Aunty beth back to philippines (12 to 27 dec 09)

Beth went home for 16 days to celebrate xmas so myself and levin will have to take turn to stay at home. mummy yiyi also help out on 1 day and the kids were sent to mil house for an afternoon when levin has to go back to office.

It was generally all right as we did the min for houseworks while we cook on most of the days when we are at home. During these 2 weeks, we spent so much time with the kids on their daily routine. Kind of weird but very nice feeling.

After few days, charlie started to have rashes on her neck so we have to tight up her hair. The stick she is holding is the clay art craft which we did on one of the days.

She looks like an older kid in this pic.

Levin will shape her hair high like a tower whenever he bathed her. Infact, she was much more well behaved when levin is bathing her. If I the one, she will run round and round or hold onto my wrist making it difficult for me to rinse her hair.

On the last day, we had teppanyaki at home. The kids had fun cooking vegtables, fish meat tofu and meat.

Charlie adding the veg while yy cooking.

Exchange xmas gift (25 dec 09)

The best day of the year is here again. This year we all go to po po's house for xmas exchange and makan. last year, I offered my house but not this round cos beth is on home leave. Too tiring.

da yi yi and the 2 girls. Charlie smiling so sweetly with her new toy from si yiyi. It's a dino king character and I'm the one who suggested that to si yiyi. The other gifts are a iPiano, strawberry shortcake bag and books from da, e and mummy yi yi respectively. the tigger bag is from mummy of course.

Charlie and her presents collected from her yiyi. There is a necklace somewhere in the pic but could not see it and it is from his daddy. Charlie has very weird temper as to the things she dislikes. If she do not like certain thing like shoe or dress or toy, she will insist on not wearing or use it.
yy playing with his bakugan present from da yiyi. He chose it on his own. Actually I did not get to see the packaging at all as I was busy with charlie. By the time I turned to him, he is already playing with it.
Janice with her price trophy from her dad. A combination of several bakugan.
yy and his presents. bakugan from da yiyi. ben 10 comic books from myself, si yiyi and mummy yiyi. Verticon toy set from e yiyi. some stickers and activity books from my friends
I also bought him the Blokus set as it is an educational game. The daddy bought the tigger for the "kids". However charlie just simply refused to accept it and in the end, yy is the one hugging it for next couple of days.
This is the Ben 10 comic book that yy got for his present. He will always browse them whenever we go to popular. The kids posting for a pic while julia just sits at one end. Maybe she prefers not to mix with these crazy group of fellows. Afterall she already in her teen Surprise, e yiyi's toy is the most popular among all the kids.

Can u buy me a present for xmas ? (16 dec 09)

one more week to xmas.
This year, under the influence of Janice (hopefully on one will come scold me for saying this), yy learns to ask his yi yi for the present he wants. In previous years, he will just said I don’t know when they asked him.
This is also the first time yy keeps pestering his daddy for a xmas present. Btw Levin “never” or maybe “seldom” buy xmas present for the kids. He only buys birthday present. Don’t ask me why. he did it so often that even Levin commented it to me.
At a later date, I suggested to levin to get him a dino king toy which he is interested. However the toy is either out of stock or dirty. Da yi yi and myself went to 4 different shopping centres but still failed to get it for him. so in the end, yy did not get a xmas present from his dad.

CMA abacus class(12 dec 09)

Today is YY first lesson at CMA. been wanting him to join the class for quite some time already. But yy was not very keen to join any enrichment class as he prefers to stay at home with his sis. He will asked me what did Charlie do when he is not at home. Anyway I managed to convince him to join the class by telling him that I will register Charlie to the same class end of next year when she knows her 1 2 3. Bingo ! he buys that idea.(not that I not going to. Just that he wanted so much to do things with Charlie).

legend of the Sea 4 - 7 dec

Brought yy along with me on Legend of the Sea (Royal Caribbean) to Penang and Port Klang, organized by my company. There are a couple of programmes lined up throughout the whole day like rock climbing, salsa and line dance, bingo, theater and movie time and wii games. There are also some activity rooms such as casino, kid adventure world for younger children and teenagers, library and play rooms.
This is our first time on a cruise. I was expecting a bigger ship. In short, the cruise experience is similar to staying in a hotel room.

Me and my colleagues before boarding the cruise.yy enjoys the soccer game very much.the golf area is very small. More for kids to jump about.

Only 2 adult swimming pool and very small. no kid pool at all. moreover they use sea salt water.
yy spends most of his time at the kid adventure world where they have different programmes for different age group.

His other activity is to play psp borrowed from huisiang. In the end, hui siang became his best friend there.
Only 2 restaurants serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. This cafe is one of them serving buffet style.
This is the other restaurant serving set menu which is more delicious and "worth" it.

At Penang, we went down the ship for a walk around the town.

Does it look like a hotel lobby ? One of the night is formal wear for fine dining.

Type of TV program

YY adapted a change in his selection of TV program. Instead of only watching cartoon, he gains a liking for other children programs like stranger than u, Lab rats challenge, amazing brilliant creatures and doodlechamps. He is also watching show on magic tricks. Well of course he is still watching many cartoon programs.

Are u angry ?

Charlie likes to ask “are u happy ?” “are u angry?” if u tell her u are angry then she will keep repeating “don’t be angry” until u give up and tell her u are not angry with her. That girl is so persistent then I will joke that her battery is spoilt again cos she kept repeating the same statement again and again.


As for yy, his fav statement will be "mummy, I good boy right ?". Actually he is really very well behaved.

Xmas lighting (22 and 27 nov 09)

It's Orchard Xmas lighting again. This year yy likes to take pic with very exaggerated posture. These are some of the mild posture.

yy's kindergarten graduation day (19 nov 09)

This year I volunteered to help out with the school graduation concert. It was actually quite fun to get involved helping up with the make up. I noticed that yy and his friends are playing all kinds of games among themselves. I bet they must be doing that very often in class too.
A pity was the concert was not well organized. Other then the CD player which is faulty and keeps jamming, parents are allowed to go in and out of the resting room where the kids are. Very disruptive for the teachers. While the dances are quite well choreographed the costumes for most of the performers are very similar. YY's dance is one with the most no of performers. For the other, only 6 to 8 children on average so much easiler to spot your own kids. For yy's dance, he is standing at the back row most of the time.

Charlie enjoying the music very much.

The kids having fun in the resting area.

Mostly boys in his class.

YY collecting his grad cert. Primary sch years are coming....

little pet for a day ~ crab (14 nov 09)

There is a new store in the mkt selling crab. Levin has been eyeing on it for a while already and he finally submits to his graving and bought one home. Charlie was very fascinated and at the same time afraid of the live crab at home.

water for you

Not sure where yy got the idea from. He will get me a cup of water when he is getting water for himself esp when I am doing revision with him. The first time I was so shocked my son actually got me a cup of water and I never ask for it. haha. Usually when he will spill some water on the floor when pouring the water. But who will have the heart to scold him for his carelessness.

Charlie 3 years old birthday (7 nov 09)

Today is charlie’s birthday and both Levin and myself have totally forgotten about it. It is only after kate’s mummy sms to wish Charlie happy birthday that I realised today is the actual day. It was already mid pm, so we just proceeded to McDonald for dinner and let Charlie chose a present for herself at kiddy palace. Surprisingly, she enjoyed herself just as much.

She chose a puppy for her present. This girl will smile very sweetly whenever she is taking pic with her fav toy.

magic show (30 oct 09)

Dont know when yy learns this trick but he is actually quite good in it. (yeah i know the video is tilted)

6 Days Korea Tour ~ Day 1 (25 oct 09)

This is our first trip to korea. Either levin or myself speaks hangul or a fan of korean drama. But I was really keen to see maple leave and after much consideration I decided to take up the challenge to draft out an itinerary from scratch for a 6 days F&E trip to korea. We took the midnight SQ flight and reach incheon at 720am. Took an airport limo bus to Seoul, call our apartment Mr Ko to pick us up, dropped our luggage and here we are in Seoul.......

First stop, lunch cum shopping at Myeongdong which is 10 min walk from our apartment.

Next destination ~ The Seoul Tower. The cable car station is a 15 min slope walk from our apartment. The walk wasn't that bad especially the weather is very cooling and we actually went back to the apartment to rest for more than 1/2 hr.

The cable car station to Seoul Tower. The cable cabin has only standing room with a capacity of abt 20 to 30 pax.We reached the Seoul Tower. The yellow leaves are the most beautiful among all the other color - purple, red, orange and yellow. Levin thinks so too.

Another attraction at the Seoul Tower is the Teddy Bear Museum. There are only 3 in Korea, ie Seoul, Sokcho and Jeju.The bears are so cuddlabe and even charlie could not resist them.The Museum uses teddy bear to illustrate the ancient and modern korea. I personally prefer the olden days display which is more interesting and very well presented with all the fine details. Some of the teddy bears can even moved and danced with music.

After which, we went for dinner and back to the apartment for an early night. Charlie was so tired that she actually slept throught dinner time and skipped her meal and milk while yy was so "stone" siting on the chair facing his port cultet rice but not eating much.