Aircon & Gas Pipe

Air-con trunking & gas pipe installation done yesterday. Gas pipe extension took only 15 mins. Air-con took whole day but I would say Gain City did a great job. Everything went smoothly, I just hope the air-con will not start leaking when we officially move in and utilize it.
Reno will resume after CNY.

Quincey Morris is Back!

Finally.... Justin Gustainis is back with Book 2 of the Quincey Morris Series. Actually, I wasn't even looking for this book, just happen to see it at Borders and remembered that I read book 1 not too long ago....

"Supernatural investigator Quincey Morris & his partner, "white witch" Libby Chastain, are each in pursuit of a vicious killer. One is murdering small children for their bodily organs; the other is hunting down white witches - and Libby may be next. Along a trail that leads from Iraq to Turkey, to the US, all clues point to crazed billionaire Walter Grobius, a man obsessed with harnessing the ultimate evil. Morris & Chastain, teamed with the deadly Hannah Widmark, must fight desperately to stop a midnight rendezvous between forces so powerful that the fate of the world may be at stake. And the clock is ticking......."

LOVE NEST in progress

Just some pics to start off this reno blog of mine........

Pinnacles @ Duxton

View 1 from Living rm window

View 2 from Living rm window

Living Room

Walkway to Rooms

Bedroom 3 with Bay window

Common Toilet

Service Yard

BLACK MAGIC WOMAN - JUSTIN GUSTAINIS

I just finished this book yesterday. It is quite an interesting book, definitely a page turner. Here's the synopsis:

"Supernatural investigator Quincey Morris and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain, are called in to help free desperate family from a deadly curse that appears to date back to the Salem Witch Trials. To release the family from danger they must find the root of the curse, a black witch with a terrible grudge that holds the family in her power.

The pursuit takes them to the mysterious underworlds of Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans & New York, stalking a prey that is determined to stay hidden. After surviving a series of terrifying attempts on their lives, the two find themselves drawn inexorably towards Salem itself - and the very heart of darkness..."

I came across this book at Kinokuniya Taka and seems interesting so I bought it. I usually do not buy from Kino as too ex, I have a better much cheaper source for books but somehow just felt like buying a book that day so decided on this one. Glad that its worth it. Later I found out that this author's very new, only 3 books so far and his drafts are being read by Jim Butcher (one of my fav authors) before being published.

Now I'm desperately trying to get my hands on the author's previous book "Hades Project" ..... checked my usual book source, they don't have it. Looks like i gotta head back to Kino.

CRANBERRY CHEESE CAKE

Finally, I got to leave office early today at 5.30pm after 2 weeks of OTing till 10-11pm consecutively. My excuse; I've got a medical appt at 6.30pm. Its true, I did go for my medical check up but that took only about 1hr and i reached home at abt 7.30pm.

Immediately I got my mixing bowl, sift, measuring cup..... flour, sugar. egg etc out and started whisking away, Above is the end product. I actually took the Lavender Teacake recipe and got creative. Instead of Lavender, I added cranberries. I cut down on the butter and added cream cheese and voila!!! Cranberry Cheesecake.

1st guinea pig is my mom. Mom doesn't like cheese so her immediate response was "will taste better w/o the cheese". Sigh, looks like I gotta find another guinea pig.....

NEW MOON - STEPHANIE MEYER

I just finished reading New Moon today. The movie is coming soon. Hmmm.... I think I'm getting quite irritated by the character Isabella. She is too "Damsel" for my liking. However, I still managed to keep me reading right to the end, the storyline is quite interesting. Alot abt Jacob and very little of Edward not that its a bad thing. Makes me look forward to the movie to see what Jacob would be like in it. Quite a no. of new characters makes it more interesting, at least its not all about Bella, Edward, Bella, Edward, Bella, Edward..............

LAVENDER TEACAKE

Suddenly have the urge to bake a cake so decided on this Lavendar teacake. A friend of mine baked it last week and it looks real good so i decided to try. Took me only abt 45mins. Tastes okay, except for the Lavender, I think I added too much and it tasted abit like soap. Other than that the texture and everything else was good. Goes very very well with a cup of tea.... that's why its called tea cake. The next time I bake this cake I'll probably replace lavender with something else like choc chips, coffee, cranberry etc...