Well, in my previous post, I planned to make kuih Ee or tang yuen with fillings. I tried it and it worked. I filled it with peanut butter, yam and cashew nut butter as I happened to have all of them in my larder and freezer. In fact I just needed to clear my freezer …
Spring Blooms before Christmas
The weather is getting to be a bit weird. Last few weeks there were flooding in a lot of places in England and Scotland. The Midlands where I live did not have it too bad, although Lancashire was hit. It is winter now and the temperature hardly dipped below 1oC! In fact for the past …
The Leicestershire Carers’ Choir Christmas Concert 2015
This is the 2nd year we that we are performing the Christmas concert. It was held at the Lutterworth Youth Theater. This time my No. 2 daughter went with me. Many family members of our choir attended. There were at least 70 people there. We sang 14 songs and lots of Christmas carols at the …
Penang by night
Penang has undergone a lot of changes since my younger days. When I go home for a visit, I noticed that I do not visit the old places any more. Shopping is more in the modern shopping complexes. The city of George Town has also undergone a lot of changes. In the olden days, rent in …
The Shard, Jackson and Rye, London
The Shard After Borough Market, we walked towards the embankment and we went to The Shard, one of the newer iconic buildings of London. However, it began to drizzle. We went for the tour anyway as we will not be coming this way until many months later. The ticket costs £30.95 each ( adult). …
Borough Market, London
Over the weekend, we went to London. We went on Friday afternoon and returned home on Sunday afternoon, so there was not much time. We planned to visit a university open day. On Saturday, we went to Borough Market to look around. I had been there before and it was the first time for my …
FullHouse Signature Restaurant
While holidaying in Malaysia, I decided to go window shopping in Sunway Pyramid. As explained in my previous post, this is a shopping complex and the Aeroline Coach stop/ office is near here. The FullHouse Signature restaurant has been in Sunway Pyramid for many years now. I have passed by many times and I have not …
Wendy and Ventzi
During my holiday in Malaysia, I had a chance to meet up with family and friends. Friends here means SGM members as well. These are members of our local area. SGM has grown tremendously since and there are many new groups and districts and chapters. Of course the members that I know are no …
There is not such thing as a free lunch!!
On my trip to Malaysia, I went for an appointment in Kuala Lumpur. Since the troublesome driving experience where I got lost and took many wrong turns, I decided that I would not be driving to the city. So I had to rely on public transport. On the day of the appointment, my sister-in-law sent …
Turkey Cup Cakes
A savoury dish cleverly disguised as a cup cake.
Extra day in Hong Kong
After we disembarked from the ship we went back to Panda Hotel. We booked an extra night in Hong Kong. Actually, it was a half day ( evening), a full day and another half day ( up to afternoon) before we depart. We were given a room upgrade to Panda Plus. It was a much …
Star Cruise – SuperStar Virgo Part 2
The next day we decided to check the morning activities and we volunteered to be the ‘instructors’ for the morning exercise by the pool deck. It was fun as we were a bit silly. Anyway that’s what happens on holidays. Then we went for the tour to Halong Bay. The approach to Halong Bay was beautiful, …
Star Cruise – SuperStar Virgo
In my recent holidays in Malaysia, I booked a cruise to China and Vietnam, embarking in Hong Kong. It was a 4-day cruise. We flew from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong. Arrangements were made by our tour company to spend the night in Hong Kong and to have a day tour of the city before we …
Pork With Roasted Vegetables and Quinoa
This is a recipe adapted from Weight Watchers magazine. I have cooked this many times and I find it has an interesting taste. When I was on holiday back in Malaysia, I offered to cook a few meals so as not to make myself ‘of not much use’. I offered to cook and instead of …
Ahh…. Laksa…!!!
Laksa after having a dig in. Sorry forgot to take pic first! Finally, I managed go get a bowl of Laksa, Penang Laksa, that is. I need to have this before I return to the UK. Without doing this my trip is incomplete!! You see, Laksa in other parts of Malaysia means a curry …