Recordings of Life

TY got himself a bus ticket down to KL (finally) just after my company's annual dinner. He's here to celebrate my birthday yay! Well, technically he has to cos he already ffk-ed n times...

Opening my Christmas gift for him:

I also demanded my birthday gift from him, and he replied, 'I bought the flowers very expensive then pokai d..' Well, thank you... the flowers were very sweet but now all dried up d :(

I got up early on the eve of birthday and cooked a huge brunch. Unfortunately I did not take any pictures! Guess I'll just have to wait for TY to transfer the pics over... Anyways there were greasy bacon, oily sausages, scrambled eggs, french beans and broccoli... oh and baked beans too.

Then off to the Gardens for a bit of shopping (TY did the shopping... how come it's all about him? hurmph). Had some kuehs at this Nonya shop.

C/w from bottom: kuih talam, seri muka durian, kuih tai tai and sago ubi.

Had a quiet but filling birthday celebration at Chili's! We had a long and winded discussion on where to have dinner. Torn between Italiannies and Chili's but TY wanted Chili's, so...

They had this birthday promo of sundae brownies but only valid on the birthday itself! :(

TY's alcoholic fix... mango margarita.

As opposed to my healthier option, tomato juice :D

For starters! We had Southwestern Eggrolls. Has smoked chicken, black beans, corn, jalapeno Jack cheese, red peppers and spinach wrapped in tortilla. Truly Tex-Mex... comes with an avocado ranch dipping sauce.

Deep fried, the tortilla is very crispy without being too oily so. I liked the dipping sauce especially.

My main nom nom nom :D

Cant really recall what it's called exactly but it's something like Steak Rack. 8 ounces of meat grilled medium rare with onions and red/green peppers underneath served with mashed potaoes and vegetables.

It was so yummmmmm.............. sigh..

Notice that the meat above is not really the same as the one I have cut up! lol. The first time my main arrived, they had my steak completely done! It was no wonder that when I tried to cut the meat feels like tearing through rubber nia... So we called the waiter and he took my plate and got my another piece of steak (after 10-15 minutes wait, though they assured it was only going to be about 7mins).

When the meat arrived, it was then a bit too raw for my liking -_-

But nevertheless I worked my way slowly through the meat until there was this portion that was almost raw... It was then that we got into the topic of de-worming. TY asked if I had been de-wormed lately and I replied that it must have been a decade or so since that. He gave me a solemn warning about having worms in my stomach and intestines. I was completely grossed out by images of worms crawling inside me ... not wanting to risk food poisoning and days of diarrhoea or vomitting, again, we called the waiter to get the meat cooked just a li'l bit more.... poor guy who had to serve us lol.

TY's main.... Fajita Trio.

Has grilled steak, marinated grilled chicken and spicy garlic and lime grilled prawns. Served with onions and bell peppers. Also comes with the typical condiments of lettuce, cheese, sour cream, guacamole and cubed tomatoes.

It really is yum! I liked the grill sauce best... I also liked the fact that you get to taste the best of the 3 worlds of steak, chicken and seafood :p

Zoom zoom to goodness :D

My favourite pic of the night... :)

Officially 24! Wise is my middle name.

Just to get into the spirit of Christmas, I've taken some shots at home, around and about :)

Cousin sister's very cute hamper gifts.

Don't they look very sweet? :D

End result of the pink roses... Chocolates are still untouched! :p

More random shots and unrelated to post :p

I am in love with the dish above! Kelly cooked this. If I recall correctly, it's a stir fry of black fungus, mushrooms (2 different types there), abalone, shredded oyster, macadamia nuts, Japanese seaweed, onions, oyster sauce, sesame oil and rice wine!

Got to know a book fair/warehouse sale at Summit in Subang Jaya! Sale on books goes up to 70% ! (80% for Chinese books). I was extremely tempted to get all the books my hands laid on, but ... was quite contented in the end to get a book for myself and for my loved ones.

Evan's book on frogs. I first saw a book on snakes and my thoughts were settled on Evan immediately. I called him, asking if he wanted that but he already had the same copy and he requested for one on toads lol. Well sometimes a surprise gift may not always end well. Better ask first.

Mine:

Stuff to do all around the world before you die... Some were pretty extreme like white-water rafting but there are some great and do-able stuff too like partying at Mardi Gras... Very good quality materials, only RM20 or so.

But I suppose, taking into account the condition of my bank account, this will suffice for now:

Dad's Circular Sudoku!

Have never seen anything like it before, and it looks like it might just be complicated... well add a bit of variety to Dad's mania on Sudoku hehe...

Then of course for me dear :p

Mom's cookbook. I was actually contemplating between a Jamie Oliver cookbook, a French and this Mango Lemon Grass book. Thinking that Mom is most unlikely to bake some outrageous French dish, I got the local, Asian version instead :)