I heard iPhone6 launch months back, I was still wondering should I replace my phone. I need to change as iOS 8.0 is not supporting my iPhone 4 and it will be a security problem as I need to sync my work email and calender to the phone. Anyway I am also having problem with my home button with iPhone 4.

Most of my iPhones were bought directly in US. Then I heard that my colleague will be coming here for business trip end of the month. Good timing!

I did a pre-ordered on Apple Store on the first day. I was fortunate that the order went through within 5 minutes. However I made an error in the address and contact entry. After a day, I am glad I was able to change it.

No sweat and no long queue to buy iPhone6. I heard in some countries, they have to queue all night just to buy it. I don’t understand why they cannot just wait nor do a pre-order on Apple online. It is so easy and it gets shipped right to your door step.

I didn’t want to get iPhone6 Plus as I know it doesn’t fit into my jeans pocket and it is too big. I prefer smaller phone.

Anyway, my iPhone arrived and it took 15 minutes to restore backup from my old phone to the new one. All apps installed with no problem. The only problem was Bluetooth which cannot detect any devices.

I like the camera features, the pictures taken is so clear. Like the display too as watching video is great. However there is still no flash for me to watch kdrama. I need to go find other sites which don’t use flash and I found some.

I wonder what is the selling price in Malaysia? Anyway it is already selling in Groupon or Lazada but I am sure it is a hike up prices.

If you haven’t been to this museum, you should go. Today we went but sad to say there was a huge crowd. My advice is to go during weekday and not a school holiday. However with such a crowd, we still take great pictures. You need to go with someone to take these 3D pictures. It doesn’t look nice with a selfie mono pod.

My family had a great time, putting on funny faces and actions. Most of the pictures are related to Penang. You can also learn some culture and history about Penang.

You must go if you are in Penang. Here are some of the pictures I took…enjoy!

I learn the art of getting toys with the claw machine when I was in University. A lot of coins were invested to learn the skills. Some claws are tricky as they loosen even though you grip the prize. However you have to be patience with it. With weak claw, get the prize nearest to the hole where the claw drops the prize.

After learning the skills, I passed it on to my hub and kids. They also like to win some prizes. I can tell you that my house has a lot of soft toys won from the claw machine. Here are the new additions.

Sometimes it is not the prize but the satisfaction of beating the claw machine!

Look what my girl did? She did this on a MAC.

Children in this age can do many things with technology. During my time, I don’t even have a chance to go near a computer. Oh wait, computer wasn’t affordable until my college years.

Let’s hope she can create more with a computer!

Look what my kids did after reading those CSI comics. I am glad they are interested in forensic science!

My family eats bread for breakfast almost every day. I thought of getting a bread maker for a long time. I saw a deal online for half the price and ordered 1. Well making my own fresh bread is always better than buying those commercial bread with added additive which is not healthy.

The model that I got can make different types of bread, cakes and even jam. The first 2 time that I made, the bread didn’t rise as much as I would like. The bread turned out to be like cake.

I discussed with my friends and some of them say that it was the proofing part, meaning the yeast is at fault. One of my colleagues told me that it may be the flour or the recipe. I also did some research online and change the recipe a little.

Wah la…I got a perfect loaf! Next I will make other types of bread!

Many kids spend too much time on gadgets or video games and less time on reading. Often I hear parents complaining that their child has no interest in reading, which is sad. In order to cultivate reading, it needs to start from a very young age.

For one, I like visiting the book stores. Once a week, I will bring my children to visit the book stores. They will spend at least 1 hour to read. It started since they were 2. Sad to say, that we don’t have any big library nearby. I wished somebody would do something to get a library going near my area.

If you are a parent, do take your kids to the book store or library at least once a month to instil the reading culture. Then you will never complain that your kids don’t read!

Today my son woke me up because he wanted to go for dim sum which we didn’t go for a long time. How I wished that here got better dim sum places like Sydney or Hong Kong. I really missed it.

One thing I must say that the dim sum at Perkaka Square served the best egg tart. You must try it. The outer pastry is so flaky and you can feel the softness of the egg in the middle, just simply delicious. Each of my kids had 2 each. By 10pm, all the egg tarts are sold out.

The only food that attract me, to eat there. And did you see the smiley face in the picture.

Kids wanted to make this…

I am glad I came from a Cantonese family. We Cantonese like to boil nutritious soup and drink. Notorious because when you boil the soup over a small fire for a long time, all the nutrients go into the soup for your body to absorb. Sometimes we add herbs, gooseberries, dates or peanuts into the soup, depending on the recipe.

Every time I cook, I just need to boil 1 soup, 1 meat and make some stir fry some vegetables for the family.

It is definitely much better than taking outside MSG food. Now with prices going up, I need to cook more often.

By the way, below are Lotus Soup, Steam Fish with Abalone and Stir Fry Chinese Cucumber (aka Jik Kuah). And my kids will asked me to put lots of garlic onto the stir fry vegetables.