Mama Baking Cakes- Part 2

- "Kueh Neng Ko of Life"
This is a continuation from blog entry - part 1 dated 17 Oct 2006..

I recieved a call from my home while I was in a meeting yesterday. Worried that it might be urgent, I left the meeting room to attend to the call. Aiya, it was Mama "reporting" to me that she baked Kueh Neng Ko" (鸡蛋糕 - some chinese sponge cake which is yellow in colour)and asked me not to buy bread for this morning breakfast ......hahaha, the "Queen" is at her favourite hobby again!!

When I reached home last evening, my "informer", Noime told me that the Kueh Neng Ko was a flop! Mama,being overly confident, went against the advice of Noime and put too much sugar! Thus, the Nueh Neng Ko was too sweet...Aiyoyo! Guess, her agaration failed this round, must be due to lack of practice..or she "scoop happy" and over scooped the sugar from the bag of 3kg sugar that I just bought last Sunday. I was pretty amused, listening to both Noime and Mama relating to me , what happened in the afternoon during the cake baking activity.

Of course, I would not pass up the chance to tease mama "bo ho jia , bo ho jia" (not delicious in Hokkein ) ( Mama is always quick to criticise both Noime's and my cooking )

This morning when I went to the kitchen for breakfast, I saw Mama and Noime "armed with a knife, spatula and the wok" (No worries lah, they were not at a duel.)

Mama, true to her spirit of determination and creativity, decided to "improvise" (or rather salvage) her Kueh Neng Ko by frying it with eggs..........The outcome, bravo!! delicious cake for breakfast!! The Kueh Neng Ko really tasted very good after it was fried with egg ......Come to think of it, it is actually- Kueh Neng Ko in "french toast" style!!



(check out my creation!!)


I am really proud of Mama!! She is someone who does not give up easily and uses her ingenuity to make things better (this Kueh Neng Ko episode is just one of the many examples)... I believe, if it were someone else, she would have discarded the super sweet Kueh Neng Ko....... I would aspire to learn from darling Mama.....(except her nagging!!!!!!hahaha). Hmm,I shall name the blog entry "Keuh Neng Ko of life"

Moving on to another phase .........with my loved ones

I will be moving on to the next milestone of my life after my wedding next year , and I am glad that many of my loved ones have been very supportive and offered to help out with my wedding preparations...my cousins, my niece Pearlyn, my uncle and his family, my classmates and of course, my wonderful friends - SJ, Pui, Angie, Janice,Sally, Lily, Qiuhua etc ..

My pretty niece, Pearlyn graciously shared all her contacts and her experience with me as she is also preparing her wedding ,which will be held in Dec this year.....I am truly amazed with her energy and organisational skills.......My uncle and auntie offered to help me with the customery stuff and my buddies - SJ, Angie, Janice and Sally accompany me to the bridal shops and share their honest views about the wedding gowns that I tried on. They of course have also offered their assistance with other operational stuff in relation to the actual day. Ah Pui - another of my dearest friend, currently residing in Seattle , is also very excited and has posted me some references on wedding gowns and other stuff that she has gathered from the states.....Yan, my cousin from New Jersey has also offered to help me get stuff from the states.....

I am truly blessed to have all my loved ones assisting me and my fiance with our wedding preparations.........nonetheless, we would not lose sight of the more important stuff : the wedding is just the beginning and a small part of our lifelong project, which is our marriage -that we should spend more time working on .......

Come, Let's rejoice in the one's month old celebration of Phoebe, Song En!

It was a touching moment for me when my dearest friend of 21 years, Lily and her hubby, Raymond shared about her joy and gratitude to Lord Jesus for his wonderful gift of baby Phoebe. Lily and Raymond took a moment from Phoebe's one month old celebration buffet tea reception ,to do the sharing. In fact, Phoebe's chinese name Song En - 颂恩 means gratitude to God.

It was wonderful to see little Phoebe sleeping peacefully in the arms of Lily while well-wishers around her sang beautiful songs of praise.

Three Cheers to the new family of three and a wonderful journey of life TOGETHER !