Christmas + Boxing Day

We had a simple korean bbq at home on Christmas night..

Pork

Beef (I don't eat beef @@)

Yum yum chicken bought by Ivan

Front: Daren with Piggy

Back: KK with Pudgy

Chocolate Swirl Bavarian

Nice dessert!

See the dog ^^

Piggy was walking towards KK

She likes to sit beside KK..cute!!

The day after Christmas is boxing day. Boxing day is a public holiday and it is also known as a shopping day as the biggest sale of the year is on this day. We went to Sylvia Park, one of the biggest shopping malls in Auckland city to shop. The shopping mall was so crowded. Sale was everywhere, some even up to 70%.

Daren + me with mcd soft cone ice cream

Daren bought one shirt from this shop which had 60% discount

After tired of shopping, we went home exhausted and happy even though we didn't manage to buy much ^^

Steam Chicken

Today I tried to cook a new dish - steam chicken!

My ingredients :
1. Chicken drumsticks
2. Mushrooms
3. Salt
4. Pepper
5. Light soy sauce
6. Sugar
7. Sesame oil
8. Shredded ginger

My instructions :
1. Soak the mushrooms in a bowl of warm water until they have softened. Squeeze out the excess water and reserve 1 tablespoon of the mushroom soaking liquid.
2. Marinate the chickens with salt, light soy sauce, pepper, sesame oil, sugar and reserved mushroom liquid for an hour.
3. Boil water in a pot.
4. Put the chicken in a bowl and surround with the mushrooms.
5. Sprinkle the shredded ginger on top.
6. Steam the chickens over boiling water for 30 minutes, or until it is thoroughly cooked.

Daren said nice!!!!!!! ^^v

Random post

Erm... I think I must be crazy. I sacrificed my sleep just because of facebook mousehunt game!!! Daren is super addicted to it. He can stay up the whole night just to play it. This morning as usual, before Daren off to work (7+am), he asked me to sound the mousehunt horn and join competition for both of us.

For the normal me, I will stay up late at night or wake up early in the morning because of :
1. exam (burn the midnight oil)
2. rushing assignment
3. msn chatting with Daren (before I come here)
4. watch movie
5. work
6. go jogging with family or friend
7. eat breakfast with friend or family
8. attend class

and now...

I sleep late at night and wake up early (3-4 days in a week) because of facebook mousehunt game! Really unbelievable... ^^

Ok la Im going to blog something random while playing the game hehe...

Last night Daren and I bought Domino's pizza as our dinner. He said in New Zealand, Domino's pizza is very popular. Unlike in Malaysia, if someone talks about pizza, I think majority people will think of Pizza Hut. Daren said Domino's pizza attracts many students because the price is quite cheap ($7.90 for the large one).

Our pizza :

Hawaiian chicken flavour - not bad!

This morning I had a custard tart as my breakfast. It was quite big and it just cost $2.80.....

Yum yum..full full ^^

I bought a short pant at a no-trying shop in Hong Kong in Feb but I couldn't wear it. At the time I was quite sad as I like it so much. Daren was planning to sell it online but he was always procrastinating. I lost 3kg after coming here probably because Im not used to the food and environment here and now I can wear the short pant yay ^^v Thanks to Daren's laziness for not selling my short pant hehehe...

Opss..Im so sleepy now. I think I wanna get some sleep... sorry Daren I will continue to play the game later :P

Raesher's bday @ Star Cafe Seafood Restaurant

Last two nights we celebrated Raesher's bday at Star Cafe Seafood Restaurant@Manukau road, Auckland. We made a booking one day earlier but we still had to wait there when we arrived as they didn't reserve a table for us =.= After 15 minutes of waiting, we finally got our table and started to order dishes.

We ordered 6 dishes in total and it cost us $180....

Soup

Crispy duck skin

Pancake-like wrapper

Crispy duck skin wrapped with a pancake-like wrapper together with sliced cucumber and green onion, dipped in sweet sauce

Stir fried duck meat

Stir fried duck meat wrapped with lettuce

Fish

Chicken

Fried to fu

Vegetable

Free dessert - bo bo cha cha

Cake time ~~~

Don was holding the bday cake candles

The candles were so cute!

Chocolate ice cream cake (100% ice cream)

Raesher + Don



Nice!

Photo taking time ~~~

Ivan + Raesher + Daren + me

Raesher + KK

me + Daren

The peking duck was nicer than the one in One World Cafe Bar but overall, I prefer One World Cafe Bar because the dishes were served really fast and every single dish that I ate there so far was superb ^^

I was a little bit jealous of Raesher because she could spend her birthday with her love one (Don) :p It had been 3 years I didn't celebrate my birthday with Daren as we were in long distance relationship. Every year we only see each other 2 months (Jan till Feb) while my birthday is in March. I hope I can celebrate my birthday with him next year :)

Movenpick - The Art of Swiss Ice Cream

Today Daren brought me to eat movenpick ice cream. He said movenpick ice cream is one of the most famous ice creams in New Zealand. Many people like to eat it because it uses only natural ingredients, without any colours or preservatives.

Raspberry + tiramisu ( I don't really like the raspberry )

Chocolate brownie ( Super delicious!! )

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