Happy CNY everyone! In true Kuching fashion, many shops chose to take advantage of the long holiday season and only started getting back into the habit today.

My apologies to the organisers of the bloggers' meet at Oregano. I couldn't make it due to family commitments. CNY mar...

For my friends who couldn't make it back to kuching for cny, here are some home cooked delicacies to satisfy your taste buds (am I evil or what)

Kachang Ma chicken. A compulsory diet for women during confinement periods, this dish is unique to Sarawak. Rice wine and red yeast wine are a must.

Local brown rice, planted and harvested by the natives of Sarawak. Dad bought this from Tebedu.

Manok pansuh (a.k.a. bamboo chicken). Ok it wasn't cooked in bamboo, but the vital ingredient for successful manok pansuh, i.e. daun bungkang was added in abundance. We have a bungkang tree in our backyard and hence we have the advantage of plucking tender leaves for this dish. The taste starts off with a herbal, fragrance tinge, with a slightly sweet aftertaste. My favourite :)

Stir fried vegetables~sliced carrots, pumpkin, lotus root, sweet peas and shredded shitake mushrooms.

Poor Xiao Bai went for pet grooming two days back and now she looks awful. Her fur is all gone!

"sobs! I didn't want a Britney! :("

What was my uncle thinking when he asked the pet groomer to take everything off, I really do not know.

Xiao Bai during happier days:

Happy CNY folks! :D

suffering from blogger's block-- in fact, am not even sure if I should continue writing, seriously. Hope the symptoms are just temporary...

Dear friends, bloggers and readers alike,

Sorry for the late greeting. My computer went dead last week and was only recently revived, thanks to my brother who is back on a short break.

I'd like to thank all of you who sent me those lovely sms-es. I've tried to reply all of you, but if I inadvertently left anyone out, please don't take it to heart ok? Its been a busy week (and still is actually).

Will continue blogging after the CNY breeze is over. :D Till then, enjoy your holidays folks!

My assistant gave me a huge fruit cake and chocolate cookies for CNY! *eyeing goodies bag as i type this*

Have a happy Chinese New Year folks!

On another note, something big (Robin's trademark) is happening in the blogsphere. A blogger's meet is scheduled on 24.2.2007 @ the Oregano, Travillion Mall, Kuching.

Make your presence as a blogger known, and you will be on your way to blogdom!

:) See Robin's blog for more details on this event!

At an era when emails, e-cards, e-greetings have taken over our regular communication at a fast and furious pace, I decided to revive the age old tradition of sending out snail mail greetings to my friends around the globe. These are the wonderful people whom I have known through the internet, through this blog, friends whom I have known from my school days and also people who have left a lasting impression on my life.

Back in 96-98, nothing makes my day better than receiving letters in the mailbox. Friendship blossomed as letters were exchanged throughout those years.

I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the re-birth of snail mail. Lets face it, the thrills and excitement upon discovering an envelope in your mailbox, or on your table for that matter, is something much too beautiful to miss. Have we all forgotten how it was like to receive something tangible? The personalised messages your friend wrote, in his or her own handwriting, sending his or her blessings to you. :)

Cynics would of course scoff at this idea~ after all, we can only look foward to faster and more reliable means of communication, can't we? But amidst the light speed pace, perhaps we should take a break and savour some things in life which we often take for granted.

Watch this space. :)