Ezel is One Year Old!

Today is Ezel's first year birthday and I am so excited about it. I been waited for this day to come by. I am not sure why I am so excited about it but I just feels this way when I know Ezel's birthday is near day by day. Maybe it gives me a flash back to the day I born her. :P

When we wake up this morning, I greet her 'Happy Birthday' (which I bet she still do not know what I am talking about) and kissed her. Then, I gave her an ang pau to wish her in growing up healthy. At about 3PM, we went over to Mummy's house to celebrate her birthday.

I bought her cheese cake which I doubt if she likes it with message 'Happy Birthday Ezel Kew' on it. Ken said that bought cheese cake because I likes not because of Ezel's birthday. I argued that the prices for other normal cakes are almost the same. Since we predicted that Ezel might not want to eat that cake, why I just bought a cheese cake in case she really do not eat.

We sings her birthday song and while holding her hands to clap as she stares at the candle litted in the centre of the cake. We asked and teaches her to blow the candle but she do not know what we are talking about. In the end, I blown the candle out for her.

Then, we asked her to take the plastic knife to cut the cake but she refused. She is pulling her hand away when I try to put the plastic knife in her hand. I tried few times but still the same. Mummy said that maybe she knows is dangerous and she refused. Mummy said that some babies sensed things like this. Later on, she tried to touch the plastic knife but still dare not to hold it. Mummy tried after a while but she still refused to hold.

Ezel First Year Birthday

Ken then try to feed her with the cherry. She licked the surface and pull her long face as she do not like the taste of the preserved cherry. She also do not like the cheese cake as she do not eat much when Ken feed her. Maybe she is not used to the taste yet.

Celebration on Ezel First Year Birthday

As the traditional tells, there is a way to tell the baby's future or the the determination on his/her life. That is what the baby will picks between these three (3) things - instruments for writing, shu pun and dice. If the baby picks the instruments for writing, it means that he/she is clever, do well and study hard in studies which in older times, the baby will be a fulltime scholar. If the baby picks the shu pun, he/she will become a successfull businessman/woman or good in business. In older times, the parents expect their children will takes over the family business. However, if the baby picks the dice, it means that he/she is a gambler and likes to depend his/her life in gambling. This is not a good sign.

I am very keen on this as I really wants to know what Ezel would pick. If she really picks the instruments for writing, I need to save up now so that I able to provide her with the education she needs. Of course I do not want her to pick the dice and I am praying hard that she would not. Since we are in the modern time and not much resources, Mummy and I have replace the instruments for writing with a pen, the shu pun with a calculator and the dice with a playing cards.

I am so excited when we put these three (3) things on the floor. Then, Ken let Ezel down on the floor in front of these three (3) things. Guess what she picks as the first choice? It is a PEN!!! I was so relief and Mummy teased me that I can let go the mystery that been haunting me all this time. :O

Then, she picked the calculator as her second choice. This means that she will good in studies and later on when she works, she will be successful businesswoman or in her career. I hope she is and that are not these are what all the mothers in the world is hoping what her children will be, right?

Ken Lunar Birthday Celebration @ Shogun

Mummy said that according to Chinese tradition, the parents-in-law should celebrate their daughter/son-in-law birthday during the first year of the marriage. Since Ken birthday is around the corner, Mummy suggested that we go for Japanese food. So, we decided to have a buffet lunch at Shogun, 1 Utama.

After the lunch, we went for a walk in the Rainforest as it is nearby Shogun while helping the digestion. I shows Ezel the Koi fishes and she staring at them as there are so many of them. We did not stay long as ater Ezel is making temper as she needs her nap.

Taking photo near a small pond

Looking to the camera at last!

Nursery Kedgeree

Another recipe from Healthy Baby Meal Planner : How to give you baby the best of health and vitality by Sara Lewis.

This dish is for babies aged between seven to nine months.I still cooks for Ezel as I purposely buy the ingrediates - peas.

Ingrediates - makes 600ml/1 pint
50g/2oz long grain rice
25g/1oz frozen peas
350ml/12fl oz formula milk
90g/3 1/4 oz brick frozen skinless cod
2 hard-boild egg yolks

Well, I minused the egg yolks as many people said it will cause allergic and it is not advisable to give baby under one year to have egg yolk.

I also replaced the frozen peas with canned processed peas. It is much easier to mash too as the peas has been processed - softer. However, I have to do a bit of thing - plucking the skin of the peas out. Instead using cod, I have used other fish - ma yau fish. Always be extra careful with the bones as you never knows where the fish bones will hide after you mashed it. Choose fish that have large bones so that it is easier to detect.

I followed the instructions in the book to cook and it turned out as shown in the book except the colour. Maybe it is because I did not include the egg yolks. Thus, it is more to greenish colour of the peas.

Nursery Kedgeree

Close-up: Nursery Kedgeree

As I cooked this dish quite late at night, Ezel was asleep and unable to taste it. Hope she likes this dish!

Maintenance Sales Thank You Dinner @ MardiGras

Our company had a private function / dinner for the Malaysia Maintenance Sales team including engineers as an appreciation on the good job done in quarter three (3) of 2007.

The function is suppose to start at 6.30PM but we arrived late as we need to settle some issues while also waiting for others. There is a door gift given - mini torch light. At about 7.30PM, the management started to give some speech of appreciation and new target for the quarter four (4). At about 8.00PM, we are lining up to take the foods.

Ken has arrived and parked the car in 1 Utama. I asked him to bring Ezel down to the place as the function events are not over yet. But Ken rushed me home. I told him I need to get something inside there as I did not bring out. I carried Ezel with me and I introduce Ezel to the people I know.

Then, there was a presentation gifts and I walked up together with Ezel to take the gift. Everyone is praising Ezel on her cuteness.

I went back to Ken at abut 9.00PM and introduced him to my manager who is coincidentally passed by us.

Photos courtesy of Clement Mok

MA Administratives : Paneer Mala, myself and Shanti

Myself, Ong and Ow

Me and Ezel