I’ve wanted to try a Yummy Mummy’s Cheesecake cheesecake since I saw one of their shops in Woodville back in 2008. I can’t wait to get to Wellington – only 2 more sleeps.

In other news Tom and I are going to the Hurricanes v Crusaders game at the Stadium on 26 February… woo! Tickets were only $25 each with a whopping $8 processing charge.

I’ve also been playing around with more Photoshop brushes. Hopefully I’ll be sending out some cute postcards to some lucky recipients in the very near future.

The verdict: Kind of earthy with a zing. Very green!

Method

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add eggs and mashed bananas.
3. Mix together the boiling milk and baking soda, then add to the mixture.
4. Sift together flour and baking powder, then slowly fold into the mixture. (Don’t over-mix it.)
5. Bake in greased muffin tins at 180°C for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, turn the oven up to 250°C for five minutes then turn the oven off and leave tins in for another 5 minutes or until brown.

Makes 12.

Walk east to the end of Khaosan Road and turn right onto Thanon Tanao. Walk down until you get to a set if traffic lights and turn left onto Thanon Ratchadamnoen Klang. Walk down the street until you see the 7-Eleven. The bus stop should be outside.

Flag down the red number 15 bus by holding your arm out with you palm facing down. The bus was stuck in traffic so I walked down to it to board but others waited until it got to the stop. 

Take your seat on the bus and a person with a long metal tube will come and take the fare off you. The fare is a flat 7 baht and they do give change. 

With traffic the trip took around 20 minutes. Just before you get to the MBK shopping centre you will pass a large Tesco/Lotus supermarket on your left and the National Stadium on your right. The stop is under the Skytrain station. Push one of the red buttons on the bus to get let off. 

Use the overbridgr walkway to cross the road and get into the shopping centre on the third floor. Then shop shop shop!

I left my job at the end of July the day before heading off to the States for Kat and Jeff’s wonderful wedding. Since I’ve been back I’ve had three days off work. Who said freelancing was easy?

I’m now in the phase where it’s minimal groceries and eating everything we own. I’m just hoping our meals won’t end up consisting of rice noodles, paprika and mayo.

It’s also the phase where I’ve decided to ship everything back to New Zealand. As Tom says, the place will never have looked so tidy!

A bonus of clearing out the room is that my inflatable man finally has a new home. Namely, Vaughan’s room. Although that kind of backfired as he dressed it up in Jez’s naked suit and beanie and left it in the living room to scare the bejesus outta whoever happened to walk in. Now we’re taking it in turns to leave it in unsuspecting places: the couch, the hallway, the toilet, Jez’s bed when he brings a girl home…

Before last week’s flight I decided to go out for drinks and stay up all night. This week I’ve opted for having an afternoon nap and going to bed (although failing to sleep) at 10pm.

Being forced to go to sleep is like being a child again.

And if that weren’t enough I have delved deep and set up a JOINT blog. Now that takes real commitment.