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I met up with Diana and Bryan for lunch the other day.
We were going to eat at Café Cartel but then we saw this place called Margarita’s Bar.

It didn’t take us long to order our food. We all wanted to eat spare ribs. We chose the spare ribs set meal which was highly recommended on the menu.

The set meal consisted of spare ribs, coleslaw and fries and because it was before 3pm, we also got a free soup of the day, 1 scoop of ice cream and free flow of soft drinks.

The soup of the day was Celery and potato soup. Bryan and Diana told me that they don’t like celery. I love celery! :love:

500g of spare ribs! hehe.
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My family used to buy papayas quite often back in Mauritius but as far as I can remember, I had always hated papayas when I was still in Mauritius. I used to watch my youngest sister eat papayas and I couldn’t understand her love for that fruit. I used to find the smell and taste of papayas disgusting. :faint: Apart from papayas, there was no other fruit that I hated. Then I went off to study in Shanghai and during my 4th & last year there, I bought a papaya one day. I don’t even know why I bought that papaya. :laughing: To my surprise, it didn’t taste as bad as I remembered it to be. I even drank papaya milkshake once.

I bought 2 papayas a couple of days ago at Fairprice. My first 2 papayas in Singapore! :laughing: They were S$1.80 each. I felt like buying the papayas because my sisters were both telling me that they have been eating papayas everyday.

The two papayas that I’ve bought. There weren’t many left at Fairprice and I just chose two which seemed okay. I have no idea how to choose a good papaya.

These papayas are from Hong Kong? hmm.

Photo taken after cutting the papaya in half. I hadn’t removed the seeds yet. According to my sisters, this papaya looks a lot like the Solo papaya that they love because of the orange red color of the flesh. I was like “Solo papaya?What’s that?”. haha

Guess what ? I didn’t have dinner that day and ate one whole papaya by myself. I was sitting in front of the laptop with the two halves of the papaya on a plate in front of me and a spoon while watching a show. I somehow managed to eat both halves. I should have put one half in the fridge. argh.. See the photo where it’s written that it’s from Hong Kong? It’s also written that the net weight is 1.0 kg. Minus away the skin and the seeds, there’s still a lot left. I didn’t eat anything else for dinner. The papaya was more than enough. ah… and it was really good. Sweet but not too sweet. I haven’t eaten the other papaya yet. I’m keeping it for the weekend.

I’ve sent the photos to my sisters via MSN and they were surprised that I’ve bought papayas. Not one but two big papayas. They both said that they thought I hated papayas. Yes I did but that was when I was in Mauritius.
Hmm.. I can’t think of any fruit that I hate now. I love fruits. :love:

It has been about 1 1/2 weeks since I’ve moved to the new place. In an attempt to cut down on my monthly expenses, I’ve been making my own lunch instead of eating outside. I usually make sandwiches before rushing to revision class but today I had prata, mixed veggies and a green tea & apple drink for lunch.

We usually buy the big packs of roti pratas (30 pcs in one pack) that we keep in the freezer.
It’s not really possible to tell from the pic but a prata is about the size of my hand when my fingers are spread out.
I was only going to make two pratas but that didn’t seem healthy at all. That’s why I cooked some mixed veggies.
I had already eaten a piece of the egg before taking this photo. :laughing: We only have cheese singles in the fridge and that’s what I used on the 2nd prata.

I can’t live without tabasco. haha. This one is the smoked tabasco (it’s written Chipotle tabasco on the main label) and there’s a little left in the bottle. I prefer the original tabasco.
I was feeling very full after eating and I can’t help but wonder how on earth I used to be able to eat two rotis (the big rotis in Mauritius!) back when I was still in Mauritius. A roti in Mauritius is about the size of two roti pratas in Singapore.

I hope that I can really cut down on my expenses. I’ve started to keep a little notebook where I write down everything that I buy and the prices. Eating out all the time is expensive.

It’s dinner time but I don’t feel very hungry. I’m munching on twisties instead.
This one is Hot & Spicy twisties. I didn’t think that the name was appropriate at first but now that I’m halfway through the pack, I feel like drinking some water. :laughing:

Lately, I’ve been taking many photos and also getting photos from friends. Now I have too many things to blog about. (I’ve already uploaded some photos on facebook.)
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My cousin Kersley wanted to have a barbecue party on the day he was leaving Singapore. His flight was in the evening and therefore we could only have the barbecue during the day under the scorching sun. I wanted to tan but I felt like my skin was burning. It is really too hot in Singapore sometimes.

The guys: Adrian, Kers and Bryan.

Kersley’s thumb got a small cut somehow. Fortunately I had adhesive plasters with me.

The food was good.

Bryan, me,Oni and Diana.

Something I’ve just learned…
A friend who has lived in Australia for a few years called barbecue ‘barbie’ .. I was like ‘huh?What barbie are you talking about?’ It turns out that barbie is slang for barbecue. :faint:

Last month, I posted two photos(the last 2 photos in that entry) taken at Häagen-Dazs, Marina Square.

Here are more photos:

These 4 photos were taken when Audrey came to Singapore.
What comes to my mind when I look at these photos: I’d like to treat my 2 little sisters to Häagen-Dazs fondue one day. There’s no Häagen-Dazs in Mauritius.

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I just remembered that my last entry was about fainting. I’m feeling better this week. I’ve also been sleeping earlier than usual. I went to sleep at about 00:30 yesterday. That’s still not early enough but it’s a good start. :flowers:

I have to reply to a few emails. If you are reading this, sorry. I’ll try to reply by tomorrow.

I’m going to sleep now and hopefully I’ll be able to wake up to watch the Arsenal v/s Man U match at 02:45 Singapore time.

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Argh. I missed the match. Double argh. Man U won.

I woke up early today to install Demigod and to play Civony. Now I’m getting ready to go out and I’m suddenly craving for doughnuts(also written as donuts but I prefer the longer spelling).

Photos taken a few weeks ago (I think) when Lisa brought some doughnuts home:


Argh. I will be thinking about doughnuts all day.

It was Lisa’s 24th birthday the other day. I joined the others for the barbecue a bit late because I had to finish some work first. The food was great, especially the mozarella cheese mussels and the otah. Strangely, the guys didn’t seem to like the mussels much. The girls finished all the mussels. We ordered the barbecue things from BBQ Wholesale. The guys took care of the barbecue and we girls only made the toasted marshmallows. I have no photos of the food eaten on that day. (Surprising huh?) I was very tired & hungry and my hands were already dirty (I think I was eating chicken wings.) by the time I thought of taking food pics.

We went back inside once we were done eating.

Some of photos taken indoors :

Lisa and her birthday cake.

Closeup of the cake from Breadtalk. I think the cake is called Chantilly.

Champagne. Lisa didn’t have enough glasses and bought some flute glasses. The girls and Colas drank from the flute glasses and the others had the wine glasses.
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