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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Buddha’s palm or English Gourd porridge


Yesterday I cooked this recipe for my son’s dinner and he can’t get enough of it even if his tummy is bulging.

1 handful of brown rice
1 tablespoon of mixed grain rice
2 cloves of garlic
5 peanuts
11/2 tablespoon of dried anchovies
1/2 small sliced Buddha’s palm or English gourd
Few pieces of chopped carrots


1. Soaked dried anchovies for a few minutes then drained them and leave to dry.
2. Heat or you can oven baked the dried anchovies until slightly brown. Sprinkle
it with a bit of olive oil before heating or bake.
3. Rinsed the rice until clear.
4. Add in the anchovies, garlic and peanuts to cook with rice.
5. 30 minutes before the rice is cooked, add in Buddha’s palm and carrots.

When the rice is ready, I will remove the anchovies because my son can’t chew on the anchovies. Then I will pick out just the peanuts, mashed them and cut the vegetables into pieces before serving.

This recipe is suitable for one year old and above.

In the spur of the moment Art

Yesterday my husband used a CD to draw on our son’s draw board. Didn’t know how in the world he created such an art in the spur of the moment.


It looks like a person dancing or it looks like a face. What do you think? Hehehe..


Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Puppet Books



My baby just love puppet books. Me and my husband bought those precious books from big bad wolf sale at only RM5 each.Can you believe it?

When we first read those books to our son at one year old, he will smile and laugh. Maybe he thought those puppets are alive. He still love these books now at 17 months, he will smile and  kiss the puppets. Children are adorable don't you think?

Monday, April 19, 2010

My Baby’s Diet Timetable

At 17 months old, here is my baby’s eating timetable:


7.30 am :                      5 grain milk



9.00 am :                     slice of bread or banana



11 am:                        snack (biscuit/ raisins)



12.30 noon:               porridge / pasta



1.30pm:                    Baby’s nap time



3.30 /4pm:               slices of fruits



5pm:                       snack (biscuit/raisin)



6.30 / 7pm:            dinner



8.30pm:                 breast milk



10.30pm :             5grain milk

My baby doesn’t like water, so every hour I have to offer him some water to drink.

If he refuses, I will wait awhile before offering him again.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Tattoo

I’ve been wanting to get a tattoo for quite sometime now. I’m still procrastinating for reasons such as whether I can take the pain, whether the injection of the ink is toxic and the effects of it if I’m going to conceive again; what will I look like with the tattoo when I’m in my 80’s.


Anyway, maybe I should try the temporary ones before deciding to get a real one. I’ve found some great designs online, just to share with you some:

 

Anywhere But Here

I’m just like a bird trap in this house
A house I hated most
A house that fill me with bad memories that haunt me day and night,
Feeling of depression, sadness, guilt and anger are all in this house
The only happiness I felt is when I had my son.

I question myself when is the last time I had a good night sleep
I question myself where can I see a bright future ahead of me
I question myself many times why I let things hurt me
I question myself why I made irrational choices
Could I be the same again after what happen?
I think not.

I want to be somewhere
Anywhere but here
Somewhere, where people will understand me
Somewhere, where there is compassionate and respect
Somewhere, where people acknowledge my independence
Somewhere, where I can spread my wings.