Smell that Durian!!!

Just discovered dishes @Yum Cha that made my mouth water... Le Chef V agreed that the durian roll was delicious... and the pungent smell did not put us off one bit...
although the Squid fried in oats batter did not flutter our heart too much it was still a good bite...
All in all the dim sum buffet did made us a tad heavier...

well... its still 2006... there is still time to stick to my new year's resolution to lose weight... :P

Jingle Bells or Jingle Pau???

if this modified familiar Christmas song does not make your mouth water...
i wonder what does??

Ho Ho Ho!
Jingle Pau, Jingle Pau,
Jingle Char Siew Pau...
Lin Yoong Pau, Tau Sa Pau...
Siew Mai, Lor Mai Kai.....
Hey!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year To All!!

* this came through from a x'mas sms greeting from across the causeway

Ho Ho Ho... it a new tree this year!!!

with little J, Mini J & Mini M this year.... we got ourselves a new 6ft tree!!....
but it took us little time to realise that newspapers aren't always the best planting base for x'mas trees....

Chocs from New Zealand......

I did promise to put this bunch of Chocs here that flew all the way from downunder kiwi-land...

I have to say all these did made my mouth water.... despite all the fat-possibilities...

*psst*... the Christmas Puds have been devoured.... such smoothness....

Our very own Le Chef V did do a little sampling of her own... and the verdit???

the PINKY taste de idely a little wierd... Sorry S... it looks cute but PINKY definitely did not go down well with our very own inhouse critic.... hehe

X'mas Lunch by Le Chef V

the main feature of the entire meal!!... pizza ala shawnnario (aptly christianed by Le Chef's executive assitant)...
but i mus say.... despite all the elaborate & painstaking arrangement of the ingredients... they simply melted into a lump... BUT... the executive chef claims that the arrangement aids the taste of the dish... haha.... although i do not totally disagree...





this dish is the Asparagus Wraps & Pumpkin Skewer....
delicious.... but in great shortage.... (*Hint Hint*)
we had to fight for extras... & the executive chef fought with me too!!!
*tsk tsk* i thought the chef never eats her creation???




Pork Sausage SAU..... not SOW hor....
okie... no need to guess what this dish is.... actually meant to satisfy little J... its ended mostly in our tummies cuz he decided that it was too spicy for his liking....
guess we did not do a good job hoodwinking him.



salad.... Yum... yet again.... little J turned up his nose on the chick peas....
humph... nothing satisfies him.....

LIttle J's Big "Chinese Speech & Drama" Day 21st Dec

It ws such a proud day for little J. His very first Chinese Speech & Drama Performance. This time he was to assume the role of a cute little dog.

Its clear to all the kids that this was to be a fun performance. There was more chitter, chatter then the songs they were supposed to sing. Who can blame these little munchkins.... it was pure excitement to have flashblubs going off all around them.

My little J was bubbling over i could tell but kept his cool cuz he probably felt that jumping around would not be a "cool" thing.... Hey he is growing up fast.

Its a pity that i am having some difficulty uploading the videos i took, so these photos will have to do for now.....

Christmas Lights in Singapore 2006

to all out there... this year i've gotten a little lazy... what with all the rain... i have taken to poaching a video with the x'mas lights at Orchard Road featured.
ENJOY!!!

Merry Christmas!!! Ho Ho Ho!!

Ho Ho Ho !!

Merry X'Mas Mummy, All at home, & Everyone across the Causeway!!!

This year's a little different... My X'mas Greeting is on The Muse!

Have a wonderful holiday & dun't stuff yourself too much!!!

Many Hugs & Kisses

Lyn...Ling

Malaysia Idol Commercial

well this is a refreshing change from the Sunny-potr Idol Ad on telly!!!
Wat a laugh

Knife attack in Singapore 2006

hey dun't rush it... the video's here... deleted earlier by mistake

KNIFE ATTACK!! is Chivalry Dead in Sunny-pore?

Whoever said that chivalry is dead in Singapore...

It was mentioned in the papers that perhaps Singaporeans are getting too desnsitized by our 'cut-throat' society to bother about blood spilled on the streets...

"what attack?? who?? not me... i shall just watch..." thoughts like these run through many minds, i'm sure when they witnessed the stabbing...

sad... but not totally true though....

here we see two instances of evident chivalry... those 2 uncles were definitely brave... though not totally safe... what with one welding a motorcycle helmet....

Hey Sunny-poreans.... take a card from them both....

TURN & WALK OVER ... when someone yells HELP!

Don't just stand rooted like Jack's Beanstalk....

GIRLS OUT LOUD vs SIMPLE LIFE

BimBo Alert!!!

what can be worse then staying at home on a Monday night??
a Rainy Monday Night??
or for the ultimate...
a Rainy Monday Night & reliving the horrors of watching a local reality disaster in the form of GIRLS OUT LOUD.....
oh man.... what can be worse.

Round One....
Fight
Actually i was actually hoping to see W. C swing out her "blond" claws and turn cat like.... but all she could offer were a couple of brain-boggling bimbop comments.
Paris Hilton sure has competiton.
But *hmmmm* wonder if Xia Xue might just follow Hiton's suit & go commando??

It set me thinking....
is the TV station running out of good shows? or we just need to spice up our Monday nights with the likes of fake blond blooger 'XiaXue'.

Come on guys... come out with a local reality diasater to match....

*Applause*

lazy me

its so easy to slack...
after so many years of respite... i just realised that html is really not my cup of tea...
but ... *sigh*
I WILL PLOUGH ON!
thank goodness for web designing wizards... all those monstrous colour codes are a thing of the past!

which is fatter?

This is definitely way overdue...
the awfully sinful chocolate cake... i just have to share it....

I realise it is half eaten... but it was really way too sweet
Little J took a couple of bites then it was for me to finish.
i couldn't stomach more than a bite and my eyes wandered around our table...

Well... i spotted the menu behind our table number (tsk tsk... u resturant savvy one would be able to know where i was satisfying my tastebuds...)
the menu pic of the cake isn't too clear but i guess it leaves little to the imagination...

Someone asked me ... why all the food in this blog....

i'd say... what do we exist in life for???

Money.... Love.... Anger.... Hate... Laughter.... Stress....????

All these are rather volitile items... constantly changing.....

what doesn't change (in my opinion at least) is...

FOOD

Food doesn't do the following.....

1. Judge

2. Stereotype

3. Discriminate

4. Scold

5. Yell

6. Bite

7. Whack

8. Kick

9. Slap

10. Kill or torture (well... maybe if u r not careful)

Hey can anyone think of any???

Chemical Terrorism??

Radiation poisoning??
what next??
our air is really not safe to breathe anymore.
It was actually reported that the victims other than the Russian spy may have also been infected through the air they breathe.

*HOLDING MY BREATH*

Quote... Quote.... Quote...

If I depart one day...

Will you miss me?

~ A Romantic ~

Contemplations

Someone asked me today if I ever contemplated the issues of life and death…
Yes of course I have!
What a preposterous question.

Just this week, I am celebrating the life of a new addition to our family and very once so often I glance at the lives I see as miracles in my own nuclear family.

Even as I watch the opening ceremony of the DOHA GAMES, as the iconic Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man (done up in abstract metal) flashes on screen, it allows for further contemplation.

Many would say… hey LynLing…. Don’t be so melancholic, its but an opening performance.
Yes I know that, but it really leaves me wondering if the rest of the world understands the undertones that resonate from the performances put up?
Do the performers themselves know the significance of that grand opening performance?
The DOHA GAMES serves to bring closer to us the significance of the interdependence of Man & his constant drive to destroy all that has been achieved in our lifetime.
The beauty of modern science and technology only tells us that perhaps Man should be humbled and not make sport of the power it yields.

Back to the root question at hand…

Life…
it provides a multitude of opportunities yet at the same time as “it giveth… it also takes away”.
Strange… but how true… recalling the ground-breaking events that has rocked the world so far…
9-11… the Tsunami Crisis… the terrorist bomb attacks that shook the world…
We have at the turn of the century, saw Life as promising, moving ahead at a pace we never have imagined.
Yet on hindsight, we have been humbled…. Very humbled….
Suddenly shook up to the possibility that Man is vulnerable after all.
How sad….

Death…
There are people of make sport of juncture of our lives too.
The way they end it at will without consideration of the repercussions that their decisions might bring.
Even more worrying is the up-trend of people who treat incepted life as cheap… choosing infanticide and abortion as avenues to rid themselves of problems they never planned to have…
So sad…

*zap zap*
I really must snap out of this melancholic mood…
I guess sleeping over it might help….

YuM YuM...

Guess what i just had for dinner... the mosy heavenly, flaky, criapy thing we call PRATA.
It wasn't just any ordinary prata...

Its terrbibly addictive... just look at the layers... don't they make your mouth water??

There goes the resolution to diet...

*BuRp*

Quote... Quote.... Quote...

People that are really very weird

can get into sensitive positions

and have a tremendous impact

on history.

~Dan Quayle

Date – Me – Drugs

Blame the rat race and kids forgotten by parents for this unhealthy & possibly fatal phenomenon.

DINK – Dual Income No Kids

Every once so often we lament the lack of family-ness, a lack of kids, a lack of warmth. Perhaps what we need to realize is that this idea likely manifested itself from the society’s expectations of success.
Many traditional thinking parents compare and all of a sudden, the ‘small, single income family’ is no longer sufficient to meet needs.
Why have kids some ask?
To them its merely an added burden to the already shrinking income pool.
But the joys that kids bring….. is just ‘priceless’ (to quote MasterCard on that). Ironic but true. We actually need the most materialistic plastic in our society to tell us what is priceless.
What a laugh!

Singapore Dreaming

Lottery win. Everybody’s dream. Or is it really?

Watching the film brings a great deal of insight into the feelings that many of us refuse to surface.
The cut throat rat race for the paper qualification and the stigma of not having one, or even one that is less than desired.
University from Idaho? Polytechnic? Never heard of! That was what Seng one of the protagonist in the film had to grapple with. Even worse, he did not complete his studies!
The gender comparison also mirrors some of the traditional, patriarchal thinking that we pretend do not exist. Male being more important than that of a female – what happened to competent, intelligent and filial daughters? Don’t they count for something too?
The ancient school of thought should look like this:

* male over female.
* education & qualification over a lack of it.
* traditionally respected job types over the less-than-desired job types.
* dollar wealth
* having the 5Cs vs having none

All these issues were delicately treated in the film and for the sob-softies, this film can sometimes jerk a tear or two.

Even with the wealth, it makes us wonder if money is really the solve-all element that we need in our lives. Maybe not.
Some sideline issues also crept its way into the plot. What with horrible, welfare-deprived bosses and maid treatment, the exaggerated knee-jerk effects only magnify some of the real issues that we face, on this island, on a daily basis.

Husbands for Hire or a 5C curse

Since husbands can be hired... why not wives?
(It's the gender fight again that I will save for another time)
It is amazing the lengths that people will do for that extra dollar.

Can we blame our DreamCity for the numerous souls that are "sold" each day?

As we watch episode after episode of the finer side of life, we can't help but realise that the Singapore Dream is not for the faint hearted. Unless of course, envying the many millionaires that are turned out, should be a sideline affair. We should leave the enjoyment to the priviledged and slog from the sidelines.

Its disgusting sometimes when few can splurge on thousands like small change, when the common us count pennies.
But... Hey.... it's just the green-eyed disease that i'm afflicted with.

Fusion, Fission or Confusion?

It is wonderous that man can come up with something so powerful, and is yet powerless against Mother Nature.

With Indonesia toying with the idea of a nuclear plant by 2016....

Will we be just heading for a radioactive meltdown?

The muse in me would probably just concentrate on the possiblities of frolicking in the nasty, mind-twisting clouds versus trying to change the larger world-going-mad.