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Koon Bo: "Are you the one who ordered the Baked Sago Pudding via telephone?"

Yes, we were the ones who ordered the baked sago pudding via telephone prior to arriving at Koon Bo. After squeezing our car into a tight spot, we arrived, switched tables as we were too close to the door and clinked tea cups:

We then ordered the Peking Duck. Crunchy, savory duck skin. Mmmm...LARGE green onions and hoisin sauce. Have a look:

Here's another angle:

Next came the lettuce wraps made from the remainder of the duck. Lettuce was crispy and duck melange with crispy noodles was savory. We were full and then remembered we had 'ordered the baked sago pudding via telephone'.

Lettuce Wraps:

We didn't actually finished the wraps so off we go, taking them home. Tony and I decided to make fried rice with it for Sunday dinner. Here's a panoramic shot of that evening's clientele:

Tony, Rene and I have seen the Sago Puddings coming out of the kitchen and alas, we get ours. Tony says, "Wow, LOOK around. This thing is ordered by tables of 10 Clara! What is that anyways????

Here is the sago pudding:

View from the bowl:

You all should've smelled this thing when it came out of the oven. It was piping hot, sweet and comforting. I think I scalded my throat with this though....

And this fish says, "BYE FOR NOW!"

To Recieve Help, you must *reach out*

Line two is ringing
Sudden and lingering loss
Secret kept from kids

A crippling pain
Let down by medical staff
"How to get unstuck"

Dad calls you ugly
Comparison to others
Loving school and books.

Your Car Smells Nice : DIY Air Freshener

Happy Easter everyone :0)!

This will be my first 2013 blog post and hope you all will try it out.

After being car-less for a while, I was fortunate to come upon my current volkswagon cabrio with the help of the current gentleman I'm seeing . The down but fixable side of the story is that the car had some mold on the seat due to her having been parked in the rain for three months.

Not wanting to shampoo my car with chemicals, I youtubed "ways to get mold out of your car" and found that a concoction of water and vinegar in a spray bottle, coupled with brush scrubbing will get rid of it. So it's gone now. But to ensure she will always smell nice, I've found a way to make my own air freshener for the car. Here you go:

This is the final product :)

Materials Needed:

1. colored felt
2. scissors
3. ribbon (or something that has oooph to it)
4. scented oil

 

Cut out your desired shape

 

 

 

Use a hole puncher to create a hole in the shape.

 

 



 



Add scented oil to the shape :0)

 

 

Insert ribbon and make a knot!

Identifying Your Keys.

Hi everyone! *gives BIG wave*, 

I'm a huge fan of learning things that make life easier. Lets look at today's DIY. 

Having trouble identifying which key opens your door? They all seem to look the same. Worse yet, there's some creepy looking guy across the street staring at you. 

You NEED to get into your apartment/car asap. 

Here's what you need: 

1. Keys
2. Elmers glue (or liquid glue). No gluestick okay? 
3. glitter (any colour) 

Take your glue and squeeze a thin layer on the upper part of your key. Like this: 

Coat the 'glued' area with glitter. Shake off excess. Like this: 

Allow the key to dry and coat it with clear nail polish. This creates a 'seal ' for the glitter. Repeat on the other side when fully dried. 

Remember, glitter is sold at the dollar store. 1.00 :) 

breakfast and two injured toes.

Hay guys! 

*sits at computer* Recently, two of my toes got trampled on by a 5 year old kid resulting in no shoe wearing for the next few weeks. The doctor says I will walk again and recommends me not to run on the treadmill. Yeah right. 

Staying home from work is not an option but wearing flip flops is. So each morning, I am pictured in a tan winter wool coat and flip flops on my feet. 

I've been teaching and counselling half days recently which has allowed me to sleep in and eat breakfast. It turns out that I live by an IHOP (just found out this morning) so I packed my bag and paddled out to eat. This is what my plate looked like this morning: 

Cathy was my waitress. She's adorable. This location resembles a small house and only seats limited number of people. Look at the plate though. It's so neatly arranged. I'm a slow eater so 30 mins later, my plate looked like this: 

I wasn't able to eat the sausage nor the pancakes so it was taken to go in a foil wrap. Cathy offered a container, but I f*kn HATE styrofoam and bulkiness. 

On the topic of BREAKFAST, I had recieved a coupon for free smoked cured bacon while at the FARM TO CART event. "Re-up bbq" is located at New West Quay and specializes in pulled pork. Here's my bacon snack pack: 

My last pit stop before returning home for the day was the temporary 'art display' at the Quay. The showing exhibits, "The Wonders of Learning: The Hundred Languages of Children. Reggio Emilia, Italy. 

The last time I was exposed to the Reggio Emilia concept was from a colleague in Singapore who acted extremely unprofessional. As a result, I have negative associations to it. I'd rather not get into the story of what happened overseas. 

However, it is a blessing that I walked in on this exhibit as I met Susan, who is a retired professor from Douglas College. Susan is responsible for teaching EDUC courses at Douglas and embraces 'out of the box' thinking and learning. It is due to her that I have less negative associations with RE concept. Here is a photo of what kids may be exposed to in a Reggio Emilia learning environment: 

After observing all the objects, I made this message using the chain and bolts. And I wrote this message: 

And on that note, I'll sign off for now :) 

The sequined Adidas stitch.

Hai everyone :)

For the first time in 4 years, I wore my sequined Adidas shoes on my way to the gym today. I had initially designed them back when I attended university. Here they are: 

Looking at them, I definitely did not remember how to do the stitch. This bothered me during the last half of my workout and I spent my 10 minute train ride home examining my shoe and trying to envision how the heck I had managed to perfect this stitch 8 years ago. 


When I arrived home, I decided to use my very old and dirty oven mitt as a demo. Here it is: 

I'm a hands-on learner so with needle and thread in hand, I was slowly beginning to remember the stitch. 

1. First, thread a needle and make a knot at the end. Thread needle through from BOTTOM. This ensures knot isn't visible. 

So I had begun the stitch already in order to ensure that I was doing it properly. 

2. In the previous step, you made the knot and the needle comes up from the bottom. Insert a sequin through the needle now. 

Here is what it looks like: 

3. Guide sequin (pink one is pictured here) to the bottom and insert needle through previous sequin (blue one pictured here). Guide needle through this hole so it looks like this: 

4. Guide needle through hole of pink sequin and pull thread through. Look at the following two pictures: 

5. Insert needle through left side of mitt (fabric) and come back up again with needle. Like this: 

6. Insert sequin and repeat :) 


This stitch is great for decorating the ankle part of canvas shoes and other soft material. Enjoy!