cny day 2

seems like i'm developing the habit of posting in reverse order. but thats my home cooked laksa to make up for the disappointment of not having a 130nkr tiny bowl of one! XD the paste was sent by alvin some time ago, and i've been waiting till we had the right noodles and prawns to make it.

to make up for the lack of other ingredients, i dumped in pork meat. ( my joke to alvin was 'no tau pok so pork lor. pok.. pork. same la.' ) it altered the taste of the soup slightly, i think.. so i shall avoid that next time and see what other sea food i can dump in. if i'm lucky perhaps we can use blue mussels? it smelt heavenly nonetheless and the taste was rich.managed to find the right kind of noodles, which was abit hard because i realised i've never seen it in its dried state. alex bought a finer version which i simply refused to use (its glass noodles) hence delaying the laksa making. i shall try use those to make vietnamese springrolls one day. seems really easy with just frying noodles and meat and stuffing them in wrapping to fry.
these noodles boiled up quite fast :)

i think alex liked the laksa, although it was quite a heavy serving. it was spicey enough for him not to try the sambal chilli that came with the set. funny, because he usually orders much spicier foods than i can take XD

he woke up really early this morning and asked if we should go out for breakfast... and i was still half asleep. then said 'what if breakfast is already out on the table?'
he's got my favourites X) chocolate things and iste! the wrapped thing was a ham baguette. the chocolate crossaint i am saving up for later... the cupcake, to this day, i still think is more decorative than edible because the icing is like diabetes in a bite XD. and i tend to make alex eat the icing usually on cakes and stuff HEHEHE

then some pics of CNY in singapore.... phoebe looking really cute in her qipao. and simon the usual.
then i told grace and geoff that they have to bai nian to me to get ang bao... and this is what i got XD
grace's reasoning is that it takes alot of effort to deco a pic. XD
the app she used seemed cool, so i downloaded it myself to try XD the tang yuan in the pic is to remind myself to make it one of these days ! yum!
lastly, i actually have totally new clothes (and sweaters) saved up to use for cny XD the shirt was bought in malaysia when i went with my cousins and aunts and uncles! saved the best for the last.
think we're heading out to the gym soon, then i'll look into buying some special crochet threads to make bjørg something nice for her birthday in feb. she did give me bday money last year :) '

jenelyn is back in vevang, and idar is in molde (nearby). they're slowly reducing the drugs so he's slowly getting more consciousness back. he's confused though.. really hope he'll get better fast. she's been asking mary about me though XD will send her a little handmade gift soon to try cheer her up abit!