The Court decided to give me a break last Thursday, which allowed me to take Friday off to make it a super long weekend. So on Friday, we dropped Peanut off at school, then took Lion for his MMR jab at the paede’s. After, we dropped Lion off at my parents and went to the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bakes’
a movie, three cakes, forgotten work
Posted in encounters, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, food, lion, Peanut, performances, work on 8 November, 2011 | 2 Comments »
an egg stained red, a slice of cake
Posted in encounters, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, food, lion, motherhood, Peanut, relationships, work on 5 October, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Happy Birthday to me
cheesecake!
Posted in food, tagged bakes, family life, food, Peanut on 1 August, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My relationship with cheesecake begun when I was about 15 or 16, at Billy Bombers in Holland Village, where I used to meet a friend for drinks and dessert after dinner. We’d sit together in a booth and share a slice of cheesecake, order California Dreaming on the jukebox maybe 2 or 3 times, and [...]
lion turns one!
Posted in encounters, fillers, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, lion, motherhood on 2 June, 2011 | 1 Comment »
apple cake
Posted in food, tagged bakes, family life, lion, Peanut, relationships on 25 April, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Other Half’s mother’s birthday falls on this week. We did an early celebration for her on Friday night with dinner at a Cantonese restaurant. Then on Sunday, I baked the following cake for her so that the kids can go over and blow out the candles with her: Cream 185g butter together with 1/3 [...]
happy birthday to daddy
Posted in food, random thoughts, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, lion, motherhood, Peanut on 19 April, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to make this entry some time last month but time just slips away from me these days. I made this cake for The Other Half’s birthday this year: Toast 3/4 cup of coconut for about 5 minutes and leave it to cool. Cream 90g of butter and 1/2 cup of sugar until light [...]
be my valentine
Posted in fillers, tagged bakes, mela v. world, relationships, work on 18 February, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is Valentine’s Day week. I made these cookies for my girls and boys in the spirit of Valentine’s Day: And this is the present I got from my secretary first thing on Monday morning: Unfortunately, it also feels like the busiest week I’ve had in a long while, what with being kidnapped by the [...]
from start to finish in 12 pictures
Posted in food, tagged bakes, family life on 27 December, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It all starts with words on a page… Then there is dried mixed fruit swimming in alcohol over 2 days or so… After putting the kids to bed, prepare a steamer half-filled with water and bring the water to a boil. Then turn off the fire and melt the butter, sugar, honey and spices over [...]
holiday existentialism
Posted in fillers, food, random thoughts, tagged bakes, mela v. world, relationships, work on 22 December, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The Buddha is freezing his ass off in London. I am sitting in my desk trying hard to solve both his problems and mine while trying to think through some existential / religious problems, the onset of which was brought about by the holiday season. I have plenty of work to do which I don’t [...]
and it’s been two years
Posted in fillers, food, tagged bakes, family life, motherhood, Peanut on 8 December, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
