Mummy's Birthday

It is mummy's birthday today. Many of you asked mummy "So which hotel are you all checking-in today?" Hahaha! Well, we may be crazy over hotel stays but for mummy's big day today, daddy was told to reserve his annual leaves for our few upcoming holidays this year.

Today was just like any other ordinary day. On the way out to fetch me back from school, Koo-koo gave mummy a tray of lovely surprises...

Chocolate cupcakes, home-baked by Koo-koo!

I had one immediately after my bath. It was yuuummmmmmy!

Daddy came home early from work and brought us to Sunway Pyramid for dinner. Since it was still a little early, we window-shopped a bit. As usual, I had my "compulsory" kiddy-rides and "toy-testing"session in Parkson.

I was hooked to this V-tech video game and refused to leave! (until I was threatened)

Dinner was at Tony Roma's. Daddy and mummy ordered just two items and the rest were FREE! They later realized that more freebies were coming their way...

While waiting for our orders, I played a game of Snakes and Ladders with daddy.

After some time, I could not sit still...

The 2 contrasting sides of me... samseng girl and lovey-dovey girl... I kept hugging and kissing mummy all over while wishing her Happy Birthday :)

Here are what we ate. Daddy settled for something simple because he had a heavy buffet lunch.

Chicken Swiss Sandwich

Mummy does not eat meat and deep-fried food, so she ordered this...

Pan-seared cod fish with black sesame, yellow rice and broccoli

Below is my FREE 3-course kiddy meal. This was my 2nd free kiddy meal here. The portion was very substantial and I could eat only half of it.

Freebie 1 - Appetizer: Carrot and celery sticks with Ranch dressing

Freebie 2: Main course - Fish and Chips (the serving was really HUGE, enough for even an adult!)

As usual, mummy flattened my fries (squeezed out the excess oil) and stripped the fried batter off my fish! I still loved them anyway, as long as they were dipped in tomato sauce :)

Freebie 3: Dessert - Vanilla ice-cream with crushed Oreo cookies

Freebie 4 - Birthday Lava for the birthday girl (had to show I.C as proof)

After dinner, mummy went to claim her last freebie of the day. We sat down for a drink and I enjoyed watching people ice-skating below...

Freebie 5 - Berrylicious from JuiceWorks (mummy is a member of their loyalty card)

Before going home, daddy drove us along the brightly-lit boulevards of Sunway Resort (we also came here last Christmas). The beautiful and colourful CNY decorative lights were still around...

The beautiful arch... too bad the photo was partially taken (from a moving car)

Oh yes, daddy also came home with a cake from Holiday Inn Glenmarie, when he dined there this afternoon.

Freebie 6 - Cake from a hotel (it is still sitting in the fridge!)

And finally, mummy bought two tops for me, also considered free, because it was bought using the Parkson vouchers that someone gave to her...

Freebie 7 - I'm The Wise One (Pumpkin Patch) and Cute Chicks Rule! (Seed)

Yeah, it's mummy's birthday and I get presents instead... and right after CNY too :P

Torn Uniform

Little Miss Itchy Fingers is finally back in action again! My last recorded mischief was dated way back in May 2010, when I did this. Since then, my itchy fingers have been "idle" for more than 9 months! Hmm, not bad. Not bad at all hehe. Well, here's what happened...

Last Friday, right after coming home from school, when mummy was about to undress me for my bath, she noticed something amiss on the right sleeve of my uniform.

There was a small hole in it and mummy was mad!

It was a V-shaped tear, and the involvement of a pair of scissors was pretty obvious

After a thorough session of interrogation from mummy, I admitted to the misdeed and denied that it was done by someone else. It was a try-cutting-this-and-that-with-scissors exploration gone wrong. So apa lagi, I got a good scolding from her!

I'm sorry, mummy... I won't do it again... *sobs*

Sausage

"Mummy, I want to eat sausage. Can you please buy sausage for me to eat?" This was what I whispered into mummy's ears one day (a few months back). Poor me. Having a health-freak mummy, I am quite deprived of a lot of food. Processed meat is one of them. Mummy has NEVER bought me any sausages, ham, bacon, nuggets etc. because she considers them as junk-food.

Mummy's heart sank a bit upon hearing me plead like that. On that very weekend, she went to her regular meat deli to buy this for me...

"Organic" sausage (RM8.90 for 7 pcs), which claims to be made from pork that is free from beta agonist, antibiotics or any harmful drug residues

In a span of about 6 months, I finished the whole packet of sausages, on an average of one per month (daddy ate one). To make my meals appear less unhealthy, mummy cooked the sausages with healthy accompaniments...

Fried rice with sausage, egg, organic corn, organic asparagus, carrot and cherry tomatoes

Soya noodle soup with sausage, egg, organic Brussels sprouts, carrot

... and serving them with fresh, healthy fruits and veggies

Sausage, cheese and wholemeal bread "lollipop" with egg, carrot, blueberry and apple

Sausage with mac and cheese, egg, blanched organic broccoli, carrot sticks, baked potato strips, grapes and baby strawberries (this was for dinner and I polished the whole plate clean!)

Plain hotdog with a thick slice of home-baked wholemeal bread, carrot sticks, grapes and kiwifruit

Sausage with blanched organic broccoli, egg, grapes and blueberries (I ate this in school)

Well, no more sausages for me in a long, long, long time to come haha!

Random Happenings Over the Weekend

The Chapati Girl

On Saturday, after scouting around for a "maid" to help mummy with the daily floor-cleaning chore, we had lunch in an Indian restaurant. As usual, I ordered my FAVOURITE... the chapati. It used to be roti canai long ago but ever since I had my first taste of this dry, bland and healthier "cousin" of the roti, there has been no turning back.

Savouring my "appetizer", the crunchy papadam (daddy and mummy had banana-leaf rice so there was a free flow of papadams for me... yay!)

Mmmmmm... can't wait to dig in!

Eat and play... I made a rabbit and kept telling mummy to look

The Sheep Meadow

On Sunday afternoon, I complained to mummy "Mummy, you forgot about my arts and crafts on Friday! You didn't keep your promise. Hmmph!" Mummy quickly brought out all the necessary "trash" and did this for with me...

A very simple sheep meadow made with cereal box, used baran (decorative grass strips for take-away sushi) and foam nets. I coloured the grass with crayon on a piece of white paper and glued the foam nets on the sides to make the fence.

Mummy was supposed to make Papa and Mama sheep using polystyrene but she had to abandon the idea after she (struggled and) failed to come up with one. So who/what protected the little lambs when the Big Bad Wolf came? The coconut tree that I made in school last week haha...

Here comes the Big Bad Wolf. Help!

I enjoyed playing with it, simulating the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

The Patient Girl

I have been extremely patient lately, especially while playing with this toy...

This is my latest love... building blocks.

Mummy noticed that I could sit quietly (without grumbling or giving up) for more than one hour trying to solve the puzzle of building a cube!

I'm almost there... fitting every block into this box may look easy but it is not!

I did it!!! My victorious smile says it all :)

Another craze to hit our home is the UNO card game. I love this game very much and have been pestering mummy to play with me almost every minute!

Mummy, please, please, please.... play with me...

I am getting quite good at it and even won the game a few times while playing with daddy and mummy yesterday (with a bit of help, hint and luck, of course haha).

The Sushi Girl

We had sushi for dinner on Sunday after an unsuccessful trip to the park (it was raining). Actually daddy and mummy wanted to have another round of the mini Yee-Sang in Sushi King before the promotion ends at the end of the month. I am beginning to love sushi and can eat quite a lot!

Enjoying my meal

The Playful Girl

Just some cute and silly pics of me in a shop...

I love fooling around like this :p

The "Maid"

And finally, the search for our "maid" is over. Mummy "employed" this smart, diligent, reliable, no-talking-back, no-bad-habits, no-sour-face helper to help out in the Floor Department of our home...

Meet Roomba, the new addition to our family

With Roomba around, I now have a new pet toy while mummy has a domestic helper and daddy... err... well, daddy has a small hole in his pocket hahaha!

Sweet Valentine

Mummy, how do you spell "love"?... How do you spell "daddy"?... How do you spell "mummy"?

It was after being my spelling-assistant that mummy realized I was making something special for her and daddy...

A Valentine's Day card... 100% self-made (except for the help in spelling)

Mummy was rather surprised that I knew what Valentine's Day was. I must have learned about it in school. She was even more surprised that I made the card all by myself. The heart shape was drawn on another piece of paper, coloured, cut out and pasted on the white "card" using four strips of cellophane tape.

Although the card looked very plain and simple, both daddy and mummy cherished it like it was a piece of precious stone. Daddy even slipped it into his work bag and brought it to his office haha!

I have been doing a lot of paper-cutting lately. Unfortunately, mummy has been too busy to supervise me (or even notice me) until a few days ago. What she saw shocked her and also tickled her at the same time...

This is how I hold the scissors!

Like this also can cut?

Yes, it's funny but true... I can cut very well like this. When changed into the correct and proper way, I just can't do it! I hope it's not too late to change now...

CNY 2011

Here's a summary of what happened during our blog break from CNY eve to the end of our holiday yesterday (Sunday). I was back at school today.

One week prior to CNY, mummy has been busy washing, cleaning, wiping, scrubbing, polishing, you name it. In between all that, she even managed to squeeze in some time to bake some rabbit-shaped Horlicks-butter cookies (with the help of Koo-koo and daddy. Yes, daddy!)

Bunny cookies

Besides having new clothes to last almost a week, mummy also ensured that I had a new set of bedsheet to sleep on :)

Hello Kitty bedsheet redeemed FREE from Cosway, just like last year

CNY Eve

For the first time in our lives (including daddy and mummy's), we had our reunion dinner outside home... in a pre-booked restaurant. We had a Chinese 8-course set meal.

I love to toss the yee-sang but dislike eating it, except for the bits and pieces of crunchy crackers

CNY Day 1

We spent the whole day at Mah-mah's house. We went there quite early in the morning and by the time we came home at night, it was bedtime already (Mah-mah's house is only 5 mins' drive away).

I spent most of the time playing beads (something like the Pyssla Beads) with Hayley jie-jie

And blowing lots and lots of "bubble balloons"

I was also a good and cooperative model to Koo-koo, who snapped many, many photos of me...

Macam-macam poses!

CNY Day 2

After lunch in Mah-mah's house, we took a slow drive back to mummy's kampung in Seremban. Gung-gung surprised me with a new toy... a bop-bag (bu-dao-ung).

Pump, pump, pump... *sweats* the thing is HUGE!

Heeeeeyaaaa! It was good as a punching bag...

... and as a bouncy "banana boat"

Wearing a pomelo hat hehehe

There was a family dinner in 5th Yee-por's house. As usual, I had a whale of a time playing with cousin ZK.

With cousin ZK, one of my best friends

Throughout the festive food galore, I was only interested in three things. I ate and drank almost nothing else (meals excluded) except...

Wintermelon drink (I called it "cucumber juice" hahaha!) arrowhead chips and prawn crackers