Tagged by Ruey

I was tagged by Ruey. We are foodies... so when she got this tag, she can't not tag me. hehehe ....

6 unimportant facts about MY food.....

1. I am not a cheese fan, especially hate the smell of parmesan (smells like baby puke). But I won't say no to plastic cheese in my sandwiches .... hehehe (Note: plastic cheese... the colloquial term given to cheese individually wrapped in plastic, a la Kraft style)

2. I am married to a Greek, but I don't like much of Greek foods ... eg capers, olives, feta cheese,
dolmades.... etc. Tried it many times, still don't like it.

3. I love sushi. When I was pregnant with Ellen and still working in the city, since I cannot have raw fish, I resorted to eating California Rolls for lunch everyday.

4. I love the smell of coffee but I don't drink it. However, I would order a white chocolate mocha from Starbucks, with an extra shot of white chocolate, so there's more white chocolate than there is espresso. Not quite a coffee, but that's as much coffee as you can get into me.

5. I never used to eat lamb until 2 years ago because everywhere I had tasted lamb (which would be Greek gatherings from hubby's side of family) they would cook it till it's well done, making the meat dry and tough and chewy, and smells 'lamby'. I HATE chewy meat, with a passion. Eating should never require effort. I should not have to be burning calories while I'm eating. So now, I would only eat lamb if I cooked it, i.e. tender.

6. I love my Prima packaged sauces. That's the only way I can have authentic Singaporean dishes from Australia. There are many ingredients required to make delicacies like Laksa, Chicken Curry, Rendang, Mee Goreng, Mee Rebus, Bak Kut Teh, Chicken Rice, satay, sambal dips... etc etc etc ... And most of these ingredients are not readily available in Australia. No Asian restaurant I've been to (and I've tried countless) have made Laksa the way it is supposed to be. So Prima sauces ... easy, and readily available... what more can I ask for??

5 more sleeps to CROP FOR KIDS

We are counting down!! It's 5 more sleeps to the big day for CROP FOR KIDS 2008. We have goodie bags, games, raffles, make n takes, shopping, more raffles, door prize, goodie bags, trash & treasure, lucky envelopes ..... and did I mention raffles and goodie bags? I'm letting you in on 2 little secrets .... the goodie bag is worth more than your ticket price, and we have more raffle prizes than headcounts. You do the math!!

If you have ever thought of coming to a crop, this is THE crop to come to. I'm gonna let you in on one more secret .... and I promise I won't kill you after telling you .... our raffle prizes are HUGE! How does a colour printer sound? A Cuttlebug? A Clip It Up to organise your scrapbooking products? Or how about accommodation at Novotel hotel? A scrapbooking wheely tote???? Yes! One of those you've been wanting for ages to go to crops with? Hundreds of dollars of scrapbooking store vouchers?

It's still not too late to book for and pay for your ticket NOW! Spread the word to ALL your scrapbooking friends. Help us help the children. If you need me to help you book your tickets, let me know. I'll gladly provide the service. :) :)

TKD. Fajita. Layouts

All right, all right. I'm so toast. I haven't been blogging for over 2 weeks. I'm not dead, just consumed with school, kinder and Crop For Kids. I have layouts and photos to show though... anyone still reading my blog?

Well... I can't remember a lot of what has happened over the last 2 weeks. I just know that DD is doing very well in school, as well as her Tae Kwon Do. Took some pics of her having fun as a Little Ninja ... (technically, TKD is Korean and Ninja is Japanese..... another case of Asian Confusion ... sigh... )


As Phaedon is not ready to join as a Little Ninja yet, he is in the Little Joey's class. And a parent has to be in the class with Little Joeys. These are pics of him and me ....


A few days ago, I was in an adventurous mood and decided to go Mexican for dinner. Not that I'm not adventurous with food. I, on the contrary, have a diverse palate. I'm just restricted to what I cook at home because I can't be bothered coaxing my kids to try something new. Lately, I've seen a change in my son's eating habits. He recently asked for THE GREEN FINKS in my Chinese stir fry (aka garlic shoots), .... and ate it .... and went mmmmMMMmmmm ..... and asked for more!!!!! And he has since tried snow peas, and sugar snap peas too. If you are a mother who has difficulty trying to feed your children anything green, you'd know what relief I felt.

Anyway, back to Mexican. OK... it is technically not truly Mexican, but rather a fusion of Texan with Mexican - Fajitas using Chili Con Carne ...heheheh.... Mexican because I had tortillas, guacamole, tomato salsa and lettuce; Texan because I made Chilli Con Carne instead of the usual Fajita filling (mind you, this Chilli Con Carne has no chilli in it for the children's sake). The result .....

... BIG THUMBS up from Ellen and Peter. Ellen loved it so much, she had a 2nd helping with my 2nd tortilla. Hence the 4th pic of the ingredients on my plate with no tortilla!! Phaedon on the other hand... still did the wrap but did it only with the rice and some leftover meatballs from another dinner, which to me was still a major achievement because he tried very hard to hold the wrap properly in his little hands, though he made quite a mess, but still managed to finish eating his wrap. So I'm rapt!!

OK .. layouts time. My first lot of DT layouts for Scrapware.

Teddy Bear Picnic - I used 2 of their 12" half flowers to make one full flower and scrapped on it. Lil Davis papers, Hambly overlay, Heidi Swapp bloom, Fontwerks journaling stamp, Creative Imaginations brad, American Crafts thickers.

Pirate - A simple layout using Pirate word, and mini skulls. Bazzill cs, Scenic Route papers and diecut arrows, Lil Davis journaling stamp.


1st Day @ Prep - Using Scrapware scalloped borders, scalloped rectangles, word - '1st' and '@'. Love Elsie paper, American Crafts thickers, MM paints, Fontwerks date stamp.


Thank you for your patience and if you are still dropping by, thank you for thinking of me (or having me on your bloglines).