Panda King

Oh gawd...I need to sleep so badly....Jayden is teething and for the past 2 days...he has been waking up every hour at night SCREAMING....apparently that's when teeth grows...fantastic...whoever made teeth grow at night has a really bad sense of humor...trust me(someone who looks like the pack leader of all pandas)...and anyone who tells me they are solitary animals will get smacked....hopefully this baby bonjela gel will help.....me

Proud Singaporean

Haha..for the first time since coming to Melbourne, I actually feel so Singaporean....there is a diaper sale going on at BIG W...huggies diapers...each box is about 10 bucks cheaper...so Thomas and I went to BIG W to check it out...wanted to go during lunch but after dilly dallying a bit, reached there about 3 something...imagine my horror when there is like only a few boxes of infant size left...my son..taking after his jumbo mum is actually wearing the crawler size now..even though he can hardly turn..let alone crawl....so of course I started whinging about not going there earlier and to my pleasant surprise..Thomas found a few boxes of crawler and toddler diaper left...being like a total kiasu Singaporean...hee hee...I bought 1 box of crawler (still have 2 boxes at home) and 2 boxes of toddler diapers knowing full well that he will only get to wear them when he is one...but so scared that there will NEVER be such a deal again..hahahahahaha....so Singaporean..so proud of my buy...

Bloody People who Scams

Just last week I received a call from this Chinese sounding girl inviting me to some event held in Sydney's Hyde Park and since I reside in Melbourne, it was hardly possible that I attend the event, which was held in the evening of that call. She asked if it was alright for me to enter my name in some lucky draw for that evening, thinking nothing of it, I gave her my name. Lo and behold, the next day, she called to tell me that I have won second prize in the lucky draw, big prize of 1,000,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to aussie 135,000 there about. So, she went about reading the "rights" to claiming the prize and asked me for my bank account number and drivers' license number. Being totally gullible, I gave it to her.

About an hour later, she called back telling me that since I am not a resident of Hong Kong and the law stipulates that anything more than $100,000 has to be taxed and so I will need to send over about $5K to claim that prize money. Thank god for Thomas, he thought something does not sound quite right so we went about checking up on the company and stuff. They, of course provided a website of the company that does not work and a check with Hyde Park confirmed his suspicions that it's all just a farce. So we told her straight up that we do not want the prize money. She even provided a phone number of the other second prize winner for us to verify that it actually happened (but that was 3 days after we asked for it and we did not bother - too fishy).
But boy, these people are very very persistent. They call every other day and whenever you tell them you are not interested or whatever, a phone call in the background could be heard. For instance, when they are telling you that you have won and there is another prize winner, she will put you on hold and pick up another call - supposedly from the other prize winner claiming to have received the money blah blah.

Like what my colleague said, there is nothing like free money and what probably is too good to be true is usually not true. Thank goodness I did not have to part with 5K to learn a lesson. So beware people who scam, the next time I won't be as nice or stupid! HMPH!

Rock Sugar Ribs

Lurve this tasty easy peasy recipe...


Ingredients:
600g of pork ribs
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp rock sugar
1 tbsp shaoxing wine
3 tbsp of white vinegar
a dash of sesame oil

1. Put all the ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil.
2. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes.
3. Remove lid, turn heat to high and stir until all the liquid has evaporated.
   

Jayden Turning!

Little baby actually turned a week ago....but every time when I want to catch him on video, he refuses to turn...so I made Thomas film him today...finally got it on film...heee....

Jayden's Second Day at Childcare

heee...i promise this will not be a weekly occurrence..me reporting on what Jayden did in childcare...but so proud of him..had 2 bottle of 120ml formula without CHOKING or kicking a big fuss..and he went to sleep right after that without the dummy...*big cheer*...guess he is one of those that does really well in childcare but refuses to be put to sleep at home......

Honey Lemon Chicken

heee..inspired by my favorite karaoke drink - lemon honey....

Ingredients:
1 kg chicken, cut into pieces
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp shaoxing wine
5 tbsp warm water
5 tbsp honey
1 tsp sesame oil
wedge of lemon
oil

1. Marinate chicken with light soy sauce and shaoxing wine for at least an hour.
2. Deep-fry chicken until golden brown and cooked. Dish and drain.
   
3. Cook water, honey and sesame oil until thick and bubbly. Put in chicken and mix well. Dish up.
4. Squeeze lemon on chicken.
   

Stew Soy Pork

My aunt used to make this dish when I was little...easy and I keep the leftover sauce in the freezer to reuse... =0)...pork belly will of course be nicer...but trying to cut back on the fat...hee

Ingredients:
300g pork fillet or pork belly, sliced
1 tbsp garlic
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
2 cups of water
oil

1. Saute garlic in oil until fragrant.
2. Add pork and fry till pork is almost cooked.
3. Add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce and sugar and fry until pork is cooked.
4. Add water and bring it to a boil.
5. Simmer until pork is tender, about an hour.
   

Jayden's 4 Month Health Check

Brought little one for his routine health check...it is always exciting to go...just to see how much he has grown...amazing how much breast milk one can produce for the little one to be a whopping 7.5kg....and 63.5cm long.... =0)....he apparently is teething, according to the nurse..but it's on the top gum...i wonder if it could be Bohn's nodule....can't find a decent picture of it on the internet to compare.....hmmmm