I Love You, Mommy!

 So it was Mother's Day yesterday. Woke up extra early to call mommy..

It's been so many years we had to celebrate via video call. sigh.

Will work hard to achieve my goal to visit NY. *pray*

 

Bliss...

I Love Fisheye!

Bought a super budget camera for Daddy's birthday. Testing out one of the filters... Quality and functions are quite impressive! I think it's perfect for him! Don't you think?

(minor contrast edited)

I Love Lanterns!

It was Mid Autumn Festival yesterday. brought back some childhood memories where we will play with candles and lanterns at our old house car porch. We would fill up the main gate with candles and play with those transparent colorful plastic animal shaped lanterns.. don't know if they still selling those lanterns now.. now most of them are those electric ones, with Angry Birds, Hello Kitty or some super heroes characters. not so original anymore..

we would light up the candles on the car porch, making heart-shapes, flower-shapes, and our names on it.. we would play with the candles once it's burned out, waxing our fingers.. so much fun. those years when fire crackers are still widely available, we would play with our neighbours. we loved running around with sparkles sticks.. ah.. what a wonderful memory.

I LOVE Birthdays!

 

Eva turned four!

Happy birthday little princess! ♥

Coincidentally,  my sweet little kai lui, Vera 's birthday falls on the same day with my niece! Happy birthday Vera!! Wish you guys are here to celebrate... come back soon!!

Here's a video of her all the way from NZ... Aww.. so grown up d...

 

I Love Celebrations - Daddy's Birthday!

I Love Girly Night Out - Mei Hwa's Bachelorette Party!

A kiss for the bride-to-be.

Oh.. on a side note, my camera was drenched with vodka. At least 1/3 bottle of it. Nope. NOT a drunk accident. Purely stupidity. The bartender gave me the wrong cap bottle and I put the bottle in my bag, only found out that the cap went missing and the vodka spilled all over. I think my bag was thirsty. Oh.. and miscommunication also. Peks told me to keep the bottle. So I took it back. Then a day after the "accident" she said "I meant to keep the bottle at the club and take the card..." *smack forehead*

Okay. MAYBE (just maybe) it's my fault for being SO CARELESS. 

Oh.. have I mentioned my phone is totally dead too?

Great. First the car, then camera and phone.

What's next?

30DPC : Day 25

30DPC Day 25 - "A photo of a night I loved"

Sensation Red 101 aka my birthday 2006

30DPC : Day 17

30DPC Day 17 - "A drunk photo of me"

'Xmas 2008.

Can't find a drunk photo of myself. I was actually sleepimg. REALLY!



I Love You!

Handwritten promises - one of the most cliche gatecrashing game. 

Went to Sean's wedding yesterday. Since Smelly is one of the heng dai, I decided last minute to tag along. Above is the last mission that the ji mui asked the groom to do before letting him in toget the bride. They asked him to write in Malay. As always, Sean is really funny... hahaha!

Wishing them a happy and blessed marriage! ^^

 I wonder how many grooms out there really practice what they promised.

I Love Foie Gras!

Seared Foie Gras with Dark Grapes and Wine Reduction @ Sage KL

A wonderful birthday treat at Sage Restaurant Wine & Bar, The Gardens Residence last Saturday with Smelly and Loon&Siew Ling. ♥♥♥♥♥

I Love MOM!

I know this is two days late.. but still..

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

a gift for mommy. Muahx!

Happy 3rd Birthday Eva!

We had a small early birthday celebration for Eva yesterday at Chilis Mid Valley.

free kid's meal for Eva! but she only ate bread and fries.

eee.. sedap!

and the adult had uhm.. this is chicken something.

beef fajita. i think.

then, we sang birthday song! hehe.. Eva is so happy! got cake!!

fuuuu!!!!!!

uummmm!!!!!!

she saw my make up palette and said "i want PINK!!!"

CNY 2011 So Far... - Makan Version!

One of the best things during Chinese New Year is of course... FOOD!!!

dad told me last time when they were young (and poor), CNY is really the only time they get to eat chicken and if they're lucky, seafood. Grandpa will rear the chicken few months before CNY and slaughter it during the eve of CNY. unlike now, we get to eat chicken and seafood EVERY DAY. okay.. i digressed. back to yummy foods! besides reunion dinner on the eve of CNY, we pig out throughout CNY.

DAY 1.

we had homemade glutinous balls (Tong Yuen) on the first day of CNY.

because it's a tradition to have (at least half day) vegetarian, dad cooked "Zhai Choy" to go with rice. Don't let the out look fool you.. it's SUPER delicious! and healthy too...

DAY 2.

Went to 3rd aunt's house at Tampin just in time for late breakfast... and she never failed to cook awesome dishes every time we went for visit!

Glutinous chicken rice aka Loh Mai Kai.

Chicken rendang for Ah Kor...

Special carrot cake - with Lap Cheong, corns, and a few types of beans. YUMS!

  

Yam pork.

Fish paste "yong" mushrooms.

Fried fishcakes

Steam prawns with garlic.

and we had dessert!! Oreo cheesecake!! (no, she didn't make this one... bought from Secret Recipe geh..)

Dad told us not to eat so full cos we're going to Melaka to visit 1st aunt. Because.........

my favouritest food waiting for me there!!! it's "Lui Cha". traditionally, they serve with 7 different types of thinly sliced/chopped veges, nowadays, you can cook as much as you like!! and it's to go with grinded tea and peanuts broth/soup. not many people like the taste though. but we grew up helping dad grind the paste with a big clay pot (like those you use for plants) and with a guava tree branch. nowadays, they use blender... i have a love-hate relationship with this dish though.. sure it's healthy and taste awesome, but every time dad decide to cook this (which is almost once every 2 weeks), we had to help him to painstakingly sliced/chop the veges. and must slice until very thin cos thick not nice wor.. this is the most hated part. pfft. 

preserved vege.

 a type of onion. damn best!! my fav!!

long beans.

fried dried shrimps.

sayur sawi. i forgot what it's called in english. haha!

four-angled beans.

cabbage.

potato leaves.

beans.

corriander leaves. also my fav!

and the main and most important star- Lui Cha! (tea and penut paste broth..)

to go with rice.. aunt added fried garlics, which is awesome max!!!

my bowl of fiber goodness.

add the broth and we're ready to dig in!

Day 3

orange is still food right? heh..

Day 7 (人日)

7th day of CNY is called 人日 (People's Day), which is everybody's birthday. so i skipped gym and went to Petaling Street to buy Yee Sang. this Yee Sang is special cos they replace turnips with pears. the taste is just nice. very sweet and not dry cos they used pears. and it's not too sour. 

the infamous Yee Sang from West Lake Restaurant (西湖/Hup Kee) at Petaling Street.

"lou" for prosperity, good health, good business, get promoted, and many many happiness!

yums!

steam chicken to go with fish porridge.

guess what's inside???

lobster!!!! cos i missed the rice wine lobster Smelly's mom cooked on the 2nd day, she kept a bit for me..

^_^

counting down to our annual SuperFriends Lou Sang on 14th Feb at Flower Drum, Jalam Imbi. hopefully the food will be great.

oh.. i forgot the most important food....

if i can consider this as food lah. heh! sik wu!!!