Homecooked Dishes

Here're more of my mil's sau sai (culinary skill). Don't get jealous hor hehehe... but you may salivate...


Shallow fried fish stuffed with freshly pounded turmeric...


Stir-fried bitter gourd with left over siew yoke (roast pork), tau cheong, chilli and Chinese basil leaves...


My favorite braised turnip with dried cuttlefish, mushrooms, pork slices and garnished with Chinese parsley.

She will leave us again soon for HK and I am gamed to cater food from one of those caterers who claim that they don't use MSG in their cooking. I don't think I will have the time to cook without a maid or a mil around.

Fruitful Morning

It has been a fruitful morning for me. I managed to dish up 5 advertisements for my 2 blogs, 3 personal posts for my 3 blogs and replied emails to customers and suppliers. I got up at 5:30am to start working, went out for a run at 7:15am, came home, prepared Sherilyn for school and have been sitting in front of my PC since. I haven't even taken my breakfast yet. Thank God Baby is still sleeping. She rarely sleeps in to beyond 8am. Now, I have my next load of work to accomplish - update my Excel worksheet for all my customers' order, shoot out invoice, pay suppliers, perform QA on customers' clothes, pack customers' clothes into Pos Laju bags, etc. etc. In between, I have to handle my 3 rascals. Work, work, work, why is my work never ending wan?? I need a BREAK!!!

Terror Maid

I have been so busy with my online store that I have been getting my helper to feed Baby more and more these days. Baby is getting more and more restless these days and it's a torture to get her to drink water. Sadly, it's only when I flash the cane and threaten to beat her that she will take only sips of water. My helper does not have the patience to coax Baby to drink water. Many times, she had hit Baby when she fidgeted too much, refused to drink and spilled water. I went ballistic when she hit Baby on the chin the other day, to punish her for spilling water. Yet, she blatantly denied hitting Baby. But Baby is not a baby anymore. She ran to me bawling and said "kakak beat me, kakak beat me" and when I asked her "beat where", she pointed to her chin and said "here". The same thing happened last week when she hit Baby on the mouth. I can't wait for this lady to return to Indon for good. I hope I can cope without her.

Neglected blog

I realized this morning that I have neglected this blog for 2.5 days! I hardly ever neglect my blogs. Blogging is my passion. I have been so bogged down with my online store that I have totally forgotten to update this beloved blog of mine. If it’s not for the review of Phentermine 37.5, I would not even log in to this blog to check. O_o, I better spend some time everyday to update my blogs, lest I lose all my readers!

Eat Everything You Want And Stay Slim

I discovered that I can eat almost everything that I fancy and not get fat. The idea here is the portion size. Instead of gobbling down a full size portion of chocolate cake, eat only half a slice or a quarter slice. Satiate your craving but don’t overfeed it and you don’t have to rely on the best weight loss pills to stay slim! Of course, you have to stay active and exercise for optimum results.

Without Help Very Soon

Just a moment ago, I saw something black and moving on the floor. At a closer look, I realized that it was a COCKROACH!! Yikes, I hate roaches and they are one of my greatest fears. I freaked out and yelled out "Dyaaaaaaaaah, cepat bawa Shelltox, cepat, cepat, cepat, ada cockroach!!!". My helper came running with a can of Shelltox and quickly aimed at the roach and sprayed on it continuously till the little fler struggled and died. She then wrapped it with a tissue paper and flushed it down the toilet.

A few weeks down the road, my helper will be back Indon for good and I will be left alone to handle 3 rambunctious kids. Mil will be away in HK for a few months soon and hubby is always not home. I keep telling myself that I can handle the kids without a full-time helper but in times like this when I need help or when my kids are sick and vomiting, who is going to help me? I guess in times like this, I have to brace myself for the worst, cry and scream for help or call 999 for help, boo hoo hoo hoo.... :(

On The Eve Of Their Exams

This was taken on the eve of Alycia and Sherilyn's exam. They were playing balloons, went swimming, watched TV and Sherilyn sat for her actual ballet exam and was away at the exam centre the whole morning.

I have been very, very relaxed with them, doing very little revision with them as I was both too bogged down with work and didn't want to put too much stress on them. After all, Alycia is only in Primary 1 and Sherilyn is only 5 years old. I only did a max of 1-2 hours of revision with them on the eve of their exam. Alycia scored pretty good marks with 90 and above for all her papers. But maybe all her classmates scored just as good marks as her, who knows? As for Sherilyn, I admit I have not been doing much revision with her at all ever since I started running an online business. I wouldn't blame her if she scores poor marks. I must, must, must go slow with my business and spend more time with my kids!

Bossy Baby

My helper was feeding Baby lunch yesterday. Baby was seated on her booster seat placed on the dining chair. She was restless and moved about, almost fell off the seat several times. My helper then reprimanded Baby and asked her to sit still. Baby pretended to be angry and said this in a feigned angry tone "what you say, what you say huh??" .... to which my helper asked her to sit properly and held her hand, so that she would not move and fall off the chair. Baby retorted and said this "don't kacau me!" in the bossiest manner ever lol!!

Essentially Homemade

Here's what I love having for breakfast :


Homemade multi-grain bread with homemade pesto sauce and homemade hazel nut bread spread. YUMS.... so yummy, so healthy, so homemade and chokefull of fibre and nutrients. Some of you will go "OMG, how can she swallow that stuff in the morning?" but iLove! I honestly prefer this to a packet of nasi lemak, kuih or curry puffs.

I Tak Mau Friend You

Over dinner just now, Baby kicked up a big fuss and was super whiny. She didn't want this bowl but want that bowl, gave her that bowl and she wanted this bowl. She was stirring her food and playing with it but not eating it. My temper hit the roof. She was punished and put to stand at the naughty corner by mah mah. Of course she bawled and feigned vomiting again. Alycia jie jie played along with her and said "here, go vomit in this pail" and gave her the vomit pail. Baby was furious and for the first time, she blurted out furiously to her favorite jie jie "I tak mau friend you!!"... and said that several times! My mil and I wanted to burst out laughing upon hearing her say "I tak mau friend you" but tried hard to suppress our guffaw LOL!

Life Insurance Policy

I have several medical insurance policies and the hubs told me the other day that I should get someone to review the policies and stick to only one medical insurance policy. The both of us are paying quite a bit for our insurance premiums each month. I wonder if it is really necessary to be paying so much for insurances. I guess one will only feel the need when the unforeseen happens. I know of some well educated people who don’t even have a single insurance policy all their lives. If you are one of them, I would say go get a life insurance quote and insure yourself right away!

Super Busy Day

Today is another super busy day for me. With 11 online assignments to submit, orders from my customers to process, nuphedragen reviews to write and blogs to update, I can barely breathe. I feel really guilty that I haven’t been spending enough time with my kids. I hadn’t spent sufficient time to do revision with Alycia and Sherilyn for their exams this week. In fact, I only managed to squeeze out a couple of hours to do revision with them on the eve of their exams. Thank God Alycia did pretty well. I’m really anxious to see what marks Sherilyn has scored for her subjects.

Unaccomplished Mission

The hubs has been swimming and hitting the gym very frequently lately. He is on his weight loss project again. In fact, he has been in and out of this weight loss project umpteen times that I have lost count. At the start of the project, he is always motivated but when his work eats into his time, he would eventually abandon his mission. I am hoping that he can shed at least 10kg, especially from his beer belly. I was told that obesity can affect one’s libido and I do not wish for my man to rely on extenze!

Anti-Aging Face Cream

I have never used any anti aging face face creams before. Now that I will be hitting the big 40 in another 3 years, maybe I should start getting a good brand of anti aging face cream, lest my face wrinkles and sag. My skin is still very much supple, flawless and smooth and I have to say that daily exercising has a part to play in having good skin. But how long can this last? I wonder if anti aging face creams can really prevent the skin from sagging, wrinkling and aging.

Claims Approved

We received a very good piece of news last week. Our insurance company has approved our claims for two of Baby’s hospitalization bills incurred this year. One was for a UTI attack in January and the other for an eye chalazion surgery in March. However, the biggest bill of over RM50k for her surgeries last year remains rejected :( The hubs had decided that if they reject our 2 latest claims, he would be transferring the policy to another insurer. He also wants to get some term life insurance quotes from a new insurer.

Sleeping On The Meal

Another typical scene during dinner time if rice + dishes are served - rascal #2 staring into space and then dozing off with her food, soup and water unfinished !!


Btw, do hop over to Old And New Stuff For Sale to check out my latest collection of kids clothing. They are all really pretty and priced very reasonably too! They are now open for pre-order and booking will close this Saturday, 29 May 2010.


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Vegetarian Thai Fried Rice

This is the latest rage in our family - vegetarian Thai fried rice, a new recipe of which my mil had just picked up. Everyone likes it so much that she's been cooking this every other day. The great flavor and aroma come from the different types of leaves used.

The ingredients used are:
White rice + red rice or brown rice
Lemon grass, julienned
Ginger flower, julienned
Shallots
Leaves of lime or limau kasturi (fatt foong kum yip), julienned
Assortment of vegetables which you are free to use - sweet corn kernel, red, yellow, green bell pepper, julienned kai lan, chopped french beans, etc.

This is a very healthy dish and even I (who normally don't touch rice) heart it!

Homecooked Dishes

Two of the dishes that my mil whipped up last week:

Brinjal stuffed with homemade fish paste. She made the fish paste herself.


"loh jue keok" (braised pig's trotters) and hard boiled eggs. I don't eat the pig's trotters but love the eggs, the lean meat and the sauce.

Next, I will post pix of her vegetarian Thai fried rice, so stay tuned....

Rushing Me Crazy

These days, Alycia's driver has been picking her up 10 minutes earlier in the morning. Me, I am the busiest in the morning. I try to reply emails, update my blogs and update my online store in the morning. I only have less than 10 minutes to prepare myself before bringing Alycia down to the lobby to wait for the driver. This morning, as usual Alycia was pestering me to hurry up again. This girl can be really pesistant and can really breathe down my neck in the most irritating way. As I was dressing up, she crept into my room and whispered "hurry up mummy, hurry up, faster, faster, don't be late again, Aunty J will scold me, blah, blah, blah, ...." and brought my clothes to me. As I was rushing off, I almost forgot to wear my bra muahahahahah!! And I did forget something. I had forgotten to bring my towel with me this morning and had to wipe away my sweat using my t-shirt after jogging. No matter how early I wake up every morning, there is still so much to do and my work never seems to get completed and my girl and hubby are forever rushing me to HURRY UP, haiz..... I am really tempted to submit my resignation letter to the big boss at home and submit my application letter for another job UWAWAWAWAWA......

Heart Warming Moments

Moments like these are priceless:

When the girls enjoy each other's company, when they laugh, giggle, make fun and tickle each other......



When they hug each other....


And when Alycia runs to Baby's resuce to comfort her each time I scold or punish Baby. Though burning with anger, the sight of Alycia defying my order not to 'sayang' her baby sister and running to her, giving her a big bear hug and giving her a kiss on the cheek douses off the fire in my heart.

Do hop over to my online store, Old And New Stuff For Sale to check out my new collection of chic ladies clothings and kids' clothes. I've brought in some kids' clothes and more will be coming soon, all sold at very reasonable prices :)

Here are just a few samples: