Yesterday, my babysitter took care of Emily because today she had to send her son to school. Now I am working from home with Emily. I took the opportunity to take my son shopping yesterday. He had fun. He is very good boy when mummy take him out. Where is daddy? Daddy wanted to stay at home to rest, clean up some cupboard of his and wanted some peace.

Anyway I drove to Gurney Plaza. As you know, it will be fairly hard to get any parking, as it is a replacement public holiday. I was fortunate as I saw a family coming out and looking for their car. I tailgate them and finally got to park. The shopping mall is not as jam pack as Mid Valley in KL. There were still lots of space to move. I haven’t been shopping for clothes for a long long time, so I decided to get some CNY clothes for myself. Usually when we go out shopping, I always head for the children department. There was 1 shop giving out 50% discount on some nice clothes. Of coz, it is jam pack inside. Oh I had my son on a stroller, even pushed it to the changing room so that I can try out the clothes. I was pretty happy with what I got.

I saw a couple with his family buying a new stroller for a newborn baby. As they were going out, probably their first time handling a stroller, they didn’t know how to push it up the escalator. I heard them from a far saying, “Let’s see how this mom pushed it up.” They were all looking at me. I pretend not to know but inside, I was giggling. Pushing it up is not difficult but pushing it down the escalator required more skills.

It was fun to shop with my son. We started at 1pm and went home at 4pm. As I was leaving, there were so many cars coming into the car park. It was also pouring outside. There were few roads flooded with water. A tip on driving, if you see a huge jam ahead, always look for a taxi, the taxi will know how to go through small roads to avoid jam, which I did.

One turning I made, I saw cars stopping by the side because they didn’t want to attempt to cross the flooded road. I even saw a Wira broke down in the middle. Anyway, there were some cars that attempted and got through, so I follow behind. Later I saw a lorry fume up with black smoke. His lorry broke down. I got through. :pray: I was praying as I went through it. Got home safe and sound. By the time we reached home, my son was napping.

I brought my family to Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort for new year. It is about 45 minutes drive from Penang. It has a big Water Theme Park, not as big as Sunway Water Park. I know my children will love it because they love water. Beside Water Park and the chair lift, there is nothing else special. There is an island where they house some orang hutan. We have to take a boat ride across. By the way, it is not cheap. They have a combo ticket, which covers everything, cost RM39 per adult, and children (over 90cm) cost RM29. Emily didn’t have to pay, haven’t reach the height yet and she cannot ride the chair lift too.

More info here: http://www.bukitmerahresort.com.my/

Worst experience is the Lake Town Service Apartment that we booked. There were no electricity on New Year’s Eve, we have to tolerate 2 hours of no air condition or no air. We had to tolerate the noisy children shouting at the corridor. Worst is there was a big puddle of water outside our unit.

So much for the bad experience, we enjoyed the water theme park and I don’t mind going again. If you just want to pay for the water theme park, it is RM20 per adult and RM10 for children.

Warning: Photos below are taken with a camera casing. Do not use your normal camera for photo shooting, it will get wet. A camera casing looks like this. If you have a Canon A80, I can loan you the casing. I bought this for my hubby for his birthday a few years back.

First spot water playground:

Emily & Tim having fun with the water.

Second spot wave pool:

Oh no! More water.

Chair Lift

Third spot water pool:

Photo taken behind the mushroom fountain:

Fourth spot balloon slide pool:

Firth spot river and water slides:

End of Water Park!!!

Emily touches the big huge iguana.

There is a big arcade where children can have fun.

Emily sat on a big truck.

With RM1, I tried my skills on picking a soft toy from one of the machine. I succeeded in getting a black penguin. Emily loves it so much. However Tim wanted one too. I wasted another RM20 for not getting anything. Some machines cheated me. 😥 You see, I manage to pick the toy and as it lifted it up, the claw open and the toy drop. It happened a few times. I had to buy something for Tim.

We took a stroll around the jetty. Emily was disappointed that one of the spot closes which she wanted to go it.

Next morning, we had a boat ride across the island to visit the orang hutan. Nothing much to shout about because it is a very small place. You can finish seeing the entire place in 5 minutes or less. The concept is very unique, the orang hutan is out in the open but the visitors, which is we is in the cage looking out to them. Anyway, the children enjoyed the boat ride but refused to put on the life jackets. My son said, “Eeeeik, so dirty, don’t want!”

The years really passed very fast. My children are growing up too fast. Last year was like just yesterday. When those 2 came into the world, it is so small and fragile. Now they are running around. I am getting old but still young at heart. 😥

My achievements:

1998 – Relocate to Penang.
2000 – Got Married.
2002 – First Son born.
2004 – First Daughter born.
2006 – ?? (Nope, no more children)

Emily grows up very fast. Now she is able to tell mummy to move away. I was in my study room working on the computer. She walked, looked up and said “move move” using her hand gesture. She wanted to sit on mummy’s chair. She climbed up and sat there. She can speak quite a lot of words but refuse to call mummy. See how she eats apple:

Next year, my son will be 4. He speaks Cantonese like “Ang Mo Jai”. Funny, he likes to eat lemon. We went to Bukit Tambun to have seafood. It is the best place to have cheap seafood. I ordered Oysters and it came with lemon. He took the lemon and squeezed it with his teeth. He likes to eat oranges too but I seldom give him because after eating, he will cough.

Off Topic: Cheap Bukit Tambun Seafood.

For 6 adult and 2 children:
1 plate of pointy spiky shell
2 big egg crab – Sweet & Sour Sauce
6 fried soft shell crab
500gm of drunken prawns
1 plate of fried teow chew noodles
1 plate of fried toong fun
1 plate of fired tau fu
1 plate of mixed vegetables
8 pieces of fried “mang tau”
1 pot of chrysanthemum tea
Plain rice
Cost: 125++

Map to Bukit Tambun:

There will be sign board showing you to Bukit Tambun after you pass the Bukit Tambun Toll. It is really easy. Don’t go to the first restaurant you see, as you drive inner through a narrow road, you will see plenty of seafood restaurant. The usual one that I often go is Prawn Village.

So much for food, here wishing you a

:dance: Happy New Year!!! :dance:

Christmas is not about Santa Claus.
Christmas is not about Exchanging of Gifts.
Definitely Christmas has nothing to do with Christmas Tree.

Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ, the Saviour who gave up his divine glory and came to earth to be born in a manger. He came even though he knew he would suffer and die so that he could save us. We who are filthy with sin and we broke off the relationship with God. We do not deserve his sacrificial love for us. Yet he came and gave us new life. Those who believe will be redeem by him and have eternal life with God. He has given us a reason to live, a new meaning to life. Those out there, who are reading this, do think about the true meaning of Christmas.

Have a blessed Christmas and this song is dedicated to you. Of all the Christmas song, I love this one:

Click HERE to hear the song or right click to save the song.

We Were The Reason

As little children
We would dream of Christmas morn
Of all the gifts and toys
We knew we’d find
But we never realized
A baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

We were the reason
That He gave His life
We were the reason
That He suffered and died
To a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live

As the years went by
We learned more about gifts
The giving of ourselves
And what that means
On a dark and cloudy day
A man hung crying in the rain
All because of love, all because of love

I’ve finally found the reason for living
It’s in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do every word that I say
I’ll be giving my all just for Him, for Him

He is my reason to live

Time: Sat 10 Dec. 2030 hours.
Mission: Get son to keep toys.
Place: Home.
Weapons: Cane & Patience.
Opponent’s Weapons: Cry & Stubbornness.
Situation: Toys everywhere in the room.
Period: 60 minutes.

Report:

My son refused to keep his toys after playing. Mummy got frustrated and send warning signal to him. He didn’t budge. He stood near the door wanting to go downstairs to watch Mickey Mouse cartoon before going to bed and chanting “He Want! He Want! He Want!. Mummy took the cane and whack only once. It made the situation worst, he cried even louder. No sign of moving his hands to the toys. I know the cane didn’t help, threw it away, else next morning you see my picture in the headlines under child abuse section.

Next move, mummy dimmed the lights and pretend to sleep. He still stood at the door crying. Mummy sent out another signal “You keep toys first and you can go watch Mickey Mouse.” He still didn’t move. It went on for more than 45 minutes. He cried so much, till Emily go to him and sayang him. Emily helped him to keep a few toys.

Last move, mummy switch off all the lights. He cried louder and he stopped. I heard toys going into the basket. He kept all his toys in the dark. I took him downstairs to watch his cartoon and he went to bed with a happy smile.

PEACE.

I didn’t know that food-poisoning can spread or contagious, until recently. The food poisoning germs that was manifested can pass from one person to another through dirty hands, saliva shared utensils or the vomit of a person.

Last Sunday (11 Dec): Hubby ate Kuew Teow Th’ng. He was feeling uneasy and vomited a few times. He went to see the doc because he looked really bad. Doc told him he got a mild gastric and gave him MC to rest the next day.

My son had a mild case, he lost his appetite, didn’t want his dinner. I gave him some ice cream so that at least his stomach has something to digest. He happily ate it all up. He also had some pizza bread. He also vomited once at night. However next morning he was fine.

Monday: Hubby slowly recovering but a little week. He lost his appetite and he only had plain porridge.

Tuesday: Emily’s babysitter told me that my gal threw up twice. As for me, after I had KFC for dinner, I had bad ingestion and heart burn. I took some anti-acid. While Emily was playing in the room, she suddenly told mummy “pain pain” and she threw up again on the mattress. I had to clean her and the change all the mattress sheets. Fortunately I have a spare mattress. Later, I took both of them down to watch some cartoon before sleep so that I can have a bit of rest. Again, Emily threw the second time on the sofa. 😥 I had to clean the sofa and I was unwell. Clean all up and send them all to bed.

Wednesday: I had fever the next day. I took Emily to the paed and myself to the doctor. The paed asked me “Your husband medicine didn’t work on you?” since I told her I was having food poisoning. I never thought of taking my hubby’s medicine. :sc: Anyway, I got MC from my doctor, not the paed.

Friday: I saw my babysitter and she was really pale. She told me that she vomited and is having fever. She got it. I told her on Wednesday, the paed said to be careful as the food poisoning germs in Emily can spread since she has children of her own.

Lets hope the germs will stop spreading. :hand:

Last Saturday, I went to the mainland to source for beans for my bean bag. Previously I got it from CarreFour in the mainland and chances of getting it will be high. Sure enough I got all the beans. Bags are smaller but same price 🙁

On my way back, I saw a massive jam on the way to the bridge. I told my hubby, since the children never experience the ferry, we will take the ferry instead. What a mistake??!! :sil: We drove to the ferry terminal. We saw the jam, we didn’t know how far off we were from the terminal. We thought we were only 15 minutes away. By the way, they change the route from the way it used to be. We need to drive up a highway ramp that went in circle to the toll booth. We waited for 2 hours. It was the longest wait, ever. Children were pretty tired by then. Emily and Tim were climbing everywhere. I don’t expect them to be sitting for 2 hours in their car seats. Fortunately, they were only restless at the end of the jam. 2 hours jam for a 10 minutes ride. They did enjoy the ferry ride and on the way back, they both slept. Funny there were drivers who turn back after reaching the toll booth. One unfortunate soul, his car broke down at the toll booth.

I am not sure why are there so many cars going to Penang island. Maybe it was due to school holidays or the Pesta Events happening.

Mum was down stairs watching TV. Tim was upstairs making his way down.

Tim: See see Mummy crocodile.

I thought he was referring to his crocodile toy.

Tim: Mummy see see crocodile. He was looking on the wall.
Dad: It’s a lizard. *coming down with Tim*
Mum: 😆

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Tim: I want biscuit.
Tim: I want biscuit.
Mum: I give you keropok. *purposely make him*
Tim: I want biscuit.
Mum: Keropok.
Tim: Biscuit.
Mum: Keropok.
Tim: Biscuit. *frustrated*

Mum took out the keropok and flash in front of Tim.

Tim: *excited* Keropok.
Mum: I thot you said you want biscuit.
Tim: Keropok.
Mum: Biscuit.
Tim: Keropok.

Mum gets the last laugh. :dance:

I just installed some cute smilies which you can use in your comments.

*remove the space when used*

😆	: lol :
:angel:	: angel :
:bday:	: bday :
:clap:	: clap :
:comp:	: comp :
😥	: cry :
:dance:	: dance :
:doh:	: doh :
:drool:	: drool :
:eh:	: eh :
:good:	: good :
:hand:	: hand :
:jump:	: jump :
:liar:	: liar :
:naughty:	: naughty :
:pray:	: pray :
🙁	: sad :
:sc:	: sc :
:shifty:	: shifty :
:shoot:	: shoot :
:sick:	: sick :
:sil:	: sil :
:snooty:	: snooty :
:think:	: think :
:vio:	: vio :
:wall:	: wall :
:whistle:	: whistle :

Yesterday I received the above envelope. I was too afraid to open it. It is a government letter and when the government sent you letter, it is usually bad news. I thought it was a fine (saman). Anyway, no choice, I had to open it. Guess what I got? No price for guessing.