MV ....

Well Well ...........Lunch today was rather interesting

Maryann and I were in a nutty mood...so we played a little betting game. I mixed in the asam (the ones we put for the jambu potong)together with the soup from the noodles i bought and gave it to her to drink.....and guess what ...SHE DID IT....the daredevil...hahaha


I didn't really think she was going to ...saje saje la gertak ....but to my amazement...she mixed the soup nicely and terus minum....so tommorow Lunch is on me wei.... and guess where she suggested....Hilton pulak !

Mary ann...for this ikan bilis matter all....RM 5 chicken rice cukup la ok babe...most most can ask him tambah babi!!! hahahaha


I caught Mary ann in action......



BEFORE



The "assam-ish" soup




The jambu plastic




Maryann mixing her soup




Yum Yum soup








AFTER.....I seriously think it was the soup!

Sayonara pics

Dad helping Hemma with her socks



Buggy Bug



AAaaaaawwwwwww.......



My darlingsssss......

29 January 2008

My sis and Hemma went back to US yesterday and I am sooo the very sad. Sis and Hemma has a 25 hour journey back home with stopovers at Singapore, Taipei and LA and finally arriving at Cleveland at 7.40 pm( Malaysian time)today

The house felt so empty when we came home from the airport. I have been spoilt this last 6 weeks. Always had Hemma greeting me at the gate when I came home from work.
You can hear her anklet sound all over the house as she never sits still. I am wearing one of her anklet on my wrist now........ hmmmm

This six weeks has been loads of fun and all of us enjoyed every single moment spent together.The makan makan session,the gossip sessions, arguements, gossips, get togethers, gossips, parties , gossips......Well..yeah....LOTS AND LOTS OF GOSSIPS..... what happens when 4 sisters get together????????????? jeng jeng jeng.....more gossips.

I am really missing them , so so so much...........Though my sis tries to come over every year and we get to meet her....it is soo difficult to say goodbye...to her, mama and the litte princess.

Whenever she is back in Malaysia for the holidays , it always feels like she was never away ......probably cause she gets updated with the latest compared to us at home..hehehehe

I hope she comes back soon.....real soon.........


We miss you guys .................love you loads..........

Ponggal at the temple !

This is a very delayed post....I have been really busy with stuffs.

Anyway.....as I had mention in my earlier post, I was going to the temple for the ponggal celebrations.
Well, this was deffinitely a very different experience for me, we made ponggal - the traditional way ....... they even had a competition among us to see whose ponggal boiled over first.....eerrrr.....Mine was not the first but I was within the top 5...OK LA RITE !

Photos as promised ....jeng jeng



Dad



Durga



Sister Sister



My ponggal ( Ven Ponggal )



Boiling Over....you should have seen the cheering





Can you spot me crying ?????? Smoke man....i wonder how people cooked on this

A

Apparently this dancer also featured in the movie Billa ... the Batu Caves song



Mom and Dad....

Ponggal 08

Pongalooooo Pongal everyone !!!

Thai Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils to thank the rain, the sun and the farm animals that have helped in the harvest.
Pongal in tamil means " boiling over or spill over". The act of boiling over of milk in the clay pot is considered to denote future prosperity for the family.

The moment the rice boils over and bubbles out of the vessel, the tradition is to shout of "Ponggalo Ponggal!" ,a custom practiced during the festival to announce it was going to be a year blessed with good tidings. For Tamils, it is considered a good sign to watch it boil over, since it means that good luck and prosperity is forthcoming. Then the New boiled rice is offered to the Nature during sunrise, a gesture which symbolises thanks to the sun and nature for providing prosperity. It is later served to the people present in the house for the ceremony. People also prepare savories and sweets such as vadai, murrukku, payasam and visit each other and exchange greetings.


It was no different at the KANA'S household. We woke up early, got all the prayer items ready for the surya namashkar outside the house.

Mom was preparing the ponggal in our kitchen....in our cute little ponggal pot.Mom ,dad,sis,Gajan and moi...shouted pongalo pongal when the rice bubbled out of the pot....Unfortunaly, could not get a snap of this moment cause I did not realise that my battery kong !

Then , we did our prayers and offerings for suriya bhagwan.

Everyone is on leave today except ME......how sad!
* Kala akka and Hemma are celebrating ponggal in my elder sister's house.....so you will not find them in the pictures below. They will come over to my place for lunch, and tarsha is updating me with the menu of the day on MSN......SUCH A NUT !....

This is what he says
" Tarsharueben says:sambar, payasam and all the other stuff that you like and I am finishing "

Tarsharueben says:yummy food I am eating

Tarsharueben says:yum yum yum!!!

How evil....waaaaa....look at how kids torture their aunty nowadays....

Anyway , can't wait to go to the temple in the evening today. We are cooking ponggal there ....I will take lotsa pictures then.....


Till then..................HAPPY PONGGAL Once again !!!!!

* Manage to get a few shots after charging the batt for a few minutes...










Daddy doing the surya namashkar