What I see in Sibu

We started our road trip to Sibu around 7.30am on Wednesday morning. Our first stop was Betong for our lunch around 10 something. The kids were pretty obedient; Baby Jay looking out from the window, curious with our whereabout. He was very quiet, probably wondering where we were heading at such early hours and woke him up from his beauty sleep. Lol! As for my girl, she has her iPad and nothing will bother her.

We reached the toll around 1.30pm. After paying RM5, we heading to the Sibu town.




Before this bridge was built, visitors have to wait for ferries which may take hours.



The arch of Sibu welcoming us in the city area.



First thing I notice when I stepped into Sibu was a lot of pigeons. Or maybe Rejang Park has lots of pigeons there??

Sibu by road

Let see! The kids' milk powder. Checked! Kids' clothing. Checked! Diapers. Checked! Snacks. Checked! My clothing. Checked! Toiletries. Checked! What else I forget?? The luggage has been there since the weekend, almost ready for our trip. I have double, triple check and still checking on the items this morning. Lol! Why not? I must not forgetting things when it comes to travelling with my kids.

I will be taking a short break from the shop and going to Sibu by road tomorrow. My first road trip to Sibu and I wonder I can stand the long duration in the car with my 2 kids or not. Lol!

Leaving the shops to my 2 sales assistants. Their first without me around, I guess they can handle it well.

The kids particularly my girl is so looking forward to the trip. Why not? No need to go to school and same time, can see her doting grandparents and aunt there. It is my hubby's cousin's wedding tomorrow evening, so it will be a grand family affair there. Being the eldest grandchild, my hubby is expected to be there and since we cannot make for the tea ceremony in the morning, we shall make up for the dinner. This will be Baby Jay's second trip to Sibu and his great grandmother is so looking forward to seeing him again. In the past we usually in the hurry when we were in Sibu, but this time round, we will have more times to visit Sibu. But I guess we will be spending more times in hubby's grandparent's house and my SIL's shop.

I just hope it will be smooth road trip and hopefully the kids will be able to take some naps in the car, so giving me less headache. We will start our trip around 7 somethings after collecting our pre-ordered sio bao to bring over to our relatives. We will be back to Kuching on Friday evening! Adios! Wish us a happy and smooth journey.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

According to the WHO, more than 1.2 million women get the new diagnosis of breast cancer every year in the world. Breast cancer claims the top position as the leading cause of deaths from cancer among women aged between 40 and 55 years. It can occur at any stage as alarmingly, it affect women below age of 30. It is not a women issue as men can get breast cancer too.



Prevention is still the best weapon, so do a monthly self-examination.

Sources: Breast Cancer Care


What changes should we look and feel for?
•Changes in size or shape.
•Changes in skin texture such as puckering or dimpling.
•Inverted nipple.
•A lump or thickening of breast tissue.
•Redness or a rash on the skin/around the nipple.
•Discharge from one or both nipples.
•Constant pain in breast or armpit.
•Swelling in armpit/around collarbone

For women aged 20 to 40 years old, arrange a clinical examination every 3 years and for those 40 years old and above, annual examination and mammogram are recommended.

Ticking away

So many things, so little time.


From Google Search

OMG! It is already end of September???! 3 more months to go before we bid 2011 goodbye. There are so many things in hands, and I frantically trying to divide my time (and myself if can) between works and family. The last quarter of the year would be a very busy time, as festive season is around the corner and not forgetting our new house. Just could not help but to whip those contractors to do the works faster around the house so I can choose a good day and time to move in, and have my stuff really move in and unpack them.

Time is never enough!

Weekend Menu #15: Food to warm your soul

What a great dish to kick start my day non other than a nice bowl of mihun soup. I love my soup to be sour, so some kiam chai and tomato do the trick. Fresh fish meat is a good protein source. I can finish 2 bowls but I got to watch my weight at the same time.



Another great soup is chicken soup. Funny thing is that when I am not well, I always crave for either porridge or warm chicken soup. As hubby and I were not feeling well last week, we have some ginseng chicken soup. I can have many bowls of these soups and dip my chicken meat in light soy sauce. Yummy! What do you have when you are not feeling well?




This dish is mostly cooked during confinement. I ate a lot of these kacang ma during my 2 confinements. It is a Hakka heritage dish. To read more, go here. It is flavourish with lots of herbs, old ginger and wine. On normal days I will crave for it but of course with less white wine. I do not need too much of wine, but it does good to cleanse the body when you have your monthly menstrual.

Sisterly meeting

I have few good friends from previous company. We are no longer working there and we ended up as ladies of leisure (more or less). Once a while we tried to find times to meet up. May it be breakfast or lunch, we try to get together once a week or at least twice a month. You can see we grew close since the old days when we were in same company that we feel like we are sisters. I find it is good get-away time as I hardly have time to meet up with old friends. Most of my days I am stuck in the shop or busy with family matters. And when we did meet up, we talk like no body business. Sometimes I feel other people from other tables are looking at us. Must be we talking or laughing too loud. You know girls. When we meet up, we love to gossip!

Boh Eng

I do not know what I am busy about, but the works in my new house make me more excited. Why not? It means in two or three months time I will be moving to my new house. Before Christmas we must move into the house! *wink*

Update on the new house works. Now contractor is doing some touch up on the wet kitchen (windows & door fixed, painting, building the cabinet and stove top). At same time, the built in wardrobe for the bedrooms. Next would be the installation of air cons, lightings, heaters and ceiling fan(s). Follow by tiles on car porch and back of the house. Last but not least, before all the furniture and stuff moving in, the cleaning part!

More cleaning works to be done, but luckily hubby said he will get a cleaning company to do the cleaning. Debris and dust everywhere and no matter how much I sweep and mop, the floor will be covered in white dust in few minute. So I guess I leave the cleaning job to the professionals who has the right tools and equipment to do it.

I have already packed my room and I can see that it is pretty empty with all those stuff sealed in boxes. As I were doing the packing, I realised we have so many rubbish and unused items. So same time I took times to clear all those overdue bills, magazines and unnecessary things.

More boxes and packing needed, but I wonder where to keep those boxes for time being before we are moving in. Some more there will be a new member of the family arriving next month so need to clear one of the bedrooms for the confinement lady. Oh boy......really boh eng (busy)!