LEMON GRASS MAMA

AS SALAM, GOING BACK TO WHERE HOME (HOMETOWN) IS, ITS ALWAYS A SPECIAL OCCASION FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AND THOSE WAITING FOR US. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT GLORIOUS FOOD OVER THERE. DON'T MISS THE GREEN VEGE AND THE FRESH SEAFOOD! AND IT IS AFFORDABLE ANYWHERE.... JUST LOOK AT THE BIHUN BELACAN ,BIHUN LAKSA, OUR VERSION, OFCOURSE! PLEASE DON'T MISS THIS MOUTHWATERING MENU..

AS SALAM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MY FAMILY EAT YOU WILL KNOW THAT WE HAVE GREAT TASTE AT HOME AND ANYWHERE. I TEACH MY CHILDREN TO EAT AND NOT PICKING AT FOOD. I TELL THEM ALMOST EVERYDAY THAT THIS VEGE IS GOOD FOR THE BODY, THIS FISH IS GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN, ETC. WHEN WE TRAVEL, THE FIRST THHING TO DO IS LOOKING OUT FOR GOOD FOOD AND HAVE A TASTE OF LOCAL DELICACIES. SO NOW I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO EAT WHAT. JUST LOOK AT PICS FOR GOOD FOOD. THIS WAS TAKEN WHEN MUM AND SON IS CELEBRATING WITH BREAKFAST.

AS SALAM, I THINK EVERY MOTHER OUT THERE WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR KIDS TO EXCELL IN ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE THEM SOMEONE SOMEDAY. NOT LEAVING ME OUT, I HAVE THAT FEELINGS TOO. JUST AFTER RAYA, MY YOUNGEST SON SITS FOR HIS UPSR EXAM. KNOWING HIM FOR HIS LACK OF CONCENTRATION TOWARDS HIS STUDIES, GUESS HOW MUCH I WORRY FOR HIM. HIS ACADEMIC RECORD IS AVERAGE. NOT AS EXCELLENT AS HIS FRIENDS. BUT HE DOES GET ALONG FINE WITH HIS SCHOOL AND FRIENDS. LATELY HE WAS OFFERED A CHANCE FOR AN INTERVIEW TO FURTHUR HIS STUDY IN AN ART SCHOOL, ONE OF ITS KIND AND A FIRST IN MALAYSIA. I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN SURVIVE TO BE AWAY FROM HOME COS THE SCHOOL IS IN ANOTHER STATE. OR IS IT JUST ME BEING THE MOTHER COULDN'T BEAR TO BE AWAY FROM HIM? AND THIS WEEK, TODAY MY SECOND YOUNGEST SON IS SITTING FOR HIS PMR EXAM. CAN GUESS HOW I FEEL? MUCH WORSE! HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE IS STUDYING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE'S SON. I AM TRYING TO TRUST HIM SO MUCH. ANOTHER THING HAPPEN YESTERDAY, HIS EXAM SLIP

 TOURIST IN TOWN    THE SLEEPY TRAVELLER  AS SALAM, MY FAMILY I WERE JUST BACK FROM THE RAYA HOLS. MY FAMILIES BACK HOME WERE GREAT. MY KIDS AND I WENT OUT SHOPPING (AS IF THERE WERE MUCH TO SHOP !)  AND SIGHTSEEING. ACTUALLY, THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANGE AROUND BUT WE STILL HAVE FUN ACTING LIKE TOURISTS. O/HOUSE AT MY MUM WAS GREAT. ALL MY SIBLINGS AND RELATIVES CAME FOR THE GET-TOGETHER. I THINK MY CHILDREN GOT CONFUSED AS TO WHO'S WHO COS SOME OF MY RELATIVES DIDN'T SHOW UP LAST YEAR BUT CAME THIS YEAR. THE BEST PART IS STAYING OVER AT MY IN-LAW. MY CHILDREN GOT THEIR SHARE OF PREPARING FOR THE FIRST DAY OF RAYA AT A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. EVERY YEAR WAS AT MY MUM'S. WE SHARED FIREWORKS WITH NEIGHBOURS AND THE KIDS SLEPT LATE. THE OLDER ONES SPENT THEIR TIME INSPECTING EVERY SHOPPING MALL IN TOWN(ONLY A FEW EXISTS, MAYBE ABOUT 3 OR 4,I GUESS). AND LATER TOWARDS THE END OF OUR STAY, THEY EVEN WENT FISHING OUTSIDE TOWN! MY ELDEST IS SOOOO CRAZY ABOUT