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.

US Stay Wk 2 Update

My best homecook meal of the week, but also most complain kena.

Daddy have a lot of expectation from the steam pai ku, and I have to mess up by adding too much chilli..hehe.. 5 chili padi instead of 2..hehe

Beside being quite spicy, I must say it taste very much authentic like the one my mum make leh. Very good achievement for 1st timer liao.

Over in sg, I can't even bother to learn to cook these dishes, cos we eat home cook food till scared on weekday..then weekend we either take fast food, foodcourt, or I'll cook spaggeti..so after coming here, really jia lat..hehe. Everytime will ask my mum over skype, but a lot of times, need to recall how the dishes look like. Eg, stir fry cucumber, need to cut skin?, stir fry pork belly, to cut how thin and cook till how dry the pork? My stir fry pork belly got suan by daddy, taste like bak kua..hehe.

One thing improved is my pasta, I can cook creamy baked pasta really well now..hehe. I can even make my own creamy source..

As for soup, kinda jia lat too, I'm not used to adding salt, so even though I already added, the soup still taste very "original"..a bit strange lah.

Last wk's best dish is from daddy, bake chicken..taste really good, after he complained my cooking, I made him prepare a dish for us..hehe. That night he worked till late preparing beef ball for our lunch, and the bake chicken..and he knock off before Jared, and forgot to wear diaper for him...So he got so bz cleaning Jared and the bed in the middle of the night..hehe.


My creation, steam pai ku, stir fry cucumber and fry egg with chai por



From time to time, and no reason, the wind here can just start to blow very very strong..too strong that we felt scared. Taken from the apartment balcony.

Jared after back from Bryce, badly sun burnt..face and leg disfigured..hehe


Once a week we will try to dine out, and I prefer eat their local food rather than Chinese food. Last week we had Wendy's burger.

Mexican Food: This week I decided to try out mexican food, Bajio. Wah lau..can never imagine food can taste so bad..hehe. The 2 dish, nacho and the wrap, contain odd combination, rice of different flavour, bean of different flavour..no more Mexican for us liao..hehe.. Ex somemore..USD20 for the 2 dish+coke. Heart pain.

Krispy Kreme Donuts: I've heard too much rave about it. So many ppl say its so good and you can't get it in Singapore. Missed it during our last trip at Las Vegas, too full to order, then kek sim after that..There's a outlet of Krispy Kreme -full restaurant around this area, so we dropped by to get it. They don't have fancy design like those from Donut factory, mainly plain like this. This 1 box of donut cost about USD6+ inclusive of tax.

Taste- Wah lau again!..no one with normal taste bud can tahan that kind of sweetness lor!..Its toooooooooo sweet for anyone to say good I felt. Although the bun is soft, so soft that when I ate, it drop on floor..hehe.



Shopping for no.2: All these ranges from US3-5 only bought from walmart hehe. Daddy thinks its quite pai seh to buy clothes from walmart, but hey, some of them are from carters-child of mine..anyway, as long as the material and design is good, why not?

This round shopping is not as good as 2yr ago trip, clothes are much more expensive already. 2 yr ago, I could easily grab $2-$3 item from sales rack from old navy, children's place for Jared...now sales rack item are close to $10 liao. So a bit dissapointing loh. Then again, its still much cheaper than in SG. Hopefully I would have more chance to shop, our weekend got many road trip arranged..so can be quite difficult..

Think I get too many pinkish stuff liao, daddy didn't like it. hehe. He hates to relate girl with pink...but everytime when I do the shopping, he busy entertain Jared..so he just nod head if design ok, then I buy..hehe.

Road Trip 7-8June: Bryce and Zion Canyon, Utah (Part 4)

The next morning, we continued the drive to Zion Canyon, approx 2hr. Jared slept thru the journey, so it was not too bad.

The drive into Zion Canyon was impressive!...Its like driving into the rock itself unlike Grand Canyon/Bryce Canyon...we are viewing from top or bottom, far away from the rock. But within the Zion itself, there's no scenic point..all they offered was tracking trails. Faint :( Its though for preggers and hb who need to carry Jared. So we chose the easiest trail..

Tracking journey starts!

Wild flowers along the way

Finally we reached the small waterfall, taking a rest

We only managed to cover 1 tracking trail..as we were rushing of time. Its a long drive home of 5hrs..and so we left Zion Canyon at about 12pm+ and reach home about 5pm+. Its tough to be in car for so long under the hot sun. Jared made some fuss, refusing lunch etc..but finally slept most part of the journey.

Road Trip 7-8June: Bryce and Zion Canyon, Utah (Part 3)

Strangely when we were trying to book accomodation for Bryce Canyon since 1 mth back, it always showed fully book. But when we were there, most of them still showed Vacancy. So we checked into Best Western's Ruby Inn which was just outside Bryce Canyon and zonk off almost immediately. Hehe




Getting ready for dinner, weather was very cold and wind was so strong. See how many layers we layered him..hehe

After dinner, we rushed back to sunset point in the canyon trying to catch the sunset. To our surprise, the sun was not there!..After a long search, we realised that best view to watch sunset is from the lake in our hotel!..Pek chek!...hehe

View at the sunset point during sunset, no sun, and so cold somemore.

The lake 1 block behind our hotel room.

Jared loves bathing since we arrived at US. He like to sit in bathtub and play for a long time.

Road Trip 7-8June: Bryce and Zion Canyon, Utah (Part 2)

Pics from Bryce Canyon


The stone that formed like tunnel








I thought the trees and sky look real nice


Yeah, I knew it all look the same...but daddy keep driving us to the different lookout point..hehe


My favourite family pic of the trip, we all smile so happily. Wind blow quite strong there, so diff to setup tripod, so we have very little family pic.


The natural bridge


A must to take pic at the signboard.

Road Trip 7-8June: Bryce and Zion Canyon, Utah (Part 1)

There's nothing much available in Utah, mainly National Parks..where there's a lot a lot of stone..

This weekend we went to explore Bryce and Zion Canyon. Bryce is about 4hour away while Zion is another 2hr drive from Bryce.

Drive pass Red Canyon Scenic Point

Family pic at Red Canyon

Jared refused to pose alone under the big stone, cos he scared stone will fall off his head. hehe

One of the very few photo that managed to capture Jared look so chubby..

Some Pics Wk1- US stay

During our 1st wk stay, 2 days consecutively it rains..so temp drop to 9C to 14C...we basically got stucked at home. Finally when the weather becomes better, Jared gets to go to his favourite playground again.


Jared with his oversize baseball jacket.



The more edible meal I cooked, with the advise from daddy by the side..He was supposed to cook but once he got home, Jared cling on him like a monkey..so he became the advisor..hehe

This is taken at our apartment area. Almost the whole Salt Lake City is surrounded by snowy mountain..

SAHM Diary Day 2

3 June Tues

-Kinda sueh, Jared cry badly when daddy left for work, till vomit..and he also pooed...So I got to wash the potty :( hehe..I always hoped he will poo during daddy around, then I relax..hehe

-Managed to get Jared to pee on toilet the whole day

-Jared slept at 11.30pm to 3pm and even skip the porridge I prepared for him.

-For my own lunch, I ate ham and cheese sandwhich, ready made macoroni salad from walmart, tasty!

-Dinner is complete failure, I made watercress soup with soya bean stock, but the dried watercress just taste so bad, that the whole pot was thrown! hehe..Jared also split out the baked salmon I made...After a long while, managed to get him eat the porridge and mince salmon...

-Since my cooking not good, daddy decided cook for the next day..hehe

-This is the bento I prepared for him for lunch the next day

Ham and cheese sandwhich with lettuce+strawberry and left over macoroni
p/s What I hate about being Sahm here, got to cook loh. My cooking is just too lousy that ppl lost appetite look at it..hehe.

Stay at home with Mummy Day 1

2 June Mon
It's my first SAHM day..officially starts today!..Quite lucky to have daddy with us throughout the weekend to help settle down jet lags, familiarise with surrouding, operating equiptment..yes, I need help with stove etc etc..hehe

Its the first night all of us had no more jetlag and can sleep through all the way..So this round was pretty good, it just took us 3days to get used of everything here.

We woke up around 6.30am...sending daddy off at 7am...and that's the start of my day.

For breakfast, I prepared cereal+milk+strawberry, Jared's favourite breakfast for the past 2 days. But bad mummy has lousy memory, the last 2 days he took milk at 6am, woke up at 10am for breakfast. So he didn't have any appetite for breakfast. We were also skyping with my mum who thought me step by step how to make black bean soup..hehe..

Lunch, I got Jared noodle+black bean soup. While daddy rushed home from work and bang into carpark's pole..Jia lat..So I asked him not to come back any more hehe.

Whenever I'm busy with stuff, I will turn on VCD for Jared to watch..when I'm free to teach him, he not interested..make me so pek chek.

He was so bored that he slept after lunch, and snack-raisin+peanut, without milk..I had to rush to prepare him milk so that he could take before sleep..hehe.

For dinner, he ate whatever I had prepared..black bean soup(again!), hard boil egg and mix vege+luncheon meat (dun worry, he only take the mix vege) hehe.

After daddy got home about 5.30pm, we rushed off to Walmart to buy some food stuff...there's where Jared unleased all his energy ...make daddy help him jump, turn, run around with him..hehe

I kinda of like the sahm life here..note: Only here..cos weather is better, colder and dry. So I don't sweat, and become oily pan. We don't need to pay for bills..so I switch on and off heater/aircon throughout the day...

p/s Jared reminded me to comb my hair and change my clothes before we get down to downstair to wait for daddy..hehe..

When Jared sleep, I can't sleep, got to prepare dinner and plan our LA trip..

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

Haiz...Teacher feedback!

Even though Jared been in school since Jan, this is the first time I receive official feedback from teacher..See liao, very worry and sad ah..

The content of the communication book:

Dear Mr & Mrs Tiong,
In class, it appears Jared has adjusted to the new environment. There seem to be some problem, when we are having circle time. He does not want to join in and often sits away from the group. During tea break he does not wish to have snack as well. I will continue to encourage him to participate in the activities. Perhaps it would help if you can talk with him about it.


Hmmm...that's our Jared, to be frank, we are already so surprise he did not cry at all and very look forward for school much more than talentplus time. But seeing teacher's feedback like this formally..still make us worry lah..Haiz.

p/s To reply to teacher, I've sent my reply to daddy to take a look, re-phrase if needed and etc...hehe.