report for mom

while mom is in hk enjoying her vacation and great food, i'm working hard to come up with a different menu each day. this is for her to see what we have been eating.

breaded fish with tomatoes and olives, steamed veggies, thai coconut soup



portuguese style chicken, cauliflower



stir fried shrimp and celery, fried tofu, tom yum kung



mushroom quiche, tomato and avocado salad



mini hamburgers, mixed veggies

not bad, huh?


btw, all of your plants are still alive... so far...

mini herb garden (1)

have you ever had the problem of just needing a few leaves of a certain herb for your dish, but the supermarket only sells a big bush, which at the end, most of the leftovers go to waste? it always happens to me, especially when it comes to herbs like parsley and basil.


the other day i walked by the one-dollar-section in target and saw these mini herb grow kits, so i decided to get my fingers green.

the parsley grow kit actually comes in its own little plastic "green house".
i also potted an extra one with my green egg shell pot.

finally, on day 5, one tiny basil sprout came out from the soil.

a few more appeared the next day...

a week after sowing the seeds, the first parsley sprouted.

the basil and one of the parsley grew steadily, but still no signs from the "green house" parsley...

at last, the other parsley sprouted! a lot came out just in over one night...

let's see if i can successfully turn these into fully grown, ready to eat herbs.

because to my mom, i'm known to be a plant killer...

mother's day

to celebrate mother's day, we took mom to her favorite french restaurant.

actually, we celebrated a few days earlier because on the real day, she would be in hk celebrating with her own mother.

it was a nice meal, and to top it off...

grand marnier and chocolate souffle ♥

hope she is enjoying her vacation~

poladroid

recently i came across a software, called poladroid, which turns your digital photos into polaroid-like images. the polaroids of mochi, manto, and mickey from my previous entry were products of this software.

at poladroid.net, you can download the latest software for free onto your mac or pc, and polaroids are just a drag-and-drop away!

watch a demo of poladroid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4G_E1uT2To

here's an example from one of my own photos.

before poladroid...



after poladroid
(click picture for larger view)

to get the aged look (or any stage during "film development"), just simply right-click on the image and choose "save image now" when you feel that you want to capture the moment. a fully developed polaroid will have a pink check mark (it looks more like a breast cancer awareness ribbon to me...) at the lower right corner.

poladroid is a simple software that allows you to have some fun with your digital photos. i highly recommend it if you want to spice up your web albums or blogs.

new members

my friend D recently added two more members to their family.
they are two ★super★ cute maltese baby boys, manto (饅頭) and mickey.
together with 4-year-old mochi, they now have 3 white fur balls. :)

here they are...

i heard that the little ones are growing a lot day by day.
maybe i won't recognize them when i see them next time.

and i wonder if mochi got used to having 2 little brothers already? ;)

hollywood?

went to the supermarket for some grocery today.
after i got home and looked at the receipt, i was like "eh?"


the word "hollywood" was printed on the receipt.


hollywood at lucky?


it took me a few seconds to figure out that that was the name of the cashier...


holly wood...

i bet she got a lot of attention at school...