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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mom has been cooking a storm in coris these few weekends, partly becos she thinks bbTara is too young to join us in the crowd in public, and mainly bcos i want to take down all her recipes! We started with curry, then we had chicken rice, and just last weekend, we had braised duck! yum yum!
 was uber-delicious! esp the preserved vege! and i had leftover duck for my lunch ..... heaven!Labels: appreciative, Dinner, DIY, home cooked food, mom, quality time
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
What goes best with french loaf?Nah.....besides butter, what else?
"My mom's Curry" - wahahahaha....
Ever since we all moved out, mom hasn't been cooking as often. But she promised us that whatever we want to eat, just tell her, and she will prepare for us. =)In the context of our social life today, I guess this is the most we can ask for."I want to eat curry. Your curry." that was the task I gave my mom, heh heh... so, she spent the weekdays grinding and frying her own curry paste for us.And you know wat, even my 5-yr old nephew tucked into the curry!! I am proud of him. haha...
Of cos we didnt add as much chili for him.Dinner at Coris was usual with vege and fish....the healthier choice.
 When we were young, mom cooked a lot of fish and soup for us. Almost every dinner, we hv a fish on the table. 1 whole big fish. And she will amazingly change the style of the fish she cooked everyday, from red sauce to black, to white... (a pity I dun have digital camera last time to record them down) . She will usually nag and nag for us to finish the fish. She will just eat a little bit of it and my dad will eat the fish head, the tail and suck the bones..... I am appreciative of their effort today, truly. Dad is the one who taught me how to eat my fish, and I enjoyed staring at him while he cleaned up the bones in pieces.Today, I am sure their effort paid off, both my sister and me are still considered strong and healthy to date. I am gonna try and do the same to my own family in time to come, as much as I can. This is an example that I would very much like to follow. =) We'll try.....Labels: childhood, curry, Dinner, mom
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
We took off. clear some of my leave, and also to spend some time with my mom after her op.
Sista also took leave. that means ryan also pon-ten from child care. =)
We gathered at coris, and we B.A.K.E (d).
the other time i made kueh salat, and i used the wrong pandan juice. so this time, i tried again,
with yours truly grinding the pandan leaves, and squeezing the juice out of it.
so there you go, pandan juice, self-made. no need to buy.
fyi, 1 bottle of pandan juice is $21 from phoon huat.
after some steaming and cooking, we have the entire kueh done.
heh heh....
packed, and gave some to mabel who came up to give me my birthday present! (Thanks Mabel, Sean, Huiming and William!!)
also packed some for budd who is coming over later at nite.
Concurrently, we decided to bake some muffins, and ryan suggested m&m muffins.
so, there you are!
how easy is it to grant him his wish now!
when he woke up, sista carried him to see how the muffins are rising.
he asked for a muffin before we went for dinner.
i tell him to feed me, he say 'u take urself from there la'
we can really tell that he likes them!
After we sent them home, we hurried back to our neighbourhood to catch the procession of the 9th emperor. yah, if u rem, we were at the parade last year too. =)
This year, we had a new experience, we were standing real next to the mascots!!
heh heh...
last yr, we gong-gong waited by the big drain, for the mascots, lion dance and dragon dance, etc, to march to the finishing point. But, we are actually able to be up close and personal with them, right before they started marching! aiyoyo....
don see them short, when the pple goes into this mascot, it stands twice my height, at least.
the almost entangled dragon ...
the giant lion. the head had to be hold by 3-4 pple.
by 11.30pm, budd had called to inform that she had reached our block, so we rushed back, in double quick time steps!
It was a nite we shared to bake some muffins meant for her birthday. =)
 we made a variety of muffins! from nutella, to white & dark choc chips, to raisins! yummy!!
 budd emptied the cup as she tasted one.... =)nice or not nice? we leave it to u to imagine. art is subjective. =)
the session ended at 2am.As I showered, and lay myself on the bed, i rx her sms,"Budd, Thks for the muffins. They r really better gifts than any material stuffs though i know they r available fr u upon request...Hee...no lots liao, I have to park a few blocks away...Good night."This is an entire quality day spent.... =)
Labels: baking, Birthday, budd, busy, celebration, cooking, Family, Food, Merry, mom, ryan
Thursday, October 18, 2007
I am one year wiser, and WE have spent one year living together. =)
though we have to spend this day in the hospital, but I count my blessings that mom is able to walk on the second day of her operation, and i have my loved ones spending the day with me anyway. =)
I woke up early and went to the hospital on my own.
It is a holiday, so I let livingstone sleep in late.
but i also assign him tasks la,.... hee...
i ask him to help me with some housework before he go to the hospital in the afternoon.
Thanks to him, he had my floor cleaned, my washing machine cleaned, my clothes kept and folded... =)
not wanting to stay in the ward, we pushed my mom down to the cafe...and i had my cake from my sista and ryan.
* cannot find lighter in the hospital leh.... =p
We left the hospital for dinner at abt 8pm, was discussing what to eat, and we ended up in AMK, Jack's Place.
the dinner was cosy, and entertaining with ryan's nonsense, haha...i tell him, 'ryan boy, u see ur teeth! so brown!! u look at mine!', and i showed him my teeth proudly, then he looked at it, and said 'eee, so yallow'ha ha ha ha....ok, that's why i have pearlie white in my bathroom. and when we reached home, the flowers on our dining table was a surprise! =)
 thanks darling, =)Happy Aniversary!! and to myself, Happy Birthday... !*I just got to know that my neighbours (mabel and huiming), as well as adoh and steven came to our hse (seperately), wanting to give me a birthday surprise, only to find that we were not at home! gosh! im so sorry, u guys are angels!! i'll make it up! =)Labels: aniversary, appreciative, Birthday, blessings, celebration, Dinner, Family, Food, gift, livingstone, Merry, mom, operation, quality time, recovery, Romantic, ryan
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
After ten years, mom decideded that its time to go for the Operation.The Knee Replacement Op So she got her marking before she goes into the preparation stage.
She was pushed into the Operating Room at 1pm,and didnt come out until abt 3.30pm.Lucky my sista was there to kill time with me.Thanks to all the blessings and well wishes, mom is recovering fast, and had been discharged on the third day.Thanks to all who came, and all who called, =)Your effort is very much appreciated by me and my family.
 that was budd with me in the hospital, both of us didnt wash our hair for 2 days, haha....cannot wash mah. wait waste money. =pLabels: blessings, budd, mom, operation, recovery
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