Mid Autumn Festival 08

We celebrated the mid autumn festival a.k.a. lantern festival last Saturday (13 September). We went to Norelle's poh-poh & kung kung's house to have a small gathering. We bought a fish-shape lantern for Norelle and she loved it.

There were lots of food to go around and everyone had a great time including Norelle. She finished her dinner and the ebst of all, we got ourselves a 'baby sitter' (my cousin's girl - 9 YO) to accompany her. The weather was fantastic that day but it rained the next day (the actual day of the festival). All in all, it was a great night.

'Can I set the lantern alight?'

Spotted with a new haircut - NOT mummy's idea!

The scrumptious spread for the night

Norelle with Kah Yan cheh-cheh

My 'Kay-poh' girl

See what she did when she spotted a 'displayed' vacuum at a shopping mall??? She was 'showing off' her domesticated skills. Mummy was proud of her 'skills' but would be good if she shows it off at home instead.

'I'm a goooooooooooooood girl, mummy'

Norelle @ 19mos

'Hmmm...where's my food? I'm hungry' 'See, I have perrrrrfect table manners'

'Hey, it's hard to eat a watermelon with spoon, ok!' 'Don't look at me like that. I'm just trying to have a decent meal'

'Wave like a Queen' 'I've gotta go. My shinning stallion is here to take me away'

2nd Singapore trip - July 08

Here we are again in the lion city. The occassion for this trip was to celebrate the wedding of Uncle Howard and Aunty Joyce. For this time around, we stayed for 3 days and didnt do much cos not much time and nowhere else to go. But of course everytime when we make a trip there, I make sure that we wont come back empty handed. So for this trip I managed to get a Maclaren Ryder, light-weight stroller for Norelle and also a Graco infant car seat for our Prince-to-be. Oh, and also not forgetting mummy's loot from Aunty Jaslyn AGAIN...hahahha. Bought some Gymboree clothes for Norelle through the website. The last time was Old Navy. Hahahhahaa....Cant help it when the bargains are too good to let go. I hardly buy clothes from the stores anymore once I got to know the price the brands offer online. Cant imagine before this I used to pay such a high price for those stuff.

Back to the trip. Unlike the last trip, this time the weather was much cooler and it rained almost everyday when we were there. This time we stayed at Novotel, Clarke Quay and we loved the place. I think they have refurbished the hotel as it is very 'ultra-modern chic' look. The room was spacious enough and the bed was extra wide :) The hotel is right next to (more like attached) Liang Court whereby there's a Japanese supermarket (Mediya) and lots of Japanese frequent this place. So it's very convenient for us.

The three-day getaway ended very quickly and how I wish we get to stay longer. The next day when we got back to KL, we went for my routine check-up with my gynae. I was 20 odd weeks and the baby had grown quite a bit. According to doc, he seems to have a set of long and lanky legs :P And of course we were made certain once again about the gender. Haha...my boy doesnt seem to be 'shy' in showing us his asset in every visit.

Hi Singapore, remember me? I'm here again :)

You think this pose is ok? Can charm all the hansome leng chais in Singapore ah?

'Daaaaaaaaaaady, please grip me tight tight or...dont drop me into the pond. I just had my hair done.'

My best time during the entire trip - Pool time!

My little shopping queen

Norelle loves shopping or 'kai kai'. Everytime when she sees us change our clothes, she will automatically says, 'kai kai ah?' and will proceed to take her shoes from the shoes rack. Or sometimes she will fusses if we didnt bring her out. Anyway, I love to bring her out as I love shopping (nowadays it's more window shopping or bring-her-out-to-shopping-mall-and-let-her-run-around). She loves big spaces where she can practice her running and also training to be a good consumer (enter every single shop and pulls whatever is reachable and pretend to compare prices) :P

Well I guess I shouldnt complain much as there's a sayinng 'monkey see monkey do' and in this case I would say she's following HY (hahahhaa...)

'Ah-mi, let's do shopping..catch me if you can'

This picture has nothing to do with the 'shopping post. Just like the way her hair looks in this picture - so uber stylish :)

Norelle's new haircut

Norelle with a new haircut (well now longer). It has never been my idea and my wish to cut short of her hair. My MIL has been and always complaining that Norelle's hair is too thick and long and not suitable for the weather. I would rather let her hair grow longer so that I can doll her up with TONS of pretty clips which I have (and keep on buying). Oh well, I guess at the mean time, Norelle will have to do with a short hair-do. And it's never easy to bring her for a hair cut. So sometimes her hair cut would be uneven.

Hmmmm...maybe next time I'll ask the hairdresser to give her a 'Katie Holmes' hair-do??? hehehe

Hair cut ala coconut shape :)

A weekend with 'kung kung and poh poh'

We were having lunch in one of the weekends with Norelle's maternal grandparents a.k.a kung kung and poh poh. Her kung kung and poh poh dote on her very much as she's the 1st grandchild (well, mummy is the only child of kung kung and poh poh lor).

Norelle with kung kung and poh poh

Norelle @ 16 Mos

Here are some pictures of my cheeky gal at her 16 mos...

'Ah-mi ah (that's how she calls me)...can you please dont take my picture when I'm busy savouring my meal???'

'AH-MI!!! no more picture of me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'

Singapore trip - May 08

We went to Singapore on the 1st to 4th May 2008 and it was Norelle's first trip to the land of the 'Merlion'. We were there to attend a wedding celebration and also took this opportunity for a short get-a-way.

We went by car as this was much easier judging that we have TONS of things with us and also more convenient. Norelle was doing well along the journey and as for me, not at my 'very best' condition as I was having some 'morning sickness' at that time.

We stayed at Grand Mercure Roxy hotel for the first 2 nights and later moved to The Regent hotel for 1 night (where the wedding dinner was held). For this trip, we went to quite number of places as I would like to tak this opportunity to expose Norelle to this place.

We went to Sentosa whereby Norelle had her first contact with the beach. But it was a HOT HOT day. And the weather didnt budged throughout our stay there. Norelle was sceptical at first when we placed her on the sand. She didnt like it that much. Then HY brought her down to the sea and again she was overwhelmed by it.

We didnt stay long as it was such a hot day so we proceeded to our next destination - The Jacob Ballas's Children Garden. I've read a lot about this place at the forum so I was happy that finally we got there. The garden was designed especially for children in mind, informative and fun. Then we saw an open area where children are allowed to get wet. Hahaha...good idea since it was such a hot day.

Then we went back to the hotel where there was still some time for a little dip in the pool (for Norelle of course). What an eventful day. It was a fun trip for her and for us as well. On this trip I managed to meet up with Jaslyn and her oh-so-pretty Yun Xi where she came to pass me the 'loot' (my online shopping craze)

What I like most about this trip was our stay in The Regent hotel. The room was big enough and the best was the baby crib. It was so HUGE and it came with fluffy mattress and full cot-bumper. And also not forgetting a set of baby toiletteries as well as baby bath tub (with anti-slip) mat) - which we didnt even request for. This is truly a very-family friendly hotel.

Our journey back to KL was a breeze where Norelle slept almost throughout the whole journey.

Singapore here I come!

At Vivo City

In the coach on the way to Sentosa Island

Get down and dirty with the sand

On a trail track at Jacob Ballas' Children Garden

Oooohhh..water spurting out everywhere

And to end a wonderful hotday, a dip in the pool!

We're back!

Hello everyone. After a LOOOOOOOOONG hiatus, we are now back in action. For the past few months I was not in the mood (being pregnant gives you the license to say this!) to look, write, read, etc anything on the blog. Blame it on the pregnancy hormones. But I thank God that fot this pregnancy, I am feeling MUCH better compared to the last one. Currently I am about 20 weeks (5 months) preggie and this time we are expecting a PRINCE :) Good excuse for me to 'close-shop' after that.

Well, enough said. Stay tune for some really-really-really back dated posts and sme recent ones as well.