Sunday, May 31, 2009
Went dress shopping with my new gal pal today for her prom in David's Bridal.
We both found our dresses at an amazingly bargain price and trust me, they are not cheap looking dresses.
We just got lucky to find those 2 stunning dresses priced below $50 each *gasp*.
Monday, May 18, 2009
WINE - when it comes to wine, I'm not the type of person who goes after branded, well known, expensive wines. I'm the type who likes to try all different types, brands and price range of wines. To me, brands and price don't really matter. What I care more is if they sit right on my palate. Today I happen to hop into Safeway for a little grocery shopping while my laundries are having a jolly good time in the laundromat and the husband decided to make it up for the lost Sunday that he caused. So we decided to grab some wine to go with our dinner. Lookie, lookie what we found:
For only $4.98. It is amazing! I can smell it's lush, fruity, rosey aroma as I spin the wine glass and ripe apricot lingers in my mouth after I tasted it. It didn't taste as sweet as the other Moscato that we had so it's perfect for me. I like sweet fruity wines that aren't too sweet. However, I still think it might be a little too sweet for some of you out there. Anyway, I think I downed most of the wine since it's too good to be true :D
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Since MoofMoof and I decided not to have a wedding ceremony, we thought it might be nice to just have a photoshoot of me in a wedding dress and him in suits or some sort to commemorate our marriage. We've booked our photoshoot with new and rising photog JenniferTai's Photo Artistry (check out her work, she's really talented) for next month. Btw she's from Malaysia too :D .
Dress 1 (BCBGMAXAZRIA Strapless Silk Gown)
Dress 2 (JS Boutique Crisscross Jersey Gown)
Dress 3 (Adrianna Papell Beaded Chiffon Gown)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sunny, windy, chilly, fun, crazy, hot dogs, cheese burgers, chicken wings, salad, beers, delicious, tiring - those are words to summarize our barbeque party in Golden Garden.
Kiam Chai Ark (sour mustard duck soup) is one of my favourite soup. I can even eat it with plain white rice. It's a Malaysian Nyonya dish that my grandmother serves every Chinese New Year. The recipe I'm giving today is not the original recipe but one of my variation.
- 1/2 duck cut into pieces, wash and drain
- 1 packet sour mustard which you can find in most asian market like Ranch 99. Chop in pieces and rinse once
- 2 tomatoes cut into sixth each
- 1 packet of soft tofu cut into 1 inch cube
- 1 Onion chop into cubes
- 6 slices of ginger
- Put 1.5 litres of water in a pot. Add the duck and bring to a boil.
- Add the sour mustard, tomatoes, onion and ginger. Simmer for half an hour.
- Then add the soft tofu and simmer for another half an hour.
- Finally add salt to taste if necessary.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
By now most of you should know that I'm one of those gadget freaks. Staying true to that nature, I recently bought a new compact camera by Canon, the PowerShot SD780 IS. It's black, it's sleek, it's tiny and it's only 0.7 inches thick. Oh so sexy! It's absolutely the right camera for my everyday use (my DSLR will be reserved for when the time calls for it). I just dumped it in my bag or slip it in my back pocket whenever I head out the door. It's so tiny it can even fit into my skinny jeans' pocket.
- Smart Auto - design to automatically detect 8 different scene types and adjust the shooting settings appropriately.
- Program Auto - there is no manual exposure control option but several scene presets are available.
- HD movies & HDMI output - the camera is ready for HDMI output to a HDTV. It features a maximum of 1280x720 (720p), at 30fps for movie recording.
- Face Detection - track faces within a frame and give them priority in exposure and focus.
- Blink Detection - minimize portrait photos in which the subject is blinking
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