August - Lucky month for us!

This month is considered lucky for my family & myself because we have recently got the August luck to win somethings which I consider BIG for a not so "champ" comper like me compared to the big time regular winners.

Wanna find out more about my rewarding comping hobby . Please check it out here: http://contestaddict.blogspot.com.

While we were in Malacca to collect our Winning Prize, we managed to indulge ourselves with the local Malacca Nyoya food at Nancy;s kitchen. Check out what we had here:

Meanwhile have a great day everyone and thks for dropping by my humble blog- a digital legacy for my kids in future!

May - the pocket straining month

For me, MAY is a very lucky month because it's my birth month
as well as my twin 's. It's also a month full of celebrations like
Mothers' Day, Teachers' day, nurses's day, Wesak day , etc.

Due to all these celebrations of joy, one would obviously find it
pocket straining to buy gifts n spend on birthday bash like me.
Nonetheless, I believe in good karma, giving our fellow loved ones n friends
a treat is a way of sharing love and celebrating joy. It will somehow come
back to us in other forms of goodwill.


Recently I received my cheque and hamper from maggie from my long pending
contest winning. The prize really comes handy on this month of May!!Thks Maggi!
Don't u think so?

Best Mother's Day Experience Ever

As a lady, who doesnt wanna have a feel of looking her best , dressed pretty, have her hairdo , make up & nails done by the professionals - all sponsored?

This dream gave me the inspiration to sign up for the "My Lovely Mom Award" competition held just recently on Labours' Day.

Registration fee was only RM 50 and contestants got the chance to do studio photo shoots by professional with all make up & hairdo & 1 dinner gown sponsored during the photo shoot. They will be wearing the same gown during the Finals on that competition Nite. Besides, the contestant will also get 2 8R portraits where one will be sent for competition judging and the other for self keeping.

Really had great fun learning how to groom, how to catwalk, pose elegantly & look slim in front of camera, spotlight & reporters etc. The most challenging was having to walk in 3 inches high heel (which I never done before) after wearing the gown which is longer than me. ha Ha!

so did I win? Of course! I won:

1) New friendship (knowing other Mothers age frm 30 plus to 58)
2) Memorable & Fun Experience
3) The courage to try again next time.

The winners were mainly in their mid 40s and 50's - the judges' favourites to bag the Titles Of Champion, 1st & 2nd Runner up, Most Photogenic, Most Popular, Most Charming, Most Elegant & The Oldest Mom Award!






Perhaps I should gear myself up to take part again in 10 years time to stand a better chance hoh?

Happy Mothers day to all the lovely Moms out there!

"Jom! "Click" bersama Mi Sedaap! Contest

Hooray, this pic won me the monthly cash prize in the recent Mi Sedaap contest for month of December 09.

Thks to my great Mi Sedaap models..my 4 musketeers!! Mmmmuah so proud of you all!

Hooray ! Maggi My way contest result is out!

...and I'm in the top 25 list.!!


First of all, thank you to all of u who voted for me to be in the 1st prize. Thgh I didnt make it to 1st prize but I'm happy & thankful for being the top 25 winners.

Judging at the stiff competition among all the great Maggi-cian contestants who were really good in their creative recipes, I must say I'm very lucky indeed to even made it to the top 30 winner list.

The agency has contacted the winners to submit their details. The $$ and hamper should be arriving in 2-3 weeks time. Really wished it could have been around chinese New Year but It's OK. Better late than nothing !

Thks again to all of u out there who had supported me by voting. God bless & hav a Happy Gong Xi fa Cai.

Here's the winners' list:

Voting ends 18Jan 2010

Dear fellow bloggers & frens,

Referring to the previous post, I really hope all of u will continue to vote for me on daily basis until the 18Jan 2010.

The most number of votes will take me to the 1st Grand Prize.

Really appreciate ur help.

God Bless ^ happy wishes to all of u!

Hooray I'm in the top 30's . Please vote for me, pleeease!!

Dear fellow bloggers,

Thks for dropping by my blog frm time to time. Really appreciate your time.



I just found out that one of my few recipes submitted for the Maggi Mee My Way contest has been selected as one of the top 30 amonng the 300 + entries.

I'm really happy that the judges had selected my Thai Green Curry-licious Maggi Noodle as one of the top 30 entries.

Please vote for my recipe & you will also stand to win prize for the Voters Incentive category. You need to first register as a member before you can vote.

Please keep voting daily until the 18Jan 2010.

Your vote will help boost my winning chances.
Thks everyone.

Have a great day!

The TOP 10 winner announcement is finally on the AJINOMOTO Umamizone website

Referring to my previous posts on the double happy news on my recipe 1 & recipe 2 , the pictures of the TOP 10 winners of the Ajinomoto Creative Recipe Contest are finally out on the website.

Clicke here to view.

Another winning entry in Ajinomoto Contest

I praise God for this 2nd winning entry (this time under my name). If you have read my previous post, the 1st entry "Sambal Tumis Cuttlefish with Thai Mini Asparagus" was won under my hubbby's name.

‘Once A-Prawn a time in France Fried Rice’

Ingredients:
1 tbsp Cooking oil
2 tsp Sesame oil
1 small Onion, sliced thinly
1 clove Garlic, finely chopped
10 medium Fresh prawns, peeled
Some AJI-SHIO® Iodised Table Salt to taste
10 French beans, cut according to preferred size
3 cups Leftover steamed rice
1 packet SERI-AJI® Fried Rice Mix (Prawn)
3 Egg
Some AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Pepper to taste
Some Water

Method:
1. Massage some Aji-Shio iodised table salt over the peeled prawn.
2. Heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil in a wok. Quickly stir-fry prawns under high heat till they appear pink, put aside.
3. Fry a sun-side up egg (telur mata kerbau), sprinkle with AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Pepper on top & put aside.
4. Heat up a large wok with sesame oil. Sauté onion & garlic over medium heat until fragrant & golden.
5. Add in French beans. Stir-fry together. Add rice and stir-fry for a few minutes under high heat. Sprinkle 1 sachet of SERI-AJI® Fried Rice Mix (Prawn), stir well.
6. Drizzle some water over the fried rice and stir quickly till rice is light, non soggy or clumpy but well mixed! Turn off heat.
7. Arrange prawns & garnish with the fried egg on top, serve warm.

Notes of this recipe: This creatively named special fried rice is no fairy tale but simple & yummy for prawn lovers in my family- my 4 kids & my hubby!

Thanks Ajinomoto for organising this contest & allowing me the opportunity to win cash & mystery gifts!

My winning recipe in AJINOMOTO Creative Recipe Contest

Hubby received a phone call from Ajinomoto congratulating him for his entry (which I sent in his name) which has won cash & mystery gift.

Here's the winning recipe:

Sambal Tumis Cuttlefish & Mini Thai Asparagus
Ingredients:
3 tbsp Cooking oil
2 Shallot, thinly sliced
1 big Soaked cuttlefish, cleaned and cut into small pieces.
1 bunch/12 nos Mini Thai Asparagus, cut into 1 inch length
2 tbsp Ground chilli paste (cili giling)
3 tbsp Tomato paste
½ tbsp TUMIX® Ikan Bilis (Anchovy) Seasoning
2 tbsp Brown sugar
Some AJI-SHIO® Iodised Table Salt to taste
A pinch Shrimp paste (belacan) powder optional
1 Big red chilli, sliced for garnishing

(A): mix together & strain the tamarind juice
1 tbsp Tamarind juice
½ cup Warm water


Method:
1. Heat oil in a wok over medium high heat, sauté shallots till fragrant.
2. Add in ground chilli paste and tomato paste, stir well to combine.
3. Pour in tamarind juice (A) then bring to a boil. Add in TUMIX® Ikan Bilis (Anchovy) Seasoning, brown sugar & a pinch of belacan powder. Stir-well.
4. Then add in cuttlefish & Mini Thai asparagus. Stir to combine.
5. Cover & simmer for 1-2 minutes (If thicker sauce is preferred, add in a bit of corn flour mix with 2 tablespoon of water)
6. Uncover, stir and add some AJI-SHIO® Iodised Table Salt to taste. Garnish with red chilli and serve warm with rice.


This is best to eat as one of the condiments for nasi lemak, too.

Thanks Dettol for the consolation Hamper worth RM500!

Today the courier man was at my doorstep to deliver the hamper I won frm Dettol Best Protection for our family Contest which ran frm 1March to 30 April 2009. Thanks to Mrs.C my neighbour who has kindly accepted & signed on my behalf.

Please take a peep into my contest blog to see what's inside the huge heavy parcel i received.

I'm truly lucky to be one of the 10 lucky consolation prize winners picked from the nationwide contestants.

Once again thank you Dettol.

Yeh! I win ! I win!

This month I'm pretty lucky to win 2 contests one after another.

First I received an email from Lingham & sons informing me that I've been chosen by their panel of judges & food critics to win the 3rd prize in their recipe contest.That has made me RM1K richer. Thks Linghams!http://www.lingham.com/home.htm

A week later, hubby received a call informing him that his entry (actually I submitted using his name Ha HA)for the Chacho's Cash Your Chips contest has won RM500 from the weekly prizes.Thks Chacho's ..you indeed spice up my life!
http://www.chachos.com.my

I feel sooo lucky! Thanks to the power of the Universe!

Visit to High5 Breadtwn..finally came true!

Refering to my earlier post on this, the day finally came...28Dec 2008.

Managed to gather 6 families: 3 were my ex classmates & schoolmates SP & TSY & Beatrice and 1 was my blogger fren Jac with twins, too. The other family was Jac's collegue.Of course not forgetting my own family of 6 members.

For those of you who have not been there, here's a little brief intro about it:

About High5 Bread Town

High 5 Bread Town, the first of its kind in the world was officially opened by The Honourable Minister Of International Trade & Industry on 25th May 2005. The brainchild of Silver Bird Group Managing Director Dato Jackson Tan, High 5 Bread Town is a truly unique attraction of its class. High 5 Bread Town is the architectural masterpiece showcase of the RM100 mil state-of-the-art plant of Silver Bird Group factory located on 6.07ha plant in Shah Alam. High 5 Bread Town was certified in the Malaysia Book of Records as the “First Bread Museum” in Malaysia.

With an enormous floor size, High 5 Bread Town is an attraction which caters to visitors of all ages, promising a time of fun, excitement and learning for the whole family. Being one of the latest tourist attraction in Malaysia which embrace and incorporate only the best museum state of the art technology system, High 5 Bread Town offer our guest a touted as the "a walkthrough on the history of bread" with emphasis on bread development timeline, it is definitely a "must see" to experience it!

The factory is huge & really eye-opening though the kids felt a bit bored with the power point show. Later they had great fun running about & enjoying each others' boisterous company.

My family enjoyed not only the tour but the companionship of the new friends & old friends whom we met that day. That was the first time I met Jac, one great blogger who also had twins Scott & Sean Heng. My twins enjoyed their companionship. Not forgetting Sara..the only princess of SP and hubby who were kind enough to host us with their warm hospitality at their warm & cozy home. My kids cant stop mentioning about Sara even after they got home. As for SY and her lovely kids, we do hope we could meet up again for another local family vacation next year.

Real pleasure meeting up with you people. Thks for the wonderful time.

Here's a little souvenir from me for remembrance to all of you who were there:

The tourguide told us that in one day this factory can produce 30,000 cream rolls for ditribution nationwide & ship out within 4 hours.

After the tour, SP, TSY and my family went to PJ to have yong tau fu.



Gosh we drove back to Ipoh after that. It was a really relax drive though it was a wet day, raining almost towards the late evening & night.

contest winnings

1) Collected my 2 tickets from the High 5 Bread agent in Ipoh. They are 2 complimentary tickets worth RM 10 for a package which includes:
*High5 BreadTown Entrance Ticket
*Admission to all attractions (14 themes)
Free 1 special goodie bag with 2 items each
*Free in-house tour guide.

As per my ambitious plan in my previous post, 4 other couples will be joining me to this Breadtown. Really looking forward to it.

2) Took my 4 kids for the High School Musical -Senior Year movie at TGV cinema last Sunday.


I won 4 complimentary tickets from the Vitagen Muscial Holiday contest 2008. The show was good. I enjoyed just as much as my kids did. Very inspiring, romantic & entertaining. If u havent seen the show in movie theatre or intend to get the CD, here's the preview: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/highschoolmusical3/

Any more takers for the complimentary tour to High 5 breadtown?

So far, I've got 4 families confirming of joing me to the High5 Breadtown museum. For those of you who are wondering what I'm talking about. Recap

here:

Dateline to confirm is 31 October, 2008.

Take care & Happy Deepavali holidays.

GROSGRAIN MINI STORE OPENING NOVEMBER 6!!!!! AND BIG PREVIEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

This is soooo sooo birdy COOL & fascinating! I just like the reversible skirt. Ideal or my 3 & 4yr old girls who will go to the parks often nt to feed birds here but to feed fishes in ponds/lakes....Oh Kathleen please pick my gals as winner. The red one will be Ju's favourite & the yellow one will be cute on Jasmine.

BTW Ju's hair is like Lily's ..straight & sightparting ..so sexy!

Have linked you & hoping to win:

Bloggers with little girls, check this out:
GROSGRAIN MINI STORE OPENING NOVEMBER 6!!!!! AND BIG PREVIEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

My ambitious Idea may come true afterall..if there are takers!

Referring back to my previous post on this, my ambitious idea may work depending on the feedback, response & outcome.

I was lucky for the secondtime after the first, when knew a counterpart who is kind of close to the High5's manageress. She was kind enough to sponsor some entrance tickets for adults to the Breadtown(Factory/Museum).Normal price RM15 each.

Otherwise the rates & packaging are as follows:

So for mommy/daddy bloggers staying near Shah Alam or Selangor or anywhere you think is possible to take up this complimentary tickets for 2 adults..let me know by end of this week or latest 31October 08 so that I could arrange to get you the tickets.
The Breadtown only accept prebooking tours.
Operation Hours
Monday to Friday - 9.00am to 6.00pm
Closed on Wednesday
Saturday & Sunday - 9.00am to 6.00pm

I personally planning to go during December school holidays on 28Dec 2008(Sunday) which is the eve of a Public Holiday(Awal Muharram) on 29th Monday. (Subject to change depending on the response of this offer!
Since it's school holiday , the kids will sure enjoy it ...unless you have got other plans!

Accomodation & food on your own. (I'm trying to get complimentary High 5 meals during the tour at the factory)

So any takers? Let me knw by 31 October 2008 OK!

I've collected My 1st Prize...iPOD Shuffle

The Senior Operations Manager Mr.Wong & another manager Alex were there to present the prize ...1 unit iPOD shuffle & 2 cartons (24 X 2 cans) of RC Cola for me to enjoy with my family & friends.


This is the close up pic of the Ipod..very small & compact ideal for jogging/ shopping.


Though not as expensive as the one I won last time but it's the joy of winning that counts.

I've also learnt something from the managers aboput their other product KICKAPOO.

Take a look at this picture.

Do you knw which one is genuine and which one is "pirated" ?


The original (genuine) KICKAPOO has a green cap, with the words (Tanpa Kafein) Caffein free & also the Chinese characters read "KIT kar poh" and not "KAT Kar poh" in mandarin. Sorry I dont know Mandarin but at least I can see the difference in the chinese characters here.
The fake one is taller and has a Yellow cap without the kICKapoo logo on the cap. Others exactly the same ..dats why many consumers cant differentiate them.

So those of you KICKAPOO lovers like me out there make sure you look for the genuine ones when you purchase the next time. The original one is of course priced higher than the fake one but the taste is more genuine , too. I've been a KICKAPOO lover since childhood. It has been around even before I was born. BTW, I'm not paid to do this post OK, just trying to help do justice to the KICKAPOO company who is sueing the company who faked their product.

For your info, KICKAPOO also has a product called VIMTO..something like RIBENA. Tried before? What are you waiting for..go grab your original KICKAPOO, RC Cola & VIMTO and enjoy while you blog!

Thnks again KICKAPOO for the chance to win in your contest.

My entry won 1st prize!!!

I took part in the Royal crown Cola drink '2' "win" Contest 2008 in May this year which ended last July.

Few days back, I received a letter from KICKAPOO(M) Sdn Bhd congratulating me for winning the 1st Prize............1 unit iPOD Shuffle.

Today I will be receiving the prize from the Manager during a prize presentation.

I have no idea how much it's worth. Do you know the price?
Intend to sell it coz I dont really use it.

Shenandoah Costume GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Thanks to Kathleen , the artsy craftsy home mommy & kind sponsor for creating this beautiful classy, royal outfit which would be a fairytale dream come through for both my princesses.

Shenandoah Costume GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Good luck to those who are taking part in this giveaway!