many to list.
but omg, i'm really excited about the chili pastes.
i tasted one of the home made ones, put a teensy bit on my tongue and it about made me start crying. i can't wait to start frying stuff with it.
and possibly use it in BBQ fish. hee!
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| fishy fishy |
[26 Jul 2007|03:40pm] |
1 whole, mid-sized fish.
2 large pieces of aluminium foil.
make foil envelope for fish.
dump in sauce
sauce contains-
1 tbls fish sauce
1 tbls lemon juice
1 tsp chopped garlic
1/2 tsp crushed ginger
fold up foil envelope.
make 2nd envelope for security.
throw on red hot BBQ grill
flip after 10-15 minutes.
same time on both sides.
peel open, yucky skin should be stuck to foil, so that's good.
EAT.
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| eggplant dish |
[26 Jul 2007|02:03pm] |
2 longish eggplants - cut into 3/4 inch discs. fry lightly to make it retain its shape whilst baking. stick them in a baking pan, keep them somewhat close to each other.
1 pound of ground turkey, add 1tbls worchester sauce, 1 tbls fish sauce. mush it all together, and make little half spheres to sit on top of eggplant discs.
bunch of mozerella cheese. scatter over turkey/eggplant combo.
bake 30 minutes, 350 F.
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| weekend activities |
[22 Jul 2007|06:06pm] |
yesterday, we were just running our usual saturday errands.
got a call from K, asking if we wanted to play games with them that evening. now we'd already played games with them last saturday, and were not expecting to hear from them until probably next month.
k's brother in law wanted to host a PS2 party. and K said she wanted to play board games. so we agreed.
we stayed at E's house until 4am. heh. the guys had fun. 4 of them ran through the entire game of gauntlet seven sorrows. me and K played nippon rails after her daughter finally fell asleep.
today kiwi and i are gonna do a BBQ. i had bought some pork spare ribs and beef short ribs. i saw alton brown's show about doing ribs, so i wanted to use his method.
stuck them in the oven (after seasoning and marinade) for 200F and 3hours. came out yum yum yummy. kiwi and i shared a rib of each.
later on kiwi's gonna start the fire.
i've got the ribs ready to throw on the grill. the squash has been cut up and seasoned. the 2 fishes have been cleaned and seasoned and wrapped in foil.
all is ready and waiting for kiwi to finish his anime movie.
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| CSA 21 july 2007 |
[22 Jul 2007|02:00pm] |
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Beets, Zuchinni and Summer Squash, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Basil, Garlic, Tomatoes and Onions
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[20 Jul 2007|01:43pm] |
Your Score: Sad Cookie Cat67% Affectionate, 46% Excitable, 64% HungryYou are the classic Shakespearian tragedy of the lolcat universe. The sad story of a baking a cookie, succumbing to gluttony, and in turn consuming the very cookie that was to be offered. Bad grammar ensues.
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