Tuesday, May 31, 2016

ASICS City Relay 2016

The ASICS City Relay 2016 is the first ever relay run held in Kuala Lumpur. It was a relay marathon run around the city starting from Dataran Merdeka (Medeka Square). There is two category: half marathon and full marathon.
Hubby participated in the full marathon category. He joined the full marathon with 4 other friends.
So what is full marathon relay.....well, it was a full marathon run but ran by 4 members. Each running approximately 10.6km then the other member will continue.

I took the opportunity again to follow him to his event for photography. I was very nervous cause it's really difficult to take night photography moreover at a running event. Oh my gosh...

Dataran Merdeka (Merdeka Square), 100 metre flag pole flying the Jalur Gemilang, the tallest freestanding pole in the world

City view of KL

The iconic Sultan Abdul Samad Building

Participants at the ASICS City Relay 2016

It was a night of fun and excitement for participants as well as photographers. We left the event past midnight. Feeling exhausted but looking at the results of the photographs, it was all worth.

Dinner on Busy Saturday (280816)

Why am I so busy on that Saturday.....even though school holiday has started but my has to go to school for extra UPSR coaching. Even on Saturday and Sunday all the way till Wednesday and it's normal school hours 7:30am-12:50pm. That's not all, then after he will have tuition to attend all the way back to back till 6:30pm. It's like normal week days for him.

My hubby has a running event in the evening and since I m joining him, I have to prepare dinner earlier and the easiest dinner to prepare is spaghetti Bolognese.

After dropping my boy at school, i went grocery shopping for the night's dinner. Luckily there is a hypermarket near my home that operates 24 hours. Bought the necessary ingredients, went home and start preparing....

There were two dishes for dinner...Potato salad and spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients for potato salad
1) Potatoes
2) Mayonaise
3) Mustard
4) Salt and black pepper

Methods:
1) Peel and cut the potatoes into cubes
2) Bring the water to a boil, and boil the potatoes are barely tender when pierced with a knife
3) Drain the potatoes in a colander and let it sit to cool down before putting into the fridge
4) Meanwhile, in a another bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, mustard, salt and pepper. The proportion of mayonnaise and mustard is 3:1

Servings: Mix the dressing with the chilled potatoes and serve cold


Ingredients for spaghetti Bolognese:
1) Spaghetti
2) Onions
3) Minced pork
4) Tomatoes
5) Pasta Sauce

Methods:
1) Bring to boil a pan of water and cook the spaghetti al-dente
2) Add olive oil and parsley flakes to the cooked spaghetti and set a side
3) Heat up oil and sauté onions until fragrant and add in minced pork
4) Add in pasta sauce and mix well
5) Finally add in cubed tomatoes
6) Add salt and black pepper to taste




 

Yummy Spaghetti Bolognese served hot

Friday, May 27, 2016

Busy Weekend - Wedding Banquet

The wedding was held the day before, so this day was quite relaxing cause we are only preparing for the wedding banquet in the evening. After breakfast, we went shopping with my sister in law's family. Their SGD were really good for spending. The spent a good few hours shopping and we left for home around 4:00pm to prepare ourselves for the wedding banquet.
We arrived at the banquet venue around 6:30pm...guests were arriving...the bride and groom were preparing themselves to receive the guests. As for me, I was busy taking photos for the guests and family members.


The dinner begins around 8:30pm with the arrival of the bride and groom with background music. The meals were served. After the first few dishes were served, the bride and groom together with their parents will toast to the guests.

Yummmmm.....Seng !

Then after the bride and groom together with parents and groom men will proceed to every table for yum seng and photography.

Here wishing my niece and her hubby a happy and ever lasting marriage.