Recent Updates....

Finally, I have time for blogging. For the past few weeks, it has been a hectic weeks. There is also a major change in our life. First of all, hubby got an offer to work in Su Zhou, China end of September for two years contract and he had to report to the new company this month, that is where he is now located. Earlier, he was still thinking 50/50 on accepting the offer because my EDD is so near and my transfer was yet to approve. After consideration, I get him to accept the offer. I know it will be tough for me handling the house alone with my two children later. I gave hubby my commitment and confidence that I can handle it alone. We had never departed since we know each other. My hearts feel so hard, so heavy when I see him leaving at the airport. I’ve been crying a lot for the last few days and I’m getting myself back today. On Monday, good news from HR approving my transfer overwhelming me although the condition of transfer is to downgrade 2 levels down from my current grade with no increment for the next grade upgrade. It a tough decision but I’m signing off the offer without thinking twice because nothing is more important than being with my little Alfred. I’ll be having a new lifestyle, no more honeymoon day for me. Previously, taking care Alfred is like part time job as I’m only a weekend mother. The responsibility is now different as I will have more time with Alfred after working hours which mean partially full time job. Haha!!

By the way, we does lot of activities for the past few weeks. Daddy spends a lot of time with Alfred. He told me sadly, he will miss his growing up for two years. Let see stuff we had done for the past weekends.

First outing at the park

We visited the park on a weekend for the very first time since Alfred started walking. We had never been to the park since Alfred is born. We bring along his walker so that he can walk faster and steadier. Oh my, I can’t imagine how he loves the park. He explores everything himself. We let him go where he likes to go and we spent almost 2 hours at the park just walking around. He wave bye to the strangers that pass by and those people didn’t even know us. We just figure out how friendly our son is. Ha! When he heard the birds sing, he shouted, “birds”. There’s a lake next to the park and when he saw the fish, then he shouted, “Fish”. He learns to talk a lot nowadays. I had captured a couple of pictures of him to share with everyone.

On the ground for the first time at the park

Happily walking next with daddy

Showing daddy the fishes in the pond
Sliding my way down!! Swinging..swing, swing, swing
Daddy and me

Reynard joining me!! He look happier than me

Smile!!

Having our snacks!!
Sliding again!!
I can climb up myself daddy!!
Watching over the pond
The look of ...It's about time to go home
Mommy promise to bring him here to the park again!!
Climbing up the staircase...
Going home... A kiss for daddy....

POOL

When dealing with sport, the safest sport for Alfred is swimming. So, before we decided to proceed to the swimming pool, we had bought Alfred a small tiny pool for him to learn before adapting to a real pool later. Grrrrr... Guess what we find out!! My little Alfred is fear with large pile of water. Yes, my Alfred is afraid of pool. I thought he should be having fun or thrilled when he sees the splash of pool but it turns out the opposite way. He scared when we put him inside the pool. He cried and wanted me to get him out from the pool. Even with the ring pool and daddy squeezes himself inside the small tiny pool, yet he doesn’t want to stay inside. Well, we have to try out again next time!!

Hhmm.. Why am I dress this way!!

It's look so scary!!

Daddy, I want to go out!! ... "crying"...

8 October 2009

Daddy and I both take a day off from work on Alfred birthday. We came back to our hometown, Seremban on Wednesday night and brought him home. He is dressed up with his new pajamas’ and that fit just his size.

Digging mommy drawer

See mommy, I found tissue!!

Alright, I pushing the chair away!!

Daddy asked him to put back those tissue he taken out!!

A pose for mommy!!

8 October 2009, Thursday, it’s Alfred Birthday. It’s a simple and relaxing day. He doesn’t know the meaning of birthday and look confused when we wish him Happy Birthday when he waked up in the morning. I had my baby checkup done on Alfred Birthday. Baby is in good health and growing normally. After the checkup, we went to the bank and opened an account for Alfred for his future use. After the banking stuff, we proceed to McDonald’s at Jusco Shopping Complex for lunch. Alfred had an ice cream and fries by his own. He loves these two snacks. We went home after the lunch and called it a day.

Alfred's Birthday Dinner

Whee!! We had a blast last weekend. We had an early birthday celebration dinner for Alfred as his birthday falls on weekday which is this Thursday, 8 October. We invited only family member and few of our close friends.

On Saturday, we start out our day having breakfast at my mom stall. Later, we move to KS mom house in order for daddy to clean up his aquarium at his old home. While daddy is busy with his pets, I decided to give Alfred a haircut as he is too afraid to get the haircut from hairdresser. Well, the results turn out to be extremely poor and here is the haircut before and after from a mother that spoiled her son good looking hair. At last, I have to get him to the hairdresser so that he could be looking a little bit better tonight and I hate that coz I can predict what’s going to happen next. Guess what; the whole session of the haircut, he cried so poorly. Meanwhile, daddy gets his haircut too.

His original hair before I get it trimmed..

After I trimmed his hair, it's look awful

This is the look after the haircut from salon.. mm..much better I guess..

Daddy and Alfred had their haircut done together

Later, when the night arrived, I bath up Alfred and put him on his birthday wear which I bought nearly 2 months ago. So, I just love red. He looks good in red colours. We arrived just in time at the restaurant and in a minute, all family member and friends arrived. We had our dinner by 8pm and later after we finished, we were going back home for cake cutting and opening presents time. Alfred got “ang pow”, which mean red envelope that are considered extremely auspicious to receive as a gift and they contain money. They are commonly used for Chinese New Year, weddings, birthdays or any other important event. Alfred got ang pow from all of our family member and friends but mommy bought Alfred two birthday present. Daddy said I spoiled Alfred too much!!

I bought him a BARNEY and a 2 in one walker where he can ride and walk with it. Since my boy loves Barney so much, he totally ignores the rest of the present. Although Alfred had only two gift.

After all the cutting cake and opening present, it is time to celebrate Mooncake and Lantern Festival. We went out to our car porch and light up the porch with entire candle. Alfred got 2 electronic lanterns. He will get a traditional lantern when he grow older because it have to be light with up with candle.

Whee!! Waiting for everyone ..

Ang Pow from Grandma and Auntie Ellicia

My Birthday Cake from Daddy


Alfred's Family Photo


Mommy Best Friends, Qlly and Families



Daddy and Mommy Best Friends, Auntie Winnie, missing Uncle Ben coz he had to work

My Family's

Cutting my birthday cake and grandpa help on!!

I love the cake that Daddy bought..yummy!! Finger lickin good!! Hehe..

Little helper opening Alfred present..

Mommy helping me opened my present..

BARNEY.. I love You, You love Me..

Sharing my birthday present...

My new bike @ walker

I can't let go my barney & he is going to stay with me all the time..

Brotherhood pictures??!! Mommy, it's not going to work..

It's too heavy for me to hold..

Candle.. whhooohhh!!

mmm..which one? smaller one better, just like me..

Alfred with his MoonCake requesting mommy to OPEN

Mommy gave me a plastic knife instead to cut the mooncake..

He is turning two tomorrow. How times has flies. 2 months ago, he’s still struggle to walk and now he can’t stop walking around. I just love with the way he walks with his own personality. Well, I couldn’t ask for more, I just hope that he stays healthy as he grows.

Our Penang Mini Vacation

Penang Trip Day 1, 21st September 2009

We had a mini vacation last weekend during the short Hari Raya celebration. We visited Penang state at the north part of Malaysia. We start our journey at 11am and the journey took us almost 8 1/2 hours drive to reach Penang which usually only took 6 hours the most for a non stop drive. On the way, we do stop at a 2 rest areas for stretching up. The highway road is quite jammed due to holiday season. We reach Ipoh town, Perak at around 4pm and took our so called “lunch” at the famous Ipoh Taugeh Chicken Lou Wong shop. The shop was overloaded with people and we waited for 15 minutes for a seat. We had a lunch very quickly because people are standing next to our table waiting. We continue our journey and finally reach Penang at 730pm. We meet up with Patrick and family, my husband friend in Penang. We took our dinner at Bukit Tambun, the seafood village. We stayed overnight at Patrick house located nearby the restaurant in Bukit Tambun, Penang Mainland. Alfred has been very good on our first trip that requires a long stretch journey. He slept most of the time and sing Barney song with his daddy walkman hand phone when he’s bored. Here are some photos to be shared.

Alfred hiding behind the phone laughing

Finally reach Penang

All by my own
Grandma, I want to eat myself.. arggh!!
Patrick & Quan

Ivy & Quan

Penang Day 2, 22nd September 2009

We waked up early at 9am and had our breakfast at a Dim Sum restaurant nearby Sungai Dua. Patrick recommended the place for us. The dim sums are tremendous cheap cause it was sold at RM 1 per dish, any dish. Usually dim sum priced around RM2 to RM 6 per dish. The foods is at fine quality although it cheap. That the cheapest dim sum I ever had. Sadly, no photo taken due to the restaurant is too crowded and I have to look after Alfred. We always stuck with crowded people areas, we had no choice, holiday season is time people had their break.

After the breakfast, we were on our own as Patrick had to leave us to work. We drive crossing Penang Bridge to reach the island. Our first stop is at Dharmikarama Burmese Temple. Opposite the temple is the Reclining Buddha called Wat Chaiyamangalaram, a Thai Buddhist Temple. The temple was built in 1845 and 33 meter gold plated reclining Buddha. Alfred does a lot of walking and running around at these two temples. Each temple had a lot of Buddha statue and they are really big statue and tremendously Alfred is not scared at all. I teach him to pray at Buddha and he did pray to each Buddha he see. He said his prayer loudly and attracted the people in the temple. Everyone look at him and asked me his ages. When I said nearly two, they stop asking and show me a frown face. Well, I didn’t continue to elaborate that Alfred is actually an achon because they stop asking. I feel that I do no need to explain unless they asked me why or how come and so on. My little boy had so much fun at the temple and falls asleep soon as he was being seated on his car seat. He is really tired.

On the way to Penang Island

Penang Bridge

We reach the entrance to Dharmikarama Burmese Temple

Praying to buddha that Alfred stay healthy

Lighting a candle for Buddha

A burmese monk gave a holy thread to Alfred

My favorite photoBig Standing buddha with Grandma and KS sister

The reclining buddha

When Alfred was asked to pose, this is what we get!!

Yeah!!

Walk with determination

Daddy follow from behind

We get to our next destination, Kek Lok Si Temple, another place of attraction in Penang Island. We take turn to walk around the temple as Alfred is still sleeping inside the car. When we reach on the top of the Kek Lok Si temple, Alfred waked up. He doesn’t want to seat on his stroller anymore. He doesn’t even want us to carry him. He loves to walk and pointing here and there. We choose to sit next to a pond which full of koi fish and fed the fish as Alfred just woke up and still not gaining his energy yet. After a few minutes of resting, he’s up again running around. When we were ready to go, I took Alfred to go down the hill by cable car while daddy waited for us at the bottom of the hill with grandma. We had a late lunch at 3pm because our breakfast is rather heavy. We had Penang famous Laksa and cendol for lunch. We also order another type of drink called “Pat Poh Tea” consists of jelly, lychee and tapioca.

Due to we had our lunch late and it still early, we headed to Queen Bay Mall. The mall is huge. We stayed there for 3 hours and I did a little shopping buying a few cloths for Alfred. Our next stop is Gurney Drive at Batu Feringgi for dinner. By the time we reach the famous Gurney Drive Hawker Centre, it nearly 8pm. After the late dinner, we went home. All of us are so tired but it is a good day.

Feeding the fish at Kek Lok Si Temple

Our Late lunch "Penang Laksa"

Desert "Cendol"

"Pak Poh Tea"

After the dinner at Gurney Drive, Batu Feringhi

Penang Day 3, 23rd September 2009

Due to yesterday tiredness, Alfred slept till 11am while me waked up at 930am to pack our stuff before we head home. So, the whole families skip breakfast. Later, we headed to 23 Takehana Japanese Restaurant at Auto City, Juru for lunch.

We had a great lunch and good food at the Japanase Restaurant. Here is a few photo of Alfred at the restaurant.

Alfred also wanted a set of menu, pointing at the menu calling daddy, daddy

That's my chopstick

Father and Son

This is how he used his chopstick

Our delicious lunch

After the lunch, we headed to Sunway Carnival Mall for a walk while daddy has to settle some work at the supplier office. The first stop is the toy department of the mall as I am looking around a present for Alfred’s birthday which falls next month. I ended taking funny pictures of Alfred as he wandering around the toys corner taking every piece of toy he can hold too.

His first stop

Seem like he interested with the toys

Walking away to the next corner

Does the reaction of Alfred and the giraffe look the same?

Our dinner "Wan Tan Mee"

Alfred pointing at the lantern but I'm busying captured the food, he frown his face when he called me again at me

At the shop buying local biscuits for the family

Love this shoot although Alfred did not look at the camera.. grandma wanted to buy the "petai", a type of green bean with a pungent smell which my hubs love so much cooked with belacan. Ugghh!!

The fruits stall at Bidor, Ipoh

I will be posting more photo in Facebook.

A sad day for Daddy

Today, daddy went home after finish his job nearby our hometown. The purpose returning home is to send Alfred favorite Barney FireHouse video because we taken it home during the weekends and daddy failed to return it to grandma. By the way, it is just one of his reasons to go back just to visit Alfred. When daddy reaches home, Alfred was sleeping. After taking his lunch, just before he headed out to the car, Alfred wake up and saw daddy. He looks so happy when he sees his daddy. Daddy usher him back to his nap and again fail to finish off the task as he need to rush back to his company for some undone job. When daddy going off, Alfred cried and yelling for daddy. Daddy peeked from the window and saw him crying. Grandma told Alfred that daddy need to go to work and try to get him back on his nap. Daddy leaves the house sadly. He wishes that he could stay longer but he can’t. My eyes go teary when daddy called me and tell me the whole stories. We never leave Alfred when he is awake. Usually we’ll wait till he falls asleep at night before we goes off. Now I can feel how close the bond between Alfred and KS.

A trip to ER last Saturday

Last Saturday night, we went to buy our grocery at Giant Hypermarket nearby our house. When we reach the hypermarket, Alfred demanded to walk but we doesn’t allowed him instead we put him in the stroller. When I reach the children corner, the stroller stop there and he demanded daddy that he want to walk while I was looking at some clothing for him. Daddy allowed him out from the stroller as he can’t stop showing off his tantrum demanding to walk. Not even 5 minutes of walking, Alfred falls on the shelves close to the floor but daddy manages hold his hand. The fall was not bad cause it only coz a bump on his head. Quickly, I reach him and comfort him. The comforting didn’t help stopping him from crying and we finally take off from the market after 10 minutes of Alfred none stop crying. Usually, the comforting didn’t take more than a minute to stop him from crying if he fall but these cries make me nervous. When we reach home, I change him into pajamas and yet he cries again which apparently stop a minute ago before I had him changed. I presumed something is not right and I told daddy we should bring him see a doctor. All the way long to the ER, he didn’t even cry till he meets up with the doctor, he yelled and cried even louder. Doc checked on his head, hand and stomach and nothing seem wrong. My word just came out to Alfred, if you stop crying, we are going out from here. He did stop crying at instant. Hah!! Magic words. Scared of doctor! I didn’t sleep through the night as Alfred did cries in sleep during odd hours of the night. I gave him a massage on hand and feet and that bring him back to sleep. I feel no good about the fall although I just a very minor fall and I just assume that daddy might have sprain his hand vein when he trying to save Alfred from the fall. The next morning, everything seems ok. That’s a relief!