Souveniers from Taiwan

One of the colleague went to Taiwan. Below are some of the souveniers he bought.... kind of funny but yet creative.
棉花糖 - mashmallow

Plaster - Different kind of chocolate in the box

Strawberry Chocolate

Chocolate

Orange Honey Bread (鮮橙蜂蜜麵包) | Nov 21, 2010

Try to make at least a kind of bread during the weekend. This orange taste like bread is my first attempt.
Recipe Source (鮮橙蜂蜜麵包)
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/carol-jay/article?mid=18075&prev=19254&next=17687&l=f&fid=38

Wholemeal Bread | Nov 20, 2010

This is not the first time we make wholemeal bread. But still have rooms for improvement. Will keep trying until it is perfect.

Souvenier from Colleague

One of my colleagues just came back from US. He bought me a baby cloth. I was so happy. Then I told him, now I know the feeling of being a mother (or mother-to-be). I felt happier to receive a gift for my baby than receiving a gift for myself. My colleague said this could be due my hormone changes…. Funny him.
From my guess, may be this is something in need at the moment. Anyhow, I am so happy.

Lorraine's visit from Nov 8 - 13, 2010

I am glad to have the chance to meet up with Lorraine again. This time is her business trip to KL and she has stayed in KL for a week. There are no any outdoor activities this time since it is her business trip and i cant really engage in any outdoor activities too.... Hence we meet up for dinners and have some really good chat and update.

Weekend Activity (Part V) - Char Siew (Nov 14, 2010)

I did not think of making any char siew this weekend. But Mr Kuan saw some nice pork belly. He said he wanted to make Siew Yuk. When i look at the pork belly, and think, must well i make my own char siew since i like it so much....

Consider first attempt using our new oven. Not bad, but still got a lot of room for improvement.

Weekend Activity (Part IV) - Fried Chicken (Nov 14, 2010)

Mr Kuan always wanted to experiment to make crispy and delicious fried chicken fillet, just like those selling in Taiwan night market. We bought books from Taiwan and watched few youtubes on how to make it.
This is our second attempt. Taste not bad but is still not crispy enough.

Weekend Activity (Part III) - Steamed Chocolate Brownies (Nov 14, 2010)

WIP

Steamed Chocolate Brownies.
I think this cake taste really delicious, it goes perfect with a scope of Vanila ice cream. The moisture of the cake is just perfect since i steamed it instead of baked it. I brought some for my colleagues. Vanessa said it taste like TGIF Chocolate Brownies.... hehehe....

Weekend Activity (Part II) - Crochet (Nov 14, 2010)

I normally can finish this small little thing in few hours. But this time i take almost a day to finish it. Due to my pregnancy, i can't sit still a place for too long, i will tend to have back pain. Hence, i have to stop and walk, or find a better sitting position to ease my back pain.

I have made this over this weekend. A small one....

Weekend Activity (Part I) - White Bread (Nov 13, 2010)

It has been sometime since the last time we baked our own bread. Ever since we shifted house, we seems to have difficulties to locate our baking materials. Hence, this week we have decided to gather all the materials and ingredient and resume our baking experiment. Here is the first experiment - Milky White Bread.

Start Mixing the Dough

After waited for few hours, the dough has raised enough and is ready to be shaped

Adding some raisin to the dough

Waiting the bread to raise again

End product.... tasty and yummy..

Faint Encounter II

Today is the second time I felt the dizziness when I visit the wet market. I can’t really spend more than 15 minutes in the wet market. Today I got the same feeling as the last time I visited the wet market. My heart start pumping faster, felt like vomit and cold sweat starts running on me. Mr. Kuan was nearby me, before I fall to the ground, I quickly walk to him in a zig-zag walking mode, get a chair in one of the store, sit and rest for a while. I have told my Dr. about this, he advised me not to go to crowded places, as ventilation is poor in those places. Guess, I can only go to supermarket.

My Baby Gal yawning inside me

I went for baby check up few days ago. As routine, i have to submit my urine sample, weigh myself, check my blood pressure, ultra sound scanning....and consultation.

When the Dr. scanning me, during the last part of the scan, i saw my baby girl yawning. It is just unbelieveable and amazing that she is yawning inside me... Good that we are able to capture this with the phone :)

Take a look.... probably you have to see it few times before you notice that since most of us not familiar with this black and white ultrasound image.