My sister-in-law brought some durians for us from my FIL’s orchard last weekend. Thick, creamy and extremely sweet. Oh me, oh my. Yums! I ate them all immediately leaving 2 seeds (as shown above) to make durian frozen popsicles. Creamy durian flesh.  Boil a cup of fresh milk in a pot. Add the durian flesh and mash. I did not add sugar and salt since I’m making this for my 22-months-old Ayden. Once boiled, let […]

Ethan has been pestering us to bring him to Farm In The City at Seri Kembangan for ages but we just don’t have the time for it. Coincidentally, I got this complimentary tickets to Sunway Lagoon All Park that is expiring in a couple of days’ time. We got it like months ago but never got around to utilize it. We were very busy last weekend but decided at the very last minute to squeeze […]

I’m dedicating this post to all my frozen popsicle posts for easy reference.  Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Popsicle Full entry here: http://www.submerryn.com/2015/07/frozen-strawberry-yogurt-popsicle.html Frozen Blueberry Yogurt Popsicle Full entry here: http://bit.ly/1Mk5zTU Frozen Durian Popsicle aka Ais Krim Potong Durian Full entry here: http://www.submerryn.com/2015/06/easy-frozen-durian-popsicle-recipe.html Refreshing Orange Frozen Popsicle Full entry here: http://www.submerryn.com/2015/07/refreshing-homemade-orange-frozen-popsicle.html Super Easy Frozen Yogurt Popsicle Full entry here: http://www.submerryn.com/2015/02/easy-diy-yogurt-ice-lollies-for-kids.html Frozen Snickers Popsicle  Full entry here: http://www.submerryn.com/2015/05/diy-snickers-ice-popsicle.html Frozen Red Bean Popsicle aka Ais Krim Potong Kacang Merah Full entry here: http://www.submerryn.com/2015/04/homemade-red-bean-popsicle.html Frozen Sweet Corn Popsicle […]

This is Part 2 to Ethan’s School Holiday Programme at The School, Jaya One. You can read about School Holiday Programme Part 1 where he participated in activities from Fantasia Music, Craft Space, The children’s house, Cross Muay Thai, The Academy of Rock, Science Bridge Academy and Dialogue in The Dark. The activities in Part 1 were for Day 1 and 2. Today, I shall continue with Ethan’s Day 3 and 4. Ethan missed the […]

The other day, I brought both the boys to the playground. They were both running when Ethan tripped and fell.  His knee started to bleed. Ayden squatted there quietly looking at his big brother in pain while I called the Daddy (who was at home) to come over with our First Aid Kit.  I cleaned up Ethan’s wound and brought the kids home.  But look who got plastered all over instead? LoL! This Ayden sibok […]

One of the highlight during our recent stay at Estadia by Hatten, Melaka is to catch Nyonya Memoirs, a revolutionary new concept and a star-studded cast which explores Melaka’s iconic Peranakan heritage through a fully-interactive live environmental theatre production. Nyonya Memoirs ticket pricing: Adult RM52 (MyKad Holder) RM66 (Non-MyKad Holder) Child (7 to 15 years old) or Senior Citizen (60 years old above) RM26 (MyKad Holder) RM33 (Non-MyKad Holder) Running for 3 months, premiering in May 2015, […]

We were at the playground today when Ayden spotted tiny little balls on the grass. They were everywhere!  He collected quite a number of them and brought them home. I kept them in a bottle.  Now, does anybody know what those are? I do but I just want to see if you know too :P

This month, we celebrate Malaysia’s unique and multi-cultural food heritage at Cinnamon Coffee House, One World Hotel as it is transformed into a bazaar with live action stalls offering a myriad of tastes from the states around the country. After a long day, seeing this thoughtful little gesture from the hotel team surely warms the heart. Beautiful little gift of kurma before we feast on our dinner. From over 100 delicacies with six menus rotated daily, […]

This year we celebrated TWO fathers (Darling and my Dad) on Fathers’ Day over at Estadia by Hatten. This place is still brand new having launched just a month ago. I arranged for my parents to stay the night with us too and told them to meet us there. We made our way from KL and met up with my parents at Hatten Hotel car park Level 5. There is a special car park area for […]

I love baking cakes using my rice cooker. I find that the cakes retain their moisture better compared to oven-baked ones.  After all the successful cakes I baked using my rice cooker, I thought it will be a breeze baking a moist banana cake but I was wrong. It took me 4 attempts before I can finally publish this post as I don’t want to be one of those who published false recipes and ending […]

Persimmons are an excellent source of fiber. They are very high in fructose though so have to keep reminding myself to eat them in moderation.  The persimmon season is short so whenever they are in season, I’ll make sure to buy them in boxes as I super love them.  But do you know persimmons make excellent soup as well? It pairs well with almost any bone broth. All you need is some persimmons and your […]

Since young I always enjoyed pranking my eldest sister. She is 5 years older than me but is often a victim of my mischief. I remember fooling her on many April Fool’s Day and even when I was away in college I called her up with some stupid story that I can’t recall now. I also made her jump into dried mud only to get her stuck inside! I proved to her that the mud […]

Today while big brother Ethan is at school, Ayden decided to help me make fruit salad. Actually I have no problem feeding Ayden fruits. It is the big brother I am having difficulty with. He refused to eat fruits no matter what so these days, I make fruit salad for him. With fruit salads, he’ll at least eat maybe 2 to 3 spoon fulls, better than nothing right?  So let’s make this easy peasy fruit […]

With a blink of an eye, the school holiday is over! Where did the two weeks disappeared to? With us busy running around having a wonderful time, Ayden finally succumbed to fatigue and was down with fever, cough and flu. Brought him to the paed when he was not getting any better. Paed said small matter only lah. Lungs is clear with a little phlegm up his throat. Nothing a little medicine can’t fix. But […]

The fasting season is near and that means having buah kurma (dates) in abundance everywhere. I love eating kurma. The moment I see shops starting to sell kurma, I’ll go grab several boxes home but Ethan doesn’t fancy kurma. In fact, he won’t even touch it. Well, that boy doesn’t even eat bananas but loves eating my banana cake so that got me wondered if he’ll eat kurma cake. Again, it took two bakings to […]

During our holiday in Genting earlier last week, the marketing team was very kind to treat us to a scrumptious dinner at Resort Seafood on our final night there. Resort Seafood Level 1, Resort Hotel Operating Hours Lunch (Daily) 12.00 noon – 2.30pm Dinner (Daily) 6.00pm – 9.30pm I tell you one thing. If you’ve been following my blog or FB you’ll know that I frequent Genting like nobody’s business as it is only an […]

My readers have been asking me how come I don’t write much about Ethan anymore. The truth is he is always at school while I am always at home with Ayden so obviously I have more to write about Ayden than Ethan right? Anyway, it is the school holidays now and we gave Ethan all the love and attention possible. So this post is all about him today :P Ethan actually has a hectic school […]

With a blink of an eye we are already half way through the two weeks of the school holidays. Our holidays started great with the 4D/3N trip up to Genting but immediately after we got home it was busy, busy and busy for Ethan as he has his Grade 2 Trinity Piano exam on the 4th and Grade 4 Trinity Drum exam on the 10th June! So while other children are playing and enjoying their […]

Remember my post on Angcle Peoh’s best Char Koey Teow that blew me away? It got me craving for more day after day after day so I decided to go there again not too long ago.  Ayden checking out the menu :P Once we are there, I decided to try something different. I wanted to know if the rest of the items on the menu is as good as the glorious CKT.  I ordered the […]

I started a new hobby closer to the third trimester of my pregnancy with Ayden – growing my own vegetables. As we had tiled up the entire car porch before moving into this house, I no longer have land to plant anything and had to resort to planting in pots. When I first got started with my potted vegetable garden, I grew spinach, tomatoes, lime and okras and they strive very well especially the limes. I […]

We are finally back from our 4 days 3 nights getaway to Genting. There are so many things to do and see that even FOUR whole days seemed like not enough. Let me list down a quick recap of the things we did here for the past few days: 1) Genting Skyway Bring the kids for a leisurely ride up to Resorts World Genting on the Skyway Cable Cars. Look and listen to the sound of […]