Hot Porridge Is What I Needed Now...

What I am yearning for now is a bowl of hot porridge like this...

My poor stomach is still tender after a bout of food poisoning that left me weak and tired this morning.  A sleepless night, tossing and turning like a "fried fish" because of stomach cramps.  I thought of taking medical leave today but then I have to take my girl to work, so no point in taking leave when I have to leave the house anyway... life is such, huh...

 Back to my porridge pictures, these were taken on the first morning in Seoul, Korea... we were ushered into a shop which served us porridge and other condiments this early morning...

 It was a very cold winter... everyone hurried to enter the shop for some warmth...

something hot to warm our bodies...

 Part of the condiments to go with white, plain, hot porridge...

 

These are part of the condiments to go with the porridge, fried fish, fried crispy flour and some salted vegetables.  I cannot remember what else because these were the only pictures I took while we were inside the shop.  Perhaps I was too hungry to snap more, cold weather really makes the stomach "growls" louder.  LOL...

Last night my girl and I were having a talk on where to go this year, that is before she enters college.  She was asking me about any trips to the western countries this time round and I thought of mentioning Cancun holidays.  I bet she does not know where this place is....  :)

Family Trip To Korea

My desktop computer is now under repair, I hope it can be repaired and back to normal in a day or two. For the time being, I have to depend on my office computer to do some updates. When I was browsing through some files in my office computer, I came across a lot of pictures which I am still keeping here, sort of a "back-up" in case the pictures in my desktop couldn't be retrieved. 

Looking back at these photos and our trip to Korea in 2010, they enlighten up my present mood.  These pictures really bring back sweet memories, we were two years younger then and life was not the same as it is now. Every year we face changes in our lives but one thing we want to maintain is to arrange yearly family holidays.

These holidays do not have to be overly-expensive and beyond our budget limits, they can be local or it can be somewhere near to our country. As long as we go as a family, the joy and fun to be together is all that counts... Take as many pictures as we like and as the years go by, they never fail to put a smile on our faces...

 December 2010 in Korea

For the next few posts, I will post up our traveling pictures...
Just in case the pictures "disappear" from my computers, at least I still can see them in my blog.  :)

Sad Day

My Apple gave me problem this morning. Now recovered after some consultation. Then evening came home to find out that my pc cannot start up. Why today? I used to have a laptop and a desktop and today I have neither.

Now writing via Apple but nothing like own computer.

Guess I will sleep early tonight. One of those days when things are not running smooth.

Useful Tips To Prevent Termites!

First thing to do in the morning.. called up the pest control company and at 3pm, we made an appointment to meet in my house.  Thank goodness they sent a talkative young man to answer all my FAQ about Termites ....

When he saw my store room, he said the termites are gone but where they have gone to, he couldn't tell.. he took out a torchlight and surveyed my whole house, knocking here and there on the woods... so far, so good, he said...

Ok, here are some tips on how to prevent termites from attacking ....

1)  Always leave a few inches gap from any wooden furniture and the wall... that means do not put the cupboards, piano, tables sticking to the wall area.

2)  Now and then, knock all on the wooden panels in the house... (one of my to-do-list when I am walking around the house)

3)  Listen to the sound of solid wood and hollow wood and if it is serious, just a poke can make a hole!

4)  Do not use cardboard boxes to store up books, newspaper and anything which is made of paper... spend some money buying plastic storage containers to keep our important documents instead...it helps, so he said.

5)  Store rooms must be aired once awhile.. and do leave a space for walking inside the store room.  (Mine is a bad example... no pathway at all... fully utilized to the brim!)

Some information about Termites.... they are scared of sunlight.. (just like vampires/draculas)  You know why?  Cos their bodies are full of protein... when the sunlight hit them, their bodies melt...this is another reason why some people like to eat Termites!!  They wanted their protein!  aikksss....

So protein lovers, now you know where to get free protein!!  Yikesss!!

My House Has Been Invaded!

And now ... after all the Joy and Fun of Chinese New Year, I will now show some "horrific" pictures of the "invasion" in my house....

Last Sunday while cleaning up the house here and there, I went to the store room to get a hammer... When I opened the door to the store room, I was horrified to see two lines of "aliens" on my wall...  Screamed for my sons and to our shock and horror, we found out that the whole store room was infested with TERMITES!!  awwwwww... so sad!

It was already Chinese New Year eve...and since the "termites busters" have closed shops... we have no choice but to handle this "extermination" ourselves!  If I have a choice and opportunity, I would shift to another house but it is not easy to get a decent first time buyer mortgages online.

Thank God for my two Tarzans and Jane ... the four of us managed to clear and threw, cleaned and sprayed and sprayed and sprayed....... phewwww...

at first I saw this line....

then after taking out all the stuff..

the wooden shelf seems to be in "great activity"

all the termites were going in and out of the wood... YUCKS!

Electrical appliances... the boxes were destroyed..

I threw away an electrical jug and a steamed iron...

(gave them to a neighbour staying behind my house)

he helped us to clear up the debris we threw away...

Our "dungeon"

never keep books in big boxes for a long period of time!

They reminded me of the movie "MUMMY"

all the pages just dropped like dust!

The Hero... he was at the Front Line...

the Infested Wall... 

  

After many-many hours... lots of sweat...

lots of "Yucks" and "Gosh"

and Smelly Spray of Poison, 

we call it a day....

All these were done during the

Eve of Chinese New Year...

Its not finished.. still have to follow-up with the spraying...

My Three Kisses Goes To....

What is a MUST during Chinese New Year? Besides the food, of course.... hahaha... Red packets are very "vital" during this festive season especially to those who are not married yet... they are the receivers whereas the married ones are the givers..

Just look at the receivers' faces... oh, I must also give with a cheerful heart.. hahaha.... the red packet.. it doesn't matter how much you put inside.. it is just a Blessing... not the money that counts, right? :)

Let's start with the AA....

His look reminded me of someone....

Someone is mischievous over here....

He has to cringe... hahaha...

the Baby of the family....

Using the camera timer...

10..9...8........3...2............1....

cheeezzz

Happy Weekend To All Of You!!

Chinese New Year And Firecrackers!

Let the pictures tell the CNY happenings.... 

After the great dinner...

and the preparation of drinks...

by the two boys in yellow...

we adjourned to the garden...

and joined in the young adults' fun...

the Young Adults...

Over 21 years of age...

except for this one lady in yellow of course.. 

and also excluding a "Supervisor In Red"..

everyone joined in the "Hanging"of the Crackers..
and then ...

Our first picture with the Firecrackers...

The Hero of the Night...

 

and then it started...

'BANG..BANG!!!"

It was over even before I could pressed the "record button"

and now ... time to "destroy the evidence!"

hahahaaaa...

Third Day With Western And Double Black...

The Chinese New Year Fiesta continues on... and on...

in my SIL's house....

We came and we conquered...

THESE....AND....
 

DRINKS WITH DOUBLE BLACK WHISKEY,

sparkling and fresh juice....

On our third night, the young adults requested for Western food instead of Chinese.. and my sister-in-law and her son "whipped" up their magic wands and came up with these....

 

Shepherds Pie...

Spaghetti with minced chicken meat sauce

Seafood Carbonara cream sauce...

All my girl's favourite!!!

 

roasted ham... 

AA is just as happy as my girl... 

in no time... all are walloped!!

then it is time for "story-telling" ....

after a few glasses of Double Black...

it is Confession Time... 

Ask anything and it will be answered.. 

hahahahaa....

Tomyam Steamboat And Desserts!

Steamboat in the evening.... thanks to my sister-in-law... she is really a passionate cook.. she cooks for the whole gang of us... and not only that, she even have a few types of desserts after our main meal...

Gosh..where to get a sister-in-law like that.. hahahaa.. so glad I am married to my husband and thus the blessing!! hahahaa...

Tomyam steamboat....

need two pots to accommodate us all...

after the main meal... we washed up.. 

and waited for the SECOND COURSE!!

 

DESSERTS TIME!

MY GIRL EYEING FOR THE CHEESECAKES!

 

WANNA TRY EACH OF EVERYTHING!!

HOW NOT TO GAIN WEIGHT LIKE THAT???

hahaha.... but I really do not mind the calories... 

Love having them ALL!!!