Do you know that Mother’s Day is celebrated on different days throughout the world? For example, Greece celebrates it on the 2nd February while Thailand celebrates it on the 12th August and Indonesia on 22nd December. I have always thought everyone everywhere celebrates Mother’s Day on the 2nd Sunday of May (11 May 2008) like… Continue reading Orange-Almond Cake

Little One has made an amazing progress in her vocabulary during these past few weeks. She still can’t make out a phrase but she just learnt how to say her name the other day at the park (well, not exactly accurate but her name is kinda difficult for her to pronounce at her age). She… Continue reading Orange-Coconut Cake

4 months have passed since we moved into our new house and it’s beginning to look more and more like home. Off with the old wallpaper (in most of the rooms, the wallpaper have been there for 4 decades!), a fresh coat of paint… voilà: it looks a whole lot prettier and modern. All this… Continue reading Nyonya Chicken Curry

Sorry I haven’t posted anything since 28/2. I just got so caught up in the daily affairs at home. My cool Sister in law came and stayed with us for a week or so before flying back to LA. We enjoyed her company so much that we were so sad to see her go, especially… Continue reading Coriander Pork with Pineapples

The weather has been acting weird for the past few days. We had weeks of very sunny spring weather and flowers were blooming everywhere, including the fruit trees in our backyard (we don’t know what kind of fruit trees we have in our garden so that will be a surprise 🙂). Then suddenly end of… Continue reading Coconut-Choc Scrolls

We got back to France 12 days ago and I find myself still adjusting to our daily routine and the weather. *sigh* Pierre and Little One don’t seems to have any problem at all. Lucky them. One of my goals when I came home for CNY (besides pigging out big time on local food, catching… Continue reading Pineapple Prawns

This is one of my favourite childhood desserts. In the old days whenever my mom wanted to make this, she would ask us to help her dig out the cassava roots. This was always such a fun field trip even though it is just behind our ‘kampong’ (village) house. Which child wouldn’t want to play… Continue reading Coconut Cassava (Tapioca) Dessert

Since we touched down in Singapore, we have been eating non stop – be it home-cooked or coffee shops and Chinese new year goodies. It seems like Little One has a real adventurous taste buds.🙂 She practically eats whatever we give her and more. For example (might not be surprising for local children): fish balls,… Continue reading Dining out in Singapore

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! GONG XI FA CAI ! Today is Chinese New Year. On the eve, every Chinese family come together to have a reunion dinner and this year we are home for our very first reunion dinner with my family and we are having steamboat as usual. At the stroke of midnight, there’s… Continue reading Stir-fried prawns with shallots

It feels so good to be home (my home in Singapore that is) with my family! As we decided to fly back for Chinese New Year, it will be Little One’s and Pierre’s first experience of what is Chinese New Year all about.😁 The flight was a bit long but our daughter slept through most… Continue reading White Peppered Pork Slices