December

December definitely is a crazy month.

If you are working, guess lots of organizations have December as their last month of financial year. That means, tonnes of closing to do, clearing of backlog, if any, to spend whatever need to be spent, etc, etc. The rush is crazy and can be nerve breaking as well :(.

However, you still can't beat the festive and holiday moods. Christmas is coming! Nope, I don't celebrate Christmas but the festive moods do rub in and it's contagious. Am getting kinda excited with all the sales, beautiful light-up, and all those yummy Christmasy food. Excited! No?

It will be good if we can have a white Christmas here, but, you can just travel, if you wish to. Am hoping for a cold snowy-filled holiday this December but alas, hope dashed! So sad :(..... Anyway, still trying to land myself at a cold cold place. Still planning and thinking....HK again? Japan? Korea?

Wherever, just hope it can materialise. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Festive Season

Hey, it's Christmas Eve. The holiday ambience is prevalent and I guess every one can't wait for the party to start :).

Busy has been my agenda from day one and it's almost coming to an end of another year. Time flies....

Well, let's drown in merry making first and worry the worries later.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

打边炉

今天是元宵节，周末的时候相信很多人已提早庆祝。我并非想凑热闹，只不过很有吃火锅的雅兴，所以呢，也打起了“边炉”。

打边炉是阿宁的主意。餐桌上摆了一个礼蓝和大吉的摆设，懒得去移动，所以咧，得另寻“餐桌”。

这小桌子原是TV room的小摆桌，size恰到好处：），放上火锅确实刚刚好。

星期六一早起床后，就跑去NTUC以及湿巴杀，买了熬汤用的鸡骨、鳕鱼、三文鱼、鸡腿肉、shabu shabu的超薄片的猪肉、各式的蘑菇、豆腐、各式各样的丸丸、日式粉丝、还有少不了的蔬菜、红萝卜、葱头及玉蜀黍。

回到家赶快清洗掉鸡骨的油脂，汆烫后，与红萝卜、西芹、葱头、玉蜀黍、干贝等，一起入锅熬煮。

洗洗切切，准备到来已是12点多。坐在小凳子上，享受成果是别有一番风趣。现在是吹着北风，厨房的方向正面向着北面，冷风习习吹来，吃着热腾腾的打边炉，哈，真是好过瘾。阿宁说如果加上一件风衣，就似如在路边吃着火锅了。我们边吃边聊，好不写意。似乎很久没有这么悠闲地享受一餐。

我们连续吃了2天的打边炉，很是享受。今天将会把火锅收回箱子里，收回储藏室。下一回的打边炉想必将会是明年的这个时候了吧。