My Smoky Chilie Crabs Ala Me...

It was my first attempt trying to cook chilie crab. I had it before in some local restaurants but a good chilie crab can cost around 35 kg per kg. So, I decided to try it myself. Aaqil and I had this for dinner yesterday....with some herbal chicken soup and keropok melinjau and just a steamed chap chye. Although O is always not around during dinner time due to his workload...we both had a good time at our dining room early last night. Aaqil turned in to bed at 8 pm yesterday and I felt like a good achievement since he had been sleeping later and later in the past. I had my own ME time, chatting with a friend and watched my favourite soap opera till midnight. Being a housewife ...i can say sometimes is a beautiful mess..haha....

Smokieee...smokieee.....mommy....i see fire....Aaqil uttered...

Crab Curry with Pineapple...

Today is a very wet and gloomy day. To bringten my day and well...actually to make my stomach happy, I decided to have some seafood.....but kampung style.....I made crab curry...here it is not famous at all and when I asked my MIL the other day..she said.."what....where got crab curry..only mamak style have laa.." In Singapore...chilie crab is the most popular....But my late mom always cooked this dish as it is a my dad's favourite dish...

Here is my humble crab curry recipe...Its quite suitable for toddlers too..

600 g of flower crab
half small pineapple...unripe..
fish/seafood curry powder- 4 table spoon
a bit of tamarind juice
1 spoon of plain yoghurt
curry leaves and herba fish curry..
3 shallots-cut
3 cloves of garlic-crushed
a bit ginger
salt and sugar to taste
1 tomato and 2 green chilies
Olive oil -3 spoon

1. Tumis curry leaves and herba until fragrant...Mixed the shallots, garlic and ginger
2. Mix the curry powder with warm water ..add yoghurt inside
3. After the mixture turn yellow and fragrant, mixed the curry powder inside...
4. Wait till it boil..then add tamarind juice and some water..
5. Add tomatoes, green chilies and crabs...
6. Lastly put the pineapple..salt and sugar...and cover it. Simmer for another 10-15 mins...

How I miss my mommy's cooking!!!

Ladang Kambing di Singapura..

One of our favourite hangout in Singapore believe it or not is Hay Dairies located at Lim Chu Kang. It is a small goat farm and they are producing milk for sale from 1000s of mixed goat breed. According to the Hay Dairies owner, goat's milk is the next best thing to mother's milk. In fact, it is a good substitute to breast feeding infants as it is easily digested and assimilated by a infant's digestive system. I have no comment on that. Me and O find the fresh goat's milk delicious and different...Yalah....asyik makan fresh cow milk...We visit this farm once a month and last weekend we brought my brother who came all the way from Kedah to this place...hahah....He enjoyed feeding the goat and of course Aaqil..so busy feeding and petting those goats....

My bro...working in penang..still single and available...but he is a bit reserved!@

Aaqil feeding baby goat...He used to be afraid but now..he loves goat more than a cat...

Bapak is very natural with animals.....

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Breast-stroke from A Breast-milk fan..

Aaqil has turned 3 years last July. I am super pro breastfeeding mommy so Aaqil is still a breastfed baby..oppsss toddler. I thank GOD for giving me supply and strength to breastfeed Aaqil day and night. I thank GOD for being able to ignore abt what people said in breastfeeding a toddler (budak dah besar katanye).

Disclaimer: This is not a bragging post...Just to encourage mothers that it is POSSIBLE to breastfeed your baby as long as you want.

Caught In Action...

Aaqil was caught in action this afternoon in our neighborhood playground. He was so excited to see some children running around as there was a Malay wedding reception nearby , suddenly a cute Malay girl walked passed him....

"Alamak..cun la budak nie...cun dari mommy aku lah.mommy aku dah gemok lah...ehhh seganlah tengok lama2..Baik sembunyi muka belakang tiang..."


Seboknya mommy aku nie..belum aper2 dah jeles distract2 orang nak break the ice dengan awek cun nie.....
Aiseh man..dia bolayan lah....sebok main kasut buat aper....Meh aku staring dia lama2...!!!
Main peekaboo nak????? ( Aaqil pi tanya girl tuh muakaka)
Yahoo...abang dia suruh aku salam.....Aku pun salam....siap cium tangan awek cun nie lagi....Apalah tuah hari nie...dah la mommy masak kari ikan kurau sedapppp....kejap lagi boleh dinner....
Cium lagi tangan for the second time...haha....Gue hero la kat Boon Keng!!!
And now..back to reality...balik bawah ketiak Mommyku....!!!

Quickie Getaway to Batam Island...

It was a cool getaway for 3 of us, although it was supposed to be a work trip for O, experiencing unspoilt beauty of nature, beautiful beach and living in a traditional villa, Bali style. All the stress of living in metropolitan city suddenly gone the moment I stepped into the resort after an hour journey with speed boat. Aaqil quickly adapted to this new land, enjoying every moment. The food was fabulous inside the resort itself. I had my "Nasi Rames" with "cabeeii (their sambal belacan)", Nasi goreng kampong batam style and macam2 lah. By the way, that night, we went for a seafood treat in kelong at the edge of the village, the butter crab was superb. Makan macam like there is no tomorrow for about 150 K rupiah.

Besides that, we just hanging around in the resort. We had good massage, good swim in the beautiful swimming pool, had a good time at the pool bar and had a good walk along the beach.

I would recommend this place, Turi Beach Resort those who wants to run away from the city. I tell you, you will never regret.

luge, skylift and a night with an Oscar...

Hello from Singapore!!

Dear friends,

How is everybody doing? I have been so lazy updating my blog due to more important things that I have to think about right now. And yes, I have been gaining some weight too. I wonder why this fats are accumulating as I am still breastfeeding and always running like a headless chicken to tame my little rascal.

Father and son love racing????

Yesterday, since O decided to take a day off, we decided to treat ourselves to Sentosa Island. We had the purest excitement when we went for luge and skylift. Its Part go-cart, part-toboggan, gravity ride that's safe for all ages with a unique steering and braking system. We took their hot deal on weekedays, buy 2 rides and one ride free. It was so much fun for us.

Omar overtook me....and won a chequered flag haha

After an exhausting ride, we went to watch a show, Song of the Sea. Songs of the Sea is a multi-sensory spectacular with dramatic effects, engaging music, pyrotechnics and a live cast.

I guess that's all for now. I hope everybody is well. I hope everybody is doing fabulous. Time flies. I am proud that at the age of 32, i never feel old....Again...just joking....!!!

Nostalgia 4 thn di Boston

Pic courtesy of Angah: Front row left: Ain, Che Lat, Angah, Elin, Niza, ME and Yus

A note to all my friends...I miss you all.....

Hola!

Dear friends...

Sorry I went missing......We both pick up golf hahahha..Just joking...!!!

Weekend with Butterflies, Snake and Water Dipping..

Yesterday, I brought Aaqil to visit Butterfly Park and Insects Kingdom in Sentosa Island. It was an amazing experience for Aaqil to see more than 1500 butterflies with over than 50 species. We also witnessed the blossoming of new life at "Pupa House" and it was really fantastic to see how they emerged to a flying butterfly. But we have to watch out Aaqil carefully as he tend to touch those butterflies quite roughly. As a reward for behaving quite well in the park, we let him played in the small fountain outside the park. He was there alone as we both watched him from a distance.

"Wowww..."

After a light lunch, we had a photography session with phyton. I was quite surprised to see Aaqil bravely touch the snake's skin. Well, still early to assume anything..maybe he was just curious. After roaming around at the Merlion's side and watch the flower's festival, suddenly wheather became wet with non-stop drizzling. At first we decided to swim at Palawan beach. As we did not want to dissapoint our little boy, we walked to Vivo City from Sentosa for a dip at the roof's pool. Lots of kids were dipping there and Aaqil had a fabulous fun interacting with new friends.

"Bapak dah penat"

Microwave Cooking...

It was a lazy day and I decided to cook steam fish and steam emperor-chicken. Jgn terpedaya dengan nama yang canggih..I am very suck at cooking indeed... . What I did? After marinated the wings with emperor chicken powder (yang halallah okay) I potong2 veges (asparagus, brocoli, carrot, pak-choy) and dried mushrooms, then dumped my golden pomfret and mid-joint wings in microwaveable steamer and microwaved each dish for 15 mins. Lastly I boiled the seafood light soy-sauce to be poured on the fish and chicken. For this type of cooking, it was saltless.

Easy-peasy!!! Thanks to the genius microwave's inventor.


Verdict: Both my boys burped :)

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Singapore vs Malaysia

Despite the many tussles between Singapore and Malaysia, ok that's only in politics, a game of soccer has always been on the softer side. I was there with free admission tickets witnessing the whole of the Singapore-Malaysia game, with the presense of the 55,000 strong crowd.

With this article, definitely gossips were already flying around my circle of lost friends, who may be already assuming, I have forgotten that I am Malaysian. Well, once again, I will not be elaborating on that, and let them speak their minds.

But you know what, the game was interesting, I think, towards the very end. And that has resulted me in the stadium again when Singapore met Thailand in the first leg finals, to feel the energy level of the 55,000 strong supportive crowd.


As you can see, both of us were wearing red, so let the critics again do the talking. Boring article? Hear me again next time.

Eid-ul-Adha cum Gregorian New Year

Eid-ul-Adha to all my fellow readers.
As for me and my 2 boys, I guess we had one of the simplest celebration. Since Omar has been working hard lately, 3 of us decided to spent some quality time together..I cooked some simple meal for lunch...Just 3 of us at home. At night we had dinner at Fish and Co at Victoria Street and we ended our day hanging out in Bugis Junction.

Today is the New Year on the Gregorian calender. Well, I am not that excited only hoping that this year (1st Muharram is on 21st Jan) I can lose some weight and be a better mother and wife.

In the evening, we went to one invitation from John Bosco, Omar's client. Could not resist the temptation of eating mutton beriyani but I was quite prepared not to eat much, so I put on my blue cheongsam. Anyway, it did not help much because I still had 2 plates of it. The curry mutton was so tender till Omar who always not a fan of mutton could eat it.

McNair Meet-ups...

It is always nice to see old friends. I managed to see some ex-URIs when they came to Singapore on Christmas weekend. Bukan main sakan orang Malaysia shopping :D. Besides chatting and socializing, I had a delicious and fulfilling dinner there. So grateful indeed..Unfortunately my rusty mind now cannot recall any of the names they mentioned when I was in Rhode Island 10 years ago. Kinda embarrasing!

DHL Balloon..

We took Aaqil up there last week and withnessed unforgettable view of cityscape Singapore. This DHL balloon is located at Bugis Junction and it's just 2 stops from our place. Unfortunately, the ticket price is 23 SGD. or else Aaqil and myself will be on board every week. It was nice to be up there and watched Aaqil's priceless expressions. However, I believe that ONLY DO IT if u are not afraid of heights.

Babies Proms 2006-Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Imagine a world without music? Not only would it be too dull and uninspiring, we would miss out greatly on the many positive, long term influences on the IQ and EQ development of growing children. We were lucky to be invited to attend Babies Prom Orchestra at Victoria Concert Hall. It was a great exposure for Aaqil and we all had fun like we were in La La Land he he...

Sebana Cove

Last weekend, we tagged Omar for his work trip. Yeah, Sebana Cove again. This time we took a ferry from Tanah Merah. It was much more convenient and less taxing as compared to driving all the way thru Kota Tinggi. We spent most of our time at the Marina in John & Nina's yatch. Nina made us nice pancakes and we did enjoyed ourselves there. Before we left for Singapore, I attended Sofi's wedding at Felda Adela. The food was so unforgettable for the taste buds.

Introducing the 2 of many new miracles of LIFE..!

Stacie Marie-she is an Indian-Philipines mix

Stacy Marie and YiHun has arrived naturally via their mother's womb both about a month ago. They are 2 healthy babies welcomed to the world by their currently breast-feeding mothers and supportive fathers. Again, a Happy 'Birth'day and enjoy parenthood while it lasts...

Yi-Hun-my neighbor's son

At Stacy's House..