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Bottle song! Sing and written by Jae Lim

Central

This is probably the first time we venture to central for breakfast. Usually we'll go across our place or East Coast McDonalds'. This is also the first time we took a bus there. Jae loves riding on public transport. Probably because it's something new and lots of things to see. She almost didn't want to get off the bus when we reach the terminal!

Didi-down

Didi-down means "playground". We'll never know why the word playground becomes didi-down but it's a word I fear at 4am when she wakes up in the middle of the night.

Mummy decided to bring the little one from school early today. She found a new indoor playground at East Coast. I thought it's good idea since the little one was having bad dreams and screaming for the whole night. This could be good to bring her spirits up.

Turns out, she love that ball pool so much she didn't even bother about the rest of the slides and tunnels. I guess for a kid who's favorite toy is a ball, the ball pool is like a dream come true. I bet she must be having sweet dreams about her time in the pool.

Boo Boo and Chio Chio say Hi!

Introducing Jae's guardian angels... Ms. Chio Chio the blanky

and Mr. Boo Boo the pacificer!

Chio Chio and Boo Boo were married ever since Jae was borned. They always come and go in a pair and they cannot do without each other.

Singing

Singing in her own version.

Chop Chop

Somehow I just love watching her play this game!

Dinner

Eversince the new rice cooker arrived, I have been searching for simple one dish recipes which Jae can eat too. So far these are the food that I have tried...

"Claypot" Chicken Rice

1st time trying this, and I really put in the effort to make it nutrtious. On top of chicken, there's long bean, chinese sausage, chinese mushroom and garnish with spring onion.

Taste: 8.5 /10

Japanese Curry Don

I bought the instant Jap Curry Cube. So simple, just add water, carrot, potatos and beef. Dinner less than 15minutes (plus preparation).

Taste: 7 /10

I think I put in too much water and it can be tastier if onion is added. Plus it could be even better if it is more spicy, I guess next time I will put in extra curry powder.

GyoDon (aka Jap Beef Rice)

Simple Dish too! Dashi (Jap stock), soy sauce, mirin, sugar, onion, carrot & beef. It turns out great, the whole family likes it. Next time I will use slice beef instead.

Taste : 9 /10

Jap Port Cutlet

Made a side dish together with the Gyodon. It's so simple that I think I will teach Jae to make it next time. You only need salt, pepper & garlic powder to marinate the meat. Then tap into flour, then egg mixture, then breadcrumb and finally deep fry it.

Taste : 9 /10

Jae's favourite, she finished one whole piece herself.

Up until now, you should have realise that I have been making alot of Japanese recipe.

Reason! We bought a pack of Japanese short grain rice @ Mediya.

I like the shiny and abit sticky texture. It's really delicious and fragrant. I guess I will not cook any other rice from now.

Next up in my recipe book? I'm still thinking and googling.. maybe something raisin rice??

Leave a comment if you have any suggestions or recipe for me to try.

Ms. Sum Sing

Jae always manage to surprise us with her motor skills. Right after birth, she was able to follow movements and turn her head. Fast forward to 2 years old, she can now mimic older kids' movement with little effort. Sometimes we'll even find old kids mimicking her.

Normally I would let her be but mindful of where she might fall and be ready at that spot. I think kids of her age should be allowed to do anything she wants. As a parent, our job is just to grab her when she falls.

Portrait

Go away! Piss off look..

Class Photo

I'm wondering how many click did the photographer make to get all 13 kiddos to look at the camera. Maybe there's a clown behind him?? That could be the reason for Jae having the widest smile among all of them.

Ben Ben

Jae picked up a little cute bolster when she went shopping with mummy at Kiddy "hole in the pocket" Palace. Normally she would just give it a nice snug and throw it aside. Not this time. She was holding on the bolster everywhere she went, just the that time when she didn't want anyone to touch the barney bag. So mummy decided to buy it for her.

What I didn't realize is how quickly she got a name for the little white bolster with little prints of whales, trees and other animals. She's calling it "ben ben". Don't ask me why or where she got that name from. I thought she got names like 臭臭 (blankie) and booboo (pacifier) from us, kind of like her own interpretation of the sounds we say to her. I told her it's called bolster but it ended up becoming "benben"

Whatever that makes my princess happy is good...

Jae is a Rice Monster

Jae love rice and soup, she can finish half a bowl. Her ability to feed herself is getting better and better each day, and with lesser mess. Now we can have our dinner together (means eating at the same time). She's reluntant to let you feed her or even help her scoop up the rice.

At this rate, we no longer able to share our food, one bowl of soup and rice is just not enough for both of us.