Monday, June 15, 2009

jackfruit cookies for sunday teatime

when sis n i were doing some hand craft in one of the easy n lazy sunday afternoon, then my 2nd bro n eldest bro called n came n wanted to have dinner at bkt31. wow! we didnt buy any food for the last weekend. it was 3:30pm when i received the call. super fast i went n sleepkan bbb. they supposed to take afternoon nap at 1pm+ as per their daily time table, hmmm so better to let them take a short nap, before they started being cranky n noisy, fighting here n there, n i need TIMESSSS to prepare the dinner!

after bbb slept, i went n baked cookies with the ingredients that i had prepared since the morning! the same recipe i used for ABC cookies, n i replace chocalate rice with jackfruit! my mama gave us a box of sweet n yummy jackfruit, so i made use of it.


so the rushing.. the shape of the cookies also macam macam :S

with jackfruit.. nice nangka!

no deco no nothing, freshly baked n served immediately with hot peppermint tea :D

after the cookies baking, we chit chatting... nice to have 4 sibllings gather together unexpectedly :D easy n warm teatime talk ^_^ then i went n prepared the dinner. normally we didnt cook n eat processed food like sausage, frozen fried chicken at home.. but since the fridge is half emptied.. have to lo~ thanks mama who always buy backup food for us :p i made sure i cooked enough rice, to feed brothers with enough rice n hope not much complaint about the food :p

i cooked sweet n sour hotdogs + potato cube + mixed vege, the seewed egg soup, then sis cooked the sambal ikan bilis and the tomyam sauce fried chicken.. to make the tomyam sauce friend chicken to be more presentable, we slice the only half of the big onion to put on top of it :p very fast everything we put on the table, without thinking the which table set to be used, just served! :p it was 6pm+!

surprisingly, gogo n digo said 'wahh.. got mama's style ooo.. looks nice!!' kekeke.. what a great compliment :D my digo told my eldest gogo 'not bad, they can cook quite well now' coz my digo came quite often to bkt31 for bringing bbb to playground or play with them n for sunday dinner as well. eh, not easy to get compliment from my digo one, coz he was singapore 5-stars hotel chef for past years.. now 'retired' already :p then my gogo said 'ohh.. then i should come more often for free dinner' akakaka.. it's ok, come la come la, i would make sure my lovely mama will buy more backup food for us :D n as what my sis said 'meh, next time pls make sure u are prepared with some muffin n cake recipes n ingredients, if case guest come, then we can do something nice for the guest' hehe..
memang home style la, dont care about table setting n matching one.. own brothers n sis in law ma :p

we managed to get everyone to sign on this special handmade gift for father's day. sis did this in saturday midnite :D to our great lovely papa! my papa's nickname is apple :D n 4 of us are small apples, ppl used to call us 'peng ko gia' :p where is my mama then? can u see the small but OUTSTANDING green leaf? yes! our mama's role is always the outstanding one :D naughty sis, she said, at 1st she wanted to design the BIG apple with a cute little worm.. then she said, forget about it la, later mummy not happy :p OF COURSE LA!

with peng ko gia ocean deep LOVE ~_~

baking class - croissant

saturday morning we went to bagus to buy some baking stuff. then found out there was a free class for members on cookies baking and cupcakes deco in the same day. so we registered for it n reached there at 2pm+. waited n waited, the chef didnt turn up. the organizser apologized for it, then he showed us how to make croissant instead. i like this class, i learned a lot from there, for the beginners like me n my sis, all the single tip is soooooo unseful and knowledge to us :p we got to know what's the different betweens different types of flour, then control the oven heat and much much more good techniques.. tell u, we didnt even know how to dust the flour on the table platform when we handling the dought :p a good class to me, so we were looking forward for this coming saturday cookies class :D

super yummy apricot gel coated croissant :D

Thursday, June 11, 2009

父亲节 father's day

just read my sis post on >>> father's day hmmm let me translate the story of my sis's colleague. few days before father's day, the father asked the colleague to balik kampung to bring the father to see doctor coz he been having bad cough n back pain problem. at night, the mother made a cup of hot milo to the father, n she left n slept in the hall while waiting the father to finish drinking the milo. the following day, the colleague wanted to wake his father up to go to the hospital, n the colleague got shocked when found out the father has passed away! reason: the father got chocked bcoz of drinking milo when he having coughing..

hmmm yesterday i got to know, my colleague's father just passed away. he dropped off from the bus, and the motorist bang him when he stepped down from the bus. died immediately. he was quite old, but i dont think the family members can accept this. i told laogong, ppl can die anytime anywhere.. we must really treasure what we are having now. yesterday i read friend chc's facebook status, 'life is short' so sleep less' , n his friend commented, if we sleep less, we have shorter life to enjoy our days. laogong said, we must sleep enough, but we must work less.

hmmm.. papa n mama schedule many travel plan recently, almost every month they flying here n there, near n far. papa n mama's foot problem getting worse. yesterday i saw papa walking slowly, coz his kaki sakit. i think bcoz of this, they plan so many travel plan, they want to see the world while they are still able to walk. sad to see this. when we are young, we can walk, but we have no extra money for travelling, when we are old, we have enough money, but we dont have healthy body for all the destinations. i do hope, mama is ok with this coming july australia gold coast trip, so papa has lovely wife to teman for this dream destination ^_^

will check with gogo n digo, see this Sunday we can celebrate father’s day together at banting or not. then next weekend only i bring children back to sgbuloh to celebrate thea’s family father’s day. Hmm.. so long time to-do list n wish-list in my diary, so many things in my mind, so many feeling in my heart. Need to maximize my everyday 24 hours. No matter what, I need to be a parent who my children would be proud of and a lovely daughter, who my papa n mama would be happy to~ ^_^

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

something from solo

what a surprise, my papa bought t-shirts for bbb n the size is ngam ngam~ about rm17 for 3 sets. bbb were so happy wearing the shirts :D


royee n angel (love this pic) ^_^
any special for these shirts? yes!


name printed for royee!

for angel~ papa said, thot to print angelina but he forgot the spelling :p

hehe for cutie eva :D

wanted to take pic for bbb.. they buat hal! merajuk for nothing! :(

angel merajuk coz of seating position. so left only royee n eva

holding hands..

they are growing healthy~~~ ^_^

eva helping gogo

eva wanted to help gogo to wear the short


try n try, royee said 'aiya, i wear it by myself la'
after this pic, eva wawawawawa :~ crying :p

laogong told me this story.. pictures taken by laogong.. heehe.. cute bb!

Friday, June 05, 2009

slide show - bangun pagi

a bit silly, but bbb like it. i printed them 2 slides in a page, front n back, in black n white. they non stop singing the song with actions, then do coloring. i describe to them each of the pages for better understanding and with nicer storyline. u may print it at half page, and make it a booklet.
leave your email add, if u want the powerpoint file :D








Tuesday, June 02, 2009

chocolate chips alphabet cookies

went to Bagus to buy small muffin mould. then royee picked up the alphabets cookies cutter n wanted me to buy. he thot it was toy. ok, rm6, i bought it. i explained to him this is not a toy, this is for cookies. he said, 'ok la, then we bake cookies together, i help u to chop chop chop' :D i love my boy so much ooo.. when he is growing bigger, he is more matured n understanding. senang mummy :D

reached home, before i went online to look for simple cookies recipe, i found there is chocalate chips cookies recipe on the packaging of the alphabets cutter :) and we had all the ingredients at home. so i baked the cookies on sunday morning n told bbb, tomorrow u all bring the cookies and share wtih your classmates ya!
the ingredients
butter, brown sugar, egg yolks, chocalate chips, plain flour, self-raising flour, corn flour vallina essense
mix everything before adding in all the flour
then chocalate chips

the alphabet cookies cutter

cooking making together with bbb

royee - S + M, angel - A, eva - E

a bit riuh rendah when they cant wait for their own turn :(

1st few columns by bbb

spot the names! shone jay, angelina, evangeline, mich, pooh, meh :p
the cutie mehmeh by sis. both of us eating the tail of mehmeh :p


both of myself n sis are MEHMEH 咩咩

shone jay thea royee ^_^
junie asked me, why i used 'shone' instead of shawn or sean
shone is past participle for shine. jay supposed to be royee's chinese name - jie
shone jay = shining jay~! my sunny boy, he brings sunshine to my mothermood :D
angelina thea roinn ^_^
having this pair of twin gals i would consider them are GREAT gift from God. i am blessed to have a healthy them :) with no twin history in both tiew n thea family, they are like angels to me. my guarding angel. n i like angelina this name so much. soft n lovely :D good hearted angel

evangeline thea robei :D
my cute n sweet twin 2. looking for another name with angel in it. when it was 1st admission in hospital in mth 6+ when i was watching tv in the room, it was an english movie showing a pretty n elegant woman in a big green field. love the scene n the lovely gal. then i got this name!

shonejay angels~

mummy n bbb hehehe

bbb love the cookies, but they only asking for alphabet M. M for michelle n mummy. crying yo if i gave them other alphabets. then finished off the M alphabets, n this smart mummy gave bbb alphabet W for replacement. jadi jugak they smilling happily. kekeke..

at night, was thinking need to pack how many pieces for all the children, then want to put in plastic containers or plastic bag will do. somemore i stop sister from bringing many cookies to her office, am afraid got no enough for the children n friends. and suddeny, TOMORROW STARTS 2 weeks SCHOOL HOLIDAYS!!! how to bring the cookies to the school? where got small friends to give the cookies to? haiya! blur blur mummy :(

then i packed more for sis's friends. then packed small packs for my colleagues children, and bring a plastic container of ABC cookies for my team members. must be feeling weird, why ABC for colleague :p anyway, i got good comment from friends n laogong about this cookies :D happy la.. so wait for next time la, only bake these cookies for the children in kinder :D

for more stories about this cookies baking session, click >>> here

colouring A

saturday night activity with bbb. they were getting matured, so no crying n fighting this time :p mummy was happy with this, at least, the activity can be finished off before world war starting ^_^


prepared this at friday midnite

morning greeting notes to bbb ^_^

start coloring..

royee

angel

eva

have moved the table to 2nd floor study room

by royee
by angel

by eva - the butterfly terbalik lo :p

right hand..

..left hand..

change the hand again..

.. to right hand..
left handed bb gets confused in right handed ppl world :S
teacher asked me to give royee sometime.. yes, am very patient in this :)
eva putting the 'nail polisher' for her 'fingers' :p