My Taste of Home

Here we are again ……. We caught cold again. Last Winter (cold seasons) we were sick over and over, non stop. Spring is allergy seasons and we already getting sick for the past 2 weeks. Maybe we need to live in a bubble like “Bubble Boy”. I should invest my money on Tylenol and Motrin’s stock since we’ve been taking this medicine like crazy.

Let’s get to the good part, I managed to snaps some pictures of Josh while we were goofing around at home.

Groceries shopping always a fun weekend day for us. Josh enjoys driving his car and his job is getting the items we purchased into the cart.

Last weekend we went to Bahama Breeze Restaurant for lunch with grandma. That was fun!

Lastly, but not least, we have Joshua’s picture eating his dinner all by himself.

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My new favourite music video from Enrique Iglesias. He’s hot!!!! I love this guy not only because of his good look but his voice, his personality and I think he’s a little shy, funny and down to earth too. I hope you guys enjoy this video like I do.

Every year McD has a monopoly game with millions of prizes and I am one of the person who will be playing it for fun. I’ll have McD for breakfast all the time. I know McD is not a healthy food but I just love junk food especially McD. Last year we got bunch of Best Buy Bucks and I can’t remember what my hubby get it at Best Buy. This year I play the online also and so far I won 4 of 25 pts-My Coke Rewards and 3 of 1 Free hour of Wayport WIFI. What am I going to do with that? I have no idea. I also won 4 small soft drink or small coffee, 3 medium fries, 3 any breakfast sandwich and 3 small McFlurry or fruit’N Yogurt Parfait. I’m only going to get my free McFlurry, other stamps I gave it away to the guys at my office.

Do I think I am going to win $1 Million? I don’t think so! I play because it’s fun and I am not going to go to McD and buy 60 hash brown hoping I’ll win a Million dollar. That’s just insane but hey, you never know maybe one day I might gone crazy and starts buying 60 hash brown every morning. This game was design not to let people win. It is confirmed the rare pieces for this year are:

• #279 - Water Works (only 5000 pieces) = prize $50.00
• #251 - Mediterranean Ave. (500 pieces) = prize $100.00
• #278 - Short Line (100 pieces) = prize $500.00
• #254 - Vermont Ave. (100 pieces) = prize $1,000.00
• #258 - Virginia Ave. (100 pieces) = prize $2,000.00
• #260 - Tennessee Ave. (10 pieces) = prize $5,000.00
• #262 - Kentucky Ave. (10 pieces) = prize $10,000.00
• #266 - Ventnor Ave. (4 pieces) = prize $25,000.00
• #270 - Pennsylvania Ave. (4 pieces) = prize $50,000.00
• #271 - Golden Ave. (16 pieces) = prize $100,000.00
• #274 - Boardwalk (1 piece) = prize $1,000,000.00

If you have one of the pieces above you have technically won, getting the other pieces in the set is easy. People are searching to buy the above pieces but all the people selling large collection of the stamps that doesn’t contain the above stamps. If you’re playing this game, please keep the above list with you. When you get the piece listed, you’re a winner and if it is Boardwalk…… feel free to share your winning with us.

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Halloween is getting closer and I am going crazy looking for Josh’s Halloween’s costume. It was hard to find a costume for him. He’s sharing the same problem with mommy. The clothes here are too big for us or it fit us but it’s too short. I have to go clothes shopping at a Junior dept. for tall kids and their style is sooooo not for me. Anyway, What is he going to be? I’ll post it after his first Halloween Trick or Treat. Enjoy your weekend, guys!

This lemon is so sour but I like it. Don’t take it away, Daddy! It’s mine!!!

Joshua Arif will be celebrating his first birthday on October 6th and I don’t have anything much done. I did get a room booked at a park near our house. What exactly do I have to get done?

1. Invitations
2. Games/toys for the kids
3. Party Favors
4. Birthday Party Themes
5. Party Decorations & Supplies
6. Menu
7. Order Birthday Cake(s)
8. Birthday Present

Invitations:

I have been making a few phone calls and will be mailing an invitation to people who will be available for Josh’s birthday party.

Games/Toys for the kids:

I was thinking of getting bunch of coloring books and crayons for the kids. Also get a bunch of toys for them to play.

Party Favors:

I could get some toys, pen, candy,etc.,etc.

Birthday Party Theme:

I am thinking about Baby Einstein 1st Birthday but I feel like going more toward Pirate Party (Treasure Island) because there are more games for the kids with this theme.

Party Decorations and Supplies:

I will get it done once I decide which theme for his party.

Menu:

This is my biggest problem. I am not sure what to serve my guests and I know for sure I won’t have enough time to cook it. All the food has to be prepared by someone else like a deli or something. I probably should get some;

• Sandwiches
• Pasta Salad, Potato Salad, Coleslaw, etc.
• Cookies and animal crackers - for kids
• Fruits Platter
• Veggie Platter
• Cup cakes
• Ice creams
• Soda, Water and Juice
• Bread and crackers

I am looking for an advise about the menu. So, please help!

This is what I see when I got to his daycare one afternoon.

Holidays are an important part of each countries tradition and some of the most popular holidays either revolve around the religious belief such as Al-Eid, Ramadhan, Ashura, Christmas, Easter, Yum Kippur, Hannukah, Rosh Hashanah, Deepavali, Thaipusam, Wesak and so on. However there are other popular ones such as Independence Day, New Year, Valentine’s Day and so on. There are also strange, bizarre, silly and weird holidays that have no meaning at all besides the mere purpose “just” to have an excuse to celebrate something. What are the celebrations for today? Check this out:

*Air Conditioning Appreciation Day (July 3rd - August 15th)

*Compliment Your Mirror Day

*Dog Days (July 3rd - August 11th)

*Stay Out of the Sun Day

*National Unassisted Homebirth Week (July 1st - July 7th)

*Admission Day:Idaho

*National Chocolate Wafer Day

*Festival of Wilderness

*Quiz Day

*Disobedience Day

*Sun Dance: Assinibone Tribe: Montana

*Compliment Your Mirror Day

*Andrea Barber Birthday: 1976

*Patrick Wilson Birthday: 1973

*Shawnee Smith Birthday: 1970

*Montel Williams Birthday: 1956

*John Singleton Copley Birthday: 1738

*Independence Day: Belarus, Algeria and Bahamas

*Day of the Child: Argentina

*Danish West Indies Emancipation Day: US Virgin Islands

*Garibaldi Day: Italy

*Feast Day: St. Thomas the Apostle; St. Ignatius of Loyola; St. Anatolius; Aaron and Julius; St. Leo II; St. Heliodorus; St. Marinus; St. Mucian; St. Phocas; St. Raymond; & St. Tryphon.

Most of the celebrations for today goes under strange, bizarre, silly and weird holidays. Happy holidays!

p/s: I have nothing better to do at work and it has been a very very slow week.

Brad sent me an email with a video about a baby humor. I figured okay big deal it’s always funny but I never thought that I was going to laugh non stop. I just can’t help it, so to all my friends and families please enjoy the video and I wish all of you to have a wonderful weekend and remember “smiles and laughter will keep you happy and make you looks young too. Enjoy and Happy Friday!

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My last post I informed that I was planning to cook chicken rice from Gert’s blog and sambal from Farina’s blog for Father’s day but since Brad want to go out so I made it the next day. If you want the recipes please visit Gert’s and Farina’s blog. Farina, the sambal was so good I didn’t get a chance to take the picture. I ate the whole thing, hehehe. I like my chicken rice looks darker than Hainanese chicken rice so I used 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce and 1/2 tbsp light. Here is the picture of Nasi Ayam, I roasted it and brush with some honey. Thumb’s up, Gert. While eating these lovely meals, I can’t stop myself from making bunch of noises like hmm hmmm hmmm with every single bite I took. Brad asked me if I feel like at home (meaning Malaysia) and my answer to him was “almost, dear….. almost”.

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