Wa Gwai 兩隻人見人愛的搗蛋嘩鬼 - My 2 Little Rascals

It’s official.

Wagwai blog is officially migrated and has become Chick ‘n Monkey

See U all there!

xoxo

I’m one step closer to setting up a new domain for my Wagwai blog.

Check it out: www.chicknmonkey.com

xoxo

So, yesterday, at the childcare center, we had a little birthday celebration with Alex’s classmates. As I brought in the cake, all the kids just gathered around me. All I heard was Miss Tammy calling everybody “Hey guys, sit down please, we are ready for the cake now!” OK, I guess the kids were either hungry (just woke up from their afternoon nap), or just plain curious to see what kind of cake we got, or BOTH. There were 14 boys and 4 girls. Well, that’s better than Alex’s previous class, all boys, zero girl.

So, who’s that girl I mentioned in previous post? I finally got a chance to take a good look of her (click on photo to enlarge).

It was funny to see the kids how they ate the cupcakes. Some were not too interested, probably the dark frosting/food coloring. A few of the boys were enjoying themselves, and I’ve got pictures to proof.

Cute HUN?

xoxo

I have been thinking about getting a new and dedicated domain name for my blog. Unfortunately, my #1 choice is already taken by someone else - wagwai.com. So, I have been brainstorming and asked Elaine and Vivien for their input and suggestions.

Before I have asked for their help, I had these domain names in mind, but none of these was available.
wawawa.com
wawa.com
wewewawa.com
wewa.com
weewa.com
wagwai.com

We have come up with the following:
wa-gwai.com
mywagwai.com
wagwaiblog.com
wakwai.com
2wagwai.com

I liked mywagwai.com, but it’s not like perfect and easy to remember. As Vivien pointed out, only Cantonese people know what “wagwai” is.

So, this morning, out of nowhere, a domain name popped up in my head. I wasn’t even thinking about anything related to that. chickenmonkey.com. Well, not available either, but chicknmonkey (kind of like chick ‘n monkey) is available tho. Yippy! quite easy to remember, and there’s a story behind it too. I will leave that for another post.

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Alex’s birthday is coming up in a few days, and I have been preparing his gifts, party favors (@ the childcare center), and his birthday outfit. No, not naked!

He has a pair of favorite jeans, but they are too small now, size 18-24 months. There’s a monkey dangling on the cargo pocket, that’s probably why he loves them so much. I had already put them away, so that he won’t ask for them anymore (hopefully).

Alex has been asking for a pair of jeans with his favorite character - Lightening McQueen. I have searched high and low and couldn’t find any. I ended up digging out his used white tee, buying a pair of pull up denim jeans (elastic waist band all around, that’s another hard to find item when you need them), and a few iron on transfers and embroidered patches, I made his birthday outfit with his favorite character on them.

The results, pretty good. The only mistake I made was that I didn’t trim the paper before I iron the “Birthday Boy” on the back of the white tee. For the front, I trimmed them really good. I can’t wait to show him his new outfit.

xoxo

You know how wireless providers always warn their customers or potential customers that ending the contract early, will result in penalty. Recently, we ended our old contract early, by 3 weeks, we were penalized for $525. Well, good thing is that our friend had dealt with the provider for us, and they had reverse the charges. Now we are just waiting for the check to come, could be any day now.

A Superior Court judge in California has ruled that charging cell phone early termination fee is illegal. WOW! That’s good news (for us, the users). Obviously this is not the end of the story. There’s gotta be appeals after appeals. Let’s just see how the story goes.

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I remember when I was younger, well, that’s probably a good 15 years ago, it’s my first time I tasted this seafood dish, and it has become my all time favorite ever since. My aunt made this dish - Steam shrimps with minced garlic. She cooked this dish without the vermicelli or yam bundle, and later on, people had many variations of the dish. Many people and Chinese restaurants use the same ingredients and method to prepare with scallops. I wonder if this dish had an American version of it at the cook off.

Oh, one more note, personally, I think the vermicelli is the best part of the dish, because it absorbs all the tastes from the prawns, garlic, and soya.

Ingredients
Prawns: 14-16pcs
Minced or diced Garlic: 2 tablespoon
Red Pepper (Optional): 1 diced hot pepper, optional
Vermicelli: 1 pack or can be substituted with 12 yam bundle, drained
Minced Ginger: 1 ½ teaspoon
1 diced green (or spring) onion
Light Soy Sauce / Soya – 1 Tablespoon
Seseme oil – ¼ teaspoon
Salt – ¼ Teaspoon
Sugar – 2/3 teaspoon
Shaoh-Sing Wine (Chinese rice wine) – 1 tablespoon

Cooking instructions
1. boil the vermicelli until it becomes clear and soft. Put the vermicelli into cold water to cool off for 5 to 10 seconds, then drain.
2. clean the prawns, trim the legs, head can be left on or removed. Slice in the middle of the prawns (but do not cut into half). Put into freezer for 10 mins
3. mix minced garlic, red pepper (optional), minced ginger, salt, suger, Shaoh-Sing Wine, and sesame oil, then spread on each prawn individually.
4. Put the yam bundle or vermicelli on the dish. Put the shrimps on top of the yam bundle or vermicelli. Add some salt to each shrimps. Put 1 tbsp of minced or diced garlic on each prawn.
5. Steam it under high heat until done (around 6-8 mins). Add 1/2 of tbsp of soya on each prawn. Add some hot pepper and green onion on each shrimps. Heat the oil until you see the smoke. Put 1/2 of hot oil on each shrimps. Serve hot.

Mmm Mmm Good!

“Alex enjoyed riding bikes today”
“Alex enjoyed playing the piano in the music room today”
“Alex did a wonderful job helping clean-up the yard outside today”
“Alex enjoyed making star fish with clay”
“Alex enjoyed making blue ocean jello today. He helped to mix it”
“Alex explored float and sink with Gavin and Kenneth.”
“Alex had fun making beautiful picture with paint dots. He cooked with Paige in the little kitchen, and Paige made Alex fruits.”
“Alex enjoyed the experiment of making volcano. He also gave Paige a hug when she got hurt.”

These are some of the “My Special Moment Today” written on the daily activity report from Alex’s teachers. Gavin and Kenneth were in many of the “Special Moments” and recently, a new name showed up – Paige, a 2-year-old kid just join the homebase. I assume this kid is around 2-year-old, cux the kid looks smaller then most of the kids.

One morning, Ms. Tammy told us there’s a new kid Paige, and loves to play with Alex. Paige would stop crying when Alex shows up. Ms. Tammy went on and said,

Ms. Tammy: Paige would stop crying when Alex shows up.
Daddy: Wow, Alex, you tried to help Ms. Tammy to take care of other kids?
Ms. Tammy: Paige follows Alex around, but Alex tried to avoid Paige
Daddy: What’s wrong Alex? Why you avoid your friend?
Ms. Tammy: I asked Paige if Alex is her boyfriend and she said yes. I asked Alex he shook his head.
Daddy & Me: LOL

Next time we dropped off Alex, just happed that Paige has arrived with her mom. Paige has shoulder length crully blond hair and big eyes. She’s a doll.

XOXO