Posted by: wong on: February 29, 2008
Since May started kindy, Aba has been encouraging her to make friends there.
Taught her to say “My name is May, what’s yours?” in Mandarin, as an introduction. (May couldn’t speak Mandarin at all yet).
After a month, May overcame her shyness and made her 1st friend (previously, she only had play-buddies-of-convenience).
Now, she has 4 friends.
Posted by: wong on: February 26, 2008
So Ama cooked Japanese curry chicken (with potatoes + carrot)
Sarn: Sarn only eat carrots.
Ama: Why?
Sarn: Because Sarn is a rabbit, like at May’s school.
Ama: The rabbits there are in a cage. So you want to be caged?
Sarn: … OK. Sarn will eat chicken and potatoes. Sarn NOT rabbit.
Posted by: wong on: February 23, 2008
So Ama allowed the Kids to open their Ang Paus.
They were like: “Wow! RM5!”, “Wow! RM2!”, “Wow! RM5” etc.
Apparently, opening Ang Paus is more amusing then packing Ang Paus with money!
Posted by: wong on: February 22, 2008
Jern at play – pretending to be a driver, bussing a full load of passengers to school (like Ama).
Refused to take Sarn though.
Posted by: wong on: February 19, 2008
Dum-da-dum.
So the Family went to the FGS temple at Jinjarum.
It took more than an hour by car to get there!
Before entering the temple grounds, we had dinner at a nearby Chinese restaurant (streamed fish, sweet and sour pork, teppan tofu and vegetables).
And it was to the temple!
The Kids had been there before, of course.
Last year, [...]
Posted by: wong on: February 18, 2008
CNY Day 6
So May’s kindy started again today.
The teacher gave her a mandarin orange and an ang pao.
May super happy, though she didn’t understand why the ang pao contained ‘papers’ and chocolate ‘gold coin’ candies instead of money.
In the afternoon, Aba’s good friend came to visit with his only son (10 months younger than May).
The [...]
Posted by: wong on: February 11, 2008
For the 2nd time since May was born, Aba and Ama sneaked away to watch a movie (Kung Fu Dunk), leaving the Kids with Apo.
HAPPY!
Tomorrow, Aba returns to work, and May goes back to school.
But, there are still many CNY gatherings pending…
Posted by: wong on: February 10, 2008
Day 1 CNY 2008
The Family didn’t go out visiting.
Aba’s relatives came on the afternoon. The house was full of people!
The Family ‘sik jai’ (vegetarian diet) for half a day.
For dinner, we went to Steven’s Corner to ‘hoi jai’ (resume meat eating).
Day 2 CNY 2008
Aba’s maternal relatives came to visit.
Later in the afternoon, the Family [...]
Posted by: wong on: February 6, 2008
So the Family moved into the new house on Tuesday (29 January). Without furniture. Without kitchen cabinets/appliances. Without fridge… etc. And NO MOSQUITO NETING for the windows – the Twins got bites all over their faces!
The following week has been CRAZY hectic, getting everything sorted out.
Finally it was more or less (the major items, at [...]
