Baking double chocolate muffins

I really like the chocolate muffins from Choc N Spice at Shunfu Mart, so I have been trying to find a good recipe that will give me nice soft muffins. There were a few I shortlisted and this afternoon I chose one recipe to bake these nice looking muffins. The only variation I did was to put walnuts or cranberries on top. I think it's quite chocolatey but somehow it's still not as soft as I like. I shall see what my family says tomorrow when they eat them.

Handmade card holder

I hand sewed this some months back to hold my staff pass and office key. I have been using the holder I got during my Hong Kong holiday in May last year but one side of it is torn. I could use it as a luggage tag! It's time to activate my new one and I could reuse the lanyard :)

My not so healthy meals today

Lunch was brie cheese capsicum sandwich while dinner was instant oats with toasted wheatgerm and preserved olive leaves, corn and 3 beans. Savoury and yummy :)

Bob's favorite sleeping spots

Next to my head at night at times and in the day, this cheerful lounge with toys he doesn't play with :)

Agy's T-shirt to bag workshop

I joined Agy's workshop held at Bamboo House this afternoon. It was a cosy environment and Agy with her clear instructions and demonstration helped about 13 of us to transform our old T-shirts into useful bags. Erm, mine turns out to be a bit too long :) but I could use it to hold my rolled up clean jacket and office attire in my luggage when I attend the coming few overseas meetings. Hee.

When self medication doesn't work

I will try to take lozenges, non drowsy flu tablets, and this Nin Jom cold remedy when I have slight sore throat and runny nose. However the past week, the symptoms just refused to disappear. I decided to try Dr Qi at Eu Yan Sang Clinic at Tiong Bahru Plaza. I heard from a friend and read online too that she is good at curing cough. She prescribed a week of herbs/ medicine to reduce my heatiness etc. After 2 days, I feel better.

Lunch @ &made

Sis and I decided to check out this new restaurant at Pacific Plaza yesterday for our lunch. She had this burger with dry aged beef and garlic vinegar fried and mocha while I chose the "Nice" salad with tuna, capers, anchovy, veggies and Sencha osmanthus ice tea. The service is good as one of the servers was around to recommend and explain the items and also to take our order. I'm not a fan of creamy savoury food but the salad was quite nice. Sis' burger is good too as it relies on the beef and caramelised onion to give it flavour. I quite like the subtle fragrance of my tea and sis likes her mocha too.

Another nice gathering

The dinner at Soup Restaurant was to celebrate one of the girls' belated birthday. Even though we met for a short period of 2 hours, we managed to catch up on the recent happenings in our life. I'm glad our friendship since secondary school days is still strong :)

Do what makes me happy

A young colleague was very sweet to ask some colleagues to buy back soya bean curd from Old Airport Road Food Centre for a few of us. Earlier this morning, I had a short chat with him about work and he asked me again if I am happy to take on the new portfolio. I'm not sure at the moment but I think it's better than sticking to my old one and I want to learn new things. He also told me to do what makes me happy. I shall continue to ponder over the question that has been eluding me for years :)

摆 pose

Bob striked this cute pose before I called it a day :)

Belated birthday gift

The girls got me fragrance and soap from Korres. I like! :)

Eating, foot massage and shopping

Last year in Sep it was the 1st time I had a holiday with SP and FR in Bangkok. This afternoon, we too for the 1st time took leave to have lunch, accompany one of us for an appointment, shop at Mustafa and have foot massage. We also had our favorite naans with some dishes and masala tea before browsing the vegetable stalls in Little India. It is nice to know that our friendship is still strong after so many years, since we met one another over the common love for hamsters in 1997 :)

Shopping therapy during lunch time

I managed to squeeze some time to buy the clothes last Mon and the shoes today. Both on Monday, I have just realised. The clothes cost me less than $70, but the "Sixties" shop at Wisma Atria doesn't allow trying. All 3 fit me quite well when I tried them at home. I couldn't get the colours I wanted for the 2 pairs of shoes, but I still bought them at less than $60. I hope they will be gentle to my feet and not bite them.

Baking therapy: lemon buttermilk cake

It felt good to keep my mind and hands busy on Sat. My family doesn't really like the taste of the cake though. They prefer the buttery to the buttermilk taste. Oh well, at least it's edible :)

Furry comfort

Last week I was feeling down and Bob in his own way has helped to cheer me up :) once he licked and bit my left cheek - stunned me a little but I thought he was sweet.

It's bedtime!

Bob seems to be telling me that every time I'm on the bed with him. I'll usually fiddle with some stuff first before joining Bob. The past 2 nights I have been thinking what to pack into my hand-carry luggage for a short work trip next week. Hopefully I can avoid spending too much time in the actual packing the night before the trip.

Keeping treasured stuff

On Sat morning, I had to clear out stuff from an old cabinet, after the water leaking from the aircon disintegrated the base of the cupboard. I kept the Sesame Street mini beanies and other soft toys while giving some to my neighbour's kid and the Salvation. Yesterday afternoon, I went through my other cabinet and found old books and a project from school days. There were some old school notes that I threw away, so I have some space for the cute items I collected as well as gifts from friends and S.

Good food therapy

Good food satisfies my hunger and also cheers me up. I munched on a steamed chocolate cake from a stall at Ion Food Hall yesterday afternoon and had my dinner of Thunder Rice vermicelli just now.