Herbal Tea Leaves Eggs

Hmm.. miss the fragrant of herbal tea leaves eggs... it beri tempting and definately one of the best fragrances from sg's pasa malam....

So..... i DIY and brewed 20 eggs.. i was once worried abt the "efficiency" of my slow cooker..... its really SLOW!!!

brewed them for more than a day so tat it can be more tasty.. but in US, we use white eggs.. so the shall harder to get dark..



this is my breakfast...

After peeling the shell.. yummy!!! the inside already turn brow.. meaning... TASTY TASTY!!! SHIOK!!! :)

Even the yolk which is sometimes beri er xin... also taste fragrant and nice!!!!


I like herbal tea leaves eggs.... it makes my whole apt smells good when brewing... hahaa

hope those who received the eggs like it too! :)

Jet Lag??

ever since i came back from sg for home visit, i sleep early and wake up early. it sounds normal, but those who noe me well enuff, is certain tat i m not those early birds. hahaaaa


so, officially, i m having jet lag!!!! till now!


the following day since i reach US, i went to Davis' 1st yr bdae.... i have my hesitations of posting the pic here cuz i look really pale from jet lag. anyway, i didn't stay at his party for too long. cuz i scare i gena swine flu (now called H1N1 influenza flu) in the flight so i dun wanna "spread" to the kids there...


left early oso becuz we r meeting polly to go costco, stock up my fridge of cuz! hahaa


aden passed me a sample of a fruit pie excitely and STRONGLY RECOMMEND it... i tot how good... had a bite, and it was "WOW!!!!"


hehe.... bought the whole pie back. its a fruit pie with vannilla cream, taste extremely nice, not so er xin, the pastry is nice oso!!!

following day, we went dim sum @ Great Wall with almost the whole trade. happened to see jm and guys oso. then went Lee&Lee for marketing and further stocking up my fridge... like getting ready to be quarentined..... haha... but no la...

Went to Chandler shopping mall last last wkend... took elaine's new car... let the guys seat in front.... we chit chatted all the journey... and had a crazy super duper fulfilling sushi buffet with the rest of the trade @ nite. its village head's treat for celebrating mothers' day and eric's bdae. well.... thanks for the treat though i m not a mother yet.... hahaa

Back to US

Its been a pity tat my return trip is so rush tat tat i couldn't have time to meet hemama and her jaydan boy.. wanted to see if his hair grows longer back from "jaydin"... haiz....

in my rush trip, i do discover something... we have got so much imports tat things tat r originally cheap are priced so high becuz of "overseas shipment".... i noticed tat the betty crockers brand of cake premix are available in sg. why didn't i noticed tat in the past? cuz its simply too exp!!!!

the abv pics were taken in a more "budget and economy" supermarket in sg... but somehow... the price for a cake premix is kinda ex!!!!! i can get it in US for ard USD1.50 only!!!! compared to SGD8.20, if exchange rate is 1.5, then its SGD5.95 more!!! pengz..... simple things like tat already so exp.. no wonder coach, levis, loreal, clinique, estee lauder, ralph lauren and etc all so exp in sg... oh.... loreal.... a foundation cake cost ard SGD20... but in fact... can get it for a few bucks in US.... haiz....

aiyah, back to US la... abit sad to leave my family this time, compared to last yr when my mother send me to the airport.... things are kinda diff this yr... and my papa can't send me off.. and does he noes tat i had been back for a mth and is returning to US? :(

a lone flight back is kinda boring, but mama "fed" me so well.. even till the day before i fly, we still had supper @ home till 11:30pm... ooops.. fat fat fat..

took some pics ard when i m transitting in Seoul Korea..

busy looking ard for "plastic" figures and man made beauties... haha.. surprisely, though i dun understand korea language, i find their conversation quite familiar... oh... must be those kdramas...

dun see me smiling in my SQ flight hor... korean airport distributes mask for all their passengers.. and i find it quite useful.. wore if for more than half my journey from korea to US... why? cuz some pple simply are just too EVIL!!!!! with the pandemic novel influenza A (previously known as swine flu) destroying pple's health around, there are still this BIG BUNCH of pple, coughing and sneezing OPENLY, without covering or washing their hands often!!! omg... of cuz i felt uneasy and disturbed! why can't these pple be more health conscious or more hygenic? flu virus are very highly contagious, not only swine flu leh!!!! its basic courtesy yet i dun see it in the journey. disappointing!!! ARGH!!!

when i finally reached san fran and away from those idiots, i tot by waiting for 3hrs for my domestic flight to AZ, i can finally complete my travelling BUT, human proposes and heaven disposes.... my flight was delayed due to bad weather... haiz....19hrs of flying and 3hrs of waiting AND still ended up waited for another hour.... so bored... and tired... i dozed off awhile... but of cuz i scare i overslept so i set "alarm clock" from my hp.... well... there are pple worse off cuz they are being delayed for more than 3hrs!!!! ok.... i m counting my blessings..

finally, after struggling with monster zzZz, reached AZ safely, found my luggage (with alot of black roller marks due to the stackings in plane) and monkey. had a simple dinner @ the airport and head home with his little wife... awww... how i miss his little wife when i m in sg!!!!!!! Did i grumble to you abt how crowded MRT was now? its' promise of "2mins interval" during lunch hours oso didn't seem to be true.. they had a sticker "priority seat" at the corners of every rows but still alot ignored its purposes.. haiz..... got little wife is good.... i wan to ride her everywhere.... but back to home first!!!!

Met up with Alipu and her mum

After the hi-bye dinner @ Base, the old-goers left US on the following day, which is 29 Mar 09. tat means, alipu left before i went back to sg, but i reached sg earlier than her. Why? cuz they went to tour Japan for a wk... and fate twist really makes the whole situation diff... so i can actually welcome alipu the ABC to sg (her first visit)...

haha... as babies and lower in immunity, so i think its not wise for alipu to go TTSH to visit my papa... so i met her and her mummy lili @ novena sq instead....

hot mum bringing cute babe ard, kangarooing everywhere..... seems easy to us, but actually not tat easy.... christine... i pei fu u and ur 10kg bao bao...

the 3 of us went to fish&co for lunch and catch up... realised alipu can seat on babychair already.....



doesn't she looks cute with tat bow-ribbon? how i wished (for a second only) tat i can have it on my hair oso.. hahaaa

her hair grew longer in just 2wks!!!

like an little tiny adult.. wanting to touch anything (menu, fork,spoon) within her reach...

After a sinful and lotsa chats meal, we went "marketing" @ NTUC... typical aunties... hahaaa

Alipu must be amazed by the different btn NTUC and Walmart...

Look at her "height", she is really growing fast for her age.... long legs.. but her familiar baby fats are still there.... haha.... dun worry la.. ur legs will b as slim as ur mum's when u grow up.. meanwhile.. bear with it if ur mum complains abt the "bruises" tat u kicked her...

Alipu: "Isn't my smile cute?"


cute baby... told u i had an affinity with her... even in sg lor... miss her laughter and ever hunger.... awww... haiz.. by the time i go back nx yr, she would b running on the floor and might even forget her cute linda jie jie liao... :(

Back to Sg for Apr 09

Flying back alone this time... carrying my heavy lappy and a nite without sleep.. was VERY VERY exhausted.... and anxious to reach home....

the friendliness of ang mohs and the airport staff did help abit... i transitted from domestic flight to international flight @ LA.... moving my heavy luggage from the terminals.. confused where to go... at this point of time, i suddenly realise tat being bilingual (one with English) is one of our Singaporean's advantage.. hurhur... one language and it makes things so much easy for me...

When i finally board my SQ Flight, WOW SEH!!! those SQ gals got waist leh!!!! i already forgotton then woman shd look like tat, hourglass figure!!! wabiang!!! too long in states liao!!!! pengz..

managed to chat with a nice japanese lady (my flight transit @ narita tokyo).. not bad rite, now i going tri-lingual... haha

i already felt very "home" seeing the singaporean crew and very warm with all their service... being "fed" alot of food.. pengz...


I finally reached Sg... but in the middle of midnite.. so i took a cab home myself.... afterall... Sg is my homeland which i m sooooo familiar with, dun need anybody to waste their midnite cab fare to fetch me la... and the reason i m home is not a happy trip... the most impt thing is to see my father!!!

when my mama sees me @ the hosp with a "qiao cui" look.. she commented i looked beri auntie.. pengz!!! mama.. 9mths nv see me, can say someting make me happy anot? hahaa

i did saw my papa.. he was not in deep coma (hopeful), but seeing him with all the tubes and pipes aches me oso..

my "first meal" in sg.. sad, was in TTSH Food Court!!! looking @ the familar food but noisy environment.. suddenly i dun feel like eating!!!! i miss the big cosy restauants in US..

then we crossed over to novena sq which is linked from TTSH with an overhead bridge totally sheltered all the way...... went to a saloon @ sq2 "fix" my auntie look.. mama went for a hair wash oso.. the kind korean ladies helped us do a free korean hair perm (temporary perm of cuz)...

i kinda like it.. so the korean stars did it like tat too...

The saying goes... "屋漏偏逢连夜雨".. my roof top nv leaks from raining but my home bathroom "explodes" and water splashing like my bathroom is wild wild wet or seaworld... haiz.. like we are not suay enuff.. things all happened together..... mama again went helpless... but fret not.... there is yellow page online, and in sg, with $$$, nothing can't be unsolved.... but tat means i burn a hole somewhere in my pocket... told mama tat its a little hurdle tat God wans us to cross... and we did... tat same day, the nurse told us tat papa started to show response of obeying commands like "point one finger, point 2 fingers".... tat is GOOD NEWS to us!!!! tat means he is regaining conscious!!!

my mum's bdae came and we wanted to take her out for dinner @ novena (my 2nd hiding place now other than home and TTSH), but she was kinda sad for my papa cuz this yr, he can't be there and he couldn't eat anything but we are going to feast.. haiz...

mama wanted something simple.. so we had chicken rice @ a restuarant.... bought this for her as she said she wanted to try....

isn't it cute? this rabbit is actually a longevity bun with lian rong (lotus paste) inside.... just steamed and tasted very nice!!!

actually i m quite lucky.. though i didn't get the time to visit many places in sg cuz i want to spend more time in hosp for my dad (i oni can stay for a mth before going back to US), my bro's gf, who oso rushed back from her studies in US, bought me a lot of hawker food and i feasted like there is no tomolo, everyday in the hosp's waiting area!!!! tats y i put on alot of weight la...

my another fav is this cafe called "Take 5" @ sq2... its by Old Chang Kee but they sell VERY NICE local food like nasi lemak and laksa (my fav).. and their tea/coffee is oni SGD0.50 everyday after 2pm!!!! simple meal like this makes my day. dun need to cook myself! hehee

sometimes mama would cook @ home for me. cuz she noes i miss her cookings.. but i can see tat she is oso beri tired... cuz we went to the hosp everyday and she still need to do the chorus... haiz...

during my one mth stay in sg, i done several things and settled some issues for my dad... running ard sg... tired... but some which we have to wait for response, i have to handover to my bro...

many thanks for my frds (liling, xem, tina, yuan, crab, ruixi, laozhu) who came to visit my dad in the hosp..i know u all got to work still make time... thanks so much.... especially ruixi and laozhu... who came more than once!

went to SSDC to convert my driving licence.. so lucky!!! i got it!!!! i m now a qualified sg driver!!!!

bought this @ eBay oso, recommended from 女人我最大. always wanted to buy in US but then the shipping to US will make this hair guard very costly!!! its a hair guard tat makes ur hair fridge stays without moose, hair spray, hair clip or any hair bands cuz that will cause a mark on the hair... useful and innovative and simple!

but i abit regretted buying pink.. shd have bought the black one.. other colors look like a major plaster on the hair... haha.. but its still useful la..... like it

Tribal Belly Dance

I've signed out for a course in mar with ms jm. Its a Tribal Belly dance @ a nearby community centre... well...

It was kinda new to me, a total diff experience from my past ECAs in sch.. haha... my ultimate motive of joining is to "exercise" abit... and of cuz.. i got a belly big enuff for this "exercise"...

The teacher is nice, and ms jm and me, the oni asians in the class are actually quite thin.. hmm...

the class is noisy, not becuz of pple talkings, is becuz of the Hip Scarf they all wore... the dingling dangling sounds compliments and "dance" with the music....

its oni the first lesson... came out happy with ms jm cuz we are PESPIRING!!! a nice workup!!! hahahaaa

but then when i switched my hp out from silent mode, realised my mum just smsed me "bee, can call me urgent" then i smsed back, cuz i m outside, if not impt then wait for me to reach home and call" but then... things are not so simple....

one moment i was discussing with jm happily abt the dance, the nx moment..... lighting strike on me...

i called back and heard tat my dad was in hosp due to "stroke"... i tried to understand more abt the situation but my mum was oso oni on the way to the hosp and i can hear tat she is quite helpless as she is oni able to reach me, my 2 brothers ar... dunno where are they not picking up phone...

i knew my dad was in poor health due to his super weak heart... therefore, a "stroke" is not going to be so "curable" for his condition... i wanted to know more, calm my mum down etc.. but my stupid hp which uses a prepaid card, runs down on value when i was toking to the sg doc if we shd let me dad take the op to remove the blood clot in his brain.

lucky ms jm and her hubby were already driving me home @ their fastest possible speed. When i m home, i wanted to use the fone IMMEDIATELY to make international call. but tat my stupid monkey was on the line with his bank due to some card fraud! then i tried to on his lappy and use skype, NO, the com is too slow and Skype's quality can be quite bad oso... without 2nd thought, i ran all the way to sheena's hse (opp my apt), knowing tat she got the starhub voice call....

its a good thing tat she is at home, and i think i shocked the other princesses who were ard oso... many calls were made. Polly and her hubby heard abt my papa oso rush down to understand the situation... chris even helped me to chk all possible earliest and cheapest air ticket to go back to sg.... i think i killed alot of tissue papers @ sheena's house... sorry gal!!! and oso... she lend me her voice box to back home for the nite in case i need to use the phone... thank u sooo much!!!!

though it was late @ my side, it was still early in sg... we are all quite blessed and my hubby's employer paid for my ticket back to sg... i fly by SQ in the following morning... i wanna thank S1 and the sg admin for making all the last min arrangements possible.. so i packed my luggage in a calm manner, still remembering to bring back my US driving licence for conversion, SGD currency, broken spec for repairs and cosmetic in case i need to meet pple... and of cuz... my lappy tat will my source of communication with monkey when we are apart.. i still remember to postpone my jap course else i will fail the assignments

in the mean time, we had already decided to let my father take the risk of the op, though he might nv wake up again...... i couldn't sleep tat nite... praying very hard for papa... HE IS INDEED VERY BLESSED!!!! he survived thru the op!!! tat is already a big miracle for his health condition..... and lucky we didn't delay any further... else....

anyway, i did make a trip back to sg for a mth. update u in my nx post.

This is my tribal belly dance post. so i post this pic here..... i bought this hip scarf from sg... so much cheaper... SGD17 oni.. compared to the tribal one here @ USD60... helped jm bought one too... found it from eBay, but went to meet the seller @ Bishan MRT instead cuz i want it asap before i fly back of cuz.... the seller is quite prompt and nice... the hip scarf really makes alot of dangling sound... will use it for my nx lesson...

Hi Bye Dinner with Entire Squad @ Base

after struggling with blogspot to upload all the pics..... i finally got time to pen in the contents.... (i spent 1.5hrs just to upload pics for 8 posts with blogspot!!!!! )

This Hi-Bye takes place in base on 28 Mar 09, Fri (US AZ time of cuz!)

Its a major hi-bye.... all the newcomers and old-goers have their celebration here..... and i m here....to wait for my turn... one more year to go.. haha


No... jm is not going back this time... she just got the mentality tat she is going back..... the way she gets involved in packing boxes and stocking up US products to be send back is like.... she is following the old-goers back to sg the nx day... hahaa

i gonna miss the gals.... lily and hemama.. lily miss hemama so much till she tried to kiss her... caught in this pic! hahaaa

Yeah!!! I m the spokesperson of Caprison!!! hahaahaaa

i need to clarify abit..... None of us were drunk... but dunno whose idea to be "crazy" for this pic... haha... but u can see we are all really crazy and happy

Can see... we all had fun! hahaaa

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven....

Actually one bunch of gals can be quite noisy... hahaaa

Then somehow the weapon pple are gone... oh... they went to hide alipu in a room.... this alipu... barely 5mths (at that point of time) , already can sit on a chair by herself (see her cushy body, hehe).. but of cuz under the guardian of her nai-pa....(mr boon behind)


Riko-jan! She is the most kawaii baby gal i had seen.. inherited tat from her mum i think

Awww..... gotta miss alipu so much after playing with her for few mths.... i first carried her since she is oni 5 or 7days old!!!! so tiny!! then now... erm... ok..... but i got a affinity with her..

Alipu ar alipu... dun forget jie jie hor!!!

I m wearing the hoodie not becuz i wanna be jay zhou.. is becuz the sunlight behind is too glaring though the weather is quite cooling... i said i wanna carry alipu and lily "dumped" her on my neck... ooops

Another crazy shot..

then after the dinner, monkey and me sent debbie and paul to get their car outside base and we went back and chat with the goers....had some drink with chin and jerin they all.. the princess gang were busy singing and i m busy bidding good byes..... hengz princess gang no one going back... else lesser company

its a good thing i didn't cry tat day... but anyway.... i will b joining them soon in sg.....

Hi Bye for Mar 09, E&I Dinner @ Red Lobster!

As mentioned in one of my posts earlier, after the US Airshow 2009, we went for our hi-bye dinner @ Red Lobster. Welcoming the new guys/and wife and bidding farewell to those going back to sg. It was an advance celebration cuz the following sat, which is the actual last day before the going-back-guys' departure, there is a mass celebration...

The below pics were courtesy of Ms Polly....



Issac is still as camera handsome as usual.. but he is growing and of cuz heavier than in the past.. Anna, are your hands aching? haha

Despite being earlier, we had to queue!!! lucky the weather at nite is more cooling (compared to the day) So we had taken the opportunity to take pics...

Where is my monkey hiding? He scare we cooked him is it.. cuz he is red like lobster after sunning whole day @ the Airshow..

Finally get to be seated after 45mins of waiting.... Red Lobster is a more high-end restaurant and though US got lotsa space and their restaurants are always big enuff to cater alot of pple... those more high-end restaurants are always very packed especially on wkends... then i suddenly wonder why is there a recession when pple are still so rich..

We are all seated around occupying few tables.. cuz the queue is too long and if wanna wait for a big table or joint tables, then we might have to eat breakfast instead of dinner...

Me and my pasta... and beside me is the lobster lookalike monkey in yellow...

tats all for now..... 7 more posts coming up!