Thursday, October 3, 2013

回故2012

2012年实在发生太多我觉得要記下的大小事故。。。。

2012 年 7 月 - Boulevard 交锁匙。
开始忙新家裝修,物色designer, contractors. 几乎毎场在PISA 举办的 Homedec, Perfect living, 我们都到齐了。

2012年10月 - 动工裝修
几乎毎天都到新家督工,务求达到我们的要求。super busy !

2012年12月31日 - 新居入伙 !
就在2012年最后一天, 我们的新家梦圆了! 一直想让小孩有个固定的家, 一个属于他们自己的房间, 一个我要來烘焙的空间,我的廚房, 一个舒服又簡洁供休息与聚会的大厅,当然, 还有溫暖的饭厅。
有了, 都齐了。 都是我们所想的。



Thursday, February 16, 2012

年除夕

22nd Jan 2012
早在前一天,老公有远见,把家婆需要送亲嘁朋友的四个butter cake都烘好了。原本我心里还在嘀咕这怎么那么早烘呀。

到了年除夕, 我才大赞老公有远见呢 !:)  年除夕,我们两可是从早忙到晚啊。 还好家婆负则早上祭拜祖宗的炒面条与炒菜。

我呢, 就开始第一道年菜,墨鱼猪肉。烹炒了将进一小时, 才开始焖,需焖上四小时呢。接下来就要料理鱼,虾。料理一条家婆也说她不会料理的两公斤大鱼。手指头也刺伤了不少。好啦, 开始料理蔬菜, 扇姑,配料, 下米煮饭。

老公呢, 就负责带两个小瓜睡午觉, 冲凉。
 到了下午六时, 是时侯把另外三样菜弄起来了。药材炒芥兰心,扇姑荷兰豆炒大虾, 清蒸雪鱼 + 雪班鱼。 这清蒸方法可是第一次访效。

晚上七时, 准时开饭。一家大小六人围在饭桌准备开动啦。 老公还开了white wine. 两个小瓜, 就喝盒装饮料 (我平常时都不太让小孩喝加了防腐剂的饮料)。干杯! 愿大家身体健康, 平平安安。

大家都赞菜肴一级棒, 小瓜们也吃得津津有味。煮得再幸苦也只值得了。

老公就负责善后,洗碗碟。家婆与老公姐姐就在家门前看小孩玩 pop pop 炮。
我呢, 终于可上楼享受我的热水澡了。

晚上,待小瓜们睡了, 我和老公相视而笑。很忙却很满足的除夕。

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

浓农的新年气息。。。。。

18th Jan 2012
年二十九就落在这个星期天了。。。。。。好快好快又一年。
心都飞得老远的了。。。。。想着除夕夜的菜单, 想着老友们的聚餐, 想着家里还有哪些需要打点的大小事务。。。。
 今年,新年的感觉好像特别浓 :)
 昨晚, 把小孩, 老公和自己的新衣一一烫过, 把车洗得发亮, 又把家前的car porch 刷干净。 好有成就感, 六点放工到家还可完成这么多任务 :)
 好啦, 今天下班后,就要到Tesco去买一些年菜, 烘七个蛋糕的鸡蛋。。。。再把房间也收拾一下。
 年二十八,回到家再收拾一下, 还要把自己的新裙洗一洗, 就准备年二十九一整天的忙碌咯。。。。。。
 新年来咯!!!
 愿一家大小, 健康, 平安。。。。。
愿天下无灾。。。。。

Monday, January 9, 2012

父亲节快乐

June 2011

今年父亲节,要为爸爸与老公弄个蛋糕。
最近, 疯狂的爱上cup cake。看着琳琅满目的cup cake decoration, 好吧, 就弄cup cake 吧。

选了个超极浓的chocolate mud cup cake recepi. 事关自己是 chocolate 迷。到Jusco去选购Lindt dark chocolate。又到 bakery shop 去选购一些简单的器具。 我可是不会在肯定能掌握窍门之前就花一大笔钱去买器材的人。

chocolate mud cup cake 烤出来咯。。。看起来是不错的。
接下来就是我从来也没做过,也是最想做的icing decoration的部份。
看着食谱, 把icing 调好。em...味到还不错。

小孩看着也眼睛发亮, 也嚷嚷着要参于一分。 就索性大家一起玩吧。。。

效果出来不会外观华丽, 到也扑实真切。有大家喜欢的 Dynasour, bear-bear, flower....... 哈哈, 都是我与老公的做品。
卖像是没什么特别, 可是味到可是不赖也。 老弟还赞说可开店做生意了。

最重要的是。。。这一分蛋糕可是出自我们自家手的一分心意。。。。

Sunday, January 8, 2012

岁末祝福

2012 1月8日
智晴也两岁了, 就试一试一家大小去参加一场慈济的岁末祝福吧 !错过了两年因为小孩太小。

一早冲冲忙忙准备着小点心(面包夹cheese)智阳的最爱, 妹妹则爱plain wholemeal bread, 准备水. 带外套。接着还要把妹妹最最最害怕的西药给千方百计灌进肚里去,才能出门。还是比逾计迟了15分钟出门。
还好能很顺利的找到停车位。去到会场, 大家也还没入场,心情也轻松多了。


今年的主提是大忏悔,三昧水忏搬上大映幕,, 愿天下灾难减少。 看着2011年回故,心里一惊, 打从2011年1月起, 竟然每一个月在世界的各个角落都发生至少一宗大天灾。 Aus 的大水灾,New Zealand 的大地震, 日本的宗合性大天灾, 干旱, 大水, 饥慌。。。。。天灾连连呀。。
慈济人的付出。。。好感动, 人人往外逃, 就只有慈济人往灾区跑, 送暖食,送医药缓助, 送住所, 送爱心。


上人声声呼唤,大家快快来做 - 环保,如素,是不能等的事。 这是唯一最快能让地球降温的方法。人人吃八分饱, 让没得吃的人可活命。


看了回顾,心里还真的一阵寒。2011年每个月一宗天灾, 2012年会更糟吗 ?? 人呀,人呀就是充满欲望与贪。


看看自己,要100%如素还真的是不容一的事呀。做吧,尽量能做多少就做多。


爸妈也开始要改新年菜单, 尽量把荤的改成素的。 希望亲戚门会慢慢了解与接受吧。 必竟是不容易的。可是, 改变还是要从我们开始, 肯定是不容易, 可是我们心里都明了这是对的, 该做的。


边看边给智阳解示,他也听进一些善知识。


祈祷,让人人来祈祷,希望大家都精进,跟紧上人的脚步,好好做。

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

My thought and learning from - WIN Leadership conference

Decided to spend 1 day time to attend to this WIN conference. It's alwasy not easy to push myself to squeeze out some time from busy working schedule to attend to this conference.
Good. Since i make up my mind, just do it !
This is the 3rd time WIN conference held in M'sia site, but, this is the first time i make it a point to join.

Another reason that i am attending to this conference is to listen to our Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz - she is one of the invited speaker. I wanted to see how great or how prepare is she to come to such a big MNC for public talk :)

2 speakers that really impressed me - M'sia site GM and HR Director.
I learn some very impressive statements from them :
Ignite - your passion to your job
Inpires - other people arround you
Invest - everyday in your learning !
What a powerfull 3 "I" !!!
"My aim is to inspire everyone who had talk to me in cafe and in 1:1. Tell me or e-mail me if you do not see me do so." - What a powerful leader ! i salute you - Robin Martin.
"My grandma told me - you are special and i believe in it. If there is someone do not take you or do not want you, that is their own problem, not you !" that is the inpire words from her grandma that hold with her for so many years of success until today. - she is black and hold a high position in this big MNC - that is definitely not easy - somemore is a "SHE". - Roz Hardnel

Robin inpired by his grandma too who taught him to be very persistant in achieveing goal - never give up - nothing is impossible. At the same time, also learn to be a graceful looser - learn and stand up from failure.
That is how Robin been brought up.
Roz inpired by her grandma too. Not easy to stand up high in US for a black - but she did it and she is now one of the Director.
Moshe Wang - a women who was born during China revolution time - she is also inpired by her grandma. her Grandma's detail and strict to quality character rooted deep in her which also become her principal for life today.
Even Rifidah, she is also influence by her mum in terms of punctuality quality.

All in all, this give me a very impactful message - FAMILY is the root for my kids - there is where they start and there is where they will be shaped up.
Our family value has to be set right, role modelling is something that we can not delay. Kids is just like a big sponge, they hv unlimited capacity to absorb what they see, they hear and they feel everyday........
huh..........not easy huh ....... at least my bad bad temper need to be corrected. That is definitely a tough challenge.I started to see TY shout and having bad temper, and i strongly feel that is my responsible. He is just reflecting what i do everyday..........

All hv to start from ME - as what i share with SL as well.
We do both hold equal important responsible to set the right tone.

Another commonality among all this great leaders are thay all coming from not an easy family background. Tough, hard and need to strive through a tough journey to reach where they are today !

Again, family backgrounf shape the backbone.
Reflect it on myself, isn't me also coming along the same way ? how am i today is also how i hv been shpe up in my family bfr ?
I do really appreciate a lot how my dad and my mum shape me up. Their hardworking and persistency really solid rock ! i can't imagine how can is start a new life, in a new land, with 4 kids in age of mid 30s (without anything at that time). They are courage and definitely hardworking and tough !
In my mind, i always remember how many jobs that dad take up to keep the family running, how late that mum sitting in front of her sewing machine everyday, just to sew up our dream.
They did it ! i will say they did it ! and i also remember what mum said :" it never come into my mind bfr that all my 4 kids are now university graduates !" i can sense that how grateful is she with all the sacrifice that she and dad did for the past.
I hope 4 of us will continue to realize my mum and my dad's will by continuing respect and pay back to society......Pay back to society is also something that my dad and mum activelyn doing now ! see, how powerful is my parents ! i always respect them as they always become my mentor at any point of my life.

Our family need us and our society need us.

See, how powerful is this conference - how much i learn from there !
It definitely worth to spend a day !

Another learning is i should spend more time to learn - charge myself up - then just work, work, work.....

Keep it up !

Sunday, September 4, 2011

弟弟归来

Mid Aug
弟弟从日本回来两周,家里也趁这时候好好的聚一聚。两周溜走得好快。

回温一下中餐, 槟城小食,点心,Kaya 角,我们家爱到的素食馆-众生缘,大东, 桃园。。。当然还有妈妈的饭菜香与那“家”的味道。。。

老公与我也烘了个chocolate moist cake 与老公拿手的 Tiramisu。我们家个个都爱甜点与蛋糕,人人都吃得津津有味。

值得一提的大东。。。浓浓的中秋气息。。。吊满了旧式用铁丝与玻璃纸做成的灯笼。思绪都被带回了小时候的中秋提着蜡烛灯笼的情景。 不像现代的Battery灯笼 :)

时间太短,想要一起做的事情太多。

吉祥月, 我们大大小小又到静思堂去捧爸爸的演出,看着台上的爸爸, 台下的妈妈,除了感恩还是感恩

HardRock Hotel 两日游, 小孩戏水得好尽兴 - 泳池超大,泳池water game  设备也超好玩。 TY 可是玩了水上slide 不下整百下, 不停的围攻 :)。 晚餐又到了Gurney Plaza 的炫笙, 终不负众望, 一保水准。

一起去选买月饼也给小孩买灯笼,热热闹闹的, 总是觉得很温馨。。。有商有量,有说有笑。。。回到家又选上一个晚上,一家子聚在一起吃月饼。大家心里都那么的兴奋与珍惜着每一刻, 都知道月饼并不是主角。

写着写着总觉得父母都好伟大, 好有智慧也好有福报, 可以营造出一个如此融洽的一家, 真的不容易呀!

整家人聚在一起的时间总是那么的温馨, 那么的愉快,可也是那么的快过。


又到了机场送别的一刻了,心里知道这一别可是要等到至少18个月后才会再聚了。可是,这次看着老弟与雁凌双双离去的身影, 心理并不觉得那么难受, 总觉得两人在他乡都有个伴, 也对妈妈那么的说。。。

科技缩短距离的伟大也是值得歌颂的。。。视讯连线可是太棒的发明了。。。


期待着下一个聚点。。。