My parenting life

Milk teeth

2011-08-04T18:52:00.005+08:00

Jo2 lost his very first milk tooth today while eating orange. It's the lower central incisor which has been shaking for the past 2 weeks. He kept asking me when will it fall, and my guess was correct as I told him around early Aug. Though he wasn't very keen to brush his teeth everyday b'coz he doesn't like the smell of the toothpaste. Lucky for him that I didn't spot any tooth decay yet as compared to his peers.

Ballet examnination - Grade 3

2011-06-20T09:50:00.002+08:00

I registered Jo1 for the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) ballet examination for grade 3 in November 2010. This is the 5th ballet exam for her as she has been started to learn ballet in Sept 2005.

The exam fees for Grade 3 is RM152+RM8 for CD, monthly fees for 2 hours/week is RM119 as the teacher said an hour of practice per week is not enough, so parents need to pay extra for the extra lessons.

As usual, we had pre-examination preview a week b4 the exam.

Now that the exam is over, and this will be her last ballet exam as well. We have yet to know the results but we decided to give it a quit (not our will) coz she hurt her ankle.

So glad that she said the pain is gone after 1 month of resting.

Annual Concert & Graduation nite 2010 - Rainbow

2010-11-26T12:45:00.000+08:00

Rainbow ..........
the promise of good things to come......

Happiness is in a rainbow
Painted across the sky
Colors sparkling and shinning
As the clouds go drifting by

Red is the roses growing in the garden
Orange is for the leaves in autumn
Yellow is for the sun shinning upon the trees
Green is for the grasses growing in the meadow

Blue is for the sky up above
Purple is for the violets hiding in the shadows
Follow your rainbows
And maybe you will find
A pot of gold
With all your dreams inside

Annual Concert & Graduation nite 2010 - Part 2

2010-11-26T12:19:00.006+08:00

凤阳花鼓（Flower drum song) by K2 (PM) - boys only

新僵舞 -卬起你的盖头來 (XingJiang dance) by K2(PM) - girls only

Tik Tok -cheerleaders by N2

Ali Baba by K1

Nobody by N1

Vaya Mapillay (Indian dance) by N2

The Warriors by K2 (AM) - boys only

古典美人（The Chinese beauties) by K2(AM) - girls only

GRANＤFINALE

Annual Concert & Graduation nite 2010 - Part 1

2010-11-26T10:53:00.000+08:00

Concert theme: Rainbow (the promise of good things to come)
Venue: Wawasan Open University (WOU)
Date: 21 Nov, 2010
Time: 5-7pm

It was almost 4pm, but Jo2 still insist not to put on make-up...

while waiting to go on stage (from left: Jo2, Sue-Ann, Anthony & Jocelyn)

we were there an hour b4 the concert starts, Jo1's face was so sour after the long wait.

K2 graduates received their scroll from the principals

The Rainbow begins...

My little graduates 2010 - Photo session

2010-11-24T13:46:00.001+08:00

Photo session for K2 2010
Date: 22 Sept
Venue: school
Attire: long sleeve white shirt, black pants and white sport shoes
Photographer : Imacolor

been rehearse with him on how to SMILE probably....

STILL, this is what I get.

He is so unwilling to pose for me to take photo

AND the outcome...

for individual

The graduating Class of 2010

Jo2 is stading in 2nd row, first boy from right.

Family day out

2010-11-08T13:51:00.000+08:00

On a fine sunny Sunday afternoon, we headed to PSC.

Right after shower...

want to have lunch @ The Captain Restaurant

while waiting for our food to come...

a good chance to take photos since the restaurant is located on 14th floor

right after lunch, we joined the opening ceremony of the library @ PSC.

my little cheeky boy

This is how "manja-ing" whenever papa2jojo is around.

My kids really like the books @ the newly opened library. We spent almost 2 hours there. Jo1 searching for fairy tales book while Jo2 loved to read books about animals, insects and dinosaurs!!!

Happy 6th B'day to Jo2 - Part 2

2010-10-26T11:54:00.001+08:00

I remembered on the 7 Sept, the first thing he asked me was

Jo2:"mommy, what date is today?"

Me:"it's 7 of Sept."

Jo2:"means my b'day will be 1 month away from today, right? mommy!"

Me:"yes, dear."

So, I supposed from that day onwards, he has been spreading the news that his b'day is coming soon in school.

7 Oct, 2010 - my baby Jo2 turned 6 years old today. He has been looking forward to this day since last month. So, can imagine how excited and happy he is.

The moment I entered the school, I saw his friends line up in 2 rows at the tv area. I was very touch to see some of his friends actually make b'day cards(self create with drawing & wordings), and some gave him stickers.

no doubt, he is still a big fans of dinosaur

the b'day boy is making a wish or dreaming??? LOL

As for this year, I ordered a b'day mug for his friends and teachers as a souvenir. Not forgetting Jo1 as well.

front view

I came out with this idea a week b4 his b'day, and very satisfied with the outcome as the souvenir shop owner rushed up for me in 5 days time and did the artwork for me at no cost.

back view with school logo.

TQ everyone for making my boy so happy on his big day, also red packet from grandparents & present from big kor-kor & jiejie.

Happy 6th B'day to Jo2-Part 1

2010-10-26T11:22:00.000+08:00

yummy cake

1 Oct 2010, celebrated Jo2's b'day at my parents' place (follow the lunar calendar). It was juz a simple celebration with family, and we had cake, pizza, mee-suah soup & red eggs.

Our new addition to the family - Part 2

2010-08-10T12:33:00.002+08:00

It's been 10 days now, Daisy is indeed very active turtle but not T-Rex. Most of the time, T-Rex is hiding inside the shell, and not moving at all. I guess he is still not adapted to this new environment. Both don't like turtle sticks nor bread, and I am kind of worried how long they can survive without food.

So, my kids hired a "guardian" to look after their "pets" while we are away during day time.

Kata dasar for Joshua is 'shua'

2010-08-05T17:14:00.000+08:00

Every Thursday, my boy will have rencana in school. So, last nite when we go thru the sentences for today's rencana, I thought juz test him how far he knows on the kata dasar for those words. So, here I go....
Me: What is the kata dasar for menulis?
Jo2: tulis
Me: What is the kata dasar for memelihara?
Jo2: pelihara (this one I knew jiejie hint him)
Me: What is the kata dasar for mengajar?
Jo2: ajar
Me: good.....What is the kata dasar for mengikuti?
Jo2: ikuti
Me: no, just the word 'ikut' only......don't include the "i" behind, ok.
Jo2: ok.......and b4 I proceed, my son said the kata dasar for Joshua is "shua-shua"
Me: no, Joshua is your name, and there's no kata dasar.
Jo2: then why u always only call me "shua-shua" leh?
Me: b'coz it sound cute on you....LOL

Registration is done!

2010-08-04T10:17:00.002+08:00

Finally, I went to confirm Jo2's seat at Union Primary School on the 3rd of Aug 2010. I did the same registration procedure 3 years back for Jo1, and paid RM1 for the badge. The orientation will be held on the 30 December 2010, and there is a profile form to fill up, school's rules to read thru, and lists of books to buy. To me, I prefer to buy the books now rather than wait until the day where there will be so crowded or some books might be not available/ sold out. Unlike Jo1's time, Jo2 is in 1J(Jingga) which the the 4th class. It's no longer on the first come first serve basis, but according to the child's date of birth. Basically, those who are born in the month of Jan & Feb will be in the 1st class, and Mar & April in 2nd class....etc etc. I noticed that there are only 22 students in Jo2's class.
Jo2's first reaction when I told him about this news: "YEAH! now I can go buy buy things from the school mini store." (Jiejie told him about this store in school selling stationery, and there is always students in long queue buying things) Faint...faint...faint.

Welcome our new addition to the family - Part 1

2010-07-28T11:23:00.022+08:00

First, they want to have a puppy, I said "no" coz puppy is not allowed as we stay in an aprtment

then, they want to keep fish.....hamster.....

then, Jo2 said he wants to have a rooster to wake him up in the morning...

out of all the "No...No...No"

they finally settled with a turtle.

left is T-Rex, Right is Daisy

as they promised to feed them, clean the tank and wash the turtle too!! And I thought it's a good sign that they wanted to take up responsibities.

We headed to CTY aquarium on Sunday (1/8/10) right after our lunch. Both of them were very happy to be there. We visited the pet shop b4 we went to pick our "pet". We told the staff there that we are looking for turtle, she lead us to the red-eared turtle tank, opened up the cover and she grabbed out 2 turtles. She told us these 2 turtles are good, 1 female and 1 male. The moment my kids saw the turtle, they said:"hey, turtle...I named you Daisy (pointing at the female turtle) and I named you T-Rex(pointing at the male turtle). I am your new owner now, and will bring you to your new home later."

We paid money and headed home. I m so glad to see their happy faces.

School registration for Jo2

2010-07-28T10:04:00.007+08:00

On 15 July, Jo1 passed to me a paper which is the acceptance letter of Jo2's to primary school. I was waiting for this letter to arrive since the beginning of July, I expect them to send it to my mail box. Jo1 told me that her form teacher passed it to her, only I realized that once you have your #1 in that school, your #2 will automatically accepted in the same school (for convenient sake, I think)

In the mean while, Jo2 is preparing for his Kindergarten graduation concert now. He will be taking his graduation photos in September, and I need to get him a long pants, white shirt with collar, and a pair of sport shoes too. Looking forward for the day to come.

Sports Day

2010-07-22T16:32:00.008+08:00

Jo1: Mommy, I want to participate in school sports day.

Me: ok-la........if teacher picks you. (My inner thought - aiyah....teacher is not going to pick u de, juz like mommy, she doesn't have sports gene. hehehe)

Few days later......teng..teng...teng

Jo1: mommy.....I am in the 4 x 100m.

Me: what is that???

Jo1: for sports day lah, as I told you before!!!(Alamak!)

On Sports Day

Photo taken on sports day with her team members in yellow t-shirts.

during the race

The happy ending...her team won 3rd place. YEAH!!

Small boy with big dreams

2010-07-17T13:31:00.013+08:00

Jo2 told me that he wanted to buy a BIG blue car when he grown up. He said he wanted to bring mommy go kai-kai(outing), shopping, and also goto hospital to see doctor(remind me that I will be old and sick by that time). LOL

Next, he said he wanted to buy a BIG house so that he can stay with his best friends. My little boy been asking for a bigger house as we are now staying in a 1100 sq. ft apartment has not much space for him to run around. Sorry, boy....daddy & mommy has no intention to buy another house in Penang at this moment coz the price of landed property is hiking up + I don't have the energy and time to clean a bigger house .

Of course, he knew that to buy all these, he needs to earn lots of money. He said he wants to be like "Bob the builder", engineer like papa2jojo, pilot like uncle Ivan....blah blah blah....and this morning, he told me he wants to be a double decker bus driver. FAINT!!!

Mid-Term school holiday (Week 2)

2010-06-16T21:32:00.009+08:00

14-16 June (Monday-Wed) I signed up for them to join science camp for 3 days at RM120/each. On the first day, they learned about Inertia and how to make chalk. They played hopscotch using the chalk they made. Jo1's named her group 6 Einstein and Jo2 group is Happy Scientist.

On Tuesday, they decorate their project folder and make origami. At 5PM, I went to fetch them. In the car, I told them that I got a good news and bad news for them. The bad news is - I am taking them to Dr.Sim's clinic which is few blocks away from their school. Their annual influenza jab is due, and this time they are taking influenza + H1N1 (2 in 1). Jo1 weight at 29kg and Jo2 is 20.3kg. Both of them asked Dr for a smaller needle so that not so painful, but so shame that Jo1 cried. Dr recalled that when she was a baby, she never cried at all.

And the good news is - mummy will bring them to cinema to watch The Karate Kid tonite. Surprisingly no queue at the ticketing counter, we managed to grab a good seat for a good show. The movie lasts for 2 hrs 15min and we reached home at 11PM.

On Wednesday, the last day of their camp they learned how to make ice-cream in 10min. Both came home happily with their stuff done at the camp in a orange color bag.

What a fruitful holiday they had...

Mid-Term school holiday (Week 1)

2010-06-16T15:34:00.028+08:00

Jo1 has 2 weeks of school holiday right after 1st semester 2nd evaluation. This round, I planned ahead instead of letting her sitting at home watching tv whole day. School holidays began on 5 June, and her school celebrated Teacher's Day a day before. All her classmates brought food to school, it was a potluck party. She had fun eating, playing games and some performance for the teachers.

On the 8 June (Tuesday), both of them had excursion to the bird park and KFC at Batu Lanchang for lunch. It was arranged by Jo2's kindergarten, so they have bird show by the trainer. This is their 2nd trip to this place, but surprising they can't recall.

On the 9 June (Wednesday) Jo2 went to school while Jo1 stay at my parents' place. I received a call from PBB (Macalister branch). Initially I thought she wanted to confirm cheque issued, later only found out that Jo1 won consolation prize for a coloring contest that her school teacher send in on behalf. Mummy so happy and proud to hear about it.

On the 11 June (Friday), we took an early flight to Kuala Lumpur. Rent a car with GPS and headed to A Famosa Resort, Melaka. Due to time constrain, we bought ticket for Animal World safari and Carnival at Cowboy town. We paid RM200+ for 2 adults and 2 children, lunch included. The ride by safari truck was so bumpy, but we get very close to all the wild animals. I think they should warn people ahead, it's def not suitable for pregnant women, babies or ppl with heart problem. My kids enjoyed the Wild Wild West show amongst. By 4pm, we were done with safari but carnival only start at 8:30PM. So, we left A Famosa to a nearby town - Tampine hunting for dinner. Back to Cowboy Town around 7:30PM, the Red Indian show and carnival was amazing.

Kids were scared of the python

Flamingo with black lip sticks

On the 12 June (Sat), we woke up late as everyone was very tired. Bath and had breakfast at the hotel, we arrived at KLCC Aquaria at noon. Bought family package ticket at RM99 (2 adults & 2 children). We spent quality time there for about 4 hours. Shark feeding session was the most excited of all. Next, we went to Mid-Valley Megamall for dinner and shopping. Also, drop by relatives house near Bukit Jalil b4 back to hotel.

On the 13 June (Sun), CH - my youngest BIL join us today as we planned to visit sky bridge Petronas Twin Tower. Unfortunately, all entrance tickets we gave away even though we reached there at 9am (this is my 2nd attempt to go there). We didn't stay at KLCC for long, we went to Pavilion instead. We walked around Pavilion, Starhill galary, Lot 10 and Sungai Wang since all these places are nearby to each other. Had a good rest at Coffee Beans for about an hour b4 we headed to KLIA at 5PM. Luckily Lbh Putrajaya wasn't jam at all and my flight from KL - PEN at 8PM on time. That's the end of my KL trip and home sweet home at 10:30PM.

Drawing class

2010-04-28T12:13:00.031+08:00

the turtle he drew is Rex, the pet that we kept for 2months

Jo2 started his drawing class 1 year ago, above is the drawing he has done so far. He can finish 1 drawing within 2hours using color pencil and crayon in alternate week. Most of the time, he told the teacher that he wants to draw dinosaurs and Ben10.

Hello 2010

2010-01-16T17:54:00.013+08:00

2010 means... ...

Jo1 is turning 9 (standard 3) and Jo2 is turning 6(kindi 2) this year. Jo1 is in the 1st class this year (more tough and lots of homework) actually I prefer her to stay in the 2nd class. In fact, she told me that her classmates are not friendly and more selfish compared to last year. I am a mommy who put priority on attitute coz I don't want my kids to grow up with attitude problem. Good thing is that, Jo1 still befriendwith her old classmates during tea break.

Being in the 1st class, her classroom has a big size air cooler, 2 fans and new table and chair. Other than that, I also noticed that there are grill installed on the classroom, and window has curtain. Now, the canteen is cleaner and look brighter with new mosaics.

2 years ago, when Jo1 first enrolled to this school, I was very unsatisfied with the toilet. Now, I am so happy when I see the new cleaner toilet. And also not forget the newly renovated canteen which look brighter and cleaner now.

Meanwhile, Jo2 has not much changes for this year. He is still in the same kindergarten since nursery1 except he insisted not to take his afternoon nap now. Yup, he said he is a big boy now. This big boy will wake up @ 8am, brush teeth, change into uniform (button by himself w/o mommy's help), choose clothes to bring to school, go to the living room to check whether mommy has prepared "bento" for his tea break @ school, then he will take his vitamins(able to open the cap , play his toy for a while b4 he carry his school bag leaving for school. This year, he will be sitting for 2 exams (mid year & year end). He also has spelling every week since the beginning of this year. In fact, he already get used to these since last year.

Monday - Malay spelling (Ejaan - morning session)
Tuesday - Chinese spelling (听写 - afternoon session)
Wednesday - Dictation (morning session)
Thursday - Malay spelling (Ejaan - afternoon session)

Indeed, I really thank god that I am blessed to have 2 of them as my children... ...
I hope it's a good start for the year 2010, and will lasts forever.

Summary 2

2009-12-04T17:58:00.000+08:00

November mark the month to celebrate birthdays - for my father, papa2jojo and Jo1. Sorry no photos to share for the guy's b'day coz we juz had simple dinner with all the family members. As for Jo1, I ordered a lychee cake with "strawberry shortcake" pics for her. I am very satisfied with the cake in terms of the taste and outcome. The food served also very nice since it's one of our favorite Japanese restaurant.

very nice and tasty cake

the b'day girl looks so happy.

time to make a wish... ...

last but not least..can't take a big group photos as this restaurant has limited space.

HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY, JOLENE.

Mummy, papa and didi will love you as always. Thanks for the happiness u bring to me with all the hugs and bedtime kisses everynite. I am blessed and thankful to have you around in the family.

Summary 1

2009-12-03T16:43:00.001+08:00

Seriously, I don't know where to start now after a long blogs break. I am in dilemma...
Anyway, I am going to summarize whatever I can recall.

Right after Jo1's 2 semester first exam (end of August 09), we went for a day trip to kedah. This is more like a education trip for her. We passed by padi field on our way heading to The Padi Musuem where both my kids enjoyed seeing the farm animals. They kept counting the numbers of cows they saw. We did stop by Gunung Keriang since it's located nearby, but nothing to shout about there except a few crystal shop at the bottom of the mountain.

My parents and kids looking @ painting inside the

museum

Next, we have a new addition to the Ng family. Papa2jojo's eldest brother's R.OM was held on 20 Sept @ Taiping. The ceremony was held in the morning and we had luncheon right after that.

Next, we have Mid-autumn celebration @ PSC. This year, kids' PD also invited us to celebrate this festival in his new clinic, but we didn't turn up coz I prefer to celebrate it with my parents.

October means the month for birthday celebration. Jo2 turned 5 this year. He had his b'day celebrated @ school and @ my parents place.

He picked Mickey Mouse wearing light blue shirt for his cake.

then......he told me he wanted to wear the light blue shirt that we bought from HongKong Disneyland.

On that day, he asked his jiejie to wear blue blouse too!!!

in fact, his school uniform is blue color too!!! Isn't he very good in "Matching" color. Maybe, he wanted a "blue themed" b'day, juz mommy didn't notice about it.

"Cross my heart" he said

2009-08-27T14:34:00.007+08:00

Went to the movie "Up" on Monday nite (24/8/09),

36 hours later....It was Wednesday morning, I changed him and get him ready for school.

While walking out the room, he turned his head and say : "mommy, I love you. Cross my heart.

*heart melts*
very worthy movie ticket I paid!!!

Dinosaur World -Part 2

2009-08-26T13:31:00.007+08:00

Jo2 turned my coffee table into "The Land before time" on the day my eldest sis gave him all these dinosaurs.

He was so amazed with so many Dinosaurs

He grouped them accordingly.

He counted them repeatedly, I heard he said altogether 27 Dinosaurs.

(Yippee, I am sure these new friends will keep him busy and entertained for quite some time)

Dinosaur World -Part 1

2009-08-25T17:57:00.004+08:00

Jo2 been sketching this kind of drawing ever since we watch the movie Ice Age3. This is his imagination of Dinosaur World - with big and small sizes, fat and thin, some can fly and some can swim, what's more with very exciting stories.

Wordless

2009-08-12T15:23:00.004+08:00

Jo2 gave his principal a shock this morning when he rushed to her and told her that he is "BLIND."

What happened???

His principal called me around 10am, and told me my my boy really scared her, he told her that he is blind b'coz he forgot to bring his spectacles. He searched thru his bag and very sure he left it at home. When asked whether he can see clearly, he said he can see something, and something cannot see. So, I assume that he was trying to say that he can see but not very clear.

Sorry, my boy. Mommy forgot to put your spectacles in your bag this morning, you have to be so called "blind" for half a day.

He said...

2009-08-03T18:06:00.006+08:00

Here are things that he said to make jie jie angry:

1. We are going to Toy r'us, instead of saying toy r'us, he said " yeah, we are going to boy r'us," and this place is meant for boy only, jie jie is a girl so she cannot go.

2. Jie jie is smelly.

He looks odd in this photo. Head is bigger than body.....hahaha

Jo1 is my good helper

2009-07-28T15:32:00.006+08:00

Jo1 helped didi to dress up on last Sunday morning. She assured me that she can handle to bathe and change for Jo2. Came out from the bathroom, I heard they were inside the bedroom "chimchim chamcham" whispering to each other while I was washing their milk bottle & water tumbler.

Taadaaa....Surprise! Mommy!

photo taken @ the corridor on our way out for lunch

She picked a white dress, pink hairband, and a crystal bracelet for herself while Pooh shirt and white pants for didi, very matching in fact. She even asked didi to wear his Ben10 watch.

Thanks my dear! You are my best, as always!

四眼仔

2009-06-26T13:48:00.009+08:00

I noticed about my Jo2 has poor vision about a year ago. Finally, I took a 1/2 day off to the eye specialist for a eye test since my regular optimist was unable to take an accurate eye test

checking on him. They said he is too young to focus, and he moves a lot and cannot stay still for long.

The result:

Yes, he needs a spectacle to improve his vision. At first, I choose a spec with red color frame for him, but he said he prefer blue color one to match with his clothes. So, we decided to let him pick the color he likes since he has to wear it everyday from now onwards.

Back home, I teach him how to take care of his spec b4 he start to wear it in school.

On the first day @ school, teachers said he wore glasses all the time in the classroom. Back home, he told me that his 2 girlfriends said he looks "cute" wearing glasses. I think he looks very cute like "chicken little."

A week later, I had a good laugh during the mid term parent-teacher meet when Linda (the principal) told me that Jo2 said he must take good care of his spec b'coz mommy said it's very expensive one-leh.

So far, I am relieved that he can take care of his spec. It's still in good condition after a month, and I hope that it will lasts until his next appointment with the eye specialist in Sept.

Hong Kong 5D4N - Day 3 & 4 & 5

2009-06-21T20:28:00.012+08:00

21/06/09 Thursday

Plan changed as I woke up and was raining outside. We had Mc.D for our breakfast in the room, and headed to Harbour City Shopping Mall. We shopped for about 2 hours there, and had our lunch in the mall. We walked to Star Ferry Pier and took the ferry to Central. We went to The Peak, enjoyed the view of the city during sunset after we visited Madame Tussuad's (Jo2 don't like this place, he refused to take any photo).

But, papa2jojo took a lot of photos here.

We had our dinner @ Spaghetti 360 degree (no more wonton noodles or burgers, what a relief). Each of us bought a T/shirt from Hard Rock, The Peak as souvenir. We went for another round of the night view b4 we headed downhill by the peak tram.
What a day!

22/06/09 Friday

Shopping Day @ Causeway Bay during day time and Ladies Market @ nite. Had wonton noodles (again) @ 池记，and kids requested to have fastfood for dinner.

Inside the shopping mall.

23/06/09 Sat

Final call b4 back to Penang. We woke up earlier than @ 8:30 am b'coz papa2jojo said he wanted to go to Wong Tai Sin temple. I had "teng zhai" porridge for breakfast on our way back to hotel. Took a shower, check out and headed to HK Airport.

When the plane was about to depart, I asked my kids to say bye-bye to HK, but they said they like Hong Kong & hotel, they don't want to go home.

The End!

5D4N @ Hong Kong - Day 2

2009-06-16T16:48:00.025+08:00

14/06/09 Wednesday

Eaton Hotel - Hong Kong Disneyland

Morning call @ 8am, and they informed me that temp. outside is 24°C cloudy. Later, I decided to give it a green lights and woke the kids up @ 9:30am. We walked to Jordan Mass Transit Railway(MTR) station (about 3 mins walk from hotel), and kids enjoyed their first ride on MTR to Disneyland. Both of them so excited when they saw the arrival of "Mickey shuttle" at Sunny Bay Station - where the magical began.

Jo2:"mommy, I cannot open my eyes, too bright."

got our entrance ticket in less than 2 mins (~11:19am). No Q at all.

Probably due to influenza A(H1N1) alert, it wasn't crowded at all. We managed to cover adventure land, Fantasy land, and Tomorrow land by 7pm, no Q at all for all the rides and shows. We even went for 2 times for some of the rides. It wasn't like all the feedback I got where this place very packed. In fact, I rarely see any local ppl.

this is the only spot we needed to Q up.

Right after the High School Musical show@ noon, we headed to a garden @ Fairyland and took photos with some of the Disney characters, Jo2 kept asking me where is Donald? what is Donald doing now? Why he didn't come out to meet us? So, I told him that we took photo with Daisy already, it's the same. His answer: "No, it's not the same. I know they are from the duck family but Daisy is a girl and Donald is a boy." So , I have to admit that he knows Disney better than I do.

aren't they lovely?

I would said The Magical of Golden Mickey was the best show amongst followed by the Summer Fun parade @ 3:30pm. My biggest regret was to go for the space mountain ride, my heart really cannot take it.

We waited until 8pm for the fireworks, browse around the souvenir shop and 3 of us picked something to buy except papa2jojo. But, he still need to pay the bill!! HaHa

5D4N @ Hong Kong - Day 1

2009-06-16T13:00:00.023+08:00

My kids spent their 2nd week school holiday in Hong Kong. We changed our initial plan to depart from Monday (8/6/09) to Tuesday (09/06/09) since there is an excursion by their school to Paya Terubong Fire Station & Mc.D on Monday.

9/06/09 Tuesday

Day 1 Pen - KL - HK

Our flight arrived in HK on time. Check-in to Eaton Hotel Hong Kong @ 3pm. Let the kids had their shower, rest and watch TV for a while b4 we start our walk to Tsim Sha Tsui Harbour. Yes, the kids managed to walk along Nathan Road to Victoria Harbour，and we had our dinner at 香港仔鱼蛋粉. We are not very particulars in terms of food, so for dining place we only opt for cleanliness with reasonable price. Lucky us to find this place where kids loved the food and papa2jojo liked their homemade chili paste to go with his bowl of rice with duck meat. We reached Victoria Harbour around 7pm, enjoyed our promenade along harbour b4 sunset till The Avenue of Stars 星光大道. We waliked into New World Centre while waiting for The Symphony of Lights to start幻彩詠香江 @ 8pm. Back to hotel right after the show and ended our first day in Hong kong with supper from Mc.D.

It's been a year

2009-04-18T11:09:00.009+08:00

Jo1 started her drawing class a year ago. Here's what she had done so far.

大扫除 & CJ7 Mother's Day

Hungry Ghost Festival

Merdeka Day

Mid-Autumn & Hari Raya

Merry Christmas
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Easter & 清明节

Teacher commented that her progress a bit slow coz she is the humble type of ppl. Each piece of drawing shouldn't take more than 4 hours (2 lessons), and she is not ready for water color yet. Still need more practice on crayon for the next few months.

Guess what, someone has started his drawing in this month too.... ... it's my "cheeky boy" aka Jo2.

Bento tools giveaway

2009-04-02T17:50:00.005+08:00

I packed lunch box for my children to school everyday so that they can eat it during tea break. I was out of idea of what to pack until I came across Maisie Eats Bento that gave me great ideas on what food to pack.

Until now, I still don't have any tools to start bento-ing. Will start my bento when I got the tools so that I can make the food more interesting, and hopefully my son will eat more food I prepared.

Tools above look interesting, right?
Guess what??
To celebrate the 100th Bento of that blog, there will be a random prize drawing on the run until Apr 5 2009 at midnight EST.
So, why Wait? Check out the site now.

Mommy, we need CCTV

2009-04-01T13:24:00.018+08:00

Last nite, Jo2 said we need a CCTV in our house... ...

What happened???

here's the story...

In the afternoon, I picked Jo2 from his school to see PD b'coz he had rashes (due to allergy)on his face. I applied elomet cream and gave him piriton and is still not working. His PD's moved to a new clinic, and it's juz a few blocks from his school. My appointment was 12:30pm, and I reached there earlier. So, the nurse told me that I can bring Jo2 upstairs to play at the playroom while waiting.

I was in the toilet when Dr.Sim called up his name. He walked into the consultation room by himself. I came out from the toilet, nurse told me that my son is in Dr.Sim's clinic. I opened the door and my boy was chit chatting with the doc. I missed what conversation they had, but Dr.Sim only commented that I am lucky to have 2 HAPPY kids. He asked about Jo1 even though she wasn't there while doc make his checking on Jo2's face & body. Suddenly, Jo2 pointed at the monitor, and he recognised that that was the playroom where he was juz now.

Jo2's All time favourite dino t-shirt and "soi-soi" (innocent) look

I feed him medicine at the clinic b4 I sent him back to school for his afternoon Chinese class. I didn't mentioned anything about the CCTV.

Back to school about 1 pm, he had his milk and nap. Teacher Sara told me that my boy very TALKATIVE in class. Unlike Jo1, very quiet and obedient. But, she assured me that Jo2's

behavior will change as they grow, after all he is a BOY!

On the way home after dinner, I asked Jo2 why he talked to his friends in the classroom, within second he replied me that he actually doing his HOMEWORK as he finished his SCHOOLWORK already. (yes, he is a pro in giving good excuses). I lied to him that I saw it thru the CCTV, and he believed me as the school is equipped with CCTV too.

At home, while I was taking my bath, he came to knock on my door and he said:"M-O-M-M-Y, WE NEED CCTV AT HOME." Why-le? So that Papa2jojo can see it from office whenever jiejie scold me. LoL...

In fact, he started the "WAR" most of the time-lo.

Hair cut

2009-04-01T12:56:00.003+08:00

My BIG girl cried at the hair salon, other hair dresser also walked to me and told me that my girl cried-liao......b'coz bad mommy insisted to cut her hair due to the HOT weather. Normally, only go to salon to trim but not really cut. I let her keep her hair long b'coz I like girls with long hair, and is a must during Ballet exam. I promised that only cut for 1 time, and will let it grow later.

I think this hair style make her more "student" look, neat and easier for me to wash. And I am satisfy with it.

菩提心园

2009-03-17T14:30:00.007+08:00

We had a city getaway on 15 Mar 2009 morning to Bodhi Heart Sanctuary
Jo1's Sunday school is having their morning session there instead of the usual temple. It's consider an outing for the children too. I decided to follow since I have never been there before and would like to make sure that she is safe. I drove there, but she followed the school bus provided. The route to this place has to pass by a private cemetery, I swear I will not drive there by myself at nite. Once we reached the place, a special smell stint our nose (cow's shit) that we rarely get in the city (that's what I told my kids). I tour around the place and took a few photos of outdoors and indoors.

Dancing for charity

2009-03-01T16:39:00.001+08:00

Rehearsal at Dewan Sri Pinang (Jo1 standing 2nd from left)

Theme: "By the children, for the children"
Organized by: Greenapple Ballet Academy & Lions Club of George Town
Date: 29 Feb & 1 March 2009
Venue: Dewan Sri Pinang

My daughter was very excited when the teacher informed her that she will participate in a charity concert for the first time. When I asked her what charity means? She said charity means you buy a ticket as a donations and then later use the ticket to buy food....Ya, she was partly correct, she actually refer to charity food fair.

So, the reason I let her perform was b'coz it's a good stage experience for a good cause even though I know that I need to make transportation arrangement for practices, and self pay for the costumes. Moreover, it's close to the school 1st term exam week!!!

Anyway, being a supportive mom, I went to the concert on both days, and it was a fantastic show esp the finale. On Sat show, I was in the front row but too bad no photography with flash is not allowed coz they hired professional photographer and video taking. So, I ordered a DVD and some photos from the Ballet school, as a memorable for Jo1 to keep.

The proceeds from tickets sales will go to 7 Children's home in Penang-Handicapped Children’s Centre, Ramakrishna Orphanage, St Joseph’s Orphanage, Pertubuhan Thalassaemia Pulau Pinang, The Children’s Protection Society, Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti and Pertubuhan Rumah Kebajikan Seri Cahaya Pulau Pinang. According to the MC, their target was to raise RM50K, the good news is they managed to collect over RM70K. This means that economic downturn doesn't stop Penangites from doing charity...esp to the children in need.

Ben 10 collections

2009-02-21T16:51:00.007+08:00

On top of these stuff, he has a sticker book which consists of 500 Ben's stickers, pyjamas that mommy need to wash every morning since he wants to weat it every nite ( I think I need to get him another set, in fact I was told that 1 mommy bought 18 sets of Ben 10 pyjamas for her son)

In school, teacher called him Ben10 boy, that's make him even happier.

Hard work pays off

2009-02-21T16:24:00.003+08:00

Jo1 standing on the 3rd from right.

Coconut

2009-02-16T16:30:00.004+08:00

It was about bedtime, and I was making milk for my kids. Jo2 ran to me and told me that he wanted to drink coconut water. So, I promised him that I will buy it tomorrow since it's too late and all the shops closed already.

The next day, I bought 2 packets only since most of the time, Jo2 ordered and he don't really like to drink coconut water. To my surprise, both of them manage to finish 1 packet, and ordered again. This round, he said he wanted to drink it from the coconut, that's only consider as drinking coconut water.

So, did they ask for another round.

Answer is : no. I guess too much coconut water make them visit the toilets too regalarly until the wee is pure white!! (that's what they told me)

You are "Beary" special.

2009-02-14T15:49:00.001+08:00

I received this right after I stepped into the house from work on Valentine's Day. It's a very simple red color paper plate with a bear holding a heart shape note stating : You are beary special. Very impressive art work done by Jo2.

We went to Miraku Japanese Restaurant for dinner, all of us enjoyed the food very much,and we were lucky to get a table without prior reservation made. Papa2jojo and I don't really celebrate this occasion, so we actually didn't planned to dine out since Jo1 has to go to school until 6:30pm. It's a replacement class for long holidays during CNY.

Back home, I got another surprise....

on top of that, my lovely daughter also said this to me:

"Mommy, I luv u very much. You are the greatest mommy. "

by looking at so many heart shapes on this paper, u can tell how much she loves Me...hahaha. And I bet it's come out from the bottom of her heart.

That's really make a "beary" special mommy in this special occasion.

CNY 2009 @ Penang

2009-02-07T13:45:00.003+08:00

After all these years, I finally managed to persuade papa2jojo to take us to Kek Lok Si temple, he can take us to shopping malls and spend time there for few hours but not crowded places like this. We supposed Thaipusam celebrations @ town area has drawn the crowd away, we drove to the top where the Goddess of Mercy is located in less than 15 min.

Our first attempt was to let the kids take photo with their own zodiac. Later, Jo2 saw the ox and he said he MUST take photo with this animal, next he saw the tiger, next he saw the ... ...yup, we ended up took photos with 12 animals in Chinese Zodiac.

Her wish on the ribbon is "弟子 xxx,愿合家平安, 万事如意."

We headed home @ around 9pm, I would say that we were lucky to escape the traffic jam. Cars queue all the way on the opp lane of while we were driving down.

CNY 2009 @ Taiping

2009-02-01T20:02:00.013+08:00

As usual, my CNY is celebrated @ papa2jojo's hometown - Taiping. We had steamboat reunion dinner on the eve of CNY, all food brought all the way from Penang coz Penang wet market offers more variety.

Praying at the Taiping Buddhist temple is our routine on the first day morning of CNY after the greeting Ah Mah (my MIL) with 恭喜发财,新年快乐,身体健康.

MIL with 4 grandchildren

Kids having fun at the Taiping Lake Garden

Cruising along Taiping Lake on the a motorboat

notice that there is a plaster on Jo2's thumb?? He actually burn his hand while playing firecrackers on the nite b4. I felt very sorry and bad for what happened.

Playing near waterfall @ Bukit Larut

Happy CNY

2009-01-22T10:12:00.005+08:00

Wishing everyone a very HAPPY "MOO MOO" YEAR!!!

Phuket Trip

2009-01-03T17:30:00.063+08:00

Another back dated post.

We went to Phuket from 24 - 28 Nov. I decided to take them for holiday since it's school holiday and I need to "babysit" them while my parents was on their annual trip to China. Both of them had a great time at the beach & hotel even though most ppl thought that Phuket is not so "suitable" for kids. We were kind of relax and enjoyed ourselves, no rush, no time limits, no shopping, no sore legs for walking too much with beautiful scenery, white sandy beaches ......Every morning, we slept until "puas puas" then only we woke up, got ourselves cleanup and then go for breakfast

Our first day there was wasted b'coz the flight delayed for 3 hours. It took us another 45min drive from airport to Bangtao beach, I took the kids to the pool right after we checked-in, and the pool is juz a stone throw away from our room.

On the second day, we were on private city tour around Patong Beach. Patong Beach is way more crowded with tourists and the beach is not so clean as compared to Bangtao Beach. We passed by a few elephant trekking place but decided not to go for the ride as the elephant is "not so clean" and looked scary to me.

from left: Viewpoint, Patong Beach & Patong town.

At night, we went to FantaSea for a cultural show, which I gave it 2 thumbs up. According to the driver, FantaSea is a "must go" place if you come to Phuket. We paid about RM550 for 2 adults and 1 child for the show and a buffet dinner (Jo2 is FOC b'coz his height is below 100cm). The driver dropped us there at 6:30pm and picked up at 10:30pm.
Jo2's comments on the show was "Wow, it's AMAZING."

At the entrance of FantaSea, Jo1 with the miniature, Jo2 looked scared to stand near the elephantThe 3rd day will be the highlight of all. We tour to Phi-Phi Island by speedboat, took about an hour to reach our first destination. Visited 3 islands and papa2jojo and I take turns for snorkeling at one of the island (since kids cannot swim well and it's too dangerous for them to go snorkeling in deep sea). This was my first snorkeling experience, coral and fishes in the underwater world are so beautiful.

only my kids weared life jacket in the speedboat
Our snorkeling spot

First touch @ Maya Bay

Monkey Island
stop here for buffet lunch

Jo2:"mommy.....fishy is tickling me, HELP."

Kids collecting shells & corals.

Jo1: "mommy, see what I got!!"
resting at the beach chair

Our final stop was the fun place for kids amongst. There, they enjoyed feeding the fishes with bread at a shallow sea, using the snorkeling mask to see underwater, drinking cold drinks and eating watermelon. Papa2jojo went for another round of snorkeling again when kids were tired playing @ the beach. ME?? I was resting under the shade that we rent for RM12 and enjoyed my sweet & juicy watermelon.

Back to hotel about 6:30pm, and we had our dinner @ Hotel bcoz we were too tired esp papa2jojo, he dozed off right after his bathe and kids watched TV and dozed off to their lala-land at about 9pm.

On the next day, it's another city tour again. We visited cashew nuts factory, a mini elephant park, and headed towards The Phuket Zoo. The entrance ticket included 3 animal shows - they are monkey show, crocodile show and elephant show. Crocodile show ended at 1:30pm. We left the zoo for lunch @ 2pm, it's a seafood restaurant operated by Chinese. The zoo itself has nothing to shout about, in fact I graded it as the the dirtiest zoo that I had ever visited. Luckily, all the shows were great and value for the money we paid.

putting his head inside the crocodile's mouth.

My boy is a Dino's "fancee" now, he wouldn't miss a single spot of Dino.

Our next stop is Phuket largest Buddhist temple. We walked and prayed around for less than an hour there and bought some souvenirs from the shop beside the temple. Finally, we left for Robinson in Patong Town and had our dinner there. We got a good bargain at Warner's Bro, bought lots of Ben10 stuff for the little boy. City tour is supposed from 9 - 6pm, we were so glad that our driver is willing to wait for us until 9pm, that saved us about RM55 for taxi fare from Patong to Bangtao.
Nice weather, but kids has very sour face for no reason.

Our final day in Phuket. We headed to Airport right after we finished our breakfast in hotel. The driver picked us up at 9:30am, reached Airport about 10:30am and had my shopping spree at the duty free shop (additional 20% off for airlines staff).

That's mark an end to my 5Days4Nights stay in Phuket.

School Annual Concert 2008

2009-01-03T17:01:00.005+08:00

This year, Jo2's school annual concert fall on the second week of Nov. The concert started at 5pm, and I reached the auditorium at about 4:45pm b'coz Jo2 was very sleepy and he was a bit cranky when I tried to wake him up from his nap.

Finally, I managed to persuade him, and get him changed into his costume and out from the house at about 4:15pm. Found a nice parking space at 4:30pm, reached the hall, hand over Jo2 to the teacher in charge, looked for my seat... ...then only realised that I left my camera's battery in the charger!!!

So, with no choice but to enjoy the whole concert without taking photos.

Mickey dance by N2

Photos were taken by the principal's camera during rehersal.

Same like previous year, my little boy only enjoy himself during the grand finale. He needed time to warm up, I guess.

Excursion to Mc.D & Butterfly farm

2008-12-03T13:22:00.002+08:00

WooHoo, we are all ready to go!!!

A visit to Mc.D's kitchen

A Happy face waiting for his Happy Meal to be serve.

Both my kids went for their first excursion with school to Butterfly Farm and Mc.D in Dec 08.

Ballet pre-examination week

2008-10-30T13:56:00.005+08:00

I blogged about Jo1's Ballet pre-examination week last year, and this year's falls on 18 Oct. This year more mommies turned up with their camera, so lots of flashes when they started to dance. Her partner for this year is Aerin. Only two of them and the examiner will be in the studio during exam, teachers not allowed.

Video: Twilight Elf. My favorite amongst. Jo1 on the left with her hand holding a wand.

Basically, syllabus included knee bend, rises with arm movements, step to the side and lift, step close step & point, step close step & hop, hands opening and closing, wrists bending up and down, set arm exercises, steps taken around the room, steps and elevation, run point and port de bras, clapping waltz 3/4 & Polka 2/4, walking 4, clapping 4, walking 3, clapping 1, Twilight Elf dance, and lastly courtesy or bow.

Horse ride

2008-10-11T14:56:00.003+08:00

This is a back dated post.

My kids had their first horse ride experience at their friends' - WeiYee's b'day party. Jo1 let Jo2 go first, and they enjoyed the ride so much that they went for 3 rounds altogether. Even though they served buffet party, but my kids juz ate very little b'coz they wanted to queue up for the rides again. This horse is 19 yrs old, and he is 350 kg, so me and kids can actually ride it together but I was too shy.

Birthday song (Monkey version)

2008-10-11T14:08:00.002+08:00

This is a birthday song that Jo1 composed specially for her didi (born in the year of Monkey)

Happy birthday to you,
You are born in the zoo,
You look like monkey,
and you smell like one too!!!

I supposed Jo2 will get angry, but he didn't. After all it's HIS b'day what.....
Anyway, he is really happy with all the pressies and ang pows he got. (TQ all for remembering even though he don't have a real b'day party)

Happy 4th B'day

2008-10-09T18:41:00.005+08:00

My Jo2 has turned 4!!!
Time really flies. This year I let him celebrate his b'day @ school again. Since he prefer to share this happy moment with his teachers and friends.
So, let me start with a week b4 his b'day. First, he requested a Ben10 toy, and he got it (b'coz he is papa's only son what....). Few days later, when we went out to buy present for my nephew... ...again he choose a Ben10 toy for his cousin and exactly a same one for himself. At the toy shop, he promised that this will be his last Ben10 toy. So, I trusted his word.
Now, come to the night b4 his b'day. He was really happy, I guess I told him too soon. First, in school he told all his friends that they must come to school tomorrow, if not they will miss his b'day party. Then, he told his teacher that they must wear nice clothes and also help him to cut the cake. He had sleepless night... ...he kept telling me that he can't wait for too long (he meant he can't wait until tomorrow to come) Then, he asked for another Ben10 toy with the clause that IF MY OLD BEN10 TOY HAS BROKEN!!

He has really grown up!!!

Look at his happy face.

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY...to my one and only one Josh.

Enfa A+ smart camp is in town @ Queensbay Mall

2008-07-26T16:56:00.004+08:00

My kids loved the camp organized by Meadjohnson every year. We went there last Sunday, which is the last day of the camp (18-20 July 08). Jo1 has been looking for it since she knew about this camp through the newsletter I received. We arrived there about 3pm (this is the first time they skip their afternoon nap) straight to collect my freebies (being members) and got the play card where they get stamped for playing those games. 1/2 hour later, story session started, which my kids enjoyed very much.
After they got their card all stamped, I decided to shop around Queensbay Mall but I ended up at the camp again not long after b'coz they have no mood to walk around but very eager to go back to the camp to play games again. This round, we met the mascot owl but my kids were afraid to stand near him (no photos of that). And they played all the games, went for another story telling session... ...
We reached home about 9pm after dinner, Jo1 & Jo2 don't looked tired at all even though they were playing around all day long. To bad, I had backache even though juz accompany them around.

Every Sunday is a PLAYDAY

2008-07-17T17:55:00.004+08:00

My kids favorite place on every Sunday - playground. See how much fun they have even though they went there quite often. Also, Jo1 wants me to take photos of her in action while she slides down. In fact, it's a win-win situation b'coz both of them are happy and I can actually test out my new camera which papa2jojo bought for me as my mother's day gift.
So, we all looking forward this so called "playday."

Lastest BIG words he said...

2008-05-25T19:45:00.003+08:00

Jo2 is learning single word (vocab) in school now, he can recognize and spell out some words with no fail (for example: cow, no, mouse, duck...) and mixed up with some words (like: toy, boy, cat, car, wall, small). Yesterday, he surprised me with new words when he said:

case 1

Jo2: mommy, I want to eat peanuts.
me: is 2 enough for you?
Jo2:It's "DEFINALY" (definitely) not enough for me."

case 2:
Jo2: mommy, jiejie always "SIMPLI" (simply) say me, I don't like her.
(Pointing at his jiejie ) You don't simpli say say people-ah!

So, at the end of the day I checked on his scrapbook and I can't find these 2 words and I have no clue at all where he learn these words.

3 Days 2 Nite @ Bali

2008-04-24T10:28:00.008+08:00

Papa2jojo is posting in Denpasar, Bali for a week, so I decided to bring the kids to join him there.

It was a last minute decision, so it's kind of unplanned trip.

Our stay @ Ramada Bintang Bali Hotel was beyond my expectation. My kids even prefer to stay in the hotel rather than going out. They loved to watch TV in this cozy room...

They enjoyed feeding the fishes in the pond after their breakfast. According to Jo2, his tummy is full but the fishes are hungry, so he needed to feed them with lots of bread.

They enjoyed swimming in the pool.

while I like the hotel surroundings with tropical garden, beachfront view, convenient location, and also the friendliness of the ppl there.

Ferrari model car

2008-04-04T20:57:00.004+08:00

Papa2jojo has to pump petrol @ Shell juz to get all these collection of Ferrari model car with engine sounds. So far, we got 6 out of 7, b'coz we only get to buy a car @ RM5.90 for every RM40 we spent on petrol. We only manage to get 2 cars during each visit, and Jo2 actually counted and waiting for papa2jojo to buy him the 7th car. In fact, he is going to get it soon since papa2jojo car tank is almost empty. I didn't get any model car for him b'coz I am royal to my regular petrol kiosk that is close by to Jo2's school.

Jo1 first masterpiece

2008-03-19T10:35:00.004+08:00

Jo1 started her drawing class recently. She has been asking me to send her to drawing class since last year but I never take it seriously and I don't want her to be over scheduled. I let her started her drawing class this month b'coz her mental arithmetic teacher has to stop all the classes due to health problem which she needs to go back to her hometown to get treatment and rest for a long time.

So far, she has attended the class for 3 times, and the teacher commented that she needs more "patience" but I am satisfied with her first masterpiece. I mean she is still a beginner, patience is not something that can be change in overnight. I send her to you juz b'coz she likes to draw.

Even when she was admitted to hospital recently, she spent her free time drawing, and put up on the room's door. She did a few nice drawings, even Dr. Sim teased whether those drawings are up for auction. I noticed that all the doc, nurses, cleaner, and some visitors actually stopped to look at it when they passed by.

Hospitalised

2008-03-15T15:15:00.007+08:00

Note: see how my cheeky son pose...

The school term holiday is going to end soon. Others have 1 week of holiday while my kids have 2 weeks of holiday. Both of them were sick and hospitalised; Jo1 had viral fever and Jo2 had acute bronchitis. Both of them were recovered and discharged after staying at hospital for 5 days with 1 lodger(me) taking care of them at night time, that's how my kids and I spent our 2008 first term school's holiday.

Normally, I can handle whenever my kids are sick but this round is different. Jo1 was down with high fever on Sunday, she slept through for hours and still very tired. I fed her with PCM every 4 hourly, and she scared me when I tried to wake her up for medicine and she was unconscious no matter how. I kept calling her name, shake her body and I was panic don't know what to do except tears dropped from my eyes. All the while, I thought I was brave and tough, I can handle everything even when papa2jojo is not around. Since papa2jojo is at work, I called to inform him and my mother to ask for help. At the end, I rushed them to Dr.Sim's new clinic @Srigim Medical Centre. I felt so relieved when my mother went to hospital to take care of Jo2 and papa2jojo also came later.

My mother helped me to take care of Jo2 for a night, and she called me the next day that Jo2 got cough and can't sleep for the whole night. So, I got no choice but asked her to bring Jo2 to the clinic for treatment also. That's how I ended up having 2 kids in the same hospital.

When Jo1 is no around

2008-03-15T14:55:00.004+08:00

This happened on a beautiful Sunday morning 2 weeks ago where Jo1 needs to go for extra tuition lesson since she will be sitting for her 1st school's term exam soon.

While having fun playing outside, Jo2 said: "mommy, take photo-la." So, I ended up snap snap snap a few of them. I think the kids also noticed that mommy is "a bit lazy" to take their photos recently.

POSE for the year of 2008

2008-02-20T16:32:00.003+08:00

Note: same pose in different places.

I miss u, mama

2008-02-20T15:57:00.002+08:00

Nowadays, my boy has many excuses when he is too lazy to go to school. But, so far I never let him skip the class juz b'coz of his tiredness / laziness.

Case 1:
At night b4 go to bed
Jo2: mommy, 2morrow I got school or not?
mommy: yes, u go to school from Mon - Fri, except Sat & Sun.
Jo2: How about jiejie (Jo1)? She no school, I also no school.
mommy: yes, jiejie goes tuition in the morning and then go to school in the afternoon.
Jo2: orrr......

Case 2:
wake up in the morning
Jo2: wakey, wakey. Mommy, sun come out oredi, I want nen-nen (milk).
mommy: ok, ok.
Jo2: (after he finished milk, he will stretch his arms) mommy, I very tired, no enerygy to go to school. I go to school so many many times oredi.
mommy: nvm, later u can take a nap after school, ok.
Jo2: ok. (but look sad and walked away.....)

Case 3:
Drop him to school, he shows his unwillingness to go down from the car
mommy: say good morning to teacher
Jo2: (keep silent)
Teacher: say "bye-bye" to yr mommy
Jo2: (keep silent)
Jo2: mommy, I go to school, u cannot see me, then u will miss ME!
(Look back wave to me) I MISS U , MAMA (very touching, I felt so close when he call me mama instead of mommy)

Happy Lunar New Year 2008

2008-02-15T16:31:00.005+08:00

Wishing everyone a VERY HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Primary school

2008-01-19T14:01:00.000+08:00

Jo1's primary school's life began on 3 Jan, 2008. Prior to that, she went for an orientation which was held on 26 Dec '07, we had speeches from the headmistress, buying books, paying misc. fees, "wondering" around the school, getting to know the teachers and friends.

Her classroom on the 2nd floor.
She goes for computer class & music class in this building.

What's Jo1's commnents about her school : HOT & TIRED
See, u can tell by looking at her face.

What's mommy comments about her school : DIRTY & SMELLY TOILET
Yes, we both need to accept and get adapted. Kindi lasts for 3 hours, and primary school lasts for 6 hours which is double the time. Also, I asked her to take shower 3 times a day since afternoon class is sure hotter than morning class.

Ku-Ku bird

2008-01-08T18:09:00.000+08:00

This is what happened yesterday....
Early in the morning, Jo1 woke up and straight to the toilet to wee and Jo2 rushed to me and told me that jie-jie's ku-ku bird is lost. "HIS" ku-ku bird is in the toilet bowl, so "cannot find-lo."

At night, my boy spoke his first sentence in mandarin to me (after 4 days of learning Chinese @ nursery), and it's all about ku-ku bird again.
Jo2: mommy, "wo de peng you you ku-ku bird......." (My friend has penis)
Mommy: Only boy has ku-ku bird, ok.
Jo2: Jie-jie no ku-ku bird. Lost in the toilet bowl oredi.
Mommy: No, jie-jie is a girl, so she doesn't have ku-ku bird.
Jo2: How about u, u have ku-ku bird?
Mommy: Mommy is a boy or girl?
Jo2: Girl. So daddy has ku-ku bird, he is a boy.
Mommy: ya-ya, that's right.

Father's 65th B'day

2007-12-22T16:36:00.000+08:00

Kid's laptop

2007-12-22T15:17:00.000+08:00

Both Jo1 & Jo2 have their own children's laptop as their b'day present. Jo1 has a red & white with mouse while Jo2 is in orange and green w/o mouse.
One day, while I was checking my e-mail, Jo2 came and unpluged my mouse, he told me that his "computer" needed a mouse. So, I got no choice but to give him an old mouse from the drawer. He walked away happily with the mouse and tide the wire around his computer. Later, he came to me again.......this round he asked me why his computer cannot go here b'coz he wanted to see Clifford, the big red dog.........
Guess what's next???? He came to me again and told me that he doesn't like colorful computer, he likes black color one juz like mommy one.

Dry by night

2007-12-05T14:34:00.000+08:00

Mommy is glad to announce that Jo2 is officially dry by night on Monday 10/12/07. It happened fews weeks ago where I have to woke up 2-3 times in the middle of the nite to change pyjamas again for my little boy who sleep beside me. He wet the bed and himself b'coz he simply took out his diapers after I felt asleep.
Later, followed by nights where he refused to wear diapers b4 bedtime, so mommy and daddy had to take turns to check on him whether he wanted to wee wee....
Finally, my boy decided that he doesn't want to wear diapers like a "BABY" juz 3 days after mommy went to buy 2 packs of diapers which consists of 50 pcs each. Those diapers will be useful for the next time when we go out so that I don't have to rush him to the public toilets.

Happy 6th B'day to Jo1

2007-11-28T21:48:00.000+08:00

This is a back dated post.

Jo1 celebrated her 6th b'day 5 days earlier than her actual birth date coz my mother will be away for a 5-day trip to Hanoi, Vietnam.

Her initial plan for this year's b'day is:

Invite her classmates to our house, juz play games only & b'day cake only.

Buy a Barbie doll.

Dinner @ Japanese restaurant.

Karaoke

But, mommy juz gave her a in-house family b'day treats. Brought her to Parkson to choose for Barbie doll, she ended picked a telescope and told me that she wanted to use it to see stars and planets.

School Annual Concert 2007

2007-11-23T13:41:00.000+08:00

I will follow you (by N1- 3yrs old children) - kids call it DIGI

The school annual concert was held on 18 Nov @ Komtar Auditorium A. We reached there @ 4:20pm and headed towards the backstage and leave them with their teachers at the waiting room. The concert began with a welcome speech from the principal, followed by speech from the representative of the graduates by Wong Jer Han in English, and Evelyn Looi in Mandarin. Jo2 was supposed to perform, but at last minute, Jo2 decided to withdraw. He was uncomfortable with the yellow "flower" mask, he insisted to stand beside teacher and not to move his butt & dance.

All the graduates in line after they received their scroll from the principals, and sing the theme song "The Moon represents my heart." (月亮代表我的心). Later, parents of the graduates were invited to go up to the stage to received their token of appreciation from their child where the children handed over their Pre-school education certificate in a brown envelope to their parents.

Doremon by N2 (aged 4)

Jo1's first performance - Bollywood express.

Darren (sis#2's son) performing in Balqis dance by K1 students (5 yrs old)

Jo1's 2nd dance - Lotus dance
Grand finale - where my Jo2 finally warmed up and enjoyed himself to sing the theme song and later dance "I WILL FOLLOW YOU." They really have fun and dance like DISCO KAKI.

Concert started @ 5pm sharp and ended @ 6:45pm
We left for dinner with my parents, BIL#2, Sis#2 + kids after the concert. We had a real express one, and reached home about 7:45pm coz everyone was really tired and the kids still need to bathe and remove the make up.

He likes to say......

2007-11-23T10:31:00.000+08:00

Recently, this is what Jo2 likes to say after he say "thank you" or "sorry."

Give him something, he will say:
"THANK YOU, mommy hamburger..........." or " THANK YOU, jiejie hotdog bun..........." or
"THANK YOU, kongkong sushi..........." or "THANK YOU, A-mah pancake..........."

same thing when he apologise, he will say the word sorry followed by the name of food or things that came across his mind. Last nite, we had "Sorry, jiejie ambulance...." aiyooyoo this boy really make my head big.

11.11.07

2007-11-13T19:37:00.000+08:00

Our recent trip to KL to attend a relative wedding that was held on 11 Nov.

Words mixed up

2007-10-26T11:33:00.000+08:00

Case 1: McDonald's vs Old MacDonald

Everyday, we will passed by Mc'D in GreenLane on the way to Jo2's school. He will start to sing :" Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I -O........" At first, I thought he juz feel like to sing until I noticed that he actually pointing at the restaurant and sing the old MacDonald song (repeatably). Slap my head, I was slow to realise this.

Case 2: Oh! Men vs Old man

Whenever Jo1 makes something that he think it's a big deal, he would slap his forehead and say:"Oh! Men." and Jo1 would say:'what, old man, u -la look like old man, that's why teacher call u UNCLE Joshua."

Case 3: tummy ache vs tummy egg

Every time I tried to stop him from eating the junk food I would lie to my kids that those food can cause tummy ache. One day, Jo2 showed me his big tummy(after dinner) and told me that he has tummy ache. At first, I thought he was overfed. But, he told me that there are 3 eggs inside his tummy, then only I realise that he mistaken the word "ache" as "egg"

Ballet pre-examination week

2007-10-22T21:02:00.000+08:00

2 weeks from now, Jo1 is going to have her pre-primary ballet exam and parents are invited to watch their children's progress inside the studio during their practise. 4 person in a group, but Lay Ying was late for the practise on Sunday so left only Jo1, YiWen & Ritrisha. I also forgot to bring along my camera to take video of the whole session. So, I got no choice but to use my mobile phone, better than nothing right......

Introduction - skipping
Sailing the boat
Point front & close
Rocking baby

Session ends @ 11:55am, and her ballet instructor also gave us some briefing about the exam on what they should and shouldn't do. They have to come 1 hr earlier on that day and also hair must glue up (put gel) and no baby hair (loose) for Jo1's case.

My favourite song from Jo2

2007-10-13T10:42:00.000+08:00

There are a few songs that teacher taught Jo2, and he will sing it out when he is in good mood but not upon request. Amongst all I love this song, here's how it goes:

Mommy, mommy I love u,
You know that I really do;
I know that u love me too,
that's why I sing for u.........

Haha, this song is simple and short but it means a lot and it touches everyone's heart whenever he sing it b'coz he will change the mommy part to anyone like "daddy or kong-kong or jie-jie or even kakak(maid)" so I bet I am not the only one that like this song.

Birthday @ school

2007-10-05T21:22:00.000+08:00

Note: TQ Mrs. Ang for taking these photos for us.

Mommy decided to let Jo2 celebrate yr b'day @ school so that he can have all his classmates sing b'day song for him. Jo2 was a bit shy and he closed his eyes when everyone sang the b'day song for him. But, he really had a great time when he cut the cakes and gave away party bags to his friends.

Happy Birthday, Joshua........with lots of love from Daddy, mommy and Jolene jie jie.

I have 2 ballerinas @ home

2007-10-03T21:40:00.000+08:00

Jo1 is sitting for her Ballet exam on 3 Nov. On top of the normal lesson she has on every Sat, now she has to go for extra lessons on Sun, and the fees is only 70% of the fees we paid every month. Besides, we have to buy a CD for her to practise @ home. Ms. Chin, her Ballet instructor only give a "star" shape sticker to those who did practise to dance @ home. So, Jo1 has to practise and write down the date and time and show it to her instructor in order for her to get the stick. Now, whenever Jo1 practise to dance, Jo2 follow her footsteps too, and I really have fun seeing both of them dance.

Happy Mooncake Festival

2007-09-30T15:52:00.000+08:00

This is a back dated post.

We celebrated this year Mid Autumn @ PSC again. My sis#3 and parents joined us too.

Mommy vs Jo1

2007-09-30T14:23:00.001+08:00

Mommy's kindergarten's photo taken back in.........outdoor.

Similarity: both of us didn't smile.

Group photos

2007-09-30T14:09:00.000+08:00

Can figure out where is my Jo2??? He is standing beside Teacher Somsai, second one from the left in the centre row (he looks fair). Actually, the day after they took the photos, he told me that Teacher Somsai carry me, b'coz she "sayang" me, and Pei Ying (pretty girl) stands beside me!! And to my surperise, he actually can tell all his friends name when papa2jojo asked him last nite!!!

Jo1 is sitting in the front row, the 4th from right. Mommy likes her smile...

Photos are ready

2007-09-30T13:49:00.000+08:00

My little graduates passport size photo.

The quality of these photos are not good since I only have hard copy and I have to use my camera to shoot the photos.

Jolene is mommy's girl

2007-09-30T13:32:00.001+08:00

Joshua is mommy's boy

2007-09-30T13:25:00.002+08:00

We are all set for photo session

2007-09-22T17:31:00.000+08:00

Friday 21 Sept is the photo shooting day for both Jo1 & Jo2 @ school. Jo1 is taking her graduation photos so I need to apply light make up on her. She loves to put make up very much that's why she didn't complaint at all when I woke her up early in the morning.
When I dropped them to school, they greeted to the teachers, both of them walked together happily into the school. That moment... ...I recalled: time really flies, it was like juz a blink of eyes, my tiny little premature baby girl (Jo1) has grown up a pretty girl now, and may be 10 years later she's no longer mommy's girl, she has her own circle of friends.......who knows.......sooner or later she might tell me that she wants to get married @ the age of 18 (crazy me!!!)
While driving to work, I told myself that spending time with my kids is the most precious moment for me, coz they bring happiness to me more than anyone else. (although they make angry sometimes) Bonding between mommy and baby is very important until they turned 12 years old (a least), b'coz I noticed that all the children's murder case, child abuse, kidnapped only happened to children whose has irresponsible parents, who don't bother much about their children. Leave their children to the grandparents / baby sitter......bad things happen to the kids when they are undercare of their lousy parents.

Selfish vs Jellyfish

2007-09-14T20:07:00.000+08:00

After dinner, Jo1 is not wiling to share her toys with Jo2, so I walked to her......
Me: Why u so selfish, u must share him yr toy now then only he will learn to share.
Jo2: (Pointing at Jo1) U like "jellyfish." U go sell fish-la.

This little boy really make me laugh.........

Nice Matters Award

2007-09-14T19:54:00.000+08:00

Aee-hem.....I got it, I got it!!! Yes, I got this award from Kelvin's mommy, TQ, Joanne.

The originator of this award says,“those that are just nice people, good blog friends, and those that inspire good feelings and inspiration! Those that care about others, that are there to lend support, or those that are just a positive influence in our blogging world!”

Now, I am giving this award to all bloggers who enjoy reading and writing blogs juz like me!!!

First art work from school

2007-08-29T11:42:00.000+08:00

Jo2: Teacher Grace taught me how to make a "bunny hat" and she also showed me how that this is how rabbit hop....hop....hop...

Jo1: mommy, I also want to become rabbit......is it like this???

Supper @ Thai Station

2007-08-29T11:08:00.000+08:00

Mommy needs to collect her new spec @ Prangin Mall on Sunday, which means we get to go "walk-walk" again....I complaint of thirsty & tired since nobody wants to carry me.....So, we ended up in this place call " Thai Station" for drinks & Fried Koay Teow.

Jo2: Hmmm, why jiejie's can order Ice blended Mango??? Me??
Jo1: Ok-la, didi, I share u my mango....

Jo2 had high fever

2007-08-25T15:10:00.000+08:00

This is a back dated post.

14 Aug - Jo2 had fever in the middle of the night. Gave him PCM, but the fever still wouldn't go below 38. So, the next morning I brought him to see doc.

15 Aug - Fever still at the range of 38.5 - 39.3. To my worried, I brought him to see doc again. The temp. shoot up to 40.1 when Dr. Sim checked on him. That's really unbelievable, but according to Dr.Sim, they changed their termoscan every 3 months, so it's very accurate and can be trusted. So, I have no choice but to let him stay in hospital to monitor for the next few days. His fever shoot up to 40 again at around 10pm, so the nurse called up Dr. Sim. They gave him vol tron again, which mean Jo2 had 2 vol tron w/thin 6 hours in gap and the temp. still high.

16 Aug- Blood test results shown that his white blood cell is low, which mean his immune system is weak now. So, the next step is to check on his urine. Whooops!!! Jo2 had bladder infection, and his urine is very dirty........He has to be on antibiotics for the next 5 days. This is the first time, I heard that kids can get bladder infection, normally I thought on adults can get this, esp women.

17 Aug - Jo2 body temp. dropped a bit @ the range of 38.3 - 38.8. But he has no appetite to eat at all, even his favorite milk. He has to be on drip for overnight since he doesn't take plenty of water as Dr. Sim said he needs plenty of water to clean the bladder.

18 Aug - No fever at all for the whole day. But, we stayed in hospital until 20 Aug (Monday)b'coz we have to finish the whole course of antibiotics.

That's how I spent my weekend last week. Papa2jojo and Jo1 pay us visit every nite, and Jo1 tole me that she likes to stay in hospital too. Anyway, I am glad that she had been a good girl while mommy and didi is away from home. She finished her homework after school everyday, she even finished all her school holidays homework on the first day of school holiday begin.

Toddler teaches toddler to brush teeth

2007-08-11T10:24:00.001+08:00

I bought a toothbrush for Jo2 ever since his first teeth grow. Till now, the toothbrush is still in good condition b'coz he dislikes to brush teeth. All the while, I only use handkerchief to wipe his teeth until he saw this blog that my sis#3 wrote about how her son brush teeth. This morning Jo2 told me that he wanted to brush teeth, so I fast fast go and pour water on a cup, put toothpaste on his toothbrush and I told him that I help him to brush. But, he insist that he wanted to be like Vernon, he wants to hold the cup and brush his teeth on his own. So, I let him brush on his own, even though he didn't brush it the right way but I think it's a good start to cultivate a good habit.

The many faces of Jo2

2007-08-10T13:04:00.000+08:00

Kenneth Korkor (my 15 yrs old nephew) took photos of Jo2 using "burst" function of his hp.

Jo1's formal school

2007-08-08T21:25:00.000+08:00

Finally, I received a letter from Union Primary School that my Jo1 is accepted. I went to the school on the 3 Aug to make the confirmation again along with her birth cert, and paid 50cents for her badge which she has to wear it on the first day of school. She will be in 1C ( C = chocolate) which is the 2nd class after blue. Her class has 32 person that consist of 16 boys and 16 girls. I was surprised to see that so many parents oredi did their confirmation b4 me. The clerk also gave me a copy of school's rules of regulations where parents have to inform their children. The orientation day is on 26 Dec, 2006 which lasts for 3 hours.......When Jo1 knows the news, she was so excited that she is going to "BIG" school. It's "BIG" to her in the sense that the size is bigger and the head count in class as compared to her kindi now.

Before........and after school

2007-07-29T15:11:00.000+08:00

No regrets. That's what I told myself after sending him to playschool even though it's 1/2 yrs earlier than I first planned.

He begging me to read books for him b4 bedtime. He would to throw books away or tear it when I first introduced books to him. Sometimes, he even use books as a stepping stone for him to reach out something that I placed higher, and it's beyond his reach.
He sings or hymns more often than he used to be.
He likes school now. He wanted me to take him to school right after he finished his milk b4 bedtime. No more I don't want go to school......He wants to go to school everyday. Even when it is Sunday, he said he wanted to go to school too.
He is more willing to do the clean up job compared to last time. I noticed that he will push his high chair in place after dinner, place his bowl to the kitchen table top, and also keep his toys after his play time.
He gets angry when I call him "BABY." Real mad, I tell u.......and his face looks cute when he is angry. Crazy ME, sometimes I still call him "Baby" juz to make him angry.
Unfortunately he is still refuse to take vegetables even though teacher told me that he eats carrots, potatoes, beans @ school for lunch, but not during dinner time when I am around.

Jo1's first baby......carrot!

2007-07-29T15:01:00.000+08:00

We bought a packet of baby carrot seed during our last visit to Cameron Highlands. Jo1 planted the seeds and now it starting to grow. Jo1 is so happy to see it since she has been worry that the plants might not grow since it been raining days and night recently. Now, we really looking forward to see the first baby carrot. My MIL reminds her to bring 2 carrots for her on her next visit to Taiping.

My sausage bun

2007-07-26T20:59:00.000+08:00

It's been almost a month since Jo2 started his play school life. The begining was not easy, and wasn't that hard too. Now, I am glad that he likes his school, and accroding to teacher he is a friendly, cute, happy go lucky boy. Yesterday, Teacher asked me whether want to let him participate in school annual concert, and today the school's principal Linda told me a jokes about him during tea break.

While Jo2 is eating his sausage bun during tea break, Linda talked to him
P. Linda: I m hungry, can I eat yr sausage bun.
Jo2: I eat oredi-woh. (he meant he started to take bite)
P. Linda: Never mind, I want to eat 1/2 only.
Jo2: Cannot one......my mommy buy for ME one!
P. Linda: The, next time ask yr mommy to buy for me also, can?
Jo2: My mommy only buy for me and Joning jie jie (that's how he call Jo1)
Jo2: U ask yr mommy go and buy for u-la.....ok!
The conversation ended until Linda don't know what to say, while he also finished his bun.

My first assignment - What can a Million do tag

2007-07-25T20:33:00.000+08:00

When I first started to work in 1998, I told myself that my life will be easy, my dreams will be fulfilled, and I will be very satisfied when I earn my first RM100K. Now, I oredi had my first RM100K, but life is still the same as now I have to earn and save for my kids. So, it wasn't as easy as I first thought. Blame myself on this, I m the type of person who But, angeleyes give me a chance to have dream again.

So, if I have 1 Million (of course I prefer in USD too)

70% goes to investment. Yes, invest, invest, invest in anything that can generate more money so that I will have more passive income. By doing so, I can retire at earlier age. and also to have sufficient fund for my chidren's tertiary education .
20% for spending. Yes, buy, buy, buy anything for my family and myself. I will buy a luxury car or a MPV.
The balance will go to house renovation & vacation. Which means I can travel at least 2 times a year.

Me is still the same ME, whether it's reality or dreams. I still will save for the emergency needs.

I am not going to tag anyone since I know that my traffic flow is low.

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Instructions :
**Start Copy**
Proposition: If you Have $1,000,000.00…………………………………
Requirements:
1st - Tag 5 bloggers, list down their blog and link to their blog.
2nd - Let the blogger you want to tag know they have been tagged by commenting in their blog or whichever method convenient.
3rd - Add your own blog link to the list below.
What They Do With Their $1 Million :

1. SYH will spend for Family.
2. Miche will give to the needy.
3. Montessorimum will keepsake
4. Healthfreakmommy will keep, invest, spend and give to the needy.
5. Chin Nee will Spend on Everything
6. Sasha will spend a little here and there and keep some too!
7. Laundryamah will spend a lot and not keep any!
8. Sweetpea will spend it like a mummy should.
9. wHOisBaBy will save it for future.
10. Chooi Peng will spend on new car, new home and a shopping trip
11. Jasmine will buy a MPV, invest in a business and shake legs
12. SiwwyPig will build her dream house, buy her dream car and travel the world
13. Lovely Mummy will spend & save
14. mommyof2angels wish there’re more millions coming!
15. Angeleyes will migrate to Ozland, start an eatery business and invest the rest.

16. Mama2jojo will invest, spend and travel around the world.

Birds go home....

2007-07-25T20:21:00.000+08:00

Almost everyday I will take Jo1 & Jo2 for a walk right after dinner. Today, I was kind of late so, by the time we went for a walk, the sky was getting dark. Jo2 saw birds flying away, and he was happily shouted that "birds go home." Later, he continued that:"Birds go home to find mommy birds, daddy birds, jie-jie birds, gong-gong birds, ah-mah birds, kimkim (my SIL) bird, qiu-qiu bird (my brother)........
From here, I sense that he actually realise the important of family & home sweet home.

Daddy's boy

2007-07-24T11:55:00.000+08:00

Since yesterday, Jo2 call papa2jojo as Daddy instead of papa. I noticed that after he backed from school. He told me that Daddy take me to school today, also Daddy take me home. Later, at night, he told me Daddy "sayang" me, and Daddy is now @ office buy sweet-sweet for me......

2D/1N @ Cameron Highlands

2007-07-18T11:49:00.000+08:00

MIL & her 4 lovely grandchildren

Jo2 & Hui Ming jiejie

Jo2's first taste of strawberry ice-cream

This is my first trip travel w/ my MIL. The photos tells all, kids have fun there, esp at the strawberry farm where we picked the strawberries, filled up our stomach first b4 we filled up the basket of how many we want to buy....

Play school - Week 2

2007-07-13T11:20:00.000+08:00

Day 6 (9/07/07)

Skipped

Day 7 (10/07/07)

Skipped again

Day8 (11/7/07)

Saved by the birthday party bash at school. He starts to show that he likes school after he received the party bag from the b'day girl. First thing he said to me when I went to pick him: "School is FUN." Back home, I think is the teacher that teach him to say this to mommy. Why I know, b'coz normally he will say "I am happy" instead of using the word "FUN."

Day 9 (12/7/07)
Morning woke up, happy as usual. After he finished his milk, asked for a slice of bread and later I changed for him, and ready for school. No sign of "I DON"T WANT GO TO SCHOOL." All he asked for was:"After, u call me - Joshua, go home.......ok." Where he meant he wanted me to take him home.

Day 10 (13/7/07)
I guess the happiness is still there, but not sure whether he likes the school or juz the party @ school. Even though he kept saying : "I DON"T WANT GO TO SCHOOL." He repeartedly say this b4 he goes to bed and after he wakes up (more than 10x a day) but I can tell he actually enjoyed himself at school. Like the teacher said,: he juz pretend only. Reached school @ 8:45AM, he refused to let the teacher carry him out from the car, he wanted to walked down by himself. So, I decided to parkd my car & take a peek. To my surprised, he oredi in the pantry enjoying his breakfast (biscuits) and he didn't even noticed that mommy was looking @ him from outside.

Cross my finger, hope that he is still ok o go to school after the weekend.