freebies!

was at ikano power centre for a while yesterday for some grocery shopping. then went to the pet shop to look at cute puppies. actually we were there to look at maltese. and lucky us, we saw a furry white maltese! that is what makes us head to popular bookstore next door to search on some information about maltese. yes, i know, with the technology now we can always surf online but the impatient me, wanted to get the information then and there so since the bookstore is just next door, good old fashion way is still one of the best way!

when we were there, we overheard an announcement saying some contest or so is going on at the reading corners. anyway we couldn't really be bothered so continued our search for books about maltese. just right after our searches, we decided to continue our shopping. and hence we pass through the contest area.

the mc started by saying something about the upcoming new show for this cny and we sort of just stop and see. then she ask, when is the date for the movie to be released and without any thinking, both of us put up our hands. so after i answered the question, in english and the mc keeps looking at me, si beh paiseh cos she ask in chinese *wtf! i got my prizes!!

free movie passes for 2 complimentary of ram entertainment.

and 14 blades polo tee.

special thanks to popular bookstore and ram entertainment! she even asked me what prizes i want and i just say anything will do. so she gave me the goodies in the paper bag! happy-ish pun!

babies

imma dedicating this 3-oh-oh post to my babies. who are they? they are funny, mischievous, bubbly, pampered, smart ass and lovingly adorable boo boo and bunny boy.

i used to be very fascinated by kids. never a fan but never dislike them. no, not really. one or two of them maybe, cos they are annoying or maybe too noisy or did something that i don't really like. i used to also acted cool around kids like i can't wait to be rid of them when i was in my teens. you know, typical teens angst?! but in truth, i like kids.

so, when my sis gave birth to this lil prawn-like baby, i was scared. so afraid that i don't even dare to carry him. he looks all reddish and wrinkly, small and tiny and worst he'll cry and whine when he wants something or someone.

through the months i have grown to love and adore the lil baby that is growing day by day. but i gotta admit this, i used to be so darn annoyed by mom who needs to travel to see him every single week. it was like wtf! why left me alone at home again? i began to play truant and getting all attention seeking and jealous of him. but oh well, i grown up after few attempts. cos he's a lil baby, and i got to go tuition during weekends! so i channel my energy into looking at leng zais in tuition class.

when baby came back to stay with us, ah hell! i gotta like take care of this small cutesome baby and there's so many things changed! like tv is all his, no more adult drama and stuff. everyday is teletubbies, big blue house, barney and you name it, he has it. all the baby show in repeat mode. my life then is a total misery. one thing that amaze me until now is he loves animal documentary. especially dolphins and whales and wild animals. he used to bugged us to read all those national geographic books for him. he's only like 2yrs old? so on top of baby show, we get to watch some really adult national geographic documentary. -_____-''

as he grew older, he began to learn a lot of stuff in super speed mode. wonder if he watches too much of speedy gonzales when he was a baby. ok, it was just a lame joke. anyway he began to go to pre-school in a fancy kindergarten where kids gets to learn computers and swimming. then off to primary school and all grown up like a man in the house. our pampered ''shao ye'' doesn't like swimming back then. but now.. he can swim already *cue to blow nose and wipe tears* all grown up.

one still annoying thing about this small baby bunny boy is his food. he hates bean sprouts! he hate it with vengeance. why? i don't know, he'll spit everything with sprouts out. like his mouth got filter for sprouts. he is also very selective with his food. anything he don't eat, he rather go hungry than eat. but he loves his mami's pasta and spaghetti. basically, anything cooked by mami also he likes.

10yrs or so later, came another pretty lil boo boo. the sister of bunny boy. she's the most mischievous smart ass i have ever seen at the age of 2! she can speaks really good english and she perfectly mastered the art of conning the poor daddy into buying almost everything she wants. trust me, her skill is impeccable! i witnessed it few times and she, her mighty princess never fails! even i also cannot resist! she's such a fast learner and she relentlessly bugger you just for things she wants.

boo boo is warm and fuzzy and super hyperactive. she can wear 3 adults out hands down but she still is full of energy. and did i mention that she swims really well? this baby grew a part of her life in the island surrounded by lovely beaches. so she's a really good swimmer. not only swimming, she loves also to wear pretty make ups on herself. she's so vain that i was warned not to let her see any sorts of lotion or powder let alone let her get hold of one. cos she will relentlessly use all she can get her hands on. she even knows mascara is for eyelashes. *_____*'' and she only wants to wear pretty clothes and shoes and she knows how to shoe shop already!

oh, i think i better stop talking about them now before everyone gets so bored with my blog. here's to end this post with pictures of the babies.

this is bunny boy at the pool. learning how to swim and splashing water everywhere! adorable, no?

the messy hair baby is boo boo. along with bunny boy. she is so attached to the gor gor that she'll want the gor gor to hug and carry her all the time!

my lovely bunny boy and boo boo

fungry!

too fungry as of now to blog. damn!

big boss is coming next monday for 2days. there goes my wanna-take-leave-because-she-wants-me-to-accompany-her off day. ooh well, blessing in disguise. just so i won't shop yet too much. bought a pair of heels and a denim skirt yesterday. wtf! i think, i deserved to live like a queen for a whole year's hard work. excuses.. excuses.. excuses.. i know i sound lame.

can't wait to go home and cook something and eat. gosh.. fungry like mad now!

my shopping loots!

at this time of the year, a lot of chinese will be out to do some chinese new year shopping and sales and promotion for the rest of the people. so road will be jam packed with cars and malls with human being. loads and loads of merry shoppers.

we started the day by stopping by at sg. wang's famous noodle shop that sells delicious roasted pork and chicken and duck rice. they actually sell noodles but we prefer their rice. oh, they offer also a wide range of delicious dim sum.

this is my duck rice. it is so flavorful that eat it with white rice and their special made gravy also feels so yummy.

his chinese sausage and char siew rice. sweetened and grilled to perfection.

the rice have to eat with their special concoction of chilli paste. not too spicy and yet so fragrant.

haha. this is what i wanna talk about actually. bff's shop is having great great discount. hence the loads of dress and accessories bought there. also bought some necessities that i need to replenish and few of the luxury items.

after walking all over the mall looking and surveying and also comparing, finally decided to get these few items. first we have olay's moisturizer, it's on promotion. bought it at caring pharmacy. only rm30.90. outside sell rm40 plus. very dai right?

then i got this revlon's beyond natural blush and bronzer. after my detailed survey everywhere, here sells the cheapest. at least 20% discount. better than other place which only offer 10%. and bought some other toiletries and medicine there as well, the sales staff and also the pharmacist are very helpful. i can now say i'm a proud member of caring pharmacy! good price and good service.

then bought this skin food's BB cream. wanted to get this for super long time but i don't want to be wasteful so waited for the old one to finish before i get this. it is suppose to help with oily face and reducing sebums. let's see whether it helps or not!

after accompanying S to buy his shoe and a shirt, we went to bestie's shop for my stuff! bought these 2 belts for only rm35. bff's price. mad loves!

then bought this chain detailed black top from her. how much i don't actually know. buy only when it's nice.

this is another awesome purple zip detailed cocktail dress! super lovely. a bit too body hugging *cos reveal all my fatty meat* but still it's nice. good for dinner or even clubbing. this dress i think is the most expensive purchase of the day.

this is another floral zippered dress i bought. not at my bestie's shop but one of the random shop. very cheap also. around rm30 plus if not mistaken.

and here i thought i am not celebrating chinese new year! -______-|||

site visit counter

i just put on a site visit counter on my blog! i wonder how many people would actually come and read. hahaha... just curious.

in need of sinful drinks

i need. i need another this kind of session soon!!

randomness

back at work for the first day after an almost 3 weeks break. makes me feel lazy, happy, excited and also tired to come back. talk about mixed emotions. i miss those day when work requires me to travel here and there to meet clients and people. driving around in the afternoon hot sun and those anxiety of missing a turn or late for appointment.

been staying away from working life these few weeks makes me really take a breather about everything. i get to eat breakfast every morning with mom, and get to spend more time with bunny boy before he grows up and i get to trim my furry dog's fur. life's a bliss back home.

every weekday morning i gotta wake up at 6.15 and send bunny boy to school. crash back to bed at 7. woke u at 9 and start the day by changing mom's dressing, pestering her to poke her fingers, then bring mom and sis out for breakfast and some grocery shopping, run errands, go to banks, buy lunch, pick bunny boy from school, send him to tuition, pick bunny boy, bring everyone to malls and so on and so forth. *pheww.. being a housewife is no joke. i haven't even include all the washing and cleaning cos i don't really have to do those. except washing bunny boy's school shoes.

weekend we got to spend some time off to go back to hometown, go malacca and muar and even accompanied my parents to kuala selangor for some errands and shopping and good food. can't really believe after so many years of outside food, i have developed a nonchalant feel towards outside food. except for a few of course. i think the amount i spend in driving for these 3 weeks is equivalent to 1 whole year i drove in KL. yes, i do own a car and i do drive in KL but mostly i got chauffeured around.

coming back to reality now. not the oh, it's late! got to go pick bunny boy up now. hurry hurry hurry up! reality is somewhat a bit sucks but it pays me. so yeah got to suck up the sucks, but still it is fun to be back here. too much of family sometimes really stresses me out. i love my family nonetheless, just that people grows in different way and we mature differently. so naturally opinions are different at times as well.

got some chinese new year shopping needs to do even though we aren't celebrating it this year. still i need to replenish some wardrobe and also to buy shoes. i need more shoes! and also to replenish my already or finishing toiletries. yeah and got to go see doctor for some medical stuff. then also need to check whether it is cheaper to get all those items for blood test for mom. don't know whether it is cheaper here or not.

and also got to do some holiday planning. seriously in need of some sun, sea and beach and yes, beers! can't wait to go for some hoegaarden session. saw a banner that hoegaarden got promotion, happy hour 3 pints rm59 only. now tell me, who can resist?!!! i think i'll visit all airline website now and see when got cheap air fare to langkawi. miss it so damn much. must plan a visit soon. and i mean very very soon. maybe over the weekend. oh well..

here i am rambling on and on about a lot of things. time to do something about it. can't wait for 6pm cos i wanna go shopping!

unplanned time off

as loads of people know, i have this sinfully awesome unplanned time off with my family for almost 3 weeks. first, i came back for mom's surgery in SIN the same day i actually have to get back for grandma's funeral. so we chose to stay with mom and accompany her in SIN instead. some more i'm the best of all to be chosen as monkey and buffalo sitter during mom's stay in hospital. RIP grandma. sorry for not being able to be there on your last journey.

what i did in SIN was sun tanning every single afternoon from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. yeah i know, baking under the hot sun. but that's the whole point of sun tanning right? *LOLOL then after that was forced to cook dinner for everyone. sis made it a point that i must learn how to cook when i'm staying with her. cos too much of instant noodle steamboat post in my facebook. thus, i am being appointed as sous chef everyday.

this is the only day where i have to cook everything by myself because thery sis got class and da jie need to pick boo boo from the nursery. so with some help calls from them i made this 3 dishes. oh and mom also helped. the picture above is the grilled pandan chicken. i know, i know, the pandan wrap is absurd. but hey no one says cannot right?

lentils. may i say, it's a tasteless mixed of lentils with bacon bone. hmm.. the next time i cook this, i shall put more bacon bone for a flavorful mixture. in picture it looks so much like gooey dhal and milk. ish..

this dish i think anyone can cook. it's naibai stir fry with garlic. i blanch the vegetable and then stir fry some garlic and put all on top. a bit failed as well but at least it's decent.

then we celebrated belated mommy's birthday the next day. see boo boo is hogging the seat and thought it's her birthday! happiness.

now a clearer shot of princess boo boo herself. waiting for everyone to gather and sing a birthday song for her.

come to think of it, it's been years since i last celebrated mommy's birthday. pretty bad, huh. so to make up for it, i'll do my best to be there for her every birthday from now on. this is what i'm going to promise myself. happy birthday again mommy!

princess boo boo wanna cut and have a piece of the delicious cheese cake! thanks claude and keren for the lovely cheese cake. it is super nice. swiss bake, i reckon. next time go SIN must aim to eat it again.

this is what happened after i came back from SIN. we helped mom to recuperate and in the mean time, we also go travel to eat. these are delicious muar delicacy. asam fish and otak-otak. shall blogged about it in my next post.

then we went temple sight seeing. usually when i was young i would go pray pray with my family. hence, getting older i seldom do that anymore. nowadays i would only accompany mom to go for prayers and also to take care of my obnoxious shao ye. that is our most beloved bunny boy!

that's all for now folks. till the next post..

i need time off

i promised to update more on my blog but that is not happening so far. not that i don't want but i am just a bit tied up with family commitment at the moment. things happened in a blur and poof it's already weekend.

if i were still in the office today, i will be busy making confirmation calls for the parenting workshops and also calls for the referrals of last camp. oh and not to forget, setting up the training hall for this sunday. but nope. am not in the office and i'm not doing any of those said things.

here i am in the lovely city, singapore. flew down in a rush on tuesday afternoon and everything is a blur from then on. nope. should say from tuesday morning. got a call from cousin that my grandma is admitted to hospital and according to the doctor, she won't last any longer. so i called mom and she is visiting doctor also and was given the immediate admittance to the hospital.

as soon as i reach office and settle down, called mom again and she says she's going to singapore for treatment and i will have to meet her as soon as i can. and that's when she says grandma has passed away already. everything come so quickly that i forget to breath for a while and naturally due to shock my tears also started to fall. so as quickly as i can, tell boss, book ticket and flew down . all work done in less than say 5hrs.

flight was delayed almost an hour before taking off and by the time i reach it's already like 2hrs later. just when i wanted it to be on time and the airline pull such a trick. but when i was on the flight, it reminded me of the last trip i went to langkawi. it was another scene. flying off with friends to go sun tan and drink by the beach. that is what i call pure bliss on a budget!

mom get admitted, i gotta take care of my darlings nephew and sister the next day. after we woke up, we walk to ikea for breakfast and then shop a lil and come back. was supposed to go visit mom in the hospital but she gets to come home after the surgery. so we spend the day making get well soon cums birthday card for her and also swimming. after swimming, sis came and cook and we waited for mom to come home. it was a long long wait.

but thank goodness mom is home now and recovering. except that i was supposed to be the one to help her change her dressing after we go back to jb for her recuperation, i chicken out. when da jie is changing her dressing yesterday, i got so sick that i nearly wanted to puke. my leg got so numb that i can't even stand and see. i was sweating all over and have to lie down on the bed. now i know, there's always a reason why i didn't pick nursing when i graduated from high school!

before i came back, i already know i was assigned to become maid, driver, care-takers and also part time nurse. but i gotta say i resigned from the last post. when i was still in kl, i was kinda excited about becoming a nurse and help change mom's dressing. finally, some real things for me to do in this area. oh well, it does prove me wrong. and i must say it is a blessing that i didn't chose that line of work. i am glad.

so to say i am now more aware of health and i am going to take good care of myself and my loved ones just o they won't suffer when they grow old. i would hate so see them having to suffer like mom did. that was just way too yucky!

happy new 2010

to all the wonderful people out there,

happy happy new 2010. i am so glad to be riddance of 2009. it has been a very very eventful and not a great year for me. may this new year be as lovely as it can be.

i reckon everyone has been making new year resolutions, no? i am not doing any resolutions this year. because all resolutions seems same to me and never has i achieved one also. therefore this year i shall do what i want!

rest assured that i will blog as much as i can. because i can foreseen a very busy year ahead! busy with myself and families and also work and also every single things.

just a note on appreciation, thank you everyone in my life! families, bffs, friends, colleagues, mates and every single one. without you guys, there wouldn't be me. to all haters as well, thank you for making me grow up to not hate you all anymore because it is so not worth of my time!

have yourself a lovely year ahead!