Vanessa's house is all the way in among those private houses behind Kovan MRT. Cost me $5 to get in from Kovan MRT! It's really nice seeing my students again. Hope everything will go well. Towards the end of class, it was STORMING (weird when it's been VERY humid & hot the whole day everywhere)! So Vanessa helped to call a cab in for me. Just when the cab arrived, the rain stopped! Wabiang! There goes my $6.00!!! So shocked to see the $6 surcharge! Didn't realized cab fare has gone up sooo.... much! Scary...! :(Learnt from the very knowledgable salesgirl at Yu Yen Sheng that the Chinese Herbal Soup is even "more powerful" to be drunk in the morning with an empty stomach, especially those for enhancing the vitality & energy. She suggested I start boiling the night before, add sugar then brew it overnight with slow cooker. Tried last nite & let Dar-Dar try this morning & he loves it! Said it's much better than coffee. hmm... great! will make this every Mon, Wed & Fri. I had it too, it tastes like the "tian cha" we have on the 1st day of CNY, but wif a little more herbal taste to it. I used "dang sheng", ÿu zu", "qi zi",.... err.... the last name slipped my mind... this white slices... then of course add rock sugar for the taste. Tried tasting it last night after it boil, it taste AWFUL!!! But this morning when all the herbs' tastes, esp "qi zi" fill the soup, it's very yummy! :) Yay... learnt something new... :)
Met up with Danny this morning, forgot to bring the VCD to return & $80 cheque out to post. Iyo... I'm sooo... forgetful today! The just realized I also forgot to check my Starhub account no. for Dar-Dar to apply for the POSB Everyday Card. Then, also forgot to take the minced pork down from the freezer to thaw before I left home. Iyo, why am I so forgetful today???
Anyway, cooking porridge today. Still haven't mastered the estimation of the amount of rice to use, ended up cooking a HUGE pot! Think I'll have porridge for lunch today, dinner tonite & lunch tmr again! :P
I used roasted duck spine (which the duck rice stall uncle very kindly gave me f.o.c. last nite, & we never ate from that stall before! Really nice. It might just be his marketing stretgy because Dar-Dar said immediately that we should try his stall next time. But it was still very kind & generous of him la), braised peanuts, fishball from Old Chang Kee & minced pork for the porridge. Too bad our slow cooker is too small, otherwise it'll taste even better if I can cook it the whole afternoon for the roasted duck taste to fill the porridge.
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