Greetings from Taiping

My weekends seem to be busy and exciting. After the Port Dickson trip, on the following Friday, 4 June, I received a visit from Mummy and Jason, my brother. They were here to visit a lot of people, my family, Theng and children, Yee Woon, granny, Aunty Ivy and family, Uncle Patrick and family, Uncle Tommy and wife. Hmm, seems the theme for the weekend is FAMILY. Soon as they reached, we went to Theng’s in-law house to pick her and children over to my house.
I made ‘loh mai kai’ for dinner, with Oreo cheese cake for dessert. Very very simple meal, glad that I received A- compliment from Jason. This is my second time of loh mai kai, this time it is not that salty as before, but then I would have added more soya sauce to it. Hmm, I made about 12 of them. Cheese cake, also my second time, this round not bad I would say. To my family, though they are not a fan of cheese, they commented that it is still acceptable. THANK GOD!
Saturday was the family day for us. We went to Aunty Ivy’s house. Husband and I stayed there with Theng, Jason and our babies. Meanwhile Mummy and Yee Woon went to visit granny in the nursing home. She grew old and losing her energy to walk day by day. The only good point about granny, her brain memory is still 101%.
After the visit, we had a stop at Midvalley. Mummy was excited to see all the shops there, it turned out pretty hard for a big family to shop around. At times, we had to split a while, and Yee Woon took Mummy around. We had dinner at Manhattan Fish Market together with Uncle Tommy and wife.
The next morning, we woke up, took bath and settle the babies. Just before they go back, I asked hubby to take photos of us, especially Mummy with her three granddaughters.

After the photo session, we had lunch at Desa Setapak. We shopped around in Jusco Alpha Angle before sending Mummy and Jason back to the highway. They left at about 3.30pm.
Though a short trip, still I appreciate the time we had. I do miss Taiping and hoping to make a trip back this coming August 2010. The plan is there, let’s hope it will be successful.

CNY 2010

This year's CNY has been busier than previous years. The difference is of course with my Angel dearest. We went back on Friday, the weather was extremely hot, I took bath like 4-5 times a day. I officially took over the role of babysitting from my MIL as she is busy preparing for CNY eve and also to pray the ancestors.
This year is extra special as we experienced power failure on Sat and Sun evening. The weather is already extremely hot, yet we need to face such an incident. I was so worried for my little Angel. Hubby bring us to Giant hypermarket on Sat. And on Sun, I just brought the baby to the opposite house.
Angel received alot of ang pau this year....somehow our investment pays off. Ha ha ha, not too bad, can get back some right at the second year of CNY after marriage. Relatives surely did ask me when to have my second one, I just said, Oh no, not in the near future......must wait for Angel to stable down first.
Second day of CNY - We took the trip down Bidor before going back to Taiping. Visiting my foster parents in Bidor is a must-do task each CNY. My foster mum was so happy to welcome us especially Angel. She was not here when I delivered Angel. She gave us three ang pau and also bought Angel a set of Disney baby wear. Big thank you to her. The thing that amazed me was Angel laughed out loud while looking at her. And she kept on laughing non stop. Her signature smile often melted our hearts.
Because of some 'technical' problems which is not to be mentioned here, we managed to reach Taiping at 9.30pm. Theng and family already reached and had a round of steamboat with Mummy, Papa, Ywoon and Jason. Everyone smiling cheerfully to welcome my Angel back home. It is her first visit, I wasn't sure how will Angel reacts. It was ok gradually, they all took turn to carry her.
Third day of CNY - We made a trip up to Penang. Bro-in-law wanted to visit and makan makan before returning back to Bangkok. Everyone of us, with empty stomach drove up Penang, meet his friend and had our brunch at Penang Street. Each one of us had a bowl of Laksa and a bowl of Cendol. The Cendol was good, but the Laksa so-so only. The Fried Carrot Cake was not too bad also. It was only a short trip there, where we head to our next destination, Bukit Tambun. My cousin, Aunty Suan lives there. Uncle Patrick and family were there too, so it is another gathering for us there.

Aunty Suan and family live in a bungalow and her husband had made a KTV room where we shout our hearts out singing the karaoke songs while enjoying Chinese tea....For the first time, everyone including the three babies, mine and sis's little two enjoyed the day there. We took family photos there:-

I spent my fourth and fifth day in Taiping, at home most of the time. Angel was enjoying her days there and slept well, THANKS KUAN YIN MA! I left Taiping on Thurs afternoon, I do not know when is my next trip back to Taiping again. Miss home in fact.
Overall, my CNY this year is all about my family and my Angel. I know it is pretty much a quiet CNY in town, but to me, I value my days spent with my family and my little girl.

One Of A Kind

Tonight, I've attended Sally and Rox's wedding at The Courtyard Garden in Damansara Heights. It is one of a kind of wedding I've participated. They had kinda like English wedding reception, unlike the 9-course meal that I always had. That is why I decided to pen the details down in my blog here.
I was pretty amazed when I first stepped in the restaurant, the stairs leading down....with candles at the side. The whole environment was very cosy and romantic of course. I told everyone this is the kinda wedding reception I wanted, but I married a Chinaman, thus no choice, got to follow the traditional way.....hahahahahahahaha......but NO REGRETS!

Menu of the night

The dinner started with an appetizer, soup, main course and dessert. I took a shot of every dish, except that the soup part, I forgotten, so it is not so nice.

Appetizer


Soup (sorry, not so nicely taken)


Main course, either salmon or chicken


Dessert, I love this!


Wedding cake

Yi Shin is the MC of the night, big applause to him, he did a great job. I like to join all these weddings, I love to be married and I hope more and more people would join my group. It does bring back lots of good memories when I had mine though it is carried out in different ways. And during the dinner, Andrew and Yi Shin were talking about proportionate love. They asked if I love my hubby more, or hubby loves me more. I seriously can't answer. And then later on, I said, my love now goes to my girl, and lesser on my hubby. I believe hubby feels the same too. My girl is now receiving the most amount of love from both Mummy and Daddy........how lucky!
With that, I wish Sally and Rox congratulations, glad to see you are both married, love blossoms and may you both can have your own baby soon and join parenthood life as what we are enjoying now.

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This year seems to have twice of V-day. This day, every radio station has been airing sweet love songs, listeners calling in to make love dedications and lovebirds tying knot. Some even choose this date to deliver their angel. I would like to congratulate Sook Sun for delivering her 3.23kg baby girl and also to sis's SIL for delivering her 3.6kg baby girl. Ha ha, I am soon to join their group. It makes me even more excited counting days to my delivery date.
I have been reminding everyone that day to remain calm, sweet and stress-free. Somehow I felt love is in the air and I want to felt peaceful the whole day. Angel is getting very excited, she has been kicking and moving about.
My colleagues and I went to Kampachi for lunch. It is a Japanese restaurant located in 6th floor, Pavillion. I wasn't a big fan of Japanese food, but I enjoyed the meal I had, Salmon Shioyaki with soup, rice and fruit. The Salmon was plain grilled and it retain the good taste of the fish. If not for them, I surely wouldn't walk-in the restaurant myself. Hubby isn't a fan of Japanese food too.
The day was even sweeter when hubby took me to Neway Karaoke for dinner. Congrats to Hubby for his bonus payout today. Though it wasn't as good as last year's, but it is better than what he expected. So this dinner is his treat for me. I initially thought to go to Paddington House of Pancakes in Midv. But hubby insisted to have buffet dinner. I thought of Neway Karaoke as they offer buffet dinner and also singing session, 2-in-1, which also one of the place I wish to go before I commit myself to parenthood.
I can't remember when was the last time I went into the karaoke. Being pregnant definately reduces my energy to sing as before. Hubby himself had too much food inside and couldn't sing that much too. We laughed out loud hearing each other's singing and I truly missed the times we had during our college days. Thank you Hubby for bringing me there.

Gathering at LY's house

Last Saturday, we went to LY's house for lunch. This time round, L.Ting, B.Teing & Pris came too. The usual gang would be Elaine, Teoh, Kien Wan and me. Hmm, we have a great laugh that day. Big thank you to LY for cooking such a delicious meal for us. In fact, all are her signature dishes. We took a few shots there and there is one which I like the most.


L.Ting is migrating to Perth soon. Li Noi will not be boring then. Hmm, will miss her & Li Noi alot. I wish her a safe journey to reunite with her husband. And hopefully both of them will succeed there. Make sure they have a place for me when I go over to visit them. Ha ha ha, in my dreams, I do not know when I will have my next overseas trip. Angel must be good, Mummy and Daddy will then bring u to Australia to visit Aunty Lee Ting next year!!!

Family's Day Out

Papa, Mummy and Jason travelled to KL last Saturday evening till Sunday evening. The main purpose is to attend my youngest sis's convocation in UPM. And also to visit their two granddaughters dearest.
Papa is good enough to bring us tons of fruits and also the paint brushes for hubby to paint the house. Mummy brought us the pineapple and kaya tarts. I rented a hotel room for them to stay a night. It was whole lot better than the previous hotel stay. And they had a chance to visit my semi-renovated house. I said that this would be the last time that they stay in the hotel, the next round would be camping in my new house. Thinking of that I am very excited myself!
On Sunday morning, Papa, Mummy and Y Woon went to UPM. Big congratulations to her for scoring a First Class Honours in Bachelor of Economics! The ceremony ended about 12 noon. Hubby, Jason and I arrived in time for photo taking. I bought a bear wearing a graduation hat for her. And we saw Sam's family there too! We took some pictures together.


Then we headed to Midvalley for lunch and also to meet up Theng and family. After the lunch, we went straight to Aunty Ivy's house. Mum wanted to visit granny who is currently not feeling well after a second fall at the old folks' home. The focus is now on the two princesses. With my Nikon D60 SLR, their daddy took a few shots of them together and it was so funny seeing them posing together!

First princess : San Ern

Second princess : San Hui

Two together, San Hui looking lost!

San Ern showing her big sister hug!

Papa, Mummy and Jason left KL at 5pm. Hmm, when will be their next trip???