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I have been sharing some of my favorite angpow pieces on an angpow collectors group in Facebook and some members have been telling me to continue sharing my memorable stories and so I thought, why not write it down, that way, our kiddos can read about it when they grow up next time, eh?

For those of you who are not familiar or never heard of the words 'Angpow' (also known as 'ang pau', 'ang pao', 'angpau'), here is a quick definition:

Angpow = Red Packet (filled with cash inside) given during festivals

So for today's angpow story, it comes from this piece of lovely angpow:

When I see this angpow, I remembered when I was young (less than 6 years old) there was an aunty in my housing area who will make kuih kapit (egg rolls) before Chinese New Year comes and I'll be squatting nearby watching her doing the tedious work.

Mixing the ingredients, layer by layer and pouring it onto the iron moulds (there were like 4 or 6 iron moulds), discarding the excess batter, making sure the fire is just right, slowly waiting till the kuih kapit turned golden color, flipping up the iron moulds and peeling out the kuih kapit and quickly folding it into half and then quarters and then storing them into air-tight containers (back then was Milo tin or those big biscuit tin)

The hard laborious work just to make a few tins of these kuih kapit is just too much for me to bear. I think because of that, I have never been fond of these food. I do sometimes feel like a failure as a Chinese for not enjoying these delicacies but just can't get over the childhood memories...

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Thank God I just happened to see this posting on a preloved group in FB and the toys reminded me of one of the toys I used to play during my childhood days at my eldest aunt house. I remembered having a few of the pieces and quite frankly, regretting that I did not keep them for our kiddos. Sigh... I did check online trying to get this same toys, but it is very expensive and the shipping charges to Malaysia is way expensive too!

So anyway, I quickly sent a message to the seller confirming I want to buy it and few days later, I brought it home! It is not the same type of toys but a bit similar and our girls love it! I paid RM15 (about USD3.50) for 52 pieces of the blocks, not bad I feel. Our girls came up with ducks, birds, snowman, amazing! No regrets!

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For this post, I am sharing my next food recipe, Chinese Steamed Eggs. My late mum used to make this for me so to be able to make this now is just awesome! I remembered the days when I got home from school, college or work and seeing a bowl of Chinese steamed eggs waiting for me... Ahhhh... such nice memories. As with the few other awesome dishes that my late mum used to make and I didn't get the recipe from her, I've always been wanting to replicate this. Every trial and attempts is a step closer to cherishing and bringing myself back to the times when my late mum was still around.

The recipes that friends gave to me doesn't work well for me. In fact this is like my 12th attempts (2nd after I decided to ignore recipe and just follow my guts and check like a hawk while making this LOL) I think what works this time is my RM48 (about USD11) frying pan/wok which I bought a month ago as a to treat to myself.

Without further ado, here is the recipe for Chinese Steamed Eggs:

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