bath time ...

These pictures were taken by my brother ...he was testing his new camera ..and the subjects are mostly his sons ....i simply love the shots ..very clear ...

Adik is not so fond of playing in the "mini-pool" ...unlike the brother ...but mummy insisted that he play there once in a while ...hehehe ...and so as not to waste the water, mummy also insisted that they have their bath there ...

normally adik loves his shower and bath time ...if it is inside the bathroom...he'll have his own pail of water to play with ....

adik is such a drama queen ...he will scream like there is no tomorrow, but will immediately be quiet once he is out from the mini-pool ...or once my dad is nearby to cuddle him!

the blue bicycle

this was taken over one and half year ago ....when adik was staying with me, and Al and mummy coming to visit him ...even before Al arrived here, we already had this bicycle ready ..and waiting for him! the joy and advantage of being the first grandchild hehehehe ....

see, that bicycle ..it is too high for Al then ...but he loves riding it ...inside and outside the house!

 (such as serius face!)

 now, that bicycle is gathering dust in my bedroom ...he is not interested in riding this anymore ....eksyen punya budak!

photo moments

Found this in the album just now ..i sort of forgotten about this ...taken in March this year ..during weewyn's birthday ...I was going to make a posting but I was too busy traveling at that time ...remember, March was the month where I went for a conference in Penang, followed by my trip to Bau, Santubong and what not ...

Anyway, i love this picture ...adik and 4 of his neneks, well 5 if we count nenek Uban (who is not looking at the camera!)...the one of the extreme right (i.e.my mum's left side) is Nenek Bayu (she lives in Taman Bayu hehehehe) ..who used to be our neighbour when we were little ...and also my brother's adopted mum ...and on my mum's immediate right is my dad's cousin ...nenek stapok (she lives in Jalan Stapok) ..and the last one in the row is my fav aunty ...her husband is my dad's cousin ...we called her nenek tupai ....see all these nickname, coz it is sort of a tradition that we dont call our elders by their name ...

adik was crying coz it took so long to take the picture...these ladies are just too talkatives ,...keep on talking and ignoring the camera ...until adik started to cry, that was it ...adik was no longer in the mood to take photos with anymore ...hehehehe ...

top 5 dessert choices

I have been watching Channel 703 for the last few hours ..and i sort of regretted that now ...coz, i am famished now ..and it is nearly midnight ...

so, instead of eating or  foraging the fridge, i will do a posting on my fav food ....

on the top of the list for dessert is - tiramisu!

I learned how to make this from my Swedish friend, Melinda ...but the last time I made it myself was in 2005 hahaha ..5 years ago! the one in the above photo was bought in the bakery opposite Wisma Sanyan in Sibu - nice and creamy!

My second fav is chocolate mousse - made by Mrs Blackhall - yummy! chocolately, melt in the mouth type of dessert. Angela knows i love this so much that everytime I went to their place, she will made this for me ...yumm yumm ...i still have a recipe somewhere, perhaps I'll do it during Ramadan ...

the third fav is bread & butter puddings, with delicious home made custard ....at least this one is available here ..Hilton's bread and butter is nice, and so does the one in Mega Inn, Miri ....


No 4 goes to .... bonaffee pie ...my fav when I was in the UK - especially when I went to this restaurant (i forgotten the name already!), it is a must ordered dessert :-)

 and No 5 is key lime pie - from Marks & Spencer ...a bit tangy, a bit creamy ...and a must for our office picnic ....i miss this one!!!


and my other favourite desserts are:

pavlova - especially raspberry pavlova
rice pudding
apple crumble
apple pie
strawberry cheesecake ......

I am craving for desserts right now!!!

sharing ideas and experiences

i attended a seminar last week ...on development experiences between Ghana and Malaysia ...as academician, it is something very common ...attending seminars, listening to people talking about their research and findings ...a platform for idea sharing ...

last week's seminar was quite interesting ...the speaker is a Ghanian, studying in USA ...he is talking about the development progress  - the differences between Ghana's and Malaysia's achievement ...a good talk indeed, making me appreciate our country's progress and political stability more ...

and the talk was attended by academicians from Nigeria, USA, UK and so on ...they are our contract lecturers, visiting lectures and post-doc students ...

A visit to Serian

last Sunday, we were invited to a thanksgiving dinner ...my uncle (who is younger than me!) was involved in a really bad car accident early this year ...he and his family had a thanksgiving dinner with close families and relative ...

Adik, as usual was shy ...didn't want to go and sit with all his aunties there ..aunty Shasha was very disappointed when she cannot get adik to sit with her....and since he was the only kid at the dinner, of course all the attention was on him! Instead, adik brought me to the kitchen and we sat there most of time ...being an anti-social hehehe

adik playing by himself at the back room

while the others were chatting, eating and drinking in the living room ...

the food was great - i love the mixed vege with cashew nuts! But, am afraid that i didn't snap any photos of the food - too busy trying to get adik to settle down ...

Another posting on Thai fabulous food

Another fav food of mine ...it is called laap or larp ....i had chicken laap

i saw the name of this dish in my Thai cookbook, but didn't know it is tasty! Minced chicken in spicy sauce ...with lots of herbs ...smelled heavenly! and tasty to boot ....

a happy face - waiting for my meal :-)

since Elena is a vegetarian, she ordered this - prawn dumplings!

as i am typing this, I am already salivating! I am hungry ...