7 days candle

 

Photograph of 7 days candle 

My mother bought so many of this candle after my father died.  2 of such candles were lit at my father's altar everyday, until 100 days.  So there were left overs and I took some home to use.  

My brother had gone to so many places to look for this candle.  At last they bought it at Carlo Catholic Services Ltd, 225B Queen street.  Each of this 7 days candle in white plastic container cost $7.90.  It can be lit for day and night continuously for 6 days and night, even though it says 7 days.  At the end of it, it will automatically be extinguished.  

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Happy Mothers' Day

 

D sent me this Happy Mothers' Day message on Saturday.  She still remembered me, so touched.  She is such a sincere friend.  This mother's day, I never buy anything for mum, but when I went to her house, I gave her a packet of boiled scallops and sotong youtiao.  I gave her a red packet, but she returned me, saying that I am also a mother.  

During my childhood days, my mother always said, "听话就好" during mother's day if we gave her presents.  The words mean be obedient.  I also hoped that my children will be obedient too.  

Photograph showing the bracelet that Clara gave me

Last night, Clara came to my room and gave me a small pouch containing the bracelet.  She had made another bracelet to give me some months ago.  The bracelet was elastic ones, and I told her that I was scared that the elastic string will break like my previous ones which I had bought.  So this time she made a non elastic ones.  Thank you so much Clara for always being so thoughtful.  

For dinner we ate Laksa.  I bought Laksa from PGFN.  We want to order from Tian Tian Chi Mian, but it was closed already.  I bought two bowls of Laksa.  I prefer Laksa from Tian Tian Chi Mian, but PGFN got more tao pok, which I like.  When I finished my Laksa, Clara came to show me hers.  Her Laksa was contaminated with a worm-like rusty wire.  She was disgusted.  

Photograph of the rusty worm-like wire from PGFN Laksa

I sent in a feedback message to Grab.  Later on they called me to verified the matter.  They said they will look into it before they can proceed with refund.  Later on, I received an email saying that I was refunded $4.60.   

I think NEA should look into matters like this.  This is not the only case in Singapore news.  Some other people had experienced similar issues in other food at other stalls.  

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AAA Pickled Mustard

 

Photograph of AAA pickled mustard with chilli

This is AAA pickled mustard with chilli.  It cost $1.80 last time, but now it costs $2.00.  Sometimes it is so hard to buy them.  So whenever I see that it is available I would buy a few to put at home.  It is very appetizing and it goes very well with porridge.  My children do not like it, only I like it.  

Photograph of porridge cooked to perfect consistency

Porridge with AAA pickled mustard cut into small pieces

A simple meal like this can be my lunch or dinner.  However I need to think of my children.  So mostly I still cook some other dishes and seldom eat like this.  For example, for today's lunch, the children ate chicken floss, fish floss, century egg and sardines.  I cooked the sardines with onions and it smelled so nice.  

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Bean Sprouts

 

Photograph showing market bean sprouts that was bought

Yesterday went to my mum house.  When I was going home, she walked with me to the shops to buy food for me and I saw bean sprouts at the shop -- Blk 413 Malay shop selling vegetables.  The shop had her bean sprouts displayed outside the shop.  It was rather nice.  So I decided to buy the bean sprouts for cooking Fried Kway Teow Mee for dinner later.  My mother helped me to choose the bean sprouts then she paid for me.  A lot of bean sprouts just for 40cents only. 

Photograph showing some plucked bean sprouts on my palm 

Photograph showing the finished plucked bean sprouts

Back home, I began plucking the bean sprouts.  You can compare the bean sprouts with the soybean sprouts that I had purchased from Redmart.  The soybean sprouts cost $1.53, and the seed leaves or cotyledons were very big and 'crunchy'.  As I was plucking the bean sprouts, I could smell the 'normal beansprouts smell'.  But when I was plucking the soybean sprouts, I did not smell anything.  

Photograph showing the bean sprouts cooked with scallops

Photograph showing my finished product, Fried Kway Teow Mee

I defrost some boiled scallops, and when it was dinner time, I cooked them with bean sprouts.  Next, I fried garlic and add the noodles into it.  Added light soy sauce and sweet sauce to it and then crack some eggs into it.  Lastly add the scallops and bean sprouts to it, optional chilli, and that's it.  I fried some hash browns to go along with it.  

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