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He once boasted, "I can cook better than them!" when we had Kim's hokkien mee at joo chiat & thought it didn't taste as impressive as it claimed. I was half-believing his pompous claim but i decided it would only be fair to judge after tasting it.

So, i finally waited for d-day - presenting to you, ah kiat hokkien mee!
 

 




It didn't seem too much of an effort, so i almost didn't quite expect it when the first fork-ful went into my mouth.

It was surprisingly good. Very good, in fact. That i didn't need any chilli to go with it.


Verdict? Im totally sold. :)


 

Separately, more home-cooked experiments!

Mixed fruit agar-agar version 2! I dunno why, but this time the fruits floated up instead of sinking to the bottom - they tasted good nonetheless, 'cause they made each bite so chunky & juicy :)~ but cutting them was more tedious. The jelly's yellow this time 'cause the clear one was out of stock.




Actually i made it specially for leoie, since i usually only make things for colleagues. But by the time we ended our touristy day, the agar-agar has become, erm, quite "cooked" from the heat. :(


Earlier in the week, i also attempted pasta salad so i could eat it after my tuesday lunch-time exercise at work. It wasn't as simple as i thought it would be! The pasta took longer to cook than the cooking instructions claimed so by the time they finally softened, they were quite "mashy" already. Well, it didn't taste too bad 'cause i used ingredients & dressing of my personal liking, but, erm, guess it just wasn't tempting enough for me to finish it - there's still a big tupperware of it in the fridge after 5 days & i will soon have to discard it ~boo. I didn't dare to offer anyone too, haha. So nice of me, hor?




 

April was pretty eventful... took many peeks but was just not inspired to blog. Which then made me wonder, why on earth did i take so many peeks?!? -_- 


♥ besty back home

There wasn't much time left by the time i was back from melb, just about a week plus more before Fen's return to UK & her schedule was almost packed, as expected. So she allocated a day for me, & i took an afternoon off to spend time with her. Ended up eating quite a bit! 

Met the couple at Bras Basah, where they were - i couldn't believe it - book-shopping. It wasn't just a book or two. There were, like, at least five, six? Mostly Chinese books, so George could learn more about the language and culture. So cute, right. I ended up buying one as well - the original Twilight novel by Stephenie Meyer - couldn't help it after falling in love with the movie, which i fell in love with at first sight & watched it twice consecutively on the flight home from melb. Yes, it was that good! Unfortunately i haven't found time to start reading the novel. I usually read on the bus journeys to & from work, which i can't now. :(


  





♥ celebrating the april babies

Then it was about celebrating the april babies. By coincidence or what, it was a buffet-ful weekend - saturday at goodwood park, sunday at marriott. I then realise it takes a strong stomach to down all these eat-till-you-drop goodies in two consecutive days.


 _nyonya high tea at goodwood's


 
  _sunday brunch at marriott's


Then on the actual day of her birthday, i made jing breakie. She asked for egg mayo sandwich, & as sides, i made cocktail sausage & mixed fruit agar-agar. The agar-agar was my first attempt, believe it or not - but i was happy it turned out really well. I was like a proud mummy & kept snapping peeks! :)


 
 

I hope you had a good time like i did. Can only wish for better times ahead.

 

One week passed so fast i hardly had time to stop & think back all that had happened. All i can think of now is to nurse my flu - yes, the wicked aussie flu bug that i had brought back from the one-week visit in melbourne. The same flu bug that had attacked everyone, including the two baby girls. *sneeze-cough-sneeze*

They are still as adorable as ever. Thank god they have not forgotten me. Else i would be heartbroken :( 

That said, they are now stickier than ever to their papa & mama - mimi more to her papa, nana more to her mama. So saying goodbye at the end of the trip wasn't so hard afterall.


 


We were repeatedly told by the fam we were lucky. There was sun almost everyday, from early morning to mid- or late afternoon. But on the morning we left for the airport, the sky was dark & gloomy, terribly cold with strong winds & drizzle. Tell me if that's not good luck. ;)


 


Despite the good weather, it was still pretty cold when the winds blew, especially when we visited Phillip Island for the penguin parade (which, frankly, to me was nothing to rave about; no pics of the penguins either, as photography was strictly prohibited) and St Kilda Beach. We must have caught the virus from either one. -_-



Instead of relying on boring long sentences, here's the essence of my melb trip (nothing much of a typical holiday as you would tell from later) in snapshots.