China!

China has changed so much since i last went there some years back. I used to be able to testify that all the horror stories about China's poor sanitation facilities were true, but now, though there's still plenty of room for improvement, i think it's quite tourist friendly!

Sg>Xiamen>Shanghai>Suzhou>Nanjing>Wuxi>Yiwu>Hangzhou>Shanghai>Xiamen>Sg

I shall upload the photos before i get too lazy to do them next time. I'm having trouble studing MicroB anyway.. :)


Xiamen airline aircrafts are very small! 2 3-seaters on each side only. But the service was quite good :)


Shanghai 南京路。



We queued for the famous 南翔小笼包。They were absolutely worth the wait! Not only were they yummy, they cost SGD$2 for 16!
One thing about china i will not forget is the common bad translations!
For example, 南翔鱼翅蟹黄灌汤包 was translated as 'dumpling stuffed with ovary and digstive glands of craD


新上海 and 老上海. I wanted so much to see the much talked abt 东方明珠塔。But it was too foggy! My mom said this will be a good reason to visit shanghai again -grin-




新天地。 the place where young people hangout.


七宝镇。


|Food of Shanghai| Spot the roast dog meat and pig snout on a satay stick!

|Suzhou| 古色古香？










所谓：“上有天堂，下有苏杭”， don't you think 杭州 is very pretty! Too bad i had very little time there. I will definitely go back :)

Sometimes

I typed this really long post with photos of my china trip and it had to disappear :( Now that most of my time is tiled to different people, commitments and obligations, i wonder if i have time to retype that post.

i always believe that things happen for a reason. But..
Sometimes i just wonder why certain things have to happen.

Schade...
manchmal vermisse ich, echt glücklich zu sein.

Cool pics (to be updated)

I wish i have more time to upload more pics or make better collages, but i dead seriously need to finish packing and check that i've brought everything for the trip.

Anyway, enjoy what i've come up with so far!


Apple strusel cake baking at my house! Check out the smiley on the cake and the cool photography. Was fun eh?


I made oreo cheese cake on my Happy Ikea day. I havent tried oreo double stuff myself but this is prob oreo double stuff x 6! If u're wondering, i had to separate the cookie from the icing for the cake base and the icing was mixed with cream cheese :)
Will upload the pic of my oreo cheese cake if i rmbr, wenhui said the cake looks like a giant oreo cookie with the top biscuit removed :) How cute!


Long overdue pics of my oatie double chocolate cookies :)

Beautiful dream*

Just posting sth to remind myself i dreamt of a beautiful house last night.
It was so real! I hope i wont forget and i can post abt it later

IKEA DAY!

I havent been THIS happy for quite some time. How much better can a day get when there's IKEA visit, IKEA Food, the company of funniest friends i can possibly get and at the end of the day accomplish things i wanted to do?

The new ikea is...
(1) Very big. The "IKEA" sign itself is so big that i sorta got distracted when i was driving -grin- Yang says that the Ikea hotdog is very BIG too:)
(2)The cafeteria is also very BIG.
(3)The cafeteria has these really cool trolleys for food
Just look at us, dont we look happy and excited about lunch?



Lunch was really sumptous and everyone was very happy :)
I like my brocolli soup! Hmm... I think when i take a break from baking, i should try making stews and soups. I've always thought they're excellent alternatives to our usually meals when there's bread available for dipping :)

The walk around the store was gd for digestion cos there are many more show units than the ikea at Alexandra.


Weixiang, Weili and Wenyang - The boys getting comfortable on one of the couches :)

The green snakes are back! They once replaced the snakes with the multi-coloured ones which i didnt really like.

Weixiang looks happy doesn't he? :)


You'll have to see it for yourself how big the new ikea really is. The front view of level one with the shelves of the funiture on both sides was truly spectacular to me. It's damn big la!

As i personally believe, ikea visits are only complete when you have their signature ikea hotdog. So here we are enjoying the yummy post-ikea visit treat :)


Many thanks to weili for the photos :)

Just for Fun

Seems like i cant run away from chocolate ya? :)

CHOCOLATE THERAPY!

You scored 81% SWEET, 62% CHUNKY, and 77% UNIQUE!

chocolate ice cream with chocolate cookies & swirls of chocolate
pudding ice cream

You, my friend, ooze sweetness, just like this ice cream flavor. But there's much more to you than that...you tend to view things differently than other people and you like to engage yourself in creative, challenging activities. You're spunky, but not too wild, which is nice. Those who understand you tend to get along with you very well, appreciating all that you have to offer...and you offer a lot :)

I havent seen or tried this flavour before. Now i'm really curious if i'll like it :)

Dumpling Sunday

Is there a better word for 水饺 such that people wont think i'm taking about dumplings we eat on 端午节？

Anyway, my mom and i made 88 dumplings today.




It was quite fun!

Flip flap

Wenhui said he can tell that i like my sprouts a lot. I really do. It's unbelievable that i actually miss and think of them when i left them in hall -lol-. They are so adorable! I'm hoping they'll survive when i transfer them into soil. Anyway, i found out last night that one of my soybean sprout looks like the solar powered toy i like a lot called flip flap. Watch the video i found on youtube! Isnt it cute?
I'm not sure why i'm so fascinated and obsessed by something so small :) It's interesting how sth so simple can make me happy :)

Enjoy the video!


I've always loved gardening. I can forsee myself spending a bit more time with my spade, soil and pots :)