Adventures with Maggie

I met my friend Maggie at a Weight Watcher's meeting in September, 2007. She has become a very good friend and I enjoy going places with her. Her family is just as friendly and welcoming as she is and they have entertained me quite often the past year or so. I will miss her terribly when I leave.


Maggie and Siew Wah Yeong.

Maggie and daughter, Stephanie

Maggie and daughter, Candice


Maggie is always introducing me to new people. This is BanEE. She is also from Singapore.

Eric, the owner of the Little Singapore restaurants. Maggie and I eat there quite often.

Chopsticks lesson at Little Singapore.

I love this fruit market. It has the best fruit and the owner helps us choose the fruits that are in season. He also lets us sample before we buy!

Maggie making room for our fruit purchases.

The Mango is a fruit that I like a lot. Maggie showed me how to slice it properly. There are several varieties of mangoes but my favorite is the Asian Queen (Maggie says it is named after her). The fresh fruits are one of the many things I love about Australia.

Maggie had me pose by these huge bags of rice to show how big they were. I am holding a jar of hot chilli sauce. I add it to my Weight Watcher's chicken fried rice dish to spice it up a bit.

That is one big bag of rice. It would probably last me the rest of my life. That is 55 pounds of rice.

Maggie pointing to her favorite tea. She has introduced me to many kinds of teas. I certainly enjoy my morning and afternoon teas. That is one habit I am taking back to Indiana with me.

I bought a tea pot and some chinese tea cups to serve up the tea leaves I bought at Yuen's Market. I wanted to be able to serve proper chinese tea. Then BanEE told me that she uses a coffee mug and a tea bag to have her tea. How funny is that?

Leaving with my tea purchases. As you can see, I did not buy the big bag of rice.