Work Those Fats Off!

Day 395

Went to Re-Creation Health Club with Jasmine and Jiaqi during lunch to register for our 3-month club membership. Bought the voucher from Scoopon for $29 and I think it's a great deal! Full access to the gym and all the exercise classes. We cna attend as many classes as we like, all for just $29. No more excuses for that fat butt and huge tummy. 

Went for my very first class - Body Step. The pace of the class was fast, really fast and the instructor doesn't actually go through the steps, you just watch and follow. I was lost a couple of times during the class. Thankfully the lady in front of me was a regular at the class and I ended up following her throughout the session. Not a great start. Perhaps it's because it has been ages since I last went for an exercise class but I made the first step and I shall persevere! I'll be WORKING hard to shed those fats!

我和学友有约！

Day 394

十月四日 - 我要和学友一起去吹吹风！

学友~~~~~~~~~~~~
学友~~~~~~~~~~~~

学友~~~~~~~~~~~~

超期待我们的约会！ 

谢谢陈先生慷慨的赞助哦！

Disappointing result..

Day 391

Decided to go to bed last night after I saw the disappointing update on TTR to say that Dr Thunder has won by 8000 votes. The numbers came in today. Dr TCB lost by 7269 votes. Less than 1%. But it doesn't matter. He lost. Sigh.

I used to think that my homeland is the best place to live in. Safe, beautiful, clean and efficient. I was always proud to tell others I'm a Singaporean. But as I began to travel beyond our neighbouring countries, I realised that despite the fact that we are better than some, we lag behind so many others. I also came to realise why many would think that Singapore is part of China...

I love my country, very much in fact and I am proud of how efficient we are when it comes to certain things but there are just too many other things that we can do to make it a better place. The last time I returned, Singaporeans seemed to have become the minority. Everywhere we went, it was filled with those so-called "FT". I have nothing against them, until they mocked at us publicly, until they tried to stop us from cooking our favourite curry, until they hung their national flag outside their flat.

Change might not happen during my lifetime but I really hope it'll come soon. 

Soupy Saturday

Day 390

Yes, we're both sick. Mr Tan is down with a cold, has been coughing non-stop for the past few days and his blocked nose only made things worse. I'm not really sick though, it's just the time of the month for me. The one day every month that I just want to hole up at home with my hot water bottle. Although he's down with cold, he's still very excited because today is the "Bachelor Day & Night" for Junlin - one of his colleagues. They aren't exactly close friends but I guess when you are away from home, every friend counts. As we all know, BDN is something guys will NOT miss at ANY cost. Nothing is going to stop him and he left immediately after lunch. Didn't even bother to help bring the groceries home even though the casino (the venue for the BDN) is right next to our place! What can I say? The power of BDN...

By the way, today is the voting day for our Presidential Election and although the guys have been following the news about the election and articulated their strong views about how important it is for people to vote for the correct "Tan", blah blah blah blah blah...they aren't going to vote. At the end of the day, BDN rules above everything else!

Gin's Kitchen - Creamy Garlic Prawns

Day 388

Another recipe on prawns - one of my fave seafood. This is the first time I'm using cooking cream and I'm rather pleased with the results though I'm not sure if I'll be using it again. It's more for angmoh food rather than cheenah food. The prawns tasted pretty good even without adding the cream so I might skip the cream the next time I cook it.

Ingredients
- 12 green prawn cutlets
- 30g of butter
- 4 tablespoons of cooking cream
- 2 tablespoons of dry white wine
- 1 clove of garlic
- parsley for garnishing

Directions
1. Melt butter in pan over medium-high heat
2. Once butter has melted, add prawns and cook until they are almost cooked
3. Reduce heat and add garlic into pan and stir for about 30 seconds (be careful not to burn the garlic!)
4. Add dry white wine and bring it to boil
5. Add cooking cream and stir well
6. Simmer sauce until it has thickened to desired consistency
7. Turn off heat, add parsley and serve with rice *Yum~~~~~~*