one lazy sunday brekkie

a nice hot bowl of cream of chicken
a dab of butter on a slice of bread (cobb loaf), toasted to perfection of course
perfect for a cold sunday morning

my perfect cuppa

a cup of sweet smelling earl grey tea - just add hot water, no sugar or milk
2 pieces of Arnott's Chocolate Scotch Fingers

step 1: park yourself in front of the tv with a good movie on
step 2: break scotch finger in half
step 3: dip scotch finger in tea until chocolate melts
step 4: munch & sip!

prawns alive!

except these don't look very alive, do they?

very fascinating tails, i must say
which is why i bought them in the first place

here's 1 picture that'll bring the colours out more distinctly

i can't remember what these prawns are called
green bananas prawn or something odd like that
my suggestion: click on the photos, they look much better

pretty pocky

alright
so the title sounds corny
well, i couldn't help myself. so there.

this is Pocky. Pocky, this is (print your name here).
Pocky (click if you can read japanese, here if you can't) is some japanese chocolate dipped pretzel thing

close up
aren't they the prettiest things?

closer up
observe the intricate 'strawberry ribbons'

& good grief,you even get to know what pocky flavour you are!

You Are A Banana Pocky

Your attitude: fun and lighthearted Unique and unforgettable You are a cutie everyone falls for

What Flavor Pocky Are You?

right...

just to fill the space...

You Are an Iced Coffee

At your best, you are: hyper, modern, and athletic At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty You drink coffee when: you're out with friends Your caffeine addiction level: medium

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

& i'm back again, this time armed with a slow cooker

or whatever you call them ceramic pot things



i think i surprise myself sometimes

this dish was thrown together at the spur of the moment.

rummaged through the cupboard & fridge, & found a bacon rack, a couple of old english style sausages (not literally old, i hope not), a can of herbed diced italian tomatoes, a couple of cubes of frozen chicken stock, a quarter of a cabbage & some frozen french beans.

chop stuff up, toss them into the slow cooker & set it to cook/ steam/ boil (i honestly have no idea what goes on in there) for 3 hours & went back to work. i like the cabbage soft & mushy sometimes, you see.

add lots of tabasco sauce & some middle eastern herb seasoning (i found it tucked away in a corner of a cupboard) for taste.

oh, & feel free to chop up & throw in some fresh tomatoes, just for kicks.



& voila! the 1st real edible meal i've had in 2 weeks (ever since i started my clinical block)

apologies

There probably won't be many pictures coming along anytime soon. Well, there's that wireless internet dying on me every 30 seconds. I think it's an evil, controlling, blinking little bugger just on the bottom right of the screen, blinking & connecting when it wants to. Honestly. Being a student who crawls out the door at 6.50 a.m to catch the train to clinicals (I get to walk around for up to 5 hours without sitting down) then crawls back in through the door at the end of the day, eyes half closed, doesn't help much either. & of course, I have to practically be a 'mother' for a heartless someone who, surprise surprise, is older than I am & is totally incapable of lifting a finger to lend a helping 'finger'. A maid has a better life than I do, don't you think? But ah well, shit happens & what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger, eh?
So. After that mini paragraph explaining a very simple thing, you get the idea.

think Lilo & Stitch

special thanks to Alex!

juicy slabs of meat

this photo makes me burst into my rendition of "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire" every time, except this would be "slabs of mysterious meat roasting by an open fire"