Yesterday morning while I was getting into the car to send Timothy to school, there was a stench smell in the car. First thought was it is certainly a dead rat somewhere. My hubby drove out and I look to see whether there was a dead rat on my porch. None.

Later, the smell followed us in the car. Second thought I was afraid that the cat must have brought the dead rat into the car. But how? I kept winding down the window to get fresh air. After a while, I sniff and it came from my son’s bag. I open each compartment and one of it threw out that stinky aroma. Yeak. I passed the bag to my hubby.

My hubby took out a bag of rotten stuff. I am not sure what it was as it was moldy and green. Timothy shouted “That’s the egg I prepared in school” He didn’t tell us that before. Funny thing is when my husband clear the bag everyday, he didn’t notice the smell. Hrmm…. :think: One in a while you get suprises from your children, be it good or bad.

Gbay: Another China Product In Question.

Every time we went passed Queensbay Mall Penang, we saw the mini ferris wheel. I told my children that I will take them there. Today after work, we made our way there. There are not many rides available for the age of my children.

Rides were very expensive. Each ride cost RM3 per person. Imagine 4 of us already cost RM12. They have all you can ride, meaning ride as many as you want for RM15 per person. However there are not many rides out there. I rather pay RM2 for them to enjoy playing the Jusco indoor playground.

Anyway, I thought of letting my children at least enjoy the ferris wheel. Bad decision. It went so fast that my children were really afraid. I can see Emily shaking. I kept consoling her that it will be over soon. Not suitable at all for any child below 6.

Other rides that were suitable were the train and the merry-go-round. I probably will not go back again. There is no safety whatsoever and not to mention, most of the equipment are not well maintained.

GBay: Give Your Child The Best

Mumsgather tag me on this one. Another simple tag that I think I can do in 10 minutes.

1. I am a mother of 2 lovely children Tim & Em.
2. I am in the IT line.
3. I love traveling.
4. I love doing jigjaw puzzles.
5. Although I live in Penang but I am born in KL. Pls don’t speak hokkien to me.
6. I can sew & cook.
7. I can complete a Rubik’s cube and all colors matched.
8. I feel good if I can help people in need.

I will not tag anyone. If you like to do this tag, consider I tag YOU!

As you know Penang started a new bus system with a batch of new big buses. I am not sure why it has taken so long for Penang to improve their bus system. Not to mention the cab taking a lot of advantage in charging people an exorbitant rate and not using the meter.

Rapid Penang is still new and it covered most of the places in Penang Island. If you want details of the bus route, click here. However, they didn’t publish the rates of the tickets. Tickets are priced at RM1-RM3.

I took the children to have fun sitting on the bus. They were excited. We took from Bayan Baru all the way to town and back. Funny the fare going was RM2 but the coming back trip was RM1.50. Nope, we go on where they drop us off.

The going trip was pleasant, the seats were leather but the return trip seat was hard plastic. It is tough to sit for a long time. My butt was really painful after the journey. The back seats of the flooring of the bus are quite high and the seats were raise up. My head almost touch the top of the bus when I sat there. It was difficult for some senior citizen to climb up and sit.

So when you are visiting Penang, remember to try Rapid Penang (nope it is not a white water rafting adventure). You can almost go round island trip with it.

Hard Plastic Chair – No No.

Gbay: China Toys Recall

Emily draws a piece of art that really looks like something. She is starting to learn how to draw, putting her imagination into drawings. I hope she does that often like Timothy. It is a great way to exercise her right brain, better than watching TV.

I have to say, I do not spend much time to do enough craft with them. I need to do more of it. There are so many craft ideas that many mommy bloggers blog about. I must try those with them.

Gbay: Stress Reliever

I got a tag from MyLovelyMummy. A simple tag that does not take a lot of my brain cells away. Thanks MyLovelyMummy. I still owe a lot of people a lot of tags.

Creatures I hate:

1. Flying cockroach, I am not afraid of those that do not fly. I hate those with wings. Imagine I spray pesticide on it, it fly an attack me. Yiiiiak. By the way, for those that cannot fly, I usually catch the antenna with my hand and flush it down the toilet.

2. Spiders, not the small tiny ones but the ones that has fur. In Australia, lots of spider is poisonous. When I was there, I found one fury one in my room and it really freak me out. My house mates and I had to use the Vacuum cleaner to suck it in.

3. Dead rat, they stink!

I am passing the tag to:

Hui Sia – Always requesting for tags.
Vien – You gave me a big job today.
ShoppingMum – Really like to know what you are afraid off.
Chinnee – Your filler tag.

Gbay: Cashing US Cheque

Mybabybay is spinning off a new blog. Gbay, in short of Geniuses Bay, will have articles on the latest news, products, ideas, innovations and current affairs. Sounds cool? 😎 The main objective of creating Gbay is I am trying to organize my children journal blog. I hope to move out all non related posts a new blog, eventually.

Please help me to generate some traffic for Gbay by linking to it and of coz visiting it too. I can assure you I will put interesting articles there.

Let me know if you want to trade links too. The link is gbay.mybabybay.com.

GBay Article: Increase your EPF Funds?

Finally after much procrastination, my hubby and I have moved Tim to a new kindy run by my church. The reason we procrastinated was because we need to plan for transportations and babysitter arrangement for Tim. The new kindy only run half day and the other half he will go to the babysitter. We were very glad after a long negotiation that Emily’s babysitter decided to take care of him.

Why did we change his school? We saw no progression or development in Tim. He didn’t speak to any of the teachers and he is not reading. To top it all, the school gave him plenty of homework and there is no interest in him to do any of it. Worst is the syllabus is so advanced and Tim having a hard time to catch up. The teacher just let him be and did nothing to solve the problem. When my hubby had 1-1 with the teacher, the teacher didn’t give him a solution or plan to improve the situation.

I must say that Tim’s learning curve is slow and he needs more attention to learn. Now I have to tutor him in reading and spelling after work. Tell me at what age does boys learn to spell?

Tim has a new buddy and his name is called Ultraman. I am not sure when he knew Ultraman existed. For those who do not know who Ultraman is, it is a Japanese hero who fights huge ugly monsters. Ultraman was around when I was young and still alive today.

Timothy got my mom to get him a 2 episodes of Ultraman VCD. He has been watching it over and over again. I lost count. Almost every day he requested me to switch it on for him. He changed his milk powder to Sustagen because of Ultraman. Last month, Sustagen gave free Ultraman notebook and color pencil. He persuaded me to get the milk for him.

Yesterday his school bag spoilt and he got his papa to get another new ultraman bag for him. Oh, I still owe him an Ultraman T-shirt. I guess this is the power of children marketing.