Back Home Again

This must be the longest that you have stayed in KL before making a trip back to Penang. It was a good thing that we booked Batik Air this time. No delays and there was bad weather as you arrived in Penang. Pity that the flight was not full, so that means there is no reason for them to increase flights for you. 

Of course, you're hungry. I had reminded you to eat something at the Subang Airport.. and what did you eat? A Gardenia bun!! 

Just your luck to land on a Friday during prayer times. It took a little longer than usual to reach home. But you finally got to enjoy your curry mee from First Genting. (you had placed that order in advance. Ah Ma had forgotten to buy for you, so daddy and I had to go get it before we had our lunch and head to the airport to pick you)

Still so Playful

While daddy is away in Indonesia, I have a new bed mate "Miss Blanket-conda". Tonight we had some fun, as you did not want to read not play online games with your friends. Instead after reading a little and watching Netflix, you decided to play on the bed. You put out the blanket and said "I'm a burrito and I'm the meat stuffing and Hooga (pillow) is the mozzarella cheese". 

Then you asked me to roll you up tightly and even tucking in the side so that you are secure inside the blanket.

Even sent a photo of you to daddy and then a voice message declaring yourself to be a burrito. 

First Day of Secondary School

Such a cute pose. Just before packing into the car and heading to school. You look so grown up in this photo.. our princess. 

Missing Tooth

The tooth that has been a pain for you for quite a few weeks has finally fallen off. While you already know "who" the tooth fairy is, you still told me to give you the money.. sigh.. so honest!

So no need for me to wait for you to sleep (your sleeping time is 11pm.. waaay past MY bedtime) to replace the tooth with the moolah, we just directly put the tooth into the "tooth keepsake" album. One more to go and you would have replaced all your milk teeth. 

Secondary Orientation Day

Today is orientation day. So we waited for daddy to come home, then we headed out to have lunch before going straight to school. By 11.30, you were all dressed up in your new school uniform. 

It was a Friday and parking was so difficult to come across in town. We finally parked at the expensive parking lot and had lunch at Two Frenchies:

Giving me the side eye when I tried to take a photo

Then we went to school. Arrived with a few minutes to spare. Got a seat and soon the briefing started. 

It was just a little over 2 hours. Halfway through the students headed to their homeroom to be further briefed by their homeroom teachers while the parents stayed at the MPH.

Barbecue Party

Alex Ku-ku and Ah Kim planned to come back this weekend as it was Grampy and Nanna's wedding anniversary. So I managed to convince daddy (he claims that his arms were twisted) to cook barbecue at home instead of going out. Luckily we did that too. It was apparently the Goddess of Mercy's birthday and also St. Anne's feast. So dining in both BM and the island is out of the question. 

 A bit of confusion/miscommunication on the location of the party.. but they arrived in Minden just before 6pm. It was a simple and slow going dinner. Everyone ate a lot and had fun:

Daddy's grilled chickens. Smoking in the grill

Steaks resting just before it's served

Our dinner spread

The shark cleaning up the tomahawk bone

Family photo

It was fun. Ku-ku went home and almost instantly fell asleep. He says he fell into a "food coma". Just missing Ko-ko. Next time around. 

Little Ducky

Daddy got you these duckies when he went for some whiskey tasting. And you have been wearing them on and off since then:

You wore it to ballet too. I could hear you and others bursting out in laughter then moment you walked into the studio!
 

Flower

We were all pleasantly surprised by this bloom. This plant was brought back from school quite a while back. One of the stalks died, while this one gave you a beautiful purple flower. You were so happy when you saw it. 

Passport for Evelyn

This morning, I set my alarm clock to ring at 5.55am, despite it being the day off for me. I was going to log into the queue system for the Malaysian Immigration Office to get a number for you to go make your passport. At 6am sharp, I clicked on everything only to receive a message that the numbering would be given out at 6.10am. When I went back in at 6.10am, I got 128!!! Must have been conned by the system!

Anyhow, since the application notified me of the number being served, we knew when to go in. So we headed to Gurney Plaza to have lunch. After much deliberation, we decided to try this ramen shop Kanada-Ya Ramen. Er.. nothing spectacular about the food. So we won't be going there anytime soon again. 

Wandered around the mall a little after that was it was still a while before your number. Then we headed to KOMTAR. Daddy dropped us outside so that we could quickly walk in first. And yet, we had to wait nearly an hour before it was your turn to have your details and photo taken. Made the payment and were told to come back after 30 minutes. 

We walked towards the TOP where we'd been to see the dinosaurs exhibition etc before. It's a pity that the place cannot take off. There were barely anyone around. 

Went to the loo. And took this photo while waiting for daddy.

We walked around the KOMTAR side where many shops are now closed. Then headed back to UTC. Daddy asked me to try my luck to see if your passport was ready. Luckily it was. All done and headed back home. 

Everyone is now ready to travel. We've all got valid passports. 

So many coins

Since you're so free, I asked for your help to sort out the coins. First is the foreign coins. Well.. I had actually just wanted the Japanese Yen coins. But you sorted the rest out by country, except that I put them all back into the same container, other than the JPY. Some coins were so hard to identify, we had to use Google lens to determine where it came from.

Then we sorted out the Malaysian coins. Packed them up and ready to exchange with my friend. 

Karate Exams - Blue belt

The school has a fixed time for us to arrive. As usual, it's an easy drive to the Pusat Silat Negeri. Just a few minutes away. Shortly after we arrived, they called your group to gather on the mat.

Showing me your "meh" face

First to start with the moves you have learnt:

Then you need to partner with another to perform the newly demonstrated moves:

Thanking the examiner:

As we were leaving, your partner thanked you for helping her get the correct action. 

Birthday Present

The first to wish me today is daddy. Then I also got a message from Ko-ko. 

When we were on the way home, daddy asked me whether the two of you had wished me. I said yes for Ko-ko but nothing from Mei-mei.

But when I reached home, you gave me this tiny present:

Love the message you wrote for me. We each have one to keep with us. 💕

Date Day with my Princess

Today is a day off for me. Daddy is working as his company does not recognise this public holiday. So we both planned a day out. The initial plan was to watch a movie in GSC Queensbay. But daddy suggested that we headed to TGV in Paragon which has better sound and screens. 

So we took a Grab to Gurney Plaza where we did a little shopping before you decided that you needed to sit down. We headed to Nando's to have lunch. 

When we were done with lunch, we walked over to Gurney Paragon. Bought some shirts from H&M then headed to the cinema floor. We got our popcorn and a drink and waited for them to let us into the cinema. Today we watched Inside Out 2. It was a nice show.

And after the movie, you did not seem to want to go back yet. So we walked around a little in Watsons, and Jaya Grocer and picked some stuff before getting into our Grab to head home. 

It was nice just spending time with you, listening to you telling me all sorts of things. We should do this more often 💕

Year 6 Awards Day

The Primary Awards Day for this year was in the morning. So we dropped you off in school then headed to Little India for our favourite breakfast. Then we headed back to school. Luckily the doors to the MPH was open by then. So daddy and I headed into the hall to get a good seat. 

Soon the event started. Some awards were already given on Thursday. You'd already received for your role as a librarian and also for the Karate club. 

Today, you got your trophy for achieving 1 perfect in your checkpoint. We're so proud of you.

After that you also got on stage to receive a "present" to mark the end of your primary years. The school aptly called it "Year 6 Progression Ceremony".

Receiving from Madam Julia

With your classmates and homeroom teachers

After all was done, you had some photos taken. And then you all signed on the shirts.. just like last year with Ko-ko. 

Did not manage to get all the Year 6 kids.. but here are a bunch of them. Photo was taken by Anya's dad:

Three little girls.. have known each other since Year 1:

At long last, you were ready to leave. Today, we have Yuen Ting with us for lunch. You had already asked to go to Kirishima, so we headed there.

Finished off with a quick stop at Starbucks before we dropped Yuen Ting off back in school as she needed to attend her sister's Awards Day too.

Congratulations, our precious. You've now officially ended your primary school years. 

Spice Rack

 This is how you arranged the spice rack after daddy had fixed up the tiles and done the grout.

Notice anything? Yup, the spices are arranged by brand and the sauces at the bottom by height!

Paper Thosai

Yesterday we woke up a little earlier to go out to Little India for thosai breakfast. You willingly woke up to eat it as you missed it. 

So here you are with your paper thosai:

Then I recalled having a photo of you with it from when you were younger.. so today I scoured my Google photos and found this:

It was taken in 2019. Funnily, you're wearing the same shirt in both photos!!

I'm pretty sure there should be one from 2017 when you were having lessons in British Council.. but I'm unable to find it. 

Haircut

Today you finally had your hair cut. You had asked for a while, but we just could not fit in the time to go to Uncle Austin's. You wanted a layered cut. Telling me about a "fox cut" and a "butterfly cut". Uncle Austin actually told me that it would not suit your fine hair to have it layered. But since you wanted a layered cut like your friends, I told him to go ahead and give you a layered cut which would suit you. 

This time around, you had "the works". The session started with a hair wash by Mei Ling and then a cut by Uncle Austin. 

Hair all in a towel after being shampooed

Uncle Austin working his magic

You seemed happy with the cut. Took a photo to show you the layering after the cut:

Front view

Back view

Dinner Celebration

Tonight's dinner is just the 3 of us. Ah Kong and Ah Ma both were not feeling well, so they decided not to go out for our usual Saturday night dinner. 

We ended up in Queensbay Mall. And after much deliberation, picked Gravy Baby. You were not too keen on it initially, but I'd guess that you were happy with the choice. 

We walked around a little and stopped by Smiggle to pick up something as we still have the voucher from the spectacle shop which was expiring soon.  

Celebration of Learning

This is an annual event held in the school towards the end of the school year. But waaaay before the date approaches, the students have been working hard on the materials they would need for the event. 

Today, daddy dropped you in school before heading to his breakfast location. I planned to go at 9am by Grab when the event starts. Turned out it started at 8am. Oops.. 

Found you with these 2 antennas sticking out of your baret:

Then you paid for the potted plant which you planted very quickly. 

Then we headed up to see the GB's Noah's Ark. The girls inside were so cute, telling me the story about Noah. And especially the little Evelyn who was selling me stuff then even asking for a donation. 

Then headed down as it was about time for you GB march past.

Next was the recorder performance.

After some other performances, there was the finale of the recorder performance #2. 

Ah Kong came to pick us up, then we headed to McDonald's to pick up the lunch I'd already pre-ordered and headed home for lunch with a super hungry little girl.

Great Job!

The parents in the Year 6 WhatsApp group were all jittery and eagerly awaiting the results to be sent from the Exam Department. At long last the email arrived at around 10am. My heart was so nervous to open the email. 

When I saw your results.. it swelled with pride. Had to interrupt daddy in his meeting to show him your results. Full score for Maths even!

Great job, baby. You did well and we're all proud of you