猫山王 (Cat Mountain King)

After dinner at our favourite Chicken Rice Stall (Ming Kee) at the Bangkit Road Coffeeshop, it was time for Wifey to look for durians. The last experience buying XO durians wasn't so good so decided to try some other variety. Inspired by the Straits Times (Sunday Aug 6) article on durians, I convinced her to give the "Cat Mountain King" variety a try.



FEAR FACTOR: BTW, I am NO fan of durians! I took the smallest bit just to see what was so "special" about this variety. (Took me almost 3 minutes just to finish that small piece ... ) General_

Verdict: Very thick gluey flesh and bittersweet taste.

Blackout

I am pissed ...

I took leave today to go for a checkup on how my bionic leg was doing. And first thing in the morning, there was a blackout! This meant I had to climb down 13 storeys, send Wifey to work, then huff and puff back up 13 storeys (carrying a laptop) to a home with no aircon, no fan, no TV and no Internet!

Note: I definitely need more exercise, felt like I ran 5km after the 13 storey marathon (12 + 1 basement)

Just as I was taking out my notebook to steal some free wireless bandwidth from someone who still had juice, the power suddenly came back on.

Now I am typing this complaint in comfort with aircon AND fan! General_

Still Life Part #1

Still life, shot #1, with lots of "Bokeh" ... Photography_



This piece of rope seems to have been around for quite some time. The loop and the rope seems to have been overpainted, and the paint has already started cracking ...

Anyway, can you guess where the rope leads to?
And have you ever wondered ... is this the end of the line, or the beginning ... ??

Stay tuned, for part #2 ...

Japanese Curry

Recently, while shopping for groceries at a local supermart, a small interesting box caught our eye. It was labelled "Vermont Curry". Closer inspection revealed that it was a box of Japanese Curry. Curious, we took the most menacing looking one, labelled "Hot" ... Food_

The instructions on the back of the box were equally intimidating. After poring through the Japanese text, we figured that basically, just add water!

Translated Instructions:
1. Stir fry meat with potatoes and carrots for about 2-3 minutes.
2. Add hot water to the stir fry
3. Add the Japanese Curry Mix.

BTW, the "mix" came in the form of a chocolate bar. Just "break off" the amount you want and dump it into the water. For a 2 person meal, just use half the pack of curry mix.

By Singaporean standards, the curry is not spicy at all. It is slightly sweet. The potatoes and especially the carrots and rice go very well with it!



Another bonus, the curry mix is not oily so washing up is also a breeze!

Piggies

Recently added a photoset dedicated to our beloved Bino and Albi. Hope they are happy on the other side of the rainbow bridge!
(from left to right: Albi, Bino) General_