Showing posts with label FAMILY AFFAIRS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FAMILY AFFAIRS. Show all posts

Thursday, December 27, 2007

"MAY THE FORCE BE WITH DADDA"

Look what dadda got for his birthday!!!!!!!! Look at the excitment on his face!!!!! Ya he
managed to "get his message thru to Catherine....

" A Luke Skywalker Force FX LightSaber Collectible"
So very like him....to ask for something like this....coooool guy
As it was described on the box..this is an official replica of Luke's Lightsabe from Star Wars.
Glowing, bright blue blade ignites with realistic power-up and power-down light effects.
This isn't a toy...This is an official reproduction of real Lightsabers from Star Wars. Comes with a custom-designed display stand when you need a break from dueling.
This is the box that transported it to our house...

Featuring realistic lighting and sound effects, these close combat weapons of the Jedi and Sith from the Star Wars saga are absolutely amazing features include:
Glowing blades ignites with realistic power up/down effects!
Here comes the good bit: once activated, the blade glows brightly and the Force FX reverberates with digitally recorded sound effects taken directly from the film, including power-up , idle hum, swing clash and power-down.

I suppose the fantasy of transforming into a Jedi Knight becomes complete when dadda holds this "thingi" and when the power-up switch triggers the distinctive "sanp- hiss" sound from the base of the handle he "is out of this world"
..Even Danny is facinated....
This 'thingi" is without doubt, the greatest pretend weapon in the entire sci-fi universe.
And here is dadda, pshooing, vhzzhing, wuhmming
And there isn't a Star Wars Fan alive who hasn't fantassised about wielding one in all its glowing, pshwooing, vhzzhhing, wuhmming glory.
And when Celine asked why "only one" should have bought 2 of these so that Dadda can "combat" with her (I supposed) Cat said she can only afford to buy one....Gosh these things must have cost a BOMB!
Another ? birthday present from South Africa....Springbok (antelope) We smuggled this in from South Africa...supposed to get a "certificate" to get this thing out of the country and then an "import" licence...or somthing likethat to get into Malaysia..
But we don't have enough time to do the "proper way"...
The springbok was a national symbol of South Africa under white minority rule. It was adopted as a nickname or mascot by some South African sports teams, ....most famously by the national ruby union team. It appeared on the emblems of the South African Air Force. the logo of South African Airways...ect ect...
And this is Ferbie....Celine's B'day present a few years back...
AND MEET "Muachi" Daniel's b'day present for
dadda....."Muachi " is Japanese dessert (the ones with peanut stuffing that we buy in the street...)
She is a 2 month old sitzu..... much more intellent than Ferbie....mumsie will never be able to take any photo offFerbiec cos she thinks the camera is a gun....the minute you point the camera at her she runs....But not Muachi....she 'poses' for mumsie....
She can do quite a bit of tricks....like here she is told to sit.....
then lie down CUTE...isn't she...and very clever toooooooooooooooooo
Mumsie would lke to show her doing the "fetching" trick....but camera runs out of memory....maybe next time.
Well we didn't manage to get dadda a cake for his birthday.this year.....but don't think he minds......

Sunday, December 23, 2007

DADDA'S BIRTHDAY DINNER

Mumsie is back from her hols to South Africa!!!! (Never finish my blog on mumsie's Italy hols and Jiazhaigou)...Now shall mumsie finish her last two hol's blogs first...then start mumsie' s South Africa's blog????....Well mumsie shall think about it first...But before that mumsie gotta to take daddy out for a nice dinner....YA Dadda's birthday happen to be on the plane...So mumsie took him to this new Restaurant around Danga Bay....think name of the restaurant is Straights View....famous for its sea food and GEODUCK!!! (the proper way to pronounce the word is "gooey-duck")

Few of them in this tank...and they are not cheap.. Look at the PRICE!!!
Took a photo of this one before cooking. A geoduck is not a duck in any way, shape, or form. It is a species of large saltwater clam which is native to the northern Pacific coasts of Canada and the US. They live burried deep in the san of ocean beaches and feed on smaller sea creatures. sometimes reaching the age of 100+ years...is one ot the oldest animals in the world, geoducks can live as long as 146 years Now you know why mumsie wants geoduck to be in dadda's birthday menu....good feng sui....long life..
The very first time we saw geoduck was years and years ago about 15 yrers??? during one of our hols to China...mumsie and dadda thought they look like elephant tasks....The name seems to have originated from an Native American word meaning "to dig deep"

After the chef has sliced it into thin slices they were laid on top of a block of ice with some vegetables around it...It taste real nice (better be for this little bit it cost $300++ It can either be eaten without cooking (taste a bit crispy eaten raw -taste better than abalone!!)

For those who doesn't like it raw they can cook it first with this hot soup...like steam boat....but it taste a bit 'rubbery' after cooking so mumsie still likes it raw with a bit of wasabe....it is oomp!!

Since it is christmas season the restaurant was nicely "seasonally" decorated with their waitress all dressed with santarina hats.
David is in Shanghai..so he was not here...and Celine brought along some of her friends...



The tradition birthday noodles was not bad
After dishing out the noodles they added a small red quail egg...


Oh we had other sea-food stuff too ...BIG Clams...cooked with belachan ,,steam fish....yummy
and some vegi and a steam kampong chicken...all were not bad...forgot to take photos of them.
After dinner gotta rush home to wait for the carrollers....ya they were coming tonight...actually mumsie initially wants them to come on Sunday...but gotta change the dates cos Cat is coming home Sunday night and some of us might have to go to Changi to 'welcome' her and Joel home!!
(Time really flies.....remember blogging about dadda's birthday last year...and also also about the carrollers @ our home too....seems like just a ???few months back???)
Oh we didn't get him a cake cos don't think dadda likes us to sing his birthday song in public!!!

Sunday, May 06, 2007

MUMSIE'S MUMMY'S B'DAY (IPOH)



Mumsie and some of her family flew to Penang on 5/5/07 via AIR ASIA to celebrate mumsie's mummy's ? 82 birthday. Why Penang when mumsie's mummy is in Ipoh...Well Ipoh's airport has closed down...no plane can fly there...so gotta to fly to KL then 'taxi' to Ipoh or fly to Penang and mumsie's brother can drive us to IPOH.




Kor Kor (the gallant knight) struggling with his luggage and mumsie's luggage (we didn't sent any luggage up the plane...all hand luggage...wonder whose idea was it???)











And when we landed mumsie's brother...(6th kau
foo) came and pick us with the van to drive us to IPOH



And we drove on the Famous Penang Bridge !




And that night we are ready to go to Tai Tong for the birthday bash!!!

Happy happy
Mumsie with Daddy and (4th 'seh-yee') mumsie's sister and mummy outside Poh-poh's house



The very first dish for the night is the tradition birthday pow!!!




Mumsie's sisters (mumsie is no 1) and these are the no 2 and No 4 sister


Kor - kor gotta introduce his friend, Chen Li to happy happy Poh poh


Waiting for the rest of the dishes to be served......



Kor-kor, Chen Li and mumsie's fifth brother and wife....
Daddy entertaining the Ladies......
Oooooo....the shark-fin soup is nice......



5th Kau Foo' s children......


6th Kau-Foo's children with the maid.....


Then the chapaign.....pop the cork flew off.....



And the champagn is poured out


The official and the unofficial cameraman



It is `YUM SING' TIME





The Chus (with Chen Li) and Poh poh




Ooooooo the shark fins soup is niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
They served in generous servings.... See below



Then the abalone....














This is the 'star dish of the night' Buddha jumps over the wall







This is slice carrot, spring onion - to be wrapped with pau like skin and a piece of pigling's skin (something like peking duck..but instead of duck's skin they used pig's skin- see below







The little baby pigling....



Happy happy Poh-poh with 6ht kau-foo




Poh poh with her 3 sons and her 2nd daughter.....



Getting ready to pop the 2nd bottle of Champagn



Last year we had fish that cost about 2 thousand M$ but today's fish done in 4 differnt ways
taste just as good (if not better)



The prawns taste good tooooooo



Since it is birthday celebration = so the long life mee....





GETTING ready to sing the `b'day song'




Here comes the cake.....



5th Kau Foo and his family with mama







About ready to blow the cake' candles


Then the last dish...ALL IN ALL the dishes were good...As we the Johoreans and the S'poreans
gotta to fly back form Penang to JB GOTTA WAKE UP EARLY So breakfast in the house instead of outside (Taxi is coming @ 8.am to take us back to Penang)



Breakfast with 'Yim Kook' chicken and eggs and 'ang ku kueh'


Yum yum...gotta to keep our appetite for LUNCH in JB




The b'fast food.....



Then back to Penang....gotta drive thru tunnel....it was a long long time more than 10 years since mumsie's last visit to Penang



The Penang folks saw us off @ the airport!!!




Penang's airport was not bad....at least the toilets are clean


This is the taxi that took us to Penang......34 yrs old mercedes...brought us safely to Penang without breaking down!!! And then just before mumsie pay the taxi driver.....mumsie asked for his AGE...AND HE said 72!!!! And Daddy said that if he knew that he is that old...he would not dare to sit in the taxi...So mumsie took a photo of him with daddy....Maybe it is safer to have an older guy than a young guy who might drive @ high speeeeed!!!