Simply Here And There.....

T-ara(티아라)

2012-01-04T15:40:00.001+08:00

The story continues.....

The girl from the first video went for a plastic surgery - that is why it is a different girl in the second video. In the end the girl from the first video was driving the car because the guy sees her instead of her new face.

Sniff, sniff..... So sad...

#1 finds it completely baffling that I can cry over a music video.
He thought I was watching a drama instead of a MV. Shakes his head and said MV is suppose to make one happy not sad. They should make this to a drama .....

I totally agree

My First 2012 Post....

2012-01-03T14:11:00.004+08:00

My first post for year 2012 is still with my obsession with ice pops. Those ice pops moulds which I ordered online finally arrived and they are super big. Never expected them to be that big.until it can't fit in between the freezer's shelves.

I had to remove one shelf just to fit those moulds.

So, of course after they are frozen I remove them from their stand and left them in the freezer in a basin.

See, how big it is....My son said they are 'awesome' ! The moulds not the pops itself. There are still some flavours they just would not touch..

Beside those Popsicle , school reopened today. Lots of groaning and moaning from last night until this morning. They can't believe that the holidays are over and back to the mulling over their books again.
This year #2 and #3 will be sitting for their finals. It will also mean less computer time for me. Got to show some example , mah.

So, I'm very sad... my poor cafe will be so pathetic. :(

Sob...sob...sob....

(Just love being a bit over dramatic at times.)

Hahaaaaa.....

and

To all who dropped by....

Happy New Year !

Have a Blessed 2012 !

Wah Lau Eh....

2011-12-29T15:30:00.000+08:00

There's a flood in my kitchen.

Just finished clearing up the whole mess and now chilling out in front of my PC.

Which means - No Cooking Today !

I Care

2011-12-17T21:51:00.006+08:00

H renewed my boys mobile contract and upgraded to one with a data package. Now each of them have an android phone - Samsung Galaxy S2. Their first choice iphone was out of stock.

I asked H when will I get an iphone.

He said he can't get me one but he got a icare.

Get lost !!!!

Vacation Time

2011-12-16T23:34:00.016+08:00

Could you believe me if I say that I need another vacation after a vacation. I feel so tired and all I want to do is sleep and more sleep. I can't seem to get enough of them. We have been going from one place to another, filling our bottomless pit ( tummy) along the way. From Singapore to Bali, back to Singapore for a day and then it was to our home town Ipoh. Made a day trip to our Aunt in Taiping, ate some durians which I had a craving for since I saw them everywhere in Bali.

Met up with old friends which equals to more eating sessions. Then it was back to Singapore.

So, don't you think I need another vacation to recover from all those travelling ?

Even as I'm typing this someone is doing even more travelling than me.

Look who's in town....

Look who's leaving town in less than twelve hours later.

We gave our Mother a lovely surprise. She opened her eyes in the morning and saw my Sis. She went ....

" Dawn, when did you come back ?"
"We are leaving for Bali, what are you going to do?"

We told her we had arranged for her to go together with us. She promptly gave me a slap on my thigh - Ouch !!! - for keeping it a secret from her. Luckily I'm well padded. :)

We had a awesome time in Bali, except for the boys who much prefer being in doors but I must admit they have been quite sporting. Not much complains and they smile in most of the photos I took. Tried most of the local food too. Bravo, boys !

We visited most of the tourist spots, took lots of pictures mainly of my Sis (I was hiding behind the camera), got my water bottle and slipper snatched away by two different monkeys. We believe those monkeys were trained coz they were super fast, only snatched certain things from the tourists. The locals will throw some fruits to them in return for our belongings and we pay them (the humans) for their help.

After the second attack I was real wary of those little pest ! My slipper still bear the teeth mark of that thief ! What a souvenir. One that I do not want to have again - ever.

Me and my other half.

Muaks...

Saw a great sunset at the beach. We took lots of pictures here but they hardly do any justice to the beauty we saw. The big red ball will forever be etched in our memories.

Soon it was time for my Sis to leave again back to her icebox. It was all smiles here but later we shed some tears. Wonder when we'll see her again and have another round of a whirlwind vacation.

Dawn, do take care,

We all miss you already

even the boys.

See you again

soon ....

in FB.

Our Morning Walk....

2011-11-19T16:30:00.003+08:00

Hi ya.... this morning woke up early again for a morning walk. This time drag the men out of bed to join me. My usual walking kaki is not in town this weekend. Since I have started the ball rolling I might as well keep the momentum going. Other wise I will be lazy to do it again.

Wore my new walking shoe. There's so much difference from last week. Well, there should be since I paid a bomb for it. The first thing I notice after walking for a couple of minutes it takes a bit more effort to walk in them.

With some grumbling and more grumbling from the boys we soon got out of the door and made our way to the park. H and I walked way ahead of the boys. They took their own sweet time and stopped at the playground.

After our walk it's time for breakfast .....

And they each had a bowl of laksa.

Me.... I'm a good girl - only coffee and toast. :)

Oppsssss...

2011-11-17T22:11:00.005+08:00

" Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to H ,

Happy Birthday to you..."

" Eh..Why is there an extra candle ?"

Oppssss...

For your Chinese age mah !

(*_*)

Beggars Can't Be Choosy

2011-11-16T16:01:00.004+08:00

#1's mobile is not working. The keys pad is not responding at all. He can still receive calls but can't read any text messages neither sent out call or texts.

He's been moaning around the house that he don't have a phone. It's as if he has lots of calls.

This is the second time it happened. The first was a year ago. We sent his and #2's mobiles for repair as they were still covered by a guarantee. #2 had the same trouble. His was a Sony Ericsson's too but a different model. So far his phone is still working fine since the repair.

I asked around and it seems most of Sony Ericsson's mobile has this keypad issue. It seems like they built they mobile to last two years. Just in time for you to renew your mobile contract with the telecommunication company.

I offered him my old phone which I use when I go home. He's very happy to have it. Slot in his SIM card and to his horror there is not a single name in there he can recognise. That boy did not save his contacts to his SIM card.

"Never mind I will slot in my memory card."

"Sorry there is no slots for a memory card. "

"What ?" Looking at the device like a foreign object.

"Can call out or not ? " Got his brother to call and text him just to test it out.

"Cannot listen to music..... some more no camera.....the ring tones totally sucks...., no bluetooth.... the screen so small" - moaning away..... with #2 laughing in the background.

Hahahaaaa......(this is his evil mother laughing away)

Anyway his father has promise him an iphone if... Read this - If the price and contract is favourable. Until his father brings him to renew the contract he is stuck with the ancient one.

"Lucky, ya, I don't need to go to school anymore."

Now are you wondering what is this. It used to be a sock that belongs to #1 - when he was a baby before he grew and grew to a US size 12 !

Now I used it hold my ancient phone.

So Much Lighter Now...

2011-11-12T16:04:00.012+08:00

This morning I woke up at 6am. Yes, 6am. No mistake here. Surprise ? I usually don't rise until the sun hit my rear end. Bet you are smiling here, you 3CrazyDog.

My friend N somehow managed to drag me along for a morning walk. Until this morning I still have no idea how I went along with that and the worst is I committed myself to do it every weekend. I must be inebriated with one pot of tea too many the day we met up for a Devonshire Tea spread.

So, I dragged myself out of bed which I just hit about three hours before, stucked in my contact lenses to eyes that can barely open. If that did not wake me up the shower sure did. Dressed and made my way to the bus stop. We had arranged to meet at the train terminal and make our way to the park nearby. I can't imagine when was the last time I was out and about before sunrise.

It was a good walk and we had a good chat, accompanied by the sound of the waves, lots of greenery and the litter left over by the folks who partied at the park the night before. :(

Seriously, can't they throw their drinks and whatnot to the bin which was just near by.

The other bummer was my feet started to hurt after about a hour or so. As you can see from the above picture I was not wearing a proper walking shoe. Cut short our walk and made our way back to the terminal and we had our breakfast of kaya toast with coffee. More yakking until the crowd starts to fill up the joint. We graciously gave our table to others and then went over to the next town to ..... Shop !!!!

Bought myself a new pair of walking shoes. It's one of those that suppose to shape you up while you walk or jog. Nice ?

Although my weight did not my wallet is very much lighter now.

Since I have committed myself to this weekly thingy I might as well invest in a good pair of walking shoe with some extras thrown in. While I was trying on the shoes I can imagine H saying that he could have got me a pair from his store, using the points provided by his employer.

Excuse me.... the whole family is already wearing that shoe except for the youngest whose only reason being his feet is still too small for it. Can you imagine the whole family tog up with the same pair of shoe in various sizes ????

FYI nearly half the population here has assess to the same pair of shoe. It might be a branded one but who cares when nearly every Tom, Dick and Harry wears it !

No way, Jose !!

Some More....

2011-11-09T18:05:00.001+08:00

Heheheee... More about my ice pop mania I'm afraid. :)

Remember I told you I'm still waiting for the arrival of my proper ice pop moulds. Well, they still have not arrive yet but it has not stop me from pureeing fruits and freezing them. Recently I found this mould. Found it in the dark corner of my cupboard - the one and only remaining milk bottle cap.

Yup, a baby's milk bottle cap.

I find the size just right. Not too big, not too small.

Geng or not ?

?????

2011-11-05T20:14:00.003+08:00

" Yeah ! Man !

My exams all over.

Only left the MCQs

(Multiple Choice Questions) "

That is from #1 who is sitting for his O'Levels. His last paper will be on the 15th of this month.

It's back to his computer games and he is now getting rid most of his notes.

I give up !

OMG !!!!!

2011-11-05T02:05:00.004+08:00

Here I am, late into the night/early in the morning, while waiting to serve the food in my virtual cafe, harvesting my virtual farm, with music blasting in my ears.... all of a sudden I was counting the beat of that song and the next and the next one too. They are not classical musics either.

I suddenly realise what I was doing.

Is it a 2, a 3 or a 4 time thingy ? I can imagine the metronome ticking away. It's needle going left, right, left right..... according to the beat - OMG I can't imagine that I can still remember that !

And the worst thing is I can picture Miss Choo - our piano teacher from hell counting the beat with me !

Is that a nightmare or what ?

More Ice Pop Mania....

2011-10-31T18:07:00.005+08:00

Just could not stop myself from posting this picture here.

The colour is so bright and cheery.

Strawberry Ice Pop

I will post the recipe later.

And

Yes ..

I have revived my food blog with

what else...

Ice pops recipes, lah

Enjoy !

^_^

Kebabs 'n Curries

2011-10-26T02:24:00.004+08:00

Last night after our dinner H and made our way to Little India just to soak in some Deepavali spirit. As usual we always end up at Mustafa Center to enjoy some cool air. This shopping center has expanded and now comes with a roof top cafe. Here are some of the pictures of the cafe.

We only ordered drinks and chicken tikka. Service was good but the drinks was blah....

Great ambiance though.
The retail floors in the new building is more organise and less crowded than the older section. Wish the whole place is more organise but then it won't be Mustafa. :)

Ice Pop Mania

2011-10-22T01:24:00.006+08:00

Hi everyone,

Today I'm posting pictures of ice pops.

Lately I'm into them. Don't know why. The weather is not super hot. In fact it is beginning to turn colder. One thing good about that is the ice pops do not melt as fast as in the hot weather.

I have been trying a few recipes and so far this mango one is the best or should I say the favourite among my boys. It is quite easy to make too. The first time I tried them I reduced the amount of sugar required. Big mistake. Once frozen the sweetness seems to have been sucked out.

Wondering why my ice pops are in funny shapes ? It is because I do not have enough moulds. This flower shape ice pops are made with one of those fancy shaped ice cube tray. I stuck a stick into it. That was the first tray I did and I soon gave up after trying to fill up those small moulds. Then I came up with an idea of using those paper mini cup cakes cases. Well, that makes work easier. The only thing is you have to peel off the paper before sucking on them.

And this two big ones here were the first to be filled. Actually I used to have six of them but some how I'm only left with four. Those moulds are from Tupperware. They are quite good too. The only thing I don't like are the covers and sticks that came with them. So, I stuck a stick in to them instead.

You know, regardless of it shapes it still taste delicious.

My boys prefer the big ones, where else I prefer the smaller ones. The moulds are harder to filled up but you can pop the whole thing in to your mouth leaving my hands free to type this post of mine.

I am so into ice pops that I ordered some moulds from Amazon.com. Can't wait for them to arrive. Hurry... hurryyy..........Mr Postman..

A whole new sucking experience await us....

It's Tea Time

2011-10-08T15:57:00.004+08:00

Hello, everyone. I'm inviting all my friends for some virtual tea with me right now. White chocolate, cranberry, mango and almond cookie. Yup it is chocked full with fruits and nuts in every bite. Horror to my two younger boys but real shiok to #1 and I.

Lately my baking mojo has been revived. Has been baking the last two weekend. Even though I have been messing around the kitchen and taking pictures of them I have not been blogging about them in my food blog. :(

Although the food blog has not been updated for ages, It's the opposite for my songoftheneedle.

Not only my baking, my stitching mojo has been revived too. So lately I'm a happy camper, stitching, baking, eating and watching a K drama - Queen Seon Duk.

For a historical drama it is very fast moving. Not at all like some of the historical drama that seems to drag on and on.... The main villain, Mishil is super good.

On top of all that, don't forget my virtual kitchen, city and farms. They are still going strong but I must admit I have been slacking a bit. After all I'm not super human. :)

I'm going back to stuffing my face, now.

Have yourself a lovely weekend..

W T F......

2011-09-28T22:26:00.002+08:00

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Speechless.....

2011-09-16T13:43:00.004+08:00

Son, don't you need to study for your O'levels ?

No need lah, it's all in my head already. ( pointing to his head).

0_0

At the rate he is going it is as if he is going to sit for the Maple Story Examination.

Ya what, who want to sit for O ( as in zero level ) !

A Lovely Stay....

2011-09-10T16:39:00.007+08:00

This week past by so fast. We checked into this lovely hotel with the highest infinity pool in the world. It was only for a night ( wish it was for more). H's friend A booked us in using his casino points again. Yeah, he has a super membership from the two casinos here. All very good for us. Hopefully he will offer us these privileges every now and then. :)

We spend most of our time in the pool. The pool covers about 2/3 of the roof with the remaining section as a viewing deck for the public. As a guest we have assess to the whole roof. The boys find it a bit lame because there is no water slides equals no horsing around. Although they all agreed that the view from the pool was great.

Most of the guest were there either snapping pictures or lazing around or in the pool. Most like us were walking around in the pool with their camera.

After dinner H and I came back for a dip. The boys thought we were crazy.... and did not join us. It was cold.... walking around the top deck was just nice but once we hit the water its brrrrrr..... cold. We suck it out for a while and then wrapped ourselves up with the hotel's robes and warm towels provided. Bet my Sis is laughing her head off reading this because that is what my Mother did when I told her about our experience. Once we were warmed up we lazed around the pool watching others who like us went in for a dip and came out freezing cold. Hahahaa...

I can't wait to go back again. :)

Two Weeks And....

2011-09-10T16:10:00.006+08:00

H said this is the longest he ever been without his own transport to ferry him around. Yesterday while we were riding on the bus he told me he should get one of those two wheels death trap. His excuse was it'll be easier when he has to go from camp to camp.

No... no.. NO...

It is not that I don't understand his situation, just that I have heard and seen too much motorcyclist victims to leave a lasting impression.

Anyway after some thought I told him he is welcome to it when he has transferred all his assets to my name and when the boys are all grown up.

How's that as a compromise....

A Winds Day

2011-09-04T00:31:00.006+08:00

Today was a real blustery and winds day. WTH... I can't believe I still can remember some of the quotes from Winnie The Pooh. It has been like.. what... six or seven years since I last read the book out to my boys. Must be all those times three things I do for all of them eg; read the same book to all of them.

Anyway back to the present yesterday was a perfect day for kite flying. Kite flying we go to the Marina Bay Promontory. Our second year to this Kite Festival. The previous year we did not come prepared and tried flying the complimentary kite which sucks.

This year H went to get two kites. Yup, no more sucky, cannot fly kites this year.

This time round I invited my friend J along. Actually opened the invitation to a couple of my girl friends. No show except for J and her daughter. We met up at the train station and walked to the designated area. Her first time to the kite festival.

#3 with the eagle kite. Yeah, H was super ambitious this time round. He went online to search for one. When he brought home the kites I was skeptical if they are able to fly at all. Or rather if he was able to put them up...

H set the kites up and that eagle can't wait to soar up to the sky. The wind was so strong that #3 said he will fly up with the kite just by holding it.

Father and son flying a kite together while the mother went round snapping pictures and helped them to untangle the strings.

Our eagle kite
The other regular kite which took some skills to get it soaring to the sky. Once it was up it stayed up. But it soon got a bit crowded with so many people flying their kites that strings and kites got tangled up and this poor kite of ours was lost.... It's strings some how got cut and it went into the river.
With no more kite to fly (the eagle still going strong) the two of them plop themselves on the rug I laid out and guess what they were flying....

Balloons. Tied two of them to the lost kite's strings and set it soaring to the sky......

Ya, ya only...

We Survived...

2011-09-03T04:07:00.004+08:00

Yeah ! We or rather it was H who survived a week without a car.

We have got rid of the car for good. I have been telling him for a couple of years now to do that. The car is like a money sucking machine.....

This past week he has been traveling to and fro from work by taking the bus, train or getting a ride from his colleagues.

As for me.... not much changes as I used the public transport most of the time.

You want to know what I'm looking forward to nowadays - the money we can now saved without pumping into the car. Equals more spending power for me but that fella just got to burst my bubble by telling me we still got to tighten the belt....

' Toong Ngo Cheok Deo...'

2011-08-21T00:59:00.010+08:00

Darn it....... I think H ' toon ngo cheok deo...' big time. Arrrrgh.....

It all started because H has been complaining that I have been spending too much time on my games. I hate to admit it but it is true. So, I have been trying to cut down on them and going out with him and the boys. Since I'm giving up something big - my virtual cafe lagging behind the other players is a BIG thing, OK.

I'm no more No 1 - is horrifying. I'm taking a couple of deep breaths to calm my nerves just from typing that I'm no more No.1.

This is a very big sacrifice. In my books, that allows me to choose where I want to go to during the weekends. He could at least grant me my request. Right ? Doesn't he knows what a big sacrifice it was ?

A couple of weeks ago I suggested that we pop over to our neighbouring city, JB. What I got was a view of JB in the evening from it's opposite shore.

Yesterday, told him I want to go to the beach again. Yeah, the beach is my fav place to hang out. I can plant myself on those rugs, sleep, snooze or watch the people go past or wonder what the heck is going on behind those tents that dots the beach. If I'm sick of that I can just turn towards the sea and let it lull me to sleep. There is nothing great about the the beach where every corner is dotted by ships and more ships. Somehow it always provide free entertainment for us. From digging up mini trenches, building castles, to people watching or burning some calories..... It is still my fav hang out.

Ok enough of that... I was talking about my request to H and got side tracked.

He in turn suggested the West Coast. So, yesterday morning woke up super early again (another big sacrifice here) packed a dim sum breakfast and we went from the east to the west. And all I can see there was......

Ships ! Boats ! Big and small ones.

They not only dot the coast they are so bloody near the coast that with my pathetic swimming skills I can reach them without breaking a sweat !

The only sandy beach around was this pathetic patch here. The boys did not even go near it. Instead they entertained themselves with the assorted levels of obstacles course provided in the park. When it got too hot they made their way back to where I was lazing around and joined me.

H and I did walked around the park. It was quiet especially along the boardwalk.

The boardwalk was only a short one but we saw many fishes and marine life in the waters along the walk.

So, do you think H is trying to ' Toong Ngo Cheok Deo...' ?

I must say that the park itself is not bad at all . It's just that I want to go to the beach and he brought me to a pathetic one.

I don't care if ya'll say I'm high maintenance.... I am high maintenance !

Alfresco At The Beach

2011-08-14T21:32:00.005+08:00

Yesterday woke up super early, cooked and packed for breakfast by the beach.

The weather was super good, it was a bright and sunny, super breezy Saturday morning. We chose a spot under a real shady tree but still had a good view of the sea. Then it was nap time for me.....What else to do but...zzzzzzzzzz............

Can't really nap fully though. I was aware what was going around me. The boys were too lazy to do any cycling so they too lazed around the beach, talking, fooling around and disturbing my sleep.

Well before nap time I did snap some pictures (all for the sake of blogging). The one legged H was catching up with the world news. It was so windy that he had to use the food containers to hold the papers down. Before long he too joined me on the rugs zzzzzzzz......

#1 took the papers and went to another table for some intellectual activity as compared to the other two noisy pest.

Really while I was napping those two were like flies buzzing around me. I can hear them all around me coz they talked at the top of the voices if the other happened to be out of range or they laugh their head off right next to me or running around me. After a while #1 too joined in.

Well it soon got too hot even though it was still windy. Packed up to head home. Now that the boys are older they are the ones to carry most of the heavy bags and help with the packing up . Being boys they can find time to experiment how far will the rug go once they let go of it.

Yawn.... once I came home I was too lazy to do any thing. Not even going for my FB games. I did go in to save my cafe, but other than that continued lazying around the house....

How good life would be if it is just like this everyday....

The Next Best Thing.....

2011-08-06T23:46:00.000+08:00

I mentioned to H I wanted to pop over to JB just for a change of environment.... getting sick of the orderly and fast pace life style over at this end of the Causeway.

Now, H has never been keen to pop over to that side. Mainly due to the traffic on the bridge and the sporadic reported crime rates in our local papers here.

So the next best thing he would do for me was this....

A view of JB with out the hassle of passing through the immigration and jam along the Causeway.

He bought me to Woodlands Waterfront. It overlooks JB.

Evil....

2011-08-01T17:20:00.005+08:00

Today's weather was very good for washing. So washing, loads of washing I did. From clothes to bed linen and soft toys too....

My boy came home from school saw his teddy bear drying outside and he said...

" ...you 're an evil nurse ! "

Today happens to be Nurse's Day too. I would like to take this opportunity to greet all my friends....

Happy Nurse's Day !!!

The Men In My Life

2011-07-31T15:45:00.005+08:00

Recently I had downloaded a couple of free applications into my ipod touch. Games being the first few and some imaging and creativity ones.
The boys goes for the games and I the later. Fiddling around with them, with lots of mistakes and re-doing and tutelage from juniors....Viola....

Needless to say they are not amused by my creativity

....

*@%#............... !

2011-07-31T01:53:00.007+08:00

H read my last post and he said I wrote a bad word -

" Kay poh chees "

It is a bad word. According to him it means vagina in Hokkien.

Is it ?

Off hand I can rattle off a whole load of bad of *%#@*! words if I want to and I've been a good girl since I started on this blog thingy. I know there are blogs with vulgarities around... I don't condemn them.

Don't need to harp on it....

In my vocabulary that is not one.

So %@#* off !

Frozen In Time

2011-07-31T00:01:00.013+08:00

This is the Bukit Timah railway station. Hard to believe that this is in Singapore, ya ?

It is now closed since the agreement between the Malaysian and Singapore Government. The train from Malaysia now stops at Woodlands instead of going into the heart of Singapore and regurgitating at the Tanjong Pagar Station. The 26km tracks now belongs to the Singapore government. Shutterbugs and kay poh chees like me took the opportunity to wander on the tracks before they are officially closed to the public. Works have already begun on certain portion of those tracks. A big sent off was given when the last train pulled out from the Tanjong Pagar Station, manned by the Sultan of Johor.

Woke up early yesterday morning and stuffed ourselves with roti prata and then made our way to Rifle Range Road. Parked the car along the road and burnt off those calories by joining the crowd walking along the railway tracks. This is the bridge over the Dunearn and Bukit Timah Road.

My first and I think will be my only and last time walking on any railway tracks.

The de-funct Bukit Timah Railway Station, barricaded by green fencing's. H and I were just wondering why this station had not been closed or removed since the train never stops here. Most probabaly it never was fenced up before the pack was made.

My friend Jennie, after she saw the pictures posted in my FB commented something about old memories....

Made me think back of my own old memories I have with that particular track. Plus those I made today with my boys, stumbling over those stones.....

My first time going on a train into Singapore was with my cousin J during my teens. Our Uncle Ah Loy gave us a ride from Kuala Lumpur to the Johor Bahru railway station. From here we took the train into Singapore. I remembered being very excited (with no parents breathing down my neck). I expected to see lots of high rise buildings but specifically remembered my thoughts were after surveying the scenery that passes by while I was on the train was - there was no difference from where I came from. Mighty disappointed until I stepped out of the station.

As you can see from my pictures, time seems to have stood still along those 26 km tracks in Singapore. But not for long...

Wonder what will be built over those newly acquired land once those tracks are ripped off ?

More condos ? :(

A new train line ? :)

Dinner@GurneyDrive.Sg

2011-07-18T23:10:00.004+08:00

Yesterday we went to watch the Light and Water performance at Marina Bay Sands. It was only a 15 minutes show but it 'wow' most of us. Too bad I did not manage to take much pictures and those I took did not turn out well. Oh well...

All in all it was a very satisfying night. As if it was just H and I on a date. Strolling along the river until three irritating specimen spoilt that fantasy.

Earlier in the evening we had our dinner at Gurney Drive. A restaurant specialising in Penang's food. Our first time here and of course we went for the usual...

Penang Fried Kway Teoy

Penang Asam Laksa

Kangkong with cuttle fish

Prawn noodles.

For desert, even though we were stuffed I still can make room for it - Chendol.

Alas, forgot to snap a picture of it coz H and I dug into it as soon as it touched down.

Slurp, slurp.....

#3 And I

2011-06-25T01:23:00.005+08:00

Since I got the new iPod I have another camera to play with. I must admit that this is much more convenient to carry around; slimmer, lighter and keeps a certain individual occupied at certain times.

With this new gadget #3 and I have been fooling around with the camera, as you can see from the pictures.

I learnt how to use the the free wifi but can't manage to load a picture taken while we were in Starbucks.

#1 was the one who taught me how to use the free wifi and the ever fascinating touch screen gadget. We were in the coffee joint fiddling around with the thing the whole afternoon. Sad to say I'm still very 'blur' while #1 was swiping his fingers over the screen like a pro in a matter of minutes. :(

All I know is just post and click..

but cannot post it to my FB.

A Great Weekend...

2011-06-23T18:31:00.006+08:00

Last weekend we packed our bags and checked into the Hard Rock Hotel on Sentosa. H's friend got him a room from his membership credits courtesy of his frequent visit to the casino. It was only for a night.

You know something it is harder to pack for a night than a couple of nights. In the end cramped everything into a small trolley bag and a hand carry for the five of us. Managed to stuffed in a teddy bear too. :)

The room we got were spacious with twin beds and a pull out bed. A TV with very good sound system. The only thing I don't like is the lighting in the room is very dim. Makes it hard to read. Not that I brought any reading materials...

H and the boys had a blast at the theme park. #3 got a big fright during his virgin ride on the red coloured track that he was pale looking after the ride (meen cheng hau soon pak !). He soon got his courage back and went on the milder rides and went rock climbing too. No matter how his father try to persuade him, he still refused to go on the blue or red ones again. Guess once is enough for him. Hopefully he will regain his courage when he gets older.

Meanwhile I was window shopping at a mall across from the resort.

Ahhh... much more satisfying than screaming my lungs out on the roller coaster and having my heart at the bottom of my stomach or in my mouth. Spend the whole day trying clothes, shoes, bags with no smart alecky remarks from anyone. Blissssssss.....

Well there is a limit to the amount of clothes I could try, my size being one of the reasons, took the monorail to the island and we met up for dinner. The boys, young and old were super excited and can't stop talking about those cool, heart stopping rides. And no one even notice the new red blouse I was wearing .... Ya, I tried it on, paid for it and walked out of the shop wearing it.

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2011-06-13T01:23:00.001+08:00

I'm dreaming of

Bali !!!!

Happy Birhtday To....

2011-05-21T01:03:00.000+08:00

Meeeeeee...........

Am I being too pathetic ?????

LOL

Just showing off my birthday gifts here, lah.

Got myself a iPod touch which my #2 said I have been cheated ....

But then.... do I really need a iPhone ?????????????

Got to upgrade to a more ex (expensive) mobile package and seriously... (darn it.... I'm beginning to sound like my boys) I don't really need those extras.... all I want is just ..........music.

By the way if you wondering what happen to the iPod I used to carry (a gift from my big brother)..........the round button in the center just don't work as before anymore. There is no repair but a one time exchange and I need to pay a $200 over surcharge...WTF !!!!!

That is why I got this new toy of mine.....

Next I would like to thanks my dear friend Pearly for that sexy black slip you see me posting in front of my iPod. :)

H thanks you, very much too.... :)

On my birthday H got me a birthday cake...

But the birthday girl got to cook her own dinner that day :(

Looking forward to day they take over the kitchen.. at least for Mother's Day or my Birthday Day.

I'm very practical... no flowers will do - just get me a meal I do not need to cook and some ex $$$ toys !

Man............I'm, darn pathetic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But.........

I love my family and most of all H..............

.......For bearing with all my idiosyncrasies...

You are my best birthday present

Ever !!!!

Ladies & Gentlemen....Introducing .....

2011-05-19T00:00:00.008+08:00

(Pictures taken from my camera - which my sis would say "has been collecting mould " )

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Taaaaaaaaaa.... Daaaaaaaaaaaa.........

The monkey in our family......

As witnessed by a non impressed audience

.....And two lagi not impressed audience....

Ha...Ha....haaaa............

By the way those two cats are pets to the men in my house. They are stray cats which are being cared for by a fellow residence from our block. To me they are nuisances in the sense that the food put out for them litter the ground. Just spoilt the used to be clean and tidy ground area of our flat.

I must say that the guy who feeds them does clean the mess up but in between the time he comes and the food left behind by those cats are not sightly at all.

That is my opinion but to the men in my house they are ....

Soooooooooooooooo Cute......

Ngau teeeen!!!!!!!!!

(vomit)

As of last count there are now SEVEN cats........

Hooked on K-Pop

2011-05-16T01:10:00.001+08:00

Lately I am hooked on this. Kept playing it.

I lift this from the youtube comment section.

"The song is about the main character pretending that his girlfriend is still alive when she died at 0330hrs. He goes along with his life doing everything he did with her pretending she is still around. His friends try to help him ."

No Free Meal

2011-05-16T00:06:00.005+08:00

You know I always look forward to the weekend. The reason being...

I can wake up late !

H will come in to wake me up and we end up planning for the day.

Today we decided to pop over to Ikea for brunch and pick up a table. We are seriously lacking of a study table. Lately #1 has been hibernating in our guest cum store room in search of some peace and quiet to study for his exams.
As parents we try to do all we can to help him as much as possible. Such as getting him a proper table to study.

Well, actually this new table will replace the old table that the computer sits on. The old, old table that my siblings and I had used before will now be his study table.

So, we trooped over for our bunch and picked up the table. Guess who got to cart it back.....

My Boys !

Huff and puff......Up the steep staircase to the bridge across the highway.... with lots of cursing and resting.

And down the stairs at the end of the bridge....with more grumbling and cursing

"Can you stop it (me taking pictures)"

What.. I can't possibly miss recording this event where they take over from their father.

and back to our block of flats.... with more complaints that their arms are going to drop off.

Told then they will thank me in a couple of years time when they go for their National Service...

"Seriously this is worst than that.." - #2

I rest my case.

Well... boys, there are no free meals around... you want to eat out (instead of my usual weekend cooking ) you got to work.

Cheers ...

2011-05-08T02:25:00.005+08:00

To the Worker Party....

H and Mother are still wide awake watching the results for this year's election. The ruling party still rules but the opposition is catching up. You never know, for the next election they might win another seat. I hope they do.

After all that celebration I hope we are able to wake up later this morning to sent Mother to the bus.

This Is.....

2011-04-30T17:11:00.002+08:00

....Studying for O'Levels ! And it is not only on the weekends. It is like this everyday too.

I have given up telling him to study. As usual I'm more kan cheong/ anxious than him but he is just too lai-lai han, taking things easy when the exams are just in a few more months away.

What to do ????

Only can wish everyone in the blog world, a

Lazy and more laaazzzzy good weekend !

i....

2011-04-06T00:32:00.002+08:00

As usual I'm at the PC with my virtual cities and cafes and H was checking his inbox.

He came across a joke about the iPhone, iTouch, iPad and iRon as birthday gifts.

Get it ?

i Ron

IRON !

Just so happen we bought a new iron a couple of days back. He told me since I'm so into all the

' i ' stuff and my birthday is just around the corner this ' iron ' will do just fine.

I'm sure you know me by now what was my reaction !!!!!!

Dream Come Through...

2011-03-11T15:07:00.004+08:00

My boys' room's has new curtains. They has been bugging me to get one for them for years. I have not done anything until now because we can't agree on the colour. This year I gave in....

They chose black. They very much prefer an all black one but since we are paying for it they make do with some motifs on it. Hanged it up and viola.. at night, their room is as dark as a cave. In the day it looks like a jungle ....

"Now only if the walls are black too ! "

In your dreams !

Another Seepless Night...

2011-03-09T01:17:00.000+08:00

Surfing the net and came across this...

Just me spewing nonsense again.

After A Good Nap.....

2011-03-07T00:20:00.006+08:00

I'm real awake now.... die, lah and tomorrow I have a busy day too. Got to clean the house and get my guest room ready for my guest. Plus taking care of my farms, city, and cafe ! Knowing that I'm still at the PC downloading pictures from my camera which have been molding in there....

Tonight or rather at this early hour of the morning, accompanied by my fav K-pop I'm posting those moldy pictures .

This event was taken in January. My #1 got this award for the second time. Of course we are real proud of him and he was only happy to receive the cheque.

Mr hunchback receiving his award from the DPM.

Hmmmm.... looks like my #1 is now taller than the DPM - if only he straighten his back !

Last year he was still a couple of inches shorter than him.

I still wish #1 will study-hard and top the DPM's career.

Aiyah... this is a wistful thought of a mother, who got nothing better to do in the early hours of the morning. :)

My #2 received an award for his studies too. It was a smaller one so he only received it from school. We were real surprised he got an award too because all he does at home was anything but study.

H and I were very proud of them. Now if only #3 will buck up !!!!

This Weekend

2011-03-06T16:46:00.002+08:00

The weather is gloomy,

raining on and off -

a good recipe for a good nap.

Yawn...........

See ya.

Have a good weekend !

ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............

Sorry, lah

2011-03-05T01:18:00.004+08:00

Been missing for a while. Got hooked on a new game - building a city of my dreams from FB, introduced to me by my Sis. Took some pictures during and after CNY but did not get them posted as I was too occupied.

"Got better things to do, what"....

There are a couple of pictures but I don't know what to post. So, I will post the food we had on the eve and the first day of CNY. The rest of the pictures are in my FB.

Steamboat on the eve.

I grilled some chicken wings to go along with it.

Our CNY Lunch at my eldest SIL place

My CNY dinner - masala tosai.

After lunch we went for our annual round of visiting.

By evening we went to an Indian restaurant at Jln Kayu to recharge our energy.

Next is picture of the pussy willow I bought for this CNY.

A mutated kind according to my boys.

It's blossom was big, much bigger than the previous years.

Huh ???

2011-02-12T03:07:00.007+08:00

"Here I'm BAK . U must think I'm ID1OT IRL.

AAR8 just to let u know I CBB 2 CYM. 2 involved in FB nowadays.

H said I'm EAK but YKW it's NOHB. "

Wish we can M4C.

It's either u luv or H8 it.

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Wonder what the heck I'm saying ??? This is geek speaking for you.

" Here I'm back at the keyboard. You must think I'm idiot in real life.

At any rate just to let you know I can't be bother to check your mail. Too involved in FaceBook nowadays.

H said I'm eating at keyboard but you know what it is non of his business.

Wish we can meet for coffee. "

It's either you love or hate it.

GTP, QT - Get the picture, cutie ?

FOFL - falling on the floor laughing....

LOL OK, I'm sure I don't need to let you know what that means.

Just me rambling in the early hours of the morning when I should be in bed....

All this techie lingo - you got it - from my boys. Sneaked a peak at their mobile and it is like I'm reading a foreign, alien language.

Pre-CNY Stress

2011-02-01T15:21:00.011+08:00

Belated post, pictures from my shopping in Chinatown. Can't really take any pictures that night because of the human jam. Got to carry things and look after #3 who want to stick to me like glue. Usually he will run ahead on his own. Must be intimidated by the crowd who towered over him. Therefore no extras hand to snap any pictures. I could asked the others but H already has his hands full. The other two older boys - ' hak hau hak meen ' - sulking coz I dragged them from their computer games to a 'nightmare' (their words).

This was the 'nightmare'.... We parked the car at People's Park, walked across the bridge, paused a while to snap this and joined the human jam.

Made our way to get my must have CNY cake. I always get them from this shop coz I find them the best.

" What... we went through all that just to get this !!! "

" and it's not my favourite."

Grrrrrrr......how I wish I could stuff those sticky cakes into their mouth and shut them UP for good!!! Just like the Kitchen God so that they can't say anything but just nod their head.

CNY decoration this year is sucky.

Stopped for a breather after we finished our shopping and can't resist not snapping one of the crowd.

All that just to usher in the Year of the Rabbit...

There are the parent bunnies and three cute little bunnies. Just like our family but mine are not cute anymore.

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Now all that is done I find that I still have more to shop. Cookies... don't know why I got them. It will only add on to my waist line but without them CNY just look so empty.

Yesterday morning lugged home some love letters, prawn rolls, pineapple tarts, kuih bangkit kuih bahulu. Plus stock up the fridge with food coz I most probably won't do any shopping for the next couple of days. And don't forget mandarin oranges either. H and I got them a few days ago and the boys and I have gone through nearly half of them. Looks like I need to get more later on tonight.

Before all that did some washing and hanged them around the house with the fan on to dry them. Went out to shop with another load in the machine. Came back sort out the food and it's more dusting, cleaning and washing to do. Ironed the laundry that was dried by the fan..... The work never seems to stop...... All because I left everything to the last. Can't seem to find the drive to prepare for the festival earlier.

The weather did not help neither. It rained for three straight days (Saturday to Monday). It only make me more 'sian'/ lazy. The rain alternated between a heavy down pour to a much heavier one. Can't help feeling glad I went to Chinatown while it was hot and muggy. Beats shopping in the rain anytime. Pity all those CNY vendors.

Today more washing and cleaning and I baked a fruit cake too - the only baking I did for this CNY. It's now cooling off and fills the house with it's aroma. The aroma from the oven sure lift up my mood and the boys too. Partly for them it is a long holiday and the anticipation of the amount they can collect from their angpows.

In between all that shopping, cleaning, washing and this post are my games. :)

Die Hard !!

So, tell me how not to be stress ???

I'm...

2011-01-30T03:35:00.005+08:00

IN NO

MOOD

FOR

CHINESE NEW YEAR !!!!!

....zzzz....

Can't wait to kick back and

catch up on my sleep

during

the long weekend.

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................

Can or not ?

2nd Day In Penang, Part 2

2011-01-27T19:25:00.006+08:00

Continuation from our tour around Penang...After our brief stop at the Goddess Of Mercy Temple our taxi cum guide took us to the Khoo Kongsi. Now this place has eluded us many times. Tried looking for it by car and then on foot too during our previous visits. This time we paid the taxi to bring us there.

This is the Khoo Kongsi. A very rich clan association going by what we saw. The building is so richly decorated. It is like not a single space were spared by the craftsmen.

Want to know why we can't manage to find it previously. When the taxi driver past some terraced shop houses and then turned into a very narrow lane in between them we thought he was just taking another short cut. Turn out it is the way to the kongsi. Stopped outside a shop in that very,very narrow lane ( only can fit one car ), paid for the entrance fee, got back into the car and drove a bit more and viola we reached this courtyard with the kongsi that we saw so many times from all those tourist map looming in front of us.

The picture above shows the courtyard and the opera stage opposite the kongsi. There were more terraced shop houses around the courtyard too.

That is why we never found this place before. We were always looking for the kongsi we saw from those maps. Never did we expect it to be behind some old and a bit rundown looking terraced shop houses. We barely notice the entrance from the road.

This is the main entrance to the ancestral hall.

One of the the lion statue that grace the kongsi's entrance.

Do you notice that there is a ball in the lion's mouth. This ball is part of the stone lion, carved together with the lion. If you can place your hands behind its' jaws you can move the ball around. It is not placed in there. According to Mother who heard it from one of her guided tours to Fujian that this kind of stone lion can only be found in Fujian. The other stone lions we see usually have a ball but it is kind of like stuck to it's jaw. Hope you know what I'm talking about.

The main ancestor hall. Sorry for the sucky picture. Don't know why it turn out this way. Actually most of my pictures here were over expose.

Anyway both side of the hall has those big murals of fierce warriors sitting on lions, tigers and other mystical creatures. More big murals behind this hall.

Everything here seems to be gold gilded or some carving on them. The following pictures are some of the carvings or decors....

on the window grills
Just one of the decorated things above the main door. It is such a small thing and so far up but it is so well done and in details too.
There is no guide here. Only one old security guard who stood around. So we wander around on our own. I thought that there should at least be a guide to explain things or show us around.

So instead I have to google for it once I'm back home. If you are interested go to their website - www.khookongsi.com.my. You can get lots of info there.

2nd Day In Penang

2011-01-26T01:00:00.000+08:00

Did touristy things again. Left H and the two younger boys back at the hotel. We booked a cab and he drove us to the places we wanted to go to.

First stop was the Cheong Fatt Tse Mansion. A very 'par pai' place. Tours are limited to only at the alloted timing. Other than it being a tourist attraction it's a B&B too. Paid for the tour at the gate.

Entered the Blue House and waited with the others for the tour to begin. Meanwhile we whipped out our cameras and started snapping away and then this lady in blue came and said 'NO Photograpy' indoors. But you can take as many as you want of the exterior.

This mansion used to belong to a Hakka immigrant who made it rich in Asia. Like any rich immigrant then he had many wives. This is one of the houses he used to house one of his favourite wife and office. Ok that's it for the history lesson, I'm not going to go into the details. You want more go to www.cheongfatttzemansion.com.

The exterior of the building. This building is decorated with very elaborate decorations. Most of them restored after it went through a major restoration.

Next stop is the Goddes of Mercy Temple.
A smoked filled temple from all the burning joss sticks.

More touristy places coming up...... It will have to be my next post. Going back to FBing :)

Our 3rd Day In Penang

2011-01-25T14:29:00.007+08:00

Belated post from my holiday last year, taken in Penang. On our 3rd day on the island we did all the touristy thing. First on our itinerary was the Penang Hill aka Bukit Bendera. This would be our first time on the hill.

Had a hearty breakfast at our hotel, drove out heading towards the hill. Got lost, so Kane and I stitched seats and I became the human GPRS. Guided H to the foot of the hill.

The foot of the Penang Hill where we parked our car. Feeling very happy that there was not a huge crowd. Happily walked to the foot and met some workmen who told us the hill is closed until 2011. WTF !!!!!!

A real disappointment. Walked back to the car and kaypoh with the other drivers who parked behind us. Told them the bad news. A whole lot of disappointed tourist there.

Anyway since we were in the area we drove over to the Kek Lok Si Temple. This I've been here a couple of times But they did some renovations that it does not look like the temple I have in my memory. The path leading to the temple at the foot of the hill is still the same, cramped with stalls, shoppers and those who just want to go up to the temple and get out of the human jam.

Do you know you need to pay a fee to enter the pagoda's compound ? It used to be free. The part after the tortoise pond to the hall where the four Gods with two at each side of the hall stepping on some poor souls; is still free. You pay from then onwards. One side to the pagoda and the other side to the Guan Yin statue.

This is the picture of the temple next to the pagoda. Guess our fee is for the maintenance of the temple .

The new Guan Yin statue where we paid for a cable car ride to reach it. Work still on going....

And found out we could actually drive up here.

This part is still free. The pagoda at the background. A classic shot. :)

The boys and I climbed up to the top of the pagoda. Mother did not joined us here. She found some comfortable chairs at the ground floor of the pagoda and waited for us there. The boys had a nice time running ahead of us leaving us two old birds to 'pak tor' and reminiscing the last time we were there. Not much changes at the pagoda itself. The only changes are - the last time we were up there it was just the two of us. Now it is plus three and I had put on hell lot of weight since then.

S.H.E - Bu Xiang Zhang Da (Don't Want to Grow Up

2011-01-22T01:46:00.004+08:00

Those girls are killing Mozart and it's one of my favourite piece too !

Are you sure you do not want to grow up...... Older you are, the better the privileges. And I sure do not want to stay in my teens. No... no... no...

Do you still want to be under your parents rule ? NO !!!!!

Btw I don't know what the heck they are singing either..... can't make out a single word.

Hmmm... the same goes with K pop too but then those dudes sure sounds better than those three killing Mozart. He must be rolling in his grave but then if you had seen Amadeus it would be appropriate as it portray Mozart as never wanting to grow up.

Ha... me and my nonsense in the middle of the night. :)

Super Kinta

2011-01-16T00:14:00.005+08:00

OMG !!! Does anyone still remember or still have a plastic carrier from this store ?

Apparently, yes since I got to snap a shot of this carrier. This one happens to be an extra large one. Just imagine that it is still in perfect condition. Wonder if the museum wants it. Hahahaa...

I think it has been closed for ten over years but it seems like it has been for ages.....

It is located above the market. Used to be the 'in' place but now it has closed down and last time I was back home it is still unoccupied. I think it will remain so as who would want to go there where one need to go through the, what my boys would say - a stinking, smelly market, to reach it.

Cassava ???/

2011-01-15T01:51:00.000+08:00

What the heck is Cassava ???? Told them it is ubi kayu aka tapioca and that is just by looking at the picture on that packet of chips.

"Aiyah..... wasted. Can get from My'sia, cheaper some more. "

Wah Lau.....

2011-01-14T23:15:00.005+08:00

....Eh.... CNY is two weeks away. Yes, seventeen days to the eve (2nd Feb) and counting.....

I had barely recover from Christmas and another festive season is on its way.

Every where I go I see red. CNY shoppers everywhere. Food, clothes, household barang-barang, everyone shopping for them.

What have I been doing-----

The only thing I've done remotely related to CNY was to dress up my virtual avatar.

I think it is going to be the same old thing again -

LAST MINUTE SHOPPING !!!!

And don't forget the spring cleaning ....Sooo not looking forward to that. :(

This CNY year will usher in the rabbit and its bye bye to Tigger.

Ice Cream Makes Me.......

2011-01-08T00:39:00.004+08:00

Today while out shopping for my groceries I came across this lady pushing some ice creams in the supermarket. Being a sucker for them I took a look and my boys got hooked by her sales talk. So we got some and it came with a nice red cooler bag too, with this printed on the top :-

Am I happy.....

NO !

It is not that I don't love them.

I LOVE Ice Cream.

Ice Cream,

any ice cream except for the purplish looking yam ones,

I LOVE YOU !!!!

Luv Ya, Luv Ya, Luv Ya.....

but my waist line don't,leh !!

So.. it is only can see and a lick of it here and there from my boys.

How pathetic.......

Bukit Tambun For Some Yummy Seafood !!!

2010-12-30T18:48:00.003+08:00

During our trip to Bukit Merah we drove out for our dinners coz the food in the resort SUCKS !!!! Bukit Tambun is another few more exits from the Bukit Merah toll along the North South Highway, heading north. By the time we reached there we were ravenous !

Bukit Tambun is a fishing village under the Penang State but it is on the mainland. This is our first time to this place. It was recommended to us by our friend.

We exited the Bukit Tambun toll, turned right and went all the way until we reached a dead end. There were other seafood restaurants along that road but we were told the ones in the town were better. We drove past old shop houses, drove some more until the road ends. And there in front of us were this Restoran Jety. Parked our car and trooped down that wooden jetty. There were a couple of restaurants with no real parking area but someone guided us to a parking lot. We do not know which restaurant to choose, just chose the one nearest to our car.

Placed our orders and admired the view. Nothing much to see as it was getting dark fast. There were lots of boats parked along side the restaurants.

We had baby octopus, chewy, crunchy.....
Lala
Prawns
A fish, a plate of veges and fried mee hoon (for the non seafood eaters)
Satay .
There were crabs too but by then my hands were busy shelling the prawns to snap any pictures. See.... those empty plates Burppppppp......

The food were served fast to us. Placed our orders and next thing we know the food start appearing on our table.

The bill came to RM$115 ! Real cheap - compared to those in Singapore...So cheap and yummy that we made another stop to Bukit Tambun on our way back from Penang.

Bukit Merah Laketown Resort

2010-12-28T23:01:00.000+08:00

This trip back home we went to the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort with my Mother. On our way there we stopped over at my aunt's in Taiping. The resort is near Taiping. Head north along the North South Highway and exit at Bukit Merah. Turn right after you pay off at the toll and the resort's entrance is just next to that junction.There is a small water theme park in the resort plus other attractions too.

The path leading to our Kampung Air Chalets. You can rent fishing gears and fish to your hearts content along the lake too.

#3 feeding the ducks near the jetty.

We took a ferry and crossed over to the Orang Utan Island.
Here we are the ones who are caged in while those big primates peer at us. Saw some cute babies in diapers and all too.
In view of the recent ferry disaster in the East Coast I decided to post this picture here. The boys pointed it out that we had non.
Do you see any of us wearing one ??? Non was provided.
The water theme park - is super quiet; might be because it happen to be on a weekday ? It did not help that it rained heavily earlier in the morning we were there. It did not stop the boys from playing though. Took a cable car ride to have a bird eye's view of the water park.

The evening view from our chalet's balcony. And it was a lovely view too. Early, very early in the morning the lake was covered with mist. How do we know that ? Coz a smart Alex wanted to see the sun rise as our balcony faces the east. And did he wake up - NO !!! My Mother was the one who woke up and reported it to us. She said it was chilly and ran back to her room and admired the view behind the glass doors. Brrr.....

The chalets we booked were good. Each room was spacious. Love the bathroom. It's big enough to hold a tub and a separate shower stall. It has a window that opens to the room. You can just imagine the fun the boys had with that. Not so for my Mother as she was sharing the room with the two older boys.

More primates in the mini zoo (Eco Park). Those fellas followed us all the way until the end of their enclosure. They most probably had been fed by visitors although a sign were put up informing visitors not to feed them. The bigger one was aggressive towards to the rest. It fighted with the rest while cling to the wire mesh and following us. Might be because we had food on us.

The Eco Park might look small but host a variety of animals from snakes, ducks, chickens, sheeps, goats, monkeys, peacocks, deers, turtles, some cute little rodents, a big fat lizard lazing in the sun along the boardwalk and the most fearsome ones are a couple of big crocodiles snoozing in their enclosures.

Do you notice that most of the animals there happens to be the staple diet for the crocodile and snakes ?

There was also a mini bird show.

All in all we enjoyed ourselves very much here. It was a quiet and relaxing stay. Our only grouch was the food there really sucks. We had our meals outside the resort. Luckily we had come prepared with lots of snacks and instant noodles. :)

One of the nights we drove over to Bukit Tambun for some yummy seafood which was real cheap. The Malay stalls outside the resort is way better than the resorts itself.

Look.....

2010-12-27T13:46:00.001+08:00

Ideal hands and minds lead to my boys fooling around in their bedroom.

#3's B'day@BlackCanyon

2010-12-27T01:53:00.001+08:00

It has been ages since I posted any pictures of food here. Therefore here they are just so a certain person could drool over her screen.... :)

The following pictures were taken during #3's tenth Birthday. As usual his birthday always fall during our trip back to Ipoh. Hence no home cooking and eat out is the event of the day. Had lunch at Black Canyon, KFC for dinner and a big angpow from granny.

Alcoholic Kopi for me, of course. :)

And lastly a variety of cakes because he knows his 2nd brother only likes chocolate and the birthday boy only wants a cheesecake. That's was his idea. Before going to choose his cake he went asking his brothers what they want.

Don't asked me why the birthday boy looks sad, grouchy.... Lately he is in the mood to make those faces.

But soon he was all smiles posting with his Grandmother. Could it be the big angpow he received ?

Pretty Toes.. >)

2010-12-26T21:53:00.006+08:00

Aren't they pretty ? Aiyah....Not my toes but the artwork on those nails. I had them done while I was back in Ipoh and it cost so much cheaper than here. :)

Now you know why I so like the lady in red (my profile picture).
H and the boys could only shake their head. H said it looks so easy to do. Just get a stencil and spray over it.

Men !!!!!

New Header

2010-12-26T13:35:00.004+08:00

So...... what do you think of my new blog header and skin ?

Saw this pattern and was attracted with it coz the lady in the picture is so like me - full of curves and like lazing around. :)

Plus I'm still in a holiday mood....

We No Speak Americano

2010-12-26T03:11:00.001+08:00

This song was heard over and over again while I was back in Ipoh. In the car to in the house and now back here my boys are going 'We speak no Chinese' !

In my opinion this video clip here is much better than the official one.

Enjoy !

Still On Holiday

2010-12-21T22:07:00.003+08:00

Hi! ya everyone..... we are still on holiday and wishing that it will go on and on.......

Wei......

2010-12-06T16:46:00.004+08:00

A week in Ipoh and we experienced a blackout last night. No lights, TV, or cable - only spying at passersby and our neighbours from the darkness of our house. Heheheeee.....

Boys don't even have their handheld games to entertain them coz they were being recharged. So, left us to entertain them with stories of past black outs... Being city boys they have not experience such a black out that last a couple of hours. So walking or sitting around in candle light was fun for the boys. Bathing in candlelight was double fun too. Got to send the water bill to their father..... :)

Sniff....Sniff.....

2010-11-24T00:19:00.004+08:00

A friend shared this with me via FB. In turn I thought I would share this with the WWW. Don't know why the video can't be seen properly after I posted it here. So watch it here.

It's kinda sad. Sniff, sniff.....

Happy Birthday, H !!!

2010-11-18T01:10:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was H's birthday. He's half a century old.

So...... he has reached the mile stone where one would not be caned (rotan) as a sentenced. Just some jail time.

And that is from the birthday boy's mouth itself.

Happy Birthday !

Love you always....

P.s Any chance of a big fat bonus for me ?

\(*^_^*)/

$$$$$$$

2010-11-14T03:25:00.005+08:00

As usual, end of the year is the time where we spent the most. Nowadays money is spent mostly on food, the boys and the house. This is what some would say prioritizing.

Yesterday we made another hole in our wallet. Text books for the boys. At least this year it is not so bad. #1's bill whose was the highest last year turn out to be the lowest this year. That is because most of this year's books are still being used for the next new school term. What a relief !

Since #2 is in the technical stream his books are mostly very ' thin '. Plus like #1 most of them can be carried forward to year after. Another huge relief here.

#3's book list is still not out but it is a matter of time since it is another week to the long holidays. Looks like this year his will be the the highest among the three of them. No past me down from his older siblings as there is a four to five years difference between them. Syllabus and publication changes frequently here. :(

Soon it will the CNY - new clothes, CNY goodies, etc.... Each year I tell myself we can do without this and that and still end up feeling the burnt during this festive season. I have actually cut down on a lot of things. It is either things are super expensive then or I have poor money management. I think it is more of the later. My excuse would be can we do without this or that. I tell myself ''Yes". Then the boys will come along to 'saboh' me; put a spoke in the wheel by asking why I don't do this or buy that. To keep the tradition alive for their sake can be bloody expensive. It is not that I go for the high end stuff but we still feel the pinch.

Oh ! Where is Mr 'Choy Sun Yeah'; the Money God ?

Hmmmm...... maybe I should stay awake and go 'cheap'; receive him on the eve of the CNY.

If I could stay awake on a weekend till wee hours of the morning I don't see why not.

The crux of the matter is I don't believe in all that.

Could that be why he has not been showering us with his blessing ?

New Skins

2010-11-11T18:50:00.005+08:00

Updated my blog skin to the Christmas theme and notice my last post was for Deepavali !!!!

That can't do. Looks like I got to go post some chrismasy pictures to match my new skin.

Heheee...Good excuse for me to troop down to the city.

Talking about the city it has been a while since I've been there. Trying to recall and...

".....LOADING....."

Wait ! I remember now. I was there the last weekend. Just imagine that. I can't even recall it until now. I was there looking for uniforms for my youngest. The store that supplies uniforms to his school is located at Bras Basah Complex which is just a stone throw away from the main shopping belt.

Do you know why I did not remember that visit - because I did not go there for leisure. :)

Queuing to enter a store which can accommodate only two customers at a time. Those two customers include two sets of parents, three kids trying on uniforms and siblings who are there just because they are there. That makes four adults, five kids and the lady who mans the store. All happily squeeze into a small area, rubbing shoulders. I was sixth in the queue from outside the store.

Earlier we encountered the same thing at another store which caters uniforms for the older boys. This store was located nearer to our place.

Why didn't I just get them from the school itself ? It is because the dates set for uniform sales are those when we are not in town. Plus there is no rooms to try them on. We just go by estimation but we can bring it back for exchange.

After I settled all that we popped over to the National Library next door and met up with the rest. Immersed myself in books and enjoyed the air conditioning.

No popping over to the shopping belt as those uniforms made a bloody big hole in my pocket that day !

Happy Deepavali !!!!

2010-11-05T09:41:00.004+08:00

The following pictures were taken last weekend at Little India. We went shopping at Mustafa Center. Not because it was Deepavali or a craving for Indian Curry.

It was because I had an order to fill out. That order is much more important than those orders in my virtual cafe. Or else the wrath of 'Ambalanstant' will be upon me. So, with my virtual kitchen on hold I went down town with the boys. Who better to carry things for me than them, uh ?

"Are we your slaves ?"

My answer to them has always been - " YES ! "

After I had fill out my orders and browsed those narrow aisles to my satisfaction, while rubbing shoulders with fellow shoppers it was time to feed my 'slaves'. Popped over to a restaurant near by and this time our tummy was the one filled. Nom... nom... nom....

Murtabak, Nasi Briyani, Prata, Mango Juice and my all time fav - Masala Thosai .

Nom.... nom....nom....

#3 with his Prata.

Btw don't he look a bit like Mr Bean ???

*^_^*
The three of them together.

Lastly, here are some Murukus for you to feast your eyes on.

Wishing all Indian readers out there a

A bright and sparkling festival

Happy Deepavali !!!!

What Do You Make Of This ????

2010-11-04T20:32:00.003+08:00

Those are the cakes given to us by our not so new neighbour yesterday. They were given out to commemorate their new born's first month. No red eggs, angku or ginger...

Now that set me thinking - hmmm.... a boy.

Looks like the feng shui here is good for boys. Why ?...

Our previous neighbour had two boys after they moved in. So did I.

The present family had their first born before moving in, which happens to be a girl. Their latest addition is a baby boy - after moving in.

Coincidental or what ?

After A Week...

2010-11-03T21:57:00.000+08:00

Aren't we glad all those candies are only virtual ones......

Happy Halloween.........

Of the Halloween hunt I'm left with multi coloured candies, a couple of gargoyles ( those cute purple fellas ) and griffins.. Now it's time to make some mummy/gold in the limited edition section. And don't forget my aching hand from all those clicking.

What A Disappointment

2010-11-01T20:50:00.005+08:00

OK, this is a post which I should have posted sometime back. Do you remember I mentioned we were going to try out a new restaurant here. Boys were looking forward to it especially #2. He misses his hor fun - Ipoh style.

The ambiance and deco is there but the food is really lacking.

The toast bread - my boys said that it looks something from the bottom of our old sofa.

Penang Laksa - YUCKs !!!!!

Dry Curry Mee :(
#2's fav - Ipoh Hor Fun. This is how he describe it - The noodles were not smooth enough for him to just suck it in . Sort like they had over cook the noodles.

Curry Noodles. H said something seems to be missing from it and we just can't put our finger on what was missing.

Lastly, comes the coffee - at least that is consistent. Although the Kopi is super sweet.

Hmmmm.... let me try - Past !

So, this is only a place for us to get our 'pak kopi' fix minus the food served. Looks like we have to travel 600km or so to get our Ipoh food. Which is going to happen soon in about three weeks time. Yeah !

14 Years Ago.....

2010-10-27T19:13:00.006+08:00

Even though I'm busy hunting I still have time to post this... After all it is not always one turn fourteen.

On this day, this little tyke who was so impatient to see the world came wailing and kicking a week earlier than expected. He was such a sweet baby then....

My sweet little baby 14 years later.

The birthday boy with his brothers and the birthday feast.

Yeah , it was KFC, as requested.

Why birthday boy not smiling ?

"I was ! My face feels like smiling when I post for that picture. Really !"

That's what happen when one refused to smile and be captured by the camera - they forget to smile ! :(

Oh. well, that's my boy....

Happy Birthday !!

Give Me Some More

2010-10-27T17:02:00.005+08:00

oooooOOOOOoooo......

It feels soooo....... goooood......

...oooooOOOOOoooo...

Dear folks... I'm busy trick or treating. Joining the hunt... ^_^
Meanwhile enjoy my fluff art.

Yeah I know. I've been told countless of times it is a lame game, the most boring game in FB..
I guess I'm just a lame and boring person.
Who cares....

Byeeee...

It's Back !!!!

2010-10-21T18:35:00.003+08:00

This is how it looks like outside my window now. The haze is back and no one is happy from the citizens to the politicians. :(((

The PSI (Pollutant Standards Index ) went from bad to worst.

At 6.30pm the PSI reads at 108 - a unhealthy range.

The haze, a result from the fires in Sumatra blankets our skies for a couple of days now. Today is the worst. I have closed my windows or else we will be smelling smoke the whole day long !

Hey Look -

2010-10-20T20:42:00.012+08:00

Look what came to town.

To be more accurate to my neighbourhood mall. They just opened for business less than a week.

Ipoh Kai See Hor Fun,

Curry Noodles,

And don't forget the Pak Kopi !

Here we come .............

Soup Is Good For.......

2010-10-17T20:27:00.005+08:00

I was so tickled by what H said today.

H said in Cantonese

" You should drink some soup to 'puut for' ".

My response -

" No wonder my temper never goes away. "

He still did not get me. (eyes rolling here)

He should have said 'har for'; reduce or put out the fire.

'Puut for' means fan the fire.

Duh !!!

I Want To Dig A Hole And Hide In It.

2010-10-14T14:21:00.002+08:00

As I'm so big and fat I have to work double hard to dig it. Since I'm not in to any physical exercise guess I'll just have to brave the world with my thick skin.

The cake did not turn out as good as that day as I had feared. :(

I feel so bad.

My friend called me up as I had requested for some feed back. When my phone rang I just knew it was her.

Anyway she came over to show it to me. The taste, is there but the texture and the base were off. Here I paid my full attention on it too. More than the second cake I baked for the boys. Both cakes had the same problem. What a disappointment for me and I guess for her too.

We both agree that I need more practice and see how it will turn out the next day. I got a feeling that the cakes had not been properly chilled.

Anyway the first thing I did this morning was to cut a small slice of the chilled cake. I tell you I had tasted more cheesecake than ever this two days !

Back to the cake - it actually looks better today. Now just have to wait for more feed back from my friend.

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Latest News !!!

2010-10-13T12:15:00.007+08:00

Got up this morning, gathered up my courage and sent a text over to my friend.

I sold the cake to her.

Now I have this uneasy feeling coz I still think the cake is not good enough.

Hope the cake turn out OK for her and no regrets from her. The best thing is she ordered another one before tasting this one.

Arrrrrhhhhhhhhhh........

I'm so stress !!!!!

Keeping my fingers crossed that this one turns out well !

#2 said if I'm going to be like this all the time "can don't do lah".

Ya, hor....

Good Morning !!!

2010-10-13T00:04:00.007+08:00

It's just past 12 midnight over here and I have just popped the cheesecake into the oven and all the utensil are waiting to be washed.

Right this moment I sure wish there is someone to do all the washing up.

Where ...oh... where are you when you are needed ?

And I'm sure you know who you are too.

Arrrhhhh.........This is one of those moments I really do miss having you around. Let's not forget you being my guinea pig to all my adventures and misadventures in the kitchen too.

Just too bad my No.1 fan..see is across the big pond. Looks like I got to do those washing myself in my nightgown and all.

Ciao !

Or you an also say Siao ! ( Crazy !) ^v^

Stay tuned to see whether the cake got to lined my boys tummy or my pocket.

To Do Or Not To Do ?????

2010-10-12T20:42:00.008+08:00

Do you remember this cheesecake I baked a couple of weeks ago ? I brought some over for my girlfriends to try. The girls love it. I'm not boasting here. They really said they like it and asked me to start making money out of it.

Now this is the part I'm reluctant to do. Yeah I know you're going to say " Why not ? ".

Well it is kind hard to explain as I find it so-so, not up to standard. The most important of all is I don't have the confidence in myself. They kept asking me to give it a try but I kept shaking my head, No... No... No...

But the seed has been planted.... it started to germinate today. Its' small green shoots had began to break free from its' seed. Why not uhm...? It's only to my girlfriends and they know it is home baked.

Today while I was out shopping for my daily grocery I came across some mangoes. Contemplate and contemplated. Went on with my shopping and ended up at the fruit section again... drawn to those mangoes.

Told myself I'll do one for my boys coz they were not happy I took away their share of the cake previously. Plus no harm doing one more for my friend, right? Without giving myself another chance to cook up more excuses I grab those mangoes and the other necessary ingredients and checkout.

Came home with another dilemma... how much to charge per-cake ?

Sat down, calculated the cost of the ingredients and my boys went -

" So X (short for expensive) !!!! Better you just it make for us, lah ".

It is kinda expensive mainly the bakers get their ingredients in bulk that is why they are able to charge it cheaper. Plus like H said I must have some profit too.

Streeeesss, man....

So, what do you think ? Will there be any takers ?

To Do Or Not To Do ?????

Btw the mangoes cannot wait for long as they are ripe and the boys has been eyeballing it the whole afternoon.

My Avatars Has Too Much Time

2010-10-10T02:49:00.013+08:00

More ramblings from me at 3.40am on a early, very early Sunday morning..........

I had recently changed my avatar, my alter ego to this for the coming Halloween...

Showed it to H and that sickening man said that there is not much difference from the real me.

I take it that he is trying to hint I have too many late nights and not enough nights with him.

At times I really wonder what had happened to the sweet man I married ?

Btw I have been playing around with Fotoflexer lately. Like this picture here I had added a border but was stumped with the glittering part. Looks like I need to play more with this site.... :)

Other than me messing around with the 'so look like me' avatar I found myself fluffing with my virtual pet and his gang. As you can see my artistic skills are still as lacking as before but it has been fun exchanging gifts and just ...........fluffing and admiring other fluff art works. I tell you, some people are real artistic/talented to be able to create beautiful art with the limited resources we have. Some of the works are just awesome !

OK, enough of my nonsense. Going to leave my virtual world now and pay some attention to my 'used to be so sweet' H. ^_^

Have yourself a lovely Sunday, everyone !!

Go PINK

2010-10-08T22:21:00.008+08:00

OK. There is one more achievement to add on to my limited computer skills. Nothing great but I have managed to turn myself PINK. You might think it is no big deal. It is to me.

Plus I stuck another picture onto another one after many tries with no help from the boys. Should turn the ribbon PINK too but somehow it did not work. :(

Anyway I'm bloody proud of myself. Gave myself a big pat on the shoulders....

This is the part you say how good I am too.

Hahahhahaaaa.............

Wearing my PINK proudly.

PINK for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Go... PINK ... Go

Yakety Yak Session

2010-10-02T23:30:00.011+08:00

It is no wonder if we turn up with a sore jaw tomorrow. That's what happen when you put a couple of old buddies. Note it is buddies and not biddies, OK.

We met for dinner at a Turkish cafe. Alas there were no cute looking Turkish guys to serve us. :(

The cafe is run buy a local guy who tweaks his creations a la fusion style. Can you imagine our local laksa topped with some kebabs ? Unique. To me the laksa taste like those Siamese laksa.

Once we had our fill we adjourned to our friends flat which was just near by to continue our yakety session in comfort ! Where we can sit as long as we want, with sofas to lounge on and entertainment in the form of my friends pets and a cute little girl.

I bought over a cheesecake as a dessert cum buah tangan. What more can one asked for , uh ?

Eh... notice all the heavy weights sitting on the sofa....coz we are too lazy to move.

Muahhhhahahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........... :)

Here's the cheesecake I baked yesterday - the picture was taken at home. Sad to say the cake's presentation at tonight's venue was really lacking. All because I forgot to forewarned my boys not to eat the mangoes in the fridge. You, see I went for a nap. The boys happily opened the fridge, saw how conveniently I cut those mangoes in a small plate and ate all of them. Needless to say I was not happy with them.

Here is my friends hubby. Remember I mentioned that we were entertained by their pets. This is one of them. He is rearing fighting spiders. If you are wondering what I mean, pop over to wikipedia to get a rough idea. He goes to cemetery or any forested area to look for them.

He was showing us his prized spider which goes by the name - 'Handsome'. The spiders stays in individual plastic containers with ventilated holes drilled into the cover. 'Handsome' stays in a larger box with a tree house.

The two spiders going to fight.

To tell you the truth they give me the willies. As long as the spiders are far away from me I'm OK but not that near. Those eight legged spiders can really jump and so did I. As far away as possible but still curious enough to snap some shots. All for the sake of blogging.

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OMG !!!!!
I just showed those spider pictures to H and he gave his 2 cents worth.It seems he (H) had his fare share with rearing those spiders too. This is what he told me.

One must rear not only male spiders but female ones too. Just before the match, allow the male and female spiders to mate. Then you let the male loose into the ring. According to H that male spider is sure to win the match !

You know what I think... If I'm the male spider and you separated me from my lover just after an stimulating session don't you think I'll be aggressive too.

H said that is the whole idea.

That is what I classified as Real Cruel !!!!!

Sharing

2010-10-02T13:42:00.003+08:00

This weekend I just want to share my lunch with you.

Tonight I'll be feasting with my friends...... No H nor the boys will be around.

Just me and my friends. Yipeee.............

Yum......Yum...

2010-09-26T20:36:00.003+08:00

Today it has been a pretty hot day....

It's a good thing we love ice cream sooooooooo......... much.

\(*^_^*)/

Hahahaaaaa........

2010-09-24T10:30:00.002+08:00

Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa..........

Sorry, I can't stop laughing and grinning. I just pop over to twocrazydogs and read the funniest thing ever. Well, I guess it is only funny to me and not her. And got inspire to blog my comments to her.

Yeah I'm being very evil here. But being a good sister that I am, I'll give some.....so call advice to her.

Zits, pimples - I had a galore of them during my teens and I still have the occasional one or two eruptions even though I am in my forty's now. It's appearance is getting less frequent - may be due to my hormones drying up soon. I hope so but then it will be another ball game.

So, dear Sis those zits means that you are still youthful.......Enjoy them while they last.

I used to wish for a spotless face but I have since grew to live with them. It does helps when one's eyesight is so bad that one can hardly see oneself in the mirror without the glasses.

Give your contacts a miss on those days and don't clean your glassess. Coz everyone knows that you can't see well with dirty glasses.

Hahahahaaaaaaaa...

Hope this helps.

A Birthday Greeting

2010-09-23T21:21:00.005+08:00

Today is my Mother's birthday. She is 71 years young today.

Happy Birthday Mom !

And many more to come .

I love you and I hope you enjoy your day.
Wish we could be there to celebrate it with you.

A Belated Wish

2010-09-23T19:25:00.003+08:00

Wishing everyone a

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival !

That's all I have to say. I'm still busy enjoying the mooncakes to do anything else. :)

Nom...Nom....Nom.....

Go Fly Kites

2010-09-18T22:45:00.004+08:00

Today, we went to the Promontory @ Marina Bay to fly some kites. It was a sunny, windy day - perfect for some kite flying.

When we reached there the skies were filled with many beautiful fluttering kites.

H and the boys were trying to fly our pathetic kite. Alas it did not soar to the skies to join the others. Mighty disappointed. See the blurish yellow thingy between my boys. That's our kite.

Earlier on H was bragging about his skills but it looks like the kampung boy has lost it. :)

With nothing else to do we craned our neck upwards and just admire kite filled skies. There were some experts who set off some real beautiful kites.

The following are some of the kites we saw - a train like kite.

A fan kite.

A Chinese lady kite

A eagle kite soaring high into the skies.

" Zhu Loong Ping "

2010-09-18T00:51:00.004+08:00

You asked - 'What the heck is that ????'
I'm a failure as a mother. My son do not know what is a ' zhu loong ping '
It is non other but that - a biscuit in the shape of a little piglet inside a pig's cage.

It all started with #3's teacher. She asked her students to draw a 'zhu loong ping' in conjunction with the coming Mid Autumn Festival. He came home asking his Father who looked at me and I looked at.............Gasp in horror ! Sorry lah a bit of exaggeration here. :))
What the heck have I been doing ? My son does not know this traditional biscuit ?

When the older boys were very young I did buy some but they did not like it. It all ended up in my tummy. That's one of the reason why I look more rounder than that skinny pig in that red cage. Actually I am more rounder than everyone in the house.

Anyway back to my lame excuse - By the time #3 came along I have stopped buying them. I will get the moon cakes during the festival and that's it. Btw moon cakes has more calories than that little piglet. I like both of them but since I need to maintain my shape so that it does not go more rounder I decide to go with the cakes and forgo the biscuits. My reason being the cakes has more relation with the festival than the piglet.

Yesterday while #3 was accompanying me around the supermarket I showed those little piglets to him. He asked what does it taste like ? To answer that question I bought some home and it is now his favourite snack.

Zhu loong ping is in mandarin. 'Zhu' stands for pig. ' Loong' for the cage and not the dragon. 'Ping' means biscuit.
What's the Cantonese name for it ? Tried as hard as I could, I could not remember.
'Koong zhai pang' ? The nearest I came to was 'zhue chai pang'.
To all the kind and 'kay poh'( busybodies) souls out there, please leave a note if you do know the Cantonese version for it.

Many, many thanks.... :)

P.S. - H can't understand how I can write so much rubbish with just one little piglet.

Today ...

2010-09-15T21:32:00.003+08:00

I found out I have been downgraded to No.4 .

H's car conked out while he was on his way to work.

His first call was to AA.

Next to his boss.

The third call was to his sons ! Actually he sent a text to them while waiting for AA to turn up.

Me............. I only found out about it in the late afternoon. H called up to inform us to go ahead with dinner without him as he had to pick up his car. The boys came home and they did not inform me about it too coz they thought I already knew about it.

When I query the boys...

#1 - " I thought his first priority would be to call you. "

ARghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

Don't Bother To Read This

2010-09-12T23:30:00.007+08:00

Do you know ....

That this is weird. Why am I more open here than then in FB ?

Is it because I don't know those busybodies in the www.

Or is it coz I got nothing to do while waiting for my video to load.

Both

I did warn you not to read this ....

Hellooooo........

2010-09-12T23:11:00.005+08:00

I am still around enjoying the peace and quiet. Watching a K drama about a guy pretending to be gay.

#1 (before he went to bed) can't understand why I'm re-watching this drama. He said the actor don't need to pretend coz he looks gay.

I kicked him (my son) to bed !

Yeah !!!!!

2010-09-12T21:26:00.004+08:00

The week long school break is over !

My boys will be returning to school tomorrow morning and I have the PC allll... to myself again !

I could do a dance to celebrate but I figure that is a bit over board.

Instead a bottle of wine shared with my other half is just as good. Since the boys are in bed early, looking forward to the long nights again with H..............

Going to enjoy the night.......

Good Night ( or rather Good Morning)...........

My Survival Kit

2010-09-11T16:17:00.000+08:00

For the week long school break.

Filled them up with their favourite food. Actually I was real lazy to cook but a certain son of mine do sure know how to suck up to me. And make me see red too.

Their choice of rented movies -Rambo.

Urgh..... not my favourite actor at all nor action movie. All he does was mumble something which I never can catch. But I found myself sitting next to them watching and hearing the boys exclaiming how cool the actor is. Next on their to rent list is the Rocky series.

I could only stomach one movie of his after this week of Rambo coolness. They have been re-watching those three DVDs the whole week. I have enough of his mumbling. I very much prefer my clean cut and handsome K drama actors which I don't even understand what they are mumbling about too. :)

Or rather I am at the moment crazy over this Taiwanese drama. I know I am very outdated as this drama was aired about two years ago. There was a repeat airing on TV during one of the weekend. I happen to come across it. Not happy with the two hours per week airing on the TV, I went trawling the net and got hooked on it. It is one of those idol dramas which I usually avoid but this one has a real interesting and hilarious story line.

Back to my survival kit - Since the boys are around the whole day I brought them along during my shopping. Usually they seldom go with me but they know that if they want those good snacks - calories and arteries choking snacks. They got to carry those shopping bags for me.

Their choice of ice cream - I think it is full of food colouring and it does not enter my shopping cart on normal days. But what the heck it is the holidays.....

So, with the three of them occupied with Rambo blasting away I escaped to my kitchen for some stress relief - baking. Tried out some new recipes which turned out so-so. Do not know if it is the holiday or what they nearly finished most of them.

#2, the chocolate mad son of mine is asking for more chocolate cakes.

Other than being glued to the computer and TV screens we went out to the beach on a weekday to avoid the crowd. Rented some bikes and later on met H for dinner at the food court by the beach.

So, that was how I spent this week...don't forget the time we were all glued to the net. :)

How did yours go ?

Ramdon Pictures

2010-09-08T12:41:00.001+08:00

From my mobile camera.... They were taken sometime back during my many walks around the city. I just never got around to posting them.

Flags from the many nations that came for the YOG (Youth Olympic Games) along the beach in East Coast.

Something to perk me up.

La Salle College of Arts

Going to sleep in the library....Zzzz.........

The Kwan Yin temple at Waterloo Street.

A Hindu temple right next to the Kwan Yin temple.

A freeky battery operated lantern.

A bubble spitting lantern.

Albert Court.

The two elephants guarding the entrance to the Albert Court.

Have a nice day, everyone.

This Morning ......

2010-09-05T22:32:00.011+08:00

All of us woke up late.... it was raining cats and dogs. What better to do than to go back to sleep. Especially since I only hit the bed at 4 am . But someone came up with a smart idea - Dim Sum at Chinatown. That someone was non other than me.

Yes, Me. Not the sleepy me. The glutton me who for some unknown reason had a craving for Dim Sum. So there was a battle going on in me. To go or not to go. To have more sleep or add on to my ample girth. What a battle it was and that sneaky glutton me had to open her big mouth and let my bed partner knows about her smart idea.

Off course he is all game for that. Drag myself and the boys out of bed, had a bath which woke me up . And if that is not enough to wake me up sticking in my contact lenses to eyes that refuse to open does it.
Put on my clothes, walked out of my room and was greeted with...

OMG !!!!
They said OMG and not "Oh My God."

"You look like a bat.

"No lah, a moth. "

"Are you pregnant ??? "

"Seriously you look weird. "

H was smart enough to keep his mouth shut.

That was enough to make me go back into my room and have another look. Agreed I look kind of funny. Swapped the skirt for a long pants. That was better. No time to snap a picture coz H came into the room to chase me out of the house.

So, it was off to....

Chinatown for Dim Sum on a rainy day. Chinatown is decorated with lanterns for the coming Mid-Autumn Festival.

We were all super hungry. H did the ordering and I think he over ordered. The table was filled with food. This is only the first few dishes. By then I was too busy stuffing my face to take any more pictures. (*_*)

Burppppppppp....... Even though we reached Chinatown around 11am the restaurant was packed and we had to sit in the alley next to the restaurant. Luckily the rain had downgraded to a drizzle and the sun came out as we were ready to make a move.

To ease our over stuffed tummy we walked around Chinatown. There was an exhibition put up by the Taoist Association for the on going Hungry Ghost Festival. By the way those two mannequins looks creepy.

#3 asked - " How can a ang moh be a Taoist priest, leh ? I thought this is Chinatown leh ? "

Good question.

The main street in Chinatown. More lanterns that looks kind of cheesy but I guess once they are lighted up in the dark it will look great.

Now that the weekend is over , I have another seven more days of the school holidays.

Anyone has a happy pill for me ?

Got Nothing Better To Do

2010-09-02T20:25:00.004+08:00

There was an article in the papers about putting our best face forward on facebook. There were a couple of post from cute, serious, model like, cool looking, as a couple. How to post in them, tilt your head this way or that way, how to open your eyes. And many more which are so confusing.

Today with the article in mind plus I got nothing to do (actually I do but......) and
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So, how ? Can or not ?

Tried opening my eyes wide but end up looking like a siao/ mad woman.

Hahahaaa....