I know it sounds weird...

...but i'm drinking tea accompanied by apple chutney with biscuits, I finally able to make apple chutney on weekend from the cooking apples that i got from my friend's apple tree and recipe from Jamie Oliver.

I managed to make about 5 jars (used up about 15 apples) which i gave one to my friend who gave me the apples and my in laws (as my mother in law likes to give me her homemade tomatoe chutney that she grown herself) which leave us 3 jars, not so bad at all, though it says that u have to wait at least 2-3 months for them to mature, hubby and i cant wait to taste it so we opened one jar and i must say it tastes yummy!

I'm drinking Lady Grey zesty and bright tea, a pale golden tea infused with refreshing citrus flavours, using a mug from Guildcrest and printable label for the jar from Maize Hutton.

it's 3 more days before my birthday, hubby and i havent planned anything or what to do on my birthday, we're just going to go with the flow and decided on the day as i'm just too excited for my sewing machine that i dont really thought about anything else besides that, i know money is tight right now and though i suggested hubby to buy it on ebay coz we might get it cheaper, but he said he saw one in Argos catalogue that they have a sewing machine that costs about £60 which was fine by me, i'm grateful already. So i can't wait! will keep you posted :)


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He Killed The Cake!

I went solo to a friend's hubby's birthday on friday night, tagged along with another friend with her hubby and drove to chichester to have dinner at Jasmine Thai Restaurant. The birthday boy, as usual always make jokes and funny :)

Crispy duck came first as starter and finished in a split of seconds before i got a chance to take a pic but the main course are selection of delicious thai food, lovely companies and a good news from another friend (with red dress) that she's got engaged.

surprisingly, the restaurant was abit quiet on friday night but then again, it wasn't a very good night anyways as it was pouring down with rain. Got home almost midnight, had a great time and lovely company.

I made a short clip of video as i was bored the other day and thought to have a go twiddling with windows movie maker on my laptop. Started out coz i couldnt play whatever i recorded with my digicam as it was in .MOV file so i needed to convert it to something else. Don't know if u can play it :)


or if u can't play it and still want to watch the link is HERE.

Hope everyone have a great weekend!

Boy meets Girl

Thanks to the tutorial at Goody-Goody on how to make this mini cute doll pocket pillows, I've made my version of these boy and girl dolls, handsewn and only taken me less than an hour to do accompanied by lots of tea from one of my fave mug.

at the back of the doll there's a pocket that u could put something like notes or other little things. i put small knitting needles in the pocket :)

Once finished, i treated myself with belgian chocolate cake that i bought the day before at sainsburys, yummylicious.

since the weather is back to being wet and gloomy, i'd better take up my other projects that i left half way done. There are buttons, Bookmarks, Granny Blanket and cross stitch projects that I need to finish....but then again i should start browsing ideas for christmas soon also and me thinks shopping on ebay is long overdue :) will keep you posted!

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The Ambassador's House

Celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day and Eid-ul Fitr at the Ambassador's house in London yesterday, free food and entertainment from Indonesian Famous Singers,supposed to be a garden party (so the house is off limit), lots of food stalls selling indonesian food. Sadly the weather was horrible, I was soaked to the skin since 11am coz they didn't set up more tents outside and too many people came, the sun decided to come out around 3ish, talking about getting wet and dry again by the time we left around 5ish.

hubby cant come coz his toe is still paining him so he didnt feel like driving to london for 2 and half hours, I tagged along with my friend with her husband and their daughter (in the pic wiht moi), I didnt take alot of pics as i dont want my camera got wet so this was taken before we left.

crowded and messy after the rain, something new that i learnt about my hair that it goes from a perfect straight (after straightening it for 2 hours) to a lioness hair-do, not a pretty sight! might invest more on a strong hair spray! posing with friends at the tennis court as it's less crowded.

Got home around 8pm, still feeling tired this morning...hope i wont be sick coz i read my friends' status on facebook today who were attending the event that some of them got cold. Just one more event to go to on friday night, my friend's husband celebrating his birthday.

At a friend's House

Yesterday, a friend of mine picked me up to have lunch at her house, truth to tell that i've been eyeing her apple tree for awhile now to ask a few :) and saw lots of the apples have fallen to the ground in her back garden, some reds and some green but she said it's cooking apples and so glad she offered if i wanted to pick them since she has had enough of making apple crumbles and still there are more apples that it would be a waste to just let them fall down so armed with a ladder to reach the higher ones I picked some :)

I've been wanting to make an apple chutney and found a recipe from Jamie Oliver which I wanted to try and make it this saturday, wish me luck!

I also love her garden, with a small allotment where she grows carrots, tomatoes etc separately from the flower beds, she gave me some flower seeds as well to bring home, too bad the pear tree next to the apple tree only got a few pears on it but we picked one and it tasted yummy though i'm not too keen on pears :)

That's her with her daughter Natasha, the sweet little girl always love taking pics with my camera but thought i should take her pic for a change, it's nice to hang out with friends especially when she also cooked yummy lunch :)

another friend of ours dropped by as well with her little boy who loves playing bubbles and always smiles whenever i took his pics.

I've been busy looking for cheap sewing machine as hubby gave me a budget *boo* for my birthday gift and while we were browsing through catalogues in my friend's back garden, saw one at argos for just £60, so we'll see! off to check out my lovely ladies' blogs now! x