Something Red from my kitchen

Beetroot....did you guys like to eat beetroot? For me and Ryan, both of us like to eat beetroot so much. Normally I will cook beetroot soup with either chicken or porkribs,added some carrots...it really taste good.













The other day, I have few beetroots in my fridge and I came across this recipe "beetroot butter cake". Trying to look for the ingredients needed...lucky my kitchen has everything that was needed to make this cake. Then...here started my baking project "Beetroot butter cake". After busying in my kitchen for more than an hour.......at last my butter cake is ready.

The outcome is not that good, the cake is bit too soft and the top of the cake is over-baked.
Need to improve my baking skills.

Lastly,Wishing all my bloggers' friends "have a nice weekend".

A piece of Good News

Last Saturday, Ryan n his classmate were representing his school(Rajang Park Kindee) for colouring competition. This event was organised partly by Stationary association, Buncho is sponsoring the colour pencil. We were informed to reach the place at 7am (lucky Ryan could wake up around 6.10am). We reached the basket ball court (near Delta mall) around 7.05am and it was getting crowded. Different tadika from Sibu, Kapit and Sarikei were joining this competition.And all the participants were selected by the schools (more than 200 participants).
It was started at 8.05am and lasted for 2 hours. Ryan completed his colouring less than 2 hours and before submitting to the organiser, I managed to capture  a picture of what he coloured  "A winnie the Pooh".
Every participants were receiving  a small trophy as a token of participation on this event and Come the time to announce the winners for K1 and K2 ....Every parents were so kan-cheong...**-**

Let's the pictures do the work....

Ryan is getting ready for the competition

Nice or not?

Ryan was amongst 25 kids,won"ChiaChuo"prize

Ryan with all the 25 kids

His first time

 I did mentioned in me previous post that Ryan will be joining colouring competition(organized by United People's Activity Association) and today is the "DAY".  The location is quite near to my house ,less than 5 mins drive and we arrived at Star Mega Mall around 9am, it was so crowded. After confirming Ryan's attendance, we were proceeded to the hall and it was packed,almost full house.Lucky we managed to park our table in the middle of the crowd (squeeze like sardin...). I was told there were about 400+ kids joining this competition (not sure it was true or not).
The competition was started at 9.30am and all parents are told to leave the hall before it started. So I just waited outside for awhile, I saw Ryan waved "goodbye" to me. The organizer started to distribute the colouring paper to the kids..alamak, I lupa told Ryan to write his name on the behind of the paper,and I was not allowed to go in. I just prayed hard that the staff in charge will check Ryan's colouring paper.













Then hubby went back home and I was alone at the mall waiting for Ryan. I just went for window shopping. Time flies fast...after walking around for  an hour, I went back to the hall and saw alot of kids have finished their colouring,but Ryan was still in the hall doing his colouring. Since I saw some parents walked in to the hall,so I just walked in and see how is Ryan doing. He almost finished up his colouring (left half of the background - blue colour background). This event was sponsored by Mee Daddy (instant noodle made from Sibu) so the kids are colouring the Mee Daddy logo. I saw Ryan add some clouds on the background..not bad, I saw an improvement in his colouring skill.














Ryan finished up his colouring just on time(almost 11am) and we have to wait till 11.30am for the result. Hubby has joined us too and we walked around at the toy section while waiting for the winners' announcement.
 >>>>>>>>>>........At last, the result was out from the "Oven"..... After announcing the pre-K winners,here we are for the K1 n K2 winners. There are 8 consolations prize followed by 1-4th prize (cash + hamper).
..............................Ryan won the consolation prize (his very first time win the colouring competition). He walked to the stage to receive the prize (too bad, I never expect that he can win,so never standby my camera). Ryan was so happy.

Then we went back home and have Mee Daddy(part of the prize) as our today's lunch. This is our first time eating Mee Daddy...never try this brand of instant noodle before,it tasted GooD.

Busy days ahead

With the school exam is approaching in another week time, I am getting busy preparing revision for Ryan to do everyday. His school exam will start on 14 May-17 May(16 May is Teacher's day,so no exam). Both me and my hubby have prepared some materials for Ryan to practice every night especially those Mandarin words..need lot of practice on writing those strokes,I leave it to hubby to teach Ryan as I am a "banana"(seeing those strokes make me headache....how to teach la).
Of course, for English & Maths, I do not have a problem to teach Ryan.
Ryan has started his colouring lesson at school every Saturday, it was started since last month and this coming Sunday, he will join colouring competition at Star Mega Mall, I hope he can gain experience from it. Either win or lose, it does not matter.
On 12 May, Ryan will represent his school to join colouring competition (together with his school mates). So for this few weeks, he has to stay back till 1pm to do some practicing for the colouring competition. Of course, it is a great experience for Ryan to learn more in colouring. His school teacher will guide him on how to mix the colour and how to colour properly. As for me, I have to rush like mad,after fetching Ryan from school, have to rush back home to prepare lunch for Ryan and get him ready for nap....time flies fast.

Pray hard that Ryan can do well in his coming exam.!!

Not feeling well

After eating curry chicken for 3 consecutive days, I felt unwell. Sore throat started to visit me,followed by flu and headache. Be it I have popped Clarinase,but my flu will come on and off ,at night, I would have blocked nose which was very irritating and I have to migrate myself from sleeping the same room with Ryan. I don't want he kena "those" bugs from me.
And my hubby is not feeling well too, he has sore throat with cough. Oh no....3 of us under the same roof and only Ryan alone who is pretty healthy now. Both mummy n daddy are unwell.
Be it feel tiring, I have to do the houseworks and still do simple cooking, as we always prefer to eat home-cooked meal.
Hope  both of us fast fast recover....

Lastly, wish all my bloggers ' friends "have a nice weekend"

Cherry mini sponge cake

Yesterday I have more free time at home.Here start my baking project again. At first, I plan to make  swissroll,but it was failed. I guess I baked the sponge cake too thinly and while rolling up,it was cracked and all became mess up. Since my 1st baking was failed,the balance of the batter, I went for Cherry mini sponge cake.

The outcome was Good. It is best for Ryan to bring to school for his breakfast this morning.

- banana cake -

I can't remember when I baked this banana cake. Tonight while arranging my pictures profile, I saw this photo yet to be publish at my blog...

Once a week, when my baking mood is on..i will spend an hour in the kitchen baking a cake,of course, only those simple cake like sponge cake,butter cake,etc...Those cake that need to spent hours for preparing is definitely out from my baking list.

Banana cake is one of my favourite cake,easy to prepare and it tasted Good.

Let's me share this simple banana cake recipe :
125 gram plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1/4tsp baking soda
1 egg
125 gram sugar
125 gram banana
50ml milk
75ml corn oil
pinch of salt

Method :
1. Mashed the bananas with salt
2. Beat egg and sugar till light and fluffy
3. Add in mashed banana,beat till thick
4. Pour in milk and mixed well
5. Mixed in flour,baking powder and baking soda
6. Lastly, add in corn oil and mixed them well.
7. Preheat oven for 5 mins,bake the cake for 25-30mins @180'c (till cook).

Playing time

Ryan loves to play with his Thomas and friends train set lately, ..and he created his own railway track and decorate the surroudings with tree,cars and bridges.I should get him more extension tracks so that he can create longer tracks (may consider to buy when we are back to Medan in Nov). After getting those done, he started playing alone.Moving the car here and there n helicopter will fly here and there. Sometimes,he will ask me or his daddy to play with him together. Quite fun !!

Happy Day

I was so happy last night when I read a comment from facebook that I won a prize.
Yeah..at last my lucky day has come.
Last week, I tried my luck to join Jacker Potato Crisps contest (from Facebook). Only last night, I saw one of my facebook's friend tagged me that I won the 2nd prize :)

Thanks lot Jacker !!

Bake n Cook n Salad Kompiah

Last week, my baking mood was On..after doing my housechores, I started to get ready ingredients to bake Sponge Cake. My mom has brought small mould for me,so this round I baked mini sponge cake. Ryan was so happy when I told him that Mommy was going to make mini sponge cake for him to bring to school for breakfast tomorrow.
And here is the result.....


Yesterday, I cooked "Medan Rendang Ayam" for lunch. Why I said "Medan"..it is because the rendang paste was brought from Medan,my hometown. It taste spicy and tasty...and I just need to cook "steamed rice" to go with my rendang ayam. Easy meal for both me and my hubby.



After having the Rendang ayam for lunch, we continue to have a light snack "salad kompiah".
It was my first time having this salad kompiah.....thumbs up!!! it taste superb.
Kompiah is a traditional Foochow food. It is made from a combination of flour,yeast,water and alkaline. It is best to be eaten with stuffing like meat,vegetables,etc. Sometimes, I will eat with either curry or rendang...it definitely taste great.
Any blogger who come to Sibu, Kompiah is a must eat snack.

School holiday again...

At last I am back to my blog after missing in action for about a week.
Well, this month Ryan will have a few school holiday started from tomorrow onwards.
This morning when I sent Ryan to school, I saw the notice board have an announcement about the school holiday for this month of April. The school holiday is on 4th,6th,9th and 11th....(4 days in a month).
Good...Ryan must be very happy, can play n play and no need to wake up early for school.
For me, I also feel happy,meaning I no need to wake up so early too(oh no....lazy mom).

Till now, we have no plan for this school holiday yet,we just spend our quality time at home doing some revision.
We are looking forward for the coming Gawai holiday whereby we are going to the Lion City (S'pore) for a short holiday trip.

Stay tuned for my next post.....!!

Beads' time...

Saturday is always a relaxing day for me and Ryan,it is because no school for Ryan .We just spent our quality time together at home.Actually I planned to bake cheddar cheese butter cake,but after finishing do my house chores, I felt lazy so instead I took out Beads set that I bought for Ryan last week, This bead set is a complimentary for Ryan getting good result for his 1st school exam (Ryan get 1st rank for his 1st K1 exam).
It is our first time playing around with the Beads.It is fun but time consuming and my eyes easily got tired seeing those small beads and fixed them into the small hole. After fixing 3 pictures (teddy bears,car and dog), I ironed them and let them cool while we have out short nap.
Too bad the beads are too little and we only managed to create 5 shapes...Just wondering where can I buy those beads? Any idea?

Here is Ryan with his new pressie...beads set


And there is the results of our hardworks for today...

Goodies from My hometown Medan

Last week, my mom and sis came to visit me,for the very first time since I moved to my new house. Both me and Ryan can't wait for THIS DAY to come. We went to fetch my mom & sis around 2pm last Monday,then we headed home to have their late lunch. I have cooked Meesuah chicken soup & steamed siomay for lunch.At night, we went out for dinner near Medan Mall (forget the kopitiam name). The food was just "so so" (not so nice).
For the past one week, I was busy bringing my mom n sis out for a walk. We went to Star Mega Mall, Giant, Delta Mall, Medan Mall, Farley, Sing Kwong,etc.
They went back to Medan last Sunday,taking morning flight to KL before heading back to Medan.
Of course, never miss out goodies from My hometown Medan. Now, let's the pictures do the work....


RISOL SPECIAL - GOGO ( 1 box = 20 pieces )
My mom bought me 2 boxes and till now I have finished up 1 box.Left another 1 box in my fridge.


LapChiong from Pasar Sambas (taste superb to go with fried rice, fried egg,etc)


C&F Swissroll (pineapple, blueberry & mocca)- It is a must to buy if you were to visit Medan,although there are plenty of bakery selling swissroll in Medan,but overall, I still prefer C&F Swissroll.
Lou Pho Piang - 1 box = 10 pieces.


Tiny ikan bilis

Other goodies not in the above pictures are : sea cucumber,fishmaw, birdnests ,Adem Sari(for sore throat),Pocari Drink(taste like 100 plus).

I can't wait for my next holiday trip to Medan.........any bloggers' friends wanna join me?

Prize n Gift

Last week, I received my prize from Blackmores,another Facebook contest that I joined few weeks ago and I won a bottle of dietary supplement together with RM5 voucher. Till now I am yet to try the dietary supplement (such a big capsule...how to "telan"....I need HELP. Tell me what is the best way to Telan such a big capsule....I don't think it can go down through my throat.In my whole life, I am yet to eat such a big capsule of medicine/supplement.

Thanks Blackmores for this surprise prize.

And yesterday when I was back to my MIL's house, I saw a big envelope for me...Oh, something from my MP cum blogger's friend YeeLing. So kind of her sending me a cute pouch with some nice angpow packets(she still remember well that I collected those CNY angpow packets) and 2 cute stickers.

Thanks Ling for the gift.

Relaxing Day...

At last, Ryan has finished his school exam. Since last wednesday, Ryan was having an exam for Mandarin, English,Science/Moral,BM and Maths. Tonight is definitely a relaxing night for 3 of us. No more revision and Ryan can play his toys till max. While I am typing this post, Ryan is yet to sleep and he is still playing around with his blocks.Let it be since tomorrow is off-day for him.
Next week his exam results will be out,then only I will kan-cheong ...Is Ryan doing well in his exam? I know that he is trying his best.For the past 3 days, everytime when I fetched him back from school, I would ask whether he could do the exam questions and he answered me "YES",I can do all the questions. So just wait and see for the results next week.
School holiday is coming soon.... and we are planning for our first beach trip to Tanjong Manis.