Our plants gave grown so big that we ran out of place on the kitchen top. Then we added more plants to our collection. So we moved it out to the balcony.
We have 2 pots of chillies, basil and parsley, 1 pot of lavender, spring onion and an unknown flower.
The parsley and basil is growing very fast. I have to harvest them almost every 3 weeks.
Check out our chilli pots. It’s like a mini jungle!
Lots of chillies waiting to be harvested.
The lavender was dying and drying up. So we changed the soil and move it to a bigger pot. Now it looks healthy and finally growing well.
My 3 year old nephew loves to sing. I took the opportunity to record his singing on one of our car journeys.
He sang 3 songs in this car journey:
- Barney’s I Love You
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Marcus Singing 1
And here, he’s singing Cheryl Cole’s Fight For This Love.
Marcus Singing 2
The many faces of Marcus.
I’ve just been told that I will be sent to Kazakhstan for work next month. Now this is all pending travel and budget approval but somehow it is quite exciting.
Firstly it will be my first visit to Central Asia, have never been to Kazakhstan thus the trip will contribute to my obsession of visiting ALL the countries (my last count was 41 countries). Then Dav agreed to come over and spend some time out there with me. Fantastic ideas… Spain can wait some other time.. LoL
Now let’s see if it will take place.
We received a sms from my younger sis yesterday informing us that she’s engaged.
In true English style, her fiance called our parents to asked for their blessings, a few days before he proposed. Traditional yet so sweet! I don’t think my parents were expecting it.
Now it’s time for us to save up cos she wants a beach wedding and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna be in Malaysia. Cant wait to have another celebration in the family.
Congrats again Jas & Richard!!
From your sis and bro-in-law.
I decided to make marshmallow cupcakes yesterday nite to cheer me up (see previous post).
I came upon this recipe when I was browsing The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook by Tarek Malouf and The Hummingbird Bakers. Now if you have not heard about Hummingbird, you should! Especially if you’re into cupcakes. I believe it’s American and it has several branches in London. But it is VERY FAMOUS for its cupcakes.
Anyhow back to my attempt to cheer myself up.
So after dinner I started making the cupcakes. Marshmallow and cupcakes are definitely my all time favourite junk food (right on top of the list!). Therefore I thought the sugar high will lift my spirit. One bite from the cupcakes and I thought I could have instantly become diabetic! It was WAAAYYYY too sweet for my liking (and I’m a person who likes her sweet desserts!). Imagine I didnt even follow the full recipe, it will be even sweeter if I had melted the marshmallow and poured it into the cupcakes.
If you’re interested to try, you can get the recipe here.
Mixing the marshmallow with the frosting. Never again will I make anything with frosts.
End product. Excuse the picture quality. I was using my iPhone.