The dream satchel

It was raining heavily on Sunday afternoon and I was too tired to go out after my morning run, so I decided to muck around the internet for a bit and saw a gorgeous brown satchel on Jak and Jil blog. It took my breath away. I have been looking for an old school cool satchel for a while now but have no idea where to get them from. And this one was perfect. From the blog, I found out they can be bought from The Cambridge Satchel Company in UK ! And they ship out of UK!! I found out that these gorgeous babies are not only beautiful, they are surprisingly reasonable too.

The bigger ones are known as batchels and they look adorable as a school bag for kids as they are stylish as a messenger bag for men. How versatile !

They come in a variety of sizes and colours and the best thing is they can be embossed to your liking!!! The excitement was surreal!!

After choosing and deciding, I ordered a 13 inch satchel in Chestnut Brown with blind embossing of my initials and all I have to do now is wait painfully for 3-4 weeks until they show up...Counting the days!

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La Cigale French Market, Parnell

One of my favourite haunt is the La Cigale French Market. I absolutely love eating a freshly baked baguette with the chosen cheese of the day and watch fashionable city folks milling around the market in their trendy garb and equally stylish pooches.

Yummy turkish bread galore

Macarons!! Anyone who know us well will know about our macaron craze! Ever since our trip to Paris last year, we are hooked! These babies are devine. The last time I got them from Philippe's Chocolat, I was disappointed that the cream was spread on. These ones are very similar to the ones we had in Paris and totally gobsmacked!! Love....

Stuffed peppadews with feta cheese

These are the first published batch of photos from my new Nikon D90!! *LOVE* I still adore capturing the unexpected shots from my iphone but the nice shots of the D90 is so worth lugging it with me wherever my eating adventures take me.

It was all great until it started pouring. Looking forward to next week's trip to Clevedon Market.

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Angie's Kitchen

Luckily / Unluckily for me, there's a decent Malaysian food joint a stone throw away from work.

Angie's Kitchen is a nice cosy place & very clean.

S ordered assam laksa. It's pretty good but lacks oomph, we'd still prefer the assam laksa from Sri Puteri's in Panmure.


My nasi lemak with curry chicken. The blue rice is very eye-catching although it tastes no different than normal coconut rice.

Bubur cha-cha!! What a luxury to find bubur cha-cha so readily available and actually tastes good. Not too sweet or heavy for my liking.

I like Angie's Kitchen but I am hesitant to come here for lunch without calling beforehand. It's packed and sometimes you'll end up waiting 30 mins for your food. The only warning is to not try their beef rendang. It's pretty disappointing. Prices are between $ 10.50 -12.00 for a rice / noodle dish. A little pricey but one has to factor in the location of Angie's being the most populated street in NZ! Would definitely come here again.


17 Mount Street, Auckland CBD
Close on Sundays

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Sunday morning run

Having mentioned that I have taken a healthy-ier approach to my overall eating lifestyle, I have started my new love for running and fitness. Still love my food to bits but even better now that I have a new passion.

Went for a short run this morning, for only 3.2 km run in Cornwall Park and was greeted by these cute sheep busy grazing. Feels good, my knees are not as hammered as on Friday. Next on, having a fairly naughty dinner at friends' & watching the finale of The Amazing Race!!

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