On Father’s Day

Hubby brought our 3 older children to church so that I can prepared a surprise lunch for him while baby sleeps.

I baked this…

baked chicken

Marinated it the night before. The skin is a lil bit burnt but the taste is delicious. You can get the recipe here. My sebarang hentam recipe. :lol:

While the chicken is baking in the oven and while baby is sleeping, I knead this…

sarong

One hand to shake the cradle and another hand to knead. You see, my baby is a light sleeper and is very jumpy too.

And this came out from the oven 1.5 hours later.

pizza

Those are my surprise lunch for hubby onĀ Father’s Day. :D

Longest 10 Minutes

My longest 10 minutes is not during child birth. My longest 10 minutes is to knead this pizza dough.

risen dough

And I did not knead it for 10 minutes! The clock seems to move extremely slow. I think I kneaded more than 100 times and only 5 minutes gone.

My shoulder hurts, my wrist hurts and my throat hurts too. I gave up after 5 minutes. :P

Gold Investing

The gold price is quite stabilize now. I kind of lost a lot when I bought at the highest price a few months ago. I hope in a few years time the gold price will increase further and I will not face a lost when I sell them.

Do you have a gold investing account? A few banks are now offering this type of account. Or you can even invest with Monex. Monex has been around for more than 30 years now and is very established and well known in US.

Too bad I have spent all my baby’s Angpow money. If not I will surely open a gold account for him. :)

Seven Puppies

Joey, our crippled pet dog has 7 stepbrothers and stepsisters now; same father different mother. We did not rear his parents but his stepmother gave birth at the shelter on our farm. There are supposed to be 8 puppies but one fell into the well nearby the shelter.

As of today, 4 puppies came to hang around at our house compound and that made my children so excited. The moment they get down from the car after coming home from school, they will be outdoor playing with the puppies till evening!

They kept asking me to feed the puppies with their milk but I refused. The puppies are well fed by their mother. They are so cute but we are not going to rear them. Don’t think MIL would want them too.

4 pups

Here are 4 puppies.

1 pups

One here.

1pups
One more here.

pups with joey

And one more here with his KorKor Joey.

No Mood for Holiday

As some of you might have known that I have booked a flight to Kuching next month. Flight ticket paid. As of now, really have no mood to travel because it would mean I need to spend not just ten or twenty ringgit but at least a few hundred ringgit. This month, my income from blogging is super duper low because one of the advertisers did not pay me as promised. Will I ever have premium vacation on the Outer Banks? Maybe if hubby’s planting project work out plus his trading deals go through and more customers print at his shop. Crossing my fingers and praying hard. ;)

Challenges in Breastfeeding – Is this Menses?

Sorry no picture of it here. :P I don’t want to be responsible if anyone vomited at their workstation. :lol:

Most mothers who fully breastfeed their child/children will not be visited by Aunt Flo for a few months and for some until they completely stopped breastfeeding.

Some will only have blood stains during their menstrual period. Is this true? My mom told me she had some stains during the 2nd month after she gave birth to me then no more period or blood stains until 2 years later. She fully breastfed me for 8 month only.

My baby is 2 months old already and I had blood stains for 5 days. If I have my normal period, it will last for 5 days too. Is that menses?

Psst…I hope I can be like my mom. Stains and no more period for 2 years! Syiok!!! Can save so much money buying pads and most of all, no more mess. :lol:

Viva Postponed

We are supposed to buy my dad a Viva this month but we have decided to delay it till next year. It is because my dad has just renewed his old car road tax and insurance and also changed a new battery. It will be a waste of money if we trade in the car now. Well, at least we have time to scout for better auto insurance quote for the new car.

Oh ya! My BIL informed me that in October Perodua will be launching their MPV. I am sure it will look much better than Proton Exora MPV. ;)

Fruit Season is Here

Durian

Durian

mangosteen

Mangosteens

red rambutans

Red Rambutans

yellow rambutans

Yellow Rambutans

All of the above comes from our own trees. I am so blessed to live in a Kampong. :D

At my parent’s house, we don’t have durian trees but we still have lots of durians ate home; given by my dad’s friends who has durian trees.

I ate so much durian during lunch time. Today I am burping Durians and Rambutans. :D

This year, I can eat so many pieces of Durian and I did not vomit or gag like before. :D

Must drink lots and lots of water coz all of those fruits are heaty fruits except Mangosteen.

My First Experience Working with a Newborn

Yesterday was my son’s 3rd birthday and hubby got to work full day because his staff car’s broke down. Without hubby, I can’t bring my son out for some fun at the playground. I might loose one or two of them!

So I drove all 4 of my children to hubby’s shop and get him to bring them to Giant’s playground while Baby Ezra and myself took care of the shop for a while. It was challenging!

My baby felt insecure due to the new environment and new smell. At first carrying him and walking around the shop helps but after 10 minutes, he started crying very loud. The only remedy is to let him latch.

I sat behind the counter and let him latch. Customers come and go.

My first challenge was having to stand up with baby still latching in my boobs to see which computer was a customer using. I told the customer to check the number on the computer and while he was walking towards the computer, I quickly stand up to double check myself. So the customer can’t see my baby latching. hehe.

My 2nd challenge was a young girl wanted to photostate. I have no choice but to unlatch my baby and thank God he did not fuss and I placed him in the baby car seat on the table next to me.

baby

Right after I am done photostating, baby poo-poo. While changing him, a customer came and he is our regular. He even knew my baby’s name! So he waited while I clean baby’s butt and change him.

Shortly after that hubby came back. What a relief! :D

Would I work again with a newborn who is fully breastfeeding? Only if I really have too. Only on special occasion. Only to make my other children happy. ;)

RM1 Nasi Lemak

nasi lemak

This is how a RM1 Nasi Lemak looks like. So far this is the best RM1 Nasi Lemak that I have tried in Malacca. It has the Sambal, 2 slices of Cucumber and some Fried Anchovies. Some come with a small piece of omelet or hard boiled egg without the anchovies.

mixed nasi lemak

And this is how I eat my Nasi Lemak. I mix everything together. :D How do you eat your Nasi Lemak?

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