【Contrast Match 。黑白配】

September 22, 2011 Humid hazy rainy cloudy...

Rat + Cat = Disaster??
Nothing is impossible ;)

They were supposed to be "black-matches-yellow" but the pan fried egg was not thin enough to perfectly wrap up the rice ball. As a result, here comes the contrast match ;p

*happy lunch* includes:
Grapes & cherry tomatoes (starter) + fried egg +  cabbage fish ball soup +
braised cauliflower, black fungus, oyster mushroom,  enoki mushroom & broccoli stalk

媽咪碎碎念：
因為小妞， 媽咪終於有機會真正欣賞一部聞名已久的經典歌舞劇‘The Sound of Music’ 。
記得中學時期因為電視台重播，那電影又被翻熱了一輪。也忘了自己是否有看過，只知道對劇情一點印象也沒有 ;p

女兒的爸念了好久說要讓女兒看這出真人真事文藝片，那時媽咪還潑冷水說小妞怎麼會看上那種“古董”作品 =.=
結果買回來後，媽咪就被爹地的冰水由頭淋到腳 #.#
小妞竟然愛死了那影片！！！剛開始的頭幾天更是猖狂得從早看到晚；接下來幾天還好，只是不斷重播那幾幕她喜歡的歌舞片段。

跟著小妞看，媽咪終於明白它會成為經典的原因了。
在那個沒什麼科技可言，娛樂消遣寥寥無幾的年代，能有這般水準的內容+曲目，那影片確實很深得人心。更何況其中一首是很多人的快樂童謠，即使像媽咪這些70後沒看過影片的，都幾乎會哼上幾句：

DOE, a deer, a female deer

RAY, a drop of golden sun

ME, a name I call myself

FAR, a long long way to run

SEW, a needle pulling thread

LA, a note to follow sew

TEA, a drink with jam and bread

That will bring us back to DOE ooo...

看了不下20次，小妞都還是只記得DOE 和ME那兩句而已 >.<
喏，那小妞又在拉破喉嚨高唱：

“Now you know the notes to sing

You can sing most anything～～～”

【Escape 。漏網之魚】

September 19, 2011 Delightfully cool with showery rain

Original sketch of Tigger
(yes, nothing wrong with the spelling, it's the tiger's name)
a friend of Winnie the Pooh

Tigger is another friend been placed on the waiting list when Winnie the Pooh was called to join {ma-masak}. Until mummy bought the Pastazoo Animaletti, the whole picture of today's *happy lunch* was eventually visualised.

It's mummy “cranky” hobby to buy/try different types of rice, noodles, and pastas. @.@

The pasta is truly good! Other than being presentable, or rather to say it's catchy & attractive to young eaters, texture wise it is chewy and solid! Unlike most pastas, which taste somewhat tasteless, Pastazoo carries light salty taste. So no salt needs to be added when cooking as usual. In short, worth trying!

*happy lunch* includes:
Mashed potatoe & sweet potatoe & carrot + pasta with white sauce +
steamed baby French beans + pan fried sausage + miso soup with oyster mushroom

童言童語之離家出走記：

整個下午，小妞說要午睡，把媽咪“騙上床”好幾次，豈知她越躺越精神，又爬起來繼續看Barney，Hi-5，玩Scooter，puzzle，彩色，畫畫 …… >.<

到了5點她又告訴媽咪她疲倦了，要媽咪到睡房陪她，這次媽咪就扳起了臉，警告她一定要睡著。那小妞竟然也一本正經地‘警告’媽咪：

“Mummy, smile please! Don't 罵罵，otherwise Koko go away, then mummy 怕怕and cry！” 我的天哪！！ @.@

【Magical Jester 。小丑怎麼會醜？】

May 20, 2011 Cloudy "heartache"day

今天很想把《童言童語》先記錄下來，因為媽咪的心裡到現在還是一直在隱隱作痛  : ... (
還是大便惹的禍。。。

原本是想弄個小丑讓她開心，但過後竟讓她哭得死去活來 *^*
唯一安慰的是，小妞胃口很好，很開心地把整份午餐都清理乾淨！

其實小妞現在幾乎每一天都有如廁的習慣了（除了外出太久，但隔天一定“交足貨”），可是不曉得是不是因為之前便秘+肛裂的恐怖經歷，讓她對上大號有了陰影。10次有8.5次是哭著完事的（另外的0.5次是沒哭但由頭到尾都在掙扎，叫喊；剩下的就是中六合彩的幸運）。

今天，午飯後不久，小妞如常告訴媽咪她要“睡覺”了，媽咪也如常叫她先尿尿（其實是要騙她上大號），坐上馬桶不久，她就開始“呻吟”，接著就大哭大鬧了。折騰了15分鐘媽咪有點心軟了，就順從她的意思讓她坐在她的便桶，瞧她哭得力氣都沒了，媽咪就開始想說服她，要她用力（她的問題就是不要用力“谷”）。她聽著媽咪的大道理，就一邊流著淚，抽咽地告訴媽咪和她自己，“En en don't cry, you (herself) got to be good girl. Good girl mummy sayang ar....”

那一剎那，媽咪真的心疼到了極點！ 馬上就讓她離開便桶，回房睡覺去。。。

Iroko asked for a big round red nose a few days ago when she saw it from Hi-5. Immediately upon her request, mummy has drafted the character (jester). Until today mummy got all materials ready and made her "dream nose" comes true!

*happy lunch* includes:
Starter: strawberries & garden salad + radish soup +
stir fry oyster mushroom & Swiss brown mushroom +
stir fry baby kailan with salted fish

【Pirate of the Antarctica 。南極小海盜】

May 16, 2011 Windy cloudy day (^.^)v

Frankly, Iroko is not so impressed with PIRATE although she has frequently been exposed to the character via Hi-5. The *happy meal* is plainly mummy's choice ;p

*happy lunch* includes:
Stir fry baby bok choy + fried egg with salted veggie (菜脯蛋)+ watercress soup

To her, nothing about PIRATE! ;s She just couldn't relate this to pirate or even penguin >,<
(or mummy failed the homework?)
However, she was attracted by those "accessories", such as the eye mask, the sword, and the flag!

童言童語：
對媽咪和女兒的爸來說，要學習如何拒絕或反對別人的建議真的是一門大學問！小妞就有她自己的一套。

媽咪，“Do you want XXX?”
小妞，“... Or you (herself) want YYY?”

當她學會了造句（運用超過2個字）來溝通後，她就不再用搖頭或“DON'T WANT” 來表達自己的想法了。這樣快，狠（或柔？），準的溝通方式也挺乾淨利落的嘛！至少媽咪省下很多冤枉功夫，做些她不想要的東西，又要在那兒玩拉鋸戰 ;)

【Gummy Bear under the Umbrella 。為妳擋風遮雨】

March 22, 2011 Rainy day sunny mood

Iroko loves rainy day because she could hop jump splash those paddles on the ground;

Iroko loves rainy day because she could have her umbrella up and dance with it;

Iroko simply loves umbrella...

Mummy's new favourite material in her {ma-masak} kitchen

As expected, Iroko was thrilled to see the umbrella;

and was excited playing & dancing around with it!

Mummy, "What is this?"
Iroko, "Orange umbrella!"

It'd be quite quiet to have only an umbrella;

So mummy invited Iroko's new friend, the Gummy Bear, to the *happy luncheon*!

Lunch of the day:
Soba + fried sausage egg + stir--fried broccoli & chinese sausage (lap cheong) + oyster mushroom miso soup

PS: Although it's rainy day, mummy has sunny mood because Iroko has gotten rid of the suffer of constipation!!!

【A Counterfeit Spongebob? 。給我取個名字】

March 15, 2011 Busy cloudy day

Mummy has had the {ma-masak} kitchen off for few days, she fells a little guilty... Good or bad, the homework must be done.

Here you are, the counterfeit spongebob!!

Mummy has modified the features of the original Spongebob. The only things remain unchanged are the 2 big front teeth and the yellow body ;p

The work is rather a rough one ;s
But... better than none... hehhe......

Note: oh ya, we have watercress corn soup, stir fried HongKong mustard with oyster mushroom & Italian mushroom.