Holiday Happenings #1

Jac has been working very hard for many weekends and I was very glad that he does not have to go back this weekend... we decided to make a trip to the beach, ECP for cycling!!

Our 1st stop at ECP was MacDonald!! Ezra and daddy were happily munching on their favourite breakfast!Funny face Ezra!

Ezra has outgrown his current bike and we thought we might as well just rent one for him. Each of us chose our bikes and we are all ready to go go go!!!

A check with Jac, I realized the rental was for 1+1 hour!! Can Ezra last so long?

We ride on and only stopped occasionally for drinking water & water play!!


We encouraged Ezra with the final destination at Bedok Jetty where we can see many people fishing. Everytime Ezra complaint abt being tired, we will encouraged him with the jetty point and view and he will pressed on!! Father & son even had a race at some point to see who is faster!!

Finally we reached the jetty!! Ezra was very excited to see uncles fishing... we even saw a catch!! That was a bonus for us.Our ride back was more challenging as Ezra was more tired and I was complaining abt bum pain!! It was funny when Ezra finally spotted a bike shop & shouted "YES" but I told him this is not the shop, you could literally see his disappointed 任命 look!! But we encouraged each other & YES we made it back to the shop exactly after 2 hours!! I cant believe that we cycled for 2 hours. Well done son...

After our ride, we headed to Ikea for Ezra's favourite meatball... he finished 6 meatballs, 1 bun with loads of butter, some mushroom soup & 1 chicken drumlet. He must be very hungry and used much of his energy!!

It was a very happy and enjoyable day spent with my 2 darlings... love you both so much....

A Perfect Day @ ECP

Ezra has always enjoyed playing with sand but with the terribly hot weather & Jac busy schedule, we have not been to the beach for the longest time.

We made our way down to ECP for sand play and Joanne's family decided to join us as well!!

The kids hit the sand once we found a nice cool spot to put our things. They wasted no time & started building their castle..... both the daddies rolled up their pants and sweat it out with them!
God as so so good, He sent the sun behind the clouds and the kids were actually in the shade as well!!

While the kids were out at the beach, Jo and me were sitting back in the shade and chit chatting & caught this awesome sight by our awesome Creator!!
Jac building a church on the beach!
After a while, the daddies started venturing into the waters! They were trying to catch some fish & they did!! Jac was saying he very "Biblical" cos he built a church & was a fisherman!!
Ezra never really like to get near the waters but today he tried to walk a little in the waters with some motivation... catch the fish. Well done my son!!
Another family picture to remember this day!!

老爷生日 Party

Last Saturday was my father in law's birthday. Instead of cooking at home, we decided to dine out instead! Dinner was arranged at Fook Wah near Link Hotel at Seng Poh Road. We actually thought of Canto Kitchen at Chinatown but with more google, we realised the famous Chef Chen left that kitchen and is now at Fook Wah.

While waiting for the dishes to arrive... its photo time!!


The really Chuang family

Yeye, Nai Nai and the grandchildren

Almost whole family photo except for Michelle who is out-stationed.

Anyway dinner is a at least 10 course meal... we had glutinous rice crab, fried eggplant with pork floss, wasabi prawn, steam fish, portugese pork chop, stewed duck with pear, hotpot pork ribs, crispy chicken, fried longevity noodles, veg!

When the food arrived, it was wiped out almost immediately!! Guess everyone is hungry and the dishes were quite tasty. I personally find the dishes more unique, but the usual fare you find in most chinese rest. I broke all rules of my dieting, mixed proteins and some oh so delicious carbo!!

While we were eating, Nai nai found a chicken feet and gave it to Ezra. She mentioned that he was very good at eating chicken feet!! True enough, he started chewing the feet and spitting out all the tiny bones.... mummy also eats & loves chicken feet!!
Nai nai asked how come no flowers for yeye & so yeye gets a big fat crab claw shelled nicely by nai nai!!
While yeye gets the flash, Ezra gets the shell!! He is just contented playing with it!
Last but not least, the birthday cake!! Look how happy yeye was when little 肥bi sang her heart out & kissed him so hard on the cheeks!!
A family photo to remember this occasion!

Blessed Birthday Mother!

It was my mother in law birthday and we had dinner at the authentic jap buffet rest Kuishinn Bo at Great World City...

We surprised MIL with flowers and my father in law surprised her with a peck on the cheeks!!
Since its buffet we decided its just going to be an adults affair!!
The spread was not too bad with different stations.... there's grilled cheese lobster, snow crab, sashimi, handroll, tempura, cooked food, hot pot, grilled food and desserts and drinks!!


The quality of food is good but not WOW!! It was ladies nite where ladies get some discount if they finished the buffet within 2 hours!! We all had our discount!!

It was a good night of chatting and feasting!! Blessed Birthday Mother!! May God grant the desires of your heart!! Keep smiling keep chatting and be forever young mother!!

Hun Family Christmas Dinner

My family had our Christmas Dinner on the eve @ my place.

That evening being a special evening, I went & bought flowers to do up my place a little and they were so pretty & colourful!! We had a big Christmas tree with so so so many gifts under the tree. I also set up a mini Nativity scene to remind us the reason for the season is really about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was and still is the greatest gift to me and my family.
We were up & abt busy preparing. I really need to blog abt the trip I made to QB food at Chin Bee. I was there fairly early like 9.30am.. boy the place was CROWDED. There were lots of Japanese, Americans & even Singaporeans.... everyone (including me) was pushing their basket carts loaded with sausages, chilled beef, cheese, frozen fruits, lamb chops. I ordered 23 ribeye beef steaks!! At checkout... my purchase was a grand total of $495!!

We had a western menu....
1. Walnut shallot bread with olive oil, pepper salt & vinger
2. Cold cut ham with cheese dip
3. Spicy squid salad
4. Smoked duck salad
5. Honey Mustard salad
6. Assorted beans with corn dip
7. Rosemary Roast Chicken
8. Beef steak
9. Lamb chop
10. Shepard's pie
11. Grilled sausages
12. Fruit salad
13. Red, white, fruit wines

Here a pic to showcase our FEASTBesides the food, the kids & even the man had a fun time playing WII. The kids were really mild but gosh when it was the man's turn.... they went all out!! Standing up, swinging that arm etc.... It was funny to watch them play....
The sisters as usual were enjoying each other's company, chit chatting and catching up on each other lives!!
Blessed Christmas everyone and May His grace and love abounds in us. Have a wonderful 2010...

Day 2 - KK (1 of 2)

We had a beautiful morning for day 2. So we decided to have a quick breakfast and head to the jetty and go island hopping.

And this is the view we have from our condo unit.

After breakfast, we met a nice freelance 'taxi-driver' (private car) who offer to take us to the ferry (which was about 10mins ride) for $15RM. And at the jetty, he introduced us to a boatman who was willing to offer us a whole boat for the day @ just $200RM.

The plan was to visit two island (Sapi and Manukan) and let the children enjoy some Sun, Sand, and Sea.

Day 1 - Kota Kinabalu

A picture of the junior & Senior Chuangs @ Changi Airport before the trip began. This is after all a first Big Family Trip consisting of 3 families.

After 2 hours of flying we have finally arrived at Kota Kinabalu (KK) Intl. Airport. We were still deciding how to proceed to our lodging place.

Finally, Viv managed to contact our lodging manager, Scott, to arrange transport for us. So we have to wait about 20 mins for the pickup. The total cost was about $70RM, which I felt was reasonable given there were 10 of us plus our luggages.

The children finally got bored of waiting and decided to have some wild time entertaining themselves.

Overall, day 1 went smoothly. The weather was good (a little of rain) when we arrived in KK. The journey from Airport to our lodging place (Marina court) was only about 15mins. We unloaded our stuff and went to the nearby shopping mall and had our 1st KK meal, Nasi Ayam. The mummies went and did some supermarket shopping while the daddies brought the children back to shower and rest. It only started to rain in the evening. By then, we had already settled comfortably in our condotel.

Daddy

It has been ages since i blog cos I was so swamp with work and when i get back home, I simply have no enegry to blog (excuses excuses) Anyway, I thought I better start my engine again.

Jac was away for army reservist for 3 whole weeks but he did come home every 2 days. This time round, Ezra would asked for his daddy... he would be worried that daddy has no toilet in the army camp!! He was also seeking more attention from me & demanding that I sit with him to watch his TV shows. When daddy comes home, he would be filled with joy and very happy to see and would run to hug Jac. Sometimes when he woke up from his nap and realised that daddy was gone, he would cry & cry!!
Immediately after Jac's reservist, he had to go for a short mission trip to our church adopted people's group. He was away since Thursday and would be returning this evening!! yeah yeah

I took some time off in the morning on Thursday and we sent daddy off at the airport. Ezra was somewhat sad and at the same time very excited to see the airplanes.We cant wait for papa to be back.... and its time to set up our Christmas tree!!