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Posted on Mar 04, 2010 under ashley, children, fashion, shopping |
This is a backdated post. A week before the Chinese New Year, I was at the pasar malam (night market) in my area and I saw a stall which sell many children’s clothing. I went to take a look and was happy to see that this stall is like those factory outlet stores….hehehehhehe. They sell mostly GAP, Old Navy, Gymboree and Disney brand clothes. Of course I started looking for some good deals for Ashley and managed to find a Gap hoodie for her. It cost rm13. Cheap eh?
Floral hoodie
I found another Gap sweater for rm15. Not bad huh?
I always love a good bargain like this 
Today is Thursday and it’s Pasar Malam night. I hope the stall is open so that I can go look for more things 
Posted on Jan 18, 2010 under ashley, children |
After the first week of school, I noticed that most children in Ashley’s kindy wear white shoes and white socks to school….you know, the type worn by the primary and secondary students. Upon checking with another parent, I found out that one of the rules of this school is that all children must wear white shoes and white socks. My bad. I didn’t read the leaflet properly. Ashley has been wearing her princess-like shoes and pink/white socks to school 
Last Friday, we decided to head down to Carrefour and look for a pair of school shoes for her. I found this -
a pair of cute mary-jane style shoes.
Ashley likes this a lot and so do I. How come they didn’t have this design when I was a kid? I think I have to get her another pair as spare because she came back with her shoes all dirty today. And today is only Monday 
Posted on Dec 29, 2009 under ashley, children, food |
It all started when my friend gave Ashley a pair of pink Hello Kitty hairclips. Since then, she is hooked. I never liked Hello Kitty because it’s a cat and I’m a dog lover. Do you get what I mean? hehhehehe. Yes, I know I’m crazy. Anyways, back to the lil missy. Each time she sees Hello Kitty stuff, she’ll go wide-eyed, just like her mommy when she sees the big SALE sign on her favourite stores )
We were at Jusco the other day and they were having this Japanese/Korean fair at the entrance. The lil missy saw this cute Hello Kitty candy and asked to buy it. She even said it’s her favorite colour – purple, which is the closest colour to pink. I think if she were to see a life insurance dictionary with Hello Kitty on the cover, she would ask me to buy it too. Normally I don’t buy any candies for her but this candy in a metal tin reminds me of the ones I used to eat when I was a kid. The candy drops were round and colourful.
The candies I used to eat were bigger in size. I don’t remember the brand. Did you have those candies before?
Posted on Dec 14, 2009 under ashley, children, health |
As Ashley has been coughing for almost 3 weeks and the cough syrup and phlegm syrup did not seem to work, her paediatrician prescribed her with Singulair chewables. The paed believes that Ashley has allergies hence she is coughing for so long. Since I have sinus, I guess Ashley inherits the genes that makes her more susceptible to having allergy problems. Singulair is to help strengthen her lungs.
A box of Singulair which contains a month’s supply
A strip of 7 tablets
She has to be on this for 6 weeks. A box (4 weeks supply) cost RM168 (RM42 a week). Pretty expensive huh? Her phlegmy cough is almost gone now…after taking Singulair for a week. This is defnitely good news
Posted on Dec 12, 2009 under children, fashion, travel |
We are already in the third week of the school holidays and there are 3 more weeks to go before school starts. This time, we did not make any plans to go away for a break. Maybe it is because my mind is preoccupied with the changes that are going to take place next year. Come to think of it, I really should have made some holiday plans. All inclusive family vacations would be good for us. I heard that Azul Sensatori Hotel which is located on the shores of the Mayan Riviera, is very family oriented and has a handful of incredible family-friendly amenities. This world-class resort is an ideal holiday venue for families. Oh well, perhaps we would go on a family vacation next December. By then, I hope things would have settled down nicely.
Posted on Dec 01, 2009 under children, food, friends |
A couple of days ago (long weekend), Annie asked me if I wanted to visit Elaine as she’ll be going there to learn how to make ‘lor mai kai’ It’s a last minute arrangement and since I didn’t have any plans that day, I quickly said yes It was a lovely get-together and we had steamboat that day. After having steamboat, us ladies (including Elaine’s friend) proceeded to the kitchen to make ‘lor mai kai’….err, I mean to learn how to make lor mai kai from Chef Elaine Everyone had a great time chatting and eating. Elaine’s hubs and Annie were the photographers that day. Here are some photos taken from their blogs
Steamboat
The kids. Love this black and white shot.
Kids having a gala time in the playroom
There are more photos at Elaine’s and Annie’s blogs. Do hop over if you are free
Posted on Nov 23, 2009 under ashley, children |
Ashley’s kindy held its concert 2 Saturdays ago. The concert was held at night (7pm to 9pm) in the school building. It was raining heavily a few hours prior to the concert and was still drizzling when the concert starts. Luckily everyone arrived safely (no roadside assistance was required) and the concert began on time. Ashley performed in 2 dance segments. I am glad that she danced well that day and did not have any stage fright Here are some photos.
Getting her hair done. Make-up was done by her make-up artist aka Debbie yee yee.
Getting ready to sing Negaraku, Jalur Gemilang and recite the Rukun Negara.
First performance with her classmates.
Their 2nd dance performance. Notice Ashley’s barefoot? I forgot to bring her socks *slaps forehead*
The school did not provide any costumes nor did they ask her to buy any for Ashley’s class. Parents were told what clothes to prepare for the concert
Posted on Nov 21, 2009 under ashley, children, food, friends |
Yesterday was the last day of school for 2009 and Ashley’s kindy organized a party for all the children. Parents were encouraged to sponsor some food or party packs for the party. I decided to make some Chocolate Coated Cornflakes for the kids
I got some heart-shaped and star-shaped sprinkles
A box of cornflakes
Melted a bar of chocolate and butter into a bowl. Pour them into the cornflakes and stir gently.
Voila….Chocolate Coated Cornflakes with colourful sprinkles in paper cups. Ashley helped me to put the sprinkles
I got the recipe from Yvonne’s blog. It’s a simple recipe and don’t need any baking. Great for those who don’t have an oven like moi
Posted on Sep 26, 2009 under children, family, travel |
Many years ago before my husband and I returned to Malaysia, we went for a vacation in Florida. What’s there to do in Florida? Well, besides being a shopping paradise filled with factory outlets, it is the happiest place on earth because Disney World is there. Both my husband and I felt like a kid again when we stepped into Disney World. There are just so many things to see at the theme parks and we had the time of our life. We actually spent 5 whole days in Disney World and the Disney Tickets that we bought are known as Park Hoppers which allow us to hop from one theme park to another and come and go as we wish. Pretty cool eh? We plan to take Ashley to DisneyLand in Hong Kong next year, though I wish we were going to Disney World instead. I know Ashley would love that and heck, so would I. Well, if you are planning to visit Disney World soon, don’t forget to get affordable tickets from OrlandoFunTickets.com.
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 under children, family, health |
The H1N1 situation is really alarming and every day we read about people dying because of this flu in the newspaper. I am very paranoid and have been buying hand sanitizers and face masks. The hand sanitizers are useful when we don’t have access to the washrooms. Even when I am at the mall, I hardly go to the washroom just to wash my hands and dry them at the hand dryers. I get paranoid after Ashley has touched the railings of the escalators or pressed any buttons . I would wash Ashley’s hands with the sanitizer My husband would be rolling his eyes The brand which I normally buy is Dettol. Recently I saw the Guardian brand and bought one to try.
What about you? Bought any hand sanitizers lately?
