Summer Barbeque

Snaps from a lovely Summer Barbeque at Annie's house last Sunday. She wonderfully put together a range of different foods, lemon chicken, portuguese style chicken, asparagus and chipolatas to name a few. Hannah and Kate brought along different salads and a couscous dish made by Hannah's mother. Laith, like usual, brought the meat, and I came holding a passionfruit trifle pictured above. I spent all of Saturday making the trifle, the bottom layer of passionfruit mousse, smooth lemon cake and ontop of that, a really delicious passionfruit curd. I ended up having some passionfruit curd left over and half of the cake mix left to make, so made some the other day and I revisited passionfruit lemon heaven. On top of the curd were cubed mango jellies and passionfruit whipped cream, topped with meringues. I was going to make my own, but ran out of time so Woolworths meringues would have to do. The barbeque was a delight and I had been looking forward to it for so long, in between exams and assignments which just kept piling up, much like a trifle but less yummy.

Warm Bliss

Wedding Upmarket 2012

Pursue

You can only become accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you. 

Maya Angelou. 

Kuala Lumpur Diary

So here is my Kuala Lumpur Photo Diary. I traveled to Kuala Lumpur in August, saying farewell to the cold and wet rain of Perth and hello to the warm, humid and tropical weather of Malaysia. (Running under cover in the middle of a tropical shower would be something I will miss, amplified by the brief relief of rain on heated skin.) This isn't the first time I've been to Kuala Lumpur, with my mother being from PJ just under an hour away from Malaysia's main hub of food, business and shopping.

Surrounded by giant mega malls and amazing shopping centres just a quick and cheap taxi ride from each other, you tend to forget about the heat outside. The air conditioners are usually on full blast and in Sunway Pyramid with their Egyptian inspired architecture, you can even opt for a quick skate around the ice skating rink they have in the middle of the shopping centre. You can't forget to visit the iconic Petronus Towers or the Hawker Markets held every Sunday and Wednesday night. Always opt to try out street food and hawker stalls if you can help it, the food is rich and full of flavour, although to get the largest servings and more authentic feel you may have to go a little out of the main city and hit some localities.

I didn't get to visit many of the localities this trip or the temples or even Genting Highlands. We did however manage to visiting a couple of towns on its outskirts with an old friend after some poor navigation. Whenever I visit with my mother we often stay in Petaling Jaya for a few days with my uncle in their lovely town house, seek out the shortcuts on the way to the local store and walk along allys behind the backs of houses. As tourists we are missing out on life the way the locals live it. Although you do have to be a little weary around KL, I find that it is just the same as travelling around in any unfamiliar city. Either way, once you've been you'll always want to go back.

Door Thirty