Kiersten+Christian+ Chris+Lynn :)

K!

2011-07-05T14:02:00.000+08:00

CAKE blowing for FUN!

2011-06-10T18:50:00.000+08:00

Doodling to keep herself happy :)

Pretend to be on the phone :)

Super busy kids :)

WHO needs a reason to blow a cake? Mummy thought it would be fun since they LOVE blowing cake. It is such pitty to only get to do it on BIRTHDAY! Nope, mummy don't agree with that. The result ... they had such great fun!!!

DIY ... Easter Egg Hunt!

2011-05-09T20:26:00.001+08:00

Our day started off early! With me heading towards our home park to layout the 'treasures' (Papier Mache Eggs and Chocolates), laying clues, and instructions for the kids! ONCE done ... Wholoa .. Dada brought them to the 'Treasure Park'! We have the entire park to ourselves since no parents in their right mind will be heading to the park with their kids in the morning under 37 degrees :P

Listening to instructions diligently ... like real kan? They are taking it very seriously ok ... in-search of 'treasures'!

See the cheeky faces after the instruction session is over ... Kiersten has a plan in mind already :) But she knows the rule ... every treasure they found include 'TWO' prizes ... obviously one for each ... in a way .. they are actually working as a 'TEAM' rather than working individually to out- beat each other ... brilliant!

Cruising out and about the entire park for the treasures!

Some of the treasures & grand prize FOUND!!!

Christian: Yeh! It's Chocolate!!! (hahaha but it's all melted due to the hot weather ... sent it home and straight into the fridge before they get to savor it during tea-time ... yup, only get to have a small bite each during tea-time ... wicked mummy!)

Yup ... since we all had FUN! FUN! FUN! earlier in the Park ... we continue it back home after breakie ...

Ermmmm ... yup, and FUN includes doodling ... NOT just on papers ... but kinda 'tattooing' our body too!

Can you guess what Kiersten had written?

How can i possibly not leeting you guys know the answers and only guessing from the amateur writing ...

On my palm: is a part of our home / garden's name
At the back of my hand: Smiley faces and 'I LOVE (heart shape) U'!
On my feet: Smiley face (the 1st ever doodle they learnt since they are 1 year old .. we used to doodle on ALL our fingers and toes as we sing along with 'Fingers Song'!!! Super FUN!!! You should try it too ... de-stress :)

Happy Belated Easter to ALL!!!

K playng truant! GRrrrrrrr

2011-04-27T18:13:00.000+08:00

Hahaha ... Dada waking up early in the mornign 'ALL STYLED UP!'
Kiersten said: You look sooooooo prettyyyyyy Dada, like a princess *rolled my eyes in disbelieve*
Me: Dada should not be 'prettttttyyyyy' yeah, leave alone looking like a princess *very mummy tone*
Kiersten: NOooooooooooo *BIG disagreement!*

What's your poll?

Chilling out on a lazy Sunday

2011-04-26T11:14:00.000+08:00

Dada decided to join us at the park after breakie. And since he had promised Kiersten & Christian for a 'picnic' sometime back, he walked from home with a bag loaded with some snacks for them (1st time eating YenYen dip in stick) and wine for us :) Imagine the excitement from the kids!

The day was breezie though slightly hot ... but it won't kill since it's the morning sun ... Earlier, we were playing in the playground next to where we were sitted. And then started exploring in climbing around the landscape in the park. Such fun ... chasing the butterflies, stomping on ants, running about like some craziee bunch ... yup ... we certainly had some stares. Who cares!

See both the little tomatoes ... all RED!

Teluk Intan Yummy-licious food!

2011-01-24T15:20:00.003+08:00

This is so yummy-licious ... this blogger is so passionate about the food in Teluk Intan ... i had accidentally stumbled upon whilst 'researching' ... i guess she / he must be from Teluk Intan ... even a TI-ian like myself finds it impressive .... can you imagine ...

Source is by / from:
http://www.j2kfm.com/category/perak-food/teluk-intan-food/

Happy 4th Birthday!

2011-01-07T19:40:00.001+08:00

You have grown so much ... and amazingly fast! Mummy & Dada hope you will have a blast in your Birthday Party tomorrow with 'Princess' theme cake, playing and having fun with your friends, ripping presents with your heart out ....

Mummy & Dada pray ... you will constantly be blessed by GOD and we sincerely thank Him for blessing us with you ... the charmer, the crazieeest, cheekiest, and make us most happy ... little darling, princess ... YOU!

Happy Birthday ... Love you most ... Mummy & Dada & Christian :)

IF Interactive ... Agency Of The Year 2010 Kancil Awards ... HISTORICAL!

2010-12-01T19:48:00.001+08:00

Fri 26th November 2010 ... IF did it again! We were awarded Agency Of The Year 2010! http://www.kancilawards.com/index.php

Last year, 2009 we were awarded a Golden Kancil!

It is totally epic and mesmerizing! (*I kept using exclamation marks ... dats how i feel ... totally proud & awesome) What makes us different is we walked down in HISTORY ... :) We are the FIRST Digital Agency to be awarded so!!! Our long, late nights, quarellings & squabblings, brain dead brainstorm sessionS ... totally paid off.

It is totally remarkable for us Ifians (dats wat we call ourselves ... am totally honoured to be one) ... In comparison to ALL agencies, we have the smallest team ... with 20 odd of us (Creative cum servicing cum programming, Programming cum creative, Servicing cum highclass despatch cum tea lady, Multitasking roles, etc, etc, etc ....) in comparison to ALL international big boys ... and yeah we are ALL 100% Malaysian Chop :), and most in their early 2os (well, i am one of the few above 30ish lar in the team ... bleh ... so what ...) Even when we stood up on stage with McCann (Agency of the Year 2010 too), they almost pushed us ALL off stage! (We were all cramped at a corner and tried hanging on and not dropped off stage)

I ... felt honored having an opportunity to work with these whole bunch of CRAZIEEEE but AMAZING people!!!
And they are (names mentioned not with any preference yeah ... totally random and not in sequence) ...

Ben ... the 'Garang' & 'Strict' Art Director with ideas that is totally great & functional
Birdie ... the Artsy Fartsy Art Director with wackiest ideas all year round
San Yen ... Creative Director, the don't-wanna-grow-old & wish to-be-pick-by-hot-chicks-at-ALL-times
Chris ... Executive Director, the ever noisy, loud, and head bang
Lee Peng ... Designer, always 'cool & calm' with a light smile
Evonne ... Copywriter which also the FB, Youtube, LIVE streaming queen
Alex ... Account Manager cum PA to ALL, he will be the instant reminder to ALL on B'days :)
Chia ... Designer but often with multi-task & multi role, never say 'NO', BEST Prop master!!!
Olala ... Designer with a smile
Wang Teck ... Designer, Banner King! dun-play-play
Zaid ... Copywriter, such polite gentleman
Andrew ... Designer and drama queen
Alan ... Designer and HARD DRIVE supplier :P
Sue ... Copywriter, sooooo noisy larrrrrr
Stella ...Account Executive, woo-hooo ... ROCK CLIMBER!
Miki ... Account Executive, soooo pretty and kan-cheong ler
SanLing ... Account Director, the-ever-MOST-keng-drinker (Alcohol lar)
Kunliang ... Programmer, the whole office cannot leave without him lar
Penny ... $$$
Mui Yen ... MORE $$$

Steffiecake & HunHun ... Loud, Noisy, Crazieeee, supplier, ... misses u both :)
Locksin ... our much loved Art Director, always with the wackiest fashion style & sense!!!

.... Hope next year will be a better year :)

CHEERS!!!

Do Re Mi KOHs :)

2010-11-30T21:19:00.000+08:00

BALI with GREAT FRIENDS!

2010-11-30T20:51:00.003+08:00

BALI is Heaven on Earth! We misses it like crazieeee ... it has been 3 months since we left for holidays. It has been great place, amazingly friendly & humble people, great booze ALL day long, GILA SEDAP food ... Chris & i reminisce it all the time ... we can't wait till our next trip to the Island ...

Enjoying the GILA SEDAP Babi Guling & Bebek Bengil in Ubud

.... and they have breath taking deco in ALL the restaurants ... how posh kan?

Oh this is a restaurant in Seminyak ... superbly cool!

KU DE TA ... how can anyone missed this sunset haven that serves great drinks & food

Sooooo chill ... even Chris & Alan indulged themselves in a padi & mani after a whole body scrub & massage ... Yup ... they both sure know how-to-pamper-themselves :)

Cocoon Beach Club ... you can just lounge by the pool, drink, and have a skinny deep ... all you want and not care 'bout the world :)

Wade Warung serves the most sedap Nasi Campur .... with performance for ALL!

Captivating sunset ... all round

This is sooooo good for morning breakie ... over looking the beach with serene waves sound ... awesome ...

Alan & Chris heading towards the beach with not so high waves, and not so canggih know-how to surf!

Christian ... our little Koala!

2010-08-26T10:28:00.000+08:00

Christian is at his most adorable stage now ... soon to be 16 months old!
He haven't managed the trick of talking back, except with his own missed-pronouncing talking manner .. very babyish, very funny.
He loves to feed himself during meals ... of course it is messy at times, but what the hack, he needs to master his motor skills.
He loves 'trucks', balloon, balls (his 1st love and still am), music, guitar, drum, and ... of course FOOD :)
He is not keen in books at current .. unlike Kiersten. A boy thing ...
He loves taking a walk ... anywhere ... guess it is the independency that he is enjoying.
He loves going to the play gym with kiersten and have a ball of their time climbing like monkeys.
.... and ...
I love to carry him and hug him like hugging a little Koala ... that's why i always say he is mummie's little Koala.
He loves making funny faces. Enjoys it most when you told him NOT to. Yes, his 1st attemp of defying our remarks and testing our patience.
.... what he dislike ...
He doesn't like to brush his teeth.
He doesn't wanna be bath, but once in the bathroom under the shower, he doesn't wanna come out.
When he is dissapointed with anything, he will wiggle on the floor. Guess he will be the 'floor-rolling' type ...
... Kiersten & Christian ...
... che che and Christian's relationship ... they are GROWING in love (with bit of salt, fight, argument in their own manner)
Che Che love to play with him and at the same time trying to bully him or rather him bullying her too at times :) Can't wait to see them in a fight ... hehehe wanna see who is the one that will be getting the bruise on the eye :P

Da da & i LOVE them immensely ... they are such a blessed gift ... AMEN!

Chinese Dumpling 'Chung' by Yen Yen

2010-08-26T10:04:00.000+08:00

Yen Yen is my paternal grandma. Why such manner of addressing instead of a common Ma Ma? Well that's because we are the 'Sun Ling' dialect speaking people within the Cantonese Clan. Further information into the heritage ... well i guess i'll need the World Wide Web ... best libray ... Wikipedia! Guess it is the NOW generation problem ... we are losing touch, sense, love and care to our heritage! Coz we are too busy, too caught up in our own world! What's everybody's heritage now? LOMO, iPad, anything APPLE, Wii Console, ... and the list of canggih heritage goes-on.
I love my Yen YEn's 'Chung' very much. Yen Yen and my late Yeh Yeh (you guess it right, my paternal grandpa) will be spending nights of sleepless night to boil & cook the 'Chung' in a big pot under the charcoal stove before the dumpling festival. Lots of work and patience ... guess that piece of positive enthusiasim is the essence of ALL CHINESE whoever, & wherever we are (since most of us are migrants, unless if you leave in China and you are a Chinese, you are considered leaving in your kampung lor. Nope, not right? At least i think that way).
I was pondering on the thought of learning the craft of making 'chung' (craft of wrapping, cooking the ingredient, cooking the FINAL wrapped 'chung'), would love to preserve the heritage and continue the culture in the family. Hopefully i'll be able to bring on this culture & heritage to Kiersten OR Christian one day ... if they don't mind learning!

P/S: Hahaha ... Moon cake festival is near and here i am talking about 'chung' only now :) Blame it on my 'BUSY with the NET Heritage' :P

Christian's Milestone

2010-07-30T16:13:00.000+08:00

Anothe milestone reached! Christian is now 15 months old. He is already up and walking since two weeks after his 1st birthday :) He is fast, he was trying to RUN even with his wobbly walking manner. Why? He is trying to catch cheh-cheh during TAG game. And now, with so much of walking he is kinda running a little, those sort of speed walking :)

What can this little boy of mine do:

Speech (i guess boys will be boys ... less chatty and more action)
Request for "walk-walk" whilst reaching out to our pointy fingers for him to hold.
Call out to Da-Da, cheh-cheh, yeh-yeh, Pak (My paternal grandma. Pak also means playing badminton to him. It's the sound of the racket hitting the shuttlecock which he will make during the game with ma-ma & cheh-cheh), meh-meh (that's me),
'Tak' for 'Truck'
Bird .. very clear pronounciation
Ball .. very clear pronounciation
Wa-wa .. for Waffle
Boe .. Boe
Vroom-Vroom ... to get to da-da's driver seat

Action
Love listening to ALL the nursery rhymes, songs, tunes, etc ... he will immitate Kiersten & all the characters dancing manner.
Love kicking balls :)
Love spinning the hoola-hoop
Love playing TAG
Love playing catching
Love running in the park ... and chasing da-da & the kite aimlessly
Love swimming (he will sleep whilst in the float ... super luxury)
Love eating ... YES ... he is certainly BIG on FOOD. JUst show him the plate of food, call out his name, ta-da ... you'll see him come running dropping everythng else he is doing :)
Will fight for his stuff with cheh-cheh
Love doing all kinds of facial expression .. wink his eyes, stick his tongue out to irritate me, shouting competition with cheh-cheh in the car (u can imagine me joining in except that my scolding is drown by their screams. And they both LOVE it.)
Snap the mosquito
Bit Waffle & Boe ... pretending that they are naughty

Dislike
Pooping in the potty!

Little Ballerina

2010-07-30T15:36:00.000+08:00

Suddenly sooooo demure kan :)

Ballet Concert ... Such Sight :P

2010-07-30T15:28:00.000+08:00

Went for a Ballet Concert with Kiersten lately and guess what? Well the concert was so .. so.. only.
And ... behold my sight, the *little girl that stands-out from the rest ... unbelieveable!

Hooray!!! Urbanscapes 2010 at KLPac

2010-06-30T15:04:00.003+08:00

Entrance to Urbanscapes + Ticketing area. Can you spot Chris?

Awesome weather ... SUPERBLY HOT!!! Luckily Beers are SOOOOO AVAILABLE!!!

People hanging out under the old shady tree ...

Love the Architecture in KLPac ... Hope this will stay and not be demolished :P

Electric Tea-Party (http://www.urbanscapes.com.my/news/2010/6/24/electric-tea-party.html) It was pretty awesome!!! You can just 'place / poke / stir / etc" your fingers into the little tea cups (which filled with IKEA looking glass pebbles) and it will create random sound that jives with the background music. Something IF/ can do :P certainly!!!
Unfortunately this cool piece was tucked at a hidden corner. Those that stumbled upon it were usually trying to use a short cut from the main hall to the entrance or market area. Should have it a little more upfront though.

It was such a cool event you wouldn't even mind having the entire 'Family' there .. from the youngest to the eldest! And it is not an unfamiliar sight. We took Kiersten to the much previous Urbanscapes and she ceratinly had soooo much Fun too! Why aren't Kiersten & Christian there this time? Well, guess then you don't have so Viruses like Influenza OR HFM Desease around. Valid kan? http://lynettecheng.blogspot.com/2008/07/kiersten-at-urbanscape.html

Hoody-Hoody-Hood!!!

2010-06-30T14:46:00.000+08:00

Love this to bits :)
Superbly cheeky .. Christian was imitating cheh-cheh's cheeky expression when Dada said "Close your eyes and chew-chew-chew" (Chris's manner of getting Kiersten to chew her food) . Funny is he can't exactly close his eyes entirely but only managed to do so partially but with a grin :P

Blocks .. Blocks .. Blocks .. & MORE Blocks!!!

2010-06-24T18:34:00.000+08:00

This block is for Kiersten ... 'Snow-White-Princess-Block' :)

Yeh-Yeh ... the 'Principal-of-Play' back home for Kiersten & Christian!!! He is the Block Architect that teaches them with all kinds of blocks- building ...

Mind me, Yeh-Yeh's creations are mind blowing (will try to capture some pictures of it next time round). Yeh-Yeh teaches both how to stack stuff like helicopter, trucks, robots, race cars, castles, princesses (a little robotic looking but really there are differences to each of it!) , animals, etc. Yeh-Yeh even teaches them how to lay-out a train of flat wooden blocks to make 'DOMINOS'!!! They were impressed & was super excited about it!
We also have LEGO blocks (just for Kiersten at the moment since it is in small bits sizes) & also LEGO-looking blocks (bigger blocks size to avoid eating / chewing / swallowing) as an alternative to wooden blocks.
Both Kiersten & Christian had been exposed to BLOCKS since they were both less than a year old and they both love it. And we certainly love it too since it encourages creative play :)

Yeh-Yeh is certainly good with handy craft! I guess because he is from an era where kids need to 'make' their own toys for play. So unlike now, 'Fisher Price' ... boooohhhh!

What Yeh-Yeh had made so far:
+ Home Made Tang-lung (Chinese Lantern for Moon Cake Festival)
+ Animals Paper Origami
+ Kite

Kiersten & Christian love kite flying with Yeh-Yeh on weekends coz the kite does really fly high, high up in the sky. Unlike, when Dada is the one that is flying the kite, we will all need to have double efforts to have the kite fly, leave alone sore high :P Effort like hoping and running around like orang GILA whilst pushing the kite upwards to make it fly (and even with all the effort, the kite will only be up and down even before you can blink your eyes :P HAhahaha ... nevertheless we all had great FUN! In fact the kids finds it more entertaining and hilarious running about like orang gila than having the kite up super fast and just kept staring up at the kite. During those moments, i guess Yeh-Yeh had a moment stolen back to his childhood days and having a light moment just for himself :)

Yeh-Yeh will also bring Christian out every morning for an early morning stroll by the lake. He will always have a loaf of bread with them to feed the fishes by the lake which Christian love most. Kiersten can't join in most morning since she have to prep for school. But she always remind Yeh-Yeh to wake her up on weekends to bring her along.

Chris & i ... certainly appreciate his time, effort and most importantly love he showers upon Kiersten & Christian. Their moments, experience, and encounters with Yeh-Yeh will not be replaceable. And they certainly have the luxury of such moments in comparison to Dada when he was young (Yeh-Yeh needs to work when Dada was young ... just like most of us 'Parents'). It reflects upon me now that i am blogging this post ... 'does that means, we will sorta neglect the precious moments with Kiersten & Christain during their growing up years and instead have more stollen moments with their chidlren?' .... we certainly hope not ... We will TRY not to have history repeats itself ....

Christian's 1st Birthday Bash 9.5.2010

2010-06-08T19:51:00.005+08:00

Christian & Kiersten had soooo much FUN ...thanks to ALL for celebrating with US and also the presents :) We hope to have more children for the party ... so, friends ... beef up!

We double-up Christian's Birthday Bash with Mother's Day Celebration too for ALL mothers :) OOhhh so love the RED Velvet Cake ... yummy ...

Villamaria Sports Day

2010-06-07T17:10:00.005+08:00

Sat 8.5.2010 Kiersten's Sports Day! It is her second year in Villamaria and her second Sports Event! The teachers had certainly put in tones of effort in coming out with the activities. Especially in making the kids to be able to execute it with great diligence and discipline. I certainly can't imagine it done without much shouting, black-mailing and even resorting to punishment if it is ME! But thank gudness there were so much of patience in the teachers ... HALLELUYAH!

The children were put to practise almost everyday for almost 2 months. Last year Kiersten was in a Playgroup, therefore she did not contribute much besides running amok :P This year she was taught Negaraku (dada which as usual, not too keen in it. He even resorted to translate it out to something else for Kiersten if i would have not persecuted his plan), School Anthem (Kiersten loves it. She sings it all the time at home), We will Rock You by Queen (which is used for one of her performance during the event).

And how can she not have anything memorable for us for such event!
During one of the practise, her class teacher complaint to me in the presence of Kiersten (i'm not to keen to have her around during complains by anyone, coz it is kinda -ve for her) ...

Converstaion 1
Teacher: Kiersten complaint that the sun is too hot during the practise
Me: Uh .. huh... *So ....*
Teacher: Kiersten asked whyizit so unfair?
Me: Oh ... why? *Getting interested in the conversation*
Teacher: Because the teachers get to stand under the shade whereas they have to stand under the SUN!
Me: Oh ... Nooooo (acting shy) *was sooo proud of her queer remarks actually :)*

Conversation 2
Teacher: Kiersten asked, is her class very poor?
Me: Oh ... why so? *getting interested*
Teacher: .... because the class do not have an air-condition!!!
Me: *FAINT*

Her 'YELLOW' team lost ... but they were still given a bronze medal for the effort! Hooray ... for such sweet thought! Our darling girl had certainly grew a few notches after the Sports Event! Minus her queer remarks (she is getting better ad it ... or should it be worst :P)

http://villamaria.com.my/

Mother's Day Morning Breakie ... with LUV from K & Dada!

2010-06-07T15:26:00.001+08:00

Mother's Day this year was a superb buzy one for the entire Family! Started off with Kiersten's Sports Day follow with Mother's Day Celebration and Christian's 1st Birthday. At the same time, gotta layan ALL grandparents (the kids and mine) yi-ma ku-cheh sam-ku lok-po, beloved friends (you guys are the saviour!) that specially make themselves available for Christian's Party :P
Thanks to ALL once more!!!

It started off so superbly sweet when i was expecting a storm ... Kiersten & Dada wake up early to make me breakie .. one of my favourite, easy-peasy breakfast (also my colleague's, San Ling ... he tested it a said it was super yummy too. Well he is no picky on food though)

From one of my easy-peasy recipe!
* It is sooooo super easy, even with me verbalising it, one can visualised & totally know how to do it like an expert!

I call it ... EGG-muffin :)

Estimated cooking time: 10mins preparation + 20mins baking time

Ingredients (for 12 EGG-muffins):
a) Egg - 5 Biji
b) Back Bacon - 150gm (i don't normally buy streaky bacons though it's Chris's fav ... too much fats obviously!)
c) Carrot - 1 whole (medium size)
d) Bombay Onion - 1 big onion
e) Cheddar Cheese
f) Craft Cheese
g) Fresh Milk - 1 cup (Room Temperature)
h) Egg white - from 1 egg to use as polishing
* You may add in miced florets of broccoli, frozen green pea, corn kennel, strawberry, dry apricot, etc ... Be creative!

Pre-cooking:
+ Mince ingredients (b) to (d)
+ Grate cheddar & Craft cheese - enough to fill up a soup bowl. You may half it or having one more than the other type.
+ Stir fry ingredients (c) & (d) in a non-stick pan with a tsp of Olive oil until soft & add in minced Bacon to stir fry
+ Beat the eggs in a bowl
+ Mix cooked ingredients + grated cheese + milk + beaten egg into a bowl - Stir & mix well
+ Apply egg white with a baking brush into muffin tray (this is to avoid sticking to the pan)

Cooking:
+ Heat up oven to 220 degree
+ Scoop in mixture to tray
+ Place tray into Oven
+ My old-faithful oven takes 10 - 15mins to bake the 'Bottom' & 5mins for the 'Top'
+ Once done, take it out from the tray staright, leave to cool & serve!

* You may alternatively serves it with Raspberry OR Lingonberry Jam with a big mug of freshly squeezed juice ... totally a booster to start off the day :)

I was totally smitten, therefore i wish i could have kept the egg-muffins & juice into a Time Capsule!

1st attempt to sister & brotherhood ..

2010-05-31T18:13:00.000+08:00

Kiersten was getting excited about Christian learning how to walk. She can't wait to run with him in the park playing hide & seek or TAG.
Over the weekend while we were about to go out to the park ... che-che immediately help Christain to wear his shoe thinking he would be able to walk with her already ... *sweet*

Princess Kiersten ... or she thinks so :)

2010-05-31T18:09:00.000+08:00

I OBVIOUSLY detest on buying this dress ... but i have to give in to her liking nevertheless :( Kiersten loves this dress to bits! She would wear this EVERYDAY if she could. Thanks to 'Snow White'! (Her favourite princess)
Maria will deliberately wash it and make sure Kiersten gets to wear it when she is back from school everyday. Damn the material ... super cepat dry even on a rainy weather like current :( I only allows her to wear it back home and whilst i'm out working. But i got home slightly earlier last week and caught her in it for the very first time. I got a shock and at the same time .... must capture it for herself to see when she is all grown up ... hehehe ...
Hopefully she will have a different fashion taste by then ... GOD please have MERCY!!!
***Which fashion designer on earth would have created this dresses! Must be CHINA! No offense but rather a personal preferrence ...

2010-05-25T10:06:00.001+08:00

Happy BIRTHDAY Eli .... May GOD Bless You ... misses you dearly, every single day.

Kiersten's Sunday Lunch!

2010-05-10T19:03:00.001+08:00

I love cooking & baking. I love it coz i fine it very therapeutic and i'm in a world of my own and am in-charged of it! And I do cook regularly on every weekends and also plan for Kiersten's & Christian's daily meals (except that Maria help me to execute it ... and i must say she is a very good cook too. At times she will improvised from my recipes ... very sedap pulak tu!), our daily breakie, my MIL's extra request for Church gathering ... so much of multi-tasking right ... well that's why Mother's Day is so well celebrated lar!

Here is one of Kiersten's & Dada's favourite quick fix on a lazy weekend:

Also a one pot 'kau-tim-sai' style ... Estimated cooking time is 15mins

Pot Pie

Ingredients (for 2 servings):
a) Pastry Crust slice - bought it from the frozen dept in any regular supermarket ... easy peasy :)
b) Chicken Breast - 2 pcs
c) Bacon Back - 100 gm
d) Carrot - 1 stick
e) Broccoli - 500 gm
f) Bombay Onion - 2 Big Onions (i'm big on Bombay onion ... it sweetened food naturally)
g) Campbell White Cream - 1 Can
h) Water - 9 oz

Pre-Cooking:
+ Cut Chicken Breast into small cubes
+ Mince Back Bacon
+ Mince Carrot into tiny-winy size
+ Cut Broccoli into tiny-winy size
+ Cut Bombay Onions into small cubes

Cooking:
+ Heat up a non-stick heavy-bottomed pan
+ Pour 2 'Circles' of Olive Oil into the non-stick heavy-bottomed pan
+ Once Pan is heated up, pour in Bombay Onions to stir fry for a minute
+ Add in Carrot, stir fry for another minute
+ Add in Broccoli, stir fry for another minute
+ Last, when it's superbly fragrant, pour in the Chicken Breast
+ Continue to stir fry until chicken is slight brown and cooked
+ Add in Bacon to stir for another minute
+ Pour in Campbell White Cream
+ Add Water (you may not want to pour 9 oz of water in ... gauge the texture since it's personal preference)
+ Stir well
+ Simmer till boil
+ Pour everything from pot to Oven safe bowls

*Place pastry out for 1 min before hand
*Cut Pastry to bowl shape / size (leave additional 1 inch for sides to be folded down to make the super crunchy edge)

+ Place Pastry Crust Slice on top of bowl ... press the sides down firmly ... but leaving it slightly loose in the centre portion for puffing
+ Use a Fork to poke a few holes to release hot air in order to puff up
+ You can use the fork and press the top edges slightly to create patterns too!

Have fun with this!

Christian enjoying lunch!

2010-05-07T03:29:00.003+08:00

Hmmm ... deliciously yummy! See the super duper contented face :)

Well, as you know Christian is BIG on food. He takes his regular breakfast, lunch, tea break, dinner, supper (milk only lar) everyday!

This is one of the lunch menu:
1 pot 'Kau Tim Sai' ... in a way ...

Dish 1
Puree ... Corn + Cauliflower + Cabbage + bombay onion (good source of Vit C, especially with such H1N1 season)
Ingredients (for 2 servings):
a) 1 healthy looking Corn (Scrape out Corn kennel only)
b) 500 gm of Cauliflower
c) 500 gm of Cabbage
d) 1 huge Bombay Onion
e) 1-2 oz of white rice (i'm not big on rice though)

Pre-cooking:
+ Rinse white rice (i rinse it twice only since the whitey element of rice are suppose to be the source of minerals)
+ Simmer Corn, Cauliflower, Cabbage in a clean tub with a pinch of salt & water enough to cover the vegetables (to omit chemicals & stuff from vege) - for 3 mins only & not more (or else all minerals will be down into the water :P)
+ Cut & Dice items (a) - (d) in any size

Cooking:
+ Place ALL ingredients into the rice cooker + drinking water filled up to half the pot
+ 'Click' on to leave it to cook ... whilst you enjoy your time with your baby
* You may gauge for more water if your pot is bigger OR you prefer it more liquify
+ When cooked, place everything from rice cooker (except the rice) to food mixer (i prefer Molinex food mixer coz the regular blender gives a coarser texture)
*Blend ingredients - mode of texture ... personal preference and also baby's chewing ability
+ Store Puree (8oz) with cooked rice (1oz) into a 9oz milk bottle jar (store in Refrigerator - for dinner. Warm it in a food warmer prior dinner)

Dish 2
Soup
Soup is BIG in the family especially me being 'ngo hai Kong Fu Yen' / Cantonese :)
Any regular home made soup is fine. Mine is usually boiled with chicken breast only with no seasoning eg. salt (for adult you may have some salt separately though)

Dish 3
Steam Cod Fish + Shitake Mushroom + Spring onion
Ingredients (1 Serving - For fish, i advice to cook it fresh for each serving):

a) 1 small palm size Cod fish (debone & take away skin .. for my case Kiersten will eat it since she treats it as 'Jelly' due to the texture)
b) 1 small shitake mushroom (as flavoring)
c) 100 gm of spring onion (as flavoring)

Pre-Cooking:
+ Clean fish, Shitake mushroom (simmer in plain water for 5 mins) & Spring onion (rinse)

Cooking:
+ Place ALL ingredients into a corning ware
+ Add 3 Drops of Virging Olive Oil
+ Steam for 7mins in a Wok filled with water
+ Mash up the fish prior to serving
*check for fine bones constantly during feed. I usually avoid serving the mushroom to Christian incase of indigestion)

End Result
+ A super contented baby having his / her food :)
+ My result with Christian ... he finishes the 9 oz of Puree + Whole Fish + 3/4 bowl of soup :)

Ratings:
***** (5 star lor ... have to use asterix as substitute coz got no STAR symbol lar)

Have fun trying ... Well, ALL recipes are meant to be altered to personal preference ... so be adventures .. your baby will love the craziee texture & tatse of it. A sure definite of spicing up their taste bud. Will share more soon!

Weekend in Teluk Intan .. oh what FUN!

2010-04-15T12:29:00.001+08:00

8:00am Nature walk around the neighbourhood.
Activity: Get closer to mother-nature eg. chase some birds and chicken along the walk (well to say 'HI!", but unfortunately scare them off), pick up flowers n leaves to know of the different texture, colours, etc. and last ... bump into a kid with only nappy on standing outside by himself (see how safe TI is!). Kiersten & Christian love it!

8:30am Feed the mummy dog (a stray). My mum, a definite dog lover ... purposely prepare breakie (proper dog biscuit), lunch & dinner (sometimes bought / home cooked, steamed chicken rice) for the strays around the neighbourhood as usual. And Kiersten will always help her out whenever she is there. Well, newspaper and mug may not be the most ideal utensil to serve food with, but this is to avoid stealing whenever the dogs are unattended during the feeds.

10:00am Breakie time in a nearby Kopitiam for super yummy curry noodle & wantan mee (Kiersten claims it is better than KL ones) She will finish the entire plate herself. And Christian loves the lightly toasted bread with kaya (and since he is big on food, he will also finish-up the bread himself).

11:00am Visited Assumption Church. Kiersten was behaving very well when she was in and even sat at the pew for a prayer. She walks around the churh and started asking about the 'station of the Cross' & why the baddy is making Jesus carry the Cross, why Jesus falls, over & over & over again like a broken record. Well, mummie repeatedly answer her ... also like a broken record (well it is mama's bedtime story to her). The Church visit is also to let her know this was where mummie used to study during Kindi days!

11:30am Visited mummie's Secondary School.

With her usual friendly charm, she found a new friend already. Kids are just barrier free :)

8:00pm After dinner, got back home and Kiersten was musing around with Dada. Basically ice-cream making. Yup, the ice-cream is attachable & detachable for creative mix-up!

Sun 11:00am Visited the infamous TI 'LEANING' Clock Tower. Kiersten was sitting down and checking out the height of the tower from a bird's eye view.

And as usual, Christian will crawl around to wonder & explore. See how much he enjoys it!

Exploring & walking up the steep spiral stairs of the tower. Not easy stint especially with kids and fragile wooden stairs railings. Not so scary lar ... just have to be extra careful.

More exploration

This pix sums up our typical visit back to my hometown, visiting my parents, whilst emerced ourselves into food, and exploration for the kids. REALLY FUN WEEKEND FOR ALL!!!

Regular lunch with Colleagues

2010-04-13T14:09:00.002+08:00

This typical kopitiam is located at Jalan Batai, D'sara Heights.
To eat there during lunch, one must tahan the heat and sweat like a buffalo whilst enjoying the super yummy food!!!
Also ... you will walk out tingling with aroma of 'char koey teow' :)

Lurve ... Twilight Action Girl!

2010-04-09T15:03:00.000+08:00

WHAT A FUNN NIGHT!!!

K: "Sky is broken mummie!"

2010-04-08T18:20:00.002+08:00

In the car going to school this morning ... while da-da busy listening to Flyfm Prank-calls and mummie doing a quick fix to the face (make-up lar) ..

K: *Shouted in excitement* Look! Look! The sky is 'broken'!
Me: *Totally puzzled* HUH! What did you just said K?
K: *pointing to the sky ... same direction as she has pointed earlier* There! There! The sky is broken mummie ...
Me: *Tried looking towards the direction*
K: There ... the white line on the sky made by the aeroplane larrr ... *stressing her larr sumore out of frustration*
Me & dada: *faint* Bleh ....

Christian is GROWING!

2010-04-05T18:02:00.000+08:00

Christian adores his cheh-cheh ... and she is the first one in the family he attempted to call-out to in fact ... even before dada n mummie (mummie will always be last since it is the most difficult i guess ... but what about cheh-cheh? ok, ok, not a case of jelousy here yeah :P)

Nyways, Christian's growth at 44 weeks old (he is only ONE month shy from his 1st Birthday!):
Linguistic
+ He can call cheh-cheh loud and clear
+ Call out to da-da .. loud and clear also
+ make sound of 'ggrrrr' ... which is for Dog
+ Calling out 'AArrrrrrr' super loud to call for attention
*Basically alot of 'sound' imitation ...

Motor Skills
+ Crawl to cheh-cheh's room to look for her in the morning
+ Crashing out all the books from cheh-cheh's book shelve (thank gudness Kiersten is cool about it)
+ Snatching toys from cheh-cheh (no fight yet except for some cry-out from cheh-cheh ... she is still kinda kind to little ti-ti)
+ Of course crawling around the house & parks too (this always get people starring at me as if i am a bad mum letting my boy going around on his own ... dirty and all and picking up stuff as he explores ... *BLEH* ..!
+ Try grabbing the kite during kite flying .. this is tiring ... basically me carrying him chasing the kite with cheh-cheh and da-da running around like goons being chased and with lots of screaming ... a family of 'orang gila' at the park *Hahahaha*
+ Swimming - Kick very well while on his float .. trying to chase cheh-cheh (hopefully he will be able to swim as well as cheh-cheh)
+ Love hide & seek ... just hide anything, anywhere, and he will go searching for it. Loves looking for cheh-cheh too!
+ Hold or rather grab his food ... no kidding ... he is very anxious and serious about his food :)
+ Standing up and walking around the house with aid eg. chairs
+ Climbing up the grill (aided of course .. in fact mama encourage it)
+ 'Pointer' pointing out when we sing out 'where is pointer?' song
+ Favourite song 'The wheels on the bus' ... he will push his hand forward showing sign of honking when 'the horn of the bus go honk-honk-honk!'
+ 'Twinkle-Twinkle little Star .. is his very first song with 'Twinkling' action to it
+ Pointer & thumbkin clipping indicating birds ... imitating their beak movement
+ Bit Wafle & Bo Bo if they are naughty or rather heard us saying they are 'naughty' :P

+ Food ... he will have his breakie, lunch, tea, dinner, and milk for supper too :) Yup ... he is BIG on FOOD!!!

* From the list ... sum it up .. he is less verbal and more action .. and deffinitely lurrrve food .. typical boy i guess ... :)

Princess, High Heels, Lipstick, etc

2010-04-05T17:22:00.001+08:00

Well, Kiersten has certainly grown up super lot.
She is now soooo into 'Princesses' stories .. eg. 'Snow White' is currently her extreme favourite. During the day she will be watching the DVD and bedtime story will also be ..... yup, you guess it right ... 'Snow White'! Can you imagine the craze *eyes oogling*
Whenever she gets a chance to look into the mirror, she will recite .."Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who in the land is fairest of all?" ... 'ME! ME!' she will reply with excitement. She will also claim that her hair is ebony black, skin as fair as snow, and lips as red as rose *eyes oogle even harder*

Humpty Dumpty ...

2010-04-02T19:38:00.001+08:00

Sigh ... such clumsy spell is BACK!!! Kasut koyak and skin oso koyak ... right infront of a building next to Jln Sultan Ismail t-junction traffic light sumore. My dear colleague .. Steffycake ... had such good laugh to almost choke and forgot to help me up :P
Oooppss ... thanks to her though ... she caught me 'chau kong' and quickly reminded me or else it would have been free-for-all :)

Christian's Toys

2010-03-26T18:11:00.000+08:00

Well from the look of this pix ... you figure it out ... these are the only three proper toys that Christian owned. Some friends said we are super 'kiam siap' ... we don't think so! Well we certainly do not encourage 'press-the-button ala Fisher-price' kinda toys. Not just because we grew up with none and therefore the legend continues. But we thought there are certainly more to toys than TOYs TOYs. What about quality time while playing, getting more out of it than just sitting around in the house to get to know more of the particular toy. We prefer running in the park chasing kites like orang gila and roll around the grass while having a good laugh, walking around the lake in the evening while feeding some fishes with a bag of bread (how about), going to a stream to catch some tad poles, making sand castle, and the list goes on ... so as long as it is outdoor activities!

Dough Play with Kiersten & Christian

2010-03-25T19:07:00.005+08:00

Dough play on a lazy Saturday ... It was all fun with lots of mess done :) Kiersten & Christian ... LOVE it ... Wafle too LOVE eating IT!

What You Need:
+ Flour
+ Warm Water
+ Pinch of salt
+ Whatever safe kitchen utensils you don't mind using as tools ... eg. spoons, chopstick (gotta be watchful on this), plastic shape cutter (to create fun shapes (star, squares, etc)

How it works for us (Kiersten, Christian, Mummie):

+ Pour flour into a medium size plastic container
+ Pour in warm water slowly to mix
+ Place clean hands into it to start kneading
+ It should be sticky, yucky (for the young ones, maybe) and gooey at this point
Encourage them to go on ... oohhh they may take a bite to taste ... well in my case, i am fine with it since it is home made :P
+ Scatter more flour & continue with more kneading
+ It should be nice and dough-ie after a good 10mins of kneading, punching, and rolling ... with lurrve
**Optional .. you may take some part of the plain dough to mix with food colouring of your choice (the more the better ... variety of ingredients for masak-masak)

Extra Tips:
When attention span is getting low with young kids below 1 yr old ... just like Christian (44 weeks old)
Get the pots and pans, spatula, small wok (basically anything of stainless steel and can be used as drum set)
Start the BAND!!!
Be creative ... do a sing-a-long of 'Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star, Baa Baa Black Sheep, etc while clanging on all the 'instruments' (you may want to ping your neighbour in case of out-of-tunes Karaoke :)

Have fun!!!

Do .. Re .. Mi ...

2010-03-22T19:21:00.000+08:00

Chris ROCKAFELLA ...

2010-03-22T19:15:00.000+08:00

Lent & Easter

2010-03-10T00:46:00.001+08:00

Well, a year has come by so quickly .... it was jus 10 months ago Christian was baptized. Now ... very soon, we will be celebrating Easter and follow by Christian's 1st Birthday. Destination of Birthday party? Very much determined ... McDonalds!!! We (me specifically) not a great fan of fast food definitely and certainly not one to encourage children for it. But since Kiersten had hers there when she was ONE, so it is kinda a tradition and also not to be unfair though :p
I'll have to start planning very soon ... hmmm ... guess i'll start with the CAKE! Any suggestion for a boy?

Blading :)

2010-03-10T00:28:00.000+08:00

Hahahaha .... we are blading ... as often as we could lar ... Well, i guess it is more fun than going to the gym! For me, needed to brush up some skills ... hope i won't be breaking any of the old bones!

'I Love You Dada' :)

2010-01-13T16:46:00.002+08:00

Kiersten treats the fridge as her mirror .... she super luv the hair-tie Maria did for her ... Mummie definitely not a fan of it though ... so ah-lien :P

SWEEEEETTTTT .... Whenever we do 'nose' rub ... she will follow with a request for 'mouth' rub ... and it has to be really wetttt & slimmyy ... eeewwww ... a sign of 'i luv you' :)

ARgGhhhhhhhhh .... a love bite perhaps :P

Christian + Kiersten + Dada ... musing around :)

2010-01-13T16:42:00.000+08:00

Hahaha ... i LURVE Christian's expression on this :)

Aren't they super alike? Look at BOTH the MINI Dadas

Christian's at 24 weeks :)

2009-11-12T18:13:00.000+08:00

Christian is now 24 weeks old! What a milestone!

What is he up to now :

PHYSICAL
Rolling himself around the hall to get around .. like a beer barrel :P
Try pushing himself up to sit when layed down... kinda able to do it!
Sitted up and grab for toys or rather anything around him with very minimal help (can sit for 10 mins on his own)
Sit on Che-Che Kiersten's bicycle with hands on handle ... He loves the cruise and push .. (OBVIOUSLY with Yeh-Yeh's very visionary help!)
Kicking in mid air when lying down ... (not so sure if he is into football when he is older ... pfft .. dada & I are definitely not keen on this)Kicking and splashing while bathing ... LOVE swimming (will scream and kick when taken out from tub ... like a slaughter house)
Wanna constantly stand up and walk around ... (Aiyah mana boleh ... can't even crawl yet boy ... one step at a time ... patience is virtue)

FOOD
Started on solid since weekend ... he loves his puree .. Carrot Puree!
*Finished a bowl on first attempt. Since it is only his first week on solid, we are monitoring on food elergy, in case.
Well, it will be a long journey. Just like Kiersten, she is only served home-cooked-food and nothing goes in if it is not fresh and home-made. We kinda only allow her to eat out more often recently and she is at 34 months old! A foodlog journal is what it takes! Kiersten has 3 Journals so far ... and still going ... The journal will also be a good source to track down on food source if a diarrhoe happens.
*Advice to ALL mothers : Do NOT attempt to carry them to feed. You will be doomed once you start on it! Christian is sitted well and buckled on a high-chair. Of course he was unhappy and all in the beginning ... but he realized he will have NO choice.
If you don't give in ... you will WIN! Experience thought us so .. NEVER EVER GIVE IN ... NO MATTER HOW SAD OR PITTIFUL ARE THEIR CRIES! (Well, i am not promoting 'cruelty' ... if you think likewise ... definitely not)

LANGUAGE
Pooping session - When we poop him on a potty and start chanting hmm..hmmmm..hmm..hmmm , at each interval, he will do the same himself ... hmm..hmmm..hmm..hmmm .. cute :) I can't stop giggling the first time i heard him doing so ... but yet tried not to giggle too much or else he will get disrupted.
Saying 'Good morning Christian' - he will look at you innocently with his big round eyes looking into yours and coo softly .. Nrrggg
Saying 'Good bye Christian' with hands waving at him - he will excitedly bump his bum-bum (if he is sitted up) and scream loudly .. Aarrr ...Aaaarrrrrr ... and if you keep repeating the good-byes .. the AAAAaaaaRRRRRR gets longer and louder ... his way of getting your attention
When No one is around to layan him - a big feat of AAAArrrrrggghhhh-ing and screaming like a slaughter-house :P

:)

Kiersten's Drawing

2009-11-10T16:44:00.000+08:00

What does it resemble?
Her version of stick man :)
Those spikes that you see on the head ... are hair.
There's actually a pair of earring by the side of the head ... just not distinctive i guess :P
Those long wavy lines from the head are the limbs.
And the little round shape next to the figurine .... a BALOON ...

Simple minded ...

Mooncake making ... it's Kiersten's 1st! YUMMIE!!!

2009-11-09T16:28:00.000+08:00

Well it is kinda vert post Moon cake festival ... but WTH ...
It was kinda easy making it ... well maybe coz the teachers had already prepared all the ingredient.
Here are the steps:
Step 1: All they need to do is just to squeeze .. squeeze ... and more squeezing ....... on the dough.
Step 2: And then place the filling into the dough
Step 3: wrap it
Step 4: Pounce the unshape moon cake into the mould
Step 5: Knock-knock the mould to ease the moon cake out ...
TA-DA ... Moon Cake is ready!
Before eating, just keep it chill in the fridge for a moment and then enjoy it over a cuppa tea :)

Easy right? Easy as A,B,C ..!

Hilton .. Breast Milk Storage Service

2009-11-06T20:30:00.000+08:00

Hilton offers Breast Milk Storage service. I was in awed when i was told ... (i was already planning the entire script in my mind until they told me so ... sweet and thoughtfu. Thumbs up to Hilton!
It was great to know that such service actually existed :) It is always a headache whenever Chris and i plan for a getaway ... common FAQ from me to him would be ... (poor Chris .. thank goodness he have the patience of Niles, long and deep)

Do they have a Fridge? (not the typical cooler in the room okay ... those temperature can't even chil a KitKat)
Who should i ask in the hotel?
Should i even ask before we do the booking?
How long will we be away? (need to do an inventory check back home)
Do you think they are going to store the milk in the common kitchen with the rest of the meat, vege, etc? (Oh no.. if they are then tak boleh lar ...) The milk have to be stored in an ULTRA cold frideg/freezer preferably and ULTRA clean (well, they usually store the milk with vege or pastry though .. after i constantly ask and tell them my concern .. like a thousand times ...am sure they understand. That's why ask a woman which you gauge is a mom :)
Etc.. Etc .. Etc ...

After getting those common FAQ sorted out ...

Then comes the packing of ALL the containers, breast pump (i take along both my MEdela Mini electric pump & Avent manual pump .. in case of any circumstances), washing detergent, plan for steril method (no matter where & how, all equipments must be steriled and it depends on places we are going to).

Now, at last comes the real packing of clothes ... which takes only quarter of the time :)

Christian .. 17 weeks old!

2009-09-18T14:35:00.000+08:00

Can you imagine ... time flies! Christian is now at 17 weeks old and weighing approximately 7.5kg. He is now having so much fun at his gym mat. Cooing away, interacting with people (if no one is 'layaning' him, he will also scream for attention), enjoying his daily park stroll, arguing (screaming contest) with Kiersten jie jie. And of course he can now turn on his tummy! But i guess he must have needed lots of strength and courage to do so coz, on each try he will be screaming his lungs out like letting the whole 'kampung' knows what he is up to :P And the funniest is when he turn on his back again, he will be gasping :)

My Birthday Makan-Makan!

2009-09-11T20:23:00.001+08:00

As you can see, both my eating partners ... definitely count on them in this. They definitely CAN set the record and this is proven with their previous eating CV :P

Mine me ... my petite best friend can eat better than Chris!

We had 5 dishes of yummo food at Elcerdo ... and they almost STOP us from ordering on our 3rd! Reason being, we will DEFINITELY NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH the food! WHAT????!!! Sorry babe, we proved them WROOOONNNGGGG!!!

Yup, on our 4th dish, we decided to have anothe order of 'suckling piggy'. And i get the honour of chop-chop it up with a plate .. ala the Spanish tradision.

After the chop-chop .. 'break' the plate into the bucket for a WISH! Of course you are given to choose between LOVE or $$$. Chris was shouting for $$$ of course ... but me choose LOVE!

Aaaarrrggggg .... chom-chom-chom!

Check this out ... of course lar can finish with such profile of eating!

The whole jing-gang of Elcerdo was out with the Birthday Song & Dessert for US!

Here is Werner, as usual presenting a gift of a 'golden piggy' as a good luck charm for my birthday. Well this is the 3rd from him to just me alone. During my pregnancy, i already had 2 selangor pewter piggy from HIM ALSO! He definitely love, believe, and pray to the GOD-of-PIG!

All of us get a FREE dessert from the loving-piggy people of Elcerdo! You definitely can't miss their dessert. It is a must have. On this pix is 'Andrea's Special'. Go try it!

Kiersten in 'Sam Fu'

2009-09-11T20:14:00.000+08:00

This is definitely NOT one of the creative fashion choice in Kiersten's usual wardrobe. It is for Merdeka celebration in her school. All the kids are requested to wear a national costume to school last week for the post celebration. Well, parents were not told of how the celebration gonna be like even as much as i am interested ... no time to ask also. I saw some privileged mum ('siu-lai-lai') standing around the school with their canggih DSLR, guess they don't have a clue too but of course time to wait-n-see. The common ritual of me is to walk her into class, hug, kiss, and good-bye. And of course be notified by the school's buletin of what's up and coming. Definitely gotta work harder on this if i wanna be included in the PTA.
Do you think i can???

Kiersten & Natalie .. chilling

2009-09-11T20:02:00.000+08:00

Kiersten just adore both Natalie & Trinity. Guess she is missing their company. Sigh ... sadly she do not have any peers among our friends and it makes hanging out with the folks (yup! .. Chris & I, the FOLKS :P) BORRRIINNGGGG....... Given another 10 more years to go .. she will definitely be having her own outing with friends at McDs party!

My sweetest 'sor-lou-lou-kong'!

2009-08-03T19:46:00.003+08:00

Check out his uncanny facial expression! And ... thanks to my beloved best fren .. Elayn! Since her stint for photography started awhile ago, she has been reigiously taking profile images of ALL frens. Chris is yup ... one of her FOC talent :P

My 'lou-kong' may come across to many ... jus another 'Cina-pek', squint eye, and all the not so charming comments about him (outlook only lar). But when it comes to his characteristic ... ah hum ... pass with 'flying colours'. And it is nothing new to me .. ah hum .. He is definitely the sweetest, most thoughtful, loving, dedicated da da & hubby to many friends, particularly among the ladies :)

Well indeed, i must say he is ... ...
To my mum ... he is the dearest too!
All this good comments about him always made me ponder ... what if ... that momentous day never happened, and cupid was never there? How would my life be like? Will the answer be 'what-would be-would-be'? But .. i am very blessed with God's grace ... d-DAY did happened!
Thanks to Esprit too for sending me to S'pore ...
Here goes the fairy-tale story ...
Chris as usual .. the sweetest-thing, would be chauffer to all friends and girls in particular :) Keeping his options realllllyyy wide thats why :P
Was as usual, to pick me up and send me to the train station ... reaching there, got down and walk me to the train, as we were walking, i turn around, wanted to say thank you ... he was super near ... our lips & nose met! Ta-da ... both hearts thumping like a giant cross-bow had just striked our hearts ... and the rest is history ....
I can only pray (very hard) that we will always stay this true and loving ... for us ... and for the kids.
As San Yen mentioned, in one of our very casual conversation about an outing where there're lots of ... Chicks .. where appearence is the least important .. and $$$ counts! It really made me ponder long and hard into our relationship. He may not be the ultimate yuppy ... but enough for some Bottegas & Diors ... which may be good enough for all this so-called chicks or rather LOVE 'pencuri' ...
But then again ... my thoughts are .. we had been together for almost a decade ... a journey that is long enough for both of us to know each other more than the rest, went through ups & downs, thick and thin more than with anyone, why am i having such thought and lack of trust in US? Which i will NOT!
Chris has and always have from time-to-time, do more than enough said to show, tell, shine, envelope me with his LOVE. Being such a sensitive & caring hubby .. he will know of how my milk should be made, checking and taking care of me when i'm ill, to picking out a pair of blouse in my favorite shop. He will always ONLY have me FIRST for everything and everything above self, and he just know me inside out ... yup ... even better than my parents ... The way he shower the kids with his love are beyond more than words can say ... I can only say .. he has such BIG heart and all the space for all of us
So ... what about myself to him? I will also ponder hard on this to be a greater wify to him.
I only wish .. we will never grow old ... coz i can't go without him ... i am just this little love-strucked that stucked on to him and can't let go. I can only wish ... we will never ...
I asked him in one of our conversation .. will we meet in Heaven? (I always ask him all these weird question) He said ... possibly yes ...
I ask again ... will we remember each other then?
He said ... if one of us is and the other is not ... God will not made the one in Heaven to have such misery ... so .. will Not ... :(
I wish we will still be such in love ... in heaven ... forever ...
Thanks 'lou-kong' for everything you had stood by and for me. I will too.
Muacks!!!

My BEST Friend's Wedding!

2009-07-28T21:29:00.001+08:00

OOpppsss sorry Layne, not the best of you that i've got in my pix archives :P
Nyways .. you are for me ... the prettiest and the bestest buddy that i ever had for the pass 23 years! (and more to come ...)

So, to the 'World', this is Elayn and yes with her handsum soon to be hubby, Mike (very soooon ... another week to go!). I am actually on MSN with her whilst i am typing this ... multi-tasking!
I can't be any happier ... infact lost for words to see her getting married and settling down ... at LASSSTTTTT!
When she first dropped the news to me ... First thought was "Thank you GOD for blessing her! At last my Best Buddy will NOT be a 'sip-chou-lar' Amen"
Thanks Mike for having the COURAGE (so much of courage!) + LOVE (so much luuuvvvv!) to take her up as a wify ...
as we all know how naggy, argumentative, stubborn, ... she can be at times :P God bless ...
Just joking ...

She will be the PERFECT wify ... (check Lynette's-pedia)

Naggy means 'a constant reminder .. a gentler one perhaps' : To be a 'constant reminder' to Mike for everything spells HOME & US and later Mike+Elayne Junior/s
Argumentative means 'She is ALWAYS right and so ... have it her way!' : I would say ... this applies to everything! And mind me ... she is damn good at it i must say ... from Pasar Malam to Corporate Boardroom ... see her vast experience in ALL perspectives!
Stubborn means 'she is a woman with 'PRINCIPAL' : I presume this is due to the RICH ASIAN heritage that is in her .. Chinese!

Well she is not that scary ... i am sure those who know her see the softer side of her ... though may NOT be often :P

Cheers to you BOTH for a solid rock marriage!
Muacks ...

Kiersten is choosing a spot on Mike's nose to give him a good-bye kiss ...
WHY?
Kiersten:"Unker Mike's face .. so pokey ... SCARREEEDDD"
Mike: "Well ... it is the WEEKEND!"

Beauty Lies in the Eye's of the Beholder ... and in this case, she just captured mine entirely ... Pretty & Sweet and Not missing out ... cheeky!

2009-07-28T19:47:00.001+08:00

Christian is such a Charmer

2009-07-24T15:31:00.002+08:00

Christian is now approximately 10 weeks old ... at such tender age .. i must say he is already a real charmer ...

This is super sweet ...

He is also super talkative ... coo non-stop whenever he is awake ..

Look-a-Like :)

Looking in-shock!

Christian's Baptism

2009-07-20T20:18:00.003+08:00

A family potrait :)

Cam whoring while in the waiting room ... My parents .. Kiersten refused to show her face to the camera ... cheeky her!

Alamak! Christian ... are you drooling? Ha Ha Ha ...

God Ma Krystle ... sweet ..

Such touching moment ... the cleansing of our Sin ...

Kiersten looking on ...

Wiping dry the head ..

Dada is soooooo proud and happy! Of course Mummie tooo .. yeah ...

God ma Krystle with the 'Baptism Candle' ..

I like this shot ... dada sooooo 'leng chai' .... *~*

With Father Simon in the Chapel ...

Kiersten and her .. well .. giraffe which kong-kong & po po bought

Me, po po (my mum of course), Christian ... THREE generations!

Dada & Kiersten having fun!

Christian's Fullmoon Celebration!

2009-07-17T19:01:00.004+08:00

The STAR of the night ... and he was sleeping through it all ... and miraculously with all the guest + laughter + noise ZZZzzzzzzzz

Wah ... Chris striked a lottery!

Kiersten & Christian's greatgrandparents!!! The ones on the right yeah ...

San Yen looking sweet with MIL ... check out the height difference!

Kiersten in a dress fiiinaalllllyyyyyy .... yeah yeah ... after much persuasion fomr MIL. But guess it was good, Kiersten look ultra sweet that night! But i guess she was not too comfy in it (since she was not usually in a dress), after a good two hours, she insisted on changing it :P

**Sweet** Kiersten & Mama

Hhmmmm ..

Krystle ... the HOT Godma! Not once but TWICE ... to Kiersten & Christian!

Aiyah ... blur shot ...

See all the Hot guest that came for the Fullmoon! Am sure Christian will be super delighted when he see this afetr 20years ... but OMG! How old would these two aunties by then yeah ...

Christian 1 week old

2009-07-17T18:55:00.000+08:00

The BIG day ... 38 Weeks!

2009-05-23T19:06:00.000+08:00

It has been a loooonnnggggg wait! To wait till 40 weeks? The answer is a definite NOOOO! So Chris and I decided to do it at week 38th. Moreso, Dr.Delaila consented it and she don't think i can withheld Christian for anothr TWO more weeks (I was already superbly BIG and 'lun chun' at that time lar, and with close to 1cm in dialation?) It was such a relief knowing i can deliver sooner (means NO more backache, NO more sleeping only on 1 side, NO more banging into stuff, NO more 'can't get up form bed on your OWN!, NO more eating like an eating machine ... so worry bout the stretch marks lor) and also ... to see little Christian earlier than anticipated :)
Yup, Chritian was induced just like che-che Kiersten. We were glad to had made that decision though. Can you imagine me at week 38th, still working, going for meetings, driving around (when Chris is stucked in meetings :( ), picking Kiersten from school and all. There was a couple of times ... dealing with contraction while fetching Kiersten and still have to chat and sing with her while trying to huff & puff to relieve the pain! (such multi-tasking needs constant practise ok, NEWbies, DON'T even think of trying!)
On Fri 28.05,09, we were to check-in to the hospital at 930pm (as usual ... LATE!). We reached there at 1130pm. Went straight to the labour suit, got myself changed, & waited for the nurse to start poking me with all kinds of stuff.

Here are the chronological of events ....
1230am - 130am
Gave me an annal jab (a BIG OUCH for that!)This is for me to past motion (so we don't poop while in labour)
Then, how much i had dialated (another OUCH!)
Gave me another jab to induce
2am - 3am
Kept checking on Christians heart beat & my dialation (OUCH! OUCH!)
315am
Nurse asked can i still endure the contraction pain ... of course die die oso said NOOOOO! Get me the epidural ASAP!
Anesthecian came and gave me the 'Magical Epidural'! Well if you asked izit painful? I wouldn't bargain the 5 minutes bareable pain for a lifetime of 12hours (minimum) labour pain lor (i heard the screaming myself in the labour suit of other mums that did not use epidural ok, it was like a slaughter house!)... so YES ... if you ask me ... WOMEN of the entire UNIVERSE, GO FOR IT! (Side effect? NOOOOO lor ... During Kierste's delivery, i had a numbing effect on one of my BIG toe for a few months, but as for this time ... NO effect at all ... this anesthecian is better lor)
415am
Dr.Delaila storm her driving skills and rushed back from JB for my delivery (or else Dr. Ang will have to do it again)
She cut the water bag ... to help increase the speed & size of the dialation. (Thank gudness i already had Epidural on before the cutting of water bag ... i was told this procedure is quite painful though)
430am onwards
Dada & I slept like a baby lor ... (see, i told you bout the Magic Epidural)
Nurse came in to check on the drips, and turn me from side to side (avoid over numbing by the epidural on one side) from time to time.
830am
I was wondering why izit i don't feel any contraction pain .. gonna take longer than we thought? Was about to ask dada to call parents to inform them bout change of time for visiting ... until ... midwives all started coming in with trays of equipments for delivery, getting me ready and taking epidural off me. I was wondering what is going on ...
Then one of the midwives told me i was dialated to 9.5cm d! Can you believe it! This big and i can't feel anything. I had such a gud sleep, was feeling so refreshent up and READY for ALL the PUSHING & More PUSHING!
Thanks to Epidural AGAIN! I had both such wonderful delivery experience!
9am
Dr.Delaila came in and in less than 10minutes ... Christian is OUT!
*Sweat* *Sweat*
930am onwards
Nurses cleaned me up, cleaned Christian up, push him to the nursey ..
12noon
i was already in the regular patient room
3pm
Family members started coming in (we gave the que time for visiting though ... dowan nyone to swamp in with no que :P)
4pm
Me started walking around in the room already!
5pm
A clean & refreshent up Christian is pushed to the room for MILK!

***Notes to ALL .. if you intended to breast-feed, and if you are like me ... need a few good days to get the milk production started ... bring along the milk pump to get the ball rolling first while the nurses help you feed lor ... dun be 'kan-cheong' or feeling lousy if you have no milk yet ... KEEP ON TRYING!

Time to POP!

2009-05-08T11:48:00.000+08:00

Well it has been a long wait .... and NOW it is time! Dada and me are SUPER anxious ... You will always be no matter how many times you have done it before :P

Lets check and make sure my pregnant-brain DID NOT missed out anything ....

Checklist:
Pre-admission ... DONE (Or else NO labour suite to deliver lor ...)
ChryOcod bag ... Packed (Oh must call the personel incharge ... to standby for collection)
Mummie's & Baby bag ... Packed (Tothbrush, towels, clothes)
DAda to bring Vid cam & Camy ... must REMIND him ... (Gonna record the important footages mah)

What else? What else? Damn sure i'll missed out sumthing ...

Oh ... eat my fav Shabu-Shabu 1st before checking in .. and i guess 'Ice-Kacang' too ... :P
(Gonna be so much of gastronomic GINGER & DOME during confinement ... really gonna shit brick ... nvm ... luckily got 'Red date water')

Happy Birthday to you ... Christian!
Muacks ... Muacks ... Che-che Kiersten, Dada, Mummi

Dada ... such a sweetie .. mummie melted :)

2009-04-30T18:50:00.000+08:00

What to ask more from a hubby ... on his precious weekend (instead of sleeping) he went ALL OUT to made us a healthy & sumptious meal ... while teaching Maria his recipe sumore. Earlier, while me taking an afternoon nap with Kiersten, dada thought Maria 'How-to-use' his Rainbow to vacuum clean the house + sanitizing it sumore :P
Damn versatile right?!

Ok ... this may look bleak ... but if you are as lucky as us getting to try it ... you will LUV IT! The zangy taste of lemon, fresh burst of dory flesh, and a whole platter of healthy, fresh greens ... HMMMMMmmmmmmmmm .... Memang SEDAP!

This is baked with lots of herbs + Korean 'choy sum' (dun ask me ?why? 'Korean' so high crass ... i was jus told to eat :P)
Fried mushroom ... Maria's contribution ... but then it was too late for us to realised ... the 'tangkai' was chopped! She dunno mar ... she thought this is supppose to be treated as 'shitake' also :P

Baked cheese + Herbs fish for Kiersten ... specially for her dinnner ... yum ... yum ... She LUV IT!

Super STAR!!! HA HA HA!

2009-04-30T18:38:00.000+08:00

Kiersten's colouring work at school

2009-04-30T18:36:00.000+08:00

I guess Yellow is her latest fav :)

This seems a little too perfect though ... must be teacher's help. Just wonder why does the teachers have to help ... "just let them be whether it is 'inside' OR 'outside' the line". What's the BIG deal ... children should be respected of their work too!

I like this more ... looks more like Kiersten's own work

Kiersten's FIRST SPORTS EVENT / 18th April, 2009

2009-04-30T13:31:00.002+08:00

830AM Getting ready in their Playgroup class

Here you go .. teachers & students getting anxious

Stalls selling food & $$$ goes for charity :)

ALL enthusiast parents ...

HA HA .... cam whoring while waiting ...

CAn you spot Kiersten? You must be really good if you can spot her at 1st glance ... coz mummie got her all mixed up with the rest all the time ... they look super alike ... the short, chuby, red tomato looking kids! How to differentiate!

Walking back to class afetr march-pass

OOpppsss ... spotted mummie & dada ... there goes ... she kept looking for us after that ...

More crying ... so 'cham' ... but ... it is only crocodile tears ....

Getting started ... Kiersten's turn to run. Well the Playgroup is suppose to place a golden egg into the basket, run and more running!

ALAMAK! She ran off BEFORE her turn ... teacher have to grab her back!

See that .. Ha Ha!

Now ... it is really gonna be her turn ...

Butttttt ... she ran to another 'House' ... She got the whole school laughing at her act ... what is this little chap trying to do?

Teacher have to grab her back to place her egg into the right basket!

Running back to team

Well ... though they got 4th place .. the scholl is so thoughtful for the little children's effort ... they were still presented with a GOLD MEDAL each! So sweet!

There you go ... Kiersten with her GOLD Medal! How proud .. who cares if it is 4th or 1st ... BLEH ..

See ... the little champion!

Dada & Kiersten posing for the camy :)

Mummie is super duper proud!

Easter Egg making :)

2009-04-30T13:11:00.001+08:00

We were at the stall on the previous day ... sigh ... all the eggs were finished .. so good business! The assistant saw us with our (or rather mummie's) 5cents face and told us to come back the next day, there will sure be more.
So ... we went back the next day ... full of enthusiasm! DAMN!!! This time it was finished AGAIN!!! With an even worst DEPRESSION (i'm referring to myself basically) with my 1cent poker face, and just hangling there even after being told NO MORE ... they eventually tried looking for their SAMPLE and cracked ALL the decos out for us to recycle the egg! HOORAY ... mummie was SUPER Duper Happy ... well of course Kiersten too!

The beginning ... mummie have to help sweep the entire egg mache with icing ... not easy wey

Kiersten starts decorating the egg

More decos

Looking curious at some of the deco pieces. Mummie kiasu ... got her too many decos!

So much of effort from Kiersten ... mummie is sooooo happy to see the creative part of her :)

And then ... the cleaner just have to be SO HARDWORKING! KEEP SWEEPING THE FLOOR, UP & DOWN! Damn ... Kiersten started making a fuss ... just dunno why ... she just have a thing against them ... even those dark, 'wui soh' looking waiter or waitresses, she will be sooo frightened by them that she will refused to look at them and wanna get the hell out of there ASAP ... Even at traffic lights, if we ever stop next to a motorcyclist, lorries, trucks, with all those SAMA looking man, she will insist we move our car immediately. Well i guess it is good to have the instinct that they are up to NO good ...

TA ... DA .... the finished MASTER PIECE of Kiersten's EASTER EGG! Oooopppssss , mummie still have not buy the sfix-it spray for it until NOW!

New Crib :)

2009-03-31T19:07:00.001+08:00

At last .... we have moved! I wonder how long more do we need to unpack, do up, deco & give it a final touch to made this our 'HOME'. Check out the horrendous MESS!!!
Well, while i'm typing this post ... the place is actually in a better condition & look ... after much speeeeeeennnnnndddddiiiinnnggg $$$$$ which Dada & I not too happy about .... in a way. Sigh ...
Check out for later post to see the Fully do-up Crib!

Kiersten's Bedroom ... with lots of green & fresh air ... and also birds chirping every morning from 6am onwards (natural ALARM clock)

Packing & unpacking in Kiersten's bedroom

First floor

Kiersten's bedroom overlooking to ours

Overlooking the courtyard

Our bedroom

Our bedroom in a MESS!

Looking down to the courtyard from our bedroom

Our friendly & safe neighbourhood

Garden ... Wafle is marking his territory already

Bathroom

Kiersten 1st time savoring CHOCOLATE at GODIVA

2009-03-23T20:04:00.000+08:00

Yup at 26 mths old ... this is her FIRST time eating a chocolate. My-oh-my ... mummie forbade that! Yup, i'm no enthusiast when it comes to anything that spells JUNK! But as usual, Dada is always the saviour or rather the more adventures one :P
And can you believe it, doctors, paediatrician, are actually offering SWEETS to young patient like Kiersten each time they visit them! How RIDICULOUS! I have to WARN them off each time they do so! Once, a doctor gave Kiersten a Chupa Chup ... and for whatever the reason, she was very persistent (i almost fainted coz it was kinda the 1st few times and it just never caught me that a Doctor will actually do just that!) i obligely let Kiersten have it, but telling her that the Chupa Chups which is called SWEETs are actually NOT FOOD, it is a TYPE of FLOWER with NO PETALS! So she just hang on to it till we reached home ... and i just grab a chance to take it and throw it away when she left it on the floor.
HA Ha HA ....

Kiersten 1st Day at School ... Villamaria 20090210

2009-03-20T12:54:00.000+08:00

Yup... she is ONLY 2 and we already sent her to school! But hell ya, she is NOT there for studies, she is there to PLAY, Play & MORE PLay. It is a Playgroup! Chris & i are definitely NOT the 'Kiasu' type when it comes to studies ... we are NOT the studious type nyways. In fact the 'ponteng' type, only do ART cause thinking it is easy-peasy (it is NOT too).
But as we were doing some Kindie shopping previously, we came across kindies (MOST kindies in fact) that offer BM, Eng, Chinese, Reading, Writing, Computer, Art, Math ... MATH!, etc,etc,etc to 'MAKE YOUR KID TO BE SUPER GENIOUS WITH SUPER POWERED DHA! Yeah, it is this taxing for kids at school! KIASU or made your $$$ worth?
Well, Chris & i believe, Kiersten or kids in general actually will DEFINITELY learn ABC, 123, reading, writing, computer, other languages one day ... when the time is right for their age at least. What's wrong with only being able to do ALL these at the age of 6 or even 7? Aren't ALL of us brought up that way? I only remember us being at school when we were either 6 or 7. So ... are we any dummer or not contributing to the society? NOT RIGHT?

*** Well .. ha. ha .. Kiersten knows her ABC & 123 already nyways. Well we did NOT push these. TRUST US! She picks it up along the way ... and she loves reading & learning in fact ... on her own pace & liking i guess that's why.

Didn't i just made 'Parenthood' sounded SUPER EASY!

Peeping ... thats ALL we can do right besides being helpless when she look so clueless and not really aware that we are NOT around her :(

As usual, she was pretty cool .. already enjoying herself during her PE

Kiersten's Toothbrushes

2009-03-10T18:58:00.000+08:00

It was like yesterday ... when she first encounter her 1st experience with 'teething' ... 'ouch' ouch'. Luckily, she did NOT faced with any of those mythical perut sakit, 'lau sai' experience nor neither gums & gigi sakit. LUCKY her! after these three pieces of toothbrush for keepsake, i kinda lost count on the rest after since we change it almost every other month when she started 'chewing' on it ... yeah 'chewing' instead of brushing ....

WOW ... the journey to get her started ... sheer determination task!

Got up EVERY morning (when she was around 1 with less than 10 pcs of gigi)
REMIND her to brush her teeth,
Carry her to the bathroom basin,
Got her a cup of warm water & toothpaste ready on her favourite toothbrush (either POOH, or POOH & Friends ... well, those are the only ones you can get for her age in pharmacy n EVERYWHERE ... how frustrating ... the other nice & cooler one are always for the older kids age Four & above)
Me: Ok, Kiersten GARGLE your mouth GRRRRRR.... , SPIT out, don't forget or else the germ swill go into your stomach (yeah ALL the common white lies mum will use :P)
Kiesrten: Did as told
Me: Ok, ready, we will brush the back & side teeth first.
Down left .. in, out, in, out,.... Down right .. in out, in, out... Up left .. in, out, in, out,.... Up Right .. in, out, in, out,....
Front, EEeee, side-to-side, side-to-side
(With ALL that coaxing, i will also have to entertain with the 'tune' of 'This is the way we brushhhh our teeth..., brushhhh our teeth..., brushhhh our teeth..., this is the way we brushhhh our teeth..., earlyyyy in the morrrrning'!)
Me: Yeah! we are done, let mummy see are there anymore yellow, yellow teeth
Kiersten: EEeee... (for mummy to check)

Whoosh ... another task done for the day!

Kiersten visiting Biscuit Factory, TI

2009-03-10T18:42:00.000+08:00

Check out the 'MEAN' face!

Mama's Birthday cum CNY gathering

2009-03-10T18:38:00.000+08:00

Check out how well KIersten with the 'chopstick' :P Effortless practise ... ha ha ... typical CINA!!!

Happy Birthday to you ... happy birthday to you ....

2009-02-17T20:21:00.000+08:00

Kiersten turning 2 ... Happy Birthday Darlin Girl!

2009-02-17T20:03:00.001+08:00

Check out the excited smile :P

Some of Kiersten's Friends

Last year we had Kiersten's 1st birthday in the same McD, during then she still needs us to carry her coz she is still in her 'crawling' mode. Look at her now ... UNBELIEVEABLE! Climbing up the slide herself and beign so independant. Wowla!

Ooohhh ... her favourite ... Ronald McDonald! Dunno why .. but i find him 'SCARRY' ... kinda 'Chuckie' type :(

The 'Yam' battallion

'Musical Ball' ... see kiersten passing the ball ...

Passing it to Noel

Ooohhh la la ... the Princess!

D 'Tiger & Pooh' Jelo cake

'Mama' trying to put the candle in .... someone please help 'mama' with the 'specs' ler ...

Such joyous moment ....

This is super sweet ... Dada .. rush to cut the 'Heros' of the Jelo to Kiersten ... and she excitedly say ... 'bite them, eat them, chew them' ... yum ... yum...

D Day!

2009-02-17T19:48:00.003+08:00

The 'happy' moment :P

The 'Serious' moment ...

See ALL the smiling faces, San Ling aka the 'kung-fu hustler', Birdie the ALL-Teared-up ...

Yum ... Yum ... Makan-makan fiesta!

All the 'Kan Cheong' IFians!

One for ALL & ALL for ONE

The Happy Family ... at LASSSSSTTTTTT ...

Songs Playlist

2009-01-16T13:42:00.000+08:00

Cruising Music

LaZY Bum Bum .. ME! I'm Back!

2009-01-14T15:17:00.001+08:00

WOW! i had almost 3 months of BLOG BREAK!I admit! I admit! LAZY BUM BUM :P!Well life still goes on ALL these months.I'll rewind and start from Christmas! Guess it is NOT too long ago ... Yippy!HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Pre-Christmas - Frostyyy the Snow Man .... la ..la..la..

2009-01-14T14:53:00.001+08:00

Kiersten: Snow menn! Snow menn ..... That is how she pronounce it :)
She requested to see Snow man, and get so super excited when she sees one.
This snow man is right in front of BSC Entrance. Guess what, we drove to the entrance, engine running, the entire family just got out from the car and started taking pictures like we would in Disneyland :P

Miraculously, the guard was so friendly, he did not bombard us with the usual "boss, tak boleh lar, sini tak boleh parking" (in the usual ah-neh-neh slang) but instead help us with this family pix :) Mummy all smile.

'In a one horse open sleigh!' ... There goes Kiersten.

Trying to reach for the baubbles on the deer ... NOT Rudolph the Red Nose rain deer though :(

Da da & Kiersten wiht the 'signature' smile GRRRRRrrrrr ....

Just can't get the hands off ALL the beautiful decos ... Mummy: Once broken considered sold ... Bee-carre-fulll!

Kiersten's 1st time on such ride ... Hmmm ... she is kinda dangerous to the rest, since her navigation and motor skills are kinda still NOT very connected.

She is soooooo happy with her hair band loot ... since mummy & Kiersten can't REALLY decide (never will for shopping) .. the print one, the blue or the purple one, the one with the butterfly, or the plain one, oh and the clip! Dada .. the most supportive of ALL :) Aiyah, just buy ALL lor ... everyone went out happy!

Oh .. the Santa Claus at last! Tried to see one for a couple of days. She is totally not afraid of the bearded guy. Maybe because we had been doing some santa and snow man to decorate the home Christmas Tree (by now the tree's deco are all down :( will try to take a picture of next year one though) Well as usual, Santa gave her a candy stick. Mummy, sheepishly took it away from her. Well she made no fuss though coz she doesn't know what it is. In fact she doesn't know what 'SWEET' is ! Yada yada yada ... i know what everyone say ... how cruel am i for not letting her try sweets, chocolate and candies. Well , what she don't know, won't hurt her!

Time Flies ....

2008-10-28T20:56:00.000+08:00

It has been awhile since the last time i updated the blog.
It was whirlwind + Bitter +Sweet + Laughter + Tears = Time FliesKiersten is now 19 months old ... 2 months plus to go will be her second birthday! It was so unbelievable seeing her grow everyday. Definitely God's blessing!

It is even crazieerr of me and Chris when we tell people how Kiersten can communicate with us in sentence. Even Dr. Sanjay (paediatrician) was in awe when learnt of her ablility. She started talking word for word during her 13 months, then communicating when she was 14 months plus and ever since, she has been TALKING, TALKING, and more TALKING! Anyone that interacts with her will comment that 'such a talkative girl'. Can you imagine even our neighbours, for instance ... the nearest next to us, Aunty Fatimah was even telling us how talkative and noisy Kiersten am when we bumped into them the other day at a mamak near home. Kiersten will be calling out to Eddie (Aunty Fatimah's Grand son, same age with Kiersten) whenever she hear his voice coming form the backyard. I guess she is really desparate to look for companion.

Things Kiersten can do & will say (with her own tone & manner) :
Kiersten can count 1 to 10 without missing any number or jumble it up!
Ask her if she can sing, 'Yes .. BA BA Black cheep, Pop the whistle (Pop goes the whistle)'
She can recognise all the scene from her Music VCD my MIL bougt her and she will religiously play it everyday, over & over again!
Ask her where does Po Po & Kong Kong live, she will tell you 'Teluk Intan' (super clear)
Where does Kiersten live, 'Subang Jaya, USJ tee (3)' (Not bad for a 19 moths old girl)

Every morning she will say:
Mummie, dada can-not go work with unker San Yen.
Mummie, dada come back home.Mama can-not talk, ah-ten talk (She will tell everyone not to talk, and only she can talk!)

Every nite before going to bed, she will chant:
She will first sheepishly ask ... 'milk' then she will smile cheekily form her bed. I'll tell her 'No, you just had dinner awhile ago. Mummie will make you milk later at night' (Since she had dinner at 7pm, sleep around 8ish or 9ish, i don't think she should have milk and wanna give her at 12 midnite then she will sleep through the nite to morning).She will ask again after praying .. 'milk'. If we tell her 'No' again, she will usually pack her pillows, stand up at her bed edge and look at the cupboard where the milk stuff are, then she will start jumping and chant 'make milk, make milk, make milk' till you give in! She started having this habit about 4 weeks ago, having milk before her nite sleep. But we figure it is kinda good since she will have her milk earlier and she will sleep through the nite.

Penang ... after almost a decade!

2008-08-08T19:00:00.003+08:00

The development

Could this be Pulau Jerejak?

Construction going on for 'upgrading work'

They called it the 'fried lok-lok'

I tried this thirst quenching 'longan drink' ... so disappointing .. it is super diluted!

Sotong kangkung yummy yummy

with a refreshing young coconut ... but sadly the coconut is not so young lor

Dinner is served! The ikan bakar is huge and it is only RM10 for two BIG pieces

This bowl of 'Asam Laksa' is DEFINITELY tantalizing!

This is the restaurant where we had the sedap 'Asam Laksa'. Just down the road, walking distance from the Evergreen Hotel along Gurney.

The nite scene in Gurney ... view from G Hotel

The hustling & Bustling in Gurney drive

One great buy .. along those stalls in Gurney :)

Check out the building behind the traffic light ... definitely need restoration work since Penang is now one of the WORLD HERITAGE!

Kiersten toooooooooooooo .... Petting ZOO!!!

2008-08-06T19:36:00.005+08:00

At the entrance to the Petting Zoo. *SWEAT* Such a long walk from the entrance ... *SWEAT* *SWEAT*

Kiersten trying to touch the little pony

There you go ... guinea PIG! They look cute as ever ... hmmm... a llittle wee, wee, smell though.

Yup .. world smallest horse breed ... Falabella! What a cool name.

Peacock ... running freely

So are the pelicans and chickens

Check out these pelicans ...

Kiersten has decided to ditch mie mie & dada & go for a walk by herself .... yeah right!

Kiersten luuuvvvvv the elephant ... what a sight .. so huge!

To the Pet Village

Da da trying to hold Kiersten up ... she is super duper excited!

Cuc-koo face action ....

2008-08-06T19:26:00.000+08:00

There you go ... cuc-koo, cuc-koo, cuc-koo .....

And Kiersten will squeeeezzzzeee her cheek over and over again in tune wif the cuc-koo, cuc-koo :)

Ta da .... who is the one that thought her this ..... hmmmm... ME ! What a mum ... u must be saying. Well i guess it's all the fun, who cares!

Jayden's Birthday Party

2008-07-22T20:36:00.009+08:00

Jayden ... the birthday boy, also God ma Krystle's little brother. Check out the 'Chiftan' Headgear ... ya lor birthday boy wat ... Thought of NOT shy to request one for Kiersten, but ya lor shy. So, drop the idea.

There you go, Kiersten with mie mie & god ma Krystle!
Whenever we ask Kiersten "Where is God ma?" .. Kiersten will answer "Eh.. eh.." with her hand extending with sign of "where.. where.." then she will answer her own question by moving her hand across imitating a Plane flying across ... her language of saying God ma fly far far away in a plane. And NOT forgetting her sound effects of "Ooooorrrrrr.............." aka the plane sound.
Have to say.. she is quite good wihth her sign language and sound effects that accompany it!

A lady bug balloon specially request from the magician unker

A sword balloon ... just like how the rest of the boys has

Waiting for the "MAGIC SHOW" to start.... damn kan cheong ....

Kiersten was so attentive .... wonder does she understand what the magician unker was saying...

Magician unker is playing a prank to this poor boy..

Kiersten doing her 'ah-neh-neh' dance in front of the mirror ...

Kiersten's 'ah-neh-neh' dance step (for the dance step... i give it an 'ah-neh-neh' colour oso) :
Shake both her hands
shake her head 'robotically' to the left then right (can't demand more from a 16 mths old child's motor skill k.... )
Shake her left leg .. kick, kick, kick
then
Shake her right leg ... kick, kick, kick
and
Follow with a sign off .... march-on-the-spot!

***Don't ask me why march-on-the-spot ... ma ma was the dance choreographer wei .. and she named it 'ah-neh-neh' dance to her. I was also feeling as racist as you guys k. I'm on your side!

Kiersten getting to know 'semalu'

2008-07-18T20:03:00.001+08:00

She is showing me more fat-fat "semalu"

Check out the pokok kelapa yang tinggi-tinggi belaka ....

2008-07-18T19:52:00.001+08:00

Taking an evening walk with Kiersten back to Yen Yen's house. Though it would be fun for her to have a "nature walk".

There you go.... we found some "semalu" ....

Kiersten is trying to touch on ALL the "semalu" to make them "oi oi" .. :) how cute

2008-07-18T19:46:00.000+08:00

"take" .. "take mie mie" "take"... that is what she said whenever she see flowers. But for this, 'ku poh' is the one that "take" for her okay. Well we have been telling her she cannot "take' flowers like ... how ma ma thought her ... yeah ...

FUN stuff Kiersten gets to do ....

2008-07-18T19:33:00.001+08:00

She has been eyeing on bikes since the last trip back to Teluk Intan. At last.... kong-kong gave in. Da da is not gonna be very happy with this :( Chris has always against the idea of riding on a bike ... his reason of it is because "bike ... human skin shielding the bike" unlike cars ... "metal is shielding the passenger" .... there you go, his reason ... quite true though. I'm not arguing for this one.

A visit to the Fish Factory in Hutan Melintang

2008-07-16T14:50:00.002+08:00

Such serenity and a peaceful evening...
Looking on at the endless wide sea ... (alamak ... Sg. Perak only lar :(

Mie-mie is sooo excited about the boat and kept asking da da to take more pix. But whatta heck.. Kiersten is more excited baout the dead fish lying on the plank ...
(Since Kiersten started calling me 2 mths ago, she sum how had progress from ah...mahh to mie-mie. I have countless time told her it's mummy, but she refused to co-orperate)

This is the fish that caught Kiersten's eye more than the boat k!
check it out ... check it out... now u tell me what is sooo interesting bout it ...

About to go to the Fish Factory ...

2008-07-16T14:36:00.001+08:00

Hutan Melintang ... Down memory Lane

2008-07-14T19:56:00.002+08:00

A boat docked by the jetty ... doing some refurbishing work. Really tough being a fisherman .. gotta tangkap ikan, brave the storms and pirates, and tangkap more ikan ...
This infamous fishing village is where all our FAMOUS FISHBALL & frozen Fish stuff from...

A quiet evening...

2008-07-14T19:41:00.006+08:00

Lockdridge Law... my cousin. No.. no.. don't get confused by his Glamour name. He is a Chinese... a very Chinese one in fact!

He must be wondering 'what is his future gonna be like ... a bleak? OR ASS Bleed???

Kiersten at URBANSCAPES!

2008-07-03T18:41:00.001+08:00

It was all fun for us all! Such a great weekend outing! KL needs this more often to encourage and promotes the ARTsy FARTsy stuff. It should be brought to phenomenal heights. We saw a few cool parents like US :D that brought their kids there. And they are as young as Kiersten!
She had such great fun there...
Checking out the DJ's spinning
Rappers rapping their stuff
Disco lights and its ambient (not too sure bout encouraging this :B
Trash Drummers
Seeing the Ducks for the first time.. she must be wondering why are they in white n NOT the usual yellow ones in her story books.
Seeing Koi
Picking stones and throwing it around (such simple act, but it is such BIG thing to her. She had seen stones before .. ok. Or rather pebbles .. :(
Enjoy lepaking on the grass field
Kinda confussed her a little when we told her we were going to the PARK. She was expecting ppl playing the basketball, football, badminton, see-saw, swing, slides untill she SAW URBANSCAPE kinda PARK! She kept asking for .. 'ball.. ball..'

Every friends that we bump into asked... "is she NOT afraid of the huge crowd and noisy environment?"
My answer to them ... "It is her wildest dream comes true!!!" .. for those who know her.. will know how sociable she is and having all the attention is a definite confidence booster to her.
Yeah, with a bonus of all the beautiful 'che-che' giving kisses to her, Da Da try to "Tumpang Glamour" too... he wish he is the one being KISSED too! Ha Ha...

Sweet Memory of Yeh Yeh

2008-07-02T13:28:00.001+08:00

A Moment of Silent in Prayer.... AMEN

My memories with Yeh Yeh .......... I wish it can be longer...

Running around the house, the yard, the orchard, the sawmill all day long.
Having fresh coconut water, Yeh Yeh will pluck it from the TALL coconut tree at the back orchard for everyone. Especially when Ku mah is going back to Hong Kong, she will have a sack of coconut to bring home, since it is so expensive in HK.
Eating my favourite 'chut chi' made by Yeh Yeh... his n my BEST OF ALL TIMES FAv.
Going for tea with Yeh Yeh in kopitiam. He will pour some on the saucer for me. I'll then take some biscuits from the shop to eat.
Getting $$$ from Yeh Yeh and run to the Ice kacang shop to buy junks ... all day long
Yeh Yeh's favourite ... Warm stout, chut chi, lo mai chi, nam yu pau, KFC, Ayam goreng, Teh Tarik, and anything sweet. He got sweet tooth!
Following Yeh Yeh to the sawmill at night for his 'Tai Luk Chuk' puff.
Going to Jenderata, Nova Scotia with Yeh Yeh in the Land Rover. He will be driving, and me the Monkey at the back swinging from one end to the other ... imagine the off road into estates... and i was only 6 or 7 years old!
He working, and i'll be playing with the boys, whether it is in the estates or sawmill.
He will givethe roof top a new coat every CNY.
He tend the orchard and his pets ... chicken, geese, duck with Yen Yen.
He speaks his 'Sun Leng Wa' which Chris always imitate. He thinks it sounded like some 'Guai Lou' talking Cantonese. Actually, it is the 'Mak Kar' language (the balded chinese Comedian in Aces goes Places).
Yeh Yeh is the BEST grand pa anyone can ask for.
He never had any temper, he is the coolest and most well mannered man for those who know him.
Yeh Yeh always go out of his way to help anyone that is in need of help.

Yeh Yeh is 93 years old... Strong & healthy, with a clean bill of health records that stunts doctors all the time. His hair was not even a strand of grey.

Having celebrate CNY with him and the recent one,in April... dinner. Having Guinness Stout (Yeh Yeh's Favourite) and cigi (yeah, we got scolded by Yen Yen)with him was all fun and laughter that i can remember. I can still hear myself laughing ... loud and clear too. Oblivious to the fact i guess.
It was then in April, and now in June, everything else changed.

A call from mum on Tues 15/6 in the morning. Mum don't call me in the morning. I first got the news, Yeh Yeh fainted while walking to answer a call. But luckily Yen Yen was fast enough to hold on to him. He did not fall. Yen Yen put him on a chair since he was sort of still conscious. But this time he rolled down from it.

Sam ku went ahead to the clinics around to ask for aid from Doctors. And what she got was ... either they are busy or they have no one to watch over their clinic. How CRUEL. A fallen patient and they can be so cold. Sam ku decided to call for the ambulance from Red Crescent. Yeh Yeh was left on his own wif Yen Yen for almost an hour for an ambulance. Then he arrived in the Hospital at last.

While waiting for the doctors report, i was praying ... don't let it be a stroke.
Mum called. She confirmed, Yeh Yeh had a stroke. He was still very conscious and active. In fact when the doctor asked him whether can he still lift up his left limbs, he insisted he can and he did. But in actual fact he was unable to. His eyes was closed all the time.

He fought a good fight, waited for all to be back, and wish him a last good bye and to send him off ... he was at peace. At least i got to 'fuk si' Yeh Yeh for the last time like how he did for me when i was young.

A small way of me saying 'tor cheh yeh yeh' and 'choi kin ler'... He still managed to wish me & chris 'Sang yi Heng Lung' and Yeh yeh & Yen Yen usual very 'hark hei' self... said 'tor che' to chris n me for visiting him...
i'm lost for words for this two immaculate soul ...

God Bless Yeh Yeh... Peace be with him ... We will meet again ....

Kiersten strutting her stuff!

2008-05-12T23:25:00.000+08:00

Walking around in Pavi ...

Happy Mothers' day ... Kiersten wif LUV

2008-05-12T23:23:00.001+08:00

It was a very memorable day for ME of course. First time having so may weill wishes wishing me a 'Happy Mothers' Day', frens smsing me.
May it be accidental, Kiersten gave me a Fuschia Carnation :) It is my fav colour, though may not be a fav flower :)
Sweet of her.
But yeah, i guess anything from her will be definitely well cherished even though it may be a dunk!
Can't wait till she celebrates her own Mothers' day :)

Accidental Makan trip in Ipoh

2008-05-12T23:16:00.001+08:00

WOW! It has been such a long time Chris & i had a makan affair like this. The food was superb! With a touch of an old Kopitiam flair to it definitely. The drink + toast is OGIGINAL... not the imitation kind we have in KL like Old Town Kopitiam, K3K, etc.
It's Ipoh... the food destination for ALL. Scrape the Chicken rice, that is so commercialised!
Try Wah Pan the kopitiam.

Apostrophe Short Short Story event in Glass Hse

2008-05-12T23:07:00.001+08:00

Indeed it was a FUN nite out ...
Meeting all the FUN people and all the crazy conversation ...
and yeah more boost! All the way from Apostrophe to Wabisabi with a bunch of new friends. Sweet!

Back in TI

2008-05-12T23:04:00.000+08:00

It is always good to have a Hometown to go back to.
Especially for Kiersten, it is a different exposure of growing up.
Indeed it was ... with all the different environment in a TOWN!
eatery places ... simple Kopitiam that serves curry mee the old style, kuan low noodle wif local made belacan , the BEST!
No air-condition ... everywhere you go. Free sun tanning services :)
No High tech high chair ... all the more interesting for Kiersten. In fact it was fascinating to her!
Cows eating grass ... At least she had a look at a real cow. It freaks me realising how City kids grow up to be like... only having seen all the farm animals in BOOKS! How scary!
Visit to the wet market ... mummie needed to buy grocery for Kiersten
It was an Indian festival in town ... Kiersten get to see the Charade, buy some Indian bangles to wear :) Hot + Stuffy + FUN nite out for her. Since back home bedtime is at 7pm.

Looking forward to the next trip already. I'm pretty sure Kong-kong & Por-Por is super looking forward seeing Kiersten too! The sunburst laughter she gave them, the kisses,... they misses her dearly.

2008-04-23T17:01:00.000+08:00

:) *** !!! >,.,.,:::

Another Milestone reached

2008-04-22T19:06:00.000+08:00

Time flies.
Kiersten is already walking on her own now.
Though still wobbly and all.

She is also talking better now ... or rather babbling
I tried pronouncing some words the other day, and she was literally trying to imitate it.
me: Hal-le-lu-yah
Kiersten : ar-eh-urr-aahh
:)

me: Da-man-sa-ra
Kiersten: Aa-ma-ar-Aarr

Another Milestone ...

2008-04-21T22:26:00.000+08:00

It has been almost TWO whole months ....
Earth spinning,(or else what would happened to us :s),
birds chirping to the morning break,
and life goes on.
The world, its people, everything goes on.

Giving & Receiving ...
What is Giving? What to Give? What are to be Given?
What is Receiving all about? What is there to be Received?
What is the reason to Give, what are the consequences of Receiving?
??
You are given,
will you wanna receive?,
and .....
If you choose to receive ....
Will you think of what that was given ...
Will you know what was given ...
Are there consequences to it?
Will there be one?
What izit then?

Giving & Receiving ....
The answer lies beneath the Giver & its Receiver.

Kiersten's ONE year old BOOSTER.... OUCH!

2008-03-19T20:31:00.004+08:00

A year just fly pass so fast ....
Kiersten is already due for her One year Booster.
As usual we were late to bring her for one...
It was just like yesterday when we were so anxious to send her to her ONE MONTH old jab.
We brought her to Dr. Sanjay today. As usual, she is calm and all. Even when the needle is IN. She did NOT even wimp a bit. The nurses outside was soooo excited bout not hearing any shout, cries, etc. When we were out from the doc's room, the nurses needed to CONFIRMED. They were so amazed. It was like Kiersten own some sort of an amazing ability. They kept repeating how brilliant she was.
Of course Chris and I was super duper proud of her. We were awed by her as well.
She is definitely a tough cookie.

Dr, sanjay also needed to check on her vocabs ability ... and i just realised, Kiersten can talk quite a fair bit ....

dada or dadada
mama
ball
go-go (for mango)
boh-boh (our beloved pet)
ah-puh (apple)
bahh-buhh (bubble)

As for imitation of sound :
tiap-tiap (birds)
ourrgh (rooster)
arr urrgh (Puppy or kitty cat)

She can imitate Actions for all sort of things like birds flying, caterpillar, butterfly, fish swimming, driving, motorbike, spectacle, and the list goes on....

Kiersten is getting 'Sien' ... sigh...

2008-03-14T19:36:00.000+08:00

Check this out.
I was so busy preparing her food, did not even noticed she was bored to death waiting for mummie for food :(
But i can't help looking at this images... she is soooo adorable with all her facial expression!