We brought Ayden to his weekly gym class at BeeBop Circus as usual last Saturday evening. The difference was we woke him up early and was out of the house since morning (as I had some errands to run) and headed directly to the gym at 5pm without him getting a proper nap. I thought he’ll be okay as he has been looking forward to attend this once a week class all week especially with […]

We are always spending time in Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara during the weekdays as I have my stuffs to settle over there. That gives us a lot of opportunities to go food hunting around that area. There is this new township Sunway Nexis, the latest development from Sunway City located next to its ‘elder sibling’ Sunway Giza. We found our new favourite Nasi Lemak there at Rail Canteen, Sunway Nexis. Kluang Heritage, Rail Canteen.  Unit D-GF-02, Sunway […]

Today I shall attempt baking Choco Raisin Loaf using the Sweet Bread recipe but modified to get a chocolate bread as my breadmaker doesn’t come with a Chocolate Bread recipe :( Ingredients for 700g of Choco Raisin Bread: 120ml water 150ml fresh milk (or chocolate milk) 2 tbsp oil 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp sugar 3 tbsp Cocoa Powder 2 cups bread flour 1 cup self-raising flour 1 tsp breadmaker yeast 1 tbsp butter 3/4 […]

We attended Sakae’s 18th Anniversary celebration with the launch of a brand new menu featuring more than 100 new additions. The boys and the bouncy, leaping frog mascot.  Salmon is the main feature in this new menu with all time favourite salmon dishes such as Salmon Sashimi, Hana Maki and Salmon Mentaiyaki as well as some new creations such as Salmon Cheese Roll, Salmon Zukushi, Salmon Treasures and more. In line with their “farm to table” […]

These days, it is a challenge shopping with the boys. I don’t remember Ethan being this rascal when he was two but put him and little bro Ayden together, all hell breaks loose! A 20 minute grocery shopping can be really ‘entertaining’ for them but tiring for me.  They both will quickly grab a basket each.  And push it around the alley. Ayden is cheekier. Sometimes he’ll stop at something he fancies and just grab […]

We spent the entire day at eCurve and got really tired. We saw an empty bench in front of Tony Roma’s and quickly took a sit to rest our exhausted feet. Thank goodness for the bench, our zonked feet got a couple of minutes of rest. Not only was our feet were dead beat, we were famished too. That was when we spotted the latest promo from Tony Roma’s. Without delaying further, we made our […]

I was lying on the bed playing with my phone while the boys were sleeping (I know it is a bad habit) when I turned to my left and saw something cute. Peekaboo! It has been a while since I last took a good look at this cute little foot.  There, the bigger picture. Not very cute anymore :P I’ll always wear socks for him after he falls asleep as he will usually pull them […]

There is this new coffee place in Publika Shopping Gallery opened barely a month ago (at the time of writing) that you must visit at least once and I bet you’ll get hooked to it soon after as it has a really lovely interior, great coffee and surprisingly very good food. We kept coming back until we have eaten almost everything on their menu. Today’s post is a compilation of everything that we have eaten […]

I’ve been a bad mother. When Ayden was born, I made sure to put him in his car seat whenever we are travelling in the car. We used big bro Ethan’s car seat as it was still in good condition then. After some time (several months), the car seat cover (the sponge) started to tear off. We couldn’t find a replacement for the cover and thought of getting a new seat but Ayden started to […]

Indonesian cuisine requires no introduction in the arena of gastronomy and it is one of the most loved foods by Malaysians as well as internationals.  Whether it’s exotic local street food or the elegance of fine dining, Indonesia seems to have it all.   This country that many considered one of the richest and most diverse grounds in the world, has a huge variation of food fare with some being reflected as unique to the […]

Every time on a kid’s birthday, the mother will start with the saying, “It feels just like yesterday… “ Indeed it feels just like yesterday we welcomed Ayden into this world on Merdeka Day. My Merdeka baby Ayden, born on the 31 August 2013, 3 weeks earlier than his estimated delivery date. A year ago he cut his very first cake. Big brother Ethan decided the theme and decor for Ayden’s birthday bash. Today, he […]

Okay, so you have seen my homegrown organic okras and grape cherry tomatoes. Today, it’s time for me to introduce my garden of spinach. They are all grown in pots as I’ve mentioned in my previous post, I do not have any land for gardening. Again, I did not purchase any seeds to start my spinach garden. What happened was I bought a bundle of spinach from my favourite grocer shop. Those spinach comes attached with […]

I am over the moon because I just won myself some mooncakes, 4 to be exact. I saw the contest being posted on their FB page at 6pm. My heart palpitated as I watched the youtube video to find out the answers as the first 3 to comment correctly will take home their Jewels of Mid-Autumn box holding 4 mooncakes. Maybe because it was 6pm and everybody is on the way home from work or something […]

After what seems like an eternity fighting for an available Unifi port in our area, we are finally Unifi-ed last Saturday.  The cable man came and I half expected him to be like Adam Sandler in Pixels but … :P Anyway, the installation caused quite a huge mess at home. We spent the entire day cleaning up when we found this: Actually it was Darling who found it while reorganising the cables.  Do you have […]

After the successful maiden attempt at making our own bread using my new breadmaker, I baked another loaf of basic bread and am happy that it turned out very well too. Last night, I tried baking raisin loaf using sweet bread recipe. Ingredients for 700g of Sweet Bread: 270ml water 2 tbsp oil 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp sugar 1 1/2 tbsp milk powder 3 cups flour 1 tsp breadmaker yeast Refer to the above […]

I don’t have a daughter. If I do, I am sure to dress her the same as me from time to time. It would be fun to have a mini me parading the same outfit as mine. But yeah, I don’t have a daughter. So what I did was: I dressed the father and son similar. This was before we have Ayden. I have yet to get a similar outfit for all three of them.  […]

Darling has this habit of forgetting to redeem the points from his credit cards before they expire. He has wasted several thousand points because of this. The other day, I reminded him to redeem something before his points expires again. He said he’ll look into it. What I did not know was he redeemed a breadmaker for me until one fine day a courier guy delivered it to me. I was over the moon when I […]

Remember back in April I was complaining regarding Ayden drawing on the walls, cabinets, floor and all? *recycle pic* I am glad that was only temporary and lasted only a couple of days. These days, he still likes to scribble a lot but at least he does it on papers.  His latest craze is crayons. Look at his choice of colour. He likes purple and orange a lot.  This is him coloring during my tuition […]

You’ve seen my homegrown organic grape cherry tomatoes, now let me introduce to you my homegrown organic okras. This is how I grow my okras. Again, I did not purchase the seed for this project. I took dried seeds from my mom’s homegrown okra to start my garden of okra in pots. Okra is very easy to grow as it grows best in hot weather like ours so if you wish to start an urban […]

Inside Out is a computer animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. When I found out Nuffnang is giving away premiere tickets to this, I know I have to get hold of them as I never want to miss anything by Pixar. So there we were last night, in GSC 1Utama to catch the premiere screening of Inside Out. Don’t say I bo jio you okay. I gave out a […]

It was rather disheartening when we received Ethan’s report card late last year. It was not because of his result but more to his growth chart. His height remained the same throughout the entire year while his weight increased a mere 2kg. I poured out my worries on Facebook and many experienced mothers advised me to give Ethan Horlicks for breakfast as it contains 23 growth nutrients such as calcium for strong bones and protein […]

During the long school holidays late last year, I held a craft lesson for some of Ethan’s classmates at one of his classmate’s parent’s tuition centre. The kids made Minion pencil holder.  Minion Pencil Holder using toilet paper roll and colored paper.  Recently, I have some extra time so I decided to make one again. This time I used colored felt for a better finish.  I get Ayden to help me glue the toilet paper […]

When we moved into our house slightly over a decade ago, I did not like gardening yet so Darling tiled up the entire car porch. Now after having two kids, I find comfort in growing my own greens BUT I don’t have the land anymore for that and has to resort to growing everything in pots. I wasn’t even serious when I started my urban garden. I did not purchase any seeds. In fact, my […]

It took the kids quite some time to collect this much coins: But it took us longer to find a coin-counting machine that works. We went to many banks, searching high and low only to be told that their coin-counting machines are out of order OR their cut out time is 11am. Who on Earth goes out to deposit coins so early? Okay maybe it is only ME who does not leave the house before […]

We’ve been watching a lot of movies lately. That is because Nuffnang has been very generous and been holding so many movie premiere screenings the past months or so. Furthermore, most of these screenings are held in 1Utama so it’s a plus point. Yes, the location is very important as we’ll only go for movies in 1Utama, The Curve or around that area. KLCC is a definite NO! The value of the tickets wont be […]

We went back to my in-law’s place last Sunday and Ayden requested to feed the chickens. To him it’s like a trip to a petting zoo. I used to get very annoyed with these chickens I tell you. It’s not so much the chickens that I hate but their droppings. They are every where and the worst is when you stepped on it before entering the car.  But now with kids, I tend to mellow […]

It’s been quite some time since we last made some frozen popsicles. It’s been raining almost every evening but who says we can’t have frozen popsicles on a cool, rainy day? :P  So I took out a packet of blueberries from the fridge, soaked, rinsed and dumped them into my blender with freshly squeezed apple juice and yogurt.  Give it a few swirl until the yogurt turned a pinkish purple. No, it’s not going to […]

Ethan’s first milk tooth extraction was last year to remove both his lower central incisors when we spotted new teeth growing behind them. We brought him to the dentist to get them removed as I was afraid the new teeth will grow crooked if the milk teeth were not removed. Thank goodness his permanent teeth grew nicely aligned.  A month ago, his upper central incisor started to feel shaky. It was the first time he experienced […]

My first time bowling was back in college days. My brother-in-law would bring me bowling whenever he had the free time. I remember breaking my fingernails the first time I bowled as I wasn’t aware we are not supposed to have long fingernails to bowl. It was quite a painful experience :( I never go bowling with Darling during our courting days. I don’t even know he can bowl! Haha :P During the school holidays […]

In celebration of the Mid-Autumn festival, Dorsett Grand Subang introduces the tradition of mooncake crafting, with its highly anticipated selection of mooncakes. This year, the hotel offers a selection of HALAL certified mooncakes that will offer its Muslim guests a peace of mind when consumed. Mooncakes are a traditional staple during Mid-Autumn festival which occurs between the month of August and September every year. During the Yuan dynasty, mooncakes were used by the Chinese to […]

Both the boys have too many toy cars scattering on the floor. I decided to help them build a multi-storey garage last weekend. We used the larger toilet paper rolls for this project. We used 15 rolls for this multi-storey garage. Maybe we can build a bigger one next. Stick double sided tape on the TP Rolls. Stick them together as you wish. We made three levels with 5 garages on each level. Ayden seemed […]

It’s that time of the year again to indulge and be treated to tasty mooncakes. Mooncake or Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most celebrated festivals among the Chinese communities throughout the world. Mooncake is a special delicacy that symbolises this special festival. Over the years, this popular delicacy has evolved in terms of flavours and taste, with various ingredients as fillings been created to satisfy the palate of today’s modern tastebuds. This year, Eastin […]

The rainy season is here again. In fact, it has been raining a lot this year don’t you think so? I have to wake up early to do my laundry or they won’t be able to dry on time as it always rains in the evenings. Ayden and I are so bored being ‘prisoners’ at home not being able to go to the playground that I finally signed him up for an indoor gym package. […]

We’ve been staying here from the moment they completed this housing project until today. Been over a decade I think. Ethan frequent the playground often when he was younger. It was nicer back then. These days it is not so nice anymore. Most of the equipments in the playground has fallen victims to vandalism. Poor Ayden. He can’t really enjoy the playground as much as Ethan had.  See? His head pops out from the slide like […]

When I received the invitation to attend The Sloane Clinic’s Beauty & Your Fortune Workshop, I accepted it immediately as I am keen to learn more on what my face has to say about me. The Sloane Clinic™ is one of the leading aesthetic clinics in Singapore and Malaysia. I made my way to The Sloane Clinic™ Pavilion KL on a beautiful Saturday morning to attend the workshop. From left to right: Dr Aster Low, […]

We went back to Malacca last weekend and brought my parents out for dinner at this newly refurbished place called Ole Ole Delights. It was formerly Ole Ole that served traditional Malay food with dark, wooden interior but now they are sporting a more modern cafe-like ambiance and serve a mix of Western, Malay and Thai cuisine. Ole Ole Delights (Next to Public Bank Batu Berendam) 7 Jalan Mutiara 4, Taman Mutiara Melaka, Batu Berendam […]

Ayden is turning two next month. That means he is ready for art and craft activities with me. Today, we made an apple tree using toilet paper roll and coloured crepe paper.  First, I get Ayden to paint the toilet paper roll with brown tempera paste.  He only needs to paint half of the toilet paper roll as we’ll be using only half. I did not cut it first because it is easier for him […]

Hello :D We just got home from Malacca. Had a great time catching up with my parents. It’s late now and I’m sleepy so just sharing this video (you might have seen it on my Facebook) of Ayden baking. Enjoy :)

I am not a very active Instagram user but when I do have the extra time, I like to spend a minute or two browsing through the beautiful, almost picture perfect feed. Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures of Le Pont Boulangerie, one of Old Klang Road’s new F&B landmarks. Most of them are very artistic. I’m not good in taking artistic pictures hence my infrequent updates on Instagram but there is something about […]

Hello. Did anybody realise I have been quiet? I did not manage to blog hop or update my blog as often as I like because my time with my laptop is very limited these days since Darling’s computer went kaput. He now uses my laptop for work so I can only have access to it after he is done which is usually after midnight. His work is more important than mine coz he is the […]

There is a new online store in Malaysia that boasts of exclusive brands that are not readily available in Malaysia. Known as GEMFIVE, it has FIVE core categories ranging from Fashion, Electronics, Beauty & Health, Home & Living to Mum & Kids. I was browsing for some office wear since I have none at home and will need one very soon for an upcoming workshop event. Staying at home with two kids have reduced me […]

Ethan is EIGHT today! Happy birthday Ethan. Big boy dy. It’s not as easy to handle him now as he has his own personality and is at that point where he is finding his own self. He no longer takes instructions blindly. If he doesn’t like it, he’ll make sure to tell us about it. He believes in his friends and teachers more than his parents. He’s more vocal now and at some point, drives […]

We went back to Darling’s hometown today. When Ethan was younger, my mother-in-law was always anxious that they were unable to communicate with their one and only grandson (then) as my parents-in-law do not speak English and Ethan doesn’t speak Mandarin. By the time Ethan was 4, he began to pick up Mandarin after we started sending him to BaoBei much to my in-law’s delight.  Now, Ethan will spend time talking to his paternal grandmother […]

You know a toddler is still breastfeeding (or was breastfed) when the first thing that comes out of his mouth when you bring him to the lingerie department is ….. Read on. I needed to buy a new nursing bra or maybe just a new bra so I handed the boys over to Darling and went to the lingerie department alone. Ayden kept asking for me so Darling brought him over but the moment he […]

We’ve watched Ant-Man! Woohoo! One of the perks being a Nuffnang blogger is being able to win tickets to their premiere screenings. But now that Ethan is in school, I don’t go for screenings too often as I don’t want him to sleep late and be tired for school the next day. BUT it’s the school holidays (Raya break) now so we are FREE to do anything! The screening is in GSC 1 Utama so […]

Everyday after Ethan leave home for school, I’ll keep Ayden entertained by getting him to help out in the garden, bake a cake, play and going to the playground in the evening. After all that he’ll take his shower and automatically wait at the door for big brother Ethan to come home.  From the moment Ethan walks through that door, Ayden will stick to him like magnet.  He’ll also sit next to Ethan when the […]

We’ll be baking moist orange cake today. I browsed the web and found a recipe on allrecipes.co.uk that I believe will work so I tested it out.  I tweaked it to suit my preference and this is the result: Super moist and delicious orange cake.  This is my tweaked recipe: 110g butter 130g sugar (the original calls for 150g) Grated orange zest from ONE orange (the original says 2 tablespoons) 2 egg yolks 2 egg […]

Ethan has been talking so much about Jurassic World as most of his friends in school have watched it in the cinema. With his exams all done and over with, we decided to bring him for a movie treat last weekend.  My boys and I before the movie start. Am so glad that Ayden sat through the entire movie this time. During our last movie outing, that boy ran out halfway through making me miss out on […]

This is 1 Utama’s Raya decor. Nice. I like it. They even use real grass though a lot has already dried up and turned brown. It reminds me of their decor several years ago with paddy field filled with water and all. The paddy field was beautifully done but we needed to move around it with caution as the kids might fall into it and there is no way we can push a stroller around. […]

At 22 months old, this is all Ayden has: 4 up, 4 down with another one sprouting out halfway.  During Ethan’s dentist visit a week ago, we got the destist to have a look at Ayden’s teeth and she said that Ayden is experiencing a delayed growth for his teeth. According to the chart above, Ayden’s teeth are around 13 – 16 months only. The same goes to big brother Ethan. He experienced delayed tooth […]

After making so many frozen traditional popsicles aka ais krim potong, I guess it’s time to make some fruity frozen yogurt treat.  I bought some strawberries the other day.  I washed and removed the leaves. I sliced some and left the rest to be blended with yogurt later.  I juiced half an apple for some natural sweetness.  Combine apple juice, strawberries and natural yogurt in a food processor.  Blend until smooth. Pour into popsicle mould. […]

This must have been one of the most impromptu trip we’ve ever made. Last Friday, Darling and I were talking about our plans for the upcoming Raya holidays as I was telling him most of the hotels we are looking at are already fully booked and the flight tickets are soaring sky high this last minute so we may need to scrape our holiday plans and just stay home. Disappointed, he casually mentioned our trip […]

It’s that time of the year to be sharing the festive decoration in malls around the Klang Valley. I’ll start with The Curve.  A kampung setting for Hari Raya. I’ve been to Sunway and they too have Kampung setting. I guess most malls will have Kampung house as their decor this year?

I made orange frozen popsicle once. I did not add sugar and little Ayden refused to eat it. I guess it was too sour. So I thought of an alternative to make it sweeter naturally.  I added natural apple juice.  I blend the orange and apple juice together.  Poured into the popsicle mould and freeze.  The result is an extremely refreshing cold treat on a super hot day! This orange plus apple juice popsicle is […]

It is exam week these two weeks in Ethan’s school. They are having their mid-term exam. The children have to sit for exams THREE times a year in his school. It was only TWICE last year but since they got a new Principal, things have changed.  This morning out of a sudden, Ethan told us he is having a toothache. We never thought much about it as he just got his teeth filled about a […]

My sister-in-law brought some durians for us from my FIL’s orchard last weekend. Thick, creamy and extremely sweet. Oh me, oh my. Yums! I ate them all immediately leaving 2 seeds (as shown above) to make durian frozen popsicles. Creamy durian flesh.  Boil a cup of fresh milk in a pot. Add the durian flesh and mash. I did not add sugar and salt since I’m making this for my 22-months-old Ayden. Once boiled, let […]

Ethan has been pestering us to bring him to Farm In The City at Seri Kembangan for ages but we just don’t have the time for it. Coincidentally, I got this complimentary tickets to Sunway Lagoon All Park that is expiring in a couple of days’ time. We got it like months ago but never got around to utilize it. We were very busy last weekend but decided at the very last minute to squeeze […]

I’m dedicating this post to all my frozen popsicle posts for easy reference.  Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Popsicle Full entry here: https://submerryn.com/2015/07/frozen-strawberry-yogurt-popsicle.html Frozen Blueberry Yogurt Popsicle Full entry here: http://bit.ly/1Mk5zTU Frozen Durian Popsicle aka Ais Krim Potong Durian Full entry here: https://submerryn.com/2015/06/easy-frozen-durian-popsicle-recipe.html Refreshing Orange Frozen Popsicle Full entry here: https://submerryn.com/2015/07/refreshing-homemade-orange-frozen-popsicle.html Super Easy Frozen Yogurt Popsicle Full entry here: https://submerryn.com/2015/02/easy-diy-yogurt-ice-lollies-for-kids.html Frozen Snickers Popsicle  Full entry here: https://submerryn.com/2015/05/diy-snickers-ice-popsicle.html Frozen Red Bean Popsicle aka Ais Krim Potong Kacang Merah Full entry here: https://submerryn.com/2015/04/homemade-red-bean-popsicle.html Frozen Sweet Corn Popsicle […]

This is Part 2 to Ethan’s School Holiday Programme at The School, Jaya One. You can read about School Holiday Programme Part 1 where he participated in activities from Fantasia Music, Craft Space, The children’s house, Cross Muay Thai, The Academy of Rock, Science Bridge Academy and Dialogue in The Dark. The activities in Part 1 were for Day 1 and 2. Today, I shall continue with Ethan’s Day 3 and 4. Ethan missed the […]

The other day, I brought both the boys to the playground. They were both running when Ethan tripped and fell.  His knee started to bleed. Ayden squatted there quietly looking at his big brother in pain while I called the Daddy (who was at home) to come over with our First Aid Kit.  I cleaned up Ethan’s wound and brought the kids home.  But look who got plastered all over instead? LoL! This Ayden sibok […]