Selamat malam, kakak

Brought Elly to the playground tonight and she met some new friends. Though they dont understand each other language, they could played along quite well, using sign language and some touching. Her friends are Malay girls and before depart, taught Elly to wish them 'Selamat Malam, kakak', means good night.

It is the third phrase she learnt besides 'abang' and 'kakak' which she always use whenever see Malay boys and girls.

Home Teaching

As i have yet to send Elly to kindergarten, do some home teachings to her, just to build good reading habit to her. 3 yo is the best time to teach a toddler language, so will try to tap on the good timing to let her learn the many languages, ie English, Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia and some dialects like Hokkien and Cantonese.

Bought her the monthly Princess magazines, RM5.50 which is available at various newstands. Elly's favorite princess is Sleeping Beauty.

Happy New Year 2010

Happy new year 2010!
Time flies and it is a brand new year. On new year eve, taught the lil girls counting backwards, getting ready for the countdown. 10..9..8......3..2..1...Happy New Year!

Emmy Vomit at Wedding Dinner

It was my colleague, Prem's wedding dinner tonite. Brought the girls to attend the dinner party and to let them experience Indian wedding. Before the dinner started, Emmy vomit. So off we go home and spend the nite together eating maggi mee and listening to myFM(101.8)

Simple blessings... glad that Emmy is well now and show her playful self..:)

Elly is speaking Mandarin now

3 months ago, Elly barely speak Mandarin and converse mostly in English. Then, after i sent her to the babysitter's home, she learnt Mandarin fast and now, she mostly speak in Mandarin with her sister and us most of the times. She doesnt have the American English accent anymore.

The happiest person is of course Ah Mah(maternal granny) because Elly can now converse with her in Mandarin and they love the company of each other.

Strawberry Shortcake

Bought one of Strawberry Shortcake VCD for the girls to watch. Elly like it very much, particularly also because Strawberry Shortcake is always in pink. As Strawberry has a lil sister, Apple Dumpling, so i think it's perfect for the girls to watch together, and can easily explain some values esp sharing, helping each other, explore adventures etc.

I Like You

Today, in the car, overheard the conversation of Elly and Emmy.
Elly: meimei, i like you.
Emmy: i like you too.
(they were saying it to each other a few times)

So i decided to ask Elly...
Mommy: Elly, why you like Meimei?
Elly: Ya, i like her so much... because we are family.
Mommy:

Da Vinci's Exhibition in Malaysia

Now i can view this in KL!!!

It's cool! Da Vinci's Exhibition is finally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! From 1st October 2009 onwards, Da Vinci's masterpieces can be viewed at the National Science Center(Pusat Sains Negara).

A mommy to two beautiful girls aged 3 and 2, i am looking around town to send my girls to some art classes and have been looking around for one. My friend introduced me to Da Vinci Creative Kids, and i have brought my kids to The Ikano's center. And now i have a chance to bring them to the exhibition and inspire them to the marvel of arts, and hopefully they are interested to take up art classes at Da Vinci Creative Kids.
Kids learning painting at Da Vinci Creative Kids

I have learnt about Da Vinci since i was in secondary school during which i learnt about him in Sejarah Dunia,(World History). He is a man of many hats; Artist, Musician, Anatomist, Inventor, Engineer, Sculptor, Mathematician, Philosopher, Geometer, Painter, Architect. And of course, more famous known for his masterpiece 'Monalisa' and 'The Last Supper'.

I would bring my daughters to the exhibition, though they are still at tender age, but well, art is universal and i strongly believe my daughters of age 2 and 3 will be marvelled by Leonardo's creative creations. It is also through this exhibition i would like to instil creativity and hope in my kids, inspire them to paint their thoughts and creativity. Some people says, its a way to open up the right brain; the creative part of the brain...:)

For more information, please refer to this link : Da Vinci The Genius Exhibition in Malaysia

Emmy is Skinny

Despite attempts to help Emmy to increase her weight, but it remains a challenge. She is too skinny for her age and bones all over. Getting her multivitamins, Vitamin C, Scotts emulsion's cod liver oil.
Any sharings from other Mommy?

Facebook vs blogging

With creation of Facebook and being 'hooked' to it, i realised that i spend less time blogging. Will need to strife a balance as i think and feel that blogspot will have longer 'existence' compared to Facebook, though the latter made it so easy to keep in touch and communicate with family and friends.

Oh no... Elly is listening to the Wedding song again now... and give me the 'happy faces'

Emmy Stutter? or just a habit?

Emmy is 2yo and 5 months. Sometimes when she talks, she stutter, ie when she calls me, she say 'Mom...Mom...Mom...Mommy', she is like taking some time for her to complete a whole phrase. Makes me wonder whether it is normal for toddlers learning talking to have it. Each baby is unique, i know, so i dont compare with her elder sister, Elly.

Elly loves reading and watching TV, her attention span is longer, with marvellous vocabulary while Emmy is mischievous, funny and has a lot of ideas. Each is unique in their own way. Just hope to be able to raise them up to be a confident person.

From a StrengthsFinder test which i took recently, i was a low Self Assurance person although with great Positivity. Need to develop myself so that i can be a good role model to my kids.

Elly's Dream

Last Saturday we went back to Malacca. In her dream, Elly said."I want to wear Pampers...". Makes me wonder whether i gave too much pressure to her that in her dream also she dreamt of wearing Pampers.

If i have more time...

If only Mommy has more time and can prioritise better, i would really love to record down all the funny, happy, crazy moments of my 2 beautiful daughters. Elly is 2yo, Emmy is 3yo, now is the best time , or shall i say their 'innocent times'. Spending time with them doing nothing is the best thing i wanna do, well again the opportunity cost comes in.

Elly is now sitting beside me, exploring the tablet, Nokia N800 that her Daddy is teaching her to explore. She is using it to listen to Youtube's How Romantic ..... (the wedding song clip) and Twinke Twinkle Little Star.

Lucky Elly, playing with gadgets at tender age of 3yo... i wonder what i was doing when i was 3yo. I confess i have bad memory. I cant recall a single thing that i do when i was 3yo. The earliest was 4-5 yo.

Wedding song

There was this video clip shared in facebook on a man propose to his girlfriend by sending a message and how it triggered a couple of handphones to illuminate lighting and play the 'Wedding song'. Elly was thrilled and happy each time she listen to this song and the clip, as though as she is the one getting married.

My dear Elly, will show you the clip which Daddy has recorded your happy and thrilled face on your wedding day..:) emmm.. twenty to thirty years from now...

Outings with the lil girls

Yummy~ I love chocolate bread...

See.. my face is like a 'dirty cat'

Playing on 'boat' at Curve



Paddington's dollar pan cakes. Dollar size pancakes, strawberries, peaches, bananas.

Having food at Semenyih's


We love Vitagens

Ordering 'black jelly'(guilingao)

Elly and Emmy spending more time together

I had sent Elly to Emmy's babysitter home since the last week of August. My mom is not well lately so we decided to let her take a break from taking care of Elly. And lucky for us that Emmy's babysitter is willing to take care the 2 sisters.

I remembered the first few days i sent Elly to the babysitter's house, in order to encourage her to go to the babysitter's house, i brought her to the playground after work. This is to 'reward' her for being such a good girl and take care of 'Meimei'(lil sister) while Mommy is working.

Last Monday, she insisted that she didnt want to go to the babysitter's house. She cried and wept when i left her at the babysitter's house. So that night, i explained to Elly that Mommy has to work and she has to be good girl and go to babysitter's house. Asked her to promise me two things while at babysitter's house:
1.cannot fight with Meimei
2.cannot beat Meimei

Now whenever she wants some goodies i will ask her to promise me these 2 things and each time she remembered..:) Just hope that she will keep her words too. Big Mommy's girl!

Elly's dental appointment

The mask girl, Elly Ong..:)

This is Elly's second visit to see Dr Siti, a dentist at HUKM. Due to her previous bleeding gums, she has to come back for regular checks. During her previous visit, the nurse let her wore a pink sunglasses and some stickers, so this appointment she is not afraid at all and requested for the sunglasses and stickers from the 'Kakak'(nurse)

Elly wearing her sunglasses waiting to be checked by Dr Siti. Well, the overall gums has improved, but there were some slight swelling at the back teeth, so now onwards, i need to help Elly to brush teeth one round first.

Every night now, i will brush Elly's teeth first, before she brush on her own. She loves brushing teeth now, especially after i let her to have some Sensodyne's pink tooth paste for sensitive gums like hers and mine.

Month of July and August

Elly enjoyed her spageti and mushroom soup at Italianies. Brought her for a day out after her medical check up dont show any negative signs. Its only poor oral hygiene that caused her swollen gums and bleeding sometimes.

No, no, I dont want Daddy's spageti with chillies. Although Sky and myself love chillies and spicy food, Elly has not inherit even a slight % of it..:) Anyway, she is like Daddy, loves to eat mee and spagetti.

Seafood spagetti.. yummy~. Look at the generous mussels, clams and juicy prawns.

HUKM Paediatrics clinis. It has a mini playground for the kids to play while waiting for their turns to see the Doctor.

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Elly enjoying herself at the slides. I think she slide more than 10 times on it..
The House.

Some maths and the multiply table. I wonder anyone will read it when they are sick?

Emmy in the park. Brought her along to jog in the park. Ended carry her for most of the times and i think that help in burning more calories.

Congratulations to Jason and ST. Twins (boy and girl) for the lucky couple!


Left: boy Right : Girl
Emmy in Gardens, Midvalley.


Naughty face.

Hug and kiss and then fight and hug and kiss..

Kenny Rogers @ Leisure Mall. Mommy have a free chicken meal. And we shared it!

A Barista in the making? Elly loves the green tea drink.