Silverburn @ Pollock

NEW Shopping Center !!! Easily one of the nicest in Glasgow opened about 2 months ago. I finally make my way there yesterday. Surprisingly near, the bus takes only 10mins from the city center.

Quite a handful of the shops are not open yet. The 'garden' is still under going renovation. But, as I say, the official opening is 2 month ago, so that's 2 months too late to visit! Haha...

In contrast, few minutes away from the shopping center is the famous Pollocks Country Park and Burrell Collection. This is one of the tourist attractions in Glasgow that I have been meaning to visit since day 1. Still planning. Haha...

So, back to Silverburn...

Had sushi there for lunch and it's erm... okie.

• Picture 1 - La Tasca is there too! One of the restaurants I frequent as they have Tapas for a Tenner for lunch. Keke...
• Picture 2 - The sushi bar
• Picture 3 - Me sitting in a nice comfortable couch overlooking the sushi bar
• picture 4 - Me in the plush couch again!

So, I can't help showing off the nice place where I'm sitting and having an afternoon tea break. With plush sofa, immaculate carpet, nice view, relax ambience, bla bla bla... Guess where I am?

Cheapo Starbucks! Haha...

Eating aside, I bought 2 new tops. So, successful trip after all! Will definately be back! Haha...

Tau Suan

You should notice my new background by now. Gosh, took me hours to figure out how to change my HTML correctly. Only took a basic HTML class years ago and I forgot almost everything. Luckily the internet got very basic guides for dummies. Haha...

The next thing I'm going to change will be my Header. Will need to create one with photoshop first. Hope I'll get that up and running soon. Else this current header looks horrendous with my background.

Oh... And you noticed my 'More than you ever wanted to know... About me' section? :-)

Guess what I made yesterday... TAU SUAN.




Decide to make it as the recipe looks really simple. Like a 5 mins job. Turns out... Well actually I'm sure it's still a very simple dish but for me... I spend hours trying to get the texture right.

That stupid recipe says add in sugar then sweet potato flour to thicken. I kept adding sweet potato flour consistently till I used up like half a packet and it's still really watery. Suddenly, the syrup thickens. Phew... Finally...

And... It continues to thicken and thicken and thicken... STOP! But it wouldn't stop. Sonn, I'm left with a very thick gluey goo. Opps... So, I kept throwing out the goo, adding water, adding sugar, throwing out the goo, adding water, adding suger

And I continue the 'throw out the goo, add water, add suger' routine for an hour before it's finally decent... Think the secret trick is to give the syrup 10 mins to slowly thickens up before you decide if it needs more flour. Okie, so maybe it's not so much a secret trick. So maybe, most people knows that. BIG DEAL. :-p

Well, at least it taste like tau suan. Bought the yu tiao from the chinese supermarket. 80p each!!! What a rip-off. No choice, just got to pay for that expensive yu tiao as what I like best about tau suan is not the tau suan itself but the yu tiao. It only taste nice after it's soggy with the syrup.

On the same evening, Damus and Angel cooked this herbal chicken. Very good. Next cooking adventure: I'll try the Pork Chops that they made last week. They are now officially my cooking tester - they try out recipes and if it's good I'll try it shortly. Haha...

Pineapple Tarts

My 'auntie' life continues daily after my last midnight supermarket trip...

This time, even if I'm an auntie, I'm a super duper one! Haha... Recipe is given to me by Angel (Think that's another 'auntie' in the making! Ohhh... and not forgetting Leslie, I mean, at what age do people hold dinner parties? Auntie Leslie held one last Wednesday. Haha...)

Six hours later. Tada...

Picture 1: Freshly baked from oven

Picture 2: Glazed and waiting for the oven...

Picture 3: My 6 hours worth of Pineapple Tarts (Some idiots told me that my flower design looks like nipples! Argghhh!!!)

Picture 4: My improvised equipments - Beer bottle as rolling pin and straw as brush.

Next time, I'm gonna buy the proper pineapple tart's mould to make them. Well, after a tedious 6 hours, I think next time will most probably be a couple of years later. Haha...

And, the 'auntie' work doesn't ends there...

COFFEE SPARERIBS

Yesterday, I woke up thinking of Coffee Spareribs. Think I probably dreamt about eating them, and I couldn't get it out of my mind for the entire day. Actually, I only had them once before. With Kelly at this posh chinese restaurant where her auntie works few years ago. Btw, her auntie makes excellent dim sum and most importantly, she gave us very generous discount! haha... So, I surf the internet for the recipe. Go to Tesco again to buy the ingredients. Nescafe Gold and used pork belly instead of spareribs. And the tomato sauce I used are free from MacDonalds. Haha... Kept them in the fridge after I had my takeaway from Mac weeks ago. Glad that I didn't throw them away, else I got to make another trip to the supermarket again. Like twice a week is not enough!!! Okie, too much details. Before I bore the shit out of everyone, let go to the results...

Let's just say that the taste is not exactly the one I'm thinking of. Haha...

And... This last section is specially dedicated to my mom. As everybody knows, my speakers are broken. So... My new speakers! (Believe me, I got really cheap ones from Amazon!) So please don't forget to return the money back to me. You could add it into March allowance. Haha...

My New Books

I'll so wait till next month before I'll be buying my HDD. Another 10 more days. And the reason: So bloodly obvious! Arrggghhhh!!! Well, meanwhile, the books I ordered from Amazon arrived 2 days ago.

Been busy reading Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella. She's currently my favourite author, responsible for writing the funny and witty shopaholic series. The only fault I find in her books: taking too much time to write them. Haha... Think I'll start reading The Appeal by John Grisham a few days later. Btw, that's his lastest book. I got it at 50% disc from Amazon. So much cheaper then Borders.

I thought I'll start on The Appeal immediately by currently, there's something alot more interesting. One of TVB lastest drama series: Wasabi Mon Amour <和味濃情>

I'm currently at episode 10. Not as funny as I expect it to be but tentatively, still beats reading The Appeal. Haha... Now that I mention TVB, my mind automatically starts thinking about Edison Chen sex scandal. It intrigues me so much that I'm constantly checking for updates. I mean, how often do you hears news like that! Involving not one BUT SOME of the top actresses in HK. My sympathy goes all out to Bobo Chan - Quit the entertainment circles for the wedding then wedding called off becoz of the pics! OMG! Don't expect me to give you the website for the photos thou'. Haha... :-p

Annoyed with printer!

At last my printer arrive today. Canon MX310. Tried playing with it and realise that there are only TWO ink cartridges. Not the 4 or 5 individual colour ink cartridges that I would like! In fact, I have to replace the entire ink head thingy, which means, the cartridges are alot more expensive than usual. Even the non-canon, compatible ones.

Haiz... And I spent hours and hours looking into them. I'm so sure it has individual ink cartridges. Went back to the website and it's not written there. Think I saw a cheaper one with individual cartridges and just automatically assume that all those that are more expensive will come with this function. Apparently not! And I'm still laughing happily, thinking I got a good deal that cost only 2 pounds more and comes with fax funtion! Not without a catch!

Arggghhhhh~!~!~! Like it won't get any worse, my speakers just miraculously stop working today. Won't make any sound except a very loud 'zzezeezeeezee' sound. Even after I turned the volume off! :-(

Well, at least the printer looks cool... At least, I'm getting new speakers soon... Next on my list - external HDD. Couldn't make up my mind if I should get a portable one - lighter, smaller, do not need to be plugged into electricity point BUT less space for the same price, to a not desktop one. Western digital and Iomega both have nice glossy ones. But, how, how... Need it quick, need it quick... Got no more hard disk storage space...

Weekend

Last saturday night, we did it again. All, Angel, Damus, Leslie and me went to Tesco and spend hours there till 2am in the morning. I know I know... Well, if that's not auntie enough, I would like to continue that Andrex - Puppies on A Roll are having buy 9 rolls and get 3 free promo. So, it's a great time to stock up toilet rolls this month. Haha... And guess what we found there... King of the Carrots!

Hahaha...

Went to Rumours cafe today again. Third time in a week. I declared that this is now my new favourite dinner place. CHEAP, GOOD AND VERY NEAR! So I don't have to walk too much in the cold shitty weather.

Okie, so that's my very boring blog on my very boring weekend...

But don't think I'm too free with nothing better to do. I actually plan to do many things, have lotsa things to do, but am too lazy to even get up and reach for the tv controller... Haha... Yes! You got it! It's tv marathon this week. :-p

Miss Stupid Idiot

Ohhh... 1st time missing a blog entry for a day since I started blogging... Which is, well..., started not many days ago. Haha... But hey! You should know what day yesterday is. It's Valentine's Day! You know how they say, no matter how free or bored you are on that day, you still got to show you are a busy girl! Haha... So, how could I possibly blog on Valentine's Day. I'm a popular girl you know... :-p ( But no pressies on V Day... :-( ) ShHHhhhHhhh... I'm a popular girl...

BUT still with a date! A full 4-course dinner! (Will post pics up later.)

Okie, you enough of that Valentine's Day crap. I am fuming with rage over that stupid City Link. Bought a printer from ebuyer last week and it's suppose to deliver on Valentine's Day. However, I receive an email saying:

2008-02-14 15:18 Delivery point closed (Carded)

So, they didn't call me on arrival desipte me leaving a note on the buzzer. Fair enough.

I called today to arrange to pick it up personally at the depot since I can't wait to get my hands on it. Miss Stupid Idiot told me I can't do that since the driver is holding on to the parcel.

I said: "Good, so what time will the driver be delivering today?"
Miss Stupid Idiot: "I'll call him up to check for details and get back to you."

10 minutes later, RinGzz RinGzz...

Miss Stupid Idiot: "Hi, I'm calling from City Link."
Me: "Yes, I'm expecting your call, so how is it?
Miss Stupid Idiot: (Very Arrogantly) Our driver's been to your place today, yesterday and the day before yesterday. He waited for a long time and no one's open the door for him.
Me: Can't be. I'm home whole day today.
Miss Stupid Idiot: (Very Unfriendly) "Could your buzzer be broken?"
Me: I highly doubt so. So since I can't pick it up from the depot today, can you driver still come back?
Miss Stupid Idiot:(Speaking like she can't believe what she is hearing) Of course not! But I can arrange for a re-delievery for you. Earliest Monday. If you want it earlier, you could pick it up tomorrow from 9.30am-noon.

Seriously pissed off. What the hell is this idiot talking about, even suggesting for me to wake up early in the morning to pick it up personally. As if as she couldn't show enough displeasure from her speech. Must be a disgusting fat pig who is mentally unbalanced from being dateless last night! Haha...

After I arrange for a re-delivery on Monday, and still in bed watching my last episode of The Gentle Crackdown 2, I receive an email from ebuyer 2 hours after the phone call...

2008-02-15 16:11 Delivery point closed (Carded)

Did the delivery man came and go? Or did he not come at all? Or is Miss Stupid Idiot just making things up?

Absolutely fuming...

Then things got sweeter...

Went to HK Cafe with Leslie for dinner (Nobody else wanna go!) and the owner gave as FREE FOOD~!~! I mean, free side dish, not everything (STOP DREAMING!). Haha...

Nuahing Day

Miss my class again today! Argghh... Stayed at home the whole day but still determine to write something...

List of the most exciting things I had done today:

Wake up. Brush my teeth. Eat Bird's eye burger. Watch Gentle Crackdown 2. Last episode tomorrow. Order delivery. You sure you still want me to go on...?... Haha...

Still determine to write something...

Guys, you realise that my blog have 80+ hits already? Isn't that exciting? 4th day and 80+ hits. Well, half of them is me... Haha...

Still determine to write something...

I decided to steal something from Gavin's blog. My all time favourites. To all the moms in the world...

New Malaysian Cafe

Restaurant: Rumours (I would think Gossips is a nicer name)
Location: Intersection of West Nile and Bath Street
Owner: Asia Style owner's sister, Joanne
Head Chef: Joanne's brother, said to be popular in London
Food: Very good authentic Singaporean/Malaysian food
Ambience: Boisterous, unpretentious and welcoming
Price: About £10 per person inclusive of drinks
Comments: A small but clean place which doesn't leave your hair smelling

Went to this new Malaysian cafe today with Chee Hou and Leslie and we tried, Singapore laksa, Hokkien Mee and Char Kuey Tiao. All are good alhough I think the Hokkien Mee is the best among them. At 2.50 each, I think the lemon tea is a rip off. Plus it's way too sour for my taste. But hey, we got FREE deserts!



For those who read my previous blog, you would know about my mini office idea. So, throughout our dinner, both are them are taking the piss about me wanting to build that mini office. An example of the conversation:

Leslie: So, what do you need the laminator for?

Me: To laminate things with of course.

Leslie: So, what are you going to laminate?

Me: Erm... I... Erm... It's less then a tenner and once I buy it, I can laminate loads of stuffs.

Leslie: So, what are you going to laminate?

Me: Hmmm... Hmmm...

Chee Hou: I know, so you got to study harder and you can laminate your certificate after you graduate

(Loads of laughter)

Chee Hou: So, what about the shredder?

... ... And the conversation goes on & on... ...

Okie, I know! I know! So, it's only the 3rd entry and it's getting quite boring. But you better keep that to yourself!
:-p

My CNY package is here~!~!~!

Despite loads of complains, my mum finally send that saviour package to me! Package which made CNY a wee bit CNY. Haha... It includes loads of goodies and tissue paper, YES, TISSUE PAPER, my favourite instant noodles and heartwarming HANDMADE cards! Plus a cutie chinese looking, with rat, silk looking tray. And most imporantly, ANGBAO! Haha...

And I thought my lovely siblings are being so lovey-dovey, making cards for me. (Rolling my eyes...) In fact, the reason behind it is they went searching for cards, so last minute that they can't find any~!~!~! ARGHHHH... Haha... But still, they are the best cards I've ever received...

So can't wait to eat my food!

Finally ~!~!

And finally... I'm starting my blog today... :-)

Happy Chinese New Year ! And all could have an idea how eventful my cny had been since I'm spending hours working on my new blog. (To Damus, Angel and Leslie: With this, we'll now have 3 blogs with similiar contents instead of 2. Haha...)

Went to Chun Hua's place to pass her the Huat Kuey ( YES! I MADE IT! :-p ). Thought I'll leave in 10 mins but end up chatting with her for hours. Leave excited - made up my mind to buy a laminater and book binder to create my own mini office!!! Oh, with my printer arriving (WITH FAX FUNCTION!) I will still need a shredder to complete it! Yes, a shredder! Yes, that's how bored I am! Thinking of stupid things like, creating a mini office, then a blog and perhaps a food diary like Lily Ng. Haha...