A date with my 3 girls

When my host parents have to go out have dinner with their friends, I will take the kids that I taking care to go out to restaurant have our own dinner too, good thing is I don't have to cook!

the oldest girl - Jessie, smart in study but have all the teenage behavior...
the second girl - Emily, the sweetest child and caring person but sometime very annoying...


the youngest child - Avery, the cutest one and like to attach on me, like to cry to get something she want...


My meal - Turkey Sandwich

Cooking Class in Buddhist Temple

Last past few weeks, Boston Buddhist Temple that I use to be a volunteer had a vegetarian cooking class on every Saturday. As usual I be a volunteer to help the chef, besides that, can learn some cooking skill from him with free... hehe.. (^.^)

The chef was showing things to prepare before cook.


The chef demonstrated the steps of cooking.


The students...


The following are part of the dishes that we learned in the few classes:

1) Hot and sour soup酸辣汤 2) Cauliflower soup白菜花汤 3) Tofu seaweed soup豆腐紫菜汤


These 3 dishes I forgot the names liao...


1) Stir-fried chayote 清炒佛手瓜 2) Rainbow asparagus 彩虹芦笋 3) Spring roll 春卷


1) Eggplant Fritters 鱼香茄饼 (2) & (3) can't remember the names either... :p


They all look nice and yummy right?
But I not yet try to cook by myself yet, dunno mine one can come out like that boh?
Hopefully lah... haha.. :D


p/s: still coughing at night time, day time totally fine... so weird...

My day

I remember my grandma told me, if we have cough we can't eat chicken, egg, ice and fried foods. I told my host family members about it, when my host mom cooked chicken and wanna take me and the kids go out to have ice-cream. My host family members said to me I should not believe that, that not true... What you guys think???

The following is my today lunch (no chicken, no fried foods)


Porridge 白粥 （I used to cook porridge for myself in US)


Baked salmon (since I can't have chicken, so I had fish)
some of you might say, "salmon again?" tell you why, because my host family they only eat 2 kinds of fish, salmon and tuna. So no choice... since I can't have chicken or tuna with porridge...


Salad 蔬菜沙拉 (One of the things, I learn in US is eat salad, I never eat un-cook vegetable when I was in Malaysia)


My drink - honey lemon mixed (it really help my throat, my throat getting better then before, the only thing is I still having bad cough at night time, but day time is fine, I dunno why??)


Today weather was nice, my kids and I sat at our house front yard, to feel the sun...
I know in Malaysia, we don't do this, cos we have whole year sun shine...
But in US, here has winter, so American love sun...
She was listening to her iPod (can you imagine, 5 year old kid have her own iPod)

Police Gear

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MC???

Today is a Memorial Day also a public holiday in US. My host mum (boss) don't have work, kids don't have school, BUT I still have to work even I am sick...

One of my friends asked me, "Since you are sick, do you have MC?"
I asked her back, "Have you ever heard Indonesian Maid have MC one?"

Even thought I am a "High Class Indonesian Maid" I also have no MC and no public holiday off!!! Aiz... so tired...

Thank You Note

I am here wanna say Thank You to Piggy, Alexander & Tau Sar Phneah told me about their "secret recipe" honey lemon mixed, I have start drinking this honey lemon mixed today, I hope it will help my throat feel better. Besides that, also Thanks to Siang, Jepunlauee, Akira & 字言字語.

Have all of you here care about me, I think I will rapid recovery soon... (^.^)

Soup & Medicine

This 2 days feel not well, having cough and running nose, today even more worst my throat start hurt when I swallow saliva.

The only thing I feel wanna to eat is soup, so I went to buy soup for my tonight dinner. I bought matzoh ball soup. Matzoh ball soup is a Jewish recipe soup, inside the soup has matzoh ball, carrots, and chicken. It cost me USD$9.98, so expensive... even expensive that having a meal...





After bought the soup, I went to buy medicine in pharmacy, the funny thing was they need to see my ID before I bought the medicine. I asked why? The guy said only who older than 18 years old can buy this medicine. I wonder why???


My blue yucky medicine!! YuCk!!


The sales girl told me, this might help my throat, so I bought it...

Street Performance

America has a lot of street performances, especially the weather now getting warm and nice... After they performed, they took a bucket and walk around people, to ask donate some money.

I wanna share with u the following photos and videos that I took. They are so cOoL... Hope u like it! (^.^)

Breakfast in America

In Malaysia, we have many choices for breakfast, for example, Curry Mee 加哩面 , Nasi Lemak 椰浆饭 , Mee Goreng 印度炒面 , Hokkien Mee 福建面, and etc..... a lot a lot of choices.... If u happy, you can have different breakfast everyday!!


(Thank you Dragon and Akira let me borrow the food photos from their blog. They always post a lot of great photos about foods, do visit their blog and check it out!)
p/s: I advertise ur blog here as my appreciate... Thank again.. (^.^)

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But in America, my breakfast normally is cereal with milk. Even though have a lot of choices for cereal, but I really miss Malaysian foods.....
(I never had cereal when I was in Malaysia)


If I am not lazy in the morning, I will have healthy breakfast.
For example, bagels with cream cheese, salmon or bacon, fruits and vege...

Au Pair in America

Au Pair = Babysitter = Nanny

I am an Au Pair, a live-in babysitter in American family. In this program, we work as a babysitter and have to study part time courses.

As my dad said, I am a "high-class Indonesian maid" for them. Now, I start to understand the feeling and situation of my "Kakak" (my family's Indonesian maid in Malaysia).

Why "high-class Indonesian maid"?
1) Have chance to study.
2) Have chance to go on vacation.
3) Work 45 hours per week.

We had a gathering in our counselor house. As you can see we all came from different counties. I am the only Malaysian in my cluster (area).

Wesak Day in Boston

When I was in Malaysia, I used to join the parade on Wesak Day under the Buddhist Society that I join. My responsible was taking care of the Sunday Class's students that involved in parade.

This is my second year to miss the parade again... Luckily is I also be able celebrate Wesak Day in Boston.

The design at the Buddhist Temple's garden for Wesak Day.


Buddha Hall


For Bathing Buddha (浴佛) ceremony


The performances that presented to celebrate Buddha's Birthday.


Sales fund raising for Si Chuan earthquake.

my cute "daughter"

Avery is the youngest kid that I taking care. I love her a lot, she just like my "daughter". Sometime she misbehave but most of the times she is cute and adorable...

We always have funny conversation. One of the example as below:
Avery: "I wanna marry you, Kikey"
Kikey: "No, because I only marry boy not girl."
Avery: "I wanna be a boy, my name is David."
By that time, I laughed until sakit perut (stomachache). Haha.. :D

This picture I took at our front yard, she wanna tell you guys the flowers is going to bloom...


Sometimes I take her with me to buy groceries. Before we go to market, I always have to tell her a deal, "you can buy 1 thing that you like", if not she will tell me, "I want this... I want that..."

She had fun in the car's grocery cart. I dunno Malaysia have this kind of cart or not. One of the advantage for this cart is, the kid will remain sit inside the "car" to pretend driving, instead of walk and run around the market. (I think you can imagine, if they run around the market...)


Most of the American kids have a lot of dress up costumes. Avery have more than 10 different costumes. Yesterday we decided to play dress up game. She dressed up as Ariel and Pink Power Range.


Normal day I don't have to put on my glasses, unless when I using my laptop. One day she came in my room, I was wearing my glasses sat in front of my laptop, she was so surprise, cos she never seen I wearing glasses before.

Yesterday when I picked her up at school, I saw this picture she drew for me in her class. Me, black long hair and have a glasses on my face with my name and her name. She told me she drew me wearing glasses and sit in front of my laptop. (the green thing at left hand side is my laptop)

I really LOVE this picture... She so sweet~~ (^.^)