#ChefStanley

Having gotten our own place for more than 2 years and moving in to HGPV for more than 1.5 years now, we been very much settled into our married life and our routine of owning our own place! We love having a place of our own as it gives us a lot of freedom and personal space to just be us and grow as a couple.

On top of growing as a couple, Stanley been grow his interest of cooking as well and working on his little childhood dream of becoming a chef; he is not one, but he love being one. So he is my personal chef now, and I guess I am really blessed to have him!

So after a year of him cooking and me posting his food online; instagram and facebook. I decided to start a # for him; #chefstanley; to link him to his wonderful creations! He cooks about once to twice a week. So here is to share some of Chef Stanley wonderful yummy food!!

Boiled Pork with Slated Veggie & Tomatoes, Stirred Fried Nai Bai and Steamed Tofu with Minced Meat!

Shanghai Dumpling and Stirred Fried Veggie!

Breakfast for Champion! 

Japanese Pork Don!

Pan Fried Rib-eye Beef with Butter Rice and Baked Veggies!  

Korean Pancakes & Spicy Korean Chicken! 

Stirred Fried Veggie, Omelette and Braised Meat! 

Seafood Laksa Pasta with Black Pepper Chicken! 

Pan Fried Beef with Cheesy Pasta and Baked Veggies! 

Chinese Porridge with Fish, Minced Meat, Veggie and Eggs! 

Korean Army Stew! 

A Chinese meal with my bestie! 

Seafood Aglio Olio with Black Pepper Chicken and Baked Veggies! 

Chinese Porridge with Omelette, Gong Bao Chicken and Veggie! 

Chinese Porridge with Omelette, Minced Meat, Veggie and Otah! 

Thai Food; Basil Minced Chicken, Thai Morning Glory, Thai Fishcakes and Fried Chicken with Sunny Side Eggs! 

Korean Army Stew with Cheese! 

Leek with Pork Belly and Mushroom, Kim Chi Fried Rice and Korean Boiled Egg! 

Air-Fry Potato Wedges! 

Bacon Aglio Olio with Sweet Corn and Sausages!! 

Japanese Curry Omu Rice! 

Porridge Meal!! 

Chinese Porridge with Steam Fish, Fried Veggie and Minced Meat! 

Baked Cheesy Mussel!! 

So here are the food he cooked in 2016 thus far! I know I am sooooooo blessed to have all this home cooked food from him! and I look forwards to many more home cooked meal by my loving #chefstanley for the many many years to come! 

Hope this post helps to inspire some home cooked meal in your house!! 

Our Little Mishap!

This April 2016, Stanley had a little mishap while cooking @ home! It was such drama that many of our friends and family was shock by the extend of his injury and how cooking can caused him to be so badly injured!

Stanley cooks quite a bit at home, as he enjoys doing it and his childhood dream is to be a chef. So anyway, Stanley always cooks on Mondays and as usual he was planning a meal for us and he happily texted me in the day about what he wants to cook!

Chef reporting the menu! 

So basically, the day goes off well and after fetching me from school, he was home cooking while i chill and work on some house work. All was going well, till i hear a loud shout: "Baby! Help!" 

I ran to the Kitchen to check up what was wrong and found Stanley by the Sink with blood everywhere. He cut his finger!!! We both PANIC a little before I told myself to calm down!! Luckily I am first aid trained; from school and have a first aid box at home, thus was able to check on his wound and do some first aid on him! Seeing that the cut is real deep, I decided that it was best we head to the Hospital. But a chef being a chef, Stanley did not forget to ask me to keep the food and clear the space claiming that he would wanna cook later when he is discharge from the hospital! 

I was doubtful, but what can i say? So I did clean up while Stanley wait in pain. 

Stanley in pain and shock and panic agrees and asked where should we go? TTSH or SGH? Knowing that we had our hospitalization insurance well covered; to the max and on top of that Stanley having a accident care insurance, I told him that we should head to a private hospital instead. Therefore, we rush to Mt Elizabeth Novena. Glad we made that decision and glad we got our insurance well covered as well, cause we never know what will happen tomorrow! 

At Mt E Novena A&E, we were glad to see that it was rather empty and therefore, we did not have to wait. Stanley was hurried to be examined by the doctor and soon after, the specialist came to check on him. 

While he waits for the specialist to give him further instructions this man can still play! 

After the specialist checked on him, he concluded that he cut his nerves, artery, and tendon! Like seriously!? and thus, have to undergo an operation! Thus, that is one night stay in the hospital plus operation fee!! And @ Mt E Novena, only the single bedded was available! So we go for it! 

The operation was scheduled at 10.30p.m. and they wheeled him into the OR at 10p.m. while i drive home myself. 

The operation goes well and the next day, I head back to the hospital to get him after school! 

There just in time for his lunch and lunch seems good!! hahaha Taste good too!! 

Upon discharge, we have to settle the bill and that was when we were super thankful to have our insurance well covered! Cause the bill of $14K was totally paid and covered for by insurance (as charged) and we did not have to pay of the amount! Our insurance also covered his follow up appointments and physio sessions! 

Anyway, the next day after he was discharged, he headed home and cooked what he planned to cook on the day of the mishap, one day later but still as tasty as ever! Love this man who never let set back deters him! 

His Yum Yum meal!! 

After some times of physio and recovering, I would say that he is recovering well, deserve his ICE-CREAM and cooking like a chef as always!! 

Love this man! 

It's been more than 2 years!

Wow, it's been more than 2 years now!!!

When Stanley and I started the blog, it was simply to document our journey of getting our home and the route to our wedding, but as the blogging goes, we realize, we are able to help friends and even "strangers" in need and thus decided to continue to do it.

ROM @ Blue Ginger; 29 March 2013

Unknowingly, it has been more than 2 years of blogging, and we are indeed glad to still be blogging! And we will continue to share bits and pieces of our life here; as a document of the key memories of our life and also as sharing to help others who may be in our shoes or who are going to places we been!

A little background to those who don't know us, Stanley and I met when we where studying in NTU, and it was through Freshmen Orientation Camp in Hall 7 that we meet. Our friendship grew and soon we were together. Looking back it has been almost 8 years and we are glad to be happily married, and still loving our adventures together!

Double Date Trip to Phuket; June 2013

As we look forward to our 1st wedding anniversary on the 13th December 2015, we are glad to look back at the memories we have stored and shared in this blog!

Our Wedding Day 13 December 2014

Wedding Date Photoshoot Back @ NTU Hall 7 

And as we continue to journey towards our 8th year together on the 29th March 2016, we will continue to share our life journey through this blog!

We hope that it will help many through their journey of togetherness and cheers to love everlasting!

Our Trip to Bali, Sep 2015 

Perth, June 2015 

Random Dinner with Stanley Bro, Edmund! 

  

Key Collection Day; 23 May 2014

Let the Journey Continues... ... ... 

Settling into HGPV!

After much moving and getting use to, we are finally settling into our new place. I guess what we really need to get use to was the new routine of getting up and going to work on time, ensuring that we are not late and all.

As i teach, I have to be in school by 7.10a.m. and i usually would wanna be a bit earlier. Stanley on the other hands works real far away and thus, the new place do post some new challenges to us.

But really, the pros of having our own place is really having our own time, besides the routine cleaning and all, which Stanley helps out a lot is also the time we get to cook dinner for ourselves with no one saying a single thing about it.

Furthermore, as our place is beside a park, walking in the park becomes our time to chill and just enjoys each other company.

Basically, I would say it is great to have our own place!

Our dinning table @ dinner time! 

when i cook! 

Pasta with grilled chicken! 

Cakes from Pine Gardens! 

Our cosy Reading Room! 

Our Living Area. 

much time spent together watching TV! 

When Stanley cooks! 

TV time again! 

Sim's Chicken Rice! 

Rice Cooker. 

Stanley's Cook! 

Suvie Cook! 

Yeah i can only cook pasta! =( 

See! 

Ok I can make Cheesy Chicken as well! 

Me cooking again! 

Carbonara with Chicken! 

Soup. 

My new fren! Mao Mao!

Heading out!

Our bed!

Parkview! 

Stanley cook for sick me! 

So far, we love staying @ our new place and really enjoys the time and the freedom we get! So glad we got our place early, when all was still unsure. =)