Welcome to the world! :):)

His sister's name is E-Jay. we don't know what his name is yet but hahaha it might be E-Bay ahahahahaha. Handsome right?!?!

anyway. Congratulations, ah jiu and Q Mei! one more cousin! HAPPPINESS!
 [pls i'm not an aunty yet!]

Welcome to teenhood :)

Dearest bro,

As your sister is writing this to you, she suddenly feels very old- because as you're stepping into teenhood, i'm stepping out of it. when i get my degree, you're still in highschool! 

You're no longer that small boy who used to tell the whole house whenever you do every lil thing, down to the smallest ones.

You're growing up, growing taller. You're gradually going into your own world with your own friends, beginning to hang out in malls, in friends' houses, cyber cafes... all those places a typical teenager would hang out at.

when i see you at home, i feel at peace- because i know that you're in safe hands, and that i can watch over you. but i can't always do that. i can't forever make sure you're in safe hands, i can't forever be there for you. 

I cannot always lay the carpet for you to walk on, but i can teach you how to walk on a rough surface. i hope as you grow up, you come to learn what's best for you, that you come to learn what not to do.

Teenage life is the best time of your life. I had the least worries, i had the least problems. all i had to do was study. co-curricular activities. friends. it was during my teenage years that i found my best friends. it was during teenage years that i've learnt to stand up on my own two feet, yet knowing that i will always have a family to support my back should i fall.

I am of course, not the best role model for you. Your sister has her own flaws, and hopes that you do not follow them. i hope you know how to pick the good stuff out of people and learn the good things and the good things only.

I hope you do not succumb to peer pressure. my brother's such an amazing boy, trust me! so nobody should make you feel inferior of yourself or what you have. 

I hope you continue to stay close to cheche. This is the most crucial time of your life, where you start making bigger decisions- choosing the right friends, choosing your ambition etc... and i hope that i could hear you out and guide you as much as i'm able to.

and..

I love you with all my heart!

Happy birthday!!

with all that longwinded advices, i hereby welcome you to your teens :) 

i hope you have a great one. 

I'm sure you will.

 *hugs*

Cameron Highlands 2009

all pictures taken with Canon EOS 500D, Nikon D40x and Canon G11.

We had too much fun! ermmm so much fun til i don't remember exactly what happened when. it didn't matter where we were- whether it was at camerons or not, but as long as we are gathered together we'll always come up with something funny :)

pictures aren't in order, i'm simply too lazy to arrange them.

the boys! macam baru keluar dari kampung

Youngest cousins in the flower garden. they are always the object of everyone's pictures. EVERYONE, practically was snapping pictures of them!

PROOF.

had steamboat dinner on the first night! weeeheehee we had to take turns to eat because table not big enough to fit all of us wuahahha.

and there u have the biggest camwhores

omg so cute can die. i have 12832832937 pictures of her eating noodles.

Christel (far right) is studying in NJC now! super proud of her :)

my one and only.

the boys setting up tents outside the kampung house. they were gonna camp in the tents at night. SUPER comfortable wan ok! got mattresses inside hahahaha camp my foot

scones for teabreak! handmade scones! LOVELY.

do you need more introduction on these boys? no.

the boys playing basketball with the locals. AHHAHAHA. our boys lost quite badly ahahha tak tau malu

5th aunt and Cherish. centre of attraction: Cherish.

Cherish. see camera sure smile. smart girl like me.

eh ma u need to gam fei. very heavy la u

this picture would look better in Sepia tone! *good photographer thank u thank u

Cherish eating gummy bear while laughing and laughing. do u know where the gummy bear ended up on? MY JEANS!!!!! didn't notice until i got off the car. when i pulled the gummy bear out of my jeans they still felt sticky. yer!

Lucky Bobo because he's with all the girls.

A game of blokus! :)) Blokus is a game where you finish your pieces by connecting them with their edges, while trying to block off your opponents. so the winner is obviously the one with the least amount of pieces left.

ahhahahhahahahaha.

the girls! :):) look at the small ones. awwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

errrr and the aunties.

someone said this is a picture of the girls 30 years later HAHAHAHHAA

haha Ben ur too cute

I drank the yolk! guess who i thought of when i cooked this yolk?? ;)

SOOOO CUTE SOOOO CUTE

lol we kept making her feed us kokokrunch for picture's sake. Sorry pa yi! :$

this is how the tent looks like inside! SO COMFY!!

Playing a game of concentration! very fun because there were so many ppl playing!:)

7th uncle turned 10! Happy birthday!

Handbaked strawberry cake by godma. again, LOVELYYYYYY!

i want my birthday cake to be this!

losers losers losers boo

Another intense game of blokus. Kiasu Ming was sitting beside me and tried to sabotage everyone to block me. sek si.

she was playing with my fingernails, trying to pull them out. didn't know playing with fingernails was fun. haha kids. how innocent. if only everyone could find happiness in lil things like these.

.... and a group picture. welcome to my family [it's bigger than this]!

CKL Gourmet Challenge 2010!

this post is hot from the oven. there are many other unblogged events i wanna blog about but they all happened last year. LOL. even if it was just countdown yesterday i feel like i'm outdated! 


Hello 2010!

The awesome family has an annual Gourmet Competition! This year is the 4th year the competition is held. [For last year's please click here] A short intro (again), this competition is to remember our Por Por who was THE BEST cook on earth, and to continue keeping the strong bond of the family :)

the stakes are higher every year and everyone's just getting better *and more kiasu*!


ok show you GOOOD GOURMET FOOD! eh before that must show you the judging criteria.

1. Taste

2. Presentation

3. Theme Value

4. Creativity and resourcefulness

5. Gourmet Class 

"Criteria 5 “Gourmet Class” is intended to give an overall rating as to whether the dish is gourmet level or not"



OK GOOD FOOD:

1. Gourmet Class Hong Kong Dim Sum

just because one of the criteria is 'gourmet class', the chef had to add the word 'gourmet class' in the name of her dish to emphasize that her dish is of gourmet class. haha.

They presented their dish telling a love story of our ah por and ah gong. saying how both of them maintain their marriage by having dimsum every Sunday. very sweet. their presentation is personally my favourite.

I have videos of all the presentations but SORRRAYYY i am too lazy to upload [it will take forever!]

2. Smokey Grilled Ribs with Rice Salad

hahaha imagine having to serve this to 30 people. they hid their extra ribs under the table AHAHAHAHA. they presented just one plate to ensure that it's of 'gourmet class'. HAHA.

3. Crispy Pata Crackling Pork Leg

this comes in a SET! salad, main, dessert [caramel custard yummm] and ginger tea! very award winning.

4. A New Lease of Life

9 different kinds of food laid on a long porcelain plate to represent ah por's 9 distinctive yet united children.

I personally think this is the best dish! so pretty and colourful! :P

5. Skewers!

onions, pumpkin, pork! *or is it chicken ooops* tasty and easy to eat!

6. Beef and Pepper. 

ok why the name sucks is because i named it because i don't remember if this dish has a name. Da Jiu just came in with this on an ordinary plate while every one else's was extravagant. hahahaha MEN.

7. La Bonte Celeste

loosely speaking it's just mashed potatoes la LOL. this is the defending champion's dish!

their presentation this year was also very over the top. got story AND poem and the whole family of 5 was presenting. they have man power man!

8. Duck King

GOT CHINESE POEM WRITTEN BY MY 12 YEAR OLD COUSIN IN ONE NIGHT.

she deserves two thumbs up for this!

9. 'Xiao Kou Chang Kai'

loooks like a set of teeth or not? haha! very cute!

it's basically just apple, marshmallows and peanut butter. very creative.

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after all the presentations, the food came out in QUANTITY.

hahaha. no more trying to be of 'gourmet class' anymore!

nah summarize my food for you again.
hair's messy beyond what my eyes could tahan because i was too busy in the kitchen making my gourmet dish. no time to comb hair.

as if a 9 course meal wasn't enough, we even had HECK LOADS of baskin robins for dessert! glutton-nya if i eat like this everyday, even having good genes won't save me.

too much good food u become like them. this is the big tummy club! ahhaha. ah jiu on the far left was trying VERY hard to suck in his tummy. FAIL pls!

some even had to stand on the chair to have a clear view of the food. too many ppl :p

after i've finished tabulating the scores, it was time to announce the winner!

more efficient this year! we have everything computerized and no coloured manila paper is needed :D

this is Mimi. who has won 4 out of 5 categories. ahhahaa. it was pretty obvious that she'd win overall already.

and she did!

passing on ah por's apron to the new winner.... eh if i'm not wrong this apron was sewn by ah por herself!

and the trophy.. woohoo!

The 2010 winning dish is the GOURMET CLASS hong kong dim sum. 

I think i will upload the videos if i have time next time. btw it's 7am now and i'm not sleeping yet :S 

it was a really good meal. we had good company, as always. and we had a lot of laughs, as always!

more pictures to show:

this is the score sheet. number 5 wasn't here but their dish came! hahaha no marks for them tho

my eldest cousins. trying to act lala! they could do 1 to 10 HAHAHAHA this is them doing 5 and 3 respectively!

...and my youngest cousins!

goodnight!:)