Day: April 1, 2008

Confinement Stories

For those of you who had gone through a regimented confinement (where both your mum and mil will watch over you like a hawk almost 24 hours a day), you were not allowed to eat vegetables (well, can only eat certain vege like kailan) and fruits, right?  Luckily my mil was quite liberal and did not forbid me to eat these food. I ate lots of vegetables and fruits everyday. Thus, I did not suffer from constipation though I ate so much heaty food.  However, my body could not tolerate the wine and ginger during the 2nd week of my confinement and I had sore throat and felt feverish. That’s when my CL stopped cooking ‘hard-core’ confinement food for me and reduced the ginger. I hope this time round, my body will be able to tolerate all the hard-core confinement food from day one through day 30 of the confinement. That’s the only time I can properly ‘poa’ (heal and nourish) my body, through eating these nutritious food. Now, I just can’t wait to savor those confinement food!

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The Best Part Of A Confinement

To me, the best part of going through a regimented and torturous confinement is that I get to enjoy the food. For the benefit of my readers who are not familiar with the Chinese culture, women after child-birth go through a 1-month confinement period where they are to follow very regimented rules like not being able to wash their hair, not allowed to bathe with regular water direct from the tap / shower and diet must be of a specific one too. Normally, a confinement lady (CL) will be hired to care for the mummy and the newborn baby.

Well, coming back to the confinement food, the first few dishes I am going to order from my CL will be ‘kai jau’ (chicken cooked in wine with lots of ginger), stir-fried pork with sweet wine and shredded ginger, pigs’ trotters with black vinegar, turmeric chicken and pigs’ belly and intestines soup. These are my favorites and I can never bored of them, even during my confinement.

What’s your favorite food during your confinement?

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Exhilarating Helicopter Ride Over The Grand Canyon

Las Vegas is not just about casinos, spectacular shows and night life. If you are the outdoorsy type and love sightseeing, you really have to catch an exhilarating helicopter flight to one of Mother Nature’s greatest achievements – The Grand Canyon.  The helicopter will fly you to the West Rim, passing over Lake Las Vegas, Lake Mead and Hoover Dam (which is the world’s tallest dam) en route.  The helicopter will bring you deep in the Canyon rim for a champagne picnic and the pilot / guide will be happy to answer all the questions that you may have regarding the Grand Canyon or your helicopter flight. You can book this tour and your Las Vegas Hotels at BestofVegas.com, the ultimate website to find everything that you are looking for to book your Las Vegas vacation.

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Finger and Paper Licking Good

Each time we are at Mid Valley Megamall, daddy will surely buy us Beard Papa’s cream puffs, our all-time favorite. Though he buys half a dozen, we can finish them within a day.


And this is how much Sherilyn relishes the cream puff. After devouring the cream puff, she licked all her fingers clean…. and licked the paper clean too.


….and made a mess on her face, hair, clothes, chairs and table.

…. and then asked for more and more and more…..

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Happy All Fools’ Day

So did anyone get fooled today? When I was younger, I used to prepare my tricks and pranks on my friends days in advance. Thinking back, that was really childish of me but I did have a good time carrying out those pranks. I was fooled and I fooled people and we all had some good laughs. My classmates and I even dared fool our teachers and that was just so foolhardy of us. Luckily our teachers were sporting enough not to get personal and had us all whipped and punished!

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Go To Disney World And Stand A Chance To Win A Car!

I was just telling Miche the other day that I really need to get myself a car, latest in 2 years’ time coz that’s when Alycia will be going to primary school and I need a car to chauffeur her around.  Miche told me she’s getting a Persona and I am tempted to get one too.  But after reading today’s newspapers, I think I want a Nissan Grand Livina. This particular tour agency is offering their customers a chance to win a cool Nissan Grand Livina when they purchase air tickets or tour packages from them. How awesome can that be! So do you think I should ask hubby to get 4 air tickets to Orlando just so that we stand not only one chance but four chances to win the Grand Livina? I am sure Alycia and Sherilyn will be tickled pink if I told them that daddy is going to get some Discount Walt Disney World Tickets and bring them to Disney World.

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Pharmacy Technician Career

Are you just out from high school and at a total loss on what to do next?  Well, you may want to consider a career in pharmacy technician. The job entails helping the pharmacist provide medication and other health care products to patients. A pharmacy tech also performs routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication, counting tablets and labeling bottles. You will also be required to perform administrative duties, stocking shelves, operating cash registers and much more. You can check out the pharmacy technician salary range at medical-career-training.com. In terms of career advancement, pharmacy technicians with significant training, experience and certification can be promoted to supervisory positions and some may advance into specialty positions, others move into sales and with a substantial amount of formal training, some pharmacy technicians are promoted to pharmacists.

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HEALTH FREAK MOMMY