Little Chumsy’s Blog

Better Late Than Never

We finally went to The Curve today.  I have been wanting to go since they put up their Chinese New Year decorations but didn’t get a chance until today.  Their decor is pretty simple with lots of green bamboos and pastel coloured lanterns.  I like it.  The mall was not packed today.  Guess many people are still not back from outstation.  Did I get anything today?  Well, of course…hehehheehe.  I got 2 Gap t-shirts from FOS at a steal.  Ashley got a Peter & Jane book and as for hubs, he didn’t buy anything.  However he bumped into an old friend and were chatting for a bit about their families, work and also another friend’s social security disability benefits.  We left the mall at around 2pm.

all is well

For the past few days, something went wrong with my blog.  No one could leave any comments and worse of all, I could not even see all the comments that were left previously.  An Error 404 message appear each time.   I am sure many readers experienced that when they come to my blog to leave a comment.  I started to panic because I thought my blog was infected with virus   Thank God my dear friend, Jan and her hubs knew what was wrong and they helped me to fix the glitch.  Thank you very much for your help, Jan and PB.   Anymore sleepless nights due to this will definitely see acne popping up on my face.  Luckily I don’t need any acne medications for now.

Aloha

Hey everyone,

There is a new blogger on the blog   Her name is Julie and she’s from Hawaii.  Julie is also one of my online friends and she stays in Hawaii with her hubby.  This is her blog – Advice2Love.  Do drop by her blog to say hi and link her up too, ok?

Thanks everyone

handmade with love

*backdated post*

My dear friend, Jen Cheung from Toronto sent these cute key chains to me and Ashley for Christmas.  She handmade those colourful ‘mini pillows’.  Isn’t she creative?   For your information, Jen and I have never met.  She is another good friend whom I met online.  Like I’ve always said….I am so lucky to have met so many wonderful friends through blogging.  Besides great friendship, they have been showering me and Ashley with lots of gifts.   We are really blessed.

Do check out Jen’s blog whenever you have the time.  This pretty girl also has a great passion for food and she has created a food blog called Passion4Food.  Boy, those food featured in her blog sure makes me hungry.  Some of the places she eats in Toronto brings back fond memories of the time when I was staying in there.  Thank you very much again Jen for the lovely key chains.  You are so thoughtful

another present :)

I’m such a lucky gal.  See what Sasha, Mott & Shireen, my fellow blogger friends, got me for my birthday

A lovely Japanese sleeve black top with a belt

THANK YOU VERY MUCH ladies.  How very thoughtful of all of you   I like this top and black is my favourite colour   Here is fat ol’ me trying it out :-

I wore a long-sleeve top on the inside and then paired it with a black leggings.  Nice?

my celebration and a big surprise

Today is my birthday and my sister bought a lil cake from San Terri to celebrate as she knows Ashley loves to blow candles The cake was delicious and of course Ashley was so happy to sing the birthday song and blow out the candles. Thanks sis for the cake

My Chantily cake

Ashley with mommy

At around 4pm, a delivery man came with a present for me.  I was delighted to see what he was holding – A big basket of fruit and flowers.   When I opened the card to read who sent me the beautiful gift, I was so surprised and wanted to cry.   They are from friends all over the world.   These wonderful ladies are friends whom I met online.  THANK YOU SO MUCH Jan, Lina, Macy, Yvonne, Shirley, Chu Yee, Julie, Jen, Charmaine & Alice!  Besides Yvonne, I have never met any of these lovely ladies.  Can you believe this?  I am so blessed to have ‘met’ so many wonderful friends through blogging.  Thank you so much for your friendship.  It was truly a wonderful day which I will remember always.

My lovely fruit basket and flowers

The card.  I want to cry each time I read it.  I am so touched

Ashley & mommy posing with the gift

Ashley loves the flower so much that she wanted to hold it everywhere she goes (even in the car)

Thank you once again, everyone…for making my day so extra special

christmas party

We attended a belated Christmas party at Annie’s last night.  We had loads of fun chatting and eating.  Elaine and family were there too.  Annie’s husband was busy at the barbecue whipping up the awesome barbecued pork ribs, satays, sausages and chicken wings.  The ribs were good…even better than Tony Roma’s   I was so full that my tummy was in pain   greedy,  greedy, greedy!  While the parents were busy eating, the kids were having lots of fun with each other in the play room and living area.  Here are some pics taken last nite.  Sorry, no pics of the good food cos I was too busy eating

The bbq party

The Christmas Tree surrounded with presents

The adults gathering round the Christmas tree to exchange pressies

Ashley with her pressies from Aunty Annie, Aunty Elaine, Mommy & Daddy

There was a surprised birthday celebration for Elaine and another friend

Thanks Annie for having us over again.  It was a great party

Our Christmas Pressies

This morning the courier guy stopped by my house and handed me a package.

I quickly opened it and saw this…

A beautiful bracelet for me and a very sweet anklet for Princess Ashley

These gifts are from a wonderful momsie whom I met through blogging   She is Shireen, mommy to Ashley and Emily.   Yes, the same Shireen who bought those cute pastas for Ashley when she went to Switzerland a few months ago.  She is ever so thoughtful.  I am so touched to receive the gifts.  Shireen knows that when the new year arrives, there will be some changes in my life…actually our lives and these gifts are also to wish us Good Luck

Ashley loves the anklet and is wearing it right now.  She likes the sound of the bell when she’s walking   I told her that this Christmas present is from Auntie Shireen and she said, “Santa?“  So I told her that Auntie Shireen told Santa that she is a good girl who does her homework everyday.  Therefore, Santa sent her this lovely anklet…heheheheheh.  Thank you so much for the gifts, Shireen.  They are awesome.  I cannot wait to wear the bracelet.  Thanks for thinking of us

Steamboat For Lunch

A couple of days ago (long weekend), Annie asked me if I wanted to visit Elaine as she’ll be going there to learn how to make ‘lor mai kai’   It’s a last minute arrangement and since I didn’t have any plans that day, I quickly said yes   It was a lovely get-together and we had steamboat that day.  After having steamboat, us ladies (including Elaine’s friend) proceeded to the kitchen to make ‘lor mai kai’….err, I mean to learn how to make lor mai kai from Chef Elaine   Everyone had a great time chatting and eating.  Elaine’s hubs and Annie were the photographers that day.  Here are some photos taken from their blogs

Steamboat

The kids.  Love this black and white shot.

Kids having a gala time in the playroom

There are more photos at Elaine’s and Annie’s blogs.  Do hop over if you are free

Last day of school’s project

Yesterday was the last day of school for 2009 and Ashley’s kindy organized a party for all the children.  Parents were encouraged to sponsor some food or party packs for the party. I decided to make some Chocolate Coated Cornflakes for the kids

I got some heart-shaped and star-shaped sprinkles

A box of cornflakes

Melted a bar of chocolate and butter into a bowl.  Pour them into the cornflakes and stir gently.

Voila….Chocolate Coated Cornflakes with colourful sprinkles in paper cups.  Ashley helped me to put the sprinkles

I got the recipe from Yvonne’s blog.  It’s a simple recipe and don’t need any baking. Great for those who don’t have an oven like moi