Australia Day / CNY

1. went to sister's in-laws' house for CNY dinner last night. what a feast it was. all single-handedly prepared and cooked by her mother-in-law. wow. i HAD to be impressed. after dinner, we stopped by my sister's place just to hang out for a bit more, chit-chat, and play wii...

2. went to wellington point again this morning - for the third time this year. hehe. this time dan and i actually went swimming. about 2 hours later, we were on all fours picking out pipis and shells on the sandbar...

...didn't really get too many pipis, just a handful. enough for a couple of mouthfuls for lunch...


3. stopped by this new asian grocery store near our place on the way home. most of the prices were identical although some items were slightly cheaper while some others slightly more expensive. i noticed mainly that the prices for some of the steamboat stuff were more expensive than those at yuen's. so, if steamboat's on my agenda, i guess i'll be heading to yuen's for the groceries. otherwise, this store looks fine to me. and not to mention they accept EFTPOS for purchases of $10 or more, whereas yuen's stands by their cash-only policy...

4. bought brown sugar and glutinous rice powder to make the CNY kueh. hahahah WOOHOO. it's gonna be my first attempt at it. i'm so excited already. i'm really into MIY stuff lately. i'm aspiring to make the chinese kueh by myself, make red wine at home (need to find out where to get a wine-making kit first), bake cakes for family and friends for all occasions, etc...wahahahaha.

5. can't remember the last time i had 'cincalok'. but saw it at the asian grocery store and got a bottle...

...and this is what we had for lunch...yum!

6. it's true that sometimes the simplest things in life are simply the most satisfying...

what a stark contrast to the feast we've just had last night. yet, we felt truly satisfied after this simple meal of personally-handpicked pipis, cincalok, and brown rice! and of course, how can we forget the famous Bundaberg ginger beer, right??

7. bought this new brand of my favourite taiwanese snack today...
...which is really just a packet of biscuit balls made of starch, EGGS and MILK (well...skim milk, so it says) with no nutritional value or whatsoever. but the ridiculous thing is, for whatever idiotic reason, they deemed it necessary to emphasise on the "egg & milk flavour" on the packaging.

DUH, it's not like any other flavour has ever been produced for this kind of snacks anyway... And, what's with the celebrity endorsement for such $2.75 egg-&-milk-flavour biscuit ball snacks...?