D's Surprise Bday @ The Springs

I said I've make him a leg of lamb, but when I thought about it... what the heck, why settle for a leg when you can have the whole sheep?!

So we planned a lil surprise do, a tricky thing to do cause D is so damn sharp! Thankfully, it turned out well. And even more of a relief when we ninja'd him, no one got punched in the head in a moment of D's usual reflex to attack first with prejudice and ask questions later.

SUPPLIES!

It's a dramatic and sensory assault to have a whole lamb roasted on a spit. You can hear the crackling of the skin as the meat roasts and see the juices seep out causing the hot grill to hiss and pop. The smell is of meat roasting is also divine. Together with the lamb, we had some excellent fish, a beef stew and veggies. Ordered some sushi and got a ton of luscious icecream from the Daily Scoop. All I made was a risoni salad. Chillaxxx....

Lamb...or dog?

Except, not quite. I was in quite a harried state with the surprise party and all. In between arranging the catering logistics, acquring his present (an Asus EEE mini PC), invites and a hellacious time at work, I was a wreck. But a happy one. Happy Birthday baby!

Phew -- the flush is part beer, part heat and part excitement


Happy Birthday baby!

You know you're just made for your own shitty job when, in trying to convince someone NOT to go into gopher work, you end up fanning the flames of their misdirected and ultimately doomed passion to write...

Damnit. I'm never going to leave this job am I?

D found this: 6 Little Lumpkid, Hadleigh, Ipswich , IP7 6BF.

It's an address in the UK, but I like to think it's a cute lil pome somehow dedicated to my lumpkid!

Truly, is it so difficult to get your act together and look through stories filed yonks in advance at a decent time? For instance not on a Sunday evening at dinner time? And not about information that can be easily googled?

And for heaven's sake and is it neccessary to re-write sentances that make perfect sense so that it becomes entirely WRONG?!

GODDAMNIT!

D and I were undecided about where to lunch yesterday and somehow random rolled our way to Romano's Ristorante, an "Italian Casual Diner" tucked away at Jalan Leban along Upper Thomson Road.

We started our day with beers -- not a very wise choice on an empty stomach. It rendered me somewhat incompetent for the rest of the afternoon.

We chased our alcoholic appetizers down with a decent meal of garlic bread, fritto misto and pasta (crayfish linguine for me, and linguine gorgonzola for D).

I'm a fusspot about pasta, so I was quite surprised that the consistency of the pasta did not disappoint. Romano's does a great tomato sauce; it went great with the fried seafood and with my pasta. But the seafood batter was a tad too thick for D's liking (but I quite liked it) and the gorgonzola sauce had a very strange powdery aftertaste.

We skipped dessert at Romano's in favour of the dark chocolate icecream at awfully chocolate. Then D had to drag my somewhat tipsy ass home so I could -- again -- sleep off the food.

When we got home, I found that my darling little Hazel had been taken to her new temporary home. :( Mum found a cat lover who houses about 50 cats in her mansion along Sixth. She gets each cat -- strays or not -- properly certified, neutered and vaccinated. People can visit and adopt the kitties if they want, and she gets them to sign papers to ensure that the cats are not abandoned. I'm glad for Hazel, but I worry about her being among so many other, possibly tougher, cats. I pray someone finds her and loves her soon.

In my missing of her, I woke up today feeling ill and with a swollen, conjunctivitis'd eye. I miss my meowmie.

Far from the madding crowd

On our rare days off together, D and I have like to take time to do a few things, like go to the gym (me), sleep till 1.30pm (D), and for both of us, spend quality time together, eat lots of food, and mainly, gloat.

So we had a leisurely lunch at 230pm at Superfamous, right in the heart of the CBD. Him in his jeans and me in my summery dress. Coffee, beer, a crab caesar, delicious grilled moroccan chicken and a sinful wagyu burger with mozarella and parma ham made us happy while we sniggered at the office people rushing off to work.

But no day of fun is complete without... ICECREAM (what else?!). So we had copious amounts at Island Creamery. Then I went into a temporary bliss coma and had to be taken home to snooze it off...

Icecream mudpie, kahlua latte and lemon cheesecake, baked alaska

May Day in the Sun

It was the perfect day for a swim on Thursday, so that's what we did. And we had us a wee picnic: sandwiches, sushi, groundnuts, beer and wine. It was great. :) Then we caught IRON MAN! Wowza. Robert Downey Jr is teh hotness.