Peace

Today, I can leave the daycare centre without any 'small talk'. Phew! I was wishing/praying for some peace at home since my day job is like a mini war zone (nope, I am not in war but since it is a open environment, cant be help to get 1 bomb landed rite in front of my cube.)

I think my prayers were answered! Hehehe..all goes smooth and manage to complete all revision by 9pm, read him a chapter of story and off he goes to his lala land. I guess he is looking forward to his PE swimming class tomorrow and now, I can sit myself comfortably in front of my lappie and TV to catch the last episode of the Housewives Holiday! Whooopee!!

Nevertheless, I need to thank all my old and new pals for all the comforting words. Again, I need a booster of patience and I need them fast!

Just 1 Word..

Day started quite smoothly. In fact, I can eta office at 740am to enjoy my breakfast before the crowd comes in. All went smoothly till it is time to fetch young master home. Sigh.. he is up to mischief again. Wonder how come he is full loaded with all sorts of funnie ideas and thoughts when he is so skinny with such a tiny little head??? Sigh..very shacked.. catching the last bite of my life before i lay myself to rest ... *Ahem...

Home alone with the only man in the hse

Kel is out of the island on training this wk. Yes, he is just out of the island at Sentosa for a 5-day training course with accommodation provided ( sharks.. envy till I foam!!). So, this week, I hv to OMO the whole operation myself. Well, I see this a pre-training in case he really needs to on overseas assignments, but then, cant help but feeling very alone! Hahaha..yes, cos most of the time he runs the show and I more or less just watch.. (did help la..here and there)

So, missy is pack to mama's place on a Sunday night, juz is sleeping(preparing for his tmr class) and for me..I am blogging and bubbling till I foam.

Come tmr, hv to leave the office on time to pick little master from after school centre and babysit him whole wk ALONE!!! Arragh!!!! Let's see whether I am still sane at the end of the wk.

Second Visit

Missy visited the TCM 2nd time yesterday. By right she should be well after completing the first bottle of cough medicine, but then, she is still coughing on and off. To be on the safe side, Kel brought her to Dr Lee again. She was equally puzzled. She has confidently assured us that she will be well after taking her medicine but then?? but then???


So, yesterday, Kel has to go down the food chain of missy with her. TCM is very particular with the concept of "病从口入". So, the doctor and Kel have to start analysing all the food missy took from Friday till Tues. And alas! We finally found the cause! The Chinese Cabbage! :) According to TCM, this is considered a cooling veggie should not be eaten at all during this period. Well, found the cause, given a stronger medicine. 1 just need to eat for 3 days and she is confident that her phlegm will be gone.


Frankly, I am a stronger believer of 病从口入. Dr Lee forbids the eating of light colour veggies, fruits and even fish when you are having cough as all these food will cause u more phlegm and coughing. Some pple might think this is really extreme and not logical but then, she never say you cannot take forever, a short duration of refraining might do more good to your body than harm.


Anyway, called mum this morning, indeed, missy slept better last night and we hope she will get well in time for her school visit to the Healthzone on Thursday.

Mummy is the best!

Missy is having a bad cough the whole weekend. :( It started two wks ago and we brought her to see the PD. After a wk of medication, her condition is still on and off, so, we decided to bring her see TCM last Friday. Dr Lee has already pre-warned that taking the medicine will cause more coughing (rationale is to dissolve the phlegm..) So, the whole weekend, she has been coughing and I have to wake up to ensure she is ok and whether she needs to vomit out her phlegm. Didn't sleep too well the whole weekend = a very grouchy me today.

Called home to check out what mummy is cooking for dinner. She remarked that she is going to tabao Curry fish head tonite for dinner and immediately, I started to nag. Hehehe.. I mean, weather is warm ma.. and still eat so spicy food? Plus I just recovered from sore throat too.. of course, mummy is still the best and I think she knows that I very man chang, so, she cleverly changed the topic and of course the food to tabao tonite, ending with whatever I want to eat.. **LOL** Yes yes, mummy is the best refers to my MUMMY! She knows what I want to eat, offer words of comfort and of course give in to us (me and my brother + now her grandchildren) and yet, we take all these for granted. Well, I think after tonite's good sleep, I will fetch Kerin's back tomorrow so that we all could hv a fair share of rest. Still My Mummy is the BEST and I hope I will get to 'read' or 'hear' it from Kerin's mouth too.

School Holidays

March term break starts today till 20th March! Yeh, no need to wake up at 550am to prepare him to school! Yeh! No need to do revision at night! Yeh! No need to sleep early! Hey..why I sound more excited than Justin? Hmm....

Anyway, Master Tang's schedule is fully packed for the wk. His dad has to drive him to school on Mon and Tuesday for a Chinese Camp. Wednesday, Daycare centre is having zoo outing, Thursday, going to grandparents house (more shopping with Grandaunty) and Friday, mummy and daddy are off to bring him out.

Aint the kids much more fortunate than us nowadays? As for me, one last YEH! to waking up slightly later for the whole week!

Jurong Bird Park

We decided to beat the weather and plan an outing in the morning instead of evening. It has been raining for the pat few weekend evenings, so we decided to visit the bird park early in the morning!

Kel has corporate passes to the park and saved it us quite a hefty sum of money. And we eta the park at 930am, just in time to catch the first show of the day!

It was a very warm day.. U can see that kerin is sweating and sweating. She is not feeling well and didn't sleep well, so you can see she is pretty "mang zhang". As for Juz, he was happy cos it is the start of his school holidays and he can temporary throw his books away and enjoy himself. As for my parents in laws.. I think as long the kids are happy, they are happy but then, the weather is just too warm.

We ended our trip around 12nn since the weather has become unbearable and we hit Jurong Point for lunch! I guess everyone is very tired and we hit home for a good rest and again, the rain came in the evening!

U can visit the following for our pics.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=64851&id=553033793&l=4a96a4c7c4

Who are we to judge

Was chatting with a good friend this afternoon and suddenly, we realised that we (on the whole) are quick at judging people, eager to give solutions and very persistent to make other people see our way and do it our way.

Actually, I am not as clear as what she has gone as though I thought I knew. I should have taken a step back and just listen. Listening is what we know we should do but not all of us are doing it.

Btw II

Btw, i am not sloppy..but this blogger alignment is killing me!!!! Anyone has any solution?

Gymboree Loot

Hi all, Kerin is here to update some of mummy's loot from Gymboree. Mummy is tapping on the weaker USD$ and bought us the following items from Gymboree. Thks to auntie Hwee Teng who helped her to hand carry the loot back to Sin.

This is for Me..(For Juijui's wedding in May and blue 1 for normal wear)

And this is for gorgor (also for Juijui's wedding in May)













Under daddy's watchful eyes..mummy only gets 3 pieces and a hair band + very pai sheh to get auntie to hand carry so many items for us. Now, I need to grow my hair just in time for jiujiu's wedding.

Managing Expectations

Justin has a few mini tests and reviews from his school teachers and enrichment centre teachers before his term break starts next week. Personally, the reviews have exceeded my own expectations of him. I feel that the teachers are very generous in their praises and has a new perspective of what we call mischievous/naughty and hyperactive. Maybe the environment is changing and I am behind time. And I need to manage my expectations! I need to catch up with times, be more relax towards his learning and of course, accept and tolerate all his weaknesses and embraces his strength. *I think Kel will be shaking his head when he reads this.**LOL*

Prata with Cheese/blackpepper hotdog

Did this for Juz, Kel and myself this morning. Of course, little master say it is nice as long as it is junk food. Older master feedback it is kind of too oily but nice..(amazingly, frozen prata still can hv that kind of fragrance and taste.)

There is Juz's set.
His favourite Tomatoes Seaweed, Cheese hot dog rolled with prata. The red container is tomatoes sauce.

My Mini March Day Off Plans

Well, I am having 4D week again this March and to be frank, I have my programmes are lined up for the month!*LOL* Ah, my job is a planner thus naturally, planning is in my blood!

I went for deep tissue body massage last Friday. I knew this lady(massage therapist) for quite sometime though this is the first time I visited her at her house. She quited from her previous employer and is doing home-based massages for regular clients.

It was a very well spent hour. I could feel my whole body being rejuvenated and tensions greatly reduced. It was done in a room with relaxing music playing with no outside distractions. Well, if I still have day off in April, I will most probably visit her again since she is just located at Bishan.

As for next Friday, I will be going for my facial and hair treatment! Hehehe..., well, since the kids are in school and part-time auntie will be cleaning the house, I may as well used the time to do stuff which I couldn't afford to do during the weekdays.

Typical Weekend

Weekends could be very different for people with kids of different ages.

When Juz and Ker were younger, typical weekends will start around 9am for their feed. This is because they have woken up much earlier at around 6am to have their first dose of food. Followed by bathing, food, play, lazing around and typical afternoon nap, then more play and more food again before bedtime. To be frank, most of the time I hardly step out of the house and I could be in pyjamas the whole day!! **Amazing!!**

When they are of courses-going age, days will start at 8am, followed by breakfast, bath, classes, lunch, back home, nap and dinner/playtime. Just like this morning, missy woke up at 7.30am asking to be fed :( *hiaazz.. after her milk, she was pestering me to play with her. Her brother woke up at 8am for his breakfast as he is due for his swimming class at 9am. After which, I will get the TV to babysit missy for ~1.5 hrs while I do some mini cleanup for the house, bath the plants before I bath her. Then, I will take a 15mins break surfing the net, downloading emails, bubbles abit while missy entertains herself.

After which, we will pack up and took a bus to meet Kel and Juz at TPY for lunch before we head to my PIL's house to rot the day away. Recently, my fil is into Internet, which explains why I can be blogging now while the two kiddos are asleep and the whole family is watching HK drama serial. *LOL*

Well, this is my typical weekend, hardly anytime for myself. Wonder yours could be more exciting than mine?

Yeye's Birthday

We celebrated my FIL's 70th birthday last weekend. Initially, Kel's intention was to have a 10-course dinner and get some close relatives together for a mini-celebration but on 2nd thought, we decided to do a smaller one just with mil, the kids and his auntie.

So, after Juz's Sunday class, we brought a cake and have a mini Birthday songs concert. I think both Juz and Ker are more excited than the birthday boy himself. Later in the evening, we went Marche for dinner, followed by some shopping.

I am not posting any pics here cos just doing the alignments of the pics will drive me nuts and probably takes hours!! So, all the pics are in FB. Below are the links, hv fun viewing.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=63152&id=553033793&l=a4629

By the way..

Well, I am on 4D work week for March too.. Lucky for me, 1 of the Fridays happen to coincide with Justin's 1 wk holiday. Will bring him for some fun ba..

Breakfast sets

Company no longer offer free meals, so I am putting more effort in preparing breakfast sets for Juz, Kel and myself.

Below are some of the sets I did this week.

Hot dog Set.
1) NTUC Garlic Hotdog(boiled) Not so nice, prefer another brand.
2) Hot dog bread is free cos it comes with Sunshine Bread.
3) Spread some Jpn maynoaise to make it less dry to taste.
3) Red small container is chili sauce (my big master likes to dip some sauce along with his bread)













Mini Swiss rolls and seaweed Set.
1) Tomato Seaweed per Juz's request.
2) Two mini swiss roll for him.










I will try to do prata hotdog next week. Abit insane come to think of it but all these were done in the wee hours! hohoho...

Lazing around

This Sunday we decided to stay at home to let my PILs have a good rest. They have been helping to babysit the kiddos for 2 days and oh boy, it must be pretty tiring for them.

So as usual, Sunday will be Kerin's Soo-Soo (aka Playground day). Nowadays, we have to respect the kids. I have to ask the little princess which playground she would like to go and you will be surprised that a 3++ yrs old gal has her mind of her own. She will yak on why she choose that particular playground and what does it have that interest her and apparently, the selling point of this particular playground is the Swing! :)



See how many happily she is swinging.. she will yell "Mummy, higher, higher!"















After 30mins of play, we need to go to the market to get ready the ingredients for lunch. I did a simple fried egg noddles. I like to do fried noddles/mee hoon, easy to do with all the ingredients dumped in and just fried!


This is my version of fried egg noddles :- (Serve 4pax)
Ingredients:-
1) 1 to 1 1/2 pack of Myojo Egg Noddle Mee Poh (You can choose spinach noddles too) - Boil them and put aside but dont overcook it.
2) 8 to 10 prawns (cut into small pieces)
3) 1 small cabbage (shredded)
4) 1 carrot (shredded)
5) 3 shiitake mushrooms (diced - the kids like this compared to Chinese dried mushroom)
6) 1 can of SPAM luncheon meat (diced - rather expensive and salty)
7) 2 bowl of chicken stock ( I used 1 tablespoon of Maggie Concentrated Chicken stock mix with 1 bowl of water).

Method:-
1) Fried the luncheon meat till golden brown, scoop up and put aside
2) Use the leftover oil, stir fry the carrot, cabbage, shiitake mushrooms and prawns.
3) Pour in the chicken stock and cook the veggies are soft.
4) Pour in the boiled noddles and fried till noddles are soft.

Scoop and put in rice cooker to keep them warm and u can serve with tomato or chili sauce.

Well, the end product is still not that bad. No pics cos was in a mad rush to clean the place and house before the boys hit home from their classes. If there is a chance, will fried more and bring to office for lunch.