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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Jeju Love Land (제주러브랜드)a

Oh Dear!!! I have NOT BLOGGED for such a long time!!!!

Been so busy since I came back with all my other events and also my clearing up of my stuff (spring cleaning) and also the preparation for THE BIG DAY!!!! hehe... Anyway, here's a start:

Jeju Love Land !

On our very first night, after our connecting flight to Jeju Island, we managed to drive ourselves to Loveland park as it closes at 9, and we scheduled that as our last visit for the night. 
Oops...sorry for the selfie stick showing!!!  Well, here we are at the entrance to Jeju Love Land, we are happy as we could catch it at night, because if we are in a tour group, it would not be on the itinerary even. 

Gosh, a blatantly phallic symbol for the entrance!
More balls and......!!!! At the risk of sounding either clinical or pornographic, I let the pictures do the talking.  After a while, though, you will get used to all the so called graphic, suggestive, lewd, erotic and etc etc sculptures and statues.  
Upright buttocks but top half of body is missing.  Maybe it is meant to be a chair, so he sat on it.
Doesn't seem very comfortable, right?
He is examining it, but then, he is now a retired doctor liao.

This statue is huge and is arched, defying gravity, in the throes of passion
Just to show you how huge it is.


some statues are grotesque with exaggerated parts
and contorted into weird positions.

Ugly, lifelike woman with thin guy 

See what I mean? fat and ugly woman, maybe they want it to be more realistic, not everybody has model girl looks or figure.




This is the entrance to the indoor museum




Don't ask me what all these are for or what they are...because I don't know!


Some are like torture implements!

The diorama below is entitled "A break in the afternoon" hahaha!!!
What a break!
Secret Garden in Spring!






This family all sleep in one room, and there is no privacy! esp the parents!

Meanwhile, back at the outdoor park..
Even the toilet signs and door knobs are explicit.



And, the way out......
Most interesting Love Land! 

Friday, November 4, 2016

MIddle Eastern Cooking 29 September 2016

To expose us to a different culture and to "internationalise"  us, we had Azra of Azra's Kitchen (check out her facebook page) to demonstrate to us some Middle Eastern Cooking and dishes.

Here we are at her kitchen and she is already busy whipping up the dsihes (I had trouble finding her house!)

She's busy jotting down notes and we took advantage of her diligence but snapping a shot of the recipes below:






Here we are, ready for the chicken dish!
A picture with the chef and eager members before we continue...
I do not know much about Middle Eastern cooking so I let the sequence of photos tell the story.




Sesame paste or tahini



Charcoal to smoke the basmati rice.







Basmati rice with cinnamon, tomatoes and other spices.




coals are added in the centre
















She has finished cooking and the table is set for our sampling.




Chicken Mendi Rice

Mutabbal..Eggplant grilled with tahini (sesame Paste) cumin, garlic.
 Mutabbal is a starter to be taken with pita or any Arabic bread.
Fetush Salad.
Salad of cucumber, tomatoes, onion with lemon juice, olive oil with fried strips of Arabic bread.


Yum, our lovely lunch freshly prepared!
Here are the recipes for the above dishes: