Friday, January 28, 2011 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts

I’ve been humming recently… to tunes.. to mandarin songs actually… Don’t have a clue what the words mean though!! Just loving the tunes… and the fact that I don’t really understand what they are saying means I can freely interpret the song in the way I want, according to the notes and mood of the songs!!!

Some of my faves include:
Chrysanthemum Flower Bed (Ju Hua Tai) ???” by Jay Chou.
Belong (Shu Yu) ?? by ??? Fish Leong.
From the film ‘Shaolin’ – Enlightement by Andy Lau ????????????? -???MV

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 by Daisy in Baby, Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts, Really Nice Food

For those who know our little Chloe, she has suffered from food allergies since solids were introduced to her!

And since that day, it has been a headache testing foods and avoiding them… For the foods that trigger her eczema, poor girl has puffy, red, itchy, dry patches on her face, esp the around the eyes….

So far, her avoid foods include cow’s milk (but recent introduction of this in certain products seem to be ok, fingers crossed), egg, peas, plums, citrus fruits, berries (including strawberries, blueberries), kiwi, shellfish/seafood (except fish) and the list goes on!

Cooking for her is a mission cos I’m not particularly brilliant at cooking and now because there’s Andre, there just isn’t enough time nor energy!! I cook her 2 meals every day & because she’s not that adventurous, it’s getting difficult! Also, now that she’s hitting the terrible twos stage, she’s starting to get picky & bored of foods that she once loved! Problem is, ideas are running low because of 1) the lack of foods she can eat, 2) the fact that she doesn’t want to eat this and that! 3) Singapore doesn’t offer many dairy free and egg free alternatives like dairy free cheeses/spreads/yoghurt/cakes etc and egg free biscuits/cakes freely off the shelf! What is in abundance here is soya milk!!!

At times, I feel sorry for her because of the lack of things she can eat and enjoy…

It’s her birthday soon and I have decided to bake her some cupcakes for her birthday… I wanted to order a sugar free, nut free, dairy free and egg free cake but it was difficult to source one and when I did, it was stupidly expensive! For her 1st bday, I made her cake but she couldn’t eat it. This year, she will be able to blow the candle from her cake and then be able to eat it!! Yay!!

Gotta go through more allergy-free recipes!! Some of her faves that she helped to make include spring rolls and gingerbread men!!!

Monday, January 10, 2011 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

C&A sounds like the old department store that used to exist in UK – but nope, I’m not talking about that… C&A refers to my 2 childrens Chloe and Andre!

Today, I was going through some old pics and noticed some similarities between the two children… Check them out!

Saturday, January 1, 2011 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts

Wow, 2010 went by far too quickly! So much that I can’t remember specifics!

However, there were a few occasions that do spring to mind, such as the following:
-Our little Chloe is no longer little anymore and she turned one in Feb (not that a one year old is big!!!)
-We celebrate CNY in Phuket with family
-Chloe fractures her leg due to a freak accident on the changing table in March!
-DnAnC return to UK in preparation for Andre
-Anais’ 1st birthday
-DnAnC is officially changed to ADCA with the arrival of Andre in August

Overall, 2010 was a year full of blessings namely my family and friends on both sides of the world, my two beautiful children and last but not least My Fantastic and Amazing Husband… May 2011 bring more blessings