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lost

Mommy To Chumsy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:10:42 +0000

Sorry for not updating my blog more often. I have sort of lost my blogging mojo. It started slipping away at the end of last year. I seem to be without words or inspiration to blog anymore. I am also not concern whether I am making $$ or not with my blogs Unlike last year or the previous years where I would be chasing after advertisers, waiting in front of the computer to grab paid posts, logging into my accounts to check for work, hope that my blogs have ranks, etc. Things are changing and that is good. I haven’t given up on blogging yet. I’ll still blog but not so frequently I guess Been pretty busy with lots of other things … good things. The Year of the Water Dragon is going to be a great year for us. I just know it In the meantime, if you have seen my mojo, please bring it back to me.

image via google

What She Got For Christmas

Mommy To Chumsy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:05:01 +0000

Last Christmas, hubs Santa gave Ashley a pair of Barbie roller skates. Actually they are rollers with straps to be attached to the shoes. I didn’t know Santa would give her this present. He said she told him that she wished she had a pair of roller skates Of course the missy was happy when she saw the gift.

I was a bit worried that she may fall and hurt herself. Yeah, I’m a Worrier Mum while daddy is the cool one. In case you don’t know, I am a Helicopter Mum too…always hovering out there Anyway, after a week or so, Ashley mastered the art of skating.

Yay…the happy one zipping around the house. Dressed in pink from top to toe *slap forehead* She is waiting for us to take her to the park to skate. I don’t think our park is “skate-friendly’ though

Meeting Up With My Special Friends

Mommy To Chumsy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:30:43 +0000

I mentioned in my earlier post that I met up with some special people during our trip back to Ipoh for Chinese New Year. I got to know them through blogging and we have been ‘online’ friends for a few years already. We planned to meet up last year but at the last minute, there was a change of plans and we couldn’t meet up. So this year, I was determined to drop by and meet these lovely people.

Can you guess where this place is? I love these beautiful century-old shady rain trees in this lake garden. Some of the branches even went across to the other side of the road. That’s the hometown of my dear friends. We were in beautiful Taiping on Day 3 of the CNY.

I finally got to meet the 4 pretty ladies in Taiping. They are Sheoh Yan, Yvonne, Angeline and Hayley.

Ashley with cute Avery, Yvonne’s daughter. These 2 girls were so shy and didn’t even talk much.

Besides treating us to a sumptuous meal, these ladies even gave us some delicious cookies from Taiping. I also received a nice top from them. Forgot to snap a pic of it though.

Thank you very much for your hospitality. It was great to finally meet my dear friends from Taiping. I hope to meet all of you more often. Taiping is such a lovely town. So peaceful and scenic. It has been more than 8 years since I last visited Taiping. We’ll definitely be back

helloooo …….

Mommy To Chumsy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:06:52 +0000

We’re finally back. Home sweet home. We went back to Pomelosville for Chinese New Year celebration as usual. Had tons of fun seeing my relatives and bffs. I also got to meet some very special people during this trip. I’ll blog about it next. Ashley is very happy because she doesn’t have to go to school this whole week and has been receiving lots of angpows Here are some photos taken a few days ago.

Posing at the lobby of the hotel where we stayed in

Offering customary tea to Gung Gung on the First Day of the Chinese New Year

Ashley had a fun time in the pool at my friend’s house. The mommies were busy chatting while the kids were in the pool.

Another round of eating last night. BBQ at a friend’s house.

In 2 more days, school will resume and so is work too. Boo Hoo….the holidays are over! Since we were away for so many days, there is a huge of pile of laundry to do and cleaning around the house. Some of the things in my to-do list are to go on a diet after a few days of eating non-stop and also to check out the sterling silver earrings at ZuluMoon.com. So how was your CNY celebration?

Gong Xi Gong Xi

Mommy To Chumsy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:16:42 +0000

In just a few more days, we will usher in the Year of the Dragon. I am so looking forward to seeing my relatives and friends. Lots of catching up to do and feasting on sumptuous food.

Ashley painted this cute CNY Carp Door Hanger at her art’s class last week.

May the Year Of The Dragon Brings

An Abundance of Prosperity, Good Health And Happiness To You And Your Family.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

pressies

Mommy To Chumsy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:39:56 +0000

This is another post about my birthday. Sorry to bore you all. Just want to record everything down for memories Last Saturday, my buddies, Annie and Elaine had a belated celebration with me. We went to a seafood restaurant in Taman Midah for dinner. Annie’s birthday is also in January so it was an early birthday celebration with her too.

Birthday cake baked by dear Elaine for us. Awesome cake made with love!

Our yummy seafood dinner which consists of steam crabs with eggs, lala with noodles, succulent prawns, vegetable and sweet and sour pork.

A beautiful pearl necklace, a Jamie Oliver Cookbook and another set of accessories. The ladies know how much I love pearls and Jamie Oliver Thank you very much my dear buddies It was wonderful to celebrate my birthday with all of you.

Giving My Old Lanterns An Updated Look

Mommy To Chumsy — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:33:56 +0000

I bought a pair of Vietnamese lanterns last year to hang at the porch. After a year, the colours on one side of the lanterns are fading. Inspired by Sasha’s feat last year, I decided to give my lanterns a makeover.

Can you see the lighter shade on one side?

I used some fake peonies and cherry blossom to cover the fading part of the lanterns This is the first time I use a glue gun and I got burned a few times…hehehehe.

Ta da….. here are my lanterns after the makeover. I spent about rm30 on the fake peonies and cherry blossoms for this DIY.

happy

Mommy To Chumsy — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:03:19 +0000

I celebrated my birthday on Thursday and do you know what is nice to do on your birthday? Logging on to facebook and seeing all the birthday wishes from friends and family I also received many sms-es from dear friends. I am so touched to see receive all the wishes. Thank you very much everyone. You all are awesome!

I had a little celebration in the office. My sisters bought me this yummy cake from San Terri.

and a lil gift from them Now, how do you pronounce L’occitane? “Loh-zee-tang”? “Lock-ci-tant“? I also received the body shop coupons for my birthday

Yesterday I went shopping after work. It’s a belated birthday celebration and also since Chinese New Year is approaching, it is time to shop and splurge Hubs still owe me one present Tonight I will be having a belated celebration with my buddies. I am one happy gal!

12 days to go …

Mommy To Chumsy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:12:30 +0000

and I have yet to get these ….

Lin Kao (sticky rice cake)

Pussy Willows

am thinking of getting the Lucky Bamboo too

Mandarin Oranges

waiting for some unique Angpow packets (Red Packets) from the banks so that I can fill them with money

So much to do, so little time ……

a funny incident at school

Mommy To Chumsy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:11:08 +0000

Ashley told me this last Thursday when she came back from school. This is what she said – ” Mom, you know something? Today teacher asked me to sweep the floor“. I was surprised and I thought perhaps her class teacher has allocated the chores for the kids in class like cleaning the white board, etc. I remember doing that when I was a kid and enjoyed it. I asked her why and did the rest of the class help out? She replied, “Because I sharpened my colour pencils on the floor. Only me and my friend (the girl sitting next to her) have to sweep the floor“. Hehehehehehehe….These 2 girls have thrown the pencil shavings on the floor. I told her that next time, she has to sharpen the pencils at the dustbin and must not leave the shavings on the floor. She doesn’t do that at home and I wonder why she did it in school. It is good that her teacher is teaching them to be responsible. When you dirty the classroom, you have to clean it up. Then she said something that made me burst out laughing. “Am I the maid now?“ Ashley Oh Ashley!