Barney & Friends

Ryan has been fancied of Barney & Friends stuffs.No day without Barney show. Now he has Barney,BJ, Baby Bop soft toys (present from MIL).Yesterday morning, after taking his shower, we went to the living room and ON Barney VCD for him.Then he took his Barney & friends toys sit at sofa. I faster grab my camera and arrange the toys sitting nicely at sofa with Ryan.Not easy to snap his picture, Ryan kept moving.After a while he make noise, asked me put Barney hand puppet (bought 2 yrs ago - present from his daddy) on top of his head and snap his picture. Not to miss the chance, I followed his instruction.He was so happy .... Let's take a look at the slideshow ***

Dessert of the Day - Cheng Teng

At last I managed to find some time to cook Cheng Teng dessert. After preparing breakfast for hubby + myself,I faster get ready all the ingredients needed for this dessert. I got the recipe from my SIL (she cooked this dessert for me last Dec'08).

Ingredients :
-white fungus (soaked in water before cook)- agak agak the portion
-8 red dates (dun add too many red dates as the water will become very brownish)
-8 dried longan
-some rock sugar
-some gula kundur (white in colour, cut into small pcs)
-a pot of water

Method :
1. Boil a pot of water, add in red dates,dried longan,rock sugar,gula kundur.
2. Cut the white fungus into small pcs and put into the pot.
3. I am using small size slow cooker to cook the Cheng Teng Dessert. You can add the amount of the ingredients according to your preference.

Cheng Teng can be served in hot and cold.It is an Asian dessert that is popular in Malaysia and Singapore. It means ‘cooling soup’ in Chinese.

Beehoon with corn soup

Backdated post : 2 April 2009
Ryan likes to eat corn,it comes to my mind using corn soup cooked with beehoon for his lunch 3 days ago.Since Ryan has been eating meesuah most the time,so I let him eat beehoon(not first time eat beehoon).
I use chicken stock for the soup base,added some corns(canned corn) + fishball + Beehoon.Yummy~~~~ the soup has a great sweet taste and Ryan like to eat the corn..he will kept say :corn corn corn, but I noticed Ryan don't really like to eat beehoon. He still prefer mee than beehoon.

New Snack - London SwissRoll

I bought a pack of London swiss roll Blueberry for Ryan lastweek for RM4.90,original price is RM5.90.It is first time Ryan eat this swiss roll and to my suprise he likes it alot..he can easily eat 2-3pcs at one go.Every day he will eat this swiss roll (which Ryan calls it as kek kek/cake).So within 1 week, everything is gone.Now it is time to stock up some snacks for Ryan.Frankly speaking, I seldom give Ryan eat biskit(too heaty),I still prefer to give him some cake for his tea time with barley water or Ribena.

My 26 months old

Sorry for being absence for the past 1 week...juz getting lazy to update my blog. Actually have lot in mind, but my body really need a rest after taking care of Ryan 24/7. Okie *** let's go back to the topic. 1 April'09 is marked as Ryan's 26 mths old.My boy has grown up to be toddler ... alot of new things happened around him and he is catching up with the surroudings.

Weight + Height : never measured,but Ryan is getting taller & taller.

Eating pattern :
- Still like any kind of vegetables (esp.long bean - tonite he juz finished up whole bowl of long bean by himself.
- Show no interest on banana (whole bunch of bananas hang in the kitchen,he never ask for it at all.But when he sees other fruits like apple,plum,pear ... he will ask for it.
- Like to eat fast food (mcd n kfc). I have been making own burger for Ryan with egg+cheese+burger meat+tomato sos.
- Like to eat cake (not all kind of cake), ice cream, barley water(no sugar added),green bean(with sugar added), titbits.
- Like to drink RIBENA lately. Ryan will say ' gape gape gape',then run to the kitchen,the place where the ribena was put.
- Like to eat kaya roti, no kaya applied,sure will cry.

New Speech development :
- can recognize different kind of animals and able to tell its names.
ie : dog, cat, sheep (Ryan will sing bla bla back sip when he sees a sheep),cow( Ryan will say moo moo),monkey (called as key key),snail(nail nail),butterfly,elephant (be be be)and etc.
- can sing a little bit of Barney songs(not clearly yet) : bla bla back sip, twinkle twinkle little star, the elephant the elephant.

Other development/changes:
- I noticed Ryan is more demanding and stubborn nowadays. He will make a fuss if not being given what he wants.
- Difficult to call him for shower and nap...juz like to play n play. Sometimes when ask him go shower, he will say 'sit sit sit' , it means ask me sit at sofa n watch TV. Pengsan ***
- Can eat nonstop. Good apetite.
- Can understand every single words that mummy/daddy instructed him to do.(conversation is mostly in Mandarin + English).
- Have a good memory. Ryan can remember what he play with before he went for his nap and once wakup, he will ask for the same toys again.
- Like to talk on phone...Ryan will say : alo alo alo....then dunno what he is nagging on the phone,I can't understand his baby languages.
- Crazy of cars...no day without playing with his cars.Some of his cars even brought back from Medan coz he really like it.Even sleeping time, sometimes must bring his cars to the bedroom and put at his bedside.
- Stil demand to put on pamper during nap time (Ryan will say : pe pe pe for pamper)...Any idea how to get rid of diaper during nap time??? Plz Help Help...!!!

- Still remain on his old habit...always will cry while having a hair cut.No way to pujuk him at all.
- Like to put on a hat,even at home sometimes also want to put on a hat.
- Never wear pamper during outing (jalan-jalan at town). Of course, mummy got standby a small bottle in the car in case Ryan have the urge to pee in the journey.
- Can recognize and can say Pooh(as poo poo), Mickey( as e key), Garfield (as cat), Tweety bird (as bird).

Happy 26 months old to My boy Ryan !!

100 Truths Tag

Thanks to Mummy Gwen for passing me this tag...a long list to complete,but I just love doin it.

001. Name → Merywaty
002. Nickname(s)→ None.
004. Zodiac sign → Virgo
005. Male or female → Female.
006. Elementary → Sutomo Kindergarten,Medan.
007. Middle School → Sutomo Junior High School,Medan.
008. High School → Sutomo Senior High School,Medan.
009. College School → None
009b. University → Singapore Institute of Commerce & Singapore Institute of Management.Both UNI are in Spore.
010. Hair color → Black.
011. Long or short → Long.
012. Loud or Quiet → Bit talkactive,depend on mood.
013. Jumpers or Jeans → Jeans.
014. Phone or Camera → Phone.
015. Health freak → No.
016. Drink or Smoke? → I don't smoke ,used to drink when I was young.
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → Happily married.
018. Eat or Drink → Eat.
019. Piercings → Ears.
020. Tattoos → Never.

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing → about 17 yrs old
024. First best friend → When I was in primary school.
025. First award → can’t remember
026. First crush → ehm…no comment
027. First pet → don’t like a pet
028. First big vacation → Australia,Hongkong,Macau
030. First big birthday → 17 yrs old…sweet 17th..

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → None.
050. Drinking → None.
052. I'm about to → Sleep after finishing this tag and surfing net.
053. Listening to → Nothing.
054. Plans for today → Mop my own bedroom.
055. Waiting for → my Dec’09 vacation..back to Medan on 2 dec and stopby KL on 27Dec-30Dec’09.

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? → Already have 1 prince,Ryan Wong
059. Want to get married? → Already married.
060. Careers in mind → I wish to work if hav chance.

WHICH IS BETTER IN THE BOY/GIRL YOU LIKE?
068. Lips or eyes → Eyes.
070. Shorter or taller - Taller.
072. Romantic or spontaneous → Romantic.
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → Nice arms.
074. Sensitive or loud→ Sensitive.
075. Hook-up or relationship → Relationship.
076. Trouble maker or hesitant → Neither.

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts → No.
081. Ran away from home → Never.
082. Held a gun/knife for self defense → Never.
083. Killed somebody → Never.
084. Broke someone's heart → Really no comments.
085. Been arrested → Never.
087. Cried when someone died → Yes, when my grandmother & grandfather passed away.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → Yes.
090. Miracles → Sometimes.
091. Love at first sight → No.
092. Heaven → Yes.
093. Santa Claus → No.
094. Tooth Fairy → No.
095. Kiss on the first date → No.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → Juz wan to be alone now.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → I’m satisfied with my life now,but hope can back to Singapore one day.
099. Do you believe in God → Yes.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 20 people→ Let’s me pass this tag to my dearest friend as follows :

Agnes,Caroline,Doreen,Esmeralda,Kristie,Liteng,YeeLing,Nicole,Peiwun,Joanne Tiew,Sha,Shiok Funn,WanChin,YenPing,Yvonne,Ummi,Slavemom,Rachel,Alicia

Friendship Award

Trust, kindness, honesty and caring… These are the crucial 4 recipes in a good friendship.

Thank you so much my dear Esmeralda for this very special award, and thank you for being such a wonderful friend to me...

Now, I am passing this award to all my blogger friends...feel free to grab it from my blog.

Friendship ForEver !!

Tag with Awards

I receive this wonderful award from my blogger friend Caroline and thank you so much for passing me this award :) What’s so special of this award is it comes with a tag too :) So here it goes

*start copying*

Name 7 things/persons that you love and then pass this to 7 other bloggers.
1) My dearesthubby
2) My Little Boy Ryan
3) My Family
4) My dearest friends
5) My shirt,pant + dresses
6) My books and magazines
7) My handphone

*end of copying*
Now I am passing this award back to my 7 selected friends :
Agnes
Doreen
Joanne Tiew
Linda
Jennifer
Peiwun
Serene

A snow ?

Lastnight, when I went upstair after finish tidying up the kitchen, Ryan was playing at MIL's room (of course MIL was not at home, so he can play happily there). He took out a white boardfoam from the thermopot's box that I kept at MIL's bedroom. The whole floor was in a mess..look like a snow is falling. His daddy agreed to tidy up for him...so we just let him play with it while me & his daddy was busy surfing net searching for some interior designs stuffs. Ryan was playing happily,using his small fingers to dig out the foam into a white snow.At first, he stood up...I guess he started to get tiring and at last he sat on top of a box. Is it a new creation by Ryan?? I better stop him from playing it..or else next time he will dare to do it again & I have to clean up the mess.

New Dish - Fish Maw Tauco

Fish maw is actually the air bladder of large fish, the function of which is to regulate water and oxygen flow so that the fish can ascend or descend in the water. The fish maw is also regarded as a nourishing tonic that helps blood circulation and beneficial to the general health.

Today, apart from cooking the Beehoon Miding, I cooked another dish : Fish Maw Tauco. All the while I always cooked FishMaw Fishball soup. Never try to cook it with Tauco. Since my sis told me ,it is nice to cook with tauco...so let's give a try.

Lastweek, I did cooked FishMaw Tauco with prawn, but today fridge has no prawn,so I mixed it with long bean. Hope hubby will like this dishes......see what comments he is goin to give me tonight when he eats.

New Dish - MeeHoon Miding

In my previous blog, I did write up about Belacan Miding...Today I cooked another version which is called BeeHoon Miding.
The ingredients and method are exactly the same. I just added BeeHoon (soaked in warm water) and some sliced ginger. By adding some sliced ginger, I found the smell of the dish is even better.

Happy Cooking !!

New Dish - Belacan Miding

Have you ever hear of Paku Miding ( a kind of vegetable )?? Actually I never eat this vege till I married my hubby and move back to Sibu. One day, MIL cooked this vege, I found it so weird...looks scary to me. But then I saw hubby and MIL keep eating, so let's give a try. At last I fall in love with this paku miding.

It is nice to cook with Belacan, add some chillies and the taste is yummy. This morning I went to wet market and I saw this Paku Miding vege. Bought some and tonight I cooked it as one of the dishes for dinner.

And here is a recipe for Belacan Miding :-

Ingredients

-About 500 grammes of paku miding (pluck tips only)

-About 20 to 40 grammes of belacan

-5 cloves garlic

-5 cloves shallots

-About 30 grammes of dried prawns (pre-soaked for 15 minutes)

-5 red chillies (remove seed if you prefer it less spicy)

-3 tablespoons warm water

- 3 tablespoons cooking oil

Method

1.Pound or blend belacan, garlic, shallots, dried prawns and red chillies.

2.Heat 2 tablespoons oil in wok and saute belacan mix till aromatic (approximately 1 minute). Add another tablespoon of oil if belacan mix too dry or begin to burn.

3.Add miding to belacan mix and stir-fry briskly. Add water and continue stir frying till water almost dried up (but miding is moist).

NB: Can also cook this paku miding with beehoon. Soak the meehoon before frying together with paku miding.

My New Guitar

Ryan has been fancied about guitar lately ... he watched BJ playing a guitar at one of BJ's song (from Barney VCD-Rock N Roll Star). When he heard that song, he will put his hand at his tummy and pretend playing a guitar,shaking his head left and right.

A few days ago, MIL bought him a guitar. He was so happy, playing around with his new guitar. He tried to hang the guitar at his neck...then walk around and around happily in the living room pretending that he is BJ too.

You see ... a little BJ sit happily in the sofa with his new guitar. Just hope Ryan will takecare this guitar properly(sometimes he likes to bang and anyhow throw his toy).

Let's make a Guess ???

Why am I posting this 2 pictures ?? Lastnight when I was busy preparing dinner for Ryan, he took out his colour pencil and start to put them into the red stool. When he saw me walk to the living room, he showed it to me and said 'kek kek kek', I was thinking awhile and looked at the stool....Oh, then I knew that he was trying to tell me he make a cake by using the colour pencils.

Then he started to clap hand and sing la la la la, he also asked me to sing a song ... since he was so happy, I sang a Birthday Song while he was clapping his hands.

I called his daddy to take out camera and snapped this pictures ... Ryan also made a pose in front of his own self made birthday cake. Do you think it looks like a "birthday cake"????

** While drinking water **

One afternoon, I was thinking snap some Ryan's pictures while he was drinking water before nap time.This is how the conversation going on :-

Mummy : Ryan, mummy snap some pics for Ryan.
Ryan : 'Ok Ok' (he can say quite clearly).... then he faster grab his water bottle, then walk here n there in the bedroom while drinking his water.
Mummy : Ryan, be good boy..
lie down, dun walk here n there...he then make funny pose for me.

Nowadays, I am having a hard time to snap good pic of Ryan as he can't stop moving & most of the pics not so clear.