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Saturday, October 04, 2008

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:12:14 GMT

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.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:27:30 GMT

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.....

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:26:53 GMT

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

600 smackers down the pan?

Friday, August 29, 2008

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:49:31 GMT

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.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:58:58 GMT

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?...

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:40:46 GMT

If you put a, b and c in, you will get a, b and c out.

You can't expect to do the same things over and over again and expect a different result. Tired.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:39:24 GMT

Missed the coach this morning but Chu-bear gave chase in his SuperMouse mobile and I managed to get on at MK.

Back at Hammy now, did some shopping at Tesco, clothes in the washing machine, gutted the mackerals, sipping pu-er(?) tea and listening to opera. First thing I did when I got in was make myself a cup of earl grey tea. I think I'm addicted to the stuff =_=.

I am broke again.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:21:15 GMT

I should really get showered..... and stop moping.

COME ON BBC... just let me watch my bloody Breakfast news will ya?

Monday, April 07, 2008

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:40:12 GMT

Lost the ebay auction on yet another bag. =_= I suppose it's for the best, with a recession looming; I should be saving my money.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:42:43 GMT

Been taking lessons for the past month and a half now and have completed my: TIR, R reverse bay parking, reversing round a corner and parallel parking, no roadkills to date.

Had an apertif at HardRock, Shanghainese food at 'Ding Tai Fung' and a night cap at a Cuban bar in TST with Jenny, Bella and 'the-boy-who-cried-wolf' Stephen, no more 'leaving' dinners for you, young man!

Trip just gone, tried out a 'therapeutic' massage in Yau Ma Tei. Plumped for an extra hour to complete a full treatment and even had the ~~shit~~, I mean the 'sand' scraped out of me. It was pain I tell thee, PAIN. It's supposed to unbung blockages, so sort of like a hardcore, scarring, lymphatic drainage thingamajig. So after having my spine cracked, my neck twisted, told off for slouching and diagnosed as having uneven length legs, I am sort of feeling better in the back region.

^Actually I AM feeling a lot better... so more of the same next week please, bartender.

Came back to London this morning. As I was strolling home, 2-pint bottle of milk in hand, I thought how that felt quintessentially British, felt just right and felt just like home.