GREAT party @ 13a

a simple n sweet party for GREAT women :D

green + red = GREAT

office mates joined together to have this makan makan gathering. get to know more ppl from this session. 30+ of us :) little contribution with much fun n surprises!

as: can see your big dimples :p

the doorgift

candle roses

my gift to be exchanged :)

i love pooh! my sis's nickname is POOH~

cute wrapping bag ^_^

unique~

carrot cakes ^^

how i wish i can do something like this to serve my guest :~

drinks

with sarsi

yum yum luncheon

grilled chicken + salad + mashed potato

the fish n chips~

i chose this! the pepper sauce is nice

cant resist this.. i have taken 2 :p

the hadiah

'registration counter' GREEEEN...

mummy mummy ^^

ya, some entertaining background music~~

best dressed model :)

hadiah sponsored by kak her - umi of 4 :p

doorgift distribution time!

i got this~ hehe

mother's day celebration - dc31

for the past few years, we bought cakes from bakery for my mum in law as mother's day gift. this year, i want to do some cost saving here, coz 1 cake cost about rm60-70, if we bake our own cake, it cost rm10 the most. for simple cake la, my skillset level punya cake, rm10 can gaotim :p

so i baked a brownies walnut cake. it took me nearly an hour to be done. n i dont have the skewer, so my sis n i poke the cake with chopstick to see it done or not. i poke 1 hold only, sis tolong checked the cake for few times, then got so many holes :( so ugly!!

my ber-hole hole walnut brownies :S

'then sis, come, let me tell u, u poke more holes like this..' poking here n there! sakit hati oooo..

'deco it with M&M chocalate!.. u see, nice right?'

hmmm bcoz i was rushing, n i had no other better gift idea to my in law..

so i packed it up n brought it to sgbuloh..

once reached dc31, laogong said 'mummy, michelle baked a cake for u' then mum in law, 'har? u bake your own cake? :D my daughter in law can bake her own cake, i am so happy!' i shy shy entered the house. grandparents were so happy to meet up with grandchildren :D bbb were happy too, gong gong n po po here n there. especially there were so much food from grandparents, mummy said NO! also they didnt bother to listen :~

we makan dinner there. after dinner, parents in law n bbb n laogong went out to the playground. i stayed in the house n reading all the letters. a big pile! non stop buka those envelopes, i shall change my mailling addresses.. :( then they came back, sweating! 'mama mama mama' happy to see them :D i buat susu ready for them. then changed diapers for them.

then cake cutting ceremony started with my bro in law as well. father in law asked me, 'where did u buy this cake?' i baked it 'u baked it? i am very seldom to eat cake, but this one i like it, it is so tasty, not too sweet, ngam ngam' he repeated this twice. can feel that they really want to make me happy :) good encouragement from papa n mama :D

we left dc31 at nearly 9pm. hmmm miss the house actually. when i was in the house, all those old memories popping up, last time laogong used to do the house works there then i cooked in the kitchen, weekend we cleaned the curtian, bedsheet... those days :) well, grandpa n grandma non stop spoilt bbb with all the request, non stop food providing. ended up, angel threw out in the car on the way back home. hmm :( to in law, i might be a cruel mama, always stop my children from eating, but, they didnt understand, my children are premature babies, they are habitual vomitter, they have night asthma, they cant take food in big amount, they are not big eater.. hmm.. never mind la, luckily my mum controlled them well.. once a while like this, takpe lo.. as long as old ppl happy..

anyway, am happy to do something for in law to make them happy. hope 1 day, they can be proud with me this fatty daughter in law who is always tak dengar kata one :p

mother's day celebrate at bkt31

click >>> here for more details

090509 saturday. we started preparing the food from afternoon. eldest bro came early, non stop asking when the food can be served :p both of us are newbie, super slow in everything keke.. while sis was cooking the rojak kuah, i non stop cutting n chopping, garlic la, onion la, cucumber, cabbage, apples, watermelon.. oh ya, the 4 big brown sotong. bro in law bruce helped us in preparing the cincau drink, maid kakak helped much in washing n cleaning in the kitchen. sis cooked under pressure, can see her face hor, so stressed! relax la.. she said, so many ppl she got tension n her brain shut off! :p mama came to the kitchen wanna helped out, or giving advise, being halau by sis ooo.. 'ma, ni qu shui la, qi lai jiu ke yi chi le' (ma, u go to sleep la, when u wake up u can eat already) mama also :p kekeke..

rojak by my sis

click here for recipe

fried prawn (by sis) n garlic herb butter (by mich)

yummy!

i like the kung po brown sotong (by mich) much!

salad prawn also nice ooo..

mango yogurt ice cream by sis

click >> here for recipe

this blended thingy, so yummy especially with chocolate chips

pic by sis

2nd bro with angels

grandma, kai ma, gogo, dasao, laogong

royee in the kitchen 'royee, eat la, eat the crabstick'

with the face, 'so hot, how to eat, wait ma' :S

my LOVE - royee, angel, eva

pooh n bruce - watching tv

my mama's mama

siao gu n yu jet - my nephew

er-shu n yu-jet

muka serupa :p

gogo, dasao, digo, yu-jet, n MUMMY :*

royee kakakak coz digo's short hair kena his birdie gugu :p

now ok, can smile like a sunflower :D

while sitting n eating, mama told grandma, 'u see, me n apple (my dad) 2 of us, can bring so many children and grandchildren..' last time i cooked for them, now they cook for me, n taste so nice!' my kai-ma (my mama's sis) 'their cooking got your taste n style!' can see SMILE in mama's face n happy to see all of us happily gathering. simple makan makan with LOVE. as what royee mentioned 'oh ya, i know who is not here already, wai gong! (grandpa)' yes, papa didnt join us, he was having something with his friends.. hope the coming father's day, we can do something special for papa too! :)

on sunday morning, i baked orange poppyseed muffins to my mama n bbb. bbb love it. mama told grandma 'wahhh.. last time i learned n baked for them, now my daughter baked cakes for me! hmmm taste not bad' :D happy lo..

orange poppyseed muffins. i love the taste too!

brought 3 for my colleague in the office, n wished them

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY~

the mess

bbb slept in the mess.. when mama came out from the kitchen :~

who is taller?

wondering since when, angel has grown taller than eva :D in fact, they are heavier now. children grow very fast!! n laogong started complaning my wrinkle la, my face skin texture la.. ai.. how to get more sleep har? today in the office, got to know 1 of the colleague here sleeps very early everyday, his time table set. every night he sleeps at 10pm, then wakes up at 5am+ n leave the house at 6am+? then they said, u can see he looks young right? he is in fact 46 years old already. ya, fair n nice skin.. maybe, few years later la, i can have good night sleep. before my children grow bigger to teenager time, by then, i think i cant sleep well, may worry why they dont come back at this time, then boy friend gal friend issue.. wow.. banyak hal la.. :p

london bridge is falling down~

1 of the nite i played with bbb - london bridge is falling down. they invited their papa as well. bbb were so enjoying this, they sang they took turn to be the bridge, when someone got caught, then all of us kakakakaka.. so funny! :D they were playing till nearly 11pm from nearly 9pm!!! they didnt want to go to sleep until i became a very fierce mama :~

the next day, when i reached home after work, royee asked me, 'mummy, tonight we play london bridge is falling down har...' it was 9pm+ i said, no.. u r suppose to go to sleep at 9:30pm, weekend only we play.. dissapointed face :( hmmm..

touched!

mei: hmm… health also need to take care… beside a good spirit to ensure long life… good body also very importance…

happyland: Good try! good start! you will do the best for your lovely kids^^

温馨小屋: 妈妈真的不容易当！ 我可以肯定你是一位好妈妈！

feeling touched on the encouragement notes from friends :D thanks a lot. my eyes gone wet, when read sis's blog header. mie, thanks for loving me n these words tell me i am doing good as a sister to u ^_^ u all have made my day!

wanna start working in very face pace, the system was on freeze for more than 6 weeks, finally, UNFREEZE! what a relief, so today n these few days, we need to work super efficient to clear all the backlogs. wow! with all the LOVE note received, i can work like a superwoman!! yo~ yo~

the star of efficiency ***

皮亚杰piaget 幼儿心理教育家说：“幼儿需要很多的双手操作活动，他们从尝试与错误中学习。在游戏为本的活动中，幼儿能进行实验与确定发现。”

read this at happyland. for the pass 2 weekends, i tried to maximise my free time to prepare activities for bbb. by doing this, they explore new things, develop their creative thinking. at the same time, i got to know my bbb better n understanding their thought n behaviours. they are different. last nite on the way back home, i told laogong about children attitude n behaviour. as what my friend junie always mentions, she would blame the mother if the child's behaviour is not ok. recently, i strongly feel that, children habits, attitude n thinking, somehow, parents play important roles. i feel that i have lost so many golden chances to teach n guide my children, now is the time, i need to catch up. since now bbb r still willing to listen to me.

been busy in the office. at the same time, i non stop reminding myself, children grow up day by day, very fast, they wont wait for me to guide them or bring them to explore the world, since papa n mama r busy, they will find their own ways. n i find this is not okay, what if, they learn the wrong things? hmmm.. so, i need to race with time. at the same time, i need to take good care of myself. with healthy body n mind, then only i can guide my children to be happy children :)

cant wait for weekend n more holidays, so i can spend more time with bbb. sometime i feel envy about ppl working from home, or working half day or a full-time housewife, so more bonding hours with children n family members. eg last nite, i reached home at 11pm. bbb were sleeping. i sat down n chat with my mummy. i felt tired n sleepy, but this is the chance i can talk more with mummy n get some updates from her about my daddy, bbb, maid n other stories. went to the room at 12:30am. laogong also slept already, luckily i spent time talking n listening to him during the journey to/fro office. hmm my eyes felt so heavy then i slept. as usual angel or eva would cry in midnite, i felt warm, coz at least, i got chance to carry n hug them in their dreams.

hmmm not easy to handle all the roles well, balanced, perfect. so try at my level best lo. just now during lunch time, i shared with my colleagues my daily routine before come to the office. morning after taking shower, most of the time, bbb wake up already. quite rushing actually coz i would definitely snooze my alarm clock till the last min :( however, while putting all the skin care, lotion, cloths.. i need to sing n be cute n funny to make bbb smile :D memang multitasking la. then laogong would 'faster la.. late already' hmmm.. carry them out to the hall 1 by 1, n make sure they :D then only i switch on the tv for them, n bye bye to them.. not easy lo, even want to wave bye bye also need to act cute lo.. then they kekeke only i leave the house. but of course not everyday i have nice treatment one, sometime, they wont entertain my funny faces n they wawawawa :~ i want mama!!!! then i leave house with sad n tired feeling :~ my colleague said 'wahh, u boleh tahan, kalau saya, sudah jadi KING KONG! naik marah la!' aiyo, how to be marah ler, nanti they non stop crying, lagi penat my parents n maid ooo.. not only this, when i get into the car, i need time to settle down my rush hour feeling, then laogong pula 'what that face? what happen to u again? why dont want to eat breakfast? u r not happy on what again?' hmm... after settle bbb, need to ambik hati laogong.. hmm sometime, dont want to argue n cakap banyak, i smile at laogong so he wont ask this n that, suspect this n that.. hmmm.. (hope laogong reads this post :p)

staying with children, not only we teach children something nice n good. in fact, i have learnt a lot too.. not only my attitude, but the way i see the things from different angle n creative imagination :D learning from mistakes n experiences n experiment.. :D n of course, now pandai membebel, rambling n mumbling much, coz my bbb also non stop telling the same stories.. ekekekek... see ya~ want to take 7:30pm, hope, bbb havent slept when i reach home, n hope they happily smiling n sleep fast when i sing for them :p me har, really a demanding mummy :p

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Reply to mei’s mail – racing with time..

U r right. Now I work for self esteem n of course, for income. I don’t think of promotion but I think of rewards. Rewards mean bosses appreciate my good work n a milestone for myself. Other than that, I work happily to help those end user who are in need. I would much happy if my family members tell me’u r the best!’ compare to my boss telling me this. in the office we have those goals to meet, to score for 100%. In fact, apart from that, we have much more to achieve in life, for all the roles we are playing n to our own self. Currently I cant promise to spend time with my bbb every night in weekdays, coz workload n income limitation. However, my promise to myself is, reserve my weekend n holidays to bbb. Thus, u can see me go massage during their sleeping hours, or, bring at least one to go with me. I really hope, I can witness all their special moment or 1st time by myself, compare listening stories from my parents n maid n teachers. So lets jia you together lo! :D