A Trip to the Bird Park

I spoke to my sis in law dis morning and she asked if we wanna go to the Jurong Bird Park. Her daughter, Adriana is performing in her school band. Why not? My daughters have not been there before anyway .. hmm .. actually Tihani had been there .. but she was still a lil baby then .. heheh

My angels at the entrance of the park.

We visited the penguins first to say our hellos.

Then we went to the waterfalls.

Then we walked around to see the birds. Are these pelicans?? .. duh .. how can I not know .. but seriously I dont .. hehe

I saw this stray bird and took a pic of it .. my favourite pic of all ..

Ahhhh .. pink flamingoes .. sooooooooo preeeeeeeeetty .. arent they??

Actually we didnt walk much .. it rained and it stopped and rained and stopped and rained at stopped .. and in the end we left and headed for Vivo City .. and guess wat??

We ate "birds" .. yeah Chicken Rice to be exact at the Chicken Rice Shop .. hehehe

What coincident!!

It Has Arrived .. Hooray

As I was resting this afternoon, watching MTV on cable, the doorbell rang and a postman stood by the gate. When I saw a box in his hands, I was elated. I knew that IT is the box that I have been waiting for .. the BBM Holiday Edition Package ;-)

Nicole of Attitudes are Contagious, Mine Might Kill You from New Jersery, USA had sent me this nice package full of thoughtfulness. I could see that a lot of homework was done before she put together the package.

These are what she sent :-

First up .. she had included in her package a pack of Organic Tortilla and a jar of Homemade Tomato Salsa .. oh yes, the tomatoes are from her own garden ..

Also included were a Xmas card full of explanations of each item she sent, a big jar of Chocolate Dip Pretzel Rods and Haribo Gold Bears Gummy Candy for my two angels. She had read in my blog that I have kids and had thoughtfully included those gummies for them.

Learning that I love to bake, Nicole had thoughtfully included too in the package, a box of Shaped Sprinkles, Swirled Dark Chocolate and Raspberry morsels + recipe cards (ooh .. i just cant wait to use these .. i havent seen these in Singapore) and Cookies and Bars recipe book (oh yes .. 349 recipes in that book alone).

Thank you Nicole .. I love each and everything u sent me and thanks for being so thoughtful. I could see so much love and care that is put in to prepare this parcel for me. My hugs and kisses to you lil son!

Thank you to BBM host, Steph of Dispensing Happiness .. u go gerl!

The Little Princess

We didnt really have any plan today. After mailing out my BBM package, we brought the kids to a warehouse toy sale at Lok Yang where my sil is working.

The kids got to choose the stuff they want to get. Tihani had chosen a princess set and Auni a barbie doll set.

Tihani got home and tried on her princess outfit .. presenting Princess Tihani ..

I got myself some arty farty stuff to do with the kids too .. hehehe .. well there's still the kid in me!

BBM Holiday Edition Package Sent

I had just manged to put together and sent out my BBM Holiday Edition package to my swap partner who is residing in the US. My apologies for the late sent out.

I hope the package will reach my swap partner in time for Xmas. The postal officer advised me that the package would reach the recipient in 11 days from today.

This time round, I baked a batch of Peanut Butter Cookies for my swap partner (half of which is plain and half mixture is mixed with choc chips).

Well, this a pic of some of the stuff (i included some other items after this pic was taken) that I sent out.

I really hope my swap partner will enjoy what I have put together for her.

BBM rocks!

To Siloso Beach We Went ..

My hubby and I brought our kids to Sentosa after Tihani's school orientation.

So went went, our bags packed with drinks, tidbits, extra clothing and toys for the kids to play with by the beach.

We head down to Siloso Beach at Sentosa. While me and hubby lay down our mats and sat chillin', my daughters played with sand.

There she is, Auni, enjoying herself, running on white sand amidst the lush green trees.

There are the kids, trying to build sandcastles.

After a fun time by the beach, I gave the kids a lil treat of Ben & Jerrys.

Dats Tihani enjoying her ice cream.

We left the beach when the skies turned dark and lightning started to strike.

Big Breakfast .. Kinda

My hubby and I went grocery shopping yesterday and saw baked beans and both of us commented that we havent had that for a long time now. So we bought a tin and decided to eat that for breakfast today.

This was our Big Breakfast which consisted of baked beans which I refried with some onions, sunny side up egg, onion rings, fish bites and toasts, we like ours toasted jus slightly.

Mum's Mee Soto

OK .. as mentioned in yesterday's post, I wanted to serve my guests Mum's Mee Soto and I did. Sifu Sainah (dats my mum by the way) .. hehe .. was at my house to give me a hand at cooking Mee Soto as it is my first time.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken cut into 12 pieces, cleaned
2 heaped tbsp coriander seeds
1 level tsp cumin seeds
5 - 7 big onions, roughly chopped
3 pips garlic, roughly chopped
3 cm fresh turmeric
3 candlenut
2 red chillies, roughly chopped
1 lemongrass
2 lime leaves
2 salam leaves
water
1/4 cup coconut milk
2 tbsp sweet soya sauce
salt and sugar to taste
oil

Method

In a blender, grind coriander seeds, onion, garlic, turmeric, cumin, candlenut and chillies with a lil bit of water.
Heat some oil in a pot and fry the ground ingredients till fragrant and crisp.
Press the end of lemongrass with a pestle and put in the lime and salam leaves and put them in the pot.
Add some salt and sugar then add enough water and leave it to boil on high flame.
Once it has started to boil, lower the flame and put in the chicken pieces and leave it to coook.
Add in the coconut milk and sweet soya sauce and leave it boil again.
Leave it for a moment and turn off heat.

Serve chicken soup hot with noodle or vermicelli or rice cakes and blanched beansprouts.
Top it off with condiments such as fried crispy shallots, chopped cilantro and spring onions and "sambal kicap" - made of ground birds eye chillies, garlic and sweet soya sauce.


Oh yeah .. Mum's Mee Soto was also a hit with the guests .. really kewl stuff.
This is my first time cooking this and surely not the last .. :-)

Sausage Bread Roll

My bro in law + family + his wifey's family will be coming over to my house tomorrow to pay my fil a visit.

I had planned to serve them mi soto and for the kids I made them Sausage Bread Rolls.

Ingredients

10 pcs bread
10 pcs chicken franks
glue, made of flour and water
1 large egg, beaten and seasoned with salt
breadcrumbs
oil for frying

Method

Roll bread to a thin layer using a rolling pin.
Place hotdog on bread and roll. Use "glue" to stick.
Then dip it in egg and lastly roll it on breadcrumbs.
Heat oil and fry the rolls till it is golden brown.
Serve hot with chilli mayo.

You may make the sausage bread rolls in advance and store them in freezer.

This is a pic of the flattened bread.

This is how it looks like before being dipped in egg and breadcrumbs.

This is how it looks like after being dipped in egg and breadcrumbs.

Updated on 2 Dec 06 @ 11.15 pm : I served the guests these when they came earlier and it was a hit .. not only with the kids but adults too :-)))