Hopelessly fickle & vain

The worst restaurant meal I've ever had!

2008-03-28T15:50:00.004+08:00

Today I joined my colleagues to have lunch at Manhattan Fish Market in one of mall. It is my first visit to this outlet. Yes believe me you! Wakakakaka... sounds so sampat right? Anyway, I'd heard from others before that the food there wasn't anything to shout about. But today the group decided to go there as Nando's were packed, and I just followed the flow.Turned out what others said before

Meeting in Paris, anyone?

2007-10-25T17:55:00.000+08:00

Last year, my co-worker was assigned a business trip to Paris, France for meeting with some chip designers. He was indeed very lucky… how often do you get an all expense paid for trip to France, the city of romance, even though it’s only a one week working trip!With business trips, we can be assured that we’ll be staying in nice hotels as the company has a preferred list of Paris hotels to choose

I Joined the Smorty League!

2007-10-19T13:35:00.000+08:00

Yes I finally joined the Smorty League!! :DI’ve seen many of my blogger friends joining Smorty, and they get paid for blogging their opinions on certain services or products. If one is hardworking, the return seems to be lucrative. Now why should I let go of such good opportunity to make money right? So I joined; and am very happy my humble blog is accepted. ;)This blog for money concept actually

How I Bought My First Insurance

2007-10-08T11:32:00.000+08:00

After I started working, I immediately thought of buying insurance for myself. Getting insured is the least I could do to ensure my loved ones are protected should anything unfortunate happens *touch wood though*. So I set out to look for different life insurance quotes from different companies to compare. Well, I’m a very calculative person so if I were to buy something that involves A LOT of

Time to go Shopping!

2007-10-04T15:18:00.000+08:00

Now we are in the month of October, it means year end is drawing nearer. I always like year end because of the festive mood due to celebrations of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas etc. With celebrations, can't run away from buying presents!Year end also means boy’s birthday is coming up soon. I’m cracking my head over what toy to get for him as birthday present. Not that we want to spoil him,

New Addition to the Family

2007-10-03T17:30:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone, say hi to Hershey!My aunt gave her to my Father because they simply have too many dogs, until the neighbours complained! -_-"She is a miniature Pincher mix breed. She is very playful and loves a good scratch anytime. The children likes to play with her too. But never go near her when she is having her meal, as she prefers eating in private LOL! I guess she's paranoid that other's

Deal or No Deal

2007-03-13T23:01:00.000+08:00

Have you heard of the internationally popular game show Deal or No Deal? It’s coming to our shore! From what I’ve read, our country shall have 2 versions, one in English and one in Mandarin.Initially I didn’t quite catch what the game was about just by viewing the preview shown in TV. But after playing the online version of Deal or No Deal, it became clear to me how the game was to be played. Now

An offer

2007-03-06T10:30:00.000+08:00

I'd received an offer of a position in another department in the company this morning, and had just responded to accept the offer.Why am I not thrilled? Is it because I am in this position and in the same department for too long that I've grown complacent? That I'm somewhat hesitant to step out of my comfort zone? Fear of unknown or how the new manager will be? Fear of not able to meet new

Invest in Gold

2007-03-05T17:06:00.000+08:00

Just this past weekend, I went to the goldsmith shop to have my earrings fixed because one side of it had broken. While we were there, of course we checked out the gold price. The precious metal is now priced at RM71++ per gram! @.@Whoa! That’s appreciation of almost 100% compared to 8 years ago (the time when I got married)! Now if I’d invested in gold bars then, I’d be smiling all the way to

Juicy Lamb Shank at Solid Rock

2007-02-27T14:21:00.000+08:00

I'm going to recommed this cafe to you, as the delicious lamb shank they serve is by far the most resonably priced in Penang Island. The portion is huge too! Look at the picture! It is served with pan fried spaghetti noodles, covered with lots of flavourful sauce. The meat is absolutely tender and juicy. This main course is called Osco Busco in their menu, though I'm not sure what it means. You

Dating gone High Tech

2007-02-26T11:05:00.000+08:00

*Sponsored* Nowadays the dating game has gone high-tech. There are so many online dating services around the world, that it’s really a very competitive business. Most of these services come with a price, yet not affordable to everyone. Sometimes, people are just too sceptical to part with their money for such services, but still see it as a last resort to get a date. To these people, fret not

Heritage cities in Britain

2007-02-13T14:37:00.000+08:00

My hubs studied in UK for his tertiary education. So he is quite familiar with the country since his sister use to work there too. A lot of times he will talk about his experiences or life being a student back in UK, and off the places he went to. So naturally, after hearing all the stories about the places in UK, I would love to go there one day.When I do a search on the places to visit in UK (I

About Buying Insurance

2007-02-12T14:06:00.000+08:00

Since the day I started working, I had already made up my mind about buying insurance. I guess I just want to have peace of mind that in case anything bad happen (touch wood!), the insurance is there to pay up whatever is needed. Of course that is up to the amount insured.Some of my colleagues didn’t buy their own medical insurance because they think that the company has already bought insurance

The Z-list : Do it and pass on!

2007-02-10T12:20:00.000+08:00

I read this from Shoppingmum's site and really couldn't resist doing it. There's really nothing to lose. Plus, no brain cells are killed in the process of writing this post. :P**Instructions**The premise is simple: Write a post, and copy and paste my list from below into it. Make sure the links are active and correct. If your blog is on that list, remove it because your post isn’t about

Can't get enough of Apple!

2007-02-08T17:03:00.000+08:00

My man is an absolute Apple fan. The apple I’m referring to is not the apple fruit mind you. It’s the Mac Apple; you know, the Mac computer and all the Apple merchandises. Would you believe if I tell you we have 3 Apples at home? No kidding! 2 iMacs and 1 MacBook. He also has an iPod. Apple should really reward us for being so loyal to its brand.Even though we have Apples in the house for many

Like this new skin?

2007-02-08T16:21:00.000+08:00

Valentine's Day is coming soon, can you feel the love?No yet? Look again! My new blog skin is so full of love! LOL!Do you like this new look?I love it very much!♥ ♥ ♥

Wanna go Amsterdam?

2007-02-08T11:02:00.000+08:00

*Sponsored Post*A few years ago I was fortunate to have gone on business trips to Europe, not only once, but twice. In those trips I didn’t have the chance to a lot of cities in Europe because of the tight schedule. One of the cities I’d like to visit would be Amsterdam.However Hubs was fortunate enough to have had the chance to visit there when he went on an almost round the world business trip

One year older

2007-02-07T13:15:00.001+08:00

This is what I got from my other half. A birthday card.He says it's very difficult to get gifts that please me. So he will treat me dinner instead.How very r o m a n t i c right?!!Hmmm... I wonder what he will get for Valentines Day...

Find out ways to increase link popularity

2007-02-06T17:23:00.001+08:00

A while ago a lot of sites started stating their Google PR number on their sites to indicate how popular the site is. There were also site which painstakingly explain what one can to in order to push up the page rank or what it is. For the average person like me, I still couldn’t get the real algorithm no matter how many times I read it. Perhaps it’s too techie for me.I do know however, the

My latest bling bling

2007-02-06T08:15:00.000+08:00

When I was young I only know diamond as jewellery, an expensive one an all there is to it. I wasn't aware that there's so much Cs to it until hubs (then boyfriend) introduced me to it. And the first place I learnt the Cs' from was Tiffany's website.The first diamond with birth cert (LOL!) I owned is of course the engagement ring. It's not a big stone mind you (we couldn't afford big ones), but

Papa's Cat

2007-02-05T09:53:00.002+08:00

This cat has been coming to our home (Papa's) everyday since the day Papa spoke (in meow language) to it on his way to the market. Every evening when Pa is watering in the garden this cat would come over to manja with him i.e. snug its body up to Pa's foot. Girl likes to go up close to the cat and touch it. She's not afraid of it and even wants to step on its tail. *roll eyes*

Get Cash Back from Macys!

2007-02-02T15:33:00.000+08:00

Shopping is an activity that most women like. I’m with the majority, that’s why I luuurve shopping. Of course concern is, money, You see, I have to work very hard for my wages, that’s why I have to spend wisely as most part of the pay goes to household and family. Money aside, the shopping duration cannot be too long else the children will start to get whiny. But then, how can one get a good

Finally I signed up!

2007-01-31T11:26:00.000+08:00

After reading about so much about how one can make money through blogging via sites like http://www.blogsvertise.com/, I am very tempted indeed. And today, in fact just now, I've finally signed up for an account for free with http://www.blogsvertise.com/. I am so excited about earning money just by writing about a certain product or services assigned by http://www.blogsvertise.com/! Sounds easy

Feeling under the weather

2007-01-31T11:10:00.001+08:00

I'm currently down with heavy cold and cough. Yesterday the sore throat was still bearable but it has gotten worse this morning. I feel very sleepy due to the cold medication I'm taking. The Lozenges didn't relieve the soreness in my throat. I wish I can curl up at home in the comforts of my bed but the doctor didn't give me an MC. What a bummer!

Meme: My 5 favourite Malaysian bloggers

2007-01-29T10:21:00.000+08:00

First meme for me in 2007! I was tagged by Shooi to do this meme about my favourite Malaysian bloggers started by Pablo Pabla.Here goes, in no particular order:· LoopymealsI simply love this blog as James, the self-proclaimed drama king is very articulate in describing even the most boring event. I can actually visualize the scenes, like movie playing in my head.· TwinsmomThis woman is full of

It's so affordable to learn foreign language now!

2007-01-25T13:36:00.000+08:00

During my teenage years, I had wanted so much to learn a foreign language but didn't enroll due to the exorbitant fees language school charges. At that time still schooling mah... where to get so much extra money wor! Then there were books that comes with cassette tapes sold in bookstores, which is also expensive. So in my university years I took the opportunity to learn Japanese, although it's

Revived

2007-01-23T11:33:00.000+08:00

I am reviving this site because there is a purpose now, and I think you know it without me having to mention it.I have to admit while wordpress is easy to use and have a lot of features that I like, I do miss the flexibility in blogger. Therefore I will maintain both sites.Now it seemed almost everyone is making money off their blog(s), and I don't see why I shouldn't. You will not see posts

Switching to WP

2006-08-18T18:51:00.000+08:00

The new cruise I'm boarding after abandoning the previous ship is non other than Wordpress. Welcome to my new site. I will post new updates in there from now on. Incidentally, I signed up for my Wordpress account on my 1st blog-birthday, July 14th. I just realised today. Heh! There's the usual initial stage of getting-used-to of wordpress. However after fiddling with it for a while, I think I'm

Abandoning Ship

2006-08-18T18:40:00.000+08:00

The day after Egghead blogged about the Blogger beta version, I comtemplated signing up to try. I took notice that one of the condition of moving to beta is that one can never turn back to the normal version. I thought, migrating within the same blog host only, should be easy-peasy. So my itchy finger pressed mouse to click on the 'agree' button.Within minutes I received the confirmation email of

便宜的诱惑

2006-07-31T15:39:00.000+08:00

星期六一家大小吃过午饭后无所事事就去新关仔角广场闲逛，叹叹免费冷气*嘿嘿*。也不知到底是不是Mega Sale ，总之到处都有X%折扣或SALE减价大字报就是了。刚巧走过百盛的泳衣部门看到泳衣有打折扣，就停下来看看。虽然孩子们各自都有一套泳衣了，但他们的老妈子我贪便宜，千挑万选后买了两件戴安芬童式泳衣；一件三点式比基尼给女儿（马币十五元），一件三角式泳裤给儿子（马币二十元）。自从有了小朋友，自觉本身的虚荣心比以前收敛不少。很多时候看到一些很喜欢却可有可无的衣物饰品，都会很理智的说服自己不买。当然，还是有久久一次破例的时候，当作是给自己的奖赏。就算买，也都选至少五折以上的，或便宜到像市集卖的价钱一样。省了自己的虚荣的开销，理应会存多点积蓄的，但原来是省了自己的却心甘情愿的花在孩子们身上。到百货公司逛，常常都会不由自主地走到儿童部或玩具部去。每每看到一些可爱兼便宜，本质好又实用的儿童物品，

Food Review: FoodLoft

2006-07-18T16:52:00.000+08:00

We went to try out a newly opened restaurant (I presumed so) called FoodLoft in Gurney Plaza. The decor of the place is quite classy; not very toddler friendly though because the restaurant only has two high-chairs! The outlet serves multiple cuisines, rainging from western, Italian, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, local favourites just to name a few. The restaurant's concept is similar to Marche,

I Turned One

2006-07-14T08:09:00.000+08:00

Teeheehee... one year ago on this date, I finally started this blog after reading others' for more than 6 months. If you are interested in why it took me that long to start on, read this. I'm a slacker in terms of blog updates :P Because my total published posts is <100 after one year of inconsistent blogging! :PIt seems bloggers always have an obligatory post about their blog's birthday or

Short Get-away in Genting

2006-07-13T14:33:00.000+08:00

We went on a short vacation in Genting last weekend. But alas, when the kids were on the indoor carousal, I whipped out my digital camera ready to snap away only to realized I had forgotten to insert the memory card!! Boohoohoo! *bummer* So no choice have to make do with handphone camera. *sigh*The children enjoyed most of the rides (i.e. carousal, Rio-float, Ferris wheel, reindeer cruiser,

All the way from Hong Kong

2006-07-05T11:23:00.000+08:00

This came all the way from Hong Kong. What's so special about the bedlinen, I hear you asked? Well, not that I think they are special, just that I needed to redeemed something from AsiaMiles before my accumulated miles expired. After searching through all the awards, this bedlinen set is the most worthwhile redemption (although I had initially wanted to get the Clarins make-up set) considering

From the garden

2006-06-28T14:35:00.000+08:00

Know what this is? Do you like it? Look at the shiny, firm yet juicy flesh...Here's how it looks like hanging from the tree, and some already dropped/plucked. It used to be quite expensive (and still is I think); therefore rarely gets to eat this when we were younger. After we have moved to our current place (my mama's home), we planted the fruit tree. Since then we have been able to eat this to

Nyonya Food

2006-06-26T00:15:00.000+08:00

Yesterday evening we went to try out this nyonya restaurant in Tanjong Tokong. It is situated near Naza Hotel; a residential premise with its interior modestly decorated with few framed nyonya photos. Service was quite fast as there were only two tables occupied, one being ours. We had tau yew bak, assam pedas, inche kabin, jewhoo char, kiam chye bak-kut th'ng to go with rice. After that

Protective Big Brother

2006-06-15T18:25:00.000+08:00

Weekend dinner time we were eating out at a hawker center in Tanjung Tokong. The children had their dinner at home already. Girl was very restless and tried to climb out from the high-chair througout dinner; we could hardly have a peaceful meal. The father scolded her for being naughty.Father: *scold scold scold* Afterwards you will get the cane when we're back home!Daughter: Waaaaa..... *crying

Little Mozart

2006-06-06T11:01:00.000+08:00

Let my boy entertain you with a piano recital of Honey Bee March. p/s: A lazy person's way of updating blog :P

Of Bento and Sukiyaki

2006-05-30T17:38:00.000+08:00

Last weekend we went to our regular Japanese restaurant for lunch again. My boy always refer to this place as 'Sukiyaki' because most of the time we were there he will insist on ordering Sukiyaki set meal just because of an egg! *roll eyes*On the left is the Sukiyaki set meal that comes with rice, chawanmushi, miso soup, pickles, egg, two slices of fruit, and a scoop of Haagen Dazs ice-cream

Boy's Mid-year Progress Report

2006-05-26T17:01:00.000+08:00

The forgetful me missed the parent-teacher day at my boy’s kindy last Saturday. The circular about the change of date was distributed a month ago; which explains why I didn’t remember. (Aih… I shouldn’t be making excuses…) I had to go to the school on Tuesday to get his report card and progress update from the kindergarden.Anyway, I just wanted to make an entry here so boy gets to read it in

Langkawi Trip - Day 3

2006-05-18T08:00:00.000+08:00

Since we had visited the places we want, we took it easy on the 3rd day. Only woke up at 9am to freshen up for breakfast. After that we let the kids play in the pool again. After that we pack our things and checkout at about 1 pm and headed for Langkawi Parade again as MIL wanted to buy something. We left the shopping mall at about 3 pm to go to Kuah Jetty.We had lunch in KFC after FIL and hubby

Langkawi Trip - Day 2

2006-05-17T11:45:00.000+08:00

As early as 7:30am my boy started to stir in the bed. Must be he wanted to pee, I thought. True enough, after a few stirs he woke up and went to the toilet. He came back up on the bed, but it didn’t take long for him to start asking me to wake up. Haih… there’s no going back to sleep after the dragon has awaken.The suite includes buffet breakfast, so we had quite a heavy meal. We went to the

Langkawi Trip - Day 1

2006-05-16T21:28:00.000+08:00

Early in the morning of Wesak Day, we stopped by the Buddist Association in Burmah Road to pray before heading to Pier Sweetenham to board the ferry to Langkawi for short vacation. The two-and-a-half-hour ferry ride starts right on the dot at 8:30am. Boy and girl were fascinated; both of them peered out of the window as the ferry sail out into the open sea. Thank goodness none of us experienced

Filler Post

2006-05-10T19:56:00.000+08:00

I did this quiz as well when I did the previous.Your Dominant Intelligence is Spatial IntelligenceYour Dominant Intelligence is Spatial Intelligence You've got a good sense of space and how the world around you looks. You can close your eyes and "see" images. You have innate artistic talent. An eye for color and shapes, you're also a natural designer. Since you think in pictures, visual aids and

What's In My Name

2006-05-08T10:27:00.000+08:00

A lot of bloggers have done this before some time last year or the year before last. I did too, but the draft remained in my now defunct secret blog because this site was non-existent then. I did a name analysis for myself at http://miva.zodiacal.com/acro.mv just for fun. According to the website, recent studies by name societies disclosed that names influence character and do have a definite

At the Beach

2006-05-04T08:10:00.000+08:00

Originally we wanted to go to Penang Hill on Monday but it was raining cats and dogs there so Papa suggested to go the beach instead. Further more, a larger crowd would be expected since it was a public holiday.We went at about 4pm but the weather was just nice as there was an overcast. Papa and my brothers joined us. All of us just played sand :PMy boy asked me to take picture of his '

Day-Trip at Taiping Zoo

2006-05-03T12:03:00.000+08:00

Saturday was a sunny day in Penang. We had planned to go for a day trip to Taiping Zoo. So after we had lunch, we departed at 1pm towards Taiping. The journey on the highway was smooth, with the kids knocking off to dreamland rather quickly. As we drove into Kamunting, it started to drizzle. The drizzle soon turned into heavy rain as we rushed towards the zoo entrance. I guess Taiping is just

Ever Thoughtful Sister

2006-04-27T17:44:00.000+08:00

Since the day my girl knows how to request for food e.g. sweets, cheese, biscuits etc., she never fails to request one for her brother too. Sometimes, out of jest I’ll refuse to oblige her request on behalf the brother just to see how she’d react. And I tell you, she’s one persistent girl like her brother! *roll eyes*She will insist, and insist and cry until you give in. There are times when the

Choux Pastry

2006-04-24T15:49:00.000+08:00

Eheheh… this is one of my attempts to live up to my nickname :P Actually one of the reasons I started this blog is to document the recipes of food I like.I found this site when searching for simple cream puff recipe simply fell in love with this because the ingredients are simple and the steps easy to follow. Since the intent is making cream puffs, I didn’t include sugar in the choux pastry as

We went to watch Disney on Ice too!

2006-04-19T10:57:00.000+08:00

This post is obviously long overdue... heh! So we took the kids to watch Disney on Ice last Saturday. We watched the 4:30pm show. I will not be posting photos here since Michelle has posted some fantastic shots on her site. None of my shots can ever measure up to that.We had four tickets redeemed from some reward points. Since children under 3 years old do not require tickets, I brought my dad

Last Week's Emergency

2006-03-31T09:59:00.000+08:00

Pardon me for my lack of update in the last week. We had an emergency situation. Last week started quite okay as usual. Then on Tuesday morning, less than 2 hours after arriving in the office I recieved a phone call from home asking me to rush back. "You have to come back now!! There's something in girl's stool..." I could sense Mama's concern in her voice. After arriving at home and saw the

Big Gal's Toy

2006-03-20T00:28:00.000+08:00

Teeheehee... look what I've got for myself... *beaming*Tadaaa...Bought this last Saturday at the Canon warehouse sale. Man... it was crowded and the mechandises were selling like hot cakes. Initially I was eyeing the Powershot A520 which was on sale, but it was out of stock already. The staff there recommended the A530, which is a new model for the point and shoot range. With an addtional of

His definition of 火车

2006-03-15T15:51:00.000+08:00

This happened last week. My boy pointed to a Chinese sentence in his book and asked me, "Mama, what is this?""火车在铁路上行驶。means 'The train travels on rail tracks'.""No!!! 火 is FIRE, 车 is CAR; it's FIRE CAR!!! NOT train!""..."我，哭笑不得。Don't know should cry or laugh...

Little Picasso

2006-03-08T16:01:00.000+08:00

Thi s is what my boy drew last night. 儿子昨晚涂鸦的杰作。 Probably is a mutated octopus... hahah! Whaddaya think? ;)

Guess what commercial this is...

2006-03-07T16:38:00.000+08:00

Back when my brother was a toddler, he used to be attracted by TV commercials. Whenever the show stopped for commercial, he'd paused at whatever he was playing, eyes glued to the TV until the show came back on. Until such that my parents recorded about 30 minutes of TV commercials on the tape so that he won't run around while being fed; and he never gets bored even if the commercials were played

体重日记

2006-03-02T17:15:00.000+08:00

昨晚儿子从婆婆卧房盥洗室里的秤搬出来玩。首先他自己站上去磅，跟着问我数目是多少。“你有十七点五公斤重。好了，轮到妹妹的时候了。” 把妹妹抱起放到秤上站。“妹妹是十公斤。”“妈妈，轮到你的时候。”儿子坚持要我站到秤上去。“好吧…好吧！”我敷愆着站上去。秤上标度迅速飙升，晃了几晃后停下来。“妈妈是XX公斤。”告诉儿子的语气平平淡淡，心底里却是暗喜。呵呵呵… 望到颈长的梦想终于实现了。生儿子后两年多的日子，还没办法恢复到怀孕前的体重，就怀了女儿。产后没有刻意节食减肥，现在又可以如愿以偿，尽管这XX公斤可能只维持一天（因为我很嘴馋），我还是一样高兴。虽然说体重轻了一点，腹部的肥肉依然如是。该瘦的地方没瘦，该丰满的地方却不长多一点肥肉。*叹*

短发

2006-02-23T18:55:00.000+08:00

昨天放工时匆匆赶回家，为了赶在六时前抵达理发师那儿。我常光顾的理发师是住家形式的，所以收费比一般店面理发院低；营业时间至傍晚六时。咻！还好终于在五时五十五分赶到了。按门铃。“要剪发。”“嗯。进来。”“就剪这样的发型好了。看来好像比较时髦。”我指着贴在墙上报纸剪报漂亮女生的头发。“是啊，现在比较流行这样的。”“你还真舍得呵！把留到这么长的头发剪掉。不可惜吗？”“不会啦。头发还会长啊… 以后还可以再蓄长发。”拤。拤。拤。一撮撮的发丝从头飘落。丝毫没有不舍。心里只有期盼新发型带来得清新形象。二十分钟后，驱车回家的路途上，整个头感觉上轻盈许多。****************************************************家里人的反应妈妈∶*脸上的表情尽是！？！？！？* 怎么把原本好好漂亮微卷的头发剪了?花了至少几十块钱烫头发，现在竟然剪了。不是很浪费吗？哦哦哦..

Baby, you are two!

2006-02-19T22:00:00.000+08:00

To my precious princess,Happy 2nd Birthday!With love always,Mama XXOOXX We had a little BBQ party for close family members only i.e. my parents and siblings, parent-in-laws and hubby's aunt who visited us on that day.These are what we had; sausages, prawns, dory fish marinated in curry paste and kaffir lime leaves chicken wings and sirloin steaks. We had lamb chops, eggplant and garlic bread too

Saying "I Love You"

2006-02-03T23:29:00.000+08:00

The kindy which my son attends has special programme during the month of December (yes, the time when every other school-going children are having long holidays), which is compulsory for all children to attend. The special programme has different theme from year to year. In 2004 the theme was "The world of pets" where they learn about different animals that are kept as pets and were taken on a

Happy Chinese New Year!

2006-01-26T14:20:00.000+08:00

祝大家新年快乐身体健康岁岁皆如意年年尽平安

Lucky 4 Meme

2006-01-24T08:25:00.000+08:00

4 Jobs I’ve Had In My Life- Accounts clerk- Standard Chartered Bank clerk- EHS Officer- Engineer4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over- Little Mermaid - Disney's animation (I love the songs)- Fantasia - Disney's animation- Aladdin - Disney's animation- Finding Nemo4 TV Shows I Love To Watch- CSI: Las Vegas- CSI: New York- CSI: Miami- Grey's Anatomy4 Places I’ve LivedPenang, Penang, Penang, Penang4

Home-made Square Pizza

2006-01-23T10:10:00.000+08:00

Ever tried baking your own pizza? I mean doing it from scratch... kneading the dough, making the sauce base, deciding the preferred toppings etc... ? Now it's time to make you drool, kkkz :D Presenting to you a home-made square pizza by my brother. Yummy! :)Actually the photos were taken two weeks ago, but I had to wait for my brother to send them to me. A close-up shot of the toppings...

Laundry Art Attack!

2006-01-20T18:32:00.000+08:00

My boy loves watching Art Attack on Play House Disney channel. "The series began in 1989 and has been on CiTV ever since. Over 180 programmes have been made, and the series is now seen in 32 countries around the world, including six non-English speaking countries where there is a different presenter!"The show is hosted by Neil Buchanan, who teaches differenct art techniques, shares creative

Meme: Getting to know more about you...

2006-01-16T12:27:00.000+08:00

Aiyah... got tagged again...The Rules: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom spot.1. My All 2. All About Zara3. Double Happiness and My Feelings4. Snippets of Life5. iamadomesticgoddessThen you select five people to pass the love on to:I choose to pass the love on to everyone (that means you, you and you there!)...

太感动了！

2005-12-29T19:30:00.000+08:00

刚刚爸爸通过messenger转寄了一系列摄影作品的网络牵引，说实在是太感动了（被感动到流泪的地步），所以叫我去看看。他还说这作品-“俺爹俺娘”，让他想起他的父母（就是我的爷爷和奶奶），然后叫我告诉他观后感。对某些人来说可能这些只是很普通的相片，但是它背后的故事相当感人。我一边看一边强制自己眼眶里打转的泪不要留下来，鼻子也酸酸的。看完以后，眼泪差点就夺眶而出了！*噢，很眼浅嗬？！*很久没被感动了吗？去看看吧... 希望看了以后会懂得珍惜及孝敬双亲。爸爸妈妈，我爱你们！

Season's Greetings

2005-12-22T17:30:00.000+08:00

*Merry Christmas ***& *Happy New Year!

Being called jie-jie

2005-12-20T16:05:00.000+08:00

Kembang post ahead. Be warned!!! *kihkihkih*I briefly mentioned about the department dinner in the earlier post and that I won one of the lucky draw. One thing I left out was -Before the dinner starts, we mingled at different tables. There were some who brought their child along. Then I spotted one colleague who brought her baby daugther (who happens to be about 2 months younger than my girl).

Just for the sake of updating...

2005-12-20T11:06:00.000+08:00

It's been quite a while since my last post. I'd like to apologize to those who visited but left with disappointment due to no new post (chewah perasan!!! as if I have a following...). Anyway, here I am attempting to write something, even though my mind is blank!! Hey at least I try okay...For a start, may be I'll just blab about what's keeping me busy for the last two weeks. First, there's the

Unable to log into gmail

2005-12-13T11:56:00.000+08:00

Since last week I've been having problems to log into my google email accounts. The page failed to load everytime I press enter after keying in the password. I've tried deleting the cookies, temporary files, even histories! Still page fails to load. I've even tried to log in from another computer; same problem. So definitely not the computer's fault. The accounts seemed alright as I can log in to

Happy Birthday My Boy!

2005-12-05T15:46:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow will be my boy’s 5th birthday. My original plan was to bake him a cheese sponge cake to celebrate on Sunday, but it didn’t turn out nicely. :( Sponge cake is a bit tricky! Therefore the idea of letting him decorate the cake with colourful M&M’s on whipping-top had to be scrapped. We just had the cake as is, during tea time.Tomorrow evening I will buy a simple cake after work so that he

“Mama, look at mei-mei!"

2005-11-22T15:38:00.000+08:00

This happened during the Raya holidays.One afternoon my girl woke up from her nap and was sitting on the mattress while watching me undress her brother for bath. As usual, my boy whined and refused to go into the bathroom, stood by our bed near the mattress. As I turned around wanting to coax my boy into the bathroom after putting the dirty clothes into the laundry basket, I was amused to see my

领成绩报告册

2005-11-15T08:50:00.000+08:00

上个星期六去恩的幼稚园领成绩报告册和与他的班主任讨论他下半学年的表现。你可能问：哇唠！才幼稚园喔… 要考试和有成绩报告册的咩？对，没错！好象很可怕呵？！连幼稚园都要考试！我第一次听到时也是蛮震惊的。可能这是为了吸引那些比较注重课程提纲及功课的父母送他们的孩子去的吧… （嘿，我不注重考试的喔… 而且最好回家没功课。但是由于这间幼稚园最近了，才把他送到那儿去）虽然起先觉得有点怪怪的（指去领成绩报告册），但倒回来想，其实不错嘛，证明老师除了只是教书，还要了解各个小孩的进展，潜能以及弱点。尤其在同龄团体里的表现，并不是在家里可以观察的。所以我开始庆幸幼稚园有主办教师与家长的交流。老师给我看恩的考试式卷。其中两科老师说他因情绪化没有心做；因为一科复习和考试时都没专心听，另一科则空着一张没做，结果老师隔天批改时发现才给他重做。老师还问我，是不是接近考试时没有特别教他或跟他复习。*脸红* 哎！

New Spectacles

2005-11-14T16:15:00.000+08:00

My frameless spectacles was broken by my girl last month. She likes to grab it when I carry her; of course not everytime. There are times I manage to hold on to my specs and a game of tug-of-war ensued! LOL! Or I will lower her and sway my head back as far as I could to avoid her hands reaching my specs. Normally I can tell when she's going to grab my specs; she'll sort of look into your eyes and

Food and Childhood Memories

2005-11-11T16:52:00.000+08:00

This simple woman tagged me again for a meme regarding food; I still owe her one on the routine check thingy… but that’s gonna kill a lot of me brain cells so I’d conveniently forget that for now. :PAhhh… my favourite food *think, think, think* It’s going to be a problem listing them all down because I simply have too many! This just shows what a glutton I am huh? Instead of listing each dish, I’

What I did during the holidays...

2005-11-08T17:00:00.000+08:00

Before the holidays, I had listed the things I wanted to do here. Since I am too lazy to think of something to write, might as well share whether I stick to my plans or not.1. brings son to his concertIt was on Deepavali day, very rush in the morning because my boy has to arrive at 9am even though the concert will only start at 10am. To make matters worse, he refused to let me put make-up on him!

Baking Cheese Cake

2005-11-07T11:54:00.000+08:00

The plan to bake cheese cake is actually to use up the Tesco digestive biscuits I bought sometime ago. The biscuits are good on its own, except that the chocolate on top of the biscuit has sort of melted. It’s quite messy to store in room temperature, so I put it in the fridge. Turned out that now all the biscuits are stuck to each other, there’s no way to separate the biscuits without breaking

Holiday Plans

2005-10-25T13:55:00.000+08:00

Reading Willwolf's plans about the holidays next week spur me to list down the activities I have in mind for next week. Of course not as many as ten... and hor, I won't be listing down some of the private activities... la. 1. brings son to his concert2. do my hair -- hahah, the vain me kicks in again! 3. go try Korean restaurant in Gurney Plaza4. take photos at the marina -- for my eyes only

My Precious, My Joy

2005-10-24T15:03:00.000+08:00

"Hello aunties and uncles, my mama is lazy today she has decided to just post up our photos instead. " Sorry. Photos had been removed.Needs no introduction, here's my boy and girl. Photos taken quite some time ago.

What actually happened...

2005-10-17T22:07:00.000+08:00

Last Friday I received an IM from a counterpart (from other site but on business trip to Penang). I don’t know him personally. Just so happened he was presenting his paper last Wednesday, in a meeting to us review board members. It went something like this.Counterpart : hiDG : yes?Counterpart : you are the one with the glasses right? In the meeting on WednesdayDG : yes...Counterpart : oh nothing.

How would you react if...

2005-10-17T16:01:00.000+08:00

... suppose somebody, of the opposite sex, gives you a flattering comment i.e. you are pretty/handsome? Although this question may apply to just anyone, I would especially be intereseted in how you married people out there respond. You wouldA. Thank the person then keep quiet.B. Thank the person then immediately tell him/her you are married.C. Thank the person then continue flirting.D. None of

On Avatar

2005-10-14T16:15:00.000+08:00

Since starting this blog, I've been searching high and low to find a suitable avatar. At first, thought of using simple, nice shot of sandwich or salad but then I ditched the idea because this is not a food blog. Then not so long ago Mumsgather introduced Otaku Avatar; I checked out the site and played with it but still not statisfied with the result. I left it at there then.This morning as I

Sun Shines After Rain

2005-10-12T10:57:00.000+08:00

终于雨过天晴了。湿气还在，但随着阳光出现会慢慢蒸发掉。希望能快快寻回已流失的温暖。Blogging resumes... errr... however I don't have anything to post yet. To Maria and Shiaulin, no I'm not doing confinement for my sis :P

Hiatus

2005-10-05T13:25:00.000+08:00

业主有事，暂时休业。

32 The Mansion

2005-09-30T16:16:00.000+08:00

There's this restaurant called 32 The Mansion near E&O Hotel; actually it's on the left before reaching E&O Hotel. Gosh I don't know what is the road name, just know how to get there. This is the building's exterior. Looks grand eh? It's a colonial building by the sea.We had dinner there before the mid-autumn day, to celebrate MIL's and hubby's birthday. Yeah, their birthday is just one day apart

My Sis's Bundle of Joy

2005-09-29T12:38:00.000+08:00

I'm very excited for my sister, for she brings a new addition to the family today! *smiling from ear to ear* Both mother and baby are doing well. I'm going to visit them tonight. Tata!

The Piano

2005-09-27T13:38:00.000+08:00

I promised to take pictures of my new toy after it's been delivered to the house. So here it is.Still looks new. I've been playing it when I have the time and simply love the sound and touch. I guess I don't regret the purchase after all. The boss of the shop I bought the piano from will be coming over to tune the piano this Saturday. It's funny how our limbs/fingers seem to have memory of their

Sickness Spell

2005-09-21T11:15:00.000+08:00

My boy has just recovered from fever, still have coughs and lots of phlegms. He whines about everything when he is not well. My girl started having high fever on monday night; was worried so I took emergency leave yesterday. Her temperature is slightly down this morning. *Phew!* I am having a stubborn sore throat (even swallowing hurts) that wouldn't go away. I am exhausted from not sleeping well

The Seven Things Meme

2005-09-19T11:33:00.000+08:00

Gee… I thought being a newbie in the blogsphere means I won’t have to worry about being tagged with memes. How wrong I was! Not only being tagged, but tagged twice!! First was by Willwolf, then by Twinsmom. Willwolf said, “Girls, if you don’t do the meme, then I will hamsap you.” So…so… I better do the meme or else…Seven things you plan to do before you die :i. Watch my children grow up and be

Hugs and Kisses

2005-09-07T11:30:00.000+08:00

This morning I fetched the children to Mama's place as usual. As I was about to leave for work, I asked Jean to walk to me for a hug.DG: Come Jean, hug hug... *extending hands*Jean: *toddling quickly to me and gave a hug*I planted a kiss on her cheek, then asked her to go to Mama for breakfast. She walked to the dining table, then before I was getting up from squatting position, she turned around

Finally I decided on...

2005-09-05T16:33:00.000+08:00

Tadaaa... this!!source from hereYup, I’m getting my children myself a big and expensive toy; it’s a Yamaha U3 upright piano. Tee hee hee…Actually, the offer that I mentioned was for a new Yamaha U1J, those used in ABRSM exams. The taukeh-soh quoted the price of an examination model unit for a brand new piano, which is too good to be true！ That means it is about 25% off the retail price，albeit

Excited over...

2005-09-02T18:00:00.000+08:00

I'm very very excited now :) :) No, excited is still an understatement. How to describe huh? Let's see... Urmmm... like you have eyed on buying *something* for quite awhile already but couldn't yet because of the exorbitant pricing. So you keep surveying around hoping to catch a good deal from dealers or stores. Then unexpectedly, you found out about this great offer from a display in a

Frog!!!

2005-08-24T11:07:00.000+08:00

Never underestimate toys; they are not only fun to play with, children learn from them. My MIL bought a set of rubber bathtub frogs for Jean when she was a baby. She knows that's frog because we told her so. Now she could identify a few different animals like dog (which she calls wouh-wouh), cat (she calls it mao 猫）, bear (be it polar bear or brown bear), frog (she says fog) , fish (she

My New Look

2005-08-22T18:00:00.000+08:00

Hey, if you are not visiting me for the first time, did you notice any difference here? *winks* I have finally stumbled upon an image I think is suitable for dressing up my site. I had to edit the original image by using paint brush *sigh*... yeah you've heard me right, paint brush...! Because I don't have photoshop in my computer, and my photoshop skill is nil too! LOL! Nevertheless, I'm quite

Walking... Talking...

2005-08-19T23:59:00.000+08:00

Today my girl is exactly eighteen months old.I came back from work to find that she's finally walking! Woohoo... I am so so happy! Yup! Walking on her own whithout holding anyone's hand around mama's house. She walked to the kitchen to see 'ah mar', after a while walked to the living to play with 'ah kung'. Basically she explored mama's house on her own the whole day!Besides walking, she had

一只小小鸟

2005-08-18T14:10:00.000+08:00

This is what my colleague shared with me just before lunch. It is a song called 一只小小鸟 rendered by a little girl, with the lyrics been modified. Click here to listen. Very cute huh!!?

Singing Baby

2005-08-11T10:38:00.000+08:00

This is the english version of what I about Jean in mandarin a few post back. I promised Big Bok I would write in English; so here it is :)About two months ago, I sang "How much is that doggie in the window?" song for Jean while lullaby her to sleep. The lyrics go something like this,How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!)The one with the waggley tailHow much is that doggie in the

Spagetti Carbonara

2005-08-09T09:40:00.000+08:00

Not many people here have heard about spaghetti carbonara; I asked some of my colleagues, they have never heard of it. I asked Jason, he too has never heard nor eaten it. I think most people here associate spaghetti with only tomato based sauces. In fact I was one of those people too until hubby introduced me to one of his favourite Italian food, pasta (any type you fancy; spaghetti, fetuccine,

笑话篇加猜谜

2005-08-03T15:26:00.000+08:00

看了twinsmom土阿妈的朋友在回邮中用李义廉来表达无耻后，让我想起了以前读过的一则笑话。故事大纲是这样的：从前某镇上有位颇有势力又爱炫耀的富商，一意想把自己的儿子栽培成写作天才。结果从小就请了老师到家里教他写作。但是这位公子显然在这方面没什么天份，凭后天再怎么努力，也写不出好文章来。而且作的作文都是好像现在小学一年级的程度。这么多年来，老师也换了很多个。原因皆是由于教了并没什么改进，总是不开窍。老师也清楚这是天资不足，却又不敢跟富商实话实说；怕得罪了他。所以个个教了几年都找理由请辞了；到最后那个老师请辞时更骗他说他儿子已学会了写作的窍门。此富商很开心；他就把一篇儿子写的文章拿给镇里一位有名的作家评阅。作家看了过后心里很好笑，却又不想因为太直接的批评而开罪了富商。他想了想，结果评了一句“七窍懂了六窍”。富商看了很高兴；七窍懂了六窍也... 儿子真的是开窍了！

Birth of Jean - Part II

2005-08-02T17:01:00.000+08:00

We arrived at the maternity ward. The nurses quickly hooked up the CTG for me. Hubby was with me so not as boring as in the afternoon. Close to six o’clock, my ob-gyn dropped by to check on me before leaving the clinic. She’d asked me to admit straight away as the baby is going to arrive soonest tonight or latest tomorrow morning. I pleaded with her to let me go back for a shower first heheheh… (

Birth of Jean - Part I

2005-08-01T18:16:00.000+08:00

Year 2004, February 19th ~ 0250hourI stirred in my sleep; felt a mild cramp in the tummy. That could be just a false labour sign since I was only 8 days away from my EDD, so I thought and went back to sleep.Ring…… *alarm went off **yawn…* and *stretch*. Reluctantly I got out of bed and washed up to get ready for work. The slight contraction came again, I glanced at my watch to mentally note the