DO NOT BUY Samsung Glyde SCH-U940

It's the most HORRIBLE phone out there!! believe me!! the touch pad is horrible, i can't read text messages most of the times because I can't use the touch screen!!!

I am 32 weeks pregnant right now.. IF my water broke or I'm in labor and I can't make a call.. I'm gonna sure SAMSUNG seriously!!!!

ANNOYING PHONE EVER!!!!

2 kids or more?

I was thinking out loud about this subject. Some of you might be not agree to what I said here. But this is my blog and I can say whatever I want right :D

Anyway, I was looking at some people who has big family.. more than 2 kids.. Sometime I'm amazed how the mom can do it without any helper from nanny or driver (in US).

I was thinking and debating whether I want the third child or not. After thinking for months now, I decided I think 2 is enough. Why? Because I want to give the best for them, make sure they have all the best from both parents.

Like for example, Carissa.. our first child.. she has all the best possibilities that she could get. Great early childhood education, great attention from both of us, I think we can afford 2 kids with great education. I don't think we can afford more than 2. I don't want our 3rd and 4th to have lousy education and attention from us IF we have the third and fourth.

I just want to give them the best of everything....

Home Sweet Home

Hi All! :)

I know it's been a while since I updated this blog. So the new news is, Erica & the boys already moved out last weekend. So now we have the house to ourselves again.

After they moved, we will still keep the basement bed down there for guest. I bought a new bedding from Target. It was on sale for only $55! Great deal.


Also, we are preparing the baby room right now. Tomorrow my mother in law will come to repaint the room :). So excited!

Today I cleaned the laundry room.. it's been a while since I cleaned it. It's nice and spacious again :D

I will take picture the before and after of the baby room :). I'm so excited about the baby room :D The color would be blueish white with soft sage green on the bottom half.

Dream Kitchen Upgrade

No idea why but suddenly I have the urge to upgrade my kitchen. It's pretty brand new, but we didn't custom build it. We're the second owner, anyway I was playing with the kitchen builder from Lowes.com site and got addicted. This is the exact size of our kitchen. As you see I don't have that many space to work with.

BUT i think adding a peninsula would be a great idea, so Icha can help me cook :) and eat while I'm cooking. No idea when are we gonna be able to do this.. but I bet if we can replaced the countertop to black granite and stainless steels appliances and sink. Our house value will increase.

Hmmm.... isn't it look nice tho??!! come on... :D I wish that I could win a lottery right now :D

Cendol!!!

Such a hard work just to make this authentic Indonesian Dessert called Cendol.

Based on wikipedia, cendol is:
Cendol [pronounced 'chen-doll'] is a traditional dessert originating from Jakarta, Indonesia[citation needed], but is also popular in Singapore, Malaysia[1], and Southern Thailand (where it is called lortchorng singapore ลอดช่องสิงคโปร์). The dessert's basic ingredients consist of coconut milk, starch noodles with green food coloring (usually sourced from the pandan leaf), and palm sugar.

It took me about 1/2 hr to just make this lil wormy jellies!!! hahahahaha. So proud of myself :D

New Desk!! Finally!!

I was looking for a decent computer desk forever! before we used the spare kitchen table that we had since I was in college as a computer table in out kitchen. But it's rounded dining table, so it's not that pretty.

1 Month ago, I saw an ads at Target this black anywhere desk table for $75. But they always out of stock, everywhere! so finally I got the rain check coupon, and bought it today :). It's easy to ensamble and looks so pretty!! :) LOVE IT!!!

Allrecipes.com

Here's another tips for you fellow blogger out there.

I realized how sometimes we went grocery shopping without any meals plan for the week, we ended up buying stuff that we don't use and became a waste of money!

So I use Allrecipes.com to actually create menu for the week, and once you're done putting together 10 or 12 meals for the week, and then you can click "print shopping list" button. Allrecipes.com automatically generate the shopping list for you! it's amazing!

Believe it or not, this way you only spend about 50-60 bucks per week for 2 meals per day. For 6 people is really cheap.

For tonight I made Mexican Chicken and it is so good! here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 (3 pound) chicken - cooked, deboned and cut into bite size pieces
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 8 (6 inch) corn tortillas
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl combine the chicken, onion, garlic, 2 tablespoons chili powder and salt. Add the tomatoes with chiles and the Cheddar cheese. Mix well. (I stir-fry it instead of just mixing them)
   
3. Line a 9x13 inch baking dish with corn tortillas. Pour in the chicken mixture. Pour soup over all and spread. Sprinkle with additional chili powder for topping. Bake for 40 minutes or until bubbly. Let cool and serve with dollops of sour cream.