Deal Or No Deal (Live)

Went for the interview with The Real Flower Company. Did my trial at their store based in Selfridges. Immediately, they've offered me the role of Full Time Florist.

40 hours week that include weekend work, 20 paid holidays, medical cover, optional pension, company incentives, and 1/3 of my current salary.

My challenge now is that I also have a hotel job, which we are in the final stage of the interview process that I'm really excited about and keen on. What about my remaining credit card bills? What about saving enough capital for my floral business? What about work life balance with D? What about getting on the property ladder by end of the year?

For the Real Flower Company... Deal or no deal?

No Deal... Sorry... Unless part time?

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Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner For Two

Appetiser

Stir fry Minced Pork with Chinese Mushrooms, Onions & Spring Onions with Baby Lettuce pocket

Main Courses

Ma Po Aubergine with Minced Pork

Baked Cod with Miso and Oyster Mushrooms, sprinkle with Spring Onions

Pan fried Scallops with Garlic, Soy & Shao Xing Wine dressing

Dessert

Chilled Almond / Vanilla Beancurd Jelly with Lychees

Happy Chinese New Year!

Jie Mei Meng! Hey ya hey ya hey ya hey! :-)

The Reader

Putting aside not the most likable Kate Winslet and what they say about making a movie about Holocaust and you will get an Oscar nomination, Kate is actually really good in this movie.

At the end, it reminds me of the 'Dancer In The Dark'. About a simple woman living in the 2nd World War era in Germany. Her simple ideas and responsibilities in Life and her one only fear, which eventually lead her to her final ending days. In fact, the affair between her, a 36 year old woman with a 15 year old boy became almost a side plot. The movie will make you question yourself on sympathy, the truth and morality.

A movie simply about a sympathetic Nazi character... so where will you stand?

Hairspray

Love it! Love it! Love it! One of the Christmas pressies from us to D's parents. Great cast, great songs, and a great day with the Masters.

Il y a Longtemps que je t'aime

I know I'm really late but it's definitely better late than never! A film that I've wanted to watch for a long time and finally saw it yesterday in this tiny cinema in West End. And it didn't disappoint.

Il y a Longtemps que j t'aime (I've loved you so long) is a film about the strength of women, their capacity to shine forth, reconstruct themselves and be reborn. A story about family secrets, about confinement, about the isolation that we all share.

Kristin Scott Thomas offers a truly sensational performance (more French than any Frenchies in the movie) in this utterly engrossing and deeply moving tale of two sisters who rebuild their relationship after fifteen years apart. The two women gradually rediscover common ground and how to relate to one another through the memories of their shared childhood, all the while with the spectre of their time apart looming overhead.

There was this bit in the movie that mentioned about reading and through books, one find refuge, find themselves and answers in Life... in fact better than conversing with others. To some extend I can't agreed more but the movie has also shown the importance of opening up your heart and letting people in.

This intelligent and compassionate film is a testament to the power of female love and forgiveness. I'm almost reluctant to put the trailer on as it was an amazing experience to take this journey with the two women as the story unfolds. Go watch!

Deal Or No Deal

Thanks to my current lifestyle, besides saying good bye to D in the morning still in bed and waking up later for breakfast, my early mornings are filled with day time TV programmes at the moment.

Whether if this is a curse or torture, I'm totally hooked on Deal or No Deal! It is the chaviest programme on telly and do wonder where on earth they got all these people to come on the show. And I've to say they also probably have the most irritating host on this series.

Though I spend most of the time hiding behind my cushion from those cringing moments when one have to tell everybody their 'sob Life stories' and when one choose to gamble... I just can't help myself but to watch!

What Makes A Good Man?

According to the cook book it says Peanut Butter and White Chocolate 'Blondies' (Brownies), this being my very first try on baking, it tasted more like biscoti.

Yes! I over cooked it! But it was only for another 3 minutes! It doesn't look good at all... with it's slightly burned and crusty top, it wasn't moist in the middle as the recipe said it will as well.

Thought I'll still show them to D when he's back from his business trip (the intention was to bake something to go with his tea when he returns... I HAVE A LOT OF TIME NOW!), and did my best Chinese culture bit of criticizing the 'cookies' in front of him.

D took a bite and finished the whole slice. Commented that 'it tasted just like from the shop.' Bless him... the tea went down very well and very quickly too.

Think I might give baking a miss... well at least until I have all the equipments and a proper kitchen (Blame the tools!;-).

God Save The Queen!

It's finally here! Time to perfect my curtsey.

8 Days And Counting

It has only been 8 days into the New Year and here I am sitting in my lounge, had my breakfast and wondering about my plan for the day.

There is only so much day time TV you can watch, window shop you can do, so much iced Mocha you can drink, lunch you can cook for friends, galleries and museums you can visit, things you can bake, laundry and cleaning you can do, catching up with mates... I am bored! I need a job! One thing is for sure... I'm not made to be a 'housewife'... sad really but I'm not.

Everyone has been saying to me that I should just enjoy the time, chill, relax until I find something. I know I'm being too anxious and impatient.

I just need a plan. I need something that I can work towards to. I love doing all the above, don't get me wrong but I just need to have a purpose in Life. I always had one. I know this is only a transition period and I'm just having my 'shakes', but before I get too comfortable, I want to get out there again!

Back to the drawing board and mind map I reckon!