Archive for the ‘Family and friends’ Category

Max’s birthday

Last Sunday, we celebrated Jac’s nephew Max’s 5th birthday with family barbecue lunch. It was quite a feast! A garden salad with hard-boiled eggs, cheddar cheese cubes and avocado. Jac’s brother B’s special coleslaw, made with white and red cabbage. Creamy potato salad with more hard boiled egg – yum! A fruit platter, …

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Delicious vegetarian barbecue!

On Monday evening, we went to our friend M’s for a barbecue dinner. M told us not to bring anything – as M and her son L are both vegetarians, we went along knowing the meal would probably be vego. I know most people think of me as a complete carnivore who is anti-vegetable, but […]

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Family Easter Sunday – mahjong and nasi lemak

On Easter Sunday, we went to my parents’ home. The plan was to turn up in the afternoon to play mahjong for a few hours, then stay for dinner. Mum was making nasi lemak. Jac volunteered to bring along a vegetable curry as our contribution to dinner. She cooked up a big batch in the […]

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Yummy Easter Saturday – and maple syrup dreams

On Easter Saturday, we had bacon and scrambled eggs with buttered toasted bagels for breakfast. See the golden glisten on my bagel? That’s maple syrup! To be honest, I briefly considered pouring maple syrup over everything on my plate. Why didn’t I? Because if I cross that line there’ll be no turning back. :) A […]

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Belated Chinese New Year family dinner

My folks had been away on holiday in Malaysia since mid-January. They got home on the 15th of February. We all got together on Thursday last week after work for a Chap Goh Mei/belated family reunion dinner, to celebrate Chinese New Year. My cousin AM, her hubby C and little daughter E were at dinner […]

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Breakfast with Cellobella

As I mentioned recently, I was interviewed by Cellobella recently over breakfast at the Subiaco Hotel last Saturday. Over the time I’ve been blogging, I’ve met and become good mates with a few bloggers – funnily enough (you’ll probably not be at all surprised), we always met up over a meal! Prior to the event […]

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A cold roast lunch on a hot Sunday arvo

Last Sunday we went to my brother Mark and his wife Ange’s place for lunch. We hadn’t seen each other since before Christmas, before Jac and I went on our NSW holiday, and we were really looking forward to catching up. It’s looking to be a little cooler this weekend, thank goodness, but last weekend […]

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NSW Holiday 2007-2008 – Day 5

Boxing Day! We woke up late and ate leftovers for breakfast – I raided the rapidly shrinking pile of leftover chipolatas once again. Jon packed up his gear and said his good-byes – he was off to stay with other mates. We would see him back at Bondi on the 2nd of January. Jac and […]

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NSW Holiday 2007-2008 – Day 4

Christmas Day! On Christmas morning, Jon and D went to the beach for a surf while L, Jac and I went for a walk up Tomaree Headland in Tomaree National Park. The walk up the hill probably took us 25-30 mins, and when we reached the lookout, we were treated a good view of Port […]

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