Ren Ri 2012

For Ren Ri, I decided to cook the dinner on my own... Was up and about busy in the kitchen since morning:
Soup and peng cai stuff being simmer away...

For the yu sheng, I bought ready one from Giant...
Toss to a smooth year ahead and good health:
For dinner, I double-boiled fish maw with chicken soup.
And cooked my peng cai:
Din manage to do this butter scallops well... Guess I forgot the fact that scallops will give out water... the sauce was right taste but it just din thickened... =.=''''But still, it is nice to have a simple homecooked dinner during ren ri and I dun have to go squeeze with people in the restaurants... ^^

Poem Recitation

For Shichida classes this year, Lucas has to recite poem in front of his class after home practice for one month.

So here you are.. Lucas at his first recitation practice:

Annual CNY Start Work Dinner 2012

It is Daddy Sky's company culture to start work on the fifth day of the year.. And on the fifth day, they will have their annual company dinner as well...

As this is a family business, it also becomes a tradition for all of us to attend the dinner... We had the dinner at Wo Peng at Furama hotel along Eu Tong Sen Street.

The food was surprisingly good.. Check out the dishes:
Lo Hei
Roast Goose - which is pretty rare.
Deep fried fish and the fish meat was very moist.
A BIG peng cai

Bb Lewis could not go for the dinner as he was having flu... So only Lucas went with us... And he had a great appetite...

After eating, it was playing the ipad and iphone with his cousin, Yu Heng...
Funny faces... It is always very lovely to look at them..
Thanks to the second brother-in-law who helped to keep a lookout on the dinner arrangements so that Daddy Sky and Mommy Me could focus on feeding Lucas.. ^^

Exhibitions @ ArtScience Museum

Today is the 4th day of CNY and the last day before we resume our working routine from Chu Wu.. Mommy Me took 2 days of leave to accompany Daddy Sky whose company's culture is to start work only on Chu Wu...

We were to the ArtScience Museum @ MBS to view the Titanic Exhibition. Since we were there, we caught the Cartier Time Art Exhibition as well.
Paiseh, no fotos from the exhibitions as no fotos was allowed.

If you are keen in both exhibitions which will be on until April/ February respectively, check out the MBS website below:

http://www.marinabaysands.com/Singapore-Attractions/ArtScience-Museum/Whats-On/
It was realli a hot day and see, Daddy Sky could hardly keep his eyes open...
Took a shot of this gigantic shoe just before the exhibition:
Mixed feelings from the Titanic exhibition: Really in awe of the workmanship and thoughts that went into building that gigantic ship and the anger & sadness that followed when one reads how the lives were lost... Especially when this could have been avoided to some extent.

After the exhibition, we went to TWG for lunch...
Ever since I got my iphone 4s, I love to take photos of myself... lolx...
While waiting for our food to be served, Daddy Sky is busy checking his battleship forum...=.='''
Mommy Me continued with photo taking... hahaha
Can you see me in the pot??

Food was served... yum yum.. nice tea but Daddy Sky complained that it was way too light for him...
Daddy Sky had dessert while Mommy Me chose to skip that.. Never been a fan of sweet stuff anyway...
See how he enjoyed his dessert... faint..
A little nice way to get away from the boys and steal some time for our own...^^

HCP - Mustard Greens Stew

We love to eat mustard greens.. This is the kind of veg I would order if I go to a typical Teochew Restaurant.. But not everyone appreciates its taste.. lolx..

As always, I am glad that Daddy Sky shares the same taste when it comes to food...

Since for CNY, it is usually pretty difficult to get decent food at reasonable prices.. We will cook at home..

For Chu Er, I stewed mustard greens with Chigu (arrowheads) and mushrooms.. ^^
And of cos, using my Happy Call Pan...
N we polished the whole pot... slurp... yummy... I just used Swanson Chicken Stock to stew the items with no other added salt..

Day 1 of CNY 2012

It is the first day of CNY... Concerned that Lewis might be real uncomfy judging from Lucas' very first CNY's experience, Mommy Me and Daddy Sky thought through the activities for the day in advance... Made preparations for the whole day...

Check out the photos at first stop:
The boys were pretty cool and excited about the CNY... I guess as Bb Lewis is already 9th months, he seems to be pretty handling the crowd and the number of people who kept wanting to carry him..
After 3 stops, the 2 of them knocked out in the car... ^^
After the short nap, they were full of energy and up and about again...

Not a bad CNY 2012 afterall, guess all the preparations do help... ^^

迎春接福, 萬事如意 Happy Lunar New Year 2012

Wishing everyone a Happy Lunar New Year 2012... Especially hope that for this year, everything will go smooth and as planned or hoped:
As this year's CNY eve falls on a Sunday, we psycho my parents to have a reunion lunch instead of dinner.. Else usually we will have 2 rounds of dinner... lolx..

So we had our reunion lunch at Lao BeiJing @ Tiong Bahru Plaza...
It was a set lunch for 4 pax but pretty filling for us... Especially when its only lunch...

This is definitely less stressful than having 2 rounds of dinner lor.. ;p

HCP again... ^^

Will only be cooking dinner on Sat since we will be having reunion meals on Sun...

Again, using my HCP to create meals.. First up, Teriyaki Salmon..

I use a slightly thinner slice den a thick chunk.. Marinate it with sea salt and pat dry before putting them into the pan... About 3 mins on each side with the pan closed manages to seal the moisture in. Just pour in some teriyaki sauce towards the end for one minute and done... ^^
Next, was stir fried leek with mock abalone... This one is very simple too.. Just put the leek in and cover the pan for 2 minutes... Den pour in the mock abalone and cover the entire pan for about 3 minutes.. Add some hua tiao wine as finishing touch... Viola, done in less than 10 minutes..
I realli enjoy using this pan especially when it keeps the kitchen cleaner with less oil splatter.. Of course, the flip side of the coin is that you cannot see what is being cooked and have to aga aga the cooking time...

Check out Lucas' meal setting:
Yes, he eats leek too... ^^

Revamp Again - Can you believe it???!!! - Part 5

Ok, we are really finally done with the revamp... lolx...

The wall decals arrived just in the nick of time for Mommy Me to touch up the walls along the walkway...
It gave this garden feel and added colours to the boring white walls... ;p
Did a little feature kind of wall near the common toilet... Check it out:
I am so in love with these wall decals.. Brings about magical effects on the simple walls..

CNY Celebration at Eager Beavers 2012

Every year, Lucas' childcare centre will have CNY celebrations.. Nothing new this year except we were informed last minute... lolx..

So had to recycle the set from the previous year since he can still wear them... ^^
Spot the big ba lu ku on his forehead??
He said he got it from ah ma's house but ah gong said he got it from the centre.. faint....

Lewis is 9 months liao!!!

Time flies... In a blink of an eye, Bb Lewis is now 9 months old.

He is a smiley baby and never fails to make my day whenever I look at him... ^^
N of course, he is a baby who loves to be carried... Doesn't he remind you of Lucas when Lucas was a baby??

In Prep for CNY 2012

CNY 2012 is approaching fast n furious... Was it cos its the Year of Dragon?? ^^

I managed to buy new chopsticks for the house:
Do the usual formation to ensure everything will go smooth n lucky for all of us...
And of course, got new bedsheets for the beds... ^^
I am so in love with the festive... It also gives me lots of reasons to go shopping... v(^.^)

Revamp Again - Can you believe it???!!! - Part 4

Daddy Sky got excited seeing the tulips wall decals and insisted Mommy Me to get a couple for the play room and the bois' room... =.='''

Ok, I got 2 more... Thomas & Friends for the bois' room...
Finding Nemo for the playroom... ^^
But hor, the worse part is after I ordered the above.. Daddy Sky got this idea to decorate the skirting round the master bedroom.. I almost fainted... But managed to convince him to decorate the skirting of the walkway leading to the rooms...

Ok, placed order for the wall decals.. Waiting for them to arrive... ;p