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Annabel in Sylvania - a blogLazy bones...sleepin' in the sun...how'd you 'spect to get your day's work done...never get your day's work done...sleepin' in the noon day's sun...
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Thanks for visiting! Where to for my next vacation? I only get to travel 4 times a year. My vacation time seem to be constant every year. February, Early May, Late August and Late December. So I get to plan pretty well in advanced. This is a list of places I want to visit. Maybe someone out there can help me with the travel planning resources :)
My latest hobby - reading food-related blogs *yum*
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August 23 Ｆｒｉｄａｙ ：ＤＤｏｎ’ｔ ｋｎｏｗ ｗｈａｔ ｈａｐｐｅｎｅｄ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｋｅｙｂｏａｒｄ． Ｎｏｗ ｔｈｅｒｅ’ｓ ｔｈｉｓ ｈｕｇｅ ｓｐａｃｅ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ． Ｔｈｉｎｋ Ｉ ｐｒｅｓｓｅｄ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｎｇ ｗｒｏｎｇ． Ａｎｙｗａｙ ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ａ ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｌａｓｔ ｅｎｔｒｙ． Ｉ ｊｕｓｔ ｆｒｅａｋｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｗｈｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｙｐｉｎｇ ｗｅｎｔ ｗｏｎｋｙ ａｎｄ ｓａｖｅｄ， ｊｕｓｔ ｉｎ ｃａｓｅ． Ｆｒｉｄａｙ： Ｗｏｋｅ ｕｐ ａｔ ｌｉｋｅ １１ａｍ． Ｙｅａｈ， ｌａｚｙ ｍｅ． Ｍｅｔ Ｓｔａｎｌｅｙ ａｆｔｅｒ ｈｉｓ ｖｉｓｉｔ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｐｈｙｓｉｏ． Ａｎｄ ｗｅ ａｔｅ ａｔ ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｏｃｈｅｗ ｐｏｒｒｉｄｇｅ ｐｌａｃｅ ａｔ Ｔｉｏｎｇ Ｂａｈｒｕ． Ｆｕｎ． Ｙｕｍｍｙ． Ｉ ｌｏｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｓａｌｔｅｄ ｅｇｇｓ ：Ｄ Ｔｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｗｅｎｔ ｔｏ Ｓａｍａｎｔｈａ’ｓ ｐｌａｃｅ． Ｓｈｅ ｓｈｏｗｅｄ ｍｅ ｈｅｒ ｎｅｗ ｐｕｒｃｈａｓｅｓ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ ｆａｉｒ ａｔ ｈｅｒ ｓｃｈｏｏｌ． Ｓｈｅ ｂｏｕｇｈｔ ｌｉｋｅ ａｂｏｕｔ ＄５０ ｗｏｒｔｈ ｏｆ ｓｃｉｅｎｔｉｆｉｃ ｔｏｙｓ （ｔｈｉｎｋ ｇｙｒｏｓｃｏｐｅ， ｔｈｅ ５ ｂａｌｌｓ ｔｈａｔ ｒｏｃｋ ｂａｃｋ ａｎｄ ｆｏｒｔｈ － ｄｕｎｎｏ ｗｈａｔ ｔｈｅｙ’ｒｅ ｃａｌｌｅｄ， ｓｏｍｅ ｏｐｔｉｃａｌ ｉｌｌｕｓｉｏｎ ｐｒｉｓｍ ｔｈｉｎｇｙ， ｅｔｃ．） ＯＭＧ！！！！ Ｔｈｅｒｅ ｇｏｅｓ ｈｅｒ ｅｎｔｉｒｅ ｍｏｎｔｈ’ｓ ｐｏｃｋｅｔ ｍｏｎｅｙ！！！！ （Ｉ ａｓｓｕｍｅ ｔｈａｔ’ｓ ｗｈａｔ ａ ｌｉｔｔｌｅ ｋｉｄ ｇｅｔｓ ａ ｍｏｎｔｈ？） Ｐｅｒｈａｐｓ Ｉ’ｍ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｊｕｄｇｅｍｅｎｔａｌ ｊｕｓｔ ｃｏｚ Ｉ ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｌｉｋｅ ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ？？？ ＬＯＬ！！！ Ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ ｓｕｃｋｓ． Ｉ ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｓｏｍｅ ｋｉｎｄ ｏｆ ａｎｘｉｅｔｙ ｒｅｌａｔｅｄ ｈｅａｄａｃｈｅ ｅｖｅｒｙ Ｍｏｎｄａｙ ａｆｔｅｒｎｏｏｎ ｗｈｅｎ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｔｉｍｅ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｔｈｅ ｐｈｙｓｉｃｓ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃａｌ． ＬＯＬ！！ HEY LOOK!!!!!!!! The font's back to normal!!!! Don't even know what I pressed!!!! Friday afternoon: Went to the hairdresser's. Did my hair. I HAVE DARK BROWN HAIR AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! But with reddish highlights / lowlights / whatever you call thems. And I got a treatment done too and IT'S SO SOFT!!!!!!!!!!! But sad to say, after all the chemicals they put in my hair while coloring it, THE CURLS ARE GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll have to curl again!!!! Maybe I'll do that while in bangkok. Anyway the hairdresser was a big incompetent fool. Somehow my dark roots didn't lighten with the color, whereas, the brown was darker than my previous hair color. So he had to redo my roots again. And then again!!!! YEAH! Three times altogether!!!! I was in the salon for nearly 4 hours!!!!!!! And the manager dared to say it's my hair's fault! And then later he asked what shampoo I used and then said, "Don't use that shampoo, it makes your hair resistant." OMG talk about passing the buck!!!! Never going there ever again, that's for sure! Today: (Saturday): Happy Birthday to ME! Happy Birthday to ME! Happy Birthday to ME!!!! Happy Birthday to ME!!!!! Stanley surprised me at 1210am with a bracelet with a huge blinged "A" charm on it :D I'm wearing it now. It's so me. I love the bling :D Had lunch with MIL at Grand Mercure's Feast @ East. Was good! Took the free shuttle to the airport. Sat around at Gloria Jean's to catch up on blogging (free wifi here!!!!). Later we'll go to Swensen's for my FREE BIRTHDAY SUNDAE :P just before flying out to Bangkok!!! YEAH!!!! Next time I blog, I'll be at Bangkok :D Pics from the birthday lunch with MIL. Ｔｈｕｒｓｄａｙ ：ＤI've been on leave since Thursday. And I've been so lazy, I've done virtually nothing!!!! But it's good to be lazy every once in a while. I feel totally relaxed. And now I'm on holiday :D Thursday: I did nothing all day, just lazed around and watched movies online, and read a novel cover to cover from 4pm-230am. "The Other Woman": By Jane Green. Another novel I've read by her is "Life Swap". Totally addictive chick lit. Girly, bitching about other girls, guys, with a bit of a romantic thingy, on the side, of course. It's been years since I've read an actual romance novel (think elementary school, reading Sweet Dreams etc...). This isn't like that. This is laugh out loud, silly, girly, bitchy, etc... Anyway, "The Other Woman" is the mother in law. Yeah. I think we can all identify LOL!!!! And the MIL wasn't really *THAT* bad, because I really do remember my own MIL dramas. Now that I think about it, you'd probably have to be quite insecure to have your MIL get to you in that way... (don't quote me on that though). Back to Thursday: So in the evening we had this month's RC meeting. AND GUESS WHAT?? Believe it or not, I volunteered Stanley and I to organise the workplan retreat. Hahahhaa Our first big job in the RC. I think Stanley was a bit shocked that I volunteered. You see, when the chairman asked for volunteers, everyone else did the "avoid eye contact" thing. And I was looking straight at the chairman. So when no one volunteered, guess what I did... I hope we can manage it. Because I know that I'm on the Children's Church Christmas Event committee already, so I'm afraid that I can't cope with two big events at the same time. But on the other hand, Children's Church is targetting 600 kids (I think...) but the RC workplan retreat is only targetting the 25-30 or so RC members :D Plus guess who I met at the RC meeting the other night??? This guy. Think his name's KOH (his first name is my surname LOL!!!!) and he just happened to be my ex-students' uncle. LOL... blast from the past... August 19 Spotted... at West MallI was doing my grocery shopping at shop 'n' save, West Mall.
When guess what came up to say hi.
FREAKY huh???
I laughed. And then he turned around to walk away. Pity he didn't give out free samples of dairy products from the udder LOL!!
August 18 Healthy burrito dinner.Had to use up some leftovers, so I decided to make healthy "leftovers burritos".
Ingredients: pita bread, leftover turkey chilli (from the can that says "turkey no beans"), leftover fresh spinach leaves, sliced capsicum and cherry tomatoes, dressing made of leftover light sour cream and leftover creamed cod roe spread (comes in the toothpaste-like tubes, from Ikea's marketplace) and leftover baked beans!!!
I managed to clear a whole shelf from the fridge by having this for dinner... Back to that botak dinner from 10 days ago...*sigh* Time flies...
I can't believe it's been more than a week that I've put up that post about the botak dinner!
And I haven't even had time to put in the pictures yet!!!
As I'm in a hurry (as usual), I'll upload the pics and cut and paste the descriptions from their official website.
So all the witty lines and puns and jokes are NOT MINE. So if they're not funny, don't flame me, yeah?
FYI the pics are already in my Facebook page!!!
Double the work!!!
Anyway, here goes!!!
BEWARE!!!! TEMPTING PICCIES OF DELICIOUS FOOD.....
Jonathan's dinner. $7.50.
“THE” FISH BURGER We were curious so we actually bought one of the best selling fish burgers available on the market today and weighed it. You’ll be pleased to know that you can mail it to someone for less than $0.50 if that is what you wanted to do. Now, if you want to mail the Botak Fish Burger you’d better have a couple of bucks and trek on down to FEDEX or DHL ‘cause it is roughly 150grams of hand breaded Pacific Dory. Pacific Dory’s don’t come in squares so it’s harder to eat too. (why in the world would someone want to mail a fish burger?!) Lillian's dinner. $11.50.
CHILI DAWG BE HUNGRY. BE VERY HUNGRY. A giant beef hot dog buried under our Whoopass© con carne. Some places would call this type of dawg a Coney Island. We don’t. But we could, but we don’t. And this is the surprised look on her face when she saw the size of the hotdog.
Stephanie studying while waiting for the food to come. Remember being stressed out about exams when you were in high school? Heheh I don't!!
Also, notice that William brought his portable tv so that he wouldn't miss any part of the opening ceremony (of the Beijing Olympics).
Vincent and Sharon. They kind of look like each other. So sweet...
Annabel's dinner. $8.
CAJUN CHICKEN BURGER
A beautiful skinless/boneless chicken breast is marinated, lovingly grilled until it’s juices are dripping and it is just about cooked through, it is then covered with a healthy portion of mozzarella cheese and our own Cajun sauce. It should then be tender, juicy and quite messy to eat! Stanley's dinner. $6.50.
FISH AND CHIPS We used to write that this was the most popular item on our menu. However, some people took exception to this statement so we don’t say that anymore, even if it is. These are Pacific Dory fillets, not cream dory (which is kind of mushy). Well anyway, they are lightly battered and then tamped with Japanese Bread Crumbs. Now a lot of our guests like them this way and then some people say we should just batter them like they do in the UK. Being Authentic American Food we don’t present them that way. The Authentic English place is down the street.(I think) Sharon's dinner. I think this is a dish from Beijing. Seen it around a few places before. Noodles with a sour, spicy soup, and with minced pork. Apparently they're quite good at this foodcourt. I'll try one of these days, when I can resist Botak.
The sour spicy soup.
Potstickers $3.50 for eight. Tasted good too.
Emily's dinner. $8.
BLACK PEPPER CHICKEN Same chicken breast, different story. Don’t you just love stories? Well, this chicken breast is marinated also, but with different stuff. It kinda tastes like the Black Pepper Crab that you get at Singapore seafood restaurants, but not exactly, because it’s chicken lah!. This comes with a very nice shitake pepper sauce. William's dinner. $7.50.
CAJUN CHICKEN I think I read somewhere that Skinless Chicken Breast is the preferred food of body builders because they are very high in protein and very, very low in fat (the chicken breast, not the body builders). Anyway, we marinate these In our Central Kitchen and when you order one we char-grill it until it is very moist. We then melt mozzarella cheese on top and add a dash of our own Cajun sauce. Very appetizing indeed! Maybe I didn’t read that about the breasts, maybe I saw it on Discovery or something. No, I’m sure I read it, but... It's 11.46pm and I've just finished this blog entry and now I'm officially FAMISHED!!!!!!!!!! Methinks I will go to Botak Jones for lunch tomorrow... August 09 Cell botak dinnerLast night we had no scheduled lesson so the cell decided to have dinner together at our local Botak Jones and the adjourne later to someone's home to watch the Olympics opening ceremony. Our local Botak Jones is only about 600m from my place. Easy to get to. At Bukit Batok block 233. Most of us took a nice stroll there, in anticipation of the sinful dinner we're about to consume. Stanley and I decided to take the bus because of previously mentioned big scar and knee brace. Bad decision. It was only one bus stop away. We waited about 15 minutes for the bus and when it did come, it was so crowded. And the crowd was mostly made up of people who've just gotten off work and were really stinky. About 6 of them stood within 10cm of me at every which side. I nearly suffocated...
Back to Botak. I will continue some other time. Have to take a shower and go out for our National Day dinner :) Later alligator!!! August 08 My PatioMy patio is old and dumpy. It needs more life. More vif, more l'esprit!!! Only the aloe and basil are hanging on. I have the most ungreen thumb out.
The aloe's doing better. Started off as two plants. Now we have nine!! They multiplied!!
But the basil *sigh* started off as four, then two died. Then another two grew up in it's place. But now they're dead too. I've pinched the top, hoping that the skinny beanpole will get bushier. Hope it doesn't kill them though...
What am I doing wrong???
Anyway, I'm sick of our lonely white plastic patio furniture. Saw this really cool set at NTUC. The table is $105 and the chairs are $69 each. Made of wrought iron (you won't believe how heavy it is) and terracotta tiles. But I'm afraid that if I leave it outside, it will be stolen (like my shoes!!!!!). What do you think??? It's soooooo pretty.
My new hobby. Bento making. *kawaii*
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The bands and singers I listen to. I've the same taste in music since i was about 10 so some of the bands may be been around for a while...
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