家的温暖

After reading wokking mum recipe on 海南鸡饭, I had sudden craving to eat it. The funny thing is I don’t like to eat chicken rice at hawkers or food court. I only love my lao pa Home Cooked Hainanese Chicken Rice. So on Thursday, when lao ma called me and asked me to go back娘家 for dinner on Friday evening, I was so happy and when she asked me: “要吃什么？”, I said “鸡饭”… : )

So Friday night dinner was home cooked hainanese chicken rice... Yummy!! After dinner, I had special home brewed 泡参炖 黑鸡汤. I had requested for this tonic because lately, I feel very lethargic, so need to “补气”.

I am really glad that my parent’s home is just a few bus stops or traffic lights away, whenever I need some warmth, I know Home is the Best Place. Adrian went for his usual Friday badminton session and he fetched us after his game.

After a satisfying meal, I went home feeling recharged and very satisfied.

For Saturday, I am stucked with Anders at home. So I went about with my usual house chores routine. For lunch, I managed to cook a soup and steamed a fish.

Dinner was at my in-laws house with nice home cooked Kobe beef, vegetable and soup. Father in law went to packed Curry Fish head and Terence bought back otahs. What a spread we had. Dessert was Haagen Dazs ice cream with home baked Cherries crumble by Eve.

For the last 2 weeks, I was absence from such family dinner due to my illness. So when my father in law fetched Anders and me from home, he asked “are you better now? “. He said “you used to be the strongest, when all at home felt ill, you are ok, this time you are sick for so long.” I was so touched by his comment. Simple sentences yet it meant so much.

“Thank you, papa & all at home” for their concerns over the last 2 weeks when I was down. Simple gestures & smses and I know they will always be there for me when I need them. I hope that this closely knitted tie will be passed on to the next generations for Anthea and Anders with their cousin, Faith.

My little niece, Faith, is growing well and happy. Each weekend when we see her, she is always different. On Saturday, I managed to feed her milk and ‘talk’ to her. She is a very responsive little baby and she love to smile when people talk to her. This is one of the positive traits she inherited from her daddy & mommy, who are always smiling.

Such family gathering always make me feel that Aces Family is very lucky. We are so blessed.