Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
We love holidaying in the UK especially as there are so many places worth visiting like Bath, lovely beaches in Cornwall and Devon, the Lake District and holiday parks in Scotland. Also you are able to pack your must-have items that you unable to take on an overseas holiday!
Opel is my family dog who has been with us for nine years. He might be loud (seriously, he loves to bark) but he is a very huggable mutt. When I first met him, he was very mischievous and he is just the same even now. He used to love to chew cables, shoes and furniture much like any other puppy though he has calmed down a bit. He loves to steal food, especially food that is within easy reach. Even food placed out of sight is not safe at times as he will find a way! On a number of occasions we have found evidence where he has eaten raw eggs, fish, biscuits etc.
This competition post is an entry for #TigercubHideout summer blogger by Tiger Sheds.
Tiger Sheds have challenged bloggers to ask their child or on behalf of a friends’ child to draw a picture of their dream house. There are no limits or guidelines here: they want to see the craziest, most whimsical and avant-garde architectural marvels since Gaudi learnt to tile. The child can either draw their dream house by hand or on the computer. When it’s finished, ensure the drawing is labelled so they know what they are looking at.
Finally, upload the drawing in a blog post with the hashtag #TigercubHideout and send your blog link to tigersheds@tigerbox.co.uk along with a contact number. Entries must be received by midnight on the closing date of 29 August 2014. A winner will be chosen from the most imaginative and creative entries by the CEO and his wife.
It’s been 12 months in the planning, but I’ve finally been to attend the Britmums live event this weekend! I bought the Britmums early bird ticket to make sure that I attended as I had always heard that the blogging conference was a superb event! So the day arrived and on Friday, I travelled alone to London Euston and managed to meet up with a couple of bloggers there. Arriving at the Brewery where the conference was held just before the event and there were already a huge group of people milling around there.
My kitchen is a small and cosy place where I spend most of my mornings busily preparing and cooking for my blog post and my family. We moved into this brand new house at the time seven years ago now. Recently, I had painted the kitchen walls yellow to make it feel warmer and brighter. Now with a fresh coat of paint it looks so much better! My little cosy place is where all my kitchen gadgets are. I don’t think I could ever live without them. Especially my rice cooker. I bought it in Singapore 4 years ago and it not only cooks rice, it can steam food and bake cakes!
Our cosy place is quite small, so we don’t have a proper dining table. At the moment, it is a fold up table. Whenever we need it, I just simply fold out the table and set it up in a minute. We used to spend time having dinner together when both children were still young. Nowadays, we hardly have time to eat as a family as both children have so many after school activities and Mr C has been working hard with long hours at work. We seem only able to make time to eat together at the weekend.
Lichfield Bower is back again! It is the oldest traditional festival in Lichfield held every spring bank holiday. It is about 800 years old. This year it was held on 26 May 2014. Here’s a link back to what we saw last year.
Firstly, I would like to thank you my readers who voted for me through to Britmums Brilliance in Blogging Awards (BiBs) Video 2014. I have not asked for any voting since the initial nominations but now I am absolutely thrilled to say that we have been shortlisted for the BiBs Video! I would be therefore be hugely grateful if you could click here to vote for us under Section 9 – ET Speaks From Home! If you don’t have time, it is fine! But thank you for voting for me to go through to the shortlisting.
When I started blogging, one of the first blogs I followed was BritMums. They regularly set challenges like bring Barney on an adventure or cooking an egg dish. I try to join in as much as possible as it helps to give me something to do with my children or being creative.
We have been waiting for this day for a very long time and finally this year, we managed to attend it! The Singapore Day celebrations tours different countries each year and we missed the last one in the UK a few years back.
We all travelled down by train early on Saturday morning and arrived at Victoria Park way with plenty of time to spare. When we got there, the queue was already massive. Luckily, we had our children with us and we are allowed to use the priority line. We had to pass through a few security checks before we could go in and then had to wait again! If you have a look at Singapore Day Facebook page’s photo, you will spot us rushing off the moment they opened its doors!
Last Thursday, the lovely people from Hillarys had invited me to attend their event at the Ideal Home Show and after show party.
This is my second time going to Ideal Home Show. It was slightly disappointing as it didn’t have as many exhibitors as the Christmas Ideal Home Show I attended previously. I would love to be able to purchase more home items like cushions, rugs and utensils but items available are more like gadgets such as speakers, water filters and mops.
Recently, both Tami from Mummy of Two and Pippa from Red Rose Mummy had tagged me into Blog Your Heart Out Meme. These are my answers to the questions!
Experts at Goodfella’s have taken 1,000 children aged 6 – 16 kids’ suggestions and recommendations about what they like to talk about at mealtimes to create a fun guide for parents, including 10 conversation starters that are guaranteed (more or less) to get kids talking at the dinner table.
The research show that there are 31% of parents don’t know what to talk to their kids about and 58% of mums and dads admit that their kids are bored of their tired chat. My husband and I must admit that we always ask the most common but ‘boring’ question: “How was your day at school?”.
Last week, we spent some family time eating delicious Goodfella’s pepperoni pizza. These are the five question most interesting questions to ask children aged 6 to 12 year old.
This half term, we have been busy entertaining and playing with both of our monsters! Why monsters? Because they have boundless energy tearing up the house and we need endless ideas to keep them happy and entertained. I do believe that nothing beats activities that use their own imagination. Not only does it keep them entertained for longer, but often it requires minimal costs. So get their thinking caps on and maybe use items for recycling and engage their imagination to build their own hideaway at home. This involves a lot of mess though but it is a brilliant way to get them out of the way. Or maybe not!
After a long day at work, don’t you just want to have a sit down and relax? Not spending enough time with the kids? Why not grab yourself a cuppa, place a comfy stool next to the bath tub to do the bath time routine. While your kids have a bath, you can have a bit of rest and chat with them.
Recently, I read five decades of childhood obsession written by Oxford Open Learning which deeply interested me. I can totally relate to it! I still remember my first bike (BMX), playing with marbles and so much more.
To join in this project, I made my list of 10 craze items from my playground days. Born in the late 70s, these are what I played with.
