How shall I put it?

Welcome to the big 30!!!

Another year older and wiser…. perhaps strands of grey hair will start sprouting from now on…

Someone turned 30 on the 4th August 2009. Join the club darling…. We celebrated his birthday at Pasta Zenmai in MidValley with our parents (both sides). We indulged in the oh-so-yummy food that is absolutely tasty and special!

These were what we ordered….

 

An alcoholic drink that Cat ordered. The plum supposedly to be soak in alcohol (concentrated) that you are to eat it (well if you want to get high) last.

 

Care to try?

 

Japanese meal is not complete without the popular ‘Edamame’

 

Look at darling….hahehehhe

 

I forgot what it’s called. Some beef pasta which darling ordered. Ah-but-den??!!!

 

Can’t recall who ordered this but I think it’s mushroom pasta…

 

The garlic fried rice that my mum and my father in-law ordered. Which they could not finish – they ordered 2 bowls!

 

Oh this is the ultimate Japanese pizza ever…. With scallops and mushroom… the sauce is crazily yummy-licious!

 

My favourite pasta – Vongole in mushroom and chilli sauce. Slurppppppp…. The clams are very fresh! And juicy….

 

Another pizza – Seafood pizza i think. Apparently not as tasty as the scallop one. The right dish – i totally forgotten what it is… LOL

 

Unagi pasta…. Ordered by my father in-law.

 

My mum ordered this… She could not finish and started distributing her prawns to everyone!

 

This is another yummy dish – again I can’t recall what is this.

 

Chit chatting while waiting for the dishes….

 

Yup! The table was full and filled with dishes…. we look like glutons….

 

The delicious chocolate jelly cake I bought for darling… Portion was just nice since everyone was full to the throats….

 

Happy birthday darling!!!! Make a wish… Hey! A wish, not so many k?

 

 

The inside of the cake…. Looks like ‘kuih lapis’ though.

 

And mua…. indulging in the jelly cake. I had it slice by slice… savoring each pieces…

 

There were days when he irritates the hell out of you and times when you just want to cuddle him and wonder why is he so cute??????? How to stay angry at him for long when his puppy eyes looks at you adoringly and pitifully the same time?

Darling trying to look ‘cool’ and ‘hunky’ with Tim Tam….

Tim Tam loves his toys, especially his new found friend – Duckie. He eats, play and sleeps with it.

Ok, I need to sleep now – come Duckie…

Look closely – He is already sleeping. The eye that looks opened, well it is actually rolling about coz he is dreaming…. with spasms too!

Funny isn’t he?

His favourite past time includes: Eating, playing, eating and sleeping… ZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZzzzz well at least when he gets too comfortable, especially on the sofa! He kinda blends in eh?

Check out his positions….

Ok, he is falling asleep soon…. going, going…

K.O!!!!

ZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZ…

He also loves to do this, whenever I kneel down… he gets into position and stay comfortably on my legs. Sigh!!!

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh how nice and comfy ‘mummy’s’ legs…

Tim Tam and the ducky pillow I bought for Ed. It has become his pillow in a way now…. how he just take over our things eh? But by bit… soon everything in the house belongs to him instead….

A time for joy and sweetness….

and lots of pounds added into each bellies….

Last month was a month filled with celebrations. From birthdays to full moon, Hari Raya to Deepavali and the recent Halloween celebration too! Ahhh not forgetting the event that I missed due to fever – Steve’s and Tracy’s wedding.

Here are the events :

Elizabeth Fetherbe’s 13th birthday.

 This is so yummy and sinful…

The last time I had so many presents was the same age as her…. after that it gets fewer and fewer each year… Hmmm I wonder why?

        

Time for the candles….  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   That’s right, flash those teeth babe…

 

Don’t blow away those cards k?

All the ‘professional’ photographers… hey, make sure the pictures come out clear…

Robert: *Smile* – Ahhh Liz is growing up to be a gorgeous lady…she is definitely going to break lots of hearts! Muaaaaaaaaahahahahahhahah….

Keren: Well, as long as it’s not her heart…. I am going to screen 1,000 times on those ‘boys’ before they get any closer…

Liz: I don’t intend to get any hook ups and neither am I interested in them…. I only have eyes for Archie!!!!

                   

Ma getting ready for her photo shoot with Liz…. “Lizzie, por por wants to take picture with you and the yummy cake….”

  Lovely shot….

 

Hey, Ba also want!!!

Everyone, come take pictures with me…. and you may have a bite of my cake later

Ed: A bite??? Right, that’s what she thinks! We whack the whole cake to ourselves ya?

Robert: Cannot! later kena diabetes then how? Or we get sugar high… then my wife susah-o!!! Heheheh

I’m going to send the cake picture to Serah and Josh… Probably I will take some home for Aly too!

The boys…. eh Ah Chee, watcha looking at?

Ah Chee: Muaaaaahahahahah now i know Rob’s tummy is a big as mine…. kekkeke. Good, then I can have many slices of the cake…

The girls seemed to be very ‘high’ already… hmmm i wonder if it’s the sight of the cake… sometimes even by looking at yummy stuff can give you with the aphrodisiac effect!

Hey both of you, why so stiff?

The cake was delicious and everyone got sugar high! And i gain another 3 pounds…. Dang!

 

 

 

Kellan’s 4th birthday celebration at My Montessori, Bangsar.

Come on Ms Moon, hurry up, we want to eat the cake!!!!

Ok, give me the knife already….

Everyone got a present from Kellan! How lovely to receive presents from the birthday girl – and she did not receive any…. what’s going on???!!!!????

Work, work, work….

I wish I had a maid now….:(

It’s been almost 3 weeks since we moved in to our new place. Still have lots to do and unpack. We are taking our own sweet time as we are insufficient of certain things…

We need more storage cabinets and drawers

Another countertop for my groceries (for chopping and cutting meat and vegetables) – Ed got Stanly to custom make one for us. Hopefully it’s not too pricey!

A microwave and a countertop

A bigger fridge

and a helping hand….A maid will be great!!! But too bad, this we cant’ afford yet…. At least she can clean my house everyday as it’s super dusty each time we open our windows! Now we keep it close most of the time.

Haven’t gotten a chance to take more pictures. Will do so in due time, soon!!!!

Till then, I guess i will be taking a break from blogging for a while till i settle down fully here. Stilll getting used to the routine of cleaning and unpacking everyday. It’s exhausting as I never stopped working even when I come home from work!

Been standing on my feet till it hurts now. Chiropractor said i overused my muscles…. Need the stabilizers… SIGH!

Signing off now… time to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

p/s: My brother came over to stay for the weekend….

 

Finally our own place !!!

The plan was to stay with my in-laws till next year when the existing condo in Kuchai is vacant in September. Due to circumstances, we made the decision to move out while scouting for a good place to buy. We found this condo in Jalan Puchong (actually it is situated opposite the Old Klang Road police station onwards to Puchong – another route besides LDP).

The condo’s name is Sri Jati 2. Yes, it sounded quite low class like any flats out there but the place in fact is a pretty nice and comfortable place. The best we have seen as everything that comes with it are new. It is partially furnished – TV cabinet, wardrobe (which can only fit Ed’s clothes), sofa and Queen sized bed. Oh yes, curtains for the living hall and master bedroom included. That’s about it. The setback of the house is, no kitchen cabinet installed!!! That is the most important part and we are still trying to get the owner to fix one for us.

We spent a lot to get all the necessary items for the house…. and we are not done yet!!!! Sigh!!!!

We get to move our items in staggered load-ins starting from this Saturday. We will officially move in on the 1st October. Can’t wait!

Now we can start playing ‘house’ at last~~~ Hahhahaha and masak-masak! I’d better brush up my cooking skills… feed my hubbie fat-fat…

The location/map:

http://maps.google.com.my/maps?gbv=2&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&q=sri%20jati%202%20condo%20map&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

It’s been a month since i last updated my blog… The furs are back and growing nicely… Tim Tam looks better now. Check it out

This is absolutely the best ‘daddy-doggy’ potrait….

Aaaaawwww… So sweet… “I Woof you daddy!!! Slurp!”

Sigh!! This is what i called ‘life’…

Don’t be jealous of me…

Well, I have a feeling I have pampered him too much. He started to follow me around practically everywhere!!! Even when i need to visit Mother Nature!!! He would just sit next to me and wait till I finished!!!

Taught him a few simple tricks like ‘Stay, Sit, Hand and Down” He did it within a few minutes of training each time!!! A smart dog  I must say. This coming Sunday is his first Obedient training. It will be held in Taman Desa for a period of 10 session - 1 hour each session. I can’t wait. Edwin aims to take him for Agilant training after that. His objective is to enrol Tim Tam for competitions! I have faith in Tim Tam to perform well, poodle is indeed a brilliant breed. Fast learner too! This is what he will be learning:

Lesson Plan for Basic Obedience Class

The main aim in this training class includes :-

• To establish the communication channel between dog handler and his / her dog

• To make the dog understand a series of command from the handler

Duration : 10 weeks excluding bad weather

Lesson one : Introduction to Basic Obedience Class

• Objective of training
• Housebreaking Training (toilet training) will be provided on request.
• Be a responsible dog owner and your social responsibilities
• Proper training equipment
• Introduce lead training
• Proper use of collar and leash

Lesson two: Introduce Sit on Heeling at normal pace

• Revise lead training
• Q & A

Lesson three: Introduce Stand on Heeling at normal pace

• Revise Sit exercise
• Q & A

Lesson four: Introduce Down on Heeling at normal pace

• Revise Sit and Stand Exercise
• Q & A

Lesson five: Introduce Sit Stay Exercise

• Revise Sit; Stand and Down Exercise
• Q & A

Lesson six: Introduce Down Stay Exercise

• Revise lesson five
• Q & A

Lesson seven: Introduce Recall to Present with lead

• Revise lesson six without Sit and Down Stay Exercise
• Q & A

Lesson eight: Introduce Recall to Present and Finish with lead

• Revise lesson seven heel work without sit and down
  stays
• Q & A

Lesson nine: Introduce Stand Stay for Temperament Test with lead

• Revise all exercises required for graduation test
• Q & A

Lesson ten: Graduation Test

• Heel work on preset heeling pattern
• Recall to finish on lead
• Stand Stay on lead
• Sit Stay with lead – one minute
• Down Stay with lead – two minutes

And this is what Edwin wanted for Tim Tam in the future…

About Agility

Agility began as an exhibition sport in Great Britain and is now being introduced to countries worldwide.  The sport was patterned after equestrian events and combines handler control, agility, and confidence.  The sport of agility is comprised of a course set up of many different obstacles.  Agility is meant to be a fun, non-regimented sport, with a lot of spectator appeal.  Obstacles include jumps, tunnels, a dog walk, a see-saw or teeter, an A-frame and weave poles.

Some of the agility training materials used:

Tim Tam has gone full monty!!!! Shaved his fur off 2 weeks ago. He has scabs and so I took the decision to let him go full monty. Well, killed 2 birds with one stone! At least when his furs grow back, it will be shinier, curlier and thicker…

Here are some pictures of how he transformed from a cute furry doggy to a chihuahua look alike pup… LOL!

Tim Tam with the funnel… to prevent him from scratching his ears and biting his legs… He was the funniest when he tried going under the bed or trying to squeeze in to places…

I bought him a t-shirt, twas a little big for his size even though it was ’s’ size. I could lift him up with it!!! LOL

Side view….

Him on his ‘daddy’s’ lap about to fall into ‘lala land’… He is such a pig!!! Ed said that he is like his ‘mummy’…damnit!

Tze Minn holding him and look at his sleepy eyes… sigh! The pig in action again…

ZzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz… so relaxing!!! Me giving him a massage… He lurves it!

He looked so puny and skinny without his furs… Can’t wait for his furs to grow. The vet said it will take aproximately 1 month to see a little fur. So am guessing it will take 6 months to have his furs grown completely… Well, at least for now, it’s easier for me to clean him!

I have always loved doggies, especially golden retrievers and sharpei… They are just so adorable and smart… and I like the ones that likes to be near human and are friendly and a socialite.

Ed, my sis in-law, aunty and I went for the recent Pet’s World expo at Midvalley Megamall Convention Center.  Objective was to just check out some good looking, handsome dogs doing their ‘thang’ for the audience. Of course, most of them consist of old timers and champs. We were awed to see the dogs performed so well… We wished that children were that obedient!!!

The first thing we saw when we arrived were cages filled with yelping toy poodles!!! All vying for attention… Few of them just ignored what’s going on and slept off into lala-land. Three puppies were brought out into the viewing cage for us to play and cuddle… Also for checking if the puppy is active or not, male or female, colour light or dark… I was just so mesmerized with them I couldn’t really cared. I think I gave Ed the ‘puppy’ looked when we had to left the pups to visit other booths coz he asked if I wanted one…:) I said yes but how are we going to get one? We had to take into consideration of space, expenses, care-taking and etc…. He suggested we go thru other stalls first before deciding…

We went from stalls to stalls, most of it were selling and promoting accessories and food. Came across a few other booths selling other breeds as well… I saw a Sharpei pup!!! My favourite dog… He is so cute! Shrugged it off as space is a constraint for us… There were Maltese, pug, Chihuahua, Terrier, German Shephard, Husky, Jack Russels and Pinscher… All looked just so adorable you want to take it home… but they were all in a category of medium to large breed… I need something small!

After a round of scouting, we went back to the first booth and finally got into choosing the ‘right’ toy poodle… My criteria: must be a male, darker brown active but not too active… I hated those which keeps on jumping around and biting people’s hand! The pup found me!!! He just made himself comfortable on my hand and almost doze off!! He was so cute and sweet… Instant bonding and feeling of warmness fell onto me. I just had to have him. Bought him for RM900. There goes Ed’s pocket…but I know he did it willingly and full heartedly.

Preview cage - left is my pup

I had to go through a short briefing on the pup, do’s and don’ts and all. While at it, Aunt Lisa and Catherine went to buy some puppy things without me knowing… So sweet of them to get excited! Aunt Lisa bought him a teddy bear and Cat bought him a collar strap.  It was instant attraction - I just felt that he will be a spoiled pooch.

Fell asleep on my lap while i was briefed by the seller

Aunt Lisa just adore him - She was the one who bought Teddy for him

We did not get to name him till the next day (saturday) when we went over to my Godparents place. Everyone were trying to come up with a unique name. Finally Serah mentioned Tim Tam and I totally agreed with it instantly. It just sounded right without it being too obvious that it represents ‘chocolaty’, ‘brown’, and all that jazz… I think it’s pretty unique too… so TIM TAM it is…

Can you see the similarity of it? LOL

It is the first step into parenthood! Tim Tam acts like a baby… well he was only 7 weeks old when we bought him. Turning 2months this coming Thursday (16 July). He peed and poo-ed all over the place… it took us a few days to get him to potty on the newspaper… we succeeded except the poo-ing part… Somehow, he loves to poo elsewhere… still working on it now…

He developed skin rash within 2 days of bringing him home… took him to a vet and got him ointment… got him some vitamins as he was not eating well too… The vet informed that it’s normal as they need to get use to the new surroundings… Thank goodness, he is eating well now… he brought a lot of attention with the whole family running around taking care of him… well, he is indeed well loved though! How can we not? He is absolutely adorable and notti the same time…..

I am learning how to train him each day. Purchased an e-book which cost cheaper than sending him to an obedient school… Not fully taken off yet but am surely doing it bit by bit…. Well, at least we got the pee-ing part completed… Next will be the leash training and potty training part 2. It is tough work taking care of a pup but it is a real satisfaction when he suddenly does what you have been teaching him. Puts a smile on my face each time…..

I do go through what every mummy does each nite… Waking up for milk and such, mine is not for food but to clean up his poo and his ass… He seriously wakes us up just to let us know he had an accident and he needs us to clean up. How smart eh? But it’s better to have a pup that wakes you up than him not alerting you and finding the stench and poo and pee all over the place when you wake up in the morning!!! Or worst, when you need to pee in the middle of the nite while being groggy and steps on it… Eeeeeeew!!!

I can’t wait for him to grow!!! AND TO BE FULLY TRAINED…. My life will be easier, then perhaps, I can have back my undisturbed rest at nite….

So tiny and fragile…

His ‘housemate’ - Teddy Bear…. loves to snuggle up with Teddy, guess it feels closest to his ‘brothers and sisters’

His favourite position when i ‘dry wash’ him… he just know how to enjoy his ‘massage’ - pampered pooch!!!

His Transformer Autobots t-shirt that Pete gave. It used to be Kibble’s… Ain’t he cute???

Last Sunday we had shrimps for dinner. We went to Bubba Gump at The Curve.

Edwin, Catherine and I went for shopping spree. Objective: to find white dresses for our cousin’s wedding next month. Theme: obviously WHITE.

The itinerary for the day was scheduled as such:

1st stop: Nichii at F&N Business Park KL (Since it was on sale, we thought my as well check it out)

2nd stop: Midvalley City (I wanted to check out the kitchen utensils at Carrefour which was on a 70% slash)

3rd stop: Home

However, when we reached the Sungai Besi highway, the jam leading towards Loke Yew was super duper jam! Found out that they had some marathon thingy or something of equavalent. I made a quick decision to skip the plan and wanted to head straight to Midvalley. We rerouted and headed towards Midvalley when halfway, i mentioned that I feel like going to IKEA. Edwin seconded. So we went to IKEA. It was also because Nichii is available at The Curve too.

Reached IKEA, bought some quilt covers and Kibbles’ cushion. Went over to The Curve, checked out Nichii, did not find a good looking white dress. Left to check out the flea market where we bump into Serah. Wanted to pass her Kibbles cushion but we put it in the car…Will pass to her in a few days instead.

Catherine noticed Bubba Gump and decided to call parents in-law for dinner together. As none of us have tried Bubba Gump before, we thought it will be a perfect time to do so. Met Melvin too… but he suggested that we should not go for it as it is yucky… Anyhow, we checked it out anyway… taste is depended on a person’s preference eh?

So in we went… and we looked around in amazement, feel like a child again - discovering something new and extraordinary… we got lost in Forest Gump’s world… Why? Coz if you remembered the movie,this is a lil history of how it came about:

The Bubba Gump restaurant is named after the movie’s main characters Benjamin Buford “Bubba” Blue and Forrest Gump. Bubba suggested the shrimping business and ultimately Forest pursued the idea after Bubba’s untimely death when they served in the Vietnam War.

Our feast at Bubba Gump…

“Life is like a box of chocolate” - Forest’s bench

look at the shoes…

We were seated upstairs,  the room has all Forest’s and his family’s photo hung all over the wall…the pictures look very nostalgic

Thematic settings in the restaurant is based on the movie.

If you have watched the movie, you will know what this represents

This is a very cool concept: It’s for customers to get the server’s attention and service. Instead of the usual snapping and whistling to get the servers attention, this is how its done… when you flip it to ‘Stop Forest Stop’ it means you need services from the servers.

‘Run Forest Run’ means you do not need any service or attending to. Cool eh? But the servers really need to be REAL attentive and alert.

Dessert and special drinks menu attached to a ping pong bat… ingenious!

The menu is filled with shrimps dishes… prepared in all style you can ever imagine! I got a lil worried as too much prawns will get my tongue itching….I decided not to order any main dish as we had ordered too many appetizers, besides i knew the portion will definately be huge! I decided to pick from everyone!

Here were our feasts-

Cat’s cocktail: Medal Margarita (hand shaken cocktail - it serves out at least 5 glasses! Worth it for Rm24.00)

Ed’s drink: Tropical something, can’t recall…but according to him, it tasted like some cough mixture

Myself: I had ‘pure and neat’ H20… LOL - just iced cold water….

Parents in-law: Father - Ice lemon tea, mother - Can’t recall either…

For appetizers we ordered:

The delicious garlic bread… comes with the dinner set my parents in-law ordered… it somehow reminded me of ‘Cheezels’…

Salad…

Shrimper’s Net Catch - Shrimp steamed in beer to tender perfection and served with Bubba’s garlic spice and cajun spice. It’s half-half.

I totally forgot what this is called… Something with ‘American’ in it… Served with tortilla chips with spinach and roasted red peppers, artichokes, and monterey jack cheese. This is yummy!!!!

The main dishes:

Dixie Style Baby Back Ribs: The yummy beef ribs… melts in your mouth!

another beef dish (the meat was RAW!!! Cat’s a carnivore!!!)

Mother in-law ordered this - Salmon and Veggie Skillet

Shrimper’s Heaven : 4 types of prawns done differently, accompanied with 4 types of sauces..

I wanted to try the yummy looking desserts but I couldn’t take in anymore food, I was stuffed with prawns!!!! I vow to go back just for the dessert the next round….:)

Overall, it was a great environment and ambiance - cozy and unique…. It’s like Forest having open house to everyone….!!!! We had some fun on this particular Sunday as food was being shared and jokes were flowing like it’s ‘Happy hour’ Till the next round, I will share some of the in-house jokes that I feel is just classic…hahahaha

Father’s Day was on the 21st June this year. Got my dad and dad in-law to the revolving restaurant at Federal Hotel. It was a a high tea buffet.

The buffet spread has gone good to bad this time, quality of food was bad and the variety has shrunk. However, according to my father in-law; the price remained the same!

Posers A: The two dads…

One viewing the phone message, one viewing the scenery below…

Aiksss!!! Not in front of the camera!!!!… Eeeeeee

Posers B….The Sheep and The Monkey

Posers C…The Dragon and The Horse

And the winner is…..

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Fathers of the Year….

Fathers are wonderful people,
too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
as often as we should,

For Father struggles daily
to live up to his image
As protector and provider
and hero of the scrimmage,

And perhaps that is the reason
we sometimes get the notion
That fathers are not subject
to the thing we call emotion.

But if you look inside Dad’s heart,
where no one else can see,
You’ll find he’s sentimental
and soft as he can be.

Fathers are just wonderful
in a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
and accolades of praise,

For the only reason Dad aspires
to fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
and bring them happiness,

And like our heavenly Father,
he’s a guardian and a guide,
Someone we can count on
to be always on our side.