The BIG BAD BOOK SALE ~ 26/11/09 TO 02/12/09

The Big Bad Book Sale

Date: 26 November – 2 December 2009

Venue: Level 3, Amcorp Mall

(former cinema lot, opposite McDonald's)

Time: 10am to 9pm

Catching Up!

Java Pot of MyCuppaTales awarded me the following:

Thanks Java!  Well, I do not have 15 new blogs to introduce to my readers but below are some that I do visit besides all my local blogger sites!

"Life After Money" (psst! she doesnt know that I visit her!);

"Bronwyn's Food & Shoes!" who is a fabulous cook and a shoe addict!

"Attic 24!" a Crochetty site!

Hey! See below our very own non wasteful and totally biodegradable bento!

Nasi Lemak Ikan Kering! At RM1.00 some more!

Below: packed lunch from around Ampang:

Something color purple:

Its a hand operated chopper:

And I used it to grind my chicken liver pate!  Recipe from Food & Shoes!

Yup! I baked me some scones too!

Shop Early For This Festive Season!

 Visit Kyre:n for a spa experience of a lifetime!

Terry Fox Run for Cancer 1st November 2009

This year three together2!

Above & Below:

Yearly Terry Fox picture with Azwan, the published writer among us M'sianBookXcers!

We finally had a taste of the pancakes with maple syrup at the walk!

Dimsum brunch at the Lake Club where we had no problem getting a parking space!

DH also made it for this year's Terry Fox run, he said he will consider next year too!

Look! A Swirling Bag of My Own!

Enjoying Sex and The City (The Movie!) with my two daughters on the eve of Terry Fox Run (DH is joining us this year!) and learning the ropes on how to use the new format at blogspot!

Here it is ! My very own Swirling Bag !

Side A

Side B

Yup, these latest purchases from 100Yen and Daiso were in it! With room left for more!

Animal mayo containers from Daiso, the rest 100Yen Kuchai!

Above and Below: Sandwich maker

Thanks ~ click here> Wendy for this lovely bag!

Don't Forget This Sunday! Terry Fox Run 2009

Visit Terry Fox at Facebook here

Blog for FT ~ If You Are Not Already!

Read the fabulous articles by my one and only (thus far) blogging student HERE! and Go Vote for Keats The Sunshine Girl! Do click on the two articles: 'Kolam - Happy Deepavali' and Flower Sellers - 'Pookaris' - look for the 'Vote for my entry' thumb sign. Thanks!

Ms Keats took to blogging like fish to water and in the short span of a few months, has more readers and commentators than moi! She writes from her heart and whatever subject matter she writes on, she gives us a fresh take on the matter and she post lovely pictures too!

Book Haul From Recent Pearson Warehouse Sale!

Would you believe it? I visited the warehouse sale thrice! With management in tow!

From bottom up!
A hardcover of a gem: Tony Bennett In The Studio, A Life of Art & Music! Another hardcover: Jamie's Ministry of Food - full of pictures! and recipes of course. Book 1 and 2 of Jamie Olivier, the Naked Chef and the Return of the Naked Chef.

BELOW: First book down: Don't Try This at Home (Even the world's finest cooks have their off days. In Don't Try This at Home, 33 chefs and food writers talk about the times when it all went horribly wrong. There are stories about greedy pets, clumsy waiters, and drunken maitre d's; the food that fails to arrive for a party, wedding cakes that disintegrate, the terrine that falls into a bowl of chocolate sauce, not to mention the tales of kitchen pranks and youthful mistakes. How the chefs manage to save the day is as entertaining as the disasters that strike them. Funny, cringe-making and terribly reassuring, Don't Try This at Home is a delicious reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren't always perfect!); Sue Townsend's Queen Camilla, Jenna Bailey's Can Any Mother Help Me?; Hillary Rodham Clinton's It Takes A Village;

followed by: Gary Geddes's Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things; Roger Highfield's The Science of Harry Potter - How Magic Really Works; Dr Andrew Weil's EatingWell For Optimum Health and Spontaneous Healing.

Below: Anne Bartlett's Knitting - Lives are like threads.... they unravel (how apt!); William J. Mann's KATE, The Woman Who Was Katharine Hepburn; Kate Jacobs' Comfort Food; and lastly one of my favorite male writers ~ Paul Theroux's The Old Patagonian Express and The Elephanta Suite.

I am in BookHeaven!

I Was Down South Again!

Where?

over the weekend and scheduled to be there again next weekend!

Enjoyed some pretty good makan2 over the weekend

including these

Best pineapple tarts eVer; FROM Melaka of course!

These tarts were ten pieces in a pack

(totally surprised myself that there is still ONe Piece Left!)

and sold at totally-non-touristy-price!

After a delish home wedding dinner the nite before, me and DH was planning on having meen fun kueh at this particular coffeeshop/kafe/pub all-rolled-into-one at Melaka Raya. But the stall was closed! While DH settled for a fried noodle dish, I made the round at the 'buffet' spread that was offered.

My! My! the owner left no stone unturned or rather 'no dish' un-served! The 'buffet' was laid out accordingly as per - lets say that you fancy porridge.... every dish you normally eat with porridge is available! Nasi lemak? got! individual items available too in addition to pre-packed RM1.30 ready-to-go-or-eat-in-packs somemore! See? you may choose elaborate or simple! Chinese Chap Fan? - loads of choice! etc etc....

So? what did I have? Small portion of white rice, mini stuffed bitter gourd and eggplant from the yong-tau-foo-range, sweet & sour pork from the chinese buffet, cuttlefish sambal from the nasi lemak range and a serving of yam cake from the local snack service! and Oh a bowl of yummy carrot, corn and chicken clear broth! Delish and on the house somemore! And of course, kopi-kurang-manis-in-a-glass completes my every meal (daytime!).

And where are the pictures of these delicious fare, you ask ~ Please kick me! You know the phrase - 'don't fix things that dont need fixing?' - well the night before I took out the battery from the camera for charging - and it did not really needed recharging - was in a rush to leave the condo for KL and I TotaLLy forgot to replace the battery! Darn..

Oh, I pack extra foodstuff to go somemore.... Spied a basket of 'fresh kampong eggs' and suggested to DH that we buy some to try. While Lin (the owner) was packing them, I was looking at curry puffs and woo kok - Lin said that they are a 'must try' and 'very good' and goodness they ARE! Had them for tea when we were home..... the curry puffs turned out to be mini chicken pies! Delish and so was the woo kok... they must have been cos DH was saying just one item was enuf for him and he ate both from his plate!

So Gonna Be Back For More! Y.U.M.M.s!! aND Oh! Lin's place is just opposite the Malacca Club in town!

Bento#73 and Hey! Nice Mooncake Gift Packaging!

Okay, used the vegetable cutters on the carrots (thank goodness!), that should distract your attention from the come-apart-moulded brown rice! Fried ginger chicken with brown rice, yellow capsicum, french beans and carrots!

Latest mooncake received, nicest packaging thus far...

What do you think? Its from Baker's Cottage

Bento#72

Enjoying the colorful sweet potatoes I bought last sunday at the wet market; just look at the lovely purple color! Hope the vendor is there tomorrow at the market again!

This bento has the balance of my dinner the nit before: Pan fried salmon in olive oil and butter served with steamed sweet potatoes, french beans and fresh tomatoes. Sauce was chopped ginger, onions, tomatoes sauted in olive oil with lashings of worchester sauce.

The Lock&Lock bento box is one of my favourite - a cute size square

and it goes nicely into this bag!

What I Ate In Melaka Over The Long Holiday Weekend!

It seems this is the latest hang out place for young and old folks in Melaka these days!

Name of F&B outlet: Italy Bakery
Address: No 590 Jalan Melaka, Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka
Tel: 06-281-4919

Below: The nicest portugese egg tart in recent times

Below: 1st Raya Open House - CM & Governor of Melaka

2nd Raya Open House in Air Molek ~ State Speaker's residence

Below: Roti Jala and Peanut sauce

Below: Steamed tapioca and serunding kelapa (I polished off half that plate of tapioca!) been ages I had tapioca this way!

Below: this is the first I have seen tapai served this way!

ps: had a lovely evening on sunday - listening to some live music at the Rotunda Melaka Club at Tanjong Kling.

Bentos #68, 69, 70 and 71

Above: Plated! Bento #71, Pan fried kurau fish with french beans and carrots accompanied by maggie noodles! Sweet papaya completes lunch!

Top & Bottom: new storage box with half my dinner from night before!



Below: Bento #70. Plated ~ balance of my dinner from nit before; chicken chop with green peas, steamed potatoes; braised tomato and sweet pear

Below: I kinda like this new storage box!

Below: Bento #69 ~ pork loin sauted in oyster sauce and black fungus; tomatoe wedges with brown rice and finished up with papaya and sliced banana touched with a squeeze of lime!

Below: Bento #68 (before nuking) the baby pak choy that is! brown rice and fried tenggiri with young ginger and soya sauce.