Sunday, May 20, 2012

UK Agro Farm

Wanna get up close to the animals ? About an hour journey from Tuas Check point, you can drive up to Kluang and explore the UK Argo Resort. We had our short 2D1N farm stay at the resort.


Reached the place slightly near to lunch time and we took our lunch (included in our package) after dropping our barangs in the chalet.


A simple room with two wooden beds, one bathroom and of course aircon and fan equipped. The surrounding of the resorts give a rustic feel in their wooden structure.

The tour began after lunch, first we visited the place where the food for sheep and goats were being processed.

Afterwich, we went to the shed where hundreds of goats were housed.



There will be a passage for the little ones to run along and have their 30 secs milk drink.


After they had their 30secs feeding, you can feed them with hay and get a cuddling session with them. The lil' darling here is only one week old !



We continued on to visit the herb sanctuary with more than 100 kinds of herbs growing within.


as well as the Jakun village to watch the Orang Asli perform the windpipe blowing and how they used trap doors to hunt for animals.

Here's our brave lil' volunteer !


Ultimately, freaked out and asked me to join in ! We stepped right into the trap ! 


There is ostrich feeding as well !


A mushroom and vegetable farm within the resort.


We got to see how they grow the different type of mushrooms.



We went to the passion fruit street and followed by a really fun session ! Bottle feeding the goats !
The hungry babies emptied the bottle in less than 5 mins !


A spectacular sight not to be missed as we watched hundreds of sheeps being let loose from their sheds for meadow grazing!


Another super duper fun section ! Sheep Challenge ! We were given 3 mins to run and chase after the sheeps ! Anyone manage to catch one of the sheeps, will be awarded with a secret prize ! haaaa, no bribery please !


Here's Xav trying really hard !


We ended our day with the horse riding before we go back for a nice shower and continued with our dinner.


While waiting for Xav, we went snapping around and you gotta love the scenary behind us.


Their specialty must try is their black pepper mutton steak ! I dont take mutton at all due to the smell but the mutton steak they served is totally yummy ! No mutton smell at least for me and yet soft ! After our dinner, we went to release the Kun Ming Lantern.


Xav : I wished the lantern will not float away ...... Silly fella here almost in tears when we released the lantern into the sky. He kept asking where is the lantern going.


Next morning, woke up feeling fresh and perky ! The lovelies gave each other hugs after the breakfast ! How lovely !
We visited the mini zoo and the kids had great experience cuddling, petting, feeding and taking pics with the little animals !


We checked out by 12pm and went to visit another vegetable farm which is just beside where we stayed after we drove out. A really great place to check out during the weekends !

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Xav @ 48 months

My lil' buddy here entered the fabulous 4 stage ! Still remains as spontaneous and outgoing ! Always fun going and full of curiosity !


His latest improvement is, he finally grips the pencil correctly without having me to constantly remind him "Hey, where's your good and bang" (A method taught by his school)


And as usual his love for numbers motivates him greatly to learn addition and subtraction. I have taught him "Adding 1" and give him any number from 1-99 plus 1, he will be able to tell you the answer as he has understood the adding 1 concept. He happily learnt the "Adding 2s" when I advanced a little further, by counting using his fingers. One day, after I returned from work, I asked him to do a page of "Adding 2" assignment for me. Guess what, he did "Adding 3" instead all by himself without any difficulty.
Am glad that he is still ever so enthusiastic in learning things ! I got him an sewing kit with a kid friendly sewing needle made of plastic and big enough for their tiny hands. I guided him and he slowly got the hang of it. Here's one of his completed pouch !


Yes, he just turned 4 and he now tells me " mummy, I'll be 5 years old soon !! " He can't wait to grow up and be like an adult ! As he grows, he "upgraded" to more "sophiscated" toys like Lego ! He chose this set himself and got daddy to buy him. See a super happy Xavier here !


And of course, he learns better "bargaining" skills now and would often come out with unexpected answers for us. One day, we were asking him some questions and we knew that he was not telling the truth for fear that we would get angry. We asked him if we can scold him or smack him if we found out that he is not telling the truth. His reply was " That's not a good idea ! ". We carried on asking him "So what do you suggest we do if we can't scold or smack you", he gave a instant pause hahhaa tongue tied ! His answers to us gradually made us realised, he is no longer a baby, slowly as he grows, he has become more aware of himself and people around him. Sometimes, I hope he would stop growing at this stage ! This is a really fun stage which I hope I can spend more time with him !

Monday, April 9, 2012

Stepping into his Fabulous 4 !!

Our little buddy has turned 4 !!! He's growing more witty, gaining more knowledge, growing taller (But weight remains unchanged, more expressive and is more aware of himself now !

We thanked everyone for your presence, gifts and blessings for Xavier ! Hope you guys enjoyed the party as much as we did !

This year's party, I almost DIY most of the party deco with a help of a friend. A red, black and yellow banner coupled with bouquet of balloons of the same colour theme for the Cars Theme Party.

DIY these mini boxes as party packs for the guests. No fanciful toys but a pack of cranberries softbake cookies. (Drop me a message should you want to personalise the box for any parties. But at least a 3 weeks notice please)

DIY the cupcake toppers for the cupcakes. and yes ! Thanks Jo again for teaching me how to frost the cuppies ! Learning something new each time I DIY something for an occasion.

Thanks Jo for this gift to Xavier.

From the helicopter's view.

This yr's surprise for him was Toybox ! We engaged their service to have a cosy, close up session with the kids for a session of puppetry, music, drama and story telling at the party.


Toybox Team guiding Xav in leading the Birthday Train !

The cheeky boy TRANSFORMs !!

May our little boy here remains as spontaneous, outgoing and as fabulous as always ! Hope this yr's party has once again leave him a deep impression and he shall carries these memories with him as he grows.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Apple Crumble

This is one sweet treat that I got Xav involved almost like 80% in the making. It's really easy to make and we had a greta time bonding in the kitchen ! Thank you Angie for this great recipe - Apple crumble !

Ingredients (serves 2):

- 50g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 25g butter cut to cubes
- 2 tbsp caster sugar (I find it abit too sweet for my liking, probably 1 1/2 tbsp should be fine)
- 1 cooking apple (I used Royal Gala France)
- Ice cream

Method:
1. Sieve flour and cinnamon powder into large mixing bowl.
2. Add cubed butter to sifted flour. Using fingertips, gently rub the butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.

3. Add sugar and mix well with the spoon.

4. Peel, core the apple and slice thinly. Arrange apple slices in a ramekin(s).

5. Cover the apples with the rubbed in mixture and press lightly with the back of the spoon.

6. Bake in preheated oven of 200 deg C for about 30-40 mins or until tipping is lightly golden brown. Here's my cheeky lil' baker !

7. Break crumble to smaller pieces and serve hot with a scoop of ice cream. Here you got the tasty apple crumble !

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Black Beans and lotus Seeds in Pork Ribs Broth

Another soup from my receipe book bought recently.

Black beans help to tonify the blood and eyesight. while ginger nourishes yin removes heat.

Ingredients :
50g Black Beans
50g Lotus Seed
10g Yoke Chok
20g Barley
10g Dried Longan
Some Ginger
400g Spare Ribs
Water
Salt

Method is similar to other soups which I have cooked before (Throw everything into the pressure cooker ! )

Monday, February 13, 2012

Happy Dragon Year 2012 !!

Here's the Chuas wishing all of you a prosperous Dragon Year !!

Finally, something special this year ! Made my first visit to Istana officially as a visitor after all these years ! Think my visits to the Istana while am on duty definately surpassed my visits as a visitor. My lil' buddy has grown to be an even more independant preschooler and of course we can trust him now with photo taking ! This lovely pic is taken by Xavier. Thank you darling !

Made our way to the Istana Building, paid a $2 entry fee into the premises.

The father and son !

The surroundings in Istana is really great for taking pics ! I love this especially !

This pic was requested to be taken by Xavier. He told me he loves flowers and would like to take some shots with them.

This pic below made him looked so grown up ! How I wish he could stay at this stage ! Mixed feelings ... he is growing really fast !

We made our way out at 10.30 am and the real crowd started to stream in.

Tip of the day, if you wanna avoid crowd, reach early !
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