Counting Down To Year 2009

Counting down now...

10, 9 , 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...

Happy New Year 2009

Come on Let's Celebrate!

Enjoy this song from Kool & Gang. My favourite song every year played on the new year eve party I went with my ci mui.



Happy New to all of you. May year 2009 brings you good wealth and good health. Come on hop over to my other blog for a small giveaway from me to usher Year 2009.

Merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new year!

My in laws are Catholic and every year we will be at their place for Christmas. The kids are happy to be there too because they love to play with their big Suk Suk and Ku Cheh. This year we didn't put our Christmas tree up because Dearie Suki has been busy for the past few weeks before Christmas and furthermore the Christmas is put too high up in the store room. I couldn't managed to get it by myself. The kids are a bit dissapointed when I told them there will be no Christmas tree at home but then there will be one at their Mah Mah's house.

The kids are happy when they saw the Christmas tree at Mah Mah's house. Both of them has been playing with the Christmas ornaments on the tree and their poor Ku Cheh have to put all up again once we went back home. Hahaha...

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Happy Birthday Ah Mah

To my dearest Ah Mah, Happy Birthday To You
May you stay healthy and strong always.

My Ah Mah celebrated her 94th Birthday on Deepavali Day. It is another potluck birthday party at home. Aunty, uncles , cousins, nephews, and nieces we all gather together on that day. The whole house is pretty crowded. I am happy and glad to see my bunch of cousin sisters over at the party. I bake a Durian Birthday Cake back for Ah Mah. Wanna see my cake and how it looks like? Check it out from my main blog HERE.

Happy Birthday Ee-Thern

Happy Birthday, Ee-Thern. 25th September is my boy birthday. He is 3 years old today. Time really flies and this coming Sunday, I think Mom will be preparing to hold a birthday party bash for him and my Dad. Dad birthday falls on this coming Sunday and I will be busy again to bake 2 cakes for both of them. Hmmm... planning to bake Durian Cake. Hehehehe..

Last night, I baked a batch of Butter Cupcakes for Ee-Thern to bring to school today. He will be celebrating his Birthday with his classmate. Then this morning when I send him to school he is singing a Birthday song to himself while holding his new Thomas & Train bag. Daddy bought a RM99.90 school bag for him. Wah so expensive! Siao! Check out my other blog HERE for more pictures of him.

"Happy Birthday to me,

Happy birthday to me,

Happy Birthday to me....e.....e..,

Happy Birthday to me"

This is the batch of trains and stars cupcakes I decorated for him. He have not see it yet. Hopefully later he will be surprise with the cutie cuppies me and Dearie Suki decorated for him. I gave Teacher Fann my camera and hopefully she can take some nice pictures of him today in school. Oohhh .. can't wait for it and today kitchen is closed and we will be out for dinner to celebrate with him.

"To my Ee-Thern, Happy Birthday to you and may you grow up healthily and cheerfully . Stay as cheerful and as talkative as you are now. . But don't be like a naughty boy, ya."

Happy 51st Merdeka Day

Hooray... its Merdeka Day today and tomorrow will be a holiday here. Yeah! Tonight my group of friends will be here for a gathering and we did this for the past two years. It is great to have them here and atleast we can have a chat and catch up with each other. This morning I went to the wet market to get the stuffs as I am going to prepare the Pumpkin Porridge Steamboat for them. Stay tuned and check out my main blog here as I will update with more pictures of of. Till then Happy 51st Merdeka Day and hope you enjoy your long weekend.

Happy 4th Birthday, Le-Ann

Time really flies and in just a wink of eyes, Dearie Suki little precious is already 4 years old. Its her birthday on 30th June, Happy Birthday Sweetheart. We did a small celebration at Ah Mah's house last Sunday.

Happy Birthday, Le-Ann.

So this is what I baked for her. A Little Mermaid Cake that requested by her. She is so happy upon seeing this surprised by me. Ooohhhh... she is such an adorable to both of us.

The kids at home got excited when they see the cake. Hahahaha

To my dearest sweetheart,

Happy Birthday To You, May You Grow Up Healthily, Stay As Cheerful And Playful As You Are Now.

From Your Beloved, Mommy And Daddy

Pre-CNY Reunion Dinner

Last Saturday we had our pre-CNY reunion dinner. Every year without missed, me and Sis will buy Uncle HH & Aunty SH plus their kids for a pre-CNY reunion dinner. Reason being Sis will not be around during CNY cos need to 'balik kampung' to Ipoh. Me the most lucky one cos married to a husband from the same 'kampung' just 2 roads away from my Ah Mah's house. So CNY, I will be here. CNY Eve in Ah Mah's house, 1st day, 2nd day and the rest of the day also will be in Ah Mah's house. Lucky right!

I doubt if I married someone who are from East Malaysia, I am sure every year I will cry like hell and missed the fun and the merrier of CNY in Ah Mah's house.

Last Saturday we had our dinner at Sek Yuen Restaurant, in Pudu KL. One of the very old Chinese restaurant and served some of the dishes whereby you can't get in any of the other Chinese restaurants. Dad ordered the dishes and OMG all also meat.

At the end of the dinner I complaint to Sis, why ordered all the meaty dishes and there is no prawns or fish. As usual Dad ordered the dishes. Now you know my family are all meat eaters.

Going to cut short the story and hope the following photos will explained the fun of having a reunion dinner with family members.

Sek Yeun Restaurant, one of the ' Lau Chiau Pai' restaurant in KL

Kids having fun. Run here and there in the restaurant.

Fellow cousins and Aunty SH

Le-Ann with Leen Ah Yi and Cheh Cheh

Camwhores shot with Leen Ah Yi and Mommy

Dad with his 2 grandsons and 2 granddaughters plus Faye. The whole bunch of kids loves him so much.

Here comes the dishes.... teng, teng, teng..... Aiyor all also bak, bak, bak

8 Pou Pork Leg & Yeong Lam Pou ( Braised Lamb )

Cold platter and Omelette with crab meat and sharkfins ( wrapped with lettuce ) ... Yummy

Vegetarian Dish and Lap Mei Rice ( too full and got to tapau the rice back for lunch the next day)

Crispy Chicken Skin stuffed with Fish Paste and Roast Duck

Wah all of us are so full and hardly can finish the last 2 dishes and got to tapau back. Total bill came out to be RM487 and I sharing the bill with Sis. Not too bad huh, but I think is too much meat. Next week there will be another dinner and this round Uncle HH will buy us and family. Venue yet to know and I am looking forward for the dinner. Oh NO, I am going to gain more weight!

Bye 2007. Hi 2008

In just a wink of eye, today is the last day in 2007. Why time flies so fast? Me getting another year older, and my kids grow a year older. Thinking back for the past 12 months, what have I achieved so far... alamak I can't think of one. Sigh :( another year wasted.

Ok, Ok... atleast Year 2007, I .......

1. Pay off both of our cars installment. Which means with the extra money we can dump into our house and the office lot we bought.

2. Travelled the most this year and got sponsored by my Dearie Sukie... which means I think his business is getting better. Hopefully it will be better next year.

3. Started blogging and met a lot of new friends. Now, I just get hooked to it.

4. Started updating my CV. For the past 5 yrs, I have been dragging on not to update my CV and not to send to any HeadHunter reason being I am happy working with my current job. But after I realized one thing... there is no relation between an employer and an employee no matter how hard you work and how much effort you put in... and at the end of the day .... what I get is "Thank You, Sue. Well done. Good Job." ( I am bored with this statement )

5. Visited Europe after 2 years of waiting. Missed the trip last 2 years because I was having confinement at that time. What a waste.

Now Year 2008, my new year resolution ......

1. On diet. I have been talking about it for the past 10 years but still the same old me. Got to really do it this year.

2. Spend more time with my kids. Will put all my time and effort taking care both of them. No more shouting and scolding at home, I promised.

3. Must get my butt up for sourcing more products and sell it on-line. And must earn more side income.

4. Start looking for job hoping I can get a better one with a better pay. Money is the main concern now. Me and Dearie Suki, target to earn more money and wanted to be debt free in a few years time. Our house still got 9 more years to go and our office lot still got 5 more years to go. Wah... must be super hardworking leh.

5. Go for a trip again with Dearie Suki. Haven't plan a place to go. Any suggestion?

6. Project no.3, maybe on the way. Hopefully got la.

Today is new year eve and it is also Eve's Birthday. My good ci mui from UNI. Every year we will celebrate with her and countdown with her. Walau eh, every year dinner with her will be very expensive cos New Year Eve, where ever we go, it is all set dinner plus after dinner we will go for our drinking session and 'boom chak chak'. Atleast that night, I will spend about RM250 per person. Last year I was with them and only reach home the next morning at 6 am. But this year not going out cos she is celebrating with her boyfriend. Since she got boyfriend, so we better not to be her light bulb tonight.

We had an earlier celebration with her today. We went to Neway Karaoke at Puchong. My 2 kids is with me and I bring them along. Can't really enjoy the singing session because the 2 of them kept 'kacau' me.

4 good 'ci mui' from the same UNI. Still the same, no changed and as 38 as before. Hahaha....

I think Le-Ann and Ee-Thern enjoy more than me.

Ee-Thern can't wait for his turn to sing 'Twinkle Twinkle Litte Star'

Ah Yees all sing until stand on the chair and my Ee-Thern play until on top of the table.

With Paul and Michelle.

This is the Birthday Girl. Wishing you Happy Birthday!

Tonight I am counting the new year with my kids and planning to bring them to see fireworks. To the rest of my bloggers friend and those who visit my blog.... Wishing all of you.... Happy New Year and Let's Celebrate Tonight!

Christmas Tree Is Up

Last Sunday, Dearie Suki took out the tree from the storeroom. After dinner, he and the 2 kids busy searching for the tree and both of them are making so much noises and helping Daddy to take the staircase.

We got this tree last year and this is the 2nd year we put it up. My in-laws and the entire family are Catholic except for Dearie Suki and me, we are Buddhist. Every year we will have Christmas Eve dinner at my in-laws place and it is kind of BORING for me. Maybe I just can't click with them. But for the kids, they are kind of excited cos got Christmas presents from Ah Mah, Ah Kong, Ku Cheh and Suk Suk.

Come back to the tree. Little Ee-Thern is not that interested with it but little Le-Ann is so excited and wanted to help Daddy out. Finally we get her to decorate the Christmas tree with the ornaments and she really decorate it and put up all the deco at the bottom except for the top part done by Dearie Suki.

Tadaa.......( clap, clap ) Bravo Le-Ann

Dearie Suki is so proud of her and look at her standing confidently next to the tree and let Daddy snap a picture of her with the decorated tree.

She is so CUTE

Ee-Thern not so keen to snap a picture with the tree cos he is holding a piece of cheese and waiting to eat the cheese. I think he must be thinking... Mommy & Daddy... 'mou lei kam hou hei'.

Ah Mah 91st Birthday Celebration

We just reached home from Ah Mah's house. It is almost 11 pm and both Le-Ann and Ee-Thern soundly asleep in their car seat. Little girl didn't sleep at all this afternoon and still can stand till just now. Where else little boy, slept for 3 hours in the afternoon and at Ah Mah's house is full with energetic playing with fellow cousins.

Today we celebrated Ah Mah's 91st Birthday and it is another big makan feast at home. Last year we get a caterer to do the catering at home. But this year we suggested the same arrangement again but again there are few aunties 'ah chi ah chor' complainting foods is not good, caterer is expensive, bla, bla, bla...... End up Dad suggested every family pool RM100 and he will make arrangement to prepare the foods. My Dad is a good cook and trying to be SUPERHERO hence he cook some and some he get my aunt to buy. Walaueh.... end up I think too much food. Few of my cousin sis, bring some food also end up 2 person bring the same food. (** shake head** )

Sis called me up yesterday and telling me no one is preparing dessert and she asked me to make some back. Searching around what to make and end up I make 'Seri Muka' after my 1st attempt to make 'Kuih Jagung' failed yesterday night. This morning woke up early and started making the 'Kuih Seri Muka' and get the recipe from the here.

Don't know why the top layer is not smooth. Can someone please tell me why? Those selling in pasar malam, why the top surface is so smooth and nice and so, so, so even.

Also makes some Butter Cupcakes yesterday night and did the frosting with buttercream icing this afternoon.

The frosting is still not perfect and I just hate buttercream icing cos it is so sweet. Get this design idea from Flickr photos. I only play around with 2 colours which is yellow and pink cos I don't want to wash so many bowls.

The wording on the cupcake is 'SAU' which means LONGEVITY.

Ee-Thern boy woke up at 4 pm and once he finished his milk, I started to pack all their cloths and other stuff into the car. Also took along his bicycle so that he can cycle around in Ah Mah's house. We left to Ah Mah's house at about 4.30 pm and to my surprised I am the first one to reach there. I was thinking want to help Dad with the cooking, aik .... no body yet. Sis called me up and apparantly there is a bad jam in KL and she is stuck for 3 hours from KL to Kajang.

Both of them once reached Ah Mah's house started to cycle at the back of the house with Anson and Eason.

I am too busy chit chatting with fellow cousin sis and haven't see them for a long time since CNY. So kepoh around here and there with them and totally forgot to snap the food shots. Dad cook fried chicken, fried wantan, fried prawns, yong tau foo, stewed mushroom, sambal sotong, and he ordered from his friend pork ribs curry, fried longevity noodles and also steamed glutinious rice. He get Aunty AC to order 4 roasted duck and also some siew yoke. Mom ordered currypuff from her Malay neighbour and Sis make jellies, me make Kuih Seri Muka and cousin sis, KC also bring a full plate of Malay kuih muih. So I think end up toooo muchhhhh foodddd.. and got to 'tar pau' after the party.

My Dad more 'keng'... can make Ais Kacang for all of us. The 4 maids at home helped him with the Ais Kacang.

Its cake cutting time and all the kids surrounded my their Tai Mah. This old lady, already 90 years old and in Chinese it is 91 years old and yet still so strong except that she can't walk anymore. My Ah Mah, is always my favourite grandma, who take care and brought me up since I am a baby till the day I get married.

Both Le-Ann and Ee-Thern only attack the icing on the cupcakes and throw away the cakes after they lick the icing. Ish.... geramnya! Look at both of them, play till the whole head is so wet and sweating all around.

Took bath for them and little girl eyes is almost half close but little boy still can play around with Ei Faye Ah Yi's NIKE Shoes. Hahaha.. he looks like Ronald McDonalds hor... with the big shoes!

Tiramisu For Dad's Birthday

Dad's Chinese Birthday falls on tomorrow ( in chinese calendar 29th August ). We celebrated for him in Ah Mah's house yesterday since we have a stemboat 'makan' feast again to entertain one of my uncle from China.

Tiramisu came to my mind when I saw Wan blogged about her Tiramisu. Searched throught the web and most of the recipes required raw eggs in it and I am not so comfortable with egg in a cake which is not cook. End up I used Wan's recipe to make a Tiramisu Birthday Cake for my Dad.

I don't quite like Tiramisu thought but since Phatboy Joe and V told me they like Tiramisu that is why Tiramisu came into my mind. But it is not that cheap to buy the ingredients. Just the mascarpone cheese cost about RM17.90 per tub.

Tadaa.........

My Lovely Tiramisu Cake for Dad.

V saw the cake in the fridge and I told her I make it and she don't believe me and start asking me am I serious. Off course, I told her it is really make by me and I told her got pictures to prove that it is make by me. Even dad also asked the same question after his cake cutting session ' You make that cake ah'..... 'Yes la, Pa, I make one leh'

Hihihi... I think I can start taking order for my Tiramisu d. Hahaha... again my cake finished within 20 minutes and left 2 last pieces and Aunty Ah Choo 'tapau' for her son and DIL.

Little girl missed the cake cutting session cos she fall asleep and its rain heavily that afternoon and weather is a bit cold and windy. When she woke up, she kept crying that she want to cut the cake with 'KungKung'. What to do girl, who asked you don't want to sleep earlier with 'Didi'!