R.I.P. my dear Uncle ..my Dear "Mama"

Yesterday we got the dreaded SMS...."CMama has gone home to be with the Lord at 3.15"

He was sick for the past month, but he had his siblings there with him through out the entire ordeal and my Grandma saw him just before he passed and said her last goodbye while he could still hear....Lord I thank you for his life and I pray that he may be at peace now. To know that he is in a better place gives me great comfort.


This is a message I left for him on his webpage:

Dearest Pa, It is still very hard to comprehend that you are no longer with us. Was looking foward to seeing you at the end of the year and also to tell you how good the book you lent me was. Although we didn't spend a lot of time together as I grew older and moved to Penang,the times we did spend together when you came to Penang or When I went to KL I will never forget. You treated me to good food in lovely restraunts whenever you took us out,and after each treat you would remind me of the importance of studying hard and working towards my goals; and how happy you were to see me do well. The picture of me when I was two,sitting on your lap with the boys will always remind me of you, and how you loved us all so much! Take care my dearest Mama....I know you are in a better place now and that makes me smile.

Your loving Niece,
Prasana

C.A.K.E.

I grew up smelling freshly baked cake when ever mum was buzzing around in the kitchen because my room window opened up facing the kitchen...I also used to hear the whizzing sound of the bass toned cake mixer..fond memories! I am nothing close to what mum can bake,but I try...


Apple Cinamon

Bread Pudding


Triple Choc

Lemon Cake

The challenge!

Well THIS IS IT! I think I have mentioned this a few times before in the blog, and now my weight gain is bugging me! 12kg's is a LOT...and I am running out of clothes to wear! my jeans are cutting into my skin...I have only a choice of two bottoms, and not many tops...sitting too long makes it hard to breathe because my stomach is just in the way! so yeah THIS IS IT! no no not the new Micheal Jackson movie, BUT I need to do something!

thus, I am taking on a week of a controlled diet and 3 times a week of exercise and NO snacking!

I cooked up a HUMONGOUS batch of porridge full of cabbage,carrots and fat-less,skinless breast meat chicken..
that is all I am going to eat for lunch and dinner. Breakfast will be cereal OR apple and milk or something along those lines..NO MORE BREAD! NO MORE SUGAR!

If I need a snack, it will be fruit or a sugarless malt drink.

I really need to stick to this diet because my current state is absolutely unacceptable! I can blame the medications..I can blame it on a disorder(binge eating, emotional eating) BUT I am surely not going to sit around and let it work its course...I have to at least do something about it... I only have a month and a bit till I go home...clock is ticking!

DAY 1 - FAIL
Everything went smoothly, up until I couldn't resist and had a piece of lemon cake well after dinner time!

DAY 2- FAIL
Today my uncle and aunt had to entertain some friends, who had their birthdays..so we went out for Japanese food..that is not all......I had cake again!! Birthday cake this time...they insisted I take some..and I caved IN!

DAY 3- FAIL

Meltdown today :(

DAY 4- Success

Day filled with the good stuff..veggies,fruits & meat!

although was reminded today I have to be very careful that I get enough food and nutrients because no.1 not enough food and medication I am talking = nausea and no.2 not enough nutrients ie Iron, and I will be facing my anemia problems again!

DAY 5- Half & Half

Rough start and rough finish...

DAY 6 - Success

Today I Said NO to a Macdonalds supper...so happy wheeee!! on track...

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I know I have some material somewhere for a new post..but I am just toooooooo lazy/busy to update just yet...lol :) finals in 3 weeks...and I haven't gotten into full motivated mode yet..but starting Monday need to get going..eye on the prize! eye on the prize! eye on the prize!..the prize? HOME....3 months of hols..ahhhhh....

What's been cooking?

Well again I have left this blog un-updated for way too long....

Anyways, lately I have gotten the cooking bug, and usually it's comfort food that I naturally miss.

First up I made pork soup with red dates and lotus root, then it was Red bean porridge, Sushi and lastly Sour L Elixir (what R and I call it because we cool!!! lol :) ) it's basically lime with sour plum!

Now the soup came about because poor K was feeling a little down in the dumps after Fed's shocking loss over Del potro at US Open. I was sad too..so our little sad souls needed some soup!

End Product! Hope it did you some good like it did for me K!

Next up my cousin and I made sushi, he just put whatever he could find into it! While I opted for the more traditional stuffing...The one below has garlic prawn! Simple, just sauteed prawns in butter and added garlic,but end result Yum!!

We couldn't be bother cutting it ..we just made, it rolled it up and ate it there and then! quick,simple easy, yummie lunch!

And we washed it all down with chocolate milk! We are crazy like that :)


Ahhhhhh! and below we have the leggo's beef casserole that Nuffnang sent in it's gift box! nice sauce, very flexible too...had it with rice one day and pasta the next!


Last but not least the SOUR L ELIXIR!

Last week I got a kid's meal from Hungry Jacks..actually I am a Mcdonalds person, but I had to get the kid's meal from HJ because......................

The FREE toys that came along were SPONGEBOB characters!!!

P.S. A dust storm swept by on Wednesday



P.P.S. Dreams do come true! Believe it or not The Pink Ribbon Foundation is now selling SPONGEBOB PINK PANTS merchandise!! I sooooooo want to get a top..and a size smaller so that it becomes my motivation to loose weight shirt! yay!

This is the lovely Pink Bob dear lin 'daddy' made for me.

We LOVE nuffnang

I signed up with Nuffnang to run their ads on my blog and they sent me a starter pack filled with goddies from their sponsers!

Inside the box was:

1. Coles Myer $10 gift card

2.Spring valley blackcurrent & vanilla tea

3.John West tuna

4.Leggo's Beef Caserrole sauce

5. Redken Male & Female hair products

THANK YOU NUFFNANG!

Food escapades

I have put on a lot of weight in the last 2 months or so, the bulk of it in the last two months at least. A total of 10 kg's. And I feel ever so uncomfortable!!! Can't bend to tie my laces, can't sit in lecture for too long wihtout having to change my position every few seconds, can't fit into a lot of clothes and unable to breathe properly at times! Its plain annoying. The reason for the weight gain mainly is, number 1 the side effects of the meds I have to take and thus, 2nd Overeating! sadly I was back in good ol Penang when the overeating started...cheap,yummy 24/7 food...NOT GOOD!
So I decided to start healthy eating about 2 weeks ago VERDICT:FAIL!

It all started out well...big healthy breakfast...moderate lunch ( so no snacking inbetween)...fruits and veggies for dinner,cut out heaps of carbs,switched to brown bread

Home made big breakfast

Salmon and sprouts sandwich for lunch

Good portion of meat high in iron,heaps of veggies (brunch, so no lunch or snacks after this meal till dinner)

Then I began to slip! it all started with a lunch party...a small slither not even slice of chocolate cake and sticky date pudding and GOODBYE healthy food. My tastebuds did a little dance of joy and from then on refused to settle for anything less!

The problem causers!

And the horror continued

And didn't seem to stop

Well OK sushi might not look bad..but it is when overdone! too much carbs from the sticky rice! the 1st dish on top was soft shell crab with omellete on rice...and there was so much rice! and I finished every bit! Not proud of myself!

Really hope this coming week I go back to my proper eating. loosing weight healthily is not easy,well I was told not at first for sure, but once it becomes routine,or even a lifestyle it becomes easy! so for now my snacks are going to be celery and peanut better,breakfast bars and fruits..NUTELLA,CREAM CHEESE,MACCAS,RICE, WHITE BREAD all you horrible stuff better stay clear!