Food Exchanging

My neighbors and I love exchanging food with each other. Since we had 5 types of cakes in December alone, I gave some of these cakes to my Sikh neighbor. Yesterday, I gave her a quarter of the huge watermelon that hubby bought. In return, she gave us more Muruku (yummy, I love this) and some very tasty chocolate rice cookies made by her daughter-in-law. I am still waiting to taste her homemade curry and I wonder when lar she will ever give me some.

Lovey Gift For The Groomsman Too

My childhood friend who is getting hitched to a rich Tan Sri’s son is looking for groomsmen gift for the groomsman. Since it’s going to be an elaborate and formal wedding, every single guest who attends the wedding will be getting a personalized and unique wedding favor. For the groomsman, she is planning to get him a pair of elegant cufflinks with aquamarine blue crystals and zironias from Cuff-Daddy. I’ve never seen such rare and elegant cufflinks before and surprisingly, they are not very costly. What a lovely gift that is going to be for the groomsman!

Quality Time With Daddy

When Alycia wanted to watch the VCD on Elf Bowling The Movie in my room, Sherilyn who tends to get scared watching this cartoon, ran to her room (which is adjoining to our room) and covered herself with a blanket. She refused to come to our room. Daddy then went to her rescue and read to her from the Leap Frog pad. The gals always wish that daddy would be at home earlier more to spend quality time with them.

Pregnancy at 24 Weeks

My tummy feels so uncomfortable now..... feel like pooping but can't poop. It must be the overnight watermelon that I had eaten this afternoon. I had just eaten a small slice but I feel bloated now, can't even slouch when I sit as I feel terribly uncomfortable.... got to sit so upright on my computer chair now till my ribs hurt.

Today I'm into the 24th week of my pregnancy. Went to see the fetal specialist today to assess my baby's dilated kidney. Read more about it here.

Chef In The Making

This is Alycia's favorite toy - pretend cooking and making food from play dough. But I seldom let the gals play with play dough as I just hate the mess they create after the session. Though I normally line the table with a plastic sheet, there will still be bits of play dough stuck to the floor of the living room. Poor mummy and kakak will have to scrape the play dough out and wipe the floor. The most tedious part is cleaning their hands and removing the play dough stuck between their fingers and their nail. Water alone can't remove the tiny bits of play dough. I need to dig them up with my finger nails and this hurts their tiny fingers and mine too.

Fun In The Sun

Whenever there are hotel stays, playing in the pool is always something that every kid would look forward to. For Alycia who had too much of fun in the sun, she got a little more than she had bargained for. Not only did she get a sun tan but she had high fever today. She's just like mummy, a 'puteri lilin' (which literally means 'candle queen', ie. someone who will melt when exposed to heat!) and will surely fall sick if exposed for too long to the scorching sun and heat. I hope daddy learnt his lesson when he didn't listen to mummy and allowed Alycia to continue playing in the blazing sun at 11:30am.

This bubbling pool was a big hit with the gals. If I weren't preggers, I would have joined them in the pool too in my bikini! But I ain't going to flaunt my belly, just to shy for that.

Bad Start

It's a bad start for us this new year. Alycia has developed high fever and puked 3 times today. I knew this would happen when daddy brought the gals swimming yesterday. We went to the pool at around 10am and by 10:30am, the sun was scorching hot. Despite me pestering daddy to bring Alycia out from the pool, they were reluctant and continued to swim in the blazing heat until 11:30am! Anyone who is exposed that long to such heat will surely fall sick, what more Alycia who has such low immune system. Thankfully Sherilyn listened to me and we went back to our room to shower.

During the buffet breakfast, daddy as usual spoilt Alycia with sweet and heaty food. I just knew Alycia would fall sick gorging on these heaty food and being exposed to the scorching heat for more than an hour. When we got back, I told hubby to buy coconut water to cool our bodies but Alycia wouldn't even want to go near the coconut water. Sherilyn obediently drank it and is still ok today - no signs of fever, coughing, sore throat or runny nose. Alycia who always disobeys mummy got all the symptoms of an 'over heaty' person with lots of phelgm (vomitted phelgm twice), coughing, high fever (38.7 degrees) and runny nose. I told hubby he had better bring Alycia to see the doctor today and kau tim her coz he spoilt her rotten and now she's sick. How to go to school like that tomorrow? I hate it whenever Alycia falls sick and has to skip school. She is already so lacking behind her peers as she had skipped classes for more than 7 months last year and now she has a long way to catch up.

I'd Like To Own A Chrysler Too

My rich uncle used to own a Chrysler 300. It’s really a very elegant car and freaking expensive too. My uncle sold his Chrysler half a year ago to buy a Mercedes coz he always had to wait for ages for the accessories to arrive whenever his car breaks down as some of the accessories are imported only when a request is made. Had he known earlier that he could purchase his Chrysler 300 accessories online at discount price from wooddashexpers.com, he wouldn’t have to sell his Chrysler. Chrysler cars are quite rare here but if you do see one on the road, I'm sure you'll be impressed with the design of the car. I'd like to own one too if I had the money!

Happy Happy New Year

This was one of my best new year's eve celebrations. Read more about our story from my other blog.

Taken outside Pavillion.


Picture taken from our hotel room on the 27th floor of Sheraton Imperial. That was the fireworks from the Merdeka Square.


Fireworks from the Merdeka Square.


Picture taken from my bed. The view from my bed is the KL Towers. The entire night, I just lay on my bed watching the lazer lights display at KL Towers.

Didn't manage to snap good pictures of the lazer lights show and fireworks because of the window obstruction. Switched my camera to 'glass display' mode but still didn't manage to snap good shots. It's high time I get another camera.

Happy 2008

We will all be checking into a 5-star hotel in KL today for a one-night stay and count down to the New Year. Not letting anyone know which hotel we'll be staying just in case there are stalkers out there LOL! Hopefully our plan to go to the fish spa in Pavillion will materialize. You heard of this spa where you can immerse your feet in water and be 'massaged' (more of sucked and bitten) by a school of tiny fish? Hubby and I are raring to try that out. Also hoping that we can bring the gals for a monorial ride round KL.

What are your plans tonight?

To everyone, here's wishing you all a very happy, healthy and fruitful 2008! May 2008 see a rise in our blog PR and more offers pouring in!

What Puts A Smile On Her Face

What can really put a big smile on Alycia's face is food! Like daddy, Alycia is a discerning foodie. She can really tell what's tasty and what's not, just like daddy. Even from a baby, she has already shown great interest and liking in food. Some people say that Alycia looks very much like daddy, hopefully her size will not balloon up like daddy too!

Creative Combination

This is how Alycia ate her rice bubbles - with Yakult. The gals had rice bubbles for breakfast yesterday. While Sherilyn likes her rice bubbles with fresh Marigold HL milk, Alycia who doesn't fancy fresh milk asked for Yakult instead. This creative combination tasted good and is healthier too.

A Month Of Celebrations

December is always a month full of celebrations in the Yap household. First it's Alycia's birthday, then mil's birthday, then Chinese Winter Solstice Festival (we only celebrate when mil is around), next is Christmas, followed by hubby's birthday and finally a celebration to usher in the new year.

Today is hubby's birthday. Though I've known him for more than 2 decades (go figure out how old I was when I first met him), this is the 18th year we are celebrating his birthday together. It's just any other ordinary Sunday today. After church, we went to Ah Yat Abalone Restaurant for dim sum, then hopped to the Japanese restaurant next door to eat California roll before heading home. I'll write a post on the dim sum review at Ah Yat soon and why hubby had to hop to the next restaurant. So stay tuned......


Hubby bought a pandan layer cake for the gals to cut and blow candles yesterday.

Poopie Prunes

When we went shopping for groceries the other day, daddy bought the gals a packet of prunes. When we reached home, they requested to try the prunes. I just knew they would not take a liking to the prunes as they have never liked dried fruits and anything that's black in color and squidgy. True enough when the packet was opened and they saw the black colored prunes, they ran away. So I had to convince them that it tastes just as good as prune juice (their all-time favorite drink) as prune juice is made from prunes. They were really reluctant to try it and after I had convince them to take a small bite, they spat out the prune and said it's poop, black poop and pushed my hand away. I don't fancy prunes either, so now the packet of prunes is left in the fridge. Now I am finding a way to conceal the prunes in their food. Maybe I should try making them some banana and prune pancakes next week!

Salmon Fish Head Noodles

You've got to try cooking this - salmon fish head soup. It's so tasty and sweet and goes very well with noodles. Last week, I bought a salmon fish head for RM7.50 from a nearby mini market. My maid pan fried the fish head and then simmered it with some water, tomatoes, ginger slices and chopped garlic for 2 hours. We then added some organic tofu, organic vegetables and homemade fish balls to the soup and serve them with vermicelli for dinner. Very tasty and wholesome meal for toddlers.

Yummy Treats

The gals enjoying their Gelattisimo Italian ice-cream at Gardens @ Mid Valley on X'mas Day. Though the ice-cream is not cheap, the queue was incredibly long. Alycia chosed a strawberry flavor, mummy chosed a Macademia caramel for Sherilyn and daddy had a tiramisu flavor. Mummy who does not like sweet stuff now did not order any.

Fine Dining At Villa Danieli Italian Restaurant

We had a sumptuous Italian dinner at Villa Danieli Italian Restaurant @ Sheraton Imperial on Thursday when hubby redeemed this RM250 dinner from the voucher he received when he renewed his memberhip with the Starwood group. Members of Starwood Preferred Club are entitled to benefits offered by the Sheraton group of hotels, Westin Hotel and Le Meridien Hotel. The dinner was to celebrate hubby's birthday in advance.

Baked escargot and fried calamari - starter for hubby.


Seafood soup for me.


Baked cod fish as main course for me.

Lamb shank as main course for hubby.

A pepperoni pizza and spaghetti (picture not taken) for the gals.

Desserts - apple pie with vanilla ice-cream and I think that's a lemon meringue. The desserts used to be really good but this time, I didn't like them at all.



All in all, hubby paid less than RM100 for this fine Italian dinner. In addition, we even got a bottle of red wine and a cheese cake on the house.

When we reached home, the gals sang 'Happy Birthday' to daddy, blew the candles on the cake and had cheese cake for supper.

Hop on to my other blog to read on.......

Confinement Ladies

I have just booked a confinement lady (CL) over the phone. She is charging RM3,000 for 1 month (some CL charges RM2,800 for 28 days). That's the current market rate and it's freaking expensive right? I am also required to pay RM500 as deposit to her. Is this the norm to pay so much as deposit to a CL? I didn't pay any deposit to my 2 CLs previously. What if something bad happened to this CL and she can't work for me? I actually got her name from a list of good CLs recommended from one of the mummy's blogs. I am supposed to fix a date to meet this CL soon to pay her and to discuss further our terms.

Anyway, if anyone of you has any good CLs to recommend, I'd appreciate you giving me their contact numbers.

So Much Food

Daddy loves to give us surprises, sometimes pleasant, sometimes not to pleasant. Daddy told us he wasn't coming home for dinner last Friday as he's busy with work. After our dinner at around 8pm, he came home and with lots of food - food from the pasar malam and desserts from Gardens @ Mid Valley. The gals and I were really full but no one could resist sinking our teeth into the food that daddy had bought home.

This was what he bought:

Polor pau (pineapple buns), egg tarts, chicken pies and chicken buns from Mr Cook's at Gardens, Mid Valley. I love the polor pau, very tasty with lots of pineapple bits.


A chocolate coated waffle, cheese bun and potato and ham bun from Sun Moulin Bakery at Gardens.


Tasty steamed fishballs from the pasar malam (the gals love these).


And this very tasty fried vermicelli Thai style with fried chicken and crunchy sambal belacan. Tasted so good but I was so full I could only taste a bite of the chicken.

We Can Huff and We Can Puff

My eldest brother, Ray and his wife came from Singapore last week and we celebrated his birthday at PJ Hilton. When it comes to candle blowing and cake cutting, Alycia and Sherilyn are always the happiest. Whoever in our family celebrates his/her birthday, the gals will always get to blow the candles and cut the cake. They blew off the fire from the candles with all their might till the cake was covered with their saliva. My brother was really happy to be able to celebrate his birthday with his 2 nieces this year.


1...2...3..... blow..... blow....blow......we can huff and we can puff mummy......



and I can cut the cake too....