New Addition to the C Family

Mei Mei had left us two years ago, and I was not ready to have another pet after Mei Mei passed away. I know I had neglected Mei Mei a lot (*maybe almost TOTALLY) after my first child. I was overwhelmed with my newborn and PaPa was very concerned how Mei Mei's fur could affect Big C's respiratory system as Big C fall sick and admitted to Hospital many times due to high fever. Mei Mei ended up staying out of our room most of the time. (*sob..regret!*) 

Anyway, these are all History. Let's not dwell on the past! 

This post is about my 

CASPER

I got Casper from "The One Pet Shop" at Taipan. My first experience getting a pet from a Pet Shop and the experience was pleasant with the two extremely helpful and fun ladies from the shop. Before I made a trip there, they sent me some videos and pictures of their puppies. I was a little indecisive, they were not forceful in terms of sales. They were patience with me and didn't say things like "oh, you got to be quick, otherwise it will be taken" that sort of things which I had experience from the other shop. Thumbs up! SOMEMORE, they provide "after sales service". LOL! They whatsapp me a few times in a week to check how's Casper, if he's eating well, poo regularly, no diarrhea, biting habits etc. 

My Cs were ecstatic when they saw Casper, especially Little C. Unfortunately, we come to realize that Little C is allergic to Casper.  (*sad *) Rash & Itch.The red bulge patches become visible on her neck, chin, hands, legs and mostly on the exposed skin area. But, we are not giving up. Little C insists to cuddle Puppy Casper every evening, she is my strong little lady, her allergy is not stopping her from touching Casper. This little lady would wash her hands with soap after every cuddle because the itch is really bothering her. I hope she will adapt to Casper soon and no more allergy! I can see, the allergy is getting mild as the area affected is smaller. Mostly on her neck & chin, and I don't know why. 

MaMa C, Big C, Little C & Pup C! We are the Cs. Welcome home, Casper. 

After Three Long Years .... MaMa is back in ACTION

After Three Long Long Years...

I have finally SEMI-settled-down, maybe THIRD-QUARTER-settled-down?? I insist! *Even though many who knows me might not agree, as my emotion state is often erratic and unpredictable. 

So, what happened to Cs in the last three long years? Cs have grown to pretty young ladies with lots of positive vibes, they are always my Sunshine, never stop beaming my life with loves and hopes.

And..... PaPa left us. 

*Can't help being emotional still, after long 5 years of struggles.

Why PaPa left? This is something that I want to share in my future post. I find it important and it is worth sharing with others and it is certainly meaningful to me as to register the darker side of my story. I grow and learn through it. Oh Well, life .... as we all know is always full of surprises, and it is unarguably exciting whether in a good way or a bad way, it is still a life that we own anyhow. 

Must put a disclaimer before i continue. Yes, PaPa left us, but Papa always love Princesses Cs no matter what happened between PaPa & MaMa. There is not double for it, the amount of Love that PaPa gives to Cs is beyond his heart quota! This is what I am certain at this point of time. 

Question! Why is MaMa back to blogging? 

Because I have come to realization that I have missed recording many many good moments of my Cs and myself, which I find it unbelievable!!! Cause these moments are precious and I had wasted them all. 

It was such a pleasure to go back to read every single blog that I had written, it made me laugh, it made tear. I know by continuing my diary would benefit my Cs in the future. I am still scouting how I can print all my posts nicely into a diary-like book for keepsake. If you are reading AND you happen to know how & where, please PM me ya. TIA! 

Sometimes, it serves a purpose of calming my erratic emotional state by having me LETTING IT ALL OUT here with no specific audience. LETTING IT ALL OUT is always important to me, cause I can WAIL, I can CURSE, I can SHOUT, I can CRITICIZE, which will eventually tire me out. AND, the next day is ANOTHER whole new day. Ya la, Ya la, A Diary lor. An Open Diary. A Sophisticated Hi-Tech Diary with occasional response from Anonymous. 

This is not an official blog so I would probably be using lots of colloquial and Chinese due to my limitation of vocabulary. LOL! Oh yes, you will be reading lots of Cyber words such as TIA (Thanks in Advance), PM (Private Message), LOL (Laugh out Loud), OMG (Oh My God) etc. (et cetera) 

Since, this is my First post after three long years, this serves an "opening" of the RE-BLOG blog. Yay!!!! 

  

There are two MAJOR issue to sort our for my "New" Blog :-

(1) New Look! 

I explored the standard templates and settings, there are limitation to what I can alter to my blog. But is good enough cause i love it Clean & Easy, not a tech-gal, so simple is always a PLUS to me. Will work it out soon! 

(2) Labeling!

OMG, I can't believe it! I had so many labels and so redundant!  I will be recording many genres/activities? I am thinking should I just GET RID of the labels? or just keep it SIMPLE as such, PRINCESSES, GASTRONOMIC DELIGHT, PET, MUSIC & DANCE, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT, BAKING & COOKING, ART, ACTIVITIES, MOVIES, BOOKS, MARATHON, STATE OF MIND, REFLECTION, THOUGHTS .....Oh dear... the list seems inexhaustible again! I need to narrow it down. my KEYWORD : SIMPLE!

This is a pretty long post for a "RE-OPENING" ! LOL! Adios for now. 

The purple Waterlily at home

We have a pot of purple Waterlily at home. 

I always see different stalk of waterlily blooming one by one and wither quickly before everyone catches another sight of it.

This morning, I saw another blossoming waterlily again.

Suddenly, I feel so lonely for the waterlily.

The waterlily has to live on its own, ALONE in its most beautiful flourishing moment, and wither quietly, without anyone realizing it has lived and died.

BUT, they never give up, continue their life mission to blossom and wither, blossom and wither, blossom and wither again and again.

They requires minimum care but they strive to bloom so that one day someone can catch sight of their most beautiful moment. 

And I did! Even though it is not at its full blossom, I can't help to realize how beautiful and strong it is! 

My Purple Waterlily at home, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. 

Loneliness is just a perception, turn it around with another point of view, and you will find you are loved by many more.

Feeling Great Today!

Proud of my Baby

When I got home yesterday, Big C ran towards me excitedly with a piece of paper on her right hand. 

"MaMa, Look! I am learning to write my Chinese Name." Big C said proudly.

"MaMa, look, this one is not nice, so I write another one." Big C continued pointing another piece of paper on her little desk.

I didn't take a picture of the other so-called not-nice-one, to me, both look VERY well done!

I am so so so proud of my baby, even though she didn't write it PERFECTLY, I am already very impressed. At least, she can imitate stroke by stroke and recognize "Yes, This is my chinese name" Soon, she will not need sample and start writing her own chinese name fluently.

BABY, EXCELLENT WORK!! 

Wholemeal Cranberries French Bread

This crust is not as crunchy as the previous recipe but it feels healthier overall. Texture of the bread is more chewy. 

Recipe :-

250g Bread Flour

50g Wholemeal Flour

3g Yeast

4g Salt

190ml Lukewarm Water

1 TBSP sugar

Steps :-

1. Yeast and Sugar mix into 90ml of Lukewarm water until the mixture turn frothy

2. Add in the Bread Flour, Wholemeal Flour & salt into the yeast mixture and knead.

3. Gradually add in the remaining water until a smooth dough ball is formed, and not sticky, easily handled by hands.

4. Proof unti its size doubled - 30 mins

5. Release the air from the dough and cut into 2 equal size and let them rest for 20mins.

6. Add in the cranberries ( 1 used 50 grams for one small loaf) into the dough, and shape.

7. Proof for 30 - 45 mins.

8. Slice the loaf diagonal, sprinkle lots of waters on the dough, then sprinkle oats on top of the bread.

9. Bake at the preheated oven at 180deg C for 20mins with a Tray filled with water on the lowest deck.

Pondering moment :-

After the first proofing, we shouldn't work too much on the dough. I actually used the roller pin on one portion of the dough, so that I can fold the cranberries into the bread. But during the 2nd proofing, compared to the one that I didn't work with roller pin, this cranberries bread rise slower, the size is smaller even though both dough weighed the same. It could be the cranberries which makes the dough heavier? I shall try to mix the cranberries before the 1st proofing. :)