Sambal BeeHoon

Today we cooked lunch! I wanted to fried beehoon, so dig out whatever ingredient at home... Hahah... Nick wanted to learn, so let him do the physical cooking while I gave the instructions by the side.
He commented that the taste like not strong, then I suggest "you want sambal?" We stil got a bottle of sambal from Soup Resturant (foc from mother day dinner) Hahaha... Transferred the cooked beehoon out from the wok. Heat the sambal till it bubble out the oil, the fragrance of "hei bee" filled the kitchen. Return the beehoon back to the wok and continue to stir. I let him have his free play and here the final result.

Concentrating at displaying the veg for photo shoot...hahah

Sambal Bee Hoon! The look of it abit like dried mee siam.. Hahahah
The taste is good. Quite spicy though..

The quest on matress search

Last year we went to look at the various brand of mattress and Serta Sophistication caught our eyes! Hahaa... very expensive mattress... Queen size plus bed frame 3k plus. We hold back on buying, consider getting it for when new house come... We got a sofa bed from ikea as our matrimony bed.
Recently we decided to buy a queen bed to be place at my parents place, the quest for mattress start again. Hahaha.. Saw the promotion on Sea Horse and got good comment from friend who used it... I always joke about my mattress at home, cos I used to sleep on very thin "ti-lam" on the bed plank. Anyone who had tried my bed b4 would know its "harder" than seahorse! But I think nowadays I used to sleep on the sofa bed till not really used to hard mattress liao... The seahorse one is either too soft or too hard...hmm... cant find a suitable one.

Decided to pop by our favorite store, ikea. Went for free drink with our ikea friends' card 1st...hahaha... Saw a promo on full set at 600+ but it turn out to be a gimmick, cos 600+ is for the mattress nia... But the mattress is good! Can really feel the support at the waist and shoulder! Its the pocketed spring inbuilt with plush top one... considered the top range in ikea.

Din get the ikea mattress as we needed bed frame too... so decided to hold back the ikea mattress. We went back to IMM to the famous 3 S brand. The last round we test on these mattress was last year. Tried Sealy and I din really like the softness. Nick like the mattress, but he let me have the last say. Hahaha... We went to try on Simmon. I really like the BeautyRest one! Really comfortable lei... got that kind of lie on it dun want to stand up liao de feeling "P hahaha... but the price also that kind see liao will scream one! Hahaha... 3k plus for queen mattress not including frame. Way too out of budget liao. We went to Serta and tested all the range... hmmm... feel normal lei... There is one on promotion about 2k including frame and mattress...

Decided that we should go sungei kadut to see since a lot of people recommend this place. I saw on newspaper there is a promo on king coil. Went to the warehouse and its like "lei long" place... very difficult to test and best is the price not "lei long" lei... 2k+ for mattress and frame... not very attractive. If spend 2k on "lei long", would rather go back to choose sealy or serta. 

Along the same street, we saw another furniture shop. Might as well drop by since we are already there... We saw Dunlopillo Dutches on promotion. Not bad, comparable with ikea one at first try, it come with a latex top. Test a few more. Found that Max Coil also not bad, the latex inbuilt into the pocket spring but I cant rem where I heard this brand. Nick reminded me, the shop next to serta at IMM, that "dirty" uncle. Hahaha... I was laughing and the sale ger look at us amazing... I explained to her, last yr when we were searching for mattress, we went to this shop, the sale man uncle damm funny, keep telling us, a mattress is used for "办事" one.. so must be able to tan han the shake and bonging! I wanna faint lor... some more at that time we haven married lei.. so pai sei lei... Then he keep on non stop and keep telling Nick, u know lar, the frame must be so and so lar... I cant be bothered with what he say, cant wait to get out of that place man!

We tried on the Max coil and Dunlopillo Dutches again. Dutches prove to be a much comfortable one.. Both cost around the same price. In the end we sign on the dotted line for Dutches! :) Yeah our new bed is coming next weekend.

The promo end tomorrow. $1499 for queen size, free bed frame, 2 pillow and mattress protector. I did a search online, seems like the mattress are usually cheaper than 1499, so the price we paid might not be entirely FOC frame... Saw a lot of good review on Dunlopillo Dutches online. Will write my review on it soon! :)

Here's our new mattress :

DUCHESS Leave behind the cares of the day for the sheer luxury of a combination of latex and Honeycomb Pocketed Spring, Anti- Dust Mite STRETCH Fabric 10 years manufacturer warranty

5-Zone Pocketed Spring System.A combination of honeycomb and parallel spring coil arrangements, the 5-Zone Pocketed Spring System offers varying degrees of firmness in one mattress.

The system is designed around the body's five zones - head, shoulders, waist, hips and thighs. Firmer support is provided by the honeycomb spring coil under your head, waist and thighs while the parallel spring coils provide gentler support to accommodate your shoulders and hips for greater comfort and deeper sleep.

This optimizes support for your entire body by eliminating pressure build-up on your body, relaxing your muscles, and keeping your spine in its natural alignment to minimize spinal stress.

2.5cm Talalay SP Latex Padding,latex mattress is able to support your weight independently yet localize movement to one side of the mattress, allowing you to move freely without disturbing your partner

The honeycomb arrangement is ideal for those who prefer stronger, firmer support without compromising on comfort.

Inspired by the honeycomb - Nature's perfect utilization of space, Dunlopillo is the first in the market to combine this arrangement with the Individual Pocketed Spring (IPS) System to develop a range of mattresses that offers superior support.

Arranged in a honeycomb pattern, the coils are packed tightly together to reduce the gaps between them and increase the spring count. The result is added strength and superior support for the entire length of your spinal column.

The parallel arrangement is designed for those who prefer the lush comfort of gentle but firm support. The spring coils are arranged in parallel rows to enhance the mattress' rebound and conformity to your body's contours.

Anti- Dust Mite STRETCH Fabric£¬2.5cm UKTalalay Latex,Pillow Top

1000gm/m2 Felt£¬2.5cm Highly Cluradle Padding£¬30 mm Quitlted Mattress Cove£¬14cm Honeycomb Pocketed Spring£¬Edge Guards to Impove Stability

Amazing!

Friday morning! Time to relax!

Today on my way to work... I was walking quite a distance from a "couple", why a distance? cos the perfume smell from the woman is damm powerful! Until to the extend like 2 arms away the smell is still very strong...

Then as I walk I saw a puddle of dog shit, a bit flat cos got bicycle tyre track mark (must be some bicycle "over ran" it)... The amazing thing is... no smelly smell... cos the perfume from that woman who is "near-by" over-power the dog shit smell!!!

Hahahah... btw this is not a joke, its real incident! hahaha

Thoughts and Plan

Recently there are lots of topics going around baby and child birth. Actually before the national rally that announce the increase of perks in bb in sg, Nick and myself did discuss this topic before. I think family planning is not really depending on the perks but the perks does help to ease the mind a bit on "INITAL" financial issue.

Our idea initally was to wait for the house to come. Enjoy a while then start family planning... So that was the perfect scenario.. At the comfort of our own place. But the word "plan" does not equal to "as planned" along the way, we realise that age is catching, house is going to get delay...then its time to "re-plan".

We got disappointed again and again by the delay of possession of the flat. Initally was Q4 of 2008, then last dec got to know its Q1 2009, Now the most "zun" date is Q2 for possession... Being through BTO, I always advise friends who are getting BTO to be prepared for the wait. It might be longer than you can wait or willing to wait.

If we had in mind to stick to the initally handover date on paper which was 2010 maybe we would have planned things in a diff way... But the whole world is telling us wont take that long one..(we apply in 2005, development work in late 2005), even the HDB sales lady tell us "die die worse case also 1 yr in advance) so happily we planned as we thought.

I was thinking, if we had move ahead of our planning, maybe we wont be in a caught situation now.. why I say caught in a situation, because 1st of all, the hse is coming most probably between mar to jun 2009. If we wait till then to do family planning, most probably I will be over 30 yrs old 1st time mum...... by the time we cross over 50, our children haven even finish schooling... "retirement" seems like a damm far far road....

Our inital thought was to aim for a baby calf, but after Jun 2009, its impossible for bb calf... and such things usually dun come as u plan. Heard b4 that the more u plan they more u wont get...hahaha... Read in some forum, "Plan no shiok! Accident more shiok" hahaha... But its a life time of commitment.. cannot say "su ka, su ka" one rite...

Now if we have a bb and the bb is born before the hse come, we can stay at my parents place and do the house later or concurrently. But if the hse come before the bb is born, then I cant even be involved in the whole renovation process. And heard that even the bed cant be shifted... where are we going to sleep in new place?

Who says can dun plan? I haven finalise my plan, just thinking nia already so many issues liao... Sometimes just feel like hack care, wanna do jiu do it... Dun want to think...hahaha but worried about the impacts that comes with 冲动.

Financial is a big big issue, the reno of the place, added monthly expenses due to electricity, gas, etc... .... cannot help not to think about it also.... or take it as "船到桥头，自然直".

 

Story for sharing

A pathetic situation....

Its like in the olden days.... 无奈 married into a 豪门 to a dying son as 二姨太. The dying son is son of the mistress of a wealthy man name whose big wife is call Ah Head. Ah Head hated the dying son so much as its a stepson from  the mistress of her husband. The wealthy man had long passed away and Ah Head rule the family now.

无奈's life was not peaceful as she wants to be, not because she is stuck with a dying husband. The husband is going to die anyway... but her life is hard because she is responsible of iAd, iAd is a son from the 1st wife of the dying husband. iAd is a bright boy and is doing very well in life... so much that it surpass the Bsg, the retarded grandson of Ah Head. So much that Ah Head hope that iAd will die so that Bsg become the main limelight in everybody eyes.

Facing the dying husband plead to take good care of iAd, a full of potential iAd, critism from the relatives eyes (cos all scared of Ah Head).... its really a tough situation now...

If you are 无奈, wat will you do?