Simply Irresistibly Squeezable

Barbara commented the other day that she really wanted to squeeze Baby C's arms. Well, I feel the same too. Each time I see her exposed chubby arms and legs, I would squeeze them and oh boy, they feel so squeezable. Even Sherilyn can't resist her urge and quietly squeezed Baby C's legs the other day when I wasn't looking!



Look at those arms.... not only do I love squeezing them, I am so tempted to bite them too, LOL..... am I outa my mind?

It Sure Feels Good To Exercise Again

I resumed my first jogging session yesterday. I had only wanted to bring Baby C out for a morning walk to get some Vitamin D from the morning sun but after a while, my legs felt itchy and I started jogging.... only in my mil's Crocs slippers whilst pushing Baby C in the stroller. It was only for a short 15 minutes as I felt uncomfortable jogging in a pair of flip flops. Today I did it again, for a mere 15-20minute jog up and downhill which was really a breath-catching and onerous task. Plus, the scorching 9ish morning sun shining on me and Baby C made me cut short the session. When I came home, the gush of adrenalin flowing through my body made me feel so good. For exactly a year, I have not had my skin drenched in sweat and today, I felt so good having hot sweat dribbling down my head and body. But I really need to buy a better stroller, preferably a jogger or a stroller where I can place Baby C facing me. I saw one which I really liked the other day. It was a McLaren and has all the features that hubby and I are looking for BUT the price tag made our jaw drop - it costs a whopping RM2k! Well, if I can find a taker to buy the stroller at half price in 3 years' time, I would gladly buy it.

Food Glorious Food!

Are these making your tummy growl and rumble now? I was just looking at my Pictures folder and found these 2 pix taken when we had lunch at Delicious about a month back. Oh boy, they are making my tummy rumble now. The nasi kerabu is one of the best I've tasted. Though I don't eat rice and don't fancy rice at all (the thoughts of a bulging belly and an aunty's flabby underarms would always flash in my mind causing me guilt whenever I chomp down rice), I just can't help myself to a spoonful or two of this nasi kerabu. The rice goes very well with the delicious chicken curry.



And this was what Alycia and Sherilyn had - scrambled eggs with loads of butter on a slice of french toast and sausages. Aahhhh, this is the kinda food for an Atkin's dieter... minus the french toast. Simply yummy!

Delicious Bread Pudding

I am a bread lover. Though I am on a low carb, high protein diet, I still eat bread BUT only wholemeal bread with lots of grains, nuts and seeds. In fact, I eat bread almost everday... with peanut butter, almond butter, black sesame paste and cheese... all protein based spreads. I also love bread pudding and one of the best bread puddings I have eaten is from Delicious @ Bangsar Village. It comes with a topping of crystalized marmalade jam accompanied with vanilla sauce. That's one of my occasional sins... gorging on carbo-laden desserts!

Baby C Loves Tummy Time

The other day, I placed Baby C on her tummy on the mattress. The moment her tummy touched the mattress, she squealed in delight. We (Alycia, Sher and I) all cheered for her to lift her head up and to crawl (in Doman style, it's called crawling, as in commando crawl, though many people call it creeping). She tried to lift her head up but only managed to muster a 45 degrees angle hold and her face keeps getting buried on the mattress. She managed to crawl an inch or two and was so excited. 5 mins later, she got restless and cried and I put her back on her bouncinet again. I am just longing to see her start crawling now but when she starts crawling everywhere, I would have to watch her like a hawk and that's when I wish she were a baby again!

Boring Sunday

It's another boring Sunday for me. Hubby has brought Alycia and Sherilyn out shopping for lightings and toilet bowls for our new home. I'm cooped up at home again with Baby C.... and ate peanut butter sandwich and some roasted almonds for lunch, how unexciting can that be. I haven't eaten out for weeks and I am just raring to go out again. I wonder when I can be released from my 'home prison'. I'm going to ask the pediatrician nephrologist next week when we bring Baby C to see her for an assessment of her kidney reflux if it's ok to bring Baby C out.

Baby C has not recovered fully from her cold. I realize that her nose will get stuffy if she's in an air cond room or if she's put too near the fan. If I keep her warm, her nose will be fine but the both of us will feel stuffy and sweaty all over. The weather has not been too good lately - damn hot and humid. And when she's all sweaty, her eczema will flare up again. Sigh.... it's the devil or the deep blue sea!

Computer Memory Upgrade

There are thousands of photos of my 3 daughters saved in the hard drive of my computer. They are photos of them from birth up until now. There are also videos of them that I had taken with my digital camera and downloaded into my computer. At the rate I am saving the photos and videos, I will run out of space in my computer in no time. The guy who usually comes to my house to fix my computer has asked me to upgrade my computer ram but I ain’t going to upgrade it just yet. Well, not until I have done some research on what RAM is and find out what upgrade is compatible for my computer system.

Shopping For Our New Home

Hubby has gone out with the 2 older gals again, together with mil to shop for lightings and toilet bowls for our new home. He has been out shopping for household accessories almost everyday as our new condo is in the midst of a major renovation. As usual, I am in ‘home prison’ with Baby C. I am bored to the core being cooped up at home. Hopefully our pediatrician will give us the green light to bring Baby C out again. We still have many things to shop for our new home, from sofa set to new beds, a home theater carpet for the living room, dining table and chairs, TV console, curtains, water faucets and much more. It’s a pity I can’t follow hubby out shopping for our new home.

Fried Loh See Fun

My mil fried some loh see fun (rice flour noodles in the shape of rat's tail) the other day and Sherilyn was so hooked on it that she kept filling her bowl with the noodles. This fussy eater who eats no meat (but is now accepting a little meat) even ate the pork slices and prawns in the noodles.... and kept asking for more and more and more... till I have to keep the bowl out from her sight.


Fried loh see fun with prawns, pork, bean sprouts and sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds.

" I want some more mah mah...."

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Best Fish Head Noodles!

This fish head noodles from a coffee shop at Kuchai Lama is by far the best I have ever tasted. It tastes much better than the famous Woo Hin fish head noodles at Taman Desa, Old Klang Road. This fish head noodles comes with huge prawns and fish paste. The soup is really very tasty, so tasty that I am really hooked on it. Anyone who loves fish head and prawns will love this noodles. Sorry I don't know the name of this coffee shop but I will ask hubby to take note of the name the next time he goes there. If you want to go to this coffee shop, you better go before 12 noon, otherwise, you'll have to wait for a long time before you get a place to sit. And you have to bear with the heat and sweat it out if you plan to go there for lunch. This coffee shop is also opened at night.

Baby C at 2 Months 2 Weeks Old

At 2 months and 2 weeks now, Baby C hardly naps for long during the day. Her longest nap time would be half an hour, then she would wake up and wants to suckle my teat teats or wants to be talked to. She can now babble and gurgle when she's being talked to. She loves watching us work and never likes to be left alone, anywhere. She can also stare at an object / person and is able to follow the object/person when it moves by turning her head. Yesterday, I gave her some tummy time and she squealed in delight the moment I placed her on her tummy on the mattress. Her neck/head is also pretty stable and she can hold her head quite well unsupported. She sticks to me like UHU glue and if ever I am out of her sight when she wakes up from her nap, she will wail her lungs out. No one will be able to pacify her but me and sometimes daddy, if he's around.

We have made an appointment to bring her to see the pediatric nephrologist early next month to asses her kidney reflux. Hopefully, her KR is only a grade 1 or at worst, grade 2 and that she will outgrow this problem and does not need to be on antibiotics for the next 7 years. Am praying hard that a miracle will happen again.

Cold Green Tea Noodles

Want to prepare something yummy yet easy and quick for your little fussy eaters? Try cold green tea noodles. All you have to buy are a packet of green tea noodles, a bottle of Ninben sauce for soba noodles, a packet of shredded Japanese sea weed and toast some sesame seeds. Just blanch the noodles, drain well and rinse off with some cold water (this is necessary so that the strands of noodles will not stick to each other and become starchy). Pour some chilled Ninben sauce into the noodles, sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds and shredded seaweeds on the noodles and you can even add a few ice cubes to the noodles.

This noodles can even be packed into Bento lunch boxes and you can prepare them in a jiffy in the morning.


Left to right : toasted sesame seeds, green tea noodles, Ninben sauce, shredded Japanese seaweed.







Verdict : Alycia and Sherlyin LOVED the noodles to bits and often, 1 bunch of noodles (the noodles come in bunches) is not even enough to satiate their hunger!

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Sherilyn In Her Uniform

That's Sherilyn in her pre-school uniform, which belonged to Alycia. We didn't get her a new set of uniform as she could fit into Alycia's old uniform which Alycia has outgrown. Instead, we got a new set of uniform for Alycia. The school bag is new though and is given by the school.... well, it's already included in the semester fees.

That's the advantage of being the eldest child - you get new stuff all the time! When it's Cassandra's turn to go to pre-school, we don't even have to buy her any uniform, she'll have lots of old uniform from both her cheh chehs.... and that's one of the many advantages of having kids of the same gender... you can recycle their clothes!

Health Insurance

I cannot tell you how important it is to have a health insurance scheme both for yourself as well as for your loved ones. You probably will not realize the significance of the health insurance until tragedies strike or when you or your loved ones get afflicted with an ailment that requires costly medical treatment and hospitalization. When Alycia was 14 months old, she was attacked by Rotavirus and purged non-stop for several days. She was hospitalized for 3 nights and luckily our health care insurer settled the bill. It would have burned a big hole in our pockets had we not purchased a health insurance scheme for Alycia.

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Cassandra In Cloth Diapers

I have a total of 7 cloth diapers but at the rate Baby C is pooping, I think I need at least 20. Baby C poo poos between 3-5 times a day (big time poopie business). There is also a little poop on the diaper whenever she farts. On average, I need to change her diapers at least 10 times a day. When it rains and the inserts can't get dried quickly (they are quite thick), I have to use disposable diapers. Hubby is complaining that the CDs are too expensive coz he had just spent more than RM500 on CDs. I think I'll ask him to buy more CDs next month. The initial investment is really burning a big hole in his pocket.

Sherilyn Has Homework Too

I can't believe that Sherilyn has been bringing homework home everyday and she's only 3 years old. It's not just 1 page of coloring but 2-3 pages of coloring and her teacher wants the parents to do revision / reading with them at home too. Getting Sherilyn to do her homework is one tall order as my little tough nut just doesn't like to be instructed to do things. I think I will have the patience spending all my time persuading her to do her homework if Sherilyn was my only child. But I have 2 other very demanding kids and Sherilyn is always testing my patience to the limit. Sometimes, her homework gets unfinished and I just let it be. I do not want to threaten her with the cane to force her to complete her homework for it will only make her hate doing homework in future.

Lotus Root Stuffed With Mung Beans Soup

Have you tried stuffing mung beans (or green beans) into the holes of lotus roots before throwing them into the pot to boil soup? The other day, my mil tried it and I tell you, the lotus roots tasted so good with the mung beans stuffed inside the holes. You'll be surprised that the mung beans will stay inside the holes and only very few will be dislodged from the holes when the soup is ready. My mil was told that the green beans are to make the soup not so 'choa' (watchemer call it in English? I suppose 'heaty'?). My mil also threw in a pair of chicken feet (leftover from the 'yim kai' or neutered chicken that we ate on Sunday) and some pork ribs.


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