long hibernation

- bought his Wonder Mould from Wilton PJ. I baked the cake, decoration by my #2, Wee
Kie, this is the first decoarative Barbie doll cake as a trial piece. As she planned to decorate
a 2nd one for my niece (Jordan) as birthday cake when she was here last week .

- baked normal buttercake for the wonder mould, and kids (my 3 girls and another 2 boys of
friend kept asking when could they eat the cake. So baked additional in this bear mould,
which I bought from Wilton , PJ.


- sunflower silicone mould bought from Wilton PJ.

- I did bento from time to time, just that I am lazy to take photo,

as I was rushing to office (most of the time). this bento is for #3

- my last batch of bento gears in 2008

It has been more than 1 1/2 month for me disappearing from blog world. November 2008 was a "testing" month for me. Brought my mum in / out hospital, as she was schedule to have cataract surgery on 9th Dec and finally the General Hospital did it as scheduled. They had been telling me postponed , on and postponed. Very frustrating as during that time, the nurse did some mistake and I have to bring my mum for additional visit. Every visit means I have to take 1/2 day off from work and I have finished all my leaves, as on the 14th November , my dad fell off from roof and admitted to hospital. Basically I was in / out clinic, hospital every weeks and was sick almost every week , may be due to the wet weather and I was running in / out from car and got myself wet due to dizziling raindrops. I should not have complained though, as I fully utilised the 3hrs waiting hour in hospitals to knit / cross stitch.

During this "challenging" period, friends are my good moral supporter and helped me a lot. I am tired and worn off especially both parents are not cooperative patients at all and until today my dad is supposed to be bed-ridden yet he is not cooperative and moved around in the house, which leads to worsen fractured hip-bones. Just wished both well and be cooperative to doctors advice.

The above photos meant to be uploaded since ages ago:...

stash

I just received this batch of bento gear from nst.my; accidentally bought extra 2 tier Pooh lunch box (so I am giving my #3 friend); Marie (claimed by youngest), Mickey for 2nd, Pooh (ummm,) may be just for spare, as #1 do not want carton character except Snoopy. Silicon cups, heart shape food cup; snoopy cutters and HK snack box for #3.

Latest yarn stash from Rakuten Japan, which is worth buying. 13 balls of baby soft merino wool (brand: Pino; 40g / 125m)

though blur, finally get this yesterday bento uploaded....today just packed simple meal - steamed sweet potato, red cabbage, sprout ; kiwi & green apple.

BTW: also received number of knitting magazines last week. Expecting another batch of recipie books from Taiwan.

Updates Oct 2008

NOT MUCH SPECIAL BENTO BEING PACKED....my eldest is picky indeed and sometimes I just leave it to her to pack her own food. My second is too worry that I would packed more for her, so she normally will pack bread into her lunch box the night before, she is very organized indeed and she will get ready her uniform / snack/lunchbox and water all ready nicely the night before. Whom I always wished my eldest is learning from this not to be procastinating and always "kelam kabut" in the morning....my youngest? depends on her mood, she leave her lunch box at my sis place and I pack simple snack for her as she is in afternoon section.

grab bag of 10 Noro Kureyon from LittleKnits

Bento 15 Oct 2008 for #3:

moulded egg cut into halves, steamed potato, carrot and grapes

Lunch 15 Oct 2008 (last week had lunch appointment, therefore did not

pack for most working days)

steamed potato, carrots, eggs, grapes & red cabbage & sprouts

20 Oct 2008 - for #1

home-baked raisin buttercake, scone and kiwi

salad & rice (with sweet potato and dried dates)

wrapped with nori, silicon cup just purchase from

nst.my

#3 requested on Sunday that she wanted raisin

buttercake and scone in her new HK lunchbox, which I just received from nst.my

lunch for me was: 2 rice balls, red cabbage, sprout, half kiwi and green apple. No photo as it is quite blur.

Bento10 Oct 2008

bought ready cook mee hoon from market...divided into 2 bento box, one for my colleague. Top container: half orange, red cabbage & sprout. running out of carrot and tomato. so it is simply pale indeed.

bento 9 Oct 2008

as I do not cook meal at home (have my meals at my sister's home; as my 3 daughters with them before / after school). So I do not stock much vege / food in my fridge, but much flour instead ; as complained by my SIL that I stocked much flour than food in my fridge. I do baking more than cooking. Have to use up most of my vege in fridge:
top:gree apple
bottom: cherry tomato, 2 herb tea eggs (first time did this), sprout and lettuce under the eggs

Bento 6 Oct 08

I think I just pack sufficiently for my lunch today...in double layer bento box
top: apple + kiwi & cherry tomato
bottom: slightly oyster sauce marinated chicken breast meat (110gm) + green beans + steam japanese beancurd


this is breakfast required by my youngest: kiwi + toast (cheese & butter), which I made for her last Saturday & she requested she wants the same for Monday.

Bento #2 - #5

my lunch box today. I must admit that I am totally new to make bento for myself. I cannot finish all. 2 tier bento box bought from Bento Pet.
Top: 2 compartment Lock & Lock box, left: orange sweet Potato, right: flat bean, tomato
Bottom container: kiwi & green apple, the top container is not touched at all. I was so full. Should cut down the amount of food in next bento.



a failure to me. I cooked lotus seed & red bean brown rice and wrapped with Nori....the top Kitty box was from Bento Pet too (thank you...) and the bottom 2 tier lunch box for myself. However my colleagues do not like brown rice (Eco Brown)...so not finished. As for my self I took 2 and was too full to take the rest.
Morale of the story: do not expect other to like what we like to eat....although my daughter finished theirs.


Bento #3: also consist only vegatables and fruits for myself.
My daughters packed simple meal (bread) to school and refuse to bring fruits as they complained not enough time to eat.


I forgot to take picture of my bento, this is for my youngest.

new toys & FO

I am game into new things again, bento. Although I pack food for my 3 girls to school since they were in kindy...I never thought there are so many varieties and choice to pack food.... so I am attracted to buy new stash in bento again. sorry for the photo is quite blur as I was in hurry this morning to pack the food for my daughters....