Easter Holidays - Tioman Day 1

 it's a long weekend here in Singapore so the 14 of us, friends and colleagues chartered a van on friday morning to cross the seas onto the shores of Malaysia. Tioman is where we are heading.

6am: meet at Lavender MRT station open carpark area.
7am: cross customs
9am: breakfast at JB where we had Yong Tau Foo.
12nn: Ferry from Mersing to Tioman (ABC)
3pm: Lunch at Tioman - service super SLOW.
4-7pm: Divers go diving, nua-ers go nua.
8pm: Dinner. Again service was so SLOW that we skipped our planned night walk because by the time we finished it was 1030pm!!!

my dear ex-colleague (the one in white) who overslept, skipped meeting us at Lavender and went straight to Woodlands checkpoint. Guess what she reached there faster than us!

something which i learnt on my trip.
my other colleague (the one in blue), i knew she was an aborist. ok so she loves plants. OMG. I didn't know she was a vegetarian too. Does it mean she loves plants so much that she loves eating them too?

>_<

My Breakfast - overloaded

They had a big fishcake where you can fry, but i think i rather have it in my soup.

 Finally after 1.5 hours to Woodlands and 2 hours to Mersing and 3 hours to Tioman.

I have reached ABC - Air Batang Tioman

I have no idea where did the "C" come from....

 here's my try at being a puffer fish.

i can even show you the underwater hand action for a puffer fish! - something which i learnt from this trip too.

neon coloured bicycles which caught my attention so much that i had to take a picture to show you all! But the locals don't cycle at all!!! it's the angmohs that do so, the locals go around on their bikes with a side car. - shucks, come to think of it, i don't have any photos to show here, so you all will just have to imagine.

 here's hubs waiting with cobwebs over his head for our dinner.

That's the way of life here - slow and easy. literally.

that night, we finished the day with a can of beer each and a packet of BBQ flavoured cheezels and DVD called The Professionals which I fell asleep halfway...zzzz

DIY - Moppe Project

here's my latest DIY project - Moppe drawers from IKEA.
I'm not going to say what I'm up to at the moment until it's all done. So frightful! I hope it will turn out the way that I want.

stay tune folks!

xoxo
velle

Craft materials - pins!

Spotlight is having a 30% storewide sale and I simply couldn't resist getting my hands on this cute box of pins!
the pin head comes in 3 different designs - ribbon, button and something shaped like a flower.
And it comes in pastel colours!!! So sweet!!!

sigh.
makes me want to sew!

Hougang Maisonette - Living Room Mood Images

iron lady chef was thinking of having a pair of chairs for the dining table but I thought perhaps it would be better at the Living area where it can be a feature piece set in a dialogue.

As the design of the chairs were quite flamboyant - bright and bold prints. It could do quite well at the spacious living area coupled with a saarinen table and plus a retro phone on top would be lovely!

so here's my take at trying to convince iron lady chef with a mood board.

coffee sock

compliments from iron lady chef!

so thoughtful of her. 

by the way, if you are reading this Ness, the blend is fabulous!!! No kidding!

so chocolatey and aromatic.

hubs and I are addicted to it. he does the coffee sock thing every weekend now.

maybe we might end up as kopi tarik uncle & auntie!

Happy Surprise on a friday evening

this evening after work, hubs came to pick me up and when i got into the car, i saw this little fella in my cup holder!!

so cute.
it's a 4GB USB thumbdrive.

i hope your friday night is as sweet as mine!

TGIF
velle

Coffee Rubbed Grilled Pork Loin

iron lady chef is really nice...she emailed me this recipe after giving me a packet of freshly grinded coffee powder from balestier and sock to make my own coffee!!!


iron lady chef's recipe to
 
Coffee-Rubbed Grilled Pork Loin

1 T bs. very finely ground coffee beans (can use that coffee!)
2 tsp. packed light brown sugar
1 tsp. chili powder
1/3 tsp sea salt
2 T bs. extra-virgin olive oil
800g. pork loin (you can even use the frozen no frills frozen pork loin)

• In a small bowl, combine the coffee, brown sugar, chili powder, and 2 tsp. salt. Add the olive oil and mix well. Rub the mixture evenly over the pork and set aside.
• Pre-heat your oven to 190C
• Sear the pork loins on each side till it is slightly golden brown.  About 4 minutes each side.  Then place the pork into the oven for about 15 minutes.  If you have a meat thermometer, it should reach 140°F to 145°F.
• Transfer to a cutting board, tent with foil, and let rest for about 10 minutes.
• Slice the pork and serve

think i will try it when my helper is away because she's muslim.
sigh....another reason why we don't do ramen nowadays because the pork broth is the best!!!
the lip smacking collagen thick soup...OMG.

salivating
velle