Goodbye 2013, Welcome 2014

With another few hours to year 2014, I want to end 2013 with my blogging again! I had stopped for 3 solid years...oh dear..is really a long time... I am a pure lazy bum.....

2013 pass like a flash of lightning, a lot had happened around me, good and bad. I hope that everything will be better with the coming new year.

I found this interesting storage box during my online retail therapy.. SAHM needs a lot of retail therapy to unwind you know, as I had a hard time dragging all 3 kiddos to go shopping. Online purchase proof to be God's gift for all SAHM! just little knickknack purchase will smoother my rough day kekekeke. Ya you had not heard me wrongly, my little princess had arrived with a little hiccup in year 2010. Well I had stopped blogging for sometime and I did not update the massive complication that I had during my delivery. Maybe will record in this blog next time. Meanwhile I was really excited over this new "Toy" I found!

Finally! Discover The Secret That's Got More Than 100,000 Lego Crazy Kids (and their Moms) WORLDWIDE Actually *LOVING* Tidying Up Their LEGO Mess

TA TA TA TA!...... ( with sound of the drum rolling)

Most mum has the experience of your kids playing lego and leave them all around! And Ouch! Worse when you step on one. Mummies and the kids will have a hard time sorting and packing( usually is the mummy who had to pack). Normally what do we do? Just dump everything into the box. The kids will had a hard time digging for smaller odd pieces.

Voila, now with this new 'Toy' all u need to do is dump the pieces into the top container and shake. It has different sizes of grid and thus the smallest will fall to the bottom.. Here is some picture to illustrate

Isn't it AMAZING  ! YESSSSSS this is definately a godsend invention for all families with LEGO!!! I must pester my hubby to get one! (Need to inform him coz this does not come as knickknack price..my knickknack price is something below $15, this is US 29.95 so need to inform the boss :) I bet my kids will be thrilled to keep the lego! 

Click on the http://www.box4blox.com/cmd.php?af=1570811 to purchase online for those who are interested.

Year 2010

This is another eventful year for me. Guess what, 2 month after i lost my angel, i lose my dog... she suffered from stroke and the quality of life deteriorate.. make a painful decision to put her down. Medicine don't seem to help her much. She was totally blind, hind leg cannot move much... geez.

Realised i was pregnant again in jan 2010 and my princess is coming next month. Hope will be a good start. Unfortunately, my mum had a brain haemorrhage, is really a nightmare coming true.. is really sad and painful for her and the family.. financially and mentally stressed up. Now the maid is so stressed up tat she wanted to quit! gosh .. the whole seem tumbling down!!!!! No matter wat life had to goes on even if it dun turn out the way we like.... hope fate will give us some breathing space soon.....

Goodbye my Angel....

Has been ages since i updated my blog. It has been a eventful year for me. I had moved house,I had stop working to become full time home maker... and last of all I lost a new angel.

The pregnancy caught me by surprise and sadly my wonderful surprise was so shortlived...it just came to an end. I had been sick since i was pregnant, cough, flu and hives. The doctor cannot detect any heartbeat and confirmed the lost 2 weeks later after detailed scan. My world was so shattered. Initially the pregnancy filled me with fear and uncertainty... then the joy of new life falls in... the anticipation and started looking forward to my 3 angels playing together. And maybe, the new angel would be a girl! Too many boys at home and would be nice to have a little gal. My hubby would love tat. Then, world came to a halt.... WHY ME??? did i eat something wrong or wat???? Am i too old??? Tons of question crosses my mind....

My case is blighted ovum.. read in the internet and realised I am not alone, a friend of mine had the same case last year too. I choose to let the body expel the water sac and whatever that is left in the womb out instead of ERPC. Thank you my lost angel, everything came out smoothly on 31 Aug 2009 after 3-4 hours of contraction. Kind of relieved but also sad that it wipe out any kind of small miricle I am wishing for.

Thanks the moral support from hubby who himself is upset too. He had make me feel so much better. Maybe is just not fated that for my little angel to come to our family. Still nursing my wounded heart... and wherever u are my angel, thank you for stopping for a brief moment of your time in our life. You have make me realised how precious life is and appreciated what I already have. Goodbye my angel.....

Gingerman & Gal are coming to Town

Has been a long time since I update my blog. Is not that I am extremely busy, is just that I suffered a bite from lazy bug. X'Mas is coming and I had been baking and trying out new recipe from the recipe my hubby bought for me. Hmm.mm or should i say my hubby paid for me. He is not those who shop for recipe books for wife. I tried prune muffin today and it turn out great. My mother in law like it and suggested that i must as well make some to sell. Hahahaha, I am those "aggaration" cook whose food turn out differently when I try to cook 1 month later.

I saw this nice gingerbread man ready mix powder at NTUC that day so I bought a pack to bake. Is fun! My son loves it. Forgot to take a pic of the box. It came with a gingerbread man cutter, decoration chocolate and icing. Manage to make for my friends who came to visit me that day. We have a small gathering party. Too bad we had so much food that my gingerbread man was being ignored :( Atlas, is ok, at least I make my son know what is a gingerbread man :) I made some gals too coz i have a gal cutter at home.

China Milk Scandal

I read the recent new with horror, is not that Lehman brother had bankrupt or Morgen Stanley is getting into trouble... is the MILK HORROR! China's milk scandal escalated dramatically as it emerged the illegal chemical blamed for killing four babies had been detected in a wide range of dairy products, leading to mass recalls.Authorities in mainland China said melamine, the chemical normally used in plastics that was initially found in infant milk powder, was also in regular milk being sold by three of the country's biggest dairy companies. Even before the milk scandal, foreign media investigations had discovered wide use of melamine in China to give livestock feed the appearance of higher protein content. So, in long run we dun know what will happen to those who ate the chicken, duck and cow. The unscrupulous people is really inhuman, they should have kids of their own too! How can they do such thing.

Although we always trusted Singapore that most of the imported product is safe but this time round we are not so lucky. The test result show that the yogurt bar and milk are tainted too! My neighbour's girl used to drink alot of Morn milk, her mum buy in carton! Bet she is very worried now. I drank 1 small packet when they are given as sample pack during promotion :( GEEZ... I just started to trust china product after Olympic and now....

Guess is best stick to basic, breast milk is the safest, not tainted, all natural, is free (important coz of inflation) and it came with nice container! I am so glad that I total breast feed my 2 son as long as I could. Hope all mummies do so too.

More news can be read here:

http://www.xin.sg/article.php?article=23692
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aJk9YS__guLc&refer=asia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7624969.stm

Mee Hoon Kueh

This 2 day has been cooking a bit more. Yesterday some friends visited me so i cook Japanese curry, fried chicken and Wu xiang. Too bad the wu xiang (five spice meat roll) turn out lousy coz the bean curd skin was a bit rancid. I was having a bad flu and did not realise it. To make it worse, my maid who help me to mince the pork did not do a good job, leaving it quite chunky and I totally forgotten to put in onion :( Is the worse wu xiang I ever made. So, lesson learned, dun do wu xiang when u have flu and dun let the maid chop the pork.

I went back to the provision shop today to demand money back returned for the rancid bean curd skin! I still have some left over, I think I look fierce, she immediately agree to let me exchange for any other stuff. So I ended up buying brown rice for Matt and flour. I was thinking to make mee hoon kueh for a long time but never got the mood to do so. Today is hubby IPPT and I guess he would like some hot piping dinner after the failed IPPT :(

I was glad it was a success. I manage to make the kueh chewy, together with the ikan bilis soup, cai xin, mince meat, prawn, fried ikan bilis and shallot.. is heaven! To perfect it, chilli padi with soya sauce to go with it.

Here is the recipe.

Mee Hoon Kueh
(enough for 4-5 person)

400gm plain flour and half a tsp salt. Add water bit by bit and knead it for 10 mins till u get and smooth round dough. Add 1 tbsp oil and knead it in. Cover with damp cloth for half and hour.

Soup base
Fried some ikan bilis and soya bean with garlic and ginger till fragrant. Add water and boil on high fired for 10 mins and low fired for another 50 mins.

I cook one bowl at a time so the kueh will not be overcook. Heat up enough soup for 1 person and add in cai xin. Peel the kueh by hand, sort of flatten it and throw into the boiling soup. when is cooked, it will float. Add in mince meat and prawn last or else it will be too cook. Add in fried ikan bilis, shallot and coriander and ready to serve.

PS the pic is bad coz I use my handphone to take.

Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh!

Recently I have not been updating my blog. the whole family took turn to fall sick, including my maid. My mum too, has been hospitalise and my dad had a sprain. The whole world seem to spin round and round and to make it worse, Sam has not over with his terrible 2 stage although he is already 3.

Well he is not naughty but sometime children tend to do something funny to drive mummies crazy. Ask the mummies around and u know. Recently Sam has been complaining that he had a tummy ache and want to vomit. This went on for a week and we are kind of getting worried. I had tried to put Ru Yi You and gave him some medication for his wind in tummy but this continue on. He seem to be ok, other then complaining about this he has been behaving quite normal, eat well and play as if there is no tomorrow. I can't help wondering if he is trying to get my attention as I have been giving Matt alot of attention as he cried alot lately due to teething.

Today I think I may have solved the mystery of the tummy ache and the disappearance of his tooth paste! His baby first toothpaste seem to deplete at amazing rate! I caught him red handed a few time before that he squeezed alot on his toothbrush so I thought he has been wasting it again. Tonight as I was brushing my teeth, I asked him to brush his too. He came in and took his toothbrush and toothpaste. After opening his toothpaste he put the tube of paste in his mouth and start squeezing! He has been eating the toothpaste all this while I guess! Althought baby first toothpaste can be swallow but he has been EATING it! My GOD I nearly fainted. I wonder how long has this has been going on as sometime he would sneak into the toilet to comb his hair and pee on his own. I screamed at him, I know is bad to do that but I was in shock! He still look at me with the innocence face and say "Huh?" I dunno to laugh or to cry. My head went spinning round and round again. Next week is the school 1 week break and hubby is going for his reservist, my goodness, the world start spinning again.