Mock Ballet Exam

Parents were shown what you children have been practicing for the ballet exam which falls on the 17th March. You started the lesson as usual with your practices. Then we were all allowed into the studio to watch.

Report Card Collection Day

Today is report card collection day. We headed to school without the both of you. I think that is a better way so that the teacher can tell us exactly what has been happening and yet you are not around to listen and possibly get impacted by the feedback.

Anyway our adventure started in the Multi-Purpose Hall. We waited for our turn to speak to Miss Shirley. Marking seems to be tough. Daddy noticed that you lost marks just because you forgot your punctuation marks. Generally feedback for you is ok, except that you get easily distracted and like to talk.. (sigh...)

Then we headed to the Chapel to see Mr. Lew. Waited for a while for the parent before us to finish. Feedback was ok for you. Also that you like to talk in class... sigh.. two "cakap banyak". As your ICT and DT wasn't too good and the teachers (who sat side by side) were available, I sat down to talk to them to find out what is going on. I would say that you need more effort in the CA and projects and hopefully you will take my advise on discussing with me on the projects. 

After all that.. daddy and I needed to unwind.... too.. much.. stress... *grin* 

School's International Day Celebration

The school had it's very first International Day celebration last Saturday. We dropped the both of you at school then had breakfast before heading back to school for the opening ceremony. We were lucky to be able to get a parking slot inside the school compound. 

Bought our tickets (for shopping) then headed inside to get a seat and wait for the ceremony. 

It started with the parade and here you are with your Hungry.. oops, I meant Hungary flag which you had colored in class earlier that week. As you stood there, we could tell that you were scanning the crowd for us, but you were looking far behind, when we were actually very close to you. You gave us the widest smile when you saw us.

Could not get a picture of Ko-ko as he marched in (you just had to pick a spot behind the tallest boy in your group... ). Managed to get a picture as you marched out:

KS1 children performed a dance and you were enjoying the dance:

After the performances were over, we waited while you got down from class and the first stall we visited was "Singapore" which was Ko-ko's class stall. He wasn't there. The very talented che-che drew the design you picked on both your hands.

We walked around to finish the quiz questions and to get the stamp of the countries so that you could qualify for the lucky draw.
Spent some time looking and shopping at the food stalls before finally heading home.

It sure was a tiring day. And yet it wasn't over for the both of you. Ko-ko continued with his badminton classes then headed to his friend's place while you headed for your ballet classes.
Not sure about the both of you, but I sure was tired just running around. I'm sure daddy was even more tired, driving everyone around for the whole day. 

CNY Dinner in Penang

This was the feast Ah Ma cooked for the dinner with the family after they got back from KL. As usual, we were treated to a wide spread of yummy dishes all prepared by Ah Ma. 

CNY in Ipoh

This year, we headed back to Ipoh 2 days before Chinese New Year. As usual there was a lot of cutting and work in the kitchen for the dinners on the eve and Chinese New Year itself.

Here is our usual popiah treat for the eve:

 And we had a firework display too:

We all woke up bright and early on the first day of Chinese New Year. Everyone had breakfast and also quickly got ready before the lion dance started. There was a hiccup in the arrangements but they finally made it. Here is a picture of the both of you as we waited for them to come:

 Making a grand entrance:

 Mei-mei enjoying the lion dance:

 The lion gave her some "gold":

 Ko-ko got an orange:

 The lion worked really hard to prepare this decoration:

 And our family picture:

 Kids getting their ang pow:

 And kids enjoying their ice-cream treat from Doctor Chek Kong:

 This year we attempted to make a "piggy lou sang":

 Our Chinese New Year family feast:

We had to head back on the second day of Chinese New Year as mummy and daddy had to work on Thursday. Kids were lucky to have the whole week off. 

CNY Dinner and Grampy's Birthday

As usual, we had our early Chinese New Year celebration in BM and it doubled as Grampy's birthday too.

We had a lot of food which we slowly ate in the air-cond comfort in the living room. 

 We later had a cake which of course the two kids blew out the candle instead of Grampy.

Chopstick Wielding Girl

It still amazes me that you somehow have taught yourself how to use the chopsticks. And most importantly, your daddy tells everyone that you are using it the correct way, unlike most of us (Ah Kong and I inclusive).

I had bought you those "trainer" chopsticks but you did not use them too often before graduating to the full fledged chopsticks:

Surprise, Evan!!

You had asked if you could participate in the tournament. So we agreed and you asked if your old racket could be restrung. Went to the shop which is run by your badminton coach and ended up buying you a new racket. We told you that we had bought you a new bag. And you seemed quite pleased to get the bag AND the new racket. When we picked up the racket, we had actually bought another for you.
Hope that you will be serious about your interest in badminton.. 

Pizza Master Chef

Ee-ee had bought you this Master Chef pizza maker set. So we finally found some time to make that pizza.. and here is our happy pizza master chef. 

Another Lost Tooth

Oh my.. you seem to be losing your teeth so rapidly. This time is was your left lateral incisor. Daddy had to try a few times before it came off. And as you were waiting for the tooth fairy to come, you quickly went to sleep.
I had to make sure that I put the pouch with money properly under your pillow and now into the pillow case like what I did the last time.
And the next day.. we had one happy little girl. 

Little Toughie and Her 3rd Tooth

The tooth fairy came to the house yesterday night again. The third tooth finally fell off after so many weeks of hanging on. Daddy helped you remove it.
As with the last time, it was easy to get you to sleep. And you kept asking us to sleep so that the tooth fairy could come.
You woke up this morning and tried to search for the money, but the blur tooth fairy apparently stashed the pouch into your pillow case instead of under your pillow. Oops.. luckily daddy helped you find it. Then you came down to proudly show me your money. Then you asked me why the tooth fairy only gave you RM2. You seemed to think she gave you RM3 the last time... Anyway, you then searched for your purse to keep the money with the rest of your cash.

** Looks like #4 will be falling off soon. Do we need to adjust the tooth fairy rates for inflation?

Our New Year's Eve Supper

It was a working day for us, but since we wanted a little festivities, daddy and I went to Jaya Grocers to buy some cold cut and to pick up a bottle of Prosecco. Then we headed to The Wine Shop to pick up some soft cheese (we had hard ones at home).

And so this was our spread as we waited for the clock to chime 12 midnight and the start of 2019!!

Day 5: Time to Head Home

Woke up for one last yummy breakfast in the lounge before heading back to the room to bathe and pack up. We checked out and headed to Publika for lunch. Ended up at Mickey's New York Pizza. The pizza was delicious... we even thought of bringing some home for dinner.. but decided not to in the end.. (and it was a good decision.. I'll tell you why later)

After lunch, we went back to BIG to buy some groceries before loading into the car and starting our journey home.
It was a pleasant drive and you both dozed off a couple of times. Suddenly Mei-mei woke up muttered something to me and before we could react.. she started vomiting non-stop. Ko-ko was dead asleep and daddy and I were both screaming for him to wake up, but he did not wake up until much later. I had to use Mei-mei's blanket to catch the vomit and when Ko-ko woke up, he passed me the plastic bag to put the blanket in (before it started to drip all over daddy's car!!).
We finally found a R&R (I think it was Simpang Pulai) and we slowly cleaned everything up. Ko-ko had to go to the bathroom to wash his hair.. he had um.. pizza (now you know why I think it was a wise decision that we didn't take away some from the lunch shop!!). He had some on his shirt too so he went the rest of the way home without a shirt.
For the rest of the journey, Mei-mei still dozed on and off while holding another plastic bag near her mouth (probably nothing left to vomit as um.. everything had come out the first time already!!) while Ko-ko stayed awake for fear of getting spewed with more vomit and so that he could do his duty of holding up the bag for her!!
What an end to our holiday :)

Day 4: KL Twin Towers

It was an early day as we needed to eat breakfast before heading to the Twin Towers by 8.45am. And we were the first in the queue for the 9am session. 

 First stop was the Sky Bridge:

 Then we headed to the 86th floor to look around and enjoy the view:

 Making silly faces in the lift on the way down: