Sports Day 2013

Both Syuen and Ning was so looking forward for the Sports Day. Every day they will ask me when is the Sports Day. And every day, they will tell me how hard they had been practising in the school.

Week after week, day after day..finally, the Sports Day took place on the 29th of June 2013. Both girls woke up early that morning, feeling excited! Even I was feeling excited too! Ning Ning was a little bit down as she is only 4 years old and there was no category that she could take part. I told her that she could take part next year and this year we can be Syuen Syuen supporter. Although Ning Ning couldn't take part, I can see that she enjoyed herself on that day too, running here and there with the cousins.

As for Syuen Syuen, she is overjoyed to be the first winner. I saw her jumped so high after winning the run. She is really really happy!

After the Sports Day, I asked her how she felt. She told me that she is very happy because every time when they were training in the school, she only managed to get number three and this time, she got number one! I laughed and told her that it is always okay if we lose. There is always a winner and a loser, the outcome is never important, what matters is that we have tried our best and be participation. I'm indeed proud of her!

Saturday Morning!

I always felt bad that the kids had to be in the office every Saturday morning, doing nothing at the office while I was busy with my work. So, in order to make them fully used their time, I always allowed them to bring their toys to office. And to keep them active, their bikes are always in the office.

Every Saturday morning, they will cycle outside the office compound. Luckily, the compound is spacious! All I need to do is keeping an eye on them. After the ride, they will play their toys in the office. This is the time when I can do my work while they play with their toys. Well, sometimes they quarrel over small matters and complain to me..this makes me nuts!! With the works in hand together with their endless complaint and noises really drives me crazy!!

Trying to resolve their complaint or any quarrel is never a wise choice, it makes things worse. I let them handle themselves, let them resolve their problems. I do not want to be the judge, judging who is right..who is wrong..I do not want to be the peacemaker, helping them to solve every single little argument. I'm confident that they can handle themselves.

In the meantime, I noticed that they got creative with or without their toys. Ning Ning is more into imaginative play while Syuen Syuen is more to creative play.

Ning Ning always had story line in head and she could imagine many many things which is "invisible" to us. I always saw her open an "invisible" door and step into another place, it's kinda funny. She acted like Charlie Chaplin!! Sometimes, with her toys, she could came up with story. I especially love her story about Mr. Crocodile driving all the small animals to school!

Syuen Syuen always loves to play with every little stuff that she managed to get her hands on. Even a broken stuff could be a useful stuff once in her hands. She is creative though to make use of the unwanted stuff. She loves to keep "rubbish" and sometimes, we make fun of her by saying her a rubbish collector. Then, she will always respond that they are not rubbish, we shouldn't be wasteful! Hahahaha...This is what she did after she found the broken armchair! Happily, they took turn to pull one another.

To keep them more occupied, I brought them some art work to do in the office. They enjoyed it and they learned to be patience through art works.

At the end of the day, they will help me to clean the office, from wiping, sweeping to mopping all by themselves. I'm sure proud of them.

Our Lovely Yeng Yeng

Since the born of Yeng Yeng, life is great. She brings us happiness, laughter, a different dimension of life and above all the completeness of our life.

She is a very happy gal. She loves to smile alot, far alot than you can imagine. Simply love to see her smile with all her coo-coo, ee-ee and ahh-ahh.

Although she is now 52 days old, she reacted much more like a 3 month old baby. She seems to understand the word we said, responding every word we said. The way she smiles while responding with her baby talk and her mesmerizing eyes really melts our heart. And the way she complains while crying makes us burst into laughter.

We are blessed to have her. All we wish for is that she stay healthy and happy. We love you, Yeng Yeng! 

原来幸福也可以很简单

有时候会问自己到底我怎样的生活算不算是幸福呢？特别是当我独自一人照顾小孩而丈夫忙着做工直到深夜才回家。心里总是想着为何这么不公平，我也要上班的啊，为何总是我要赶着回家照顾小孩和打点一切大小事务呢？？心想如果有个佣人那有多好啊！但是，家里多了一位陌生人，我会很不自在。也不想因为有了佣人孩子变得娇生惯养。如果小孩的衣食住行都是佣人一手包办，那么我可不是错过孩子的成长过程？？看来家务和照顾小孩的事还是亲力亲为来的好！

有时候看到男士送花送礼物给女士，我都会在想如果我老公也懂得送花送礼物的话，那是有多么的浪漫，那我就会是世界上最幸福的女人。但是，结婚以来那么多年，老公从来没有买过一朵花或任何礼物给我，这比起拍拖时还要糟糕。拍拖时，老公还会买花买礼物哄我开心，难道婚后就不需要这些甜蜜的举动吗？？回想过去，老公根本不是一位浪漫的男人，也就是因为他不够浪漫，是一位很老实的男人，也不会甜言蜜语不会拈花惹草的个性深深吸引了我。就好像，妈妈形容他为快要绝种的恐龙一样！所以，如果要把送不送花或礼物来衡量幸不幸福，那是有多么肤浅的想法啊！

后来又想，有钱是不是就是幸福啊？？能住在大洋房，驾大汽车，想买什么就买，想出国旅行就出，那算不算幸福呢？？有钱真的很好，有钱万事通！深入一层的思考，钱其实是一个很可怕的东西！它能让一个人丧心病狂，它能让一个人贪得无厌，它能让一个人变得无情无义，慢慢地把你变成魔鬼！看来财富和幸福根本扯不上瓜葛

那幸福到底是什么？？幸福是一种什么样的感觉？？它的味道是怎样的？？

直到那天晚上，像平时一样，我下了班，赶着载孩子回家后便开始在厨房下厨。下厨时，不轻易地听见老公和女儿的对话。俩父女竟然在那儿打情骂俏！那一刻，感觉很幸福！！原来幸福是这样的。对我来说，幸福就是当一件很不耀眼，很简单的举动都能让你在心里甜蜜蜜地偷笑，嘴角很自然地往上扬，那就叫做“幸福”！

而幸福的感觉和味道就好像当外面下着倾盆大雨时，你和你心爱的人在一间温暖的家中享用着热乎乎，香喷喷的私房菜，让你觉得很安全，很温暖，很舒服。。原来，幸福也可以很简单！

Chinese New Year 2013

Just like previous year, we had a big feast on the Chinese New Year Eve. And again, we had three tables of these delicious foods. Thanks to our big chefs, my mother-in-law and eldest sister-in-law. You are the best!

After the reunion dinner, we chatted and laughed while having from tea to wine. (Oopss..this is not advisable to mix tea and wine together, a bad example). When it was past midnight, we played fire-crackers as a symbolic of a prosperity year ahead. This year, we had the "Kong Ming" lantern as an add-on. We wrote our wishes on the Kong Ming lantern and lit it to the sky.

We had our vegetarian breakfast at my mother-in-law's house the next morning before heading back to Pontian, Johor; my hometown. After six to eight hours of driving, finally we were home. We spent 4 days in Pontian. We spent most of our time chatting, laughing, eating and drinking for the past few days with my siblings and my parents. My youngest brother and my mum cooked delicious foods for us. We were so happy and I felt blessed to have them and being able to spend a few days with them happily.

We also had the opportunity to watch lion dance and dragon dance at one of the Karaoke Clubs in Pontian. There were 5 lions and 1 long dragon. The girls were overjoyed to watch it as this is their first time watching it at such a close distances.

My father bought us supper one night and I was amused by this food. It is called the nasi pulut apom balik. It is very very delicious. I personally found it very special and unique, and of course very delicious! I want to eat it again the next time I go back.

Time waits for no man. It was time to head back to Ipoh. Mum prepared some Chinese New Year cookies, Mandarin oranges and her homemade walnut cake for us to bring back. Mum also homemade the rice wine for my confinement after delivery. I really felt blessed to have such a lovely mum! I love you, mum!

Rich or Poor

I came across this article when I was teaching the students. And I would like to share this very meaningful article here in my blog. This is how the story goes.

One day the father of a very wealthy family took his son to the village to show him how the poor lived. They spent a couple of days and nights in one of the poorest houses in the area.

On their return to the city, the father asked the son, "How was the trip, son?"

"It was great, Father."

"Did you see how the poor lived?" said the father.

"Yes, I did, Father," said the son.

"So, tell me what you learned from the trip?" said the father.

"I realized that we have one dog but they have four dogs. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden but they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden but they have millions of stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front garden but they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on but they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants that serve us but they serve others. We buy our food but they grow theirs. We have walls to protect us but they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

"Thanks for showing me how poor we are, Father," added the son.

~The End~

Chinese New Year Preparation 2013

We decided to decorate our house "red and gold" this Chinese New Year. Still keeping these two golden lanterns from last year as they are still in good condition, moreover they were quite pricey too :P

Other than the lanterns, we hung some lights decoration too. We had small little Chinese lanterns and some pinky flower lights. It looks like a very elegant Victoria style necklace when we switched the lights on. Nice!

This year, we wanted to do something 3D on the gate. I bought the couplet and the two very cute big snakes from pasar pagi, altogether costed RM18 which I think it's a great bargain for me..hehe..Feeling a bit dull, I made a few 3D stars to add some spice to it. At first, I was thinking to hang the stars but hubby suggested to tie them on the gate. We are satisfied with the result, it is beautiful :)

This year, we bought some plants too. We bought some imported red anthuriums and spider lilies. They are lovely, really bright up my day.

Then, I tied some red ribbon on the bamboo tree which we bought last year too. Somehow, I feel that the bamboo trees are malnutrition. It should be lush green, I guess that we need to work more on taking care of it.

Lastly, a picture of my two little princesses, making noisy asking me to take a photo of them. Here, wish all of you Happy Chinese New Year! Cheers!