Our Second "Home"

During the recently school holidays, mummy and I spent most of our time at home and in our favourite mall a.k.a our "second home", which is the shopping cluster of Ikea/IPC/The Curve/e@Curve/Tesco. In a short span of just two weeks, we went there 4 times.

1st Trip - The Curve, IPC and Tesco (2nd June)

Our first trip there was just to jalan-jalan because we were informed by our apartment management that there would be a power outage at home from 11am-5pm due to some cabling works by TNB. This was our longest outing, which lasted from 9:45am-6pm.

Doing some serious reading in the car on our way there (since I was prone to motion sickness, mummy told me not to read in the moving car but I kept telling her I was ok)

As we were early, I had the whole playground to myself!

Had sushi for afternoon snack/tea (taking advantage of the 3-5pm Happy Hour)

By 5:30pm, my battery was flat so I took a short nap in the Tesco shopping trolley hehe

2nd trip - e@Curve and IPC (3rd June)

Daddy took half day off from work to join us for a movie at e@Curve. Before that, we had lunch at Fullhouse in NZX.

Yummmmmmms! Enjoying my dessert in Fullhouse... chocolate mousse cake

Striking a "customary" pose with the car before leaving

We watched Kung Fu Panda 2

I enjoyed the movie very much. Mummy heard me giggling happily throughout the show. However, mummy found the show so-so only.

3rd Trip - Ikea and IPC (6th June)

Our third trip here was to meet Yan Yan for a play-date in Ikea.

Happy girls... Yan Yan and I

BFF?

Queuing up to enter Smaland. I had a blast playing with Yan Yan and kept telling mummy that I missed her after we left

We spotted some Smurfs characters at the Movie Carnival in IPC. Mummy was a hardcore Smurfs fan when she was a kid so she was clearly more excited than me. She kept "forcing" and pushing me to have a photo taken with them but I was not keen at all...

I refused to go near them and flashed her a very reluctant smile

4th trip - The Curve and Tesco (9th June)

Our 4th and last trip was to fulfill the unfulfilled promises that mummy made to me earlier. I kept reminding her that she had yet to let me ride on the pink kiddie car and that she still owed me a McDonald's chocolate sundae so off we went again...

Finally, the pink car! Mummy thinks that very soon, I won't be able to fit in the car anymore

I love McD's chocolate sundae (refused to share with mummy and she had to beg for some!)

Arts n Crafts Day: Sun-catcher Mobile

We were in Mr DIY two weeks ago when I spotted this sun-catcher painting set and pestered daddy to get it for me.

I chose this rainbow fish. I insisted on this simply because it was the most colourful one (there were other nicer and bigger pieces at the same price)

I painted the fish all by myself. There was a lot of paint left so mummy suggested painting the old faded ones as well...

After a fresh new coat of paint, the new and old ones looked just the same

Now, what shall we do with them? Mummy decided to make a decorative mobile by hanging them on a pair of chopsticks with some thread.

Tied together a pair of unused disposable chopsticks and carved a small slit at the ends to hold the thread in place

Done!

Now, where shall we hang this? We still couldn't find a proper place to hang this so it's now lying "dead" on the dining table hahaha!

I also told mummy "I want to keep this for my baby. Next time when I have a baby, I can hang this at the baby's cot".

The Big Cleanup

One evening last week, mummy was shocked to find both my eyes red and swollen. We did not go anywhere and had spent the whole day at home. After just one hour of not seeing me (she went to cook dinner), she discovered that I had developed some eye irritation when she came out from the kitchen.

Itchy tiny bumps around both eyes

Luckily, the bumps and redness were cleared within 10 minutes without any medication. Mummy just lightly splashed both my eyes with water and patted them dry.

Unsure about what has caused this, clean-freak mummy decided to do what she does best... cleaning! Besides cleaning and sanitizing the floor and sofa (she does this every single day), she also made me wash my toys. The main suspects were the toys that I have been playing with that day...

We washed the alphabet foam mats (we wash this quite often)

We washed the MegaBloks (mummy used to wash this very often when I was younger)

We also dismantled all my Lego creations and washed them brick by brick... thousands of them (from 2 out of my 3 sets)!

Spread out for drying...

Mummy: Wah! So many Legos!

Me: It's so MUCH Lego, mummy. There's too much, it's uncountable.

Mummy: Yeah, you're probably right haha.

Since the cleaning mood was still on, mummy decided to wash my soft toys as well (although they were all kept away). This is actually Part 2 of the long-delayed Part 1 back in April 2009! My poor furry pals had a crazy spin in the washing machine today. Although some of them had labels stated "Surface wash only", mummy didn't care at all and dumped everything in.

These fellars were so big that they could only go in 2 or 3 at a time...

Wanna go for a spin? Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Hang them up and say thank you to the scorching sun and searing heat!

Random Happenings

This school holiday is going to be the most boring one ever. Daddy and mummy did not plan any holiday outings at all. Nothing much is happening so far and mummy and I are practically rotting away at home. I keep complaining "I'm bored, mummy. I'm very bored..." but mummy can only nod in agreement "me too" haha.

Here are some random happenings over the past 2 weeks...

Wardrobe Malfunction

I was given a t-shirt and pants and told to change on my own before going out...

It was after entering the lift that mummy noticed I had my top put on "front-side-back". Silly me haha!

Squirrel

Gung-gung caught another squirrel in Ah Ma's mini fruit orchard again. We made yet another trip to the Lake Gardens to set it free.

Finally, a "grown-up" squirrel that looked like a squirrel, not a rat :)

The Way I Sit

Mummy noticed that I sit in the most awkward ways and hardly the proper way.

Dining in a restaurant...

A contortionist in the making...

LRT Ride

I had my second LRT ride two weekends ago. We went to KLCC and bought MPO (Malaysian Phiharmonic Orchestra) tickets for a show next month. This is going to be my very first orchestral concert.

I loved the LRT ride very much!

Cotton Candy

After watching a few cartoons on tv that featured cotton candies, I was very curious to try it. Finally, I spotted them at a candy stall in a mall and kept bugging mummy to get one for me. Mummy said no but I pleaded with her until I got it...

Yay! Can't wait to taste it! Outcome: I didn't like it :(

Video Games

I have been playing quite a lot of violent, warrior-fighting PS games with daddy *mummy shakes head*. This is a typical scene in the living room at night when daddy is around...

Sshhhh! Don't disturb. I'm busy "fighting" with daddy...

Comics

I have taken a liking to reading comics lately, thanks to mummy's new collection of Baby Blues comic books. Mummy used to go crazy over this comic strip years ago (she still does now!) and she nearly named me Zoe, can you believe it?

I love reading about the kids, esp Zoe and Hammie's bickering and mischiefs (something that I can relate to hehe). Mummy reads to me on most parts and I will giggle at the situations that I find amusing :D

A Little Something For Teacher (2)

We will be celebrating Teacher's Day in school tomorrow. Just like last year, we were told to prepare a small token to show our appreciation to our beloved teachers for their care, guidance, dedication, patience (the list is endless)...

Not wanting to make cards again (we've already done that last year), mummy and daddy came up with an idea using Pyssla beads. Mummy helped me with the letterings and I filled in the rest.

Helping mummy to select the black ones out for the letterings

OK, I'll "kautim" the rest, mummy

In deep concentration... using a tweezer to carry out the task, esp when placing the beads into narrow crevices

This project proved to be too tiring for me so mummy split it into 2 days. On Day 1, we only managed to make 3 pieces of this...

Colourful TEACHER plate (x3)

On Day 2, we continued with Part 2 of the project. We made the colourful I *heart* plate.

Mummy did the letter "I" and the outline of the heart and I did the rest...

Next, the two plates were secured together with strings to make a hanging deco piece. Of course, the ironing and the string-tying were all done by mummy.

Tada... our end product! Something very simple but unique, I think hehehe

This is for you, teacher. Hope you will like it :)

Mummy is very bad in buying gifts so she ended up getting... what else but chocolates AGAIN haha...

A small gift for my three wonderful teachers

While we are still on the topic of Pyssla beads, here's our collection so far...

Macam-macam ada...

Sweet treats

Miscellaneous, including cartoon characters like Hello Kitty and Patrick

After making so many things, our container of beads is still (slightly more than) half full!

Reading and Progress Report

Since the beginning of this year (at 4 years 3 months), mummy noticed that I could read independently. When given any children's books at random, I can read most of the words in it. I also have the ability to guess unfamiliar words by applying my knowledge in phonics.

Besides reading simple English-based story books, I can read Chinese too. Recently, I brought home all my school books together with my progress report. Among the books, mummy saw a small Chinese textbook and asked me to read to her. Mummy was quite surprised and impressed that I could read and recognize so many Chinese characters, page after page!

This is what I read (just in case my pronunciation isn't clear enough in the video)...

Just look at the number of repetitions (dates)... no wonder I could read haha!

Mummy has been doing a mini-spring cleaning at home too. She reorganized the bookshelf and threw out many of her own books to make way for mine. Over the years, daddy and mummy have bought hundreds of books for me! Here are some of them (not including those in the living room and my bedroom)...

Neatly sorted and arranged... all within my reach and easier for me to pick and read on my own :)

The young avid reader

Mummy also attended a Parents-Teachers Conference to discuss my progress in school. Although timid and quiet at most times, I have a bit of leadership quality too (esp in the absence of an adult/teacher). According to my class teacher Miss S, who made an observation and discovered that when she is not in sight (she observed from afar), she saw me instructing my peers to perform simple tasks like drink water, put things away, call for group forming etc.

Academically, I'm doing quite well. Miss S commented that I have very high retention power and can remember things very well after being taught just once. However, I tend to be careless when doing my workbooks. I sometimes have slight language confusion between English and BM too (phonics and sukukata).

Teacher's comment: Ruoyi is a very intelligent child and she is above the rest in class. She works fast but sometimes careless when doing her workbooks as a lot of mistakes shows. Although she has shown much improvement when socializing with her friends but sometimes is still reluctant to speak up when she has been called upon several times. All in all, she is a very helpful girl. Keep it up, Ruoyi!