Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Crab-eating Skill Being Put at Test!

Hello! Mommy's back and sort of 'free' from the hustle and bustle of day-to-day office work and the MQA accreditation renewal of the programme that Mommy is responsible for. These things had been keeping Mommy busy and stressed up since last month till yesterday. So now Mommy can blog (and bloghop) again with a clear mind. ^-^

This is an outdated post dating back to 2nd January 2011. It was Sunday and as usual was our family outing day. We went to Telok Gong for lunch and this time, Papa decided to give a try at crab dish in Juan Or's presence. All the while, we almost never go for crab dishes when eating out because Juan Or easily becomes restless and fretful if he waits for too long.

Of course Papa ordered other dishes as well, but the crab one came last because crab is not meant to be eaten together with rice...hahaha! The story goes that along the way while eating crab, Juan Or insisted on sitting on Mommy's lap. Mommy was hesitant at first to allow that, but finally decided to give in just in case he becomes fretful. So he sat on Mommy's lap, and soon after that, he became very quiet. Well, that's his first sign of sleepiness. Then soon enough he fell asleep......in Mommy's left arm, but still in sitting position! And Mommy's hands were still busy handling the crab.....like this!




A closer look now.....




Now, what does the crab-eating skill involve? It involves one hand or arm supporting the baby and holding the crab while the other hand does the whatever cracking or twisting or pulling or tearing needed to get the meat from the shell with minimal impact or vibration!

15 comments:

Hayley said...

Hai, welcome back!
Poor mummy, need to multi task at the same time... hehe...
Hope you're having a nice day and take care~

Yannie said...

What a long silence. Happy New Year to you and your family.

yvonne said...

Welcome back, Alice~

Wah.... having to juggle between the crab and Juan Or, you are really geng!

Alice Law said...

Wah~! Such a long hiatus! Welcome back... and where is the crabbie dish, muahahaha(just kidding)! Keep well and have a nice day!

See you in another 2 weeks time ok?;D

ChloeRuoyi said...

Wah, really not an easy task... you should have asked the Papa to do all the cracking, twisting and digging while you just open your mouth to "uummm" only lah :p

Alice Phua said...

Hayley, thanks. Yes, you too.

Sheoh Yan, yes, I admit it's a long (and stressful) silence, but yes, I'm finally back. Happy New Year to you and family too.

Yvonne, thanks for the welcoming back! Hahaha.....^-^

ALice Law, yes, it's been a long time since I last blogged. It was just so hectic at the office that I couldn't make time to surf the internet or blog and even bloghop. Where are you going for 2 weeks?

ChloeRuoyi, hahaha...good idea hor! I never thought of that. Everything also want to sendiri do and handle. SIlly me!

Small Kucing said...

salute you la...like that also managed to eat LOL

Alice Law said...

Hehe, sorry for didn't make it clear... see you 'LIVE' in 2 weeks time- during CNY mah~!^-^

p/s: Ang Pao2 mari!;p

Alice Phua said...

Small Kucing, LOL, actually, before this, I also cannot imagine myself in this situation, but when the real situation comes, somehow the hand knows what and how to do it! ^_^

Alice Law, oooohh, that's what you mean. OK, OK, yes, see you too LIVE in 2 weeks' time! :-D

mNhL said...

That's a good news instead. haha... falling asleep so you can still eat the crab even abit not so convinence.

Alice Phua said...

LOL, I don't mind the inconvenience so as long as he can settle himself down without any fretting or noise. ^_^

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Mummy Moon said...

I think eat this way is more sedap hor... hehe!

Alice Phua said...

Mummy Moon, LOL! ^_^bili

Unknown said...

Ha I've been longing to eat crab! Anyway, this will not happen to me. As I will not allow my kids sit on my lap while I'm still eating! And my kids seldom sleep outside. In the car yes. Hehehe.