: : Babyeeee : :

It was a noisy early morning today with lightning flashing and thunder roaring so loudly that the house shook so hard, I stumbled out of bed in the dark to yank out the modem cord before the modem is pulverized by 10,000 gigawatts!

Woke up again much later to a steady rainpour and to the news from Renee that Deb and Tom has been blessed with a baby girl! Awww… isn’t she cute?

Deb maintains a food blog as well and was one of the earliest bloggers to link my site to hers. Her cooking skills are amazing and one can find many tips and goodies on her site. She’s also generous with her feedback and suggestions. Now, with the little one at hand, who knows what the two of them will be able to do together?

Well, Deb, since I’m too far away to give you a huge pot of kacangma, here is a picture of one! Made from chicken and herbs as well as rice wine, it helps to ease the pain after the childbirth and helps the mother to recover faster.

: : Ice-Cream : :

Well, my feet is aching and my head is starting to unravel. It was a long day but still fun at the end. Doing stage work and logistics is back-breaking but like my sis says, I like being involved. Now, at this moment, I just want some ice-cream to unwind.

One is the Magnolia GOTCHA! Soccerball ice-cream but I cannot remember what is the other ice-cream. Oh well. Grace will tell me soon enough! :p

: : A Pot of Gold : :

At local supermarket.

Granny : Come come lah! Wanna show you something!!

Salesman : Thanks Auntie!

The box is from Eu Yan Sang where they have a small counter at Big Fresh Supermarket at Tabuan Jaya. It is now sitting in the living room next to the TV. Must be displayed prominently for all of Granny’s friends to see during CNY wor!

One thing about Eu Yan Sang, there sell bottled Tongkat Ali wines! Haha! Wanted to buy one for a friend who was getting married but his brother refuses to drive me to the nearest Eu Yan Sang shop in Ipoh to get it for him. Choi!

: : Sick at Home : :

Yesterday was spent at home, sleeping most of the time. Except for the times when I went downstairs to get more water or to go and see the doctor.

Granny was cutting some midin to be cook later but she cooked it with sambal belachan! Argh! Couldn’t eat it due to this horrid sore throat. Darn it!

Well, had this for breakfast after going to the doctor to get some medicine and an MC (Medical Chit) certifying that I need to take one day of sick leave. So, as a good little girl, I had to have something to eat first before taking any medicine. The only thing my stomach could hold down was a hot cup of Milo with some bread to dip it in. It was delicious as always! The bread is very very soft, bought from Mita Cake House. The only other bread that I do like is from the Fuji Bakery at the junction of Jalan Ong Tiang Swee and Rock Road. Very very soft bread without the salty preservative taste of Gardenia (which is severely OVERRATED!). Once you’ve tasted these bread, you will never touch Gardenia again. Come to think about it, Gardenia bread disappeared off the shelves of Kuching a couple of years ago. Good! Well, back to the bread from the two Kuching bakeries. Think the secret ingredient is milk which makes it extremely soft and the Fuji bread is slightly sweetish.

Going to the office today was a bad mistake. Due to the extreme coldness, I started off the day in a non-stop fit of coughing and breaking out into sweat because of the medicine and coughing. I got sympathy cries from a lot of people who said I should go back home and rest as well as to get better before CNY! Just before I left, Pascale gave me some biscuits as well as another collegue. Looks like JL is in town again, one of my vendors. Everytime he’s around, he’s either distributing biscuits or chocolates bought from the duty free shop at the airport. Then, someone just had to open up a packet of fried sotong coated with sugar and eat it in the office. The smell alone was enough to start my saliva production but with this sore throat, it was just not possible to eat it!

Anyway, took MC again today and slept the afternoon away. The cough is better now but will have another coughing fit tonight because it gets darn cold at nite in Kuching. Saw spoonfork doing an oliver twist on the previous posting. Aduh! Cook yourself lah! Or one of the readers will be more than willing to cook it for you? Perhaps fry or zain?

BTW, Shiewie, if you’re reading this, someone was doing a search for you and ended up at this blog. Wonder who’s got the hots for ya?

: : Sick at Home : :

Yesterday was spent at home, sleeping most of the time. Except for the times when I went downstairs to get more water or to go and see the doctor.

Granny was cutting some midin to be cook later but she cooked it with sambal belachan! Argh! Couldn’t eat it due to this horrid sore throat. Darn it!

Well, had this for breakfast after going to the doctor to get some medicine and an MC (Medical Chit) certifying that I need to take one day of sick leave. So, as a good little girl, I had to have something to eat first before taking any medicine. The only thing my stomach could hold down was a hot cup of Milo with some bread to dip it in. It was delicious as always! The bread is very very soft, bought from Mita Cake House. The only other bread that I do like is from the Fuji Bakery at the junction of Jalan Ong Tiang Swee and Rock Road. Very very soft bread without the salty preservative taste of Gardenia (which is severely OVERRATED!). Once you’ve tasted these bread, you will never touch Gardenia again. Come to think about it, Gardenia bread disappeared off the shelves of Kuching a couple of years ago. Good! Well, back to the bread from the two Kuching bakeries. Think the secret ingredient is milk which makes it extremely soft and the Fuji bread is slightly sweetish.

Going to the office today was a bad mistake. Due to the extreme coldness, I started off the day in a non-stop fit of coughing and breaking out into sweat because of the medicine and coughing. I got sympathy cries from a lot of people who said I should go back home and rest as well as to get better before CNY! Just before I left, Pascale gave me some biscuits as well as another collegue. Looks like JL is in town again, one of my vendors. Everytime he’s around, he’s either distributing biscuits or chocolates bought from the duty free shop at the airport. Then, someone just had to open up a packet of fried sotong coated with sugar and eat it in the office. The smell alone was enough to start my saliva production but with this sore throat, it was just not possible to eat it!

Anyway, took MC again today and slept the afternoon away. The cough is better now but will have another coughing fit tonight because it gets darn cold at nite in Kuching. Saw spoonfork doing an oliver twist on the previous posting. Aduh! Cook yourself lah! Or one of the readers will be more than willing to cook it for you? Perhaps fry or zain?

BTW, Shiewie, if you’re reading this, someone was doing a search for you and ended up at this blog. Wonder who’s got the hots for ya?

: : Kartoffelpuffer ~ the way to make your score as a German housewife : :

I’m still trying to recover from this terrible cough. Had to take MC today as it’s getting more and more uncontrollable. Managed to sleep most of the morning and afternoon away. Hopefully, I can sleep tonite. In the mean time, please enjoy the following pictures taken by some more friends in Germany after reading Manfred’s instructions. Written by Vt, her portion is in italics.

This is also a true story on how to make your grade as a German housewife. So, for Asian ladies who are striving to make that score, here are some of the tips – direct from the kitchen of JS (a German of course) and Vt (the ‘Lehrling’).

THANKS to the kitchen of Manfred and Renate and to Mum Mum, I passed my test.