4
2022
Philips Norelco MG3750 / MG5750 / MG7750 Multigroom Trimmer All-In-One Series
I’ve been cutting the boys’ hair since MCO happened but I’ve only used scissors then. Last week, I finally decided to get a hair clipper online. After browsing so many varieties of hair clippers, I decided on Philips Multigroom Trimmer All-In-One Series. This 13 piece all-in-one trimmer even comes with a nose hair trimmer! The seller included 2 free gift – a 3 pin adapter and a bottle of hand sanitizer. It was my first […]
12
2022
PICKids : First dose vaccination experience @ PPV Emporis
Ayden had his first dose vaccination shot today at PPV Emporis, Kota Damansara. There was quite a crowd when we arrived but the flow was smooth and we got everything done in 45 minutes. The atmosphere was carnival like with music, balloons, walking dinosaur and sweets being given to children. Watch this video to see our experience at PPV Emporis today:
20
2021
How to bury a RAT
When a cat presents you a dead rat… you bury it (the rat not the cat 😅) What you’ll need: 1) A mini hoe 2) Tree bark 3) Branches Watch how the boys bury the rat. They were rushing against time as the cat is nearby to snatch the rat away 🤦🏻♀️
13
2021
元气满满MooMoo哒 Drum Cover
Since Ayden resumed online classes in late January this year, his school has been giving them lots of interesting assignments to be submitted online. I’ve shared two of them earlier – CNY Cooking Video and CNY Plum Blossom Art Today, I’ll be sharing another assignment – it is a dance assignment to the viral MooMoo song this year but instead of dancing, Ayden did what he does best; played the drum cover to that song. […]
10
2021
Chinese New Year Plum Blossom Art
Today, I am going to share this simple yet amazingly beautiful Chinese New Year Plum Blossom art. All we need is a piece of paper, some paint, a paintbrush, a toothbrush and a straw. First, drop some black paint or ink on the paper. Use straw to blow the ink to form branches. Use a toothbrush to sprinkle some colours onto the paper. You may touch up the branch that is covered by the paint […]
8
2021
Quick and Easy Nian Gao Recipe and Tutorial
Ayden’s school gave their students an assignment. The assignment is to record a video of them baking / making any Chinese New Year goodies (cookies / cakes / meals ) with their family member(s). Obviously we are excited to do that as cooking / baking is our forte. We decided to make Nian Gao using our pressure cooker so that I can also upload it onto our YouTube channel as I haven’t recorded a tutorial […]
19
2020
Broccoli with Mushroom in Oyster Sauce
On days that Ayden doesn’t have online lessons, he will sometimes help me in the kitchen. Yesterday, he cooked Broccoli with Mushroom in Oyster Sauce. This is a very simple dish to cook. It takes very little time to prepare and even lesser time to cook. Watch this video to see our Little Chef Ayden dishing it out using our All In One cooker:
16
2020
Ayden’s Science Presentation Video
After a month of staying home and about 2 weeks learning from home, the boys are getting comfortable with online learning. Big brother Ethan has to wake up early on certain days for online lessons but the rest of us sleep in till noon 😅 Lil’ Ayden has more homework and video assignments to do compared to Ethan. Today I’m sharing one of his assignment video. He learns Science in Mandarin as he is in […]
17
2020
Art & Craft Idea: Paper Plate SUN
During these restricted movement times, we are going to spend all our time at home. I was cooking in the kitchen when I heard Ayden talking. I wondered who he was talking to as Ethan is upstairs. Went out to see him recording a tutorial all by himself 😱 Kids these days…. Anyway here it is! This Paper Plate SUN tutorial video is recorded entirely by Ayden. I need to hide my phone after this. […]
10
2020
Personalized Tees for my Drummer Boys
Remember I printed some customized caps for both my drummer boys back in September last year? Well, they are very happy with their caps and are now requesting for more. They asked me if they can have personalised tees to go with their caps. Since I am pretty happy with those caps we got from Printcious , I decided to print a drummer’s tee for the boys. The whole process was very easy. I just […]
8
2019
Drummer Ethan and Drummer Ayden’s LIVE performance at Sunway Giza Mall
Sunway Giza Mall celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Saturday and both the boys were invited to perform in collaboration with United Piano Sunway Giza. Both Ethan and Ayden performed two songs each. Let me share some photos first. The boys with their drum teacher, Teacher Mazlan. Now let’s watch their performances videos: Ayden’s performance of the first song – HANDS CLAP Ethan’s performance of the first song – JUST GIVE ME A REASON Ayden’s performance […]
30
2019
Spreading Happiness
Sometime early this month, our little Ayden hits the streets in a mission to bring smiles to random strangers. We were pleasantly surprised to see how willing these beautiful strangers are to spend a couple of minutes from their busy life to smile and just be happy ❤️ Would you stop and allow Ayden to take a wefie with you if he approached you? Watch the video here:
22
2019
Ayden’s Graduation Dance Performance
With a blink of an eye, Ayden graduated from preschool last Sunday. If you have been following our journey, you’d know that I homeschooled both Ethan and Ayden during their preschool years. With big brother Ethan, I home-schooled him until he is 6 years old then panicked when someone told me that without a preschool graduation cert he won’t be accepted into primary school. So we quickly looked for a preschool for him but by […]
24
2019
The boys’ first ice skating experience
Last week, schools were suddenly closed due to the haze. With 3 days off and nothing to do, Ethan’s friends planned an outing to go ice skating. His friends are all pro-skaters while both my boys have never skated but are keen to learn. So off to the ice skating rink they went. They took advantage of the early bird special whereby if you enter before noon, you’ll get RM5 off the ticket price. We […]
10
2019
Custom made DRUMMER caps for my Drummer boys
Most of my readers know both my boys are avid drummers as I regularly share videos of their drum covers. I even created a Youtube playlist especially for all their drum covers so it will be easier to follow their updates. You can track their updates here -> Drum Covers They are slowly but surely upgrading their drum set from the basic 5-piece set to an elaborate set of their dreams. I wanted to contribute […]
31
2019
Ayden turns SIX
Our Little Chef Ayden turns SIX today. He requested to celebrate with his friends at school so I baked him his favourite Moist Chocolate cake and let him decorate it himself. Ayden named his masterpiece – Chocolate Oreo Burger Cake HAPPY BIRTHDAY AYDEN Big brother Ethan could not join us as he was in school Ayden and his class teacher With the boys With the girls Singing the birthday song So adorable to see these […]
30
2019
Our Little Drummer Boys
Last Sunday (25/8/2019) was a very memorable day for our drummer boys as they both get to perform LIVE in a mall in the Klang Valley. Big brother Ethan is used to performing as he is the school’s drummer so I am not too worried for him. I was more concerned for little Ayden as this is only his second time performing for a crowd yet he nailed it effortlessly. The Daddy and I are […]
18
2019
FREE Playspace for children: PlayTime Kids @ 1 Utama
FREE PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS IN 1 UTAMA SHOPPING MALL Several malls in the Klang Valley have implemented FREE play space for children. 1 Utama Shopping Mall is one of them. Situated on the Ground Floor, it is in the same wing as FlowRider KL and AirRider KL. It is non-air conditioned though with several fans fixed to the walls so do bring a change of clothes as kids can get pretty sweaty after a good […]
15
2019
Leon’s 1st Birthday
It’s the school holidays and little Ayden is obviously having too much time in his hand … Ayden : Mummy, it is Leon’s birthday today Me : Urm.. Happy Birthday Leon Ayden : But he doesn’t have a birthday cake Me : Uh-huh… Ayden : Can we bake him a cake? Me : NO Ayden : Please… Pretty please??? And that’s how Leon the Lion got a cake for his birthday today >_< Leon’s 1st […]
2
2019
Drummer Ethan’s dream come true: Meeting Mad August
1st August 2019 This date will forever be embedded in Ethan’s memory as this is the day he got to meet his idols – the members of the awesome rock band Mad August in person. When I posted some pictures on my FB yesterday, a friend commented, “They are like the Malaysia version of Beyond now” and I must agree with him. So not only Ethan got to meet them, he also had the privilege […]
9
2019
Instill The Love of Reading In Your Child
How do you guide your child to master languages other than their mother tongue? For me, I expose my boys to stories as well as videos. I can’t help them with Mandarin so I send them to enrichment classes but I personally guide them to read, write and speak in Bahasa Malaysia. I instill the love of reading in the boys from the very beginning when they were young. I make bedtime stories interesting. I […]
9
2019
Bonding with Hot Wheels
Both Ethan and Ayden are huge fans of Hot Wheels and have countless race tracks in their collection to date. The neighbourhood kids will come over to our house (with their own Hot Wheels cars) just to race on those tracks. I like to join the boys too because I find it interesting to try overcome each obstacles. It isn’t as simple as it seems. Every different cars, tracks and obstacles require various calculation and […]
24
2019
Hot Wheels® – Everything Connects
Both my boys grow up with Hot Wheels®. They always have at least one Hot Wheels® car in their pockets everywhere they go, at all times. Yet Hot Wheels® never gets old because there are SO MANY WAYS to play with these toys! Just like building blocks, I don’t mind stocking up on Hot Wheels® toys and tracks as there are endless possibilities to play with them. The tracks can be connected in so many […]
20
2019
Drum with Ayden: 2018 Trinity Rock & Pop Drums Grade 3
I just realised I did not update Ayden’s drum progress since October last year. We suddenly got busy closer to the year end and it carried on into the new year that I totally missed updating Ayden’s journey in Grade 2. He has since been upgraded to Grade 3 now. Ayden learned several songs from Grade 3 already but I only managed to record him playing two songs at the moment. I think we are […]
18
2019
Cook with Ayden: Stir Fried Shimeiji Mushroom with Carrots
Little Ayden attends preschool in the afternoon session this year. That means I have to cook a quick yet wholesome lunch for him before he heads to school. I usually have less than an hour to dish out a complete meal so whatever is quick works best. Ayden loves mushrooms. Shimeiji mushrooms is one of his favourite. There are many ways to cook this mushroom but I always stick to this one on week days […]
14
2019
All About Myself
The kindergarten Ayden goes to has thematic learning whereby they focused on one particular theme for the entire month. The theme for February is All About Myself and the first thing he learned was how a person is ‘created’. His teacher told stories about how Daddies will eject many swimming champions that look like tadpoles yet are not really tadpoles and how they raced with all their might to reach the ‘egg’ from the Mommies. […]
7
2019
Ayden’s First Week at Kindergarten
Ayden experienced 3 days of kindy last week. It is his first time attending preschool. He is the only one in his class without a uniform as the rest of the children are existing students in that school since last year or maybe a couple of years before. I decided to send him to a year of kindergarten to let him experience sports day as well as graduation concert as he will be going to […]
12
2018
Drum with Ayden: 2018 Trinity Rock & Pop Drums Grade 1 New Syllabus
It has been almost 5 months now since Ayden started attending drumming lessons. I shared his videos in this blog as well as on Facebook and received many inquiries from curious moms wanting to start their little kids on drums too. I will continue sharing so you can see his progress and to know what the exam songs are for Trinity Rock & Pop Drums new syllabus. If you are planning to start your kid […]
1
2018
Drum with Ayden: Fever
Hello hello! It’s time for another update on Ayden’s drumming. The new Trinity Rock & Pop Drums 2018 syllabus has really some awesome songs in it such as the classic hit Billie Jean and recent hit Uptown Funk and Seven Nation Army. The rest of the songs are quite catchy but I am not familiar with them yet Ayden is determined to learn them all. These days Ayden spends less time on electronic gadget because […]
24
2018
Drum with Ayden: Seven Nation Army
Another quick update on our little drummer Ayden. As mentioned earlier, he started attending drum lessons in June this year. He is into the 4th month of drumming and enjoying every moment of it. Here is Ayden playing Seven Nation Army. If you have not watch any of his previous drumming videos, I’d recommend you to watch this one. He totally enjoyed playing this song and it shows as he shakes his head while playing […]
16
2018
Drum with Ayden: Billie Jean
Drummer Ayden may be too young to know who Michael Jackson is but since he learned the song Billie Jean, he is hooked to the rest of MJ’s songs. For those keen to start your little ones on drumming, this is one of the 6 songs available in the 2018 Trinity Rock & Pop Drums Grade 1. Ayden is into the 4th month of learning the drums and here are other fun songs he […]
13
2018
How to GROW and COOK Malabar Spinach
Malabar Spinach is high in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, iron and calcium. It is also a good source of magnesium, phosphorus and potassium. It can be used raw in salads, stir-fried or soups. We never run out of Malabar Spinach as we grow them at home. To grow Malabar Spinach, first we need to purchase a pack of this vege as our starter pack. Pluck the leaves for cooking and save the stems for […]
9
2018
Drum with Ayden: Uptown Funk
Ayden is into the 4th month of learning the drums and has shown vast improvements as he practices regularly at home. This is the best age to be learning music as he has all the time in the world. He is not burdened with school nor homeworks so he can enjoy playing the drums as and when he wishes. Ayden learned another song over the week. It is his favourite song – Uptown Funk. I […]
5
2018
Cook with Ayden: Making Your Own Chicken Essence
I used to use the fire stove to make chicken essence for the boys. You can read my tutorial on how to make chicken essence the traditional way. Today, Little Chef Ayden will be sharing how to make chicken essence using the pressure cooker. It is much easier and faster this way. We use our Philips All In One Cooker so we have the option of either making it really fast using the pressure cooker function […]
3
2018
Ayden is FIVE!
31 August 2018. While the nation celebrates our independence day, our little Ayden officially turns FIVE! At such a tender age, he already requested to celebrate with his friends in the Mandarin enrichment class he is attending. We celebrated his birthday earlier as it is always a holiday on his birthday as it falls on our National Day. As usual, Ayden and I baked his favourite moist chocolate cake a day before the celebration. I […]
27
2018
Drum with Ayden: 2018 Trinity Rock & Pop Drum Grade 1 | Another One Bites The Dust
Ayden grows up seeing big brother Ethan playing the drum and piano. It influences him to learn the piano and take up drumming too. I use big bro Ethan’s old books to guide Ayden on the piano but that’s about it. He never pursue it further unlike drum. He requested for us to enroll him for formal lessons under Ethan’s drum teacher and we did back in June. It has been almost 3 months now […]
31
2018
Cook with Ayden: Quick & Easy One Pot Chicken Rice Recipe
It is no secret my boys love chicken rice. It’s the first thing they look for whenever we dine out. Today we’ll be sharing this quick and easy one pot chicken rice recipe that I’ve been cooking on lazy days. It’s so easy even little Ayden can cook this himself on busy days. All he does is just throw the ingredients into the pot and the rice will be ready in 15 minutes. Ingredients (for […]
2
2018
Cook with Ayden: Simple Fried Rice
We have left over rice from yesterday so I thought, “let’s fry it” and immediately our Little Chef Ayden said he wanted to learn to fry rice. That’s when I realised I have never teach him this simple survival dish – FRIED RICE. It will come in handy when he leaves home to further his studies in the distant future. My rule for fried rice is pretty simple; just make sure to use multiple coloured […]
17
2018
Parents’ Day Wish in Mandarin
When are we celebrating Parents’ Day? Some told me it is in June yet some said it is in July? Anyway, Ayden learned to recite a simple poem for mother and father in his Mandarin enrichment class recently. He kept pestering me to learn it with him but try as I might, I just cant do it. Finally to make him happy, I tricked him to record it so I can watch it all the […]
31
2018
Read with Ayden: Peppa’s Busy Day
I homeschool Ayden. I think I have said that too many times. The benefit of homeschooling is we have the leisure of time in our hands. It is up to me to draw up a schedule for little Ayden and learning is not confined to home only. I bring him out on week days when there is lesser crowd in the mall. We go to the bookstore to read some books. Sometimes we’ll buy the […]
13
2018
Homeschooling Ayden – Belajar Mengeja dan Membaca
It’s been a week since I last updated my blog. Our entire nation is having ELECTION fever and now that we have created history and have a brand new government, all eyes are glued on our handphones for constant updates. I checked my Whatsapp and various news portals every 5 minutes till I have no time nor interest to blog as I doubt anyone is keen to read anything other than our country’s political updates […]
24
2018
Copycat Famous Amos Choc Chips Cookies Recipe
The boys and I, we are cookie monsters. We love cookies especially those crunchy and buttery ones. I have a friend who bakes really delicious chocolate chips cookies and though she was very generous to share the recipe with her close friends, I do not feel right to share it here as it is her family’s ‘secret’ recipe. I continue searching for good recipes out there that can be shared with our readers. I searched […]
17
2018
Cook with Ayden: Stir-Fried Bitter Gourd with Egg
Bitter gourd is one of the healthiest vegetables known to mankind but not many children like to eat it as the name suggests, it can be bitter! It is a surprise that little Ayden loves eating bitter gourd. I did not cook bitter gourd throughout big brother Ethan’s growing up years as that boy totally dislikes it. Recently, I was craving for bitter gourd and decided to fry some for myself. Ayden took a bite […]
16
2018
Ayden likes to draw
The other day Ayden saw this on our limau purut plant. I took disposable chopsticks to pick it away and throw in the bin but before I can do that, Ayden told me to take a picture of it to send to the Daddy. He always send random pictures to the father via Whatsapp. It’s a caterpillar right? The boys asked me why is this caterpillar without bulu. I don’t know how to answer them […]
5
2018
Bake with Ayden: Peanut Butter Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
Not too long ago, a book distributor Pansing Distribution Sdn Bhd sent Ayden a recipe book – Instant Pot Miracle Cookbook. We do have a multi purpose pot that Ayden has been frequently using but it is a Philips All-in-One. However we are still excited to see if we could use the recipes in this book and apply it to our multi purpose pot. This is Ayden’s very first recipe book so it is quite […]
28
2018
Little Chef Ayden’s Quick and Easy Cheat Pizza
The boys love pizza but I am too lazy to make the pizza dough from scratch. When we have pizza at home, it is always the quick and easy cheat way – we use flatbread for our pizza base. We love thin crust pizza so flatbread is actually perfect for this. Since we bought our oven late last year, the boys have been enjoying pizza at home quite often. The good part is they can […]
1
2018
Pendaftaran Kemasukan Murid Tahun 1
For parents with children going to Primary 1 in 2019 & 2020, it is time to register online for your child at https://public.moe.gov.my Online registration is only for schools in Peninsula Malaysia and only parents are allowed to do the registration on behalf of their children. I registered Ayden today. Here’s how you register ONLINE. Step 1 Go to https://public.moe.gov.my Step 2 Create an account if you are a new user or simply log-in if […]
26
2018
Homeschooling Ayden | Mathematics | Addition
I homeschool elder brother Ethan during his preschool years. I’m doing the same with little Ayden presently. I wonder how other young children aged 4-5 years old are able to learn in a classroom seating environment as from my observation, both my boys require tremendous individual attention during their formative years. What I love about homeschooling is they can learn at their own pace, anywhere and anytime of the day. This way, Ayden gets ample […]
20
2018
Little Chefs | Roast Chicken with Plum Sauce
It’s the 5th day of Chinese New Year and we are back at home but are still very much into the Chinese New Year mood. Today, our Little Chefs tried roasting for the very first time. Since we are still in CNY atmosphere, the ingredients used for our roast are also very much CNY influenced. The Little Chefs roasted delicious chicken drumsticks with plum sauce. Plum sauce is one of the most important ingredients […]
6
2018
Vegetarian dish on the first day of Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is just around the corner. How many of you practice going vegetarian on the first day of Chinese New Year? It is believed, abstaining from eating meat on the first day will enhance longevity. Additionally a vegetarian dish helps to purify and cleanse out the body as well. There is this one vegetarian dish that is extremely popular on the first day of Chinese New Year – Loh Hon Chai. My mother […]
30
2018
The Boys’ First Ride on a Real Excavator
There was a burst pipe in front of our house. The contractor who was working on it brought an excavator and a huge dump truck to our place. Both my boys watched them in awe. They kept talking about the excavator; pointing to each part of it. The contractor heard them and asked if they would like to go on a ride on that excavator. Imagine the boys’ surprise and delight! They said YES immediately. […]
2
2018
DIY Chinese New Year Ang Pow Decorations: Tutorial Videos
It’s the beginning of the new year and that means time to get busy again with DIY Chinese New Year Angpow decorations. We’ve been receiving requests on doing tutorial videos for the many DIY Chinese New Year Angpow decoration written tutorials I’ve shared in the past years. I was not into video making then hence there were no video tutorials for them but we are now so I’ll be sharing all our Chinese New Year […]
27
2017
Baby Shark Dance and Drum Cover by Little Ayden and Drummer Ethan
Is the Baby Shark craze still on? Ayden listened to this song when he was very little but recently it became a hit all over again. Since the boys has nothing much to do during the school holidays, we recorded this Baby Shark Dance and Drum Cover by Little Ayden and big brother Drummer Ethan. Hope you enjoy the video: Check-out the compilation of their music videos here.
20
2017
Little Chefs Bake: Almond Cookies Recipe
Hello! How is the long school holidays treating you guys? We are busy as ever… busy doing nothing Today we found time to bake something for the coming festive weekend. Our little chefs baked Darling’s favourite cookie – Almond Cookies. It is super simple yet the Daddy and the boys love it so much hence we bake this often. Almond Cookies Ingredients for Almond Cookies: 115g salted butter (1/2 cup) 90g fine sugar (1/2 cup) […]
8
2017
Little Chefs Bake: Happy Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Happy Nut.. that’s what my boys call Pistachio nuts. We super love this nut and today, we are going to try baking cookies with it. Today’s cookies is super simple to bake. No mixer is required as we are using the knead method. It is our first try yet I am happy to report that it is a success! Ingredients: 350g self-raising flour 100g pistachio nuts (coarsely chopped) 75g chocolate chips 100g fine sugar 175g […]
4
2017
Healing Touch Foot Spa promo with FREE Jungle Gym Kid’s Entry Ticket
It’s the school holidays. Guess who needs a break more than the boys? Yes, ME (not forgetting the Daddy too). Having two active boys at home 24/7 is no joke. I need my ME time before I go crazy but being a stay-at-home-mom with no baby sitter, it is almost impossible to get any pampering done as there won’t be anyone to care for the boys. But all hope is not lost as I found […]
29
2017
Little Chefs Bake: Chocolate Cheese Cupcake
Ayden has been requesting to bake cupcakes ever since he saw Peppa Pig eating one. Now that we have an oven, he is allowed to bake almost anything he wishes. We start with his longtime request for cupcakes. I asked him what cupcake he wants and he answered, “Cheese!” Since we still have cream cheese in our fridge, I decided to let them bake Chocolate Cheese Cupcake today. Chocolate Cheese Cupcake Look at how excited […]
26
2017
Little Chef Bakes: Cranberry Cornflakes Cookies
My house smells like a bakery these days with the amount of baking we did. Chinese New Year is just two months away so I am busy perfecting our festive cookies recipes. I wanted to work on Christmas cookies but I’m really no good at it. Maybe next year, let me take lessons first *sweat* Today’s recipe sharing is one of the most popular Chinese New Year cookie – Cranberry Cornflakes Cookies. I’ve always love […]
6
2017
Little Chefs Bake: Chocolate Chips Walnut Cookies Recipe
I am a cookie monster. It’s my weakness. I think everybody knows that. The main reason I bought the oven is to bake cookies especially festive cookies. But before we go on baking festive cookies, let’s start off with my all-time favourite – Chocolate Chips Cookies ala Subway’s giant cookie; crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Chocolate Chips Walnut Cookies Ingredients: 227g butter 180g white sugar 190g brown sugar 375g all-purpose flour […]
31
2017
Halloween Craft for Kids: Ghost Lollipop
Happy Halloween! We don’t celebrate Halloween but the boys always enjoy participating in public Halloween events. This year, Ayden’s Mandarin enrichment class will be celebrating Halloween in class and the kids are encouraged to bring something related to Halloween. I baked chocolate chip cookies for Ayden and got the boys to make Ghost Lollipops to share with Ayden’s friends. Materials needed are: 1) Tissue Paper 2) Lollipops 3) Thread 4) Scissors 5) Black Marker Instructions: […]