Make Good Use Of Potty Time

Even though Sharlene is turning 4 years old soon, she still sits on the potty to do her poo poo business everyday. She has 2 potties, 1 for downstairs and 1 in my room. She refuses to sit on the toilet seat despite me telling her to go to the bathroom every time she has the urge. However, from time to time she’s willing to sit on the toilet seat to wee wee only.

Sharlene was potty trained at a very young age. Since then I used to show her books and read to her when she was on the potty for her poopie business. This is also a good way to keep her longer in the potty. Although she is very playful, hyperactive and doesn’t quite like to go to school but she loves books. She can only sit still and be quiet for a moment when she’s looking at books. She cannot even sit quietly throughout any TV shows. She has acquired the habit of reading and writing whilst sitting on the potty. When she is too engross in her books, she will sit there for more than half an hour and I’ve to tell her to stop reading and get up before she complains of painful bum for sitting too long in the potty.

During weekends I spend a lot of my time with her and that includes potty time. I will make good use of that time to read to her, let her do some writing and math exercises.


Two days ago, I gave her a sticker activity book which she did the exercise (while sitting on her potty) by choosing the relevant stickers and sticking it on the correct space provided in the book. I guided her by pointing the words to her after she'd placed the stickers on it.


She had so much fun playing with the colourful stickers and looking at the attractive pictures. She even asked me for more sticker books.

So Frustrating!

After coming home from dinner just now, I prepared Sharlene for bedtime, brushed her teeth, washed her bum, put her on the pyjamas and read her a story book. After she has gone to bed, I flipped through the newspapers. And although I was very tired after reading the papers, I sat in front of the computer trying to write a post in my blog but I was so frustrated by the slow connection of streamyx. I really do not know what was causing the slow connection to most websites the whole of today. This morning the computer got 'hang' a few times when I tried to open some kids' websites for Sharlene and her piao cheh. I switched off and on again the computer several times. Really frustrating! And I hope it will not happen again tomorrow. I'm keeping my fingers cross here.

Okay, got to jump to bed now as I need to wake up early tomorrow morning to exercise.

Sharlene Loves Noodles

Sharlene loves to eat noodles and most of the time she can finish the bowl of noodles that is given to her. She and her 2 cousins like noodles very much especially instant noodles which are not nutritious at all. They will finish up everything including the soup that is full of salt and ajinomoto...and that's most horrible! If Sharlene wants to eat instant noodles, I'll tell her nanny to either give her the noodles without the soup or cook it with homemade chicken/vegetables soup. I noticed most families have stock of instant noodles in their home. And my house is no exception as we always have stock of different types of instant noodles.


Last Sunday, we went to Tesco, Kota Damansara for shopping. After shopping and the kids had fun at the indoor playground, we'd lunch at one of the restaurants in Tesco. Guess what Sharlene had for lunch on that day? Its noodles again. I ordered a plate of cantonese fried meehoon and a glass of hot barley. The serving for the noodles was quite big. So, instead of ordering something else for Sharlene, I shared the big plate of noodles with her.

Steamed Savoury Glutinous Rice

As mentioned in my earlier post, I intend to make 'Loh Mai Kai' (steamed savoury glutinous rice)...... and I finally did it during the weekend. I took out my recipes file, searched for a recipe on 'Loh Mai Kai' and found one that was quite simple to do. There are a few version of 'LMK' recipes in my collection. I like to follow recipes that are easy and straightforward. Too lazy to read those lenghty and complicated ones. I modified the ingredients and used - 2 deboned chicken thighs, chinese mushrooms and chinese sausages (lap cheong). I wanted to put 'char siew' too but it wasn't available in the wet market. I followed the method thoroughly, arranged the ingredients neatly in the bowl and filled it up with the glutinous rice. As we intend to have the 'LMK' for breakfast on Sunday morning, I kept it in the fridge after steaming.

The above pic was taken during breakfast on Sunday morning. We had homemade yummy 'LMK' with sweet dessert cooked by Sharlene's nanny.


This's the bowl of 'tong-sui' I had for breakfast. The main ingredients are pear, honey dates, dried longan and white fungus.

Are You Smarter Than A 4 Years Old?

I received this e-mail from a girlfriend 2 days ago. Okay, let's see if you can qualify by answering the following:-

A pre-school test for you.......

Which way is the bus below travelling? To the left or to the right?


Can't make up your mind? Look carefully at the picture again.




Still don't know?

Primary school children were shown this picture and asked the same question. 90% of them gave this answer:

"The bus is travelling to the right".

When asked, "Why do you think the bus is travelling to the right?"

They answered:

"Because you can't see the door to get on the bus."




How do you feel now???

Bet I know


So, did you pass the above test? Or feel like knocking your head on the wall, just like me.

Say Goodbye To Diapers

Ever since Sharlene refuses to wear her diapers at night, I have started to train her - by waking her up in the middle of the night to pee in her potty. She is too sleepy and lazy to walk to the toilet. After trying for a few nights, I managed to catch the right timing to wake her up. Sometimes hubby will remind me if I am too engross with the TV, reading newspapers or sitting in front of the computer. The right timing is between 11pm to 11.30 pm if she goes to bed before 9.30 pm. Besides that, I will also restrict her water intake before bedtime. She will empty her bladder another time if she wakes up again later and she will then jump straight on my bed and sleep in between hubby and I. After that, she will stay dry until the next morning. However, incidents of wetting the bed could happen sometimes if she’s in deep sleep and that’s the time when she’s unable to control her bladder.

She has been without her diapers for more than a month now and I have since put away all the balance diapers and pull-up pants. And I’m thinking what should I do with the remnants of it?? Keep it, give away...? Anyway, so glad that hubby doesn’t need to spend on diapers anymore. Another BIG saving here.

Delicious Porridge

We had porridge for lunch a few Saturdays ago. This bowl of porridge here looks very plain and dull but I tell you it tastes very delicious and smooth. The main ingredient for the porridge is salted chicken and nothing else, maybe some salt only.

On our way back from Penang 3 weeks ago, we stopped over at Bercham, Ipoh for lunch and there we saw a shop selling salted chicken. If I am not mistaken, Ipoh is rather well-known for its salted baked chicken. At first my SIL bought only 2 boxes (1 box consist of 1 whole 'kampung' chicken) and its very cheap, only RM16 per box. Here in K.L is selling at above RM20. We tasted the chicken on the spot....so terrible eating with our fingers. It was finger licking good as the chicken was SOoooo tasty, tender and juicy. Not too salty and it has a nice aroma of 'dong quai' (chinese angelica), a type of chinese herbs which they put about 4-5 slices of it into the chicken cavity. My food enthusiast SIL bought another 6 boxes before we left the place. You must be wondering what are we going to do with so many boxes of chicken. Well, we distributed a few to neighbours and friends and the balance kept in the freezer for own consumption, of course.


We still have 1 box left in the freezer and here's the picture of the plastic bag with the name of the shop and its address. I didn' take pictures of the chicken as it was wrapped up in paper and the box is full of ice bits. What do you think I should do with this last chicken I have in my freezer?? I thought of steaming it for dinner this week.....err still considering or maybe, another round of porridge this weekend!