Day 3 ~ New York!

*Spring* ~ Wednesday ~ 05/12/2010

Mostly cloudy, rain and drizzle.

It pretty cold with seven degree celsius.  Anyway, we did went to New York City’s Chinatown which lead by my both sister & brother in-law.  They’ve live in NYC more than two decades.  Of course, they’re a Permanent Residence here. We brought back some life and fresh sea foods to cook for tonight dinner.  I’ve took some of pictures here:-

It’s a life lobster and the price is very cheap as compare to Malaysia.  Well, the chef  for tonight dinner is my brother-in law, Lee-san.  We really have a delicious home cook meals, no doubt.

Day 2 ~ New York!

*Spring* ~ Tuesday ~ 05/11/2010

Showers likely.  Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.

In the morning:

For the convenience and safety on financial transaction purpose, we’ve decided to open a saving account in local Bank.  First off, we are blathering LUCKY that our application has been successfully being approved.

In the afternoon:

We had enjoyed our lunch at Vietnamese Restaurant.  In other news, to supplement the children growing skills, we also have successfully opened a Library Account for them at Queens Library, 90 St-Elmhurst AV.  There’re 62 libraries at different location.

About Queens Library:

Queens Library, a private, non-profit organization, has the highest circulation of any public library system in the country.

The mission of the Queens Library is to provide quality services, resources and lifelong learning opportunities in books and a variety of other formats to meet the informational, educational, cultural and recreational needs and interests of its diverse and changing population.  It holds an outstanding collection of more than seven million items in its Central Library in Jamaica and 61 community libraries throughout the borough, and offers a wide variety of reading, writing and literacy programs and a broad range of special services, all free.

The Queens Library is a forum for all points of view and adheres to the principles of intellectual freedom as expressed in the Library Bill of Rights, formulated by the American Library Association.

Day 1 ~ New York!

*Spring* ~ Monday ~ 05/10/2010

Partly sunny.  Highs in the upper 60s.

As it turned out, after spending few years of planning... 

Finally, flying with Qatar Airways from KUL/DOH/JFK, it was a long distance trip. Yeah, the journey is very tiring too.  Unbelievable, we’re finally landed safely in New York City this evening at approximately 16:30p.m.

And that, we’ll staying with my sister in-law temporary. 

The ever loving Saturday

Do you have a true best friend?  I sure do. Sally Yong, Doris Lim and Carole Chin are truly my best buddies.  They’re my secondary school classmates, we know each other for more than three decades.  I can’t imagine any better of a friend.  

We meet again last Saturday, 24th April 2010 at Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur.  Once again, thanks to Doris for arranging this gathering.  I was having a blast of time.  This meeting turned out to be the best one I’ve ever had.  It was merely   conversations, "as strong as mountains, and as free as water". 

Here some photos of us took at Starhill Gallery:-

Cam-whoring!!!  It's a very unique restroom 

This is the other passage way to JW Merriott Hotel.

The Village Bar, with its iconic pillars of stacked bottles, makes a welcoming spot to enjoy a drink with friends or for meeting new friends.  Beside the bottles, the colorful pendant lights hanging overhead give the bar a gorgeous and glamorous look as that is also warm and comfortable.  A perfect place for winding down. 

There are many valuable things in life, but friendship may be one of the most important. 

I’ll still be the same women I’ve always be...  I truly treasure our friendship, keep in touch always. 

Gathering Party!

What does it mean to truly love another?  Yes, is to spend more times with our family members.

Occasionally, my elder sister, Mei Ling have arranged a lunch gathering last Sunday 18/04/2010 at my Mom’s place.  She also volunteered to cook for us.  Theoretically, she’s a great cook among the rest of the siblings.  All foods smells great and taste delicious , no doubt!  That’s what we call it “home-cook meals”.  Luckily, I managed to took some of the pictures before the camera battery is dead.  

My sisters, Ivy and May.  Both of them are really close to each other, suspicious!

Our family, do we all look alike?

 

My youngest sister, May with her family.

My third sister, Ivy with her two daughters.  The other daughter, Jia Kerr were not in the picture whereby she was asleep that moment.   Too bad, her hubby with other two boys didn’t turn up.

My elder sister Mei Ling, she does not allow me to take her a picture.  But, I wanted to have her photo for memory.  Thus, this picture is snap without her knowledge.  Hope she’s not angry at me.  Her hubby came late and I have totally forgotten to take his picture, sad!   Anyway, I’m happy to see him here, honestly.  She has two children, namely Vivian and Jeff.  Both of them was on vacation during this weekend.  Anyhow, we have schedule to meet them next Sunday to have breakfast together.  She announced; will going to celebrate her 50 years old Big Day this year.  In chinese calendar of 7th day of July (16th July 2010).  I’m here wishing her Happy Birthday in advance!

The only son, my brother, Chin Choy with his family came late too.  Glad to see them all here with the new born baby boy, congrats!  No pictures were snap, real sad!

I really feel upset that my fourth sister, Ying are not able to come.  The main reason is she’s now working in Ipoh for a month.  She will be back by next month.  Her hubby and her daughter was in town but unfortunately they do not have transportation due to his car is in the workshop.  “But anyway”, they’re a thoughtful family that I knew.  

The day was wonderful.

Urinary Incontinence

Here’s my research:-

*The alternative names is loss of bladder control; Uncontrollable urination.  Urinary (or bladder) incontinence is when you are not able to keep urine from leaking from your urethra, the tube that carries urine out of your body from your bladder. It can range from an occasional leakage of urine, to a complete inability to hold any urine.

Incontinence is most common among the elderly. Women are more likely than men to have urinary incontinence.

Infants and children are not considered incontinent, but merely untrained, up to the time of toilet training. Occasional accidents are not unusual in children up to age 6 years. Young (and sometimes teenage) girls may have slight leakage of urine when laughing. Nighttime urination in children is normal until the age of 5 or 6.

NORMAL URINATION:  Normally, the bladder begins to fill with urine from the kidneys. The bladder stretches to allow increasing amounts of urine.  The first urge to urinate occurs when around 200 mL (just under 1 cup) of urine is stored in the bladder. A healthy nervous system will respond to this stretching sensation by alerting you to the urge to urinate, while also allowing the bladder to continue to fill.  The average person can hold around 350 to 550 mL (more than 2 cups) of urine.

The ability to control urination depends on having normal anatomy, a normally functioning nervous system, and the ability to recognize and respond to the urge to urinate.

Incontinence may be sudden and temporary, or ongoing and long-term.*

True story...  Extract from experience from experimenter.  Eventually, my sister does have this urine problem too.  This had been one of the most devastating of her life.  Anyhow, she really tried the method out as mentioned below.  After a few treats, she’d recovered now.  Amazing!  Believe it or not. 

The following tips/menu is given by one of my sister client:-

Ingredients

- 600g       dry longan fruit

- 4 pieces  red ginseng

- 6             spirulina

Method:

Pour in 5 or 6 rice bowl of hot water into slow cooker.  Add all ingredients in it and bring to boil over high heat then reduce to simmer for 4 to 5 hours.  Serve.

Drink it for several times will undergo a cure.  It’s proven by carrier patients.  Also, suitable for non-carrier too.  Of course, safety was paramount.  But, all ingredients is look harmless, agree?  Simply, I’ll treat it as a “double-boiled soup”.  I’m sure there is nothing to worry about.  No harm trying, right?!

Cookery Lesson I

I fell into the latter category.  Recently, I’ve began to learn up the proper way of cooking during these break.  Sounds weird, right?  Prime of life, testosterone filled job.  What could be more natural than searching for a little release with the help from my sister, Ying.  I’m getting ready to have a cookout, and the first dish is “steamed fish”.  Well, I’ve come up with a recipe and I would like to share it with you guys.

Ingredients

• Spring onion
• Ginger
• Fish
• Cooking oil

Seasoning (mix well)

• Light soy sauce
• Cooking oil

Method:

1. Rinse spring onion, finely chopped.  Peel ginger, rinse and cut into slices.  Gut and scale fish, rinse well and cut across into big pieces.
2. Put fish into plate.  Sprinkle with chopped spring onion and slices ginger for fragrant.  Place it on a steamer tray or wok and fill with water.  Make sure the water is boiling before place it to steam. 
3. Once it’s cooked.  Pour away the remaining water, chopped spring onion, slices ginger on the plate and drain well.  Re-sprinkle with fresh chopped spring onion and slices ginger again.  Next, add in seasoning.  Lastly, heat up 2 tbsp of cooking oil until boil.  Remove from heat and pour on the fish.  Serve hot.

*Notes

Seasoning:  You may also use oyster sauce, sesame oil instead of light soy sauce and cooking oil.  The taste will be equally good.

By now, looking at my success; I realized that I’ve felt in love of cooking.  **laugh**