Bovril Yee Meen

This is another very tasty and simple noodles dish that I have created using Bovril. Alycia and Sherilyn are crazy over this yee meen. Just blanch the yee meen and vegetables, strain them and leave aside. Then, stir fry some minced chicken meat with shallots and garlic. Add in some soy sauce, pepper and add in 1 tablespoon of Bovril (pre-dissolve it in 1 bowl of hot soup or hot water). Add the meat sauce onto the noodles and they are ready to be served. Quite a simple and very tasty dish.

Sooooo soooour!

I was cutting a starfruit to eat yesterday when Sherilyn saw me and asked for some. She took a bite on a slice and though it was quite sour, she liked it anyway and asked for more, and more. She was worried I would take the sliced starfruit away from her and she clutched on to a slice on each of her hand as she munched and grimaced away as the sour juice of the starfruit touched her mouth.




"Mummy.... soooooo soooour this starfruit...."

Peek-a-boo!

During the Deepavali holidays last week, Alycia didn't have to wake up early for school. It was way past 9am on that day and Sherilyn had woken up early and was already downstairs having her breakfast. Alycia was sleeping alone upstairs. When I went up to check on her at around 10am, she had apparently woken up for a long time already and was happily playing alone in her room as seen in the picture here. I had peeped in to see what she was doing and she was really taken by surprise to see me snapping a picture of her.

Feeling Thirsty And Dry

Apart from having really dry and peeling skin, today I'm feeling really thirsty and I've been gulping down mugs and mugs of plain water, yet the thirst is insatiable. I don't think I am dehydrated as I drink like a camel, though now I don't drink as much as I used to before I was preggers. Not only is my skin peeling, my lips are also cracking. When I met my friend this morning as I was walking to the van to buy pork and vege, she too noticed that I look dry. Gosh, I look aweful - skin peeling and lips cracking. I look like a sick cat. Wonder what's wrong with me, sei lor!! Hope not gestational diabetes or some serious ailments.

More Souvenirs

These Disney and Hello Kitty souvenirs for Alycia and Sherilyn were from sil. She got the pink Minnie Mouse bag and Hello Kitty & My Melody hankies when she went to Japan for a vacation recently. I think the hankies are too pretty and delicate to be used. The colors will surely fade and the cloth will surely fray after a few spins in the washing machine. I think I'll just let them remain as keepsakes.

My New Golden Goose

Here's my new desktop PC. Everything is new except for my Dell monitor which is still in good working condition. The new CPU has 250GB of memory as compared to 80GB with my old CPU. This CPU even has a transparent plastic panel that enables me to look at everything from the motherboard to the wires inside the CPU. Hubby's friend came at 11:30pm last night to help set up the PC and to transfer all the data from my old CPU to the new one. We only got to sleep at 1:30am.

Homemade Fried Rice

We had 'multi-ingredients fried rice' today, my creation of course. Let me tell you what ingredients were used to fry the rice :

1. Fresh sweet corns
2. Chopped choy sum
3. 2 eggs
4. Diced chicken meat
5. Diced sausages
6. Vegetarian 'chak thai' (made of bean curd sheet with chillies)
7. Garlic
8. Shallots
9. Sesame seed oil
10. Pepper
11. Lea & Perrin sauce
12. Soy sauce

There were 2 batches of fried rice - one is with the spicy vegetarian bean curd sheet and one without for the kids. The gals loved the fried rice and licked the platter clean!

I'm Having A New Computer!

After encountering endless problems with my old junk desktop PC, I've finally decided to buy a new one from the money that I'd earned from my paid posts. I'd sought hubby's help to get me a new one and today, he got one costing RM2,000. I've just finished backing up all the documents from my D Drive and desktop to My Documents and hubby's friend who's a computer specialist will come to our house at 12:30am to help me transfer all the data from my old computer to the new one. I'm praying that the transfer of data and the setting up of the new computer will go smoothly without any problems. I just can't afford any downtime as I have more than 10 tasks due for submission within the next 2 days.

Oh No Alycia, You Peed In Your Pants Again!

She just did, while taking her afternoon nap. I had asked her twice during her nap if she'd like to wee wee but she just shoke her head. All of a sudden, she told me "mummy, i want to wee wee". I told her to quick hurry to the toilet but she told me "i already wee wee here". Oh no, Alycia, you peed in your pants again but luckily, she realized it fast enough and managed to hold the remaning pee. I quickly brought her to the toilet to let her finish off emptying her bladder. Luckily this time the pee was not heavy enough to soak the mattress, pillows and bolster and the plastic mat beneath her prevented the pee from wetting the bedsheet. Phew... else there will be another round of major laundry session for my maid tomorrow.

Do You Get Pissed Off With The Ads?

I've been writing a lot of ads in my blog lately. Frankly, do you get pissed off with them? I really hope having these paid posts in my blog will not stop you from coming to my blog again. I'm trying my best to balance the number of personal posts in my blog too.

To all my loyal readers who never fail to take the time and trouble to put in your valued comments in my blog, I'd like to say a very big thank you for your support. It's really great to see from my blog statistics that I still have between 300-400+ visitors to both my blogs daily. I know there are many stalkers and lurkers out there who read my blog frequently but never leave any comments. I want to thank you too for coming to my blog time and again. If it's not for all of you, I would not have scored quite a good Alexa ranking and Technorati score.

What's For Dinner Tonight

Hubby bought a pack of shitake mushrooms yesterday. I'm going to ask my maid to stir fry them with some minced chicken meat and prawns with Miso paste. Not sure how it will taste but I think it should taste good. Didn't plan to add the prawns in but I suddenly remembered we still have a bag of medium-sized prawns in the freezer for more than a month. Will also be cooking fried fish with blended tomato and bombay onions, a steamed tofu and a stir-fried chinese cabbage. Also have my favorite soup, Watercress and loh hon koa for added 'yun'. Thank God I have a maid to help me out in cooking!

Deepavali Cheer

On the eve of Deepavali last week, my Sikh neighbor gave me a pleasant surprise when she presented me with a basket of food. I was hoping that there were her delicious curry and tosei inside the basket but instead, there were 3 jars of Muruku, bee hives and London Almond cookies together with some peaches and fragrant pears. Anyway, this time I managed to subtly tell her that I love the smell of her curries and hinted to get some of her homecooked curries soon. She was so proud to hear that compliment and said she will definitely give me some the next time she cooks them. See how greedy and desperate I am, even had the cheek to tell somebody to give me her curry!

Lightning Bummer

One advertising network was releasing offers one by one at snail's pace when suddenly there were lighting, thunder and a heavy downpour. I had already grabbed a few offers when the lightning became more intense. I couldn't make a decision whether to continue refreshing my screen and wait for more offers to pour in or switch off my modem. Suddenly a strong lightning struck followed by a roaring thunder which caused my screen to vibrate momentarily and my streamyx connection was cut off. My heart was pounding with fear and I quickly switched off my modem, disconnect the wire and took a short power nap. When I switched on my modem again (praying hard that it wasn't struck by lightning), thank God it was still working. Phew, what a heart attack it gave me!

New Clothes For Alycia

Alycia's wish for a new pair of jeans came true when koo mah bought her a pair of Zara Kids hipster 3/4 jeans from Hong Kong recently. She also got Alycia a Disney Zara Kids Minnie Mouse t-shirt to go with the jeans. Alycia always gets new clothes from all her koo mahs and koo koo whilst Sherilyn always gets all the hand-me-downs. Poor thing but it's not that bad either coz most of the clothes that Alycia had worn still look new as she had only worn them less than 10 times. Kids outgrow their clothes really fast.

Pregnancy at 17 Weeks

As my belly is growing bigger, I am feeling really bloated and don't have much appetite. This has always been the case during each of my pregnancy and the moment I reached the 20th week, my appetite would decrease substantially and I would not be able to eat much during each meal. Also, during both my pregnancies, I had a very sensitive uterus. After each meal my stomach would hardened and I would start to have 'contractions'. I could actually feel my uterus contracting whenever my guts are full or when my bladder is full or when I need to do my poopie business. My gynae told me I have a very sensitive uterus and I was also at risk for pre-term labor. When I was carrying Alycia, I even had to spread out my dinner into 3 courses so that my uterus would not contract - first I drank the soup, half an hour later I ate the vegetables and lastly the meat. I could not even sit for long during a car ride, else my uterus would contract again. I hope all would go well this time.

Grapeseed Oil

What's the healthiest choice of cooking oil? Is it pure coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, soya bean oil, canola oil or grapeseed oil? We were shopping at Village Grocer last week and sil got us a bottle of pure grapeseed oil. Whilst the nutritional benefits of olive oil will be destroyed in high heat, grapeseed oil can withstand high heat and the health benefits will be retained. This is my first time trying out grapeseed oil for cooking. The price of grapeseed oil is also slightly cheaper than olive oil.

Tag : What Do You Wish For This Year End?

This mummy would like to know what my wish is for this year end? Well, I have many wishes. I wish that hubby and I can earn more moolah so that we can go for a vacation overseas, I wish that Alycia and Sherilyn will be more obedient, well-behaved and throw less tantrum, I wish that I can buy a car for myself soon and I wish that my blog PR will go even higher! But if I only have one wish to make, I'd wish for all my loved ones including my unborn little one to be healthy and happy always.

A very simple and straightforward tag. Not tagging anyone this time.

New Toy From Koo Mah

When koo mah was here last week, she brought Alycia and Sherilyn to Toys R Us and asked the girls to choose their own toys. Of course, kids being kids, they chosed the largest toy they could set their eyes on and got this. It's a writing desk with a clock, a magnetic board, magnetic alphabet and numbers, marker pens, eraser, a battery operated desk lamp and a drawing ruler.

When they reached home, they were so excited that they did not even take their afternoon nap and pestered my maid to assemble the toy for them. For 2 days, there was a tug of war on the stool and on who gets to sit at the desk. After a few days and as expected, the desk is now lying at the corner of our living room and they don't fight over it anymore.

Cheese Crackers Again

We were shopping for groceries at Village Grocer last week and I saw this fish shaped cheese crackers on sale. Though we still have a few boxes of unopened cheese crackers at home, but I couldn't resist buying something that's on sale. Wanted to grab 2 packs but since I've not tried it yet, just took 1. This pack of fish shaped cheese crackers is still not opened yet and Alycia has been bugging me to open it. I hope the gals won't get throat ulcer again after eating crackers.

New Disney Tumbler

During her last trip back to KL, my sil from HK had bought only one Disney Minnie Mouse water tumbler and since Sherilyn saw it first, she managed to grab the tumbler. During the most recent trip back, my sil bought another Disney water tumbler and this time it's a Mickey Mouse for Alycia. The gals are really lucky to have aunties in HK and other countries. They get the most gifts when their aunties visit them.