Little Chumsy's Blog

some ME time

Every day when I come home from the office, I would rush to do all the necessary things like  prepare dinner for Ashley, wash all the bottles and food containers, whatever housework that need to be done, exercise and then have my salad dinner.   I also get Ashley to do her maths homework right after her dinner so that if she needs help I can guide her because by 8pm, no one can disturb me   That’s the time when I have my ‘Me’ time to watch this…

Lives of Omission

This 30 episode TVB drama premiered in Hong Kong and Malaysia on 1 August 2011 and ended early this month.  I got the DVD from my regular supplier recently and have watched 11 episodes so far.   Michael Tse is one of my favourite actors and I like his “Laughing Gor” character   So besides pinning on Pinterest, I de-stress by watching my TVB drama, one hour a day.  Are you a TVB drama fan too?

TV Shows That I Miss

When dear Germaine of Kiddothings posted about the 10 TV Shows That She Miss, it brought back some good old memories of my favourite tv shows.   Thanks for letting me borrow this idea, Germaine   Here are some of the tv shows that I miss :-

The Jeffersons.  I love their crazy antics!  Hilarious!

The Cosby Show.  My All-Time Favourite. Can you believe it that I taped this show every week and played them on my VCR whenever I was free.  Never get bored with the Cosbys.  I am still watching some of the episodes on Youtube   Love them!!

Family Ties

The Facts of Life.  Love to sing its theme song – “The Facts of Life, The Facts of Life”

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.  The Fresh Prince and his tv cousin – Carlton are just hilarious!

Cheers.  Back then Ted Danson had more hair

Little House On The Prairie.  I wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder

Friends.  Love them to bits! I wanted to dress like the girls too

Sex And The City. I want Carrie Bradshaw’s closet!

Do you have any show that you miss?

Dream Vacation In Branson, Missouri

It is almost the end of the year.  Come November, the school holidays will start.  This time, all children will be off school for 5 weeks until the first week of January 2011.  We have not planned our holidays yet but if given a chance, I would love for us to visit Branson, Missouri.  I have heard so much about this fantastic vacation destination.  Branson is the home to many great attractions such as award-winning theme parks, cruises and shows.  It is also a shopping mecca with hundreds of brand name outlet stores.   Just thinking of this brings a smile to my face.   Branson, Missouri is one of the top vacation destination in the USA.  With so many attractions, Branson is truly a one-of-a kind family vacation destination.  I cannot wait to check out some affordable Branson vacation packages at BransonGetaways.com and will try to convince the spouse to take us there.  Wish me luck!

Digital Camcorders

My husband bought a Panasonic digital camcorder about 2 years ago after reading the digital camcorder reviews.  He bought it because he wanted to record Ashley’s milestones and also our vacations.  However, he hardly use it and the digital camcorder is now sitting in the cupboard.   Whenever I ask him why he hardly uses it, he said the camcorder is pretty bulky.  Guess what?  Well, he is now looking into getting a slimmer one like the Canon Flash HD Digital Camcorder.  Actually I like the Samsung Ultra Compact Flash Digital Camcorder.  It is pretty sleek and easy to carry.  So what are we going to do with our old camcorder?  My husband said he may try to sell it on Ebay.

Hachiko A Dog’s Story

Yesterday night, I watched this movie – Hachiko A Dog’s Story which stars Richard Gere.  It is a true story based on a faithful Akita dog named Hachiko and its love and devotion towards its master.  A very moving and warm-hearted tale and needless to say, I was bawling   Ashley saw me crying and kept asking me why I cried.  So, in between sobs, I have to tell her the story.  She hugged me and also laughed at me for crying.  Note to myself :  Better not watch tearjerkers when she’s around.

Have you watched this movie?  I love Richard Gere!

impersonation

Ashley got an eye mask from Fearles & Cruz Pirate Themed Party recently.  Aunty Annie must have bought the eye masks from the shop which sell Halloween costumes. For some reason, she didn’t want to wear it at the party but when she’s at home, she would play with the eye mask, especially when she’s watching cartoon shows which feature pirates.  One evening, she wore it and was dancing away.

She came up to me and said, “Mommy, look, I am …..

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LADY GAGA

*faint*

Hip Hop Dance For Children

I have been looking around for a dance class for Ashley ever since she stopped her Yamaha Junior Music Class (JMC) early this year.  A few weeks ago, I saw some banners near my home regarding Hip Hop Dance lessons for children and quickly made arrangements for Ashley to try it out.  Last week, we went for the trial class and she told me that she likes it.  The lessons are conducted once a week (7pm to 8pm) and the fee is RM70 a month.  Below are some photos taken during the warm-up section.  Parents are only allowed to be in the dance room for 5 minutes.  The teacher does not want the children to be distracted.

The warm up exercise

trying to straighten the leg

more stretching

Yesterday we went to the class for her first dance lesson and guess what?  The missy came out of the room 10 minutes before dismissal.  She said she wanted to go home.  I asked the teacher what happened and she said she doesn’t know.  The missy also was not paying attention in class and she wanted to do her own thing   When we went home, I asked her why she did not pay attention and wanted to leave early.  She told me that she didn’t like the music that was being played.  Also, she said they were not like the MTV music videos she has been watching on the HDTV *slaps forehead*  I hope she will behave better next week and doesn’t give me a headache.

tattoos for girls

Kids these days are so lucky.  At almost all the parties that we attended, we would find the performance of a clown or an entertainer, a balloonist, face or hand painter.  Ashley’s first encounter with a hand painter was when we attended the birthday party of my friend’s children in the beginning of the year.  She patiently waited in line for her turn to have her hand painted.

She chose a butterfly tattoo

and a pink Hello Kitty with blue ribbon

Then recently when we attended Jaclyn’s baby boy, Stuart’s 100 day old party, there was a hand painter there too. Ashley was very excited and she got a pretty flower painting on her hand.

She got another cute flower sticker tattoo on her upper arm.  The lil missy asked me how come the lady painter does not know how to draw an Ultraman because that was what she wanted on her arm *slaps forehead*

Money Money Money

Have you been listening to our local radio stations lately?  It seems that many of them are being very generous these days.  MyFM, LiteFM, MixFM and RedFM are giving out money to their listeners everyday.  MyFM is giving out RM50 to the winner of their mathematics calculations and LiteFM is giving out a whopping RM5k to the person who can guess all 5 songs and 5 singers correctly.  As for MixFM, they are offering to pay the callers’ credit card bills and RedFM is giving away RM50k to the person who can name the title of the song and artiste correctly.  Of course there is a catch and you would have to listen to the radio station all day.  I hardly listen to the radio except in the morning while driving to work.  Once in the office, there is no way I could listen to the radio.  I don’t even have time to find out about how nutrisystem works. What about you? Have you tried your luck at these radio stations?

a cool retreat

This is a continuation of our trip on Saturday.  After we checked out the strawberries, we went to the Mushroom Farm which was located inside the Strawberry Farm. This place is pretty interesting and educational too.  I have never seen a mushroom farm before. Inside the farm, there are racks and racks of mushrooms grown inside small bags.  Several varieties of mushrooms are grown here and they can be bought from the shop next to it.

After that, hubs suggested that we make a trip to the Land of Gamblers (Genting Highland) since we were already halfway up the hill.  So off we went and I’m glad we made the trip because it was very cooling in Genting….I think it was around 22 deg Celcius that day.  Gorgeous weather.  If only KL is like this everyday.  This time around, Ashley was looking forward to the ferries wheel, boat ride, roller coaster at the indoor theme park.  However, she didn’t get a chance to enjoy them because the queue to purchase the tickets were extremely long.  The lines for waiting for the rides were equally long.   She was disappointed and cried.  Daddy couldn’t bear to see his princess crying so he brought her to the arcade and let her have some fun at the coin-operated machines.  Ashley had a great time tossing balls, playing with the stainless steel drums, testing her driving skills and more.

enjoying the cool weather outdoor

Before we left Genting, we hung out at Starbucks for some coffee and donuts