Had a most busy weekend. We collected Yx's new pooch (Oreo) on Saturday evening and sent him for grooming on Sun. Her mom almost had a fit when she brought Oreo home! He met Brownie, who surprisingly was rather amiable, for brown's standards.

Also cooked dinner last night, managed to do up spiced rice and oxtail beef stew. The spiced rice was an invention which didn't go wrong. Just cook rice normally, but add 5-10 sliced gingers and 3 tablespoons of butter, and when it's cooked, add powdered allspice and rice seasoning (available at Japanese stores - not the vinegar, just flavouring) to taste. Slightly charred the beef stew though, and even in autumn I'm shocked that Cold Storage didn't have a selection of autumn vegetables. Was looking out for squash but had to make do with zucchini instead, which became gooey. Whole meal was done up in 1.5 hours including 45 mins of stewing over low fire, but the meat was under-tenderised but still alright.

Well, well .. weekend really flew by. Still musing over the direction my life's heading towards, and trust me, it ain't good at the moment. Have yet to visit the barber, for one. And steadily gaining weight from all the beef stew. I must starve myself.