YAY! Lucy Snr Is Ready!!!!!!

My Honda Civic Si-L European design in Urban Titanium is finally here!!!!! It's dark and like the new owner, very kinky.... it's clad in leather on the inside.... ooo la la! Looks like a 3-door but it ain't.. Mom had quite a bit of a tough time looking for the back door handles. Will take more pics when I pick it up on Thursday. I miss my Lucy already.... :C

1 more day.... just one more!

This is exactly how I feel.... knowing that school starts this Wednesday. Cruel, I know. In any case, Caitlyn's very very excited to see her friends again. Bryan? I can't tell really. He's just looking forward to his 8th birthday coming up. Well, back to work for me.. still have 4 pages of report to go.... front and back!

This Ol' Thing?

I bought this dress from a Toa Payoh heartland shop in July 2010 and it fit me well then. I've not worn it before actually. One and a half years later, look at me.... I'm like a bak chang. I wore it to church and I thought I was going to pau thai whenever I sat down. Sigh.. I guess I have to accept that ageing + gravity = not a good combo...

Well my Cardiologist has cleared me.... so I'll be starting an exercise regime soon... after I finish my 7-page report which I have to churn out in 2 freaking days.... heaven help me!

What Was That Salt 'n Pepa Song Again?

"The TALK!" Gasp! Every mom's...and dad's nightmare.....

I've put it off long enough. Caitlyn finally dropped the S-bomb on me at the dinner table yesterday. I knew that day of impending doom was coming. I've avoided it before and I've circumvented the issue before and finally, as loud at thunder, she asked, "mufummeefee, hafaf yofoo hafad sefex befeefofore?" (she was tactful.. she asked in F-Language, which translates to "Mummy, have you had sex before?"). I hummed and hawed for a few seconds and finally said, just equally as loud, "of course Caitlyn, that's how I had you and Bryan". Her answer "Ew that's gross". Just like that, end of story. No more after last night.

But then after a long hard thought, I thought I'd better set the record straight.... I had it all planned out.... I'd tell her in the morning that she came out from the Toys 'R' Us Baby Catalogue or Formulated from "Baby Formula" or the classic "The stork brought you to us".... or something.... ANYTHING to get out of the whole "Birds and the Bees" talk.

Fast forward to this morning, she came in (they love coming in for a huddle and cuddle in the morning when I'm in bed), had my iPod in her hands, harvesting Smurf crops, I plucked up my courage, put on my artificial pair of balls and asked her why she was curious about sex. She said she has learnt about puberty, the changes in a child's body to adulthood, sperms and eggs (which by the way, she thinks it's disgusting... Woohoo!). She then said that the news she heard yesterday about the "guy and his 2 girlfriends on TV" (Yup, you know which one THAT "guy" is.... Hint: Think Pollie). So you see? Kids do pick up rubbish on TV. Anyway, I told her that that's one way of making babies.

Caitlyn: Then why do they have to take off their clothes?
Me: Cos it's warm and the clothes get in the way......
Caitlyn: But that's disgusting!

Then I went on telling her about the Anatomy and physiological aspect of the human reproductive system (ahem!... it's just a fancy term for the hooha, penis, the balls and where the little soldiers & eggs are stored). I also took the opportunity to introduce to her the same-sex-union aspect of relationships, Stranger-Danger, rape and statutory rape and how she has to keep safe all the time. She was very intrigued... At the end of the little graphic-less lesson, I asked "anything else you want to know about sex?".... to which she replied, "no mum, you've grossed me out enough"... and went back to harvesting her potatoes.

Quick Guesss No 2: Guess what song Ange was singing?

What song do you think would get Ange into the mood? Quick! Guess!

(Yes, she shaved....)

Angie, you can't play.........................

Reunion Dinner Part Quartre: 4 Ls ~ Longan, Lychee, Lambutan, Leong Fun and a token L'atap Chee

My fave!

Reunion Dinner Part Troix: Quick! Guess What We Had For Reunion DInner Dessert!

Hint: Look at Cait, Ange, Simon and Mom

QUICK! Guess!!

Boo?

Reunion Dinner ~ Part Deux

Steamboat, for the second year in a row. The food, the lovely people and the great company. What a combo!

See anything similar in every photo?  .....................................everyone's in red!

New Year's Eve ~ Reunion Dinner at Casa Adie...

Yue Sang

A must on every Chinese Reunion Dinner table. Mom added carrots and the raw salmon. It was just simply scrumptious!

Bryan and his Kung Fu pose in his Kung Fu costume.

I bought these costumes in July 2010. I purposely bought them 3 sizea larger. Caitlyn's cheong sam fitted her nicely but Bryan's size 12 baju & pants were 2 sizes too small. Look at his pants! Mm cheong mm teun.

Preparation of the Yue Sang....

Marinating the salmon....

Plum sauce.....

Ready, get set...........

GO!

Tucking in to the Yue Sang....

A glimpse of what's to come.......

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

Dear family, friends and all who happen to stumble into my blog,
May 2012's Year of the Dragon bring you happiness, wealth, love, good health and prosperity. May family ties bond stronger than ever, may friendships continue to blossom and grow, may love continue to knock on your door and wealth.... ah wealth..... may it be abundant, and not forgetting good health.... may this year be better than the last.

~  Adelene

Turning 41

Dear mom cooked noodles for me... Cheong sau meen... well sort of. Well it's just yee see on my birthday. I had fun at work too, my patients sang me the birthday song, it was spontaneous and fun. I have decided, for the 2nd year in a row, not to make any New Year's resolutions. Nada. Come what may. Last year was memorable, adventurous, lived out of my comfort zone, took charge of many new frontiers and worked hard. This year will be all of those things x 2. So 2012, bring it on!

My New Project

My new mandarin kici mayung

My new navel orange sau mang kai

I planted these 2 a week ago, next will be a dwarf apple tree. I'm taking over the garden now!

My Beautiful Children

Here's Bryan, all 4 foot 7 inches and 42kgs of him....

Caitlyn leh, is one inch of 5 feet... and weighs LESS than her brother.

Aaaaaargh!!!!!!

28/10/11 ~ A Day On Board the HMB Endeavour, Fremantle....

well, it's a replica actually... but Captain James Cook would've been so proud if he saw this today.