Somewhere over the rainbow

Cold day today... In fact, it rained on and off... While we were on our way to Commiss, dear spotted a rainbow. We almost had the full view of it, if not for the trees. Quickly grabbed my handphone, hoping to snap a nice picture with the lousy built-in camera... The pictures turned out okay anyway. 

The rainbow reminds me of this beautiful song... Enjoy the clip!  

Swollen at the "wrong place"...

Zac came back from school on Monday, whining and fidgeting non-stop. I didn't think much about it as he is usually like that, complaining over the slightest things and always unable to sit still for long. The only sentence that caught my attention was "Yeee-ouch, Mama, my penis hurts!"

Ehmmm. I dare not check as I wasn't sure what to look out for, plus I felt that it would be a bit weird if I were to look at "it", trying to spot the differences. So, we waited till dear came back from work. He checked, and said that "it" is slightly swollen. Zac was reluctant to let dear touch or clean it. It must have hurt badly. However, despite the complains, he could still walk around, argue with Nana, and most of all, he was still able to irritate me! Since his behaviour was like normal, we decided to monitor it for another day. We even made fun of him, saying that it will eventually drop, and that we'll have to change his name to "Zacharina". Haha.

It didn't get any better the next morning, so dear brought him to the clinic in the evening. The way he walked is hilarious. It's as though something is stuck down there. Haha. I kept laughing when  I watched the video over and over again.

Anyway, doctor thought it was quite bad, and gave him 2 jabs on his bum. With all the struggles that he gave, 4 male adults were needed to hold him down before the doctor could inject him. And he has to complete 10 days of antibiotic, which may possibly cause a diarrhea... Enjoy the following video of Zac and his "something-stuck-in the... walk".

Blender blunder!

5 times in 3 months?! Ehmmm... What a blender blunder!

Since young, I've always helped mum blend her chilli paste. Never before have I damaged anyone of them. Even when I shifted to my own house in Singapore, my blender works just fine.

But now that I'm in US, blenders just doesn't seem to work for me anymore. Away from home, I always crave for mum's spicy dishes - her Assam Pedas, her Lemak Cili Padi, her Belado. Ooohh... I'm drooling as the images of these food run through my mind right now. To cook these dishes, the spices have to be finely blended.

Over the weekends, I bought ingredients to cook Laksa as I was craving for it. Weather has turned cooler now, and a bowl of laksa would definitely make me the happiest person on earth! Hehe. And after our fishing trip last Friday, I thought cooking Assam Pedas with the catfish would be perfect. Who would have known that my blender is dead... Can you imagine how upset I was when ALL the ingredients needed for this dish has been cut and prepared.... Haiz. 

For the record, I'm going to pen my blender blunder... Hehe.

SPOILT - 1st one - My blender was not working at all! And everything needed to cook Mi Siam was ready. So what to do? Went to borrow my neighbour's blender... Hehe.

SPOILT - 2nd one - Since my neighbour's blender was still with me (I only borrowed it the previous evening ok, no intention to keep it with me for long!), I prepared the ingredients to make otah. Everything went smoothly and the otah paste has been well blended. BUT, just as I lifted up the blender, the part with the blades got stuck to the motor. With just a little pull, the otah paste was all over the motor, cabinet, and my clothings. A big mess!

ALMOST SPOILT - 3rd one - With Zac's birthday around the corner, I have yet to test out my otah recipe for his birthday party. A good friend of mine offered to lend me her blender. Worried that I might spoil hers, we did the otah at her place. I prepared the ingredients at home, and brought it over. She had the honour to turn on the blender for me... Haha. I didn't even dare to touch it. I freaked out when there was smoke so we stopped. The good news is, the blender is still working fine till this very day and the otah turned out to be quite good. Hehe.

ALMOST SPOILT - 4th one -  Dear bought me a new blender after the previous one couldn't work. I wanted to cook chilli to go with my Nasi Lemak. As usual, the ingredients were all ready. But I realised the blender is leaking. Luckily, another good friend came over at the right time. Hehe. She helped to fix and tighten it. And since I'm worried about spoiling my blender again, I gave dear the honour to blend the chilli paste for me. 

SPOILT - 5th one - My new blender... It's dead! Only noticed it when I wanted to blend the spices for my Catfish Assam Pedas. Arrrggghhhhh! 

Sob! Sob! Angry! Sad! Disappointed! This week's menu is all messed up now. There goes my Assam Pedas and Laksa. How am I going to cook these dishes when I don't even have a working blender?

Dear made fun of me... :( He asked if I washed the blender's motor... Am I so blur? And with the upcoming Thanksgiving Sale, he said there's a new item added to our shopping list! Haha. 

Weekends oh weekends!

Why is it that weekends past by so quickly compared to the rest of the days? Just when I'm beginning to wind down and relax, it's Monday all over again. Haiz. As a housewife, I truly look forward to the arrival of weekends. Not that I'm not enjoying the rest of my days. Hehe. I know some may envy a SAHM like me, not having to go through stress at work, stress of squeezing into a public transport just so that one can reach their workplace on time. And I know there are many, many more stresses that you people out there are experiencing right now. And yes, I understand how it's like to be in a work force. So, although I do complain about it, I am, no doubt, glad and blessed to be a housewife or what some may assume us to be - A Tai-tai! (believe me, it's NOT!!!) 

My current life is like a routine, doing almost the same thing at the same time every single day... I do get stressed, but over a slightly different issue - my kids. School starts at 8.30am everyday, and 1.5 hours is never enough to get my 2 rascals ready. Up at 7 and the first thing they did was to take a shower. A quarter after 7 and they are seated at their dining area, having their breakfast. An hour later, they are STILL seated there, struggling to finish up their tiny bowl of cereal, or a slice of Nutella bread, or even a small packet of Rice Krispies. Due to this, we usually only manage to reach class just when every other parents are leaving. And that's definitely not the end of it. If I were to list down all that I had to do on a daily basis, this entry will be an extra long one!

So, if you were to ask me, I would say every job has its ups and downs, whether you're a career woman or a housewife! That is why weekends are really sought after by every living soul. :)

The monster in me...

GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get out of my life! I don't need you to come bothering me every month, giving me a hard time!

Why oh why does this always happen to me? Everytime it's THAT time of the month, I'll just feel terrible, horrible, awful... It's like as if a monster just took over me unknowingly.

I hate it when the mood swings hit me... Everything becomes intolerable. The children's squabblings, the silly noises they make, the lame jokes my hubby shares... arrggghhh! Practically everything is wrong to me! All I want to do is hide at a corner and cry my heart out for no particular reason. The breakdown can be as short as a few minutes to as long as a day. I have tried to overcome the emotions by keeping myself busy. But it's just so tough. Tears flow out when I do the dishes, when I cook, when I surf the net, when I do anything. I choose to bottle up my feelings.

And when it finally get out of control, I explode! My hubby and 2 kids become my victim... Why must I do this? They were just being nice, trying their very best to brighten up my day. It's just me! Me and my irritating emotions.

To my dear hubby and beloved children, I'm truly sorry for what I did. I have never wanted this to happen. I didn't mean to raise my voice at you guys. Please bear with me for that 1 week of the month. I am really trying hard to change. I love you all so much and hurting you was never my intention. :'(

Halloween 2010

Arrrrgggghhhh! Why am I the last one to post my halloween photos??? Haha. As usual, I'm always a step behind the rest. I am only loading it now that Halloween is over. Not 1 day late, but 2 days!!! Very outdated right? No choice. I don't have the luxury of sitting down in front of my lappy 24-7. With the kids up and fighting all day, and the endless housework, my only free time is when they go to bed. So, to my dear friends out here in AZ with me, I am not slow or "lao" ok! ;p

Anyway, Halloween was fantastic. It was our virgin experience! Didn't have the chance to celebrate it last year and next year, around this time, we should be back in our homeland Singapore. So this time round, we really made sure we enjoyed ourselves to the fullest!

The kids attended the Fall Festival in school a few days before Halloween. They loved their costumes so much, and knowing that they will not have much chance to parade it, I brought them to the Festival. All the children were SOOOOOOO cute! So many different costumes. Oh my goodness, I wish I could just go over and snap a picture with every one of them... Hehe. Even the teachers dressed up. Nana was initially terrified to go near Ms Leann, who dressed up as Cruella Deville, the evil woman from 101 Dalmations. The look on Nana's face was hilarious! Haha. The kids also put on their costumes during their Show & Tell day! No wonder they love the school here... This is so much fun, compared to all the academic drilling in Singapore.

  

My hubby's trade, EI, decided to do the "Trick or Treat" on Halloween eve. And since it was on a Saturday, we planned for a BBQ right after that. Let me tell you. We went knocking on only 5 doors. But it was really exhausting going around with kids, 5 of them to be exact! And with the fact that this is our first Halloween, all the excitement must have caused extra anxiety among us, the parents. Haha. At the end of the day, all we wanted to do was to quickly go to the BBQ, sit down and enjoy the food!

As I'm typing out my entry now, my eyes are glued to the chocolates and candies on my table. It'll take us a LONG time to finish everything up! Imagine the sugar rush if I were to close one eye and allow my 2 monsters to gobble these titbits as and when they like... That will spell CHAOS! Haha. Hope you had a spooktacular halloween, just like us!