31st Birthday

Woooohoooo!! I celebrated my, (31st yesterday, 24 March). Well- nothing really fancy and extravagant because it's the start of Holy week. Palm Sunday, it is.  We srated our day by attending the Palm Sunday mass.  I was really craving for pork siopao and McD's caramel sundae but we though of sacrificing eating out this week so I skipped eating the cravings.  We went straight home after mass and ate lunch.  Bug ate the left over grilled fish, again with rice.  Ohhh and Bug also prepared pansit for my birthday, so that was my lunch.  Super simple celebration but I'm happy!

This is the photo of the pansit Bug cooked for my birthday.  Really yumm!!! Not bad for a first timer!!

This pansit serves 4 to 5 persons (estimated cost is $5)

Saturday activities - Birthday weekend

I'm officially on my 39 weeks last Saturday (23 March) and bub's really getting heavy so we decided to just relax at home.  We started the day by having breakfast. I just whipped up a bread, spread it with tuna (from can), add grated cheese and salt and pepper to taste and just toasted it in the sandwich maker. Bug had some rice with left overs and breakfast is solved!!

We then proceeded to do our weekly grocery.  First stop we went to Fresh and save.  Fresh and save is a new discovery we had. This is an Asian grocery where you can find veges, fruits, meat, Asian condiments, Asian snacks and everything Asian you can think of. I have bought hopia (mung beans and waxgourd), dingdong, some veges, fruits, canned good, condiments,chix minced,  etc. Total bill summed up to $41.74. Not bad!

Next stop was Mad butcher.  Mad butcher is where we always buy our meat.  I was tempted to try the meat from Fresh and save, but maybe next time.  We bought 2 week supply of our meat from Mad butcher since we were thinking that we might not have time to do meat shopping next week due to bub's coming. Total bill on this shop is $48.97. Good deal since this includes Chix, Pork and Beef for 2 weeks!

Last stop was Pak&Save.  This shop is where we get our dry goods such as toiletries, cleaning products, rice, juices, cereals etc.  Total bill from this shop is $85.06.  Quite expensive, but this includes items that we do not buy weekly such as - garbage disposal bags amounting to $10.79, 8 pack of sprite-$8.99, body lotion-$7.39.  But still, I find it expensive.  Oh well....

Normally, we would eat out for lunch after doing our weekly grocery shopping, but this week we just went home and decided to have our home made lunch.  I cooked Shrimp in oyster sauce. Bug cooked a pumpkin dish to complement our shrimp meal. We also had leche flan for dessert. I had cooked this flan during the week.  I really enjoyed our lunch.  Too bad, I have to cut down on my rice as bub's getting chubby already.  So photos from our Saturday homemade lunch are below.  I also added our dinner which was grilled snapper, of course grilled by the Bug.  The fish was a gift from a fishing trip of Bug's relatives! - so yum!!!

Shrimp in oyster sauce (estimated cost is $8)

Pumpkin stir fry (estimated cost is $2)

Rice for 2 (estimated cost is $2)

Leche flan for dessert (Estimated cost $2)

Grilled fish (Fish was a gift, estimated cost for cooking and condiments added is $3)

So that's it!! The Saturday chillax!!

Bug with Bub

I just want to share as this photo is sooo cute, bug hugging our bub at my tummy. Im at 38 week going 39 when this photo was taken.

39 weeks preggy shot

My brother requested me to send him a photo of me so here is my photo at 39 weeks. One more week to go!!! woohooo!! I also had my scan today and midwife said that she estimates my bub will be an eight pounder!! ohhhmyy!!

Fried Chicken in fish sauce and lemon

This dish has only 3 main ingredients and so simple to prepare:

Ingredients:
7-8 pieces of chicken wings
1/4 cup fish sauce
1 lemon
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. In a bowl, mix the chicken and fish sauce (adjust the measurement of the fish sauce depending on your taste);
2. Squeeze the lemon into the mixture;
3. Add salt and pepper to taste;
4. Marinade for at least 2 hours;
5. Deep fry when ready;
6. Serve with rice.

Yummy!!