The Joy of Gardening and Fruits of your Labour?!

For those who know me, this is a very bizarre topic! Whilst I still very much love my kitchen and anything to do with a kitchen, I have to admit that the concept of gardens and plants are beginning to create some interest... read on... I dedicate this topic to my friend Eehui, who is an inspiration to me with her fondness of gardening! *grin* and who introduced me to the world of Waldeck and all the flowers!

I never really understood why my parents and esp my Mum found so much delight in growing fruit trees, roses and herbs... to me, they were just green things in the garden with some colour. But now I do. I have these roses in my garden that I practically stare at every opportunity and I even bother to go and smell them... and I do feel disappointed when they do fade, and become quite hopeful and delighted at the sight of the budding new roses! I even find myself comparing the colour of my lawn... to check that the time spent putting the lawn fertilizer and the soil wetter was worth it, so far, it has worked... the lawn has still got green in it! I have these pink flowered plants, that are seriously such a gorgeous pink... they are camelias, and I cannot wait till they blossom! Honestly, I can't get over what an excellent shade of pink they are! :)

My mum has planted 2 chilli plants in the garden and much to my delight, it is growing and producing chillis, and apparently they are very hot! And trying to grow laksa leaves which is so incredibly hard, they have a higher death than survival rate! Whilst it will be quite awhile before the fruit trees actually do bear fruit, and whilst I have so much more to learn, like I am wondering why the leaves are turning brown on some plants (and yes, I do water them!), it sure is going to be an interesting "journey" and worth the wait... :)

In the meantime, alongside John Howard and the rest of the farmers, I am praying for rain. And tonnes of it, please :)

(ps Will post some pics sometime! I forgot to take the photos!)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you all had a very nice and blessed Easter! :)

Had a few friends over to my place last weekend for a Housewarming and also an Easter Dinner! It was SO good to cook... so much fun...!!! :) (Below are some pictures, unfortunately didnt get time to take pictures of the other food.... :P)

Dinner was Nasi Lamak, so there was Otak (spicy fishcake sorta thing), Coconut rice, made sambal pumpkin coconut rice too, which was interesting, not too bad! Layered jelly (which was time consuming but it turned out well and everyone enjoyed it, so definitely worth it!!!), curry chicken (without coconut milk, less fat and tastes just as good!!!), sushi, ikan billis, 2 varities of eggs, lovely kuehs from Singapore, chocolate fountain, fresh fruits!

Sambal fishballs and nasi lamak chilli... *note: ramekins are from Wheel and Barrow! Arent they cute!!!*

Sushi and chocolate fondue... *yum*

Eulynn trying to save my chocolate fountain... thank you! It was a very heart stopped moment when the choc didnt seem to ermm... melt and flow... :P