Tim’s exam is over and results are out. He didn’t do well in BM and Maths. I kind of expected it because he didn’t do much revision and the exam papers are tough. He did well in paper 1 in BM but not paper 2.

Paper 2 is writing story in BM (aka karangan). If I knew karangan was in the exam, I should have prep him more. From his homework, I didn’t see any work on karangan. I am surprised it appeared in the exam paper. He has no problem in making sentences in BM. In section 2, he didn’t understand the question. He was given a choice to write a story with a title or write a story with words given or write a story with picture given. He just has no clue and left the section with 1 sentence. I wonder did the teacher explain to the class what they were supposed to do. I must check with other parents.

Next is Math, I found the paper a little difficult for Std 2 first term and the teacher didn’t teach some of the math problem in the class. Looks like the paper is ahead of their syllabus thought in class.

Example of a tough question, more like a riddle than a Math question:

Aini has 6 books. Mary has 8 books more than Aini but 7 books less than Susan. How many books does Susan have?

Guess for me, I need to prep Tim more for next revision. No stick and oranges this time around.

Source: Andy’s Comic

My gal loves to sleep in the tent which is why I bought her a nice tent from US. She sleeps in it very often. She even put it on her bed and squeezed to sleep in it. She has long legs, obviously you will see her legs sticking out the door of the tent. I got this tent from amazon.com and it is really pretty. It is easy to keep, all you have to do is fold it back.

Of coz, when I am away on business trip, papa will set up a tent in the living hall for both to camp indoor. They love it very much.

And every time we traveled back to KL in the car, I put a blanket in between 2 seats. It looks like a tent to her and she will happily sleep under it. It will help to keep the hot sun shining on her face. Of coz she has a seat belt on, she takes the middle belt. Safety comes first. Nice to see her sleep peacefully.

Our family does not subscribe to Astro, hubby just wants to keep them off the TV and does more non-TV stuff. During CNY visitation,

Timothy: Mummy, let’s go visit people’s house who has Astro so that I can watch their Astro.

In fact we did visit a few houses with Astro CN. Whose house got Astro CN, Timothy wants to visit you.

Mummy: When you grow up, where you want to work?
Emily: I want to work in your office so that I can work from home.

My children were eager to open their CNY angpows. I let them because I wanted them to put away some to contribute to the church. They were all excited to check how much they collected.

Emily: Mummy, this one has 4 money but this only has one. I want more with 4 money.

Actually, the 4 pieces are RM1 notes but the 1 is RM50. Maybe I should give her four RM1 in exchange for her RM50. :giggles:

After 7 days in Kuala Lumpur, I guess my children had the most fun. I asked them whether they want to go back, all thumbs up. That’s because they…

Collected lots of angpows while mummy giving a lot away too.

On a hot day, they wanted to swim in my sis condo pool. They had the entire pool by themselves.

They went to Berjaya Times Square Cosmo’s World Theme Park. Emily rode on the bumper cars many times while Tim did it once. He didn’t feel comfortable in the car as he has long legs. They went on the train, merry-go-round, swinging ship, fantasy trill, crazy bus, train ride and playground. There wasn’t any queue which they can afford to go on those rides many times. It is just like a mini Genting there. Emily wanted to ride the bumper car again and again and again….. If I didn’t make a dinner appointment, I bet she can be there the whole day.

They had fun in the free Ikea indoor playground while I did my Ikea shopping. They also got two containers home for their toys.

They ate gelato, homemade yogurt and of coz the McD ice-cream. It was a hot day, so I just let them have it. They discovered the 7-11 coolest drink in the world aka Slurpee.

Bought plenty of books from MPH. Some were gift from my mom.

They had Shabu Shabu steamboat which I love.

I wanted to bring them to Desa waterpark but the weather was gloomy during the last 2 days we were there.

As for me, when I came back, I had to prepare for Sunday School CNY special. So much to do and so little time. I didn’t meet with any of you, so sorry.

Papa accidentally let out some air and Emily called him Smelly Skunk. I am amazed that she can create such a funny remark.

Another word I thought her is “drama queen”. She asked me what it was and I just have to tell her what she did at one occasion. She knew straight away what drama queen meant.

Today, I got her a mathematic Kumon book since she develop an interest in solving mathematics equations. She is happy when she gets it all correct. Kumon books are pretty costly. However I cannot find any good mathematics books for her age.

After return home, I have been eating my mom’s delicious home cook meal. Next my aunt is going to cook another scrumptious dinner for my family. I don’t know about you, my mom and aunt like to cook big portion of everything but less rice.

I have been eating and eating when I came home. I dare not stand on the weighing scale, maybe after Chinese New Year. I need to run a couple of laps on my treadmill. Hope I can lose weight from my tummy area. Well when you reach a certain age, things grow sideways and not upwards.

Remember I complained about my gal having tough time waking up in the morning. Today, she woke up and told us that “Mummy, today I woke up the earliest!” These few weeks, she woke up without crying and in happy mood. No more toothbrush fighting and hair pulling.

I am not sure whether this is the changing phase to 6 years old. She cries less now. It is me or the time is passing too fast for me to enjoy.

I wonder are there any next phase alerts I should look out for.

Year after year, I got the drinks, mandarin oranges and CNY cookies but ended up, my family eat most of it. We don’t get many people visiting us, most of the time we visit people. This year, I only got 1 box of mandarin oranges. Now half of it is already eaten. My aunt is giving me some CNY cookies, how nice of her.

This year I will be home for Chinese New Year because in laws are going for vacation. In fact we already had reunion dinner last Saturday in advance.

I have packed all the angpows. Do you gals recycle the money from your children angpow so that you do not have to go to the bank to change new notes? I will do that this year and transfer the amount online to my children bank account. I went to the bank and the bank told me they don’t have any new $10 notes. Fortunately I have some left over from last year.

I am all ready for CNY!!! *anything I left out*

Dedicated this short Gong Xi Gong Xi music piece to you. I am a newbie at this, so do not expect too much. In fact I learn it from my gal’s music book.

I am in Chinese New Year mood already. Are you? Have a blessed Chinese New Year!

Here is my Jack Lalanne Juicer, all the way from the states. It is US$99 without tax. Yeap I paid no tax for it. My hubby was so eager to try it. He took it out, got my 70watt transformer and started juicing. After one orange, the transformer blew up. Hrmm…so much for reading instruction. The juicer needs at lease 250 watt to work.

Next day, we went to the local hardware store and got a 500watt transformer. It is darn bulky. We went for fruits shopping too. We got oranges, apples, carrots, celeries, tomatoes, cucumbers and some peppermint leaves. I forgot to get ginger.

My Drink: Carrots + Orange + Peppermint

Emily: Apples

Tim: Oranges (I added carrot & peppermint. Actually just pour mine onto his cup.)

Papa: Tomato, cucumber, celeries and peppermint (I think)

We will juice some more tonight. Simply delicious and healthy!