Potato Frittata

I baked potato frittata with tomatoes, tomato paste, string beans (the original recipes required spinach), eggs, milk and of course... 1 cup of shredded Cheddar Cheese.
The result is quite yummy and most important is Megan love it.
And... I love it... yummy but... fatty... it's OK, I'm trying to put on some weight here :)

Ohhhh Heaven is the place on Earth

I always think of this song from Amy Grant when ever I eat Chocolate : Heaven is a place on earth.
This Monday, my aunt just back from singapore and she brought for my mum Chocolate Charbonnel, The chocolate drink. Oh my... they are delicious. Really Chocolaty and really creamy.
The Charbonnel Chocolate contain chocolate flakes, not chocolate powder, you can just melt them to make a glass of hot chocolate, which is really creamy or just spread the flakes on your ice cream, yogurt , cereal, oatmeal, what ever you're craving.
Really a piece of heaven on earth.

For you who have taste the delicious of Chocolate Charbonnel before, Lucky you! For you who're not yet, Well...what are you waiting for????????

Megan's imporovement

Megan on 25 month are able to arrange simple puzzles (thanks to a tio who's more patiently tough her back in Pekan Baru), able to building blocks with Lego, recognize and able to read numbers 1-10 in English, Mandarin and Bahasa, number 11-15 in English.

No patient in coloring and still can't grasp the concept of color.

A few days ago, she's showing interested in lacing beads and tried to lacing some all by herself. Took her ages to try to balance the beads and shoe lace and made mummy throat sore for the cheering and supporting to lift up her spirit.
Today, she succeed to lace 3 beads and the ran away :)

I had a dream

I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed that I made love with a man I knew but hardly met(and honestly, never thought of him). He hold me tight and asked me to Come.
Well before I Came, I woke up, my skin tingled and I can felt his warm body against mine at that time.
That make me pondered, and realized that I haven't have sex for more then a year.
Yeah...since before the separation, my ex and I rarely make love cause we just couldn't stand of each other anymore.
I thought that I didn't missed it (not missing him, mind you) but it turned out that my brain and my body missed the sensation and the chemistry of it.

I'm very old fashioned girl in mind. I'm not the type that hang out at local bar or pub, has fling and one night stand just to satisfy my desire, my needs.

I just wish some day, I'll find myself a good husband who will give me a fulfill and happy life (Fu Man) so I can spend the rest of my life hand in hand with him.

Books, Where to buy??? Help!!!

I tried to buy some Kumon preschooler Workbooks for Megan , very interesting books to train her basic skill. Actually they're not expensive books, just around $5.9 to $6.9 per book but the shipping fee is really a bummer. For 5 books will cost around $29.94 send from Amazon USA so, I thought, hay there're many online book store in Indonesia, why not tried them.... and the result is None sell them.
Bummer....

I tried Kinokuniya Jakarta and also Not available.

Then, my sister introduce me to this website, an Indonesia online bookstore : www.bookopedia.com. The good news is, they have the books but the price will be not cheaper but more expensive!

If I bought directly from Amazon.com, the total fee including shipping(standard mail)cost around $55.74 (With Currency exchange now 1$= Rp 10.350) but if I bought from bookopedia.com,they will charge me around Rp. 704.000.
Even if I assume 1$ for Rp.11.000, it's still cheaper buying directly from Amazon.com. HuH!!!!
So, I patiently browse... seeking another reasonable option, I found them at Kinokuniya Malaysia, 1 book around RM 24-25.
I have already email them, asked if they do international delivery and gladly they did, but still haven't give me the detail of shipping fee yet (I asked for using Malaysia Surface mail, aka, cheaper)

Hope to get good news from them.....other wise I have to spent $29.94 for shipping only........

Psssttt....

I'm not supposed to do any workout yet. Strictly forbidden by my GP specially after last Saturday, when i was rolling tuna potato patties for Megan, suddenly, I sweat profusely , feeling dizzy, lightheaded and breathless and I felt that I was going to faint.
My face was so pale white that my maid hurriedly sit me down and bring me hot water. After 15 mins I was OK. My family GP a.k.a my aunt, hurriedly came to check my condition and said I was hypoglycemic, my blood pressure was too low and ordered me to rest.
What a lame...I rested enough la...

So, today, this morning, when my mum went to beauty salon and my dad busy carpentering some cupboard, I did my 45 mins TaeBo.
Breathless yes... sweat a lot, no doubt, but I felt strong and healthy..yipeeee .
Now i think i really need my nap cause my whole body is aching :)
Sweet......

Maid...which one to fired?

We have 3 maids who help us to tend the house.
The older one is Bi Mis, who has been with the family for 17 years. Now she's in her fifties. Her job is to do laundries (no machine wash)and trice a week wiping all the cabinets. Also go to wet market to do shopping for my mum and help to look after Megan.
She used to do all the mopping and wiping floor on 2nd and 3thd floor until she complained that the toll was too much and she's too tired so it was reduced to cleaned my mum's bathroom only. She works from 8.00- 14.00

The second one is Ima, she's already 7 years with family, now she's pregnant and will due around hari raya but still she want to continue to work with us and asked mum permission for 3 month leaves.
She used to be stay at home maid until married last year. Her job is on 1st floor, mostly kitchen jobs. she also mopped the floor daily and cleaned the bathroom on 1st floor. Twice a week, she cleaned all the windows on her level floor and trice a week, wiping all the cabinets. She work from 8.00- 15.30

The third one is Ac, She only with us for 1.5 year. Her job is to clean 2 and 3 floor including floors, cabinets, 2 bathrooms and look after Megan. She is quick witted and smart..too smart actually that she become bit lau chua. she work from 8.15-17.00

Now, the problem is none are stay at home maid and we need stay at home maid. Which one to fired? from logic thinking, it should be bi Mis, but since she's been around for so long, mum tend to like her as family and she has gentle heart and very obedient.
The second option is Ima, but she got my mum soft heart because she's good maid, she's clean and smart and she can ward off all the preman2 if they come to ask money and also she's the poorest one, her hubby is only a driver and his salary will not enough to support her and the coming baby.
The only option is Ac, but Ac is smart.. you just point one thing and she'll remember...And the most important is she really adore Megan, since she's childless, and she can play with Megan. Headache arrrrrr.

Yummy???

Here is what I cooked weeks before: potato cheese frittata and fusilli with tuna sauce.
Good or not?

Allergy

Here is my beautiful spotted skin because of my allergy. Got to get some allergy tested done soon after I totally healed.
The problem of being allergic is that i cannot eat high protein foods such as seafood, cheese even durian..arghhhhh what a sucker and I love durian specially the bitter ones...though not too much appetite on anything these days
I've lost around 2kg which is not good because I'm too skinny already and my taste buds feel awful... you see.. even plain water tasted very sweet for my weird taste buds now and I can't stand salty food even on peanut butter.

Ahhh I hope to heal soon, cause i can't stand the weak feeling. Because of the meds I have too take, it make me breathless and dizzy, even just braving through the traffic jam or standing too much.

But the plus point is now, all i have to do is nurture my self back to health again, meaning a lot of sleeping and eating (selected foods only) even doesn't need to lift a finger to do anything, my mum just order all maids to be at my services anytime of the day hehehe

URGHHHh

Just felt a bit ok, nut now getting worse. Can not sleep last night because kept running to closet to puke but instead, nothing came out.
I'm really tired and My poor Megan, she kept waking up with me and cried want to follow me to toilet.

My mum and auntie suspected that i was some how di guna guna (I don't remember the English word for this)
After consultation with monk, she assured mum that I'm not. A relieved, now my tempt rocket high again (38,2')
Tomorrow I'll have my blood test, I maybe got blood infection or something which I really hope, NOT!!!! CROSS MY FIMGER.

Down with cold

Since Sunday evening, something wrong with my body. I felt sudden chill all over my body, my whole body trembling, so i decide to take panadol cold and flue and take 1 hour nap.
Woke up feeling a bit refreshed, I prepared Megan dinner which is Fusilli with Tuna Sauce, but then feeling just not right.. seem like my body was going to sweat but somehow not able to pour out a drop. I got only fitful slept that night.
The stupid mistake was on Monday morning, I decided to take the matter myself and went to sauna instead consult with doctor and yes, I felt great when I was in Sauna but when I went out from the heated room, OMG I trembled all over even my lips become blue and my finger were white, I forced my self to take quick hot bath and rushed home, nearly fainted and swallowed more panadol and went bed.
My aunt, a GP, said, I's infected with some kind of virus and prescribed antibiotic for me, Blahhhh my tongue and my mouth still tasted bitter until now,I'm so powerless and weak.
I'm bit ok now but here and then, still need a lay down, I'm feeling drowsy but can't sleep to well.
Luckily, I don't have sore throat or very high fever, or I'll be quarantine with H1N1

I Burnt IT, Lemon Whole Wheat Bread

Argh,... I tried my new mini loaves pan, the idea was to bake them and gave them to my cousins (my new bread fans)and the original recipes was single large loaf pan.
Well, u can see from the pics, the result was ebony black bread but I'm so cheapskate and the ingredient were quite pricey (whole wheat flour, kiwis, honey, lemons)and the inside were still ok (my point of view), So, I , myself finished them all in two days rows...


Wonder why I didn't gained any weight yet????

Busy Weekend

Last Saturday, I tried to bake my first potato-tuna-cheese patties. The recipe which I got from Women Weekly seemed so easy. The result are ugly looking patties and thank you my mum to come to rescue when frying the patties because I have no idea how :)
But..the kids liked them, including some of my nephew and niece (very picky eater)



At night, I baked low fat whole wheat banana bread for my nearly diabetic dad and turned out my dad dislike them, too chewy and nutty for his taste because I've latered all the flour with whole wheat flour and it didn't rise well.
Still there's no worries because my heavily pregnant cousin loved it so it's all gone now.


Sunday, I cooked fucilli with spinach and tomato sauce, turn out not to well because, the spinach is a bit old and turned out a bit tough, Megan ate them anyway (after I re chopped and mashed the spinach)

Wuihhh.. for a non cooking mum like me, cooking really A BIG TOLL!!!]