Aunty Lucy "pecah lubang" (uncover the truth)

Two months ago on a Monday, I accompanied my Quay Lo to the dentist and used the Valet parking at the building where the dentist was. After his dental appointment, we both walked across the street to get a two hour massage. Since we were around the vincinity to our good friends house, we called them and asked them to join us for dinner and we told them that we would pick them up from their home. 

We saw this Italian restaurant just next the the Valet Parking and went ahead and booked a table for four, for dinner at 7.30pm. After picking our good friends up from their home, we returned to the same building where the dentist and the Italian restaurant were. We used the Valet parking again.

After dinner, as usual, I had to look for the parking ticket, here, there, everywhere in my big bag and finally found two parking tickets instead of one. I knew one was the afternoon parking ticket and one was the evening. The evening parking ticket is what I needed to hand over to the jockey. I was confused because I could not figure out which one was the evening parking ticket. Both tickets had the same number. WHAT?? Am I loosing it or something was wrong with my eyes? I took both the tickets to the jockey counter. I told him I could not understand why I had two tickets with the same number. Then this petite Chinese lady heard what I said and came over to see what went wrong. She asked me to give her the tickets and as soon as she saw the tickets, she turned to me and said, this is not your problem, this is our staff problem. She quickly checked through her log book and immediately started to scold the jockey. I believe by now, you guys have already figured out what happen. Holy Macro! Aunty Lucy may have put someone out of job!! 

Despite all the hoo ha, we had a fun night and a scrumptious Italian dinner and we were so stuffed that we did not want to have a heavy lunch the next day. So, my Quay Lo fixed us a very simple pasta salad for lunch.  it was a light and refreshing lunch and I am a happy girl because I was served by my King. LOL!

Pasta salad with chicken and tahini dressing

 
Ingredients for the dressing:
1 tbs tahini
1/2 tbs honey
1/2 tbs dijon mustard
2 tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tsp freshly grated ginger
2 tbs chopped parsley.


Method:
Mix all the above well and drizzle on to the cooked pasta and herbs boiled chicken breast.

When old, must have 3 "LOWs"

One of my girl friends once told me that when we grow old, we will be very blessed if we have all 3 “LOWs” (in Cantonese, "LOW" means OLD). The first “LOW” we must have is our “Low Kung” (husband). Our husband is our companion, someone we can pick on when we become old and grumpy! LOL! (Just kidding). Actually, he is our best friend, the one we trust that we can be ourselves. He is the one we can confide in and rely on to take care of us for the rest of our lives. The second “LOW” is  “Low boon” (our savings). This is necessary not for ourselves alone but for those who eventually ended up taking care of us.  Our "Low boon" help relieve them from any financial difficulty as a result of taking care of us. The third “LOW” is a VERY important because this “LOW” is one that will keep us sane and brings us lots of joy! That is “Low Pang Yau” (Old friends). One biggest fear of growing old is loneliness but if we have lots of “Low Pang Yau” then we will not feel lonely and isolated. Statistic shows that seniors who are isolated and lonely tend to have more health problems and a poorer quality of life than those who have a good social network of friends and family. I think I have that. Just recently, my friends and I celebrated New Year together at a karaoke joint which belongs to one of my girlfriend's vocal teacher. We had a great time eating till we were stuffed, yakking till our jaws dropped, laughing till our stomachs hurt, singing our hearts out and dancing like no one was watching. We had so much fun and we almost brought the roof down! LOL!


Out of 3 "LOWs", I already have two. My Quay Lo and I are still working very hard to have enough of the 3rd "LOW" so that we can both retire in the near future.

My 1^st LOW, my Quay Lo "Low Kung"

Here are some of my second “LOWs”, my wonderful “LOW PANG YAU” (old friends). 
We celebrated the New Year with a BANG!

I brought with me some food to share with them and one of them is a pasta salad. The karaoke place was dark and I could not take a nice picture of the salad.  I guess I was too excited to go off to have fun and I forgot to take a photo at home too. I have made this salad before with same pasta but different other ingredients. They both tasted pretty much the same.  I will share with you the recipe of one I made earlier which I have photos. There you go.

Wheat pasta salad with herb vinaigrette dressing

Ingredients for salad:

2 cups of wheat pasta of your choice

1 can garbanzo beans

1 cup pomegranate seeds

½ cup diced cucumber without seeds removed

2 slices of bacon, fried, and broken
shave parmesan cheese

water with salt

Method:

Bring water with added sea salt to boil and cook pasta for 9 mins till al dante. Drain pasta and set aside. Add in garbanzo beans, diced cucumber and pomegranate seeds. Put in the fridge and chill for 1 hour. Pour herb vinaigrette dressing over and toss to mix well. Serve warm or cold with shave parmesan cheese.

Ingredients for herb vinaigrette dressing:

½ cup white wine vinegar

dash of salt and pepper

½ cup fresh basil

¼ cup rosemary leaves

2 cloves garlic

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

Method:

In a blender add white wine vinegar, dash of salt and pepper, basil and rosemary and blend for 10 to 15 seconds. Add 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil and blend for another 10 to 15 mins.