Breakfast @ Coffee Bean

My weekday breakfast in the office consists of 2 slices of wholemeal bread (pack from home) spread with butter and kaya, occasionally with peanut butter plus a cup of hot coffee. Boring, boring, boring .... hence this morning, something different for a change.

I went to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf for breakfast together with my colleague and her daughter. It was my first time having breakfast at this outlet nearby my office. When I looked at the wide selection of breakfast menu at the counter, I really couldn’t make up my choice, as every set looks just so appetizing to me. Stood there for quite a while until the waitress asked me for my order again...haha, so embarrassing. Finally, I chose to have ‘Brek’ O Day – 2 sausages served with Panini bread, scrambled eggs, butter and jam and some fresh salad (RM13.80). My colleague and her daughter ordered Egg Club Sandwich (RM14.80) and Eggs Ben (RM13.80) respectively. All sets come with a free refill of coffee or tea. I love the free refill but didn’t go for it this time. :( Already late for office, so cannot afford to sit there and leisurely sip my cup of coffee. I wished I could enjoy my breakfast at a more relaxing mode. How nice if today is a weekend.

Today’s sumptuous and satisfying breakfast costs me RM14.50 after tax but it was worth it. Definitely will try out other range of their breakfast sets very soon. Next time, I will get hubby to go with me instead so that I don’t have to fork out my own money...haha!!

Sharlene Can Spell

Sharlene learns how to spell by looking at books and flashcards. Now she is able to spell quite a number of words by memory, most of it are 3 and 4-letter words like dog, cat, toy, egg, shop, fish, goat, kite, etc.

EGG is the first word she learnt to spell. And egg is also her favorite food..haha!


I used to teach her by showing her a picture with word, and then I point to the word and spell it out for her. After doing this with her for a few times, I will start to test her by asking "Sharlene, how to spell the word ....." without showing her the picture or words. I’m just so happy each time she knows how to spell a word correctly. :D I will correct her if she didn’t get it right at first.

Last night, she was meddling with her set of flashcards in my bedroom. After I came out from the bathroom, I sat beside her and randomly picked up a card (with a picture of xylophone) and I asked her how to spell the word xylophone. To my surprise, she spelt out the 9-letter word accurately! Sometime ago, I’ve taught her to spell this word. But frankly, I didn’t expect her to get it right as yesterday was the first time I tested her on this. Maybe, she’d learnt this in school. But anyhow, I was really glad she knows and praised her for getting the spelling right. Hopefully her interest in learning will never come to an end.

Last Day Of School

In a blink of an eye, Sharlene has completed her first year of pre-school. Today is the last day of school before the school closes for 7 long weeks. No lessons for today as they are having class party and parents are allowed to bring their kids home an hour earlier. Last night, I took out a dress for her to wear this morning and also prepared a small bag for her to bring to school. I put in her usual cutlery set and told her nanny to fill up a bottle of water for her before I left for office this morning.

It is a norm for every kid in the class to bring along an item, such as food, drinks or snacks for the class party. For this, parents have to crack their brains and think of something to buy for their little ones. Although this can be a simple task for some parents, I still have to ponder for days before I could decide. I'm quite bad in this. After thinking for a few days, I’ve finally decided to bake something. I did it last night after I got home from work. It was pretty quick and easy as I have all the ingredients at home and some 'assistance' from my girl. I shall post about it very soon...so stay tuned, ok. :)

What about you? Do you cook/bake or just buy food items for your kids' class party? Hopefully, I can get some ideas from experienced mommies out there :) Then, I do not have to crack my brain so hard the next time.

A New Habit

Lately, Sharlene has developed a new habit of wearing socks to bed every night. This habit was formed when she had runny nose and cough sometime beginning of last month. Her cough got worse during the night. During that time I applied Vicks on her chest, back and soles of her feet and put on a pair of socks before she went to sleep. This method helps her to sleep better in the night. Although now she has fully recovered from her cough, she still insists on wearing her socks to bed every night. I suppose the socks are keeping her feet warm and comfortable at night, especially when she’s sleeping in an air-cond room. Perhaps, I should try it out tonight...and who knows, I might like it too, haha.

Who's Hiding In The Box?

Sharlene is 100% diaper free since the beginning of this year. I use a box to store up her unused diapers.

She likes to remove the contents of the box and I presume you know the next thing she’s going to do...

While I was busy cleaning my room last Sunday, she entertained herself with this...and got me involved too.

Mummy, can you come and find Sharlene??


I knew she’s hiding inside the box but pretended I don’t know.

I acted as if I couldn’t find her.

After awhile, she tried to steal a look at me.

Where is mummy? Why I cannot see her?

Before she gets bored with the game, I quickly walked towards the box, pretended I’ve found her.

When I was about to open up the box, she happily declared that...

Mummy, I'm here.

Ahhhh… so nice to come out from the box and show my face….hee hee!

My Little Food Monster

Sharlene likes food a lot and I think she really wish to have her favorite food EVERYDAY. She would ask me this question, “Mummy, do you have something for me?” the moment I step into the house every evening. Her 'something' means food, of course.

What happened was one evening I brought home one of her favorite foods (I couldn’t recalled what was the food I got for her as it was quite long ago) and I called out to her... “Sharlene, mummy has got something for you here.” I bet you know what was her reaction then. So from that day onwards she has been asking me this question (whether I bought back anything for her to eat or not) everyday.

When it comes to food Sharlene can eat faster and in more quantity than her cousin sister who is 3 years older than her most of the time. She will eat mostly what’s available at home. That’s why I try to stock up on healthy foods and prevent buying unhealthy ones. In addition to her main meals, she takes 3 full bottles of milk everyday and snacks in between her meals. After lunch or dinner, she would ask for some other things to eat. Her eating habit really worries me sometimes.

At the moment, I’m quite pleased with her daily food intake that mainly consists of carbohydrates (rice, bread, noodles), protein (meat, eggs and nuts), calcium (milk, yoghurt, cheese), fruits and vegetables. She also has her share of not-so-healthy food once in a while.

Hopefully, my little food monster understands the importance of healthy eating when she's older and also the reasons why I limit her intake of fast food and other low nutrient snacks.

Superior Scribbler Award

Many thanks to Mummy Gwen for presenting this adorable award to me.

So the rules are :
Every Superior Scribbler will name 5 other Super Scribblers.
If you are named you must link to the author & the name of the blog that gave you the award.
Then you must display the adorable award and link to This Post, which explains The Award.
Finally you must visit this post and tell your name to Mr. Linky List.
Then they will have a record of all the people who are Super Scribblers!

Now I would like to pass it on to:
1. ContentedMom
2. Ming & Ling
3. Irene
4. Jo-N
5. Leona