the 4 generations
we just came back from a short x'mas trip to singapore with my parents, daniel boy and my MIL... this is the first time that daniel travels so far away from home.... yup! he got his own passport now... sponsored by his daddy.... hehehe

this picture was taken before we leave singapore.... four generations here.... my grandma, my mummy & MIL, myself and daniel boy.... he is the youngest generation now...

Y 2008 x'mas gift exchange at my parents' home

as usual every year we will have a x'mas gift exchange at my parents's home.... this year is the first time that my PIL joined us.....

the 3 kids....

for the 1st time, this year we had a small potluck gathering at my home to celebrate x'mas with our good frens....... this is the group of frens whom we had known since primary & secondary school days.... yup... some i hv known for about 20 years....

we adults get to chit chat & gamble a bit... while the kids get x'mas presents....

as u can see from the pic, we had 35 months old mini Yeoh joo yee, 10 months old mini Ha hsuen wern and 8 months old mini Lam daniel... will they be good frens in the near future just like us adults?

human who is so in-considerate

one fine evening as we(me, sis & colleague) were walking towards my car after a hard day at work... oops... just a few feet away i noticed that the car on my right parked so near to my car until i cannot open the door to get into my driver's seat

in this situation, what to do but to call the driver to come down and remove the car "a bit" for me to get in.... got one of my colleague who is still in office to call and inform the driver about it... we shall call her Madam U

after a wait of 10 minutes, she walked towards us... and her face expressions was "blank"... as in no emotion.... no sad face, no happy face and most importantly no sorry face....

fine.... as i have expected Madam U to be a very cool person.... as everyone of us at work knows her......

as she almost reached her car, she looked at me with a very "I DO NOTHING WRONG HERE" face and asked me

"why? you cannot climb in from the front passenger seat to get into your driver's seat???"

what was my answer? I WISH I CAN DO IT THAT WAY

but hey! in my heart: i am not one small frame person.... plus i am wearing skirts! how to climb lah?

my dissatisfaction is IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG & DON'T WANT TO APOLOGIZE, PLEASE DON'T BLAME THE OTHER PARTY FOR GIVING YOU TROUBLE INSTEAD...

and in my case, Madam U feels that we need not call her to remove her car for me to get into my car as i could have climb in from the front passenger's seat... which means i am the one giving trouble and i am the one in the wrong

VERY CLEVER OF HER!

sis joyce's 21st birthday @ restoran bei ping, seksyen 15, shah alam

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* daniel with Gong Gong & Por Por *

* curry prawn *

* stir fried choy sum *

* braised taufu *

* two varieties peking duck(need to pre order) *

* tomato egg *
* our must have assam fish *
* thai style fried chicken *

* deep fried dessert- sweet potato ** complimentary fruits *

daniel boy@ 6+ months old

daniel boy can now sits on baby chair which makes going out much easier

daniel boy turns 6 mth old

today is daniel's 6th month old birthday.... which means he can start taking solid food... no need to depend just on milk....

according to the baby's diet list as recommended by our paed, at 6th mth old we can try introducing rice, pear, prune, carrot, apple, barley, apricot, beef, wheat, plum, spinach, cabbage, oat, banana, chicken, peach, broccoli, lamb, turnip, potato, cherry, corn....

my daniel boy is very "wai seik"(likes to eat).... coz each time he sees anyone of us eating, he will be drooling with salivas dropping non-stop from his mouth.... and when u let him lick the spoon/ fruits, he will be stucking out his tongue, trying his best to lick as much as he can..... else he will use his hand trying to grab the spoon nearer to him.... hehehe

i wonder when he grows up later, will he be a picky eater? coz it is so common for kids being a picky eater especially when it comes to vegetables....

too bad today is a weekday.... i will onli let him try the solid food which is cereal on this coming friday as i will be on leave then..... i wanna be there when he takes his first solid food.... i wanna be there in whatever he does for the first time..... but i know, it is not possible as i am not a SAHM....

happy 6th mth old, daniel boy.... mummy & daddy loves you so much.... you are our sunshine...

hubby's 29th birthday

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celebrated hubby's birthday last weekend.... this time round, daniel looks so blur seeing the candles... nx year i guess he will wanna blow the candles for his daddy

Italiannies @ the Gardens, MidValley

had dinner yesterday at Italiannies... treated by my daddy to celebrate my mummy's 50th birthday... PIL joined us too...... too bad that bro Melvin too tight up with work and could not join us....

the dinner was great... nice food... nice service.... nice environment.... even little daniel enjoyed himself coz everyone of us takes turn to carry him in our arms... he is one lucky baby to have so many ppl "sayang" him......

thanks daddy for the meal!

* daniel boy with Gong Gong & Por Por *

* daniel boy with Kam Moh, Uncle KJ & Yee Yee *

* daniel boy with Yeh Yeh, Mah Mah, daddy & mummy *

with 9 adults + 1 baby, we ordered two sets of their current promo value meal RM 89++..... each set consists of one appetizer, 3 main dishes & 1 dessert..... we also ordered a big plate of fried calamari

happy 3rd anniversary

today, three years ago, hubby & i got married

today, now, hubby & i have little daniel with us

today, many more years to come, may we have many more happy days!

dinner- E&E Cuisine@ Green Canopy, Setia Eco Park

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* sambal udang petai *

* stir fried pak choy *

* claypot curry fish head *

* claypot mutton *

* crispy fried chicken wings *

review

- nice environment
- service : good
- food : love the curry fish head and chicken wings
- price : slightly higher than normal chinese restaurant

mid-autumn festival

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bought this 4 pcs of agar-agar mooncake from a colleague's aunt..

RM 20 per box.. flavor: cendol, mango, red bean & yam, red bean & yam

then i oso made some soyabean agar-agar mooncake for family and frens... result: so-so

the wedding of our good fren Teh Teong Beng and his beautiful wife Vivian.....




congrats to you both!
may both of you have a blissful life ahead and blessed with many many healthy children!

back from penang

yup...last weekend hubby and i went with our gang to attend our good fren Teh's wedding dinner in Prai, Penang..... it was a nice 3 days 2 nites trip....

our trip mainly involves food... but sad to say, we did not get to eat much of the nice Penang hawker fare mainly due to the reason we were staying at Prai rather than in the island.....

wai hoe was our food guide for a sumptious dim sum breakfast at Ipoh... we got to wait for a table seating as the number of customers there is so the MANY...... how was the dim sum? i would say FRESH & YUMMY.... let the picture speaks it words:


When we arrived at Prai, the groom-to-be, Teh and the bride-to-be, Vivian treated us for nice lunch at one of the restaurants for a nice chinese lunch.....
and while on our back to KL, again we stopped by at Ipoh for supposedly famous chicken which has smooth meat...... but unfortunately it was sold off.... i had Lam Mee which tasted very good as i finish off the soup that accompanies it.... (initially i thought the Lam Mee has black gravy as in those sold in KL)

sad case

me not blogging from krabi.... yeah... trip cancelled.... the other two friends went to krabi without me and my sis... reason: my hubby and parents are worried about our safety due to the recent unstable political situation in thailand....

there goes the RM 705 per person we paid for our trip......

SaD CaSe

KRABI

yup.... me will be off to krabi for a 4d 3n holiday with my sis and two other colleagues... we booked our flight tickets and ground arrangement...
departure: 3rd sept '08

which means i got to leave my two MEN at home... going to miss daniel boy and hubby dearly...

my baby and I


Time flies, my daniel boy is now 4 months plus....

may you grow up healthily and strong.....

you bring so much joy to us..... love, daddy & mummy!!!

agar-agar

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i had a collection of simple recipes from the Malaysian Women's Weekly magazines... i found a nice and simple recipe.... i tried using agar-agar powder to make some jelly.... it turned out nicely when i tried this recipe

first one was "black beauty jelly "

ingredients:

one packet of agar-agar powder (must choose clear color ones)
one can of longan/ lychee (keep the syrup)
half tube of cincau
250ml syrup from the can of longan/ lychee
700ml water
150gm sugar

instructions:

cut the cincau into small stripes
put the cincau with longan/ lychee into the desired mould
boil the agar-agar powder with the syrup water, water and sugar until bubble appears (about 5 minutes)
put off the flame and pour into the moulds
serve chilled

* hubby loves this a lot * nice to eat on a sunny day *

second recipe was modified from the first recipe... i simply call it "soya bean jelly"

ingredients:

one packet of agar-agar powder (any color, preferably clear color)
one can of longan/ lychee (keep the syrup)
200ml syrup from the can of longan/ lychee
750ml soya bean (i used packet ones)
100gm sugar

instructions

- same as the first recipe -

* the result is good, MIL loves it as it is not too sweet * plus it is a healthier choice too since we used soya bean *

JOHN KING

have you tried the pastries from John King(I initially thought it is Tom King)? this is the first time i bought from their chain at OneU..... results: not bad... but i still prefer Tong Kee's egg tarts.... at John King, you can get a variety of egg tarts namely original, green tea, coffee, durian etc...

* the nicely packed box *
* the front two is durian tarts * and the other two is original egg tarts * combo 6 pcs at RM 9.50 * (sis took the other 2 tarts before i managed to snap a photo of it *
* wife biscuits retail at RM 6.50 per box before discount* got RM 3 discount for buying the combo 6 *