Wow! Dinner at Jyuraku

You spent the day with your friend and later you had dinner plans with Uncle Dennis and Ashley Kor-Kor. Daddy noticed (on Find my iPhone) that it looked like you were heading to Jyuraku.

A while later, we received photos and messages from Ashley Kor-kor of you having a delicious dinner. You later told us that you were not exceptionally full (but obviously satisfied) as you dare not order too much.

11th birthday party at home

Today's party was not a planned one. It just suddenly "happened" because I found out that you had invited your friends to your birthday party without my consent to having one!

You invited 8 friends and Audrey to join in the celebration. 2 of them could not make it so it was just the 8 of you.. and ho boy.. you girls sure are noisy!!

Your friends arrived rather late.. it was supposed to start at 12pm, but the ball started rolling at nearly 1 pm. 

We had ordered pizza from Otto Pizza and also made bruschetta as you had requested. After lunch and when Yuen Ting arrived (after her piano lessons), we moved on to do a little cream gel crafting. It was a tad messy and you girls started off with a trading session (exchanging your ornaments) and followed by trying to pipe out the gel onto your brush/mirror. 

At last, you were all done and we put your artwork aside to dry up. Then some of the girls played Just Dance on the PlayStation. Soon it was 3.30pm and the plan was for the party to end at nearly 4pm. So we quickly took out the cupcakes and have the girls decorate them with the Kuromi and Melody cake toppers. 

Everyone picked one topper to put on each cupcake

A group photo

Time to sing the birthday song

Then you asked if you could open the presents.. 

You received many stuffed toys:

Soon the girls started to go home. You played a little with Audrey as her parents were planning to come pick her up a little later. 

Later you sent me these pictures:

Before

After

I hope that you would ask my permission before planning any future parties (although daddy says: NO MORE parties!!)

Evelyn's 11th Birthday Celebration

We noticed recently when we met up with Tou-tou that she had difficulty walking.. just from the living room to the bedroom (in Uncle Sin Chuan's condo). So we decided to have your birthday party this year in a hotel. Daddy and I researched into a few hotels and finally decided on Cafe 168 in G Hotel Gurney Drive. We got a nice corner for the family to sit. 

Traffic heading towards town was rather heavy, so everyone were late. We waited a little until Uncle Sin Chuan and family arrived, then we started to eat first. Later Tou-tou, Bo Bo Poh, Audrey, Aunty Ean Na and Uncle Sin Tien arrived. 

Dinner was quite nice. It wasn't too crowded, although the more popular dishes ran out quite quickly every time it was replenished. It was easy too as everyone got to pick what they liked to eat. 

Then it was time for cake. This was a customized cake per your request. 

It's different from our usual party at home, but I think you still had fun. 

Happy birthday, to our little princess. 💖

Happy 11th Birthday, Evelyn

In just a blink of the eye, our little girl turns 11. From that little baby who could fit into our arm, to a beautiful girl (who loves to wear short skirts, much to daddy's worry). A fun-loving little girl, full of love and with a love for all things purple. 

Our wish for you is to grow up into the beautiful person with a kind heart and that the world will be kind to you in all aspects. 

Happy birthday, our precious Evelyn. 💓

Home again

Guess who she's waiting for:

Yup.. her Ko-ko.. who didn't really gave her a hug in return.. bah ya old Scrooge!

Lucky Kid

You get delivery of (KL) Hokkien Mee for supper. Ashley Kor-kor called you a little too late to ask you to join them for dinner. So they offered to get you supper, to which you did not hesitate to say no to. 

They passed the packet of noodles to you and even picked up your duffel bag for tomorrow's flight back to Penang.

Uncle Dennis will be picking you up from college directly tomorrow and probably bring you somewhere to have dinner.

Ah Ma is all ready to cook Char Kuey Tiau for your supper (since you'll be arriving back after 10pm). 

We are thankful to have so many people care for you even when you are away from us. 

Takes a whole village to raise a child.

Proud too soon - Second day of college

Spoke too highly of you yesterday. Today.. the SECOND day of school (actually it's just orientation) and you overslept. I was in an early morning meeting and daddy was biting his nails as he was messaging and calling you non-stop without getting any responses from you.

You finally woke up and dressed up to go to college. Took a Grab there and you later told us, you walked into the room to laughter from your coursemates!

So... daddy has discovered another function of the "Find my iPhone". It is to "Play Sound". We tested it on our phone, and it will ring even when the phone is on silent mode. 

Haihh.. my boy... it's only day 2. But I assume this shock should keep you on your toes for a while to ensure you wake up when your alarm rings. (*Then again, you claim that you did not even hear it ring!!)

Big Big Dinner

The Ban clan were meeting up for dinner since there were some cousins coming in from Australia and New Zealand too. Of course, you were not to be excluded since you are now based in KL. 

So Mei Yen Kor-kor picked you up to go to the dinner venue, which is actually within Sunway.

We got some photos of you enjoying the Chinese dinner (so unlike you.. but you must miss eating rice).

We also messaged you to ask how you found dinner. You said it's so yummy and it was your first big meal in a while.. 

Eh, Halo.. it's just Wednesday and we had fed you Pizza Mansion which you ate 9 slices (more than 1 whole pizza) and that is not counted?

Oh dear.. my greedy piggy!

First Day of College

Yesterday night, ew had a video call. And we kept reminding you to set your alarm and to wake up earlier to give yourself sufficient time to get ready, eat breakfast and not be too rushed during the walk to school. 

Well, this morning we received this message at 6.51am:

We're glad and proud to see that you are able to manage your time independently. *hugs*

Leaving my baby behind

It's not something we look forward to, but it is inevitable. After lunch and errands, we headed back to the hostel to drop you off with groceries and your guitar (*happiness... the management office approved your request to have the guitar in the room).

We said our goodbyes and off went our big boy to his new life in college. My heart felt so heavy and daddy said he nearly cried when you walked off. 

We started our journey off when Mei-mei found that you had left your lip balm in the car. Daddy made a u-turn but when I called you to let you know about it, you said that you didn't need it. So we went off again but first to pump petrol.

After petrol, top up of TnG and toilet break, we followed Waze's direction only to realise we didn't set to go home to Penang, instead it was bringing us back to Waterfront Residenses *grin*. We quickly reset the directions and started our journey home. 

Mei-mei happily stretched out across the length of the car to sleep, but ended up curling up in her usual corner, saying it's still more comfy this way to nap. 

We miss you already, but we know that we need to let go and have you live a different and more independent life. 

All Ready for College

Today is the day we load the car and head to KL to send our you off to the next stage in life, college life. We waited for Evelyn to get back from school and then as she showered and dressed up, we loaded the car. It was mainly you stuff.. some bulky items, we planned to buy in KL. 

Yup, he brought along his stinky bolster. I planned to buy you a new one, but daddy suggested you have something familiar with you while you are away. And so you brought this bolster and the old pillow to KL. 

You seemed to have caught a cold, and sore throat. So we decided to head to Ara Viet for soupy noodles. Ashley Kor-kor also joined us there.. well, she sat with us and nibbled a little from what we had ordered (she's on a diet). 

Our favourite, Pho

Then we headed back to her house. You seemed unwell as you fell asleep without changing into your PJs which I had put on the bed for you. In the end, I had to force you to sit up and take a Panadol.. hopefully you'll feel better tomorrow. 

Japanese Night at Minden

It's Japanese night again. We planned to have it on Saturday, but you kids ended up hanging out at The Light with your cousins, so we postponed the plans (much to Ko-ko's disappointment). The subsequent plan was to cook on Tuesday, but today daddy's gym session got cancelled, so we decided to cook today instead. 

Our spread

My plating

WMSPI Publishes Results

Took 2 weeks, but the school finally published the results for the IGCSE. Had to keep a copy and save it here for our memory.