Sorie... this is pretty old post that i shd put up way back. And this post was drafted in Feb!
Ok, some pics of last yr X'mas (obviously). I finally managed to set up the tree after two years I kept it under my bed. The reason I did not put-up was due to Adriel was born (partly) and another reason was I will need to packed tis after the celebration was over (very likely!).
He managed to sit down quitely to get a pic taken
Ok, he can't stand it any longer....
Started to eyes on the pressie
Get scolding from Mummy but still can't resist not to touch!
If you ever thinking of what to do with your kiddo who loves to scribble but dunno what they trying to express or I shd say Drawing like a Picaso, you might wanna invest in one of this. In fact I bought a Pro Doddle by Fisher Price as well, but dare not give it to Adriel as it really needs someone who can handle it with care whereas the Aqua Doodle doesn't need much attention. Well, whoever who created or invented this, shd give him/herself a pat on the back - did such a great job. No doubt, the things actually doesn't cost much but the vendor is making money out of it. If you got this, u know wat I mean.
This creation us something very Creative (very similar with normal doddle but using water) and yet a good start for a kiddo like mine to start scribble without me worried what happen next, if I walk out for a minute.
You can get this from any shopping malls (Most) namely that I saw were Robinson & Sogo. They have two version of this. You may get one with only Blue in colour (when the cloth is wet) or a Colourful doodle. Both are from the same manufacturing. The only difference is the $$. The Blue (refers to pic), only cost less than RM50 and I got it for a bargain at RM40 when Sogo was having sale. [Tips: you can find many many toys that at a cheaper price in Sogo (during sale) from my observation.] As for the Colourful Doodle, it cost around RM120... Yeah that's the Big difference. That's why I bought the Blue one!
Ok, How this works? In this Box it has only TWO things, the doodle mat & a pen. To start drawing, all you need to do is open the cap (pen) and refills with water... and after 1 min, you can give the pen to your kiddo and he/she can start drawing like a Picasso. As easy as i-2-3. *Note: suitable for 1.5yrs and above.
My Lil Picasso with some helps fr Daddy and his cars on parade too!
Ai yoh, been trying to catch up with some old post. Still got lots more to come. Dunno can finished 2008 post by end of this year or not!! ahahaha
Outstanding of Adriel addiction or craziness on smtg, X'Mas 2008, very outdated post on Our 2nd Port Dickson trip, My Cambodia trip and more on Adriel's daily life.
Wah... think bout itfeels like closing my laptop di. Just too many old post that need to do before wrapping up 2008. Big Sigh...
Ok, Just to update about myself. I finally became a vain pot by putting myself for a '30 minutes to Fame' :) Well, to be frank, Never intend to buy or get myself a portrait package after wedding pics. It was given by my sis.
My sis purchased something at the cosmetic counter (she purchased RM600 above) and received a so called 'Free makeover'. So, she said she has no time to do it, so she passed it on to me. At first I reluctant to take it as she should be doin it instead of me. She has spent so much so she really deserved to have a makeover. After much persuasion, I took it lar.. but felt guilty - Didn't buy but get Free.
So is really a impromptu thing. So headed to KLCC for a total of 30mins of fame including some makeup. Well I should say, this will be my LAST ** (of age) before turning to Big 3*
End results is tis....
The tricks: Yes, there is a trick for this. They only gave U One printed photo. If you need more or you want to get a few more that you like, you have to pay for the additional photos. So, I ended up getting 1+4pics for the price of RM150 (includes printed 4 pics and a CD of 5 pics) and some touch-up. (without touch-up kenot show ppl man! same like those wedding pics....)
Hey just wanna do some sharing here. I've been using Picasa 2 since I created this blog. But with the newer version of Picasa 3, I have been falling in love with it (when I start to blog back after 3-4 mths of miserable idle from blogging) and now struggling to return to blogging life.
With Picasa 3, I can do lots of things eg. collage or re-sizing. The Version 2 does hv collage but very limited things can be done as comapred to 3.
In this version, I can see significants of New things comeing up. I can edit the pic and watermark the pic as I want. And I found out that the video clip can be loaded here too. Ohh, those who created this shd be given a 'Big Thumbs Up'.
If you haven't use Picasa before, maybe you would like to download the software and play around with it. If u r blogging using blogger.com it will be a Bonus to you. You can directly upload your pics thru Picasa instead of the traditional way.
Hope this tips is useful to you. Enjoy playing with Picasa 3.
Too bad this is not a pay post... or else can get some pocket $$$ wahahaha
This is wat happened when your child is overly excited to go 'Kai Kai' aka shopping.
This incident happened when I was at work where most of you are on holiday. It was a Pub Hol and I too 'kedekut' to take leave just to be with them. So, I left him with his Daddy's hand. (No No No is not Daddy's fault at all. In fact Daddy can take care of tis rascal much more better than Mummy)
Ok, this is wat happened. Before I log off from the office, I called home and asked Daddy to be prepared. I intended to bring Adriel out with my sis to visit my Aunty (Mum' sis) which we just found out that she diagnosed with cancer. Apparently, my Aunty totally look like a different person before she found out that she has cancer. She went for a kimo and she started loosing weight.
So, we thought we could pay her a visit since is a Pub Hol. And the Three sisters haven't seen my Aunty almost 3 years. So, we decided to bring aong our bub/s since she haven't seen them before.
On my way home, I received a phone call from Hubby.
Me: Hello Hubby: Chai chai had a fall Me: Huh! Where and which part did he hit? Hubby: Forehead Me: How bad? Hubby: You come home first. Line cut off Me: Was praying hard that nothing too serious happened to him
Reached home, parked car and took my car key & locked the car. Without realizing I forget about my handbag (house keys inside my bag). Reached door "Where's my handbag?" Try my luck and ring the doorbell. Sis, opened the door. "How's Adriel??"
Went in straight, he was sitting on the beanbag. "Adriel, are you ok?" Izzit pain pain?? He took his fingers and pointed at his head. Ohhh,,, U poor boy.
I quickly take out my camera and gave a few shots of him of how 'pitiful he has been' and him showing me which part it hurting him.
Some blood stained on his hanky
In the evening, tis cheeky fella started to his old habits back. *Forgotten about the afternoon knocked out*
He started to peel his plaster on his forehead which make me worries that his wound will be contaminated. Was thinking hard what I shd do???? Than I remmebered his Three lil Bears - Papa Bear, Mama Bear & Baby Bear.
Look for some plaster and managed to get and stick to each bear's forehead. After finished plastering, he looked at the Bear - Puzzled look...
Than he touches his forehead and tap on it. Hehehehe... Means Pain Pain lor..
I explained to him that Bear bear also pain pain so bear bear also need plaster like U. As usual I standby my camera and took some pics of him with his Bears. He was so cheeky tried to cover up himself with his Bear when I snap him.
After taking some pics, I took him to the mirror and showed him 'Adriel U see pain pain with plaster? See Bear bear also like U'. He happily smiling away...
So how it happened???
He was too overly excited. After having his shower, Daddy changed him into a collared T-shirt and he knew he's goin Kai Kai. So, he was happily jumping on the beanbag and hit himself at the edge of the arm chair!!
Daddy's pocket 'koyak' aka torn as he needed to pay the Doctor for one stitch. :(
By the look at my Title U already get the message :)
YES.... I'm one of the winner (unfortunately not the Grand Winner) for being a 'SHOPAHOLIC Contest for M'sia Mega Sale' organised by One Utama. Yes, I am very proud of myself :) Never thought I will be so Lucky to win anything.
Well, I did not spent that much. Only Two working dress and a jacket from Zara.
Prizes are : U Points of 10,000 eqv RM100 & Osim head massager value at RM800++
The head massager is still unopened till today and I wasn't sure will it ever get open or not.
With the economy downturn, we did our first attempt by goin to places that out of our way!. (Wat a joke - No lar I don't do tis on purpose just to save a few penny). I bugged Hubby to bring me over to MPH Warehouse as I think Adriel needed some bedtime books. He get bored with his old books and make no interest at all.
Normally, we don't bring Adriel along as we think it's too troublesome and we might ended up not getting anything if Adriel ever get cranky. But despite of the weekend, we have no choice. I guess he was happy to tagged along with us which means Daddy have to put his full attention to Adriel instead of searching for books for himself.
We didn't reached till late morning. So can you imagine the heat and sweat we gone thru. Since Adriel is under Daddy's care, I have to be quick and headed to the children section to screen around. I did a few rounds, but non of the books impress me at all. Well, I think is not the books fault, but me. I will easily get dizzy & headache when I see so many things around me with no sense of direction.
After a few rounds, I decided to pay a visit of the two boys to relief my pain. Apparently, Adriel has been behaving well. He did not complaint nor running around. He quietly sat at the corner of the wall with a paper box laid on the ground and start flipping the books. He was very happy with his Sesame St Book that Daddy gave him and keep on pointing to some pics. We wanted to buy the book but due to some defects we decided is not worth buying if the book is not in good condition.
Anyway, I managed to find a few books before we headed off home.
I have been disappeared again for almost a mth after seeing my last post! Hehehe.. Some of you might even having a long neck oledi since I promised to post our zoo trip but did not make it happen! Sorie.
**Post dated 01 Oct' 08**
A week before goin to Zoo, we have been educating Adriel by letting him to watch Barney (Let's we go to the Zooo...). I think is good in a way, at least he has a rough idea of the animals before seeing the 'Real' ones.
As what we have planned on First day of Raya, we decided Not to postpone this trip any longer. It has been postponed since 1st May aka Labour Day. I also invited Ley Mei's Fmly & My Kolik's Fmly to join our Adventure since all of us have no plans for this Raya Holidays.
Adriel woke up about 8itsh and I was half way packing his stuff and mine. While Hubby helped me to changed Adriel and get ready for our journey. We took the Middle Ring Road (MRR) since it's nearer to our home and the whole journey was very smooth since it was a public hols. We managed to get a nice parking spot since we are early.
Paid the entrance fees at RM15/adult & Adriel went in for free (3yrs and below).
I made some some fingers food a day before such as bread with sausages and cheese & some Pork balls so this will goes very handy if Adriel wants to have a bite of this instead of his milk. Well, In actually fact all this ended up to our tummy. He insisted to eat (well he took a bite or two) and since we were rushing to be at the Zoo at 9am we didn't have any chance to have breaky this eventually goes handy for us :)
Our 'Packing List' includes:
Stroller
Mini Fan
Themos
Water tumbler
One container of 20 chicken wings
One container of bread and sausages
One container of pork balls
*The stroller was full of container because I was so scared the security guard will confiscate our food! Well thank goodness, nothing had happened. Phew... Well, Is not that I kiasu of bringing so much food. I just wanna make sure we will not get famish end of the day as I heard the food court no longer has KFC and I am definitely sure, there won't be much choice of food for us to have. So by packing some food, It will at least fill up our tummy. Anyway, we and my kolik did have our lunch at one of the fast food place. Couldn't remember the name of the place but the concept like KFC. The Q was long as this is the only fast food place. There are some restaurant around the corner which provides some local food which wasn't that cheap.
We didn't have the time to take the tram.. Which we should at the first place!!. By the time we wanted to ride, it was really really long Q. Well, maybe another trip to the Zoo again before Adriel turns 3 :)
BTW, we left the zoo about 5pm which means we hv been at the zoo almost 8 hrs! Well, Adriel started to get cranky at 3itsh as we have no chance to take his morning nap. Poor Boy, he was so Exhasutedand slept all the way home.
Our overall experience, I really considered this was a WORTH paying a visit. A good experience for myself and Hubby since we haven't been to this place for nearly 10-15 yrs! So is like returning to Memory Lane To Us and an eye opener to Adriel. Well, I guess my expectation was lower this time (not comparing with Singapore Zoo!) kekeke
Some pics that I took.
Giraffe
Elephant (Adriel pronounced as El-ly)Lion CamelRhinos EmuSerladangTortoiseSun Bear
Wild Boar
PonyOrang Utan - I called him the 'Great Poser'He was posing for us while most of us snapping some pics of him!My THREE Great Shots of the Day
Orang Utan
Zebra
Tiger (Love tis shot) Last but not least some pics of the Monster's Fmly
Well, If you want to have more info on Zoo Negara, you may log on to their website at http://www.zoonegara.org.my/index.htm
Zoo Negara by Day is open daily from 9.00am – 5.00pm
Rates Adult RM15.00 Children (3-12 years old) RM6.00 Senior Citizen (60 years above) RM6.00
I'm BACK... after 3mths break! Wow... time flies so fast and I haven't start doin anything!
Well, nothing much to update for the past Three Mths, been having my own sweet time doin Nothing. So you are not loosing any interesting stuff.
To All, that read and comment on my blog, would like to say "A Millions of Thank You" for the encouragements and supportthat you have given me. I really feels very appreciated on what I wrote. Your comments has opened up my eyes (*blink *blink) that I shouldn't Give up no matter how Busy or Lazy I'm co'z U haven't give up in me (thank you again). Well, Is really hard at times juggling between a worker, a mom, a wife & being myself. But I guess, this is what it's called 'Life Cycle'.
Of coz, I DID tried very hard to start posting BUT everything definitely something stopped me from doin it. In fact, after I came back from my trip to Cambodia, my Internet went Bonkers! So no internet for almost a mth and since I haven't been blogging, that even WORST, never take any effort and initiative to troubleshoot the internet. Till hubby bugging me to start repairing the internet or else he will be wasting his money at the internet cafe just to surf the net. Well, I still yet to resolve some of the problems BUT at least I managed to get the internet working. I gave myself a Credit as I am not an IT Savvy but managed to get it works! Dun ask me what I have done co'z I really dunno the answer.
Now, not only tis Blog has been attacked by spider web even My brain also became Rusty. Need to do a bit of knocking in order to get it work.
Will try to update you more of some Post pics of my Monster. BTW, Monster has Officially turned TWO y'day :)
Last but not least, HAPPY BLESS NEW YEAR.
Love Mummy Monster
Would you want to join Adriel for a Relaxing time like tis?
