Mandy's attempts at cooking: BBQ in the rain...

Geez.. its sat nite, its only 11 and I am at home blogging... sounds like quite sad case to me. Well.. sometimes its good to have some time to myself.. have a little "Me" time and it also gives me time to promptly update my blog! keke!

Had a really good but wet BBQ earlier. Had been planning this BBQ for 1 week. Felt like having a BBQ by the beach like we did before and so started smsing our fwens to organise to have it on today. It was pretty sad when quite a number of frns werent able to join us. In the end, including me, only 6 of us were available for the BBQ. I feel so disappointed. I love having loads of pple in feasting. Food just taste nicer when there's some1 to fight it with you. The next time we have another BBQ, I will try even harder to convince more pple to come. (which is pretty irony cause I have lousy convincing skills... HAHA!!)

This time, we did the preparation pretty early as BC got loads of OT to do. Poor guy.. neverending work. On thursday, we went to buy a portable pit and like he said buy other "non-perishable" stuffs like charcoal and starters, plastic bowls and cups and so on. On friday nite, he came home from work like nearly to 10 and we rushed down to Cold Storage to buy the food and then back to do his hse to do the marinating. This guy is amazing i tell you.

He marinated the chicken wings, pork belly, pork meat, chicken meat and beef. Each of which of different marination method. The pork belly and pork meat marination were the yummiest! The chicken wings were nice as usual, always have a nice crispy skin to it when he marinates it. I wonder why. N every time he cant remember how he marinate the last time. He never knows wat he use.. just by his guts feeling! kewl right? I always feel so intimated when I am with him in the kitchen. He is so incontrol. damnz! haha!!

Anyway, it rained since 1 pm this afternoon. I was hoping it stopped by 3. It rained heavily until after 4 plus. We decided to go ahead n look for a pavilion at East Coast.

I was pretty screwed up for the day. Forgot everything I got to do. Forgot to bring my Portabello mushrooms from the fridge, forgot to pack serviettes and scissors, and also nearly forgot the brush as well. Thank gdness BC went with me to NTUC to do some last min shopping. Its only after we reached the pavilion at East Coast and carried everything then we realised i forgot the tongs too! I think BC wanted to kill me by then! *sheepish* Heng Elaine and Jason were late and able help us get a few stuffs we forgot. hehe!!

I think I toked too much for this post. Picture time!!!

Hehe! Yes! Attempting Artistic Pics again. This is a pic of our surroundings of the empty pit we found. We drove all the way to nearly the end before we found an empty pit and accessible to the carpark! Love the view from our pavilion. Although I jus realise the dustbin area is quite a sighful.

From another angle... No more unsightly dustbins! So So? Is my composition nice for this pic?! I kinda liked it.

I not sure about the exact name of the place we are near too. I think the sailing club? But isnt the sailing club in changi? sorry! Anyone any idea?! Ohhh! N the best part of this pavilion is that is near the TOILET!!! HAHA!! means.. we dun have to worry about peeing and then we get loads of water to wash stuffs.

Our Pavilion! Doesnt it looks so comfy to be in?! Right in the middle is the mini portable pit we bought! It din look that small in the shop! haha! Dun ask me about the baby pram at the corner! I have no idea why was it there in the first place. I think perhaps some parents left it there when they realised its broken. Anyway, BC decided its a nice place to tie our plastic bags to throw rubbish.

From another angle. Dun you think our benches looks so gleaming clean?!! Yes! BC and I cleaned both of the benches ok? with water and loads of serviettes! We just had too! It was sandy and wet! N the bench on the other side was filled with some sticky stuffs and loads of flies! So both of us, were madly pouring water, cleaning and drying the benches. In the end, the place looks so comfy and decent! Heng it was still rainy so not much pple walked past else they must b looking at us wierdos! haha! I love BC's icebox, its is also a table and has 2 mini chairs when fully assembled. Else its jus a nice compact icebox. Kewl right?! We sure need to bring it along when we go BBQ. So handy!!

Our Food. Long List. Just see~ hehe!

Miscellaneous Stuffs...

Was suppose to help shine the light on the food (lights haven came on yet) but decided to take a pic on the way. Then realised all I took was smoke! Haha!

Attempting some shot of the lampposts. I realise it was really beautiful when i was staring blankly at them. However I am unable to capture them as how i see them! I need professional help!