Thursday, March 13, 2003
today's a special day for me. it's my birthday. when i woke up, i really forgot that it's my birthday n only when i went downstairs to on the tv to watch my tennis then i saw helen n she wished me "happy birthday". for awhile i was spaced out. my birthday? oh ya...
watched more tennis matches this morning. all the good ones man...then i packed all the bread into a carton box, or rather, 2 boxes to my mum's colleague n sent hem to mariott hotel in the afternoon. but juz before i left, helen n paul got me a truffle cake. felt like home. helen gave me a hug in the kitchen n said that u're part of the family. "you've been adopted by us". hahahhaa...so many mothers i have now.
we had champagne n coffee with the cake.paul n helen got me different types of beer, champagne, red n white wine as a gift. they were all packed like a mini hamper. so sweet of them. i only told helen once that i like bitter beer n she went to the shop n asked the guy to get some bitter beer n wrapped them up.
i had dinner at myf ren's place. we had jap food. my jap "mother" cooked for us. it was a feast. we cldn't finsih the food. they wanted to surprise me with a party. infact they planned to do so next week coz all of them can't remember the exact date of my birthday. hahhaha. instead, i surprised them with the cake n the liquor.
i've got some recipes from my fren. will make them for helen n paul to try when they're not on diet. it's so nice esp'ly the cold noodles. mind u, it was a recipe from the chef in tetsuya. i forgot to mention that yesterday, i cooked chicken wings for dinner.
i marinaded the wings in ligh n dark soy pluspepper n alittle five spice powder. then i pan fry it, threw in some chinese melon n let them cook fora while. meanwhile i had a pot of boiling water with carrots and shallots. then i poured the wings into the boiling stock n allow it to boil for abt 10mins. turned down heat to simmer for abt 30 mins. man..that was delicious. is aved some of the soup for helen and she liked it.
i kenw she'll like it. she's very adventurous when it comes to food. good palate she's got!
well, my day flew by but it was a memorable one. i wish it's my birthday everyday.
watched more tennis matches this morning. all the good ones man...then i packed all the bread into a carton box, or rather, 2 boxes to my mum's colleague n sent hem to mariott hotel in the afternoon. but juz before i left, helen n paul got me a truffle cake. felt like home. helen gave me a hug in the kitchen n said that u're part of the family. "you've been adopted by us". hahahhaa...so many mothers i have now.
we had champagne n coffee with the cake.paul n helen got me different types of beer, champagne, red n white wine as a gift. they were all packed like a mini hamper. so sweet of them. i only told helen once that i like bitter beer n she went to the shop n asked the guy to get some bitter beer n wrapped them up.
i had dinner at myf ren's place. we had jap food. my jap "mother" cooked for us. it was a feast. we cldn't finsih the food. they wanted to surprise me with a party. infact they planned to do so next week coz all of them can't remember the exact date of my birthday. hahhaha. instead, i surprised them with the cake n the liquor.
i've got some recipes from my fren. will make them for helen n paul to try when they're not on diet. it's so nice esp'ly the cold noodles. mind u, it was a recipe from the chef in tetsuya. i forgot to mention that yesterday, i cooked chicken wings for dinner.
i marinaded the wings in ligh n dark soy pluspepper n alittle five spice powder. then i pan fry it, threw in some chinese melon n let them cook fora while. meanwhile i had a pot of boiling water with carrots and shallots. then i poured the wings into the boiling stock n allow it to boil for abt 10mins. turned down heat to simmer for abt 30 mins. man..that was delicious. is aved some of the soup for helen and she liked it.
i kenw she'll like it. she's very adventurous when it comes to food. good palate she's got!
well, my day flew by but it was a memorable one. i wish it's my birthday everyday.
