summer rains

it rained heavily last night, and this morning too. somehow summer rains just bring me a slight excitement, like a refreshment, a cool iced lemon teas on a hot day. 

hanoi

Had ramen at a japanese restaurant in Tay Ho. The ramen wasn't good, only the gyoza and grilled meats were good.

hanoi

morning hanoi... still cold, i never would have thought this but i have started to have a dislike for winter. 

home is the best

yes being home is the bomb!!

grandma's homecooked. yay. and of course the special pink red grapefruits.

home made

So... yes living in a family with a husband is making it hard to continue with the detox in an extreme way. :( my hubby is always hungry, he is extremely skinny as well. So it's kind of difficult to tell him to go out and eat by himself while I stay home and starve myself. 

Cooked a nice home made meal for him yesterday, I had only the melon soup and some eggs, no rice. 

From the morning until now i'm still just having drink 2 glasses of the lemons, chillies and syrup mixture. It's the afternoon and at night when hubby is back from work which is hardest to continue starving myself without food. while he ofcourse like a normal human wanting to have food for dinner. 

new year day

few snaps of Hanoi streets on new year day. 1st Jan 2015.

detox trial

So it's almost 2015. In an attempt to shed a few extra kilos, I bought some syrup, and make a detox mixture (lemons, syrup, chilli powder) to try out for taste. Surprisingly the drink doesn't taste so bad!! 

I guess I need to try out this detox to shed a few kgs off. I have gained quiet a bit over the last few months. Yesterday lunch was just cauliflowers, and dinner was melon soup. 

I don't know if i can last 10 days on just this drink alone, sure it will be difficult. 

My friends in Australia as I remembered did this detox few years ago. At the time I asked her how she lost weight - she said she only ate/drink lemons and chillies, now I realized then she must be talking about this detox. 

Let's see, I hope I can last through the 1st 3 days. I heard the first 3 days are the hardest. 

new winter coat for Subom

Last night My husband and I went to petmart to look for a winter jacket for Subom (our male exotic shorthair babe).

I found something nice for him - well it was my only choice cause they didn't have too much sizes in stock. It was the only one that fit! 

Anyhow, Subom looks rather handsome in his new jacket, i think. ^_^ even though the top is still a little bit big for him. 

a little cafe in hanoi

a few pictures from today. we went to a little cafe, which is called "cup of tea". it's pretty cute. Their Chocolate Lava cake is super wonderful.

lunch with hubby

It's still freezing in Hanoi. It's so difficult to  get up early in the morning to exercise.

We had Chả Cá for lunch, it was amaaaazing. Afterward, we had drinks at the Kitchen in Tay Ho District. I didn't think much of the Kitchen, it was alright, a little bit similar to Puku cafe but I liked Puku much better.

Tay Ho district in Hanoi is a little similar to Thao Dien of Ho Chi Minh city. The area looked nice, heaps of nice looking houses and a lot of expats live in this area of Hanoi.

I found An Nam Gourmet market on Xuan Dieu St, Tay Ho too!!! I bought myself a bottle organic maple syrup, intending to some day make the master cleanse detox drink (lemons, water, maple syrup & cayenne pepper/ or chilli flakes would be easier to find in Vietnam!). I actually like An Nam Gourmet heaps - though their prices are really premium -_- *sob* .. but hey, most of the stuffs are imported hence the high prices.

D'Alice in Hanoi

I'm today we went to a friend's soft opening of his desserts cafe in Hanoi. the cafe was chic and beautiful, such great style.

the cakes were amazing too, unfortunately i forgot to take pictures of the dishes, more for next time.

the place's called "D'Alice", and it is on Trieu Viet Vuong St., Hanoi. 

pet spa

So i brought my lil babe to pet spa to have a little pampering session yesterday. 

Had him tried on this cute top - but unfortunately it was too big for him. :( they didn't have other smaller sizes so I didn't get this top for him. 

Dear hubby and I mutually decided not to splurge on any xmas gifts for each other this year. We are saving for next year coming events of course. :) next year and the year after that - will be our focus and we'll put all that we have into this project. :) new year resolution is of course to try our best and make a dream comes true.

a few pictures taken of Hanoi streets and views. I loveeeeeee Ding Tea black tea and honey.