in remembrance..

This is going to be one sad post solely in remembrance of my late uncle and maternal grandmother whom past away in Feb and Nov respectively.

My deceased uncle is my grandparents 6th child out of 10 childs of 8 girls and 2 boys. He is a very knowledgeable person and always give valuable advice to his sisters, nieces and nephews. Although he can be a bit stubborn like how he refuses to seek professional medical assistance when he is sick, he is a respected person among his siblings. From his facebook, we found out that he is a well respected friend and also very talented photographer.

My maternal grandmother have been not well for quite sometime. And, for her to witness the death of her son before her.. its heartbroken. We have just celebrated her birthday the week before her passing. It may be a relief for her because her suffering ended.

With the passing of both my grandmother and uncle, the ancestral home is rented. We have so much fun and laughter in that house - spent most part of my childhood there especially during school holidays. Going to miss the place and both of them...

Chinese New Year gift from employer!

Another 3 months goes by...

At the end of September, we visited MV Logos Hope which is a vessel operated for charity and is known as the biggest floating book fair. It bring back memories visiting the vessel again with Angel and my parents because I visited the same vessel when they embark some 20+years ago.

October is a busy month because yours truly as the company sports club' vice president, need to arrange for the company's family day. In addition, Angel is performing in her very first school concert while hubby fly-off to Vietnam :(

But hubby came back with this from Hanoi :)

 The stage where Angel performed her dance.

In November, we started our major project of the year, decorating Angel's room and getting her to sleep in it!

Here Angel is decorating her room's wall with Pororo and Toy Story stickers that she personally chosen.

In order to get her comfortable with her room, we invited her cousin to stay overnight with her. Well, it didn't work quite well.

Collections

Just want to share some of hubby's collections.
Figurine purchased online and shipped from Japan.

Still in its original packaging...

out of packaging...

it even have got keys hanging and its detachable!

real meticulous in its design.

backview...

another backview...

Some may find it a bit too sexy but to us its beauty ;)

If you like figure like this then stay tune as there are more to come.

National Day 2011

The nation celebrated the national independence day on every 31 August while we celebrate hubby's birthday. Yes, my dearest is born on the national day 35 years ago. This year we celebrated hubby birthday with a trip to A'Famosa Safari Park.

Breakfast at home for the birthday boy prepared by myself.

The 3 of us ;)

Dinner for the 3 of us.

We actually finish everything!!!

And, lastly a self-bake cake for my dearest.

I actually forget to get the cake earlier and since its National Day cum Hari Raya 2nd day.. most shops are closed. Luckily, I have all the ingredients and enough time to bake hubby a last-minute birthday cake.

Happy Birthday dear.

Mid Autumn 2011

Angel 1st handmade lantern.

My mom is the one playing with candles while Angel look-on patiently.. waiting for her turn!

Some lanterns in front of mom house... by yours truly ;)

Happy (Belated) Mid-Autumn to everyone ;)

Going to school - Open Day

Does kid act differently when they are with and without the parents?

It was Angel's school open day on Saturday. She was very excited about it and have been telling everyone in the house about "Saturday is open day". So I told hubby that there is no way we don't attend (not that we plan not to show up). Angel was telling us that she will show us this and show us that at school.

On Saturday morning, Angel is all ready and excited on our way to the kindy. She starting pointing at the tent in the playground and told us there is something she want to show us. So we happily walk towards the school, teachers greeted us and Angel. I registered ourselves and then .......

Angel refuse to move a step from the door. She just kept very still and quiet. Teacher asked her to go in and play games but she just stand on the same spot without moving. The impatient daddy started to boil up and scolded Angel. 

We somehow manage to get her into the kindy, went to her classroom. Her teacher came and discussed Angel's progress. All the time Angel just kept very quiet and did not look at her teacher. I started talking to Angel and show her the work she done at school. I tried to get her to talk by asking her to show me her school. She refused :( Hubby got very angry at Angel's behaviour and leave the kindy after less than 30 minutes there.

On our way out, some teachers notice Angel's behaviour and commented that Angel never behave like that at school. Angel is the apple of all the teachers. She is very obedient and happy girl.

So, why is my cutie pie acting so differently? Yesterday night while we were chatting, she did mention that she is a bit shy at school that day. But then she just didn't want to continue the conversation. Kids also know how to find excuses :) Now I'm wondering how is she going to act on the school's concert day.

Something on the Open day. The theme of this year's open day is "Children of the World" and below are some craft Angel did for the open day. No wonder she insist on wearing jeans ;)

Now she keep asking me to bring her to Australia ;P

The i-gadget

i never understand why everyone is so obsessed with the i-gadgets until i own one myself ;) Have heard so much of good thing about this phone and all its other relatives (MAc book, ipod, ipad etc).

Once i got hold of it, i can't leave it! I'm now so addicted to the phone, even my little girl will ask for the phone when I'm at home.

Hhmmm.. should i get an ipad2?

My SLK

I have been using this lovely car i called my SLK (Si Little Kancil) for over 10 years.

It had never really failed in his service all these years except for once. That one time SLK broke down in the middle of the road during the morning rush hour and he is adding to the jam :p. Besides that one time, I'm very happy and satisfy with his performance.

Sadly, as SLK aged more and more minor problems occured. Yours truly started to comment on his performance and bugged Hubby about those tiny winy sound that SLK made. Hubby, who is responsible in making sure my SLK is at its tip top condition, make up his mind to retire my SLK. And, I got to thank my lovely husband for keeping my SLK at its top condition for so long. Hubby never failed to remind me to service SLK. Hubby will also drive my SLK to the service centre and most of the time pay for the services ;) Honestly, I have never really stepped into a workshop all this while. Thanks, Honey.

So, goodbye SLK. Thanks for transporting me to places that I intend to all this 10+ years.

I hope the next owner will appreciate you and keep you in good condition as Hubby did.

Testing

I'm blogging from my iPhone.

Updates: it works and easy. Why do some blogger find it difficult. Hhmm, I wonder.

Hong Kong Disneyland

Hei, I'm back and wish I'm not :p

Disneyland is wonderful and everyone is a kid again once we step into the park, or at least I am. I think I am more excited than my girl ;) I wish I could spend more time exploring every single ride and take photos with Disney every character. Unfortunately, we are on a tight schedule and only manage to spend half a day in the park.

Since we stayed at Disneyland Hotel, we got the chance to go back and freshen up before we catch the fireworks and have dinner. Transportation around the resort (Disneyland Park, Disneyland Hotel and Disney Hollywood Hotel) is very convenient. It takes not more than 10 minutes wait for a bus to arrive at the hotel and take you to the park. From the park, buses will wait and leave every 10-15 minutes depending on the crowd.

Below some photos taken during our visit to the park....

oohh.. Mickey and Minnie greeted us at the lobby of the Disneyland Hotel.

And, the arch that greet you once the shuttle bus from the hotel reach the park.

From here its about 5 minutes walk to the entrance of the park.

Before you reach the entrance, you will be greeted by Mickey on the whale.

Angel running about.. happy girl!

The entrance to the magical world of Disney!

Flying Dumbo

Non-flying Dumbo ;)

Alice's spinning cups.

Angel spin the cup so fast that I have to slow it down (secretly.. hehehe)

Waiting for the parade to start.

Its HK Disneyland 5th Anniversary and the theme of the parade is "Flight of Fantasy".

Another ride after the parade, at Tomorrowland.

The night view just before Tinkerbell light-up Sleeping Beauty's castle.

 

The light-up and fireworks are fantastic. You got to see it yourself. Photos do not do justice to the view. And that end our day at the park.

 

We did not cover all 3 themes of the park or all the rides in the park. Some rides may not be suitable for my little girl of 4 years old. Nevertheless, Angel have a great time in the park. Hope to bring her back for the other rides some other time ;)

Too Busy or too lazy?

Have been abandoning this site for awhile - 3 months!

CNY came and gone :(

In February, celebrated Angel's birthday at her school with her friends. But her best friend was not around and the teacher said she look a little unhappy without him. Yes, its a boy. Will post photos later.

And now, its almost the end of March and the long awaited holidays is just around the corner, yippie.

Actually, not so happy because hubby and I were supposed to travel to Tokyo, Japan. But with the earth quake, tsunami and nuclear situation, we have to cancelled our trip :( In addition, we would not be able to visit Japan for maybe the next 5 - 10years? I pray for the people in Japan, to keep them safe from the nuclear radiation.

We got our refund from AA and Hubby suggested a visit to HK/Macau. Of course I say "YES"! We are going to pay HK Disneyland a visit. Will update the post after the trip and hopefully not 3 months after ;P

2010 is coming to an end.

Tomorrow will be the last day of Year 2010. 

Somehow 2010 had gone by so quickly and to me it was a good year.

We moved in to our new house which we love so much and really glad that we made this buy , although it means more debt :( This year hopefully we could do more to maintain the house and start planning for my princess' room. The first year anniversary of the house will be celebrated with a new fittings for my dearest hubby's collection.

Although not much travelling done in 2010 but enjoy every trip to the fullest. Managed to travel with my girl friends to Taipei, Taiwan in May. We have some fantastic time together and looking forward to our trip in 2011. The best travelling trip will be the trip to Singapore with hubby and Angel. Its actually our first 'overseas' trip - i mean just the 3 of us. Its also Angel first plane right, and she is pestering daddy and mummy for another plane ride. And, of course this mummy will make her wish come true cause we will be flying to Langkawi next year (and hopefully another trip after that)!

The only unfulfill wish is to travel with my parents which I will accomplished next year with the trip to Langkawi. All of us and i mean my parents, brothers, SIL, nephew, hubby and Angel will travel together. Yippie, it will also be my nephew first plane right at about 14mths old then.

At work, my boss have been successful in keeping me busy with all the projects and learn a lot. I believe she is going to do the same in 2011. Just hope that 2011, the company will do better and reward us accordingly.

No new year resolution but there are so much that I'm looking forward to - my 'honeymoon' in Mar/Apr, family trip to Langkawi, potential Europe tour and China trip for my parents. Yes, its all travelling plan cause that's where all the money goes to instead of a new car. And, I'm more than happy to do that :)

So, hope you have a great 2010 and a bountiful 2011 waiting for you.

Happy New Year

First Baking for Angel's party @ school

Before the school holidays, Angel and her friends have a party at their school. I bake some cupcakes for her to share with her friends ;)

 

Angel tasting the cupcakes.. "Mummy, very good" :)

Some sugar print to decorate the cupcakes

Angel's class photo - sitted second from right, with her funny face LOL