T2 meets B3
Alright, I know this is a way back dated post but I'm going to finish up last years blog journal in the next month if I can help it because I need to start new things. Here is T2's first date with B3. They were 4 months old,.......click to learn what next.
A morning at Scarborough Beach, Perth
Within walking distance to my cousin's place in Perth is the beach! And because it was still winter-sorta, the beach was deserted. It was cold!!! . On the way there.....the sun was shining, but it was cold!!! . I watched her play for an hour......*yawn* and didn't have.......click to learn what next.
Buying Durable School Bags in KL
This is T1's very expensive school bag. I cannot believe how expensive school bags are these days!!! She has TONS of books and there are not too many options of big school bags available. I wanted to just get her a cheap Ben10 bag but the Hubs insisted.......click to learn what next.
Making jelly shapes
Can someone teach me how to make agar-agar? I am dying to make jelly that I can actually cut out into shapes. What about those yucky instant jellos? Can those be cut into shapes too? I hate those but T1 loves them. Yuck. So I'm going to convert.......click to learn what next.
Best Hokkien Mee in KL
Apart from Elaine's home-made of course.....is located in the back alleys of Jalan Alor. There is another along Jalan Ipoh. When my cousin came down from Australia, he wanted me to take him to this back alley Hokkien Mee place so I did. We weren't sure if they.......click to learn what next.
Cleaning vegetables
How do you clean your vegetables? I usually soak mine for at least 15 minutes in salt water. And then re-soak them again and again until I can see no more soil and sediments in the water after which I would rinse them. We don't have that changgeh.......click to learn what next.
Born to dance
Apart from being academically competent, T1 is also talented in many areas. However, dancing is not one of them. By my standards anyway. She loves to dance though and we, of course, encourage her. She listens to the radio every night to go to bed. I have no.......click to learn what next.
T1’s future college
The Hubs has been advocating sending our girls to boarding school since they stress us out so much and since he was a boarding school product but T1 has been fighting her case saying she does NOT want to go to boarding school and she does NOT want.......click to learn what next.
Graduating from FlyKidz
She gets gymnastics at school now as a compulsory lesson. Let's see if she enjoys it as much!
Attending another musical
My girl is really, REALLY lucky that she gets invited to many, many shows over the course of the year. When I was a child, going to a show was a treat I probably had once every two years! And here she is attending like 10 shows in.......click to learn what next.
Trying on earings
During our last visit to Kota Bharu, my MIL presented me a box that kept all her jewelery (the costume ones) and asked me to choose what I wanted. Just as an aside, she offered it to my SIL first. I'm still lucky I got offered at all!.......click to learn what next.
Getting a loan quick and easy
Some people think I'm rich and wealthy. I guess the question here is really what defines rich and wealthy? Does having a net worth of 1 million make you rich and wealthy? Or do you have to have cash of 1 million? Who knows.....My personal label for someone.......click to learn what next.
Disappointed with Google
I just found out today that my page rank has just dropped to 1 from 2. Why Mr Google, why? I work so hard to get where I am and you just push me over in a gush of wind? Just like that? It is cruel. What do.......click to learn what next.
Drugs detoxification
One of the biggest problems in the United States is teenage drugs and that is why my Mom refused to allow any of us kids to study there. We have the same problem here but because we are a smaller country, the figures don't seem so extensive. It.......click to learn what next.
Family Love
Too good not to share.....
Starting School in the New Year
Last year, T1 started big school. This is where her classroom was, next to the canteen but she had to walk up one level to the washroom. I liked that parents could peek into the classrooms through the openings but thought the sliding doors were an occupational hazard.......click to learn what next.
Little Blessings
Very soon, my baby will be 18 months old!!! She is still barely 8 kilos (YES!!! Can you believe it???), the same size as most babies younger than her or even lighter!!! See? The baby beside her is 3 months old...... Today, she has had her poo AGAIN.......click to learn what next.
Bi-Weekly Ejaan and Spelling Tests
At the beginning of last year, when T1 was doing the Malaysian Primary One syllabus at school, she was given 5 Ejaan words to study twice a week and 5 Spelling words to be tested twice a week as well. But as the months went on, they started.......click to learn what next.
What a Day! What a Day! What a Day!
Last night, I slept at 4am. Pretty normal. Actually, I don't really know what time I slept but when I was finishing off on the computer, it was 4am. The night before I also had 3 hours of sleep. At exactly 6.50am, T2 woke up and started wailing.......click to learn what next.
Hanging hand bags on trolleys
This is something you should NEVER do because that is exactly how one of my friends got her handbag stolen in Bangsar Village. She stopped to look away to chat with a friend and then continued her trolley pushing but by the time she noticed that her handbag.......click to learn what next.
Sports Day at T1’s school
Last year, we all attended T1's sports day decked in blue to support our little munchkin. My Mom commented in the sweltering hot, grassy field, that she'd never seen so many Louis Vuittons and Chanels in a sports field before in her entire life. I kid you not........click to learn what next.
Malaysian Her World February 2011
Have you got your copy yet? If you haven't, hurry on to your local newsagent to see my aunty on the cover. Yes, AUNTY......although if you saw her, you would never imagine that she was an aunt. More definitely, you'd think she was MY niece. Blek. How come.......click to learn what next.
Real estate in Perth
One of my absolute favourite past times is to look at houses. Better still if I get to experience them. In fact, it is this very reason that I became an architect. And look where I am now? Cleaning poop and getting my ears burnt daily from incessant.......click to learn what next.
Traditional Mee Siam from Kelantan
A traditional dish at every visit. Hours of standing in heat and muscle work. The night before, prawns are peeled and cleaned, millions of them. A truck load of chilli and spices go into a clay pot (and it HAS to be a clay pot according to my.......click to learn what next.
Learning the Chinese Zodiac
Last year, T1 learned the Chinese Zodiac and I told myself I needed to as well but surprise, surprise, I haven't as yet. OK, that will be my mission this evening. I wonder though how much is actually retained in that little head of hers??? I shall test.......click to learn what next.
Create your own style with the HBN & BHT
As the name suggests, you can use the HBNs as a HAIRBAND........I haven't actually tried it with short hair but it looks fantastic with long hair. The shortest you could probably go is a short bob. You can even wear it on your dog....or tie it around your.......click to learn what next.
What we get up to in Kota Bharu
Last year was pretty eventful in Kota Bharu. T2 had just started her solids and it was my in-laws first time having her in KB, so they were super excited. Of course, now they will also be super excited since she's WALKING......and can communicate!!! Fun times!!! Eating Amah's.......click to learn what next.
Reputation management on the internet
In the last decade, practically everything could be found or researched on the internet. Amazing. If you wanted to find out how your potential employer fared in the market, you'd just google them. You'd get pages and pages worth of information on what you'd just googled. If you.......click to learn what next.