Gathering of the Sick
Parenting May 25th, 2009Most of you who added me in your Facebook probably know I was sick over the past few days. Thank you for your well wishes. I consider myself recovered, even though I still need to finish my course of antibiotics and am still feeling rather breathless. Other than that I’m perfectly fine.
When I can tell you that my boys were NOT late for school today, you know how ‘healthy‘ I am. *laugh*
Yesterday, I was ‘panting‘ more, but I still went over to my in-laws’ house for the usual Sunday gathering. Its amazing how strong the bond of the Loh family is – EVERYONE WAS SICK!!! The only healthy ones were my 2nd, 3rd nieces, Allan and my FIL, everyone else was sick! 4:10 What a ratio!
It was the ‘command from Empress Dowager‘ that we HAD to go to her house yesterday so as to collect these:
To her, if she can wake up extra early on Saturday morning, cooked the ingredients and wrapped more than a HUNDRED rice dumplings in one day, when she was sick, how valid can our excuses reasons be for NOT coming to collect?! Talking about the love of a mother….
And so we obeyed her commandments. This time I took back 3 ‘white‘ dumplings (not shown in the picture,’cos I’m bias. *giggle* I don’t like the taste of that. So all 3 belong to Allan), 12 ‘black‘ dumplings and 20 baby dumplings, total = 35!!!
Yummy! So lunch and dinner for the next few days have been taken care of. *wink*
Will we be sick of it? NO!!! The kids and I are HUGE FANS of her self-made dumplings.
Go ahead! Take a bite if your mouth can get on the screen! Satisfaction guaranteed! *laugh*
May 25th, 2009 at 11:26 am
wow that’s alot of dumplings leh. Do you give the children to eat? Zann has tried before. Maybe I am ‘paranoid’ over the indigestion part. :D
May 25th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Cendrine,
my boys loved the ‘baby dumplings’
the dip-dip-sugar… their favourite part *wink*
as for indigestion?
*laugh*
My MIL packed a bunch of bananas, one apple and one pear for us as well.
Seems like she has everything prepared!!! *laugh
May 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Consider urself lucky u get home-made ‘chang’ to eat. :) Hope everyone gets well soon!
May 25th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
why never give me some?? *pout* the bite from the screen is so hard until my teeth all going to drop.
anyhow, enjoy your dumplings! :)
May 25th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
oh.. you are sick?? Hope you better soon. Looks yummy, i said that bacang.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Wow..home made is always the best!! Not so much the taste but the thought and the effort. Especially for this kind of chinese tradition. HATS OFF TO Empress Dowager!!!
Your dumplings are making me drool and your tease is not helping, i am going to buy some soon…hee.
cheers,
astee
May 26th, 2009 at 6:57 am
I bet those dumplings are delicious! Hope you’re better than ever soon. xo
May 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I didnt have my share of dumplings this time round. Have to go out and get some!!!
Sure looks yummy and hope all of you are better now.
May 26th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
You made me hungry for dumplings! ^^|
Those dumplings look really yummy!
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May 26th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
My MIL is gonna make some “baby dumplings” this weekend. I will let my boys try it. I find the normal meat dumplings very oily so din wana let them eat :)
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May 26th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
your MIL is so so good and strong! sick and still can make hundreds of dumpling!!
hmm..does it means that the dumpling festive is here already? I love the nonya ones..
May 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
wow that is a lot of work. I only realised that when i made them when i m overseas. preparing the ingredient is the most tedious part. so i guess i will be back in time to feast on mum’s dumpling this year :)
hope u r feeling better now, take care!
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