I kinda cheat in this bento.  The chicken rice was tapau from shop for our dinner.  I know, they don’t look so appetizing in the picture.   It is not easy being a mother sometimes.   The youngest is also shouting for attention even though she is the type that is not fond of food.  But give her chicken rice anytime, she will gobble down her food in seconds 😉 … and because I told her, “No treats for you if you don’t finish your dinner.”

Mixture of healthy and unhealthy treats.  The Japanese doll is coated peanut for the head and rice crackers for the body, cherry tomatoes, gummy candy and the black one is prunes.  She love asam-asam (pickles) very much and I think she learn how to eat them from her previous babysitter.

“Many, many years ago, … I had my bottom slapped by a man (or woman?) on this day.”

How many people don’t get this phrase?  It’s my Birthday la!  So sad no one wish me *sob, sob*.  (The one in FB not counted ok *sticking out tongue*)

Anyway, here are some pictures I took that night.  My Sister think I should go out patoh but after 12 years of marriage, I forgot how to patoh.  So sad isn’t it.  And I keep on rushing my food so that I can go home earlier to be with the kiddos.  It’s the motherhood instinct.  Can’t help it.  Earlier of the day when I had a conversation on MSN with Eldest Princess, she ended the line with, “See you at midnight.” Wah, so paiseh only 😳

This is my second time celebrating my birthday in The Lobsterman, SS2 PeeJay.  Since no kids around, we don’t even bother to get a cake.  Can you imagine two old couple singing in public.  Dead embarassing, ok?  Plus with Hubby’s out-of-tune singing, don’t know where to hide my face!

Since I am going patohing right after work, I have to lug my dSLR to the office with me.  This time I thought maybe I should leave home my Tamron AF 28-75mm f2.8 (longer and heavier) and use my prime lens (shorter and lighter) instead.  Almost 6 months never touch my old ‘baby’ ade.  And you know what?  I’ve totally forgotten that my prime lens had this constant ‘error 99’ appearing.  And the whole night, either I am too near to my food (cos the beeper kept on asking me to back off!) or the kanasai error 99 kept on flashing until Hubby also look at me one kind!  GRRRR!!!!  I still prefer zoom lens.  And because of the kanasai error 99, my mood was so foul I forgot to change my WB and the yellow downlight doesn’t help at all.  Hence why all my pictures looks like having jaundice!  Sigh… how I wish all restaurant use white bulb like those home decor lighting.

We ordered cheese baked lobster and porridge lobster.  The porridge is meant for the kids even though they are left over (on purpose!).  See, even when they are not around, our mind kept on flashing back to them.  Poor kids must have so much fun with their Wu Yi eating pizza at home under Mummy’s bill *sticking out tongue at Wu Yi* (Update:  They changed their mind and went for Kim Gary.  Still  under Mummy’s bill!)

Hubby introduce new food to me.

Oyster + Vodka + Tomato puree = Shooters!

One was supposed to bottoms up.  Imagine the oyster ran down your throat like a live gold fish.  I hope Hubby did not trick me on this.

Every diners will get a complimentary polaroid.

This is our 2nd take upon request!  The first shot was so badly over exposed.  Come on, ugly photo take again another shot  ma.  Don’t make us looks like albino.  That type of photo also can give people meh.

Itu je makan-makan.  One year older and one year wiser now.

Sometimes when I was busy in the kitchen and did not hear a single sound from coming Baby Princess I know it spelled T.R.O.U.B.L.E.  But to my amazement this time, she was scribbling something on her hand.  So full of concentration.

I sneaked up quietly next to her to steal this wonderful shot but the Little Missy soon realised my antics.

She was trying to grab the paparazzi’s camera. LOL

… I had my bottom slapped by a man (or woman?) on this day.

This is me when I was little.

p/s:  Check out Top 100 Malaysian Blogs list and see who’s name is at the 100th 😉

How I wish someone warned me earlier that this Hello Kitty crust cutter is a little bit too small for our local Gardenia bread size.  The only time I get to use the cutter is when my eldest Sister bake me some home bake bread.  Nevertheless, they are very cute.

Left to right:  Wholemeal mantou, carrot stick with kewpie mayo in blue side dish and checkered apple.
Bottom:  Cream cheese spread on home bake wholemeal bread.

We don’t get to use this two tier bento box very often.  Usually we just utilised the bottom tier but it sure comes handy today.  Sometimes owing two tier compartment box give us the flexibility.  You decide when you want to use them separately and when to use them whole.  Same concept as the portable laundry hamper.