23.08.10 / Family, Tags, photography / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (7)
Tags: Bukit Jalil Park
Funny title for some graduation pictures though!
I wish to dedicate this post to my SIL, a single mother who went through so much to bringing up her 3 girls, by herself. She went through the most difficult moment when her hubby passed away at young age, 3 weeks before she gave birth to her 3rd daughter. I can’t imagine the traumatic moment that she had been through at that stage.
Although her mum was just a few doors away (late MIL helped her to take care of her 3 girls while she was away at work), bringing up 3 girls is surely not easy. I married hubby when her girls are at teenage and saw some struggle episodes she been through. Although all her 3 girls were very obedient, cries, fights over jealousy obviously cannot be avoid at such age. She surely was a very tough woman to go through all those hard and cold years by herself, probably could only cry inside on many occasions, without a ear to listen or a shoulder to cry one.
However those are all passed and now SIL is blessed with 3 grown up girls. So girls, its time to pay back ya!
Her eldest has just finished chambering and will soon become an official lawyer. And now my 2 younger nieces, have just graduated and will soon go into workforce.
Proud SIL with her 3 single handed brought up girls
My QQ is so chubby right?
Our simple photography sessions ended up with all of us gobbling lots of ice-cream before leaving.
Photoshoot was done at Bkt Jalil Park. Although the weather was beautiful that evening, it was very humid and hot too.
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29.07.10 / Family, Pre-school, Primary, QQ, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (23)
Tags: chinese books for children, hong ching ting, odonata books, Odonata Series, Peter and Jane, peter and jane book series, peter and jane kindergarten, peter and jane ladybird books
Due to my laziness, QQ is still not as good in her study like most children at age 6. She gets ZERO during BM Ejaan and Chinese Ding Xie beginning of this year. No English spelling yet until now. But well, its all past. Hence, it’s time to do something now, one by one and we have got 6 full m0nths to go, before she goes to Std 1 in Primary school next year.
English
I notice that the books her school using (Sunshine Books) is not very effective for my slow learner. Therefore I started her on Peter and Jane a few months back, starting from the lowest level. QQ now completes Level 3 (although a friend of hers can already read up to Level 5!). Ok, not comparing (BUT I JUST CAN”T HELP IT!!!!), but at least I am glad to see her enjoying reading English now compare to previous.
Peter and Jane Series (Rm9.90 per book)
Where to buy: Popular (10% off for members, and sometimes 20% during sales)
Chinese
I speak very fluent Mandarin, but you will be surprise I cannot read a single word. Not even my own kids’ names. Chinese is the most helpless subject for me as I cannot understand to guide her on her homework. Again, the books used in her school isn’t effective enough for a slow learner like her.
Many good friends in Facebook (even her school teacher!) recommended the Odotana Pre-school Series (I understand that many pre-school are using this) and I must say the books are FANTASTIC in teaching Mandarin. Even I learned a lot Chinese words recognition from the Odonata Series.
Odonata Series consist of Reading Books (word recogniti0n), CD, Story Book, CD Game, Flash Card
Where to buy: It’s cheapest at their website
Chinese Strokes /Pinyin: http://www.nciku.com/ (I use this whenever I need to guide QQ on her school Chinese Writing)
How it works
Peter and Jane and Odonata shares the same method, repetition. From the lowest level, the page introduce a new word and it slowly goes into a short phrase, then sentences. Each time you flip the book, you will see lots of words repetition PLUS A NEW WORD (stated below). For Chinese, there is also guide on stroke writing. So its all REPEAT and REPEAT, simple right?
For the Odonata Series, I did not buy the complete set. Just the reading books and some stories, level by level. I do not want to buy the revision book, as I do not wish to test QQ this way (Glenn Doman is totally against testing the kid, remember?) Kids hate homework, hate test and since they will be tortured badly in our education system later anyway, why not spare them at home? I feel that it is good enough to cultivate reading and she will recognise the words slowly by reading.
Oh yes, I also bought the CD GAME and it is very interesting! Tell you, if the kids cannot recognise the words, she won’t be able to play it. That’s what I want, FUN LEARNING!!!!
Appreciate if you could share some links to online games your kids are enjoying (pre-school level) if you think it can helps QQ to improve. Also, I need recommendation on BM books to brush up her BM, please.
p/s: I was very surprise when Hui Sia told me that pre-school kids in China is not being tested in preschool. Eh, we are talking about CHINA ler! The most competitive community in the world and yet they spare their young kids, how surprising right? And yet in Malaysia, we are torturing our little ones, at such young age (if you have read the recent change, for eg. Entry school at Age 4, LINUS for primary kids, heavy bags with tonnes of home work, bla..bla..bla…and ALL KIND OF NUTS!!
07.06.10 / Celebration, Child's Play, Chin Nee, Family, Parenting, QQ, Tags, best & good, remember me / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (26)
Tags: beading for kids, princess tea party
Finally on Saturday 3pm, 5/6/2010
- Food : Curry chicken, fried mee hoon, Hokkien Popiah, Cheesy cocktails, Fishballs, Fried Tauhu, Red Eggs
- Dessert: Tab-Tim-Krob (the biggest hit. Too bad I forgot to take a picture of the dish!)
As if knowing that there would be a party in that afternoon, the boys napped less than an hour. Both of them woke up while we were half way done in the kitchen. And worse part of all, they were extremely cranky due to less sleep, so I had to carry one on my hand all time...GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
See me behind carrying Korkor and being kepit by Didi ? I did not manage to participate much in the kids activities or take better pictures during the party 
While waiting for all to arrive, the girls did some simple coloring first. Then they proceed to do the first craft, their own princess crown. Since everything was prepared earlier (see materials needed), steps are pretty simple as we have everything pre-cut for the girls, thanks to help to the Mummies (as I did not manage to get them all done upfront due to the last minute printing).
Since it is still early and I guess everyone just had lunch, we proceed to make the Crystal Princess Bracelets (info of the materials needed and where I got them). Initially I thought it would be difficult for the little girls to do the beads arrangement and threading, but I was surprised that each girls manage to thread on their own. Bravo PRINCESSES!
Audrey, QQ and Iris showing off their handmade PRINCESS Crystal Bracelets
7 princesses (plus 2 body guards) waiting to sing the birthday song. Just realized that we forgot to take a family picture with QQ!
QQ’s birthday cake - A 1kg Strawberry Shortcake (from a nearby baker) with my own customized Diamond Castle Edible Image (refer to this post on how you can have your favourite edible image for your cake delivered to your doorstep)
After the cake cutting, the girls proceed to play some games on their own. I like having the girls around. It is really fun seeing the girls behaving nicely instead of jumping here and there like the boys do. At about 5pm, the guests are getting ready to leave. So they requested QQ to open up the presents.
We also packed some small gifts for lucky draw so everyone gets a party pack home.
After the party, we still have so much leftover on the food so I got to call another 2 friends and their family to come over for a simple dinner that night to help us finish off the food 
QQ with her presents. Although it was a very small party at home (as planned and friends invited exactly to her wish), it was really a very tiring but fun day for QQ.
13.05.10 / Family, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (28)
(today marked the 3rd day of Grandpa’s funeral, in Melaka)
When I was young and taken care by Grandma, I was very close to my Grandpa. He always buy me little gifts to play when he comes home cycling back from work in the evening. At times I got balloons wrapped in newspaper, sometimes Pilot lead for my mechanical pencil, and sometimes simple kuih-muih which I love to eat. He even made me kites and windmills from the newspaper and my Grandma’s lidi broom. (It’s weird as I don’t remember having such fun moment with my father!)
I heard from my grandmother and father that they (he and his 2 brothers) were very afraid of him when they were younger. Everyone described him as a very stern and no-nonsense father. But with me, he becomes completely a different person. Perhaps he has no daughter of his own, so he treated me, his first grandchild like one?
Grandpa never stop learning. As I grow up and went to school, he read a lot of my English grammer books. I remembered him asking me new words, on how to speak and how to use them. He was working as an account clerk. Even though he had retired, he still go to work (more of spending time out with his friends), doing simple account for an association, up to age 89.
As his knees were getting weaker, he could not cycling anymore in this very busy traffic. Father and 3rd uncle had to send and pick him up daily to work, as he just refuse to sit at home quietly.
On last Sunday, 9 May 2010 4pm (Mother’s Day), was the last day of his life. Father reached Grandpa’s work place at 4pm evening, to pick Grandpa back from work. It was raining and the steps from the association was slippery. He slipped on the 2nd step while coming down the stairs, and hit hard on the back of his head right in front of my father’s eyes.
As he was bleeding profusely, father sent him to a nearby clinic but the doctor found that only light bruise and no stitches were needed. Instead he was sent home but he was still bleeding, according to my aunt.
Back home, he then started to act weird. He flipped the calender, as if looking at the date, then scooped a bowl of rice. Instead of eating, he walked away. Sensing something amiss, 3rd aunt asked him to sit down again and eat and he finished his bowl of steaming hot rice extremely quickly. They saw he became dizzy and walked to and fro in the house. The kids (my little cousins) even saw him banging his head against the wall. Perhaps he could not stand the pain in his head? But like usual, he did not complain a word.
Sensing something not right, 3rd uncle rushed him to the hospital. A CT scan was done and it was found that there was a blood clot on the back of his head. His blood pressure were very high too. Doctor could not perform a surgery as he was too old. Instead, doctor had to inject him, to put him to sleep as he was struggling very hard, kept on scratching his bleeding wound on his head.
In the wee morning of 11th May, he passed away in the hospital peacefully, with no one besides him, after father and uncle left at 2am something visiting him.
(to be continue…..)
15.04.10 / Family, Kuantan, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (5)
Tags: Kuantan, ring sling, woohoo
It is the funny movie, done by Astro during Chinese New Year 2010. Every day, Didi ask us put on the DVD himself and watch from morning till night! They watch and watch every day until Korkor also can recite some of the very funny phrases from that movie now.
Wooden deck where the salted fish is dried in Woohoo
Since we went back to Kuantan during Cheng Beng, hubby took us to visit the fishing village, Besrah, where the movie was filmed. It is a very small fishing village, and there isn’t much to see actually. The kids were so excited as they recognise some venue filmed, and even Kakak could recognise the house that was filmed in that movie!
The little hut where the crying kids sat on top in the movie
Hubby took 2 extra days so we could stay longer there this time back since we seldom go back there now. In fact, I love Kuantan beach so much that I even tempted to celebrate the boys’ birthday there this year (wonder if there will be any guess attendance???)
Korkor sitting on his cheap-plak car seat before falling asleep
While Didi was at the back on his royal car seat next to Kakak
while QQ has to sit in front coz both rows behind was too packed
Can see how we use our ring slings to shed the children from direct sunlight inside the car? Pretty useful eh…
15.01.10 / Family, Health, Just info, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (9)
Tags: blister, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, shingles, snake, snake blister, tingling pain blister
Thanks for kind friends who called me for the suggestion to “Snake” treatment for my mum. I also found out from Martini that the “snake blister” condition is medically referred as Shingles (also called Herpes Zoster). It is is caused by a virus called the Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and is in the Herpes family of viruses. However it is not the same as the herpes viruses that causes genital herpes or herpes simplex.
Shingles normally affect people who had chicken pox but did not heal properly and people over age of 55, or weaken immune system is at higher risk (no wonder my mum gets it). Although it can heal fast with early treatment, however it is very hard to judge if you are having Shingles at early stage (especially when the blister is not clearly shown on the skin surface yet). My mum’s case was dragged till almost a month and I read that the most common complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia where it can cause nerve pain (that’s what she is complaining right now).
Since CNY is coming, I hope she could get well soon, no matter using the Western medication or the traditional way. Sigh…my poor Mama…she must be so sad and down now
02.01.10 / Child's Play, Family, Just info, Parenting, QQ, Tags, Twins, best & good / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (8)
Tags: 1Utama, blog, blogger, bloggers, family day, Friso, friso gold, http://mombloggersplanet.com/, Kidsports, MOM, nuffnang, planet
Thanks for notification from my chat pal, Molly, I got to know about this family day organised by Nuffnang. A few hours before the closing, I send in my blog entry and am very happy that our family got the invite too to Kidsports (also the first time for the boys since it is so expensive to go to Kidsports nowadays….)
Instead of 9 something, the boys woke up extremely early this morning at 6 something and I thought…NOOOO!!!! as they were going to ruin our outing schedule.True enough, they got cranky and went back to sleep by 9pm Since there was nothing hubby and I could do but sneaked out the house for breakfast for a while.
Since they were still so soundly asleep and we were already running late late (the function starts at 10am), we woke them all up by 10aam. Thanks to the busy traffic, we only manage to reach 1U by 11.30am. The boys really had a great time playing in the pool of balls.
Since it was very noisy outside (older kids were playing bursting balloons), we went into baby’s play room and the boys continue to play there. Unfortunately Korkor tripped over while running and hit on his nose until it bleeds…(hahaha…my clumsy boys, as usual…)
Soon after that, they were calling out for lunch and all parents brought their kids to be seated. Each kid was served with a plate of spagetthi, a fat cheese bun, a slice of very sweet banana cake, fruit salad and a pack of orange juice. Very nice heh…but I see lots of food wastage as most kids were too young to finish their big serving. To avoid wastage, I think most parents gobbled down their kids unfinished food to prevent wastage, (yes, GOBBLED everything as quick as possible down the throat as most of us had to start chasing our impatient-and-eager-to-play kids). On top of that, there was also food for the adults too (I can’t remember what was there as I was too busy with the kids).
Isn’t it feel so good when we see familiar faces? It’s Cynthia and her princess Breanna!
And another pretty mummy blogger, Merryn whom I met for the first time. Besides them, Molly, Moon and Ling were also there. So great that we finally met! Isn’t it wonderful to attend such event?
Picture from shaolintiger : Korkor went out to join when he saw Didi out there,* shaking his bum-bum*.
Luckily not all my children born shy….*phiew*. At least I can see that my boys are much more outgoing as compare to their “always-hide-inside-shell” sister. When everyone gathered for the magic show performance, and while waiting, I can just get them out to join dancing games in front of many eyes. They even got 2 bottles of Dutch Lady yogurt drink each me and their sister
Picture from shaolintiger: Boys were very happy receiving a bottle of yogurt drink each for their effort!
Although they did not win, at least they dare to walk forward to stranger, unlike my girl. Thanks to Nuffnang and Friso, I wish there will be more of such event for us parents and kids. As parents, not only we get to catch up and share about everything (from blogging to parenting) with other parents, and what’s best, our kids get to play and exercise their little limbs! Kidsports is such a good venue to hold such event.
By 2pm, they announced the Grand Price (family a trip to Disneyland Hong Kong) to the best blog post and it was won by http://mombloggersplanet.com/. Congratulations!
By 2.30pm, the event ended. Each family were given a gift pack comprise of a big tin of Friso Milk Powder, a towel, a row of yogurt frink and some writing pads. Shiok eh?
28.12.09 / Celebration, Family, Melaka, Tags, Travels / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (5)
Tags: 2009, Christmas, Decor, Light, Melaka, Portugis Settlement
Since it is Christmas Eve, and my mum’s house is a bridge across the famous Portugis Settlement, we decided not to drive out anymore that evening, just in case we got stuck outside, not able to go drive home that night. After dinner, together with my mother, we walked to the Portugis Settlement to see their famous once-a-year brightly lit up Christmas light.
Unlike many years ago, now most of the homes are locked. Therefore visitors can only see from the gate. But this year, there was one house that opens their gate to welcome admiring visitors. Not bad huh my pictures from my lousy camera..
Close up on the birth of Jesus (if am not mistaken)
Another beautiful lit up bungalow (sorry I had to include this man with his daughter as it was almost impossible to catch a good picture without any heads).
It was so hot and packed as some silly drivers still wanting to drive squeeze into those narrow roads on this special day. However not many houses were lighted up compare to previous year (we all guess it is due to the bad economy situation?)
By 10pm, we already went home. Later it became very crowded as we can see many cars passing by our house looking for a place to park. Approached midnight, there were lots of firecrackers and fireworks. Even a Christmas in Melaka is even merrier than a Chinese New Year in Kuantan (hubby’s hometown). How I miss celebrating Chinese New Year Eve in Melaka (no more chance after getting married ….
05.12.09 / Ballet, Child's Play, Cloth Pad, Family, Forum, Just info, Parenting, QQ, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (13)
Tags: Ballet
SHY- that is the main reason why I wanted QQ to take up something. Since she loves dancing, I feel that she will be able to “release” herself freely when she dance. I just can’t put her into anything else, although i would very much like her to take up Speech and Drama, to overcome shyness.
U know, I almost smacked her in her first trial class. We have been talking about ballet so long and finally I dragged along my “DOREMI” on that day just to bring her for trial. I knew immediately that is something what she wants when I saw her her teacher dancing with the girls but she just refuse to join in. Fine, I left my boys outside with the maid and go in with her. She hided behind me and refuse to join in too. I was furious and I asked her if she wants to go home immediately. Told her she can forget about dancing and ballet FOREVER.
Luckily teacher understand her silly fear, and ask us to just sit back and just let her observe. I tell you, her eyes SHINE looking at those girls dancing! 15 mins before the class end, teacher softly asked her if would love to join in and she STILL REFUSE. Boy…I was *boiling* already (pity my boys outside while maid alone struggle to feed them their brought along dinner). So I offer to dance in with the class and then slowly only she willing to go in with me. After a while, I went out of the door, to see the boys and assured her that I’ll be back in the class.
U know what, I peeped in and she seems fine. SO HAPPY AND FINE! Very much enjoying the movement and concentrating on the teacher! And now, she is the one always waiting for Friday to come, preparing herself and keep on rushing us how many hours to go before reacher her class.
This girl of mine is really not easy to deal with. However I am glad we went through it ….
P/s: If you have a girl like QQ who loves dancing, you might wanna check out for trial lessons near to your place. Afterall ballet is not very expensive as long as they do not go for exams (I was told exam is not required until Grade 4) which requires frequent attendance twice per week, hence double the monthly fee plus upgrade of costume after every grade.
04.12.09 / Ballet, Child's Play, Chin Nee, Family, Just info, Parenting, QQ, Tags, best & good / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (14)
Tags: Ballet, class, pre-primary
Not sure if I posted this already, (age must be catching up too quickly), but this is another great milestone for QQ, and I should not miss posing this in my blog!
After much dilly dally, we finally enrolled QQ into ballet class last month, after much consideration of fee, and most importantly, commitment to attend.
I knew exactly that ballet is exactly what she wants when we first joined the first trial class together. As usual, she was pretty shy on her first lesson, until I had to offer to “dance” along the cute little girls (you will surely laugh your head off seeing one big elephant stomping in the ballet class if you were there).
Fee incured (Stage: Pre-Primary)
- *Registration: Rm30
- *Deposit: Rm60
- *Monthly fee: Rm60 (once a week, 45mins per class. Replaceable if class falls on public holiday)
- *Costume: Rm165 (leotard, skirt, socks, shoes)
It was her 3rd class today, and she has been looking forward to Friday every since then. This evening, while Kakak putting the boys to sleep, I thought I better catch a good nap since it was still an hour away to her class. Surprisingly when she woke me up, I found that my excited happy girl had
- *showered by herself
- *changed into her leotard
- *packed her “pom-pom” into her bag
- *get her hair nicely bun up by Kakak
- *filled up her water tumbler
- *packed her bag
She even told me that she had to wake me up for her class instead of having me to wake her up (I usually do when I have to drag her out of bed for school in the morning).
I peeped her through the glass door today. Nothing can be happier than seeing my shy little girl smilling and giggling happy while dancing in her class! I feel so relieve that she finally found something she loves
*girls are just so cute and sweet, right? how not to wish for another ler???
23.11.09 / Child's Play, Chin Nee, Family, Just info, Parenting, Tags, best & good, ll / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (31)
Twice in 3 pregnancies!!
Heavily pregnant with her long waited baby girl at 30 weeks, the baby stopped kicking 2 days ago. It must be a horrible feeling for the mother. Doctor confirmed the baby has passed away
We got married in the same year. Everyone was waiting for her to get pregnant when they heard about my pregnancy. Unfortunately pregnancy does not come easy for her. When she got pregnant a year later, doctor had to terminate the pregnancy at 5th month, when abnormality of kidney was found. Hence her first baby boy was induced and cremated. She did not look at the baby’s face.
Not long after that, her 2nd baby, a son, came by and he is already 3 this year.
When she got pregnant again this round, doctor was very careful. Due to the history of her first pregnancy, she was put to detail check, has the best doctor in one of our best private hospital in town to confirm that everything about her baby girl is alright. It is only in the 3rd trimester, it was found that the baby as if stop putting on weight. At 30 months, her baby girl only weights 1kg.
A c-sect will be performed this afternoon to bring out the stillborn. I just called her but I choked on my words. I don’t know what to say. I just wonder if I would dare to catch a glimpse on my baby if it is me. Would you, if you it is you…
21.10.09 / Child's Play, Chin Nee, Family, Hubby, Just info, Makan-makan, Parenting, QQ, Tags, best & good / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (12)
Tags: Dinner at Yuzu, Garden
After reading so much about this nice Japanese restaurant at The Garden, we decided to visit Yuzu. I planned to order the Kobe Beef for hubby to try since I wish to treat hubby on this expensive meal but to my surprise the slice beef is priced at Rm150 for only 100g , not Rm88 as I read from some blogs
Knowing that it will surely turn tasteless for hubby at such price, hence I picked Wagyu beef (read lots of good review on these beef cubes) but to my dismay they were out of stock too. We ended up with something more expensive than the Wagyu beefs (forgot what these longer cubes were named), but was again dissappointed that hubby said the beefs were tasteless. Probably is because that his set is expensive (I forgot what name but it is RM60), thus the beef became tasteless for him, hahaha!
I ordered this set (RM40 which contains sushi roll with Unagi, clear mushroom soup cooking on Washi paper, salad, cawan mushi and tiny slices of appertiser and fruits). For me, I feel it is pretty expensive.
QQ only had 2 sushi rolls since she love Unagi a lot. But there are lots of small bones, hubby has to pick them out until there is not much left for QQ.
Although the place is classy, it isn’t a good place for us to go as my boys were screaming (Kakak had to carry the crying and cranky korkor in and out of the restaurant) and almost run down the place. Poor diners who were there on that evening as they cannot have a peaceful dinner. Luckily Didi is willing to sit down towards the end of our dinner, munching the cucumbers from our salad and took some porridge with my cawanmushi.
Boy, what a tiring and stress dining for all of us. Although I have been wanting to go to the Japanese Buffet at Umai-ya, I don’t think the boys can wait for our re-order food to arrive at our table.
Unless the restaurant has something to entertain my very very active boys like the above, otherwise there will be no way both hubby and I can dine in peace. Sigh….
10.09.09 / Family, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (0)
Still remember the complaints I had so much with our kakak? Yes, it is certainly not easy for us to adapt living with a stranger in our home as a part of our family. We even have trouble sometimes with our own hubby, someone who grows up in a totally different family background, what’s more a live-in maid who comes from another side of the world.
But after going through so much training (cooking, cleaning, take care of the kids), I am proud to say that she really took the effort trying her best to change and improve. Oh, we cannot expect her to change overnight and it takes about one year ok. (Although I am still sometimes quite mad with her carelessness by forgetting to close the shower faucet properly and let the water runs)
However, I must admit that there is less mistake now and more responsible towards the kids (Or perhaps love has grown??) I count on her a lot managing the house work and even with the kids. Even my dear Korkor, my elder twin is sooo attached to her that he only calls “Da…Dak!! Da…Dak!!” all day long.
You see, it is really not easy to train a maid, but once they are trained properly (mine takes about a year!) and before you know, their contract is due! To find out if Kakak wish to stay on, check out soon on next post.
10.07.09 / Baking/Cooking, Chin Nee, Family, Just info, Parenting, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (11)
While posting some choux puffs I baked earlier this afternoon, I just realised that I forgotten to post what I did for my boy’s first birthday on their actual birthday celebration at home. Silly me…don’t know what’s wrong with me these days. Last time I make sure I will upload at least a posting everyday on my blog, but now..haha…almost abandoned, so no mood to blog already. Perhaps lack of blogging income, thus lack of motivation to write.
Choux Puffs (cream puffs) with Vanilla milk cream
(If you need this Japanese recipe and great tips, it is here and here)
Actually it is for my cousin and little brother who is coming over tomorrow. Nothing grand, but just something simple for us to munch at tea time. I thought the batter was a bit dry but luckily they still fluff up very nicely. Phiew…..
I’ll be just making some easy fried mee hoon with my yummy chicken curry for lunch tomorrow. Just learn how to cook great curry from my grandma (actually also it is her curry powder that makes my curry even more tasty).
Hmm..without any exercise and so much of nice food coming out from my kitchen, it is extremely difficult to get slim yeah for someone who loves food as much as I do.
coming up next, my Bake wings and the Burned red eggs….
29.05.09 / Celebration, Chin Nee, Family, Just info, Parenting, QQ, Tags / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (36)
Basket of butter cookies from De Princess
Hand written message personally done by De Princess
See my gloomy princess behind?
Princess cupcakes for De Princess friends
Everyone is smiling except De Princess
Last night, she behaves like her father again, demanding her REAL CAKE. I thought she was all excited about the Princess Cupcakes but hell, she said “Cupcakes Are Not Cake!” And she was mad and kept on asking me, “What if teacher ask Where’s My Cake”? *huh…so tired*
Tired of explaining more, I just let her fuss herself to sleep about the cake thing. This morning everything goes well as usually she is just too sleepy to argue anything in the morning. After she went to school in my neighbour’s car, I prepare the noodle (for her class pot luck party), dress the boys and drove to school.
My girl was extremely shy, and she hardly smile while everyone is singing birthday song for her. See how gloomy she is standing there like a puppet. Guess she is just shy….
And she is not alone. Later another mum of her classmate came bringing party packs and even arranged someone to bring her special cake, wanting to celebrate her girl’s birthday too, before the holiday. Guess what, while she got everyone posed for a group picture, her little own girl suddenly refuse to be in the picture no matter how hard she tried to get her in with her friends. That little girl’s mother was so mad that she even slapped her girl, in front of all!!
Too much preparation, expectation and hope, that leads to frustration and disappointment. I can feel how the mother is feeling at that very moment.
Perhaps we should leave these difficult children alone, to let them grow at our own pace? I don’t know.
Definitely no more messing with buttercream after this. Too messy and too much work. Got a hardtime cleaning off the all the cabinets and industrial handles at home.