CNY cookies- Honey Cornflakes

Wif a brand new oven purchased last yr, it's time i displayed my baking skills. Although i still had a 'super-glue' daughter, i'm glad tt i have my sis' helping hands ard. So i managed to bake - Honey Cornflakes Cookies. It's a very simple baking method. And given my limited time, so it's the only cookies i can try this year. Sad ar.. but it was a good try though. Presenting my honey cornflakes:

Receipe i took from online blogs:

Honey cornflakes

Ingredients
275g cornflakes
100g sliced almonds
250g butter
½ cup honey
4 tbsp sugar

Method
Melt butter, honey and sugar in saucepan till it bubbles and becomes a thick homogenous mixture, about 5 mins. Pour into cornflakes and almonds, stir well to combine. Put into small paper cups. Bake at 180C for 6-8 mins. Leave to cool and crisp. Store in airtight container.

Above receipe is quite sweet.. tt's the comment fr ple who ate my Honey Cornflakes. I suspect it's the honey. Will be trying 2nd round this wk or next wk.. lol~ Gd luck to me & whoever is gng to try this!

Creative Embroidery

I always fuss over my uneven, messy eyebrows. And worse still, i go teased my sis on her uneven eyebrow too. So 1 day, sis went to do Creative Embroidery. Effect: Lovely! I like her brows.. so neat.. so i went to search on more details on CE!



Call up a few popular salons & they r either too far, too expensive or waiting time is too long- mid yr! So amongst 1 of the forum, some1 was mentioning abt Estetica. A search in the net reveal a branch at Yishun Northpt. Great! Next i called them up & was quoted $180! Wow.. it's very cheap but it make me hestitate if it's really CE or eyebrow embroidery. As mkt price outside is above 300/400 or even 1k!! Anyway, i still make an appointment.



At the outlet, i was quoted MORE! Advertising tactic.. Cost of $180 exclude touch up $100, antiseptic liquid $20 each & GST lor. *Angry!* & they keep promoting Facial, slimming + VIP membership. All i nid is only CE!!! After being pester while waiting for the beautician, i took up a small facial package wif FOC 2 moles removal. Got 2 irritating moles on my left cheek. Was quoted $100 for ea mole removal, & i got it FOC wif 6 facial treatment. The rest of slimming + VIP, i rejected firmly.



My beautician is Angie. She was quoted in the forum and she was the only 1 doing CE in that outlet. So all the picture of previous customers shown to me, were done by her. She's very friendly & my outcome: LOVELY! Lot of gd comments fr my colleagues praising the shape was well-done. So now i have a pair of neat eyebrows.

Presenting my left eyebrow as i couldn't manage to take nice photo alone.

Before & After

Doesn't it look very natural? It's also call 3D creative embroidery, coz the ink is pierced into the skin in straight line.. not tattoo or shading.. It's suppose to last a few years.. therefore, consider semi-permanent.

Welcome to TWENTY ELEVEN!!!

Wishes all readers a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Brand new year marks a few changes for each of us in the family.

JE: She's gng to turn 18mths in 3mths time. Planning to put her into childcare after she turns 1.5yo. Hopefully she will survive well in there...

WL: He's graduated into NURSERY! Oh my, my boy has grown up so much. 4yo in a mth's time. Got to prepare his bday party supplies for his classmates.

HB & Myself: We are turning THIRTIES towards end of the year. Excited.. n hope we will achieve more as we grow older.. haha~

Soon it be time to welcome Chinese New Year... A day after Xmas, i already heard some stores playing CNY songs.. hanging RED clothes in their stores.. Yup, 1 mth left for my spring cleaning, CNY grocery shopping, new year clothes shopping..

Sad thing is HB may not be able to get his leave & he has to work on all days of CNY. So there may be some changes to the CNY families visiting routine this year. Details have not been discussed yet.

Excited to welcome Year of Rabbit..

Last day of 2010

Hurrary... it's the last day of Twenty Ten..

We are welcoming Twenty Eleven tmr.. I am looking forward to a better year next year, hopefully! I'm sure everyone hopes next year will be better!

Time to review past year resolutions & make better & achieveable resolutions for next year.

2010 Resolutions:
1) May my kids & family be more healthier in the years ahead!
- ACHIEVED
2) Slim down to 50+ kg! -3/4
- ACHIEVED coz current weight is 60+/-. Already shaved 5-6kg liao.
3) More hardworking me @ work, home & everything i do!
- NEH, still need improvement. lol~
4) Have a better husband who loves n dores my family more than any other thing.
- NEH for 1st part: He's still flirting ard outside. 2nd part improvement achieved: he helped look after JE more now. Perhaps she's bigger, so easier to look after now.
5) Maintain a healthier body by eating more healthier food & exercising more.
- Ate a lot of cereals early part of year. Exercise is still on ave pace, once a wk. :(
6) Cook more for my family, esp. the weekends.
- Yeah, cooking whenever Hb's working on wkends. Easy simple meals.
7) Play less Facebook games. (wahaha)
- Haha~ less addicted at home bah.
8) More Salary increment or change of a better-paid & good environment job!
- Failed. Still same pay, same place. :(
9) Save more money (for rainy day) & less over-spending.
- Failed too due to part 8 above.
10) Win more lottery (lol~)
- Failed also.
11) Travel to more countries that i nvr visited before.
- Not a lot of countries but i manged to cover Hong Kong, Macau & Shenzhen. Woohhooo...

2011 Resolutions
1) Healthier & happy family of coz! Love my family to the max!
2) Slim down.. 55kg bah. Shd be achieveable goal.
3) Salary increment + gd bonus or switch jobs wif better learning exposure!!!
4) Target to run half-marathon in 2011... which means more exercise!
5) Cook more @ home + healthy eating.
6) Save more money, esp my rainy funds..
7) Travel to more places: aiming Japan, Beijing, Shanghai, Bintan, Phuket. *hope dreams come true*

May all of us achieve our resolutions in Twenty Eleven.

Stay happy always!

Love you all, and of coz, i love myself too!

*Smuacks*

Xmas Pics

Mother & Daughter. I have lost all my pictures in my HP after i did a 1-to-1 exchange wif Starhub last wk. So took some to store as my wall paper in Hp.

JE is WALKING! Yeah.. a bit unstable.. & she prefer to Crawl coz she crawls faster than she walk. haha~ So she still nid lots of walking practice..

Photos of my 2 lovely kids @ AMK Hub on Xmas Eve.

Both kids trying to open Xmas presents from their Uncle & Auntie-in-law.

End of 2010???

Yess.. it's coming to an END soon! Gng to say bye-bye to TWENTY-TEN & to welcome TWENTY-ELEVEN!!

Before that, i managed to do some final stuffs in these last 2 wks of 2010.

-Managed to spring clean my dirty home PARTIALLY. Yes! I'm a bit lazy, so only clear part of the hse. Tink only wen nearer to CNY, den i will speed up my cleaning. Lol~

- Gng for a big feast wif my ex-colleagues on thu. Eve of the Eve of Xmas. Hohoho~ It's japanese buffet. So hope v have lots of fun & laughter... hohoho~

- Organise a gathering next tue for my poly fren. 1 of them is gng to pop ard CNY & jan is busy for accountants like us. So I hope to c my 'distorted figure'-mummy-to-be b4 she pop! lol~

- No plan on Xmas day itself as Hb working. But i do crave for xmas log cake. *hint hint*

- Xmas part at office on eve of xmas day. Tis yr is lucky to get half day off!

- New year 2011 is gng to be a BANG as i got chalet BBQ to celebrate & welcome the year. Gonna be fun as my kids can walk, so i can party & get drunk. wahaha~

- Praying hard for a fatty bonus & gd pay rise to fulfilled my travelling wishes in 2011!

My new year resolutions will be DISCLOSE here wen i got time to type. haha.. meanwhile:

MERRY XMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR! WOHOHOHOHO~~~

JE @ 15mths old

Cheers~!
Time really flies~ or zoom pass w/o we realising it ourselves...

JE juz turn 15 mths old! She weights a healthy 9.1kg on her 15mths & 1 day old. She had her MMR Jab + the 3rd pneunomoccal jab together. Her 1st jab, she was already unhappy abt the pain. Then nxt came 2nd jab & she let loose & scream out loud. She cried for ard 10min.. tears flowing out like tap-water. haha.. So the next few days was terrible for both her mummy (that's me!) & her ah-ma. She couldn't slp well in the day & night. Maybe she got frightened by the jabs. Poor gal.. & poor US!

The nurse asks me 3 standard qns on JE:
1) Can she walk by herself?
Unfortunately, the nurse tried and attract JE to walk to her, the stubbon JE refused. So this answer was "NO".
2) Can she clap & wave hands?
Yes, this has no problem.
3) Can she say simple words like Mama & Papa?
I honestly told the nurse that JE is unable to call Mama & Papa yet. All she can say is Hi-Five & Hello!

Stange gal i got right? She cant pronouce single word, but can speak 2-tone words.. "hi-five" & "har-low". Wonder wen she will finally call mama? & walk firmly to me?