OMG it's a miracle

I find myself staring at the tester (it os string back at me with a double confirmation) wondering if I should pinch myself? This time I was just emotion-less. Is that even possible?

Okay recap....
A couple of days ago, I had started experiencing some symptoms, and true enough I now know that Pete and I are expecting a baby.

It's so strange, we had just came home from a great holiday at Melaka with his brother's family and I had no clue that I had conceived shortly after that.

It was a period of anxiety, but now that my feet are back on the ground and my head on my shoulder, I have decided to document this special journey.

With my two boys I was a working mum and hardly had the time I rest. But now I have been given a chance at this beautiful journey to become a mother again.

This time it's a whole different experience. Its now the era of blogging and cyber life. I feel like I had my two boys in a different dimension, if I know what I mean.

Being an old fashion person I like to write private journals. But in time I found that my mum and sis were reading them, so much for privacy. So this time I figured, "when in Rome".

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Melaka Day 3

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Melaka Day 2

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Our trip to Melaka

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Tulang Time

Last night Pete decided to buy dinner out.


Tulang Merah



Another view


Butter Chicken


Basmati rice

Unfortunately Pete did not realize that he did not get any veges.
Boys will be boys.
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We celebrate fifteen years and many more to come

Fifteen years ago today, we said I do. Many years have come and gone. I am glad that we still enjoy gazing into each others eyes and find comfort in each others arms. This year, I am glad to have the company of my sweet hubby. As we no longer have a helper, we could escape for some time alone without the children only in the morning. Pete wanted to surprise me by making our dining plans. After settling the boys off to school, we found ourselves, heading to town, a little too early in the morning.

We figured we would pass some time strolling around as we take in the business of the morning city life. Since I am a breakfast person, I found myself wanting to fill my tummy. So I kindly asked Pete to stop for a cup of tea before we headed off to his place of choice. We went down at to the Basement of ION, and found a sweet little place called Tea Loft.

I love and appreciate all things sweet and pretty. Like this tea cup and saucer, love the detail on it.
I also loved the deco and the ambiance that the place had. They managed to capture the essence of the old school coffee shops with an interesting Vintage outlook, and yet it had a fresh feel to it.

 I love the vintage curtain designs.

And the interesting casual display on the wall.

We passed time doing what we loved most, strolling and talking. Finally, we had to sit down to brunch, due to time constraints. We had to be home as Ivan would be home from school at 2.15pm today.

 As we headed down from the Takashimaya, we spotted this sweet French Cafe. 

I have always been talking about wanting to visit Paris and to take relaxed brunches at the cafes there. Pete figured that I would definitely enjoy this place. And he was totally right.

We so should not have, but we ordered a bread basket due to the recommendations of the waiter. Even though we enjoyed the bread basket, later we were a little too filled for the main course.

The bread basket was an interesting experience, but we were both trying to cut on our carbs.

Here, I am awaiting my dish that I cannot pronounce, to arrive. I ordered a chicken dish, while Pete ordered a beef dish. I was really enjoying myself here.

My super delicious chicken dish.

This was Pete's dish. I personally found that although my dish was super delicious, Pete's dish, was rather less filling.

Here's Pete trying to eat his delicious meal, as I keep bugging him to allow me to take a picture.

Our meal was a pleasure to the palette. We would have lingered on if we did not have to rush for to be home for Ivan.

Since I was too stuff to have dessert, I did the nest best thing. I took my dessert to go. It was so hard to decide what to buy, as there was so many to choose from.

 Some time later, it was time to have the desserts that I brought home.

This Chocolate Almond Macaroon is totally DIVINE!!!

It was the best brunch we had in some time, and of course the first time we did it French.

Ivan turns twelve

It February again, and Ivan hits of the functions, by being the first one to celebrate his birthday on the 5th of the month.

Coffee Eclairs...

Chocolate Eclairs...

Our favourite chocolates...

Homemade salad...

Family Game Nite

Unlike most families, we hardly play games together. So many games that Ivan just could not comprehend, plus the concept of taking turns was overwhelming for him. Am so glad that we kicked started this new tradition today. Since I got him the board game the other day, I had been planning on a Family Game Nite. And I am so proud to say that finally it has come to pass.

So many things were experienced in this one activity. Ivan was captivated with all the Ice Cream pictures on the board. Patiently, we guided him through the motions of the game. He rolled the dice and he added the numbers together. He was given "money" and made decisions to buy stuff. We all joined in and I was so proud of Immanuel for being so patient. Family Game Nite was a success.

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The boys are back home

Pete and the boys had went on a holiday to India, to visit my father in-law. Today they are coming home. I arose early this morning and yawned my way to the airport. I decided that I was going to be lazy and just take a cab there. Around 7.30am my boys strolled out of the Budget Terminal Arrival Hall.

Immanuel was so grumpy that even the photo didn't want to capture his expression. The whole idea was to have breakfast at the Terminals before heading home. Unfortunately, Ivan was sleepy and Immanuel was grumpy. So we headed home to Broadway to have local prata for breakfast.

The three of them turned in and caught up on much needed sleep. Immanuel broke the record by sleeping for seven hours straight. Since they all slept through lunch we headed out for an early dinner. Having had India food all week, we went for some Thai.

 I was very surprised when Ivan ordered Kway Teow, as he had never done before. This trip had caused some changes in Ivan and we want to scaffold it for the better.

It was refreshing having Thai after a while. And we had a great time catching up on things.

Interesting board game

I found this

Aren't these just so cute?

Additions to my kitchen

After coming home from town, I spent some time taking down recipes from the Asian Food Channel. I am so happy to start cooking with a different goal this time. I an trying to go as healthy as I can, without dieting and depriving myself.

I don't know about others, but I love to have beautiful things around me as I work. I pampered myself with these chopping boards I got from Robinson's yestrerday.

And I also added a few new bottles of spices onto my spice rack. Now I am all set, once the guys get back, it's cooking for the family again.

healthy eating

The boys have left for a trip to India. I found myself eating, sleeping and watching television the whole day. So on day two I decided to go down to town to pick up some things. I called my sis and nephew to tag along.

 That little boy has a big attitude.

I decided on the Panini sandwich.

Off for some coffee...

Empire State

It was a while since my family and I went down to Causeway Point. My hubby Pete suggested that we went down to see what had been added to the mall after the renovations. I was walking around with my family looking for a place for lunch. I saw this new place that looked nice, called Empire State.

We sat down and placed our orders, interestingly the waiter tells us that sandwiches were not served on weekends. We wanted to go else where, but Ivan was rather insistent that he had waffles. Since he was cranky we stayed on.

I love having soup, but I wasn't very happy with this soup however. It was a mushroom soup, but I found it rather blend and watery. The garlic bread however, was soft and blend too.

Pete wanted to order wings, so we did. I did find the wings alright though.

I wanted to watch what I eat so i opted for salad and liked my salad, it was nice.

As usual my son Immanuel, opted for a salmon dish too.

Ivan got the kids meal, as he was going to have the waffle. (secretly I was hoping that the mini burger would be just as awesome as the ones at Swensen's)

This was the reason why we decided to stay and it was pretty nice. I liked the chocolate that they poured over the waffle. The waffle was crisp and just right. We had it fast, the chocolate had no chance make the waffle soggy.

We spend the rest of the time there shopping, and came home pretty exhausted.