The last home cooked meal for our summer vacation

This is the last full 3 course dinner I cooked during our stay in the states...Guess what?? I ate too much junk in the afternoon, and didn't have any appetite to eat during dinner..hehe.

The steam tofu with minced pork is daddy and Jared's favourite. And like I said before drumstick is the cheapest chicken part in US, so my herbal soup is cook with drumstick...This soup is use more herbs, so taste slightly different from the rest of soup like winter melon, peanut+lotus root...We quite like it..

Disney Family Pics

It's extremely hard to take proper family pic in Disneyland because of the huge crowd. No one would be free to stop by to help you take a family pic...

They have got some professional photographers around to help ppl take pics, and these pics are available to view on website within 30days. But it's quite ex to develop with them >US10 per piece.

Those the professional took also not nice to spend $ on, most of them Jared doesn't look into camera..

So as the smart comp user..I use print screen, and made them into a collage..hehe.








Hmmm before I have time to blog about our disney trip, I'm being fan by 4July long weekend trip..here life is really good, I only fan2 about trips and cooking, of cos $ too...heheh..

Los Angeles Trip 21-24Jun Part 2

Day 2- started with driving to Griffith Park Observatory for the hollywood sign, actually the sign can also be viewed from the Highland mall..





Griffith Park Observatory..8am+ in morning..still as hot!





Hollywood sign










We drove to chinatown after farmers market breakfast. It was quite a long drive and got lost over a few turn, and finally reach the chinatown...My goodness, it's even more lau yar than daddy's hometown ...it look very run down, no maintanence...After some search, we managed to find a proper place for dim sum...but the restaurant don't have air con..aiyo! It's at least 40C outside loh, luckily some of the dim sum are not bad...but couldn't eat much since so hot..hehe








After that, we drove over to anaheim about 30mins drive..and checked into hotel and zonk out..Then, visited the downtown disney, and had dinner, finally back to downtown disney to view the fireworks.






The fireworks at disneyland is everyday event..It's call "Remember...Dreams Come True" Fireworks Spectacular. It was pretty nice..but the next night when we watch it at Disneyland Main Street..the effect was magical. The fireworks show comes with story telling, music effect, and changing color of the castle...No words can describe how beauty that moment is...



But Jared don't like fireworks, he got scared easily with the pong sound..the moment fireworks starts he ask to go home...Pek chek..hehe

Happy Father's Day!

I forgot to post Jared's 1st pressie for me for mother's day. It's the artwork done in his new school. The teacher thought them to say, Happy Mother's day, mummy, I love you.

But he could never say it correctly..

He said all kind of combi like following:

Happy Birthday Mummy

Happy Mummy Birthday

Closest was Happy mummy's day! He knew the pressie belongs to me, so he doesn't tampered with it nor try to destroy it.

We are glad that we could celebrate Father's day together this yr. But we didn't do nothing much...just sumptious home breakfast (trying to clear off most expiring stuf-like the donuts, breads..heheh), then followed by outlet shopping. He hate shopping, only kept asking for going to toy store..make me real pek chek!..

We went for a good dinner though, at TGI Friday...I think there's this outlet in JB, but I never been there. Mains are quite cheap about 10-15USD.

Road Trip 14 June: Antelope Island State Park, Air force Museum

Antelope Island is about 2hr drive away. Interesting location with an link bridge connected to the mainland. But on the day, all the sudden the weather turned super duper hot, so we didn't manage to see Antelope (look like deer), and ox within close proximity..only see them from far away. We see a lot of mosquito though, doubt anyone has ever encountered them..hehe..When we stop the car, the mosquito will start come by and park on the windows..and the "new car" front window got so many mosquito's body...so scary.

So we didn't stay there for long..


The link bridge connecting Antelope Island to main land


Family pic-super hot day

The new car, colllected the night before. It's a 3.7L Dodge small SUV. Jared, daddy's housemate and me all like the car a lot!..hehe.. But daddy has concerned over the fuel consumption leh. The previous car they were using was Hyundai Elantra..when one of daddy's col came to pick us up at airport using that car..I almost wanna faint..I've not seen such a dirty car before, inside and outside, outside full with sand and mud, inside got so many biscuit cui...Eeeee.


p/s Car rental provided by daddy's comp. but fuel consumption is own.


Super strong sunshine, so Jared wearing my hat..hehe. Aren't he look cute in it? hehe



Jared's eyes is captivated by a bird, so he dun look at the camera.


After that we went to an airforce museum to see air plane..Really a lot of planes, indoor and outdoor. Again, the weather is super duper hot for us to explore the outdoor planes. So we just remained indoor.

Day 1- Pleasant Grove, Utah

1st day in US, the 3 of us only woke up around 10am+..Had cereal with milk and off we go and start our shopping. Jared loves the cereal with milk, can eat a bowl of it. If in SG, take about 1 -2tablespoon with very little milk.

We covered places like university mall, toy-r-us, baby r-us. Even though its weekend, the shopping mall are not crowded at all unlike in SG. Wonder where does the ppl goes? Canyon maybe..Cannot imagine we try to book an accomodation for next weekend for Bryce canyon also so difficult, all fully book since few wks ago. I don't remember Grand canyon was as popular?



At Toy-r-us playing with thomas train

A walk around apartment area

Now is summer, weather here is cool in morning and evening onwards 14-18C, In afternoon can range from 23-27C..Very hot but less humid than SG.

Hello from Utah!

Now is 5am..me suffering bad jet lag, so woke at 3am..after I get down from the bed, Jared took over my sleep space and sleep horizontally across the bed now..Finally, waited so long for daddy to realise I wasn't sleeping and quickly ask for laptop password..now can use comp, at least not so bored liao.

We left Whampoa around 3am on 30May, with my parents and sis sending us to the airport. And at the airport, Jared's gong and a mah already waiting since 2am+. Jared woke up once at airport, in fact he couldn't wait to get up to on to flight, keep telling everyone that he
's gonna take plane and time's up, we're going in despite knowing his waipo is not joining the trip.

In the plane towards Narita
I didn't realise how much energy can a tot at his age hv. Slept only 3+hrs can make him tong till 9am+ then take a short nap for 1-2hr and continue to be jumping around in the plane..In fact, he was awake most of time throughout the 7hr flight to Narita, then only slept at 6pm+ to 12am on the journey to Portland. When we arrived at PDX, it was their morning time 9am, although he was sleepy, I told him it's morning liao..so he's energy start to burst again, running around lauging out loud etc etc.

He only managed to complete knock off on the last flight PDX to SLC, and woke up again when we reached daddy's hotel (Hv been telling him its a hotel, so that he won't dare to pee around when not wearing diapers) hehe. The whole journey was kinda tough from 1st flight to finally reach home actually took exactly 24hrs..

SIN to Narita 7hrs
Narita to PDX 9hrs
Wait at PDX for 4hours +
PDX-SLC 2hrs
then journey home 1hr+

But he actually took everything kinda well, I was so worried he might refused to get on plane at any point..but he always look very forward to next plane ride..and most time will buckle up himself when the signal is on. He took very little of most of his child meal (only fruits and vege) as well as milk feed, cos he vomit the moment flight took off fr Sin..maybe got little phobia with milk. Luckily he ate quite a lot of sweet potato porridge my mum prepared.


This round the security check over in US become really strict, our bak kwa got chiong kong..so sad...luckily never bring bird nest, I think will get chiong kong too. The securities check very detail of every of our bag, and try to read ingredients description on most food packaging..Anything related to meat is not allowed..Much much more strict then any place I've been to..in fact over at SG side, we were "interviewed" for so long before can check in. I think all these only happen to going to US..



first dinner at Old Spaggeti Factory