Need Some Por-Lor-Yeep for the Car!!

Had cooking duty at S2's class yesterday...so had to be in school by 1 pm... On the way there, at a roundabout, my driver was turning left and a motorcylist was cutting out to the right. I saw the fella come bashing into my side of the door! BANG! And then fall onto the road. Aiya..of course, my driver had to stop and go check on the motorcyclist lah.. Helped her (yes, it was a HER) to the curb and then gave him his driver's license to proof that he would be back later ..as he had to send me to the school first. Think she broke her arm or something like that.. My driver paid her about USD 27/-! Yup! So little... locals deal with locals ma... and there were witnesses that she was at fault. (YES! It's her fault... She like "hamm thau mai cheong" leh) If the accident is reported to the police, then my driver would be at fault, REGARDLESS...cause CAR always at fault if accident is between car and motorcycle! Well, if driver is foreigner..sure ketuk like no tomorrow liow.. like my case where they want to cheat our money kau-kau.

Anyway, later when my driver picked me up from school, he said something like wanting to wash the car with some herbs as this car seems to be attracting alot of accidents!!! Yeap.. My accident lah; a near-miss on a motorcyclist when H was driving; a hit on another motorcyclist (while driver driving); and this recent hit. No lah. He didn't say Por-Lor-Yeep lah.. I don't know what. So, was telling him to GO...GO...GO... get whatever to "cleanse" the car!!!

But then ar...the motorcyclist in this country..all ride like madman one... without a care for their own lives!!! Kena langgar, who is the one gonna die ar??

BTW, made mini-pizzas for S2's Cooking Session... Was very well-received by the kids!!

Chiang Kai Shek tio-ah-neh-lor

Chiang Kai Shek tio-ah-neh-lor... My dad used to say this whenever we have fairly good food on the dinner table. For the longest of time, I always thought it meant that Chiang Kai Shek ate simply. Only after I've read about Chiang Kai Shek and the Soong Sisters that I found out that they were very very extravagant! So, this phrase actually meant that we are eating as well as Chiang Kai Shek! (Bet you didn't know that, V!!)

For dinner last night, did have a Chiang Kai Shek tio-ah-neh-lor meal as I hardly cooked these days... and I cooked yesterday... Made a Claypot Braised Chicken with Yam (yam that I bought to make yam cake..yes! Did make the yam cake but there was too much yam still), Drunken Prawns, Dover Sole with Soya Sauce, Fried Beef with Brocolli and Oyster Sauce, Fried Poling Choy, and Salted Veg Soup. And for dessert, we had a yummy Thai durian. (No pictures lah... Sooo hungry. Never thought to take pictures!) I have to say that we have NEVER eaten any Thai durians when we were living in Thailand...always had the impression that Thai durians are NO good and that Malaysian ones better etc.. But Thai durians can be GOOD !!!

TAG - My fansee...who are you???

This tag is from Laundryamah .... My fliend from 1984... Wah... 23 1/2 years liow... I know she's going to kill me for this....I have a photo of Amah in her school uniform sitting so "chou-lou"....with her kaki kangkang..shorts definitely can see... Underwear also peeping out!!

Okay! Okay! Back to the tag.. Aiyo.. I where got fansee? Maybe if I post a picture of my little butterfly tattoo, then got loads of fansee lah!!! YeS! Me is a HOT MAMA!!! Kekeke...Fansee of the wrong sort!! Hahaha..
Seriously, where got fans? Mainly sisters, relatives, friends that want to see what I have been up to in this third world country... whether H tortured me to death already, or whether I have driven my kids gila or vice versa!
Geographical location of my readers? Just my sisters already 3 different continents liow.. Australia, Europe and Asia.... Good friends in the States, Down Under and of course Malaysia...

Tagging Others? Most of the bloggers I know already done the tag or has been tagged already. So, no need lah...

Marriage Similarities!!

Just like us, animals also go through the love/hate relationship in Marriage!


This pair of birds are obviously very much in love, and definitely still in their HONEYMOON stage!!!

As for the King of the Jungle, a few years of marriage has passed....The Missus is obviously giving him the cold shoulder...

Their convo probably went like this:

Lion King - Still angry at me for last night?

Missus - *Hmff*

Lion King - When are you going to start talking to me?

Missus - *Hmff*

HAHAHAHHA...cheap thrill ..btw, the picture of the lions is kinda blurred because I took it through the car window... Don't want Lion King to come bite us to please the missus...

Our Safari Park Outing...

H and I brought the boys to the Safari Park yesterday (Friday). The drive was about an hour and a half; and as usual, the boys played their gameboys to pass the time. S1 played quietly in the third row seat. S2 who was sitting next to me, was talking to himself ALL the way while playing his GB... H sat in the front passenger seat.

We bought some carrot bunches (to feed the animals. Well, not supposed to..but EVERYBODY does it!!) from the road stalls outside the park. USD 1 for 4 bunches! As we were entering the park, the comments started.

H - Huh? You mean we are going to look at animals? blah blah blah..
S1/S2 - Yeah..we don't like animals. We don't wanna feed animals. They are smelly..blah blah blah.

I was starting to get mad and actually screamed "Aiya. Next time just stay at home and watch DVD until your eyes pop out lah!! No need to go anywhere lah. Save all the money. No need to go Sea World lah.. "..

S1 - I like SEA animals, but not land animals..
H - Yeah. See animals for what???....*complains* .... blah blah blah...

Me getting VERY VERY GERAM! So, nobody wanted to feed the animals. So, I feed lah... but once I was doing it, and the boys also want to have a go at it. Once they started, they thoroughly enjoyed it. And started fighting over the carrots.. "you take all, don't have enough for me already!!" ...See lah..these people!!

There were also bears, tigers, lions etc. But of course we did NOT feed them. Skali, we become their food!

After the safari area, we went to the theme park to meet up with S2's friend. The park has rides and scheduled shows. Boys sat on some rides (not all as need to pay for each ride. The cable car was quite a rip-off as we had to pay USD 12 for the 4 of us). S1 being older, went on a mini roller coaster and space-shuttle (something like "Viking").. and thus went on more rides than S2. You guessed it..there was a "NOT FAIR! Kor kor get on more rides than me!". *sigh* So, had to let him go on some rides without S1. S1 was very good to NOT go on those rides, so that the ride-tally would be equal. *sigh*

We didn't watch any of the animal shows (Big Cats, Sea Lion, Elephant, Variety Show)...but did catch the Wild Wild West Stunt Show at 1.00 PM. Have to say that it was quite good. With the regular water splashes, gun shots with blood spewing, fires and explosions, falling buildings and some trained animals. The only thing was that boys couldn't understand the language! By the time the show ended at about 1.45 pm, it was getting kinda chilly and the skies were turning dark. We decided to go home then (on the way back, bought some yams to make yam cake...)

Butts Galore!!!

Animal Photos - Everybody sure have seen until donwan to see. What about animal butts???

Hee hee..H said "Men's butts. Women's butts. People wanna see. But, who on earth wants to see animals' butts??? ...cheap thrill for me lah...(Took boys to safari park yesterday..more about that in a later post)

Alamak! Wrong Account!

Aiya... I thought I was gonna start today's post with a jubilant "I have been paid my first $5!" But instead.... *sigh* Bodoh me lah! Input wrong email address wor.. So, the money gone into somebody else's account, I guessed. I've emailed to PPP to tell them about the type on my email add. Don't now if the error can be rectified or not....duh-duh lah..

Fabulous Places 2007!

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Deep Vein Thrombosis

Just got a news clipping via email today.
The New Paper headlines shout
"Dead After 8 Hours on Laptop"!

Apparently, this Singaporean Girl was working non-stop on her computer that she developed Deep Vein Thrombosis! So scary yeah? I almost wanted to say "I should stop blogging for $"..but then I thought "aiya, with my boys around, I definitely will not be stationary in front of the computer for 8 hours lah...not even half that amount lah..."

Real Estate Management Software

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As an expat in a foreign country, we live in a rented house. Recently, I found out that our landlord owns about a hundred houses. Mind you, these houses are not the teeny-weeny ones. They all consists of a minimum of 4 bedroom + 1 study + maids' quarters and swimming pools. How does he manage so many houses? And with them located at different sites around the city? Although he does have a small company that manages the leases, plans the maintenance and renovation works, I am sure that he uses a Real Estate Management Software to do the long list of tasks that are required, and to keep tab on them. I am sure he does! As he would require the necessary productivity and cost savings to manage his real estate efficiently and profitably! Could it be the software that's offered by Siterra.com?

LHDN

I just hopped from Laundryamah's blog on Tax Deadline !! Sei-ler! Sei-ler! Haven't filed ours to LHDN yet. Shucks! H did get his Borang B that was sent to mom's place BUT I didn't get mine. H definitely don't have to pay any tax since he didn't work in Malaysia for the whole of 2006. But as for me, I did work till July 2006 wor... *SiGH* Summore don't have the Borang B....How to file like that?? What to courier balik to Kuala Lumpur also susah...

HOW LIKE THAT??

ET Phone Home....

Why? Why? Why wasn't I smart enough to have an emergency phone card on-hand when we travelled to Greece last month? As you recall, our mobile phone could not roam as it should have; and the Greek SIM Card that we bought were also mega-problematic (My Trip to Greece for details). No one told me about the virtual International calling card service provided by Pingo.com then. I've just checked the call rates from Greece to my home, and it costs only 13.5 cents per minute! Best of all, just by signing up for Pingo, you receive up to 4 hours of free International calls. If I had known of this deal, it would have saved us some Euros, and avoided the short "Hello? Everything okay at home? Ok. Good. Bye" convo with my mom.

So, the next time I travel abroad, will have to remember to get an International Calling Card!!!!!

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FRAMED Sketches for the Wall...

I've got those Angkor Wat Sketches framed and hung. Bare wall looks better now, yeah? But I think the sketches are wee bit too small.... But too late already lah..
Cannot remember how my sketches look like? Here are the Links:
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Anybody want to buy? LELONG! LELONG! Hahahah....

New Movie Release - BUG

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WE are a family of movie buffs.... S1 can name most movies and their actors. We were just talking in the car this evening, and he was telling us "who is who in that show" and when we queried, he said "I read the movie credits too!". Sorry to say, even I don't do that.

But I guessed it's also due to our weekly weekend family ritual. We go to the movies almost every weekend. We wake up, and dash to the mall to get a good space in the carpark (we have to worry about car parking on these days as the driver is off on Sundays!), queue forever for our tickets, and then load ourselves with those butter-laden popcorn, cheesy nachos and soda. And then it's 2 hours of zombie-like entertainment where we get sucked into the fantasy world of the movies......

There's a new bug movie by Lionsgate Film called BUG, starring Ashley Judd that will be released on the 25th of this month. I've watched the trailer on Youtube, and the storyline is that bugs get into the skin and starts destroying the brain! With the tag line of "First They Send in their Drone, Then They Find their Queen"; I guessed Ashley Judd would later be the BUG QUEEN?? It's sounds gross and at the same time interesting.....something my boys will definitely like! By the way, is it PG-rated?

This poster gives the impression that Ashley Judd would become the "Queen of the Bugs". The black and white photo and the jagged edges on the bug's head somehow looks like a "crown" over Ashley's head.

Whereas, this one depicts Ashley subtly "morphing" into a different person. I guessed emotionally, she would feel a world of difference if she is turning into a bug!!!! Who wouldn't??

Can't wait to watch this bug movie at the cinema!

3Cs...

No lah..Not Car, Condo and Career lah.. It's CREAMY CURRY CHICKEN! Hee hee..

Just made this curry chicken for the Ladies' Coffee Morning/Luncheon that I will be attending today. Supposed to cook this the moment the boys left for school, but was busy putting in a post for PPP and didn't get to it until an hour later. H came down expecting to curi some curry chicken before he leaves for work, but was greeted by the sight of little 'ole me on the sofa typing away... Hahaha...hehehe $10 wor...

Anyway, didn't realise the pre-pounded stuff (chillies, turmeric, onions etc etc) that I bought from the supermarket had salt in them.. WAAAAAH.. Soooo "kiam" man the curry, even for such "ciak kiam chee" like me. Had to scoop out some of the curry sauce out and add water for dilution. Soooo ma-fan, and had to blend some additional shallots to add-in to thicken the sauce...

Hopefully, the ladies will not get "patt tor tia" (tummy ache lah)...

P/S "ciak kiam chee".. no good translation wor.. basically means "eat salty salty stuff"...

HDTV Tuesdays!

Hello there!! Not only Tuesdays are Coney Dog Days...It's also HDTV Tuesday!!! WOO-HOOOOO! And it is for the entire month of MAY!!!

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Kids Discussing about Sex???

Yeap! Unfortunately, they do at this age..i.e 9/10 years old! I've heard loads of stuff from the boys..mainly from S1 lah. Recent stuff that I heard:

• S has broken up with L because he wants to have sex with his best friend
• C says his father is sick because he likes to suck his mommy's butt
• T is very excited to watch the Sex Education video in Year 6

My S1 is still blur-blur lah... although he knows about "how a baby is made"..he actually asked me when he was about 5 and was happy with the answer of "sperm from daddy meets the egg from mommy"...and then he turned 6... and he was asking more. I would answer with a " Aiya... told you many times already...sperm from daddy meets the egg in mommy". My smart alec would say " I know. I know. BUT how the the sperm from daddy get to the egg in mommy???"... So of course, I bo-huat have to explain explicitly lah... which he took it quite well then.

So, when S1 came back with loads of talk about "sex" and "gays" etc, I felt that I had to explain a little bit more about how things works.....about sexual abuse, "erection" but I said "chiow-chiow get hard", etc etc. Of course I told him to keep it to himself and not share with his brother nor his friends, as some parents may not want their kids to know about these stuff so soon... But I prefer that he gets the information from me than from the internet !!! (My S2 even said "can type SEX into google and find everything about SEX!!!! Sei-mou?? They just know the word but don't really know what it really means... ) Told him that he could always come and ask me about things... and the great thing was, he said "Yeah! Sure I will talk to you. I can talk to you about anything one!"...which is mighty good... Just hopefully, he doesn't change his mind about this and decide that "talking to mom is UNCOOL"....

Learning to be a parent of a TWEEEEN....

Holiday Getaway...

Boy! Don't I love to travel!!! I would love to get-away every month, if I could! Especially so now, living in a traffic congested city of more than nine million. Travelling does rejuvenate the body and mind! Hey...actually, I have been somewhat travelling every month this year. In January, I was in Bangkok with my five girlfriends, in February to Bali with the boys, and March/April to Greece with H. It's mid-May now, and I am due for a trip out of the country!!??!! Heehee....

Actually, seriously... H did offer to babysit the boys during their mid-term break while I fly off to Singapore for a few days, for shopping and visiting family. I did check out the airfares online on the Hotel Reservations travel site. They had a few good deals from multiple airlines. I think that's a key advantage - able to compare prices of different airlines on the same site. The site is also good for hotels, car rental, vacation rentals etc.

I also did a check on the hotel rates for Bali, Bangkok and Athens (since I have recently travelled there), and I have to comment that the room rates at this Hotel Reservations site are rather competitive too, with offerings from a wide range of hotels that would cater to all budgets. They are also offering great discounts on some of the hotels.

The worldwide Vacation Rentals that are on offer at this site are of great interest if travelling with the kids. I particularly like those two-bedroom units with fully equipped kitchen c/w washer dryer. This way, when the boys wake up, they can entertain themselves in the living area without disturbing my slumber! Those kitchens are great for cooking those yummy prepared meals that are purchased off the supermarket shelf... And of course, with two boys, the washer/dryer is mighty handy!!!

Oh..coming back to my trip to Singapore, have decided that I would stay put and be a good wife and mommy...since H will also be on vacation! But I definitely will be travelling out of the country in the SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!! And will surely check out the offers on HotelReservations.com


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What a RELIEF!!!! It's not Diabetes...

I have been dreading and delaying my visit to the doctor for my "thai kor kar" (Gosh! Think I have like 3 or 4 previous posts about my "rotten" foot and still see no ending yet)... I was afraid that the doctor might tell me "Sorry..you've got diabetes". AIYO!! Greatest nightmare! Like that, what also cannot eat. Kway teow cannot eat, yellow mee cannot eat, normal white rice cannot eat, and of course cakes and ice-cream and chocolates all cannot eat... Why diabetes? Cause diabetics usually have bad circulation in the extremities, i.e feet and wounds cannot heal blah blah blah..thus amputations in many cases....

Anyway, this morning..had to ngeh-ngeh-lai drag myself to the local SOS Clinic to have it looked at..as my right foot has been "awakening" me in the middle of the night with bad bad bad itches and even pain yesterday. Doc was a bit concerened that my right heel was like ROCK hard and discussions led to grandmother diabetic and mother having high sugar levels but not yet diabetic blah blah blah.. So, there, had a finger prick to check my fasting glucose levels... The result was 101 mg/dL which is way below the fasting level of 140 mg/dL.... So GOOOOOOOD News! But still must look after diet because of the possibility of hereditary diabetes...

So, am put on anti-histamine medication for night time and some Nerisona Fatty Ointment... Hopefully will clear up within two weeks...

Mother's Day

Of course I didn't get any flowers from H! When I asked him about them, he said "you are not my mother!". Somehow, he feels that Mother's Day is for his mother and not his wife. Tried to explain that I am the mother of his kids..but still cannot get into his head wor. Anyway, I almost wanted to go out and buy flowers for myself!! Heee Hee Hee.. H was like "go lah".. I would have gone if the sky didn't look scary...that it was gonna pour cats and dogs!

Anyway, this morning...S1 came in and wanted to wake me up. H stopped them. When I woke up, I found out that he made me a cup of coffee and fried eggs (okay..actually, he asked the maid to make the eggs) to be served "in-bed" but as I was still ZZZZ like a piggy, H asked the boys to finished up the eggs. When I woke up, S1 brought the same cup of coffee which was of course MEGA cold and couldn't be drunk. Oh well, it's the thought that counts!!

What celebration? Nothing ler.. We went out to Longbeach Seafood Restaurant (Singapore Chain) for lunch.. We were quite cautious and didn't order too much of the crabs as the waitress said it was local crab and we've had so many NO FLESH local crabs. But turned out that they were really fleshy and quite yummy too. We had Chilli Crab with Fried Mantou, Yutiow with Squid Paste, Sotong Balls, Fried Rice with Little Fishes and Steamed Bamboo Clams. Vellly GOOOOD!! Yum Yum... Got standard lah. No need to go to Singapore to stuff ourselves liow.