Honey Chcken vs Sweet & Sour Pork

Sometime last week, I was in a coffee shop, standing in a queue to buy "veggie rice". A very well-dressed old lady, who looked to be in her 70s was in front of me and she spoke in impecable Engilsh to the man behind the stall.

Old Lady pointed to a plate of meat: is that sweet and sour pork?

Man behind the stall in a thick Malaysian accent: no. No "pok" Honey chicken.

Lady: Oh. I want Sweet and sour pork. Can I have sweet & sour pork?

Man: Today no pok. Honey chicken. Bery nice. Bery good to eat. You take ok?

Lady: Ok, I will take the sweet and sour pork. (She pointed at the Honey Chicken)

Man: Aunty! No pok already! HONEY CHICKEN! Aiyoh.... no pok no pok!

Lady: oh. Ok then. Can I have the green vegetables instead? (she pointed at a tub of greens)

Man piled green vegetables onto a plate.

Lady pointed at the Honey Chicken and in a striaght face: I want this Sweet and Sour pork.

Man went nuts and yelled at the lady: AUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAID NO POK! NO POK!!! HONEY CHICKEN!!!! AIYOH!!!!!! CHICKEN!!!!! 鸡肉!!! 鸡肉!!! 鸡肉!!!





Lady: ok, don't need to shout at me. (looked offended, looked away for 3 seconds, composed herself and pointed at the tub of Honey chicken again) I want this sweet and sour pork.

By this moment, everyone who was in the queue couldnt take it anymore and everyone burst out laughing.

Man at the stall rolled his eyes and simply put some Honey Chicken onto the plate.

Sigh. It was a funny but yet heartbreaking scene. The old lady most probably have dementia. But from her dressing and good command of English. She must have been very well educated. But the disease does not discriminate.

All of us will be old one day... and I wonder will I ever be in the same situation as this old lady...?

A little gathering

I met up with 3 blog friends last friday and it was so nice to finally meet these amazing ladies in person.

PetuniaLee: She is avid gardener who provides sincere and genuine advice at a local forum. In fact, it was at the forum where I first got to know Petunia. And from her blog, I got to learn wonderful tips on cooking, gardening, parenting... etc. She writes very well and reading her blog is always a treat. In fact, she has just published a book and I'm in the midst of reading it. Before I met her, I imagined her to be a little bit of a hippy... you know, long hair, slim, wears a long skirt and goes around bare-footed in her garden. A little dreamy, but yet full of good old common sense, very kind to children and animals... and guess what. Petunia looks just like that! Heh Heh.

Ting: This is a Super-cool mum with 2 teenage sons and seriously, you would never have guessed! She looks very well for her age and  she has such a zest for life. I felt very energetic already just by talking to her. Ting not only has green thumbs and fingers, but green toes as well. Whatever she grows will just flourish! From flowering plants, to edibles to ferns...Just looking at her balcony makes me go green with envy.

OKC: She is a mom-to-be and I'm so excited for her! She was radiant and glowing, pregnancy works very well for her! Her blog is the prettiest, with beautiful pictures of food, restaurants and countries that she has visited. A very stylish lifestyle blog that I follow regularly.

Thanks ladies for inviting me and Beanie. We had fun and hope to see 3 of you again soon!

Play Date with Little Silvia

"Hi Mummy, let me introduce my new BFF, Beanie" *puts hand on shoulder*

"I'm your new BFF?? Really? Ok, you can read my Princess book then"

"why are these people taking our pictures? We are just reading books. What is the big deal?"

It was just so cute to see these 2 little baby girls hanging out together!

Over the weekend, Little Silvia came over for a play-date with Beanie. It was so adorable to see both of them hanging out together, doing girly things like reading picture books, snatching each other's toys and the occasional pull of each other's hair... ... ;)

And this would be the last play-date for the year because Little Silvia will be relocating to Italy with her daddy and mummy real soon. 

So, take care Little Silvia and I really hope Beanie can go over to visit you soon!

Little Beanie goes to Au Jardin 

Yesterday, I had a all-girls lunch with my girlfriends and decided not to bring Beanie along. I really needed a "me-time" where I could sit down and enjoy a proper meal and conversation with my girlfriends without having to worry about feeding a baby, chasing after her or worrying that Beanie would fling her water bottle to the next table.

So Hub was assigned to a "Father-daughter bonding-session" and instead of bonding at home, Hub made a brave call to have brunch at Au Jardin with 2 of his friends.

I was like "Hrmm... I hope that it will not be the first and last father-daughter bonding session. Of all places, Au Jardin??? A fine-dinning place? Not exactly baby-friendly right?"

But of course, Hub must wine and dine in style. With or without Beanie.

So during my all-girls lunch, I was expecting a SOS call from Hub but that call never came. It turned out that Beanie was very well-behaved and set through a 4-course brunch! Hub had fun and enjoyed the attention of being a Hip-and-cool-dad-who-has-a-very-cute-daughter, while Beanie had her usual fun simply by being out of the house.

Well done to both Beanie and Daddy!

This will mean more father-daughter bonding sessions and more "me-time" for me. YEAH!

Beanie's cheeky smile

Hmmm... what naughty things should I do today???

Nothing much to update, just a picture of Beanie and her cheeky smile. She looks a lot like me in this picture, doesn't she?  ;)