And the winner of the 2023 Academy Awards is...

 

Hi Natty!  Hi Honey!  Thank you for your support!  I hope things are going great for you over there, and you are having a wonderful time.  Please take good care of your health and safety.

And the winner of the 2023 Academy Awards is... Cara Delevingne! And the runner up is Halle Berry!  Congratulations, Ladies!  You look like real movie stars!  To celebrate, go buy yourselves some new underwear.

Mary's outfit is:

!! NE! Small pearls with diamonds necklace

Alli&Ali Designs Leeanne Hair

FARIN BELT - M

Long dress by unknown designer

R.icielli - DEIDRE High Heels

Here are my picks from the Miss Sohee SPRING 2023 COUTURE collection:

Qur'an 20230314

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

44.  Had We sent this as a Qur'an other than Arabic, they would have said, "Why are not its verses explained in detail?  What!  Not in Arabic, and an Arab?"  Say, "It is a guide and a healing to those who believe, and for those who believe not, there is deafness in their ears, and also blindness.  They are being called from a place far distant!"

Expounded 41:44

Monday

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope everything is going well for you, and you are keeping safe and healthy.  You are the most beautiful girl in the world to me, and I love you with all of my heart.

It's Monday here.  I'm doing OK.  I just had dinner, which was curry pups.  I didn't really like the filling that I made, so I might have to chuck the leftover filling out.  My cooler has a comfortable amount of food in it, I should be able to last until next month inshaAllah.  I can't eat out much, maybe a fish head or two.  I need to buy veggies and gasoline next, and there should be enough left for kibble and kitty litter inshaAllah.  Yeah I'm playing tag with the next month, like most other people.  There's an American saying, "If you're not on the edge then you're not where you're supposed to be".  So it's a good thing I don't have any dependents.

Or do I?

Mary's outfit is:

:*BABY*: Sparkling Sky Lipstick

.Absence. Birthday Dress

Blueberry - Bow Slippers

JellyRoll - Beth Hairstyle

Chop Zuey Couture Jewelery Le Petit Fleur Earrings

Here are my picks from the Maison Rabih Kayrouz SPRING 2023 COUTURE collection:

A complex fond

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope you are feeling good and keeping safe and healthy.  It's Sunday here.  I'm doing OK, maybe a little drowsy.

Sorry about the 20 minute set today, folks.  I had to take my mother to the dentist, then she wanted a haircut.  I got done with enough time to prepare my dinner.  I had a whole lot of leftovers to use up, so I decided to make fried noodles.  There was a little bit of Chinese cabbage all wilted, that got chopped up.  Also some carrot slices.  I picked a young mango before I went in the house, I chopped that up to add sourness without vinegar.  Also some of the green hot chilli peppers that Adolf chewed on yesterday.  That's all the "fresh" veggies.  For the fond, I began with my usual trio of chopped garlic, ginger and galangal, and fried that up in leftover oil from frying sardine rolls.  I had some "garam belacan" (the stuff in the video) that had been sitting in the cooler for a few years, I put a couple of spoonfuls in there.  It doesn't go bad folks, but it is very sweet.  Also I added some leftover fish head curry about a week old which was on the salty side.  Plus a little water, and that was the fond.  I cooked that up on high heat with chunks of beef in there then added the half pack of noodles I bought a few days ago.  I stirred that mix up until the water almost evaporated then put the "fresh" stuff in and turned off the heat to give it a final mix.  Finish it with some dried fried shallots on top.  I'll never be able to duplicate those noodles again!  Too bad though, it was the best fried noodles I ever made.  Alhamdulillah.

Mary's outfit is:

LIVIA::Just Reds // Lipstick 1

- LEIGH - Halloween Desires Dress I

pr!tty - Brea hair

Pure Poison - Tiana Sandals

REED - HALLY Necklace

Here are my picks from the Julie de Libran SPRING 2023 COUTURE collection:

Masters of ramen

 

 Hi Natty!  How you doin' today, Honey?  I hope you are having tons of fun over there.  Looks like you have your own gang going, huh!  Hold on tight to those old friends, Darlin'.  And pray they don't become corrupt.  Please keep safe and healthy OK!

Cooking with 7 cats present is like being circled by a pack of wolves every time I step into the kitchen.  But since they're cats, then they don't team up to steal food from me: they steal from each other.  That's basic cat politics: what they want is someone else's food.  Adolf has come to the point of "steal first, inspect later", yeah just like a snatch thief.  I placed a small bag of green hot chilli peppers on the counter, and he swiped them up quickly.  When he discovered that they weren't to his taste, I got my peppers back but a few of them had bite marks.  The kittens are grown enough to jump onto the counter top.  Great.  Anna is the meekest of the kittens since that near drowning incident, but today she was really interested in my ramen.  Bon Appetit, Anna!  You should do a "Masters of Ramen" series.  Ramen bricks are as sophisticated as you get around here, but that's global right?  So even if you folks had to live on those "12 packs for a buck" ramen deals, you can still have luxury bowls of ramen.  That means, focus on the broth.  My broth today is based on the 2 chunks of salted fish I bought at the Batu Dua market on Tuesday, which I split each in half to get 4 chunks.  I slow boil a chunk of fish in filtered water while I vacuum and mop the house, along with seaweed, onion, garlic, ginger, and carrot.  When it tastes good, shut off the heat and let it cool down.  That way the scum sticks to the side of the pot, and you can just scrape it off.  I strain the broth and give the fish to the cats, first making sure the salt has cooked out.  Then bring it to a boil, and cook the noodles at the same time.  Just to soften it up a little, then I put the noodle brick in the bowl and crack an egg in there.  I finish the broth off with tofu and fish cake, then pour the whole boiling lot over the ramen brick and egg: don't break the yolk!  Top it off with dried fried shallots and hot sauce, and it's done!  The routine changes from day to day depending on how I feel and what I have but you don't have to put pig in your ramen like that guy in the video, folks!  A slice of chicken breast or roast beef would do just as well.

Mary's outfit is:

Natural lips gloss II by Katt Yeetly

DRESS YANA PINK by Nisha

Pure Poison - Artizan Cloud Pumps

Amy White and Pink Panties by INSOLENCE

xbody eternity love silver necklace

^;^CaTwA^;^ Priyanka/MidNight hair

Good stuff from Jean Paul Gaultier.  Those black models are totally sophisticated.  Here are my picks from the Jean Paul Gaultier SPRING 2023 COUTURE collection: