Mummy's dinner 2

Mummy has not been cooking regularly during the june holidays. Reason being we are out alot and so had many meals with friends and after a while the fridge gets a little empty and the chef gets a little lazy. So for all those interested, these are about the nicer home cooked dinner from the lot of other simplier and mostly not interesting meals. Well, I do not mind stressing that I'm not a fantastic cook after all.

Teriyaki grilled chicken with quail eggs, fresh tomatoes and japanese rice.

Yam rice with chicken meat, mushroom, hard boiled egg and boiled vegetables.

Brown/fragrance rice mixed with boiled tofu, carrots and vegetables. Topped off with fried shrimps and japanese condiment.

Care bears and horses.

The care bears were at the turf club on 17 June and since we had never been to the tracks, we thought "why not? since the bears are there!" So I pack the girls and trail eileen's car to the club and saw my favourite big coloured bears. Yes! Mummy likes the care bears! The girls got a number of care bear stuff toys out of mummy's adoration of these colourful bears. The turf club is a huge place and fortunately it was not too warm a day. There were gentle breeze occasionally. However it would be more worth the trip if the bears could stay on stage longer. They were like in and out within three minutes! Anyway the girls went on the bouncing castle and joined a colouring contest, ate an ice cream and ride the viking. They definitely had fun.

Happy father's day!

Joelle created a paper box for daddy and wrote this message. Cute right? So how much does a daughter love a father?

Rocking good time?

We head to downtown east after a fun hour at the ikea indoor playground with our friend and her kids. They were having a rocking nursery musical thing and we thought it would be fun. Unfortunately it did not rock me at all, neither did it make the kids laugh or dance. Pretty disappointing in fact. Thank goodness downtown east was not too way off from tampines ikea, else it would have been a wasted trip.


However we had the company of friends so it was not all that bad after all. They kids run around and was as wild as we allow them to be. Thank God for friends, good friends.

Power to the mark!

For the first time since I have been dreaming of laying my hands on this camera, I finally manage to not only lay my hands on it, I even get to "play" with it. Dave brought the canon 5D mark II back for rigging and I took the opportunity to try it. Power man! The depth is amazing and I reckon any photo will turn out brilliant with this camera. Only drawback... it's a little heavy for a petite me. Now I pray aloud that a project would come in requiring the use of this camera and it is to the benefit of crossroad to invest in one. *Wow!* (silently)

Cha Soba

Recently joelle likes this cold noodles and have been requesting for it very meal. She likes it very cold with lots of seaweeds. I do give her other dish to accompany her cold noodles like grilled teriyaki chicken or baked salmon. It's very much a simple dish to make actually and can be quite nice.

Like fish to water

I have always wanted my children to be water babies. When they were about four months old, I would shower with them under the shower head. When they were five months old, I would jump into the bath tub with them. When they were six months old, we brought them swimming in the pool. Now that joelle is turning seven years old, we thought it's time to throw her into the deep pool. And on saturday 5 june, I did just that. I threw her into the deep pool with her new swimming coach. I expected some fear and reluctance, but I was surprisingly wrong. She jumped right in upon instruction and was comfortable with it, almost like fish to water. Oh... I'm so proud of her, my water baby, my water girl. And I'm so proud of myself too. I did all the right things to get her so attached to the waters. Now I cannot wait to throw my younger girl in too. I'm pretty sure she would join her sister soon.


While joelle was having her swimming lesson, isabelle did her ballet moves in the water, splash around and soaked in the jacuzzi. Mind you, these were done with mummy fully clothed and dry. Unfortunately I cannot swim that day but I could not stop them from enjoying the water on a beautiful saturday. Of course not until isabelle promise to stay within reach and to order my every instructions while standing on the edge of the pool. She delivered her promise very well. I did not even have to raise my voice at all. she was within my reach at all times. I'm so blessed with these girls, really. Thank you Lord for them.



Did you noticed that isabelle's chipped tooth seems to be disappearing by the years. She lost a small part of her tooth when she was about 1.5 years old. Now what's left at four years old is only a thin slice. I pray it would not give her any problem in future.

Happy birthday Germaine and Gerrick

Like my girls, both my niece and nephew were born in the same month (june). Like my girls, they also celebrate their birthdays together. Germaine turns four and Gerrick turns one. He is so cute, I tell you. He's a little boy who simply likes to smile and is so afraid of tickles.

The girls@the beach again

As we promised, we returned to the beach for a picnic this time. Straight from school again on thursday, may 27, the last day of term two. The older girls wanted to blade initially but when they saw the sandy beach and surprisingly clear water, they changed their minds and stayed with their younger siblings on the beach instead. They had a brilliant time building sandcastles and splashing in the water. The water was really surprisingly clear that afternoon, I regretted not bringing an extra change of clothes for myself. I would have unreservedly joined them in the water if I had.






I thank God for these children for without them, I might not have been able to feel the sand under my feet or walked along the beach without my shoes, collecting sea shells and sea weeds. To be able to do that again on such regular basics is like returning to the past. When I was younger, my family had regular picnics at the beach and even when I was dating, the beach was like a hangout place for us. So it's really nice to be able to smell and feel the breeze again. And it's comforting to be able to enjoy it with the company of good friends. I love my girls and I pray that we will continue to walk the sandy beach and smell the sea breeze for a long time to come. And I thank God for these experiences.

My noodles

When I was still single, I remember making noodles like that all the time. It's so simple and really nice. Just oyster sauce, sesame oil and ketchup as seasoning for the noodles, a sunny-side-up, hot dog and some boiled vegetables. Fantastic lunch. I recreated that for my girls one afternoon and hmmm... they did not enjoy it as much as I did. But the important thing is they finished it up.

The girls@the beach playground

Brought the girls to the playground at pasir ris park straight after school on thursday, may 20. We had the company of two friends, joelle's schoolmate and her brother who is isabelle's schoolmate. They totally enjoyed themselves that day. Since they attend the same schools and we share the same carpark, it's really convenient to pack the kids and catch some fun together. We plan to come back to the beach again, perhaps for a picnic or to roller blade or to build a sandcastle or simply just splashing in the water.


It's been quite a while since I can relax in the company of a sincere friend. I thank God for friends like that. Someone whom I can be myself with and be either crazy or silent without worrying about being offensive. It isn't easy to find such friends at this age. We're not kids anymore and we do not have the luxury of time chatting on the phone or going out often to know each other. It's through the short meet at the carpark (we car-pool) or the occasional "10-mins" playtime after fetching them from school that we get to talk and get acquainted. And I totally appreciate that we live in the same neighbourhood. Once I was in a meeting and could not make it in time to fetch isabelle so she got issy (her son attends the same school) and brought her shopping while waiting for me to get back. That's so important now that I do not have a helper or a relative that stays within 2km from me. So I do appreciate this new friend.

Mummy's Lunch

To be honest, I'm not a fantastic cook. I dread thinking about the menu for every meal. It's like lunch and dinner everyday now during the holidays. I still keep it really simple for lunch which is usually noodles or porridge. I just discover that the girls like udon and cha soba. Yeah! I head to NTUC and lug back packets of udon and soba and the sauces. I usually have packets of seaweeds in the kitchen so I just sprinkle some over their noodles and they like it very much. Sometimes isabelle will request for porridge. Yes, she's my little oriental girl. So I will grill some slices of fish heavily marinated with italian herbs (their current favourite too) and another dish of vegetables (with luncheon meat in the picture below).


It's only the first week of june. I have another three week's worth of menu to come up with. Oh man...