The beauty of living alone is that you can make the house look as girly as you want, and no want can say anything about it. I must admit it has been quiet without my brother around but there have been benefits as well. For a few days, I had a houseguest who reminded me of why despite the company, I would never want a housemate as I'm just way too pedantic. In any case, I've added this pretty display to my coffee table. The candle is Frangipani-scented and is just amazing. I've also bought a new Japanese Lamp for my living room but I couldn't be arsed taking a picture of it, so y'all will just have to imagine what a Japanese Lamp will look like...

Due to the perpetual expansion of my shoes collection, I've gone and bought myself another shoe rack so that my hallway doesn't look so cluttered. I've organized it such that I've got a shoe rack just for the shoes that I can wear to work. Hee hee.

I also had Asish, Tat and Sandeep to dinner on the 29th. Sort of like a pre-New Year dinner. We went swimming before and Tat's never been to my place before, so it was good. I have to say though that Asish is so lazy when it comes to learning how to swim...Unfortunately we forgot to take pictures of the food except for dessert. As you can see, Asish was almost through his by the time we took the pictures...

I made for Starters: Wasabi Mayonnaise coated Prawns with Fruit Salad; Morrocan Grilled Lamb Chops with Baba Ganoush; Pan-fried Haloumi with Onion Marmalade and Otah.

Then, I had Macadamia-Crusted Chicken Breast with a Kahlua Butter Sauce for the Main Course. This was followed by Linguine tossed in Chilli-Garlic-Coriander-Anchovies-Butter-Olive Oil.

For dessert, we had Strawberry Jubilee with Crepes and Vanillia Ice-cream. I was so proud of myself when I managed to flambe the strawberries!!!!