We have been cracking our brains what to eat for Mother’s Day dinner. So, on Friday night, out with Jon and Marg for dinner at Quality Hotel porridge buffet, I spontaneously suggested to cook for our mom. They were game about it and so we planned the pot luck session.

Early morning on Saturday, Olive Tree and I woke up at 5am to go to the Fishery Port to get the freshest catch, hoping to get pomfret, prawns and crabs. However, we reached there a tad bit late as most of the good stuffs were wholesaled out and we manage to purchase only the pomfret which was a good buy at S$25.00 for 2 big and fresh fish. Thereafter, we went to Chong Pang market for more marketing, got the crabs and prawns there. Talking about prawns, we had a bad experience with one stall at the Fishery Port. We came across this fella, at mid 30s, who seems to have quite a fair bit of prawns left. So I asked him, “How much are you selling for 1kg of prawns?” He said, “S$15.00″. I asked Olive Tree how much we want to get, so I replied back to the fishmonger, “how about half a kg?” He shot me a look, condescendingly answered me, “HALF KG?” You go next door that guy and buy from him lar…half kg… minimum you have to buy 3KG!!” Then he turned to one of the fellow fishmonger and mocked at me….. I was darn pissed about it. Com’ on, it’s not that he is selling me cheap or anything and he still say I have to buy 3KG at least!!?? Crap manz! I should have told him this, “Hey! You always sell fish, maybe should take a break, after work, go out and get a kite to fly!!!!” Olive Tree said we just leave and go to Chong Pang Market to get the prawns.

At the market, we checked out the prawns, which is exactly the same type, and asked the auntie, she quoted us the same price!!! I just gladly buy from her 1KG! The fish we bought were of a bargain, compared to the market. It was some experience to have gone to the Fishery Port and check out the catches, but if you are the kind who can’t take fishy smell, better not venture else u might get all fishy when you leave the place! hahaha! We went home, Olive Tree did the de-intestines work for the fish and here what we have to share… (“,)

While Olive Tree is doing that, this is what Seth’s busy about…..

Isn’t that funny!?

We went to mom’s place for lunch and head to TVC open house where I got some SB stuffs. Thereafter, home to cook the dishes. It was meant to be a surprise for my mom and I asked dad to join us as well since he isn’t working now. Jack was to picked them up and send them to Jon’s place for dinner. So by 7.45pm, we had the dinner ready on the table……

Jon did the cereal buttered prawns, while Olive Tree cooked the black pepper prawns and fried the beancurds stuffed with mincede port, fishballs and fish cakes. I did the Coke Pork Ribs and fried broccoli with capsicums and carrots. Fish was steamed (least effort!) by Jack (If he really did it!) Fried Chicken was by Marg. Mom’s curry was on the table…. (which was cooked in the day). There we have a sumptuous meal with total ingredients value of not more that S$105! haha! Effort is : Priceless!

There’s our parents eating at the table. Hope they love the food we prepared. (“,)

It was tiring but fulfilling to have cooked for the family. Especially to Olive Tree, who never fancy fish, especially can’t take the fishy smell, accompanied me to the fishery port and de-intestines the fish! Love you heaps!

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This weekend wasn’t very pleasant for me. Too eventful and heart attacks happenings.

We were at Kluang for Jon’s and Marg Wedding Dinner yesterday. In the morning, Seth broke my glasses, I got splinter as long as 2 cm went through my thumb. Fuming hot with such a bad happening. Of course, I would not want this to spoil the happy occasion of my bro’s wedding. Trip went pretty ok. I was the photographer for them for the day and night. Captured many shots. Some which I was pretty pleased with. Though tiring but it’s fruitful and things for them went on quite smoothly. When dinner was about to finish, and they went round to toast to the relatives, I was taking the photoes. Darn at the moment, my digital camera reflect ERR 02! I was in shocked! I saw the flash and then I off the digital camera again. Total horror, the displayed shown “ERR CF” I almost fainted and my face in total dejection. I told my eldest bro, Jack and his face, “went crooked”!!! OH MANZ! It’s the worse that can happen! I can’t sleep last night. I don’t know how to face Jon and Marg. I wanted to tell them very sorry and being truthful about it but so worried! End of the dinner, Jon even said “thank you” which made me feel even worst!

With sleepless night, I have to woke up at 6plus to get ready to return SG as Jack’s eldest boy has swimming class. So we took off at 8.30am. Hoping to reach SG in time (11am) for Joel’s class. Almost halfway through the journey, Jack asked me, “where’s your passports?” I exclaimed!! “OH NO!! Then said, it’s in my handbag. I opened up and realised, no passports! OH another shit. This time round really makes my heart boils and screaming!!! Marg told me that the passports were placed in my handbag when I asked her on Saturday. So being assuming, I didn’t check before I left hotel and now, no passports! We end up, driving back and have to meet Jon and Marg at Kluang’s Toll to get our passports. URRRGH! How terrible can it be??

The only comforting words are, my family didn’t blame me for the detour. Even that it caused Joel to be late for his lesson. Comforting as well, as Olive Tree will be back in the day, and I can see him. Comforting again, that I manage to search through the internet and found the software to rescue my corrupted files! though some are corrupted but the main files are recovered. Price to paid US29… but what to do, it’s always like that when it comes to digital photography!