Entries from October 2006

12 October 2006

Garlic Shrimp and Chilli Pasta

This has to be one of the easiest pasta dishes you can make that will taste really good no matter what. The main ingredients are all up there in the title. Garlic. Shrimp. Chilli. (Just go easy on the chilli if it’s not your thing.)

Clean the shrimps, de-shell and de-vein, keep the tails and heads [...]

11 October 2006

The Force Field is Down

Last Friday, we stepped out of the office to a haze filled night sky. Thought it was the fireworks from the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration although, having walked several blocks away from Chinatown, we got the sense it was not of the pyrotechnic kind. Also ruled out smoke from volcano because there is no space for [...]

10 October 2006

Wock n’ Woll Wabbit

When I was in college, a very patient first cousin of mine made it his mission to teach me how to play the guitar. He himself just learned to play it, passed on the guitar to me and moved on to bass guitar. I think his motivation for teaching me, apart from making me a [...]

8 October 2006

Who’s afraid of the big dark bat?

Mike’s out of the country on a shoot. So not only have I no art director to work with, I also am missing a hubby for the next three days. Sigh. So right now, Batman is keeping me company. Hee-hee. Hubby doesn’t know yet. I finally bought the game Batman Begins for our [...]

8 October 2006

Happy Birthday, Mama!

“…Think about the days of me and you…you and me against the world.” No song was as meaningful as this one was to me in my younger days. It summed up how my mom and I were, right after my dad went AWOL. I related to every word, including the line about being frightened [...]

2 October 2006

Creamy Tropicana Cornucopia

This recipe is so simple that I thought I’d jazz it up by giving it an exotic name. This is after all, just a fruit mix in a cup. But, but , but… I can guarantee your sweet satisfaction.
You will need a cup of strawberries cut in bite-sized pieces, banana slices, pineapple chunks and a [...]

2 October 2006

Vitamin it, like you mean it.

I’m getting old. Things that used to mean one thing now mean something else. When I was a kid, minerals like Calcium just meant strong teeth, or Vitamin C, anti- scurvy. Or Vit B for beri-beri. Vit D to prevent rickets. I memorised these like I did the multiplication table. They were a bunch of [...]