Happy Kitchen: Doughnuts

In our recent home trip, I received a gift from Aunty Ivy. It's something that I've always wanted to play with but due to my busy schedule during the weekdays, mummy kept it aside until the recent Golden Week Holiday (China's week-long National Day holidays). This was the first thing on my holiday activities to-do list...

Happy Kitchen edible toy doughnuts 

The contents (all in powdered form, mainly just starch and flavourings)

The ingredients were super easy to prepare. Just add water and mix to form a paste.

Next, press the paste into the doughnut moulds

There you have it... cute mini doughnuts!

The toppings

Adding some finishing touches to my little doughnuts

Done!

They may look like doughnuts and smell like doughnuts but they certainly don't taste like doughnuts!

They look quite like the real thing, don't they? Mummy didn't allow me to eat them but I did take a small bite just to know how it tasted like. Anyway, the fun part was in making it, not eating it :)

He Ain't Old, He's My Father

Backdated post

Me: Mummy, can I donate some money... (filled in details)?

Mummy: You go and ask your old man.

Me: Who is my "old man"?

Mummy: You think and see...

Me: Err, is it Gung-Gung (grandpa)?

Mummy: LOL!

Me and my not-so-old (yet) "old man"

I received a cute toy tarsier after making a small cash donation to help the victims of the Phillippine's Typhoon Haiyan (through a charity drive in my school).

From USA With Love

Backdated post: July 2013

When mummy and I balik kampung in July, we actually got "separated" from daddy with a distance much further than just China-Malaysia. Shortly after we were back in PJ/Seremban, daddy flew to the US for a business meeting and I missed him terribly, especially during the first week of his absence.

In order to "mengubati rindu", we video-called each other everyday without fail... sometimes even up to twice a day!

Seremban calling San Francisco...

When he returned home after the 8-day trip... surprise, surprise!! Daddy actually went SHOPPING (something that he rarely does, except for books) and he brought home with him a large suitcase filled with goodies for us. There were clothing (tees, hoodies, pants), Croc shoes, toys, food and even personal care items haha! Of course my favourites are the toys, chocolates and snacks...

Lego Friends and Monopoly board game

A build-and-play construction toy with colourful lights

Matching hoodies for all 3 of us... cold weather coming soon!

Chocolates (mummy hinted to daddy when she saw these at the airport... luck was on her side because they were so cheap in the US!)

Junk food (breakfast cereals) for our weekend snacks ;)

10 packs of dental floss LOL! (Some were removed from their casings to save luggage space) Just in case you are curious, they cost only USD1+ each! :p

First Day of School and a Sweet Surprise

Yesterday (19/8/2013) marked another important milestone for me. It was my first day of school as a 2nd Grader. Yes, I am now in Primary 2 although I've just celebrated my 7th birthday barely a week ago! I am like a December child back in Malaysia... untung 1 year :) If I were to be born a month later (in Sept), I would only get to start Primary 1 now... rugi almost a year. Phew, lucky me!

Big girl already... all set to take on the challenges of being a 2nd Grader.

So how was my first day at school? It was GREAT of course because I have been looking forward to this day since weeks ago. I am glad to be in the same class with a few of my old classmates (the school did a student-reshuffling as two new classes were added) and I like my new class teacher because she is not fierce :p

When I got home from school, I was even happier because a little surprise was waiting for me...

A parcel all the way from Malaysia... for me!

It was a (belated) birthday present from Koo-koo (she actually sent it before my birthday but it took weeks to arrive)

Let me read Koo-koo's message in the little card first...

Wow!! A book! A book that I liked. A book that mummy and I fought over and tore took turns to read and finish in 2 days back in Malaysia (the first book). A book that I've always wanted (this second book).

That's not all... this book is specially autographed by Uncle Boey, the author! How cool is that :)

Thank you very much Koo-koo! I love the book very much and that autograph from Uncle Boey is priceless!! You surprised not only me but daddy and mummy as well. Thanks again... Muacks!

Note: Uncle Boey's books may contain some "adult vocab" so reader discretion is advised ;)

13.8.13 - My Very Simple Birthday

My birthday this year was one of the simplest I've ever had. We did not go anywhere, did not do anything interesting, did not have a party and did not have any special meals. The only privilege I had was being exempted from homework and piano practice. I was given the freedom to play the whole day and to do whatever I liked and wanted. I couldn't be happier!!

The first thing mummy and I did in the morning was to assemble my birthday cake so that I could cut it and open my presents. We decided to try "cake assembly" this time because mummy did not want to buy a big cake for me and end up over-eating it for days. She bought 2 small cakes from a bakery the night before...

Our favourite Japanese cheesecake and a Hello Kitty vanilla mousse, both from Bread Talk.

Firstly, Hello Kitty was carefully placed on top of the cheesecake

Next was a simple cake-decoration with tiny heart-shaped dragonfruit (cut with cookie cutter), chocolate pearls and a self-made no.7 cake topper

Helping out with the decoration...

My simple birthday cake. I loved it! :)

With my cake and presents (mostly carted back from Malaysia)

With my presents... I love them all! Thank you very much daddy, Koo-ma, Yee-ma and Kau-foo :)

This was clearly my favourite... Lego Friends that daddy bought from the U.S during his recent business trip there. I played this the whole day until dinner time!

Dinner was my pick, of course. I whispered to mummy that I wanted McD. As soon as we stepped foot into the mall, we knew that the locals were celebrating something special. The mall was unusually CROWDED. Restaurants and eateries were packed with long queues waiting at their entrances. However, the crowd at McD was normal so McD it was, for us :p

The very happy me with my Happy Meal and a Smurf wind-up toy :)

The special day turned out to be Qixi, the 7th day of the 7th lunar calendar... it was Chinese Valentine's Day (also called the Double Seventh Festival)! No wonder everyone came out to "pak thor". We saw many ladies holding pretty bouquets while flowers were also sold in some unlikely places.

After dinner, I continued playing with my Lego and delayed my bedtime to midnight because I didn't want the day to come to an end. I even insisted on Skype-ing Ah Ma at 11.30pm because I wanted to thank her for the birthday angpau. 

So that's how I spent my big day this year. Although it was a simple and ordinary one, I felt very happy and enjoyed myself very much!

P.S. I received many birthday wishes in mummy's FB too. A big thanks to all the lovely aunties for their thoughtful wishes. I read all of them and kept asking mummy "who is this?" Haha!

Presents

I received some very nice birthday presents from my loved ones recently...

Not many but I love them all!

Ceramic tea party set from Aunty BS, mummy's childhood buddy

Mould & paint kit from Yee Ma (together with an ang pau)

An interesting and informative book from my best friend, Aaron

Hello Kitty playhouse from Kau-foo

Cute pair of blouse and shorts (Marks & Spencer), also from Kau-foo

And the following are all from daddy and mummy... 

Bop It XT... I'm now playing the "Master" level and I'm really good in this (better than daddy!)

My very first two Geronimo Stilton books... I love it! I'd curl up at a cosy corner of the sofa, read this on my own and laugh aloud when I come across something funny hahaha...

6-in-1 collection of my favourite Where's Wally books (bought at a further price reduction of RM49.95 )

UNO Spin (daddy, mummy and I are hooked to this and we play this every night after our dinner)

In deep concentration... putting stickers on the furniture of my Hello Kitty playhouse

Once again, a big thank you to Auntie BS, Kau-foo, Yee Ma, Auntie Stephanie (Aaron's mummy) and not forgetting Ah Ma, Gung-gung, Yee Por and Yee Ma for the angpaus! 

10th Sports Carnival at Sunway Lagoon - Part 1

We had an awesome, fun-filled day in Sunway Lagoon yesterday (Sunday 22/4) at my kindergarten's 10th Sports Carnival. I had lots of fun and came home giddy with happiness and excitement that lasted until the next day (today)!

I wanted this event noted down in my blog and told mummy... "Mummy you start like this... One day, a little girl went to Sunway Lagoon and won a lot of prizes! You must write like that ok". Hahaha!

*Excited* We woke up at 6:15am and reached the Surf Beach before 7:30am

Yipee yay! Sunway Lagoon, here we come again!

The Sports Carnival is held once in every 2 years. We also attended the previous event (the 9th) back in July 2010

The Surf Beach, where all the main events were held

Since we were early, we headed to the Creative Corners (game and activity booths) to while away some time...

I played almost all the games and won many small and cute gifts here

Doing stretching and warming-up exercises in the water... the carnival begins!

Mrs Headmistress launching the event

We were among the 1250 (record-breaking number of family members) who thronged the carnival 

Doing the mass-drill... an upbeat dance routine by the K2 pupils from all centres

Getting ready to take part in the sand-sculpting competition

Our Mega-Bloks sandcastle slowly taking shape... (mummy did not even take a photo of the completed sculpture because she did not anticipate that our simple design would win anything)

I did not help daddy with the sandcastle (I felt bored after a few minutes) and sneaked away to join my friends in the pool

Having a splashing good time!

Unveiling the daredevil in me... I went on this giant slide twice! 

Telematch time! I took part in 2 events... the "squeeze water into a bottle challenge" and the "drag the giant floatie race".

Go, go red team! However, no thanks to some kiasu parents who kept "taking over" the kids' roles and ignoring the games marshall's repeated warnings, our team was disqualified in the first event :(

Our lunch... KFC set meals

Enjoying my Colonel burger... this is probably my second time eating KFC, a very rare treat indeed.

Throughout the event, there were non-stop announcements for all the lucky draw, games, best this-and-that and competition winners. While having our lunch, one of the announcements caught our attention. Surprise, surprise! Daddy nearly choked on his chicken when we were announced the first prize winners of the Sand-Sculpting Competition!

1st prize winners... it's unbelievable!!! Honestly, we really did not deserve this win and felt sorry for the other teams who came up with much better designs than ours! *shy*

Finally... leftover gifts up for grabs just before the carnival ended!

Our prizes and goodie bags... both daddy and mummy suffered from sore arms after lugging these HEAVY stuff (including our personal belongings of bags, clothing, water etc.) from the theme park to the carpark, which was quite a distance away!

The most fun part... opening our presents! These two yellow boxes are the biggest prizes that we brought home. A very big thank you to the sponsors for their very generous contributions!

Philips radio/CD-player and DVD player. 

White board on a metal easel

Toys and misc stuff

Water tumblers

Vouchers and Pelikan gift pack

Stuffs inside the Pelikan gift pack

Sunway Lagoon's All Park entry tickets for 2 adults worth RM150

Collectible magazines and a very interesting book, Hotel Tales (it's a very good read especially for people like us who love to stay in hotels ;))

Other miscellaneous small gifts

Although I did not win any medals this time around, I did not feel any less happier. To me, the things here are worth much more than a medal *wink* Mummy has already given away many of the things here and she will be giving away more although I would like to keep EVERYTHING to myself hehe. You'd be surprised to know what I picked as my favourite present here... The Hot Wheels toy car set!