Rocco back from grooming!

its been a long long time since mummy brought rocco to grooming. his fur is sooooo long and full of matts! Poor Rocco.. so Daddy decided to bring him to grooming today and he came back a totally different dog that i cant stop giggling at him! haha. At first i dont recognise him and started crying when daddy make me play with him (i suddenly burst out crying and daddy thought it might be because of the 'new' Rocco). But i soon get used to looking at him and started touching him and bullying him as usual hehe.

Then daddy bought him a new mat as well since its on sale. hehe. the mat feels soooooo soft, smooth and comfortable.. it seems warm enough as well. Rocco soon fell asleep on the new mat.. hehe. Think he is too tired after a long day at the grooming salon...

BEFORE

AFTER
His new mat is inside the slideshow as well..Does he looks like a totally different dog?? hehe

My new highchair!

Mummy has been very frustrated with me running around the house during mealtimes thus she bought me this new high chair. I have a bumbo seat with tray but since 11mths old, i manage to 'escape' from it hehe. and also, since its low, Rocco always disturb me and mummy gets extra frustrated! so she always put him into his cage during my meals.. i had my dinner on this high chair tonight and mummy feels soooooooo much more relax (dosent need to get frustrated with me)! she dosent need to wait for me to run around the house(she dosent chase me as she says its a bad habit..) and also Rocco gets to walk around the house while im having my dinner hehe.

The high chair comes with a tray and its kinda broad.. a little space taking though since its not those type that can be simply fold up when not in use.. daddy haven seen this yet.. he is sure to complain that mummy bought something home to take up the space at home again since our house is not big..but then mummy is happy with this purchase hehe. its not very expensive as well. only about 4,900yen. so, she is happy with the design, the colour, the tray and also the price. everything i should say. its just perfect! hehe

I fell in love with this high chair the moment i set my eyes on it! i didnt fuss or cry at all when mummy put me into it and i even master how to climb up and sit into it by myself! its dagerous though.. mummy always say im like a monkey! haha. but then again.. mummy, humans originated from monkeys isnt it? LOL

The high chair without tray

The high chair with tray

The high chair with ME! LOL

Easy Crockpot Red Bean Soup

Ingredients:

1 cup red bean

1/2 cup brown sugar

4 cups water

Directions:

soak red beans overnight inside the fridge with cold water (mummy soak the first thing in the morning when we wake up and put into the crockpot before she sleep around midnight)

drain the red beans and put into the crockpot with 4 cups of boiling water (Add only 3 cups if u like the soup to be thicker)

set to HIGH for about 1 hour then change to LOW and let it simmer overnight

Stir in sugar slightly before serving and let it simmer for a while more

Feeling better

Last night i didnt sleep well.. waking up every 2hrs...Today i wake up vommiting out the milk mummy gave me this morning but after that, i eat well and drinks well (no more vomitting) phew~ mummy tries not to give me too much milk though. i ate alot of cornflakes once i wake up. for lunch, mummy didnt cook.. so i got no lunch.. she was worried that i might not be ready for food yet.. but for dinner, she made me some udon and i cleared the bowl! then i had some tofu as well..

but today, daddy n mummy is not feeling well.. mummy says she has ache all over esp her head feels so painful n heavy.. n daddy got food poisoning dunno from where.. i think i look more fine than them! LOL. mummy says she hope i can sleep well tonight...i hope so too! hehe. so i guess mummy will start cooking for me again from tmr since i eat well tonight. oh no~mummy is gonna force me to eat again! hehe. but then i guess she wont force me to eat alot since i just 'recovered'. God bless me!

Stomach Flu~

I have been having diarrhea since yesterday's noon (totally watery 2 times a day) though i have been eating well yesterday but today... mummy noticed im rather strange when i rejected my fav cornflake.. then she made me some fried egg which i rejected as well.. in the afternoon, i ate some( only 1/5 of my bowl) yaki udon( japanese fried noodle) but i rejected my fav snacks as well! then she brought me to eat my fav mac's french fries which i ate super slowly as well (usually i will eat them as if ive not eaten anything for days!).. after that, we went home and she thought she can offer me some tofu(my fav as well) but i accidentally fell down when she was preparing my tofu in the kitchen! It was so painful! I knocked the back of my head on the floor...After mummy calms me down, she offered me some tofu that she had prepared earlier and i took a few mouth of it then... i vomitted! Its the first time mummy sees me vomit n that really shocks her! The strange thing is.. it seems tat i had vomitted out some bee hoon which i had taken 2 weeks ago! though it seems impossible... mummy is almost 100% sure she saw quite alot of bee hoon in my vomit...the doc didnt believe it either when mummy told him. he said is it impossible. oh well~ Anyway, mummy brought me to a clinic after i vomitted and was given some medicine. I vomitted again on the way home DURING my sleep! This time, mostly water...when we reached home, mummy gave me the medicine that she got from the clinic and i vomitted immediately again! There goes all the medicine... after that, mummy offers me water and milk and i vomitted them all out too! In all, ive vomitted about 7-8times today... then daddy n mummy brought me to the hospital for a 2nd opinion. Both docs believe that my vomitting has nothing to do with my fall and the doc from the hospital advised mummy not to give me too much water and also not to give me any milk tonight as he worries i will end up vomitting them all out again which is not good for my gastric...Doc says if i keep vomitting out the fluid mummy gave me, then i have to be put on drip... But but but... i was so thirsty! I kept sucking my sippy though its empty and pushing the sippy to mummy to ask for more water but mummy refused to give me...no milk for me either... im so hungry n thirsty... Mummy refuse to give me any milk before i sleep too as thats wat the do advised her to do... I only took bout a 20ml of warm water before bed...Hopefully i get better tmr... I want MILK mummy! SOB~

to jumpy: mummy knows that u r thirsty and hungry but its for your own good that i restrict the amt of your fluid intake tonight as what the doc advised.. I know its hard on you and it pains me to see u like this too.. hope u reccover tmr..

First Bike Ride!

Today mummy cycled me to the supermarket! She haven been cycling for yrs n she keep complaining that her legs felt like jelly! She regretted a little on the way there as she say...the distance seems longer than she thought! LOL. OBASAN! guess she will suffer from muscle ache tmr.. anyway was glad that we are both safe n sound throughout the trip LOL. opps..

Mummy told me that we are going for a ride n i cant wait for the door of the lift to open! Bringing my giraffe bag together today. All my snacks are inside! Hehe

Smug??


Hey thats enough mummy!

Mummy dun dare to go too far away from the bike as she worry that it will topple down with me on it thus she cant get a further photo of me n the bike...

All ready to GO!

Mummy tried to assemble the bicycle basket, childseat and the UV shield today all by herself as she dosent like to wait for daddy to be free to help her with it since that might means she needs to wait till weekends again.. n so.. impatient mummy started doing all by herself and manage to complete it in just about 40mins! Seems like mummy is really better with hands on things rather than those that requires 'brain' lol. OPPS.

As she haven been using the bike for yrs, the tire has gone flat as well.. luckily daddy has a pump at home so mummy pumped the air herself as well. hehe. i was there to witness everything n helped mummy made a mess!

Anyway this is her 'masterpiece' today hehe.



I love to sit in the new childseat!



It looks a bit small though. Anyway its only meant to be used till 3 yrs old. After that i need to upgrade to those rear childseat... then mummy needs to remove her new rear basket as well!

Mummy says she will need to go to the supermarket tomorrow and she plan to cycle there! So i will be able to experience my first ride tomorrow! Kinda worried about mummy's cycling skill though... opps..

My New bicycle goods!

Mummy used to cycle daily in japan as a means of transportation eg going to the super market etc before she got herself preggy with me but she haven been doing so for yrs since she has no childseat for bicycle and i was still young to ride on it with her. Since ive past 1 yr old, mummy has been doing her 'research' n looking out for childseat for me. finally few days ago, she completed her purchase online and we received the goods today!

Mummy bought a red helmet, a child seat, a UV sun/wind shade for me, a basket and 2 basket cover for herself to load her things(she has a front basket but then she said it wont be enough since she needs to put her bag and some of my things there.. thus she needs another basket behind as well to load her shopping bags)

I love my red helmet! Ive been walking around the house the whole of today bringing it around with me where ever i go! hehe. Thanks mummy! Im looking forward to my first ride on the bicycle!

Playing the piano

Do i look qualified enough to be a pianist???

Slow Cooker

Recently mummy bought a slow cooker online as she has heard alot of frens saying tat its good and convenient but since she is not sure if she will be using it often, she bought a really cheap one. It cost only about 2,900yen which is around sgd$50 i guess..But its rather big. Able to put in 3 litres of water...

Today, she made some chicken stock for me after i went to bed. Her first attempt with the slow cooker haha.

Chicken stock in progress... (See a chicken thigh?? hehe.). Mummy put in 1 red dates, about 13pcs of wolfberries and the chicken thigh itself only..

The completed chicken stock! BUT i hate it! Mummy tried giving me the chicken thigh but i spit it out. There is this kind of faint herbal taste which i dun really like it... though i haven try this stock, i guess im not gonna like it since i hate the taste of the chicken. but mummy says she likes this kind of herbal taste thus she finish the whole chicken thigh instead! LOL

Japanese Hamburger(chicken)

Today grandma (daddy's mummy) came to visit me and she cooked lunch for us. its the first time mummy tasted wat grandma made. Daddy always praise grandma's culinary skill in front of mummy thus mummy was looking forward to her visit today as she promised to cook something which mummy would like to eat and also give mummy a 'cooking lesson' haha.

Usually in japan, the 'hamburger' is beef thus mummy has never tried them outside since she dosent eat beef so grandma made her a chicken hamburger! Its soooooooooooo yummy! of cos mummy helped in the kitchen as well and learn from grandma hehe. next time she shall try making for daddy and me!

This photo is not well taken haha. Mummy has lousy photo taking skills! She should emphasize on the hamburger and not the veg! Stupid mummy...

Hmm what's this??

Looks nice! Can i eat grandma??

BTW, i took a whole bowl of udon for my lunch slightly before grandma and mummy completed cooking this but anyway i took some of this dish from mummy and grandma too and also some more rice! hehe.

As for the recipe, grandma just make it base on her sense thus there is no exact qty of ingredients to use. Using her estimation, mummy drafted out the recipe here below:

Ingredients:
Minced chicken (about 600g. 200g for 1 person. 100g per hamburger)-ok to use minced beef or pork as well
1 Onion (diced finely)
1 egg (beaten)
3/4 cup of bread crumbs
some milk to mix with the bread crumbs to soften it.
demiglace sauce
salt n pepper

Directions:
Fry the diced onion in strong fire till frangrant and let cool
Put the bread crumbs into a bowl and mix in some milk to soften the crumbs.
Squeeze out the milk lightly with hands and put into a big bowl
Add the cooled onions, minced meat, beaten egg, salt n pepper into the big bowl and mix everything well
Shape the hamburger into the size u like
Heat some oil in the frying pan and put the hamburgers into it letting it fry under strong fire
After the base turned brown, flip it over and turn the fire to medium
Cover the hamburger with a cover to let it 'steam' under medium fire so that the hamburger will be cooked through and not just the surface of it
Check for doneness
Once the inside has been cooked, add some demiglace sauce onto it and flip it over a few times so that is is well covered with sauce and let it fry for a few more secs
Serve with extra demiglace sauce on top

Shinonome Jusco's Kids Playland

Today mummy brought me to Shinonome's Jusco for grocery shopping and her lunch and she met a fren there who brought her son(4mths older than me) along. After lunch, mummy's fren suggest that we go to a playland and so we went. I had great fun there! here are some photos and videos of me playing there. I want to go again soon mummy! Its not free though.. how i wish its FOC so mummy will bring me there often haha.

Shinonome's Jusco's Kids' Playland (part 2)

Disneyland trip

Last week, mummy's fren came from singapore with her daughter and mummy bring them to the disneyland and disneysea on thursday and friday and we enjoyed ourselves so much! But mummy says its a bit wasted as the tickets are expensive (10,000yen per adult for a 2 day pass and free for me! hehe) but i cant play most of the games since im still so young..

At disneyland, i played with the teacups, go cart, took a cruise, some aeroplane(forgot what it is called lol).. think thats about all? since i cant play, mummy cant play as well.. poor mummy. sorry...

At disneysea, i only got to take a submarine ride, a boat ride and a flying fish game. of cos thats all mummy got to play as well..hehe. so much for so little games. anyway we took some photos. mummy's fren has somemore of our photos as well. looking forward to recieve those from her so that i can update here as well someday!

Enjoy the slideshows!

Disneysea Trip

Gapao-Thai style fried minced chicken with basil leave

Today mummy made Gapao for lunch and daddy says its yummy! Its her 2nd try though. the first time, it was simply too spicy so she decided to reduce the chilli padi's amt this time round..

Mummy found some recipe online and she modified them a bit. also, as mummy and daddy are big eaters, she double the recipe she found online and make a 4 ppl's portion. It should be enough for 2 meals hehe. Its easy since a cooking idiot like mummy can make it. hehe.

Ingredient:
Minced chicken 400g
Basil leave - 1 box of about 10-12pcs
1/2 Onion-diced
2 small pcs of garlic-diced
2 slices of ginger-diced
1 chilli padi-sliced
4 Green Peppers-sliced
a pinch of salt and pepper
a pinch of sugar
1 tablespoon of 豆瓣酱
4 tablespoon of nampla(fish sauce)
2 tablespoon of oyster sauce

Directions:
1. Heat oil, fry the chilli padi, ginger and garlic in low heat till fragrant.
2. Add in diced onion and fry in low heat till they becomes translucent.
3. Add in minced chicken and fry in high heat till they are cooked.
4. Add in the diced green peppers, some salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add in the seasonings(nampla, 豆瓣酱,oyster sauce and sugar) and continue to fry for a while and lastly, mix in the basil leave.
6. Fry the eggs in a seperate frying pan and serve the egg, minced meat and cooked rice in a plate.

New Year 2010

In japan we celebrate new year on 1st jan. we call it お正月(oshougatsu). we spring clean the house on 31st dec and then go to shrine on the 1st jan to pray. today we went and it was so cold! There were many ppl there as well.. very crowded(though it dosent look so in the photo above hehe). daddy met his fren and his fren's wife there and i receive お年玉(otoshidama-red packet) from them! hehe. i can use it to buy toys or snacks~

this shrine is just in front of tokyo tower. see tokyo tower behind?? mummy manage to take a teeny weeny bit of tokyo tower in the photo above lol