#Friday #Vibe

Goodbye 2024, hello 2025

Christmas 2024 photo dump

You're officially an adult when you put up your first Christmas tree

Thanks Toni

KFC forever

I wouldn’t mind having KFC for Christmas, but it doesn’t mean that if I can, I should #JustSaying. This was just for an early dinner

How time flies

Lechon belly

After all the drama, it turned out great

Best of both worlds

My two favourite Filipino ice-cream flavours are use and Quezo Real; why not have both?

Christmas is not about the gifts, but

Thank you for all my amazing gifts this year

A classic

The fruitcake was in our proper freezer for two years; makes you think of stocking up for the apocalypse

Christmas brunch

To be honest, I didn’t like the ham this year

Christmas dinner

and food yet again, this time in the city

Wedded bliss

Congratulations B & E.

The work weekend

WHY ARE IPHONE PHOTOS SO SHIT??????

Aperol spritz

Beef Eye Fillet, kumara puree, crispy kale, shallots, enoki mushrooms, red wine jus

Coconut tart with berry coulis and passionfruit puree

Prawns in caper butter sauce

Hawke’s Bay whole flounder, Mediterranean salsa, crispy twice cooked potatoes w parsley butter

Roasted stuffed chicken Maryland w ricotta & pinenut filling, light fennel slaw, sage burnt butter glaze

Sticky date pudding w salted bourbon butterscotch sauce & vanilla bean ice cream

A long ass week

Back to condiments

Mayo is not a condiment, but it's pretty much what I use for nearly everything. But these two are the OG.

Need space

I've never minded sharing space, but finally it happened. I'm in my own office, by myself...

How long does it take to finish one small fucking bathroom

Apparently, a very, very long time

Notes on a Friday

Went to a Banksy exhibit

Notes on a Friday

Easing back into it

Photo dump

RTDs to keep warm

Can't remember where this was

A Toulouse-Lautrec??

Lamp at the Hotel De Brett

Tapawera in the middle of nowhere

Vintage Dior?

Spring flowers

All images taken by a Lumix

Saturdays

Some days are exactly what they are in photos.

Autumn blue skies

Back to oats

Lily in the sun

Your Japanese local

A fitting close

Weekend eating

Wonky Box

Asian Mart haul

A whole fish for dinner because why not?

Monday 12:30 - 1:30pm

End of the week

Late to the House of Cards party

Can’t believe we’ve missed watching this when it started. But what’s more astounding is how we cheer on the villains and wish the good guys ill.

40 versus 37.5

I’ve been asking myself (and anyone who still bothers to listen because they’ve heard this before so many times) if I should do 40 hours instead of 37.5. But when you get off at 2pm on Fridays when everyone else is literally dying in their desks at work, and get home to a new bed and a bag of popcorn…well..

Food focused

Sam and Mary are dieting so for the last couple of months, I’ve been buying, cooking and eating food solo. As it turns out, other people’s dieting has a good effect; I tend to eat less, waste less, not necessarily buy less or cheaply, and only have indulgent meals (like fried chicken) on the weekends.

To go to the gym or not

Have not set foot in a gym for the last 7 years. But I have some abs, my waistline is still 29-30 and I have good arms. But is that enough? Should I be grunting along forever in the garage?