Call me weird but I love grocery shopping. I derive great satisfaction from it and it has never failed to give me that therapeutic feeling that I need sometimes. And yesterday evening, I did just that.

And, I am just sick of eating outside to be honest. So, I listed down the items that I needed to get at Tesco and off I went pushing the trolley cart after work.

Here's my loot:

My loot

Traffic lights: Because the colors are just so pretty!

Cherry tomatos and alfalfa sprouts

For those who don't know how oregano looks like

Can't live without Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade! Trying out Mustard Honey & Herb Marinade

My full List of groceries:

1. No chicken breast or fillet to be found. So I took: Minced Beef, One Whole Piece of Beef and Beef for Stir Fry
2. Sliced Cheese
3. Bulla Low-Fat Cottage Cheese with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Basil
4. Vitalite Light Spread
5. San Remo Pasta Spiralli
6. Yogurt
7. Mustard Alfalfa Sprouts
8. Fresh Oregano
9. Asparagus
10. Cherry Tomatoes
11. Marinades: Teriyaki and Mustard Honey & Herb
12. Black Pepper
13. Wanted Pita Bread, but finished so I took Tortilla Wraps instead
14. Garlic
15. New Listerine Orange Citrus (the best flavor among all!)
16. Curry Powder (don't ask! first time buying)
17. 20cm Cooking Pot

  Total damage: RM143.55

And for breakfast this morning, I whipped up this:

Tortilla wrap: Stir fry teriyaki-marinated beef with capsicums, cheese at the bottom and alfalfa sprouts on top. Roll them up for consumption!

Alfalfa sprouts are good for you! Becoz they make food pics look prettier! No really, they are very good for you

I like to jumpstart my mornings with feel-good songs.

So each morning, as I struggle to keep my eyes open, I will pop on the player with some of my Morning Songs. All these while I make my bed, shower, brush teeth, make-up, and change.

Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
Something Good - Bic Runga
Chocolate Ice - Janice
Por Ti Volare - Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
Beautiful - Disco Montego (MOS Chillout Session)
Get To Me - Train

"Sunday Morning" and "Get To Me" always work for me. What gets you up in your weekday mornings?

P/S: Rockstar Supernova FINALE tomorrow morning, I can't wait! Rooting for Toby Rand and Magni

Why didn't you Lynette?

Why on earth did you just hid below, walked away and jump right into conclusion?!

I mean, come on Lynette, if I were you, I'd barge right in and catch him on the spot! OR maybe, he wasn't really doing anything naughty there for all you know. So, barging in is good! Barging in will determine whether the hubby is seeing someone else or maybe they were just having a business discussion. I dunno! It could be either way, alright!

Gawd, I've been watching too much drama on the telly that sometimes it's easy to spot what the director WANTS you to think or assume.

Miss PF, no spoilers please!

If I do not have my room painted PINK now, I will never ever have a pink room after I'm married, right??

*gasp*

I want my walls in these 2 shades of pink!

For those who are curious about what I asked in the previous Marmite post here:

I ABSOLUTELY HATED IT!!!

It has got to be one of the worst tasting crap I've ever tasted. It's salty and it leaves that lingering weird taste in your mouth. God knows how many times have I spat (and I seldom spit) and gargled my mouth with Listerine. I'm sorry to all you Marmite fans out there but It was really that AWFUL!

Though, I've heard people saying that, only those who grew up with Marmite will know how to savor and love it. Well, I guess it's true then. My mommy never fed me with single drop of Marmite in my entire life. That, was my first and last time and boy, what a shocker it was!

I paid RM15.99 to have myself traumatized

At one point of my life, I felt so left out with all the big hooha going on how great sandwiches, porridges or soup would taste like with the presence of either Bovril or Marmite. Not wanting to feel left out anymore, I went downstairs to the grocery store at my apartment, and searched for a bottle of Marmite.

Now, as I approached the aisle where a line of yellow caps of Marmite resides, I thought to myself gleefullly, "Ahhh, so this huge-ass jar of Marmite is gonna jazz up the taste of my sandwiches, porridge and even soup. I can creative cook!"  You know, just like the wonders you can do with a bottle of Lea Perrins Worcestershire sauce.

So, I brought my happily purchased bottle and lay it on the table. "Let's try with bread first. Topped with some fresh-sliced tomatoes and lettuces. Fast and easy." Mind is thinking, "Good gawd, this has got to be the fastest dinner I've ever conjured before!"

As I turned open the yellow cap and marvelled at the smoothness of the top of the yummy looking 'jelly', I took a whiff of it.

"Ohhhhh kayyyy, it smells a little funny. Certainly wasn't the best smelling thing in the world. But all is good, all is good." I assured myself. I mean, come on, durians smell funny but gawd I love my durians just like how I love my Boy! Heh!  (Shhh, don't tell him I compared him with a durian, ya)

So I happily spread my bread with that jelly-looking gunk of Marmite. I added a huge dollop of it. Need lots of it because it is probably as good as Goober's Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly and when I have my Goober's Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly on my bread, it's A LOT.

And so, I took my first bite. Chewed a little.

OH. MY. GOD.

What do you think? Did I 'Love It or Hate It'? What say you?

AS A RESULT OF OVERDOING THIS:

Pic: Girl chasing Nemos drawn using Paint

Girl is BURNT!

(pic removed coz...)
Pic: Backview body taken by Boy. Frontview cannot show la of course :P

So ok, I said before that I wanted to get a good tan. But I guess I now love snorkeling much much more than playing dead under the sun  Hence, the picture above. The fair area of my back was simply because it was not exposed to the sun much. (So was the butt) We rented a boat and went snorkeling in about 4 islands. Namely, Redang of course, Long Beach, Turtle Bay and the rest which I can't remember the names.

I love being under the water. Silence surrounds you. The only sound you can hear is your constant rhythmic breathing and splashing of water as you wade with your arms and legs. And the view below? BREATHTAKING. I've never seen such beautiful corals in my life before.

And Nemo, gosh, they are so cute! One of the guys dived in further below and caught a Nemo in his hands and brought it to me. It was so cute I almost risk swallowing water as I was almost bursting out in laughter! Well of course, there were other fishes as well. Schools of fishes of many gorgeous colors swimming around you and sea cucumbers were all over the seabed. We even brought bread from the hotel and fed the fishes who literally were just nibbling the bread out of our hands!

I wish I have pictures of them to show. But sadly, we didn't have a waterproof camera but we WILL have one by the time we go on another beach trip!  These are some of the pics that I've got. Didn't have time to snap pictures. More on Gary's video camera which I will get from him later. 

And lastly enlarged versions of...

My body hurts like hell now. Ouch!