On our last day at Langkawi..

Posted on October 30, 2008

(this holiday post is getting abit tiring…luckily we only spent 2 nights 3 days away….otherwise my holiday post will take more than a month to complete!)

….we didn’t do any touristy thing. We slept in on the last day on the Heavenly bed. The bed was indeed heavenly - only if the kids were sleeping on their own beds - which they didn’t. Aidan refused to sleep in his Heavenly cot. So all the 4 of us ended up sleeping on 1 king sized bed! The kids had the best sleep ever while Hubs and I had hardly any space left on the bed!

(28 Sept 09) - A view of the sea from the hotel lobby. On the right are complimentary fruit juices for the hotel guests.

On our way to the airport, we stopped by the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club to take some pictures. After taking a few snaps of the yachts (everyone was waiting in the car for me!), we headed to the airport.

Thank God Aidan was ok sitting in his own stroller. As for Ashley, she had fun on her Trunki. We basically wheeled her around the airport (while she sat on the Trunki) and she was so so thrilled by it! When I was first introduced to Trunki, I couldn’t resist not getting it after that although we didn’t have any trips planned then. Makes you wonder whether the Trunki is actually for Ashley or for mommy eh?

Anyways…we checked in early and spent our time at The Westin Lounge at the boarding hall.

Again…they had complimentary drinks for us - which Ashley was so eager to serve us with…

There was a nice place to sit and relax, a massage corner, some PCs available if you’d like to pay to access the internet, and its own washroom (instead of using the airport’s yucky toilets)

Me and the kids…

As usual, our AirAsia flight was delayed…so we had to wait…….till Aidan fell asleep on Hubs!

Ashley striking a pose for me before she went back to stare at 2 ladies who were busy sorting out their junk in their handbags…

So that’s it! A nice short break for the whole family…

Next holiday? It would have to be Scuba Diving holiday! I didn’t manage to go diving this year (1st time in YEARS!)….I plan to do a super awesome dive trip next year! Let’s hope that will become a reality.

Happy Birthday twolittlepixels!

Posted on October 29, 2008

Some of you may know that I am one of the  creative team member at twolittlepixels a.k.a. and have been since the birth of 2lps! 2lps is turning one and there is some birthday fun happening this weekend. Check it out this weekend.

 

Lil Miss Ashley

Posted on October 28, 2008

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Lil Miss Protective

At a Hari Raya open house, just before we were about to leave, Ashley was drinking her cup of syrup. I wanted to bring her to the loo before our long journey back home….

Mom : Ashley, let’s go to the toilet to she-she (pee). We have a long journey back home.

Ashley : Ok…wait. (While drinking her syrup at a snail’s pace)

Mom : Hurry. Pass me your drink.

Ashley : You go and take one for yourself la…

She thought I wanted to kebas her drink.

Lil Miss Smarty Pants

Ashley : Mom look. I finished my milk…..and I’ve grown tall enough to touch the Malaysian flag!

Mom : Touch what? (not sure whether I heard her correctly or not)

Ashley : The Malaysian Flag!

Lil Miss Fussy

Mom : What would you like to eat for lunch today? Pasta or noodles?

Ashley : I want to go to the shopping mall to eat…

Mom : Mommy’s going to cook lunch instead. We shall not go to the shopping mall today….

Ashley : I want to eat out…

Mom : Why?

Ashley : I like Grandma’s noodles….

Mom : What???? You don’t like mommy’s cooking???

She kept quiet.

Grrr!

Red Hot Chilli bum-bum

Posted on October 23, 2008

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My poor Aidan has a red-hot-chilli bum-bum!

On Wednesday evening, he had pooped 5 times and got a bad diaper rash. (This so reminds me of when Ashley had diaper rash!) When Hubs brought him back from MIL’s house, he pooped another time at home. I didn’t bother using wet wipes to wipe away his poop because I knew it was going to sting. So I brought him straight to the washroom so that I could wash his buttom. As soon as the water touched his bottom, she shrieked and cried out in pain. Oh man….it sounds as though I was torturing the pure fella. But a mom’s gotta do what a mom’s got to do right? His poop had to be washed away so that it would not aggravate the diaper rash any further. After that I laid him down on my bed, diaperless and ‘kangkang’ so that his bottom could be aired dry. He was so exhausted by then. I gave him his milk and he fell asleep soon after that - diaperless. Thank GOD for Desitin Creamy cause that worked like a dream!

By morning, his diaper rash was 99% cleared!  So off he left with Hubs this morning to my MIL’s house, contented, with a normal looking bum. At 10am this morning, I received a call from my FIL saying that Aidan had already pooped 3 times! and I could hear him screaming at the background. I rushed to my IL’s place, scooted him off to the paed. Doc did his thing and prescribed some diarrhea tablets and Probiotics and the doc oked the Desitin Creamy  cause it contains 10% Zinc Ioxide and Dimethicone. I couldn’t stand the thought of leaving Aidan at my MIL’s house so I brought him back home. He pooped another 4 times and his bum is red again but not as red as last night. *sigh*. The poor fella had such an ‘eventful’ day today and only slept for 1/2 an hour during the day. By 8.30pm, he slept and I suspect for the night. I removed his diaper once again, applied Desitin Original this time and let  him sleep diaperless for an hour before putting his diaper back on. (no he didn’t pee) Keeping my fingers crossed that he won’t poop again tomorrow because by morning, I know his bum is going to be alright because of the cream.

There are 2 types of Desitin creams. 1 is called Desitin Original and the other is called Desitin Creamy. Desitin Original contains 40% zinc ioxide and Desitin Creamy contains 10% zinc ioxide. For a really bad case of diaper rash, I’d recommend the Desitin Original. It’s like a thick paste and it works like charm. Desitin Creamy is creamier hence easier to apply. I’ve so far used both and they both work like a dream! Too bad we can’t get it here in Malaysia. I had to ask my friends to buy them from me from Singapore.

*fingers crossed*

Day 2 - Heavenly Holiday

Posted on October 23, 2008

On day 2 (27 Sept 08), we decided to go for the Cable Car ride. We drove to the Base Station which was located at the Oriental Village at the foot hill of the Machincang mountain range. We hung around abit at the Oriental Village before getting on to the  cable car. It has been a long time since I got on a cable car and it was the first time for the kids so it was pretty exciting. The ride up to the Middle Station and subsequently to the Top Station was nice and smooth. We could feel the cool breeze on the way up and the view was indeed spectacular.

Above is a picture of the Base Station when we were on the way up.

The view from the base station.

Got Ashley  to pose a bit here and there….

When we got back down to the Base Station, we decided to go to the little farm beside the Base Station. There were deers and rabbits running about and we bought some deer and rabbit food to let the kids have a bit of fun with the animals. Aidan was fearless. He tried to catch the rabbits and kept patting the deers - pulled the deer’s tail even. Ashley on the other hand was scared of the deers and rabbits initially..but towards the end, she warmed up to the rabbits.

The lil rabbit hiding from Aidan…Look at that cheeky smile on Aidan’s face…

Aidan trying to catch ‘em rabbits…

 

He grabbed the rabbit’s ear and after that sucked his thumb!

Aidan enjoyed feeding the deers. Ashley on the other hand just stood and watched from afar.

Both Aidan and Ashley were trying to persuade the lil rabbit to come out from under the bench.

After our Cable Car trip, we headed back to the hotel and spent time by the pool… …

We decided to have dinner at the hotel that night and we were kinda disappointed with the quality of the food and the price they charged us.  Nevertheless, the entire heavenly experience was very refreshing. I’ll post more pictures up later….

>If your hard drive crashes on you…<

Posted on October 23, 2008

…what do you stand to lose? Frankly, I won’t lose sleep if my work data was lost :P but I’d definitely loose sleep over all the lost photos  that I’ve taken. So to avoid that, every month, I backup my photos to external hard drives and on top of that, I’d make 2 DVD copies as a backup to my backup! So when was the last time you backed up your data on your PC/notebook?

>an alternative solution to combat weight problems<

Posted on October 23, 2008

I know some friends who have been struggling with their weight and have been on a lifelong quest to lose that extra flab but can’t seem to go anywhere with their efforts. I’ve come acorss many vitamins/pills in the market and Hydroxycut Hardcore is supposed to be America’s #1 pill. I guess there is no harm to get these friends of mine to check this out.

Day 1 - Heavenly Holiday

Posted on October 16, 2008

Credits here.

Just before the Hari Raya break, we decided to go on a short break to Langkawi. There were several trigger points to this break :

1. I had to redeem all of my AMEX reward point by end the of Sept 2008 otherwise they’d be gone and lost forever…

2. Yvonne blogged about their heavenly holiday at the Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa - and I couldn’t resist it

3. Work-wise, I managed to come up from beneath the water for some fresh air and thought that a holiday is long overdue - considering the fact that we have NOT gone on our annual scuba diving trip..bleh!

So yea……I got us all sorted out for a short vacation and was so looking forward to it.  I kept telling Ashley that we were going to Langkawi by a plane and she said.” Ok..and helicopter too ok?” *roll eye*

So on Friday morning (26 Sept 08), we all took a morning flight via Air Asia to Langkawi. To avoid having to rush to line up to board the plane and what not, we chose express boarding instead so that it would be less stressful for us. (Still don’t understand why families with kids don’t get priority while boarding the plane. Isn’t this so very very basic?)

The kids were getting restless waiting while we were at the boarding hall.

This Lil Taukeh was getting very very restless and manja…..At the time I took this picture, he wanted me to carry him….

..and Ashley managed to entertain herself when she saw another family with a baby, waiting, just like us, to board the plane…

The flight took about an hour. During the entire journey, Aidan was wriggling about like a worm and Ashley was entertained with her colouring books. We arrived at the airport, collected our bags and rented a Toyota Vios for RM50 per day. And then off we went and headed for the hotel….

When we arrived at the Heavenly Hotel (everything is called Heavenly at the Westin..), the Lil Taukeh couldn’t resist playing with the cordless phone!

Before leaving the hotel for our lil excursion, we decided to hang around at the Breeze Lounge.

First stop - we headed to KFC for our late lunch at the Jetty Point. While we were devouring our KFC chickens, Aidan was contented with eating cornflakes. (He had already had his porridge then)

After lunch, we headed to the Langkawi Wildlife Park. Since we are Malaysian, we paid half the price that was listed. We bought some bird food and managed to feed them birds….Aidan was fearless and Ashley was the total opposite. She was scared of this that and the other. She was very much a scaredy cat.

I must say that I was pretty impressed with the Wildlife Park. The place was well maintained and the kids were very much entertained. This place exceeded our expectations.

While Hubs and Ashley were busy feeding the birds…..Aidan was in a world of his own…he was trying to catch the birds with one thumb in his mouth (and no, we are not doing anything to stop him from sucking his thumb…)

 

Emu

Vulture…doesn’t this fellow look nasty???

Terapins…

Brahminy Kite

After the Langkawi Wildlife Park…we drove around the island and then headed back to the hotel so that the kids could have some fun at the pool & beach…

For dinner, one of the hotel staff recommended us to eat at a simple chinese restaurant called Wonderland. Price was reasonable and food was good. We walloped everything! After dnner, we headed back to the hotel to wind down….

Bangun Pagi….

Posted on October 13, 2008

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Gosok gigi…

Cuci muka…

Pakai baju…

Makan roti…

Minum susu…

Ambil buku…

Pergi sekolah..

Suka Hati!

(complete with hand actions and all…)

She came back from school last Tuesday singing this to the tune of “Oh My Darling..Oh My Darling..Oh My Darling Clementine…You are lost and gone forever, Oh My Darling Clementine..”

>cooking bug<

Posted on October 13, 2008

I’ve recently caught the cooking bug. I’ve been craving for my mom’s cooking when she’s not around so each time I have the urge to cook, I’d give my mum a call and I’d get the recipe from her and hope that I can replicate her work over here at my kitchen. So far, I managed to cook stewed pork, claypot rice chicken and fried noodles - which is close to how my mom cooks it. Apart from calling my mom for recipes, I’d also surf the internet to get other recipes to try out as well. There are many interesting recipes and one of them are casserole recipes which I may just try them out….

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