~* The Jumperoo *~

 

:D It seems like the jumperoo is too small for YJ now :D I still keep it for him to play as I can't find a proper storage place for it :p All the toys, once we assemble it, we can't disassemble it to the original small pieces.   

~* CNY 2011 *~

 

3 more weeks to CNY. This is the first mall that I saw with CNY decorations. Usually didn't do much for my house. Just basic cleaning and simple deco. The most headache part would be buying gifts for the relatives. I tried to do it simple as well to make sure not to buy the unnecessary. And this year with my sis-in-law health condition, I must volunteer early to help my MIL :p  

~* Corn Custard *~

I was craving for corn custard. Used to have this quite often when I'm a little kid. So, I tried to make it myself yesterday. The ingredients are simple - cream corn, custard powder, sugar and coconut milk (I substitute it with full cream milk). Just need to mix all the ingredients together and cook it with small fire until it thickens. 

All went smoothly until the last step. As I was stirring the custard on the slow fire, YJ poo and we need to clean him up. When I returned to the custard 5mins later, the custard already thicken by itself at the middle. I have no choice but to stirred it a bit then poured it into a container. Left it cold and to store it in the fridge. I tried it this morning. It turned out not so ok. Quite sticky. May be it is because of the full cream milk instead of coconut milk. 

~* The Stopper *~

Can you guess how many pacifiers that I bring for the Australia trip?

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6. And I am glad that I brought 6 as it was just enough for the day out :D

~* Australia 2010 *~

A short update on my Australia trip. This is a very relaxing trip as we don't have a fix itinerary. YJ can consider behave during the whole trip. He slept during most of the traveling time which is a bless as I can take a short nap as well :)

The first city was Melbourne. It was raining during the 4 days we were there. Didn't really go any where. The highlight was to see penguins at Philip Island. 

Second city was Sydney. YJ travelled a lot in Sydney. We were on the Explorer bus, ferry and train. The Opera House was as beautiful and we enjoyed a very delicious seafood meal at The Sydney Fish Market. The crab is cheap if we compare it dollar to dollar. Love the Darling Harbour area and it has developed so much since my last trip about 10 years ago :) I must mentioned about one restaurant here - Mamak. This is a Malaysian restaurant at China Town. It sells roti canai and it is amazingly long crowd every night when we passed by. My uncle didn't want to try it as he said the not delicious roti canai is not worth AUD6 :D

Next was Gold Coast. My mom and cousin joined us here. We shopped a lot here. YJ have fun at the beach :)

The last city was Adelaide. There was a sudden change of weather. It was only about 18C. We went to the beach and YJ really enjoyed his time there. He was running and 4 adults were chasing after him :D My mom enjoyed her time at the strawberry farm and YJ enjoyed plucking the leaves of the strawberry plant :D

It was a good trip overall but I think I have spend too much on chocolate as gifts (around AUD250) :p

~* Microwave Popcorn *~

Have you try this before? It's so easy and you don't have to go out the house if you are craving for popcorn :)

~* A Day Out *~

We went to Bangsar Village today to check out a play school for YJ - FasTrackids. Quite like the place. It is small but their facility is good. I ike their idea of small group (6:1). We will be going for their Play & Learn class starting next week for once a week. We will try out for a term first. 

After the "school visit", we went for some tea at Marmalade cafe. YJ made some new friends there :) One of the reason that I wanted to go to class is to let YJ make some friends. Hope he will like it. If he is ok with the class, I will then look for some music class for him :)

Then, we went to MV for dinner. It was good to have some catch up after such a long time. I felt like "katak di bawah tempurung" just after few months not in the work force :D Looking forward to the next meet up :)