Mookata lunch

Che-Che doesn’t really like mookata now, so most times we will go when she’s not in town. A drive to Downtown East, where we will go most of the times now instead of Punggol, took us close to 20mins. 

Famished and glad our food came so fast as we were practically the only customers at lunch time. We almost thought the place wasn’t opened for business yet. 

I thought there were only 4 types of chilli? When did the last one came about? 

I love mine 70% mildly spicy + 30% special + lots of coriander

Trying out the ‘top trending chilli’

Using pork lard to grease the pot. This is definitely keto friendly. Mookata was what I loved too when I was on keto, I could order so many plates of pork belly and eat with my packed-from-home sambal oelek + tamari sauce

Ooh …. look at that! Dripping hot oil from the porky. Now I need to restrict fatty pork belly and chicken thigh. Once in a blue blue moon it’s nice to have a few charred belly dipped in their sauce. Ordered a oolong tea to wash away the greasiness 

All charred bits left. The ah-soh left the house but it hasn’t left my body

I was the first to finish my meal. The man was eating the last few pieces, lil’ one had lots of food in her plate coz she had been busy talking 😂. I was bored so I started scrapping and cleaning the grooves, very satisfying. And (crazily) therapeutic for me 

I tried my best. Not 100% clean but definitely is cleaner than before

After all the oil the spice the heat, nice to get a cool relief with a small cup of Mingo lychee sherbet. 

On This Day - (15th Aug) #Reminders from FB#

15th Aug 2025

Just an ordinary Friday where both girls worked from home, so it means I had to cook for both meals for them. Took the easy way out for lunch, cooked the ramen I bought back. But both wanted different ramen 😏. So troublesome!

Needed a quiet moment coz suddenly I felt so shitty and wanted to distract myself. Was craving for matcha latte, and to keep my mind busy I decided to do some lousy filming. 40mins today for what usually takes me lesser than that.

Second cup for che-che. Hmm...froth still don't look nice. So it has nothing to do with my standing position for my first video. Lousy means lousy. I need to 拜师 che-che's friend 😂

When lil' one asked "what's for dinner"? She exclaimed
"oh! Is the one must eat with chilli powder." I told her to please lower her expectations coz I can't do as nice as the restaurant. Haha!
Her meal served with hard boiled egg that I soaked in the morning + miso soup & chuka kurage.
And then just coz I passed that remark, she buay paiseh gave me her critic without me asking her, n coz I told her to lower her expectations she told me "it's not as nice as restaurant but still better than not nice.” 😂 Trying to tell me I had far more worst days in cooking than today?
She's not afraid I'll take her bowl away n let her starve?

Che-che's with raw egg n her chilli powder + miso soup

Cannot waste the egg white. Gave this to che-che

And what's my dinner? 😂

I gave them more rice than

usual that I have nothing left for self. I wanted to do a different style for self with enoki mushroom coz me on vegetarian 🥗 today, then I'm so lazy now. Ate the onions that I took out from their food. And no rice left, eat with what?

Aiyah！忙煮给她们到自己没得吃 😝

15th Aug 2024

So funny!

"She just wanted help with her bag."

"Your coverage has finished."

"I'm the worst of the best."

15th Aug 2023

Che-che can always read my mind; we have the same sense of humour.

I didn't know lil' one knew about the macaques in the compound (hubby told her when he sent her to school), so when I went over to pick her up I told her she has to hurry later when we get off from the car.

Coz she's always the last! I park car grab my things, che-che n I always have to wait for that lil' grandma to take her things and open her car door etc...

When I mentioned that, che-che cont'd we will need to run back home. All the while I didn't mention to che-che we should tease lil' one and she blended in so perfectly.

#motherndaughterareevil#

Even funnier when che-che said she will push her sister to the monkeys as a bait so we both can run back home

. I think we have harmed lil' one

psychologically #nomacaqueswereharmed#

#whoaskedhertobetheyoungest#

#subjectedtoalltheteasingfromfamily#

15th Aug 2021

It's really no joke... just cause the lil' "worse-than-pregnant-lady" girl craves for this and that. She says it and then presto it appears. #wermagicians#

2 consecutive days to the area

• Lucky she's not in

Sentosa, I won't make the trip there, and she can jolly well order Grab food herself.

#ahgirlahstoptellingmewhatyoucravefor#

#tellmewhenyourebacknotnow#

She craved for soba. Even this simple meal can make her happy.

Chilled and packed with ice-packs enroute to hotel.

For her dinner today

I'm definitely not going back there on a weekend!

Where else? Uncle wanton.

Just coz daddy says pack for her, today she had 3 ppl to make the trip down to do a food drop. So 大牌!

For today's lunch

15th Aug 2019

After the last post on the demise of my ice-cream attachment, I contemplated if I should get the attachment again. I made my choice and let's see when I will start making ice-cream.

#unboxingnewtoy#

Anyone with Kitchenaid ice-cream maker and needs a spare dasher and ring adapter? Do pm me if you want it, if not l'll junk it at the end of this month. TQ!

15th Aug 2016

And lil' one said there was some "noise" outside school area "that maybe it's JSchooling" so everyone in her class ran to the window to see. I told her he stays somewhere in Marine Parade.

Then she continued "Wah...so nice if we can see him in Parkway Parade hor?" 😄

15th Aug 2015

Grew only 9cm in coming 2yrs??

And yes, I managed to bring the height sticker chart from old home to new home.

15th Aug 2015

Thai basil minced chicken.

(ok..my portion is really small coz I'm waiting for lil' one's leftover)

Really taste different when I used thai basil instead of the sweet basil. Yay! My plant better survive long long!

15th Aug 2014

Happy Leftie to myself and Wilma Cheng!!

15th Aug 2014

Che-che was craving for Popeyes. Luckily they opened a new outlet in Kallang Wave, I didn't hv to make the trip down to Bedok Point.

Alas! Raining, so photos are dark.

Lunch then back to a crazy Friday schedule

15th Aug 2014

Interesting

15th Aug 2012  

Hahaha! Ask her to memorize Shichida poem. She did a little n then start scribbling this. 

Oh no!! Signs of my girl being a doddler

15th Aug 2012

Decorating cuppies. Relax first ......... then ready to battle tomorrow

Comment in 2018 : Simi battle? SA2? She was P4 then. Pic taken in I12. And so much has changed in there, so many shops open and close. Used to be my hangout place with lil' one, routines changed as the kids grew older. Soon, I'll be so free to paint the town red.  

Comment in 2024 : I had the earlier comment in 2018 coz initially I did the “On This Day” in 2018 too. Obviously with lesser posts and I didn’t know what would happen in 2019,2020 and so on. Isn’t it great to read back what I wrote 6 years ago. 

yah so I thought life would be more relax when the girls are older. As at this year, they are both 18 and 22. And nope! I’m not able to paint the town red. 小的时候忙、大的时候也忙着她们。

15th August 2012 

Don't think you'll ever patronize lil' girl's shop if she opens an eatery next time. Cut sausage on the table; put one on pizza; put the other one in her mouth; drop one on floor; picks up n put on her own pizza. Yeeks!

15th Aug 2012

My girl hates me, everytime she asks me "mummy, how to spell xxxx?" | asks her back and then she starts spelling and writing out for me. Then grumbles

"u nvr tell me answer one..." pouts her lips n then continue doing her work.

15th Aug 2010

Watched the Opening Ceremony, kids irritated me with the "I've seen this flag; I know this is so-and-so country flag" etc... SIN flag came out last (host country), our eyes were on TV. A few seconds later I turned to look @ Aricia, who was singing her "Mari kita..." and waving her flag, copying the lady. LOL

** in the post’s comments 

Busy laundry day!

The washing machine's getting a real workout today! 

First it was che-che’s bedsheet and protector, then Fridays are the second assigned towel day for each week. Making use of the time she’s not in SIN I decided to wash her/their stuff toys. 

I used che-che’s clean, damp towel handy by wrapping up their soft toys, popped them in a laundry bag, and threw them in the wash. 

Had to wash in three batches with this bunch of toys. All using Simply Good’s laundry sheets. Just one more - Bubbles - that I will wash when these ‘satays’ are dried.

Switched on the laundry heater. Need to make sure all are dried completely for next day’s laundry. My laundry rack is also working hard. 

Power of music

Another Friday. Does a housewife even know what day it is? I survived the heavy chores, and now I face the ironing pile. Housework has no end.

@ 2.12pm

Hubby packed dinner (I didn’t cook this whole week 🤭) so I’m free after a nice cold shower. Hid in the chilled room, away from the 32°C yet feels like 36°C heat. 

@ 4.11pm. Listening to the music and chomping down on someone’s snack. Need chocolate, need a cold ice water. Actually I feel like napping, another sleepless night. Whole day today keep taking deep breaths. I will need to start stuffing my ears with earplugs again. 

Bed Vacumn - III

开展咯! Used the new bed vacumn. 

Vacumned che-che’s bed first coz the laundry rack will not have enough space tomorrow to hang if I wash all 3 bedsheets and bed protectors. 

Not sure if it’s good sign that it’s green light the whole time I was vacumning her bed. It’s either the bed is really clean or there’s something wrong with the machine 😂.

Verdict :

1)  it doesn’t beat the mattress as hard as the previous one, or maybe the old one was wearing out? When the beating was vigorous the previous one, it was so loud on the Saturdays I have to vacumn the beds 😂. I like the new one coz my arms don’t vibrate with the machine 🤣 and I don’t get the tingling sensation on my left arm n palm (that injured arm). I have to use my strength to hold the machine down for the old one. But because I don’t hear the beating sound, psychologically I feel like Iris Ohyama didn’t do its job. 

2) because the handle is higher than the previous one, I don’t have to lean that close to the vacumn. No backache.

3) the ‘neck’ is movable so it’s less tiring for me. However it posed a challenge when I was vacumning the sides of the mattress. The ‘neck’ doesn’t lock in place so one hand has to press down on the base/plate. 

4) as the coverage is wider than my previous bed vacumn, I move lesser across the mattress. Usually I’d run the mattress thrice with the old vacumn, for this I can run the mattress twice. 

5) as for cleaning the vacumn parts, I shall check that tomorrow

A comparison between my old and new bed vacumn :

Which is better : 

Eczema : Coz of che-che’s eczema I always have to clean/dust her room more often than I clean/dust lil’ one’s room. Haha! Lil’ one will be heartpain if she knows about this. But I think I need to step up on vacumning che-che’s bed every week, everytime we change her bedsheet. I cannot follow my monthly schedule. Infact, ideally need to change her bedsheet twice a week. But she’ll complain lor … coz I only helped to change bedsheet & bed protector once for her - the time we moved in 🤣. She’s been doing it herself all these years coz it’s a struggle to handle her bed myself with no space to move the mattress out.

On This Day - (14th Aug) #Reminders from FB#

14th Aug 2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLr8BgJhGIR/igsh=ZGVucjhjeHozenpl

Good idea! Maybe see if tmrw can sneak some time in gym, I shall try this. Provided no one else is inside.

14th Aug 2025

Bought yellow rose from CS to add to the vase, now it looks a little better. But I seriously need to attend a floral arrangement class，花好看可是我一摆就变难看

Argh! I accidentally broke one 😭. Cannot waste this $2.875

14th Aug 2025

I looked at myself in the mirror after washing the car, scrubbing the floor mats. So hot 🥵 but got nice nice natural blusher (doesn't look nice in the photo), I have no makeup now and look better than when I wake up in the morning. 😂

I'm still in my exercise wear so pardon for the

sloppiness. 可是看这个照片好像是..

14th Aug 2024

* added to my album : 13th Aug - Impressions of Monet

* with Che-che

Woah! I love this!

All my 3 loves in one place - paintings (trying to act cultured), flowers and classical music

If only I have that many flowers in my balcony. But it means I need to do lots of gardening. #iamsimplylazy# #ineedamagicwand# I want to buy flowers now .....

For some reason I have no idea why I like these colours.

Maybe it's the contrast between dark and light?

I've never heard of Camille Pissarro but apparently the street pic is painted by him 😅

Something that came to my mind, I may be wrong, so if any experts can enlighten me. Coz this painting somehow reminds me of Starry Night so was Vincent Van Gogh inspired by Camille Pissarro? Van Gogh's paintings were dull colours before. Wait! Who drew what first? Or maybe it's just a coincidence of blue and yellow.

Pardon me for humming to the tune

Music by Tchaikovsky, Debussy (I think coz .... I always can't rmbr the classical pieces but got Debussy style lah!), Ravel and etc... Don't ask me titles except for the Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake piece (coz I kena forced to watch ballet performance by lil' one)

The water lilies are so cute.

Some Monet paintings seen in MET recently. I saw some of his paintings in other museums, maybe in London or in Paris or in Amsterdam or in LA? I really can't remember.

Renoir - name sounds familiar. I may or may not have seen his paintings before.

Paul Cezanne - I definitely saw his works somewhere but just can't rmbr where.

14th Aug 2021 (Sat) 

Daily video call.

Kindda regret getting her Starbucks so late.

(Normally she can't drink coffee from afternoon onwards)

She's still full of energy 🦉 as I was talking to her n she didn't want to end phonecall. And I'm so sleepy…....🥱

She was colouring before I called.

She's really enjoying this, asked me to get her more colouring books

Showing me the next pic she's colouring

Showed me what she has coloured so far

My care pack for her today ... 3 treats + pics of her stuff toys & a card for her. It was suppose to be a bigger pack but seeing how many food n snacks she has received on a daily basis, I don't think I want to add it any more.

Should you, the readers, go into QO one day. My advice for you is to pack a half empty suitcase.🤣

"I know I should have brought Gelatoni along with me, so you cannot bully Gelatoni."

Our message after she has opened the care pack I gave her.

Muahaha! Easy mah...just take things from home since it's there. I didn't know it's hers to begin with!

Packing the cookies aunty wilma gave into the fridge

"I think I shall pack my things tomorrow."

Two things less for me to nag at her - Procrastination and untidiness. Actually see her room still ok, bed duvet is pulled properly after she gets up. Things are placed at where they should be n stacked properly.

14th Aug 2021

Early afternoon task

Picked up goodies from girlfriend, N.

Can't bear to destroy the nice packaging.

Wah....Nette, you tie the knots so tight! 😂

Parked the car and portioned out abit for lil' one. since she's holidaying somewhere, brought it to her instead.

A teeny weeny bit of beef lasagne, a bigger portion of cheese macaroni.

Smells yummy. I clean 😋 the cheese off the knife and

finger! Smells really good

And a really small piece of dark chocolate cake.

OMG! I almost forgot and wanted to lick the chocolate from my finger! Smells really good.

Then bought Starbucks for her. Ehh.... I hope she can sleep tonight.

Since I bribed her with her aunty N’s bakes n Starbucks, I think she wouldn't mind this homework pack right? Her evil mother never lets her off.

All ready to be delivered to her

Her homework!!

Haha! Let her do some colouring, definitely needs to relax off screen at some point right?

我是佩奇 （snort）

这是我的弟弟乔治（snort）这是我的妈妈（snort）

这是我的爸爸 （snort）

Reminds me of what she did in Shanghai.... 🤣

14th Aug 2021

She's shocked to receive this from Aunty W. "all look so tasty", she said.

She has one small stomach, one BIG happy heart.

Thank you W for the sweet message. Thank you once again for your kind thoughts.

14th Aug 2021

Why my ah-girl like pregnant lady like that? Got so many cravings? I didn't have that much cravings last time. 

14th Aug 2020

The reason why any diet plans that I go thru always fails ... so now I have no intention of any dieting 😜 Our supposed quick-quick-chop chop trip to Orchard saw us making a few stops along the way, gave in to temptations.

My fav lychee rose cake from Wonderland Savour

Che-che's bubble gum. Didn't have what she wanted so she packed 2 other desserts which she has never tried.

And we can't miss out packing the nottie girl's fav lava cake for her

14th Aug 2020

I never knew I would say this - I do miss putting on lipstick.🤣

Never had lipstick on since masking up days started.

I mean, I usually don't really put on make up. As l usually run out of the house after I shower, to pick girl/s from school. Then I'll put my 💄 in the car when 🚦turns red somewhere. But somehow I do miss it. 💋

14th Aug 2020

Time alone with the big girl after collecting her retainer.

#outtodayandstayhomefewdaysafter#

#fewplacestogoinaday#

#checkincheckoutremovepageandrepeat#

Something different this time, no Japanese please, so we went to Hans Im Glück. Pity dun hv her fav sausage.

(Immediately reminded myself she was quite unhappy in Germany when she saw so many food but had to take a long time to eat coz just had her braces on then)

Had a naked vegetarian "burger" myself. Not bad. We're given a set of varied sauces, and .....omg! the moment I dipped the fries in the sauce I'm brought back to the Xmas market in Germany. The smell! I miss 🇩🇪 Germany!

Went in BBWorks and gave her permission to buy her candles. It's like ritual, every year in Dec just days before our vacation, she'll be in that relax mode and start burning candles in her room. Then her 'pet' sister will sleep with her in her bedroom in that inflatable chair.

This tagline - find your getaway at home - caught my attention and I told her she'll probably need to get more candles this year coz we can't go US 🇺🇸 anymore.

And we can probably stock up on items since we won't be able to lug back some items. It's like we're making up for our lost trip. So we walked around the shop and it's so disappointing - they don't carry the fragrance that we're looking for here! Think another fragrance from the aromatherapy section is also not available here. Sigh.... how to rekindle the lost trip?

14th Aug 2019

Finally took the courage to get hydrangeas.

Colourful bouquet this time.

Brightening up my mid-week. Okay, zor-gang liao, time to start cleaning up house.

Flowers so nice, arrangement badly done, kitchen behind is messy 🤣

14th Aug 2017

It is with great sadness my mother-in-law left us this morning

14th Aug 2016

Chilli padi cannot eat her own kind. Haha!

Exaggerated expression just from eating Mee Rebus.

14th Aug 2013

So blardy exhausted! Add one ballet class, busy 2 days.

Bumped into a friend while running errands (in a rush) with a short time of less than 20mins, who envies me for being a SAHM. Say so relaxing and good to be one. OMG!! I almost wanted to screw her upside down. Good thing, she's not in FB.

14th Aug 2011

Selling Aricia's flashcards. They are home-made (sleepless nights), some purchased from online source. Amt spent on purchases = $250. My handmade ones are priceless. Now selling off for $150.

But have to come to my place to collect. Pass message around to your friends. Will hold for one week before I put up online to sell off.

Thanks!