Bento 272

This morning's bento for #2 was quite easy. I planned it last night and everything was available and ready ahead of time because I woke up early too.

There's kyuri, carrot and crabstick topped with kewpie mayo in the croissant. The little side cup has chopped onions, mushrooms and feta cheese and tomato.


There's a "beary" face hard boiled egg this morning surrounded by a bed of vegetables.


"SASA" is holding their first meeting this afternoon.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Sometime in January 2010, #2 came home from a SASA meeting and declared that she was among seven others running for the Vice-Presidency position of SASA. My first reaction was...how come not the President? After listening to her reasons and explanation, I was convinced that she had made a correct choice.

Amidst preparation for a Piano competition



pop quizzes and tests,

Church commitments and programs,


choir practices




lots of prayers

and a long list of other commitments, she pursued on.

Last night the elections took place at a fellowship organized by the 2009 SASA seniors. It was located at an apartment block in the middle of the city. The rest of the family was also busy attending another event when we received an SMS from #2 "Omgee! Praise the Lord. Won VP. Highest votes. XD. Got 2vp's". Apparently before the elections took place some people tabled a suggestion to have 2 VP's. Quite unconventional, but I think it was a great idea.

It's an opportunity for the learners to learn and for the experienced to share their gifts. An overall win-win situation. The current board now consists of 3 young ladies who delivered their lines and presented a good first impression enough to secure their places. Congratulations to all the winners!



To #2, I only have this to say "mum and dad are very proud of you and may you enjoy this journey!" Praise God!

Bento 261

Friday is usually a no bento day. However, there is a test in the afternoon and tonight #2 joins the HELP Choir to sing at a Haiti benefit in college.

I packed some futomaki for her dinner tonight so she won't need to come back in between the two hour gap. This is a two layer bento box which is ideal for packing makis.

There are four pieces of futomaki in this top box separated by a baran/divider to contain some tamagoyaki/Japanese egg roll. There is a small fish shape shoyu container for #2 to flavor the makis.

The bottom bento box is deeper and thus able to contain more makis. I filled the balance space with three strawberries from Korea.


An aerial view of the bento box.


#2 has been complaining about leaks and I'm trying out other bento boxes and cutting back on 'wet' food. This is how the bento box looks like after snapping it's sides to lock up.


This bento is for dinner and it's about five hours away. To maintain some freshness, I added two cold packs and wrapped it up with an insulated Furoshiki (below)




I spent 2 hours trying to upload this post. Something wrong with blogger today!!!

Bento 252

Today, #2 finishes after lunch because there is a meeting for the SASA scholars at HELP. I packed her some Onigiri so it should last her till then.

The rice was cooked this morning and basically mixed with toasted sesame seeds, salt and some furikake. The center was filled with tuna. (I had two for breakfast):)


The left box has a corner silicon cup of toasted almonds tossed in sugar. A mixed salad, in salad cream and some strawberries which I picked up from Tesco yesterday.