Bento Making - My New "Hobby"

I always tell my friends that I have such short attention span for many interests. First it was baking, well, that lasted pretty long. Until 2009, somehow I lost interest in it. Then for a short while, I self-studied French and that didn't last long coz it was such a lonely journey listening to the CD again and again. Then it was Christmas card making in 2008 and I didn't even do a single card in 2009. Roller-blading... my 2009 New Year's resolution and now 2010, I still can't roller-blade, let alone taking out the blades from the box for the past 6 months!!!

I can't remember what other "hobbies" I have but they definitely didn't sustain my interests for long.

Now I have a new interests and I hope this will carry on for as long as the kids go to school. Its bento making.

My colleague and I got really excited about the idea of packing bentos for our kids to school and inspired by some really pretty pictures posted by friends on Facebook and their blogs, we set about getting all the necessary equipments from Daiso (see pictures) and of course, thinking of creative ideas to "dress up" an otherwise boring rice and vege lunchbox.

I've taken some pictures of my new "adventure" and Ning was all excited about it as well. Whenever possible, she'll helped me punch those seaweed shapes and finished the "hole-y" seaweed for me. Sadly, Zhi didn't take an interest in eating the bento. One look and he was all grumpy. I supposed this is too "girly" for a boy?