Saturday seemed like a long night of phone calls,  Sex in the City marathon with the girls, over a bottle of Italian red wine, chips  and cheese.  The wine that our dear sister Xing brought on Saturday night was a Primitivo, the kind that could knock you off completely. I know, because I couldn’t drive her home after finishing the bottle.  While it has this effect on most people, it usually has a very different effect on me – it keeps me unusually wide awake but not sober! So while everyone decided to crawl into their pyjamas, I was up and about. I spent the rest of the evening(morning) browsing, blogging and bugging my friend on YM, who was also working the evening shift for a big launch.

Finally, at 5am I dozed off to dreamland. I slept like a baby and woke up half past 1PM on Sunday to find the house empty and my iPhone dead. I hurriedly charged it up and unlocked the SIM to find several SMS’s, a couple of  missed calls and 3 voicemails.  Yes, I was dead to the world for the entire morning.

After returning a few calls, I dragged myself out of bed to start my day with some warm lunch.  I whipped up Nido Oriental soup (which was supposedly Chinese though my Chinese friend doesn’t know what it is), warmed up some rice left over from the Kimchi dinner the previous night,  and pan-grilled Spam slices for a late lunch with Xing.  Sunday  did not actually go by in a blur for me.  Though I never managed to step outside the house,  a lot of things happened to me today that really kept my spirit at an all time high.

Sunday is my Italian Day. Starting off with a long overdue surprise from Giuliana – I learned how to prepare proper Italian Espresso with a proper espresso machine and really really good coffee beans from Bari! Here, here, look! My verdict – mmmm lekker!!!

After coffee, I had a hair dyeing session with my Italian colorist…and by 5pm, I felt like a new person wearing slightly red locks!

In the evening, we decided to do some knowledge exchange in the kitchen!  Giuliana schooled us on the right way of preparing Lasagna – the Italian Way! I was happy to be her assistant! I love Italian food!!!

Homemade Italian Lasagna by Giuliana

And finally, I showed Xing and Giuliana how to bake my popular Chewy Moist brownies. Buon appetito!