We celebrated our 9th Wedding Anniversary on 3 June 2009 at Sakura, RP. Wanted to have it at Vienna but I was down with a flu so went somewhere near. Can't believe it's almost a decade (Dear, it's next January 2010 then 10 years!)! Some commented that we behaved like newly weds..... always sweet sweet! I must say every family has their own "difficult Bible" (nan nian the jin) and we're definitely have one! I think in order to enjoy sweetness to the fullest in a relationship, we have to endured "sourness", experienced "saltiness" and most importantly erased bitterness! Forgiveness is the number one thing that every couple should learn to release and received. Notice that I didn't mention forget cos even God remembers incidents.... see the Bible for every sin that those great man of God committed! They are written for us to learn something from. Ok, I shall not "preach" further....haha.... HAPPY 9TH ANNIVERSARY DEAR!

We had a belated Mother's Day Celebration with my mom at Holiday Inn Hotel. We bought all the moms necklaces and tarts.Of course, ang paos too! The buffet at Holiday Inn wasn't that good so don't think we'll be back again.

Mother's Day Celebration






Had Japanese buffet in JB again 2 weeks ago. Gil was with us too. See pics below.







Aunty Cindy was back from Perth for her lasik and she wanted Geylang durians so we brought her for a durian feast.



We were invited to Von's school for a Movie night dinner. The students from Shatec were really polite and service was good. Hopefully they remain like this when they start work....hee! Von & Les sang a duet at the dinner.... awwwww..... so sweet! Here are the pics and vids.







Videos








Les had craving for crabs last week so these were what we had for dinner.



Did a mini drama with my cell kids during the children programme. And these are the pics of the princesses...haha!





My aunt invited us to her place for steamboat. I like the trays that she used. Very good idea for preparing steamboat.


Had dinner with Gil at Kim Gary, JB. This was her Typhoon style noodles....huge!



Tom and I had these:


I had craving for bibimpap so had this Korean stone rice from Foodfare food court. Not too bad but I still prefer the one at Bugis.



Dinners I prepared for us:

1) Gil's mom gave us some yummy vegetarian food. I love the crispy thingy! I steamed some chicken for my meat lover hubby.



2) Curry chicken and Ham & CS omelette for some friends who came over for dinner.



3)Steamed meat balls with CS, stir-fry chilli french beans and curry potatoes.



4) Steamed Pork ribs with black beans and Balacan Brinjal with prawns.



5) Mee Hoon Kueh with minced pork and anchovies.




6) Teriyaki Chicken rice with crab stick salad and stir-fry cabbage.


Woohoo.... this is a really long post due to my lack of motivation to blog these days cos I am addicted to Korean dramas. Watched Boys Over Flowers (finished it in a weeks and I am in love with Ji hoo!), Queen of Housewives (finished in a week and it made me laughed and cried so much !). Now Tom (yes, he's a Korean drama convert!) and I are addicted to "Likeable or Not". It's 172 episodes and I am at Ep 94.....haha! Ok got to continue with my drama marathon now...bye!

No, these bread were not from Breadtalk. They were bought fresh from the oven at my fave confectionery in JB. This was the first time we get to try their buns beside the coconut ones and the ever gorgeously baked banana cake! They might look like those ordinary buns we get in Singapore but the "springy"/QQ texture of the buns were what made them so extraordinary and desirable... *drools*! It was raining heavily in JB today so I told Tom to decide on what to get while we waited for him in the car. He bought RM 20 worth of buns (see below)!




Ok, I shall let the pics of the buns do the talking...

1) Mini Plain Buns - Tom got these for Jo cos my little darling liked his buns plain! They came in packs of 12 and I thot they were really cute.




2) Cheese Buns - These cost the most among the buns and I tasted the most ordinary. Jo liked the burnt cheese and he literally peeled them off the top! Tom ate the bun...haha!



3) Kaya Buns - They were nice and the kaya was home-made. Tom liked it.



4) Red Bean Buns - I am not a red bean lover so these didn't appeal to me. We bought them for my FIL.



5) Peanut Buns - Thee were my second favourite. I like the generous portion of peanut filling. They tasted really great with the bun. No wonder these were their signature buns. Yummy!



6) Otah Buns - Tom & I agreed that these were the best among the lot! The otah was big and thick. It wasn't like those that we had in Singapore where the otah was normally dry and burnt. It was juicy and fresh..... we heart it! Will get more of these the next time.



Tom mentioned that they even had curry and spicy shrimps filling buns that he did not get and they were the types that I liked! Anyway. we'll be back for more and I will do the choosing the next time... hee! Will update soon with more yummy stuff and happenings. Nite!

PICS GALORE......... yes lots of pics especially food ones!

Will start with the latest!

Mother's Day Celebration 10/5/09 (Sun) - we celebrated Mother's Day at Kim Gary HK Cafe, City Sq, JB. We had been eating there quite frequently and even signed up as their life time member. So members had their privileges. They were giving 50% off the total bill if there was a mother present in the group. It was one of the cheapest meal we had in JB. We paid RM 36.95 for 3 set lunches and peanut toast which was like SGD 15.60.... super cheap! Tom bought a pair of shoes as a gift for me... thks dear!





On Saturday, we were invited to Nicky's 21st birthday bash. I couldn't believe that this little imp had grown up! I've known him since he is a Primary school kid! Anyway, the Indian food prepared by his mom was fantastic! Here are the pics.





Video of the cake cutting ceremony




We brought my FIL to Kinsahi, Pelangi, JB for dinner last week. This was the only branch that served normal Jap food as well as vegetarian ones. It was his first time eating Jap food. It was a pleasant evening with my FIL.








The side dishes


The mains


Now for some overdue and random pics:

Had dinner at Pasta Mania and ordered their kids meal. It came with a croc but Jo insisted that it was a dino. It had been his companion since then! Btw, my dear son is now Day-toilet trained at home and he can sleep on his own without my company.... happy!



Some pics of Jo and I





These are pics of our past dinners at Kim Gary ever since we became members! See if you can spot which pics were taken by Jo.

My dear boy loves their Nissin noodles so this is what he will always have when we're there. I think Kim Gary makes yummy pork chops and mushroom rice!









These are our fave bakes from JB. We loved the soft and lovely banana cake. Most importantly, it's Jo fave too! He can eat at least 2 slices of it which is rather rare if you know what I mean!



Had lunch with Gil at LJS and did some shopping too! She was my best shopping companion and friend! Pics of my fave fries.



Dinners:

Chicken & Taiwan Sausages rice. I wanted to make Chinese Sausage rice but ran out of them so decided to try them with Taiwan ones. Tom loved it and think it will be one of our regular rice dish.



Wanted to try making the fish with egg that I had at Kim Gary but guessed I added too much egg...hee! Anyway, it tasted alright and I will give this dish another try the next time. Jo liked the crab stick salad and he had a small bowl of it.



Did some stir fry dishes and as mentioned above, I ran our of CS so replaced that with TS. Am glad that Tom liked the chicken and TS dish.



Sometimes after having so much good food, we wanted something light and simple for dinner. So this was our simple dinner comprising of Egg with TS and all the usual salty stuff to that went well with plain porridge.