my latest occupation ...

check them out... :) so cute right!

about two months ago, nyoman whom most of you met when you came over, bought about 80 turtle eggs from the local market. we have all been reading about turtles the past two months trying to create the right environment for them to hatch. It's 61 days as of today and our little hatchlings are slowly popping out of its shell. thank god! they only about 3 to 4cm shell big :). the picture on the right bottom corner, this little one just arrived today. he was the 5th :)... no. 4 unfortunately arrived deformed... his tail was on his bottom shell and his back legs were backwards... that very minute i thank god that i was borned "normal". we weren't sure if it will survived. tried putting it in the same tub with its siblings but it said goodbye quietly. *sob*...

we still have many more wayans, mades, nyomans and ketuts to look forward to. let's hope they turn out ok. *fingers crossed*

will be releasing them out when they are about 4 months old. so if you are coming over in October or November you just might be able to witness something exciting! :)

Precious sunday

its been a long long time since graeme and i spent a sunday together just being together.it was nice sleeping in and waking up when you feel like it. we got up made ourselves coffee and plop on the couch watching "mission impossible III" - my review of the show ? So-so lah.

we went in and out of slumberland and finally got up and went for a walk on "black sand" beach with chunkie. it was really peaceful, just the 3 of us and a few stray dogs and a few locals taking a break under their shed.

i missed just doing nothing much but feeling like you had a really nice day. hee hee... my kind of R & R day. :)

Our humble abode part II ... 2nd floor..

here's a sneak view of our bedroom :).. yes it's a lot of blue. blue curtains *came with the house*, blue couch and table *it was only USD100 for that long couch and table from COURTS!* shelf stuffed with pictures and my books and cookbooks and recipes :)... our bedroom with mossie net held up by plastic pipes which i have to fix together almost every morning.:) oh, and we have a tiny walk-in wardrobe too! (that door on the right to the bedroom... that's it!)

when i get chance to be back early, will try to take a nice picture of the beautiful view we get from our balcony... *graeme sits there every morning waiting half hour for me to get ready for work :).. *

Our humble abode .. my first rented house

i know when a lot of you came over for the wedding we never got around to bringing any of you to the house.. so here are the pictures to make up for it :) ... (small baboo, can you show nanny when you next go to the house :)...)

its a 2 storey house with a bar top counter kitchen (that was the selling point i must say!) , living area (with cushion roll up so charlie doesnt roll or step all over it!) and a big toilet with bathtub that Charlie uses to take his bath *grin*...

we have a little pond with fishes that blend into the grey cement so therefore no pictures hee hee and we got a backyard which is in shambles hence no pictures too... when we do finally get around to make it nice and pretty will post more pictures :)...

my name is OSCAR!

thank you little ezra :)

my phone's konking out ...

i have probably broke my own world record of keeping the same samsung e700A mobile for almost i don't know how long! i am aware my own family are putting side bets on how long i will hold my mobile for !!! ... *grin*... i do have a reputation of dropping phones in the most unlikely places and many have witnessed how the mobile just drop out of my hand! hee hee.. the phone still works i can receive calls and make calls based on numbers from my own failing memory. the LCD screen has gone blank now. that means i can't sms or read sms OR find numbers.

probably cost a bit to fix the phone i reckon... guess the samsung days are coming to an end soon...

so my dear family :) who won the bet har? :)

I made chicken rice today!

thanks to si-fu ah pua's easy recipe, my first attempt in making chicken rice tonight was a huge success!

the chicken was yummy, the rice was fragrant! my mother would be super proud i tell you! :) it was a wee bit too salty i must admit but every thing else turned out unexpectedly well! hee hee...

it took me a while to steam the chicken because i did't had a big pot. so by the time i was done cooking we were like scavengers! :) hence no pictures taken.

si-fu pua, you would have been very proud of me!

next task in hand and the most important! how to master making chicken rice chilli!!!

any pointers blogger friends and visitors :)

our first BBQ :)

we had our first bbq together in the house and i must admit i was very very excited! the weather was nice and cool which was perfect. We got two big fish steak (the resort bought off a 2 metre long swordfish fresh out of the sea from a fishermen today!...), potatoes, sausages... graeme made his famous greek salad which was absolutely yummy... ;)

it was my first time touching raw fish with my bare hands. For some reason it didn't smell that bad. Maybe because it's so fresh. I rubbed salt on it, put some oregano and basil and pepper and wrapped it up in tin-foil and threw it on top of the bbq grill... the result was excellendo! no fishy smell, absolutely fresh yummy sweet fish. must thank si-fu ah Pua for his advise and pointers :). just look at the pictures... makes you want to have a bbq right? :)

so many virgin experiences in one day!
- first bbq together.
- first time washing and grilling fish
- first time eating a swordfish which was delicious!

all that without saying calls for stuffing our face with too much food again! AND lots of pictures to be taken of course hee hee ;)

me birthday :)

my hubby drove us all the way to the south at dawn, eve of me birthday and we arrived at Peninsula Beach Resort, located at Nusa Dua/Tanjung Benoa about 2 hours later. We were greeted with a nice cool cool breeze and was more amazed when the bell boy led us to a lift! it's the first time Graeme and I ever stepped into a resort in Bali which has a lift. So it was quite a laugh! Then as we stepped into the room we were like "wow"... flash screen tv, big kitchen area, fully equipped (not that we have any intentions to cook!) and a big bedroom... wahaaaaaa...

whilst i was clicking away with my camera, the phone rang and we were told we had to move to a even nicer room! we were hysterical... hee hee...look at the pictures.. the entire hotel room is the size of an apartment u can find in singapore!

so what did i do on my birthday.. well, i fell sick actually :) ... but i managed to do what i wanted! big breakfast - room service *grin*, opened up presents & cards ( thank you friends! still got two more from mok and my lee family not arrived yet!!!), nuah some more, went for a walk, then had a massage and did my first virgin facial!!! went back to room and slept some more on the comfy couch. Had a nice dinner but just couldn't swallow down that nice red wine. AND most importantly i had my hubby with me all the time and that was just what i wanted. Happy Birthday to me. Big 30 is really no biggie right friends? ;) i mean can u even tell i am sick? hee hee...

PS: if you cant see whats on the t-shirt it says "i love trash!" hee hee.. erm.. dr. png... whats the name of the character ah? is it trash???

all the way from USA :)

hee hee.. thank you cor :)

our regular diet ...

chocolate waffle biscuits with

"good day" brand coffee 3-in-1

with a shot of jim beam...

look how satisified we are !

I've got MAIL! :)

this arrived in the post today! thanks ah png and mulcster :) ... i won't open it until the actual day *grin*

mok and i were chatting yesterday and we both agreed that after celebrating our birthdays together for almost 15 years, its absolutely strange that its not going to be the case this year... BUT you get the thrill of receiving pressies in the mail! :)

i was asking her what she would like to do and its shocking that we both wanted to the same thing! go to the zoo (if i was sing i would do that too!), nuah the rest of the day and eat junk food and watch tv :) hee hee... basically not use our brain ;)

am totally exhausted today, no amount of caffeine is helping... not enough sleep and was woken up several times by some animal walking around on my rooftop (it sounds like a really big rat or a monkey!) and my hubby was not well too ...

therefore am terribly short fused today... the pressie has done much in cheering me up! thanks peng yous!