FollowFirst, just measure and dump all the ingredients into my breadmaker. All the healthy bread ingredients in the breadmaker. Add in a small wedge of smoked cheddar cheese from HK. Switch on my Sanyo breadmaker and …… 2 hrs 40 mins later….. a delicious fragrant loaf of nuttylicious bread, just in time for lunch. I…
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Bedtime Ritual
Alycia and Sherilyn reading on my bed. Note : Sherilyn busy counting away with her fingers. Sherilyn reading her favourite book. Alycia learning to read from her Leap Frog. On most nights before bed, I will either read to Alycia and Sherilyn or sometimes the gals prefer to ‘read’ on their own and Alycia will…
Tag – The Meaning Of My Daughters’ Names
This is my 3rd tag in 2 weeks. This time, got tagged by Samm (Just My Lil’ Organic Life). As DH is quite conservative and traditional in his thinking, he left the chinese name choosing task to my mil who in turn tai-chied it to her eldest daughther and son-in-law in HK who are very…
Goodies From Hong Kong Again
Organic biscuits from HK for the gals. Books, stickers and finger paints all from HK. My SIL no. 2 arrived from HK yesterday and brought with her a big bag of goodies for the gals again. Each time my SILs from overseas visit us, my gals will benefit the most coz they have 4 doting…
My Perfume Collection
An Unforgetable Mothers’ Day
Yesterday’s Mothers’ Day was quite an eventful one for me. Well, the day started off well but ended in a nightmarish note. As usual, my maid will jaga the gals in their room each night when I fix them their milk in the kitchen downstairs. Yesterday, my samseng Sherilyn tried to climb up the table…
Tag – 10 Things I Hate About My Hubby
Got tagged by Karen Yiau today. This tag is rather straight forward, no need to add pictures whatsoever. Though I really don’t like to badmouth my DH to the whole world, nonetheless, will still accept this tag as part of the game of the blogosphere. Darling, if u read this, no offense k, it’s just…
Durian Lover
The ‘antidote’ for heatiness…. Mangosteens. Our favourite exotic fruit too. Everyone in my family and DH’s family love durian to pieces. During each durian season, whenever my mil is in KL, she would buy loads of durians and we will all eat durian till we fall sick and feel bloated with durian. Burrrrppp…. yikes…. I…
Essential Oils May Spur Breasts In Boys and Other Health Issues
I was reading this month’s Reader’s Digest this morning when I read this article which may be of interest to mummies with boys. Here’s an excerpt of the article : Use of lotions, soaps and shampoos containing high concentrations of lavender or tea tree oil may lead to breast growth in pre-pubescent boys, according to…
Happy Mothers’ Day
We had an early Mothers’ Day celebration yesterday as my mil had to fly back to HK today. DH brought us all to have a sumptuous lunch at Genji Jap Restaurant, PJ Hilton. To all mothers out there, wishing you all a very happy and blessed mothers’ day. I say we should all sit back,…
Using TV As Babysitter
Dragon Fruits
Alycia’s breakfast. Yellow-skin and white flesh pitaya. One of my favourite fruits is the red dragon fruit or Pitaya. My gals love them too. We love them so much that we eat them almost every other day. Whenever my gals and I have constipation, dragon fruit always comes to my mind in relieving constipation. So…
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Magic Colours
Yesterday, my MIL and I were busy doing our work. So my MIL gave the gals some magic colours for them to doodle and scribble on papers. 15 minutes later, here’s what I saw. Sherilyn had doodled on the marble dining table, on her hands, face and on her clothes. It was a total mess.…
Maids…. are they a help or a pain in your neck?
My current maid of 1.5 years is my 5th maid in less than 5 years. All my previous maids were fired by me before they finished their 2-year contract. I wonder if my current maid will survive the 2-year contract period or not. Suliah, my current maid is generally an acceptable maid with fairly good…