Emily is teaching me Chinese and she is very good at it. At least she got me speechless. It is tough to ever argue with her. I think she can be a lawyer.

Emily: Mummy ren () is children

Mummy: ren () is people

Emily: No ah, teacher said ren () is children *Using the “teacher is always right” tactic*

Mummy: ren () is people that includes children mah.

Emily: No, no, no…Child(). Got () at the end of children.

Mummy: Ohhh…. :rolleyes: & speechless

Emily and I got 2 free tickets from Golden Screen Cinema for our birthday in June. You can also get free tickets on your birthday month. Just sign in to www.gsc.com.my as a member. No age limit. Now the tickets are getting expensive, an adult cost RM10 and a child ticket is RM5. So I save RM15.

As for Kungfu Panda, it is suitable for children above 5. Emily said she didn’t like it because too much fighting. However during the fighting scene, she was so focus on the screen. The art, the graphics, whatever you called it, was superb and the humor was good too. It made everyone laugh at one point in time. The plot was good, just like any Disney story. My favorite character is Oogway which is the tortoise. He said:

Yesterday is history and the future is mystery but today is a gift, that why they called it “present”.

The plot is about a village of China looking for a Dragon Warrior to fight the vicious Tai Lung. Tai Lung escaped from prison after 20 years of bondage. However Po, the panda just wanted to learn kungfu. He knows a lot about kungfu but he cannot fight. At the moment where they were choosing the Dragon Warrior, panda somehow fell from the sky onto Oogway’s finger. It was no accident and Panda was the chosen one. Master Shifu was very disappointed, he is to train the overweight Panda to become the Dragon Warrior. Watch out on how Master Shifu succeeds in doing the impossible.

Tim & Emily are fantastic in spelling some words that you never imagine they can spell. It is amazingly humorous.

Emily & Tim: I know how to spell KFC.
Emily & Tim: K F C

Emily & Tim: I know how to spell TGIF.
Emily & Tim: T G I F

Emily & Tim: I know how to spell DHA.
Emily & Tim: D H A

Emily & Tim: I know how to spell OK.
Emily & Tim: O K

:rolleyes: Are they amazingly cute?! :giggles:

Hey you must get this cool toy for your children. Hubby got this for Emily and Tim got the Kungfu Panda. No other toy can do a perfect somersault like Master Tigress. Hehehe..makes me sound like a kid again. Where to get it? No other than the burger toy store called McDonald. Here is the video of how Master Tigress does a perfect 10 somersault.

All started on Friday, I think it was the Economy rice. I swallowed something that smell bad. I had diarrhea on Saturday, purging 3 times. I was still alright as I could follow Emily to music class and cooked a nice herbal chicken for a friend get together dinner.

Sunday came, my body was aching and I had a bad headache. I had to leave church after the morning service. I went home, drank lots of water and slept a lot. I mean a lot. I had porridge the whole day until it was tasteless for me to eat anything.

Monday, still purging but not very frequent. I had 100 Plus to ensure that I get glucose and energy in me. I went to work but tummy was still upset. I felt like drifting in work.

I never get fever, no matter how sick I am. Maybe I should say it out loud so that the jinx will come. Nah, it never happens. You may think I am silly to want to have fever. Without fever, I cannot get MC. It is so very sad. Tummy grumbling again, I got to go.

I got this for myself on my birthday. I love shopping at knick knacks gift shop. The moment I saw the picture frame, I fell in love with it. The branch is made out of steel where the apple frames are magnetic. I like the black branch but that comes with heart shape frames. I like the apple frames better. It costs only about RM12.

I went home and printed Tim & Emily photos with my Canon Printer that can print photo quality pictures. Cut it in apple shape and wah lah…a nice office deco. Not only that, I can stare at my children‘s picture every day when I am work. They give me the joy and clear my stress.

By the way, the picture above is created using Office 2007. Recently I just upgraded it and I really like the appearance of the Outlook 07 and the features of PowerPoint 07 which can produce professional presentation slides. It has a nice user interface. Only setback, Microsoft changed the user interface concept which I have to relearn. I have a guru sitting behind me who can help me. :giggles:

Tim was very afraid to stay in a hotel when he was 2. Every time we have a vacation, I have difficulty with him. We entered the hotel, he will stick to me like a panda. Refuse to let me go. That was before Emily was born. I still could not figure out his phobia. He didn’t have any problem when he was 1.

Now, every now and then, he will ask me when will I bring him to stay in a hotel. He will like any hotels. When he reached the room, he will climb on the bed with Emily and jump around. It is like his indoor playground. Maybe our bed is not as good as the hotel.

Most of all, I am glad both Tim and Emily can sleep anywhere without any problem. Just like mom and dad. 😛

Let me reveal what Emily wants on her cake. Here ya go:

I must give it to Eden cake house again who can draw exactly what was given to them. Bravo. I always admire people who can make great designs with cakes. It takes great skills to do that which I do not have patience for.

I would like to capture all the birthday cakes that my children have since 1 year old.

Emily’s 4th birthday:

 

Emily’s 3rd birthday:

 

Emily’s 2nd birthday:

 

Emily’s 1st birthday:

 

Timothy’s 6th birthday:

 

Timothy’s 5th birthday:

 

Timothy’s 4th birthday:


 

Timothy’s 3rd birthday:

 

Timothy’s 2nd birthday:

 

Timothy’s 1st birthday:

It has been a long day because I drove from Ipoh to Penang. Hubby covered KL to Ipoh. It was a relaxing drive because not many cars on the road. Not many irritating tailgating car that said move out of the way!

Where did I go? I went back hometown so that my parents can have fun with my children. Showering & pampering them, that’s what grandparents do. I shall not take that away from them. For me, I went home for my mom’s cooking. Her soups are the best. In Hokkien, it is “ho liao!” Well, we Cantonese loves to drink soup and eat toong sui (aka soup dessert), which is much lacking in the Hokkien world.

Anyway, here is a picture where my children had fun and it is free. Anyone recognized where this is? If you don’t, ask your children. :giggles:

Yeap, it is the Ikea Free Indoor Playground which needs to Q.

Now with the rise of petrol price, we will think of alternatives to reduce our expenses. However it will have the ripple effect on many things and sooner everything will go up in price. Let’s hope it will be under control.

My friend drives a diesel car and he claims that the fuel consumption is low. It can go a long way with a full tank. He drove it up to Cameron. By the way, my family went to Cameron Highlands for a Church Family camp. We have about 85+ people. Anyway after the 3rd day of camp, his car couldn’t start because of the cold weather. With diesel car, you need to warm up the car. We all decided to help to push start. After the 4th time with the car going back and forth, it started. On the last day, returning home, the same thing. I did help in pushing too. Fortunately will all our help and God’s blessing, the car decided to run again. So much for diesel car in cold weather.

I must say that Cameron is a land of strawberry. I love the fresh strawberry ice-cream and it taste real good. If you go up there, you must try it. Talking about strawberry ice-cream, I must tell you about Emily. She dozed off after lunch while we are going out for sight seeing. Hrmm…so much for sight seeing, I thought I had to carry her around. Anyway when she heard and saw the strawberry ice-cream. Her eyes were as big as the strawberry. :giggles:

There were lots of strawberry farms out there. Some of them, you can pluck, pick and buy. I got a box for RM5. It doesn’t taste as sweet as the ones from US. Next to buy are sweet corns. You can eat it raw, yes without steaming. It tastes just as sweet. Flowers are everywhere but I will not buy them because when you take them back to the hot weather, it will not last.

Vegetables are fresh and ample supply. The next best thing to do with the cold weather is have steam boat. Yummy…we eat and sang all night.

Tim came back with a bad rash. I suspect is the hard water and some say that it may contain pesticide chemical in the water. However with application of calamine lotion, he feels much better now.

Map of Cameron Highland here.