Finally! Heong .....Pneah???

~ Heong Pneah~

I love these brown sugar filled little delights. I call them "wong tong peng" (Cantonese)... but on the box it's "Heong Pneah".. Can anyone please teach me how to pronounce the "pneah" word? I remember having trouble finding these favourites of mine back in Singapore.. and surprise, surprise, I found them here! Honestly, the picture of oozing black stuff from tumour-like skin-coloured-nips isn't really appealing but wait till you eat it... MAN!

Bryan Supporting Fight Against Breast Cancer... Or He's Just Plain Hiau!

Pretty eh?

I was out doing a bit of grocery shopping, leaving the kids at home with Mother. When I came home, Bryan bounded towards me, excitedly, holding out his hand, saying "LOOK! LOOK AT MY HAND!" What I saw almost stopped my heart... It wasn't that my son has learnt how to open my "child-proof" bedside naughty drawer.... it wasn't that my son decided he liked having his nails painted... but the fear that he may have spilt the nail polish on the WHITE CARPET! I made a frantic dash into the room. Suddenly, a sense of calm overcame me... it must've been the inhalation of the pungent stench of the nail polish in the room.... He was so tickled with the whole incident! He's still got them on now... I'll remove them tomorrow.. or Monday.. JUST before school begins.

The Last Week of Holidays..

Term 1 of school starts next Monday for Caitlyn and Tuesday half day for Bryan. He will get staggered school times for the first 2 weeks to ease him into school. If only the teachers know how full his days are after school.

Today was Bryan's first day of 2 hours with his Case Manager and for the first hour, he behaved very well, did all his tasks. When the second hour came, he got fidgety despite giving him his play time and snacks. Adoi..... I wish I could scold him and reprimand him for his temper tantrums and his thumping on the table... but I have to follow orders to 1) keep calm, 2) ignore the tantrums and not to react, 3) very importantly ... NO PUNISHMENT............... So help me God.

Question... what if it's THE time of the month and I am all hormonal? Then what? How to keep calm you tell me?

Whaddya Think?

Ohmmmm..............................

Zen or not? I like this. The pebbles, the paving stones... all I like. I intend to do up a side of the house like that. I've always liked the idea of a pebble covered part of the garden to walk on.. like reflexology.. The only part about the picture which I don't like is the lalang-looking hardy grass at the front... Yuck

HAPPY NIU YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dear relatives and friends,

Here's wishing you all a happy and Ox-picious Niu Year.

Leen leen kou sing.

And for the children: Fai kou cheong tai.

Couldn't wait for midnight last night, so slept early, after a very full reunion dinner. Angie and Sam came over for dinner too. Yes, we get to Loh Hei in Australia too and it's in the middle of the table. See? The kids had a full day yesterday so they slept soundly last night. Bryan was the first one to wake up, at 7am. Boy oh boy, I was too tired to get up... slept on for another hour but woke up with a headache. Made tong yuen for the family... what a sweet way to start the new year. The kids had fun making the tong yuens. Bryan calls them "dinosaur eggs". He didn't eat them, of course. After a bit, Caitlyn decided it was too "stretchy" for her to enjoy.

In line with tradition, we all decked out in red today. Even Mother's PJs are red! Bryan is all in red too... including his jocks.. he got bitten by mosquitoes while they were out playing with bubbles... so it's double redness for him.