Saturday, August 04, 2007
Work
Has been nuts this week doing a ton and a half of samples for an assay, now just the data to plot and work out how to stream line it. But went to The Food Show this week as work related thing. http://www.foodshow.co.nz/ It was great and fully enjoyed being able to go on the trade day. I brought back so many goodies. Was well worth going and will defiantly be going next year.
Kim at the Food Show
Social
Been working hard haven't had time to be social. Caught up with Nick parents yesterday morning after scouting out a wedding venue. So yes this means the wedding is actually going to happen next year. Weddings are so expensive - how the hell do they expect you to have a student loan, a mortgage, retirement fund, medical insurance and still pay for a wedding. Still we are being harsh on our invite list and even discussing that our guests have to buy a ticket to come to the wedding. No present just cash. This means people we don't really like will most likely not pay and not come. Where as the people we really like will pay and come.
Games
Wii - bowling, and zelda. Though i played some WoW today, and canceled my WoW subscription. I am not getting my monies worth out of it. So canceled, but i have 6mths to change my mind. I wonder if I can get my priest to 70 in that time, some how I doubt it.
Wellness
YAH. Off my weight loss plateau and back on the down ward. 78kg now. So that is 12kg lost since the start of June. Another 15kg to go. Going to try running to work some time this coming week, all 12km. I won't be running the whole way but if I walk it - is 2hrs. So lets see how fast I really can do 12km in.
Cooking
Kelly and I made this out of the latest Foodtown mag. Was good and damn easy. I would coat the pork in cornflour first so it soaks up more glaze and doesn't dry out as much.
1/4 cup sweet chilli sauce
1 tbs dark soya sauce
1 l chicken stock
2 packets 2min noodles
2 tbs each: white wine vinegar, sugar
2 handfuls mung bean sprouts
1 handful fresh coriander
Preheat the oven to 200C and line a deep dish with baking paper
Slice the pork into bite size cubes. Combine the sweet chilli sauce and soya sauce and toss with the meat. Lay the pork evenly in the baking dish and bake for 15min and then turn and bake for a further 15min
Bring the chicken stock to a simmer in a medium pot. Add the noodles and simmer for 3min. Add the vinegar, sugar and mung sprouts to the pot and bring back to a simmer.
Remove from the heat and distribute the noodles and liquid between 4 bowls. Top with the pork and fresh coriander.
Media
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
It was..... well... OK. It tied up the series, the story made some big jumps, but I guess when magic is involved you can. A little bit disappointing and almost the feel it was written more to be a movie than a book, compared to the others in the series. It is still one of those you will read it at some point books or at least see the movie.
Strange Days
Strange Days
It hasn't dated as badly as it could have, was kind of sweet and sour at the same time. Actually just like takeaway Chinese - if you are in the right mind - it can be delicious, wrong frame and you are going to be regretting it latter.Happy Feet
Some one made a movie about dancing penguins - shame they didn't make it a story about dancing penguins.Projects
Nothing to see. Arlene forgot to fire my stuff.
To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American