The forecast for Christmas day in Perth, Western Australia is a sunny 32C. What’s it like in your neck of the woods? This year, I’ll be with my family for Christmas while Jac is away down south with her family. Every few years we spend Christmas apart – it’s no big deal. It will be […]
I love Christmas ham! This time we enjoyed thick slices of ham lightly panfried, served with French toast and maple syrup. We had leftovers from two different Christmas hams this year, which we froze and then retrieved later. This was the ham from Christmas breakfast with my family. There really isn’t that much more to […]
This is the last of my Christmas 2009 posts! :D We ended up with leftover Christmas turkey, ham and prawns. We froze most of the ham but ate all the turkey and prawns over the next couple of days. This was my favourite dish cooked using the leftovers: a Christmas prawns and turkey noodle stir-fry. […]
On weekday mornings, as I get ready for work, the cats like to hang out in the bathroom while I take a shower. Billy Lee especially loves to sit on the bathroom counter. Doesn’t she look relaxed? I can’t believe it’s only a few hours to Christmas, and I can’t believe I don’t have to […]
I love giving gifts at Christmas. Obviously, for retail outlets, it’s the prime time of year to make lots of sales, but I don’t see gift-giving at Christmas as getting “sucked into commercialism”. For me, it’s an excuse to spoil people I care about, to make a fuss over them and bring a smile to […]
We had a late lunch with Jac’s family on Christmas day. It was close to 2pm by the time we sat down to eat, and I was ready again for another big meal. The theme of the day was meat – lots and lots of meat – vegetarians, this is your warning of what’s ahead! […]
This year for Christmas, my family got together for breakfast at my parents’ home. We made breakfast very early – Jac and I got there by 7:30am – because all of us “kids” were having lunch with our partners’ families that day. My sister CW put together this lovely fruit platter, with plums, peaches, nectarines, […
Hi guys! I hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas. I’ve taken loads of photos over the past few days! My sister Juji and her boyfriend Jay came over for dinner on Christmas eve. Since we knew we’d be consuming lashings of ham, turkey and other meats the next day, we decided to have a seafood […]
It’s Christmas eve. I have to go to work today, and then have the next four days off (Christmas, Boxing Day, weekend). Most of the food outlets I normally grab lunch from are closed for the festive season, so for lunch today, I’ve packed leftovers – turkey minchee*, rice, a KFC Original Recipe drumstick, KFC […]
Why I hate Secret Santa I really hate doing Secret Santa (some people know it as Kris Kringle), but it’s something my team at work does every year. There’s usually a $ limit – this year it was $10 – and you buy a gift for the person whose name you pick out of a […]