My son's snack

Oscar had dinner very early today (at 5.30pm!!!) so he asked for bread... wow, i quickly give cos he never ask for food... only junk food i think.

I gave him this.....









Toast bread with cheese and orange juice.....

And look at his face, enjoying his food while watching "Henry and his bucket bla bla bla" cartoon on Astro.....






(All photos taken is not clear cos my camera broke down and waiting for hubby to bring it to town for fixing... so please bear with these blur blur pictures..........)

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My mom packed food into the 'fan-kak' and the yellow container is actually winter melon soup with dried fungus.

From top to left: Assam big head prawns, minced meat with tofu and french beans cooked ala nyonya style with belacan

I really missed her cooking now. Before we moved into our own home, I always go back to eat dinner and drink her 'low for tong' ... soup la.... Mom, I love you!

Aiyai yai!

My previous post about my mom is suppose to come with some photos... up loaded but where is it ah?? I always encounter this problem wan... why huh? Will try posting the photos again!!!

** My Mommy ** (Part One)

Today I feel like blogging about my mom.....

My mom is a wonderful person; at least that is what I tot.... I think, in general, her duty/ies to to:-

1) Ensure that our stomach is full at all times (in her dictionary do not have this word = hunger pangs)
2) Ensure that we have nice and clean clothes to wear, even if it rains non-stop or the washing machine is out of order... she will wash by hand and air/fan dry it no matter what!
3) Ensure that our beds are all made up and we have fresh sheets every week.... no joke, my mom makes our beds (when I am still staying under the same roof of course)
4) ALWAYS asks us if we wanted breakfast EVERY morning (even if its a weekend)
5) ALWAYS reminds us to drive carefully... cross the road carefully... 'jaga' our bag/wallet
6) and the list goes on and on...

Recently, mom complaint that her hands is always very painful and last week, she cannot even hold the spatula to cook.... I can't go on leave last week as I was pretty busy too last week so I asked if she can wait till this week so that I can go on leave to take her to the doctor.... Mana tau, my colleague took leave on Monday so I cant go on leave pulak! So, today is already Wednesday, I think have to wait till this Saturday. But my mom is a woman of steel, she hardl complains about pain unless if it is really painful... like now. But, despite of all the pain she is going through now, she still ensure us of the above........ she still cooks, but if she cooks chicken, it will be one whole drumstick or chic wing or one whole fish... vege that requires minimum handling etc. Ok, clothes all into the washer....

She made me this on Monday evening. I called in the afternoon and she said her hands feels better so she is going to cook for me and hubby too. She said not to eat too much Ajinomoto food and knowing that her daughter me is a lazy cum 'lauya' cooker... she made us this:-

Our Weekend

Oscar's New Toys.... Bought over the weekend...

I look forward to every Saturdays and Sundays. Not only that I don't need to work.... it is the only two days which I can spend the whole day at home (or going out) with Oscar. Nowadays, Oscar is getting mischievous by the day....... ha ha. I guessed he is no longer the little boy I know anymore....

We went to the newly opened Tesco in Ampang yesterday and we almost didn't survived back home!! Yes, I am not exaggerating. The jam... the crazy parking lots... the mad 'q' at the cashier. Nope, cos you would have tot everthing is very cheap (yesterday was the first day - Opening)... But, actually, NOTHING, NIL, ZERO ... is cheap!!! So, I really regret going. Not that we purposely go but its on our way to visit our SIL who just gave birth and its just along the same road.

So stressful....

But, today is different. As usual, Sunday we all slept till 11am!!!! We are the PIGS!! Then we have some breakfast and head to IKEA (yes, I wanted to go since last Thursday but I have to work - ma). Yes, is sale so 'people mountain people sea'!! But we manage to get parking easily cos we parked at The Curve....

Again, we always end up buying alot of un-necessary stuff... But one of the thing we bought is nice.... Its for Oscar... as a table to sit to have his snacks and also storage place for his toys...

This is Oscar's new toy box (errr, not square... errr, container la)

Ada baca buku ar not ah.......

today i want to post something which makes me so embarassed....

this morning while i was rushing like a mad dog running around the office to finish off a tender for submission; i heard the most embarassing and 'cia-latt' comment by one of our engineer.... haro, he is engineer from what-do-you-call-that-university in england la... or was it usa.... or was it singapore... nevermind.

we were all busy with our work and as usual, he will walk in (with gaya) and sit in the middle of the office and LLB (look like busy) but he is not..... at that point of time, one of my collegue (Mr R) walked in... and the engineer said "Eh, badan macam badak pun selalu sakit ah?" (Eh, body like hippopotamus also always fall sick ah?)....... at that time, i just wish the earth would open and swallow me or better, the cabinets would have mouth and teeth and swallow me and chew me up nicely, so that i dont need to listen to this comments anymore! i really dont know where to hide my face cos at the same time, we have a customer sitting just opposite this so-called engineer! OMG!!!! Mr R was sick the other day but he came if right after he feels better. what, cannot get sick one ah????!!!!! we are human ma, even robots or engines needs oiling and will breakdown la!

sometimes, i really wonder if this engineer's brain loose connection or what. he always seem to be the one who make comments (un-wanted ones) at the wrong time. the other day he said this to Mr R again "Eh, you badan macam GIANT, boleh angkat itu barang dengan senang" (Eh, your body like a GIANT, can carry that thing easily) hallo... so what if Mr R is big size, dont make fun of people oK!!!!!!!!!! what if one day people make some similar comment about your kids like "Eh, why your son like one ah kua or why so sissy one" or "Eh, why your daughter look like one messy hair girl from the cartoon ah".... then how would you feel?

Worth Reading

He he, today i am doing free advertisement for a friend of mine..... After so long, she have a blog now (hehe i influence her la)....

Worth reading LaundryAmah...............

Cheers

My Little Oscar's Birthday

My Birth Story...

After reading some mommy's blog which dictates their birth story, I tot, "Ok-la, I also put up my cerita la... at least next time Oscar will know how on earth he came into this world".... So here it goes...

16th July 2003
Was at my mom's house (I took leave 2-weeks earlier cos my tummy was like its going to explode!) having lunch and mom said "Tomorrow (17th) no need to come over to have lunch with me la... stay home and rest la, ha ha, maybe you will give birth tomorrow too..." I said, "No la, I come la, I take you out for early Birthday Lunch la (mom's birthday was on the 18th)..."

17th July 2003
Woke up extra early (like 8am) and told hubby that I feel like not well... body like extra heavy and tired. So hubby advise better not go anywhere but stay home, he said he will come home to eat lunch with me... I called mom to cancel our lunch 'date' telling her I am not well. So she ask me to rest and ask to call if I REALLY give birth that day. So I was like lying on the bed the whole day in the room and watch tv.... dont know why that day was feeling very un-easy. Got up from bed to check my bag (the bag which I need to bring to hospital) few times just in case I forgot anything. Check my baby's supplies of clothes, diapers etc.... Nap again and woke up only to realised that it's already 5pm (started napping at 2pm) Hubby came home and saw me sleeping so he left for work again. Sms-ed me at 5 odd to say that he is on his way back... Went out for dinner at 7 plus and came home shortly. Again, I watched tv and chatted with hubby and again, I check my bag! Hubby said he is very tired so he said he want to sleep first. I continue watching tv... I remember clearly what I watched the other night, it was Fear Factor follow by CSI!! So after CSI, it was already 11pm and hubby was sleeping like a baby. I went into the toilet to brush my teeth and 'shi-shi'... It was then I felt something strange, its like a gush of warm water coming out from 'there'.... Me no experience tot well, maybe cannot control bladder cos baby so big... so I continue to change my pyjamas and walked to the bed.... then agian, the warm gush of water came!!! This time round, the floor is wet! Ok, I know the time is here already.... I woke hubby up but he is still sleep-talking, asking me what.... I told him I think boy boy is coming, with his eyes still closed, he asked, why you stomach pain pain ah? I said no la, but you wake up and see.... that time I was in tears liow (panic ma) then hubby woke up and saw the floor is wet, he sprung up from the floor (yes, during my pregnancy hubby sleep on the floor cos he is scared that he might kicked my stomach!)... Hubby asked me if I want to go shower and wash my hair first or not!!! I was crying already and he ask me this silly question... Hubby gave me a hug and ran to the room next door to wake my sis in law up... Sis in law and bro in law came into our room and saw me standing there all wet and crying!!! Sis in law then asked me to change and hubby to take my stuff to the car, must go hospital liow cos water bag broke.... cannot wait till tomorro... that time was like 11.3opm..

11.50pm: Arrived at the hospital and sis in law followed. She is the one who take care of everything cos hubby was busy with the checking in and loads of forms to fill in.

18th July 2003
12.15am: I was checked into the waiting room where I changed into the 'airy string' only piece of cloth! Then, the nurse came to check if I was dilated or not.... solly only 1cm. Then the nurse did the usual stuff like shaving... and enema and God knows what la...

12.30am: Hubby came back and went into the labour room with me (yes, only 1cm dilated and they placed me in the labour room liow with all the equipment ready) The nurse hooked me up with the heart beat monitoring mac to check baby's heart beat.

1.30am: Nurse asked hubby to go home first cos long way to go.... Hubby went home....

** I was like, alamak, what am I to do while waiting leh.........

3.30am: I was so surprised cos hubby came back... this time with some drinks and mag for me. Hubby was seating with me and chatting with me.. till I dont know what time ....

6.00am: Hubby said he will go home now to sleep for a while (still 1cm dilated only) and promise me to come again at 8am

8.30am: Very bad contraction and I was like crazy cos hubby also no where to be found and my phone was like way way away from my reach! Tit Tit the nurse to come and told her I already booked for epidural........ Told the nurse I need it NOW!!! Nurse said, now is 8.30am so will have extra RM50 charge cos is before working hours... I said come la come la....

8.45am: Hubby came but was not allowed to come into the labour room cos I was all ready for the epidural procedure and the process was done by the hospital's famous epi specialist, non other than Dr M! He was cracking joke but I could not laugh cos I need to curl up like a prawn!

9.45am: All done and I was also induced cos baby's heart beat dropped alittle. Hubby was beside me all this time.

1.00pm: My doc came and said only 2.5cm dilated... long way to go!

4.40pm: Doc came and said only 7cm dilated... So gave me one dont-know what jab to faster the dilation process... by that time my epidural ran out liow!!! Panic!!! I asked if can add but doc said cannot..... Cham ler

5.00pm: Doc came in with 3 nurses and said "Ok, its show time!" Hubby was beside me and the whole process was really crazy. The baby was already dis-engaged and is no longer at the centre of my stomach but at my left side.. So the mid-wife must use some force to push back the baby to the centre!!! Awwww, so pain... Doc was already cutting and then the whole process went like very fast... within few mins the doc asked me to push, and I pushed the wrong way and cried at the same time and its like hell broke loose cos doc said baby's head cannot come out so must vacuum!!! That time doc asked me to push one time 'terra terra' one I pushed and then fainted!!!! Really, I fainted and didn't know what happend, but according to hubby, I fainted when the baby came out.... I didn't get to identify my baby so hubby got to do all the work... I really fainted and woke up when the nurse wheeled me back to my room.

7.00pm: Its all over... When I woke up, my hubby, my mom and dad and everyones is here to see me... That time, I keep on asking to see my little Oscar but the nurse said Oscar is having his feed..... My mom said happily "Haha, you really so sayang me cos you choose to give birth today to my grandson.... really a wonderful birthday present for me....." I cried again....

So, this is how Oscar came into the world........ and his presence in our lives really makes a difference. Oscar brings us joy and laughter ......... and I can't wait till 18th again... to celebrate his 3rd birthday with my mom............

Our Weekend

We started our Sunday today a little bit early cos we promised to have Dim Sum with my mom and dad. We had our lovely Dim Sum at one of our usual restaurant.... They served wonderful Dim Sum... not those Dim Sum served in Tsui Hang Restaurant or Tai Thong... but those road side with tables and chairs outside of their shop and no air-condition place.....

After eating till we all passed out,we went home cos I needed to do some ironing and some house chores. Then, I took one looooong afternoon nap with Oscar..........wow, I am dead tired cos I didn't slept well for the pass few nights. Woke up and feel better......... Hubby suggested we go for a walk at The Curve then dinner there as well but I wanted to cook.... Didn't want Oscar to eat too much outside Ajinomoto food! Then I decided to cook one of Lilian 's yummy Dark Sauce Pork! WOW, the dish turned out wonderful la.... (he he, self praised is no praised!!!) Hubby and Oscar loved the gravy....... After dinner, we went to Carrefour for some groceries and I bought Oscar a new toy for his birthday.......... Little boy can't wait to play with it, he wanted daddy to open it in the car!!!

Oscar looking very happy besides his new toy........... (Its a Fire Station Playset)

Oscar playing happily with it......

Soy Sauce Pork (TQ ... lilian...)

.... up-date

friends has been asking me where is that steamboat buffet place.... well, i dont really have the exact address but probably some guide to that place will help.

Name: Yuen Steamboat Buffet..........(blue signboard with white words)
Location: Mentari Sunway (corner shop facing one bridal house; if McDonald is corner facing the main road, Yuen Stemboat is corner but back to back with McD??!!! Remember where is Dominos last time????? Its along the old Dominos shoplot) Get it? Sorry, not very good at this kind of explanation.......... (sorry, May and Guan.... you guys are going to call and scold me liow when you read this!!!!)

yeah, i know i should get the address to share but i really forgot. there are a few of the same restaurant there, so dont get conned into the others cos its not as nice as this Yuen Steamboat buffet............. ah, before i forget, one very prominent landmark about this place is there is always people q-ing up........ depending on whether the q is 'long' or 'short'!!! good luck.....

Steamboat anyone?

We went to have steamboat buffet last week to celebrate hubby's birthday. Wow, this place in B.Sunway is very famous cos we have to wait and the q is really killing us!!! Luckily we needed a small table for 3 so we manage to get a sit withing 15 mins wait.

Well what so special about this steamboat buffet, me myself also not too sure. Heard from my brother that the soup base is fantastic and the spread is good. So, true to word, the soup was OK and the spread was wonderful. From a selection of various size, shapes of fishballs to various fungus (mushrooms I mean) and a variety of vegetable.... and not forgetting the wonderful seafood selection. Prawns, crabs, mussles, mini oysters, clams, 'chuk tann' and many more!! Hubby was surprise cos he said the last time he had buffet like this the spread was very disappointing. Too bad my camera broke down so no pic and also busy eating ha ha ....... so manage to take this two with my phone....

Look at the size of the 'big head prawn'!

Cars

Finally, we went for the Cars movie last week and its wonderful. No, the story plot was just so so but Oscar was perfectly well behaved the other day. We went to the cinemas in Times Square on Sunday to catch the 6.45 pm show so that we would not need to bump into the crowd. While we were on our way there, I keep on telling Oscar we are going to the cinema to watch the Cars movie and he was very exicited and Oscar even bought his Cars collection (from McDonalds la) along in one small bag.

When we arrived, we proceed to collect our tickets and to buy some popcorns (Oscar have not eaten popcorns before) and some other junk food.... (scare in the middle of the show he make noise ma). Daddy also clever, went and bought those seats at the side and the very last row on top just in case Oscar can't sit still and decided to walk around.

But, to my amazement, he was OK and actually enjoyed the show. Ocassionally he will take out his McQueen and 'tayang' abit..... and that is all.... Ok, I have decided to take Oscar on another movie adventure when the next cartoon is showing in the cinema.............