Ta Xiao Ta & Xiao Ta Xiao 大小大与小大小

Blessed Mid Autumn Festival

2011-09-12T13:47:00.000+08:00

中秋佳节快乐

愿大家人圆月圆大团圆

I've been "promoted"

2011-08-01T14:42:00.001+08:00

Posted by XTX

Since nowadays, the “baby room” in our church had been occupied by younger babies and with all my “bigger friends” being promoted to the toddler class of the Sunday school. I felt kinda “out of place” & lonely in the baby room already. So for the past 2 weeks, mummy had tried to bring me to join the toddler class even though I’m still not quite “qualify” for it yet (it’s for children age 3-5). Mummy said I'm like stuck in the middle of "twilight zone", neither fit in the baby room nor the toddler's class. However; I surprised mummy by blended in quite well and actually enjoyed myself very much. I felt very at ease that I took it like my own home (literally!) that I even lie on the floor when listening to teacher (slap head from mummy). Since I’m still so too small and my concentration span is still very short; mummy wanted me to take it slowly and one step at a time. For the first week, we only attended the the beginning part of the lesson and mummy took me out to give me my lunch after I started to show signs of boredom (I was wandering around the class doing my own “exploring”).

Then this week, she took me to join the children praise & worship session and I enjoyed it very very much singing and doing actions with all the big ko-ko & che-che. I was exceptional happy that I refused to leave che-che and let her join her friends. I even sat quietly next to che-che when Ps. Lee Siang was praying and did well in putting my offering into the offering bag like other ko-kos & che-ches. After the praise and worship time; I joined the toddler class and did “coloring” on my own. Mummy was very proud of me for being so well behaved despite I’m the youngest in Sunday School. However; mummy had to bring me back to the baby room after my coloring as one of the girl in the toddler class was having very serious coughs and sneezes and she wouldn’t want me to catch any of the bug. I couldn’t wait to to show daddy my “masterpiece” the moment I went into the main worship hall and daddy was so proud of me too.

Oh I enjoyed it so much and couldn’t wait for next Sunday to come faster!

"Reward" for helping teacher

2011-07-25T15:10:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

The below post may not be of an “appealing sight” for your appetite. So mummy said for you to skip it if you were of a faint hearted wor. Mummy said she got a shock of her lifetime when she picked me up from school last Thu to be “welcomed” by this….

You see, during my science period (the last 2 before school ends), my science teacher had requested for me to help open a window in the science lab. Being a helpful and obedient student (ahem…), I went and open it without realizing it was faulty. So the glass just broke and fell and cut my finger. The cut was quite deep and long and I had wanted to cry initially. But I reminded myself that I’m already 8 years old so I shouldn’t behave like a cry-baby anymore. (Mummy was so proud of me!) The science teacher sent my monitor to accompany me to the teacher’s office to get the wound attended by the afternoon head while she continued on her lessons.

After we got home and bathed, mummy changed the bandage (which she said they looked like some big rotten sausage!) into cute Disney plaster and that’s when the “miracle” happened as I was “healed” instantly and could even complete my homework (eventhogh my teacher told me that I do not have to) and played ball with Baby Jo. Mummy was very proud and pleased with how I had behaved and handled this incident. But she was not quite happy on how I had replied to my sweet friend, B whom was so kind to offer in helping me with my bag. I had told her it’s OK as I still have another hand that is not injured. Mummy claimed that I was pretty rude with my reply but I was just telling the truth ma… {mummy slapping her head!}

Note from mummy : We were very proud of how she’d handled it (for not crying) but was rather put-off after we learnt that the afternoon head/teachers were aware of the faulty window but yet did nothing about it until our poor girl became the “victim”. The least they could do (if they could not find someone to fix it in time) is at least to put a note or something to warn the kids not to touch it! And I checked with Zo again on Fri after school that they still had not got the problem fixed despite some innocent child was already hurt! Dang!

Daddy loves me this I know

2011-06-15T12:18:00.003+08:00

Posted by XTX

If you are in mummy’s FB friends list, you may know that she had got me a toy stroller as ‘compensation” for me not being able to tag along with che-che and her “mother & daughter day out” due to I’m “underage” for the movie. I was very very happy and excited with this new toy and couldn't wait to bring Mickey out for a stroll. But this doesn't last long until……. our 9years old cousin brother (yes, BROTHER!) came to our house played with it and BROKE it beyond repair! Mummy was very very upset as the stroller was not even 2-days old. My Ji-kor (daddy’s sister, cousin’s mum) felt very sorry for what her son had done and returned mummy the stroller cost thru Ah-ma.

To make mummy more furious (for wasting her time, energy and petrol), she had gone through the hassle by scouting from supermarket to supermarket, mall to mall and shop to shop but with no avail as none of the shop in Penang carries this toy anymore. Even the Jusco store where mummy had gotten it also ran out of stock!

Mummy was about to give the cousin a piece of her mind when she sees him; but then guessed what daddy presented to us when he reached home last night from his 8 days long business trip? Tadah!!! Daddy had gotten me a new stroller! And it has even more “features” then the previous one (of course price also a lot more lar). Best part is, its metal framed so it’s definitely stronger to withstand the “monster’s” attack! Daddy told che-che to tell our cousin that this stroller is meant for GIRLS only. If he wants to play with it, he will have to wear a SKIRT first (mummy added that must take pic and post up FB!). HAH! Serve him right!

Ipoh food excursion

2011-06-07T12:09:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

Due to daddy will be away for a long 8 days including the weekends again, initially mummy planned to take a trip to KL on her own (as in without JoJo & I) tagging along with daddy’s business trip. But then she thought we should have a short family holiday together instead since daddy won’t be home during the next weekend. Therefore she planned out a very last minute food excursion to Ipoh for the weekend without realizing that it was a super peak holiday (due to King’s birthday) and almost all the decent hotels were fully booked. But thank God finally she managed to find a hotel – Heritage Ipoh which still has the higher category rooms available. And since we have Ah-ma with us, it would be more feasible for us to have the Suite room with an extra bed instead of booking 2 executive rooms.

We departed Penang on Sat 4/Jun around 11:30pm after our haircuts and took the trip easy as mummy said she just want to enjoy the trip with only eating, eating and eating, which was basically what we did since we arrived! Thank God we still managed to reach Ipoh and had our lunch at Kong Heng Coffee Shop before they closes for the day. However; the chicken koay teow and the pork innards satay were sold out. What a bummer! After lunch, we proceeded to check-in at the hotel. Overall, we were happy with the spacious room and the newly tiled and clean bathroom. But the aircond was a bit malfunction and it was very warm. Daddy complaint twice and was later told by the technician that due to the Suite was not commonly occupied, therefore they did not power on the compressor at usual hence causing the compressor to be a bit “under-power”. What a lame excuse eh?!

After freshened up, we proceeded to Kinta Parade for some shopping before we had our tea-break at the Chatter Kopitiam as it was raining heavily outside and JoJo had fallen asleep. After the rain had stop, we proceeded to Thong Sui Kai (aka Dessert Street) for our scrumptious dinner. I exceptionally love the mix-fruit ice that mummy ordered. It was so refreshing and colorful. We went back to the hotel and called it day after dinner. Oh, JoJo and I also had great fun playing in the bubble bath and jumping from bed to bed before we fell tiredly on the bed into z-land.

Ok, initial plan was to wake up at 6am on Sun so that we could go to the famous Foh San to have our tim sum breakfast. But, unfortunately, everyone was so tired that we overslept and only woke at 9am. Hihihi. But we still managed to go for our tim sum breakfast at Yoke Fook Moon which is few shops away from Foh San and was the 2nd recommended (next to Foh San) tim sum place by the locals and bloggers (yes, mummy did her “homework” well before the trip!). The steam tim sums were super yummy filled with fresh juicy succulent prawns. However; the deep friend ones were a bit on the “hard” side. We had a good meal and the price was very reasonable too for the quality of food. If you do not wish to go through the crazy fights for tables and food at Foh San but wanted the equal quality of food, mummy said YFM is highly recommended.

After such a heavy breakfast, mummy suggested that we go for a stroll at the nearby Ipoh Parade for some “exercise”. We went back to the hotel and took another round of bubble bath before we check-out at about 1pm+. Then lunch was at another very highly recommended seafood restaurant – Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant for another very scrumptious, high quality, good service and reasonable pricing meal. After lunch, we wanted to take-away the famous Aun Kheng Lim Ipoh Salted Chicken home as our dinner but unfortunately they were sold out and the next batch would take a 45mins wait. Mummy wouldn’t want to waste the time so daddy googled out that they have another branch located near the highways where we got our take-way with a breeze. At the same area, mummy also got some local specialty biscuits as souvenirs for her office colleagues. We finally reached home about 5pm which daddy predicted (our daddy clever hor?). In the evening, mummy cooked chicken rice (using Cosway DeliChef paste) to go with the salted chicken. Even JoJo had the same as dinner and gave her two thumbs up!

As you can see; this had really been a real “food excursion” which we ate from arrival and even until we are back home. Mummy said she dared not step up the weighing machine after the past 2 days. As for me, ah-ma said since I enjoyed Ipoh food so much, I should visit Ipoh more often. Mummy was saying I should marry an Ipoh boy instead. ISH mummy, don’t even have any idea about it ya!

Princesses' party 2011

2011-06-01T14:03:00.004+08:00

Posted by XTX

As mentioned before, due to che-che’s exam, mummy and daddy had to push back our birthday celebration until much later. So on last Sun 29 May, we had a small combined party at our Children Church.

It’s just a small party as daddy said we cannot have big big party every year one as it’s a waste of money and we have to be thankful for what we have and think of those whom are less fortunate wor. Also, mummy said we need to save for our possible year end holidays too so cannot simply spend unnecessarily.

For this special occasion, mummy had searched hi and lo for months for a new baker for our cake as the usual one she goes to, the quality had detriorate and prices also a bit outrages. After asked for a few, she finally found this homebased baker via online and which is near to her office. But due to he (yes, he’s a man. An uncle to be exact) runs a homebased bakery; he does not have those hi-tech tools to make the design mummy wanted. But our clever mummy hor, “suddently” remembers she had bought those super cool Princess icing sheets from HOI last year which she could put them into good use. And bingo, the cupcakes turned out to be so AWESOME and everyone was so impressed. The taste was very good too. Mummy said she will definitely go back to this bakery in the future.

Besides the cupcakes (reason for having cupcakes is for convenient sake as it involves young children. It’s less messy and saves the environment too as does not need to serve them on paper plates. Our mummy clever hor?), mummy also specially packed 50 party bentos as the party gift bags for all the children and teachers. Later we got to know from Ah-ma that mummy packed the bentos until almost 2am on Sat night (Sun morning). Aww… we are so touched and this shows how much mummy loves us.

We also want to thank all our friends for attending the party and your presence really made the party so much merrier. And thank you for all your great gifts and ang-pows that you have showed us with. Most of all, thank for the blessings and well wishes.

JoJo's birthday

2011-06-01T14:03:00.002+08:00

Posted by TXT

Last Fri 27 May our little darling princess officially turned 2. Since exam is over and it’s the last day of school, mummy wrote a letter to my teacher to excuse me from school on that day. And both our parents also took the day off to spend time with us. However, they wouldn’t tell us what the plans of the day were until late morning. Apparently, daddy & mummy had signed up for a photo shooting package at one of the bridal house for our “portraits” to be taken.

We started off the day with tim-sum breakfasts at Maxim. After breakfast, daddy & mummy dropped Ah-ma, JoJo and I home to rest before they went out to run some errands. Due to the photo shooting is at 3pm, they want to make sure JoJo has her beauty naps before going.

At the studio, a hair & make-up stylist che-che did make-ups for mummy, JoJo and me. Yes, even JoJo did make-ups. Then we proceeded to the shooting room for our “adventures”. Since JoJo is still too young to take instructions to pose for the camera, she got all the adults running and chasing and making funny faces just to make her smile and pose to the camera. It’s was a very tiring but fun experience for all of us. The session finally ended 2 hours later and we headed straight home as JoJo was already very sleepy then.

In the evening, we went to Straits Quay with the intention to have our dinner at Delicious which was highly recommended by a lot people. But sadly, it was full and the waiting line was very long. So we detoured to Secret Recipe instead and had a not so yummy meal there. Mummy was especially disappointed with her Dory in Lobster sauce which she claims her char-hor-fun which she got from the normal stall at the coffee shop also tasted so much better! Anyway, we enjoyed the day very much and could wait for 18June to view our photos from the studio.

We also want to wish our little darling a very very blessed belated birthday and may you grow finely to be a God-fearing girl. We pray that God’s blessings will shower upon you always and we love you very very much and you are super duper precious to us.

p/s. If you spotted "something" on the picture above, the answer is yes, mummy finally got herself an iPad2! She even had the sentence "This iPad2 belongs to the Yeapies, paid by ZoJo's educational funds" engraved on it! ISH ISH ISH! Where is justice???!!!

Blessed 2nd birthday to our most dearest darling JoJo

2011-05-27T00:01:00.005+08:00

Posted by TXT

Dear JoJo,

I would like to tell you Happy Birthday! Thank you for being such a good sister to me. Even sometimes you make me angry, I still love you very much. This year on your birthday; mummy said we are going "somewhere" special but she wouldn't tell me where. even just now when she and daddy let us tried all our costumes, they still don't want to tell us. Bad hor?

I pray that Jesus will bless my darling sister. I am happy because you are growing so fast and pretty to be 2 years old already. I can still remember the day I prayed to Jesus for a baby siblings and I thank Him for answering my prayers 2 years ago and giving you as my baby sister. All of us wish you happy birthday to my little Princess JoJo.

Love you always

Che-Che

"Pre-mother's Day" KL trip

2011-05-09T10:49:00.000+08:00

On 30Apr, due to it a long weekend holiday (Mon was replacement hol for Labour Day) mummy took JoJo & I and flew down to KL to meet daddy and spend a “pre-mother’s day” holiday in KL with daddy.

We have no specific agenda for the trip as mummy just wanted to take a short break and most importantly, for us to spend some quality bonding time with daddy. So we took the trip free & easy and just enjoy ourselves.

We also wanted to wish every mothers a

VERY BLESSED MOTHER’S DAY!!!

Che-Che's birthday

2011-05-09T10:44:00.001+08:00

Posted by XTX

It was che-che’s 8th birthday on 5 May but due to her exam is coming soon; so we did not did a huge party to celebrate it. Mummy said daddy and her are planning for a family holiday end of the year so they don’t want to overspend now. Hopefully the trip will come true lar as both che-che and I are really looking forward for it.

It was a Thu on che-che’s actually birthday but che-che got no homework as a “birthday present” from her teacher so daddy took us all out for dinner to celebrate it.

We went to Straits Quay and had our dinner at Papa Rich before we proceeded to Charlie Brown Café for desserts. We had a great time and I wanted to wish my che-che a very happy birthday again and I love you!

Blessed 8th birthday to my sweetest darling che-che

2011-05-05T00:00:00.001+08:00

Posted by XTX

Dear che-che,

I wanted to tell you I love you very much. Eventhough I'm very naughty sometimes and disturb you (but sometimes you disturb me first), but in my heart you are still the best che-che anyone could ask for. Mummy told me the first word I say/the first person I call was "chec-che". I wanted to let you know that I still recall all the time you prayed, read bible stories to me when I was still in mummy's tummy. At that time, I already started to learn how to call you. Thank you che-che and I want to let everybody knows you are MY che-che and nobody is allowed to bully you except ME! \^o^/ We are BFF!!!

Mummy said due to your exam is coming, so daddy & her will only celebrate our birthdays together after your exam ok? I wish all the best in your upcoming exam to score high high marks. You'd better do because I'm really sick and tired of listening to mummy scolding you already. She don't have a "sweet voice" ok. (sshiii.. don't tell her I said so ya. I'll mess up all your things if you do!)

Blessed Birthday che-che

we love you very very extremely much!!!

xo ~ xo ~ xo
From you very cheeky and cute baby sister..... JoJo. ^.^

Princess Jo will be 2 in a month's time

2011-04-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

Our new "toy" from daddy

2011-03-29T09:19:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

Since my “super hi-tech” baby sister had already know how to unlock the keypad of mummy’s iPhone and started to call-up people on her contact list, mummy knew that she had to get “something” for her to play with and at the same time, educational for us.

Initially she was thinking of getting us an iPad 2 but then, all of both daddy’s and mummy’s friends were neither travelling there nor coming from there soon. So mummy said she doesn’t want to wait that long and after some searching by our daddy, he got us this Android Tablet pc from recent local IT fair. Even though the specs is not as “canggih” as an iPad, but it’s surely good enough for us and keep us ‘entertained” while my parents needed some “peace”.

And now, mummy is thinking if she should get an iPad 2 for herself or not…. Heh heh heh….

Princess Jo is 22 months

2011-03-27T09:43:00.001+08:00

Daddy's birthday

2011-03-15T13:17:00.001+08:00

Another backdated post.

5 March was daddy’s birthday and mummy and I had planned up a whole day celebration for him. Due to he just came back from his 2 weeks business trip on Fri (actually it was Sat as he arrived home almost 1am), mummy let him sleep-in and prepared a “hearty” breakfast for us (instead of having him wake-up early and go out for breakfast). Mummy had also booked us for the Surf & Turf BBQ buffet dinner at G-Hotel at night. Due to this, mummy also cooked-up a scrumptious lunch at home. You can read here to find out what had mummy whipped up for the day.

The dinner was a bit disappointing (according to daddy & mummy) as the spread was limited for the price they were charging. But one consolidation is I get to eat for free and mummy gets a 20% off from the total bill from her membership. Most of all, I enjoyed very much at the choc fountain! We did not get to go for jalan-jalan (walk and shop) after dinner as JoJo did not had any naps in the afternoon so she was rather cranky in the evening. Also, my “big head prawn” mummy hor, forgot to bring any changing diaper for JoJo, so we had to leave right after dinner to go home and change JoJo and put her to bed.

Anyhow, we truly enjoyed the day spending together with daddy as he had been in KL for the whole month only flew back on weekends on own expenses. We really missed him very much and were very glad that we could spend this special day with him.

We wanted to wish daddy again A very blessed birthday with showers of blessings from God and great health always. Most of all, we hope that daddy won't be away so often and we get to spend more time together. We love you daddy!!!

Little Princess turns 21 months

2011-03-01T15:06:00.002+08:00

Backdated for 2 days...

Hughes' family visit

2011-02-24T10:49:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

One more backdated post

During last Dec holidays, our yi-yi (mummy’s 2nd sister) from UK came back for holidays. It had been 3 years since they were back and it’s also the first time they meet JoJo as during their previous visit, mummy was still 5 months pregnant with JoJo.

{*Note: mummy wanted to specially thank yi-yi for hand carrying all her “shopping” all the way back from UK especially the Snow White costume for JoJo.}

We didn’t really get to spend a lot of time with them this trip as their trip back to Penang was being postponed and “cut-short” due to their elder son Xiwen ko-ko, had contracted appendicitis on the day before they were supposed to come back to Penang from KL. So he was rushed to the hospital and had an emergency operation. Thank God he recuperated very well and recovered fast. So they still come back to Penang to visit our grandparents and we managed to spend 1~2 days together before we left for our KL trip.

Yi-yi and family stayed on in Penang to spend some time with our grandparents (while we were in KL) as they do not know when their next trip back to Malaysia will be. As they need to board their flights from KL back to UK, they returned to KL 2 days before we leave so we still managed to meet and catch-up with them a bit. In all, we only managed to spend 3~4 days with them this time. We really miss them a lot and hope that we could meet up again soon. Maybe next time, it’s our turn to visit them in UK?

Our Valentines' Day 2011

2011-02-21T21:47:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

Still a backdated post

How did you spend you Valentines’ Day this year? We had a really great fun time this year as daddy & mummy surprised us (we did not know until they picked me up from school on Mon evening) by taking us to have a night stay at the Gurney Hotel in Gurney Drive!

Coincidentally the day after Valentines’ day Tue 15th Feb was a public holiday in Malaysia; they thought of it would be fun to bring us for the stay and spend some time together to celebrate this day as a family since Valentines is all about Love right?

We did not do much on the night itself (tell you a secret; apparently our parents had already gone for “pak-thor” in the day time alone when I was still in school and JoJo at home with a-ma. Cheeky parents hor?) as it rained quite heavily and it was already quite late when we returned to the hotel from our dinner. Moreover; I still have homework to complete. Yeah, my kiasu mummy even had me packed my homework along because my exam is coming.

The next morning; the fun begins when we went down to the pool and played. The water was very cold due to the rain last night so JoJo refuses to be put down to her float. Nor even the sand by the poolside. So no choice; mummy had to lay down a towel for her majesty to sit on and from there, JoJo only started to “warm up” and we played building sand-castles and even had a “mini-picnic” by the poolside. Since it’s not a long holiday, the pool was quite empty too and we had a great time there. After an hour plus playing in and by the pool, we went back to our room and continue on our fun time in the Jacuzzi tub until JoJo started to sneeze and mummy quickly dried and dressed us.

After checking-out from the hotel, we proceeded to Gurney Plaza and had our lunch at Bar-B-Q Plaza – a restaurant which we frequent whenever we are in KL; now finally open in Penang. After lunch, we went on for our haircut appointments at Uncle Jason’s saloon. We reached home around 4pm and everybody, specially JoJo was already very tired. So we took our naps at home with a-ma while daddy and mummy went out to get groceries. Though it was just a short trip but we had real great fun. I just couldn’t wait to go back to school and tell all my friends about it. Who says you’ll need to spend a lot of money to go for overseas holiday to have fun eh?

Note to mummy: Since daddy's birthday is coming soon, can we do this again ar? hehehehe

Joreen "Piu-yi" wedding - backdated post

2011-02-21T21:46:00.002+08:00

Posted by TXT
Another backdated post

On 8 Jan, yet marked another significant occasion not only for Joreen pui-yi (mummy’s cousin cum god-sister) but also to JoJo. On this day, Joreen pui-yi was pronounced as Mrs. Steven Sim and our dear lil darling JoJo, she had made all of us proud by walking down the aisle.... as a flower girl at 19mths+! Oh of course, I was also one of the flower girl too.

Everyone was skeptical about her being a flower girl at such young age. Would she be able to handle it? Will she cry or make a big fuss? Etc etc etc... All these question puts even the initially confident mummy into doubt. But at the end, JoJo did it and startled everyone and dropped the jaws of all “skeptics”! But due to mummy had to be in the front alter to “lure” her and daddy being the one at the back to “give her away”, so none of our parents have a free hand to snap any pictures of the significant moments. Thank God some of the wedding photographers managed to share some of the pictures they took.

To make the dinner at night more significant, the Honorable Chief Minister of Penang, YB Lim Guan Eng & his wife were the guests of honor of the evening. He was actually seated right next to our kung-kung at the main table. The two of them have been chatting like old buddies for the entire evening; which mummy said was a bit “scary” LOL!

Christmas 2010 @ KL

2011-02-21T21:40:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

There’s a long list of backdated posts seemed to be “hanging” forever at the draft box as our lazy busy mummy had sort of “abandon” this blog for quite sometime. Mummy said she doesn’t have the time to sort out the pictures yet. Daddy had been having a very hectic travelling schedule since last year, and now I’m already in primary; so that was why mummy had been really busy trying to fight with time and juggle everything (work, housework; my transportation; coaching of my studies and taking care of JoJo) on her own whenever daddy is away. So we must understand and appreciates her hardwork also lo.

There’s one particular posting on me being a flower girl for our church member Uncle Eric & Auntie Christine’s wedding back in Oct 10. But due to that time daddy was away so mummy had to take of 2 of us all be herself; she doesn’t have any free hand to hold the camera so she had not a single picture taken for that occasion. Mummy said that posting will have to wait for Jennifer che-che (the photographer of the occasion) to return from her 6 months trip in New Zealand only she will get the pictures to post.

The next occasion after this would be our trip to KL during Christmas to attend BK kor-kor’s (daddy’s cousin) wedding. Daddy & mummy had planned for this trip for a long time and took extra days of leave to stay in KL since we do not get to go for any holidays overseas this period. After sorting out the pictures; mummy realized that the trip is more of a “makansutera” than a holiday! LOL!

Mummy said she is going to take this trip easy with no particular agenda (except for the wedding dinner) like the previous trip. So we did take our own sweet time and enjoyed the trip with no “war time rushing” feeling.

You can see from the "albums" below on what we meant by “makansutera”.

Blessed Chap Goh Meh & Happy Chinese anniversary to daddy & mummy

2011-02-17T13:29:00.000+08:00

"Hoppy" Bunny Year!!! \^.^/

2011-01-28T13:00:00.000+08:00

The Yeapies would like to wish all our family and friends. Near or far

A HAPPY & PROSPOROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR

恭喜发财，万事如意

身体建康，心想事成

Blessed 20 months old Lil Princess

2011-01-27T13:08:00.002+08:00

Meet & Greet with Barbie.... or maybe not...

2010-12-30T17:41:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

Due to Ah-mah wanted to get something from the jewelry shop, so daddy took us to Queensbay Mall on 29Dec afternoon. When we were there, we saw that there were some events on Barbie and I got real excited about it. From the schedule, we have already missed the live show at 1pm so I pestered for daddy & mummy to “stay” and let me join the “meet & greet with Barbie & Kent” at 4pm. After lunch and finally settled with Ah-mah’s thing, it was already close to 4pm so mummy took me to the Central Atrium where the stage and meet & greet will be. We waited for a few minutes and surprisingly the crowd wasn’t really a lot. Mummy said probably because everyone would have already seen it since the event started since 18Dec.

This was taken before the team came out

Then finally the “gate” was open for us to queue and go on stage to meet Barbie and take pictures with her. {drum roll}……. Then my jaw dropped!!!! A team walked out and they were dressed so funnily and they were SUPER UGLY!!! I gave a squeal and told mummy I wouldn’t want to take picture with them at all! (some parents and kids actually walked off the line upon seeing them too) But mummy said I had them waited at the first place so I will have to continue on with the picture taking so that she could blog about how “bad” it was… so here you go and you judge yourself if you agrees with me (about their ugliness)?… mummy said after this “experience”, I may give away all my Barbie stuff…. Hhmm… let’s see…

The "ugly" team

Can you see how "reluctantly" I smiled.... T_T"

Little Princess is 19 months old

2010-12-30T16:37:00.000+08:00

Backdated post as we were away.

Christmas pressies 2010

2010-12-18T23:03:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

Since we will not be in Penang for Christmas this year as we need to attend daddy cousin’s wedding in KL, mummy decided not to do any decoration in the house. Part of the reason was also our “little demolisher” is right at the “demolishing age”, so mummy don’t want her “hard work” to be wasted and/or the demolisher to hurt herself. Yes, that means - NO CHRISTMAS TREE!!! Boo hoo hoo.. how sad. :{

Nonetheless, due to mummy loves us so much, there are always presents for us. Just that this year, we don’t get to place them under the Christmas tree so she had to keep them a “secret” hiding them in the cabinets. When mummy prepared this post (on my behalf, ahem.), we have all not seem the presents yet so we have absolutely no idea what mummy had installed for us. ~~She said she would give them to us before we leaves for KL. Hmm.. suspend hor?~~ ** Thanks to daddy for accidentally "spied" the photos in mummy's iPhone today, so mummy had no choice but to disclosed our presents today. HUMPF!!! - Mummy is still very "upset" with daddy for popping her surprises. Ooppssyyy....

This is daddy’s presents. Mummy had actually gone hi and lo all over the malls and shops to search for the “perfect gift” for daddy. Because daddy is an IT person, so he likes gadgets which are IT related, this made mummy’s search even tougher. But after “sacrificing” a few lunches (she can only do so during her lunch hour as she needs to rush home to take care of us after work), mummy finally found this for daddy. Anyhow, mummy thinks as long daddy likes it, it’s worth the sacrifices.

** Just incase you are wondering, it's a pair of "@" sign cufflings. Mummy actually got a keychain with daddy's name engraved on before she found this cufflinks. But she thought it was too "cheap" to be posted up here wor. Aiyo, mummy ar. It's the heart that counts ma.

And this is for JoJo. Since JoJo likes to play with my school bag a lot; which is obviously way too big and heavy for her. Mummy thought that it will be good if she gets her own “trolley bag” to “play” with. Also after searching for quite a long time, mummy finally found this mini-trolley bag which is the perfect size and design (JoJo is princess Snow White). I think she would look super cute to be using/pulling this bag around. ^.^

** The bag may look big here but it's actually only an A4 size paper's height which is just right for little JoJo.

And TADAH! This is my present and it’s with my favorite HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL design. Oh me! Oh my! OH ME MY!!! I’m so excited and I couldn’t talk anymore… YYEEEHAAA!!!!!

And what did we got for mummy?.... eeerrr… eemmmmm….. Hey, I think Ah-ma is calling me… will be right back……………………….

Happy Birthday Ah-mah

2010-12-06T08:46:00.001+08:00

Ah-mah celebrated her birthday on Sat (4/Dec), even though we did not get to "celebrate" with her as she was out whole 2 days with ku-kong (Ah-mah's brothers) from KL, we still managed to sing birthday song and cut the cake with her.

We wanted to thank Ah-mah for her sacrifices specially for JoJo & myself and for a great job she had done in taking cared of two of us.

Ah-mah, we wanted to wish you a very very happy birthday. We wish you health, wealth and longevity. May you be happy always and forever. We love you!!!

P/S. Mummy said to please ignore the laundry hanging at the background as our balcony is currently under renovation/repair, so we do not have place to hang the laundry.....(pai seh ya) T_T"

Little darling is 1.5 years old (Updated)

2010-11-27T00:00:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

Sat 27 Nov marked another milestone for our little darling as she turned 1.5 years old. In conjunction to this happy occasion, mummy & daddy bought a small fruit flan cake from our favorite cake house to celebrate with the family. Co-incidentally, Ah-ma had invited Ji-kor (daddy’s 2nd sister) and family and also Auntie Peggy (our neighbor) & family over for a scrumptious home-cooked seafood dinner (for other personal reason). So it made everything like a “huge celebration” at the end.

We had a real wonderful time that evening as it had been a long time since we have so much guests in the house and it had also been a long time since Ah-ma cooked such a big meal for us (due to business taking care of JoJo & myself). We wanted to thank ah-ma for her efforts and also want to wish JoJo a very blessed 18 months old and pray that’s he will continue to grow healthily and as cute as ever. We love you very very much our sweet little darling!

Blessed 18 months old to the

sweetest little darling!!!

Blessed birthday mummy!!!

2010-11-22T22:29:00.002+08:00

Posted by TXT

Today we celebrated mummy's 3X’th birthday and daddy purposely took the day off to spend time with her. How sweet hor? :P They went out in the morning to “pak tor” leaving JoJo & me at home with Ah-ma. We did not know where they went but mummy said she had a wonderful time with daddy. Hmm.. fishy.

This year, mummy gets 3 cakes for her birthday. The first one was from this auntie, whom was so thoughtful to bake mummy her ever so delicious and yummy cupcake as gift. Thank you Auntie A, mummy was indeed very touched by your thoughtfulness and we enjoyed your cakes very very much. Now mummy said she will have a problem because after eating your cupcake, she wouldn’t want to eat any other shop bought ones! (reli "beh seng" one.LOL!)

The 2nd cake was actually a “crepe cake” which mummy’s colleagues got for her for a small party at the office. Thank you too all aunties and uncle.

Actually I promised to bake mummy a “heart shaped pink cake” for her birthday since I was 5 yrs old. But blame it to daddy that he refuses to help me! Humph! So this year, daddy went to order a very lovely cake for mummy according to “my design”. Daddy said he will send me the bill and I had to pay for it. Okay lar daddy, “I O U” first ya. You can claim back from me when I get my first paycheck ok? Hehehe.

We wanted to wish mummy a VERY VERY BLESSED BIRTHDAY again. And we wish you happiness, good health and pretty always. (** mummy said all these have fulfilled that she have us, the Yeapies. Awww…)

Ps. I got to know that mummy & daddy together with JoJo went for a scrumptious western meal when I was having my VBS Fiesta at church last night. So unfair! BIG HUMPH!!! :(

Accident - 1.5 eye baby!!!

2010-10-28T09:31:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

I was surprised to see mummy came pick me from school yesterday in shorts and t-shirts. Apparently, JoJo had an accident so mummy & daddy had to rush home on emergency from work.

A-ma told that she was in the washroom leaving JoJo playing alone in her room. Then she hears a loud cry and quickly rushes out to found JoJo on the floor. Apparently, JoJo had been playing with mummy’s t-shirts (her “drug”) and used to cover her face and did some pirouettes. She lost her balance and fell and hit herself on the side of a-ma’s bed. Initially a-ma thought that she had hit her forehead so she rubbed it for her and she stopped crying. No bump no bruise, so a-ma thought she was ok, until…… she saw JoJo’s left eye started to “change size” then only she realized JoJo hit her eye and not her head! She then quickly called daddy and daddy called mummy… you could guessed what happened after that lar. Of course my parents rushed home “F1” speed lo.

Besides the bruise and swollen eye, JoJo is still behaving pretty normal as her cheeky self. Still climbing here and there – a typical “tough bull” & dare devil. Mummy tried to put ice-pack on her eye to ease the bruise but as expected, JoJo put up a tough fight and scream her lungs out. Nobody could hold down her as daddy was out for his futsal game. Mummy said as long she is still active and does not show any “side effect symptoms”, she should be fine. But mummy also wants to thank God for His protection hands that JoJo did not hurt her eyeball which was just mms away from the bruise.

So you can see we have a 1 ½ eye baby now and a-ma will have a tougher life taking care of this super active and samseng girl. A-ma said next time go toilet also must strap her along. (Slap head!)

Wordless Wednesday - Lil Princess is 17mths old

2010-10-27T00:00:00.002+08:00

Happy 1st birthday to Yeapies Bento Place

2010-10-14T10:15:00.000+08:00

Today’s is mummy’s bento blog 1^st birthday. In conjunction to this occasion, she made daddy & me these “birthday cake” bentos. We would like to wish Yeapies Bento Place a “Happy 1^st Birthday” and mummy will make more yummy and wonderful bentos for us.

Lil Princess turns 16 mths

2010-09-27T13:01:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

Eventhough lil Princess turns 16 mths today but she is having fever as mummy was preparing this post. She had been teething molar lately and had lost her appetite. Last night, her fever even shot up to 39.5degree. Both JoJo and mummy did not get much sleep until her fever finally subcided at 5am+. Thank God she was back to her ownself this morning. But mummy said she dreaded the evenings as that's when the fever bugs will attack. We pray that Jesus; precious blood will cover and heal her now.

Fever fever go away! Lil JoJo be healed RIGHT AWAY!!! AMEN!

What I did during the holidays

2010-09-20T16:34:00.000+08:00

Posted by XTX

Besides eat, sleep, poo play and watch cartoon. I get to have some real fun in the pool. I was scared at the first time during my birthday party because daddy did not carry me down the pool and straight he wanted to put me down the float on my own. This time, mummy is cleverer (and more sensitive of course). She hugged me tight and slowly she dipped me down the water. Still holding me tight, she tried to expose me by letting me “hit” the water. Then when she saw that I’m more relax and confident, she moved me onto the float and I did not cry! I even requested to go to the adult pool where daddy and che-che was and had a great lot fun there. In just a short while, I’m already confident to splash and “row” the float on my own and I don’t even want mummy’s help. I fell in love with the pool and now whenever I passed by the pool, I will request to go down but mummy said will have to wait for the next holiday first wor. What a bummer!

Oh ya, besides the above. Shopping on holidays is a MUST Do “tradition. This was what I had after we are all tired.

Can you guess which drink belongs to who? ^.^

Wordless Wednesday - Teamwork!

2010-09-01T23:39:00.002+08:00

Lil Princess turns 15 months today with a small accident

2010-08-27T22:09:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

Initially mummy wanted to take some "newer" pictures for this post but then... a small accident happened today so we didn't get to take any photo.

Daddy was babysitting JoJo and suddenly we hear a "bang" and followed by loud cries from JoJo. Mummy rushed out from the kitchen and found daddy carrying and consoling JoJo. Apparently, daddy had put JoJo on a stool which was obviously a bit too high for her. So the moment daddy turned away to adjust the high chair which was blocking the TV, JoJo jumped down on her own and fell face down. Mummy think se had cut her upper gum badly cz blood just can't stop oozing out. It even "wet" the entire hanky and a few tissues. It took almost 45mins~1hr for the bleeding to stop and JoJo back to her normal self.

We want to thank God for His mighty protection hands and healing power upon JoJo. Daddy also learnt his lesson....... well... mummy said this is a "big ang pow" daddy had given JoJo for her 15 month old present. [SLAP HEAD]!!! Nonetheless, we still want to wish.......

Blessed 15 month old our little darling!!!!!!!!

I'm a "bookworm baby"

2010-08-16T14:17:00.000+08:00

Posted by XTX

Mummy said I’m a “bookworm”. Why? Not because I chewed on them (tho sometimes I do hehe), but because I love books and like reading them. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night (around 5am+) to read book. The first thing I wake up every morning is to look for my favorite number book which mummy purposely kept next to my pillow. Sometimes, when I wake up and there was nobody in the room, I will not cry but I will just lie down in bed and read my book quietly until A-ma comes in and check on me. Everybody said I’m a very good baby.

Mummy said I’m too hard working as if I have an exam coming up. On contrary, che-che whom has an exam coming, a bulldozer also couldn’t wake her up to study! Mummy hopes I will keep up this “hobby” and excel in my studies when I grow-up.

Here are some snapshots mummy “curi” took yesterday. It’s a bit dark because the sky is still dark and we only had a small nightlight on. I know, it's not good for my eyes. That's why mummy "shooed" me back to sleep after snapping these pictures. LOL!

LiL Baby XTX wants mummy!!!!

2010-08-08T22:30:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

Just now, after mummy changed Baby Jo and before putting her to bed, mummy went out to make milk for her leaving her with daddy in the room. Not long later, daddy came out and showed us what he got on the cam.

Poor baby. She don't dare to cry it out loud because she scared she would get scolded and only could sob with big teardrops rolling down her cheeks. So pityful hor?!

TXT's first DIY sushi

2010-08-01T23:00:00.001+08:00

On Sat, mummy took me out to run some errands and our first stop was Qbay mall as mummy wanted to buy the toolbox for her bento tools. We had lunch at Sakae Sushi and mummy found this interesting dish on the kids menu – A DIY sushi set (they have boy and girl sets respectively). Each set came with 2 shaped plain rice sushi with 5 condiments + a packet of mayo & ketchup each. So here I go “decorating” my very own sushi. Mummy said next time I can pack my own bento already.

2 plain rice sushi in heart & star shapes. 5 condiments – mayo egg, tuna, sakura denbu, ebiko & dices baby squid. [Ignore the “iron chef” whom was lying down to prepare her mind & body for the “big challenge”.]

First, the mayo

Then the ketchup

Finishing products (okay, “cheated” a bit as mummy helped with the star)

“Itadaki-masu”

Verdict from daddy from the pictures – don’t have the “talent” from mummy yet, so mummy still have to prepare my bentos for a long long time. LOL!

Little darling turns 14 months today

2010-07-27T09:47:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

Our little darling turns 14 months today! Besides getting cheekier by the seconds, she also brings lots of laughter to the family with her funny gags. Since she can walk quite steadily @ 10mths old (mummy said both of us are very fast in walking, I could walk by 9 mths), her favorite past-time is exploring the house from front to back, back to side, room to room. Everybody needs an extra pairs of eyes, hands, legs etc to watch over her. She enjoys food a lot and you will find her eating most of the time she is awake. Sometimes she eats until the extend that mummy & a-ma needs to use her pacifier to “seal” her mouth up. A very “tham ciak” sister I have here. But mummy said; if I still go on eating like a snail, very soon Baby Joan will want to have my portion too and grow stronger than me.

She is a very talkative girl even though most of the times we can’t understand what she is trying to say. I’m very proud and happy that her favorite word is “che-che”. I love her so much and feel so proud & blessed to have her as my baby sister. I wouldn’t exchange her for anything in this whole wide world….(hhmm… except maybe for a real nice and big dollhouse, I may consider..hehehe) o.O

KL/Genting trip

2010-07-15T21:16:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

It was a long weekend for Penang last week due to Penang’s Governor’s birthday which falls on Sat 10Jul, so mummy got a replacement day off on Monday 12Jul. Daddy & I took a day “leave” from work/school on Monday and we went on a 3D2N short holiday to KL & Genting.

Day 1/ KL

Initially mummy planned to depart at dawn in order to make it to Ipoh old town’s famous “House of Mirror” for her long “anticipated” breakfasts. But after all the slow motion dili deli by us, we only departed Penang @ 8am. But thank God we still managed to reach the shop in time for mummy to order the last 2 sets of the ever famous “custard caramel” (did I tell you before that my mummy is a sucker for caramel?). We got to know that it’s the last 2 sets because after we ordered, the next table tried to order too but was told its “sold out”. Hehe. The foods are not cheap though but to make it up, the portion was reasonable and tasted quite good.

We arrived KL about 1pm+ and we headed straight to 100Yen Kuchai Lama to pick-up mummy’s stash which she ordered online. Mummy has forgotten to take a picture of the car boot. It’s quite an “impressive” scene I tell you. Daddy said thank God we are driving a MPV; otherwise he might need to charter a lorry to transport mummy’s shopping back. LOL! You can see here what have mummy got. We have a light snack and drink at a café at the corner nearby 100Yen before dropping A-ma to ku-kong (granduncle) house in Cheras. Thereafter, we proceeded to Crystal Crown PJ where we will be staying for a night.

After checking-in and freshened up, we went to IOI Mall Puchong as mummy wanted to go to Daiso … again! [slap head] After IOI Mall, we proceeded for our search for the CAFF Italian Fusion Restaurant in Bandar Puteri. Then it started to rain very heavily. We finally found the restaurant (after making a few turns here and there after failed attempts to search from GPS and wrong info given by Yan che-che) but unfortunately, the restaurant was fully booked for a private function inside and we have to settled to sit outside at the smoking area. Then came the interesting part – the food! Overall food was good but they were mostly cooked with an extra pinch of salt (very salty)! The soups (seafood & wild mushroom) were super yummy! And guess what? I even had a taste of the escargot! We enjoyed the meal very much and even JoJo alone had 1.5 pcs of the salmon steak. The total bill came to about RM105 which was quite reasonable with the portions and quality. But they need to improve on the saltiness though as all of us felt so thirsty after the meal. We went back to the hotel and called it a day after dinner.

Day 2/KL-Genting

We woke and got ready to check-out by 10am as we wanted to go to MV to have breakfast at Krispy Kreme. Since we were very early, we have beaten the traffic and the crowd and took our time to stroll around the mall. Tell you something funny ya – my “big head prawns” parents left their jackets at home so they had to look for some long sleeve shirts to bring up to Genting. Finally, they found 2 in FOS but at the end did not get to wear them as the weather at Genting was quite warm! We had our lunch at EYS Restaurant which food quality was superb and very tasty. As a member, mummy even got a 10% discount off the bill. A very good meal which mummy said she will definitely go back again when we go KL again. JoJo had a bowl of fish porridge which was filled with generous fresh fish fillet slices. Mummy even packed an extra bowl (in JoJo’s thermal carrier) for JoJo to have up in Genting.

After picking-up A-ma at Cheras, we continued our journey to Genting and reached there about 4pm+. Finally we are in our rooms by 5pm. After feeding JoJo and freshened up, we proceeded to the outdoor theme park without any further delay and before they sky turn dark. Here, we took some children & family rides and even JoJo went on some of the rides and we enjoyed them so much. Before we could locate the Antique car ride, it started to drizzle and rain. So we had to run and went inside the indoor theme park. Here we played some rides before everyone got hungry. There are so many eateries that we got quite confused of which to go for. At the end, daddy had chosen this Hainanese Restaurant which we had a scrumptious meal. Before our food was served, JoJo whom had been a bit cranky due to tiredness fell fast asleep in mummy’s arm. Since everyone was already very tired after a long day, we went back to our rooms to rest.

Day 3/Genting-KL-Home

Both A-ma and I woke up late this morning due to we were both very tired. Even daddy had to call my hp to wake us up. LOL! After washing up, we went to the hotel restaurant to have our breakfasts before checking-out. After we left Genting, we went to 1U to do some shopping and mummy got me a Barbie tumbler holder.

With nothing much to see here, we went on to Ikea to meet my cousin Yan che-che for lunch. And I got this from her as a belated birthday gift!

After lunch we went over to The Curve and yes, because mummy wanted to go to Daiso AGAIN!!! Mummy said after this trip, she is going to tie her hands from buying bento tools for the nest 6 months. We shall see ya…

We left KL about 3.30pm and reached Ipoh Garden for dinner around 6pm. Daddy & mummy commented that the food quality here had dropped drastically which they were used to be so good last time. It’s so bad now that they even said that they will not come back anymore. The trip ended when we finally reached home around 9pm+. Overall we enjoyed this trip very much and hope that we will get to go for holiday again soon. And next time, hopefully we can go further and longer.. {ok daddy?...}

Sharing with you the pictures we took from the trip and our "food galore"... make sure you get ready with lots of tissues to wipe your drools ok. LOL!

Little dancer

2010-07-06T08:38:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT

Normally when I have dance practices on Sunday, daddy & mummy would go for their lunch and come back to pick me after the practice ends. Yesterday, they were a bit early and the class hasn’t end yet so mummy whom was an “ex-dancer” herself came into the class with JoJo to see us practice.

This little sister of mine found it so fascinating and couldn’t stop playing and exploring with my tambourine. When the music starts, she even wanted to join us. Everyone found her so cute and mummy couldn’t help but to snapped the pictures of her trying to play and dance. So a lot of people said we “inherited” the dancing genes from mummy. ^_^

Blessed 13mths old XTX

2010-07-05T09:59:00.000+08:00

Posted by TXT

This is a backdated post due to there was no new pictures taken of XTX (caused by mummy's "kuku" camera). In order not to delay the post anymore, mummy quickly "dressed up" XTX on Sat and took the pictures with her iPhone.

Here is our little cutie @ 13moths .....

PS. did you realized that today XTX is 1year, 1 month, 1 week & 1 day old and this is the # 111 post of this blog? Mummy said can buy 4D lio. hehehe.

Blessed Father's Day

2010-06-20T21:57:00.000+08:00

BLESSED FATHER'S DAY DADDY DEAREST!!!!!!!!

WE LOVE YOUUUU........

I'm a F1 driver!!!

2010-06-17T09:39:00.001+08:00

Posted by XTX

Honk honk!!! I’m a F1 driver in the making… see I even have the “samseng driver” look…. so don’t play play with me lo. I challenge you to have a spin with me at the Sepang Circuit. Don't go too slow, keep up ya… Vroom Vroom VVVrrroommm…….

Wordless Wednesday - A "bone munching cow" T_T''

2010-06-16T10:47:00.000+08:00

XTX last ebm

2010-06-03T08:58:00.001+08:00

Posted by XTX

Mummy said this will be my last “EBM brunch”. I got a bit worried… what does she mean LAST??? What am I going to have after this LAST bottle??? Are they going to starve me??? OH NNNOOO!!!!

Mummy said since I’ve been on her milk exclusively for more than a year, she thinks she had done well enough in trying to give me the best. She said che-che only got half of what I got wor. So should I be happy and feel proud ar? Anyway, she said she will still continue to direct b-feed me for the last feed before I goes to bed and the first feed before she leave for work until I decided not to have them anymore myself. She said she is leaving this decision to me. WOW! This will be the first big decision I have to make and I felt so pressured lo. I’ll better think about it carefully….

Our little princess is 1 year old!!!

2010-05-27T00:00:00.001+08:00

Yes, ALREADY! Told you its scary how fast they grow right? The scene of her birth was still so fresh on my mind and now I had to try very hard to convince myself that she is already ONE YEAR OLD!!! There are so many things on my mind that I wanted to share on this post. But while I’m typing this, my mind just went blank and don’t know what to type. Maybe I’m still in the “aftershock”.

If you are a close friend or you follow my blog, you would know that Baby Jo is quite a “genius baby” with her fast development. She flipped and turned herself at 1.5months; she said her first word “Halo” at less than 3 months. Sit unsupported at 5 months, started crawling at almost same time and now she could stroll about with support and take a few small steps unsupported. Tho Zoey che-che did better in walking (she could walk unsupported by 9mths), but overall, Baby Jo had faster developments. Her speech was also a lot faster and she could say quite a few words clearly. She is very eager to learn as she likes to take her books (or sometimes che-che’s book) and flip them and make “pretend” she is reading. And you should see her on the laptop! As if she really knows how to operate it and hitting those “hidden functions” which even daddy also don’t know! LOL! She is still on mama’s milk exclusively. I’m starting to wean her off EBM after the “stocks” in the freezer finishes in a weeks time. I still feed her for the last feed before bed and first feed before I leave for work until she is not interested anymore. Our bonding is very strong for this reasonand I really cherished every single moment of it before she grew too fast and starts to tell me to butt off her life (LOL).

She is growing more and more to resembles che-che each day though her features are more resembling daddy. Character wise, daddy would nod his head vigorously in agreement that it’s getting more and more like mummy because she is a typical “cow” with a “cow temper”! But undeniable, her cheekiness always brings smiles and laughter to everyone. And I tell you, she is also a baby whom is very good in “see wind”. She knew when you are angry and will always melt your heart at the right timing. Sometimes really beh tahan her!

She is on the tiny side physically but hey, none of us (hubby and I that is) are of supermodel or athletics build, so what do we expect right?! As long she is healthy, that is the most important. No doubt her birth had changed our lives a lot, but it’s 100% for the better. We love her so so much and we would only pray for the best for her (and Zoey too... must say this else che2 jealous. LOL!).

Happy 1st birthday and we love you very much our

little darling Princess JoJo.

XTX first encounter with "the king"....... of fruits!

2010-05-25T09:59:00.001+08:00

hhmm... what is this?? It smelled funny.....

you want me to try?

are you sure it's safe????

oookaayyy lar.. (so reluctant)

mmm... funny taste and smell....

I think I'm ok with it, gimme more...

**Note: Mummy is very happy now that Baby Jo is taking durian finally, as previously, JoJo gets rashes whenever mummy fed her after taking durian.

The Ultimate Princesses' Birthday Bash

2010-05-24T12:44:00.004+08:00

Posted by TXT & XTX

First of all, on behalf of Jojo & me, we would like to thank daddy & mummy for giving us such a huge and wonderful party. We would also like to thank all our family & friends for joining us to celebrate this joyous occasion with us. Thank you for all the great and wonderful gifts and your presences really graced the night wonderfully!

Most of all thank you Jesus for creating us and showered us so much blessings. The party was a big success and we all had really really great fun. I especially LOVE the cake which mummy had planned so long and kept it a surprise for us. Thank you mummy, I love it very much and I love you very much!!!

We started the party with a lot of fun in the pool with some of my friends. We played “water war” and splashed water at each other. Too bad, Jojo doesn’t like it and refuses to go down the pool and clung on so tightly to daddy like a “koala bear”. As for my friends whom did not join us in the pool, they had great fun blowing bubbles by the poolside. After we came up from the pool and changed into the dresses which mummy specially bought for us for this special occasion (we were dressed like ballerinas princesses with matching “crown hairclips”), we joined them in blowing bubbles too. Mummy bought 4 doz of bubbles and it sure came in really handy, clever mummy hor?

After majority of the guests arrived, we started the party with singing birthday songs, blowing candles and a prayer of blessings from Uncle Alex, then the makan-makan started. This was when our camera battery decided to “retire” and pooped everything! Not much pictures were taken after the cake cutting as both our “photographers" Uncle Lawrence & Uncle Richard did not turn up due to some unforeseen circumstances which were beyond their control. We had about 100+ guests but only a handful were captured in the pictures. Mummy would like to apologize for that. We didn’t even get to take any picture of the buffet line and food. With the limited pictures we had, it looked like we only had swimming, blowing bubbles and a giant cake for the party. LOL! But with Uncle David’s help, we managed to capture some video. But then hor, mummy said with daddy’s schedule, it would be “indefinite timeline” before he could download and edit the videos for us to watch wor.

The night went on well with us kids running around playing and screaming our lungs out. Mummy said while she was feeding and putting JoJo to bed in her room, she could still hear our screams from downstairs. She hopes that she won’t get any complaints from the neighbors the next day. LOL!

We really had a wonderful time and we hope that all our guests enjoyed themselves too. We wanted to apologize if there is anyway that we have caused any inconveniences to our guests and we wanted to thank them again for the showers of blessings and wonderful gifts they have rendered to us. We hope we will be able to invite them every year to celebrate with us again. (I think our parents fainted d… hehehe)

Wordless Wednesday - Lil Missy XTX preparing for exam ;p

2010-05-12T08:00:00.001+08:00

Blessed Mother's Day

2010-05-09T17:50:00.000+08:00

To our dearest beloved mummy!!! We love you very much and we promise you that we will be good girls and will not make you "kek khi". We know this year is special to you as this is first year we have JoJo celebrating with us. We hope this day will be extra special and full of blessings to you.

WE LOVE YOU MUMMY!!!

With lots of love from you 2 princesses

We also wanted to wish all great mothers out there a

Wonderful & Blessed MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Blessed 7th Birthday to TXT

2010-05-05T08:59:00.000+08:00

Posted by XTX

Today is che-che’s 7th birthday. We wanted to wish her a very very blessed birthday and we love her very very much.

Even sometimes I’m very naughty and cheeky and made che-che a bit angry, but I know che-che still loves me very much. I still remember when I was still in mummy’s tummy; che-che read stories and laid her hands and prayed for me every night, I really do. Whenever che-che said “A”, I will respond with a “kick” representing “men”.

Che-che, we love you so much and pray that God will bless you abundantly with great health and wisdom. And you are the “bestest” che-che on this whole wide world to me!

Rockin' Yeapies

2010-04-28T22:17:00.002+08:00

Last week daddy has a SUPER TOP URGENT last minute business trip to Europe. He was supposed to go to Paris but due to the volcano ash issue, there was no flight to most part of Europe, so at the end, daddy had to detour to Spain after transiting in 5 airports for 27hours! To cut the long story short, how could we let him just come back empty handed right? Hehe… so these were what daddy got for us.

(most top : daddy's 9th & mummy's 8th HR-t;

2nd row : my 4th & JoJo's 1st HR-t, Rome Ts for mummy & JoJo;

3rd row : leather pouch for a-ma, fridge magnets & yummy chocs)

Yesterday, after church and haircut, daddy took us to HRH Penang as mummy wanted to buy the t-shirts. My mummy is a hardcore collector of HR-Ts. She said she could not afford to collect diamonds like those rich “tai-tais”, so she collects HR-t lo. [hint hint to daddy]. Besides buying the t-shirts, we also took a stroll at he hotel and took some pictures. Due to it’s running late and getting hot. We just took a few snaps and off we go.

(1st row : JoJo's 2nd & 3rd HR-t (ain't the romper cute?), daddy's 10th HR-t;

2nd row : my 5th HR-t (I'm a "rock princess" yeah!), mummy's 9th HR-t)

Blessed 11 months old XTX

2010-04-27T08:35:00.001+08:00

Posted by mummy

Time really flies. It flies so fast until it's a bit scary. 1 more month Baby Joan would be 1 yr old. This thought really scares me. I felt that I have not really spent enough time witnessing her growth in the past one year due to the busy schedule. Sometimes when I finally settled my work and spend some time with her (mostly are during her last feed before bed), I felt she has grown so much and I felt like a bad bad mum for not being there for her all the time. :(

No doubt she is a lot cheekier than che-che, but she never fails to put a smile on everyone face with her gags. Here is one of her trying to be "discipline teacher" to boss over che-che's homework. :)

An update

2010-04-13T08:58:00.003+08:00

Posted by mummy
This will be a brief post on the girls’ progress.

Actually Zo had a very mild case since she already had the jab at age 1. But her pead doesn’t allow her to go to school just incase… so it was more like a 2 weeks free “honeymoon” for her. I couldn’t bear to see her rotting in front of the TV anymore so I’m “kicking” her to school today even though her MC will lasts her till this Thursday.

As for Baby Jo, she had quite a bad one but thank God she is recovering very well. Active as ever and definitely back to her cheeky self! Tho she still has a few dried spots on her scalp, causing her to scratch non-stop, especially at night. But overall, she is progressing rather well and I could say 99% of the spots on her body and face has already dried-up and fallen off.

This is a pic of Baby Jo’s chin on the 5th day. This is considered “good” already and healing. I can’t even bear to see and take pic of the first few days. Sorry, I posted up this pic not to spoil your appetite, just wanted to let her know (when she grows up) that what agonies mummy had gone thru with her. I really thank God for His protection hands upon them and His mighty healing power. And thank you all for your prayers.

And here's one of her looking ever so cute.... :) The toy notebook was a "reward" for her to finally swallowing her med fast.

"Chicken attack"!!!

2010-03-31T11:47:00.007+08:00

Posted by mummy

This is a backdated post as the past 2 days had been disastrous to us. Baby Joan had been infected with chic-pox. Due to she is not due for the jab yet (still 2 months short), she had basically zero immunity to the virus hence her case was quite serious with the dots all over her specially near her mouth & neck areas. The next day, we found out that Zoey also had some spots.. 2 pead visits in 2 days in a roll! Then, we got a call from her classmate friend Bianca's dad saying that Bianca also had it! OH BOY!!! Apparently, we think the bigger girls got it from school from someone and Zo passed it to her poor baby sister. Due to both Zo & B have already gotten the jabs, so their cases were very mild. My poor baby Jo..... :'(

Baby Joan was behaving normal, still giggling and crawling around the house until.... med time! It was a HUGE challenge and disaster to get her swallow down the med and imagine, we had to pump 10ml of meds (3 types) into her every 3 hourly! She had developed a phobia until she would start to cry and scream so pitifully the moment she saw the syringes. Her fever had been fluctuating specially at midnight. She had the spots all over her and even near to the anus. So it's also quite a bit challenge to wipe her when she pooed.

This was taken yesterday morning of Baby Joan's back. This is considered mild. You should see the ones around her mouth and neck and lower back.... BIG SIGHSS...

Her pead had prescribed her Zovirax which I read from the Internet that it only helps a little bit. But better than none la. According to the pead, it's the "pox season" now and he already have a few patients before Baby Joan. Today baby Joan's spots had subsided abit and I can see some are already starting to dried-up. Hopefully she will recover fast and her fever will not come back anymore. Zoey got a 10days MC from the pead to stay off school. She is of course, more than excited and happy since her case was very mild as she had already immunized. It's more like a "free holiday" for her. The 2 consolidations I got was thank God hubby is not on biz trip and I get a 2 weeks bento break. But I just don't have the mood to feel happy at all! AARRGGHH!!!

Xiao Ta Xiao is 10 months old

2010-03-27T21:04:00.005+08:00

Posted by mummy

Time flies so fast and it's almost terrifying to realized that Baby Joan is already 10 months old and we will be planning her 1st birthday in 2 mths time! Am very happy that I'm still bf-ing her exclusively and still standing strong.. tho I do have some "down time" but the bonding and closeness is just priceless and seeing her growing so finely & healthy made all the sacrifices all worthwhile. :)

Blessed 10th months old to our darling lil princess. You are very very precious to us and we love you so so so much!

Lion City

2010-03-22T09:42:00.013+08:00

Posted by TXT

Time flies, we were like just so anticipating about the trip and now we have gone and back already. Why good times always passed so fast har? :(

Day 1 19Mar Fri
The trip actually did not started well. We nearly missed our flight. Well if AA were to get nasty, we could have but thank God they were good enough to wait. We actually checked in before the designated time, but as usual, the inefficiency of the immigration counters has caused almost 10 passengers (incldg us) almost missed our flights. Thank God one of the officer was kind enough for mummy to bypass the counter with JoJo and ran to the boarding gate to stop them from closing. At last, we finally boarded the plane after the 4th final call!!! and the flight was about 20mins delayed. But the best part is, we still managed to arrived on time!

Upon arrival, we straight proceeded to the hotel to check-in. The hotel is really as impressive as it looked on the Internet. And the most impressing part is the they can even address us by name by just knowing our room no! WOW! Now you know why they are charging "that" kind of rates huh?! As for "that kind"... mummy said I will not understand it until I'm much bigger and earn my own $$ wor.

Our first stop of the day of course - IMM Jurong East. We spent about 2 hours there having our lunch at Pepper Lunch and most importantly - The biggest Daiso store in SEA. Then we took the taxi back to the hotel to rest. Due to Vic che-che has an appointment with her other aunt, we went to Suntec Mall ourselves to have our Thai buffet dinner at Siam Kitchen. Mummy got me a new mini doll-house and I was sooooo excited and couldn't wait to go back the hotel and play with it. But unfortunately, mummy said I can only open it when we go back to PG. Cheh.....

Day2 20Mar Sat
The day started with breakfast at Town Restaurant in the hotel but we have wasted the whole morning doing nothing in the room due to rain. The rain doesn't seem to stop. We were quite frustrated. After Ruth che-che came to the hotel to meet us, daddy decided to take the cab to Orchard Rd rather than wasting our time sitting in the room.

Here, mummy bought 2 bento books at Kinokuniya which caused her to feel "pinching pain" on her pocket as she said they were very pricey. After looking hi and lo... at the end we had to settled at Island Cafe, Tangs as Ruth che-che had another appointment to rush to and the rain still hasn't stop, so we could not go to other places.

After lunch, Ruth che-che went off to her other appointment and we proceeded to Paragon and look for a shop name DaPaolo Gastronomia to find my Princess pasta (mummy got to know this shop thru other bento-ing mum). Then we went back to Ngee Aun City as Takashimaya is having a baby fair - yes, mummy went nuts shopping here for baby Jo leaving daddy waited at the side bench as JoJo was asleep. After that, daddy's colleague Uncle Kaven & his friend came to meet us and we went for a drink & cakes and some chit chat at Coffee Club. We ended our tour in Orchard around 6pm as both mummy & daddy were extremely tired. We did not take JoJo's stroller out with us due to the rain, so both of them had to take turns carrying her. When we reached our room, mummy said she basically could not move her hands anymore and her feet are so sore from the blister caused by her "biting Crocs".

In the evening, Vic che-che came to the hotel to meet us and we went to Vivo City by cab (yes it rained whole day today, what a pooper!). Here, mummy lost control in Daiso again (slap head)! Then we proceeded to The King Louis Grill for dinner before we call it a day at 11pm.

Day 3 21Mar Sun
Today is the day we are going home. I'm so so excited. Mummy said next time she is not taking me for any holiday anymore as she had never seen someone who is more excited to go home than going for holidays! Aiya mummy, I still like holidays, but I just missed a-ma only ma.

Initially we wanted to walk to Clark Quay after breakfast but due to the hot sun (yea, it only came out when we are leaving!), we only took a short stroll by the Riverside and took some pictures. Tho our return flight is at 16:45pm. We decided to go to the airport early (at 2pm) so that it won't be so rush and we also could still spend sometime at Changi Airport and enjoy the facilities.

Overall, this is quite a fun trip but a bit too rush. Maybe we could do a longer one in future when I have longer holidays. Here are some photos taken from the trip. Sorry for some of the poor picture qualities as the camera battery went kuku (despite mummy had fully charged it before we came) on us on the 2nd day. So most of the pictures were taken using mummy's iPhone. As for the dinner we initially are attending, it was called-off last minute due to some "unforeseen circumstances".

A HK clothe bag for me to keep my sports t-shirt for every Mon's PE class

Souvenirs for some close friends

Daiso loots for the household.. there are a few items missing as mummy had kept them away before taking the picture

Loots from the baby fair. There were some items missing here too as JoJo is playing with them. Knowing my mummy, how can she buy so "little" hor?! ;p

P/S: If you want to know where mummy spent most of her shopping budget, do visit her bento blog.....

BLESSED BIRTHDAY TO DADDY

2010-03-05T00:00:00.001+08:00

We want to wish our daddy dearest a very

BLESSED BIRTHDAY!!!!

Initially mummy wanted to make you a "birthday bento", but since you are in KL, so I have the honour to accept and consume it on your behalf. You may "claim" the "processed product" from me later if you want to. HAHA.

This year is going to be special because it's the first year we have Baby Jo celebrating with us. We wish you abundant blessings, love, health and wealth.

Drive safely home and we llllooovvveee you!!!!!!!!

From your 2 precious princesses......

PS. You may claim the "ang pow packet" from JoJo when you come back. ;)

Sad and heartbreaking news

2010-03-04T08:34:00.007+08:00

Posted by mummy

I know I just had to post this up to let it "release" from my chest. I literally cried myself to sleep last night. No, don't worry, nothing happened to us. I just read a news about a 14 month baby girl just passed away due to blood cancer. Her parents set up a blog in memory of her. She is such an adorable child. Despite being such young age and in pain, she still face the sickness with courage and still put on a sweet smile to everybody whom visited her in the hospital.

Her parents even put up the photos of her lying in the tiny coffin. She look so radiant and sweet. She look just like she is sleeping and having a sweet dream. The parents dressed her like an "angel" before putting her into the coffin as they put it that she is "an angel whom passed by this world". Very well said indeed! Oh, my heart just broke as I read more on how she fought the cancer & chemo. I just can't stop my tear-dam from bursting. Being a mum and having a young child myself, I can just feel the pain of the parents. I know she is in a better and happier place now. But I just can't stop feeling bad and miserable.

While I was sobbing my way, lil Baby Jo was soundly asleep beside me. I spent the whole night hugging and kissing her. Thanking God for her (and Zoey) and pray that God will continue to protect them and not take them away from me.

May Baby soul rest in peace and her parents will be strong and courageous. Our prayers are with you. For those whom like to read about her, this is the link of the blog but it's all in mandarin. However, you don't need to understand mandarin. Looking at her pictures alone is enough to break your heart. :'(
http://angel-tarn.blogspot.com/

Blessed 9 months old Xiao Ta Xiao

2010-02-27T22:26:00.008+08:00

Our precious little princess is 9 mths old today...... she is growing ever cuter and cheekier by the day. So do you think she is resembling more like daddy or mummy or....... che-che? ;p

Blessed 10th anniversary to daddy & mummy

2010-02-19T08:43:00.007+08:00

Posted by TXT & XTX

10 years ago today, daddy & mummy took their vows at the alter and joint their lives as one before our living God. It was the day they pledged their lives to each other.

On this auspicious day 10 yrs later, the morning started with JoJo's crying refusing for mummy to go to work. See mummy, I told you that you are NOT supposed to work today lo, seemed like JoJo is agreeing with me too. Then, JoJo's crying woke me of course.... I called both mummy and daddy on their hp to wish them "Blessed wedding anniversary".

In the evening, mummy booked us at Daorae Korean Restaurant for a Korean BBQ dinner. Due I'm having a wiggling tooth since last night, mummy asked me to try and make it drop myself; otherwise I will have a difficult time eating. Ok la mummy... I will try my best to tahan the pain, if I succeed, I shall wrap the tooth up and give you and daddy as a anniversary "gift" ok? hehe (update: the tooth did came out by noon and I did kept it in the little container which mummy kept my umbilical cord stump. Mummy said she is going to give this away as my "ka chong" when I get married one day. LOL!)

So simple celebration for a 10 years anniversary you say. No no... actually mummy had planned to take us to Singapore for a short holiday in conjunction with this celebration and it will also be JoJo's 1st oversea trip. But due to I'm in std 1 now, I cannot just skip school as I wish, so we will be going to Singapore during the coming school holidays in March. Also, In March, daddy will have a wedding to attend and we would also get to visit my our cousin Vic che-che whom we have not meet for almost 2 yrs since she went to work in SIA, sort of "killing few birds with 1 stone". To make the trip even more "eventful", after searching hi and lo, mummy had finally booked us into The Fullerton Singapore. Changgih eh?! Mummy said when she first saw The Fullerton 10 yrs ago, she would never dream that one day she would afford to stay there. So I guess it must be very very grand and expensive hor? We shall see....

JoJo and I would like to wish daddy & mummy a very BLESSED 10th ANNIVERSARY. May God's blessing be upon you and our family always and we love you very very much! We promise to be very good girls and study hard and get good results as the perfect gifts for you!

Our dinner BEFORE and AFTER

GONG XI FA CHAI

2010-02-18T11:33:00.006+08:00

Posted by TXT

This is a very late post as mummy has been really busy the past weeks for CNY. We spent almost everyday out and about visiting relatives to "pai nien" and also for daddy's ex-school mates reunions. Yesterday we spent literally the whole day at the immigration office to renew my passport and to make new one for JoJo. This "story" will be posted seperately when mummy has the time. Now we just want to take this opportunity to wish all our family and friends near and far a BLESSED CHINESE NEW YEAR. GONG XI FA CHAI!!!

My first haircut

2010-01-30T20:38:00.006+08:00

Posted by XTX

Today mummy and daddy took me to a place with lots of mirrors. first daddy sat on the chair and the uncle did something to his head, then it was che-che's turn... after that... che-che was very moody. I don't know what happened to che-che as I was too engrossed with the giant fish tank full of fishes swimming. Then suddenly, mummy stood up and carried me near the uncle and they were pointing at me and using "sign languages", then I saw the uncle walked towards me and touched my head. I screamed and yelled and struggled but mummy held me real tight and used her palm to close my mouth and nose... I still scream and yell my might but daddy still did not come and rescue me.. I was so scared... what are they going to do to me... heeeellppp.......

Finally after seemed like ages of screaming, yelling, crying and struggling form me, it ended ........ and this is how I look like now and everybody said I look so cute but also look cheekier. So what say you?!?!

Blessed 8 months old XTX

2010-01-27T00:00:00.003+08:00

Posted by mummy

I really can't imagine time flies so fast and Baby Jo is already 8 months old now. The scene of me holding her for the first time seconds after she popped was still so fresh in my mind. Oh gosh.. it's getting really scary. I commented that I don't remember Zoey growing so fast but hubby explained that maybe now that I'm a mother of two, I need to juggle my time between 2 of them and with more housework and Zoey's homework & studies to coach, so time will always seem to pass too quickly for me. Maybe he is right. But it really scares me and I'm worried that I may not be able to enjoy and spend as much time as I used to with Zoey for Baby Jo. One "consolidation" is that I'm very proud that I'm still breastfeeding her exclusively (except for a cod fish porridge lunch & cereal dinner per day) and our bonding is very strong. I have friends asking me when do I plan to wean her off, but I guess my answer would be "not until unless I'm all [dried-up]". LOL. Seriously. This is the only moment that we could enjoy being together so closely and build up the bonding. I can say that our bonding is so strong that she would even go "jealous" if I hug or kiss che-che! It was so funny. =)

Anyway, I'm very proud of Baby Jo's growth and "achievements" - her pead commented that she is actually achieving the things that a 10months old could not even do. ^_^

Note to JoJo : when you are big enough to read and understand this blog, Mummy just want you to know that we are all very very proud of you and love you very very much. We pray to God that you will continue to grow strong, healthy and pretty in Him. Also, both che-che and you are our babies, daddy & mummy loves both of you equally, so when mummy & daddy sayang che-che, you cannot get jealous and scream/cry ok? You must also remember that che-che prayed for you to be her baby sister and she loves you very very much too.

Bubbly Jo

2010-01-07T15:32:00.001+08:00

Posted by mummy

2010-01-02T23:59:00.003+08:00

Posted by TXT

Today marked a new chapter in my life as I started standard 1 "unofficially". Today is my orientation. I was very excited initially but my boredom started to show as time passed. Daddy said only for a 2.5hrs orientation I've already shown my boredom, he wonder how am I going to last when school starts officially on Monday where I had to spend 6 hrs there. Mummy said we shall see....

I like my school very much because it's very big. I'm in the same class as my church friend Bianca and I'm very happy because I won't be lonely. Mummy said the "highlight" of the orientation was when teacher was briefing us on the rules & regulations in the class, when she was telling that "no drinking of water in the class during lessons, unless sick." I happily took out my tumbler and sipped water in front of the teacher! [mummy & daddy slap head!!!]

But overall I behaved quite well and they are quite proud of me for not crying. Actually nobody cries, so if I did, it's will be very embarrassing lo.

My 1st Big Apple Donut

2010-01-02T23:43:00.002+08:00

Posted by XTX

I wonder why they called it "Big Apple" as I don't see any "apple" in this place. I look hi and I look lo, no signs of any "apple". Hhmm.. maybe it's in daddy's coffee... let me see.....

Wordless Wednesday - Hello Kitty is going to the canteen

2009-12-30T00:02:00.003+08:00

Blessed 7 months old Xiao Ta Xiao

2009-12-27T21:26:00.003+08:00

This post is specially dedicated to A-ma whom took cared of us so well.

Thank you A-ma, for all your love, patience & sacrifices. We love you!

And a BLESSED 7 months old to our darling Baby Joan.

My new found "buddy"

2009-12-26T23:12:00.005+08:00

Posted by XTX

Daddy & mummy "introduced" me to new friend this morning and we just "clicked" perfectly. Don't you think we made the perfect buddies? ^__^

Presents galore!!!

2009-12-26T17:00:00.002+08:00

Posted by TXT

Hooray!!! Today is "boxing day" and we get to open all our Christmas presents... that's the first thing that came into my mind the moment I woke up this morning.. that explains the "half-open" eyes and pajamas huh?! ;p

A "group photo" with all the gifts nicely wrapped before the went into the "demolisher's" hands.

These are what we got from daddy & mummy for Christmas:-

A 24" giant Minnie plush toy for JoJo which is even bigger than her!!!)

A musical jewelery "closet" for me

Mummy got this for daddy... a set of cuff links in "notebook" shape, the "notebooks" could even be open and with keyboard and screen. Cool hor?

As for mummy, she said daddy told her the iPhone covers her presents for "birthdays, Christmas, valentines & anniversaries" for the coming 3 years!!! So bad! o_O

Blessed Christmas

2009-12-25T23:45:00.003+08:00

Wishing all our family & friends

A very

BLESSED CHRISTMAS

&

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

Last holiday of the year cum JoJo's 1st flight

2009-12-22T21:39:00.001+08:00

Posted by TXT - back dated post

Since daddy will be in KL on week 50, he had asked mummy to bring us to KL for the weekend for a short holiday. So on Friday afternoon, mummy took half-day leave from work and flew down KL with us. Initially a lot of people were skeptical if mummy could handle as its Baby Jo’s 1st flight and mummy will have to handle 2 kids all on her own. But thank God, Baby Jo has been really good and took the flight really well. I was quite a helper too and mummy is very proud of us.

Daddy picked us up from the airport and we headed back to daddy’s rented house as he needs to help his landlord Uncle Andy (whom was away) to let the dogs out. After settling the dogs and freshened up, we proceeded to Sunway Pyramid for dinner and for some shopping.

Day 2, today we had breakfast with Auntie Joanne (daddy’s landlady) at a tim sum place. Thank you for Auntie Joanne’s hospitality. After breakfast, we proceeded to KLCC as daddy wanted to bring me to visit Petrosains since I’m very into TVIQ lately. He thought it would be quite an educative visit for me but ended up it was quite a disappointment as there were nothing much to see/learn. He said should have brought me to The National Science Centre instead. After a brief stroll in KLCC, we went on our search for the two 100Yen shops (Taman Desa & Kuchai Lama) which mummy wanted to go. Finally we checked-into Cititel Mid Valley at about 3pm+. After freshened up, we finally proceeded to the mall and had our lunch at Yo Sushi! I ate a lot as I was already very hungry. We spent the rest of the day in MV as the main reason mummy booked us into Cititel because it adjoin to MV Mall, so if JoJo is tired, we could just walk back to our hotel room and let her rest or feed her without having to travel here and there. Next morning, we went to Dunkin Doughnuts for breakfast before checking out at 12noon.

Day 3, we went to The Curve for awhile and had our lunch before leaving at about 3pm. Mummy said she don’t want to reach Penang too late as there are many cleaning up to do and she had to work the next day. But daddy was too sweet to bring mummy to 100Yen shop in Ipoh so at the end, mummy spent a whole hour there ended up we reached home later than expected. Haiyo… this mummy ar… But we managed to tapao a salted herbal chicken from Ipoh town as our dinner. It was so yummy that I even ate a whole big drumstick by myself. Overall, we enjoyed this trip but mummy said would have to wait till my school holidays only we can travel again as when I’m in std1, I cannot skip school as wish anymore. So sad.

I'm an IT baby - Part 2

2009-12-19T23:07:00.004+08:00

Posted by XTX

Me updating my blog while mummy busy expressing milk for me. This is called "team work"!

All I want for Christmas is my "new front teeth"

2009-12-19T22:54:00.007+08:00

Posted by XTX

I don't know what is the commotion about this, but everybody seemed to be so excited and kept asking me to say "EEEE" or to open my mouth to show them. Funny people I have here... funniest is that they even "forced open my mouth and use the camera to snap snap snap... can someone tell me what's the big idea har????

Wordless Wednesday - Hello Kitty is going to school

2009-12-16T22:53:00.004+08:00

My last performance with my kindy

2009-12-15T15:44:00.005+08:00

Posted by TXT

Backdated post

Here are some pictures of my performance at Queensbay Mall on 6Dec. Mummy apologises for the poor picture quality as she was one hand carrying JoJo while the other hand trying to juggle the camera and squeezing through the crowds. Daddy was taking video on the "balcony" on a level above. I'm quite sad as this will be the last performance I will be participating with my kindy. I will treasure all the sweet memories forever...

Mummy's birthday

2009-12-14T15:10:00.005+08:00

Posted by TXT
Very backdated post

Sunday 22 Nov was mummy’s birthday (mummy said nobody is allowed to ask how old is she wor) but due to daddy has a men meeting at church, we did not really go for any celebration that day. Daddy dropped us home after church and we tapao some KFC home to eat for lunch as daddy need to rush back to church for the meeting. In the evening, we went to Gurney Plaza and had “their” dinner at Manila Place. Why I said “their dinner”? Well you see… I was sick for the past 1 week and wasn’t myself. Initially I was excited but the moment I sat down in the restaurant, I started to be moody again. I asked for my favorite mushroom soup but at the end, I only took 2 sips and I don’t feel like eating already. I spent the entire dinner time sulking and feeling moody, obviously I spoilt mummy’s day and daddy was very upset with me. Initially mummy wanted to do some shopping for JoJo at Mother Care, but and again, the plan was totally spoilt by you guess who…. So we headed back home straight with everyone feeling moody. :(

To make it up to mummy, I’ve drawn a picture and asked for her to hang it in her office.

Monday evening after daddy got home from work. He went into the room where mummy was feeding JoJo and said “Happy belated birthday” to mummy and passed to her a box. This was what daddy got for mummy.

After that, mummy and daddy had a “fight”… not exactly a fight tho more of a misunderstanding as mummy didn’t say anything but both of them were very unhappy. Apparently mummy, just like any other mummies, felt that daddy is wasting money and thinks that the money spent on the iPhone should be spent on more useful things like JoJo’s diapers, my uniforms, books etc. Daddy was unhappy because he felt that mummy is “unappreciative”. But at the end, they manage to talk things out and they are in very good terms now, not to worry. As for me, I’m more excited than mummy because now I have an additional “new toy” to play with. At one time, I even told daddy “Can I play with MY iPhone now?” and got mummy rolled her eyes at daddy and daddy returning with an "innocent" expression. hehehe

I am daddy's girl too - part 2

2009-12-07T15:36:00.004+08:00

Another priceless pictures of Baby Joan "manja-ing" daddy. :)

My first cereal

2009-12-02T17:29:00.000+08:00

Posted by XTX (backdated post for 28Jan)

I am very excited today because mummy told me today I’m going to try new “mum mum”. Ooo…. I’ve been drooling over daddy, mummy & chec-che’s food and now finally it’s my turn. YAY YAY YAY!!!

Initially when mummy put me in the highchair, I was a bit inpatient. Then I saw mummy walking towards me holding and stirring something in her hands. Even when she sat down on the chair in front of me, she is still stirring the thing. OOII… mummy faster lar, I’m starving lio lo. Then finally, she put a spoon of semi-solid white white stuff near my mouth. Me, of course I open my mouth wide wide to “welcome” it la. AAAHH…UUMM… hhmm… tasted kinda funny at first but yet it has a hint of the familiar milk taste I had everyday. I think I kinda like it. Ok mummy, AAAHHHH.. give me more, give me more… yyummm…. :)

Ta Xiao Ta's graduation

2009-11-29T22:48:00.003+08:00

Posted by TXT

28 Nov 2009 marked a very significant achievement in my life as this day was my graduation from kindergarten.

Everybody was very excited and mummy said she can’t believe it that time flies so fast that now her little “baby” is already graduating and going forward to another new chapter of my life next year when I advance to Std 1.

The night started off with the graduates led by our respective class teachers, marched in the hall in complete darkness holding glow sticks when the song “Shine Jesus Shine” was played. Mummy said Baby Joan was very tensed when the hall was in darkness but she did not make any noise. Then after all the prayers and speeches, it was award presentations and as mentioned on the previous post, I won a special award for English this year. After the award was the graduation ceremony and we are pronounced “officially” graduated.

This year the drama was entitled “Story of Daniel” and I got a “speaking role” of a servant girl in the drama. Besides that, I’m also involved in the finale dance which we were also invited to present this Sunday at Queensbay Mall.

I have mix feelings towards this day. I’m very happy because it’s such an important night for me and my parents said that they were very proud of my achievements and prayed that I will continue on to improve myself. On the other hand, I’m also feeling very sad as I will miss all my friends very much as we are departing onto our separate ways from now onwards. I wish them well and really hope that we get to meet each other again in the near future.

Here are some limited pictures of the night as mummy had to take care of JoJo so she does not have a free hand to take more pictures. Daddy had taken some videos of the event and mummy will try and post up some clips when daddy had done the editing.

Our precious Baby Joan is half-year old!!!!

2009-11-27T19:43:00.010+08:00

Posted by TXT

Another "milestone" for our dearest Xiao Ta Xiao as today marked her half year being out of the "dark hole". She has grown so finely in the past 6 mths and we know that just as her name meant, by God's grace she will continue to grow and mature under our tender loving care.

Even at 6 months only, she had already "achieved" some "tasks" which are beyond her "age". she could crawl forward and reach for the things she sees, she could mutter some "words" quite clearly eg. "mum mum" (eat), ng-ng (poo), ai (want). Occasionally if she is in the mood, she would even call "aahhh mi" (mummy). From the picture above, you could see that she is a bubbly baby and smiles a lot. Lately she is "into" singing and she is already learning to "walk" by the adults holding her hands. She already knew how to take a small step at a time. She had already taken her 1st cereal mixed with BM and loves them. But this only happens during the weekend when daddy & mummy is not working (once a day). On normal working days, she is still fully on BM. She is very playful and brings joy to everyone around her. But ... a lot of time, she sure is one cheeky baby I say! =P

I am daddy's girl too

2009-11-16T19:22:00.005+08:00

Posted by mummy.

The moment I saw this picture after taking them on candid, I knew I had to post it up. Due to hubby's work required him to travel a lot, therefore he seldom have much time to spend with JoJo comparing to Zoey as a baby. Moreover, JoJo is very attached to me since birth (I spent 24x7 with her during my maternity and is still bf-ding her exclusively now) and she rarely have this kind of "patience" to stay put if it wasn't me whom carries her. So it'll be extremely hard for this scene to be seen in the house which made this picture more priceless. =)

My 1st TGIF

2009-11-07T19:05:00.004+08:00

posted by XTX

Today, thanks to che-che for bugging daddy & mummy, we went to TGIF for lunch. Of course I wouldn't know was it's all about but che-che seemed to be pretty excited, so I guessed it must be a fun place.

I'm kinda confused at first when I was pushed into the place in my stroller because the place has lots of things hanging on the wall and ceiling. I found them very fascinating and refuses to sit still in my stroller as I wanted to "explore" them. So mummy had to carry me up and "entertain" me. See the funny thing she put on my collar? I don't like it and kept wanting to pull it out. Thank God mummy removed it later after much resistance from me. Ish!

I heard daddy placing the orders for mummy, a-ma, che-che & himself then only I knew this is a "mum mum" place. oohhh... guess what daddy "ordered" for me? --- "Jack Daniel expressed bm". Cool eh? ^o^

Ta Xiao Ta did it again!!!

2009-11-05T22:08:00.002+08:00

I told mummy the title was very "deceiving" bcz it made people thought that I've gotten into some trouble... again.

The actual fact is I've gotten into something good instead of bad. On Wednesday, my principle came to our classes (graduating classes) and told us she is going to call out the names of the children whom will be receiving a prize during our graduation day and ....(drum roll please)....... MY NAME IS ON THE LIST!!!! This year I've won the prize for top scorer in English subject. My best friend Jolene had won the prize for Chinese. I do not know whom won the prize for Bahasa as I was already in cloud9 when teacher called my name. (mummy slap head)

Mummy & daddy were so proud of me bcz mummy said this was mainly my own efforts as she did not really coach me during my exams as that time she was in her confinement with baby Joan. Daddy though, did a brief revision with me. (mummy said must give daddy a bit of credit too wor). Thank you daddy. :)

Mummy and daddy now had to fulfill their promise to buy me a doll house if I get a prize. Mummy had checked out Toy'R'Us for the one that I like (same like the one Auntie Karen got for Eliana) but the one is no longer in stock and they had a bigger version of that which costs RM350++....

THUD... (this is the sound of mummy just fainted)........... o_O"

This is the doll house available in Toy'R'Us which is a bigger version of Eliana's. Now you know why mummy fainted....

Blessed 5 months old Xiao Ta Xiao

2009-10-27T00:00:00.002+08:00

Time really flies. It was just like yesterday Xiao Ta Xiao was born. But today, she is already 5 months old. Growing so finely and healthily into a chubby, cute and lovely baby.

We love you very much our sweet little darling. Blessed 5 months old!

I am IT baby

2009-10-24T17:18:00.008+08:00

OK, I'm all set to write daddy an email....

shoooo che-che, stop disturbing me will ya. I'm trying to concentrate here.

hhhmm... let's see, where is that "J"....

"come, mummy help you."

no need, no need, I can do it myself. I have daddy's genes in me ma. See, I already found "J" for JoJo! ain't I genius! ^V^

Yeapies Bento Place

2009-10-16T19:37:00.004+08:00

Mummy has a new bento blog and it's officially up and running. Do visit it if you want to see her "creations". Constructive comments are welcome as this will help her to improve wor. There is a link at the right panel for your conveniences. Happy browsing. ^__^

Xiao Ta Xiao's first Starbucks

2009-10-04T20:39:00.005+08:00

After the camp, we proceeded to Kl and stayed for a day. The main purpose of this trip is actually to fulfil mummy's bento frenzy. Because she wanted to go to Daiso to shop for her bento tools.

We first went to the Daiso in IOI Mall and here mummy shopped till she dropped. The next day, after checked out. We proceeded to 1U for our lunch and for a short stroll. Then we proceeded to The Curve, reason = there is another Daiso there. Aiyo, apparently, mummy has not "drop enough" yet. By the time we reached The Curve, it's about time for JoJo to have her milk and since we are unfamiliar with the mall, mummy decided to bottle feed JoJo bcz we don't know if the mall has any baby care room. Daddy also wanted his cup of coffee for the day, so there's when our dear little Xiao Ta Xiao had her first "Starbucks milk" @ less than 4mths old!

Mummy's loot from Daiso

Breakthrough Camp 2009

2009-09-28T19:00:00.002+08:00

This year we had our Breakthrough Camp in Kampar, Perak instead of Cinta Sayang in Alor Star. And the speaker for the camp is no longer Ps. Patricia and her team from Canada. It was Evangelist Shyju Mathew from India. Mummy said confession time – initially she felt a bit let down with the news and was contemplating not to go. One of the reasons was also that Baby Joan is still so young so there would be a lot more things to pack and daddy will be away in KL almost the whole of Sep, only returning on the night before camp. So mummy thought she could not handle so many things and all the packing. But, after returning from the camp, she was very pleased that she did not listen to her own self but instead she was obedient to God’s instruction as all of us were truly blessed in the camp.

We stayed in the Grand Kampar Hotel. I liked this hotel very much as the room was really huge. It has a king bed for daddy & mummy and also a baby cot for JoJo. As for me, I had brought along my Princess Ready Bed and even after setting up the bed, there are still ample spaces for me to roll and run around in the room. But, what I love most of the room is – they have a bath tub for me to have my bubble bath in!!!!

Though there are some hiccups in betweens, such as JoJo being sleepy and cranky in the services and mummy had to take her back to the room to sleep and missing some of the services, the rice was too hard to swallow, the meeting hall was too small (a lot of time mummy had to “attend” the service outside the room) etc. But nothing could stop God from moving and blessing us. In all, we had a great camp and enjoyed ourselves very much.

After the camp, we proceeded to KL and stayed at The Summit USJ for a night to do some shopping and came back home on Wed evening. The reason mummy doesn’t want to stay longer is because I actually has school and my exam will be coming soon next week so she don’t want me to ponteng so many days and missing all the revisions. But she promised that after my exam, if there is a chance, she would take us for a longer trip sometime near Christmas. Oh I just can't wait for our next holiday to come. =)

Talking baby

2009-09-28T00:16:00.003+08:00

Baby Joan saying "Halo" to daddy (whom was in KL when the clip was taken) @ 3.5 mths old.

Xiao Ta Xiao is 4 months old

2009-09-27T16:14:00.002+08:00

Blessed 4 months old to our dearest darling Baby Joan.

It's our greatest joy to see you growing so finely into a pretty, healthy and bubbly little princess. We pray that God will continue to shower His blessings upon you and you will always and forever be the most precious little angel to us.

Joan "The Moo"

2009-09-25T00:05:00.003+08:00

Edible "stones" ???

2009-09-15T19:30:00.002+08:00

Look at the picture above and can you tell what they are? I’m very sure 90% of you (or maybe even 100%) would say it’s those colorful stones which you put in the fish tank or for beautifying your pot plants. But you are WRONG. They are actually edible CHOCOLATES coated with colorful candies!

They were souvenirs from a colleague of mummy whom just returned from a business trip to Australia. It took all the uncles & aunties quite sometime to be convinced that they are really chocolates. Well, who wouldn’t right? Mummy’s colleague has requested for her to bring some home for me but mummy declined. The reason being she was afraid that after I had these chocolates, I would, in future might accidentally swallowed “real stones” thinking they were the same kind of chocolates. She was also very concern why would the health ministry of the manufacturing country allowed these to be sold and did not impose a ban on it as it could be rather hazardous to young children. Do you agree with her?

Oh.. about the chocolates. They have of course, ended up all in mummy’s tummy. =S

Bento #2 - my breakfast

2009-09-13T23:06:00.006+08:00

I asked daddy in the car a while ago when we were sending him off to airport, if I could bring some "kiam-piah" (crackers) to school tomorrow as breakfast. I complaint that sometimes my school don't give "good food". Yeah, my definition of "good food" = kiam-piah. You see, I'm a kid whom loves crunchy stuff eg . biscuits, chips, etc. So when the school gives us breads or cakes, it's consider as "not good food" to me.. (slap head!!).

Daddy said yes PROVIDED I promise to finish my water in school. My parents always said that I don't drink enough water daily and loves heathy food that's why I always fell sick. In order to make me keep my promise, mummy had made the "deal" more "tempting" by creating her second bento. She said if I keep my promise, there will be more in the future, otherwise, kiam-piah, apa piah also elek.

Mummy's bento #1

2009-09-12T22:46:00.007+08:00

After following Mothering Corner's bento blog, it triggered my always "creative" mummy to have this thought in her mind - since I will be starting std 1 next year, mummy worried that I will not be able to squeeze thru the crowds to buy my own meals during recess. Also, with some hot soups involved, she really "bo pang sim" me. So in Oder for me to still be able to get my meal, she plans to prepare bento daily for me to bring to school. Also, by this way, she can sort of ensure I get a balance diet bcz she knew no kid could resist such cute food, so even if I can be quite picky at times, upon seeing such adorable food, I would just wallop down everything.

After about RM100+ of "investment" on tools today, mummy had her 1st attempt and this was my dinner.

Teddies peanut butter sandwiches, ham rolls in shape of lollipop & flowers, kiwi & carrots in cute shapes & 2 wieners in shapes of a tulip & crab.

I really love and enjoyed them tho I couldn't finish all but I did ate 98%, leaving 2~3 pcs of the ham rolls.

Mummy said this is the first time she uses the sausage cutter so she is still unfamiliar with the handling causing the wieners turned out to be a failure and she had to "hid" them under the carrots. Also, she was too kan-cheong that she forgot to put butter on the ham rolls so they don't really stick and roll well. She also said that she would need more tools to help her to make them better. Daddy is "pretending" he didn't hear anything.... ;p

"Mum abuse"

2009-09-07T20:48:00.003+08:00

You heard of child abuse, wife abuse and even husband abuse. But have you heard of "mum abuse"??? On Sat, a "mum abuse" case happened in our home....

For the past 2 Saturdays, Baby Joan has been very good and sat on mummy's lap quietly to let mummy cut her nails. So the same routine on last Sat. But this time, Baby Joan was very uncooperative and kept moving and struggling. So mummy had to use to arms to sort of "tied" her down so that she does not move to prevent mummy from hurting her accidentally. Daddy and I were busy "entertaining" JoJo so that she will get distracted and not struggle anymore. Suddenly, mummy gave a very LOUD yell "OOOUU!!!!!!" and her eyes turned red. She then quickly handed JoJo to daddy and lifted her right arm and this is what we saw:-

Apparently JoJo has "cubit" her. It has been 2 days and the bruise is still very visible and swells a bit. Mummy said she have learnt her lesson the "painful" way, so she will make sure to put on the mitten on JoJo's free hand next time while she cut the other. A-ma said if tell people a 3 month old can do this also nobody will believe unless you've seen it with your own eyes. Scary & "violent" baby...... =(

hhmm.... mummy is bored.

2009-09-04T19:00:00.003+08:00

The "President" is bored, can you guys speed-up and end the meeting......

1st day cover of Her Majesty

WOW.... we are "RICH" lio......

From this and the past post, you all would have guessed...... mummy is very bored!!!!