Sherilyn's Quirks

Rascal #2 has this quirk where if I give A to her, she will will ask for B. And the next day if I give her B, she will ask for A, deliberately in defiance as if to rebel against mummy. On most mornings, I will nag and nag and nag this little rascal to hurry up to finish her milk, to wash up, to dress up and to go to school. It's a chore getting her to get ready for school. On some mornings, she will lie in bed, whine and bawl, refusing to go to school. Today is her last day of going to school for this year. There was a year-end party in the school this morning.

Just now after her shower, guess what this fella did? Instead of wearing a dress, she donned on her school uniform... and she's going to wear that to attend Mandarin tuition later. Can't believe she did this! And I wonder what her friends and teachers at the tuition centre are going to say, haha!

English For 5-Year Olds

I was doing revision with Sherilyn last week to prepare her for her exam and when I came to the Collective Nouns for animals, I was amazed to note that the 5-year olds in her pre school are taught these:

I am sure some of us don't even know the collective noun for goose, horse and whales eh? And I am amazed that my rascal could remember all the collective nouns here.

Yesterday I collected Sher's report card from pre-school. She scored 90% and above for all her papers. I am very proud of her. I hope she will continue to produce As for her papers next year, which will be her last year in kindy. But I'm worried how she will cope in a Chinese primary school given her dilly dally attitude. I hope she'll change.

Restoran Sari Ratu, Minangkabau Cuisine

After lunch at Coliseum Restaurant about 3 Sundays ago, we had desserts at Restoran Sari Ratu, a restaurant that specializes in authentic Nasi Padang and Minangkabau cuisine. The restaurant itself originated from Indonesia and has spread its wings to Malaysia. There are currently about 6 outlets in Malaysia. The one that we went to is at Jln Sultan Ismail. If you like Indonesian food and desserts, this is the place to go to. The food is pretty good.

Here's what we had ...



Deep fried chicken with fragrant deep fried turmeric and deep fried tapioca chips coated with chilli paste...

A variety of Minangkabau dishes behind the counter...

The dessert menu...





Cendol Mix Durian...

Forgot what this is called but it is a very unique combo of fresh avocado, colored sago, coconut flesh, santan and ice cream...

Tapai ice cream (tapai is fermented coconut water). I think that tapai with ice cream is a weird combination and I didn't like it at all.

Curry fish that we took away for dinner...

We also took away some beef rendang.


Restoran Sari Ratu
GF 42-2,
Jalan Sultan Ismail,
Bukit Bintang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

603 2141 1811 (tel)

Business Hours
11:00am to 11:00pm

Lucky Girls

My mil bought this cute Disney Thumbelina pen for the girls in Hong Kong recently. Nice hor? How lucky are my girls. I rarely had these luxuries when I was a kid. My girls have been receiving so many cute, pretty and awesome gifts all the time from their aunts and grandparents ever since they were born. Lucky them and I hope that they will always be blessed with many people showering them with love and gifts always.

Busy Day

I can't believe I managed to purge out 16 paid posts this morning. I woke up at 5:30am today to prepare myself for a long and busy day ahead as my supplier told me that she will deliver my batch of stock today. But when I logged into my advertiser's website, I almost fell off my chair when I saw 12 opps waiting for me. Fifteen minutes later, 4 new opps appeared. Oh thank you Sheriff! I always think that I work better under stress. I gave the gym a miss this morning and sat in front of the PC from 6am until 10am and completed all the 16 paid posts and dished out another 2 personal posts. Phew, 18 posts in less than 4 hours ... I need a breakie now. Shower Baby, have a shower myself and then work starts again. I have a stack of consignment notes to write. I better prepare the Pos Laju bags now so that when my stock arrives this evening, I can concentrate on stock check and QA check. I hope my girls can help me out too.

Before My Wedding Day

I remember that before my wedding day more than a decade ago, I had some zits on my face. I freaked out and panicked and frantically google searched on how to get rid of acne fast on the internet. I bought several types of pimple creams and applied them on my face day and night. Thankfully the pimples cleared before my wedding. Those few weeks before my wedding were really stressful – mentally, physically and financially! I never want to go through that again. Of course, who wants to go through a wedding twice?

Have You Made Your Holiday Plans Yet?

Alycia and Sherilyn have been badgering me and their daddy to bring them to Genting Highlands to watch Doraemon live. I think it would be fun to bring the girls to Genting Highlands as they have never been there. As for me, the last time I went there was about a decade ago! I shall bug the hubs to bring us there during the school holidays, if only we could still get the tickets to watch Doraemon. A holiday in a highlands resort will definitely be kinder to our pockets than those Outer Banks vacation rentals. Have you made your holiday plans yet?

Botak Man In Hat

How often do you see men in hats? Not sports cap but Hats for Men, like cowboy hats. I hardly ever bump into a man wearing a cowboy hat or any other hat, other than caps. One time we bumped into a man wearing a cowboy hat and when he removed the hat, he was bald. My #2 who saw the shiny ‘botak’ head gladly and excitedly announced loudly “mummy, botak man”! At that point, I really hoped that there was door next to me so that I could open the door and run out of the restaurant as fast as I could!

Pimple Cream For My Chin

Whenever I see zits popping out on my flawless face, I know that it’s the time of the month again. Last night, while I was applying acne treatment cream on my face, Baby who was next to me watched with awe as I put the brown cream on my chin. It was the first time she caught me putting brown color stuff on my chin and I think she must be wondering why mummy is doing that. She looked really cute staring at me, with mouth wide opened and with such curiosity in her eyes haha!

I Rather Sacrifice My Sleep

The other day over dinner with my friends, I saw one of my friends popping some pills just before she ate her meal. I thought they were supplement pills but when I asked her, she told me that they were pills to stop the fat and carbo from making her fat! She said she could not find the time to exercise, thus have to resort to the most popular diet pills to help her stay slim. Up until today, I still don’t have the courage to pop diet pills. I rather sacrifice half an hour of sleep each morning to work out in the gym.

Busy Day

Today is going to be an extremely busy day for me. On top of 16 online assignments to complete, I am expecting a big batch of ladies clothes from my supplier. While I feel happy each time I get an order, I dread the sight of the stock in my living room. After this batch of stock is settled, my supplier will be bringing in some special occasion dresses for the year end holidays. So do check out my online store ya!

Rascal #2’s Terrible Fives

Rascal #2 has a terrible temper. She always tells me that she wants to be a princess like Cinderella but I always tell her that if she continues to scream, complain, whine and throw tantrums, she is just like Cinderella’s step sisters. The other day, in her fit of rage, she pulled the drawer out and the drawer was yanked out of the cupboard. There was a huge bang on the floor and she gave me yet another heart flat line. Thank God that the heavy drawer (about 5kg) did not land on her feet or Baby’s feet. And thank God that there was no damage to our floor, else we would need to look for discount laminate flooring to patch up the crack.

Holiday In Penang For The Next 10 Years

The long school term break will be here in just a week’s time. The girls have nothing much to look forward to, except for the usual trip back to Ipoh and then to Penang. A holiday in Penang twice a year is a sure thing for us for the next 10 years. Those of you who follow my blogs will know why. I can’t wait for the 10 years to be up so that we can have an Orlando vacation with the girls.

Air Purifier cum Dehumidifier and Ionizer

We have an air purifier which doubles up as an ionizer and dehumidifier in our bedroom. My lips used to get really dry every night in the air-conditioned bedroom but with the air purifier cum dehumidifier switched on, I don’t get dry lips and throat anymore. I think this gadget is really well spent and is a good investment. I may buy another unit for the girls’ bedroom too if the price of the air purifier cum dehumidifier goes down.

Greedy Baby

Baby is getting more and more greedy and hungry for junk food by the day, ever since she was weaned off my boops. Each time she sees food on the kitchen counter top, this rascal will climb up the counter top by stepping on the drawer handles. She freaks me out whenever she does this. If the drawer handle breaks and gets yanked off, she will fall and her chin will land on the counter top. I can imagine how bad the consequences would be if this happens. She really needs to be watched over like a hawk all the time

Testing our patience

Remember my earlier post on Baby who kept throwing stuff out of the window of our condo unit? Well, for a few days straight, she kept throwing stuff down, despite being reprimanded and whacked.

The next target were Sherilyn's hair ties and ribbons...

Funnily after this particular stuff-flinging session, she stopped. I guess her curiosity had been quelled. She saw the cause and effect and the consequences to her actions. And she learned some lessons too..

Hoping For Gloomy Skies And Rainy Days

I have this idiosyncrasy in me where my mood is determined by the weather. Yup the daily weather. When I see dark skies with a looming thunderstorm, my mood is instantly lifted up and I feel really happy LOL!! When the big bright yellow sun is out and the skies are bright, I actually feel down. Weird eh? I guess that's because I cannot stand hot weather. I think I will be happy if I lived overseas in a cold country. Today the skies are dark and cloudy... I can anticipate rain coming, woohooo.... I am happy hehehe!!

Canton-I Restaurant @ Gardens, Mid Valley

We had lunch at Canton-I Restaurant at Gardens, Mid Valley yesterday. Canton-I serves very good dim sum and Hong Kong cuisine. The food is supposedly MSG-free, pork is free from beta-agonist, only low cholesterol eggs are used and rice bran oil is used. Well, this is what was written in their menu.

We ordered our favorite 'lau chup pau' (once broken, hot duck's eggs custard will ooze out from the purple pau) and this Hong Kong style layer cake.

Sei kwai tau (Four-Season beans), iLike this dish. Deep fried crispy anchovies are stir-fried with the french beans.

Roast meat with salted peanuts...




Roast goose drumstick (siew ngor pei), wanton mein and yau char kwai. The yau char kwai was very crispy and went well with the abalone-prawn-chicken porridge. I love the porridge as the consistency is super smooth. I think the porridge was blended to get such smooth consistency.

Siew Mai...

and there were also a plate of seafood fried rice, HK style chee cheong fun, a big bowl of seafood porridge and a plate of stir-fried lobak koa (stir fried radish). Food was so much that we could not finish and had to take away the left over, which we ate for dinner.


Canton-I's business philosophy on food freshness and quality...

Canton-I is located near Din Tai Foong, which is also our other favorite Hong Kong style restaurant.

I would rate the food at Canton-I 9/10. Be sure to go there early, otherwise be assured to join in the long queue outside the restaurant.

Do You Keep Your Cards?

I hardly ever keep greeting cards and postcards that I receive. Oh well, maybe I will keep those exceptionally nice ones like those postcards with photos of my friends or photos of their babies printed on them. Some of my friends are willing to spend their money on postcard printing so that their friends and relatives can keep those cards or frame them up. My hubs always complains that we don’t have enough storage space in our condo, so we are forced to throw away and give away many things. Do you keep greeting cards and postcards?

A Crazy Week

The past 1 week has been a crazy week for me. My 3 girls have been down with purging and fever the whole of last week and that's every mum's nightmare when all their kids fall sick together. After Alycia's exam had ended, next in turn was Sherilyn's. Her exam is still on-going and will only end tomorrow. As fate has it, my stock from my suppliers always arrive at a time when I am the busiest. And offers from advertisers also always come together when I am the busiest with my online store. I can't believe the impeccable timing and coincidence of things and events that have been happening to me all these while. Gawd, I am so terribly burnt out! While I had to spend time to do revision with Sherilyn, I could not just let the pile of stock sit in the living room. One, it is such an eye sore to have a mountain of stock in the middle of the living room. Two, my customers' will be chasing me and inundating me with "when can I receive my things?"

Last night, I only had 3-4 hours of sleep. You can read the story in my health blog, Health Is Wealth.