Ouch !! It hurts !!

Yesterday, Twinkle messed up her pee pen again in our yard and this is the XX times since we moved in.

For whatever reason, I got so mad on seeing the mess she has created for me, so without a second thought, I spanked her with my bare hands for not more than 5 times.

After the spanking, I can feel the heat on my hand but later do I realise I hurt my hand badly from the spanking. My hand become swollen (blue-black) immediately and it hurts , Ouch !! even now when I am typing this blog ..

The irony part is after the spanking, Twinkle can still behave nothing has happened, she still jumping around, wagging her tail and behave like a happy dog. Search me!!

I know I shouldnt beat her as Jack Russell is born to be naughty anyway so God punished me by this swollen hand. God sent twinkle to test my patience. Yes, I receive my retribution for this. Ouch , it still hurts..

Choux Pastry Recipe

We baked these durian puffs for snack on last Sat. It turned out to be suprisingly delicious.Yummmy .. We decorate them to make it cute to look at.. hahahha.

Here's the recipe tomake them.

Ingredients :

125m of water
30g Butter
1/4 tsp Salt
80g of plain flour
2 eggs

Method:
1. Prepare the chuox pastry. Heat the wate , butter & salt and stir until the butter melt.
2. Bring the mixture torolling boil and add te sifted flour all at time.
3. Sit vigorously with awooden smooth until the mixture leaves side of the pan & form a smooth dough
4. Remove from heat and cool slightly
5. Add the beaten egg , a little at a time , beating well with electric hand mixer after each addition.
6. Put heaped teaspoon of patry on a lightly greased oven tray.
7. Allow room for expansion. Bake in preheated oven at 200 degree for 25 mins until risen and golgen brown.
8. Halved the puff & pump in the durian paste in it.
9. Done

You can make a difference ...

I chanced upon this local cartoonist website to get to know someone out there in the other part of the world, there's this poor little boy that needs our help so badly.

His name is Phung Thien Nhan, a Vietnamese toddler who was abandoned at birth and left to die. Thien Nhan was mauled by a dog which bit off his right leg, testicles and penis. He was adopted by a Vietnamese family in Hanoi, and is now seeking sponsors to help pay for his medical care, rehabilitation and education.

You can make a difference to his life by donating via Chew . I admire Chew for his nobility to take up this fund raising task. As we know, in this bad times, getting people to fork out a single cent is definitely not an easy task. I urge all to donate generously to Thien Nhan. Though he may not be able to father a child & walk like a normal kid, but he definitely deserved to live better.

Check out his blog

Dawn's BentoArt Launched ToDay !!

In my last blog entry, I merely mentioned about my bento blog under construction. Today marks the official date to launch my second Blog.

Proudly Present "Dawn's Bento Blog"













Check this out !!

Happy Valentine Day !!

Hi Eveyone,

Happy V -Day to all.

Sorry for not blogging that often on these days coz I have been busily setting up another blog site for bento fans to buy their bento accessories. Its almost 90 % done except that I still need to design my logo and slogan to complete it. I will share more on this blog once it has completed so stay tune

Another updates from Twinkle , we sent her for neutering. For first two days, Twinkle was exceptionally well-behaved and Ah Lip got worried if she will behave like that for long. However, his worries turned up to be unduly as Twinkle was back to her self after the 3rd days.

We taught her the bang trick and this was captured



Also, these days , our lunch conversation with my colleagues have been about weddings, weddings & weddings coz few of them are getting hitched this year so I thought of sharing these videos could give them a better picture of the whole ceremony. Jess & Gertrude, For U ya..

My Morning Highlights :


My Dinner Highlights :

A Surprise from Japan ..

As mentioned in my last blog, the bento accessories that I ordered from Japan has finally arrived today. Here's a pics of them.

Will start to make my cute bento using these accessories .. Oh so happy ..

Ponyo - Good !!

I love this Ponyo's Song:


I am a big fan of Ghibi's work and Ponyo On the Cliff by the sea is his latest work.
Of course, I have to watch it .. very nice & Ponyo is soooooo cute .. I regretted not buying her plush toy back as Ponyo is a Big hit in Japan.. Oh ...

Ponyo is a goldfish who wanted to be a human so she can be with her boyfriend. A very fairytale story but must watch if you love cute things like me ..
Ponyo 's trailer :

Best Potato Chips Tasted !!

We bought this from Hokkaido and this is the best chips we have tasted.

Too bad, it is only sold in Hokkaido and you cant get it anywhere in the world except Hokkaido not even in Tokyo ..

So it is a MUST BUY if you are going to Hokkaido ../


It comes with two flavour

Orginial potato fries :


Or the coloured Potato cubes :

Yummy !!

These days due to the financial crisis, we tried to cut down on our dining expenese by refraining ourselves from dining in resturants.

On last Thurs, we cooked a simple dinner, Yong Tau Foo Laska + Big onion Omelets. Simple yet Nice .. This year's resolution? we would like to have more home-cooked meals & eat healtier.



Recipe for e Yong Tau Foo Laska:
1. Put the laska paste in the cooking pot
2. Add 350 ml of water & 200 ml of coconut milk ( I use low fat )
3. Set to Boil
4. Add in your prawns, yong tau foo & veg into the boiling brooth
5. Wait for ingredients to cook
6. Ready to serve.

Happy New Year 2009

We welcome year 2009 wif our good friends on a couple of drinks @ Farmart.
Jean & her babe


Sheryl and me


Noelle and her hubby