Kuantan Dancing Association's 22nd Anniversary Dinner & Dance

We attended the Kuantan Dancing Association's 22nd Anniversary Dinner and Dance which was held at Mexica Garden Seafood Restaurant in Kuantan on the night of 14th December, 2013.

We were fortunate enough that Lauren's Mandarin teacher paid for our seats as she knows Lauren loves dancing. Teacher Ng was also performing on the night and it was good fun all round.

The lighting, fast movements and smoke all combined to make it difficult to capture great photos. Here are some of my favourite shots I captured:

Teacher Ng, Lauren's Mandarin teacher

The crowd watch excitedly as two young dancers grace the floor

Top marks to this lady for getting into the most awkward position of the night!

Blog Flashbacks - Lauren's Birthday

First of all, it's Lauren's 4th birthday today. She was awake and ready to open her presents before any of us!

Her party bag

My parents sent her this card, which arrived from England yesterday, just in time!

My parents also sent these colouring books

Hairband and bag from mummy and daddy

"Bunny"

Her new umbrella

Later tonight we'll be doing a birthday dinner at our home for Lauren, featuring roast chicken and potatoes, pizza and birthday cake. We have invited our neighbours to join us, as usual.

Today's flashbacks will focus on Lauren's previous birthdays. This is what we did in January 2011 for Lauren's 3rd birthday:

Lauren's 3rd birthday - Jan 2011

And here is Lauren on her 2nd birthday in January 2010:

Lauren's 2nd birthday - Jan 2010

Happy birthday Lauren! Have a lovely day!

Fidelia's Friday - Fancy a snail?!

When we went food shopping last Wednesday, I found one of my favourite foods that can only be found occasionally in this supermarket called Tunas Manja. Even though it wasn't on our list, I  quickly grabbed it and put it in our trolley. 

So, our dinner menu for that night had changed! Instead of cooking some squid, I chose to cook some lovely snails.

I cooked it the way my dad always does. I chopped some onions, garlic and ginger and fried them all in a wok. When the smell of the onion started to fill the air, I quickly put the snails in. I then splashed a good amount of soy sauce and a few spoons of sugar. Next, I added some water. I let it simmer for a good 10 minutes and TADAAAA!!! It was all ready to eat! Yummy!

Here are a couple of photos of the nice looking snails. Enjoy!

If you are wondering how it looks inside, here it is...

Have you ever eaten snails? What is the weirdest food that you have eaten?

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Blog Flashbacks

Welcome to my Blog Flashbacks post this weekend. On Saturday 23rd October, 2010, The Zenith Hotel was inching closer to its soft opening and work was being done day and night.

Take a look at how The Zenith Hotel appeared a year ago by following this link:

The Zenith Hotel - October 2010

Exactly two years ago to this very date, I shared our dinner with you on this blog. Looking back over it, I'm feeling rather hungry again. See if you like it!

Dinner, October 22nd, 2009

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Fidelia's Friday - A typical day in my life!

My day starts the moment Leah wakes up in the morning around 8am. Then, I will feed her and if I am lucky, she will go to sleep again. If not, Duncan and I will play and talk to her for a while on the bed. She can be very talkative. So cute!

Around 10am Lauren will wake up. While waiting for her to wake up, I will have my breakfast. Usually cereal with milk. 

Laundry is also done in the morning. This takes about 1 hour! The reason is because our washing machine is semi-auto so it takes more work than fully-auto ones. Not complaining as long as I am not doing the laundry by hands.

When it's 11am, it's time for the children to go for a bath. Duncan usually bathe Leah and I will dress her up. After Leah's turn, it's Lauren's. I will take care of Lauren after that. Comb and tie her hair! Lauren knows how to dress herself up. She'll say "I can do it all by myself!"

Lunch will be around 1pm. Thinking what to cook for lunch is always difficult. So, sometimes we just have sandwiches! 

Nowadays we will go for a walk on the field around 6pm. Lauren and her daddy will play football while I just walk around with Leah. The walk usually ends up with Lauren playing the slides and see-saw. We love our evening walk!

Dinner time will be around 7pm or 7.30pm. Duncan and I will take turn to cook dinner. We usually have "Sweet and Sour Fish" or soup.

At 8pm until 10pm, Duncan will have his class and I will take care of the children. Put Leah to bed around 9pm and watch television with Lauren.

10pm sharp is our CSI: Miami! It is a MUST-WATCH action series! One of our favourite action series called NCIS:LA that starts at 11pm just finished last night. So, we need to find something new to watch!

I normally go to bed first, then closely followed by Duncan. That would be around 12am or earlier. Meanwhile, Lauren will fall asleep on the couch and Duncan will carry her to her bedroom before he goes to bed!

I love my typical day! It is good to have a routine. It kinda make things a lot easier to handle and plan.

So, how is your typical day? Is it a hectic or a relaxing one? Mine certainly looks not so hectic but let me tell ya, it can be sometimes!