Month: March 2014

  • Buns and Blurs.

    Buns and Blurs.

    When you open your kitchen to a jar of chia seeds, you also open it to a whole new world of non dairy milk alternatives.   With my Asian background, coconut milk meant only one thing to me.  Thick and rich cans of Ayam Brand coconut milk that you poured with abandon into chicken curries…

  • Complacency. Cooking. Chia Seeds.

    Complacency.  Cooking.  Chia Seeds.

    It has never been my intention to name and shame people for their beliefs in what I write in this blog. Which is why I’m starting my rant today with a photo of myself in first world problem mode.       This photo was taken yesterday as I had to suffer through a morning…

  • Closure. Life Afterwards.

    I haven’t had the right words for my feelings about MH370 until now.   www.ibtimes.com It’s official now. the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean and there are no survivors.  Over the coming weeks, the how and the why will try to be elicited.  The mission of the aircraft and ships diverted to the…

  • An AM Girl Finally In A DAB+ World.

    An AM Girl Finally In A DAB+ World.

    It was out with the old and in with the sort of new on my bedside table this weekend. I had to say goodbye to my clock radio.  The one I bought with my first payslip.  While it still tells the time okay, it was making some strange noises, especially on the AM dial.  On…

  • A Busy Weekend. SSG’s Definitive Guide To Dining Out With A Toddler.

    A Busy Weekend.  SSG’s Definitive Guide To Dining Out With A Toddler.

    The storm clouds are rumbling as I type this evening but gee, it was a spectacular Sunday in Sydney. We were at Birkenhead Point today for lunch and a bit of a browse. Picture perfect blue skies and fluffy clouds were framed by the floor length shop windows.  That luminous natural light that you get…

  • The Temple Of Officeworks. The Girl With All the Gifts.

    The Temple Of Officeworks.  The Girl With All the Gifts.

    There was something about this morning’s drive into work that made me think road trip.  The air was crisp, the sky was that mysterious purply pink and the traffic was barely there.  Perfect conditions for a setting out and looking at the familiar from a different perspective. I  had a few pit stops to make on…

  • Light Bulbs. Pretend Beaching.

    Light Bulbs.  Pretend Beaching.

    My energy saver light bulbs turned out to be a wise investment in more ways than one.  Aside from the saving on my electricity bill, they’ve also lasted for years. Changing ceiling light bulbs is the bain of my existence and I prefer to do them as infrequently as possible.  Trying to keep steady at…

  • Things To Not Forget. Things I Can’t Give Up.

    Things To Not Forget. Things I Can’t Give Up.

    Starting off with a couple of public service announcements today. Firstly, it’s flu vaccination season again.  The ‘advertising’ began at work this week so I popped in before work today.  I got a lollypop for my bravery which might come in handy if I feel faint at the gym this afternoon.  Don’t forget to check…

  • Ola Lola. Fluffy French Toast. A Really, Really Slack Dinner.

    Ola Lola.  Fluffy French Toast.  A Really, Really Slack Dinner.

    It’s shaping up to be a week of shiny newness. I have a new but retro styled kettle on the kitchen bench.  It’s made me smile every time I’ve had to put it on for that 5 am cup of tea.  It’s getting awfully dark in the morning as we get into the tail end…

  • Freedom.

    Freedom.

    Freedom.  When was the last time you really had to think about yours?  To many of us, freedom is a given in our daily lives.  It’s the name of a store, the name of a song and if we’re being particularly profound – a word that pulls on our heart strings when it captions a…