The Pink Sisterhood

I've been tagged by Mummy Gwen, Ling and Slavemom and this tag is all about breast cancer awareness.

Here's some facts about breast cancer:

* One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.

* Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.

* Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.

* Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.

* Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 15 and 54, and the second cause of cancer death in women 55 to 74.

* Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last ten years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol.

* Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.

Facts taken from Women’s Health

And now here is the tag and the rules:


1. Put the logo in your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who shared it with you.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4. Add your link to the list of participants below

5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

PINK Sisterhood
1- Fara 2- Massy 3- N.O.Y 4- Mariuca 5- A Great Pleasure 6- LadyJava 7- Kim 8- Pink Thoughts 9- Turn-u-Off 10- Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 11- STAY AT HOME MOM 12- Fida Abbott 13- Also Mommy 14- Janice Ng 15- Juliana’s Site 16- The Painted Veil 17- Cendrine 18- Sting 19- Growing Up Together 20- Something About Us 21- Life As A Mummy 22- YOU're Next!

I'm passing this meaningful tag to:
Kylie, Oliveoylz, SueSue, Leona, Jo-N, ContentedMom and Irene

Proximidade Award

Wow! another award for me :) Thanks to Kylie for this lovely award.

This award is in Portuguese and after translation it read as follows:
"This blog invests and believes, in Proximity"

"They all are charmed with the blogs, where in the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut or that they propagate? Then let’s try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text."

I'm passing this meaningful award to:
1. JO-N
2. Cooking Momster
3. Leona
4. Adrine
5. Ling
6. ContentedMom
7. Mummy Yiau
8. Ryan mami

Let's hope blogging could make us feel closer together.

An Eventful Weekend

We have visitors over at our house during the weekend. They were my parents and sister. Oh, I was so delighted to have them here especially my parents who seldom visit KL due to work commitment. Well, actually their main purpose of coming here is to attend my sister’s convocation. They arrived just in time for dinner on Friday evening. Aunty YK cooked some simple dishes for us on that day and my mum even bought my favorite roasted duck from JB. Oooo, the duck was simply delicious!! I should have taken pictures of the duck and the home-cooked dishes that we had on that night but I'd completely forgotten about it as I was too busy eating and chit chatting with my parents and sis...haha!

Hmm...yummy, the mien (noodles) is so delicious!

After breakfast the next morning we took them to Pavilion for shopping. My mum loves to shop and she can go without food for hours when she’s engross in shopping. On the other hand, my dad is one of those who dislike shopping. Back home, he prefers to sit in front of the TV or play golf than go shopping with my mum during weekends. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much time for my mum to shop in Pavilion, as we need to rush back and get ready for my sis’s convo in the evening. She only got herself 2 pair of shoes from Sembonia and a blouse from Parkson. Later in the evening, my parents and I attended my sis’s convo. Poor hubby stayed home to look after Sharlene as Aunty YK has gone on leave.

On Sunday we went to Mid Valley Megamall with my sil's family. Reached there about noon, we headed straight to Metrojaya and whilst shopping, my sil called to say that they are going home first cos' my niece wasn't feeling well. I used to love shopping but not anymore now cos whenever Sharlene is out in the shopping mall I've to keep an eye on her ALL the time.

We left Mid Valley around 6.30pm.


Sharlene refused to go to bed early for the past few nights. While I was chatting with my parents at home, I set some maths questions for Sharlene to do. She loves counting and is able to do some simple addition (with pictures) exercise now.


Sharlene was busy doing her maths exercise that I've given her earlier and that kept her occupied for quite a while....In the meantime, mummy had a great time chatting ...haha! :)

Red Rose Award

This red rose award was given to me by this great mummy, Ling a week ago. Thank you Ling for remembering me and dropping by here often with your lovely comments. I'm touched by your kind gesture :)

The rules of the award are:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls and boys you've nominated.

This time around, I would like to dedicate this lovely red rose award to all bloggers who visit my blog even though some of you may have already received or posted this red rose in your blog. For those of you who haven't got this, please feel free to accept this award from me!

Last of all, have a great weekend everyone!!

The Way Sharlene Eats Her Apple

Here's how Sharlene eats her apple at home. Very simple and no cutting required for me. All I have to do is to give her the whole apple after removing the skin. It saves me so much trouble to cut the fruits into small pieces or small wedges. I remember that was how she used to take her apples when she was younger. This fussy pot only likes crunchy honey apples from South Africa and she can gobble down the whole apple within minutes. I myself also prefer South Africa honey apples, as they are sweeter, juicier and crunchier. I will have supply of honey apples in my fridge all the time. It's better and healthier to munch on fruits than other unwholesome snacks when the kid is hungry.


That day I was sitting next to her and was trying so hard to snap some pictures of her munching the apple. It was quite tough as she gave me all kind of funny faces when I told her to look at the camera and smile. Haha...finally I got these 2 pics that looks all right to me. She really looks cheeky and playful here.

Today Is Sharlene’s 4th Birthday

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MY DEAREST SHARLENE


Time really flies and you are 4 years old today, Sharlene. On this day 4 years ago, daddy and mummy were very anxious whilst waiting for your arrival in the delivery room. You were delivered via induced labor at 1.30pm and that was the happiest moment in daddy and mummy’s life. Our precious ‘miracle’ baby was here at last! Mummy was terribly exhausted after using all my might to push you out from mummy’s womb. However, all the exhaustion and pain that mummy endured subsequent to the induction were soon vanished after the nurse brought you over to me and put you on my arms. Finally, I was able to cuddle and kiss my own baby, which I yearn for after 5 years of marriage. Tears filled my eyes the moment I saw you and no words could describe my feeling at that juncture.

Sharlene, daddy and mummy LOVE you from the bottom of our hearts. Now till forever! Daddy and mummy also wish you good health and happiness always.

It’s Never Too Early To Instil Healthy Eating In Children

Don’t you agree with me?

Last week I was told that my niece who is 7 yrs old has high cholesterol. It was diagnosed with a simple blood test. Nowadays, not only adults have high levels of cholesterol, children also may have it.

In my niece case, she is not overweight or obese. Her cause of high cholesterol might be due to her eating habits. Since young she loves to eat chicken skin, chicken feet, fried chicken wings, fried ‘yau char kwai’ and other oily and crunchy stuff. All these food are very yummy but they are certainly not good for health if taken regularly.

I’m rather fussy when it comes to food selection especially Sharlene’s daily food. Good nutrition and a balanced diet are very important for a growing child. I always follow these basic guidelines when it comes to preparing or choosing food for Sharlene –

· Limit salt and sugar intake. Sharlene has been trained from young to take bland food. For example, she takes hard boiled eggs without adding soya sauce. Recently, I start to put in a little bit of soya sauce on her soft-boiled eggs so that it taste better. She’s still taking barley drink without sugar.

· Limit fat intake by keeping away from deep-fried foods. We do take fried stuff once in a while. As it is quite impossible to avoid deep-fried foods totally, what I do is – take some tissues to dab away excess oil on the food (at least it helps to remove some oil).

· Limit fast food and junk food. Children love all these, aren’t they? I don’t completely ban her from eating all these. Instead, I let her indulge in it once in a while. How can she resist when she sees her cousins taking french fries and chips :(

· More fruits and vegetables. Luckily, she’s not choosy and likes to take fruits. But she can be quite picky when it comes to vegetables.

I hope I can encourage Sharlene to have a healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.