Tonight's Dinner...

Tonight's dinner was pork chops with bacon...
something really simple.
I was lazy so I bought McCormick's Teriyaki Powder Mix marinade for the pork chops.

What I did was to add olive oil, water, white vinegar, oregano, rosemary and freshly squeeze OJ to the ready mix and marinade the pork chops for about 3hours.

Then I pan fried them on both sides (lightly brown), wrap them up with back bacons and grill them. End result - absolutely yummy!!! I used the left over marinade and added chilli sauce, water, button mushroom and brown sugar.

Add in some fresh butterhead lettuce and cherry tomatoes with Chicken and Mushroom soup - Dinner is served!

Yummy... too bad I forgot to take some pics before we eat. :P

Flying off soon....

Leaving for Jinan tommorrow for work...
(Jinan is in Shandong Province)

Heard from my colleagues that it is a very boring place.
In the sense that there is nothing much around to walk or shop for.
Anyways... I'll get to see for myself when I am there soon enough!


Vera has a fever for the past few days.
Brought her to the doc and she said Vera has bacterial infection
(which in way, explains her extremely bad breathe!)
Her fever is finally gone today... hopefully it doesn't come back and she'll recover soon!

Slacking...

I've been slacked. AGAIN.

I can't believe that the last time I updated my blog was 2 month's ago. :P

Quick Updates here now:

@ work

- the company opening in Suzhou went off well in Aug. All the hard work paid off.

- got a Management Award.

@ home

- Vera is walking very well now and is running! She's so cute when she toddlers and runs along... :)

- Kady just dropped her 1st baby tooth @ 5.5yrs... cos her new tooth are already growing.

- made some flowers for her childcare teachers (see below for pics, now very well taken I am afraid as we were in a rush.

been a while....

been a while since I last updated my blog...
been busy as usual...

mom's business is getting from bad to worse.
Seems like she has almost maxed out her credit limits with the banks and they are all chasing her for payment.
Lend her almost all my savings and hopefully she'll be able to tide over this rough period.
The problem is that she still doesn't want to cut her losses and insist on carrying with the business. I really pray and hope that she will either come to her senses soon or that business will pick up SOON!

Had management meetings the past 3 days and its very tiring! While stuck in the meetings, my emails and work are all plying up!

K's CC is close today so here I am at home with the kids.
I think V's molar is coming out as she seems little under the weather with dripping nose.
My left eye is swollen... guessing infection...

Have to travel soon to Suzhou to help settle some HR issues.
haiz... my china colleagues (management level somemore!) are fighting each other.

I think thats enough on my plate for now... sigh....

turning 31...

Just turned 31 recently...
No big celebration...

had a nice breakfast at Ikea with the girls, dh, nephew and SIL.
Then went for a little shopping @ robinsons...

dinner was with my mom and bro at a Jap restaurant in Raffles Town Club.
I had a special birthday cake this... so very different from the rest!
*lol*

We went to Goodwood Park after dinner, bough 20 durian puffs & ta-da!
That's my birthday cake! :)

Its been a long while since I last had the puffs... somehow I found that the standard has dropped.
Maybe I have too high an expectation??

Little V

After I came back from my China Trip, Little Vera has started to walk.
She can walk really fast and steady now.
In fact, we think that at times she wants to run too! :P


Unfortunately, she has also been down with fever, cough, sore throat and cold for the past 1 and 1/2 weeks.
Good thing is that she is now recovering tho' it seemed that she still have a fair bit of phlegm. :S

Y'day when Vera saw me kissing dh on the cheek, she immediately followed suit and kiss me too and with the kissing sound as well! its really cute.
Still brings a smile on my lips now that I think of it. :)

Below is a pic we took y'day...
Is she cute or what? ;P

Some updates...

I've been laxed again!!!! :P

Celebrated Vera's 1st b'day at the Downtown East...
Good fun, great BBQ food (thanks to Ariel, Eva n hubby for helping with the BBQ!) and with even better company - all the makings of a great party!

hubby got me a bag tt I was eyeing the other day - said early b'day pressie...
and later bought me an iphone! *yippee dooodle* and said its my b'day pressie too!
Think No more presents aft ther iphone since it doesn't come cheap. :P

Then all too soon, I had to leave for Shanghai for work.
Now in Suzhou... the weather is great! between 15degrees to about 24 degrees.
Great cooling weather just the way I like it! :)
The flowers are all blooming in Suzhou.
Great vibrant colors all over.
Maple trees are still red... think should be turning green soon, already see some changing colors.

Meetings are packed... tired... missing my bed and most of all - my 3 babies...
Miss their presence, their smell, their voice, their company, everything!
Changed my flight to a midnight flight just so that I can get home earlier...
Can't wait to get home as usual!