Recently minions were released in McDonald for 4 weeks. Week 1 and week 2 were really quiet. However the excitement builds up in week 3 and week 4. People started to become purple minions when they don’t get the minions. Yeah it is only a plastic toy. However, there are some toys collectors are dying to get their hands on it. Mostly youth!

Others are greedy lot, they buy many and sell at a very high price. Some crazy fellows dare to sell it for RM50 for 1 toy.

For me, my girl wanted the collection. So I took her along to queue. Although the queue was long, we had quality time together. She did experience that things do not come easy. If you want to get something, somehow she needs to work for it. By the way, I saw a couple of grannies queuing to buy for their grandchildren.

Here is the full set that my girl and I have collected. I am also looking around the work for others.

And I joked, now the only thing that is most expensive on my desk beside my computer is the set of minions!

June 29th 2013

My girl won a medal for her sports day and I was snoozing when she did that. Bad mummy? Well I was working late the night before and I couldn’t wake up for her sports day.

She wasn’t sure that she was participating and what event she will be in. Anyway, she was really happy that she got the medal. She wants to win more medals to add onto her collections of medals. Sad to say, her school doesn’t have that many competitions.

I love shopping with her. We will go trying out clothes. We both got something we liked to buy. As I was approaching the cashier…

Me: Please check to see if yours have any holes (aka damage).

Em: Yes, plenty of holes, few millions. *giggles*

Me: Aii….*kena from her again*

Yeah she picked a tee with many tiny holes. She told me that it is very airy.

I was back to my hometown with my kids. People always say that they go back to their quiet hometown that is away from the city. However I am just the opposite where my hometown is the city. It is a good thing because it will be SHOPPING TIME!

Indeed, I was at Ikea, the usual visit every time I go back to KL. Someone got me a birthday gift. Yeah I always wanted to change my messy table. The chipped wood on top of my table is coming off.

Tada….my new table….

I like this table because it has white board for me to write down my work things and also reminders. It is also for my children to leave important messages there. Cool eh?!

This describe my mood today….

I received this last week and it is really funny. Let me share it with you….

After a meeting I was coming out of a hotel and I was looking for my car keys. They were not in my pockets. A quick search in the meeting room… it wasn’t there.

Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. My husband has shouted many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is, the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is that the car will be stolen. Immediately I rushed to the parking lot, I came to a terrifying conclusion. His theory was right. The parking lot was empty.

I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, car number and description of the place where I parked etc. I equally confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen.

Then I made the most difficult call of all, to my husband!!!

“Honey,” I stammered; I always call him “honey” in times like these.

“I left my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.

” There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice.

“Idiot”, he shouted, “I dropped you at the hotel !”

Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, “Well, come and get me.”

He shouted again, “I will, as soon as I manage to convince this policeman that I have not stolen your car.”

My girl like me, likes to stay up at night. One night, she didn’t want me to know that she went past her bedtime. She thought she did something quietly. I was working at my study room down stairs. Suddenly I heard water flowing, I thought one of my tap wasn’t turned off properly.

I went to check the toilets. Surprise! Surprise! I saw my girl awake past midnight. I stood next to her. She got surprised and asked me what I was doing…..??!!

I asked her what she was doing. She told me that she didn’t want to flush so she used the water pipe to flush instead. The reason she didn’t want to flush to avoid creating any noise so that I won’t know she is awake past midnight. However the water flowing from the pipe is noisier.

It was kind of cute when I caught her. I remember during my childhood days, I used a touch light to read under the blanket.

Not The Burger, although I miss it!

Last week, my hubby had to go outstation for work. It left me with 2 kids and lots of fetching to do. To add to it, I had to work as well. I am glad that I could work from home. Really, the tough part was waking up early in the morning to fetch one to school.

Friday was the worst, I gout out of the house 7 times due to 2 dental appointments, school and other activities arranged. Note to self, always make dental appointment during school holidays. I am glad it was over.

My kids were so well behave and they prepared themselves for school with no fuss. Wake up, shower, dressed up and eat, all by themselves. Actually all I need to do is to take them from A to B. They sure grown up very fast.

At the end of it all, I rewarded them with a special dinner and moist chocolate cake! Slurp……

Something simple for the family, whipped this up in 30 minutes. The fried calamari is done using a borrowed air fryer.

By the way, the custard apples is from my very own tree. The thermal pot has my favorite homemade delicious minestrone soup.

I am a fan of Lego Mini Figures Series. I collect those that are unique. The packaging of these mini figures make it hard for us to know what is in it. Often, I have to feel and determine what is inside. Sometimes I get it correct and sometimes not. However I am getting better at it.

Once I have gotten 7 that I wanted. 7 out of 7, unbelievable. A tip is to feel the weapon or accessories that the mini figure comes with!