There was a postgraduate students’ pizza night at the university tavern tonight, but Ms Antisocial (for the slow: that’s me)was happy to stay home sitting in her holey track pants and comfy ugg shoes and order home-delivered pizza instead. Although the uni pizza night was much cheaper (a gold coin donation), the extra money spent [&hell…
This post is a response to Mooiness’ comment and questions from the previous post. My PC is in my study, which isn’t a very big room (Jac estimates that it measures 6 x 12). When I’m home, I spend most of my time in the study. I listen to mp3s and watch DVDs on the […]
Last night for dinner Jac steamed vegetables – choy sam, fresh asparagus and swiss brown mushrooms, which she served with a mix of oyster sauce, fried garlic and onion. The vegetables were steamed in our bamboo steamer, the sauce made in a fry pan and poured over the top of the vegetables when they were […]
After the hectic last week, I feel kind of low on energy this week. As the day went on today, I felt increasingly tired and decreasingly sociable. I might work at home tomorrow so I don’t need to face anyone. I’m not depressed or anything like that; I just feel physically drained and it’s normal […]
The ribs had been marinating in Lee Kum Kee char siu sauce since Friday night. Jac cooked them in the oven, brushing with honey half-way during the cooking. They were tender and saucy and just beautiful with rice for my Sunday brunch.
Slept in this morning, then got up and went to the shops. Had lunch at Nando’s, which I really enjoyed. Jac chose the Mediterranean Chicken Salad. The salad consisted of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion, capsicum, olives (already pitted) and fetta cheese, topped with pieces of grilled chicken (Jac chose mild peri-peri). The dish came [&hel…
This week has been mostly consumed by marking and chapter-writing. I am pleased to say both have been completed and I plan to relax this weekend. I’m very tired now, so this is the short (hah!) version of what happened this week… On Monday night, Jac steamed snapper fillets, which she seasoned simply with cracked […]
Too busy to take cat photos this week, so I thought I would resurrect a couple of photos of Pixel and Billy Lee as kittens for Weekend Cat Blogging (thanks, Clare!). In this photo, they are having fun wrestling on my patchwork quilt. And in this one, they are playing in the shelves in our […]
This afternoon, we met up with Jac’s mum and her paternal grandmother P for coffee at the Miss Maud Bakehouse in Perth. P is a really lovely lady. She lives in Queensland and was here on holiday – off to Broome next. She loves travelling, and has even lived in Mevagissey, in Cornwall in the […]
The kids had chocolate sundaes recommended by our waitress. They came topped with a mountain of whipped cream dusted with chocolate. Not sure how much they were. The result was happy children with chocolate-streaked faces and very sticky hands. I had to take this picture really fast because S wanted to plunge in. None of […]