Holidays' here!!!

YAY!

Today's the last day of school for the term for beilou...

The 2-week school holiday starts tomorrow but eventually

started off the moment we picked beilou from

kindie this morning.

Guess we are all in holiday mood already...

They had their class party today and doesn't need to have their

uniform on so it's a casual study day and party day for them.

I had him put on a black bermuda paired up with a white

MU T's with 'C. Ronaldo' on it.

Nice T's bought from Tesco earlier...

Dad must be proud if he sees beilou wearing it ...

"Glory, glory Man. United..."

(n_n)

For the party this time, I bought some party pack chips &

mini choc cakes for the kids.

And beilou got some of his splits (mostly junkies) from his classmates.

Other than the pack of Mamee snack & Tiger bisc...

the rests will be all 'surrendered'

to his 'taikor' when we get home tonight.

Actually he's a bit of picky on what he eats.

He eats only apples & oranges...he eats only orange flavored sweets...

and doesn't like ice-cream, cakes or jellies at all...

Well, as long as he's doing great with his normal intakes of

proper meal...I think it shouldn't be any prob at all.

(right???)

Well, ok, ok, it seems that he's not like any other usual kid

but I let him have his way when comes to choosing...

not all the time-lah.

What?! Oh no, no, I'm not taking any blame here (",)

(someone did actually blame me for didn't 'encourage' beilou to eat those 'forbidden' foods)

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Welcome back boys-2-d-men...NKOTB ...

Muahahahah!!!!

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Suwit-suwit memories... 嗒糖呵...

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鲜肉高丽菜卷&高丽菜水餃

鲜肉高丽菜卷

高丽菜，又称包心菜，它的质地脆甜，味美可口，因其营养丰富，热量又低，多吃既不易发胖，又可强身壮体、健脑益智和抗衰老。向龙做的高丽菜卷，外皮爽脆鲜甜，肉馅鲜美多汁，是一道诱人食欲大增的菜肴，做此菜需要心细手巧，有兴趣者不妨试一下！

烹制材料
　　烹制材料(三人份)
　　
材料：
　　高丽菜(1颗)、猪绞肉(414克)、红萝卜(1/4根)、姜(2片)、蒜(1瓣)、香菜(5棵)
　　
腌料：　　
酱油(1汤匙)、盐(1/3汤匙)、白糖(1/3汤匙)、白胡椒粉(1/8汤匙)、生粉(1汤匙)、香油(1/3汤匙)

调料：　
　　油(3汤匙)、盐(1汤匙)

第一步
　　1　猪绞肉置入碗内，加入1汤匙酱油、1/3汤匙盐、1/3汤匙白糖、1/8汤匙白胡椒粉、1汤匙生粉和1/3汤匙香油拌匀，顺一个方向打至起胶。

第二步
　　2 红萝卜去皮切成细丝，再切成粒状，放入肉馅中搅拌均匀；姜蒜都剁成蓉状。

第三步
　　3 烧热3汤匙油，爆香姜蒜蓉，倒入肉泥炒散成肉末，待肉色变白便可盛起。

第四步
　　4　煮沸半锅水，加入1汤匙盐，放入高丽菜叶烫至软，捞起过冷河沥干水，平铺在碟上，舀入1汤
匙肉末作馅料。

第五步
　　5 合拢高丽菜叶的两边，包裹住馅料，往菜柄处慢慢卷起，直至卷成圆柱状。

第六步
　　6　用烫软的香菜梗，扎紧高丽菜卷的中部，摆放至碟中；再重复4、5、6三个步骤，直至包完所有
的高丽菜卷。

完成

厨神贴士
1、尽量选购大颗的高丽菜，这样剥下的叶片才够大，才能包裹住肉馅。
2、高丽菜的菜叶很易脆，切半后掰开菜叶时要轻手，以免将菜叶掰得碎烂。
3、要使高丽菜叶汆烫后保持翠绿色：一是在沸水中加盐；二是不能烫太久，菜叶变软便捞起；三要给
菜叶过冷河。
4、肉馅不能多放，否则包紧菜叶时，肉馅容易漏出来，也易使菜叶弄烂。
5、香菜梗用热水烫软后，可用来扎紧高丽菜卷，虽然香菜梗较有韧性，但还是要轻手，以免扯断菜
梗。


高麗菜水餃

準備材料：

高麗菜一顆
青蔥一把
豬絞肉約一~二斤(依所準備的水餃皮量，問肉店老板該買多少份量)
水餃皮視要包的份量準備，平常我都買三~四斤。

調味料：

鹽(用來去掉高麗菜和青蔥的水份)
糖(取代味精)，適量
白楜椒粉，適量
醬油(視個人口味，我都加到可以聞得到醬油味…煮好後不沾醬也有味道唷~)
米酒和麻油，提味用，少許

烹調時間：
水餃包好，水滾再下鍋，等水再滾起來時加入適量的水，如此重複三次，即可起鍋。

做法：
高麗菜洗淨切絲後再切碎，放入盆中加適量的鹽，以手揉捏至出水，把水份瀝出，備用。

雖然青蔥的水份不如高麗菜多，但我還是習慣也把水份多少瀝一點掉，避免包起來後才出水，把水餃皮弄破。

在盆中放入去掉水份的高麗菜、青蔥和絞肉，加入醬油、糖、楜椒粉、少許米酒和麻油來提味，就可以準備包囉~

很多人習慣包水餃時要沾水來粘緊，但可能我個人比較粗魯，力道大且捏得很緊，即使不沾水下鍋後也不會開掉，節省了許多包水餃的時間。

在盤子上鋪上保鮮膜，撒上一點粉(沒有麵粉時，我會改用太白粉或其它手邊拿得到的…)，再把水餃不重疊，一個個擺上去，放滿了就先拿到冷凍庫冰。

我都是一口氣把料全部包完，在冷凍庫冰過後就不會粘在一起，可以換放入塑膠袋中，才不會被盤子佔了一堆空間。

要馬上下鍋的當然是不用冰啦~燒一鍋水，等下鍋就可以吃啦~

小秘訣：
· 雖然我的口味比較清淡，但還是會準備沾醬給老公用…沾醬:白醋、蒜泥、薄鹽醬油、辣椒醬、
少許薑茉和麻油
· 有時我會買草蝦仁包在一起，但是這個口味只有我家人愛吃，我老公喜歡原味的…
· 不要來問我韭菜口味的怎麼做?不管是韭菜、韭菜花還是韭黃，統統都在我家餐桌的拒往名
單中~"~ 起鍋後可以在水餃上加一點油(香油或麻油，看妳高興啦~)醬比較不會粘在一起。

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Another favorite...

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All-Time-Fav-Sad-Sad-Love-Song

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SHOW time...

Muahahaha...



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Beilou's

Choong Khai Yang...Captain Q-Dees of the day with

Yashwini (standing beside) as Vice Captain Q-dees

Beilou's classmates...Lingess & Jia Cheng

Sports Day ~ 16th May 2009

As time goes by...Beilou & Lingess become the bestest friends...along with Jia Cheng, Yashwini, Zhe Xi, Avinash, Aiman, Vincent Chua aka Vishwaamitra (haha)

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Makan~makan

Lunch the other day...hmmm...cost me RM8
Mixed rice at the nearby Malay restaurant
I had white rice with sotongs, taugeh & telur sup (eggs cooked in soup
with veges)
Thats what made me eat there...telur sup....my favorite

I know that they'll most probably charge the nasi more
but when it came to RM8...I was a little surprised
So when I went to pay at the cashier, I asked the 'adik cashier' lah
How he kira for my plate of rice with blah & blah
I took 4 pcs of sotong that not any bigger than our little fingers, some stir fried taugeh & telur sup. All in 1 plate.

"mcm mana u kira yah...sotong, taugeh dgn telur sup?", I asked

"sotong u ambil berapa?", he asked

"4"...I told

"ah, ialah tu, sotong 1 RM1", he told

I said, "hah! sotong kecit mcm tu pun RM1 ar? (showing him while measuring wt my

little finger) lain kali besar sikit lah"

".........", (adik cashier said nothing with his muka masam-ed)

"bayar mesti bayar juga...tapi kita kena tau lah, kan", I said

".........", (he knodded still with the same muka)

(no wonder the guy was pointing here & there at my plate of rice when he was kira-ing

counting the sotongs...kah!)

eong ???????

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Back dating(s)

Friday, 1st May 2009 (Public Holiday)

Additional to Bento-ing (although I have YET to prepare a nice & proper bento but time will come)

Saturday, 9th May 2009

Mother's Day celebration at hse-hse.

Steamboat dinner with inlaws, hub's family members...

They brought a cake for MIL ~ a durian cake~the family's fav. Tasted quite nice, almost like eating the real durian...

Well, it was the other way round for beilou though. As they brought the cake out, beilou already complaining "why chiu-chiu wan?" He's not a durian person so he thinks durians stinks. He doesn't like it at all.

He wasn't very happy after the arrival of the durian cake as he didn't wanna stand close to the table with the cake on in to take photo with the others, not even with his 'taiko'...I can't make him but to carry him and he still turns away. That's why he's not in the group pix.

I bet his Mama aka MIL wasn't any pleased at all cos just this one grandson of hers doesn't like durians...

Sunday, 10th May 2009
Happy Mother's Day!!!

A day out to Jusco with beilou & hubs... Beilou having his time out with the sand art-ing with me helping besides...hehe
We even bought Popo a stalk of carni & sent it to her before headed for dinner

Well...she was thrilled, I guess...but beilou sure was shy-shy la...
Cos at 1st he was reluctant to even hold the flower
But I managed to persuade him later to present it to Popo lor...
cos Popo sayang him maa...

(top) Mom's carnation - standing proudly by the 'fuk-luk-sau'
(bottom) A closer shot at it...

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Johann Strauss ~ The Blue Danube Waltz

Hahaha...
Fell in love with "The Blue Danube" eventually...

Got affected by beilou...cos he learnt this classical tune from kindie...

and came back singing it to me.

"fei poh cai dan ceh...deng, deng...deng, deng"

[no, no, no, this is my own version]

Whenever I hum..."deng, deng, deng, deng, deng..."
He'll hums back..."deng, deng...deng, deng..."

Making me so proud of him...amusingly...

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Jr. + HFMD = hols!

Beilou got up on Monday morning telling us, "mouth pain"... sigh ...

We decided to let him take a day off from kindie as he's still having fever & those blisters.

We told MIL and she suggested we go for 'pray-pray' before going to the doc.

Okay...fine...so we went to the 'Ti-Mu Niang-Niang' place in Kepong Indah.

As usual, 'Ti-Mu' would say beilou got frightened by 'something' but in this case she also claimed that beilou's body was very heaty and his tummy was filled with gas/wind...

So 'Ti-Mu' got him a few 'fu' (amulet, if not mistaken) and let him drink up some 'water' and he'll recover soon after.

Well, no matter how 'bizzare' that is going be, we still insisted taking beilou to see Dr. Chan.

We waited at Chan's clinic for about 2 hours and finally our turn comes...
Dr. Chan checked beilou...and was confirmed that beilou got infected with HFMD (Hand, Foot, Mouth disease). Grrrr...sad...but true...

At least we know now that he's not just having fever & cold...so we'll have him some medicine and hope he'll get well soon lor...

Chan told us HFMD virus might spread & extend to kids particularly those aged below 6. As such, we decided not to go back home but went to mom's place instead.

'Cos if, by any chances that it got spread to the kids at home...we'll be dead-fishes ler...better be safe than sorry.

It is the 5th day today since beilou 1st caught with HFMD. He hasn't been going to kindie for the 5 days now. Infact, I was on leave to stay with him for the 1st three days. Only got back to work on Thursday.

We stayed at mom's since Monday. And will only be going back tomorrow.
Blisters on beilou's legs & buttock become fewer now...and the ulcer has quieten down abit...but this might take some time...
That is why he doesn't eat much these few days...mouth pain maa...hmmm

Think I should thank beilou for if not because of him getting HFMD, I wouldn't have had my most enjoyable time out at mom's since so long.... Aspendiu ya! (silly)

So, baby, please drink more water and get well soon!

May you be in the pinkish health always...mommy loves you...muak, muak, muak!!!

[pix taken in 2006]

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090503 ~ Day 2 Melaka Trip

Got up late this morning...So it was a late breakfast for everybody...
Quickly cook up the chic ham & eggs for them and then off to get ready to check out.

Sighted red spots on beilou's knee cap, hands and buttocks...Thought that it was merely caused by the not-so-clean bedsheets and blankie so didn't bother much.

After checking out of the apartment, we went to have our lunch at our fav chicken rice ball restaurant ~ 中華茶室


Beilou...not too interested at those round-round chic rice balls...

He was not feeling quite well already...we noticed.

It was a nice lunch there...paid RM70+ for that.











Beilou, entertaining himself while waited for hubs' friends who went for 'beca' rides.



We went for our usual walk over at the Stadhuys. As I look back to our previous photos taken from our trip to Melaka, I noticed that whenever we stepped our feet here, the clock would striked between 12.30 & 1.30pm...twist of fate (?)...hehe

We bought home some local delicacies at this newly opened shop...'San Shu Gong'

'Lao Poh' biscuit, 'Kai Cai' biscuit & individually wrapped green tea 'kuih kochi'

We left Melaka & reached KL in the evening. Thinking of dropping by Dr. Wong to have beilou checked. When we reaches the clinic, it was packed so we didn't wait and went for dinner instead.

Arrived home at 8.30pm...took bath and all and let beilou have his time out with 'cousins' before headed to bed at midnight.

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090502 ~ Day 1 Melaka Trip

It is our 4th holiday trip this year (1st to Penang, the other 2 to Genting.H)...and this time we visited "The Historical City of Melaka"...

We started off our trip with breakfast at a nearby restaurant...with hubs' friend, Mr. Fei, his GF & their kids...(sounds confusing?...they both have kids from previous marriages...so they brought their them along for this trip)

Eye of Malaysia

blurred - taken when passing by

After breakkie, we started our journey...happily...as we enjoy every of our trip to Melaka...eventhough we have been there SO, SO many times... I remember beilou's 1st outstation trip was to Melaka too...

We stayed at Garden City Service Apartments this time... a 2-room apartment with kitchen at RM274.25 a night. The place is nice too bad that their pool is closed for renovation...otherwise this trip could be merrier for the kids.

The 1st day there...we had lunch at Newton Culture Food Village...a eatery ala 'tai pai dong' where you can find almost anything there. We ordered some local famous food...the 40 years old popiah, cuttlefish with kangkong, the local 'dou chye' rojak (fishballs, tauhu, keropok, yam balls). Our friend ordered the 'hakka lui cha' for himself, basil pancake & fried oyster (or-qian)to be shared among us. After lunch, we headed back to the apartment as the kids need to freshen up.

As for dinner, we were thinking of trying satay celup at Mr. Quek's...as we reached there, we found that they serve 'all-you-can-eat' at RM 23.90 per adult and RM 16.00 for kids under 12... so we decided not to eat there. Somewhat pricey...as we thought.

We woudn't miss our stroll at Jonker Walk everytime we are here in Melaka. So we went there and got our car a nice parking spot with the help of a nice young chinese policeman...

As soon as we dropped off...we felt a slight fever on beilou... As the car was parked so nicely...we thought we shall take a 'beca' ride to the nearest clinic to get beilou check...

It takes 10 min for 'Abang beca' to peddal us to the nearest 24-hour clinic. Beilou's temperature reads 38 degree celcius so considered fever but not to high. Beilou at the clinic >

Given some medicine to bring down the temperature and some cough syrup too.

The beca ride cost us RM20 but hubs paid him extra of RM5 and the doc fee was RM33 and that comes up to RM58, just that...

As soon as we'd done with the doc...'Abang beca' sent us back to Jonker Street and we went to get ourselves something to eat. We had simple noodle soup so that I can share it with beilou.. But he hasn't any appetite so he didn't eat at all.
We took a walk then headed back to the apartment and we called that a night. While on our way back, beilou fell asleep in the car and slept through the night til the next morning. Yup, he didn't even had his RM33 medicine.

That's us...by hubs on the camera

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