Back from Budapest and just lazing around catching up with TV.

So Anne's been offed in 'The Tudors' and Nev has just caught a burglar clown in 'Bear Behaving Badly'.
In 'The Restaurant, Chris and Caroline had their restaurant closed down.  Chris thought it was tragic to lose to a Chinese man who 'couldn't cook rice' - tragic indeed, coming from the English man who can't cook a potato.

Yay!  The bank found my dinero!

Cooking dinner for Kaka tomorrow night, decided to cook:  mixed vegetable soup, steamed fish and pork chops.

Was just wondering if the following recipe will work...

Seal tenderised pork chops in pan, remove
Soften onions in the same pan to deglace flavours
Transfer both to casserole dish
Add one or two whole garlic cloves, with skins on
Add zest and juice of one lime and one orange
Cover with foil and slow bake.

Or should I marinade the pork chops first with the zest?
Or should I just marinade the pork chops in salt and pepper for a bit, without the zest?
Or should I soften the onions and add the zest then?

Hmmmmm.....

Oh no... the bank can't find my cash deposit.

600 smackers down the pan?

Entrance to Tate art exhibition:  8.00
Gastropub dinner:  40.00
8 bottles of Sol:  7.00

Getting to punch your friend's vaccine jab wound:  Priceless.

Life's little wisdoms..

You always know where to find some cling film.
You know congee is a b!tch to heat up.
You know what MCC and BCF means (and no, I don't mean the fire extinguisher)
You occasionally get to eat freshly-made salmon egg fried rice.
You eat congee with half a tin of caviar in it.
You know how to make 'appletiser' and 'fanta' for those who forget that this is a 747, not 7-11.
You heat up your ham and cheese rolls before you eat them.
You've drawn blue drawer/trolley diagrams in your own free time, and of your own free will.
You know at least 5 uses for newspaper, none of which include actually reading it.
You don't drink tap water, EVER!
You will never understand why people throw such a strop over not being able to get their meal choice.
You come home to find ear plugs, eye masks, plastic headset bags and broken plastic pens in your skirt pocket.
You come home to find towelettes, creamer pots and sugar in your apron pocket.
You keep towelettes handy in your civilian handbag.
You can say cock-pit without giggling.
Your work handbag doubles up as a self-defense weapon and heavy duty door stop.
You know better than to ever go barefoot on a plane.
You always place a towel over your shoulder when you are holding a baby.. or you learn the hard way!
You can hold entrees without a glove, but never a oven skit.
You know what OIC and Michael Jackson means.
You know the numbers of the stations better than you know your friends and family's phone numbers.

Brainwashed eh?...