Happy Chinese New Year

新年快乐!
I want to wish my family,friends and all simmers around the world a very Happy Chinese New Year. The Snake Year yes hope everyone will be lucky and prosperous this year.
We celebrate it simple like always.大哥不再这里了,他不可能回来过年像以前.妈妈还等待他每天说"我很想想念他".真的受不了我心里真好痛.对我是不公平但这个生活一定要继续不能放弃. Sigh..the more I write the more painful it become. Whatever it is I wish you all happiness and prosperity this year. Don't drink and party too much though,do everything in moderation. 有空的话来我家拜年哦! I promise I'll prepare something for our hangover session hehehe..*grinning* or the karaoke machine is good option too right?
Ok恭喜发财,万事如意!

See you guys again next time. :)

Food and Cooking Story

One more day to go before saying goodbye to 2012. This year is not been good year,I lost my beloved brother,3 hamsters,was promised for the new position but I lost it to a 22 years old fresh graduate,moved but I have to wait for another 1 1/2 years before I can get my new house (technically I'm being duped by the developer,damn!).

So looking forward to great year ahead. My resolutions? Not much,start with healthy eating. I admit I skipped lunch a lot this year,mainly because of what happened in my lousy life I lost my appetite. And I'm too tired to cook something when I got home. Seriously when I watched Food Network channel,I keep wondering why we can't get those convenient ready cut & washed veges,deboned chicken thighs and sliced/cubed beef in supermarkets here? Plus they don't offer the service to do it for me like the butcheries in Western countries. I have to rely on myself then end up making big mess in kitchen.

I started blogging in 2010,wrote about recipes from my grandma and food I grew up with. It didn't last long though because I don't know how to carry on writing the recipes and make it more interesting for the readers to read. 2011,a girl on Facebook asked me to upload my custom sims to a blog,so this is it Sweet Sims. :)
Instead of opening a new blog about food because I don't think I can manage 2 blogs at once,so this post is specially for my food story.


Peanut Butter Fudge
This was my second attempt of making fudge. This one was quite sweet,since they don't sell marshmallow creme here,I substitute it with mini marshmallows and evaporated milk. I didn't do the softball stage testing,just boiled for 5 minutes,beat until it lost glossy looking texture then poured in square pan.



Lemon Cupcakes
I made these for my younger brother,he liked the icing which I didn't care much about. Very grainy as you can see,although I've sifted the icing sugar.
This recipe is by Rachel Allen.



Butter Cake
This was from box butter cake mix,tasted quite good for box mix.I added lemon juice into the icing because I don't like plain butter cream icing. I posted this picture on FB,lots of my friends liked it hehehe.. :)



Lemon Squares
When I watched that latest Scream 5 on HBO and saw the police officer gave lemon squares to her superior,decided to make one batch myself. Tasted sweet,buttery and very lemony,like them.




What I Ate

Seafood Feast
I took this dinner picture last year,during short vacation with my partner. This place serves excellent seafood he likes the crabs very much,especially Chili Crabs even though they aren't as spicy as Singapore style version.In this picture I ordered Black Pepper Crabs for him,to try something different. Then we had Lemon Chicken,Cereal Prawns (both my favourites) and mixed veges plus egg soup (which arrived late).
Yumm....



Lunch,White Pepper Noodles
Made from packet noodles but the broth was way too peppery for my liking.Added prawns and green mustard leaves.


Lunch,Chicken Curry Noodles(咖喱鸡干面)
This is dry version,I love it! Not too spicy but fragrant with curry leaves,with huge chunks of chicken pieces and potatoes.Ordered it with soy bean milk during weekend lunch out.



Midnight snack(???) Blueberry Pancakes
Ok I made this last night,home alone and I couldn't sleep until 3 am. I found small packet of blueberries in fridge and decided to make something easy,the berries burst out as I cooked the pancakes,woh! Served with maple syrup,next time I might reduce baking powder because there's metallic taste with using 2 teaspoons.Not as fluffy as McDonald's breakfast cakes but they're home made. :)

oh yes..I am left handed,so does my father and one of my brother.When I was young I thought I'm not a normal person just because majority people I saw are right handed. The other day after I sharpen cooking knife,it felt 'heavy' at one side. Not sure if it's because my left hand or the angle I hold the knife when sharpening it. Being lefty can be incovenient sometimes,especially when using scissors,putting hair clip and sliding those buttons on iPhone and iPad. People gave me this weird look when I signed papers/receipts in public using my left hand. Why? Am I that different? Famous actress like Nicole Kidman are lefty as well right? :p



I ate a lot,when I'm in the mood and have huge appetite. Got to love those sweet stuff and greasy fried food. Surprisingly I'm still maintained my weight,55 kg until now. I stand 5'4,when I see my cousins with their tall and big figures,I can't help but thinking I should eat more and more so I can become like them lol.
Crazy..yeah. Well at least I'm glad I have my appetite back,that's important. I don't want to skip any meal if I can.I had been diagnosed with mild stomach ulcer in 2007,thank God it wasn't serious doctor prescribed me with pills and advised me to drink cabbage juice. Yes the juice worked wonders,really hope I don't have to go back again to the doctor because he thought I had eating disorder. That's awful,I had lost 11 kg in one month (54 went to 43kg) when I was in college but I was certain it wasn't because I'm anorexic or had eating disorder. I just lost my appetite! :D

Well I gained back my weight after I start working,still I skipped breakfast and lunch sometimes. I simply not very fond to idea of going to the cafeteria eat together with my colleagues. I went with them it 3 times,once with my boss,wasn't good experience. I feel awkward and left out,I just don't know how to join their conversation which involves talking about their misbehave students and boyfriends/fiancees/husbands all the time. The usual stuff among women,but still I'm not that close to them to share my personal life during lunch hours.
So what do I do? Bring my own snacks of course,eat them in office (when I don't have morning class) which is great because I'm not the only one doing this hehehe. I packed red bean steamed buns,chocolate muffins,P&J sandwich. I can't eat too much or else I'll fall asleep at 10 am morning,it did happen twice haha! :)

I wish EA would produce new expansion pack like Sims 2 Open For Business again for TS3,I just love the food and running my little bakery serving customers and selling beautiful desserts. Since I have Supernatural and Seasons EP,so my next wish is OFB. I want my bakery back! :D

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hello everyone,

I want to wish a very wonderful Christmas to my family,friends and the whole sims community. I just got back from vacation,not enough sleep and still tired here so couldn't write much. Anyway,hope you guys have great time with family and friends,Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from me. Take care.

Goodbye to Tamara

I lost my hamster,Tamara last Tuesday night she was 1 year 11 months. I knew the time for her to go will come eventually but I never expected this soon.She got cataract on her left eye a month ago doctor said there's nothing we can do because it's age factor she's getting old.Then I noticed she lost her fur on lower body and back,her skin wrinkled and she stopped running on her wheel or climbing the cage. She spent most of her time sleeping and eating and her movement getting slower day by day.
When I went to check on her before going to bed that night,I found her lying stiff in her cage. I was very sad and cried when I picked up her cold body. I put her in small box,blanket her with lots of tissue papers then buried her at the back of our house under papaya tree.

Tamara was my favourite. She's my only girl and the best hamster I ever had. Feels so lonely here after she's gone. No more baby talk in front of her cage every night or when I played with her. I used to say
"Who the cutest hamster in this world?"
"Her name is Tamara!"
"Mummy am I the only one in your heart?"
"Yes Tamara is my love!"

I've lost my older brother last February and now my girl Tamara. It's damn hard to accept the fact why there's so many death I had to face this year. The world is try to beat me down again this time. Aarghh..ok no swearing here


When I was young my mother didn't like idea of we keeping small animals as pet she said they're annoying creatures. We allowed to keep 1 goldfish though and caressing a stray cat that always hang out in front of our house,named her Mimi.

As we get older moved to our own place,yeah finally we are free to do whatever we want. My late brother kept 2 Persian cats last year but not for long because he couldn't managed them with his hectic working schedule so he gave them away.My youngest brother still keeping his white local cat,Simba in his apartment. When he come home for college break he can talk about his cat non-stop for almost 1 hour. "Sis you know my latest trick I taught Simba?" "Sis you will not going to believe what Simba did to my bed!" blablabla.... Boring? Yes but he's still my brother. :)

As for me, I commit myself with a small animal for a start,I chose hamster. My partner bought me Fernando first,he is a Syrian hamster.Then I told him I wanted a girl,he brought back Tamara. Which becomes my angel until now. Couple weeks later we got 2 Teddy Bear hamsters,Blackberry and HoneyBear. 4 siblings and Tamara is the only girl,no sister just like me. Here's their photos.


Fernando. He was named after the football star Fernando Torres. Fernando is very active boy he loves biting the cage loudly to get my attention.
He's around 2 months old in this photo,eating chicken piece :p

This is him now,recent photo. Sleeping

eating

This was Tamara,around 2 months old.She's camera shy

These are taken last year.

I remember,it was rainy that day.Tamara loves to pile all tissue papers then curled up like this. Cute chubby girl

this was taken last February 2012. She started losing her fur on her butt this time. :(

ok this is the most vocal hamster,Blackberry (I call him Blackie). Around October 2010 when I just about to get ready for breakfast on Saturday morning suddenly I heard this loud growling sound like a dog,loud enough making me terrified and in shocked. My partner said the sound came from Blackie's cage.When I checked on him he was lying,eyes closed. We thought maybe he was having a nightmare. Few months later I heard the growling sound again on weekend around 8-9 morning from him but wasn't as loud as first time,another nightmare. Blackie doesn't like to be picked up especially from behind. There's one time he play dead on my palm or pretend to be dead for few seconds. Sounds funny but I didn't laugh coz I knew he wasn't comfortable when I picked him up. I just have to let him play alone in the play pen.
His fur used to be black colour but now it's changed to brownish

Last,HoneyBear. When I got him first I was about to name him Dulce I thought he was a girl. Weeks after that I saw his private part."yes I'm a boy,mummy!" I call him Honey because his round body reminds me of Winnie the Pooh. Honey is pure escape artist. He has escaped few times from his cage. I found him running towards me in study room once and under kitchen sink once after I'm doing the dishes. This boy can find me. Surprisingly last week my Fernando escaped from his cage too,running towards living room finding his mummy.
Because of his thick long fur,my partner loves to call him 阿肥 but his not that fat. oh poor boy! "Daddy stop calling me fatty I'm not fat hamster!" "Daddy you don't like my red eyes!"

Happy Chinese New Year!

To my family,friends and simmers around the world I wish you all a very Happy New Year with good fortune and prosperity in the year of Dragon!
新年快乐,万事如意!

We celebrate simple way this year,just like before but still the only happiness is seeing my family gathering around eat,laugh and enjoy ourselves. I wish you all the same happiness too! :)

Merry Christmas!

祝你们美妙的圣诞快乐 May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow. Wish you guys lots of love, joy and happiness. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

My sim,Imari with her friends Kaytja,Odette and Amila wishing all of you a wonderful Christmas! :)