Mummy Went on Holiday

Mummy went off for holiday and left me with Mah-Mah. Mummy was gone for the weekend, away for her 1st company trip (though she has been with the present company coming to 5 years).

I managed quite well without Mummy and missed her terribly in the evenings, however Cheh-Cheh Princess and Ling-Girl Cheh-Cheh were very, very nice to me. And Neng-nging also helped pacify me during the nights.

Of course I was not afraid of Khong-Khong and Mah-Mah at all. But I am scared of Neng-ngu. Albeit, Neng-ngu brought me along for nice Pizza and I enjoyed myself very much.

Mummy returned on Sunday and she kept her promise of getting me my Pink Pokka Chocolate sticks, t-shirt and cholcolates :) Thank you, Mummy.

Where did Mummy go ? Here is the clue: http://www.phuket.com/island/10mustsee.htm

Happy Deepavali

School was closed for 2 days to celebrate the Deepavali holidays. I gave Teacher Kasturi and Teacher Indra Deepavali cards :) which I personally penned my name.

Happy Deepavali - 5 November, 2010

Happy Birthday, I am Four !

I asked Mummy for a Tweety Bird Birthday Cake this time round as I celebrated my fourth birthday. Mummy and I brought the Cake to school for the cake cutting thingy ... And I also found out that 3 Nov was also another girl's birthday at school. That means there were 2 cakes to share with everyone ...

Auntie Angeline brought me birthday shopping today (cos yesterday she had no car) ... even after she has given me a birthday angpow together with BJ Por-Por next door yesterday. I had a jolly fun time choosing all my birthday presents with Auntie Angeline:

1) Barbie beading set - sponsored by Auntie Angeline

2) Sponge Bob Square Pants drawing board - sponsored by Khor-Khor Frankie

3) Barbie tiara set - sponsored by BJ Por-Por

Yipee ! ... my best birthday ever :) :) :D

Khor-Khor Mark's Wedding

October 16, 2010 was suppose to be School Concert Day for me, but I had to give it a miss cos I attended Khor-Khor Mark's Wedding instead.

Mummy brought me to the Church Wedding and I was so well behaved this time round as compared to last year when I attended Khor-Khor Calvin's wedding. I also managed to meet up with Khor-Khor Mark's Mummy who has been longing to meet up with me since Mummy mentioned to her about my existence :P

The buffet food was excellent and I even got a piece of the Wedding Cake.

Here is Khor-Khor Mark's blog: http://www.markleo.net/ Didn't know that he turned professional photographer. Niways, his contact details are in there and should anyone need a Wedding Photographer, do call him.

It was such a lovely wedding reception in church and here's to wishing Khor-Khor Mark and Cheh-Cheh Munz all the best to their life together !

Selamat Hari Raya

Selamat Hari Raya - 10 and 11 September, 2010

Visiting Por-Por Alice

With the school hols here, Mummy is quite liberal with me keeping late nights. Last night, Mummy took me to visit Por-Por Alice. I have not seen her since May, 2010 and I have missed her.

Por-Por Alice was very happy to have me over and allowed me to play with all of Belle-Belle Mei-Mei's toys :) ... and I even got a gift from Belle-Belle's Mummy :D :D ... Belle-Belle however was not around and I was a little disappointed to have missed her.

I had dinner again at Por-Por Alice's and she is great at cooking up flavoured soups for me and Mummy.

Mummy gave her a mooncake voucher and Por-Por Alice gave me a very delicious pack of yellow-gold kiwifruits. Yummy !

I told Mummy we should visit Por-Por Alice more frequently and she say ok ... now I am waiting for the long school holidays to come in November-December 2010.

Happy 53rd Birthday, Malaysia

Fish Feeding

I went fish feeding last weekend. It was quite fun to see the fishes fighting for food and opening their big mouths when you throw the food in. Majority of the fishes were catfish. They were huge and kinda ugly looking.

Neng-ngu and Neng-nging bought us, kiddies each a loaf of bread and a packet of fish food for the fish feeding session. That means we get to feed the fishes by managing the all the food we have. I finished 1st though, with all the food diminished the fastest. And I had to borrow from Khor2 ... he was generous enough to share with me :)

Thereafter, we proceeded to MacDonald's for lunch. Yummy chicken nuggets and fries with Ribena :) for everyone !

Thank you Neng-Ngu and Neng-nging :)

Do you want to set up a catfish pond ? http://www.ehow.com/how_2085237_catfish-pond.html

My First Hair Cut at Salon

Mummy took me to Aunty's Andrea's today for a professional hair cut today ... my first official visit to the salon :)

Aunty Andrea was very nice to me, after having cut and shaped my hair, she did a really nice thing - she had my hair all tied up very professionally and I really looked great :)

Cheers !

Crazy about Barbie DVDs

I have been introduced to Barbie DVDs by Cheh2 Princess. She has the whole collection of them Barbie 3D movies. I have been loaning them from Khor2 as he decides which I can borrow.

And every time I watch them, I make a big fuss over them ... so Mummy decided to get me my own DVDs (9 Barbie DVDs !!) ... in case I break Cheh2 Princess' collection, that would not be nice at all :O

Hey, here's Barbie's personal website: http://www.barbie.com/activities/btv/

Oh ya, by the way, Papa got me my 1st genuine Barbie doll too :D with all the hype over Barbie ... heh ! heh ! heh !

Redemption Points

Attending Sunday School is fun :D ... And finally, my "faithful" attendance paid off last Sunday when Aunty Foong Ling allowed me to redeem my gifts. I chose all the pink ones:

1) Pink Nemo Watch

2) Pink Ladybird Eraser

3) Pink Key Chain

4) alas, something blue - a Blue Stationery Kit

Thank you for all the gifts, Jesus !

Broken Promise

Papa was suppose to take me to the zoo last weekend as a Fathers' Day celebration but Papa didn't :(

Niways, Mummy told me about The Elephant Song - by Kamahl. Here is how it goes ...

The Elephant Song

Tell me said the elephant

Tell me brothers if you can

Why all the world is full of creatures

Yet we grow in fear of man

Tell me said the elephant

Tell me why this has to be

We have to run from man and hunter

Never safe and never free

People kill without regret

Although they fly by jumbo-jet

Let the word all may remember

Let the children not forget

Gentle is the elephant

Pulling loads and everything

We love to hear the children laughing

When we're in the circus-ring

Happy was the elephant

Happy was his jungle life

And then they came, the cruel hunters

With their rifle and their knives

Listen, please listen, said the elephant

If we want the world we know, to stay alive

Then man and beast, we must work together

And together we will survive

Listen said the elephant

It is conservation time

So take the warning when we trumpet

For the future of mankind

Have you been to the zoo ?

Dumpling Festival - 16 June 2010

Tomorrow the 16 June, 2010 is the Dumpling Festival (which also represents the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese calendar).

The Chinese community will celebrate it with rice dumplings (also known as bak-chang) which is glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves, or other large leaves like lotus leaves. One can find different fillings in the dumpling like pork, roast pork, chestnut, egg, salted egg, mushroom, red or white beans, or just simply plain without any filling. The rice could be just white or brown which is pre-fried with soya sauce.

I spent today with Khong-khong and Mah-mah and they took me to the wet market. They took me round to look for my attraction - Pigeons !

To my delight, Neng-ngu and Neng-nging were on leave and later in the afternoon, they took me "walk-walk" together with Khor-khor, Cheh-chehs, Kakak and Mah-mah. I was allowed to run free and wild at the indoor play park ... of which Neng-ngu said had Mummy been with me, she would forbid me from doing that. Heh! Heh! ... the benefits of "temporary freedom"

Happy Bak-Chang Festival everyone !

You can read more about the dumpling festival here:
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/6/15/central/6463899&sec=central
http://foodismylife.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/the-dumpling-festival/

Shopping with Khor-Khor and Cheh-chehs

Last weekend I went shopping with Neng-ngu and his family and I joined in the fun to buy presents for myself as well. Actually it was suppose to be only Cheh-Cheh Lene girl shopping for her birthday present ... but I got blessed too. Yay, Neng-ngu bought me 2 pressies - 1 Princess color chops and a little Barbie Doll handbag to keep them :) :) :D ...

The next day, we all celebrated Cheh-cheh Lene girl's 4th birthday ! We all had jelly Hello Kitty Cake ... hmm, yummy :)

Thank you Neng-ngu and Neng-nging for blessing me.

Happy Wesak Day

Happy Wesak Day !

High 5 Bread Town

Mummy was very impressed when told that there will be a school excursion to the High 5 Bread Town http://www.high5breadtown.com/ She quickly signed me up and after the trip, we get to go to McDonald's for lunch.

However, I didn't quite enjoy the day as it was kinda overwhelming with all the travelling and walking and lunching. And I missed not having Mummy with me :(

I got a goody bag from High 5 Bread Town and gave the goodies all away ... blagh ! not my kind of yummies :P

The Sound of Music

My Mummy has introduced me to an old favorite movie - The Sound of Music ! Starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.

And my Mummy can observe such monotony that she and me could watch the movie continuously for days. Hee ! Hee !

Some related websites to read up more about the movie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(film)
http://www.julieandrewsonline.com/

http://www.christopher-plummer.com/
http://www.filmsite.org/soun.html

Blessed Good Friday

Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross 2,000 years ago for me.

On the 3rd day, you rose again and conquered death and sin for mankind.

Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns
1 a penny, 2 a penny
Hot Cross Buns
If your daughters don't like them
Give them to your sons
1 a penny, 2 a penny
Hot Cross Buns

Well I was introduced to hot cross buns by Mummy today when she went to Cheh-cheh Baker's bakery. A hot cross bun is a sweet spiced bun made with raisins and also some candied citrus fruits and is marked with a cross on the top. See the pic.

This Friday being Good Friday, it is said that hot cross buns are eaten on Good Fridays, with the cross symbolizing the crucifixion. Nevertheless, Pastor would always remind us never to forget that Jesus rose on the 3rd day after the crucifixion.

Here's a link to read more about hot cross buns: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_cross_bun

Prayer of Blessing

Here is a powerful prayer which all parents can pray for their kids. Pr. Chris McMillan helped prayed this prayer to his congregation.

My child, I love you! You are special.

You are a gift of from God.

I thank God for allowing me to be a ___ to you.

I bless you with the healing of all wounds of rejection, neglect and abuse that you have suffered.

I bless you with overflowing peace, the peace that only the Prince of Peace can give, a peace beyond comprehension. I bless your life with fruitfulness – good fruit, much fruit and fruit that remains.

I bless you with success. You are the head and not the tail; above and not beneath.

I bless you with health and strength of body, soul and spirit.

I bless you with overflowing prosperity, enabling you to be a blessing to others.

I bless you with spiritual influence, for you are the light of the world and salt of the earth. You are like a tree planted by rivers of water. You will prosper in all your ways.

I bless you with a depth of spiritual understanding and a close walk with the Lord. You will not stumble or falter, for the Word of God will be a lamp unto your feet and light unto your path.

I bless you with pure and edifying relationships in life. You have favor with God and men.

I bless you with abounding love. You will minister God’s comforting grace to others.

You are blessed, my child!

You are blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus.

Amen, I receive all the blessings of this prayer.

Have a good day, folks !

Wow ! 2010 World's Billionaires

My Mummy got this article from her ex-colleague from the banking sector on the world's billionaires for year 2010 http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109029/worlds-billionaires-2010

The top 5 ranking goes to:

1) Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim

2) Microsoft's Bill Gates

3) Investor Warren Buffet

4) India's petrochemical, oil and gas Mukesh Ambani

5) India's steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal

6) Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison

7) Europe's LVMH luxury goods CEO Bernard Arnault

8) Brazlian mining magnate Eike Batista

9) Spanish clothing retailer Inditex founder Amancio Ortega

10) German supermarket king Karl Albrecht

There you go, the world's riches men - Cheers !

:) ...

International Women's Day

8 March which is International Women's Day is also my Neng-ngu's birthday. Happy Birthday Neng-ngu.

Apparently, it was recorded that the 1st International Women's Day was observed on 28 February 1909 in the US. The idea of having an international day for women was put forth amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion (at the turn of the 20th century) which led to protests over working conditions for women.

Here is a link regaring this year's Women's Day celebrations: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/theme/

Ash Wednesday 2010

Ash Wednesday marks the 1st day of the Lent season. Lent is a time which begins 40 days prior to Easter (Sundays are not included in the count). It is at Lent that Christians (Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Anglicans) observe fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline.

This year Ash Wednesday is on 17 Feb, 2010. Ash Wednesday is supposedly a wake-up call - forcing us to face mortality and sinfulness. A day of repentance.

*Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of repentance.

Other significant days during the season of Lent will be:

- Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter, the last Sunday of Lent) which marks Jesus triumphal entry to Jerusalem with a blessing of palms and procession.

- Maudy Thursday (the Thursday of the holy week which leads to Easter). A time of remembering the Last Supper

- Good Friday (a day of remembering Christ's death)

- Easter Sunday (the resurrection of Christ)

Happy Chinese New Year 2010

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Kong Hey Fatt Choy (14 - 16 Feb, 2010)

Chinese New Year Cookies

My Mummy has been patronizing this bakery quite a bit, lately. It is located at Aman Suria and is called Thyme Bakery & Cafe. She has purchased some nice breads, buns and of late, Chinese New Year cookies there.

The lady boss is apparently a "countryman" of mummy's hometown but she hasn't gotten to meeting her yet. Nevertheless, I look forward to eating the cookies bought there.

Here is an interesting article written about the bakery and its owner: http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2008/8/16/columnists/navelgazer/1789397&sec=Navel%20Gazer

My Mummy's Gone Missing

1 Feb 2010 was Federal Territory Day and people who worked in the Federal Territory State had a day off. My mummy didn't go work today and yet I couldn't find her when I woke up this morning. And to make matters worse, she was missing for 3 days.

I had to call up Ah Ju "Gu-gu" to help "search" for my mummy. She took me to all the familiar places but still mummy was no where to be found. I was terribly upset. Even Neng-nging had to pacify me by telling me that mummy will find her way back ... and that I don't have to worry.

Finally, after the 3rd day my mummy came home ! She got me a Paddington Bear shirt and a box of pink Porky snack sticks (the import version for the Malaysian Rocky sticks). I reprimanded her for doing a disappearing act and she promised me to be good.

Apparently, she has gone off to Singapore for work and "failed" to inform me. Naughty mummy, don't you do this to me again !

January 2010 Came and Gone

Yes, Auntie Precious Pearl ... so fast time's gone by. See January 2010 has come and gone by in a blink of an eye. It's February now.

Soon, we will be celebrating Chinese New Year and 2010 is the year of the Tiger (my papa's year). According to the Chinese zodiac, 2010 is the Year of the metal (golden) Tiger, which commences on February 14, 2010 and ends on February 2, 2011.

This year mummy's slow at getting things done. No angpow packets, no new cash notes, no cookies, no spring cleaning ... nothing's done yet ! Mummy, hurry up ...

My mummy went the a happening event today. It was hosted in an art gallery in Bangsar called Zinc http://www.zinc.com.my/zinc/public/index.php

I thought it was kinda hip to have an opportunity to go see a "hardware" launch in an art gallery. Who would ever thought of that, huh ?

Niways do you want to know what the event launching was ? There you can read more about it here: http://gadgets.emedia.com.my/product.php?id=766

Only MNCs get to do that ! *MNCs = multinational corporations

First Day of School

I start school today, 6 January 2010. School lets the older kids settle down 1st before we come on today. This helps to re-oriented everyone back to school routine.

Mummy is glad that everything is in place for me and prays that I settle down quickly after the long holidays and festivities ...

How come there are no more Jinggle Bells songs anymore ?

Happy New Year !

Happy New Year, 2010 !