今日煮乜餸？

每个星期天的早上，老公都会陪我到巴杀买菜，我们一买就买一星期的菜，所以如果没有大只佬帮忙我扛菜是十分辛苦的。

我们几乎每个星期买的东西都是大同小异的，因为kakak会煮的菜肴有限，所以买来买去都是重复的，也就是说，每星期都吃差不多同样的菜肴。

每星期重复吃的菜单：-

肉汤有：莲藕、老黄瓜、西洋菜、ABC、（咸菜、榨菜 - 这两款少做了，因为腌制菜对身体不好）、粉葛和淮山。

有时会滚菜汤：苋菜或一种深绿色的菜叶，（茎上有很多刺的哪个）忘了叫什么菜名，今天才用它来滚鸡蛋、瘦肉、猪肝汤。

青菜：通常是看菜市场那些菜看起来比较新鲜就买那些，假如早点到巴杀的话，我会去光顾那档卖自己种的菜档，通常十点之前，所有的菜都被卖光了。（煮法：多用清炒的。）

一菜一汤外，还会多一味：如鱼、虾、豆腐、茄子、炸鸡、鸡肉（最近这两个星期没有买过鸡肉，因为我的大只佬咳嗽好几个星期都还没好）、。。。还有什么？？？。。。好像是这么多了。。。so limited。 哦， 有时还有罐头“顶档”！ 幸好我的大只佬不是很口叼的人，只要有一碗汤，他就能吃两大碗饭了。

有些东西我是不会买的，比如啦啦、田鸡、螃蟹、鱿鱼、墨鱼、南瓜、。。。还有很多，数不尽。其实我的两个瘦丫头很爱吃啦啦，但是kakak又不会煮，所以从来没有买过。

但是经过那天煮圣诞午餐的经验，今天我局然有勇气把啦啦买回家，因为我知道我一定能够找到烹煮的方法的。Kakak 见我买了他不会煮的东西就来问我怎么煮，我说你先把它洗净，浸在水里。待会儿我煮，我看kakak一定以为我很会煮，(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……

话没说完，我就赶快上网找师傅了。。。

我的综合菜单如下：

材料: 蒜米茸、姜丝、小辣椒（只放两个，因为丫头怕辣）、番茄、大半杯水、啦啦、少许盐和少许糖+九层塔（我家门前种的）。

成果是：不是好吃，是超好吃！

我已经吩咐kakak把做法写下，下次就是他煮给我吃了！

一家人过圣诞！

之前在商场拍下的圣诞气氛

今年的圣诞节，我们在家里过。

天还没亮，脑子里就安排着今天该煮些什么给家人们吃。（这是第一次，好多年没有这么做过，所以心里很紧张。）

嗯。。。因为早上要带孩子到巴杀旁边的理发店理发，所有早餐就在哪儿解决吧！

因为晚上我们会到爸爸家去庆祝圣诞，该会有很多吃的。那午餐，就准备些比较简单的吧！

构思是：炒面+腐竹薏米糖水+Ondeh-ondeh 甜品。

锁定了构思后就马上爬起来，（那时是早上7点）上网做功课，功课题目是：如何炒面，薏米糖水，ondeh-ondeh. （千万别笑我，皆因本小姐是家中的老幺，没有什么进厨房的经验，嫁人之后又有一个很会煮饭的大姑，生了老大之后又有工人煮给我吃，所以我实在没有什么机会大显身手。）

部落格实在是太棒了，我要的资料都多得不得了，真的要谢谢每天勤劳爬部落格的部落客。

结果我综合了几个部落格的资料，配合我原有和容易找到的材料，come out 我自己的recipe: -

(因为方便以后kakak可以煮给我们吃，还把菜单译成马来文）

Mee Goreng

Bahan-bahan A

Mee kering, bawang putih, kubis, sawi, sausage, udang, telur goreng.

Bahan-bahan B

Sos tiram, kicap cair, kicap hitam, lada putih, minyak bijan and 绍兴酒。

Cara masak:

1) Masal mee dengan air mendidih, direndam sebentar di air sejuk, tapis ais.

2) Panaskan minyak, masukkan bawang, udang, sausage, dan akhir sekali kubis and sawi.

3) Tambahkan bahan-bahan B, kemudian mee yang masak, goreng sebentar dengan api besar.

My husband asked me why kakak made one not as tasty as this one, how you cook this?

I said I cook with my heart mah...

Oh ya, it look not far away from what normally kakak cook, but everybody seemed enjoy it very much, may be I have the talent in it, hoh?

白果薏米腐竹鸡蛋糖水

This one very yummi, because 'lok juk liu 落足料'!

材料：exactly as the name: 白果+薏米+腐竹+鸡蛋+冰糖+水

1）洗净薏米，浸半小时。

2）浸软腐竹，白果去壳。

3) 水滚后加入白果及薏米，煲45分钟，后加入腐竹、冰糖，至糖溶化才加鸡蛋。

搞定啦！可上桌了！

卖相很不错！（相信我，虽然没有照片为证。）味道更是不得了，不会太甜，腐竹和鸡蛋滑得感觉不到他们的存在，白果和薏米是我的最爱，所以我超爱吃这一味。老公也同意我煮得很好吃。

但是两个女儿却不会欣赏，要靠逼的才勉强的喝了一点薏米水（水而已).

Ondeh-ondeh

想要做ondeh-ondeh是因为ondeh-ondeh有我很多中学时的回忆，记得有一次我们到阿瑞的家学做ondeh-ondeh, 林妈妈帮忙我们做，那时WaiYun的厨艺已经很厉害了，她是主厨，我倒忘了，那天除了煮ondeh-ondeh外，还煮了些什么？

因为太久以前的回忆了，所有忘了煮ondeh-ondeh的过程，（我竟然笨到连糯米粉加水就能变成糯米团都不懂) 结果花了很多时间找internet, 终于找到一个“画公仔画出肠” 的部落客，解决了我的问题。

Ingredients:

Glutinous flour, pandan leaves, gula melaka & grated coconut.

1) Sieve flour, add hot water, pandan juice, make a dough.

2) Wrap gula melaka (这个过程我最记得，因为我有份参与）

3）Boil water, put in 2 pcs pandan leaf, add some salt. (oops, I forgot to put in salt) But, why ah?

4) Cook till dough raise.

5) Mix with grated coconut (mixed with some salt)

这味的卖相却“麻麻地”，因为我没有足够的pandan叶，做不成绿色的糯米团，只有浅绿色的，但是味道却不赖哦！阿弟“最俾面”，吃了好几个。两个挑食的瘦丫头，只应酬式的吃了几个，但他们参与的部分却不少哦。我的目的就是要让他们参与，希望他们长大后有我教他们做ondeh-ondeh 的回忆！

圣诞午餐+甜品，任务成功完成！

结论是：我是有天分的！我给自己打80分！哈哈。。。呵呵。。。

Summary (March - July 2009)

It's been a long long time I did not update my blog, feel very very sorry...

My summaries for the past few months: -

March 10 to 18 - Visited Guang Zhou, attended a Beauty Fair, visited my dear uncle and cousins there, enjoyed free and leisure holidays there.

Places we visited: 陈家祠，上下九街，北京路，珠江夜游，长隆野生动物园，长隆大马戏，肇庆古城墙，肇庆七星岩，番禺宝墨园，大富山森林公园，樱花展，。。。

April - Could not recall what was busy about...?

May - Boe Yin's nanny asked for 2 weeks off, I decided to send Boe Yin to Taska for one month.

Since then, Boe Yin has been going to Taska until now. I hope the teachers treat him well, and he enjoys the life over there. Pity him, have to go to nursery at this very young age, he was only 21 months old.

May 16, we are able to group 13 ex-schllomates together to have our very first reunion gathering. Leong Kok Wah was selected as the chairman, to organise the next gathering.

May 19, my birthday. I have got my dream phone as my birthday present. Just a simple candle blowing session with the kids at home, no candle lights dinner but very warm feeling.

June 3, we went to a luxuries spa retreat. Four pretty women (Swee Wan, Wai Yun, Hung Mun and me) spend a whole day there, really relax and lazy day, it's nice to have such a pampering day once a year or twice. :-))) Wai Yun recommended a very nice book to me, "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne, I bought it and start reading it, it really give me a lot of hints to make my jobs done successfully.

June 20, report card collection day. Both of them were not doing well in their exam, so they have got a very bad ranking in their class and form. I felt very sorry for them, because I have been let go on their study for the past 2 smesters. This made me have no chance to be lazy anymore, so from that day onwards, I tried my very best to guide them on their homework and encourage them a lot. I also suggested Shu Yin to stop going to tuition class, encourage her to study on her own and try to put on more effort. She agreed and stop going to the 3 sessions a week tuition class.

July 13, I hosted my very first Beauty Seminar in hotel, attendees about 30 pax. Compare to our target of 50 pax, it sounds not so good, but it was a good experience to me and hopefully we could have more than 50 pax in our next seminar.

July 18, we went back to hometown. To attend my cousin sister's daughter's wedding party, she was the eldest kid amongst all the cousins and siblings. So, we felt very happy for that and try not to miss the joyfull moments. Along the trip, we took the chance to visit the old aunties at hometown, one in Malim Nawar, one in Kampar and one in Chui Chak. They were very happy to see us. I hope one day when I'm old, still got friends to come to visit me too.

July 25, 2nd reunion gathering - Karaoke at IOI Mall. This time only 10 peoples turned up. Proposed next gathering in October, bowling session and Seafood dinner was suggested.

我响应328关灯一小时

大概一个星期以前，各大报章及媒体都在呼吁大众响应328关灯一小时的运动。我觉得关灯一小时不是很难，应该可以做得到。

今天早上，妈妈看了报纸也瞒紧张的，叫我要预备一些手电筒或蜡烛之类的东西以免万一。我忍不住笑了出来，跟老妈说，今晚不是停电，只是关灯运动。如果发生什么事情我们是可以开灯的。

到了公司，大姐及同事们也问起我这个问题，原来他们的时事常识也不比妈妈好。经过我的一番解释，大姐终于明白那是环保的一环，他也觉得应该要响应一下。为了我们的未来，我们的下一代。。。

晚上八点，吃过晚餐之后，老公在看电视，正播放的是晚间华语新闻，新闻播毕之前，广播员也呼吁大家响应这运动。我乘机会跟老公说我们待会儿也要关灯。他起初不赞成，后来我提议到楼上的露台去剥花生喝酒，他就很愿意的配合了。

我把家里及屋外多数的电灯都关上，只留下一两盏小灯，以照明过路。然后把准备好的两个玻璃杯，一包花生，一瓶我们爱喝的咖啡美酒，一大杯冰块拿到露台上，开始我们的环保关灯运动。

当时两个女儿没有在，只有弟弟倍我俩在露台上。弟弟也倍我们喝酒剥花生，当我们拿起酒杯敲击，他也要学我们的动作，也学喊"饮胜“，非常逗趣。

今天天气很凉快，在不是很多星星的夜空下，我们闲话家谈，品着那买了很久的美酒，相当悠闲写意。我很珍惜！

Gathering 聚会

I have 2 fantastic dates in these 2 days, on Thursday night, I talked less but laughed a lot, until my tears dropped several times. Last night, we chatted alot and do a lot of sharing...

I really appreciate that I have time to go out with friends. Thank you very much my dear mother and my dear husband. They helped me to take care of my kids when I was not around. This make me has no worries when I go out, many mothers do not have this allowance. 

Taken on Thursday night - met friends that never see each other for 20 years.

Annual Dinner of Pei Yuan old students

This is the 4th year I attended this dinner, still remember the moment we attended the dinner 4 years ago. Lai Fung, Wai Kheng and me, 3 of us was given the wrong letter which stated the venue of the dinner. Gosh! Somebody faxed us the old copy - previous year letter where the dinner was took place at Sungei Way Primary School. When we reach the place, it was not as what it suppose to be... The hall was full with crowd, but no one is familiar to us at all. How come? Kheng called the person in charged and found that we went to the wrong place, without delay we left that place without looking back. So embarassing...

When we reached the approprite venue, the dinner was served, if not mistaken the 3rd dish was on the table, the embarrass condition was more and less the same as we were at the wrong venue. More than 90% of them were older (10 years older) than us and no one seemed familiar to us. We found that we are the youngest group amongst the crowd. 

Luckily, we were served like VIP, they all so appreciate our present. I'm sure these 3 young pretty faces make their dinner more lively. :P 

Surprisingly, I met my cousin sister and brother there, and my elder sister's friend too. This is another joke, we used to call my sister's friend - 'fei choo' because he was fat when he was young. Out of a sudden I could not recall what his real name was, so I called him Mr. Choo. He seemed like not feeling nice, but I still do not know it until I told my sister about this. Instead, he is not Mr. Choo. Both my sister and I burst into laughter, couldn't held it till my stomach pain. 

It is so nice that we can apply 奖励金for our kids if they score good result in the government exams. I have 3 nephews got this reward. All of them were doing very well in the exam, really proud of them.
This year, not many of our gang were turned up, this photo is not complete, beside this there were few more, who are not in the photo are Yin Yoong, Wai Kheng, Leong Shiun Yun and Tang Sow Fun.
The lady in white (she was not Pei Yuan's student but her husband was) and the man in black are my cousins. Who I met 4 years ago. The old man is my father, oh yes, he was Pei Yuan's student too. He said there were no classroom during his schooling time. There was an announcement on that nite, saying that 3 years later we are going to celebrate 100 years old for Pei Yuan school. The organisation urge everybody to contribute their photos or anything related to make this a very memorable one. I think may be father can write something about this.
The pretty girl is Miss Malaysia, her mother was Pei Yuan students too. This prooved that Kampar has many pretty girls. Anybody dare to say the ladies in the pictures are not pretty?

Chikungunya Fever... Scary!

大姐患上了可怕的基孔肯雅症，上星期天入院，至今还未能出院，真令人担忧。

更可怕的是大姐夫也在昨晚因此病症入院。

大姐天生心脏有孔，医生也蛮担心病菌会感染他的心脏。

Chikungunya Fever 基孔肯雅症 - 一个多漂亮的名字，却是一种令你无法招架的骨痛病，类似骨痛热症，还好它不至于骨痛热症般有生命的危险。

今天到医院去探访姐姐，进入第四天，情况看来颇乐观，发冷发热的症状减轻了。热情的他还与同房的几位病友做了朋友，大家有说有笑。

大姐夫更不用说了，嚷着要出院，说他没事了，晚上还要去摆档。

我则劝他最好不要到外头去害人，谁晓得你体内的病菌清了没？一个不小心让PJ的蚊子叮中你，又去叮别人，把你身上的病毒传给别人，那可不成了害人精吗？

牛脾气的他，当然坚持自己的立场，出院摆档去！
不懂应该欣赏他的坚持己见，还是可怜他的命苦，生病还顾着干活！

不懂能帮上什么忙，但愿他们夫妻俩吉人天相，早日康复！

Happy Chinese New Year!

恭喜发财！新年快乐！万事如意！福星高照！财运亨通！身体健康！心想事成！。。。

新的一年又到了，年轻时会在新年里许下许许多多的心愿，现在的我只期望一家人能够平平安安，快快乐乐的聚在一起过新年！

舒尹升上了四年级，每星期二需要留在学校参加课外活动，而我也为她安排了每星期三天的补习班。补习班赠送功课斑，为我解决了舒尹功课越来越繁重的烦恼。捷尹非常自立，他已学会自己收拾书包。今年没有为她安排补习班，不想让他那么辛苦。在学校为她安排了搭伙食，下课后到食堂特定的位子坐下就可享用预先准备好的点心了。两姐妹分开一个上午班，一个下午斑; 都由同一个安娣载送上学。但我却坚持自己载舒尹去上学，主要是因为如要麻烦安娣载的话，舒尹需要早上5点多就起床，因为安娣大概6点就到家门口接送了。所以我情愿早点起来自己载孩子去上学，一方面能让舒尹多睡一会儿，另一方面我也能逼自己早起做运动。其实最重要的是我很珍惜那段载孩子去上学的路程，只有我俩，能够履行最有效的亲子对话。所以当安娣要求我帮忙载其他孩子时，我迟迟未能决定，还好安娣后来知难而退。

那天Alice跟我说他很享受与孩子在一起的时间，因为孩子很快就会长大，我们不晓得他们会粘我们多久，所以当他们还需要我们的时候，会尽量抽多一点时间陪他们。谢谢Alice提醒我，我也会尽量安排时间到学校去载捷尹放学，希望每星期能有一天亲自载他回家的路程，好给他一个惊喜！

博皓快要一岁半了，咿咿呀呀学讲话了，叫‘妈咪’时让我听了甜到心坎里。那天看着他自己吃粥的模样，一口接一口的，做得非常好，非常认真，。。。很欣慰！

新年最大的心愿就是希望他们全年健康快乐！