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Gratitude

Exchange of gratitude I must say, between friends and families. That is a way to exchange good energy among people. I have being practicing or WE have being doing this from time to time.  Something I will make cookies, kueh or food and give to friends. Friend in return will buy gifts when they travel for the kids or they will send me some seasoning for cooking which I usually very appreciate if they did which mean they really know what is very useful to me (if they are giving it directly to me) because I will still return back with good food. LOL Recently, I was taught to have AWARENESS, CONTROL and showing my GRATITUDE.  AWARE of self-action and thoughts. CONTROL my action and my words that is negative to others and to myself. GRATITUDE , show to those who help me, who needed it and who deserve it. 

Spicy day

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Dun know what happen, I just felt like making some sambal. Will make Indonesia Sambal Ulek. This is not my 1st time making it. I like the taste of it. It is easy to make but I hate the preparation part, especially the de-seed the chillies. I ended up with burning sensation on my fingers and I have to remind myself not to use that hand to touch my face or eyes. What I love most is the tomatoes in the sambal which bring out the sweetness in the sambal. Im using another belachan that I got fro  Tekka market weeks ago which is not that fishy but fragnant. It added the saltiness in my sambal that I do not need anymore seasoning.

Kallang Wave

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We make a trip to Kallang Wave after my Numo class. We took a stroll around the new stadium and was impressive of the built and the new built up around it. More of the retail shops are not ready for business yet but Uniqlo is having opening discount so I got myself a few tops. A took a free picture at H&M. Strangly, I look slimmer in this picture. hahhaa.. Love Janelle smile. So nature and Julian smile always so fake and comical. hahaha

Kitchen Capers

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A discovery of Kitchen Capers outlet at One Kentridge or NUH Medical Centre. Although is a small shop but ay least one interesting shop to pop by after work or during lunch. Got myself a pack of a bienetta, a roll of non stick baking sheet, 2 kueh moulds.

Best Bao made by 小姨

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There is always food available for us whenever we visit KL 小姨 and the dish I wanted to taste was her homemade vegetable bao. YES! She really make bao for us. In case we got hungry during our driving trip back to JB she steamed some bao for us to eat at mid way. Beside vegetable bao she also make meat bao too. 小姨 bao are the best! No MSG, not salty and the bao skin will not stick to the teeth. Even Julian who is not a big fan of bao love it. 小姨  also share her recipe with me. Love my 小姨。

June Holiday Finale

Our holiday must end with a grand finale with our shopping trophies. LOL. This time we got very mininum from Sitiawan. Usually we will brought back food like Mee Sua, yellow noodles and Gong Piang. This time I only bought Gong Piang for my own consumption and no intention to give away as gift cos not many Sporeans will appreciate the delicacy from my hometown. We decided to buy more from Penang instead. From Penang...... My sister told me there is a famous Tar Sau Pia I must get from Penang. I did my research and came across two brands that forum discussing about. In Penang many people came to grab the 淡汶饼。I prefer to call them Tar Sau Pia but the people call it otherwise cos their Tar Sau Pia are suppose to be double the size of 淡汶饼 so remember to address the biscuit the correct name if you wanna get them. Hin Heang  香馨 We drove in only to know it close at 5pm which is very early so we visited the shop the next da...

Just Want Coffee (JWC)

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There is a very interesting coffee place that Steven posted on his FB that I wanted Law to bring us. It is this place call Just Want Coffee cafe. The cafe is situated at the most awkward location I must say that not many business mind will thought to generate crowd or got notice easily but the business did pick up and we see crowd I  the cafe. The cafe is located among the factory district. The neighbours are mostly repair or heavy industry company and yet when the Sun down and the stars and Moon turned on the dark night that is when the cafe got hot up. The cafe is famous for it Tiramisu cake which serve frozen like ice cream and a quality size per piece. We also ordered the Banana and Caramel Crepe, the crepe has about 10 thin bottom layer of chocolate crepe and chocolate cream and 10 thin top layers of banana inbetween the crepes. Janelle and Law like it and it is soft and just flavourful enough for the full stomache who just have our dinner. Law's latte was beautifully...

Wall Murals in Penang

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What is Penang famous off? The wall murals. I didnt manage to cover all the wall murals cos not all the wall murals are in the same location. I saw tourists renting bicycle cycling around to find the wall murals and take picture with it. My sister Mary is going Penang today and one of her objectives is to cover all the wall mural by cycling around.  The Cat It was really very nicely done.  Lee Xiao Long and the cat. hahaa.. quite funny but actually this piece is quite badly maintenance and the tile is coming down. 

Holiday at Penang

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We had finally reached Penang and our hotel after hours of driving. The kids simply love the family rooms. There are free PS for the kids to play. Check In was fast and efficient The children room is just a parition wall apart. Our room has access to the balcony. The kid has their own TV and PS player but they prefer to watch TV in our room which is 3 time bigger.  The hotel served good breakfast, they have freshly baked crossiant at the bread corner and I found mini Kraft vegemite too. I took two pack back for my sister to try on Nelicia.  I cant say the beach was fine but it was relatively clean. There are many Arabians there for holiday and many of them try out the para-sailing. I asked Janelle to try but she didnt dare.  The kids enjoyed the Sun, Sand and water while I go snap snap away

Kaison

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We came across this big shop selling home items at Aeon Sri Manjung. It is selling so many items you need at home and many of them are pretty reason price and some items are cheaper than daiso or item u cant find there.  I got this prettt metal wall poster for onky RM4.50 and the bigger one for RM5.90. It is beautiful right. They will be displace just at my entrance wall. 

Happy Birthday to my Grandma.

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Grandma is really getting old and her memory is failing or she has too many grandchildren and great grandchildren that she cannot keep in touch. She doesnt seem to remember some of us at all and she tends to mix up the grandchildren. Mum said sometime she cannot even identify  小舅who gets to see her 5 times a week. This is worrying but it was a great dinner. I love the food that was served but aunties said they were not as nice as last time. (standard very high) I must thanks Law for insisting to come back this June. Its so fun to meet so many cousins again. Great grandchildren gathering around to sing birthday song. Grandma bears 10 kids, 5 daughters n 5 sons. She gave away 1 daughter who we still keep in touch with.  李家四姐妹。My mum is the 3rd daughter (3rd from the right) and my favourite 小姨 standing beside her. From the very young till now, 小姨 is the closet to my mum.  2nd uncle passed away in a car accident many years back. Here the family u...

Sitiawan, my familiar land

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Every year we visited Sitiawan with much anticipation for food, meeting relatives, fun and shopping. This year my crazy sister following us and less the unwanted was proven much more fun. There are many photos taken by her that captured the most precious moments we always missed.  This was taken at a plantation seafood restaurant. My sister spotted a hammock and she got the kids to pose with her.  Candidly beautiful shot. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. The hoodie gang When Ray and ban meets Our tortoise farm trip the 2nd round. The keeper allowed us to enter the pond and took pictures with the sweet little animals.  My cousin who we share the same zodic, have part of the Lee family blood and wear clothes that has an "X" in it. I think we all seem to have the same nose shape too. LOL My younger cousins