End of Christmas.

Christmas has officially ended for me. :(

Last day of Christmas - Christmas Spirit.

As Christmas comes to an end,

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let us not ever forget those who are unfortunate...

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the lonely...

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the ones we love...

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the Christmas lights...

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the origin of Christmas...

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the meaning of Christmas and never ever lose that Christmas spirit.

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Merry Christmas everyone. (:

Last day of Christmas - Presents.

The little but meaningful presents I was blessed with.

These are given by my mother, who chose them and gave a lot of thought into the gift. She initially wanted to get this necklace with an adorable owl because I sleep late all the time but she knew that I love dogs and wants to go Paris badly so she got this instead. Terribly sweet of her. (:

This all in one memory card reader is a present I got from my very very first Christmas gift exchange at the Loh's on Benjamin's (who is the cutest baby I have ever seen) 1st months. It was such a wonderful heartwarming time of thanksgiving, giving, sharing and receiving. It was filled with laughter and appreciation for Christmas and God's providence. To me, this present is really meaningful.

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I was suppose to share this amazing and famous encyclopedia of French cuisine with my brother-in-law (who loves cooking and food as much as I do) but his wife who is my lovely sister offered to get this for me for Christmas. Thus, it became a present shared between the three of us. :D

I can't wait to start on it but once I star I won't want to stop so I decided to only open it during my semester's break. I want to properly analyse this book inside out. :D

Reflections of the Christmas tree on the Larousse Gastronomique.

Christmas is ending. :\

Fifth day of Christmas - Höglund Art Glass <3

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE glassware! (:

Therefore, on the fifth day of Christmas, I shall share with you my absolute favourite glassware artist.

Höglund Art Glass by Ola Höglund and Marie Simberg-Höglund

#03-26 Raffles City Shopping Centre, 252 North Bridge Road

They are all individually blown and some are a combination of two blown glasses, therefore you get the different layers and different colours. Isn't the colours so pretty and just so bold? I saw them with my eyes and really, it is so so gorgeous.

The lines of his vases are so clean and simple. The designs are just so divine and truly well-thought out. In every and in any dimension, it is just a masterpiece.

The craftwork is also just so delicate and flawless. The skills of the glassblower Ola Höglund is just simply unmatchable.

I so wanna own one of his work!!!!!!

Forth day of Christmas - Heart lights

I always wanted to do the heart lens but never got around to. I managed to do so yesterday! I started at 1 am and only finish taking the photos at 2.30 am. :D

Hope you like it!

Third day of Christmas - Bake. Grill. Cook.

I made a three course meal. (: I actually didn't plan on the dessert but I just had such a craving. Besides it felt incomplete. :D The main course was something I decided along the way actually.

Antipasta - Stuffed tomatoes

Fried garlic, mushrooms, honey baked ham, oregano, parsley, olive oil and chilli.

I added a little too much garlic though. :D

Main Course - Marinated sliced fish

Sauce: Leftover tomato seeds and flesh of the stuffed tomatoes, two green chillies, fish sauce and white grounded pepper.

I made the marinating sauce myself. (:

It was a lot of experimenting and a lot of fun. I drizzled lemon juice on the fish before marinating it to kill of any sea smell.

Dessert - Chocolate goo with orange

Chocolate, marshmallow, milk, butter, vanilla essence and mandarin orange.

It wasn't quite a mousse since I didn't have any heavy cream and neither was it fully a pudding so I had no idea what to call it so I call it "goo". (: I added quite a bit of milk to make it more runny and less thick so the consistency is like a light mousse or soft pudding. It was easy to make and incredibly lovely.

It would be even more delicious with lemon zest or orange zest when melting the chocolate and mixing everything on over low heat. (: