a homecooked meal for a girl who doesn't like VEGETABLES

xiaowen came over to my place on friday to have a homecooked lunch rather than go for katong laksa (she claims she has never eaten laksa before in her entire life) because she wanted to enjoy my cooking (i'm honoured!).

so i made spaghetti (because we always say we should meet up for lunch at Han's and have their spaghetti) - note how much capsicum i put in. this was my bid to get xiaowen to eat more vegetables: by chopping them into small bits, you'd not want to spend ten minutes picking them all out so you'd just eat them (the things you learn from reading cooking magazines on how to get children to eat their greens). initially she was dreading the capsicums because she has never eaten them before in her entire life (again!) but she was amazed that they didnt taste yucky (YAY!) and she didnt even realise there were mushrooms in the pasta!
so, nutritional recap: bacon in spaghetti - protein; tomatoes, onions, capsicum, mushrooms - fibre; spaghetti - carbohydrates
VOILA! balanced meal already!
i made roast chicken with honey, soy sauce, pepper and five spice powder (leftovers were eaten today as part of a chicken salad. YUMMY!)
and we had SALAD! xiaowen didnt touch the salad but she DID try one cucumber stick after being amused that my mom and i ate were snacking on them after we had finished our food. erm, she wasnt that big a fan...

we were bored so we decided to go to Orchard since i needed to get my ballet shoes before i flew back to the UK and i didnt want to have to tussle with the christmas eve crowd. so we spontaneously decided to take pictures while in the train stations (despite getting weird looks from people).
my unexpected artistic shot! had turned off the flash and moved the camera just before the picture was taken. how cool is that! anyway i sort of figured out that i have an intelligent camera because when i turn the flash off and am in a dimly lit area, the camera slows the shutter speed so that it can get more light before the picture is taken... which results in the above when you move too soon...
a self-portrait. josh noted some time ago i seem to like this expression when i take self-portraits. like bunny-ish. the big eyes and the teeth biting my lower lip... hmm...