DAY 3 - Our 3 in 1 Cadeau :)

During the recent Noel celebration, mon coeur and i took the opportunity to have it a 3 in one celebration all in one gift. Why a 3 in 1 gift? Well thats because my birthday was in November and mon coeurs birthday was in December and so is Noel and our wedding anniversary, so we decided to have everything in one go which is a good idea coz saves time from going around hunting for each and occasion hehehe :)

The gift i got for him was so big that i gave up on giving it a proper wrapping paper so i creatively decorated the blank paper with some trendy pen's and make my creative way with them and voila! one funny wrapped present for mon coeur :) As for my present from Mon coeur, well since he was away in Angola and me in France so he bought something through the Net for me which is a great idea hehehe :)

We are both are kinda crazy about gadget stuffs particularly digital and electronic stuffs and i can only blame our dear friend Philippe@petitcake for this interest for we really dig on electronics and digital stuffs thats for sure. Phillipeeeeee! it's all your fault!! hehhehe :)

My gift for mon coeur is an Aero Garden, which he dots about everyday for it's one of the best thing we ever had for in Angola where we are now it's difficult to plant anything so this is our grand solution supposedly until proven a success that is

And this is another gadget gift from mon coeur to me a digital recipe microportable, where you can connect through a wifi and get all the recipe on the net and it also works as a timer, a meteo reader and and and an internet radio!!! So now i can listen to my Cherié FM anywhere in the world :) Awesome! top of it, it also works as a digital photo frame where you can slot in your SD card full of pics and load it on this microportable view them on a photo slide! nice features indeed on a plus it's a touchscreen :) Overall....merci beaucoup mon coeur!! beaucoup, beaucoup bisous pour toi :) He sure do knows how to make me smile from ear to ear heheheh :)



Here is the the whole set up mon coeur's Aero Garden. The system works really simple just put water and put in place the seed pods on its appropriate places and switch it on and the lights and water automaticly switch itself to work. And aslo add in it's nutrient tablets to the water every two weeks. It's written on the seed pod that sprouts will appear in 1-3 days and truth behold we see sprouts exactly 3 days :)

Check out the pics below for approximately 5 days of switching the aero garden on and we are expecting to harvest our salad greens in 3 weeks :) We will take pictures as it advances to it's full growth of 3 weeks and according to the users manual we can continue our harvesting for our salad up to 4 months :)) If it does what it does then this thing really solves our problem of having to throw away rotten salads in the fridge because with this system we only need to take/harvest what we needed . I'm excited and so is mon coeur to see the end results of these endeveours :)
Stay tuned people!!

Day 1- No sprouts

Day 2 - Can see something lurking about but not much

Day 3 - Wow!! it's really sprouting!!

Day 4 - Already can see the shapes of a green healthy leaves :)

Day 5 - Yipeeee!! i see green :))

Hmnnn... look at this one happy digital farmer :) busy writing notes on the progress of his baby salads in their pods :) Oh btw, the Aero Garden also works as a Desk lamp! hahahaha just kidding :))

well, i guess that wraps up my post for the day :)

À bientôt

claritydefinesyou@gmail.com

Bonne Anniversaire Mon Coeur!!

This year is a bit tricky for both of us because we were not able to spend your birthday together this time. BUT however, deffinately we will celebrate it when we are together again sometime after christmas :)

Just a simple token from me to you mon coeur, je t'aime tres forte et Bonne Anniversaire!

from your other half,
Madame G.

Joyeux Anniversaire mon coeur!! :)

This is the first time for both of us celebrating mon coeur's birthday together and it so happens that we were back in KK for the occasion. There were three parts of the celebration and surely the picture will speak for me when all i can say is..we had a great time together and also with family and friends and one that will always be cherished by both of us particularly when we both prepared our favourite dish together @ my mom's kitchen heheheh :)

Anyhow, Joyeux anniversaire pour toi mon coeur!!


Joyeux anniversaire Part 1 @ BB Cafe , KK City Centre with Milly & John

Joyeux anniversaire Part 2 @ home in Lok Kawi
with the lovely Mango Delight from Secret Recipe especially when birthday boy requested it for it is his favourite cake :)

Joyeux anniversaire Part 3

Then finally we end the day celebrating mon coeur's birthday @ Novatel which was a french chain hotel so we were hoping to get some french cuisine and wine and in the end we had a marvelous buffet dinner which we had fun picking our own food from the buffet display of french cuisine and finally after a long wait we finallly got our wine treat although its a chilian wine...

Anyhow just looking at mon coeur's face is enough to know he had great time spending his birthday and particularly its our first time spending it together and so hope for the many more to come :)

wish you good health , wish you loved and most of all wish you happy birthday mon coeur!!

Love always,
clarity!

One more time....

During my recent trip back home, we happen to be riding in my car and my mom was driving and shafeeq my cousin played this particular song "One More Time" by the group Daft Punk its been ages since i heard it and i must say i really like it and i happened to turn to my side where mon coeur is and guess what i saw ....i cant help but capture the moment :) Hope you guys enjoy watching this video clip as much as i do heheheh :)

Also wanna thank my cousin Shafeeq for re introducing me back to this song its a blast!

here is the original song from the group Daft Punk
One more time indeed!

One more time!
Clarity!

Cadeau pour moi :)

I was feeling kinda under the weather lately and was not feeling too good and i have a very wonderful suprise by mon coeur when he presented me with this gift.....


cadeau pour moi de mon chéri
merci beaucoup mon coeur!!

gros bisous pour toi,
Clarity

Sure He - BOH!

We search high and low for this thing called BOH Tea for we are gonna bring this simple delight back with us to france and hand it to someone who really, really, really know her tea well and appreciates it :) So the search begun a week before when we went to Carrefoure @Megamall but nope they dont have the stock for loose tea as BOH Tea from cameron highlands apparently now is in new pakaging style and so most probably they dont sell them loose anymore. Anyhow last sunday we went about wt our normal weekly groceries shopping and went to Bangsar green Grocer and look for them Loose Teh Boh still no way to be found SO, i told mon coeur, let's go to TMC aka Teng Market Centre or something sounds like it.. its an alternative shopping place for your daily groceries and this place is less expensive compared to the green grocer in Bangsar Village,....then suddenly, loomed before our eyes...the awaited Teh Boh for someone longing for it in france :)

I know someone will be very happy for this simple token :)

And.....that someone is.......

ALINE

before going to TMC and Bangsar Pasar Malam :)

here is the tasty TEH BOH!

Mon coeur stacked them this way just to show how many of them packets we are going to take with us to france :)
je connais quelqu'un qui va crier en regardant ce tas de Boh the!!!!!!!

another view another angle :)

assez pour tenir jusqu'à Noël!!!! pas sur!! he hehe

pictures by : mon coeur

Love always,
C & R

Now i know!

The other day mon coeur and my self had a conversation regarding drinking wine as part of our daily or rather part of our lifestyle and how far it was true when it comes to drinking wine, and adding vinegar to some of our meals and eat tonnes of fruits and now i know why! They are not just beneficial for a healthy diet but also helps maintain a healthy and well balanced food diet. I was curious about this particular subject as i'm very much new to this way of eating and so i find out...and here are the results of my findings about having these " things in our food intake :-

1. Wine 2. Vinegar 3. Fruits

Help your metabolism—and get healthier—one...two...three.

By Amy Paturel EatingWell May/June 2008

We’re all guilty of overindulging sometimes—an extra helping of potatoes here, a wedge of key lime pie there. But loading up on calories forces your body into overdrive as it tries to deconstruct the damage. “Just metabolizing food—especially fatty and carbohydrate-rich fare—causes the body to produce free radicals, which attack cells and can promote the development of chronic conditions including heart disease, diabetes and cancer,” says Ronald L. Prior, Ph.D., research chemist and nutritionist with the USDA at Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center. The more you consume, the more free radicals you produce. In fact, that’s one theory why caloric restriction—a practice of cutting calories by 25 to 30 percent—may protect against some disease. But recent research suggests that there are two ways to reduce free radicals: eating fewer calories and consuming more nutrient-rich fare, such as the following. (We suggest you do both.)

1. Drink Wine.

Antioxidants in red wine, called polyphenols, may reduce the negative impact of high-fat foods, according to a study published in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in January. In the study, people who ate a turkey cutlet cooked with wine had 75 percent lower levels of malondialdehyde (MDA)—a by-product of fat digestion linked with heart disease—than those who had the cutlet without wine. Other research shows that a compound called resveratrol in red wine mimics the effects of caloric restriction and improves health in mice. Cook with red wine or enjoy a glass with dinner. (But remember, moderation is key!)

2. Drizzle Vinegar.

Having a tablespoon of vinegar with your meal, perhaps drizzled on your salad, may temper the spike in blood sugar (a.k.a. glucose) that occurs after eating a big, carbohydrate-rich meal. This sugar surge is a problem particularly for people with diabetes, who can’t clear glucose effectively; over time, excess glucose in the blood damages tissues. (For the rest of us, a steep rise in glucose triggers an equally rapid drop—which stokes appetite.) But in a 2005 study published in the Journal of the American ­Dietetic Association, consuming about 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar along with a bagel and fruit juice slashed the postmeal rise in glucose in half. It also resulted in subjects eating 200 to 275 fewer calories through the day. “The acid in vinegar may inhibit the digestion of the starch, so the starch is rendered into something like fiber, which can’t be digested well,” says Carol Johnston, Ph.D., R.D., professor and chair of the department of nutrition at Arizona State University. Drizzle a tablespoon of vinegar on your salad.

3. Eat Fruit.

If you’ve indulged in a decadent meal, consider fruit for dessert. In the Journal of the American College of Nutrition last April, Prior and his colleagues showed that eating antioxidant-rich fruits—including berries, grapes, kiwi and cherries—helps minimize the free-radical damage that occurs after a meal. Eating caloric meals, without antioxidant-rich foods like fruits and vegetables, can have harmful ­effects over time, says Prior. Finish your meal with a generous portion of fruit.

merci mon coeur for the bit of information about the three said things above. And now that i get all my questions answered regarding these stuffs and their health benefits so im going to continue with the healthy food regime :)

healthy and wise! Clarity!

Dinner for Two :)

i can never do a good soup and it happens to be my favourite food for dinner its not only filling but also healthy. Usually mon coeur will prepare this and i just watch and observe for its facinating how its been done and surely the end results is surely yummiest too. This particular soup, mon coeur cut up some pumpkin, potatoes , brocolli and some carrots and place them in a large bowl pour some water and off they go in the microwave. Then after several minutes all the veges are soft and mushy he then use the food processor to make pureee of the the whole vege mix; After that he adds some creame cheese and process the food again until it looks really really creamy and soft and then finally season it with pepper and salt and finally the finished product!

fruits & Vege salad + mixzd vege soup

yummieeee....

cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, green leafy salad & apples + mon coeur's own salad mix dressing

The supy soup!

here is our dinner :)


C & R

Visiting Batu Caves.....

1st of May what more to do then go out and smell the roses :) Which in our case, mon coeur & myself decided to head to Batu Caves and since it was my first time i was indeed overly excited :) So to go to Batu Caves from where we are located was not that far at all since its still on Ipoh Road so which means its just about 20 to 25 minutes away. The wikepedia map above shows where Batu Caves is actually located.

The first sign that tells us that we are at the right path is this picture here....i was telling myself if there is some limestone caves then this must be the place.

Then we saw this statues :)

Before we entered the place, Mon Coeur suddenly remembers that he's got a friend that he knew about 10 to 12 years ago whom he met in France and in Malaysia. So we went snooping around for his friend which we thought is impossible to still be there after all this while but we ask around and we askzd for "chris" but when actually later i found out that his name was actually "Krishnan " So we had the shock of our life when in fact Krish is now the sole owner of "Cave Villa" in Batu Caves and quite an intreprise person :)


Cheers to their long lasting friendship :)


The entrance

and.....here is what you can find inside the Cave Villa!

I saw a lot of Lord Siva :)

And what temple do not have their special ornaments particularly the infamous snakes. mind you one of these snakes are one of the culprit that done nearly murdered me _ years ago i think it was.... but no worries... i have made my PEACE with them ;)


We also have the opportunity to view some Indian Cutural dance performance which i also like as its so vibrant and colourful. The tentalising sounds of their cultural music beats just tentalised our ears and feasting our eyes tot he delightful dances by Sita Dewi


and these are some of the random shots i took of the cave inside and outside of Batu Caves

the place also have a few collection of birds particularly colourful parrots, then ducks ane monkeys :)

here is us trying to handle them parrot birds mind you their claws are something coming out of freddy cruggers stories heheheh

And here is the some koi fishies from Batu caves as well.

and here random pictures of Krish , his family and us :)

It was a wonderful and eventful day for both of us at Btu Caves particularly for mon coeur and his friend Krish for it gives them the opportunity to rekindle back their friendship that was always there and a great experience for me for i have always wanted to go to Batu Caves since i've only read about it on books so i have one of my dreams realised now :) I'm a happy girl indeed :)

looking forward to another adventure from both of us

C&R

Love always,
Clarity!

Mackerell in Herb Sauce :)

Well, once again mon coeur was inspired to make something really quick for dinner and he send me this pics for me to blog about coz he really made an effort to make it since its really a quick dish so mom was really impressed by it heheheh...

The funny skype conversation we had wt moncoeur and my parents is when my mom said this...

mom: so this dish really looks delishes..so does it taste delicious to? and then she laugh (hahaha)

Mon Coeur: Oh yes its sweet and the vegetables just add colour and flavour to the fish .

mom: good job :)

SO my mom dont believe that he can actually cook something hahaha,...anyhow, it was a good practice for my mom to use skype call in the new future as when i do move to KL i will be communicating with her regularly with skype so it would be some of the new things that my mom will have to learn about the internet and soon i think she will be doing her own blog! hahahaha

so here is the picture of the food mon coeur prepared for dinner last night!

Bonne Appetite!

Mon Coeur & Clarity!

something extra wonderful :)

Mon coeur suprised me with something he did at his place last night he cook a fish dish with white wine which look really yummy. I remember we bought the Argentinian White Wine @ the Bangsar Village Grocer and they let us taste the wine before we purchased it and it was a nice and sweet one. The wine is called "Trapiche" - Sauvignon Blanc. So , mon coeur was using this wine to create this recipe...Ermnnn about the recipe...hmn..well I dont know what its called and neither did mon coeur (hahaha) so we just call it Ray's Fish in white sauce and White Wine recipe :) ..he told me that when he got back from work yesterday, suddenly he was inspired to cook something special and would show it to me. I guess this food picture taking phenomenon is catching up and certainly mon couer is having the effect of it from me :) I told him before that this picture taking thingy has its way of creeping into one skin and before too long you are hooked with the sensation of taking beautiful and drooling food pictures.....and it certainly catch up on my darling mon coeur :) here's the picture that he gave copy rights for me to blog about it :) Merci Beaucoup mon coeur, et gros bisous pour toi!

He also mentioned to me that he will be cooking the same dish when we have our dinner for two again next :) looking forward to it already .....emuah!

It's really nice when two person share the same interest and in this case we are both into fine dining , cooking and wine and also photography. So, from time to time mon coeur will be one of the contributing author as well as photo provider to this blog so it's double the fun now :)

Anyhow, hope you guys enjoy the pics :) and...

passe une bonne journée!

Mon coeur & Clarity

Midnight Bottle

I came accross this song when mon coeur and i went to MPH to buy some books and we were both on the floor and was engrossed with our own book and this song "midnight bottle" was playing and i found myself ditching the book i was reading and trying hard to make up the lyrics in my head and finally when i understood the lyrics it kinda reminded me of our my first day @ maple when we had our romantic dinner for two and it made me smile and i was telling mon coeur that i like this song very much and with his smilling face, he said i'm sure you do and smiled but before too long i did find out who sang the song and the title of the song and here is the lyrics to it and also some pictures to illustrate what i was thinking about when i heard the song ...

Sole Meunière , some salsa and finally brocolli and pumpkin soup :)

The delicious white wine mon coeur brought from Paris :)

Some pressies for both of us :) from both of us :D

and not too long after some nice wine drinking...my eyes became blurry (hahaha) kidding :P

mon coeur..... emmuahhh! the wine was a fantastic choice indeed...looking forward to have more of this dinner for two evenings together :)

so here is the song i was talking about...

Song Name: Midnight Bottle
Artist: Colbie Caillat

Midnight bottle take me,
Come with few of my memories
And everything, well, come back to me
Midnight bottle make it real what feels like make believe
So, I can see a little more clearly

Like every single movement you make
Kissing me so carefully
On the corners of my dreaming eyes

I’ve got a midnight bottle,
Gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight

A midnight bottle,
Gonna ease my pain
From all these feelings driving me insane
I think of you and every thing’s all right
If only for tonight

Got a midnight bottle,
Drifting off into the candlelight
Where I can find you in your time
A midnight bottle,
I forgot how good it felt to be in a dream
Just like you had me

‘Cuz lately, I'm stumbling
Feels like I’m recovering
But I think it’s only for tonight

I’ve got a midnight bottle,
Gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight

Midnight bottle,
Take the time away...
From where we are

Dinner for two....

C&R

Clarity!

The longest of break....

I was so looking forward to this break that i have bene silent for the few days that i was to leave and go to KL and somehow, suddenly i became so very busy and couldnt come to my blog even just to say or wish anything to my friends on here..but anyhowi have a few interesting things that i did when i was in KL and one of it was spending some wuality time with mon coeur and also to my dearest aunt and family :) On this post will be showing some pics of my splashing time at the pool and some squaking time at the park with them ducks at the sentul Park with my lil cousin Hannie :)

So we have arranged to have lunch at the condo and so i was busy bee that morning preparing some food that i would think Hannie would love to have so i did again some calzones and honey roast chicken and some rice as i know my aunt Alice will be bringing some Ginger yummie chicken with her for the lunch meet :)

so here are the pics ;)

Food for lunch

The Maze park @ maple

The meditation park & Lap Pool

splashing time ;)

cooling off at the pool with hannie :)

Hannie's favourite part...feeding the resident Maple Ducks :)

nexttime we will visit the Koi and arts centre on my next trip to KL ;) But all in all, enjoyed the lunch with alice and co. its a wonderful get together and hopefully soon we get to do that lots :) soon...very soon :)

Lots of smiles,

Clarity!