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Still Celebrating….

Sorry, no updates from my blog yet. Still in the CNY mood with lots of gatherings and meeting up with old friends.  I forgot to snap photos on the first day of the Chinese New Year *slaps forehead*  So now I’m waiting for my sis to forward her photos to me   Going out in awhile to meet another good friend who is back with her family.  Another gathering and ‘pai nin’ tomorrow.  Will update by Monday, hopefully   Hope everyone has a great celebration.

Two Days Before The Chinese New Year …..

We went to One Utama for some last minute shopping.  What’s new eh?  Hehehehehe.  Guess who we bumped into

can you recognize who this handsome young boy is?

Well, he is no other than cute Shan Leo.  He was out shopping with his mommy, poh poh and his doting 2ma   Oh, Shan Rae also came.  I saw him first when his poh poh was carrying him and I walked over and introduced myself.  Shan Rae is such a cutie pie!  It was so nice to meet another fellow blogger and most of the time, I could recognize the children first   Ashley got along well with Shan Leo and she kept asking about “baby” (Shan Rae) after we parted ways.  Here are more photos taken by the boys’ mommy (I curi the photos from 2ma’s blog)

It was great to see all of you that day. Hope to meet up again soon

Happy Moo Moo Year

Hi Everyone,

Here is wishing all of you a very Happy Chinese New Year.  May you all be blessed with lots of good health, happiness and prosperity.

We will be away for a few days, celebrating the New Year with our relatives and friends.  So, this blog will be on a break till Friday

Have a great Reunion everyone!  For those who are driving home, have a safe journey.

GONG XI FA CAI

Fan of Crabsticks

Eventhough I have bought some cookies for Chinese New Year, I have yet to eat them.  I got the usual Love Letters, Kuih Bahlu, Pineapple Tarts, Honeycombs and Walnut cookies.  However, I couldn’t resist when I saw the Fried Crabsticks.  I bought a tin and immediately opened it up and gobble gobble gobble. After 3 days, there is only a quarter left   I don’t think I will get another tin though.  Better control my diet as I know I will be eating a lot when I am back in Ipoh next week.  I hope I don’t need to take any weight loss pill after the Chinese New Year.

Travelling During The Chinese New Year

We will be travelling back to our hometown, Ipoh on Monday which is the first day of the Chinese New Year.  I have been busy packing our bags and some of the stuff we need to take with us to Ipoh such as the cookies for relatives, Ashley’s snacks and etc.  I have finally done packing the luggage bags last night.  Between the three of us, there are 3 luggage bags, 1 box of essential items belonging to Ashley and 5 large bags containing cookies and mandarin oranges.  Ashley said she wants to take her doll, Charlie, with us and some books too.  So you can imagine the amount of things we will be bringing with us.  Hubs was saying we probably need to get one those moving services to help us as his car may not be able to fit all these things *rolls eyes*

Preparation for Chinese New Year

We have finally completed 99% of the stuff that needs to be done before the Chinese New Year.  For this year, I didn’t buy any pussy willows.  I bought some bamboo sticks from Sunway Pyramid a few weeks ago and decided to follow Rachel‘s footstep to decorate with butterflies.  I actually thought she bought those cute butterflies but upon checking with her, I found out that she handmade them   Rachel gave me the idea of using angpow packets to cut out the butterfly shapes. I added some little red lanterns too.

Here is a close up of my butterfly flurry bamboo sticks.

I saw this cute little bamboo basket from Living Quarters and use it to decorate the dining table with    ‘Ni Kao’ and mandarin oranges.

Some of the CNY cookies that I have bought.  Haven’t tasted them yet….better wait till next week or else I won’t be able to stop myself once I start to eat them

so much to do…..

and so little time   Less than a week to Chinese New Year and I have yet to

*  change new notes at the bank

*  get ready the angpows due to the above reason

*  change the bedsheets in all rooms

*  start packing for our balik kampung

*  sort out all the cookies for friends/neighbours

*  buy myself a set of new clothes. There is a gathering every year on the 1st day at my aunt’s house.

*  clear some stuff around the house (Ashley’s toys)

Aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!   stress stress stress!

Off Pedder Episode 66

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Sick before CNY :(

Ashley is down with a cold since yesterday.  Her nose is stuffy and she was sneezing.  This morning I brought her to the paed and reached the clinic before it was opened.  Very “kan cheong” because CNY is coming.  Before she got the cold, Ashley had 2 huge ulcers on her upper lip and for the past few days, she was pretty cranky and refused to drink water.  Had to bribe, coax, scold and etc   I applied the oralgel for her but didn’t seem to work.  Ashley is pretty prone to getting ulcers despite drinking lots of water and eating one fruit a day.  I checked with her paed and was told that it’s hard to determine why or how ulcers come about.  She suggested that I start giving her some multi-vits.  Ashley has not taken any multi-vits/ vitamin C before but takes 1 tablespoon of Millenium Juice (cactus juice) every day.

When we were at the clinic, Ashley kept asking where her doctor is.  The clinic opened at 8.30am but the doc normally comes in around 8.40am.  When she saw her doctor, she was so happy and eager to go into the room   Of course we couldn’t because there was another family before us.  I was reading a pamphlet on cerebral palsy and she kept interrupting me every few seconds to ask me when is her turn to go in *slaps forehead*  When her turn came, she was so happy and sat on the chair all by herself.  I used to have to carry her and have her sit on my lap and hold her hands to keep her from fidgeting or crying   What a big change…..guess my baby is a big girl now.  After going to the paed, she wanted to go to school and refused to go home.  I wanted to keep her home so that she won’t spread the germs to her classmates but she cried.  So have no choice but to let her go to school eventhough we were almost an hour late

Just Chillin’

Ashley was pretty quiet in the living room yesterday.  This was what I saw her doing when I went to check on her.  Lying on the sofa to watch Playhouse Disney on tv.  She even put Charlie beside her so that both of them can enjoy the show  *grins*

This is a great way to relax, mommy