Christmas 2005 dinner was quiet, well…not that it was not the past 5 years, but since there are only 3 of us in this small family (husband, dad-in-law and me) it’s always been a challenge to come up with an idea to at least ’spice up’ the christmas dinner table
so I thought of inviting […]

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Each time we’d visit a thai restaurant here in Holland, I would look this up in the menu, but always left disappointed because it simply was nowhere to be found. I was very very fond of this when I was in Thailand. I’d often order a portion from the nearest 24 hour-open thai eatery […]

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Cucumber salad

One of the easiest and tastiest salad I’ve ever encountered. With it’s refreshing cucumberic ( is there such a word? ) taste, this easily goes well with fried or barbequed dishes and yes, even with this omelette (Feb. 1 post.)
Fresh medium cucumber- peeled or not, cut in half-legthwise, remove the seeds by scooping […]

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Mood: just okay
Another week went by and how was mine? Busy but at the same time, relaxing…I don’t know if that was possible, but in my mind, it was.
Weekend usually is my busiest. I do the laundry, ironing, doing (w/ husband) bulk grocery for the coming week (husband and I consider this our ‘date’ […]

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Dear blog,
Life has been the same the past days that there’s nothing interesting to write about. I just didn’t want to go and on about being busy with work, this & that. So I took time off from regular blogging and it felt okay, unlike when I was new in this (blogging) I felt that […]

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