More Bento Pressies

I've been getting pressies after pressies these few weeks and I really feel so loved and blessed!  Thank you all, my dear friends and family!

Julie gave me a bagful of Bath & Bodyworks products - hand sanitisers of all sorts and handcream! Wow!  And my neighbour Karen, bought these for me during her recent trip home to Ipoh.

Round cutters and super cute and small Thomas Snack box - I love it! Great for 2 small sealed sammies? :)

Bento tools that Karen Hoh helped me to buy

What a SURPRISE!!

The Cover

So many tips and steps and cute bentos too!

Firstly, I just want to say "THANK YOU, Lia for blessing me with this wonderful book!"

I was screaming with joy literally when a good friend and bento-mama sms me and told me I had won the  book which Lia had organised.  I was shocked for a while and couldn't remember what it was.  Then it hit me! I couldn't believe it!! Me? Winning the book? I've never had such 'luck' with draws and what nots.

I could only say it was, "All Glory to Jesus!".  Cos I remembered as I entered in the give-away, I told Jesus that I really liked that book.  I had never expected that I would be Blessed.  How loving our Abba Father is?  He not only blesses us with big things but listens to our hearts and can't wait to show His love to us.  What a Loving and Mighty God we serve!

We have been looking at the book from cover to cover and Kimi has been telling me he wants this and that.  Really, the designs are so intricate, I'm not sure iff I can replicate it! 

Once again, Thank you Lia for this wonderful book! 

My Doting Hubby & Bento Tools

My hubby is someone we would call 'wood'.  He is the strong, silent type.  He don't really talk much and mostly his actions speak more.

Over the years that he has been flying, he never once complained whenever I ask him to buy something for me.  Big things, small things, personal things.  The things I've asked him, you would never believe it!  Many many years ago, I only prefered a certain washing detergent from the UK.  So, my poor hb would lug them back in boxes for me.  I've long grown out of that brand.

Many times, he has to walk, hike and hunt for my stuff but he never complains.  He just do it.  Yes, just like NIKE - Just Do it.  If he can't find it in 1 place, he would try in another.  Yes, that was what happened when he couldn't find my FitFlops during his last trip - he had to scour a few places.

It didn't occur to me that it was anything usual until a very close friend pointed this out to me.  She revealed not many would do the same.  Well, I would do the same too for hb or good friends. :)  Perhaps that's why we are married - we are of the same kind. :) 

This time, I gave him a list and made him take the MTR to New Territories, walk the industrial roads to find my bento tools and here are my latest loot!! 

I've been eyeing this mini sandwich sealer for so long but have been putting it off as it was rather costly.  But, it is more affordable at this shop so I jumped right in! No regrets!! Picks and mini cutters

Kimi chose the Anpanman bento box, Frog sandwich cutter and imprint, tulip sausage cutter and rice moulds.  See the elephant in yellow? Kimi loves elephant and I thought it was easier to use a mould to get an elephant shape than to mould by hand

Having said all these, I still find it hard to give up and I simply love to use Fairy dishwashing detergent and I am into my last bottle. So hon, next trip to London, you know what to do ya? :)  Thank you Papa for buying all these stuff for me over the years!

New Friend, New Finds!

I've recently met another super nice bento-mummy online and we became fast friends, sharing bento tips and new bento gadgets.

Recently she was in Malaysia and was so kind to help me buy some bento gadgets for me.  How Blessed I am!!  Thank you Karen!! 

By the way, if you are keen to purchase any bento tools/gadgets, pls do visit Karen's FB for new stocks and orders :  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Bento-Gadgets/138176659532750

Look, how beautifully wrapped my 'loot' is!

It was so nice of Karen to share the cupcake her friend, Pick Ling made for her kids with Kimi.  Look, Kimi chomped on it before I could take a pix - both ladybugs were gone and Kimi said the cupcake was so delicious. :)

My Loot!!

Daiso New Finds-Cutters Galore!

The new 1 slice-no-wastage sandwich cutter

With these 4, I've completed collecting the new mini cutter series.  Hb got the Whale (No. 3) for me in Japan earlier

Not new stock, just I couldn't get them earlier

Daiso Nori Facial Cutters

So happy to see these at Daiso the other day!  Although I already have quite a few cutters.  These are good to get too cos the sizes are in between Carla punches and the Multi Shoe punch.  But most of all, it is only $2 each!!!

The punches comes in 4 designs and  I only managed to get all the 4 designs after visiting 2 branches and mine were the last.  Quick grab them if you can!

New Daiso Bento Tools

Finally, Daiso brought in some new stocks of pick and other bento tools.  These were collected over the last few weeks in June.  I don't see these pick, especially the balloon ones on sale anymore. 

Heard the animals and transport picks are available at Vivo.  But, you know how limited quantity they bring in and how quickly these runs out.  Do give a call to reserve before going.

I simply love the animals and transport picks!!  Although I already have the balloon picks, I bought another set just in case.  You know how easily they can get misplaced?  And to think I paid 2-3 times more for it.  Oh well...

Bento box separators and Food Drawing Pen

More separators

Animal sauce bottles.  The tranport ones were out of stock but a kind bento friend got it for me last week! Yay! Tks Karen!

A Little Joy From New Bento Tools

Kimi's favourite Fire Engine lunch box, animal picks, cute faces picks, animal cutters, cute hats picks and angel wings picks

I ordered these before Daddy passed.  Today I got them in the mailbox and it certainly brought a little joy to me. I like ordering from Mag from Jmama & Baby cos she is so helpful in sourcing for any tools I need and delivery is so prompt.  Such a joy to buy from, no hassle and all patience.  Tks Mag!

Hope I can use them soon. :)

Bento Tools from Taipei

Animal egg containers & rice moulds/cutter

I was anticipating much more but hb couldn't find those I wanted in my list for him. These were the only ones he could find.

New Bento Tools!

Sorry folks, am uploading my new bento loot from HKG rather than the holiday shots. Will do that soon.

Anyhow, very happy I got most of the things I ordered EXCEPT the 2 most important ones which are the wheel cutters!!! Eeew! Never mind, hope I can get my hands on them soon!

I don't know if my collection is considered alot - cos they are some bento-ing mummies who have more than me! I should like to think I have a decent collection,

And, yes, I will try to collate and showcase my collection when I have more time to do that since quite a number of readers have been asking for it.

3 lunch boxes I have been wanting to get - Shinkansen, Tomica and my personal favourite - MyMelody! Of cos, I don't care lah, some days just use it for Kimi, keke!
Clockwise fr left - Tomica bread cutter & imprint, 4-in-1 cookie/bread cutter with imprint that is in the shape of bus, ship, airplane & car (love this set!), fish & car egg mould (have been waiting for so long to get this!), Tomica vegetable cutter/imprint

Alphabet cutter, nori face punch

Animal face shape rice separator (can oso cut shapes), Mickey Mouse face cutters

Vegetable face cutters, bear/bunny cutters, animal picks

Angel nori punch (2 others more but forgot to take pix - frog & airplane), sausage cutters

So, that's all I bought - not really alot la hor?

New Bento Tools from Japan

I was very sad when hb couldn't be in Spore for CNY but I was happy too cos hb managed to get some new bento tools for me from Japan. Although he couldn't get the stuff I wanted on my list, he got some others and that is good for me.

Nori seaweed puncher that can make many faces, Anpanman rice moulds, animal picks and a bread sealer (put fillings in the centre of bread and cut with this and it will seal the edges so that the filling will not spill out)