Farewell 2008 ... Hello 2009!

Today is already the last day of 2008. Another brand year is just a day away :) What have you achieved and what are you going to achieve in the new year?

I have not achieved much this year yet nothing to regret about. I am thankful to have a loving and understanding husband and of course, a sensible daughter with me.

I have learnt that there are many things that I have to "survived" by myself, no more depending on people and must be more independent :) Learnt that I need to travel more .. hahahaha .. since I am getting older. Learnt that I have to be more gentle with Misha since she is growing and learnt that I have many many more things to learn :)

So, let's welcome 2009 with open arms and hopefully this brand new year will be a better year for everyone :)

Bento Accessories #6

Bought the above bento accessories quite some time ago BUT yet to start to use it :( Misha told me that I have to use them as soon as possible so that she can show her friends what beautiful bentos I can make. Hahaha .. kids :)

Happy Bento-ing :)

Bento #37 @ 5 December 2008

That's what I have prepared for Misha's lunch. They are :


a) Egg with christmas carrot inside :)
b) Love shaped minced pork (quite successful-Misha loves it very much)
c) Rice with seaweeds stripes wrapped around - it smells so nice ie the seaweed
d) Deep dried potstickers.


That's all for the day!

Bento Shopping #5

Bought the above lunch box for Misha from nearby departmental store. She loves it very much especially it is a Barbie :)

Well, guess need to prepare more bento for her since she has new lunch box .. hahaha :)

Bento #36 @ 4 December 2008

4 December 2008

Misha requested for sambal ikan bilis for her lunch today and since I still have some minced pork, I decided to fry some mini minced pork balls for her :)

Her lunch consists of :

1. Rice with carrot/egg as tulip flowers; brocolli as grass;
2. Fried mini minced pork balls
3. Roll up eggs - 1st time doing it - quite successful :)
4. Sambal ikan bilis
5. Fruits - mini apple from Japan, a small slice of Korean Persimmon and a piece of choco

That's all for the day :)

Bento #35 @ 29 November 2008

Trying to be more adventureous today? Hahaha ... decided to prepare small "samples" for Misha's lunch today:) Well .. what I can say that it was quite successful :)

Prepared :

a) Egg with seaweed as hair and star shaped cheese as hair clip

b) Sample of bolognese spaghetti

c) Two fish shapes with sparkling eyes

d) Popiahs

Misha loves the bento today, even her friends said that the egg looked lovely :)

Till then, that's all for now .. byee :)

Bento #34 @ 26 November 2008

Bought the alphabet cutters from Chooi Peng earlier. Did not have the chance to use it till today :)

Decided to surprise Misha but but ... the alphabets are quite small .. cannot see clearly :) Anyway, it is better than nothing right?

Prepared the following for her lunch :-

a) Rice with seaweed and alphabet ham

b) Grill sliced pork

c) Steamed sweet corn

d)Not so successful heart shaped minced pork. Supposed to be heart shaped but ended to be like .. hmmm .. triangle? hahaha .. need to practise more on that :-)

Overall, it was a lovely lunch for her. Her friends said that the rice look cute :)

Bento #33 @ 24 November 2008

24 November 2008.

Agreed with Misha the night before that she should buy school lunch from the Cafeteria since I do not have things to cook for her .. hehehe. But on the morning, I have decided that I will cook something for her .. something simple will do.

Let's have a look at my creative bento . .. hahaha .. which consists of egg/luncheon meat/corn/brocolli and carrot :)

the egg looks so cute right ?

Misha's friends are so fascinated with it .. :)
this is how the rice looks like .. ie rice with luncheon meat
wrapped up by the seaweed .. nice nice

fruits for the day :)

That's all for the day .... have a nice day ok?

How I wish ....

... I can prepare such beautiful bentos for Misha .. sigh .. I must work hard ... YES .. need to work hard .. hahaha

Anyway, do have a look at the lovely bentos :)

Bento #32 @ 051108

Misha's lunch is quite simple today .. rice with scallops/salmon and sweet corn. She's quite surprised to see the rice actually which were actually wrapped by the seaweed :)

Have a good weekend ok? I am sure I will have a superb one as tomorrow will be Misha's school fair - been helping the school mostly everyday for the last one week, anyway ... take care and hopefully I will able to post more and nicer bento for you guys to see next week :)

little red apple

See .. the red apple is so small. It is not only small but very sweet and crunchy too. Misha loves the red apple very much BUT not the green one .. hahaha .. too sour :)

So who wants the red apple ?

Bento #31 @ 031108

3 November 2008

Today is Monday. Monday is one of the busiest day for Misha. Usually, she will have one hour lunch break but since last 2 months, her lunch break is only have 1/2 hour lunch break everyday since she has to attend challenge programmes for the following 1/2 hour. Since it is only 1/2 hour lunch, I tend to give her less food and something simplier .. so that she can eat fast and less messy :)

Today I have prepared rice together with some fried minced pork, sambal ikan bilis and some pan fried lean pork :)

That's all for the day :)

My Princess :)

Brought Misha to MV when we were back in Kuala Lumpur last week. She wanted to take photos with make over .. well . yeah . you heard it right .. :) She has been doing that for couple of times .. since .. about .. 2-3 years back

Anyway .. come and have a look at the few photos taken :)

She looks much more mature than her age right? Psst .. she is only 8.5 years old :)

I'm back in HK ... :)

Reached HK on saturday night .. sigh ... I really miss HK :) I think I miss hubby more .. :) Good to be at home :)

Spent 10 days in KL (longest trip back home) .. good and fruitful trip. Able to meet up with a few friends and make a few new friends too .. :)

Will update blog Sooon .. :) Till then, take care :)

New Bento Accessories :)

Bought these when shopping with Misha couple of weeks ago. Been looking for this sauce pen for some time. Actually I did order a set from Chooi Peng but but but since I found it in HK I really can't resist to buy .. hehehe .. now I will have 2 sets of the sauce pen :)

The cutters are Halloween Theme cutters - husband said "Can use once a year only" Told him, no harm using it since the shapes are quite nice :) Till then :) Byee

Bento #30 @ 281008

28 October 2008.

Misha requested for spicy food today. Woke up earlier since I need to do a few things in order to prepare it.

I have prepared sambal ikan bilis/fried kangkung and beef rendang for her - actually not really just for her. We will be eating that for dinner too :)

rice with french green peas/eggs without yolk and pumpkin shaped carrots


beef rendang/sambal ikan bilis/kangkung/sweet corn/brocolli
and two slices of pumpkin shaped carrots
longans and grapes :)

Verdict : She loves the meal very much especially the mornig glory :)

Bento #29 @271008

27 October 2008

Today is Monday - first day back to school after one week school holidays. So looking forward to prepare school lunch for Misha :)

Ingredients were bought from a supermarket the night before Monday - things are quite expensive there, anyway it is ok provided that Misha able to finish everything :)

Let's have a look what I have prepared for her :)

cute looking shaped rice :) - Misha so happy when I showed her this before I packed them in her lunch bag - she said "ooooh .. so cute!!"

brocolli/carrot/scallops with garlic salt and a bit of herbs (Misha's favourite!) and of course a small portion of salmon :)

apples cut into pooh shaped/jelly/cube cheese :)

She finished everything even though she has only 20 minutes to have her lunch. She has to attend Challenge Programmes during the 1st part of one hour lunch on every Mondays to Fridays except on Wednesday. That's all for today!

Recipe books

Bought the above books last week. Will try the recipe when I am free later :)

Back in Malaysia from 6-15 November 2008

YES!! I am going back to KL with Misha today .. yeah yeah .. she is going to "ponteng" school for about 6 days hehehe ... bad bad Mum .. but but I have to bring her back with me since no will take care of her if I go back alone :)

Why going back to KL? Hmmmm ..

1. to settle some matters related to the house
2. to buy things .. yeah .. this is the best part
3. to meet up with some old and new friends
4. to meet up with parents :) Misha misses her grandparents very much. The last time they spent time with her was in July .. sigh .. time passes real fast .. that was about 5 months ago ... :(
5. to get my bento things from Chooi Peng :) so looking forward to see the accessories :0
6. to pass bento things to some friends that they ordered from me
7. to eat eat eat and eat :0
8. ..
9. ..
10. ..
11. dunno what else :)

Anyway, it is nice to go back again since the last time we went back was like 6 months ago :) Till then .. ta ta take care :)

Bento #28 @131008

13 October 2008

Today is Monday - Monday means skating day - skating day means need to rush to the skating rink IMMEDIATELY after school ie school finishes at 2.50pm and skating lesson starts at 3.30pm. Since need to rush - better to travel light :)

lunch - sweet corn/salmon/fried minced pork/long beans with carrots/flowered shaped ham

kimchii seaweed with junks

kiwi fruits/orange and jelly :)

Misha told me that she loves the minced pork and salmon very much :)

Bento #27 @ 151008

15 October 2008

A night before 15 October, Misha told me that she does not want to eat frice or her lunch tomorrow and requested for popiahs and guess what she particularly told me that the popiah MUST be cut into halves :) So demanding!!!

Since BOSS has requested for popiahs and since I have the ingredients ... well I prepared popiahs for her :)

popiahs/fried minced beef/long beans and love shaped carrot and as usual, brocolli :)

fruits - grapes/oranges/jelly
snacks - wasabi green peas/sweet corn and junks

Misha loved the popiahs - asking me to prepare more for her :) Anyway, I will prepare whatever she requested provided that she can finish all!!!

Bento #26 @ 101008

10 October 2008

On that day, Misha had her school lunch. Since I do not need to prepare home lunch for her, it is quite easy for me.

I only need to prepare snacks for her :) Anyway, the following are what I have prepared for her snacks and fruits was for her lunch in case she does not like what the school has given her :)

cute shaped ham and cheese sandwich and two pieces of sausages :)

kimchii seaweed with some "junks"
fruits - Godiva chocolate/orange/kiwi fruits

She loved the cute sandwiches very much and of course the Godiva choco. Been asking me for more - told her cannot eat too many since it is not cheap :)

Bento #25 @ 021008

2 October 2008

grilled chicken breast/salmon/brocolli with rice decorated with carrots and brocolli stems
fish balls and edamame beans
Orange from japan (one small orange costs about HK7)/grapes

Bento #24 @300908

30 September 2008

Since Misha loves the potatoes that I cooked for her, she requested for more :)

rice with star shaped potatoes/brocolli/kangkung/grilled chicken breast
junks :)
grapes and truffles from Godiva