tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274543892024-03-07T15:49:06.050+08:00A Mom's DiaryA Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.comBlogger812125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-90462106764260600762015-12-31T23:57:00.000+08:002016-01-10T01:32:09.390+08:002015 year in review
Yan Yan graduated from kindy this year and that’s probably the highlight of 2015. Her self confidence has also improved, as well as being less timid. On our recent trip to Legoland, she surprised me by going on all the rides. She asked to attend After School Program (ASP) at the kindy and enjoyed herself tremendously with all the fun classes like cooking, music & movement, A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-61095433111631297422015-12-30T11:36:00.000+08:002016-01-10T00:20:57.632+08:00Christmas time at the malls
First up was at the
Curve, with the theme Tales of Christmas
Magic. The centre court was nicely
decorated with giant books, where they open up for performers to tell the story
of Aria, the songstress, whose singing could awaken the creatures of Christmas
Storyland to life.
The girls visited Sunway Pyramid with their dad, where an aquatic wonderland awaits. With their A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-2198580278347671542015-12-29T00:16:00.000+08:002016-01-10T00:17:19.105+08:00Hello Kitty Go Around Malaysia
Hubby’s Lions Club
brought some orphans to the Hello Kitty Go Around Malaysia fair at the Viva
Home Expo Hall so the two girls tagged along.
Will let the photos do the talking.
A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-47291500507131935292015-12-26T02:15:00.000+08:002015-12-28T02:19:34.336+08:00Stopover in Melaka
A trip to Kluang
will not be complete without a visit to the original Kluang Rail Coffee. We visited the old coffee shop (a coffee
stall is more like it J) at the Kluang Railway
Stattion for breakfast before leaving Kluang.
It was packed even on a late morning on Monday. We waited a while before seats were available
for all of us six adults + five children (+ a baby). A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-13777764534444468872015-12-22T14:00:00.000+08:002015-12-28T02:23:45.311+08:00Cuti-cuti Johor – UK Agro Farm
We googled for some
breakfast places in Kluang (saving Kluang Rail Coffee for the last day) and saw
that Botak Curry Mee is highly recommended so we made our way to the Kampung
Paya shop (run by Botak’s son) to find it closed. We detoured to try our luck at Botak’s
daughter’s stall at Mengkibol River Hawker Centre and was glad to find it
open. We waited quite a bit for our
noodles A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-91376540167018803032015-12-18T11:48:00.000+08:002015-12-28T02:22:07.116+08:00Cuti-cuti Johor – KOREF
After checking out
from the hotel and having a bak ku teh breakfast, we started our 2.5 hours
drive to the Kahang Organic Rice Eco Farm (KOREF). We reached KOREF at about 12.30pm, and signed
up for their standard 3-hour package which included a simple lunch. As everyone was still full from bak ku teh,
lunch was kinda wasted but we packed the omelette and fried chicken, just in
case A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-34880077136334103732015-12-15T13:48:00.000+08:002015-12-28T01:48:23.196+08:00Cuti-cuti Johor – Legoland (Theme Park)
We started Day 2
with breakfast at Storia Café, which serves typical Malaysian breakfast like
nasi lemak, mee siam, etc. But what’s
unique at this café is the freshly grilled otak-otak.
We headed to Legoland after that, reaching at about 9.30am. We had some leisurely time for some photographs before the theme park opened.
We started at the Lego Technic, and A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-83369135639464817642015-12-14T01:33:00.000+08:002015-12-28T01:33:44.397+08:00Cuti-cuti Johor – Legoland (Water Park)
We spent a couple of
days bercuti-cuti Johor for the family year-end holidays. First stop – Legoland. Our first trip to Legoland was in early 2013,
and the water park was still work-in-progress at that time. So this round, we bought the 2-day combo
parks ticket for both the theme park and water park. Prices for Legoland have increased a fair
bit…the one day theme park A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-6774113345669378252015-12-03T23:03:00.000+08:002015-12-26T15:14:14.667+08:00Lion’s Balloon run
Hubby was part of
the organizing committee for the Lions Charity Balloon Run 2015. Since there was a 4km family category, I decided
to take part in the run with the girls and their 大姨姨. It was
the girls first run and while they needed some help halfway through the run,
they made it to the finish line J
Bright & early at Taman Tasik Permaisuri Cheras
They ran all the way
A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-35725952438594002382015-11-30T12:34:00.000+08:002015-12-26T14:35:24.160+08:00Year-end party & last day in TJC
The year-end party
(and Yan Yan’s last at TJC…sob sob) was held on the last day of school. The theme, as per the year-end concert, was
Fairy Tales, so most children were dressed in their garbs from the concert, except
Yan Yan and her classmates since they performed the lantern dance.
With some of her classmates...most will be going separate ways after this :-(
Some of the girls inA Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-60943995492437667012015-11-14T22:25:00.000+08:002015-12-26T14:31:01.952+08:00ASP concert
This year, we
enrolled Yan Yan into the ASP (After School Program). The week after her graduation concert, the
kindy organized its annual ASP concert.
It was a simple
affair with marching in of the students, national anthem, followed by a short
speech by the principal. The six-year
old students then went on stage to receive their graduation scroll before the
performances began.
A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-88195526807157365322015-11-10T14:23:00.000+08:002015-12-26T14:24:33.833+08:00Yan Yan’s kindy graduation
Yan Yan’s kindy alternately
organizes between a big-scale concert and sports day each year. This year is the year for sports day so the
graduation ceremony and concert for the graduating six years old was only a
low-key affair. The theme for the graduation
concert this year was “Fairy Tales”.
As usual, it started
with the marching in of the students, followed by the national A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-25994222665769929572015-11-07T12:55:00.000+08:002015-12-26T00:58:38.587+08:00Yiu Yiu school choir competition
On her birthday, Yiu
Yiu was part of her school choir that took part in the 24th National
Primary School Choir Competition, organized as part of the 49th KL
Music Festival.
Assembling at school in the morning
Waiting for their turn at the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
A total of 31 schools took part in the day-long competition. Her team was the 8th to go on A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-49016591979375244702015-11-04T00:14:00.000+08:002015-12-26T00:17:05.400+08:00Yiu Yiu’s 10th birthday
Yiu Yiu turned 10 on
Nov 1. We celebrated with a family
dinner at D’Italiane Kitched, Paradigm Mall.
Her papa surprised her by ordering a balloon bouquet to the restaurant,
which added a festive touch to the dinner.
The lovely birthday girl
One with mummy and mei-mei
With popo
Yummy food
We ordered her favourite durian mousse cake
With mei-mei and Wong A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-83755325351542902832015-10-28T19:18:00.001+08:002015-10-28T19:18:52.228+08:00Girls' first short filmHubby's cousin is the co-founder of Grim Films. A couple of weeks ago, he asked if we would allow the girls to be a part of a short film which his colleague is making for the Berjaya Youth Short Film Competition. We agreed to let the girls have some fun, and they did.
This is the final product.
The film has been shortlisted as one of the Top 10 finalists. All the best A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-84297469221742623202015-09-30T17:21:00.000+08:002015-11-10T17:22:49.456+08:00Kuala Terengganu Chinatown
We had to leave the
resort by 10am the day of departure from Lang Tengah but our flight isn’t until
evening so we signed up for a city tour of Kuala Terengganu. Our first stop was the Chinatown where seven
back lanes have been given a makeover and each has its own unique theme.
Main arch leading into the Chinatown
We started our walk at the Tauke Wee Seng Hee Cultural A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-61763031400929382942015-09-28T01:52:00.000+08:002015-10-25T01:54:38.749+08:00Mid-year holiday in Lang Tengah
My first trip to
Lang Tengah was 14-15 years ago and I remember having such a fantastic time
there. Lang Tengah was not as well known
as the more famous Redang or Perhentian Islands and I was totally smitten by
its white, powdery beach and pristine underwater world. Back then, the four of us had three guides
all to ourselves for the few snorkelling trips and we got to see soooo much A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-39828449006614647262015-09-25T20:01:00.000+08:002015-10-14T18:03:42.129+08:00TJC hat party
A couple of weeks before
Yan Yan’s kindy mid-year party, I received the message book saying that the
theme this round will be “Hat Party”, and that the children should come with a
homemade hat which the parents and child can make into a home art project – not
exactly the kind of news this creativity-challenged mum would welcome.
But a mum gotta do
what a mum gotta do – so this mum asked Mr. A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-57460952451885135642015-09-18T21:34:00.000+08:002015-10-14T17:40:54.501+08:00School sports day 2015
Yiu Yiu participated
in her school sports day in May. She’s
in the red house this year and was part of the red house students who
participated in the march past. Interestingly
this year, each house was asked to have some costumes for the march past and
Yiu Yiu was given a set of butterfly head band, wand and wings while some of
the boys were dressed in Superman boxes…haha.
A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-60699409131631095492015-09-14T17:14:00.000+08:002015-10-14T17:33:45.459+08:00Super Lutein
The Japanese
Association of Preventive Medicine for Adult Diseases (JAPA) is non-profit
association of over 6,600 independent doctors and is the biggest and most
respected of its kind in Japan. The
association reviews and endorses a variety of products and technologies and is
known for its with stringent guidelines for certification. More than 20,000 products are sent to them
A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-17211983505429903742015-09-09T23:12:00.000+08:002015-09-27T23:15:00.518+08:00Garden wedding at Subak Restaurant
I’ve never heard of
this place until my colleague asked if Yan Yan could be one of her flower girls
for her wedding. Of course I said yes,
just for the fun of it, and to be part of the joyous occasion.
This colleague of
mine is just super awesome – she DIYed everything, from the wedding invitation
cards, floral arrangements, down to every little details of the party.
The bridal partyA Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-6615334735803828242015-09-05T17:13:00.000+08:002015-10-14T17:27:51.646+08:00My personal story - Izumio for eczema I started on Izumio and Super Lutein in the quest to improve the stubborn spot of eczema above my lips. It started in May last year and I've been given the usual steroid and Protopic creams, which I've had to use intermittently every few days whenever it flared.
I've been taking Izumio and Super Luton for almost five months now and I'm happy that I don't need to use the creams anymore. Here's a A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-54787578699225498312015-08-24T00:13:00.000+08:002015-09-24T00:14:13.194+08:00Visit to KL Bird Park
Yan Yan’s kindy’s
annual outing this year was to the KL Bird Park, the same place that her jiejie visited six years ago. As I had gone
through the drill with Yiu Yiu, I knew that with so many children on the trip,
there’s hardly any time to really enjoy the visit, as it would be one mad rush
from one place to another. But kids
being kids, she wanted to join the trip with her friends.A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-18790768585965301172015-08-16T11:23:00.000+08:002015-09-14T00:47:27.654+08:00Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) – Food and marketAfter watching the
AO Show one of the nights, we headed to Huong Lai Vietnamese Restaurant for
some traditional Vietnamese cuisine.
What attracted me to this restaurant was the fact that the service staff
and some of the kitchen staff are former street children, orphans and youth
from very poor families, and Huong Lai provided them an opportunity to better
their lives.
In A Mom's Diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849443775610712739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27454389.post-63930354865278246322015-08-12T13:22:00.000+08:002015-09-12T16:08:44.051+08:00Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) – Cu Chi Tunnels and Cao Dai Temple
The Cu Chi Tunnels,
located 70km northwest of Ho Chi Minh, is an amazing complex of underground
tunnels used during the Vietnam war. Initial
construction started in 1948 when the Viet Minh required somewhere to hide from
French air attacks and by 1965, the tunnel complex was estimated to consist of
more than 200 km of tunnels with underground hideouts, shelters, hospitals,
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