On This Day - (29th Nov) #Reminders from FB#

29th Nov 2022

Che-che came into the house and told me "mummy the sky is very clear tonight"

She's learnt to look up into the sky all the time, thanks to mummy 👍

So I went out about 3mins later. Cloud cover smacked right infront of me 😂

Just 3 days ago I took the same photo with lots of stars.

At least this is much better.

29th Nov 2022

Superbly lucky she got dragged out of house coz nobody else at home. No choice! I usually can't run my errands properly if she's with me.

Lunch first before I run my errands or maybe not 😜

"Quick faster... I'm very hungry. Are you done?"

Sleepy head so ordered a kopi for her

29th Nov 2022

My lil' one

29th Nov 2021

When I'm craving for something. This is easy, really easy.

#lazytomoveatall#

Got my chocolates. Will top up more soon. Yay!

Checked! I have everything tho I don't think my eggs are cage-free. Infact I have more of everything BUT I'm just so lazy today. Tired 😴 

Or maybe I should just eat the choco chips from the bag? 😬

So gila me... said I don't feel like moving a bit with the brownie but I decided to do something even more

"hardworking" than brownie. So 矛盾.

Impatient me couldn't wait for butter to soften so threw everything in. I'm suffering in the end coz gotta deal with the butter trapped inside the whisk 🤣 #bakesformeonly#

29th Nov 2021

That's how I spent my afternoon, doing just this little bit of baking..

#myrelaxation# #withmusic#

So I finally got down to my first keto bake.

I opened my Silpat mats and OMG! it's that small!! I'm sure I did my measurement, I thought it'll be small but never expected that small!

Used the laptop for music instead of looking at bakes and then tempted to eat this n that. How nice to have French cafe music playing in the background, makes me want to # to Paris and eat all the desserts (and heck keto then. whack first n face the repercussions later) #lilychocolatechips# #usedmorethanwhatisrequired# #willbuymorechoc#

Oops! Put too close for first tray. And using Silpat mat for the first time, I thought maybe I should stick back to my baking papers? Can put more? And does Silpat affect bakes in any way?

Bottom pic: 2nd tray - cookies spaced out and last one for the day.

Nice. It's crispy, just like my another non-keto choc chip cookie which sister likes, but taste wise slightly different coz of sweetener. At least it's something I can eat

I have to keep the remaining in the freezer as I won't be able to finish them in time if I baked all.

I've never kept any dough before so let's see how these bakes would be like in 2 month's time - maybe can bake for my CNY 🤣. But I think the cookies will hold shape better.

#experimental#

All packed.

\hope I'll remember I have these in the freezer 🤣

29th Nov 2016

Day of purging and more purging

Feeling hungry after she puked.

Really! She did puke after 2 rides, one on Cyclon, one on Mummy. Sigh…

Footnote written in 2021 : That's my girl... wonder who she takes after? Definitely not me.

Ernie : Her hair taste nice

She'll be "stunned like vegetables" later

29th Nov 2016

Would this have worked on lil' one?? She was a crybaby.

29th Nov 2015

Star Wars invaded Shanghai.

Girls "must have meal" everytime we're here.

29th Nov 2015

Yay! Access to FB, not lost somewhere... So it means I can get into youtube n blogger too!! Triple yay!

29th Nov 2014

Shanghai 

29th Nov 2013

Enroute to Salamanca

29th Nov 2013

* is at Vincci Ciudad de Salamanca.

29th Nov 2011

The kiddos with their 作品

29th Nov 2010

Aricia went to the piano earlier on, stood there ... and started playing a few notes of Athena's song. KZ and me turned & looked at one another in amazement, for a moment we thought we were hearing things... amazing!

Okay, Aricia. So now do your left hand & you're on your way to Juilliard. (kidding)

Last day of school

It’s (un)officially the last day of school for her. By right usually the students didn’t have to go back to school after their exams but their class were made to go back. Her last paper was last Wed - 22nd. Teacher still made them return to school for the next 5 days doing nothing. Hmm..

School holiday should start on 11th Dec (yup pretty late) , so now she has additional week off + 2 days. Still, we couldn’t leave the country! If we had known, could have booked a holiday to somewhere nearby first. 

And this girl ended school at 4pm instead of 5pm, while I was in the midst of preparing dinner. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Just coz teacher needed to release the rest of the class for one student to sit for her paper (absent the week before with MC)

I’m so glad I do have to do send her to and fro school. A big yay! 

Y1 T4 - Home cooked lunch - Part II

Week 5 : 31st Oct (Tue)

It’s 🎃 Halloween!! No themed bento coz I want to go back to sleep after preparing her lunch. 

It’s her requested teriyaki chicken. This is so easy peasy coz it’s convenience food 

Cooked Japanese rice today and with Ms Thermie all I need is 15mins. So while cooking rice, I poured hot water to pre-heat the food containers and heat up the thawed teriyaki chicken. No mess! 

Just nice new version is in so updated Ms Thermie.

All packed and ready. I need to find something to keep the food even warmer. Time to do some online shopping! 

2nd Nov (Thu)

Had some leftover marinated pork from the steamed tofu so decided to cook porridge for her instead. I will just pack mom’s lunch and go over immediately so I don’t waste any time. I needed to drop by Kinokuniya before picking lil’ one up from school. 

A trick I learnt from mom is to have the rice soaked the night before so that it’ll cook faster the next day. In this pot are grinded rice, I grinded some Thai and Japanese rice and packed them into a ziploc bag so I can use it whenever I want to cook porridge. 

Her “mummy’s egg porridge is nicer than yours” 😂

Always the easiest and I know this will be piping hot when lunch time rolls in. Bon Appetit.

Week 6 : 7th Nov (Tue) 

Prepared the 味付け玉子 the night before and next morning just did a small batch of basil chicken without the 🌶️ and 🌿 

Lil' one was screaming at home ''I dowan the egg. I only want the chicken.'' Guess what? She loved the egg! Love the marinade. Sometimes this dummy mummy is so proud of herself. Sometimes I nail the cooking; some days I don't. Haha! 

Tips : Boiled egg is a good standby option for food prep. Onsen eggs can be kept refrigerated for 1-2 days. Hard boiled eggs can be kept refrigerated for a week 

9th Nov (Thu)

Didn't know what to cook for her so chose the lazy way out for self - pack food. Actually it's not really the easy way out. I have to pack for her and mom after my class ends at 11am (but I usually pre-order and pay first, collect at stipulated time), and then go over to her school and wait for her phonecall before I drive in. Sometimes the teacher can dismiss them at 11.30am, or 11.45am or on the dot at 12pm for their lunch. This lifestyle sucks! And I'm suppose to be doing this for another 2 more years?? And poly after? Eeeeee..... I dowan, I old lady by then already I want to do my own things. 

14th Nov (Tue)

Sigh.... my girl like going army like that 🤣 carry so many things. She wanted to give her former FT a cake for her birthday thus was carrying two insulated bags

16th Nov (Thu)

Had some leftover rice from last night’s dinner, so took the opportunity to prepare fried rice for today’s packed lunch. 

Great! So I can now stay in OTH after class and go for a nice massage. I didn’t have to go over Tampines as mom is in TP. 

21st Nov (Tue)

Was informed that she will probably end later than her friends for her paper, so she only has  half hour of lunchtime. Asked her to bring a bread with her instead. 

22nd Nov (Wed)

Some leftover + teriyaki chicken. I haven’t been able to get hold of chicken fillet to do her Tori-Q chicken

Hmm….maybe I should consider frying her pork sukiyaki in bulk then portion it for re-heating? 

23rd Nov (Thu)

Packed her noodles from OTH

28th Nov (Tue) 

Instructed her to go outside for lunch with her friends and will not prepare her lunch. 

This sums up the meals for this year this term, till next year I will resume.