A home-cooked meal for the dinosaurs family

Another post about food again. Haha. My blog seems to be turning into a "makan sutra" blog liao. Hahahhaha. No la, where can compare to seeto? He's so good lor, even organise food tours for tourists who wan to enjoy our local delights and he brings them to the places where really authentic food is served..... even at hawker centres....

1stly we shall talk on the chef Ah ber. Chef Ah Ber cooked a fully home-cooked meal for the dinosaurs family last week wed. No usage of "food for dummies" packages or recipes or instant stuff.

Just a simple, nice meal for the dinosaurs.

On the menu we have white steamed rice, stir fried vegetables with garlic, sausage, meat & crabmeat omelette & braised chicken wings.






I finally cooked a proper meal!!!! YEAH!!!!!

Food & Fun!!!

2 days ago, I became a chef in my own home....

Menu - Pineapple Rice, Spaghetti with cream sauce, Kailan & chye Sim in Oyster Sauce, Nuggets, Hotdog Buns, Ice Cream & Fruits.

Show you the steps to make pineapple rice ok? Haha.....












And so far, only 1 casualty from sunday's cooking..... hahahahahahahahaa...... see his tummy!!!!


I seriously hope no one turned out like Jared...... He fainted cos the food was TOOOOOOO NICEEEEEEEEEE....

Then the children (including the furkids), went mad....

My family photos....

Some long-due photos to share!!!

Let's start with my mum's and 2 aunties' birthday. My xiao ku's birthday is on 1st march, my mum's birthday on 2nd march, my da ku birthday on 5th march and my er ku birthday on 29th march..... so we celebrate the 1st 3 birthdays together cos very close together.....

The week before, we went to Hua Ting restaurant together with my cousins and my aunties and uncles. It was actually a surprise thingy for da ku but she dun look very surprised lor.....

And Wat I wan to mention here, is the Longevity Peach "shou tao". The thing is soooooooo small, maybe only 4-5cm long and 2-3cm wide only. And it costs $1.30 each ok...... The lunch was quite ex around 400 for 1 table...... we ate a mixture of western fusion and chinese fusion. And no time to take much photos cos i was busy snatching food.... i didnt even manage to eat some of the dishes you know!!!!

But I had to take a pic of the shou tao cos it was very cute. And as usual, not enough to go around, jus 1 piece for everyone. So I told the rest to pluck from the trees lor..... (if you see the pic you know wat I meant)....

Then some more family photos.....

Junior is really my clever baby boy. He knows I get irritated when Daddy takes too long on his PSP and dun pay attention to him so my darling boy likes to do this to distract daddy away from his PSP. Could it be that Junior wanted to play the PSP too????

Junior baby will climb all the way up to his daddy's chest (usually daddy always hugs a pillow) and sit there. He will even put his bum on daddy's face..... Most of the time he will attack daddy's nose in "eye contact"...... Dunno wat is eye contact? Next time you see Junior, you look at him and tell him "EYE CONTACT". He will give you the best facial in Singapore, some say JB and Batam.....

But sometimes, the facial is too good that Junior might get dognapped..... take for example, his Godma..... got 2 dogs already still need to dognap Junior to give her facial and everytime junior takes photo with Godma, he will give that "stupid" face..... my son really knows how to pose hor?

And does anyone knows why coco is always so white and nice and clean? I found the answer....

Her mummy does this to her...... eh, excuse me wat brand is your washing machine? I wan to get it too so that my clothes will be clean and white and nice too....

Then its MY TURN to zi-lian. I was bored at lunchtime in the office, so I started to zi-lian.....

Next post is about the successful Chef Ah Ber's cooking..... Stay tuned......

Chef Ah Ber

I saw Ms Kerin mei's MSN nick about High expectations = High disappointments. I guess I fell into this category for the past 2 weeks. I hope I dun fall into the same category as Felicia where she is so uptight about everything.


And I realise that when I am feeling down, I turn to people who appreciate me. I guess that is normal rite. Hahaha.... I feel that I am being taken for granted and not appreciated and can be easily forgotten and when he likes it, then he will be nice, when he doesn't like it, he will show you his black face and show you attitude.


But I still love him and I have been with him for the past 804days which is equivalent to 2.3yrs. And he always has his ways to make me happy and make me forget about all that he has done to me to make me upset. So ultimately, I still love my son and I know he still loves me too.


Everyone needs a bit of spice in their lives now and then. I simply hope my life's not going to be stagnant again and I becoming complacent again. Although I am on a diet but chocolate became part of my staple diet cos it makes me happier. And I am in love with toblerone now.....


Therefore I decided to let the cooking bug bite me so that I am able to do something to prove that I am not a dummy. Menu for sunday - Pineapple Rice, Spaghetti (Main Course), Kailan with oyster sauce, Nuggets (side dishes), 3 flavoured Ice Cream (Dessert) & some soup which I have not tot about yet.


Guinea pigs invited will be my best friend Rina, my 3 godsons, Myshell (Michelle), Lena (authentic guinea pig + food critic), Jie Fu (Ahmad the driver), Coco & Brandy (my daughter-in-laws), not forgetting my ah gong son Junior and his daddy who requested for my spaghetti.


I hope you all dun need to wait till 6pm for lunch.... hahahahaha....

The Lone Ranger won

Remember the story about the lone ranger, the guerillas and the defendents?

In the end, after 1 week of war, the lone ranger won. It turned out he was RAMBO. Everyday without fail he would shoot poison darts at me and in turn, I shoot the arrows up the ladder. And the guerillas went into hiding and refused any contact, so the defendents have to come to our own defence and we decided to let Rambo win this war.

I have a feeling that the arrows have not stopped coming and more are yet to come..... I'm just taking a step at a time.....

Mr Mas Selamat

Everyone's bitching about this UNCLE named Mas Selamat.

How and Why he escaped? Personally I think if he run, means he is guilty and means that he is really the leader and means that he has the means to BOMB us.

Die lor.

And who is helping him? The people helping him must be the people who really hate singapore cos they wan to destroy it, together with their beloved ones and ME in it. Why must like tat?

Dear Mr Selamat:

Actually you have already made our lives a living hell already cos we got no face in front of other countries cos we let you escape, now we have to beware of people who walk with a limp and really really must beware when taking mrt and bus and see if anyone leave a big big bag filled with bombs behind, and we cannot go JB!!!!!!

I hate you for causing the jams at the causeway leh. Make people suffer so much in the jams. The truck drivers get caught in the jams for 19hours record leh..... they dun need to see their family, dun need to rest issit? Think properly la. When you do things must see if affect people or not la. Got retribution one you know?

And I cannot go JB eat my nasi campur or eat my lok lok - YOU HAPPY NOW? School holidays coming and the kids cannot go malaysia cos got major jams and they get so grumpy and upset in the car stuck in the jams. All because of you lor. If you have a conscience (which i think long time ago kena the dogs eaten up liao), you better surrender lor....SO wat if you are very well trained in guerrilla and forest warfare? Singapore forest also not so many...... I know got 2 forest staying in the east side of singapore la, but the rest not so many wat......

So Mr Selamat, I know you still got bit kindness in you, please surrender ok? Please dun harm the innocent cos we all got nothing against you ok? Be good and nice ok? :) Thanks hor!!!

I am in a very dangerous position

I am in a very dangerous position this morn. I better type out my tots and feelings (and maybe my will) before I get attacked.

I am stuck in the centre of a warzone. The skies are greyish at the moment and they seem to get darker as the moments go by. The best part is, I am in enemy territory and I am fighting for my own survival. Although I wasn't the one who created or started the "war", but I am scuttering around looking for shields and looking for a place to hide like an ostrich.

There are 3 parties to this war. A = lone ranger. B = Guerillas. C = Defendents

I am the defendent. The lone ranger was the one who stirred up all these nonsense cos its because of him..... The guerillas refused to give in to the demands...... and the defendents are jus trying to cover up our tracks now....... to prevent further ambush.....

The lone ranger is after me and I am after the guerillas BUT the guerillas are not cooperating (actually to be fair, they have a right not to cooperate cos its not their fault) so I am really stuck in the middle of the warzone.

Anytime the lone ranger can walk in and assassinate me. And anytime, the guerillas can also come in and throw bombs at me. But I cannot retaliate cos I only have a short short pistol and I dun have enough bullets.

My only wish now to zap away from this place cos my situation is dangerous. I hope I dun get killed for nothing - its seriously not my fault..... :(

Today I am extremely alert cos I need to prevet further ambush by the lone ranger and now I have to defend myself against the guerillas...... and if they corner me, I have no place to run from the room..... Help...... there is no backdoor here..... wat if I get murdered by either party?????

And suddenly I realised that there are many lone rangers out there who have the capability to launch an attack...... Shit... I have to look for my shield now.... bye...

Mahjong!!!!

Yesterday we had a mahjong session at my place. Heehee. The fur-parents of Deedee, Rusty & Toto brought me out for dinner at Suki Sushi @ Punggol Plaza. I didnt realise there was a cash converter there and I didnt realise that Punggol plaza is quite a cool place to shop also.

So after dinner we managed to CON Ms Lena Tan to play mahjong with us and later on we played 3 people mahjong - quite interesting cos I never play this kind of mahjong before. Although I was frowning most of the time cos like so challenging to calculate the "tais" and I dunno how to arrange my cards, but I managed to win at least 1 big one and I didnt lose so much in the end.... heehee....

And the 5 furkids deedee, toto, rusty, coco & Junior had a fun time yesterday too. But Junior was coughing for the whole time and he vomitted phlegm out. I tot he ate bubbles cos it looked like bubbles from the washing......

Hope he is well today then I dun need bring him to see doctor.... cos doctor surely give antibiotics all that, very troublesome to feed my kid medicine cos he wun eat one....

A poem about R.A.I.N

Its raining out there....

Have you wondered if the one you love is comfortable at home,
or
Are they out there in the rain?

Have you looked at the rain and find it so amazing that the droplets can make such a great impact when they fall against the window panes,
or
Have you always looked at the rain as a nuisiance?

Do you love the rain cos you can be cosy at home,
or
Do you hate the rain cos you cannot go out and play?

Does the rain make you happy cos you can be home with the ones you love,
or
Does the rain make you sad because the cold makes you lonelier?

Is your heart raining as well,
or
Is your heart getting warmer with the love inside?

Will the rain wash the memories away,
or
Will your wounds be stinging because of the rain?

Does the rain give you a feeling of longing,
or
Does the rain give you a sense of belonging?

What can you do when its raining out there,
or
What can you do when the rain doesn't stop?

Do you fall together with the rain,
or
Do you wait for the rainbow after the rain........

Rants again...

Yesterday I finally finished packing the display cupboard area, the side sofas area, the dining area and the ktichen area PROPERLY. And although my leg is acting up again, but I am soooooo satisfied and I went to bed with a smile on my face.

I hope they stay this way though..... heehee (fingers crossed).

Today my agenda is to sweep and mop the floors again especially the master room and the living, dining area. And I still need to pack the rubbish in the study room. And fold the clothes in the laundry bag all that..... and paria has class today so maria got to do the work if maria has no class today. If Maria got class today, then too bad, another day then do housework. Heehee....

I'm bit sleepy today cos I ate some medicine for my leg, but i am trying to stay alert cos my boss coming down soon...... and I need to have information on my fingertips.... so i better better wake up my idea....sianz....

Today weather (i mean in the office) not very good, must bring umbrella......

Sianz....

Today's the day where I see sweet smiles and for extreme cases, tempers flare up in the office.

Cos today is salary release day for them.

Early in the morn I saw almost everyone of them giving me a sweet smile as I walked in. And some came early into my office to check and dispute some issues on their pay. Till date, most of them went out of my room smiling cos I managed to solve their doubts and uncertainties..... Only some, cos of some human errors (not my error I seriously hope), they received lesser pay. So some outstanding issues needed to be addressed before they can be happy again.

For me, its only been 4 days since my pay was giro-ed into my bank account but my bank account is almost empty. Haha. Dun ask me why and how..... I guess most of us face the same problem - earn this much and spend even more than wat we earn. Ok. I know of some who have savings and so on and so forth..... I really wan to save, once I settle down and calculate my expenses and I know march's gonna be better..... cos there are some things that I have finished paying for in february so march I should be more cash-rich.... heehee....

I had second tots on keeping tortilla cos he's really eating up my cash alot. Not on repairs, but on the cashcards and parking and petrol and now, insurance and road tax. But I love tortilla too much to sell him. I cannot do without a car I guess - too used to driving..... and he is my wings....

So I decided that I will keep him till he gets too old to move on the road.

Rants cos I am bored.... hahahahaha

My herbal tea is too hot to drink in my office so I was doing teh tarik with it. Heehee.

Today my mood is not bad. I went down to HQ for half a day and managed to get some work done there. Then around 3pm I went back to chai chee office. My boss is amazed at the speed I drove cos when I called him on some issue he was quite amazed that I am back to office already. Of cos la, I dun "eat snake" one ok.... heeheeh.

When I came back to chai chee office, I settled some other issues and now I take a break 1st. I suddenly missed my smelly boy. Suddenly wish to cuddle him and kiss him and smell his smelly doggy smell. Maybe its a cold day and when its a cold day, people get lonely..... especially now that I am alone in this big big room all by myself.

I heard some good news that Jie fu got his new car yesterday. And its a big and good car that can go to KL..... yeah..... so me and lena are planning for a getaway soon. I seriously need a break. My aunts and mum came back from bangkok and I really, really, really missed going to bangkok.

How bout a beach holiday? I missed the nice sea waters and the salty sea breeze...... I missed wearing a bikini (not that I can wear one now cos it would be sooooooo ugly).... I am seriously thinking of tanning away my whites inside......

I also missed bringing my son out. Initially I wanted to bring my son out on this sunday, but apparently, this sunday's my mum's and 2 aunties' birthday celebration at some restaurant in orchard. I might jus bring junior along as well cos he's very used to these things.... heehee....

I dun understand why I keep packing and packing and packing but the whole house still looked sooooooo untidy. I really seriously dun understand. And I keep mopping and cleaning but the floor still feels weird..... of cos its better la, but still, I dun feel very comfortable yet.....

Tomorrow I'm going drinking at Clarke Quay with my colleagues (15 of them)..... Opening 3 bottles I heard...... CHEONG ah......i seriously hope they open some 18years old whiskey or something like tat..... I sooooooo miss dong bar's 18years old scotch whiskey.......

My tendon is still not very good yet and my colleagues asked me to go tui na. Wa, I think I will bite the hand off the physician...... cos its painful lor...... If it doesn't improve by this weekend, most prob next week I will go tui na.....

Any good tui na to recommend?

Junior was caught in the act!!!

Junior is very pai seh because....... he was caught in the act!!!!

Check it out..... www.dinojuniorboy.blogspot.com

Blissful

I show you pictures of my piggy leg.....

The 1st pic is the normal one (although it looks FAT ok), see you can still see the ankle part, the tendon and the bone of the ankle.

This 2nd pic shows you the swollen right ankle. My Tendon is swollen to the extent that it cannot be seen. Even the ankle bone also cannot be seen.....

Well, today I'm back at work but with my ankle in bandages. Cos it still hurts a bit so I jus wrap it up after rubbing the anti-inflammation gel on it. The medication works really well. The ankle part is not so swollen already, and the pain has greatly lessen.....

And yesterday, I had a super duper great treat from Kenji. He finally cooked dinner for me. This valentine's day meal has been postponed sooooooo long already.

He cooked Rib Eye Steak, soup and potatoes for me!!!!

Yummy Yummy!!!!! And the best part was, I didnt go toilet after eating the dinner.... hiak hiak hiak.....

And he promised to cook spaghetti the next round for me!!!! YEAH...... I feel so "xing fu" (Blissful) ...... heehee.......

So TFT members pls take note, next time you wan breakfast, lunch or dinner for your mahjong and dai di sessions, pls call my paria and reserve your meals........ hahahahahaahhaa.....

My tendon is inflammed

I am fuming mad at this moment. I feel I'm acting in "Just Follow Law" where in the office there are arrows flying here and there and shooting me in the back. One f***ing fellow jus tried to stab me in the back.

This B*****d's staff came to look for me. She is on probation and her MC is still unpaid. She saw the doctor but didnt collect her MC cos she wanted to extend her MC. So she jus asked if no submission of the MC would be affecting her paycheck or anything.

I called up the other HR staff immediately and spoke to her on the phone. She adviced that although the staff's MC was unpaid, it would be preferred that she still submit the documents for validation.

So this is wat I advice her lor.

And that b*****d shoot an email cc all the department heads and everything saying that I AM THE ONE WHO WAIVED her MC. Please lor. F***ing mouth say F***ing things lor. I have never said such things lor. Anyhow put things into my mouth and shoot me dead.

So they think I am a scardy cat rite? I SHOOT them back lor. Now not my issue anymore. But I am boiling mad cos that b*****d is really a bastard lor.

Moreover, I am in pain cos my tendon is inflammed and I cannot move around lor. I am actually on 2 days MC today and tomorow but I came to work cos I have things to be done lor. And this morn the doc already pissed me off. I asked for MC and request for her to write it for tomorrow instead cos I have to come office today. She say how can she write MC for tmr cos she dunno ......blah blah blah.... so I told her, then write me 2 days MC can or not? Cos I told her, my leg not so fast heal one, dun think within next 2 days will be ok..... finally reluctantly, she agreed lor.

And I am not lying about my damn leg wat. It is swollen, even someone who is not a doctor can tell its swollen lor. She even touched the part and agreed that it was inflammed. I even told her the diagnosis cos I had this before. She asked if I sprained my leg or anything. But I dun recall lor. I didnt even wear high heels lor. This was going on for the past 3 days and yesterday I think I strained it further cos I had my photo shoot lor....

Wat a price to pay for vanity lor......

Sat all my furniture and cable and internet came.... so cool to have cable in the house..... I have my favourite channels Zone Reality, Animal Planet, and every channel on cable!!!

And on sun, I went for my photo shoot. I went to the studio at tanjong pagar at 10.30am. And my make up took 1.5hours lor.... and after changing 5 different outfits, it was already 4.30pm. So we rushed outdoors for our photo shoot. Luckily we didnt take the uncle transport cos surely very slow one, instead, we chose to drive. And you know, kenji was the "F1 race driver" so we managed to complete 3 outdoor locations within 1.5hours.

So when the pictures are out, i'll let you know ok......

I am a cripple today

Ah ber pulled her muscle in her rite lower leg. So I became a cripple for today. But that didnt stop me from shopping. Hahahahaha. I bought 2 pair of shoes during lunch time. Hiak Hiak Hiak.

Training is so boring that it is killing me. I seem to have so many things to be done and I jus simply cannot really concentrate. And my memory is failing me and I am soooo tired. Then tomorrow all my furniture's coming already. Luckily today kenji is off and he's doing the household chores like sweeping and mopping. At least when the furniture is in, not too much cleaning to be done.

I still need to buy the shoe cabinets. I guess worse comes to the worse, i'll jus buy the ordinary one from giant or NTUC cos nothing seems to catch my eye leh.....

Babysitter required

My photo shooting is creeping nearer. I'm gonna bring Junior with me cos he's my baby boy and he's our 1st son together. So of cos he has to be in some of the pictures rite? But..... I need a nanny to take care of him. Cos I will be busy taking photos and I cannot entertain him.

Any volunteers? I will buy you lunch...... and if junior likes you alot, then you can have him for dinner....... hahahahahaha...... Pls sms me if you can help me babysit my son ok?

monday blues

Ah ber is still having the achy bones and muscles thingy. For the past 2 days I cannot turn my head or stretch my neck cos the muscles in my neck and head sooooooo painful.

Today is better, but my muscles and bones are all still aching. Then later I have to lug the heavy lappy back to HQ for training. SIAN AH. Can someone help me? I didnt drive today cos I feel like fainting when I think about how much coupons I need to put for half a day there.

So I took bus to chai chee today. 1st time I'm taking bus from sengkang. I took 62 and many students from my previous Yuying Sec sch came up the bus and i was quite amazed to see them cos its already almost 8am. The uniform is the same except the badge and the nametag is ironed on - so nerdy. Luckily last time in my era, we can go out and make our own nametags and we can take out the badges and nametags after school. heehee.

And the students are still also wearin US masters school shoes lor. Heehee. Last time i used to fight so hard to get 1 pair of US masters cos its the "in" thing that my friends are all wearing. Except now, they are all wearing ankle socks cos the pulling of long socks up is no longer the "in" thing. Heehee.

Then I had to change bus and I didnt really know except 25, which other bus goes to chai chee. I guessed 854 went to, but I only took the 2nd bus cos the 1st bus was quite crowded... and managed to get a seat... can die lor if no seat..... my back can jus break into 2 lor....

Later after work I need to go take my measurements for the bridal gowns and then after that its home sweet home. I wished I could go off at 5pm today (training timing) but I guess i am jus dreaming lor.....

i have monday blues today

Ah ber is sick again + valentines

It must be the late nite toils of cleaning and packing. Now ah ber is sick. Had a fever since yesterday and today I still having a fever. Dino Senior refuse to let me have panadols cos he say not good, so i been pumping water into me.

I am worried cos my whole body is aching and my bones are screaming with pain. My muscles seem to have wasted away cos my legs feel wobbly and my head seem to be light. I feel like a 70year old old woman.

My hands and feet are cold and my body is burning. Like the heat wants to escape but is all trapped inside me. My urine is boiling hot and everything I touch, is like ice cold metal. I really dunno wat is wrong with me.

Today lunch time I slept 1 hour in tortilla and amazingly, I was shivering sometimes when the wind blew. That confirmed that I was really not well.

Well, on a happier note, Yesterday was valentine's day and i was very happy. Cos someone made me valentines day dinner with brausworth sausages, potatoes and potato garlic cream soup with garlic bread. And it is none other than my son's godma - Ms Lena Tan.

Kenji tried out everything as well and he was quite pissed off that Lena stole his idea. Heehee. He couldn't cook cos he had class so he wanted to cook today but I am not feeling too good to have his steak....

And I received 3 bouquet of roses yesterday. Sooooooo happy...... I tot kenji didnt buy me roses so I asked lena if she is going to give me a bouquet (hiak hiak bu yao lian) and she really sent me a bouquet of lilies and they smell sooooooo good leh...... and when I reached home, kenji was walking junior and he was grumbling about the roses not nice so he didnt buy any.

But when I reached home, there was a bouquet of roses from him!!!!!! :) Soooooo happy.....

And last but not least, I had a single rose from Mr M....... heehee.....

Thank you Ms Lena Tan and Mr Kenji Lim for loving me sooooooo much.... heehee..... Love you both many many too..... muacks

ANother 1st TIME

This morn ah ber has another 1st time. I took the LRT from sengkang and changed to NEL and changed to East West Line to get to work in town.

I felt so cool. And as usual ah ber is blur queen - I dunno where to go and how to get to my office, but I jus follow the crowds lor. So clever rite. Cos I dunno where to go change trains so I jus follow the business-looking people to where they were going lor.

I think ah ber is very clever today. Heehee.

And a very Happy Valentines Day to all the people out there reading my bloggie here. Be it whether you are married or single or in love or being loved or in a triange love or one-sided love or blinded by love or waiting for the RITE one or have no idea who is the rite one or cannot be bothered to love or in love with themselves or ????? - HAPPY VALENTINES DAY.

Without a partner, you can still have friends and family around you. I'm celebrating Valentines Day with Junior. Hiak Hiak Hiak. Junior already gave me a nice card with his paw prints all over the card.

I feel very satisfied yesterday cos I cleaned out 1/3 of the kitchen yesterday nite. Now left 2/3 and I really gonna to clean it all out by this weekend so that I can focus on other areas like the STOREROOM. YEAH