Journey of a SAHM

Fish excursion

2009-11-11T16:25:00.001+08:00

Had a day out to the fish aquaria centre with F , T and their offspring. Snuggle fit in the 7 Seaters, off we went to the city. Kids were behaving really well, the two younger masters were happy keeping each other accompany in the economy row, one of them actually fell asleep so master 2 just looked bored to death. In the meantime, Master 1, Miss M and Master C together with F happily sitting in the business class row. ( poor F, i hope she didnt mind looking after the kids). The first class row was me and the driver T. It was going to be a big challenge, especially for me. I have never taken both masters out by myself as i would probably be busy shouting, and trying to keep them under control.

What happen next?……

After taking a nice stroll through KLCC, we ended up at the fish aquaria.. The kids seem to be enjoying themselves, but i felt i was exhausted. Master 1 was ok, but it was master 2 that was tiring me out. He kept on wanting to run , run master run. I was busy looking after the stroller, the camera around my neck and trying to keep master 2 at bay. Thanks for T who helped me hold the baby lease.

After taking 1 quick round at the aquaria, we decided to take a break and have lunch at the lounge. We whipped out our homemade sandwiches and fruits and the kids were running wild. Finally i could catch my breath..

30 mins later … off we went for the 2nd time round

Finally after spending at least 2 hours, we walked around Klcc. It was packed with people, and while we were waiting for T, the kids enjoyed the train rides and some refreshing drinks. There was a promotion at KLCC and T bought a book for more than 100rm, so she was entitled a free hanna tattoo. She gave it to the 3 kids and they were so excited. Finally it was time to head home, the kids are getting tired.. i was already in zombie land myself haha

obviously reason for master 2

time for some sugar rush for the kids…

Eaten Alive

2009-09-26T00:07:00.001+08:00

After coming back from a relaxing holiday at Tioman, i had a very unwanted souvenirs. I have been bitten by sand flies all over my back and arm. Unable to resist the temptation, i scratch like there’s no tomorrow, ahh isnt it such a nice feeling when you can scratch ?? Well scratch = more scratching = unpleasant scars . Like the saying, once you scratch you can stop. So the next time you see me, i will not be wearing anything skimpy, but instead i’ll be covering myself up. There goes my boob tops, bare back and spaghetti strap tops!

Anniversary

2009-09-26T00:05:00.002+08:00

After many days and months, with 2 kids and a dog, we have finally reached our 5th year anniversary. To tell you the truth, we didnt really get to celebrate our anniversaries for some due reason. When i meant celebrate, i mean with dinner just the two of us with maybe a present on the side.. hehe Here is the run through of our anniversaries:

1st year – went to KLCC early and suppose to have a nice romantic dinner, but because i was pregnant with master 1, i couldn't wait till dinner time and decided that food court food taste yummy. I had a kebab, and my other half had curry laska!

2nd year – went back to my hubby’s hometown thinking that we could leave master 1 with his grand parents, but instead they tag along together with our niece. We had dinner together with them at “the ship”

3rd year – in the labour room with master 2. So no dinner for me and a gift for hubby

4th year –totally forgotten about our anniversary because we were busy celebrating our master 2’s 1st birthday. but to some kind friends, they remembered for us HAHA thank to you :)

5th year – Took the opportunity since we have a maid to help babysit the kids and finally celebrating our first real anniversary, just the two of us, peace and quiet … We ask around where to eat and SZ suggested somewhere romantic – one bangsar…one of the restaurant… and finally decided to try the French food. When we got there we didn't realised that the shop was actually closed for a long time, so the next stop was to try the Italian. Unfortunately that was also close for function…what a luck.. so we made our trip to Midvalley instead ( cos i wanted to get something there hehe)

So rushing my way to the garden at midvalley, i found the shop that was waiting for. To my unfortunate, the wristlet that i was looking for was not available, and only the bigger version was displayed. I didn't want a handbag, but instead i wanted a wristlet, small enough for my phone and some money but not too small that i cant seem to put anything or too big that it seem so troublesome

Walked around the garden and managed to find my possible dream wristlet.. it was Burberry… but the cost doesn't agree to me even though hubby was willing to get it. So im very fickle minded at the moment… Should i or should i not get it. maybe i should save the money and buy the air conditioner or electric gate..hahaha.. see.. i was upset that hubby didnt get me anything for our anniversary,and he asked me what i want and i secretly told him my wants is a wristlet bag.. now after window shopping and hunting… i might actually conclude my wish…….

to be continued…. ( im getting sleepy)

Oh we had Paddington house of pancake for dinner. It was yummy, aussie burger and california sausage finish with sweet pancake.. hmmm... yummy..

My first Roast Chicken

2009-07-09T15:31:00.002+08:00

I have finally decided to roast my first ever whole chicken. I’ve always wanted to roast a chicken but was too afraid of wasting the big bird if a boo boo was to happen…

I did started off with chicken pieces, and it was sort of a success, but was on the drier side.

The night before, i took the frozen bird from the freezer and started to defrost it in the fridge. To my amazement… the next morning it was still frozen! It was already 10am and yet hard as a rock. Thinking to myself that i had to cook this for lunch and its already 10 am, i quickly took the water defrost method. It was finally done after 1 hr when i decided to wash the chicken and started to get rid of the excess fat. This was my first time cleaning a whole chicken and it was kind of turning me off. The smell, the rawness of the meat, the amount of fat i could see under the skin. I was thinking.. oh gosh how am i going to cook this fella??

So after washing, i had to massage him. Massage him with garlic rosemary butter.. ahh it felt awful haha..

Preheated the oven, i shoved the chicken in, hoping for the best

20 minutes on one side, then turn it for another 20 minute…. after removing the foil, piggy said “ the chicken is still white, looks like it going to be 1.30pm not 1pm”.

Starting to panic, i started to bake without the foil. Cooked another 20 minutes, still no luck. it was not burning… the side were still white!! I then had to consult sz, she told me to grill it to brown the skin, and i place it on the upper rack… Save by the bell. total time of cooking…from 12.15pm to almost 1.45pm .. ok still enough time for piggy before he goes to class..

Result not too dry, gravy came out nice, piggy gave a 110% and i had a burn mark from basting the chicken….

My first Roast Chicken

My injury caused by roasting the chicken… HEHE

Boy’s best friend

2009-07-06T17:17:00.001+08:00

Master 2 was ecstatic when he could finally hug a dog without it running away. He took the liking of a golden retriever and decided to adopt him home. He held him so tight that his parents felt the bond he made, so they decided to get this puppy for him..

As you can see, his best friend ( no name at the moment), is well house trained. He would obey the little master at no cost. They enjoyed the wrestling, great big hugs and friendship made..

Chilling out together

Wrestling

Giving him a great big hug

I love you

The noodle boy and his chocolate brother

2009-07-06T16:49:00.001+08:00

Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Master two,who started to enjoy his adventure with the world of noodles. It was only then he realised the world he was missing out, since his only staple diet was rice porridge.

The father of master two started to endeavour the wonders of noodle, when master two walked pass him. He stopped and looked. The two little feet came thumping as his eyes were fixed on the long strand of noodle hanging off the long wooden chopstick. He stood next to his father, mouth open like a little baby bird waiting for food. After a mouth full he realised that standing was impossible. He took the chair and eagerly pulled himself up and sat on the chair waiting for more…

And here are some of the photos …………….

and he finally stop when he almost gag on the noodle ..

…..in the meantime… master two’s brother, the chocolate brother, decided to appear during the noodle session…

The End

Back to nature……

2009-06-06T21:52:00.001+08:00

The other day our family and L’s family decided to take a trip to see the Pony at Rawang. I didnt know whether it was nice, but took the chance since it was the school holiday and master 1 was getting a little bored at home. The idea came about from L’s son. They had a holiday program and all of the holiday kids were attending, so L decided to tag along.

So i mention to piggy about this pony trip that we were planning to go and he decided to tag along. Great, a family day out. We didnt really know much about this pony riding in Rawang, and after making many phone calls, it was located at the Commonwealth park. Still no idea where or what kind of location..

Being clueless about the location, we used our GPS and typed in Templer’s park since we couldnt find commonwealth park. Someone suggested it was called Templer’s park. After a good 45 minutes drive, Templer’s park was on our left hand side. Thinking to myself, hmm this looks like a big field, simple park. We were about to turn in when the drive in front of us ( we were semi following L’s car and GPS), continued driving straight. It was then we realised that it wasnt Temple’s park that they were talking about. When we finally found the park it was called “ Commonwealth Forest Park”.

The entrance looked rather bare and deserted, but we continued to enter. We drove a good 5 minutes through the beautiful up hill winding road.. I was in Awe… all i could see up is tall trees.

Finally we found the car park, and there were actually people in the reserve. Not so many compared to FRIM, but a handful. Mostly Malays. They were riding on the horses, and i was beginning to feel happy. We decided to take the kids to explore the backyard of the forest. Master 2 saw the rooster running around the yard, and he decided to follow. He was ecstatic… you could see his expression. It was the first time a city boy saw a rooster in the kampung style yard (village). Both Master 1 and L’s sons were overjoyed.

After exploring and taking heaps of photos, we decided it was time for a little snack, so we found a picnic hut and started stuffing our face with hotdog made by me.

My kids and L’s kids were busy exploring the nature. Master 2 and L’s youngest son hang out at the sandpit and stream, whereas master 1 and L’s eldest son were on the hunt for paint ball bullets.

Unfortunately, we couldnt get the chance to ride on the pony as it was time for them to take a snooze( the horse needed their morning rest). Beside that we had one of the greatest time hanging out in the forest and took lots of photos.

We should encourage more of our children to go to these kind of places. City kids need to get in touch with nature . Fresh air and scent from forest is a change from the polluted hazy air we face in the suburban area and city. Nowadays kids need to be introduce to the nature of insects and livings things found in the forest. In the future, they might not be able to see these things…

Today i was reading the star newspaper and they were mentioning something about another forest reserve, Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve. We are interested in checking out the place as it is located in Puchong, somewhere in Saujana. I have email the caretaker and i hope we can get a feedback from him.

Girls night out

2009-05-21T09:49:00.006+08:00

Last friday i was invited by a friend, N to attend a girl night out. Being me, i was a little skeptical as i was a little shy meeting new people. She reassured me that she was too shy and will keep me company. Piggy encourage me to enjoy myself, but i was still thinking twice. Then i thought, what the heck, at least i get to meet new people, so i decided to accept her offer. N picked me up as she was on the way to pick her children up, and i was a little nervous. Nervous because i was going to meet new people ( crazy as it may seem, i felt like a little girl hahaha) Dinner was at SAFFRON, a nice and cosy Punjabi restaurant. There were 7 of us, and one of them i've met earlier on another occasion. Facebook, boyfriends, and children was the topic of the night. I was sitting at the other end of the table listening and smiling. I was a little shy, so i didnt really contribute to the conversation, just listen. The food at Saffron was delicous, and i would recommend anyone to have dinner there, hopefully i can introduce it to piggy. New food experience for me though :) After a nice hearty meal, the group decided to head to a next door pub, BULLLDOG. It was a little quiet as it was only 930pm, but slowly the crowd started to come in. I noticed that most of the crowd are older people, so i kinda felt a little too young haha ( lucky they let me in ....scared they might think im only 17!) I didnt take my chunky camera but lucky most of the girls took out their small little camera and started snapping..It was a nice night out with the girls, and i really enjoyed myself. Made some new friends and dont mind trying it again... here are some photos

p/s piggy was so kind to look after the kids... and he even offered to pick me up half way,didnt want N to drive me home as it would be too far for her...

Bread

2009-05-21T09:31:00.003+08:00

Sorry my dear follower for not updating my blog. Since my last entry, i kind of gotten a little lazy haha... so i will try to update as much as possible.

The other week, my dear friend F decided to let me use her bread maker.. So kind of her... So far i have created 3 different type of breads, but I've yet to take any photos. I guess i am kinda of in the stage of experimenting and have numerous of occasion forgotten to take the photos.. next time... My only question is when i use the bread maker, it leaves a strong smell of yeast in the bread. Any suggestions?? hmm

Another year older

2009-04-21T21:23:00.006+08:00

Well i am another year old. It seems that since I had the two masters, I don’t seem to have time to remember my own birthday. Well maybe a few days or so and I will be think to myself....oh yah my birthday is coming soon. I remember when I was younger (well not so young, maybe before I had the kids), I would look forward to my birthday, thinking and planning for a nice occasion....hehe

On the morning of my birthday, I had a full day ahead of me. Piggy was busy with his mountain biking and the kids were making a hell of a noise. I was planning to cook a big breakfast storm for piggy. (Yah I know it’s suppose to be the other way round, but I think he will probably destroy it ...), and I had to be somewhere at 12.15pm. So being a super mum, I was multitasking...from preparing the food, keeping the kids at bay, looking at the clock and stressing at the same time...hahaha... and this is what I made for us ...

Terrible ... there's goes my health..... Greasy, and processed....

After chomping on my yummy irresistible brekkie, it was already 12.10pm... I had to be somewhere at 12.20pm and I haven’t even showered. So off I went upstairs and took my shower.. In the midst of getting ready, I couldn’t decide what to wear.. Yah I know.. that is why we are always late hahaha.. we havent decided what to wear... too many choices, and for me its more like erm.. new clothes, but havent had the time to try it on or had any alteration done.. ( thats when MIL comes in handy hahaha)

So off I went to meet up in my aunt’s place and picked up my yummy birthday cake from my baker cousin, T(http://terricakes.blogspot.com/). I passed the cake to piggy and off i went with my cousin A and her mum. We were heading to Sunway Pyramid for our free make up course by Acut Above Academy. For the next 6 hours we were going to learn how to put on our makeup.

There were about 12 students at the academy and it was quite interesting learning about the art of putting on a makeup. After 1.5 hours of tutorial, we were given the opportunity to put the knowledge to use. Being me, I didn’t really listen to a word they said because they were speaking in Cantonese, so i didn’t pay much attention. I felt like i was at school, kept on asking my cousin A if this is right or am i doing this correctly or what is next. I had a great time, even though it took 6 hours to learn how to put on a makeup, received a bag of freebies, bought a eyeliner gel and eye glue. Yes, you’re probably wondered why did i buy eye glue? Apparently there is a trick to make those people who have single eye lid, droopy eyes or like mine, double eye lid hiding, to make it appear that you have double eye lid. So the next time u noticed something different on my eyes, the 6 hours course actually put to use. Unfortunately my eyes were getting really dry and it was making me really tired.

( Photos were taken but on my cousin's camera, so once she has finish downloading it, i shall post it up)

We were supposed to have a small family dinner, but things came up, and we had to postpone. But I managed to meet up with my other close friends and we had a quick dinner. Almost forgotten, when I got into the car, piggy left a bunch of flowers and a card for me.. so sweet... it was quite rare for me to receive flowers from him, so it was a very unexpected. Master 1 helps in writing the card.

So rushing home, i told piggy that that we have to quickly cut the cake as i wanted to remove all my makeup and my contact lenses. For some reason i felt so extremely tired that all i wanted to do was to go to sleep. So i asked piggy whether we have any leftover candles, but he said he couldnt remember. So another idea came up, i took our tea light candle and placed it on the cake..ta da... an unique candle for me.. haha

So that was the end of my special day. Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes, gifts and birthday cake. The most important thing is having my family with me and master 1 trying to sing happy birthday, and even on the next day.( well every month he has to sing happy birthday to his buddies at school)

ps sorry about the big font, guess im getting older, so cant see well HAHAHAHAHAHA

Hair?What hair?

2009-04-16T16:59:00.006+08:00

The time has come, after many months of delaying, i have finally found the courage to remove my little darling master 2's baby hair. Yes, master 1 has gone through the stage of baldness, but its so difficult for master 2. He has such a nice soft hair, reddish in colour, reminds me of a mixed blood.Excuses such as, no we cant shave his hair, he need to take a family portrait, photo shoot etc.. but that never came..

My next step is how are we going to shave his hair? Piggy wanted master 2 to have a clean bowling ball look so his hair could grow evenly and coarser. Thinking to take him to barber, i had second thought. He is a figgety boy, and to take him to the barber would be a nightmare for him, and i dont want him to have a bad experience. I know its common for kids to hate having their hair cut, but master 1 seem to be ok with it.His first hair cut was at the age of 8 months, and according to the barber, he has never experience a baby sitting so still. It was a breeze shaving his head using the blade!

I called up one my buddy, and asked her to help me to cut master 2's hair. She has the hair cutter which she uses it on her 2 boys.

Hair Cutter

help me .. Oh Oh

Do you like it??

Which one is me?

When piggy saw master 2's head, he wasnt satisfied, it wasnt bowling ball smooth. Thinking of a way to make it smooth and without the use of a blade, i remembered that piggy has a electric shaver. So here is the result...

Guess what master 1 said when he came home? "mummy,master 2 hair gone?'
Master 1 new saying , "i like a botak head" (translated " i like a bald head")

Wish list fulfilled (most of it)

2009-04-08T14:56:00.001+08:00

1) Dinner at Outback and eat the yummy cheesy chips

(yummy sirloin steak with mash, medium - mine)

(pork ribs with chips - piggy)

(Freshly prepared calamari)

(half eaten cheesy chips.. was too hungry almost forgotten to take a photo)

(house salad.boring)

(yummy bread loaf)

(master 2 enjoying his fruit stick)

2)Kebab

Me and my kebab.Irresistible. Much much bigger and yummy than malaysia.. (obviously)

3)Vietnamese Pork Roll (had it and will have it again)

This is another heaven food for me.. i just love eating this Vietnamese pork roll

4)Pork Ribs

Out again with friends, one in particular havent seen for a long time.Taken at Hog's Breath cafe

(Pork Ribs)

(Chicken....)

5)leichhardt italian cafe (bar italia)

(my fav - tortellini)

(bolognese)

(erm.. dont know what pasta is this)

(salad)

(our gelato which we have forgotten about giving some to piggy)

(cannelloni)

(?? practicing,not bad for a first try ?)

6)Hungry Jack( burger king), their pork/bacon selections

didnt have it.. :(

7) KFC Chips

yup had that but no photos.

8)Chips and Gravy at red lea

Had it, but no photos..sorry..

9) BBQ in my dad's place

Didnt have it.. he was too lazy to cook it... haha

10)Buffet in Maitland bowling club, they have the yummiest selection....

Didnt have that either, too far ...

Not on the wish list, but had it anyway

1) Vietnamese and dessert

Had dinner with some great friends, never really eaten Vietnamese dishes, so far its yummy)

( hot and sour soup )

(sizzling black fish..)

( some Vietnamese dishes)

2) Mexican

Went out with a very close friend to have some Mexican food

( to die for nacho!!!!)

3) Vietnamese food

suppose to eat grill food, but restaurant was too full so instead we drove to Cabramatta to have some beef noodle soup.. yum!

(hot and spicy noddle soup, chicken, beef and pork)

(beef noodle soup.. yummy)

(spring roll, fresh)

( with sauce)

4) Tiramisu

by the way, i made this....

5) Friend's cooking

A good old friend made lunch for us when we came over.. yummy!

(Surprisingly delicious, apple tart??)

(Roast chicken with mixed herbs)

So there you go, my food adventure.. It looks like i ate heaps, but nah, didnt put on any weight. Burn it off looking after the kids. But i enjoy my stay .... hmmm... getting hungry now!

Zoological Park

2009-04-08T11:28:00.001+08:00

*I like to move it move it, he likes to move it move it, she likes to move it move it, we like to move it*

Master 1 has master the singing of Madagascar

theme song. Even master 2 has started to boogie with the song, so I thought that it was time to take master 1 and 2 to the zoological park. Since I couldn’t take the two masters by myself, I waited for piggy to arrive before we go out as a family. The last time I went to the zoo was a few years back. I didn’t want to take him to Malaysia zoo, simply because I feel that taronga zoo will be nicer for the kids and me (I simply feel uncomfortable walking in the humid weather, sweating during the journey).

Therefore, we have decided to take public transport after doing an intensive last minute research on the best way to go to the zoo and searching for discount. Decision such as 1) is it better to drive all the way to the zoo. 2) Should we drive half way and catch the ferry? 3) Should we take full public transport from the house to the zoo 4) should we not go because it is just too much of a hassle? Finally chose number 3. As usual, packed like we’re going on a 1 week adventure, the first transport we missed was the train from our house. So we waited for another 30 minutes for the next train. Master 1 seemed to be excited, and I asked where we were going, his respond was, “jungle”. I was cracking up. I guess it was my mistake. Before I left the house, I was telling master 1 about the jungle, and how we are going to see the entire animal from madagascar. Coincidentally, he was wearing a shirt that resembles a jungle like theme. So I’m guessing he thinks we were going to the jungle to see the animal hehe

So after a long train journey, we stepped out into Circular Quay. The weather was marvelous, sunny, breezy and it was perfect (even though lee saw on the news that it was going to rain), but nevertheless, it still looked perfect and I was crossing my fingers. We bought our ticket at the ferry wharf to the Taronga Zoo. Cost us $88 for two, which includes ferry, bus transfer and entrance fee. It was a little expensive, but at least the kids got in for free (master 1 and 2 under 4 years old).

The ferry ride was nice, we sat inside, didn’t want to ruin my hair hahaha, and the kids seem excited about the ferry ride (first time for master 1 and 2). When we arrived at the zoo, we took the cable car and started our walking adventure. Master 1 was in awe seeing all his favorite animal, and kept on going on about the tiger. We did not manage to see the tiger; it was probably sleeping or hiding. Well at least he kept quiet after that.

What I liked about the zoo is the environment. Its nicely looked after, and surrounded by water, so the smell of water and the cool breeze makes the journey in the zoo nice to walk. Its funny seeing master 2 fine hair swaying in the air.

(zoo surrounded with water)

(look at master 1's hair)

(family portrait with the in laws hahaha just kidding)

(trying to get sid to have a big ear, but u can obviously see me in the background, trying to lift him up)

( measuring himself)

(checking out the zoo map)

(pit stop, time for lunch)

(one of his fav animal, giraffe)

(Do i have to touch this??)

(look at his leg!!muscle!)

After walking for 4 hours, we had to head back to avoid the going home rush period. So again, we rushed all the way home. What a day, it was so tiring; poor piggy had to back pack master 2.

Family Day Out

2009-03-23T11:20:00.014+08:00

*managed to borrow my dad's laptop *

After arriving for almost 3 weeks, Sunday was the first day that we had a family outing (beside dinner). My mum was craving for the food in the fish market, and so we have decided to spend the afternoon in the city.

As usual,parking in the city is ridiculous, but lucky we managed to find a nearer spot to avoid walking too far(lazy me, and partially i dont have proper shoes on :P).Another crazy thing is finding a place to sit in the market,which is another problem, again lucky for us, we managed to find a spot after looking for 20 minutes. We didnt order that much of food, but gosh, its one of my fastest chomping time i had. I was basically swallowing my tuna and salmon sashimi, and fish and chip. We were trying to to get out of the market as soon as possible as we have the parking meter on. 1.5 hours is surely not enough time to have lunch.. hehe

Yummy Fresh Oyster

Then off we went to the other other part of the city, for our exercise after lunch. We drove to Darling harbour for a nice stroll in the harbour. Apparently it was a very nice day, sunny, but breezy. A great time for an gelato and ice chocolate from lindts cafe. The kids seem to be having a great time, but poor master 1, he wanted to sit on the stroller, he was getting lazy to walk.Eventually the 2 masters had to negotiated... Fit two little bums on the small stroller. What a work out for both my mum, sis and myself. Its tough pushing 24 kg.Now i wonder why some people are willing to spend more money on a good quality stroller. There is a difference between 80 rm and 888rm hahaha....

Master 1 couldnt resist pressing it

Entertainment in Darling Harbour

hmmm which one shall i have??

This is heaven

Ice chocolate Ice Mocha

So after a nice stroll along the harbour, it was time for us to head back home. Within 10 minutes, the passengers in the backseats are out... and with their mouth open... (i was sitting in the front and i was trying hard not to sleep with my mouth open, but its uncontrollable)I was exhausted... but it was a nice day...:)

What have we been up to?

2009-03-16T11:11:00.009+08:00

*Kids are ZZZZzz and im grabbing an opportunity to blog** **sorry no photos.. too lazy to upload*

Well, i have finally gotten the chance to go "online". Thanks to my dad's laptop, im doing a full Internet surfing. Its only been just over 2 weeks, and it feels so long. I guess looking after the kids by myself makes time fly so slow.

Hmm.. what else, oh managed to renew my passport, had my blood test and vaccinated master 2. Otherwise nothing much left to do but food shopping..... oh but i do have a wish list before i head back to the hot sunny humid 2nd home.

wish list ( mainly food, actually its all food HAHA)

1) Dinner at Outback and eat the yummy cheesy chips
2)Kebab
3)Vietnamese Pork Roll (had it and will have it again)
4)Pork Ribs
5)leichhardt italian cafe ( cant remember the name)
6)Hungry Jack( burger king), their pork/bacon selections
7) KFC Chips
8)Chips and Gravy at red lea
9) BBQ in my dad's place
10)Buffet in Maitland bowling club, they have the yummiest selection.....

So basically i look forward to my western food selection when im back here.. hehe, ahh and im starting to dribble!

Oh i've just remembered, i've download some photos from my dad's camera, so i'll post some photos :) Taken at my dad's place

kids wrestling their grand dad

Kids in their pj holding a fruit Master 1 posing at a nearby beach

Grandma's place

2009-03-02T13:46:00.000+08:00

The kids are settling in quite well.So far they are eating and sleeping according to the local time. Aunty S seem to be having fun playing with the kids, which at least release me to do some cleaning up, cooking etc..Internet is quite limited, and writing this entry is done offline...so thats about it.
oh had our first picnic on sunday.it was fun...

Going Home

2009-03-02T13:41:00.004+08:00

*hands starting to shake, headache starting to come in, stomach starting to turned upside down, here comes the panic attack!!!*

This is me ... which to my other half considered normal when preparing to travel. Its weird, as some people would think, and to myself, i think its weird too. I have travelled quite a number of places and i should be used to this right?But unfortunately its not that easy, tell it to my head. Eventhough im going back to my country,i still get the panic attack. I guess to explain the reason for my attack simply - afraid that i have not packed properly, afraid of the kids playing up and afraid of having the fear of flying. Yes i have a fear of flying, in such a confined place, seated for the next 8 hours or so.Once i had a feeling that the plane was getting smaller in space.. it was so bad that i was having a really bad panic attack. It was a journey from Singapore to Penang. It was so bad that i was sweating and couldnt wait to get out of the plane. But the only good stuff was the food that was served. it was lou shi fun.

Anyway back to the story, I decided to go back home with the two masters,since a close friend and his brother are making a trip back.Lets just say that it was 8 hours of burning calories for me. Master 2 decided that it was fun running up and down the aisle. Passengers took pity on me and helped me stop him by sticking their hands out to prevent him from running further up.haha..Master 1 decided to hang out with P, who decided to entertain him. sorry P, i know you needed your beauty sleep, but it was great that you were helping me out.I was super tired.I had to tell the stewardess to serve my brunch later as it will be impossible for me to eat. Lucky for me, the two little masters managed to catch a quick wink. I ordered my brunch at 1pm and quickly swallowed up my cheesy omelete and sausage. I didnt want them to wake up during my lunch,and then quickly took a super fast 30 minutes nap before master 1 woke up.( thank goodness he didnt cry when he woke up!)

So that was my flight detail.. not much cause its impossible for me to use the computer.. so its a brief entry

Birthday for Master A

2009-02-22T11:22:00.001+08:00

*At 5.15pm i called the host and asked them whether they were at the venue. Unfortunately we were there before the host was*

It was Master A's First Birthday, and proud parents wanted to have a Mc Donald birthday party. He didnt seem to particularly mind what is happening, just enjoying the laughters of his sister and his other little friends. He seem so far away, so it was easy peasy taking photos of him. Happy 1st Birthday Prince A, may you grow up into a charming boy.

Master A

Some of master A's Adult friends Master 2 with his "bad" man

Kids having a ball Master A is hypnotised by the candle or
was he afraid of the lion?

Inconsiderate Drivers!!

2009-02-17T09:24:00.001+08:00

"Far out!!! ", flash flash * blood pressure going up*

Ever noticed why i dislike driving, especially in Malaysia??People on the road are inconsiderate.

Took master 1 to school as usual, and waited patiently for my turn to take a turn. Today traffic was a little heavy, and the cars behind me are piling up. While slowly creeping behind another car, i left a small gap ( i didnt want to literally leave 1 inch between my front bummer and the other car bummer), a car from no where tried to squeeze into that small half a meter gap. What drives me crazy is the lack of indicator.. no signal, no thank you.. just a force me in act. There are many occasions. I'm just a nice chick who let everyone in..

As i was about to make my left turn, 1 car basically turned together with me,side by side and driving on opposite lane wanting to cut in.I didnt budge, i made my way, they just dont have the patience to wait like the others...

Another inconsiderate is side parking on the main road...dont they know its a heavy traffic and parking on the side of the road is a no no? But i guess, majority just cant be bothered?As long as they can park their car, whether it on the highway or triple parking, they will do it...Hey if they can park in the middle of the road and do their errand, they will....

I am developing road rage.......

Direction

2009-02-15T09:31:00.000+08:00

Its Valentines day, and piggy decided to treat me to a dessert. We wanted to just enjoyed our time together, so we told master 1 to stay at home. We bribe him by telling him that we will get him a chocolate cake for being a good boy.At the door i gave him a big kiss and a hug and told him to be a good boy. Before i closed the main wooden door, my 3 years old son decided to tell me the direction out of the house....

master 1 said, " Turn right, turn left, see park, go straight".. I was shocked. I'm thinking to myself...I know the whole world knows im bad with direction, but i never expected that my own son was one of them!

School

2009-02-11T11:02:00.001+08:00

*buying myself some cakes, cookies and oat porridge for master 2.. ahh how interesting... bargaining for better discount ....*

*r-r-r-ing....r-r-ring..*

Turning off the alarm on my mobile phone, struggling to look at the time - 7.15am. What a nice dream.... so yummy.... anyway its time to wake up. Got to get ready for school. Those were the days when i had to get ready for school, but this time round its school for my little master 1. I havent gotten around to blog about master 1's first day of school and life as a 3 years old.So i will backtrack...

First day of school for master 1 started on 5th January. It was the first time driving him to school. The night before i was anxious, i couldnt sleep. I woke up almost every 2 hours looking at the clock, afraid that i might not wake up in time to take him to school.

After many tossing and turning, i've finally decided not to head back to sleep. It was already 530am, and i was the first in the house to be up, even Pluto was snoring away. It seem that i am the only person to be so excited about master 1 first day at school. I finally woke him up at 7am, and reluctantly he was up with a grumpy look. "Master 1, lets go to school today..."...I've always told him that all his friends, M, Z, T and T were at school when he always ask for them .

Master 1 said ," lets go to m's house" or " lets go see Z", my reply to him " M, Z, T and T are at school.."... so his impression of school is fun, because all his friends went to school.( that is what he thought)

Piggy has agreed to accompany both of us to school.So carefully i drove to master 1's school. Both hand were held and we walked into the school ground. We had to pick up his uniform and textbooks. Kids were running around, and there was this little boy who was crying his eyes out. He didnt want to leave his mum. His grandmother was trying to comfort her grandson but with no success.The sound of his crying started to make my eyes swell with tears. I was controlling. I was afraid that master 1 too decided to give in, but surprising, he seem quite happy and excited.

After long discussion, the administrator finally took us to master 1's classroom. Many kids were already seated in their seat, most of them seem older than master 1. The teacher was surprised to see master 1, she asked us whether this little master 1 was a girl or boy, we told her its a HE. She did mention that the next few days is for the kids who stayed after school, and the actual class starts on thursday.(I wasnt sure, everyone told me school started on the 5th, so i went in. thank goodness for me that mean no driving till thursday haha)

We left master 1 at school, and piggy and i went off for a early breakfast at the local corner shop. We were actually together without the kids, and it was different for a change. But i wasnt really enjoying myself, as i was busy looking at my watch for the time, scared that master 1 may not cope well. What was crazy is the fact that time suddenly slowed down.

Oh guess what?master 1 did finally cried. He cried because he didnt want to go home, he was having too much fun at school!!!!( wait till you go to school for the next 15 years!)

So that was his first day of school for him. Oh by the way, i did write a blog about his first day of school, but somehow it disappeared..... *Shrug*

*Back to the present*

For the past 6 weeks, i have personally taken master 1 to his classroom, and observed how the teacher took control of the kids. Its quite interesting how the little kids are trained. Firstly, master 1 has to go to his destination part of his table, placed his bag under the table, and proceed to retrieve his small little plastic chair stacked in the corner of the room. They are trained to put back their chair to the stack after class has finished. Then he would have to take out his homework pouch from his bag and place his "message" book on the table in front of him.When all done, he would sit down and take a book from his table to flip through or there was one time they get to play with a wooden puzzle. At the other corner of the room, placed on the table was a plastic box containing some cut up bread/sandwiches for their breakfast, and a jug of plain water.

Hmm oh just remembered, today was something different. The teacher commanded all of the girls and boys to line up like a train, shortest in the front( master 1). They were apparently heading to the little girls and boys room. Then the chant "Choo Choo, Choo Choo", and they all followed each other to the toilet holding each other shoulders.

There was one day master 1 wasnt feeling well. I got a call from the school telling me to pick him up. So off i went, driving all the way from home to pick him up, to only later tell me that the teacher managed to calm him down. So looking like an idiot, i didnt know what to do. Should i continue to stay at school and wait for him to finish ( it was only 10am) or come back and pick him up ( waste petrol) or go over to my aunt's house. I took the first option. I hung around looking like a silly billy, and finally decided to ask the administrator whether i could peek a boo and watch how the teacher conducted her class. So there i was, door shut because the aircond was on, i open a little crack in the door. Peeping, the teacher was teaching them phonic and they were playing the alphabets game. Each child were given a chance to pick a letter out of the black bag and place it in the alphabets tray, and then sound it out. Interesting. After all 13 kids has had their chance, they started singing some malay children song- something about waking up, brushing their teeth, eating bread and drinking milk etc. Apparently this is a very common malay children song, i dont know the words,but lately master 1 has been singing it( words are all wrong, but the tune is there) .

Another interesting thing is dismissal of class. When class has ended, all the kids are ordered to come down to the 2 years old classroom which is located downstairs. They are then asked to line up again in the train style and all 13 of them entered the room. For the next 5 minutes or so, they sing more songs, Days of the week was one of them and the others im not sure. Finally the last song was something about good bye teacher in 3 languages, if im not mistaken. Once done, they are dismissed into the side play area, waiting for mummy or daddy to pick them up.

Ahh thats about all that i can think of. Its coming to 11 and i gotta get ready to pick master 1 in 30minutes ... a personal driver...

Chinese New Year heaven

2009-02-08T11:36:00.001+08:00

Yesterday i was on food heaven!!My prayer was answered, and i'm still thinking about it.

The cooks were A and M, and i am eager, waiting for your recipes ... oh, i too baked something for them, but unfortunately before i left, no one had a keen sweet tooth and were busy watching IP MAN ..........

A and M, thank you for making me the happiest person......GREAT FOOD!!

Happy birthday to M!

Naked Chef in action

Sambal Sambal and eggs

Can you see the sweat beads on his head?

Preparing the Yee Sang

Kids at play

Yes, can i help you??

Sharing is Caring

Peace Dude

Cottage Pie

Sambal Eggs Some side dishes for the laska

Laska

Japanese Curry

Heaven Selection

Gimme Beer Ahhh gotcha ....

You wanna share with me???

M's Cake

Food Critic Cake Cutter

Glued to IP MAN

How do you line up kids in one line?

Turn on Mamma Mia and get M to command

Term and Conditions

The END

Long Overdue

2009-02-08T10:14:00.001+08:00

*Blowing the dust off my blog*

Its been a while since i last typed an entry and a few people are getting bored....

Our journey back to piggy's hometown started at the wee morning of 5am 24/1!! Yes can you believe that i actually woke up at 5am eager to head over there?? Well anyway, we managed to continue packing the stuff in the car and thats including the kids. Before we started the journey, i told piggy, "I must have my mc donald breakfast meal, since i never really had a chance to eat mc donald breakfast and i desperately craving for the muffin burger". So off we went to taipan and i was their first customer hahaha.

Journey up to Penang was ok i guess, with a little traffic here and there.The surprise part was the kids, they slept all the way which was a miracle (5 hours journey)!!!Oh forgotten to tell you that i made mayonnaise tuna sandwich for the rest of the people in the car to eat for brekkie, that was yummy too...

Finally arrived in Penang, and we were there for a longest 1 week of our lives!Lets just say that its the most boring Chinese New Year, with lots of complains and nagging from the other end. B-O-R-I-N-G....

*After one week...."

Finally its time to head back to home sweet home! What a week at piggy's hometown. Thinking that this year Chinese new year was going to be nice and breezy, instead it was extremely hot. The masters didnt have any appetite, they were sick with vomiting and diarrhea. It was more like the whole family was sick.Poor master 2, he was eaten alive with mozzies and my maid is starting to have phobia and couldnt wait to get back home.

Nothing interesting ever happens when im up in my parents in law place.

Chinese new year with the family has finally fulfilled, and now im stuck with the cold and cough.Sigh

Anyway here are some photos during Chinese New Year!!

Master 1 praying to the god Father and son hands

Meantime, Master 2 at the other end of the house

MIL cooking some Chinese new Yam and Sweet Potato
year cake

Again Climbing

Fat lazy dog

Kids having a joy time at the piano

Sharing is Caring...

Fireworks at my uncle's place

Poser

This is called Boredom!!.

Artistic shot of my hands... hahhaha...

First Timer

2009-01-16T17:11:00.001+08:00

The time has come, today was the day. After many weeks of planning and dribbling, i have finally taken my courage to do it. Chinese new year is around the corner, and many people are doing it (more like the aunties and housewives). I too decided to join them.I am going to bake Cookies! Not any kind of cookies, but cookies that is only eaten during Chinese new year..Peanut cookies, Jam tart, butter cookies, almond cookies and finally Laska cookies...So ambitious, but yet havent actually tried baking cookies.. so i started off with the easiest, Peanut cookies....

My wonderful friend gave me this recipe which belong to her mother, and told me that nothing can go wrong with this recipe..so i gave it a try....

Im a type of person who love to bake and cook, but am always disappointed with the result..I can never seem to bake a cake or cookies( i have yet to try the cookies, cake always a failure, even if its from a instant pack, ops my secret is out.. :P)

So back to my adventure, i took out my peanut and started roasting it in my oven. I wasnt sure about the timing, so i left it in for about 40 minutes. After baking it for a long period of time, it was time to remove the skin. I wasnt sure how to remove it, but i tried.After rubbing the skin off, i was told to blow the skin outside of the house so it would fly away, where i dont know.My maid, watching me from afar, decided to input her comment. She suggested that :

* Dont use the oven tray, its too shallow to get the excess skin out , use a bigger bowl.( now i came to realised that she probably think im an idiot, using my breath to blow the skin away, and with the added effect that my saliva was contaminating the nuts

So i went back inside and continue doing it till i could no longer do( i got bored taking the skin out, i even asked her if there's a technique for doing it).

So leaving it to the expert, i started cooking my lunch. After a good 10 minutes, she took the bowl out and proceed in shaking the excess skin. It was only then i realised what she mean by using the big bowl. As she was shaking the skin out of the bowl, the skin which i thought will fly across the neighbor's floor, fell down. It was quite a sight. I felt kinda sheepish.... that shows how naive i am in cooking..

So after that event, i chucked all the peanuts in the blender, off i go... blend blend.....i started to panic a little.. ok.. so i read my hand written recipe, and took out my flour. Okay, still reading.. "1 cup of flour". Scratching my head, i was thinking.. hmm how many gram is 1 cup?So i went back to my recipe collection book, and found what i thought was right, 150gram is 1 cup. So i carefully measured my flour and blended peanut.So far so good. Next was my sugar.. erm. 3/4 cup.. hm scratching again, i estimated, 100 gram of castor sugar.. should be ok... Next comes the tricky part.. How much peanut oil? my friend told me, whatever amount to make it into a dough. Initially i wasnt keen in using peanut oil for obvious reason, so i thought of trying olive oil. So i divided my dry mixture, one for peanut oil and the other in olive oil.So off i went, i started pouring in the peanut oil into my mixture, OPS! too much, from then on, i was feeling disappointed. The mixture became too wet, so i had to steal some from my so call olive oil dry mixture into my peanut. After mixing it, i was getting really nervous.. oh no, its still too wet....so i added more flour, and more nuts.. oh oh, its still too wet. I asked my maid.. Is it normal?.. is it too wet? Then she reassured me its ok. So i thought, so she said ok should be alright right?So i proceed to take my master 1's playdough mould, and started pressing my dough into the mould. I tried to take it out, but hmm doesnt seem to want to come out. My maid started touching the dough, and she suggested maybe it is still wet, so i continue adding more flour and peanut. From that moment on, i knew i was a total failure. Even a simple cookie recipe, i could not do. So anyhow, already feeling lousy, i continue to proceed. I wanted to add more variety to my cookies, so i separated my dough into 3 bowls, nutmeg, cinnamon, and chocolate. Since i couldnt use master 1's playdough mould, i started rolling it into lime size ball.

The cookie dough is finally in the oven, i took a step back as a sign of relieve, then my maid said, "Did you put the eggs"( she didnt exactly said it in english, but that was what i heard from her after a translation was made in my head).Ahh.. i quickly took out the egg and started beating it, the final touch to my failure cookies. I jokingly told off my maid, telling her why she didnt tell me she knew how to bake cookies and cake. I felt so embarrassed, i wonder what she thought of me.

While the cookie was baking, i called piggy, pouring out my disappointment and not having the abilities to bake,he reassure me that its all a trial and error. I guess i've never been good at baking, and i wanted it so much to be able to bake. Everything is trial and error before the product is perfect right, but for me, i want it to be perfect the first time. Too much pressure..

Ding, the bell went off. Time to look at the cookies. So far it looked ok, but how good does it taste??Being me, i dont really particularly like to eat the food that i baked, not that i think my food may give off food poisoning, but i just cant eat it. Too much pressure, i want acknowledgement from my guinea pig whether its thumb up or down. I told my maid that i was scared to eat, then i offered her to try. To my surprise, she was scared as well. I asked her why she was scared of my cooking, and she felt bad and gave in. I watched her took her first bite of my cookies, and watched her reaction. I asked her, how is it, and Ta taa, it was quite nice, so i took a bite of my very first made cookies, and i was surprised. It did taste good. So there you go, my 1st successful cookies~~!!!

So now time to distribute to my eager guinea pigs. So anyone else up for tasting?? :)

Some photos

2009-01-14T10:43:00.001+08:00

Here are some photos taken randomly .. more in the other camera, but too lazy to download it haha

Pluto, camera shy....

Hmm taste like chocolate

Let me out!! Oops too loud...

Yeah bicycle .... and a donut

Weekend Trip to Malacca

2009-01-14T10:12:00.002+08:00

We are late, we are late, we are very very late. This was us again.

I woke up early, 6am ( somebody left their mobile phone alarm on at 6am and kept on ringing till 7am). Its still dark, but i had to start the final packing before starting our journey. We were suppose to meet the Os family at 9am, so far on time. It wasnt until they started waking up late, as in 730am. My target was to leave the house at 815am max so we could reach their house at 9am. One thing lead to another. Master 1 didnt feel like finishing off his breakfast, master 2 decided to do his business , so chaos in the house. Everyone scurried out of the house to only realised that piggy has forgotten his wallet... so a U turn was made.

So doing a 100km per hour, we arrived approximately 9.45am or maybe a little later as i wasnt really paying attention to the time.

So finally its time to rock and roll. TV on, children in seating position and seat belts buckled. Time for our journey.. Vvroom...!!

Since we were not familiar with the road to Malacca, we were given a complimentary map by SZ for insurance purpose, incase we lost sight of them during the journey.Our tail racing through the highway to Malacca was interesting. Keeping up with them felt like we were racing at F1. Traveling at the speed of light, we have finally arrived Malacca at about 1130am.

The sound of our tummies growl, i couldnt wait to try out the local food.We had plans to tour Malacca like a typical tourist with a twist of our local tour guide taking us to the "only the locals know the best place to eat food".So we left master 2 behind, as we decided to take one car ( finally our car made used of all our 7 seats.. see it does come in handy haha)

We started our early lunch at a place that was once a childhood hang out food place for SW,Jeta Groves. A small simple food shop that offers a small sized range of dishes. Small enough portion to allow you to eat small other portion of another food. I tried the mee rebus, which i felt in love instantly ( partially i was dying of hunger and i've never tried mee rebus before.. yummy..) I had my serving and ordered another serving for master 1, who decided he didnt like it, so i eagerly took it without him having an option to object... HAHAHAHAHA .. Oh the tau kua ( grilled tofu?) and Chendol ( ice desert with some sweet stuff) was yummy too.... a thumb up....

"Tau Kau"

"Mee rebus" "Chendol"

Ok, stomach filled, off we go to the A'Famosa touristy place. We wanted to drive, but since parking is a little difficult, we decided that since its a really nice and windy weather, we took a walk there. Our local tour guide was proud of his home town. He told us the history of the place, he was like a walking history book. He even showed us his school which was nearby...

So being a tourist, we decided to take heaps of tourist photos. Our beautiful master 1, miss JW and master JX were our models for the day. Oh and all of us decided to do some photo shoot behind the building.. oh so nostalgic ...

Sw explaining the history Posing at the famous cannon

Mother and Son

Cool Pose by Master 1 Behind the scene

photo shoot

Deep thought pose Spiderwoman. Climbed up the wall and pose

Decided to put master 1 in the cannon

After posing for the camera, we headed to our next destination. Taking a ride to the menara tower. While heading to our destination, we were walking through SW's memory lane. To be able to let his kids and his friends to experience his memories, i feel that it was a little sentimental to him.

Reliving his past time

So continuing our journey to Menara Taming Sari, we saw the tower. It is about 60 feet. Paid 10 rm per person, we got into the machine and felt relief.Nice air conditioning, after a long walk!!Enjoyed our view, and relaxing at the same time.

Tower

Tickets

Kids enjoying the view

After a long journey, we were exhausted, but we still had a long way back to the car. Dragging our feet and kids behind us, we took a short cut through the megamall malacca ( it wasnt as mega as our midvalley megamall). Ah the coolness of the aircond made our life a little pleasant to continue. I was a little dehydrated and the plan was to stop by the herbal shop for some cooling tea. We didnt managed to, instead we stopped at a waffle shop and the kids indulge themselves into can drink... i stole a sip from master 1's can of grape juice.. ohh so refreshing.... Oh yah.. before we left the mall, we stopped over and SZ bought a dozen of Big Apple donut.. ohhh yummy..

On our way back to our temporary residence, master JX was out like a light, while master 1 and miss JW were still full of energy watching some puppy movie. SZ and myself couldnt continue opening our eyes, so we too tried to take the opportunity for some 5 mins winks

Heading back to rest Kids still full of energy

Rest of the late afternoon, the guys relaxed for a while and being me, im enjoying chomping on my donut before heading out for dinner.

Dinner was at Nonya makko, and it was great!SW took us to a really nice nyonya restaurant. The beef redang was one of my favorite dish, followed by many others.. we ordered quite a number of dishes for 10 adults and 2 kids, and it came out less than 15rm per person which considered quite cheap.

After a long and interesting day, the troops were beginning to show their exhaustion. My masters as always show disinterest in sleeping, whereas the parents were showing sign of depleting... about 20% left on their battery bar.So out goes the parents, and the kids, well some how they found their way to slumberland...

Day 2

Too lazy to do anything. The sun shinning, bird chipping (haha not really, couldnt really see any birds), kids screaming and laughing in the background. We didnt really feel like doing anything. We were satisfied with our sightseeing the other day. Instead we took everything to a slow speed...slow as in very slow.. haha

Had our last meal for our trip at Odeon. Apparently they are famous for their beef noodles, both wet and dry. Another eating place for SW.

Wet beef noodles Dry Beef noodles

After a nice meal out, we decided to call it a end of our holiday. But piggy was so exhausted from not being well, SW decided to join him in sumberland, and followed by me. It was only about 330pm we made a move back home. It was a great weekend trip, and i enjoyed so much that i proposed to lee to do it often... So lucky me, our next trip is Genting....

Korean BBQ and Alexis

2008-12-26T17:00:00.011+08:00

Was suppose to blog about my KOREAN experience, but am getting lazy and partially dont have the time to sit and type without the kids climbing up to see what im doing.
So the other day i had my girls night out, this time SZ brought along one of her friend. Initially we were suppose to head to shogun for our dinner, but decided to change our mind and head to Korean bbq. I had always wanted to experience the Korean BBQ in Malaysia, but never had the chance.. so lucky me...
So the Korean BBQ restaurant that we went to was in Taipan.. " Daorae"

Here are the photos...

Doesnt it look yummy??

Waiting impatiently.. apparently its really packed

Space ship legs..

seasme oil, soya sauce and
the other one hmm forgotten

10 different korean side dishes

wrap the meat into the lettuce and munch it...

on the house pancake

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cheesecake, chocolate cake and carrot cake

do we need to explain?

Roasted Pork Dinner

2008-12-21T00:40:00.006+08:00

Ok, i better start recording my achievement before i decided to ZZzzzZZ. I know i havent been updating my blog, but since this blog is still fresh in my mind, i shall brag about it hahaha

I've decided to create something different for dinner... since Christmas is coming up, thought of trying my luck with "ROAST PORK".... it looks easy, but was it??

So my adventure started when i was researching my recipe, and tips to create the most delicious Roast Pork. Scratching my head, i didnt know what kind of Roast pork i wanted.. Should i go for herb version?Honey?Maple?Chinese version?Black pepper? There was just too many choices. After yahoo search, and recipe book searching, i've decided to go for MAPLE roast pork. So I gathered all my ingredients, research my pork body parts, so piggy can get the meat from the market.. almost all done.... except the maple syrup. I spoke to a friend about my adventure and she told me maple syrup was too expensive, and suggested i go for honey instead. I didnt expect Maple syrup to be so costly... almost 30rm for a small little bottle.. so yet again i changed my recipe to HONEY BAKED PORK.

The problem with me when it comes to creating new recipe, im afraid of failure.... so when my adventure begins, i started to panic and stress out.. Silly huh..I guess i didnt want to waste my food hahhaha....

so here are my photos .....

sauce

Sauce Pork layered with bacon strips, secured with
toothpicks

Looks interesting?? Here is the recipe... I added more gravy....

Honey Roasted Pork with Bacon

*1.5 kg pork loin

*Bacon Strips
* 1/2 cup of honey

*4 tablespoon of orange juice

*4 tablespoon of olive oil

*1 teaspoon of thyme

*1 cup of chicken broth

1)Preheat the oven to 220 degree

2)In separate bowl, add honey, oil, orange juice and thyme

3)Put pork in oven pan

4)Spread a thin layer of mixture on top of the pork

5) layer bacon strip, secure with toothpick

6) Pour the rest of mixture to the pork

7))Add chicken broth to the pan

8)Bake the pork for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hrs ( reduce to heat so the bacon will not burn.. around 180)

9)Baste often with the juices inside the oven pan.

10) when meat it done, transfer all the juices to saucepan to make the gravy

11) Add little corn starch to make gravy thicker

12)Slice and serve with vegetables..

Suggestion for dessert

Brownies with ice cream, finish off with Chinese flower tea...

brownies with vanilla ice cream..Divine

Salam

2008-12-06T16:41:00.000+08:00

I was out shopping with my family at the Curve, and we bumped into piggy's colleague. Their two girls, aged 2 years and the youngest 6 months were so adorable and beautiful. Their facial features were different to any other Malay girls.Their hair were really black, skin so fair and have a distinct look. Beautiful...

Anyway, the eldest girl was showing me her barbie doll, and I took my hand to reach for the barbie doll. What surprised me was she took my hand and kissed it. I was stunned. I didnt know what to do for that moment. Piggy told me that it was a way for them to respect the elder ( now i feel old).. I was impressed, at such a young age, they were taught the art of respecting.... that i respect...

Time to chill .....

2008-11-26T12:21:00.000+08:00

A few days ago, Piggy decided to take us out for some cakes and drinks. Both of us needed to indulgence ourselves after a hard day at work(Yes, i had a hard day at work too you know). We decided to venture the whole family to Coffee Bean. Luckily we managed to find a comforty couch instead of the hard chairs. Looking at the selections of cakes, pastries, pies and biscuit made my tummy grumble. So i ordered my favourite cheese cake, and piggy ordered a different type of cheesecake.Next, what to drink... i told piggy to grab me a small hot chocolate ( needed to control my diet, after all, cheesecake and hot chocolate at 9pm!)

When the yummy cakes and drinks finally arrived, my small hot chocolate suddenly became a tall glass, looks like a mug of beer. How on earth am i suppose to finish it?Well piggy told me it was only extra 50 cents so he ordered me the large instead...

While taking the chance to enjoy myself (without much success), the two little masters were mucking around. They seem to be entertaining the other guests at Coffee bean.

Trying to relax and enjoy myself, i zone myself out and looked across. There was another family, similar to us. Two boys playing happily, jumping from one end of the couch to another. The youngest was happily playing with a piece of straw given by his father, and you could see the parents finding it interesting that they all took out their phone to snap photos. They were too trying to chill out, but with their kids around running, i dont think that was possible.

Later on, the mother seem to drift to her own world, sipping her drink and eating her cake.She didnt seem to be paying any attention to what is happening around her. The poor father had to do the job of keeping the kids in line, and at the same time eating his cake. It seem that every scoop of cake he takes, half falls on the floor. After observing the family for half an hour, piggy asked me whether i wanted to go as the kids were showing their sign of boredom. I said yes and stood up too.Coincidentally, the father said something to the wife, and they too both stood up to get ready to leave. After coming back to my sense, i realised that the family i was seeing was my own. The reflection says it all...........

Wording

2008-11-26T01:21:00.003+08:00

Suddenly the flow of overdue blog begins haha.. oh and i upgrade the size of the wording, didnt realised that it was so small.Sorry.. Happy reading.. and its like 130am and im still not sleeping.. ahh my flow of creativity is back!! haha

Whats for dinner?

2008-11-26T00:45:00.009+08:00

Ah another new recipe for those who are interested.

The other day i was at one of the restaurant, and i ate this really yummy eggplant with minced meat. So i decided to search online, and apparently its called Szechuan Spicy Eggplant. The outcome was alright, except that i should reduce the amount of corn starch. Otherwise, not a bad dish...

Here is the recipe from this website http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Szechuan-Spicy-Eggplant/Detail.aspx ( too lazy to type it all over again)

I modify some stuff...

INGREDIENTS

1 large eggplant, diced
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup chicken stock
1 teaspoon chili sauce
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
4 tablespoons water
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 shallots minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger root
1 pound lean ground beef /pork /chicken
1 tablespoon vegetable or sesame oil

DIRECTIONS

1) Cut eggplant into 1-inch cubes.

2)In a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, chicken stock, chili sauce, sugar, ground black pepper and oyster sauce. Stir together well and set aside.

3)In a separate small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water, and set aside.

4) Oil the pan, saute the garlic, shallot, ginger and meat, stirring constantly, until they begin to brown.

5)Pour the eggplant into the pan and stir all together.

6) Pour the soy sauce mixture over all, cover the pan, reduce heat to medium low and let simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

7)Stir in the cornstarch mixture and let heat until thickened.

8) Add the sesame oil.

Finish product

HaHa after reading the recipe again, i realised that i misread the cornstarch.. I complained that its too sticky cos i actually put 2 tablespoon of cornstarch instead of 1.. silly me...

Eccentric

2008-11-25T23:44:00.005+08:00

I've finally decided to update my blog after being so lazy...What made me decide to write a blog before i sleep is to get everything out before i go to bed. The reason why i started a blog is for me to release my frustration, anger and whatever that pops into your mind, but sometimes im afraid to avoid offending those who read my blog. So this particular piece may offend some.. Sorry, but its my blog, and if it offend you, its my way of releasing my view..

I have came to know some friends, who are great people, but sometimes can be a little eccentric on their behaviour...Dont you feel stressed when you have to watch what you say, just because this particular person is super sensitive, worried that your comment may be twisted and analysed and then become offended?I know that human beings dont like to hear negative things, and i do agreed, so at certain extend you have to watch what you say, like what someone told me, "sometimes its ok to tell a little white lies, if that make them happy".I try not to make people upset, watching what and not to say, but what about some who hates telling white lies, and tell the truth??Ok those people are known to be straightforward, whatever they dont like and disagree, they tell you straight, no concern about your feelings, which i do find them truthful( at least its the truth not some white lies)... BUT what if its the other way??What if someone else tell them straightforward, i feel that they become sensitive... So that i dont really understand....I guess there are some people who dont care about other people's feeling, but when it comes to them, they feel hurt or frustrated. Shrug, i dont know.. sometimes i feel that its sad., but i guess in this world, you have to cater for every different people...

Well i feel so much better to be able to express my feelings, instead of bottling it all up inside me.. ahh i should do that more often hahahaha....

How do you categories your friends?

2008-11-11T16:44:00.015+08:00

This blog was suppose to be published a couple of weeks ago, but was too lazy to post it up, so here it is after 2 weeks sitting in my draft folder.....

excerpt from MSN

**** says:
i oso have to say thank you to you too... for being so helpful and accommodating
**** says:
oso sorry if i have hurt/offended u

me says:
what for?

**** says:
i've grateful that we r so close...

**** says:
for being around me loh

This is what a close friend said to me today. That was nice of her, what a nice things to say and it did brighten up my day. So the topic for the day is friendship. What is a friend?How do you categories them??

This particular close friend, who is more then that ,told me that she is no longer close to her best friend. They had slowly drifted apart and wanted to salvage their friendship before its too late. She said that she felt lost when her best friend got married, she was scared of loosing her. No, she is not a lesbian hahaha but she's scared that once married, the time they spend together likes sister will no longer be possible....this is what she told me.. "my fren.. she is one person who will help you no matter how small or big the favor is, unlike **** and so on, it depends the kind of favor u ask.. then she will consider and then she will decide...
i dun dare to ask favor from her d". ..

Obviously from my view, not everyone will help you, i told her that you may have lots of friends, but how do you categorise them and how do they categorise you?

In my circle of friends, there are 4 categories :

1)Acquaintance - recently met, say hi and bye, dont know much about their family history, will only meet up if required,not close enough to reveal personal details

2)Friend-Hang out once in a while , not close enough depend on, cant be too straightforward, must be careful with people's feelings

3)Close friend- someone who you can sometime depend on but not all the time, call last minute and tell them that you're dropping by their place vice verses, asking them out for dinner last minute, not afraid to be a little straightforward, keep in touch often, borrow stuff that you dont have

4)Best friends- someone who you can depend on most of the time, pour your feelings, straightforward , truthful, share your deepest darkest secret, and feel happy when they are around..

But some people take friends for granted, never appreciate the things that their friend do or some even expected that its their right, like as thought you owe them....

Its nice to have friends in our life, share your thought, share ideas, someone to lean on and lastly, having fun... so when is the next girls night out???

FRIM

2008-11-06T01:41:00.021+08:00

Legs, hands and fingers were crossed. Two lovely families wanted to take their family photo at FRIM. According to the weather prediction, it was going to thunder .... not a good scene if we were to take a family photos, but then again it can be a wet photoshoot??

We left the house on 25th October, and took a peek at the weather, so far so good. Sf and I kept in touch via sms about the weather and arrival time. IT was indeed a great day,sunny and bright, so i wore my sunnies to block out the rays.But as times goes by, i noticed that the weather wasnt looking as bright as i thought. Then i realised that i was wearing my sunnies.. DUH..

Finally arrived at FRIM. I've never really gone in, except the first time when i decided to follow piggy for his mountain biking adventure.Gosh it hard work, 20km of riding in the forest, GREAT, and a interesting adventure. I was more afraid of getting bitten by mozzies then falling down. After ending our 1 way trip, we sat down and had a little break, ice milo and my first taste of malay fish crackers...hmm that was 4 years ago. Oh and as i was riding back to the car, i was amazed with myself for not falling down, but as i was thinking about that, i did fall down...see its all in the head..

Anyway back to the story,we drove through the entrance of FRIM. Oh my, what a photographer's heaven. It was really beautiful, tree so high that you cant see the sky, brown leaf scattered on the left, and on the right old malay wooden house. Now I wonder why all the wedding photographer come here to take their photos.I was mesmerised....

We have finally arrived in our destination, SF showed us the waterfall. We walked up the slope with difficulties ( imagine carrying a baby in one hand, and the kids' goodies bag in another) It was a tiring hike up ..Imagine 3 families, 7 kids all under the age of 5.

So we took out our gears and started shooting like we were the paparazzi. It was great fun, the kids were enjoying their picnic and straight after that they were off in the water. Splash !!!

Lots of photos were taken and lucky n's maid helped us to look after master 2, who was the only one missing out in the water fun!Finally after the water session, everyone changed into their dry clothes and ate once more before heading to the road.

N invited everyone to chill out in her place, shower the kids and relax with a glass of wine. Why not. It was a really tiring day and after walking out of the picnic area, we didnt realised that it was a really hot day, and i mean hot as in extremely hot!!

The excited mothers couldnt wait to see their photos, but i told them they had to wait, need to do some touch up..After 2 weeks of hard work I have finally completed the photos taken at FRIM. Took a little longer than usual because my laptop couldnt handle the pressure.. even computer has feelings too haha

Here are some of my favourite photos taken ...( I was granted permission to upload the photos by the models)

Happy Birthday Master 1!

2008-11-03T01:07:00.009+08:00

As i am typing this, my little master 1 has finally turned 3. Happy Birthday Master 1, you are growing up into a little cheeky boy. Sometime we dont realised how fast a kid can grow up, in a blind of an eye, your child has grown into an adult. hmm ... lucky master 2 is still a baby,... wait he's not a baby anymore, he's toddler too..ahh.. My babies are growing up so fast!!

Why is it that when the kids are awake, they drive you crazy, pulling your hair out and screaming all day long, but when they are fast asleep, you miss them like crazy??I guess its all the same for everyone.. Anyway back to master 1's birthday...

We ordered master 1 a delicious chocolate chiffon cake from BERRY, and wanted to decorate it with a picture of his favourite car. I thought they were going to draw the image in the middle of the chocolate cake, but instead they place fresh cream all over the cake and drew the picture of his car in the middle.. hmm i guess we shouldnt assume, knowing people cant read your mind. So all the chocolate decoration that came with the cake was replaced with fresh cream.. sigh...

We decided not to have any party for him, but instead invited his close 3rd cousin to join him in his celebration. Eventhough we celebrated his birthday a day before, he didnt seem to mind. He was so excited about his happy cake that he even tried singing happy birthday to himself.His 3rd cousin was too excited about this cake. She even took herself a plate getting ready to receive the cake.

So he blew his candle, one by one, and im sure that his saliva was nicely sprayed across the cake 3 times..He was really happy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASTER 1

On the left of the photo, a plate can be seen carried by his 3rd cousin.. haha

New Life

2008-11-03T00:45:00.007+08:00

" Go update your blog, nothing new to read". Ok, for the past few days i have been very busy doing my extra paid work and my beloved friend has decided to slow down on me. This beloved friend of mine is my only hope outside the world, so slowing down on me is not a good thing. On a faithful Sunday, we have decided to give our old friend a better life. We had to increase his memory so he could work faster, and think quicker. The decision of increasing his stomach was also made as his capacity can no longer digest, eventhough we have tried to take him to the trash to throw his unwanted junk. Unfortunately the doctor told us that the reason why he was slowing down is because we did not looked after him properly. He might be infected with viruses, since we have not updated his vaccination. The doctor also noticed that when we woke him up, he took a little longer than usual. It was a very hard decision, but we had to detox him, and erasing all his past history with us.

Our consultant, M, helped us detox our beloved friend. What a great job he has done.Thank you, without your help, i wouldnt know what to do....now my beloved friend is a little fast in his thinking and he has heaps of space. After doing all the major detoxing, M left and told me to finish updating his vaccinated and his education. All done. Well protected and up to date!!I shall take care of you my beloved friend, aspire. I shall maintain you with all the necessary education and get you check up regularly.. that mean keeping you on a strict diet!

School

2008-11-01T17:38:00.008+08:00

Its Saturday afternoon and yet again piggy is busy working. I'm at home with the kids and i feel extremely hot.( no i dont think im hot haha just that the weather is ridiculously warm today ).

Today we have finally decided to enrol Master 1 to a playschool. After many years of torturing myself, i am finally going to leave him in safe hand. So the 3 precious hours at school is suppose to free me up some time to spend with master 2. Poor master 2, always getting bullied by his brother, at least he too can enjoy the precious 3 hours of play time!!

Choosing a play school was confusing for me. Is the playschool good?Location? There's just too many around my area. But i think most of them are on a babysitting more than a school. After hearing other comments about this particular school, i have finally decided to send him there. I hope he will learn new things and make new friends.. Master 1, you can finally go to school ...

So sleep in will be the past when the new year begins....bummer.. haha

Jelly Trifle

2008-10-23T15:02:00.014+08:00

Last night i had an urge to eat trifle, and partially to finish up the can of whipped cream. After dinner, i made the strawberry and apple aeroplane jelly and custard with difficulty ( master 1 insist on eating the freshly made jelly, liquid form). So after telling him nicely that the jelly needs to be harden first before eating, he just couldn't resist the temptation. I did eventually caught him dipping his finger in the bowl of jelly!

Finally after lunch, thinking to myself that i would add the finishing touch to the desert after dinner, master 1 decided to bug me about the jelly. To keep his mouth zipped up, i decided to go ahead and finish it up.

Here it is ....

Look at the CREAM!!!!

Master 1 is giving it a try

Chinese Steam Egg and Pork

2008-10-22T20:43:00.013+08:00

I love eating steam egg and pork at the economy mixed rice stall, but never seem to be able to recreate it until today. Usually i would place the minced pork on the bottom layer,add some seasoning and a little water.I would then add the beaten egg on top to steam. The result came out unsuccessful, pork was hard, but the egg was just right. That was the way i created my steam egg and pork.

So anyway, back to the story, i wanted to try out a different method. Instead of putting the minced pork on the bottom layer, i add it to the egg instead.

Recipe:

*Pre-heat pot of water with steamer rack.

1) Break 2 eggs ( break the top part of the egg so we can use it to fill it up with water)

2) Use the egg shell to measure 4 time of water

3) Beat eggs

4) In a separate bowl, take about 2 tablespoon of minced meat and add a little cornflour.Mix

5)Add some seasoning to the meat( soya sauce, pepper, seasame oil).

6) Mix together the eggs and meat and transfer to stainless steel plate

7)When the water is boiling, lower it to low flame, and add the plate to the pot. Cover and steam for about 10 minutes ( check to see if it wobble, else leave longer to cook)

8) done

Do let me know if you are going to try out this recipe. I may not be able to explain it properly here. :)

I was so digging into it that i've forgotten to take a photo.

Whats for dinner??

2008-10-21T17:14:00.016+08:00

My love of Butter Curry Chicken has led me to try out a recipe from a good source. So the day begin when i had to put the kids down for their afternoon nap. When silent was heard, i quickly cut up the chicken and mixed my range of spices together. The recipe asked for me to marinate for at least 30 minutes, just in time when the kid decided to wake up.. gosh, what a quick mouse nap!

So here i go, its going to be in the oven for the next 40 minutes...nice aroma fills the house..

Result:

I thought i better interview the guinea pigs, ops i mean the diners about my butter chicken

So how do you find the butter curry chicken??

piggy:

"..hmm its nice, but the chicken is a little dry.. its tangy but yet nice... but i still prefer your other butter chicken ....."

master 1:

"wow!, hot mummy, yuck", and spits it out. Both his hands on his mouth. "No mummy, hot", and disappears before attempting to give him another try...

master 2:

chicken went in and out of his mouth in less than a quarter of a second.He takes it out and put the chicken back into his mouth, and out it came.He did this for the next 20 minutes, most of it are on the floor.

chef:

".. its was a little too salty, and tangy. It doesnt taste like Butter Chicken or tandoori, quite disappointing...."

Ahh too bad, we wont be trying Maggi no added MSG tandoori chicken mix again..

My Two Masters

2008-10-20T22:49:00.039+08:00

Its past 11pm, and i managed to sneak in some time to do some blogging before i start my pathetic beauty sleep. What can i say, they are my two mischievous little monsters, ops i mean masters. People would say, "who's your favourites?","Are their characters similar?", "who does master 1 and master 2 look like?"..

Well, i must admit it, the day master 2 came to this chaotic world, i didnt really looked after him as much as master 1. I had a maid who looked after him like her own son.We never really took him out to the shops or restaurant, partially because i wanted to enjoy myself without worrying. Yes, i feel guilty for not looking after my own son, but when you have master 1, he tends to take up all of my energy. Thank you W for helping me raise master 2. So when master 2 started to grow out from his shell and becoming a little person, W was the one who first discover his milestone, and i was not there to witness. I was either on the computer or entertaining master 1. Sorry master 2, but i've now taken the opportunity to get to know you as a person, and gosh, you are quite a funny little fella.

So to answer the question,"Who is my favourites?", I love them equally, both are my favourites.Why?? Master 1, i can order him around, since i dont have any adult assistance( when piggy is off to work), so Master 1 tend to be handy at times,"Master 1, can you please put this in the sink", "master 1, can you please bring the rag and wipe it up", "master 1, please bring the towel", basically he's my mini servant, im bad, but he seem to like it.But i can guarantee that this is not the reason why he's my favourite..shh

As for master 2, he's cool. When he's hungry, he will cry, otherwise he will happily hang out in his play pen, provided that his brother doesnt disturb him. Another amazing thing is his business. Yes, what a topic to talk about, but this little boy, he is amazing. If we were to go out, he will poo before we leave the house. I think he can sense that mummy is not willing to clean his bum if he were to poo outside, so he better do it otherwise he'll have to stick with a yucky bum through out the day. Smart boy... Oh another thing is his milk.. when its milk time ( artificially given that is, not the real thing), he will stop at what he's doing and start smiling ecstatically, shrieking with joy. With his little hands sounding like a elephant coming towards me, and turns around and falls back in my lap waiting for the fake breast to feed him, ah he love his milk....

The next question, characters. Well they are both brothers, so some of their characters are similar.hmm let me think of a couple.. ahh the other day i was up in my room watching my ridiculous local channel ( astro died, in the fixing mode), both master 1 and master 2 were busy looking for treasure. Suddenly master 1 said " mummy, mummy, baby eating".Then to my horror, master 2 found a tub of sudocrem ( nappy cream) and started eating it. I was horrified, and being disappointed and yet amazed i grabbed a tissue to wipe away his fist full of nappy cream and took out my phone, not to call piggy, but to record his face. I laughed to myself, and told Master 1,"did you know that you did that last time??" now i call that brother in arms .Another same character is their love of dogs. I remember when master 1 was the same age as master 2, they ( as in the dog and baby dealer)would exchange toys. You could see master 1 secretly giving our beloved dog, Man, a ball in exchange of another ball. Seriously, both of them were in love with balls, both cant keep their eyes off it. But for master 2 case, its not quite the ball case, its more like whatever he can find on hand and pass it to our new dog, Pluto. Things like the clothes peg, and master 1's magna doddle magnet haha ... and in exchange, master 2's little hand reaches outside to grab whatever pluto has eaten up ( which is the case of a broken slippers).Im sure there are more, but cant think of any at the moment.Ah i remembered one, both are willing to play independently ( according to SF)

Master 1, cream on his face

master 2 with cream on his face

Ah their differences, I guess master 1 never really had an older sibling so he couldnt really throw tantrum at young age compared to master 2. But mind me, he did show his tantrum at a young age (15 months). I guess its normal for master 1 to show his selfishness or sadness toward his brother. When master 1's things are taken away by master 2, he would 1)slap his brother 2) push him 3)scream 4)walk away with his head down, hunching and started to make this really annoying fake crying noise, which he apparently learnt that from watching CJ7.

Now with master 2, when he wants something, he wants it. He, at such an early age, had to learn the art of defending himself from his beloved brother. When something is taken from him, he made sure he show his colour by slapping himself on the head ( god knows why he does that), and slapping his hand on the table/floor/thigh. Ohh he's a good screamer too.. he scream so loud that your ear buzz differently ( you know what i mean, when you're at the concert, and girls from behind are basically screaming in your ear, all you can hear is buzzzzz, that kind of scream)

Finally the last question before my eyes decided to close by themselves.Who do they look like? Well i think master 1 looks more like me, whereas master 2 reminds me more of my sister when she was younger, especially his ears haha ( sorry s), but i think he's more on piggy 's feature..You'll be the judge .....

But as a mother, i can see that both of them deep down love each other, especially when there's no one to entertain them, eg mummy. They would happily chase each other, laughing, shrieking, turning the house upside down or master 2 doing the attack by scretly opening master 1's shirt to blow on his tummy. But then again, out of the blue, master 1 turns around and smack his brother on the head... I guess you call this a love hate relationship....

Another important note to mention, they drive me up the wall, especially when things are not going their ways or when everything is upside down. I guess all mothers has the same problems...ahh but when they are sleeping, like right now, all i can hear is my typing ,the aircon's compressor, and yah the bloody gecko calling....

Master 1 and Master 2 helping each other

Master 2 at 3 months, brother love...

"The Sound of Music", have you heard of it?

2008-10-20T17:49:00.019+08:00

This is a misleading title, i should name it "The sound of Crying".Every parents go through the wonderful sound of crying. I have learnt the art of blocking, so writing this blog will be interesting.

It all started when it was time for the masters' nap. Master 2 was getting a little cranky, since he woke up late today, nap time was upside down for him. So i took master 2 and his brother to their napping room, and master 2 started crying away. I didnt want to give in to breastfeeding him( thats the only way for him to doze to zzz land), so i left him to cry. It was then i got inspired to write. I listen to him cried. He had so many variations of sound in his music, at least 8 to 9.

1) engine of the car unable to start
2)scream
3) grizzling like a bear
4) shriek
5)wailing
6)up n down intonation
7)puppy crying
8)bee gee "ah a ah ah staying alive" tone
9)cub roaring

after 20 minutes of crying, master 2 decided to sit up, then kneel down, then decided to do the head down bum in the air pose, and doing this crying. Then all of a sudden, the thunder went off.. master 2 paused to ponder, then he continued crying. He did this for a couple of time before i decided that i had enough...I surrender. All theses while, master 1 was next to me snoring, he too learnt the art of blocking out. The addiction kept master 2 quiet. You could hear master 2 sucking away and yet, trying to control his after effect of crying too much, like a sound of a pig snorting, and sound of shivering. Well, now i have the sound of silent, in about 30 minutes time, i will be able to hear the sound of master 2's crying.Oh no, the silent has been broken, master 1 is up, just as master 2 is down.

Sunday family day out

2008-10-20T13:09:00.000+08:00

It seem that Sunday is the only day in the weekend that the family can spend some time together. For the past few weeks, Piggy was working on Saturday and public holidays.Well anyway, we had something planned on Sunday, to visit the KL Photo Festival at Berjaya Time Square. Ahh.. Berjaya Time Square, the last i was there was 5 years ago and permed my hair in one of the hairdresser.haha hmmm very curly hair ..

Back on track, on Saturday night, we planned to leave the house after piggy's bike ride, but the rest of the family woke up a little too late, especially master 2.(came back VERY early in the morning hahaha). I had to quickly prepare master 2's milk and snacks, nappies etc and had to feed master 1 at the same time.Oh at the same time, it was a very sunny day and thought i better take the opportunity to wash the quilt and the new bedsheets. I never thought that the bachelor washing machine could only take 2 pillow cases and one queen size quilt.Ahem i had a basket of the kids clothes and the rest of the new sheets behind me.. shaking my head, i continued to run around headless preparing for the day trip. When the first load of washing was finish, i added the 2nd... again, i couldn't put all the washing in.. had to do the 3rd load later .I'm afraid the poor little washing machine will die on me.. Finally master 2 was up and i quickly fed him, now waiting for him to do his morning business..but nothing yet.. so in the rush of everything, i didnt even had the chance to have my breakfast, i was craving for roti telur ( indian pancake with eggs).

Checking of the windows and doors, making sure they were all locked, master 1 being helpful by taking out our shoes. With each kid in each hand, piggy placed the 2 little masters in their car seats (master 2 still hasnt done his business, worried and prayed that he wouldnt do it outside) and i was busy taking the laundry in.After all the running around, we were finally making our way out, then suddenly something strike me, the headless mother forgotten to pack master 2's milk bottles!!!Off we go, back home again ...

We finally arrived at Berjaya Time Square, after having my roti telur, the headless mother is finally calmed and relaxed, to only realise that she has ... forgotten to take master 2's hot water.. ahem..

Berjaya Time Square was huge, didnt know where to begin, we were lost. After spending a good 20 minutes looking for the location of the photo festival, we finally found a group of photographers snapping away..all you could see are flashes everywhere. I could tell that piggy had a big smile on his face.There was booths selling Canon, Nikon, the names goes on. I was only noticing the crowd of photographers, men who wore glasses, some were balding, some were thin some were fat, but most of them looked geeky.The female photographers are quite OK looking, not too many nicer looking male photographer though. But i have to agree with piggy that behind the geek's camera, the photographs they produce are marvelous.

Master 1 and Master 2 are enjoying their free helium balloon from U mobile, unfortunately master 1 decided to take the string off his hand and the orange U mobile balloon went up up up and away..

After walking around admiring people and cameras, hoping not to be caught in someone's camera, Master 2 decided that all the flashes is making him sleepy.. so he quietly slept behind piggy's back, and surprising Master 1 was also asleep in the stroller. So taking the great opportunity, we decided to have our dinner with the kids sleeping peacefully.But our opportunity soon end when master 2 decided to join us for dinner, but lucky master 1 is still snoring away...

Snoring away

decided to join us after we sat down to have dinner

the little kimono boy drank his milk without lifting his bottle.. interesting..

Finally after 3 or was it 4 hours of dragging our feet ( ahh i wonder why my legs and head was tired) we decided to head to our next venue, Subang Parade. Had to return piggy's hands free headset, more walking to do.Master 2 was apparently quite fresh.He was munching on his cheerios and screaming his lung out for no apparently reason. Poor shop assistance, he almost went deaf when master 2 shriek in his ear haha. On the other hand, Master 1 was tugging and shouting "mummy, mummy, donut, donut", so we took a small walk over big apple, and bought one pink donut for him and another one for the father. After paying for the donuts, master 1 said, "good job mummy, good job".He seem to enjoy saying that when he gets his way with things, and praise me for actually doing it for him.After piggy has finally returned his dream headset( couldnt receive and make outgoing calls), we walked around Subang Parade before heading to do our more walking (more like feet dragging) to Carrefour for our weekly grocery shopping and it was already 9pm.

After a very long family day, we finally settle down, making way for sleep time. Master 2 has finally done his business....

SF's homemade pizza

2008-10-18T13:09:00.002+08:00

It was another boring day for me with the kids, Piggy had to go in to work on Saturday. Suddenly my mobile phone was ringing, it was SF. She invited us over for a homemade pizza. I thought GREAT, something to look forward to, so i quickly told piggy," we're having pizza at the SF's household, so you better come home early or else....". Finally a day, i mean a night out of the house, thanks to SF.

As usual, we were running a little way too late, you know kids tends to delay our initial plan ( haha another excuse to blame them, but its the truth most of the time), so instead of arriving at 7 pm we were there almost 8pm( sorry i tried to get piggy to speed a bit.. i know we shouldnt be speeding)

Finally arrived at SF's place, but didnt know which street, so we went took the chance to visit every street in that area, and we're super late. I did remember that they lived near a weird tiled house that someone once said looked like a temple.. so we were driving really slow ( so slow that a neighbourhood kid actually walked faster then we moved). After a good 10 minutes, we finally decided to give her a call..," eh, what is the number of your street".

Ohh the house was filled with the smell of Italy....i mean smell of pizza yummy, my tummy rummy ( it rhymed hahaha) was really hungry but too shy to voice it out. So finally after the aroma of the pizza was making me saliva, SF asked what would we like to drink and open the cupboard to show us the collection. I was a little phobia from the other week, but knowing that they might not have my favourite liquor, i said, "erm if its a must, then how about midori, cos i dont do wine", and guess what, they actually have it.. half bottle... so no way out for me ( and piggy). So they suggested that the midori will be mixed with lemonade ( which turn out to be actually lemon juice and straight midori).I took my first sip and i was already feeling funny..having flash back, getting worried, so taking a slow sip and gobbling it down with the pizza.Before i could take my 2nd sip, SF and her hubby almost finish their drink. Seeing that i was stuggling, she pass me a cup of water to help ease it off. When no one was looking, i quickly added some water to my drink.. ah more like it.. easier to drink..poor piggy he looked redder than a cooked lobster.. we're hopelessly useless in drinking haha

It was a nice night, 2 couples talking and struggling to hear each other about kids, and possible life oversea. You could hear the mothers screaming and scolding at the kids, "dont do that, share with your brother, stop fighting", and the fathers?well they're busy sharing work info, b****ing about their bosses, and persuasion of a better opportunities elsewhere.

Oh the kids,lets say they need to learn the art of compromising, controlling their vocals and cleanliness. Poor Sf's living room looked like a mini hurricane of toys created by the 4 little offspring.

It was getting late, but piggy wanted to catch the replay of Amazing Race Asia. Astro left us for 1 week( due to lightening strike)and poor piggy didnt have his chance to watch his sport tonight update and Amazing Race Asia. It didnt really bother me much because most of the time i'll be watching hi 5, or the wiggles, and i can even remember all of their lyrics!!!

After a long journey home, it was already Sunday, and we're still not in bed!

What is a Blog..?

2008-10-18T06:26:00.000+08:00

According to wikipedia, a blog is simply "..maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.",....blah blah ..hmm interesting, basically a online diary for everyone to read??
I remember those days when i used to have a "Dear Diary" book... hmm i wonder where it is.. all the juicy secrets ..gosh... somewhere down under.

Ok, what made me decided to start a blog??hmm well influence from Piggy. He suggested that i should start one, since he mention that its an opportunity to share my love of photography to the world, and a place to release my frustration ( which i tend to release it to my dear cousin who i always meet up on MSN.. hehe sorry F !!!!)

So to protect my identity and the people i know.. i shall only use their first initial or pet name. So lets begin the journey of SAHM( for those who dont know what it is, "Stay at home mum")

Got to go ... be right back... master 2 is calling, i mean screaming for milk......and i haven't had the chance to finish my lunch and its already 3pm..sigh

Ok I'm back, master 2 is full and satisfied from his beloved milk.. peace and quiet at last.He surely completed his satisfaction by giving me a big fart and swaying to the wiggles... haha oh boy....

Well i shall finish up my "dear diary" soon.. need to get back to work and prepare dinner for the kids. Lucky for me i dont have to prepare dinner for the grown ups, our beloved SF and her hubby invited us over for HOME MADE pizza.. yummy...