Saturday, May 28, 2011

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Daddy's birthday is on a Saturday.  We went to the pool for a swim then to the nearby Otara market for some pork barbeque.  It was late, like after 12 pm so the stalls were one by one closing down.  We decided to go to Why Knot? for some ice cream and ended up buying more...more ice cream, that is.  On the way to a nearby furniture shop, the delivery guys called to tell us they have our couch in our doorstep. Ha! 'twas a good thing we were five minutes away. 

Here are photos of the birthday boy opening his "present"...and enjoying it.  Yahoo! We have a couch!



And here's a stash of ice cream for everybody in the house! The Rum and Cola ice cream is for the birthday boy.  The box says "Smoother that a lounge singer on an ocean cruise to bora bora". haha  Only Kiwis can make packaging labels like that!


We're counting down hours now...

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Cheesecake

Our first attempt at cheesecake with Chef Ria Lingad's careful teaching.  Perfect with Robert Harris fresh coffee!

Friday, May 6, 2011

Today

Was a beautiful day.


But we stayed home and did a lot of cleaning...

To prepare for our little one's arrival...

Pie, anyone?

'hope you're having a great weekend!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to y'all from this side of the world!

The long weekend brought us to the northernmost point of New Zealand's north island: Cape Reinga. 


Where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean.

And what's a roadtrip without friends?




And the countdown to the big homecoming has officially begun!  34 days to go!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Weekend Warriors

We've finally settled into our new home...slowly but surely. The only fully furnished part of the house is the kitchen.  We have everything we need from pots and pans to our little kitchen gadgets shipped all the way from Singapore. 

We bought a fridge a week before we moved in.  It's a Fisher & Paykel that has a huge freezer.  Our fridge magnets have now been resurrected from storage. 


This weekend, we splurged on a washing machine.  Why buy a fancy one, you ask. Reason #1: We have a toddler.  Reason #2: It's energy and water saving...this one at least.  Reason #3: It fits our laundry area like a glove.  Check that out! Yeeha!

 Et Voila! Our kitchen extraordinaire!  And oh, it comes with a dishwasher, too! We agreed to use it every once in a while to save on water costs.  Like last night when we didn't do the dishes the whole day. hee hee


And because it's the weekend, we set out to discover more of our 'hood.  This weekend it was Why Knot?.  Why not?  After all they sell cheap premium ice cream.  We got this pint of Movenpick for NZ$ 1.99 (Php 65.00)  Here's more...They not only sell cheap ice cream! They sell all kinds of foodstuff! These foodstuff are not expired, rather, near expiry. Some with damaged packaging but otherwise edible and safe for consumption.  Take it from me, I'm a food technologist. Haha!

Feijoa

  'had a taste of this strange fruit today.  It's amazingly refreshing.  The insides tastes a bit like guava and...i dunno. I can't seem to describe it. 
Feijoa
Acca sellowiana is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is native to the highlands of southern Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.[1] Common names include Feijoa  Pineapple Guava and Guavasteen.  Large quantities of the fruit are grown in New Zealand, where it is a popular garden tree and the fruit commonly is available in season. The New Zealand season runs from March to June.
-Wikipedia