tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320142142011-04-21T19:22:48.104+01:00To capture this extremely special time in my life that I've taken to find the real me... At the same time to be selfish, to do ALL the things I have always wanted to do,not forgetting how blessed I actually am to be living this life the way I want and to be actually living it in London, Singapore, KL, Hong Kong and who knows where else!Lost in translationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613114606463170490noreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32014214.post-2825643158048499892008-04-25T00:05:00.007+01:002008-04-25T00:20:41.761+01:00

Week 5 and going strong (ish)It's the fifth week into my course in LCB and having been ill pretty much since I moved back to London (norovirus, arthritic wrist and a bad bad bout of flu) it's been one steep learning curve at culinary school!How quickly time has passed and as I churn out two types of sweet creations most weeks, my ever-expanding waistline is indeed taking the hit! Of course, I

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One week into LCB and post-Easter break...How quickly time passes when you spend most days at home.You wake up at a leisurely time in the mornings (after sending O off to work), decide to have a nibble for breakfast, make myself a cuppa, settle down in front of the computer and surf/chat on the internet before deciding what's cooking for dinner tonight!And today we're having lotus root soup,

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La-la Land so far...It's been close to 2 weeks since I got back to Lala land and things have been going fairly smoothly. I've settled into O's cosy pad, suffered from a week-long's worth of norovirus (aka projectile vomiting virus -ouch!), went to LCB to collect my uniform and equipment, cooked and attempting to feed O well.I must say I am fairly happy with the progress! Though there is still

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Last Day in Hong Kong and the minutes are ticking by...The sun's shining very brightly today, as I made my last mini bus journey from CWB to work. And as the bus meandered along Garden Road I stared and took in HK at it's finest. A clear cool day seeing these towering blocks reflect the sunlight as they creep up onto you, a sense of buzz and excitement went through my veins. This feeling is

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童話故事 - my storyGood things eventually happen to good people and happy positive people attract! THAT's a fact...I attest to it.Cliche as it might sound but you have to truly believe in it for it to happen to you! And all I can say is, I am so glad I was always hopeful and never gave up!So what's the story then? It all began with a "casual date" to the British Museum to see the terracotta warriors

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"Lala" Land - ingI am back in lala land. Honestly, it's where I feel my heart belongs - at least for now that's how it feels. It's been an exciting few days visiting old friends, new babies, discovering Postcard Tea's T is married (Congrats!!), knowing there are people out there genuinely missing my lovely baking creations.That feels just so good....I cannot wait for my Christmas baking session

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Life is not a bed of rosesWhen you have to make the right decision, sometimes "right" metamorphoses itself.What's right in your heart might not be right to the head. And sometimes, the math just does not add up. (in more ways than one!)Thoughts have been racing through my mind, causing insomnia most nights, only aided by foot massages that you can get for not very much money over here in HK (I

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BACK FROM "LALA" LANDAfter a 2 week break in London (now declared my "lala" land) - bashing it out in the fine countryside of West Sussex, Canada Water, Regent Street and Whitehall Court, I have arrived back to my newly-adopted transient location, Hong Kong.How quickly those 2 weeks have gone by... Lip & Anna's wedding, Life in the UK test, PR woes, Poker Nights and silly jokes at Whitehall Court

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Are you for real?A very minor incident that occured today made me realise the subtle differences between friends that will go all out to make your day a great one and those that really are only there when the going is good.Again - life's lessons learnt. What day is it today? 8th August.

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Way back into Love(ing London!!!)36 hours later...back in HK right now and incredibly jetlagged. Despite having a very taxing week ahead of me, I am unable to get to sleep!!! This is extremely fustrating considering I am not such a good traveller at all.This trip back to London made me realise something: I feel so much more at home there. I sensed ZERO fustration despite the numerous

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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?Friends back in London call me weekly for an update (thank you MC!) and I miss them far too much to like it here in HK really! However, I think I do owe them something at least - to let them know I have been etc. etc. Well, life's been treating me just okay (despite missing them faar too much and missing London too!)So last week, a visit from Hoh, coupled with an

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SENSING AND INSENSIBILITYONE MONTH (ALMOST) ON IN THIS NEW CITYIt's been almost a month since I set foot into HK and how things have shaped up in the last few weeks ...The work and going back to work (well after 9 months of not working) has been strangely pain free and I have managed to pick up from where I left off pretty seamlessly. My hours are very civilised and a welcome change from my

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It's getting real ... the move to HKOkay - I have to admit, I am beginning to feel scared now. Most of my stuff is gone, true friends like MC, FH, Cx, A&Lip have been very encouraging and helpful in more ways than one. I really am lucky to have them as friends. When do true friends come by in your life? Not very often at all.I have been re-assured that if there was any hint of sadness or

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Nasi Lemak parrty ... sedap?I had a really simple nasi lemak party for my Malaysian gang last night as part of the dinner party series I was hosting in the run-up to my leaving of London for HK.Due to a series of mishaps and delay in paperwork, it is likely my move to HK will not happen on the 15th March hence, more fustrations and more uncertainties regarding my living arrangements in HK!!! How

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CHINESE NEW YEAR 2007This year's CNY is indeed a strange one. It's potentially the last one I spend in my flat, in London, with friends. How emotional these days have been...and will be in the days to come.Friday night - spent at D's place. We had "打边炉" and D was all so excited about his new gf G whom he could not wait to introduce to us...hehe...will definitely catch up with G in HK since

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Remnants of the thai feast - Take 2I enjoyed the dishes I made so much during the thai feast I decided to share the wonderful recipe with you. Afterall, good food is meant to be shared, in more ways than one:Chicken and Pamelo Salad - serves 6 (if not big fans of Pamelo. If they are like A+S, S then maybe just 4)IngredientsChicken:Chicken breasts - 2 large ones. Only fresh ones will do

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THAI FEAST AND MORE TO COME - my way of managing away the stress of the thought of leaving London I had an incredible dinner party last Sunday at my place. Good food (well I hope my guests enjoyed it!), great company and lots of fun...what more can one ask for?It was an intimate dinner for 4 + 1 (Zacy boy) and as the company was so good, it went well past midnight with Zac having to have 2 feeds!

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What happened to New Year, New resolutions?2007 - this is supposedly a new year. New year, new beginnings, everything new! However, strangely, I do not seem to have a feeling of newness. Embracing the new year with new hopes, renewed optimism and all the fanciful stuff was the deal!!What happened?===As much as I am acutely aware of the privileged position I am in; to have these many options

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The Search is on..."...with my one foot in and my one foot out..."Yes - after toying around with flour, eggs, sugar and butter for a good few months, throwing in a couple of trips around Asia and Europe, it's time to face the real world again.What is the real world exactly? A job? Or facing up to the fact that living in London alone, is actually quite a lonely prospect? So what's the deal?(the

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Good communication, is it a new language?How strange it is that in this day and age, where everything is so technologically advanced: PSPs, PS3, wifi, wireless, MSN, Skype, ipods (and of course the mobile!) and who knows what else, to keep us in the loop; to keep us in contact with our peers, but have we lost the ability to communicate in the most basic way - talking face to face?Is it a new

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My Paris Trip...Special thanks to O for hosting me. Some of the photos....See the magical creations of Sadaharu and of course, Pierre Herme.

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To Be less Me...It's not all bad being Me. But just sometimes, the me is far too sensitive and far too emotional. That's the me I actually think is isn't all so great. Jumping to conclusions too quickly is another bad me...and recently, I learnt the hard way. The result did not turn out as bad as I thought it was, but nevertheless, with some good advice from Leons I think I salvaged it fairly

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LOOKING FORWARD TO HK TRIP....How odd...i'm incredibly looking forward to the HK trip at the end of the year! All my good friends...and yes...someone I've been planning to meet but just keep missing each other! Also have not been to HK for so long...wonder what's it like? Will I like it there? Some friends have a mentality that its just flashes of light ; extremely shallow and hollow...hmmm...we

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ParisOne of the cities I have been many a times yet most of the time I see very little of. Trip this time is meant for a recharge, to think through some of those confused thoughts in my mind, to visit Sadaharu Aoki, Pierre Herme, La Maison du Chocolat, Fouchon and all the wonderful frenchy places really! Oh and also a trip to INSEAD and HEC as an MBA becomes increasingly favourable in times of

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Bothered and bewildered...When you try to let down that social veil, you become truly vulnerable. As much as we would all like to protect ourselves, there comes a time when you just have to be what you are.If you're just very weepy you cry. If you like someone you tell them (or is it so simple?). But sometimes you cannot seem to take that step forward.Pushing boundaries are hard - extremely hard.

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Sad movies, always make you cry...Probably some of you might already know this, but I am a hopeless romantic and a complete sucker for sad movies. Of course my all-time favourite (get ready for the "chehs") is this old Chinese movie called 玻 璃之城. Yes - that's the one with London as a backdrop. That's the one with Leon in the movie. Yes yes...that's the one!There's only 2 people in this world that

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The Real thing starts today...I've finally delivered my first order. I've baked, delivered (half of it) and collected payment for my very very first order! It's now real and tangible and kind of odd. It's probably the most difficult 87.40 pounds cheque to earn in my life.A sense of achievement yet extremely physically exhausting. Yes. I was baking and packing those cantuccinis and langues de chat

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Test Recipes and reportsLING PATISSERIE kicks off with ONE order from Postcard Teas owner Tim D'Offay. Tim has been very helpful and encouraging with the concept of LING PATISSERIE and it's during these difficult start-up times that you need to meet people like Tim. So friends and family, do go and "幫　稱" and buy my cakes and cookies!Lots of things to do when you're setting up a business (or

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Acceptance and fantasiesI guess it's because my life had always been considered as plain-sailing, all-achieving, blessed and some say "glamourous" ( I beg to differ). I'm not going to deny that some of this is indeed somewhat true. But at the same time, there had been so many a times I went along with the flow, not knowing what I wanted, and somehow, with lots of blessing, did OKAY and relatively

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Ohm it: 可 欲 , 不 可 求Do you practise yoga? If you're a yoga virgin like Tango you'll find the chanting of "OHMmmmmm" extremely relaxing (not!) and somewhat, shall we say - giggly..haha...In all honesty, throughout my numerous years of on-off yoga practise (I'm coming close to a decade!) the ohmming part of yoga sessions, deeply touched my heart in times of lost and bewilderedness and as some of you

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Heralding the end of Summer...Summer has officially ended in London and Summer of 2006 was a very special one to me. Lots of changes in my life; old responsibilities relinquished, new ones taken on (which I had no idea were mine to take on), lots of new friends made, BBQs, festivals, K nights, leaving dos, new business ventures (imagined and in the making), trying to sell my flat, visitors (X,

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Seeing is believing...Another successful attempt with the charsiew recipe. This time I've decided to let you see for yourselves as I've had numerous email/MSN requests about "proving" the competency of my charsiew. (Okay - I admit. It's ONE query on how to get the "char" in addition to numerous tasting queries from my good old friends here in London).This last photo is symbolic in the sense that

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Women are like raspberries, Men are like strawberries...(or rather the other way round)During my very first holiday since living the life 0f The Blessed One, I visited a PYO farm called Grays Farm and had a very interesting obervation : women are like raspberries, men are like strawberries.I shared this with M (my perfect travelling partner; sadly she's left for the greener pastures called home)

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Sweet nothings...Everything!I've recently been creating lots of desserts (new ones and old classics) for visiting friends, birthday-dos, wedding afternoon tea receptions and generally to satisfy the sweet cravings of myselves and friends (Leons, G, shan, O, XY...). Some of these have been inspired by visits to Borough Market, PYO farms, Ready Steady Cook requests and just a general urge to

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Is it 100% cotton?I always aspire for my baby sis to never grow up? Or rather to not grow up too quickly?I wished her world was about real wooden toys, running in open fields, climbing trees etc etc. You know what I consider as a proper childhood? At least that's what I think childhood ought to be IF I ever had kids of my own.BUT Kyl-linn's surely growing up real fast and it saddens me when we

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How classic are you?I find it quite funny (well, more perplexed really) that some people choose to think that they are quite classic and timeless in terms of their dressing. You know - the taitai look? When really it's just bling-classic bordering slightly vulgar. (think: J Lo) I go for understated classic - comfortable, timeless and sexy (not overtly but confidently). Afterall, you should

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Really nice vs Properly nice (OR RATHER - REALLY VS PROPERLY) Have you ever used these phrases before? I suppose "really nice" is probably quite commonly used. Generally to describe a person you know/have just met, parties, restaurants that was well, nice and pleasant. But "properly nice" is somewhat less common but I use it nonetheless.I was queried last night about the difference between "

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The best char siew ever...and kindly verified by my downstairs neighbourThat piece of char siew-quality meat I got from Borough Market? Well it was finally turned into char siew last night.This involved marinating the meat for 24 hours (turning once over at the 12th hour) and a 40- minute wait later, the aromas of freshly roasted char siew engulfed the whole of my kitchen and my tiny flat. And

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The delights of tempingI decided last week over a phone conversation with the recruitment agency (she called me at 9am on a Monday) that I will take on a temping job as a PA in a Private Bank for 2 weeks. Temping - an entirely different world to what I've been used to in the past 4 years. The pay's OKAY. I mean the girl's got to pay for her food and shopping right?However, what I've learnt is the

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Fruitstock : Woodstock Another year, another glorious summer... That's what Fruitstock is about and that is what London is to me. I fall in love with London ALL over again when it comes to summer. The annual free festival "Fruitstock marks the pinnacle of MY summer in London. It almost seems like that's when I renew my vows to this wonderful city. It reminds me why I love it so much, what life is

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I did not go to El Pirata and all I got was this... Using what I had bought from Borough Market and as a feeble attempt to cut down on my expenses, I unexpectedly cooked myself the best meal of the week! The salad was inspired by what Leons served me at Keen M's flat (one of those days...) last week and the steak - what can I say? All you need is a good piece of meat and a decent griddle pan.

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The Driving Theory Test DayWhen you are actually not working, it's funny how time seems to pass so quickly.Wake up, check email, have a coffee, MSN May Yee, check more email.Logon to Bloomberg, scan through the dailies, Theresa MSNs and says we'll catch up over coffee. Then Boom! Its 12noon. Time to head off to Borough Market for lunch.AS I'm attempting to step out of my flat, O&DK says they

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