Baby Grace cant wait to meet us!!!

Tony and Coco were expecting Baby Grace's D.O.D to be the last week of Aug 2010. But we kept insisting that she will be out earlier, at least 1 week... they say nay~~ and guess what!! Baby Grace can't wait to meet us so she popped out about 3 weeks early!! muahahah

She is so tiny only at 5lbs 8oz and 18 inches... a strong and beautiful baby who does not cry alot which makes her an easy baby to care for.. heheheh

Its our 1st time waiting outside of the delivery room for a baby to pop and also carrying them within the hr of their birth... Grace really gave us an experience we would not forget....

Cant wait for her to grow!!!!

waiting for the cries~~~

Labor Delivery Room 

can't contain my excitement.. hee

 
and there she is~~~

mummy Coco and baby Grace~~

family pic~~~

family pic with Aunt Kelly~~

Proud Daddy~~

trying to open her eyes~~

awwww~~

Baby Grace's first visitors~~~

Curry Fish Head

After our fishing trip, we decided to have a FISH feast.. so each of us came up with a different dish... 

So I decided to attempt to cook curry fish head since we have 8 huge salmon fish heads...
search online for good recipe and chance upon the Muthu Curry's Fish Head Curry...hahaha 

its kind of a representative dish fr SG, so why not... hahaaa....

But before we could cook the dish, we had to clean the salmon. We had to de-gill, de-scale and remove all the internal organs... that took us about 3hrs...hahahahaha an experience that will haunt me forever...muahahahah

getting ready for the cleaning operation

the Salmons heads...

the cooking method for the Fish Head Curry~

2 portions of ingredients, got to cook in 2 pots
as we dont have indian pot..muhahaa

the pot i cooked, super spicy..

the pot MR Ong cook, less spicy...

Fish soup and Stream Fish with egg roe..

only put the fish head into the curry when u
are ready to eat...

"its damn spicy!!!!"

Coco mama who ate all the fish eyes~~
yum~~

Fishing (26th July 2010)

We went on a fishing trip at Grand Haven, which is about 2.5 hrs drive away...

Our Captain was waiting for us at the Chinook Pier, his boat was named Danel...

This is not the traditional fishing trip whereby u lower a live bait and u wait patiently for the fish to eat it. Instead, 13 rods are laid out all at the same time with colorful-made baits... all we had to do is watch for the rod to struggle and then we pick up the rod and 'fight' with the fish.. its a good experience especially for rookies like us.... would still want to try the traditional fishing style though....

Now i know why ppl like fishing... no only it trains your patient, it is a good workout when u reel in ur catch.. and the excitement it brings when u caught it... u also value the experience  of loss when the fish got away.. hehehee

And we watch one of the best sunset on the lake ever....it was lovely and romantic... heheheeh

The good thing about this trip is that the Captain will flay the fishes u caught.. u just need to let them know how u want it to be done... and we learnt that the ang mos really dunno how to appreciate fish.. they only eat the meaty parts of the body and throw away the tails, the belly and the heads for the salmons... of cuz being Asians we request to ta-bao all the bones and head and bellies of the salmon of our catch and those left behind by the previous batch of ang-mos......

In total, we cauht 3 King Salmons, 1 Lake Trout & 1 Still Head.. hehehehe.. as all these are lake fishes, not very good to eat as sashimi... heheheh 

without the rod holder, i dun tink i can last
the struggle for 15mins... 

ta-da~~~ my king salmon!!

its about the length fr the tip of my middle finger
to slight over my elbow.. 

Mr Ong's catch is also a King Salmon!!

can u see the shape of the fish!!!

it was so heavy that he got to step
back for more balance!!

its almost double of mine!!

2nd attempt... but it got away!!!

drink beer time!!!haha

the largest catch of the day...half the size of my
body... 

they are going to throw it away...so wasteful!!!