Solve the Mystery

(1) Find (a) a rabbit (b) a goat (c) a cat in the above picture.

(2) Find a gift and some cookies.

(3) Give a reasonable explaination of drawing 2 suns in the picture.

Bento #143

I have plain white rice, pan-fried cod fish, chilli chicken slices with ginger strips, tofu with fishcake topping and my usual favourite broccoli and honey cherry tomatoes.

Tofu with fishcake topping--肥雄
chicken-- mom
rice -- mom
cod fish -- self
veg and fruits -- self

A "well-balanced" meal of home-cooked goodness and delicious sinful food; maximum variety with minimum effort. Heh. I am such a genius~~

No cod fish for me because there's only 2 portions left in my fridge. I gave one to Clement and one to my colleage.

We have a new colleague in our dept who just joined us very recently. She is really young (compared to me~~) and left her home country to work in Singapore alone. She's not allowed to cook in her rented unit. A little bento is my way to show her my friendship as a colleague and as a Singaporean!

Wah~~

Young Parents 2010 Oct Issue!

I did the photoshoot on 2nd Sept and now the interview appeared on the October issue of Young Parents! :D

唇枪舌战 之 Ultraman篇

我不知道还有哪对父女会这样展开一场唇枪舌战。

我的女儿还有我的老公在餐馆里“开火”，两人调动不同的咸蛋超人、恶魔，通过描述来“对打”。如果你跟我一样听不懂什么“Legend”什么“Seven”，你只需要知道他们都是咸蛋家族的一份子就可以了。到了后来，咸蛋超人竟然不够用，还要出动闪电骑士、Power Puff Girls和小。叮。当。

看他们那么认真地“打架”，我实在不知道应该说他们是幼稚还是急智。

还有，我应该干涉一下我的老公给我的女儿看的动漫。从明天开始，我的女儿只可以看迪斯尼公主的卡通片。哼！

Bento #142

The "shocking face" was exactly how I looked when I ate my bento... because the black pepper chicken steak I bought from BBQ Express 2 days ago was tough as rubber after I microwaved it this morning.

Wrong choice.

Next time, I will bake my own chicken steak. It's not that tough at all. Literally.

Fruit of the day is peach.

Bento #141

昨天是中秋节，我的同事Jennifer送了我一些迷你月饼。于是，我在八月十六的今天做个应节的便当--玉兔便当！可惜我忘了从妈妈家拿一些柚子回来，否则就更加有中秋的味道了。

这是给Jennifer妹妹的。没有理由把Jennifer送的月饼放在给她的便当里。于是她的便当反而没有月饼了。

这是老公的便当。

这是我的便当。

月亮在中国的文化里的寓意非常非常的深刻。所有最动人的情感都通过对明月的寄托表达出来。中秋节，真的是一个宁静、美丽又温馨的日子。

Bento #140

Monday blue.

This wasn't the bento I intended to make. It's supposed to be grilled terriyaki mackeral but I burnt them in the oven. After dumping the whole tray of fish into the bin, I was in such a lousy mood that I just pulled out a packet of frozen food from my freezer and heat them up and dump everything in the bento box.

And the bitter taste in my mouth from taking anti-biotics is not helping me at all.

I think I shall not stop making bentos for the time being. Hawker centre food is more appealing for now.

家好月圆，我的美丽中秋节

裕华园卸下了往年“主题灯会”的浓妆，挂上了喜气洋洋的传统红灯笼，我觉得这是我见过最美丽的裕华园了。

没有热得让人抓狂的灯泡，没有喧嚣的叫卖声，没有不中不西的灯笼。只有中国传统的美，中国传统的喜气，中国传统的气氛。园里飘来阵阵的华乐，更增添了节日的气氛。唯一美中不足的，是在园子里的其中一段路的扩音器播放着西洋劲歌，企图与华乐分庭抗礼。我快步地走过这段不协调的道路，继续回到二胡与扬琴的旋律中。

看着夕阳西下，看着红彤彤的灯饰和彩带，看着我的老公陪着女儿尽兴地跑、跳、玩，还有什么比这还更完美？

家好月圆，这是我美丽的中秋节。

Jaimie Is Going To Read (Part 2)

虽然已经给媛媛做心理建设，但是“知女莫若母”，我就知道媛媛第一天去上I Can Read，一定没有办法逃过“下雨天”。这小妞妞对于不熟悉的环境，需要比较长的时间来适应。

果然，1小时30分的课上到一半，我的手机就响了。果然，是中心的老师打电话给我，说我的女儿一直在课室里断断续续地哭泣，甚至不肯看老师。我接到电话，立刻飞回中心去。只见媛媛拖着两条泪痕拿着一本故事书坐在柜台处等我。我正在愁该怎么办，幸好，中心的老师说，给她换个女的老师看看吧，也许她不适应男老师。第一天这堂课就当成是暖身课好了。

我立刻问媛媛，换个女的老师好吗？她点点头。我说，换了女老师就不可以哭了。她也点点头。

真好！

第二天，再去报到。

还没进课室，媛媛就先哭得梨花带泪。我和老公坚持跟昨天一样，不踏进中心的范围内半步，只在中心外的走廊安慰她和跟她道别。媛媛把脸贴在玻璃门上，可怜兮兮地哭着。后来，一个和蔼可亲的女老师（昨天的男老师也不是凶神恶煞啊！）走过来，把媛媛牵进课室里。我犹豫了一阵子，走进去跟柜台小姐说：“如果我的女儿依然啼哭不肯上课，但是她没有干扰到其他同学，请把她留在课室里。我不要让她以为她一哭，我就会来带她走。”柜台小姐对我笑了一下，说：“I have never seen a mommy so firm like you.”我一时不知道这是褒还是贬，只好礼貌地笑一笑，就离开中心了。

这一个半小时，我的手机一直不离开我的手。如此，竟然也安然地渡过了一个小时三十分！

回到中心带媛媛下课的时候，只见她满脸笑容地走出来，高兴地说她在课室里玩了什么游戏得到了老师的称赞、回答了什么问题也答对了。

我心里满满的是欣慰。

孩子一步一步地学习知识，也一步一步地学习坚强独立。两者，都是不能揠苗助长的呀！

Bento #139

Today's bento is egg mayo with apple cubes sandwich, ham, Japanese chicken nuggets and marshmallow for the girls, and the marshmallow is replaced with fruits for Clement's.

I bought the "pan pita" bento tool from Taiwan which seals the filling in the bread so nicely. And the size is so perfect that it fits onto your normal Sunshine or Gardenia bread, cutting away only the edges.

This is for my colleague, Jennifer, and Harriet has an identical one. Jennifer is a beginning teacher and she would be having her lesson observed by the VP today, so I made her a bento to cheer her on. Harriet is a close friend and we are promised to hold hands to help each other survive this last semester of the year.

Teaching is a very exhausting vocation, both physically and emotionally. It is important that we have comrades to cheer one another on, cheer one another up, and lend a helping hand when someone is drowning. And I am very blessed to have such good colleagues and friends.

Friendship is a wonderful gift.

Bento #137 and Bento #138

I was uploading the pics from my camera when I found out that I didn't blog about this unagi bento. I remembered myself thinking that it was a "no-pride-bento" so I was hesistant to blog about it.

Then, yesterday, I made a even more no-pride-bento... and this unagi bento looked somewhat not bad in comparison. Hahahaha~~

Bento #137

It's the time of the year when all my teacher friends feel burnt out and exhausted, including myself. Every year around this time, I will ask Clement if it is alright for him if I quit my job. Thankfully, being the most supportive hubby he is, he always has no objections to me becoming a stay-at-home-mom. I feel so much better after hearing that and that gave me motivation to continue to ... WORK!!!! Wait a minute... maybe he has noticed the pattern in me....hmmmmmmmmmm.....

Anyway, I made this bento to cheer my friends up. Quite hesitant to call them "colleagues" because they are definitely more than just my counterparts at work. Keep smiling, my friends! The vacation is just round the corner and we'll be able to get a well deserved rest to recharge ourselves! Hang in there!!!

Bento #138 -- Smiley face potato, rice, terrikayi chicken cubes (from CP), greens, carrots, tomatoes, fuchew fishball and otah. Gives you all the energy you need for the day!!!!!!!

Singapore Bay Run and Army Half Marathon 2010

After all our training and preparation, this is THE big day for Clement to run his 1st half marathon while I stayed in my comfort zone in the 10km. Since the flag off time for the 21km was at 5.15am, Clement left the house really early while I slept till 5.45am and made my way to the Esplanade.

I am supposed to run with my buddies HappyPig and my MayDay comrade, YH. But YH couldn't meet us in the morning for some reason so it was just HappyPig and me happily taking photos. Everywhere. I think I might have forgotten that this was supposed to be a running event, not a photography session.

We take pictures inside the toilet.

We take pictures while walking to the starting point.

We take pictures along the bridge.


We take pictures at the starting point.

We take MORE pictures at the starting point.

I took pictures when I was running up the killer bridge near the MBS. (What's the name of that bridge/ flyover?)

I took picture when I completed my race.

I took picture of my completion medal.

I took picture with HappyPig again after she came back.

See, full of photo moments!!

The SBR was very challenging because of the Shears Bridge and the one near the MBS. I almost gave up but I completed my race in the jogging motion. I was a bit demoralised because even when I was in the jogging motion, I couldn't even overtake the lady in front of me who was brisk walking! ALAMAK!! However, to my surprise, my timing improved by 1 or 2 mins as compared to my previous Shape Run. Hmm, I deserve a pat on my back!!

Clement, on the other hand, messaged me when I ran past the 7km mark to tell me he had completed his half marathon after 3 painful (literally) hours. He said he ran for 13km and walked and jogged for the next few km. Then, at the last 500m or so, his MP3 played MayDay's song 《起来 》 and that motivated our dear uncle to summon up the very, very last bit of his remaining strength to run past the finishing line although his ankles were about to give way. He deserves a pat on the back too~ :)

Full marathon next year, uncle??