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Sunday, January 18, 2009


Escargots

Yum, yum.... my favourite appetizer..... escargots with garlic and butter sauce.
It is also one of the most famous dishes in French cuisine.

The word Escargots is a generic term for edible snails.
It is typically served as an appetizer and not a meal.

The most common preparation for escargot is boiling or steaming, and the snails are often served in the shell on a special escargot plate, which has small depressions for each shell.
This is the children's first experience with escargots.

The daddy taught the children how to use the tongs to extract the flesh from the shell, along with small two-tined snail forks, and then dip the snail into the garlic and butter sauce provided. It took the children awhile to handle the tongs properly and it seemed like they are operating on something. And I worried the snail will fly off the plate any moment too.

Sean ate the escargots...... and his comment was....... ok ok but not his fav.

Trishh first taste of the escargots and......


I guess she doesn't like it very much either.


~ muack muack >.<
1:15 PM

Monday, January 12, 2009


Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning...... I hate it!
No matter how much I've cleaned and packed the house, it seems endless!
This year, I decided to start throwing and giving away things.
The first thing I did was to get rid of the children's books.......


Then the children's CDs........



I've thrown and given away many toys but I'm still left with a wardrobe of toys not packed yet. Then I closed the wardrobe doors and decided to KIV it! =.="


~ muack muack >.<
11:22 PM

Thursday, January 1, 2009


New Year!

~ Goodbye 2008

Hello 2009! ~


Spent my countdown moments watching the countdown variety on
TV...... boring??!! Not really. Actually kinda like the quiet nite staying at home doing nothing. Well, year 2008 has just flew passed me and here is year 2009.
Hope this is a good year for everyone!
Time to reflect?! To make resolutions?!
Anyway doesn't seem to be able to keep to my resolutions....Haiz!

~ muack muack >.<
12:32 AM

Sunday, December 28, 2008


Christmas Kiss

If you look at last year's December blog,
you will see Sean had her on his lap.....

This year.........

So sweet!!!!!
A Christmas Kiss.

~ muack muack >.<
1:57 AM

Friday, December 26, 2008


Christmas Eve Celebration 08

This year we had our Christmas eve celebration at Richard's place. We potluck the food but ordered a turkey & log cake from Swensen. It took me almost the whole afternnon preparing the potato salad and shepherd pie. Amateur cook....Haiz! We prepared lots of food like the cream and tomato base pasta, green salad, fruit salad, agar agar, ham, bread etc.....We had a sumptuous dinner and ate almost all the food laid on the table. =.="

Given a head count, there were altogether about 19 people from 5 families at this super longgggg table.

After dinner, we watched photos on a projector of all the Christmases we had celebrated since our school days. I've done a montage on myself, Alan and the children's growing years. Good entertainment???!!! Feeling nostalgia! Well, hope everyone enjoyed it.

Pic of Jansen, Trishh & Joey..... now & then!

Pic of Cheryl, Sean & Jaslyn.... now & then!

Someone said, "Hey! everyone has the same hair style including Sean????
Oh.... with bangs!"

The girls....... Cheryl, Jaslyn, Joey, Trishh

the boys...... Jansen & Sean

A toast after the count-down......
They've already drank a few bottles of red wine :o


Sean & daddy....... enjoying the log cake.

A group picture..... We have grown "younger"!!!!!

Finally a nice family picture >.<

Merry Christmas &

A Blessed New Year!


~ muack muack >.<
4:38 PM

Sunday, December 21, 2008


Basketball Competition

Singapore Basketball Centre, Sunday, December 21, 2008 - The Siglap team (formed by boys from Anglican High) beat Tagawa 64-52 in the Milo Youth 14 and under, Boys Basketball Chanpionship Final this evening.
It's an exciting and great games performed by both teams.


~ muack muack >.<
11:52 PM

Friday, December 19, 2008


At Tea Chapter

Tea Chapter is located at 9A/11 Neil Rd. An authentic place that serves a wide variety of tea, from white tea, red tea, black tea, green tea, floral tea etc.

It is a nice place to hang out with friends here. We took 2 types of teas. One green tea, 'Bi Luo Chun' which cost about $30 per 50g & one oolong tea, 'Thousand Miles of Fragrance' which cost about $60 per 40g (minimum spending is $6 per pax). We also ordered some tea snacks to munch on.

When the waitress brought us the tea, she explained and demonstrated how to brew the tea traditionally before serving us.

The tea snacks and tim sum....

The amateur serving tea.

A group of us lazing around in the afternoon, sipping tea (yes, the cup is so tiny that you have to sip and not drink from it!)
Hmmmmm...... nice!


~ muack muack >.<
11:53 PM