Hello and A Giveaway!

Hello, hello! I'm so excited to finally be writing this post! I've been dreaming up this blog for a few months now, set the reveal date for Feb 1st and it felt like it took forever to get here! Then again, I stayed up till midnight last night working on listings for the Etsy shop. And well...lighting is the hardest thing to make cooperate at midnight and all that is left is to take pictures of all the items! Hopefully during naptime tomorrow I can wrap things up and then y'all will start seeing listings come Friday. I wasn't joking that my life is a doozie!

But enough about the Etsy shop. I am so glad that YOU are here! It really does mean the world to me! And while I'll try not to smother y'all with a ton of posts, I've been saving some fun home-make-overs to show y'all, yummy recipes to share with you and some doozies of being the momma of two boys to laugh with y'all about!

But before I get started lets talk about this giveaway! I love giveaways, love love love them! So of course I wanted to kick off this blog with one. So here's the scoop; all you have to do is follow me! It's that simple and make sure you have enough info in your profile that I can contact you back if you win. The giveaway will be open the entire month of Februaray and I'll announce the winner March 1st along with another giveaway :) Yep, once a month people! I told you, I LOVE a good giveaway!

So here is what you could get this month:

Stationery with fabric pennant accents (set of 7), Three scrumptious felt flower magnets, and my favorite ric-rac rosette adjustible ring! Super cute, super easy to win! Just follow me :)

Look at the brighter side

A cousin of hubby had an operation last week in General Hospital on her tongue as doctor discovered cancerous cells in her tongue. She has been in coma as doctor does not want her to be much awake and talk. Just in case so that her operated tongue would heal well. A very young girl, just in her early 20s.

This morning, I helped hubby to send his uncle to Kuching Heart Specialist Hospital in Kota Samarahan. He is admitted today and schedule to be in operation soon, hopefully this week otherwise next week. Still got many queues in front of him before his turn. I wonder uncle in his 70s has such patience to stay in the ward as he had to stay until his turn and cannot go out.

Hope both will have speedy recovery. Hubby is going to be very busy, visiting both relatives for few weeks ahead.

Nate has a home to call his own!

We have a winner for the Nate fat quarter collection. And that winner is Katy! Congrats!

This is for the Child’s Play with Nate cotton collection. There is still the flannel collection that I have not done a drawing for, and if you like this idea maybe I can do a few more fabric-freebies for you good, creative peeps.

Don’t forget that I also have a drawing that I will be doing for the Child’s Play with Kate, the flannel fat quarter set, and that is happening on my new Facebook page called Sheri McCulley Studio. So, if you still want to enter that drawing go to my FB page and comment on the Kate collection there. Once I have 100 “likes” on my page I will have that drawing.

Also, for you fabric lovers, I do expect to see the little Woodland Tails animals filling the quilt and fabric shops any day now. The collection is due out in stores in February, and well, that’s only a day away. I have not gotten my own samples yet, but maybe once I do we can have a give-away for that collection as well. Woodland Tails is one of my all time fave collections and I am very excited about its debut in the fabric world. So stay tuned and maybe these little woodland animals will be gracing your presence soon.

Snowflake Pancakes

I never in a million years thought I would be prefer snow over rain. But here we are today..and I am wishing it was snowing instead of raining!  The main reason is really because of our cutest little puppy Mia (who is 10 weeks today!). She would much rather play and do her business in the snow rather than the rain.  We have all  become much more accustomed to going outside and playing everyday regardless if it was cold or snow.. but when it rains we are all stuck inside. So while being stuck inside I decided to make something fun :)


It does feels wrong to post about snowflakes when there is no snow to be found (well where we live!) The rain and the unusually warmer weather melted all the snow we had.  But since it is still winter I decided to make a snowflake themed breakfast:

These pancakes didn't come out how I initially had planned them, but overall I am happy with them. 


First you need to make the pancake batter.  You can use boxed pancake mix, or make yours from scratch. Either way you just need to mix it very well so there are no lumps. I then separated my batter into two different bowls for the two different colors.  I put blue food coloring in one bowl and left the other batter uncolored. I then poured the batter into two different squeeze bottles.


On the skillet I drew the snowflake design and the circle around it with the "white" (uncolored batter).  I then let that cook until it was almost fully cooked.  I then filled in the pancake with the blue batter and then again let it cook until almost fully cooked.  I gently flipped the entire pancake over and let the other side cook.


I then cut out sausages with a small snowflake cookie cutter I have.

For the final touch I added some edible sugar snowflakes that I had found in the grocery store one day.  They don't actually taste much like anything but they are beautiful so I couldn't resist ;)


Eliana loved these fun creative pancakes and asked to make them another time under one condition: she told me that she wanted it to be snowing outside when we make them again :) 

Yummy!

It is time to lose some fats after all those food eaten during the CNY holiday!! But before that, let me recollect on some unique dishes that we had in Sibu.

The famous prawn noodle we had in Jaka before we heading to Sibu. RM20 per bowl. Super fresh prawns with red wine soup. Too peppery for my taste bud!



It makes me wonder whether I am celebrating CNY or other celebration because the chef (hubby's uncle) cooked Iban dishes for us. This is a pork pansuh!!

Tasty pork leg with a bit of chilli spice. I almost choked to tears on this dish. Lol!

As for the kids, my girl stayed at her aunt's house while 3 of us stayed in hotel. The weather in Sibu was very hot but we had rain in the evening. The kids had fun playing with fireworks while adults were having great time gambling. Lol! I neither lost nor won in Ballad game. For kids' photo, go here.

I am back!

Came back from Sibu last night. We had a great but tiring CNY in Sibu, visiting hubby's family and relatives. But it was an enjoyable holidays as we get to see many cousins, nephews and nieces there.

We started our journey on Sunday morning around 6am after picking hubby's cousin and niece. We reached Sibu around 12noon. Whereas our trip back to Kuching yesterday, it took us more than 7 hours. Why not? We stopped 5 times for toilet breaks and meals along the way and some more it was heavy rain at some stretches. We even saw an accident going to Serian yesterday. But overall the kids enjoyed the car ride.

More updates to come!

Peppermint Snowflake Bark

We had more snow. So you know what that means? Snow related treats :) Awhile back when browsing on Pinterest I found a recipe here at Once Upon A Plate to make peppermint bark snowflakes.  I had been planning on making this last year but never got around to it until now. And let me tell you.. I am glad I tried it! They look amazing and taste amazing :)

Chocolate Snowflakes :)

To make this you will need:
approx 8 oz dark chocolate (our favorite is Hershey's Special Dark)
approx 8 oz white chocolate (we used Lindt white chocolate)
2 tsp vegetable oil, divided
1/2 tsp peppermint extract, divided
crushed peppermint candy canes


I bought two bars of chocolate for each the dark and white chocolate.  Both bars were slightly more than 4 oz each so I used a little more than 8 oz of each to make the snowflake bark.


I melted the dark chocolate with 1 tsp of vegetable oil in the microwave.  Once chocolate is fully melted add in 1/4 tsp of peppermint oil.  Pour into desired pan or snowflake silicone mold. (If pouring the chocolate into separate molds it is a good idea to measure out the amount so that the chocolate in each snowflake is evenly distributed.) I added crushed candy canes in the middle layer then allowed the chocolate to harden in the fridge for an hour.


I then did the exact same thing with the white chocolate and returned the mold to the fridge for another hour.


**Tips when pouring chocolate into the mold**
Make sure to tap the mold to make the layer as even as possible (in my case I tapped the mold and tapped the cookie sheet i placed the mold on) 
You can use toothpicks to spread the chocolate into the corners and pop the bubbles.


I also made a mini snowflake for Eliana:

I took the picture next to the other snowflakes so you could see the size difference. To make the smaller snowflake bark for Eliana I used a mini snowflake cookie cutter. I placed the cookie cutter on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (make sure there is nothing on or under the parchment paper or else your chocolate will not be flat on the bottom.) I then followed the same directions for the larger snowflakes.  When it was completely done I left out the snowflake for a few minutes to allow the chocolate to warm up a little bit.  Then I gently pushed the snowflake out of the cookie cutter.  There was some breakage since I didn't do it as gently as I should have, but Eliana' couldn't tell and you can't see in the picture so it works out just fine!!

This may have been a little time consuming but it was so easy and it tasted so amazing that it was all worth it!  I actually don't like white chocolate but with the addition of peppermint extract and the candy canes, alongside the amazing opposite side of dark chocolate I ended up loving this. I will definitely be making these again!

Until Next Time... :)

Happy Water Dragon Year

It has been a very busy time in the shop that for this week, I have closed late. Why customers always late minute rush into shop when it is almost time to close?? Lol! I re-phrase myself. It has been busy since Christmas last month and I am glad the business is picking up again. How I wish every days would be good days! *wink* It is good thing to stay busy. Keep my mind and body active and stay positive.

Is it me or the mood this year is rather slow and quiet? Do not really feel the heat. As for us, we did not prepare much since we are going away. Just bought some bacon jerky back to Sibu. We are celebrating the Year of Dragon in the city of Sibu.

Hubby is taking a day leave tomorrow. Good thing too, he needs to help with the packing. I have done packing for the kids and half for myself. Can never finish packing although you start way early, because something are meant to be packed on the day itself. Hubby will help with the spring cleaning. Honestly I think he is better housekeeper than me. Lol! Am glad to marry to someone who knows how to clean up because I am terrible housekeeper.

My cute red packets for the kids. Red packets now come in many designs. Red is no longer the "in-thing" among the youngsters. Which kids do not know those cartoon characters huh???


We would be leaving for Sibu on Sunday morning by car. Hope it would not be a long trip as it is the eve. Everyone will be gathering in Sibu this year. Hubby's grandma had a fall few weeks ago (according to my SIL who resides in Sibu now) so hubby (been a filial and eldest grandchild), he wanted to spend more times with his aging grandparents. I don't mind, as I also grow fond of both grandparents who are very loving and hospitable couple.

I would like to wish everyone "Happy Chinese New Year" and "Gong Xi Fa Chai".

Snowflake Snack

So it has  finally begun.. We had our first snow of 2012 yesterday. For us this winter has been very mild with warmer than usual temperature and oddly no snow! (This kind of winter is my kind of winter).  I don't like cold and I don't like snow.... however I guess I'd rather it snow now instead of winter stretching into springtime! So let's celebrate the snow :) In honor of the first official snowfall of the year I made this cute snack for Eliana:

Snowflakes never tasted better ;)

This is just cheese and crackers gone fancy, but in a very simple way. I cut cheese with a mini snowflake cookie cutter and to spell out "Let it snow". The crackers are Ritz snowflake crackers.  You could always add details to the snowflakes if you wanted to.  Eliana loves cheese and crackers so this was of course a hit :) 


Until Next Time.. :)

Shering with you to create some SherWear

It’s time for me to start shering some of my fabric collections with you. So . . . how about we get a few more bloggers to join my new Sheri McCulley Studio blog and once we do I will give the Child’s Play with Nate (cotton collection) to one lucky winner. You will get a set of fat quarter prints and at least one Nate panel. You will have plenty of prints to work with and might even have enough to sew them into some SherWear for a lucky little guy in your life. Please note that the image above is of the complete Nate collection, both cotton and flannel, and not all will be given in this drawing, but at least half will.

Once I have 100 members on this blog (only six to go) I will have a drawing. Here’s what you need to do to be in the drawing~just comment on this post. As soon as we reach the 100 mark I will collect the comments and draw a winner. You do not have to join my blog to enter, just leave a comment and ~ don’t forget to encourage your friends to check out my new Sheri McCulley Studio blog, website and yes, even my new Facebook page, because I have fabric give-aways going on there too. Fill free to join the fun there as well!

Remembering grandma

*This is post-dated entry*

When I was small my maternal grandma always made glutinous rice (nuomi fan) for us. All of us love her glutinous rice. I never know my mum know how to prepare this dish or not, because I never ask her.

Now my grandma in her 80s, she seldom make this rice dish but I got the privilege to taste it again few weeks ago. Still taste the same after all those years but I remember grandma put some chestnuts in her rice but now just some mushroom, pork bits and dried prawns. Cannot eat a lot as I have indigestion problem. Genetic? Because my dad also have such problems and so is my sister.



Thank you, grandma!

P/s CNY is just few days away. Ready for it??

Weekend Menu #19 : Wolfberries experience

Another cooking weekend for me. Both kids are sick. As usual, down with flu and cough, so we prefer to stay at home than going out for meals, especially Baby Jay would tend to drink every cold drinks on the table he can take irregardless he is ill or not.

Cooked something nutritious for the kids so I bought a pack of dried wolfberries home. Commercially called goji berries, they are high in vitamins and micronutrients.


Nutritious kailan and mushroom dish.


My chicken soup for the cold!



Hope the kids recovered in time for the CNY and I would not get sick too!! Lately I have not been resting well and suffering mild headaches and dizziness. The kids are sick, but they still full of energy. Before they are tired, I tired first from looking after them over the weekend!! Lol!

In the mood

Continue with my shop CNY decoration..... As usual, when my girl saw the decoration last night, she immediately want to learn how to make them. But instead of learning how to make them, she did her own decoration. If you asked me, I think she is trying to make firecracker out of the red packets. Happily showing off her creation and asked me to MMS to her grandma to see. Lol!


This morning I had the worst breakfast in NK. Never tasted the sweetest Teh-C Peng Special in my life! Yukky! I would not want to order that drink from that cafe again. Some more coupled with my plate of Crispy Noodle in tomato sauce, I gulpped many water into me to get rid of the sour and sweet out of my food. Too sour and sweet for me. And hubby kept complaining about their teh-O Peng too. Too sweet. Their reason for all the sweetness is because a new staff handling the drink. Hmm.



But at least their selection of songs did not spoil my entire morning mood. They played all those 90s songs which I love like Trademarks, Michael Leans to Rock, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, etc.


My all time favourite.

Puppy Lunch

So for lunch today I made Eliana a puppy lunch. Why a puppy lunch you ask? Well because puppies are so cute, cuddly, adorable, playful, energetic and most importantly we just got one!!! Yes you read that correctly! We got a puppy.  We fell in love with a Sheltie puppy..She was the last available girl out of her litter and she melted our hearts and well we couldn't say no.. so we said "this one is mine", named her Mia (mine in Spanish) and took her home ;)  So to celebrate our new puppy I made this fun lunch for Eliana:

Puppy Lunch

To make this lunch I cut a ham and cheese sandwich (or whatever fillings you prefer) into a dog shape with a dog cookie cutter.  I added the small details on the dog (bread crust ear and tail, edible candy eyes and nose, and fruit leather tongue).  For the border I cut grapes to be "balls" because what puppy doesn't like to play with a ball? I then added some Scooby Cinnamon Graham Cracker Sticks (of course in the shape of a dog treat!).  And Let me warn you in advance.. those Scooby biscuits are addicting! ;) Eliana loved the lunch and the fact that it didn't take a lot of time to put together is always nice!


Now of course you are dying to meet Mia aren't you? Well here she is!

Mia at 7 weeks old

You can see why she easily melted our hearts! She is so much fun and Eliana loves to play with her and run around with her. She is the most beautiful Sheltie puppy I have ever seen (just a little bit partial) and I love her personality already.  Mia already plays differently with me versus my husband versus Eliana.. Its quite impressive how she has picked up the differences between us and treats us differently in a matter of days. She likes to cuddle and sleep on me, she likes to rough house with my husband and follow him around, and with Eliana she runs around with her and always wants to play with her as if she literally were a puppy! We brought her home last Friday and while we are exhausted from her night time wake-ups to go pee we couldn't be happier! :)  I can see she will be house trained easily, as it hasn't even been a week and there have fewer and fewer accidents each day.. well the biggest part of house training is really training the owner... haha so I guess we are training ourselves well ;)


Mia is just perfect for our family.  She was born on November 18, 2011, which happens to be my father's birthday.  It also happens to be the day before our precious pet bird Kiwi died. For us, it has been a healing process.. And it seems like Mia was meant for us :)


Until Next Time... :)

Red packets decoration

We did little Chinese New Year decorations in the shop. Since the opening of schools, we did not have many customers dropping by during the weekdays. So the staff requested for unused red packets. Initially for the pasting of Chinese fans on the glass panels, but end up we did something different with the red packets. I do not have unused red packets as I do not usually keep them, unless they are attractive. I have many leftover red packets from last year, so I brought some packs over.


All DIY by us, save money on buying CNY decoration!! Lol!



We did 8 of these tiny lanterns and hang them above the counter. 8 is always an "ong" number for Chinese.


I got this fish decoration idea from the internet. It does not turn out bad, but my fish does look bigger and fatter, because I used a rectangular type! Lol!


So 8 little lanterns, and a pair of fishes around. Hope 2012 bring prosperity and good business!!

Name changer, but not game changer

Sheri Berry Designs is now Sheri McCulley

Since getting into licensing about five years ago, I have branded my licensed products with the name and logo of “Sheri Berry,” based on my childhood nickname.

As my licensing partnerships have grown across product categories and even international boundaries, I’ve discovered that this short, rhyming phrase is similar (though not identical) to names used by other people and companies in what has become an interconnected online world.

So as the number of products with my designs continues to expand, and the importance of creating a distinct identity has grown, I’m returning to the other name my family gave me: Sheri McCulley.

The name may be a little different, but the distinctive look and style of original patterns, illustrations, and products I create will remain. When you see the Sheri McCulley logo, you can be sure it’s by the same little girl who used to be called “Sheri Berry” as she sketched and cut, folded and colored at the kitchen table.

Smoked meat

I have been experiencing dizziness and headaches since last week. Don't know what is wrong with me, but today I feel much better. Just that when I lied down too long, I will experiencing dizziness when I move or sit up. When I posted my condition on Facebook, my friends started speculating that I am pregnant! No-lah! Hahahah! If pregnant, I would not be worry much about my condition, but I guess lack of rest or sitting too much in front of pc caused my dizziness and headaches.

Anyway, hope it will go away. CNY is 2 weeks away. Have you ready everything or almost done with the necessary chore?? As today is Monday, and I guess some of you will experiencing Monday Blues, I want to share this yummy food with you. Actually a gift from a neighbour. Very thoughtful of her! Sugar cane smoked pork belly.




Yes, you heard it right! Sugar cane. And the taste is heavenly. Hard to describe. Tasted her sugar cane smoked chicken before, but I still think the taste fit pork belly best!

Okana and the lion head

Black Olive

The native of Kapit called it "O-ka-na" or "Da-bai" while us called it black olive. It has that smooth, oily texture that need acquired taste (which I am still not accustomed to). My father-in-law is in town since Wednesday and besides passing some native rice and fishes for my 2 kids, he also bought some olive fruit here. Very expensive if you asked me, can fetch up to more than RM20 per kg!



My mum's favourite fruit besides the Sibu kam (green orange)! *wink*


Historic head

I did not know of its existence till last weekend! Lol! Talking about being a Kuchingnite at birth. *Paisey*

It is nothing unusual about this fountain, but the historical thing is the fountain head in the shape of a lion. It was built during British Colonial time so you know how old is this fixture. Located in Leboh Wayang, opposite Jalan Wayang.

My usual model girl!



Water came out from this lion head during the old days, now no more.

At least me and the kids learn something during the weekend, thanks to dear hubby! *wink*

Happy Friday everyone!

p/s It rained this morning but has stopped and did not caused any flashfloods. Wish for less wet days ahead. Dread driving in the wet condition.

Not ordinary day

The continuous downpour since last night caused a massive flood in most areas in Kuching! Never been hit this bad. I think today is the worst I ever see!!




Me and the kids were caught in jam for nearly more than an hour on the road. I were able to drop my girl off her kindy but unable to get into the housing estate leading to baby sitter's house. Tried 3 different routes but unsuccessful. Some cars are caught in the pools of water while others moved their vehicles out from their houses along Hui Sing, Arang Road and Dogan Road. After contacting the baby sitter, we met in front of 688 shop to pass my boy to her. And it took me another hour to reach my shop. Late for an hour and my foot was tired from all those driving!

And this is nothing. An accident happened this morning just on 2nd day school reopens. My prayer goes to both victims!

Time Travel Around the World

As many of you know I have been working on the Wee Are the World collection for exactly one year now and I am delighted to say I am finally done just in time for 2012.

I have created twelve children from around the world, each with their own scenes, animals, patterns and traditions. I will share the newest collection sets with you soon.

I have also given each wee child his or her own month to share with all throughout the year. I thought it better to have two styles, for two different designs, for all the different people of the world. These will be available through Lettering Delights graphic sets, which will be easy to print and hang each month for the entire year.

The first calendar style has a scene with the month and days in a basic non-lined calendar. Each month can be printed on an 11 x 17 or reduced to fit an 8.5 x 11. In the image above you can see what each month looks like. The set will also include a cover design of the children around the globe (as seen at top).

The other calendar style has the characters within a circle at top with the month and days in a basic grid calendar below. Each month can be printed on an 11 x 17 or reduced to fit an 8.5 x 11. In the image above you can see what each month looks like. The set will also include a cover design of the set of children in their circled design (as seen below).

As I was working on the calendars it became apparent that I needed to make a grid style as well as the other, as some people prefer boxes for specific notes and appointments. You can choose either or both, as you might just need calendars in many different places of your world.

To get these calendars at LD just click here or go to my Sheri’s Creations sign at top right, which will take you directly to the calendars on the LD site.

Above are samples showing one month from each calendar style. These samples show rounded corners (which I prefer), that can be made after printing with a .25" corner punch.

Remember, you can share the joy of the new year with family and friends by also sending them on this year long trip around the world to enjoy the wee people who inhabit it. It might even be one of the happiest trips they’ve ever taken.

Happy New Year! 2012!

Hello 2012 and Happy New Year to you all! If your holiday stretch was anything like how my relaxing break (or better put--lazy!) was then I know it was a good one :) It was very nice to have no school and no internship and no babysitting and to actually have a break to spend with the family for a few days.


As with the beginning of every new year it always seems to be a good time to set goals, or resolutions to start off anew.  But honestly I'm not really into doing resolutions.. I never actually do them or keep them up and then I end up looking back and feeling disappointed. So in order to prevent that disappointment I'm going to try this new year a different way..with more general goals instead of specifics..with the exception of my one main goal: to graduate with my MSW in May! It may sound silly, and you might say to yourself "of course you'll graduate" but for me this is a goal.  School is not the easiest thing to do for me in general,  and especially not as a mom with the millions of responsibilities that come along with that. And I do not claim to be supermom, so I do struggle juggling it all.  I do manage it, and I have made it this far, but I will be SO happy when I graduate!


So to start this new year off right I made this easy lunch for Eliana..

Happy New Year!

This was a super easy lunch to put together.  I did an open face sandwich with the cheese on top cut with a circle cookie cutter. I decorated the clock with more cheese and fruit leather.  I used a food safe marker to write the numbers.  The "2012" is cut out of cheese and my "fireworks" are cut carrots.  The end result is easy, simple and Eliana loved it.  What a great way to start off the new year! :)


Happy New Year Everyone!!! :)

Looking back at 2011

New Year celebration is over and kids are back to school, everyone is back to work. But I am still thinking about the goods and worsts of 2011. And I still write "2011" on paper subconsciously. Yes I know. 2011 has ended and everyone is looking forward to 2012 but it is alright to remember the good and bad times. So before I forget and for myself and my family to read in the future, I better pen them down here.

Some days were bad, but who doesn't have right? The key word is to learn to relax, de-stress and less worry. Most of 2011 I were in uptight positions, may it be in business or family. I hope this year would be a better year and hope I would enjoy life to its fullest!

Alright, let's talk something good here!!

Some hightlights of my 2011:

January ****** My Indonesian worker left us for good. After working for 9 months, she requested to be home for CNY. She said she will be back but it was a lie. We knew at first because she packed everything. It was hectic in the shop back then but I survived. Thank god I found 2 good staff who still working for me since March.

February *******Bring the kids back to hometown for CNY celebration. It was Baby Jay's first visit to grandparents' town. Luckily it was a smooth trip as he slept in the airplane and also in the express, keep the stresses away from us.

May *****Officially operating the shop for a year and my 1 year as a stokist.

June *****We had a 2 days makeup and photo taking session in the shop. Little girl was also one of the participants. Her first time doing make up and being photographed. She has a fall and cut her scalp the night before, which gave us a fright! Luckily she was fine.

August *****Got a digital camera as my birthday present from hubby! Still polishing my photography skill here. Maybe this year hubby will get his Canon camera since he has been drooling over its Canon EOS.
****** Hubby bought his first iPad2. For work and leisure he said. *wink*
****** Officially started our extension and furniture fitting in new house. Cannot wait to move in. Everything should be ready by mid-year the latest.

October ********First time going to Sibu by land. We drove for nearly 6 hours per route. A tiring experience but we see a lot of things along the way.
****** Enrolled little girl in music class. She enjoys herself and hopefully she will get her own piano and we are able to hear her play on one(provided she passes her Grade One first!).

November ******Little girl participated in the school year end graduation dancing performance. Really proud of her performance!
****** Family vacation to KL cum shopping spree. First visit to Zoo Negara.
******On reading momentum for the month as bought a lot of books from Logo's Hope.

December *******Family has a short vacation in KL during Christmas Day so I am in charge of looking and feeding after their dogs. GOsh! Hard to look after dogs after all, especially one old and almost blind terrier and another naughty one. And my brother complained his dog lost weight while he was away!! What to do?? Both dogs are so choosy when it comes to food. Lol!
******* Joined Her Space, a great place to meet up with other great women and exchange opinions, and got my first Starbuck gift card for participating in their forum!


Hope for more exciting and prosperous 2012!

The case of intolerance

Not a good way to start my New Year but that was the way. Few days ago I had stomach upset. At first I was wondering whether I ate too much, you know all those year end and wedding dinners invitation, but I thought otherwise. Then I thought that maybe the overdose of "teh-c-peng". I think that would be the culprit because when ever I tasted a very "kau teh-c-peng" I would have stomach upset and sometimes diarrhea. So I stopped taking for few days, and yet the stomach upset still "visiting" me.

Then it just popped into my mind. MILK! I have been taking milk for 4 consecutive days. And in the past when ever I took milk, I will have lactose intolerance. I seldom take milk in my life and when I did, it was when I was a preggie. Now I am now I seldom take milk because of the intolerance. However lately I experienced backache and hubby is suddenly so concern about lack of calcium etc, I thought I give milk a try. I bought 4 packs of Anlene high calcium milk and drank one pack per day. Still, I am not over the intolerance. I have stomach upset for 2 days.




I gave up on milk, and better go back to Calcium tablets. I have not take Calcium supplements for few years too. Because I don't like swallowing those big white tablets. Sigh!

Under Construction

I love that you popped by! This blog will be up and running with lots of fun things to see and read come February 2012. Check back then!