Ben's Kah Chang (Tools in Cantonese)

Friend C requested to see Ben's shoes. So on top of the shoes, I thought I will show you his other "kah chang" which has caused quite a bit of clutter at home (besides his toys, toys, toys). First up are his cups/water containers. I have been trying hard to wean him off his milk bottle. Spotted these at Cosway - RM7. Luckily bought the Cosway ones instead of the Tupperware ones which look almost the same (RM39).....because Ben ddi not take to the water containers. Sigh....

....his cups...you name it, I got it. Straw cup, cups, whatever cups......none, he still prefers his milk bottle.

Ok, next his shoes....recent purchases at the pasar malam.....

...and finally, the Nike shoes - for shopping complex especially on escalators........it is called the motion sensory system. The boy version will be in this colour (Ben loves it as his favourite colour is blue since Thomas is blue) while the girl's version is in pink. Approximately RM140. I am thankful to friend SN who recommended this pair of shoes (and the shop to buy from) as I was looking high and low for suitable shoes. That is I was TRYING to look since Ben does not give me much opportunity to browse. So SN recommend by sending me the sms and I went to the sport goods shop, showed the guy the sms and tah dah! got it. The sales assistant was thankfully very helpful as he measured Ben's correct size. We have tried to look at department stores and Nike shops but always, they will tell us, "No size!"...without even bothering to look into the store. Thanks SN!

Trip to IOI Mall

Sigh, once they learn to walk, then they refuse to walk, so typical right? So daddy has to be the taxi. And he refuse to sit in his stroller....how like that lar???? Was thinking of popping over to HK to see Disneyland but if he refuses to walk,susah lar kita.

He is quite afraid of heights....this is his frightened expression actually.

We went to IOI Mall as there was an advertisement in the newspaper that it was having tanglung decorations. All we found was this small space lighted with tanglungs. Just a small space in the walkway between the old part and the new part of IOI Mall. Not even the Centrecourt which has been taken over by stalls selling mooncakes.

Might as well, take a photo.....

There is however one part on the top floor where they are toy machines for children to put coins in and sit. Good thing about Ben is that he fear all this moving-moving toys and hence, we dont bother to waste our coins. He is pretty happy to just sit in them.
In the perahu with Pocahontas....................giving Pocahontas a hug.....

A bee machine

...and a car....

...of course, dont forget an aeroplane as well.

Bento Crazy?

Got bitten by the Bento bug while surfing the internet and saw some blogs by mothers who are Bento crazy. So went shopping at 100 Yen and Daiso and found some of the stuff. First of all, what is a Bento without a container right? Bought this at 50% discount from Home Harmony.
Seaweed with puncher of happy face..........more tools - the cake/bread/cheese molds and on the top are the egg molds ..This is what it looks like on cheese. Pretty cute, right? Ok, this is just the beginning. Have not use the other materials yet...and sorry, the photo is upside down as I took the photo from the other side. Emmmm...you can see the bullet train with the yellow tracks on the side ...yah, that is anoher addition to Ben's collection of trains from Daiso. ....and this is Ben enjoying it. Actually he did not. Once he saw the green stuff on the cheese, he rejected it. "Sai hei!"....so I am keeping the bento stuff for myself! Ha ha...will test out on Jack on this Tuesday.

Friend, HL's trip to Australia

We sent off our friend, HL to the airport as she will be going off to Canberra. Already an Australian PR, so she will be (sob, sob) going there permanently. I dont know what else to say, so instead I will show the photos instead.

We met up with her family who also sent her off to the airport. They included her 2 very active nephews. One was 5-years old and the other was 3. So this is the best photo I can get of the 3 squirming children. Haha! Ben made fast friends with them.

Running up and down in the airport.....

And this is Ben taking his breakfast...he loves hash brown.

Yam Cake

Friend C was asking how come so long did not see Ben on the blog. So here is my active toddler.

As you can see, the current "in" thing for him is a set of spoon, fork and knife which he takes with him to sleep as well! No more Thomas the train. The set of cutlery came along with a mini kitchen/shop from Tesco. Cost me only RM60 compared to some other brands which cost a few hundred RM! Of course, the other brands had more variety...but this Tesco one would do and keeps him somewhat busy. Why kitchen, you might ask......I did noticed that he loves to do "masak-masak" so this would be a better investment. He does not really like Legos though and instead he loves to kicks and throws the structures (which I build!) instead - the destroyer. However he does like setting up tracks and loves puzzles - must take photos of the kitchen and puzzles one day.

Relaxing on the chair....oh yah, just a note of my little guy - he speaks pretty well, he can tell what he wants, etc...but of course, this does not mean we give in to all his wants! Haha.....only thing is that I have yet to teach him Hokien and Mandarin. He can tell us when he is sad. He will put down his head, almost touching his chest and tell us, Ben sad...Ben sad....

He is almost potty-trained (phew!) - except when he is sleeping. He sings pretty well and can remember nursery rhymes (to my surprise!)....

...unfortunately I have not been successful in weaning him off the bottle ....so his tooth decay is pretty bad...sigh.

Ok, to make this entry more interesting, thought that I will blog about my yam cake which I made today. You start off with rice flour - 3 cups.

...and one tablespoon of minced garlic, a bit of dry prawns (according to kuali, it is supposed to be 150gm - quite a lot!) and one yam cubed or sliced......

Put everything in the wok and fry it for about 15 minutes or when it starts to smell nice.....Back to the rice flour, add 6 cups of water into the flour. A pinch of 5-spice powder and salt, stir and then add all the stuff that was stir-fry.......All done - just need to steam for about an hour.
Final ingredient - the green spring onion on top and voila! Yam cake. Easy right?

Friend, Melanie birthday at Oriental Pavillion, Jaya 33

Celebrated friend, Melanie birthday at Oriental Pavillion with loads of food...hehe....typical Malaysian, wouldn't you say it? There were 4 of us....HL and our PUP teacher/friend, Cheng. Don't we all look lovely? I thought this is a pretty photo. I was very fascinated with their kai lan....Don't you think it is pretty cool (but oily! hehehee...because the leaves of the kai lan have been deep fried first before being sprinkled on top)....... What would a birthday party do without a cake, right????And the birthday girl.....Mel!!! Hope she had a wonderful time with us! Love and blessings from us, Melanie!