Longest Wait Ever!!

Today was supposed to be a photography session for the dancers participating in the year end event. Well, I had checked with the studio and they informed me that lessons will go on as usual up till the time to get ready for the session i.e. 3.40pm. Since you'd be having lessons first, it didn't make sense for me to put on the makeup for you in advance. 

Well, turned out that everyone wanted to have their makeup done by the teachers in school. On top of that, your group only started having their makeup done from 5pm! This resulted in a backlog... a very long and delayed backlog!

Daddy and I had gone grocery shopping and there was heavy traffic on the way there, and we'd thought that we were late. In the end, we waited another 1.5 hours before you were done with the photoshoot!

Here are some shots of our little Thai girl:

I had provided you with the makeup stuff and one of the request was for glittery brown/gold. Guess where we finally got that color from? Haha.. it was your toy makeup set. Ah well.. it was put to good use. Many of your friends used yours too. 

Luckily too we had a change of plans to have sandwiches for dinner at home. So when we got home, we prepared the ingredients while you took a shower. 

Children's Day - Mayura

For this year's celebration, you asked to have a Mayura costume. It's obviously not a very famous character. In fact, she is the second antagonist in the cartoon Miraculous Ladybug. 

So we worked to look for the parts to make your costume. We initially bought a piece of fabric with a peacock tail, but could not make it work. So did a little more Google-ing and found some DIY ideas. Luckily I ordered the felt and other materials earlier before we had to make the sudden trip to KL. 

Last weekend, we proceeded to cut and assemble the parts of the dress. We drew the outline of the 4 layers of felt, cut them up and hot glued them together and then I sewed the "feathers" onto the black dress:

We also found a brooch similar to what Mayura has to house her Kwami:

I'd also ordered a purple fan and orders some white and blue boa to be added to the costume. On top of that I also made the headpiece for you. 

The last part of the costume were the purple legging which stressed me out a lot as the online shop delayed in sending them out to us. In the end, it arrived just on time on Wednesday. 

Daddy's right.. I do enjoy making these costumes with you. *grin*

Here is what Mayura looks like:

And here is my little Mayura (sans the big split up the front of your dress!!) And as a last minute addition, you brought along your ballet character shoe to complete the costume.

I'm glad that the allergy did not stop you from attending the last of your Children's Day celebration in school. Hope that you had fun in school. Some of your friend's parents had share photos of them in their costume. So cute. 

Allergic Reaction

We picked you up from school yesterday as we were nearby, picking up daddy's car. Then after your shower when we returned home, you came to my room and whispered "Mummy.. I am moonface again.. ssshhh... don't tell daddy". So I opened the Tiger Balm and turned on the room light to have a better look and got a shock of my life.. it wasn't just on your chin, you had an allergy breakout on your chin area as well as your forehead. 

Later that evening, I realised that the rash had spread to the back of your body. Had to tell daddy and see what he thinks. He said to give you the antihistamine which Dr Mary had prescribed last time before we went to Perhentian. It was just half of the tiniest tablet. Took you a while to eat it, but certainly faster than the antibiotics!

This morning, you looked better and I gave you another half to eat.

In the evening, I received a missed call on Messenger and later saw this message:

We went home to discover your whole face was swollen. Called the hospital to check on the doctor available for night clinic as well as doctor on call in ER. Found that we wanted to see the doctor on call, so we ate dinner, showered then headed to the ER. Took a while before it was our turn to see Dr Khaw. 

He asked a few questions, checked your body and concluded that it was an allergic reaction as there were no blisters on your rash.. *phew*

He prescribed some medication, including something for what he deemed to be a prolonged sinusitis and then said that you should take a jab for the allergy. Then he left. The nurse came later to give you a jab which she said could be either given on the thigh or buttock. You opted to have it on your thigh. 

All done and then it was time to pay and wait a little for the nurse to come explain on how to take the medicines. 

Went home to give you the medicine (1 extra now on top of the antihistamine) which took a little longer and some scolding from daddy while I was in your room getting your clothes for school the next day. Then you went straight to sleep.

*By the way.. you cried when daddy said that you need not go to school tomorrow if your allergy did not clear.. It's Children's Day celebration and you were looking forward to the event

Evelyn goes ice-skating

At long last, you have your chance on the ice skating rink again. This time in Sunway Pyramid. You had spotted the rink when we came early this year, but had no opportunity to go. 

This trip, you were very good and patient with the changes in plans and today, we made sure to make it to the rink.

We left Denai Alam early this morning at 7.40am. After dropping Ko-ko off at college at 9am, we headed to Sunway Pyramid. As it was still early, we headed to the canopy walk to discover how the walk is for Ko-ko from college. Hey.. it was just a 5 minute walk. No wonder he hangs out here so often. 

We then went back where daddy paid for the two of you and off you went in to collect your skates and get onto the ice.  

Waiting for your skates

Slowly skating by holding the sides

I sat down in McDonald's for a drink before going for a walk around the mall. As it was early in the day and on a weekday, the mall was relatively quiet. 
Shortly after 11am, Ko-ko messaged me to say that he was done with the morning lessons. I told him to take a Grab over, but he opted to walk. He then went to have a look at you both skating before joining me at Zara. 

By then, daddy and you were done and we got ready to head over to Grand Imperial for lunch. As you were both already hungry, daddy ordered some items first while waiting for Ashley Kor-kor and Uncle Dennis to arrive. 

When they arrived, Kor-kor ordered more items and we ate and then headed back to Denai Alam. Ko-ko was too exhausted from the morning lessons and not well enough to attend the classes in the afternoon. 

We will be heading back to Penang tonight after dinner and dropping Ko-ko back to the hostel.

Jyuraku

This place is everyone's favourite when in KL. We did not plan to go anywhere fancy, but in the end, with your consent (you didn't want to go.. you said the toilets there weren't the cleanest) we went there for dinner to treat Ashley Kor-kor and Uncle Dennis for their help and caring for you up till the time we arrived in KL.

It was raining, so the traffic headed there was horrendous (it's relatively near for KL standard) . We ordered some nice Japanese food and even packed Garlic Chahan for you. 

Mei-mei pretending to eat the decorative flower

As it wasn't a planned dinner, by the time a booking was made, we only got the table/room upstairs. It was tatami dining. 

She wanted this photo of her so "tall" as she's near the lamp

Wednesday Change in Plans

The plan today was to go have a look at an available room in Nadayu since we're around and Ko-ko was still on sick leave. We took at look at that room, and another unit which was available for rent soon, then walked around to look at the facilities.

Then we headed to Sunway Pyramid to have lunch. We parked quite a distance and walked to Ma Maison. We could not decide whether to eat here or Din Tai Fung. In the end Ko-ko said that he's able to eat here (maybe he knew you have been wanting to eat here since the last trip).

But when the food came, he could barely touch the food.

My katsu

In the end, we had to abandon plans to go ice skating for you. We had initially planned for you and daddy to skate while I walked around with Ko-ko and he could Grab back to the hostel if he got too tired. 

But in the end, we had to abandon the plan and head back home after lunch. He was feeling nauseous and you were good about the change of plans.  Such a sweet girl 💖

Big Tofu

You sent an early morning message on Sunday (well, early by your standards) saying that you had diarrhea. Then we chatted and I suggested that you ordered Vietnamese Beef Noodles by delivery. You did that and then I headed out to Adventist Hospital to bring Mei-mei for her flu vaccine. 

Just as it was her turn to see Dr. Mary, you called me to say that you did not feel well and that you felt like you needed to vomit. And 5 seconds later, you vomited (while in the call with me). By then I was in Dr. Mary's room and so we hung up. A while later, you called to say that you felt much better. But I suggested that I'd ask Ashley Kor-kor to bring you to see a doctor. So I quickly called Kor-kor and she said that she'd do that. 

Luckily Kor-kor also asked you to bring a change of clothes so that you could stay over at her place. We were so torn on whether to immediately drive over to see you. When we called you, and daddy asked if you wanted us to go see you.. you hesitated a bit before saying that it's not necessary.

But you did not seem to be getting better, so on Sunday evening daddy slept early so that he'd be in a good condition to make the 3 hour drive to KL. 

We woke up to have breakfast, and after packing up, we headed out to Eaton to buy some ang koo kuih. Wanted to buy kuey tiau th'ng from 7th street market, but decided against that when we saw the traffic heading towards town. 

Instead, we went back home to pick up the container and asked Chim Poh if she could buy "kai si hor fun" instead. She managed to, so we made a quick detour to Ipoh to pick up the noodles. We reached Kor-kor's house at 12.30pm, just on time for lunch. My heart broke to see how weak you were. 

You ate some of the noodles and slept most of the night. Then you had fever and in the evening, we brought you to a nearby clinic to see the doctor. He worried that it may be dengue so he did a blood test which turned out negative. Got MC for another 2 days and headed home. Took 3 hours to eat up 1/2 bowl of noodles. 

I slept in the room with you. At 3am, you were in pain.. in fact, I am not even very sure of when you started writhing (silently) in pain. Got you up to go to the toilet again and then gave you your medicines (including Paracetamol as the fever was back again). You seemed to be ok and managed to continue sleeping until today.

Well so far, you seem to be getting better and having a much better appetite. We've gone to your hostel to clear away the food, including the noodles you'd left in the room since Sunday (which messed up your table!!) and also brought back your clothes and bedsheet to wash in Kor-kor's place too. 

Hopefully you'll get better soon, our little tofu.

Return of the VainPot

Just a weekend, but you decided to paint your nail.. and even draw cherries.. not too bad for a first timer... 

Halloween is in the air

And in the supermarkets.. here is a giant pumpkin for sale in Jaya Grocer.