My Model

Last week, I booked a studio and took hundreds of photograph of my children and a friend daughter's.
It turn out good..
I took a photographic B courses which just finishes last week. Will start with the C courses after the summer.

Mother's Day Dinner

My Girls decided to cook a dinner for me for Mother's Day.

Starter: Dark bread with slice of lemon, fish roe, cream and bean sprouts

Main Course: Salmon and Fresh Salad

My 40th party

Had a lovely 40th party with all my friends. We were around 27 people including all the children.
Stayed up till 4:30 in the morning. We dance all night long. It was wonderful and memorable day.
Thanks my dear friends.

Maja and Ainy

Chicken and Beef Satay

Chicken Satay

Ingredients:
1 kg meat / chicken - cut to size satay
sharp stick to meat / poultry
1 stalk lemon grass - crushed
some oil
a little milk

Marinade:
3 stalks lemongrass
1 teaspoon coriander
1 inch of ginger
6 cloves of garlic
2 large onions
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon turmeric

Preparation:
Mix well all the ingredients marinate and blend until smooth. Mix together steak / chicken and mix well. The mixture marinate in the refrigerator for 8-10 hours so the ingredients seep into the meat / chicken. Once marinated, may be issued and prick meat / poultry using sticks and burned. Use lemon grass that was crushed to sweep oil mixed with a little milk during baking to get a fragrant aroma. Can be eaten with peanut sauce.

Beef Satay

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs rump steak

2 teaspoons ground turmeric

2 teaspoons ground cumin

2 teaspoons ground fennel

finely grated rind of half lemon

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 tablespoon sugar

4 tablespoons thick coconut milk

Directions:

Cut beef into small cubes, about 2 cm. thick each way.

Trim off excess fat, leaving a thin layer of fat on some of the cubes.

Cut the trimmed-off fat into thin squares.

Combine turmeric, cumin, fennel, lemon rind, salt, sugar and coconut milk in a bowl and stir to dissolve sugar.

Add beef and mix well, cover and leave to marinate for minimum 1 hour or longer.

*The longer it is left, the more the flavors will penetrate the meat.

Thread on bamboo skewers that have been soaked in cold water for a few hours, putting about 5 pieces on the end of each skewer and leaving at least half the skewer uncovered.

Use the squares of fat where necessary, for they keep the meat tender.

Grill over hot coals or in an oven until it is brown on all sides.

Serve immediately.

Trip to London, Kensington

My husband and I were invited to an engagement party in London by a Saudi Sheikh family. We all stayed at Intercontinental Hotel on the VIP Club Floor. Everything is paid for including free flow of champagne, good quality wine and as a matter of fact, any drinks and food throughout our stay there for 5 days  The engagement party was held at Four Season Hotel opposite the hotel where we are staying at. 

People were flying in from different parts of the world to be at the engagement party. We all stayed at the VIP Club floor and every day we will meet at the club Floor for social.

Closer to the day of the event, all the Sheikh family started arriving from all different parts of the world. I was shocked to see again that their children's have become so adult and grown up.

Our daily tea time on the VIP Club Floor. We got exclusive serving of food and drinks.

One morning my husband and I decided to take a walk in the street of London and I am so in love with this lively vibrant city.

 

The Birmingham Palace

 Big Ben

Fried Vermicelli

One of my simple favorite dish.

List of Ingredients



• Bee Hoon 
• 7-10 Japanese dried mushroom (optional)
• 20 - 30 Fresh grey prawns or thinly slice chicken or cuttlefish
• Cabbage (Beijing) the greener type
• Chopped Small Green Chili (Optional if you like it spicy)
• Garlic chopped
• Fish gravy (Product of Thai Brand preferred)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Oyster Sauce strictly use this brand (Lee Kum Kee) 
• Four table spoon of oil
  
  Instructions:
  
• Soak one packet of Bee hoon in container with tap water for 25 minutes. 
• Soak about 10 dried mushroom for about an hour until it soften.
• Wash & drain thoroghly cabbage
• Shell the prawns
• Fry the garlics in low heat till it fragants for about 5 minutes. But not black in colour.
• Follow by the mushrooms. Stir fry constantly for about 7 minutes
• Then add cabbage and fry.
• Add oyster sauce sparingly and evenly. 
• Add bee hoon and stir fry for another ten minutes.
• Add fish gravy sparingly
• Follow by salt & pepper
• Add about half a bowl of hot water. Remember too much water will be too soggy.
• Add prawns and stir fry together with the rest for another ten-fifteen minutes
• Follow by fish cake and stir fry for about 2-3 minutes
• Taste and if you prefer it to be saltier, then add fish gravy or a little of oyster sauce

The start of something good........

It's Monday today again. I woke up at 5:30am as usual. Have had problem sleeping for many weeks now. Thought it will be over but it didn't. Had so much things going around in my head. I wish I could get rid of that thought away... I know if I continue having sleepless night like this, someday I will just collapse, breakdown and fall apart. Decided to go for a run this morning after an early breakfast. It helps me to calm down and get rid of all the thoughts out of my head. I just love running for hrs when I felt down like this. Just came back home again about half an hour ago and was sitting down, listening to music and trying to cool myself down before I start my new day again. Then all the thought came running back into my head. Some are good thought and some are hurting thoughts which I just want to get rid of. My thought, my heart and my feeling does not seems to work well together. I have so many questions inside me which I cannot seems to get an answer that I am hopping for..... Somehow I had a very nice lovely weekend. Was at Claudia and Thomas for a party. They are one of the most loving couple and one of the most sweetest person I have met along in my life. I am glad to have get to know them. Here I am standing beside Thomas and trying to teach him how to fry those spring roll :) He did well until the last few batch which got little burn :)Overall Thomas you are good.

Here is beautiful Claudia. I slept the night at their place and we woke up, prepared breakfast together. Since it was a lovely sunny weather, we decided to have our breakfast outdoor at their terrace. After breakfast, we sat for hrs just talking and laughing away.

I left their place around 2:30 and went back home again to be with my children. That night I prepared Duck for the family. It is one of my family favorite dish. Duck ala' Orange. Its a roast crispy duck with orange sauce. We sat for dinner and ate together and after that I was sitting down working with the sites until my eyes cannot seems to open anymore. I went to bed and slept probably 4 1/2 hrs :( Memories that will always stay with me.... START OF SOMETHING GOOD...

Breakfast on bed

I got breakfast served on bed today.. Wow.. What a lucky me:)

Varborg

Ok here it is...Saturday was the day where people here celebrated Varborg.

Before we went to watch the fire which was supposed to start at 20:00 hrs, we went to Gamla Stan a Science Fiction shop who sells Harry Porter wand. Gabriel been wanting this wand for months. Finally he got them today.

In the evening we went to Watch the fire at Hammarby backen. There were plenty of people around. Gabriel brought his wand with him but just as we were walking to a pub to sit down for a drink with the family, after watching the fire, he then realised that he have drop n lost his wand. He became very sad. They ran back but it was not anywhere to be found. So peter decided to get a new wand for him the day after.

Puppet show

Gabriel's first puppet show on school.