little beary li

Poika is a candlelight spirit. He’s a new product from Bandai. This little cutie lights up when it’s dark or when you tap on the candle but is shy shy and hides his face when it’s bright.

I first read about this little toy on Gloria’s blog and guess what, I saw it the very next day at Isetan, Shaw House! Without hesitation, I had it safely tucked in my bag within a couple of minutes. Then I proceeded to Takashimaya to get hold of some craft magazines for Denise. And there I saw Poika again but at a much higher price than what I had paid for!! Did the sales staff at Isetan make a mistake on the pricing? Most probably she did, and I’m crossing my fingers that she will not get into any trouble because of it.

It’s now the 7th month of the lunar calendar, which is known as the ghost month. So the whole family went to the temple to pay respect to my grandparents and father. Quite a few dishes of their favourite food were brought along including this dessert, gingko nuts with dates.

This was brought to the temple too. Pink color triangle shaped munchie is commonly known as png kueh, meaning rice cake. It’s actually a very popular Teochew snack with the exterior make from rice flour and filled with steamed glutinous rice. The filling also includes small dried prawn, peanut and mushroom. This is available in both steamed or pan-fried and can be served with chilli paste and sweet sauce.

I’m drinking this chinese medicine for my reflux while typing away…..arghhhh……utter bitterness!!!

Julie, thanks for blogging about del.icio.us. I also tried my luck in finding “little beary li” and was real happy when I found out that sdmikkelsen had one of my post added to this bookmarking site. (^o^)

Looks like I have something fun to do during my free time!

Pork congee. WITHOUT my favourite dough fritter. I can’t take fried stuff at the moment so congee/porridge is the best food.

Homemade barley drink with pandan leaves added to enhance the taste. This is to cool down the “heatiness” in our body. Love it when it’s hot.

I hardly catch a movie at the cinema, but before I fell sick, I went to watch “Secret” by Jay Chou and Kwai Lun-Mei. A lot of people watched this movie because of Jay Chou (a popular Taiwanese singer) but I was attracted by the lead lady instead. She’s not very pretty but has an elegance that I really like. Even the supporting casts acted real well. Furthermore, the music, especially those performed through piano, are simply great!!

(Picture downloaded from this link: http://ent.sina.com.cn/download/photo/bnsdmm.html )

Caught the flu virus from my colleagues and was on 1.5 days medical leave since thursday noon. But till now, I’m still not feeling any better. Hyai……

Went to this german restaurant & bakery at Upper East Coast Road for dinner with my buddy, Valerie.

One of the main course was ox-tail stew with buttered bread. The meat was pretty soft and the sauce was quite tasty. But it’s definitely not the best ox-tail stew I had eaten before.

We also ordered grilled and boiled sausages with potato salad. The sausages was a bit of a letdown especially the boiled one, which taste like any normal sausage. As for the salad, egg and cucumber had been added, which makes it more tasty and crunchy. Still, I wasn’t very pleased with the dish.

Lastly, I bought a piece of baked cheese cake from the bakery as supper. It looks good but taste average. But I really like its chocolate base. A pity the famous pretzels had been sold out, I will have to make a trip back to the bakery soon.

I suddenly have the urge for some simple french toast before I start blogging. Therefore, I march straight into the kitchen and made some. These are real simple & easy, and the most important – YUMMY! (^o^)

It’s time to conquer the world of Harry Potter!!