lou sang 2007

the first "lou sang" that i had this year is with my parents, my sis & my parents' good friends, uncle noven & his family...... we had dinner at an old kopitiam...

forgot the name of the place... it's famous.... near petaling street...opposite the Public Bank there... near the market & "balai polis"......name of the place: XXX KEE (really forgot the name ah)..........

we had: LOU SANG, fried tauhu with fish cake, sweet & sour pork, stir fried kailan with beef slice & steam fish in ginger sauce

comment: the food taste great & it's cheap too....

countdown to CNY


hubby still in japan...... last saturday, my parents, my sis & i went to petaling street for a "walk".... CNY coming mah.... that's the most happening place to be to get all the necessities.....

we bought the usual stuff namely chinese sausages, wax duck thigh, chinese tidbits etc....


for lunch we had wan tan mee at the famous KOON KEE kopitiam...... it only serves wan tan mee.... for me, i prefer to have dried wan tan mee with shredded chicken meat...... comment: the noodle are different from the normal ones we have at other place..... but the taste is ok ok onli lor.......

pussy willows

just wanna share with you the "initial" decorated pussy willows which i placed at my living hall for this coming CNY...

this is "my" chinese version of a christmas tree.... hehehe......

flower shopping

went for shopping last saturday with my parents and sis.... a different kind of shoping.... flower shopping actually at sungai buloh..... it is so lovely and refreshing to se all the beautiful flowers at the nurseries there......

since it is near CNY, quite a number of cars & ppl were there for flower shopping too......... the most popular ones: BIG YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM....... when i say BIG, it is really BIG.........

cousin mum mun's wedding

jan 7th '07(sunday) was the wedding day & dinner of my younger cousin sis, Mun Mun with her hubby John.... it was a happy day for all of us, close relatives..... it's not always that we have this joyous occasion celebrating the new life of a couple as husband & wife....

I see her grow from a young child to a young lady and now become a wife. how time flies..... and here are the pics:

happy valentine's day

just wanna wish everyone of you, a happy happy valentine's day ......!

as the pic says: have a SWEET day today ya...

hmmm.... as for me, i just wish that my dear hubby will give me a call today.... looking forward to our "postpone" valentine's dinner this coming weekend.....

to all my single friends, hope that you will soon meet your Mr/ Ms Right..

updates on chung wei

all this photos was taken last month.... onli now i get to upload it..... so lazy of me huh???

Valentine's Day cum ROM

feb 14th.... valentine's day...... and oso my registration of marriage (ROM) 2nd anniversary... yup two years ago i was legally recognized as MRS LAM YEOW SIANG.... actually, i am still proud to use this title....... hehehe

it is just a week away from feb 14th...... hubby & i don't really celebrate it (valentine's or ROM anni).... we just go for dinner..... normal dinner as in not those special VALENTINE's set dinner.... call us "kiam siap" or anything but i just don't feel paying so much for those so called VALENTINE's dinner... really not worth it....

it would be nice if once a while on a "normal" day, my dear hubby can bring me to some fancy restaurant and hv a romantic dinner together.... no need for the reason to celebrate any special occasions... a surprise would be better * wink * wink*(for your hint, dear hubby)....

to me, what is more important is being with someone you love so much.... be it hubby, family, friends, colleagues etc...... enjoy their company on this special day or any other day.....

spend some quality time together with them (walk in the park, watch DVD, hv a candlelit dinner at home, listen to music, chat with them etc...)....

as for this year, it will be the 2nd time i celebrate valentine's without hubby around..... i can still remember the first year we "pak thor", i was in USM & he was in TAR college..... so called long distance relationship ah & we both are not so romantic until either one of us would actually volunteer to travel a few hundreds kilometres to spend the day together... in the end, both of us chat chat chat on the phone onli lor..... hmmm.... this memory still fresh in my mind.......

home cooked food

hubby's still in japan..... sob..sob... what did i do today? hmmm... cooked dinner for my lil' bro and sis coz my mum went out for CNY shopping..... this is the first time that they joined me & my parents-in-law for dinner... i actually cook one of my specialty dish & my MIL prepared the rest.....

PEGGY'S SPECIAL MARINATED CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS (serve for 2-3 persons)

2 chicken drumsticks
oyster sauce
abalone sauce
sesame oil
chinese cooking wine
1 teaspoon of sugar

* no measurements of the sauce/oil or wine coz it's up to individual taste. just make sure the meat are all covered/ marinated with the sauce *

STEPS:

- cut the drumstick to smaller pieces
- marinate the chicken with the oyster sauce, abalone sauce, sesame oil, chinese cooking wine & sugar
- then leave it in the fridge to marinate for at least four hours before cooking (i prefer to marinate it for at least one day in advance).
- add a little bit of oil to non-stick pan, use low fire and pan fried until the meat is cooked
- serve hot

Guang Liang - Tong Hua (with english subtitles)

being a "Banana", i still enjoy chinese songs even though i don't understand the meaning of the song.... and today on youtube.com, i found this music clip with english subtitles.... this song has won many awards... nice melody... meaningful lyrics... it is perfect...... just sit back & ENJOY!

fish leong - nuan nuan 暖暖

this music clip is dedicated to my good frens, the newly married couple, MR & MRS HA..... the main reason why i actually upload it is oso becoz it was requested by MR HA.... hehehehe...coz it was their wedding theme song lor (for their slide presentation)

I Knew I Loved You (my wedding theme song for my slide presentation)

so much memory.....

day 1

hubby just boarded the MAS flight to japan.. same place: utsunomiya.... now i'm counting the days for him to come back... it's just day 1 now but i'm already starting to miss my dear dear oledi.... got to wait till feb 16th, friday for him to come home... this means 13 days without him..... sigh...... and not to mention his next BT schedule is end of feb..... SIEN!

what to do.???...... he's not going there for fun... he oso poor thing.... now winter season there...... no home cooked food for almost two weeks.... and no PS2 games for him too.....

dear... if you are reading this, i miss you so much......

mcD

my fav fast food is at McDonald's.... fillet-o-fish burger especially.... and their McFlurry ice-cream with M&M's....... a day b4 hubby leave for japan.... i got him to bring me to McD to try one of their new CNY promo, the RED BEAN SUNDAE....
comment: it's so sweet..... i still prefer their strawberry sundae than this.... maybe you guys should try the other CNY promo, their pineapple sundae instead... it might be a wiser choice....

nata de coco jelly

hubby will be leaving to japan again for business trip, BT.... his schedule this time round: feb 4th to feb 16th........... and his next trip will be feb 24th to march 16th.....i will be so SIEN again.... hmm..i hope to find more time to go lepak-ing with family, "ji mui" and frens..... or else, maybe i should learn some new recipes to try out....

meanwhile, i made this jelly with longan flavoured nata de coco for dear hubby plus some for my frens as well... result: not so yummy.... don't plan to use it again next time... better stick to ribena jelly/ SUNQUICK orange jelly/ fresh fruit jelly/ other flavoured nata de coco jelly....

all over again...

this is really really a nice & romantic song..... singer: Ronan Keating & Kate Rusby... i love this song a lot... turn on ur speaker loud ya.... ENJOY!

sago honeydew dessert

hubby is at work TODAY... yup... on a SUNDAY..... supposedly SUNDAY is a FAMILY DAY... but just too bad.... he's really so busy with work.... almost everyday he's been working OT...

anyway, this is how I spent my lovely SUNDAY afternoon without my dear hubby: SAGO HONEYDEW DESSERT...

i hv alwiz wanted to try out this simple recipe i found on the net. so, i tried to follow the steps but half way thru, i used my own method & alter the recipe.... hehehe... don't ask me why... coz i oso dunno the reason why. JUST FOLLOW MY HEART onli lor......

INGREDIENTS (should be able to serve for 3-4 persons)

one honeydew (about 1kg)
sago (about 50g)
ready made coconut milk (20ml)
sugar (150g)

STEPS:

• soak sago for in water for 30 minutes. Drain the water. Put the sago in boling water & cook until all become transparent. Drain the cooked sago with running cold tap water, sieve it and leave it aside

• cut the honeydew into half, then remove the seeds. The first half, blend it to get honeydew juices and the other half, cut it into small cut of square/cube sizes


• cook sugar with 300ml water until become syrup


• mix the cooked sago, honeydew juice & coconut milk into a big bowl. In smaller bowls, combine this mixture with the small cuts of honeydew & add syrup to taste . For a more refreshing dessert, add in some ice cubes as well.....

sad one

these days, DIVORCE seems to be a normal procedure for married couples who do not plan to stay together anymore....

D-I-V-O-R-C-E might just be a simple word but it means lot not onli to the couple but oso to their parents or loved ones (especially kid)....... coz it is the end of a union which was first solemnised by M-A-R-R-I-A-G-E.........

i hope that someone whom i know closely do not have to endure DIVORCE soon..... i still hope thay they have chance to get back together... it is not easy for two ppl to get together as husband & wife...

and i also hope that everyone of us here, do APPRECIATE YOUR LOVED ONES.......

we Malaysians....

yup... as a malaysian.... this scenario is almost a daily scene if you are like one of us who drives for work or leisure purposes.... nothing special.... just a normal scene taken while i was driving back from work today

Question of the day: Can u guys spot THE STUPID DUMMY CAR which tried to cut queue during a peak hour traffic jam???

a new look for the new year...

i don't mean myself... but my blog lor..... green colour has been alwiz my fav colour.... blue comes in second... then grey colour....

green trees... green mountains... green grass.... in short, NATURE!

however, i only have one green blouse.... my car is not green in colour.... my room walls are not painted in green colour.... hehehehe...

but.....i just love GREEN!

donations for johor flood victims...

most of us have heard so much about the recent flood at johor... on thursday morning, 18/01/07 while listening to MIX.FM, I came across this message that they are organising a massive appeal for the Johor flood relief..... the items need to be sent to the collection centre by this weekend..... and then all the items will be delivered to Kluang on monday 22/01/07....

at first, i thought i could only collect a small amount of cash donations from my family & a few close friends to buy some items for the flood victim.... but with the help of my colleague joanne B and many others, we managed to raise about RM 640.00++ in just two days time.......!

so, last few days was a busy time for me......firstly, to collect donations, then buy the items (thanks joanne B, ivan & steven for helping to accompany me to GIANT to get all those items)....... & lastly delivered it to the collection centre near Atria (thanks hubby for being my driver!)

the 48 contributors are mainly our EI-CSD ladies, a number of TS-EI guys, my family members etc..... without their contributions, we would not be able to buy quite a number of things for the Johor flood victims..... a big THANK YOU to all of you who have contributed!

melvin's 26th birthday

08.01.07- my family celebrated my bro's 26th birthday with a simple meal of porridge at a nearby restaurant in Klang....

and later as usual, the birthday cake is the main attraction! we had our usual fav cheesecake... this time we had Secret Recipe Blueberry Cheesecake.. verdict: YUMMY... it's cheesy, the white cream not too sweet and it comes with a generous amount of blueberry as toppings.....

updates on chung wei...

SKY

my bro & his wife welcome a new addition to the family..... nope... it's not a bb but it's a puppy... hehehe.... with a simple name: SKY.... it is indeed a simple puppy.....

so, our mum has turn into a puppy-sitter ..... taking care of SKY while bro & wife at work... feeding, cleaning and even talking to SKY!

i myself is not a puppy/ dog lover... i don't mind seeing it from a distance but pleaseeee.... don't let it come near me..... i just don't feel like touching any puppy/ dog..... however, talking to SKY is not a bad idea.... coz SKY will look sleepy when I talk a lot....... hehehe.... * our parents (daddy & mummy, the "puppy sitter") *
* SKY's parents, hehehe..... *

* the cute and handsome SKY *

SUDOKU
i finally brave myself to try out this game of sudoku.... hehehe.... sound so exaggerating.... all this while i onli skip this game though it appeared in our daily newspaper... at first i was thinking how could ppl be so addicted to this game of numbers???...

the rule might be simple: complete the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit of 1 to 9 inclusive.

the first sudoku game i tried out was from the women's weekly magazine... it was more of a trial and error one:
for those who wanna try it out, you can check out NST online which has one daily sudoku game (each day the sudoku has different difficulty rating)..... and almost everyday b4 i start work, i will try to complete the NST online sudoku game.... maybe it can help me improve my mathematical skills?

What flavor ice-cream am I?

You Are Vanilla Ice Cream

Flexible. Easygoing. Classic.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

What flavor Pocky am I?

You Are Milk Pocky

Your attitude: caring and charming Smooth and silkly... invigorating and natural. You are like comfort food for the soul.

What Flavor Pocky Are You?

wanna know your russian name? mine would be.....

Your Russian Name Is...

Lyubochka Marisha Morozov

What's Your Russian Name?

penang trip...

yup... hubby & i was in penang.... a supposedly 3 days 2 nites trip turned out to be only 2 days and one nite....

reasons:
- not much places that we can go for jalan2 since penang was so crowded during the x'mas holidays
- still a lot of unpack boxes at our new home.....

main reason to go to penang: attend hubby's friend's wedding dinner

a summary of our short trip:

DAY ONE
dec 23rd- started journey about 9.30am.... in two separate cars, ours & hubby's friend GS, we stopped for breakfast at BIDOR for the famous duck thigh noodle... reached penang about 2.30pm....check-in to SUNWAY HOTEL.... went to nearby famous Penang Street laksa.....then wedding dinner at the FORUM chinese restaurant at Island Plaza... ended they day with "yum cha" at Gurney Drive... it was FOOD all day long.... hehehe

DAY TWO
dec 24th- visited one of my uncle, HOOI and family.... he treated us for lunch at town. hubby and i then headed to the newly opened shopping centre, QUEENSBAY MALL at Bayan Lepas(but not b4 getting jam around the complex due to MANY MANY PL were there as well)...we oso visited our friend, TEH & his gf, Vivian at his new home at Bukit Minyak(near Bkt Mertajam)....we had dinner b4 left for home...hubby & i reached home before midnight

conclusions: it was a nice trip to PENANG coz we get to go to so many places in two days time for visiting, some window shopping and not forgetting FOOD!



* one of the bakery shop at Queensbay Mall, rather cute name: Bread HISTORY! *
* Teh's new home at Bkt Minyak *

belated x'mas pics...

coloured jelly

this picture was taken two months ago when my mum asked me to try and add in some colouring for my plain looking "longan" jelly.... the colour turned out OK... maybe need to add a few more drops of the colouring to make it nicer....

year end leave...

today took one day leave(since i got one more day of annual leave to clear)..... woke up late... then went IKEA shopping with MIL.... then we dropped by at my parents home... did ironing and now blogging.... so fast that the time past by without me realising it..... and tomolo got to be back work.... sien.....

sometimes i wish i can find a job which only requires me to work half a day.... but still get the current salary....... hehehe..... so BIG HEAD of me.....

i just feel so lazy these days.... i wanna go for more holidays but hubby just don't hv the time to accompany me.... maybe i should just travel alone.....

• to genting maybe... for some cool air + luck at uncle lim's place
• to australia maybe.... dunno when then i can realise my dream to aussie land
• to hong kong again next year end maybe..... i miss the FOOD there...
• to singapore maybe..... for some visiting + shopping..... anyone interested?
• to japan.... definitely hubby won't let me follow him next month for his BT... got to really start saving $$$ if i wanna go there..... anyone interested?
• to switzerland..... to visit an old school friend of mine.... shanny...

Merry X'Mas

Though it's a bit late to wish everyone a MERRY MERRY CHIRSTMAS, but still i hope that u guys had a lovely short holiday & many more happy days with ur loved ones.....

where were i?

i was busy for the past two weeks..... packing & unpacking.... for my new home at Setia Alam....yup! just shifted onli.....

finally today, me, my hubby, MIL, FIL, an aunt & an uncle(luckily they were here to help us today) managed to clear most of the stuff which has been lying at our dining are for the past two weeks......

and onli now that i hv some time to do a little bit of blogging.... unfortunatley, can't uplaod any pics yet as dear hubby hv not help me to install the neccessary software for this PC.....

there's so much that i wanna blog about. namely about:

-> my new home(of course!)
-> my recent 2days 1nite trip to penang(for hubby's TAR college friend, KK GOOI's wedding dinner + short trip to visit an uncle of mine, UNCLE HOOI & an old friend of us, TEH)
-> my dear nephew, Chung Wei who has grown so much in a month's time (can't wait to upload his updated pic!)

hopefully i can start blogging again soon to share some of the lovely pics which i took during this past two weeks.....

he's back

yup! my dear hubby is back from his business trip to japan... will definitely later upload the pics of those jap snacks that he got for me(without fail... hehehe)

trial slide... more to come