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Season of winding down

Can you believe it? The 10-weeks practicum is over and done with. I'm speechless (as always) as to how time flies. But tis the season to relax and wind down....unfortunately the sickening weather doesn't allow me to 'chill'!!!! Its so HOT , HOT, HOT! When will the rain come again??? I miss you!
Being the last week in school before I return to NIE for a month, I finally got the chance to really take a breather, not having to worry about planning my lessons and reflections (tho it is quite overdue but heck!). So I managed to fit in a movie with Joani (Prince of Tears), luncheon with grandpop and aunt @ Double Bay, dinner with some girls and a movie marathon cum Jap dinner with my colleagues! All within this week. Sure making up for lost time. But I am not complaining!

I am now also able to update my bloggie and display some pics (taken from my Little Blueberry) of recent days. Still getting used to using the phone for picture-taking so pardon the not-so-nice shots.
These 2 desserts (@ Double Bay) really wrapped out our lunch wonderfully. The first bite into both left us wanting for more and my grandpop gladly took the last bit of everything! We were full from our mains but had no regrets even when our tummies were kind of bulging after.

Banoffee Pie with vanilla bean ice-cream.

This rocks the socks! The taste of coffee and caramalized banana slices was simply glorious. Maybe because I am a lover of coffee and banana so I have no qualms about wolfing this sinful pie down. I can still taste the sweetness of it now!



Then the warm sticky date pudding. Apparently the house favourite.Its no wonder why. The hot and cold effect from the pudding and ice-cream was just well-balanced. I am at a loss for words now.

My description just does not do any justice to how glorious the 2 desserts are. Go try it to believe how satisfied it leaves you even after a full meal. For a moment, you forget about the calories. Really.



My little Lim Xi's belated birthday dinner @ Shoduko, Raffles City. All grown up. 18 years old already. I still remember the days when she was the tiny little Sec 1. Sigh.....old me talking now.


The feast for 6 ladies. All jap-food lovers so that explains why the long table had little space left. By the way, there were still more to come before this picture was taken.


Wanted to take a close up shot of my grilled stuff. Prawn with bacon, unagi and the salmon thingy. Next time I will try the rest especially the beef wrapped with enoki!!!

The best thing to do to wind down is to be able to enjoy a good and relaxing meal with a cool company. In this season, that is what I am most looking forward to!

Akan datang!

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