My Favorite Cream Puffs

Before hubby left for the gym located at Mid Valley yesterday, I had told him that I was craving to eat Beard Papa's cream puff and asked him to get me a few after his gym session. When I called him during lunch time, he told me that he was rushing and did not manage to buy the cream puffs. I was really disappointed. You know, when a pregnant wants to eat cream puffs, she has to eat cream puffs.

In the evening, when hubby came home, he surprised me with a big box of Beard Papa's cream puff - 6 of them! My hubby, he just loves to pull my leg all the time, from day one I had known him.


And so, I relished every bite of the cream puff. They are the tastiest I have ever eaten. Alycia and Sherilyn loved them to pieces too and we all finished them in 2 days. My maid had one too.

Relief For Dry Skin

Upon the advice of some of my readers, I got myself a jar of Vaseline petroleum jelly to apply on my skin. Though it has brought some relief, but my skin is still peeling quite badly and I have just realized that my dry and itchy skin could be caused by the air conditioner. During the day when I am downstairs where there is no air cond, my skin does not itch much. However, when I am in my room when the air cond is switched on OR when I am at my gynae's office where the air cond is freezing OR when I am at the shopping malls or church, my skin itches like mad. So I think I now know the cause of my dry, peeling and itchy skin. So am I willing to give up the air cond yet? I don't know, I am just so used to sleeping in an air cond room. Perhaps I will give it a try tonight. After all, everyone will benefit from a non air cond room coz the gals' paed has advised us many times NOT to put them to sleep in an air cond room due to their sensitive nose and throat.

Blog Rush Madness

Just realized that I have typed 19 posts today! Still have not beat my record of 25 posts a day. If it was not because of the deadline of submitting the assignments by tomorrow, I would not have rushed like this. But as I have said earlier, I find I work better under pressure. I guess my brain needs some pushing and shock to make it budge to send stronger brainwave, LOL! What also helps are power naps. I had 2 short power naps today; one at 11am for 15 minutes when I surrendered my PC to the gals to do their reading and another one at 4pm for 15 minutes when I put the gals to nap. Tonight, I have to blog hop and reply to comments in my blog.

Banana Orange Crepe

This is the banana and orange crepe that I made for lunch a couple of days ago.... all natural and organic ingredients. Though it was cincai (simply) made, it tasted really delicious, I kid you not. You come to my house and I'll make you some to try! I am so glad that Alycia and Sherilyn loved them so much. I made about 10 pieces and they were even enough to be eaten for dinner, yet the gals didn't get fed-up with them. I am going to make another batch of crepes on Saturday and this time, I will add sweet corn kernels, banana and orange. Stay tuned for the cincai recipe....

Seven Dont's After A Meal

Folks, I got this email from my cousin. Just some food for thought but don't know how far the truth is .....

7 dont's after a meal :

1) Don't smoke-Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher).

2) Don't eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air and food to ferment. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1hr before meal.

3) Don't drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.

4) Don't loosen your belt - Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted &blocked.

5) Don't bathe - Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach. (I thought this is an old wives' tale!)

6) Don't walk about - People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

7) Don't sleep immediately - The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

MSG and Preservative-Free Burgers

I love burgers - chicken burger and beef burger. Most of the time, I make my own burgers but sometimes when I need a change, I will buy the Jusco Premium Selection burgers. Jusco's premium burgers are MSG-free and preservative-free. They cost RM8 for a box of 4-piece burger and almost 4-5 times higher than other brands of burgers like Ramly and Dindings. Of course Ramly burgers taste better as they are loaded with MSG and sodium nitrate but for health purposes, I would still buy the Jusco Premium Selection burgers. I prefer the beef burger to the chicken burger.

Alycia's Old Pictures

Was looking through the old pictures on my computer and saw these pictures of Alycia which I think are really cute. Alycia was a very chubby and big baby as compared to Sherilyn. Too bad I had misplaced the thumbdrive containing the digital pictures of Alycia taken when she was a newborn, otherwise I can post them in the blog for keepsakes.

This was taken when Alycia was 16 months old at our outing at Kids' Oasis at Bangsar Shopping Complex.

This was taken when Alycia was around 26 months. She was a hardcore pacifier sucker then and she needed 2 pacifiers to be able to fall asleep. It was on the advice of the speech therapist that I weaned her off when she was around 30 months old.

Sherilyn's Baby Photos

I was going through the old pictures on my computer and came across the photos of Alycia and Sherilyn when they were babies.

These 2 are Sherilyn. Looking at her old pictures, I realized how chubby she was and how I miss her chubby cheeks and chubby thighs. I get really obsessed when I see babies with chubby thighs as I really feel like pinching them and biting them, LOL!


Sherilyn when she was 2 months old.

Sherilyn when she was around 4-5 months old. The other baby is Alycia when she was around 18 - 19 months old.

Homemade Vegetarian Dish

This is one of my favorite dishes. I can eat nothing but just this dish the whole day long. On the second day of Chinese New Year when my mil is around, she will dish out a big pot of 'zhai' or vegetarian dish and everyone in the family will eat nothing but just this dish the entire day.

Yesterday, I cooked this dish and it was such a hit with Sherilyn, the no-meat eater. She loves the 'moke yue' (cloud fungus which is black in color), 'fatt choi' (a kind of nutritious seaweed that's very costly) mushrooms, chinese cabbage and glass noodles.

Ingredients :
1) Chinese cabbage
2) Black flower mushrooms
3) Golden needle mushrooms
4) Glass noodles
5) 'Fatt Choi' (Black seaweed called 'Angel's hair' that resembles human hair)
6) 'Foo Choke' (Soya bean curd sheet)
7) Puffed tofu
8) Dried bamboo fungus
9) 4 - 5 pieces of 'Nam Yue' (fermented tofu pieces that are red in color from China)
10) Vegetarian oyster sauce
11) 'Mok Yue' (dried cloud fungus)


Method of cooking :
1) Fry the fermented tofu pieces with oil in the wok till fragrant.
2) Add all the ingredients in except the chinese cabbage and glass noodles.
3) Stir fry until all the ingredients are fragrant and soft.
4) Add the chinese cabbage into the wok and stir fry.
5) Add in the glass noodles.
6) Add in the vegetarian oyster sauce and mix well.
7) Add in some water and cover the wok to simmer the vegetables for 10-15 minutes.

Yums... mummy.... I love the wig hair ....

Sherilyn enjoying the 'zhai', especially the angel's hair and kept saying they are 'wig hair', LOL!

Homemade Crepes

I've just made a batch of orange and banana crepes for lunch today. Though I had just cincai (simply) made it without referring to any recipe and without using proper measurement for the ingredients, the crepes turned out really tasty and were a hit with my 2 very fussy pot eaters. In fact Miss Spitty Spat Sherilyn ate the most. Am really satisfied and happy with the crepes I had made and I am now thinking of making another batch of crepes in a few days' time. This time, I will make creme of corn, orange and banana crepes. Shall post my cincai recipe for crepes soon, so stay tuned....

My IT-Savvy Kids

In this modern day and age, most kids are now IT-savvy. Toddlers are even taught to use the computer in pre-schools. This kiasu mum here does not want her gals to loose out and wants them to be on top of technology too. So she's taking advantage of their interest in the computer. Hop on to my other blog to read more....

Cheeky Sherilyn

Sherilyn, my little Miss Cheeky, always full of expression, drama, emotions and humor. These days, Miss Cheeky is being very vain and insists on choosing her own pajamas, clothes, socks and even panties! Anything that kakak or mummy choose for her will surely be rejected for she wants to pick her own clothes. Well, I guess most toddlers at her age are like that. Is yours like this too?

Reject Stall At Pasar Malam

It's been raining non-stop for the past 1 week and Alycia's sweaters can't get dried on time for her to wear for our next outing. So I went to this Reject Stall at the pasar malam (night market) last week and bought an original Disney Peter Pan sweater for Alycia. This Reject Stall sells a wide range of cute and pretty original Disney clothes for babies and toddlers that have been rejected by the factory manufacturing these clothes for Disney. The material is good and you can see that the workmanship and quality are also good.



The Disney label on the sweater.


The back part of the sweater.

Best of all, this rejected sweater only costs RM33. Original price was RM38 but as usual, after some bargaining, finally got this price.

I have seen similar sweaters selling at above RM100 at the shopping malls but didn't buy it coz I feel a toddler should not wear something so costly and even costs more than some of the clothes I buy for myself. Afterall, they outgrow their clothes REALLY fast.

Mothercare Sales

Mothercare outlets are having a sale now. Most of the items are on discount, some up to 50%. We bought this pack of 3 tops for Alycia at the Pavillion outlet. Original price was RM99 but got a 30% discount. I was surprised that she could even fit into these tops that are meant for ages 7-8! The outlet at Pavillion does not carry many choices of items. When we were at Mid Valley, we were surprised to see that the Mothercare outlet there has so much more items, though the outlet is smaller. Quite a good sale and I'm thinking of going there again to get another round of loot!

Lavender Cake House

When we were at the Pavillion food court last Wednesday, it was crowded with people, mostly working executives. Almost every stall was packed with people, including this cake house, Lavender Cake House. Hubby bought a layer cake and 2 cups of puddings.


This layered cake was very tasty and rich and not too sweet. All of us savored the cake till the very last bite in 2 days.


The Japanese pudding (red cup) looked and tasted like jelly and one of the ingredients used to make the jelly caused the pudding to taste wierd. None of us liked it and it ended up in the bin. What a waste as it's not cheap.

The mango pudding (green cup) was really rich and tasty - lots of fresh mango bits and milk custard but the gals didn't like it and I dared not eat too much cold stuff with milk. Also ended up in the bin 2 days later. If I wasn't preggers, I would have finished it all by myself.

The next time we go to this bakery, we will definitely buy the layered cake again and perhaps try other cakes. There's a good choice of cakes and pastries, all of which looked really tempting.

In The Throes Of Making Hard Earned Money

Have just submitted a post to 3P but I got really really pissed off when I had to wait like 20 minutes to get the post transmitted. It’s already 1:15am and I am so damn sleepy and my eyes just can’t open. First time I submitted the post, I got an error message in red stating that there is an error prohibiting the post from being submitted. When I tried submitting again, the page got hang and another message appeared stating that the post URL is taking too long to respond. Then, I tried to log into 3P again but took forever for the page to load. When the ‘My Post’ page was finally loaded, I had to go through page by page to locate my submitted post as the posts are not listed / sorted by any particular order. Spent half an hour typing the post and another half an hour submitting the post. In the midst of it, Sherilyn was wailing and yelling upstairs and I had to run up to check on her, else she would puke if she cries too long. Really frustrating and draining me out.

Best Of Friends

Most of the time, Alycia and Sherilyn enjoy each other's company very much. When Alycia goes to school, Sherilyn will feel lonely and quiet. She will keep asking me where Alycia is and what she's doing, though she knows very well that her sister has gone to school. When Alycia is back from school, she will rush to the door to greet Alycia and she will ask "what you do in school today?" It's really heart warming to see them enjoy each other's company. However, there are times when they fight, quarel and pull each other's hair and clothes. Nonetheless, they rarely go to bed being angry with each other. I hope they will be really good sisters to their newborn sister in future.

What's Wrong With Having 3 Daughters?

When we were at Mid Valley with 3 gals (Alycia, Sherilyn and hubby's cousin sister who is 5 yo) last week, I got stares from many passers-by. I even heard a woman telling her friend "wah, look 3 girls and pregnant" followed by some whispers. I think she must be telling her friend that I must be hoping for a son this time! Most of them who stared at me were women. First they stared at the 3 little gals, then they stared at my belly, then they whispered to their friend or hubby. I just wonder why Malaysians are such kaypoh chees (nosey parkers). Don't they have better things to do than to stare rudely and talk about how many children people have.

Blogging For Money

I started writing my very first paid post somewhere in June this year. Initially I only got offers from 1 advertising network. 2 months later, I got offers from more blog advertising networks and now, I am getting offers from more than 10 networks. Last month my total earnings from day one to November have finally surpassed the 5-figure mark. Though this may not be a huge figure for some bloggers for they earn 5-figure revenue EVERY month but to me it is considered an achievement for a SAHM who has to juggle her time with 2 high-needs under-4 toddlers, managing the household and 'struggling' with a pregnancy. Some months are good months but some months are low earning months. If only I could get back a PR4 for my blog, I could have earned even more but oh well, life has to go on even if my blog, as with most people's blogs have been smacked badly by Google. Through prayers, I believe God will always provide for me and my kids sufficiently.

Have You Heard Of HDMI Cables?

Hubby was watching DVD in our room late one night several days ago when the TV screen suddenly went blank. We smelled something burning and he immediately turned off the main switch. He then discovered that the DVD cable was burnt and it could be caused by a short circuit. Hubby’s electrician friend advised him to get some HDMI cables to replace the burnt cable. Just in case you are wondering what HDMI is, it simply means high definition multimedia interface and is the latest generation in audio/video connectivity and it can provide high-definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. These HDMI cables can be purchased online from Firefold.com as they offer a lowest price guarantee, a 30-day money back guarantee and a lifetime warranty too, an offer that is really too good to be true!