Banana bread

I ate the remaining 2 pieces of banana bread that I baked 2 weeks ago and kept in the freezer. They still tasted yummy :)

Feeling 36 years and a day old

Yesterday I felt fine. Growing old is something that I have accepted as part of life. I am glad to have my family, dear friends, cats (home and community ones) and S. Today has shown me that my body is not as strong as before. I had a dull headache while rushing out some presentation slides. It didn't go away when I had lunch with 2 friends. I had to go home and miss a meeting involving my bosses and other colleagues after I puked out my lunch and still felt unwell. Is my body trying to tell me something? I feel alright now after sleeping for 2 hours. Looks like the next time I have the occasional dull headache at work, I should seriously consider pop a painkiller, or take a break.

Work trip in Brunei

Last week, I went to Brunei with my colleagues for meetings. The first night was quite relaxed that I could take a photo of my companion in the bathroom. I kept myself hydrated and ate enough and was glad no creeping headache even though on average I had 4 hours of sleep. On the last night, we admired the sunset before dinner. It wasn't a stressful trip - friendly Bruneians, nice colleagues and yummy food, but as usual I miss home, my family, Bob, cats and S.

Weekend is

about finding light moments and baking when I'm in the mood.

Touching toes :)

Granola and donuts

Over the weekend, I made
Nutella peanut butter granola yesterday and mini avocado donuts with chocolate frosting. Both were easy to make. The granola requires 2 cups of rolled oats and 2 tablespoon of nutella, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter and 4 tablespoons of honey. I made the nutella granola separate from the peanut granola and baked them in the oven for 20 mins before mixing all together. I want healthy donuts so baked avocado donuts with choc avocado frosting fit the bill. Both taste yummy :)

Golden eye

Angel was sleeping on parent's bed with his one watchful eye :)

First attempt in making dorayaki

I remember enjoying dorayaki (aka Doramon's favorite snack) when I was young. I liked those from the food section of Yaohan supermarket which is no longer around in Singapore. I have seen dorayaki sold at some bakeries but I find them too sweet. After finding 2 recipes for dorayaki and the red bean paste on 2 blogs, I spent a few hours making them. The paste ended up a bit too dry and is not sticky enough to hold the 2 pancakes together. Hee. The pancakes are nice enough to eat on their own. Sis who doesn't like red beans ate the pancakes with ice cream and feta cheese separately.

Ham cheese carrot broccoli quiche

After doing some research on quiche recipes, I decided to try one with a simple crust. Sis and dad found it quite nice and S likes it. I think something is missing and I suspect frying the ham with onion will make it taste and smell more aromatic. Next time :)

Hitam

I think this is the first photo I had taken of Hitam. I sterilised her a year ago and she was formerly a pet cat of a Malay family who let her roam. After the family brought home another cat, she went home less often other. Now she seems to hang around the void deck of the next block across the car park and we will feed her. At times, we do see her going home, maybe for a quick visit or meal. She likes to follow us but not keen to be stroked.

Bob is so cute

White Neck Number 2

He reminds me of White Neck, one of the community cats who have left us. He is more vocal though. I managed to lure him into the carrier some weeks back and engaged Lingcat to send him to the vet for sterilisation.

Cute magnet souvenir

Fion went for a holiday with her hubby recently and got me this :)

Cute community cat in a bicycle basket

It is a rainy morning. After feeding the community cats near my home and fetching mom from the polyclinic, we walked around the estate to buy lunch and bread. Along the way, we bumped into 3 community cats well cared by other cat caregivers. This third one has an interesting face. I couldn't resist running its chin and it responded by purring :)

Cinnamon and her new carpet

Cinn likes the carpet sample that S gave. She will scratch it or sleep on it or stare into space. With her toys around her, it reminds me of a human child's play area :)

Memories of Surabaya

Last work trip this year on 22-26 Sep. On the 1st night, I ordered a kid sized meal of meatball noodles. On the last 2 days, I finally bought 2 pieces of batik fabric and an electric tjanting tool (if I want to try making batik).

Bob's staycation @ S's place

I had to be away for an overseas assignment, so Bob went to stay at S's place for the past 6 days. The room was cat proof and S even slept with him on certain nights.

Reserved for Maple :)

Bob and the metronome

I was looking for my old metronome that I used during days of my classical piano lessons eons ago, so that S could use it when practising his classical guitar. The metronome was sitting in the display cabinet, hidden by the many travel souvenirs from old friends. I tested the metronome and was also curious to see how Bob would react. He didn't disappoint me :)

Bob the "supervisor"

I was cleaning the floor, corners and areas behind my cabinet and drawers on Sat afternoon. Bob was curious and following me to check out the unexplored places. I had to be faster than him to clear the dust and dirt before he propped himself at one corner and stared :)