It's the Eve of the Eve

As usual, we work our way back to Ipoh on the eve of the eve of Chinese New Year. This time it is a Saturday, so we planned to leave early.. or so I thought. In the end, daddy's car which was in the paint shop for some touch up which was supposed to be ready on Thursday was only ready today. So in the end, daddy and Ah Kong went off to play a round of golf (daddy in the driving range while Ah Kong played a round of 9 holes). And you also had some last minute things to do. Get a hair cut. This is even more last minute than last year!

I had to wake you up early as Ah Ma wanted to go to the market to buy some last minute things, while I loved seeing the crowds and the many stalls set up to sell Chinese New Year goodies. We arrived at Pulau Tikus at around 7.45am and the crowd was already madness. We managed to get a parking spot in the Plus Zoone carpark and headed off to wander around the market while Ah Ma bought her things. Even you could tell that it was crowded. You kept telling me "Mummy, the market is so crowded".

We headed home to have breakfast and wait for daddy. Daddy called later to say he'd be late so Ah Ma took us to Uncle Austin's for your haircut. Surprisingly, there was no one having their hair done. Maybe they'll be in later. So it was time for your cut. How did it go? Not as well as before. You decided that you didn't want to sit on the chair and kept holding tightly onto me. So in the end, you had your haircut which ended in less than 20 minutes and I had you hair all stuck to my clothes! Thankfully it went well (ie no protests and crying and screaming).

Headed home to have another shower and off we went. How many rounds did we have to go up and down before we were finally ready to go? So many, that I'd lost count! And at long last, we're off. Nope.. headed out and Ah Kong remembered that we'd forgotten to pack the wine. So back we went and picked all the needed and we went across to bridge. Traffic was quite heavy as daddy drove us home. I'd thought that you'd nap in the car since you woke up early... But no, you had no such plans. You asked questions after questions and at long last you fell asleep 20 minutes from Ipoh. When we arrived, daddy carried you up to the room and surprisingly you didn't wake up. You continued to nap for almost 2 hours in total.

By the time you woke up, everyone was waiting for you to wake up. As usual, you were a bit "sticky" to mummy before you finally warmed up to everyone. Okie.. looks like my holiday has begun. Yup, you no longer need to stick to me every waking second. You've got so many aunties willing to keep you entertained.

Goofing around with your new toy from Su Kor-Kor