We purposely arranged

a dinner today to gather (Phil's family and the gang friends) & celebrate in advance, Phil's 47th birthday.

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After getting off work, all of us met at West Coast Plaza's basement level Chinese restaurant named "Paradise Inn" for a sumptuous dinner. It's our first time eating in this restaurant and fortunately, the food did not fail us. It tasted yummy and all of us especially the birthday 'boy' enjoyed the sumptuous treat!

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Led by tradition, all of us would look forward to be served a cup of coffee after dinner and complement with the birthday cake. Without hesitation, all of us young and old moved on from the basement to the 2nd level for a cup of traditional brew (except the 2 young boys of course).

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We got our drinks ordered, lit up the candles and sang Phil the "birthday song". Gosh, the 1/4 sized cake tasted yummy too.......it must be mainly due to the size of our cake......the smaller it is, the yummier it tastes! Haa.....

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Mr Philip (Tau Kay), we hope our company this evening have made your day!

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February free entry weekend

Through some email circulation, I came to know of the 2009 Reasons promotion launched by the Singapore Tourism Board only recently.

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It's a very great idea as not only people get delighted with the 'freebies' & 'cheapies', it will excite and inject spending activities in Singapore.

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Well, for those with the extra bucks to spare, why not support and give this STB's promo a go? Say.......check yourselves into a hotel and chill out? Inject some dollar flow in the economy man....

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I heart caricature!!!

Especially the following caricatures are so cute!
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The one drawn for Bruce Lee,

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of Jacky Chan,

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of Ah Bian,

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presenting President of the People's Republic of China ....Mr Hu Jin Tao......

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While taking a little "eye break" off the documents in the office, I'm admiring caricatures.........hahahaha.......supposed to be an 'eye break'!

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A healthy simple snack

Haaa........Steamed Muffin for us that is.........for now.............not until the ANG Mistress discover more healthy recipes from other web sources or through other home baking bloggers.

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Ahhhh....the power of the www (world wide web)! There are just too many information available and without internet, sorry........just won't be able to find 'ready' information huh?

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So about this Steamed Muffin, here's sharing its simple ingredients:

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Ingredients:
4 Eggs

1 cup Sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
6 Riped Bananas - mashed (optional if desired)

A pinch of Salt
Chopped walnuts (optional if desired)

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Method:
Sieve the flour together with baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Separate the egg whites and egg yolks.
Beat egg whites until the liquid turns foamy, gradually add in sugar and egg yolks, continue to whisk until mixture turns thick & fluffy.
Fold in the flour and mashed banana, beat/whisk until the mixture is well blended.
Pour batter into paper cup lined muffin tins/mould
Top with chopped walnuts (if desired)

Steam for 20 - 25 minutes

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and later.....................Viola, ready to serve piping hot, soft and non-fat!!

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Steamed Muffins

Somehow and somewhere, the mood hit the correct note today and it got the ANG Mistress right into trying out some steamed muffins recipes she had referenced from the website and recipes from other baker bloggers.

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The product - Little mini bite-sized steamed muffins, lovingly hand-beaten batter put into the steamer for 10-15 mins. Garnished by mini chocolate rice as toppings, some stuffed with little chocolates as fillings.

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Will post up and share the recipe after another successful trial this Friday!

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LO HEI (捞起) that gloomy economy!

Yup, that's exactly what we wished for......to LO HEI (捞起) that gloomy atmosphere circulating in the economy during this Lunar New Year.

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Hence we brought the LO HEI package from a coffee-shop stall, hopped over to Mr Chua's place, prepared all the ingredients and we did the 捞起!

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Next up, lunch is served after we ate up the LO HEI goodies. Indeed, all of us felt very 'spiritually lifted' at the end of the LO HEI session. It works after all!

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We welcomed a NEW 家庭成员

early this morning...............

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Although we spent a long and eventful wee morning at the hospital fussing around with the hospital staffs, sharing the 'stress' with the new parent, both Master & Mistress ANG are so tired out but overjoyed with this promotion!

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Let us all welcome our newborn nephew (外甥仔).............born on 3 February 2009 at nearly 2.15am, NUH hospital delivery Suite 8.

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Nope, the above pair of feet does not belong to our little 外甥仔's. He's a premature little strong chap at approximately 30 weeks weighing at about less than 1Kg. As his only Uncle and Aunty, we'll be looking forward to take great shots of his strong little feet real soon.

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God bless and watch over this child.

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天公聖誕_拜天公

The day is 02 Feb 2009 (8 Day of Lunar 1 Month 農曆正月初八); All Hokkiens will prepare to Celebrate the Manifestation Anniversary of Jade Emperor of Heaven 玉皇大帝.
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At about starting (11.00Pm), preparations at home intensifies. The woman folk will line their prayer tables nicely with food offerings, joss and incense, red cloth, candles and decorations before the clock strikes 12 am where 天公聖誕 kicks in.

Our annual 天公聖誕 prayers will be conducted at the in-laws place without fail. Just like every year, the ANG family hoped for prosperity and family bliss, the younger generation will bring honor and family proud.

It's Everyone's Birth Day

earlier........and we spent most of our 初七 人日 (Ren Ri) Sunday at Mr Chua's place.

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Mr Chua and Ms Wong were hosting all of us (gang-friends) on this 7th day of the Lunar New Year with a lot of sumptuous food and snacks.

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Of course, what's a good gathering without poker card games on the top entertainment list that kept the guys awake & noisy throughout the whole day!

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Then, for the children, they were mostly entertained by the Playhouse Disney channel switched on the entire day while chasing each other around the house throwing toys all over the corner.

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Well, on 初七 人日, found an interesting read extracted from Wikipedia that according to Chinese legend, earth was created by a goddess named 女媧 (Nu Wa).

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She created different animals on the 1st six different days of zhengyue and human beings were created on the 7th day after the creation of the world. Interestingly, Chicken was created on the First of zhengyue!

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Errr.........hopefully this is just a myth - can you imagine we ate chicken already on the first day of Lunar New Year!?!..................Haa....

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