Happy mommy's Day!

Calling all moms, mommies, emak, ibu, amah, mou chan, mami, etc! Watever the title u
r holding in the love of ur darling kids, here's wishing u a fantabulous HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!!

I am enjoying every moment of it now in a simple, leisure n pleasurable way with my family:

1. Went for linedancing n leisure walk at d park at 7am this morning:



2. Endeavouring nature with my girls as they had fun at the playground.
Made myself a HEART SHAPE from petals of FLAME of THE Forest!




3. Now going to golf sanctuary to relax and unwind .. Trying to meet my contest datelines!


How's your mother's day ? Hope u hv a wonderful and interesting one!!

In loving memory of my beloved daddy- 27Feb 2009

Can You Hear Us “Di”?

Di , I know you're happy,
And finally free of pain,
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They come down as cool, clear rain.
I'm sure you've been rewarded,
For the good things that you've done,
And getting that...long-needed rest,
Or finally having peace & fun.
But forgive me on this Chinese New Year,
If I wish that you were here,
Tho I want you to be happy,
This day's not the same, I fear.
Everyday, I wish that I,
Could have you by my side,
The feeling that we miss you,
Cannot be denied.
'Cause Di, we wasted many hours,
When you walked this earth,
I realize...now that you're gone,
Just what that time was worth.
I wish you peace & serenity.
Wherever you may be,
In the arms of Amitabha Buddha,
Look upon us from up above,
Shower us with your neverending love and blessings !
We pray that you forever rest in peace!

In loving memory of my beloved daddy- 27Feb 2009

I Miss U Daddy…Today is Ur 1st Anniversary since u left us!
I'm not blaming you Lord Buddha,
Nor asking why you took Daddy from me,
You were so good to him as your disciple,
Now from this world my daddy dearest is free....
Free from all troubles and trials,
From all sorrow, sickness and pain,
Free from the world's tribulations,
Earth's sorrows are now Nirvana’s gain
I'm not blaming you at all Amitabha Buddha,
For we came not into this world to stay
That man born of woman
Is full of trouble but for a few days
You were merciful and kind, Thou his keeper
We should not ask you for any more
To let him stay with us any longer
He was tired and weary before his last moments with us all
Oh no I don't blame you Amitabha Buddha
I knew that some day we would have to part
but I loved him so very much Dear Buddha
He possessed such a large space in my heart
But that Friday evening of 27Feb 2009 when you took him
To that Celestial City so fair
Death is never a welcomed stranger
And loved ones are not usually prepared
I'm so glad mom, my siblings & myself were there at the parting
We saw when doctor had to pull the ventilator off for dad to step on board
His eyes were opened at last , for a while & with his tight hand grasp ,
we continued chanting
With his last teardrops, dad finally bid us the last goodbye & followed the Light Amitabha Buddha!

Relaxation at CWS 4th Day of CNY

CNY Part 3

Since UK aunt is a nature lover & loves retreat, we took her to Clearwater Sanctuary in Batu Gajah on the 5th Day of CNY. This is the place near the spot where the film "The King & I " played by Chow Yuen Fatt & Jodie Foster was shot.

There were many activities one can do in CWS such as swimming, fishing, boating, kayak-ing, bird watching, bicyling, games like tennis, badminton, squash; achery, & golfing.

Aunt Chris really enjoyed the serene views & all the natural landscapes there which she could hardly find in the place she stays in UK.

Here are some of the pics taken.





After this outing, we rushed back home for the reunion dinner sponsored by Aunt Chris at a famous local restaurant. we booked 5 tables for about 50 family members.

How was your CNY outings & family reunion? Bet you have a splendid time, too!

CNY Reunion Dinner with more than 10 families

CNY Part 2

My Uk aunt gave us a great feast at a local famous Chinese Restaurant with 8 course dinner on the 4th Day of Chinese New Year.

Most of her siblings attended the dinner together with their children & family who could make it. All together the rough count was about 50 pax.

The get-together really brought us closer & everyone enjoyed each others' companion.

Again the kids were the most boisterous ones wit their roaring laughters to cheer up the occassion.

Thank you Aunt Chris for the treat & thanks to my beloved mom for the organising & making all the arrangements

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Splendid Saturday for kids- cousins get together

My princesses with their cousin Ryan on his bday @KFC



After lunch @ KFC, kids have fun feeding fish @ the koi pond at my home

Simple dish for dinner:


Nyonya Chicken Stew



Tauchu fried long beans with Kembong fish

Love checked in ISH for endoscopy

Past 2 days, love was at the ISH for endoscopy procedure due to his very bad gastritis.
Though he is discharged already tonight, he still has not gotten his result & need to go back for his outpatient appointment with the specialist later for the findings report.

The two nights when he was at ISH, the kids took the opportunity to bunk into his private single room for a few hours at night. They treated it like a hotel check in : taking their bath, having their dinner(I cooked & brought food for all of us for dinner there)in daddy's private room.

Here are the pics of the family bonding moment& moral support to their beloved daddy:

Family-Golf Affair @RPGC & Clearwater

Here are some pics compiled in slideshow of our family spending time together in golf past weekends:

Our simple Saturday

I had to run some errands in the morning & chauffer mum to buy fruits & food for offerings to dad & other deceased ancestors at the Kek Lok Seah temple at 1.30pm today.

After all the errands were done, we went out for ala carte lunch at the Wooley food court. Some ordered Vietnamese Chicken chop rice, some had Penang fried kueh tiaw, some had spaghetti & sizzling pan mee. We "ta pau" (takeaway some of my dad's favorite dishes & rice in a tiffin carrier to offer him at the temple)

After lunch we proceeded to Kek Lok Seah temple for the prayers.



After the prayers, we adjourned home & spent time at home as it was drizzling again.

At night I cooked these for my family:

1) Ku low Yook (Sweet Sour Mini Pork chops)


2) Tauchu Taufu On Taufu (First deep fry 3 taufu. Use one of it & mashed it up to cook with minced meat & tauchu, then pour back onto the fried ones)


3) Drunked Popeye (spinach with chinese cooking wine)



For tomorrow picnic: nasi lemak with tamarind sardine, & sambal cuttlefish,


Will fry burgers, sausages , popcorn chicken & fried eggs tomorrow morning itself.

Stay tune on my next post on the Picnic.

H1N1 or H1N4 in our home?

Past few days, we have been playing doctor, nurse & patients at home since Dennis our second twin first presented with all the H1N1 symptoms. He had high fever, sorethroat, cough plus muscular pain over his calf until he could barely stand & walk. A week earlier, hubby had a bad flu with fever but no sorethroat.

After Dennis, I started to have mild fever. Thanks to the flu jab I was entitled to take in my healthcare profession, i didnt have much flu or sorethroat but only bodyaches. Then my 5 yr old princess got the bug (fever & cough), after that my first twin Daniel was next in line. Finally needless to say & expectedly my youngest princess took the last in queue.

I didnt choose to admit them in the government nor private Paeds ward as I am more confident & comfortable to self quarantine and nurse all of us at home. Doctor didnt do any swap as expected nor give any Tamiflu (better that way coz we were told TAmiflu can cause brain damage in children). I just presume we had it!

So in the recovery period of this H1N1-like symptoms, we all had better bonding at home, spending time playing(I made play dough for my bored kids), we played doctor, nurses & patients (the kids took turn tobe in charge of taking temperature with the digital thermometer I once won frm a contest). One thing for sure, the thermometer was our most useful play toy.

Take a look at some of these shots I took;

1) 4 yr old Little princess play nurse while kor kor Dennis was the patient:

2) 5yr old princess sponging herself with wet towel & taking her own temperature:


3) The four bored sickos playing with homemade play dough mommy made for them:


4) The dettol hamper worth RM500 which I won lately was indeed very handy for us. I also changed all their toothbrush during this period:


Thank God we are all getting better now. To think positive, at least we all now have better immunity to H1N1!

Missing you Di..HAppy Father's Day!

This is the 1st year ever we are celebrating Father's Day without you being there.
Di, you have been the anchor, the inspiration & the pillar of my life until God took you away on 27Feb 2009.

Why sooo soon? I kept asking God for I have not had enough of saying how much you mean to me, how much I treasure all your love, care & guidance although I'm already a mum of 4 kids. Certainly all your grand children miss you alot, too. Where has Ah Kong gone? Is he happy in Heaven? Why Ah Kong has to die? These are the questions I cant seem to answer back ..not like when they question me about their homework.

I pray over and over again that I wish not to dream of you if you are resting in peace now.

If you really are watching over us, please give us your blessings & forgive us for not being the best of your expectation.

You will always remain in my heart coz you will always be my best Daddy whom I love forever. Till we meet again .....Happy Father's Day ,DI!

Penang trip (part 2)

continued from previous post on Penang Trip.






Breakfast at Pulau Tikus


Fun at the beach: