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UPDATED : more shoes added :D

 

hello folks,

just a quick post to announce some pre-loved kids’ stuffs for Sale, for now it’s shoes again…..kids grew up fast u know. and i’ll add on other stuffs as & when i can steal time to de-clustter :D

below is the link to my facebook album with detailed sizes & more photos of all the shoes, i hope the link works…. do pm me or leave comment if you have further query!!

Original crocs pre-loved by the twins RM30 each pair??

Scot’s = black size 4/6

Sean’s = blue size 5/7

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3664130641122.2169282.1210417523&type=1&l=5f47591428

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Nike
Size: US6 / UK5.5 / EUR38.5
RM40

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Sketchers - very good condition
Size : US4 / UK3 / EUR36
RM60

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Nike size: US9.5 / UK8.5 / EUR26 15cm - RM30

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Hotwheel shoes size 33 (SOLD) & 35 left

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Bought from Taipei ~ RM20
Size 140 / 23 for below 2 yrs old

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I love celebrating CNY very much despite the busyness & tiredness that follow suit. As i’ve said before i love getting myself busy, crazy huh….i enjoyed last min rush like getting the kids clothes ready, shopping gifts for the old folks, buying cookies & all other cny stuffs, decorating the house & etc etc.

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not forgetting one of the important task was to dress up my nails too. with gel paint easily available now which survived all the rough wear & tear during the cny, i’ve no longer worry about wasting my money.

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After enduring more than 7 hours in our balik kampung journey, it was very comforting to drop ourselves down the beds that awaited us :D

Little baobei was still oblivious when he first celebrated cny back at in-laws’ place last year. But this year, he was more aware of what’s happening & the strangers/relatives that surrounded him. He warmed up at ah kung’s house very fast too, seen here he’s lazying on the bed watching TV & muching snacks!! Despite not very good at taking solid, he loves munching thinly sliced chips & especially love chocolates  :(

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youngest SIL joined us for reunion dinner this year as they need not go back to the huby’s family. So the boys get to gang up with their cousins earlier to mess up ah kung’s house. Back at home, my mom would never allow the kids to go naked like this & play with water….my mom is very strict as she does not want to deal with sick kids :(

but over here, i just got to let loose as the kids tend to follow what their cousins did. it’s hard to control & i dun want to look like a monster mom :D

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Here’s a snapshot of our signature dish during our reunion dinner :D

i must say that my in-law family place high priority when it comes to food, hence the huby’s high expectation with food. i can tell that MIL must have spent a fortune each year just to cater for food during the cny….i understand why the big ‘angpow’ from the son is imperative now, ooohhhhHHH !! unlike with my mom, she never understand why ppl needs to spend so much on food, lol. for sure she’ll never spend money on abalone & sea cucumber as she claims that both these 2 super expensive food are tasteless, lol :D

braised abalone with stuffed sea cucumber, drooling !!!

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the entire spread

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after dinner, the family attended the cny mass at St. Michael church, it has been an annual ritual & i’m loving it more & more each year !!

hardly seen the dady & baobei dressed up so smart together, cool :D

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the brothers …. scot kor-kor said sorry but very difficult to get the little fler to stay focus for the camera :D

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the cousins

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On the 1st day of CNY, my in-law HOST a lunch for the Wong/Ong/Heng clans. That’s when all the angpow exchanged will takes place for all the relatives. Poor MIL & the maids had a hard time cooking up a storm to cater for the big crowd. But MIL is a great cook & everyone appreciated that. Uncle Andrew got overly excited after few rounds of beers & liquor, suggested that next year onwards we should not over worked my MIL, instead we will do a catering so that everyone gets to enjoy together. What a wonderful idea that was !!! well, i shall wait n see ….

On the 2nd day of CNY, it was FIL brother’s turn (6th uncle) to host everyone at his place. This uncle family still resides at an estate house at Jabi. what’s unusual is, his house is located exactly next to a cemetery on the left, next to a coconut farm on the right, fronting a run down old rubber production plant & is  the only house that’s still standing strong & fit around that area. i guess given time & age, others would have leave the place for a better lifestyle :) So as much as i try to appreciate the place, i’m still feeling sorry that they have to put up with such living condition :(

more photos of the place in last year’s post

the little one enjoyed roaming around in the estate

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love this shot, FIL walking with his youngest grandson :D

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kids playing coconut soccer beside the coconut farm

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the uncle served us fresh coconut juice, apart from his famous mutton curry as lunch

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a group of goats invaded our place & the uncle caught one up to entertain all the city kids, big & small kids queuing up for a ride, poor goat :D

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below is the bird nest house that FIL & his friends invested for the business, which was located just across the road. the kids including myself was given a tour to the place but as the interior of the house was very dark, we could hardly see anything. The kids were nevertheless thrilled & excited over the loud birds sound that was released from a voice recording which claimed to attract more birds to build their nest :D

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 On the 3rd day of CNY, we attended a gathering at huby’s hometown buddy’s place. It was a boring one for me as all his buddies’ other half communicated in hokkien/teochew & I was left in the dark most of the time. Eric’s wife does made an effort to entertain me on & off though, i do appreciate that. I was actually ok as i’ve learnt to live with that by now…… munching & enjoying the bungalow house were all i did.

We departed for KL after breakfast on 4th day of CNY as we needed to be back at D’ Utama by evening, my 3rd sister was hosting us dinner.

This year cny holiday was pretty well spread, as there were at least 3 days left to spend in the city after returning from kampung. But like everyone else, there were lots of catch up to do towards the weekend.

MIL gave me lots of seafoods this year. all nicely packed & chilled in ice box (4 packs of big prawns, fishes, 2 kampung chicken & big packet of cooked gingko). Hence i did lots of cookings too this year, lol

check out my thumb below :D

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elaine taught me how to cook these prawns….. indeed easy peasy. tq sifu :D

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si chap prawn

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si chap steam fish too ….. haha

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steam chicken with kai lan (a milestone for being able to chop the whole chicken into decently looking pieces, lol)

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this year had a gathering with the secondary schoolmates at evelyn’s place & bet everyone enjoyed & appreciated the short 3 hours of gossiping & laughing as much as i did. and we vow to made this a repeat in the years to come …..

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how could a cny gathering goes without a “lou sang” session

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and this year, the cny meet-up with my 2 bff families has been promoted from home to the hotel. the ladies (me inclusive lah) prefer to doll up the kids & dot ourselves ‘leng leng’ over a hi-tea buffet than confining at home. This year we were at Traders Hotel, KLCC. So i bet we’ll be visiting more hotel chains as the years go by.

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 thankfully the hotel serves “yee sang” too. but it was a self service concept so moi picked up this plate & had a mini “lou sang” among ourselves :D

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15 days may seemed like a long period but with good companies & good food, time flies & we’ve reached Chap Goh Mei in a blink of eyes. SIL family from Penang was down in KL during the long weekend towards chap goh mei & we had our chap goh mei dinner at a chinese restaurant in Sunway Pyramid. After dinner, this Ah Kim (SIL’s kids call me that) treated all to Cha time as dessert :D

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That marked the end of our 2012 chinese new year!!

Hope everyone had a great one with your love ones too.

 

 

note: I seriously have no motivation to blog, am so lazy to write & upload photos YET i kept taking photos. not knowing what to do with these photos & not gonna rely on FB to store them, i’ve no choice but forcing myself to save them up here :(

So this is going to be a photo-heavy post !!

My dearest anak bongsu:  mommy’s wishing that you’ll grow up healthily, happy & be a good boy. You’ll forever be the sweetest & dearest sunshine in the family. I might have long for a girl initially but from the bottom of mommy’s heart, there’s nothing i would do to change a thing now, you just meant to much to mommy!!

 All of us love you so very much :D

In his birthday suit from UK, courtesy of his 3rd yi-yi who has very good taste with fashion !! But yi-yi, my mommy knows all my beautiful clothes will soon pass down to Naythan, your baby boy *blek* 

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He is currently at his terrible 2 stage …. i’m lost where to begin. People has been commented how angelic he used to be, but guess they were too early to conclude. Wait till they have a chance to see how monsterous he can be of late, they’ll probably suffer a heart attack :(

I must confess that having 2 monkey kor-kors in his life almost made it impossible trying to keep him away from picking up the ‘bads’ !! I had been trying so badly to get things in control yet sadly to say there’s only so much that I could do. This little fella has been screaming, yelling & shouting a lot esp when he was in a battle with the kor-kors. Not that the kor-kors were not giving ways to him but this fella just wanted “everything” that was in his kor-kors’ possession. I can see, it can be pretty annoying for the kor-kors when this little monster kept disturbing & invading their life. And bet any mom knows how challenging it is to talk & explain to a 2 years old at this stage.

We just have to keep showering him with lots of love (limiting his unreasonable demands) to reduce his thirst for attention :(

See the monsterous cheeky face who bullied the 7 years old cousin sister at his Ah Kung’s house :)

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And here the cheeky fella insisted to sit on his toy pram :) 

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Sean kor-kor fulfilled his demand & pushed him around in his toy pram :D

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Various cheeky expressions during CNY at Alor Setar

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kakak putting on socks for the master prince, ready for our CNY mass at St. Michael church, Alor Setar.

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again in his R-Lauren blouse from L.A. courtesy of his 3rd yi-yi

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Having lots of fun with natures at FIL’s brother’s house at an estate in Jabi.

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Bonding time with paternal courins during CNY

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Concentrating at a CNY MTV …. he’s particularly sensitive with & love music & dance movements

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on the loose at Ah Kung’s house compound, love to see his enjoyment over the freedom

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24/1/2012 (2nd day of CNY)

We got a cake from Secret Recipe Alor Setar mall & had a birthday song singing & cake-cutting session with family members from his daddy’s side. The basic cream black forest cake was polished off instantly. The little boy enjoyed rendering the birthday song & love eating spongecake very much.

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02/02/2012 ~ Monday

Back to KL on his actual birthday 2/2/2012, daddy bought a chocolate cake from the famous RT Pastry House. It was our first time trying the cake after hearing lots of raves around. We’ll definitely be back to try more of their selections.

Little guy was thrilling over the birthday song, candle & cake again :D 

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 a shot with queen of the house :P

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 Finally a proper one from dad’s camera…..and not from mommy’s iphone, lol :D

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Initially I was only planning to invite my parents & sibings family to our place for a small do over the weekend to share the joyous occassion (since the paternal side has one session, it’s only fair that the maternal side should have one too, lol) But the date clashed with the Lai’s clans annual dinner. So the plan was postponed. Elder sister at the sametime suggested to host an open house at her place, so I thought I might as well co-joined my party with hers since sister & I intended to invite the same group of guests, i.e. Lai family members which could made up to 6 tables of 10 pax, if full attendance is achieve. But much to our relief, there were only about 60% attendance, that’s still about 30-40 pax in total ….. still pretty big a crowd to cater to, no ??!!

And YOURS TRULY was the master chef on that day, lol

04/02/2012 ~ Saturday

Birthday boy …. a very happy one

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reason for choosing sister’s place was bcoz hers is a corner unit with a big garden for the kids to run :D

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the joyful & happy grandparents with the 2 youngest latest addition to the family :D

see how big the fully breastfed baby on granny who’s 6 months  V  the skinnier baby on grandpa who is 8 months old, lol :D

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So what did the master CHEF planned for the day to cater to 40 pax of hungry eaters?? I only have a pair of hands & thank god I have a good helper in the kitchen too.

The host i.e. my elder sister is absolutely helpless with cooking.

So i only delegated some easy to prepare dishes for her :

- green salad with sesame & thousand island dressing;

- steam sausages;

- assorted fruits;

- sister ordered fried meehoon, curry veggies, vegetarian char siew & siew ngor from a vegetarian stall at Putri Mart market;

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Yours Truly prepared the followings :

( note: when need to cater for a big crowd, can’t cook anything that require special skills. all the dishes have to be easy to prepare in bulk & shouldn’t takes up a lot of time as i need to ensure varieties of selections  )

- japanese vermont curry chicken serve with white rice (photo above on the far left) ;

- cha soba mee;

- simple sushi (which turned out consumed lots of my time, big mistake) ;

- fried chicken wings (adopted my MIL secret recipe which I learnt recently) ;

- fried some frozen curry puffs & mini popiah (to add on the light snacks selection) ;

mom also cooked a pot of ‘muk yee’ braised pork ;

- herbal tea eggs ;

- french fries ;

for desserts :

- barley foo chuk with gingko sweet soup ;

- pumpkin & grated coconut kuih;

- colorful konyaku jellies;

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some close snapshots of:

herbal tea eggs, adopted idea from my SIL (but certainly not as fragrant & tasty as hers, must practise more) 

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 crispy fragrant chicken wings

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easy peasy to prepare cha soba / noodle serve with crispy seaweeds… good only if u r a fans of it, many of my yee mah ku cheh never eaten this before, the way they serve this was simply hilarious enough lol :D

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no skills required … just bought the bean curd bags, prepared the sushi rice & stuff … stuff & stuff :D but guarantee yummy :D

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if you want colorful jellies, then yes a lot of effort required esp with different fruit fillings. this was prepared a day ahead.

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and here’s another proud production, the pumpkin grated coconut pudding. im a big fan of kuih with sago-like texture & this is one that closely explains what i like. My 2nd attempt & it got so much better this time. Simply delicious. Since i still have some coconut milk in the fridge, i’m going to make this again very soon :D

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the little guy licked my sushi bowl clean as he  has never eaten such a yummy rice before ( ‘moi’ accidently put too much rice vinegar & sugar, lol)

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As time limits the production of sushi, it became my limited edition menu & were polished off very fast…. haha

Sister & I were SO afraid that we might not have enough food for the guests but it was OK, everyone was well FED…. what a relief :D

Finally here’s a photo of the little guy with yet another birthday cake for him !!

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Pre-ordered the bee character cake from Secret Recipe again. weighing at 2kg. with such cute & fine decor, it only costs me RM135….i reckon it’s very reasonable a price! cake base was a rich moist mud chocolate cake. unfortunately the cuteness & prettiness of the cake last only a while. the moment these fondants hit the tastebuds, it was horrendous esp for sugar freak people. I must say it was way too sweet to really appreciate the cake :( 

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the grand uncles & aunties gave baobei a play tent & it has since became his new nest :D

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not forgetting lots n lots of other toys to add on to his collection.

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Be a good boy, little Stuart …. mommy, daddy & kor-kors love you very much :D

 

Where did the 10 years go ????

It seemed like it just slipped by when I least expected it :D

10 years ago we took the vow to live as ONE in good times & bad and I’m proudly announcing that we are still living up to our vow,  … understanding…compromising…appreciating… respecting & loving each other more & more :D

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Before the day finally came, I had silly fantacy on how I had wanted to celebrate this “supposing-to be-very-important-occassion” :D

But nah …. December is really really NOT the time for any critical planning/thinking. It is suppose to be a crucial month as far as my nature of job is concern, yet I still have countless social events to attend to (parties, gathering, lunch, night outs, bakings, cookings) …. boy, why was I so greedy when I only have 2 hands & a brain. It kinda stresses my brain unnecessarily. Furthermore, I’ll be away from work for a 8 days vacation. Perhaps I should not have chosen December for traveling. Yet i like it when time passes by quickly, such a conflicting girl heh :(

And my blog was so so so neglected :(

We kept our celebration very very humble this time. Chucked the kids to mom, we applied approval from my babysitter for a quiet dinner, just the 2 of us. No gifts & not even a card, that’s just so NOT me!! All i wanted to is to go for a meal that we usually would not opt for, now with a little troublesome baobei around for sure. And what instantly came to my mind is BBQ steamboat…. the Korean sytle would be good :D I had not been able to enjoy a peaceful bbq & steamboat for as long as i remember. Just can’t imagine toddling a young monster for steamboat, can you??

On the day after work, the hubs came over to my office & we hopped over to the nearest mall, Pavilion. Walked around & huby bumped into this japanese shabu-shabu restaurant. Didn’t want to waste time, we just settled in. Nothing to shout about considering my fussy pot’s high standard when it comes to FOOD. Not a place to be back but it was OK, a quiet moment to do some reflections on the 10 years of walk together would be the quality we appreciated.

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That pretty much sumed up the day (15 Dec 2011) we celebrated our 10 years of marriage.

A lot of people commented how lucky I was to be able to still travel around despite having 3 kids at home. Yes I embraced that with much blessing. But it was either the hubs had his own vacation with his gang of lou yeh or me having my silais trips. We had NEVER went on a trip just the 2 of us leaving behind the kids. It was just a thing that my mom would not approved of (my tiger mom just had her own very different opinion on this). When she refused to babysit for us, what other option do we have? NIL. But this time, I was adamant to make a change. The big excuse that i gave her was my 10 years marriage *blek* …. time for a good celebration. She eventually gave us the approval (considering i submitted my application since the beginning of the year, ok) but it came with tinch of sourish & charcoal face lah, well ….nothing comes easy dealing with our old folks right so that was pretty tolerable :D

So to make up for the humble meal we had to mark this auspicious occasion, we’ll be traveling (just the 2 of us)…honeymooning & celebrating our WHITE Christmas this year !!!

Till you hear from me again, bye for now!

Merry Christmas & An early Happy New Year 2012 to all :D

 

 

This date is gonna be a valuable one in our family’s memory book for a long long time. Lots & lots of mention about the date in Facebook that made me couldn’t stop thinking how auspicious the date was despite me trying to brush it aside as I was half working in the office that day, LOL!! Shit…who ask me to log on to FB in the first place??

Anyway the boys had school on Friday so I arranged a dinner, just the 5 of us at Brussels Cafe a newly discovered restaurant which my family gonna love returning in the future. We went to the JayaOne branch. The main reason why it’s becoming our fav restaurant is bcoz the elder boys love …. a couple of their dishes….a lot !! Check it out…

lousy blogger post lousy photos, sorry too lazy to lug the dslr

photos of iphone quality *blek*

RECOMMENDED dishes

1) ROAST PORK … trust me, super yummy (even my old fussy pot acknowledged)

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2 ) LONG FOOT SAUSAGES …. tell me which kids don’t love these ??

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3) Bacon strips …. very fragrant & good for chewing while sipping your German beer

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4) Bacon Carbonara spaghetti

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5) Chunky fries …. highly recommended, i’m not a fries person myself but i couldn’t stop eating this!! it’s slightly crispy on the outside yet very soft inside

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Brussels’ spaghetti ….with seafood & aubergines, quite good also.

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sorry these are NOT NICE

Scot requested for beef & this is baby ribs (i think).But he abandoned this after trying to bite 1 piece…. sorry lah

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mushroom soup is either very nice or otherwise …. and this is just sorry coz i think they don’t put enough salt, too bland. comparing to TGIF…this surely ‘kalah’ badly !!

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daddy cheers with the boys

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this was what I got when I requested for a decent photo from them

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the charming boy enjoying our companion very much

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 I was just trying my luck when I told the friendly waitress it was the twins’ birthday & asked if there’s any free cake for them…. aiyo so thick skin hor?? She smiled & nodded ….. after about 10mins, she walked out of the kitchen with a plate of nicely decorated brownies with ice-cream & strawberries. Then a few other macho guys followed her back & stand beside our table preparing to render the birthday song. I quickly grabbed my iphone & locate the video cam function….guess i was just kan-cheong, i couldn’t managed the button properly & only managed to record the last minute of the song, lol

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The boys were kinda shy here …. lol

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But still managed to get them to pose for my memory :D

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i just can’t believe the brownies tasted so good too … i know it just sounded so unbelievable (as if i was paid for all the compliments) but these were extremely soft & moist. Too bad our tummies were already very full by then, can’t really enjoy it !!

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 We had a very satisfying dinner on 11.11.11

 

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We also threw a bowling party for them on 30th Oct, invited some of their schoolmates & cousins. Actually last year we also had bowling party at Sunway Bowl but this year we tried Mid Valley Cosmic Bowl. Eventhough Cosmic bowl’s had the GLOW IN THE DARK session which was like disco bowling & should be more fun, i still prefer Sunway. Cosmic bowl is a bit run down, service quite good though …. sorry that i have to say that !!

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The lights will be switched off sharp at 2pm & the disco bowling will commence….

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All I want is just some fun for the boys & surely they had.

Some photos for sharing

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Decided on La Manila cake at the very last minute … coz it’s just opposite cosmic bowl very convenient. But it was a right decision coz the banana choc cake was superbly delicious, heaven!!

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A group photo for their memory book !!

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May God bless you 2 with lots of strength & grace to grow up healthily & be good man !! Amen

 

Made some cuppies for the boys to share with few of their buddies in school on their birthday :)

I had been eyeing  for sometime on those colors of various rainbow cakes i’d came across lately. I know those colors aren’t doing any good to my already hyper boys, but that aside i know this rainbow thingy would surely be eye-catchy to the kids!! And that’s my goal when preparing stuffs for the kiddos!

And just when I was all ready to color them, i realised i ran out of blue …. awww, i can’t see my blue color :( I did tried to mix green & yellow to achieve that but nah…it doesn’t happened. So these are all i have!! Time to visit the bakery store one day ….

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I just adopt a simple butter cake recipe & color them as appropriate

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Here is the result ….taste wise OK though look was not as I desired & it does look a bit like the chinese “fart kou” too!! But what can I say for a first time, it’ll get better the next time :D

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I’ve got some edible image print of Angry bird from the bakery lately….that’s one sure way of making sure yr baking & decoration turns out a success!!

So before placing the edible image print, i’ll need some icing to go on top of the cuppies. And again, I had to battle between using whipping cream icing or buttercream icing ???? It’s always a head banging session to me. Anyway, I finally decided on whipped cream just bcoz it goes beneath the image print so that sort of lower the risk of failure. And my box of left over whipping cream in the fridge which is near its’ expiry date convinced me that I should just use it up!

Let me tell you….I’m so so so happy with the outcome this time …. YIPPEE :D

I reckon the success this time has a lot to do with the type of whipped cream used, this is non-dairy type  and it was my first time trying Mauri brand. Also I believe the brand made a different too, I got this from Jadi bakery store. The packaging mentioned about being a HIGHLY SHELF STABLE stuff …. guess it tells something, huh????

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 I added some icing sugar on the liquid before starting to whip it. And boy…. were they so creamy, smooth & most importantly it holds much much more better this time around !! Im feeling much more confident dealing with whipped cream now :D

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….. tadaa …..

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I just made 6 cuppies for each boy & told the boys they just had to share with their good buddies coz their mom could not accommodate to 50 students as Sean & Scot are in different class!!

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There’s a lot of room for improvement for sure but i guess i deserve to be forgiven as I had to work this thru the midnight hours …. as usual being a mom, no ???

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Have a good week ahead folks !!

Back to baking mode ?????

I think i’m having too many passions in life that I realised i couldn’t cope at times :P

And the scarriest part is, they came & gone …. then came back & gone very often too, lol

Anyway, the baking bugs bite again!

The baking bugs were flying HIGH about 1-2 months back when my 3rd sister was still into her 4th maternity month, which was also her final one.  So before she resumes work, she wanted to fulfill her dream of baking her favourite cake i.e. BLACKFOREST cake from scratch. It has always been her interest to do baking but being a cabin staff, she hardly had enough free time to bake at home given she’s also a mother of an active boy! And she came to me to kick-off her project coz i had all the baking tools :D

I had to WARN my sister that I’m NOT GOOD with blackforest cake. I had a heart attack moment with my very first  blackforest baking experience. So on this project, we relied purely on recipes i found from the internet. While the cake was fine, it somehow doesn’t hold good when i halved it…….. bleah :P And my sis insisted we don’t need the Maraschino cherry for decoration as we don’t like it. But I must say without the red, it’s just plain ugly :(

Not a good looking one :(

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Sis was not satisfied with the outcome of her 1st baking project. Since we still have lots of ingredients leftover, she went for a 2nd round :D

This time around, we used another recipe (it shd be Florence from HK if i’m not mistaken) & we were definitely getting better …. a lot more :D

cake texture, icing, shaved chocolate, decoration ….overall improvement!!

She was very very happy, haha

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Darn proud of her masterpiece, lol

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Since the blackforest saga started, Ihad also fallen in love with blackforest cake. In fact, of late I notice I love spongecake with light weight cream icing…..very much, just like blackforest cake. Very typical n classic yet they are one of the best to me. Hence, I’d wanted to master the skill myself. If possible, I want to be able to make at least 3 layers cake with super light cream icing (best if i manage to make meringue buttercream but alas ….)

During my mom’s birthday this year, I baked a WHITE Forest cake. Instead of chocolate spongecake (which i’m sort of bored of) I made a twist by baking a japanese cotton cheesecake & cream it just like i do with blackforest, haha

Here is my masterpiece, lol

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the whipping cream still has a lot for improvement

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 used the tupperware gift box, lol

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 Was very happy there was a new baking supplies store, JADI opened up around my neighbourhood recently. I definitely can count on them to fulfill my baking needs apart from Bake with yen which only open up to 6pm daily on weekdays. I don’t always get to go BWY due to their very limited business hours….boo!!

There are lots of cute & nice cups at their store & I picked this up for the cuppies i planned to bake for the twins’ bowling birthday party!!

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 But I made a mistake this time. This cup is only good for light color cake base. If you bake chocolate cake like I did, the designs could not be seen anymore!! The cups became all black…. what a waste :(

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 I must say I was very very dissapointed with the outcome of these cuppies. And I swear I will never use those off-the-shelf sprinkles on my cuppies anymore…. they just made your cakes look CHEAP, crying !!!

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next target is layer cake & tiramisu…. wah wah, sounds very ambitious ehh, u should know who to blame for this, lol

Happy baking to bakers out there

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Happy cake-savouring if you don’t bake !!

 

12 Oct 2011 ~ AirAsia flight to Changi airport

The hubs had training in SG for 3 days. Fully sponsored accomodation. Im sure everyone acknowledges how freaking expensive hotel rates in SG are. Since it was paid & the fact that I was curious about how a boutique hotel looks like, why not I join him for a night??

We owned a unit room of a boutique hotel here in KL & the interior of the hotel is very funky, bright, colorful & of contemporary design. Very cool so I had thought it targets a younger clientele & would not be that expensive.

But Klapsons The Boutique hotel gave me a whole new experience. I never expected it to have a 5 ** rating “standard”. It is a lot more smaller thus offering less facilities but it used very hi-tech systems in their rooms. The local in SG claimed that the rate of the hotel is ranging from S$500 - S$600++. No kidding after conversion ….

It’s a very low density hotel with only 32 rooms in total over 3 floors. What amazed me was that every single room was differently designed. Yes you heard it right, none of the room has the same interior. If you are curious & interested, you could take a virtual tour of their rooms in their website…….. imagine the see thru glass toilet door/wall standing right in the middle of the room, hahaha. I was expecting to get a room like the below but no luck.

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I bet different room would have different rates & the fact that ours was sponsored, i’m sure it was one with the most simple designed :( But since it was very new, comfort & chic, i’ve no complaint :D

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The hubs is now the MY authorised rep of the lighting & smart system brand in SG that was being featured in this hotel. I was the “lu-lu” trying to pull the ceiling height curtain with my bare hands only to be greeted with failure. luckily i noticed the curtain remote control button, gosh …. thank god i didn’t pull down the curtain, LOL

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Here is the look of the bathroom in the room we stayed. The glass wall is facing the road which was only cover with a blackout blind *pengsan*. To be honest, i was very very uncomfortable with it as there were still very tiny opening between the blind… no kidding, maybe it was my mind that played up….i kept my naked body close to the wall all the time for i felt very insecure lor, LOL

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One could dance under this rain shower as there’s a disco light there but like i said if only it offers more privacy lah, boo !!

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Molton Brown London toiletries. I’ve no idea what brand is this but I saw there’s an outlet of this brand at Takasyimaya mall. Love the gingerlily shower gel scent.

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Complimentary drinks …. tiger beer & orange juice :D

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Artisan water….. wonder what’s so special, lazy to google lar :P

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A nice coffee machine that you can play with but was too busy & tired by the time we retire at night, no time for this…. what a waste !!

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Apart from taking a break with the stay at this boutique hotel, this trip was purely a shopping trip for me as I was on myself when the hubs was in training. So i didn’t really explored much with food, just had to bear with food court offerings!! I had a whole lots of fun & quiet shopping after i checked into the hotel at 3pm & I returned to the hotel around 9ish. And i literally ran out of S$$$ for more the next day. So i didn’t shopped the next day, was just glad & happy that i managed to catch up with an ex-colleague over lunch. We gossiped a lot, haha.

As expected I’ve picked up several beauty related stuffs for myself but NO getaway is without bringing back gifts for my 3 princes at home. I was very happy & satisfied with this Toyota Celica toy car that I got for baobei. I didn’t expect much out of it as it only cost me S$9.90. I want a car that could at least move by pull-back mode. But this came full with sound, light & action. The doors could even be opened. It was also very heavy….good good quality!!

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The little boy loves it so much. Don’t ya think it’s so so worth ???

And here’s “something” for the 2 elder ones

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I end this post with a very girly buy for myself :D

A bff got me to look out for this thing from triumph lingerie counter as she claimed it’s not available in KL (at the time of visiting). So i went to check it out. It’s a fashion bra strap accessories by Triumph. Very pretty. There are a few color selection (white pearl, green, blue, pink & red).

By looking at the below picture, stupid me think that each pack has only 1 strap but it actually came in a pair ….. damn stupid right? And yes i bought 2 packs (2 pairs) but i’m a happy owner by accident, tee hee!!

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Left hotel ard 6ish for dinner & duty free shopping at Changi airport. Boarded the 9pm flight home….it was yet another tiring but very enjoyable getaway!!

Just to share some happy moments at home :D

With 3 babies at home (though 1 is fast approaching toddler stage), it’s hard not to expect lots & lots of laughters coming from these bunch of crazy adults (esp. from the babies’ perspective, lol)

Feeling sorry for these babies…. for they were treated like dolls/toys to satisfy the thrist-for-FUN from all their silly aunties (mommies & granny included).

The Do-Re-Mi

(2 mths, 4 mths, 19 mths)

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thankfully even the 19th month old was cooperating….. but not for long :D

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Wana see photos of ” BEHIND THE SCENE ” to the outcome of these cutie pies’ photos ????

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mua hahahaha

… sot sot dei jor (including the camerawoman), slap forehead…

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arghhh….my baobei is so skinny already, missed his chubbiness so much :(

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Naythan, the cina ah boy at 4 months +

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Rick Shen, the malai chai at 2 months +

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Does this post inspire you to have one more baby ????? tee hee :D

It was my niece’s (elder sis’s first daughter) 12th birthday last week. Being the first baby in the family, it was no qualm that she was once the center of attraction. Time flew by too quickly….she’s now the tai kah cheh among her 9 other cousins (from the maternal side). Both my boys adore her a lot & i enjoyed hearing my boys call her ” Tar Jie” (big sister). My sis threw her a little party at home…it was actually the kids’ party where invitation was only limited to her classmates & cousins. So I had a great excuse to dump the boys away for a good 3 hours. Nevertheless, I don’t get away freely…as it was the weekend, baobei was with me needless to say. Not only that, I had an extra session at the Church that evening. We don’t go for the Sat evening mass usually but there was a Rite of Acceptance session held during mass for us (being the cathechumen). During the session I had a very strong inner feeling (don’t know how to explain) & very touchy moment beneath my heart & felt closer & closer to God :D

Anyway, back to the party. Since my niece is a big fan of my cheesecake, what’s better time to reward her than her birthday, right? Apart from the little gifts we bought her, I presented her a box of dessert. Why I call it dessert??

It was a cupcake that consist of 3 layers of goodness :

bottom layer crust was the buttered digestive biscuits crumble

middle layer was the favourite creamcheese

top layer was the orange jello jelly

 

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Wasn’t too happy with the jello results….now i wonder if the instruction on the box were correct or not. They turned out a tad too runny but no time to salvage, thank god it’s only a bunch of kids :D

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Since the customers were a bunch of kids, i thought topping the cuppies with some candy would be a well received treat. But i have not had enough time to source for suitable sweets. So just be contended with normal gummy this time… thou color wise, they really need a lot of improvements, hahaha

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Good to go ….

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When I collected the boys, most of the cuppies were gone …. only 2 pieces left (not bad lah)

There were extra batter from this batch which I happily baked using a shallow glass casserole dish. This is just so that the beautiful layers could be displayed ….hehehe

This is how the layers look like :D

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T.G.I.F ….. more baking during the weekend :D

Have a good weekend !!

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