We were back in Malacca over the long weekend for my cousin’s wedding. The next day, Darling and the boys kicked balls at my eldest uncle’s place when they suddenly decided to try making a human pyramid. I laughed my head off looking at my cousin’s anak who is barely 4 years old trying to climb over Darling and Ethan! And then FINALLY… What was meant to be a human pyramid turned out to be… […]

I hope I’m right! LoL! When is your wedding anniversary? The day you got registered or the day we held the tea ceremony and dinner? Sometimes, I take our ROM date as our anniversary but since I forgotten missed that this year, I shall use our wedding ceremony date as our anniversary! Haha.. Anyway, I prefer to use our wedding ceremony date as it is closer to the year end when we are more relaxed. […]

We’ve finally enrolled Ethan for drum lessons. He has been learning beginner drum beats from YouTube but doesn’t know what to do with those beats so I had to get a drum teacher to assist him. He had his first lesson today and enjoyed every bit of it as finally after a week having the drum set at home, he can now drum to songs! The drum teacher taught Ethan to read drum notes. After […]

This used to be his study room that he shares with my other students.  But we have cleared the wall and gave it a fresh coat of paint. Installed air-cond so we can sound-proof the room.  Bought a rug from IKEA. Ethan specifically chose that design. It looked kinda tribal to me but since this is going to be his room and he wants that, so, yeah, we got that.  And tah-dah… TODAY the delivery […]

Darling and I have been together for almost 15 years now. Throughout these 15 years he has never, EVER heard me fart! Seriously! There are so many things I can do in front of him but the ONE thing I won’t do in his presence is farting. Really. Why should I when the art of farting has no sex appeal whatsoever? It doesn’t hold any advantages and worse is it just pollutes the air so […]

Remember my sufferings when Ethan decided to upgrade his study/play room into something more ‘mature’? My fingers all blistered from the peeling of the double layered tapes off the wall. Read all about it here. After days of endless peelings I finally gave up and told Darling to go ahead with the new paint eventhough there are still lots of sticky residues left on the wall. So these two macho topless guys got started with […]

Mid Autumn Festival is just around the corner but I have yet to buy any mooncakes. This year, the number of people making their own mooncakes shoot sky high due to the exorbitant prices of commercial mooncakes. Ethan got the chance to try making mooncakes when we were invited to sample Resort World Genting’s mooncakes collection. Read all about it here. I’ve tried shaping mooncake too last year in West Lake Garden, Sunway Resort Hotel […]

I set this room up when Ethan was little. It is filled with cute, colorful and educational wall stickers and posters. That was 5 years ago. Several days ago, Ethan said he has outgrown cute and colorful stuffs. Suddenly I felt my boy has grown so much! He asked if we could reinvent this room. I was stunned for a moment, unsure what to answer him.  After thinking for some time, I agreed. Ethan is […]

We were all in the master bedroom today after lunch with Darling showering Ethan to freshen him up before his piano lesson. Yeah, Darling showered Ethan while I was lying on the bed getting people to watch my YouTube video >_<  YES, Darling was at HOME at lunch time! Ain’t I lucky or what? We are lucky to have Darling coming home for lunch EVERY day! Must be my cooking is THAT good or our […]

We went LIVE on 93.9FM at 9.15pm tonight. It was seriously LIVE! I thought there would be like a pre-recorded session but NOoooooo, it was LIVE! The first thing I did when we arrived was to take a “I was HERE” pic and tweeted it out. Once the tweet went live my heart started palpitating and legs went wobbly. Me, Jun Sern, Shawn and Ethan Shawn and the producer, Kok Jun Sern chatted with us […]

Ethan came home from his Mandarin class a very happy boy today. He was smiling from ear to ear and had his hand hidden behind him that I guessed he was hiding something from me. True enough, he was hiding a trophy he got in class. Ethan and his trophy. I don’t know why he got the trophy or what it represents but one thing is for sure, he is extremely happy today. He held […]

I missed the launch of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 today because it was held in KLPAC while I was having a meeting with RTM in my Studio at the other end of the world. Of all day lah kan, they had to clash! >_<  Talking about RTM, they contacted me requesting for a meet-up and knowing that I don’t drive, they are all so kind to arrange our FIRST meeting at our Studio :D I […]

Some of you knows this story already lah. The story about Ethan getting rejected from a particular yang mahal music school *YAngMAHAl* It happened when we were shopping and since Ethan has been pestering us to let him try drumming, we brought him to that music school in the shopping mall to see what are the options. What happened after that was totally out of our expectation. The person at the reception took one glance […]

My sister told me she’s taking my parents up to Bukit Tinggi during the Raya holidays. Since I’ve never been to this place before, I decided to pay them a visit there during their 3D/2N stay in Colmar Tropicale. Do you know that you have to pay to ENTER Bukit Tinggi? Ridiculously priced at RM12/adult, not sure how much for kids though as they let Ethan in for free.  NICE nyer. Macam kat over da […]

Ethan wanted to do some baking so I let him browse the net for whatever cookies he wished to bake. Of all the many cookies out there, he chose this one cute turtle icebox cookies from Diamonds for Dessert! I was horrified when he showed me as I can foresee that it will be very hard to make. So I asked this young baker, XiangCool if he can help us out and gladly he said […]

I was shopping with Daddy today when I saw this suave looking shirt that really caught my attention.  Daddy lets me try a whole lot of other shirts and pants before finally taking this one final shot of me in Trudy & Teddy: And then we waited for the bill and made our way to the cashier… It was an enjoyable day shopping with Daddy. Definitely one of my precious moments, spending time with Daddy […]

I was spring cleaning my house today. I looked through Ethan’s old clothes, his sheets, curtains and more and dumped them into the washing machine to give them a rinse before putting them away or maybe letting those pre-loved items go. NEVER did I imagine when the washing machine sings its usual tune signalling that my laundry is done, I’ll be facing the BIGGEST mess ever!  I was greeted with THIS! Gel-like substance flowing out […]

Do you remember when you learnt to tie your shoe laces? I don’t. I don’t even remember when I learn to cycle on 2 wheels. Last Friday we bought Ethan his very first shoes with shoelaces. He has always requested for shoes with shoelaces since he saw my jogging shoes. Today, I taught him how to tie his shoelace. Surprisingly, he managed to successfully tie his own shoelaces after the second try! But what is […]

During the long weekend break, Darling decided to try being a tourist getting around KL. What better way than to Hop On Hop Off KL? If you are a smart tourist, you’ll definitely not want to flag for a cab in the heart of KL as the crazy jam will make the journey very costly in the end. I’m so used to be driven around KL that it is such a welcoming change to be […]

My parents and my sister’s family spent their long holidays in Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi. Ethan, Darling and I joined them for a day out at the Animal Park today. We took the shuttle van to the Animal Park since it is the public holidays and parking is scarce. We ended up regretting taking the shuttle van. Read on to find out why.  Ethan and my nieces getting excited in the van on the way […]

When it comes to beauty, we always wish to have skin as smooth as a baby’s. But do you know that baby’s skin is thinner, more sensitive and less oily than an adult’s. They are more prone to rashes and other skin condition. That’s the reason why we are encouraged to apply baby oil onto our new born’s delicate skin; to moisturise and keep them comfortable. Ethan is no longer a baby but his skin […]

4 1/2 months into his piano lessons, he is now Popeye the Sailor Man! :P Hehe.. my little Popeye :P His new set of books now are Hal Leonard Piano Lessons Book 2, Hal Leonard Piano Solos Book 2 and Hal Leonard Popular Piano Solos Level 2. 

We’ve got an itch to do some baking recently so today we baked this cutie pie KoKo Krunch doggies cookies :) We baked this because I have all the ingredients at home. All that is needed are plain flour, icing sugar, butter, chocolate chips, chocolate rice and of course Koko Krunch. I have all those at home with me at all times. Oh yeah, we need vanilla essence too. TUTORIAL VIDEO  Cute Doggies KoKo […]

Last Friday we went jalan-jalan at 1U after Ethan’s class. As soon as we entered the mall we saw some activities going and immediately Ethan ran towards it. The emcee was calling for kids to go up stage for dunno what lah and this Ethan dunno head dunno tail terus run up! -.- Other kids all got siblings with them but Ethan solo jer kat sana but nevermind-lah, janji dia berani. They danced, played games […]

We are privileged to be invited by Resort World Genting and Nuffnang to spend a day up in Resort Cafe, Genting to learn making mooncakes and also to sample their wide variety of mooncakes. We are even more privileged when the Chef shared with us his recipe for baked mooncake skin. Ingredients for the skin: 750 gram flour 600 gram golden syrup 150 gram oil 15-20 gram alkaline water Combine flour, golden syrup and oil. […]

Being a full-time stay-at-home-mother (SAHM) requires a lot of motivation to keep me going and stay happy in my mundane life. Sometimes I can’t help but think grass is greener on the other side. Sometimes I wish to still be working and have friends to hang out with. Sometimes I wish things were different… But reality is I’m a mother to this boy: Weeeeeee! I’m HAPPY! I JUMP when I’m HAPPY! Weeeeeee! Look Mommy! I […]

Continuation from our Desaru trip with 15 adults and 5 kids, it’s only appropriate that we checked ourselves into CintaAyu All Suites Hotel at Pulai Springs Resort & Spa after leaving Desaru.  We shared our 3-bedroom suite with Choi Yen and family. The living room. Ethan and Samantha warmed-up pretty quickly with the surroundings, enjoying themselves on the cozy couch. The kitchen with fridge and coffee & tea making facilities. The bed in the Master […]

Remember I posted in early July about wanting to go for a beach vacation? My friends heard me so we planned for a weekend retreat down south. They planned to drive down together to Johor early Friday morning but thinking about being in the car for 4-5 hours straight scares the heck out of me. We decided to drive back to Malacca on Thursday night instead and put a night at my mom’s place before […]

Howdy peeps! How you been doing? We’re finally back after a 3 day hiatus. We went down south to Pulai Desaru for some much needed back to nature retreat away from the hustle and bustle of city life. I did not bring my laptop along with me as I have this one rule of NOT bringing work along on our vacation. But guess what? I max my iPhone usage during the entire trip that I […]

Gold or rather yellow kiwi fruit is the craze these days. Nevermind how expensive they are, we are consuming them like mad just because they are said to be higher in nutrients. The fact that they are sweeter and bald makes it more appealing to me lah actually.  How do you peel a kiwi fruit anyway? I don’t like to use the peeler as I’ll end up wasting a thick chunk of skin and flesh […]

Ethan wanted to have Cars 2 theme for his birthday celebration. It was two weeks before his birthday so I thought since we had so much time, why not make our own Cars 2 banner? I didn’t know THEN that we can easily buy them for under RM20 in Toys R Us! >_< Anyway, Ethan did checked prints using Excel. We printed lots and lots of them since the ink so cheap only (so I […]

So Ethan is finally FIVE on Saturday! We celebrated his birthday in the Studio just like last year. Just a year different from last birthday, he is way more ‘involved’ this year in his birthday planning. He specifically requested for a Cars 2 cake. He wanted a Cars 2 theme. He wanted to invite his friends and he makes it a point NO ADULT are allowed for his birthday >_< He shops for the party […]

To spank or not to spank? It is an age-old question. I would love to tell parents not to spank their child but I can’t, because to discipline a child we need to look at the complete picture. But what I like to say is if you need to spank, please do so only on the bum or hands; never hard enough to leave scars or unsightly marks of your handprint or the rod. Handprints […]

We were invited by Nuffnang and Resort World Genting to stay the night at Chin Swee Temple for some meditation, Tai Chi, energy session, chakras discussion, mandala colouring and more. Life has been so hectic and stressful for me that I immediately said YES to the invitation. Luckily for me, Ethan is eager to go learn some Tai Chi and meditation too! It was Friday and Darling was working so Ethan and I packed our […]

Most of you know that I was a kindergarten teacher before I got Ethan right? Ok, in case you don’t, NOW you know :D I quit after delivering him to become a full-time stay at home mom. It was not part of my plan but.. nevermind :) Back when I was teaching, I always tell the parents to make sure their kids HAVE breakfast before coming to school as the nutrients taken will help them […]

Darling’s birthday is this weekend but guess what? I’ll be attending Nuffnang’s Blogopolis 2012 and that itself will take me away from 8am – 6pm followed by a date with Justin Bieber (MTV World Stage) later that night in Sunway :P So to make up for my ‘absence’ during his birthday, I took him out for an early birthday celebration last night. We went to Marché at the Curve. It’s our first time here mind you […]

Good morning peeps! How was your weekend? Ours was a very hectic one. Our Saturday was spent in the Studio, then straight to my eye check-up and the rest of the day was havoc running from one school to another scouting for dance and drum lessons! Ethan playing Guitar Hero Ethan has been pestering us to sign him up for drum, dance and even guitar lessons. Where in the world he got all those interest […]

Painting is therapeutic. In the midst of our hectic schedule, how many of us still paint every once in a while? When was the last time you held a paint brush or even a color pencil? The kids did a simple koi fish painting in the Studio today. One look at Ethan’s koi fish and many said he is VERY talented! LoL.. now, let me share with you the SIMPLE process of how those kids […]

It’s the mid year and EVERYONE is at the beach. Facebook is full of pictures of people jumping on the beach. It’s like You Go Beach, You JUMP! If you don’t, you have NOT officially been to the beach yet! Yeah lah, guilty as charged lah, we did that too not too long ago. Hehe… Anyway, I did this out of boredom today. I wish I’m at the beach now!  

Ethan is in that Word Search / Crossword Puzzle phase. He gets this trait from his Grandma. My Mom’s favourite section in her daily newspaper is the Word Search column. I can never understand what she finds interesting looking for words that is obviously already there! @_@ We were in Popular yesterday and he chose this book so Darling got it for him. Today he is looking every inch so Ah Pek-ish trying to find […]

I was away last weekend right? I wore my contact lens the entire day that day from 8am till 10pm coz I did not bring along the contact lens case and liquid as they are both in Darling’s car. Darling met me up in Chin Swee later at night after his work. The next day I noticed a white dot on my right cornea. Can you see the white dot? I dunno how to photograph […]

Yup, the much talked about weekend of mine is finally here. We are finally in Chin Swee Temple Genting much thanks to Nuffnang and Resorts World Genting. I am already in love with this temple. The landscape is beautiful beyond words, the air is so cool and it is simply rejuvenating to be here. One of the activities arranged for us during this getaway is Tai Chi with 2006 World Tai Chi champion, Master David Bao. […]

It was Wednesday afternoon and we were in Zoo Negara. How random can that be right? About 45 mins away from home, we made our way there after Ethan’s Mandarin class for Celcom First launch. Celcom Axiata Berhad launches the much awaited Celcom First Voice plans, a range of superior voice plans that will let Celcom customers step up to bold, more innovative and advantageous services for an optimum customer experience. At today’s launch, Celcom First […]

My mother can’t live without her sewing machine. I on the other hand, can’t live if I HAVE a sewing machine! I hate sewing. You don’t see me sew for nothing. If I have to get my dresses or pants altered, I’ll send them to my trusty tailor to do it. And if I get Ethan to deliver the clothes, they might fix the button free of charge! :P But today I was caught in […]

Two months plus into his piano lessons, Ethan has completed the Hal Leonard’s Piano Lessons (Bk 1) and Piano Solos (Bk 1). Piano Solos and Piano Lessons Book 1 done. He’s awarded with the above certificate ^_^ He wrote his own name while his teacher signed her name :D The cert means so much to him! Haha.. kids.. they all need some kind of motivation and encouragement, don’t they? He’s also 3/4 through this My […]

During our many blogger outings, Ethan found a big brother in one of the coolest blogger around, Xiang from XiangCool.com It always amazes me to see this young chap, not married, still single and I believe available (but highly in demand because he has hairy arms :P) playing away with Ethan. When I was his age and without a child, I dislike children! I can never stand seeing children running here and there. I never […]

Follow me on FB and you’ll know that I got hold of the Samsung Galaxy S3 on the day they were launched not too long ago. The first thing I did was to tear the security seal off and… Whoa! Macam monyet I was amazed at how the seal reveals the word ‘OPEN’ once it is peeled off the white box! Security max-lah as you won’t be able to reuse that seal! Seal of approval […]

Darling and I don’t like cats and dogs. We’ll never go near them. In a way we’ve ‘made’ Ethan not to like cats and dogs too :( Ethan will run miles away if he sees a cat or dog near him. Somehow he likes other animals. We frequent Rabbit Fun Land in Semenyih often as we have to pass by that place each time we go back to my in-law’s place. Ethan loves petting those […]

Last Sunday I posted this picture (the Instagram version) on FB and many started asking where this place with so many giraffes is! To answer your question, it is in Klang. Behind Klang Parade to be precise. The Giraffe L4-1-2 Jalan Pekan Baru 34 41050 Klang, Selangor. Tel: 603-3341 8933 Facebook: fb.com/theGiraffeHome Last Sunday was Father’s Day and a bunch of mommy bloggers decided to surprise the Daddy(s) behind our blogs to a giraffe treat! […]

In his life… His beloved Grandpa (MY beloved Daddy! <3) and his KungKung.. And most of all, his DADDY who has been with him from the second he was born until today. Ethan’s Daddy has been hands-on in bringing him up, being there for him every single minute of his life.. I <3 U Darling… Thanx for being the BEST Daddy around!

Do you know that you can now fill up on petrol while shopping? Yeah, our Malaysia boleh spirit has taken the bold step of setting up petrol stations in the car park of shopping malls. I was taken aback when Darling drove us to 1U several weeks ago. I exclaimed, “Whoa! Now you can fill up HERE!” (though we don’t actually use that brand lah). Darling said, “Dangerous weh, if explode, the whole shopping mall […]

I’ve heard it a thousand times. Old folks always say NEVER, EVER cut an Ang Pow packet open. You may tear it open but don’t ever CUT it! I never realized the significant of that sayings until recently when we were given an Ang Pow packet each. Darling and I gave ours to Ethan for him to tear them open and take out the money. I saw him tearing both Darling’s and my red packet so […]

The last time we stepped foot in Langkawi was back in 2002. Wow, that was TEN years ago! @_@ There.. ten years ago in Langkawi, Darling and I looked like that ^.^ How did we let a decade passed by without returning to Langkawi? Maybe we got married, delivered a baby and life got so hectic that we did not get the chance to travel anymore :( When did my life turned so sad? :'( […]