Daddy, Catch!

Being naughty and playful, I gave daddy a big scare recently. It was something done in jest and I had no idea my action would be deemed as an "offence". Here's what happened...

Daddy was resting on the sofa after a long and tired day at work. However, being a workaholic, he just had to check his work emails on his Blackberry. Realizing he had left it in the bedroom, he summoned me to get it for him.

After fetching his precious gadget, as I was walking towards him at a distance of about 3 metres away, I suddenly hollered "Daddy, catch!" Without any warning, I tossed the Blackberry and sent it flying right across the living room at him! Caught offguard, daddy did not manage to catch the phone but thank goodness, it landed on the soft cushion of the sofa. Phew! Still, I nearly gave him a heart-attack!

Scolding from daddy was unavoidable, of course. Is that how you thank me for doing you a favour, dad? I was given a stern warning to never repeat that again... at least not with something that would burn a big hole in daddy's pocket haha!

Reenacting the "Daddy, Catch!" scene but with an empty ice-cream container instead

My 1st MPO Experience

Last Sunday, I finally went for my very first MPO (Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra) concert. The day was quite an eventful one, I would say.

On the morning of the concert that we have been waiting eagerly to attend, I woke up with a big smile on my face. I looked perfectly alright until I crawled into daddy's arms and snuggled under his armpit. My body felt warmer than usual and the beeping sound of the thermometer confirmed daddy and mummy's worst fear... I was down with a 38-ish fever. A few days earlier, mummy was down with fever and cold too and I must have caught the bug from her. It was inevitable cos I kept sticking close to her despite being shooed away repeatedly. Sigh...

I was given a dose of paracetamol right after my morning milk. In the meantime, daddy and mummy had to determine whether or not to bring me along. They discussed other options (Plan B), thought long and hard, imagined all the possible consequences and even contemplated "dumping" me at Mah-mah's house and go ahead without me *sobs*. By the time they came up with their decision, my fever had already subsided haha! So, off to KLCC we went.

Our concert tickets... daddy bought the RM30 seats (with 10% discount for Petronas Mesra cardholders)

I slept in the car throughout our 30 minute journey there. Upon arrival, I looked rather listless and refused to walk. I wanted daddy to carry me...

The mighty daddy carrying his 20kg+ princess everywhere he went!

We reached KLCC at 12pm and headed straight to the Signature Foodcourt for lunch. After lunch, we still had some time to kill before our 2:30pm matinee so we walked around the outer display area of Petrosains.

Daddy bought me something from the Petrosains shop

Yay, concert time!

This was the theme we chose... Summer Beach Party. Too bad we couldn't dress to the theme. We had to wear smart casual... no shorts, sleeveless (for men) or slippers!

Walking into the hall, my first words were "Mummy, it's so orange!" (referring to the lighting) I had expected a dark hall like in a cinema haha. I finally saw all the orchestra instruments in real life! I could identify a few of them while mummy told me the rest one by one... the harp, tuba, violin, cello, double bass etc. As we were seated in the middle of the auditorium, we had quite a clear view of all the musical instruments. (Photography was strictly prohibited in the hall)

Daddy and mummy have been to many MPO performances before this but this was their first Fun For Kids show. It was a very interactive and engaging performance and I enjoyed it very much. Mummy caught me tapping my fingers to the rhythm. We also did actions, clapped to the beat and during the last two pieces, I even got up and danced to the Carribean calypso and Samba hehehe! When asked if I would like to come back for another show, I gave them a resounding "YES!"

After the concert, we headed straight home. I slept in the car again on our journey home and to mummy's horror, I was feverish again. This time, it was just low-grade hovering around 37-ish :(

Back at home, she gave me a quick bath and cooked me a simple but yummy dinner. I downed the whole BIG bowl of meesua soup with fish, carrot and egg. I was given another dose of paracetamol after that. I then spent the whole night playing with that "something" bought from the Petrosains shop earlier...

Wisdom Bead IQ Puzzle (it was only RM8.40 after a 15.5% discount for Petronas Mesra cardholders)

With 180 possible arrangements for the flat triangle and 2 possible arrangements for the pyramid ... it looks easy but it is NOT!

There are 9 levels to this game. I played the 1st level for kids. It was too easy. I played the 2nd level for teenagers, it was easy too. I played the 3rd level for "elders", it was ok but not challenging enough. I played the 4th level for adults... well, this suited "my level" hehe.

Hooked to the game...

I did it!

My fever was gone just before bedtime and it never came back again after that. Yippee!

FOUR!

Nope, it's not my birthday and I'm not 4 years old either.

This is the 850th post and it happens to be my blog's 4th anniversary today! Four years ago on this day, when I was barely 11 months old, mummy created this blog for me after nearly a year of hesitation. This blog started off as Look Who's Talking, inspired by a popular movie which featured a baby thinking aloud... and this was exactly what mummy had in mind. She wanted everything expressed and narrated from my very own perspective too.

4 years and 850 posts later, from a babbling baby to a fine little girl now, this blog has recorded every little detail (well, almost) about my life... my behaviour, mischief, development, ups and downs etc. (under 64 labels) as well as some occasional craps haha.

I can finally read my own blog now (with mummy's help of course, because I can't read ALL the words yet). Mummy and I enjoy reading all the old-old posts together. I love to view the videos and they never fail to put a smile on my face. I am very glad to have my very own blog because I simply love reading all about MYSELF! :)

Things I Say

Love? What Love?

I was sitting on mummy's lap and leaning on her when she started kissing, cuddling and squeezing me tightly...

Mummy: I love you sooooooooo much. So, so, so much! Can you feel my love?

Me: No, but I can feel your bones... and your skeleton!

Mummy: *Rolling on the floor laughing*

The Nursery Rhyme Critic

While reading (not singing) a popular rhyme one day...

Me: Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are... *paused for a moment and went into smart alec mode* It's a star lah. Why need to wonder? Why like that also don't know?

American Influence

I asked for a few sips of Revive isotonic drink in Pizza Hut recently...

Me: Mummy, my tongue feels prickly when I drink this.

Mummy: That's because the drink has gas in it.

Me: Gas? You mean it has petrol in it? *laughs*

Mummy: @_@

My Latest Craze

A few months ago, I was hit by the UNO card game craze. For days, weeks and months, I was an addict high on UNO. Every night without fail, just before bedtime, I would drag daddy into a session of at least 10 games. On our fortnightly trips back to Seremban, I would "victimize" Gung-gung instead. With Gung-gung, we could play all day (from morning to night, no kidding!) and he was the only person patient enough to entertain my whims and fancies. I was declared the family's UNO champion after acing the game repeatedly and achieving numerous winning streaks.

Recently, I have moved on to another new card game... "fishing". Again, I am obsessed with this game.

"Fishing" after dinner...

"Fishing" before bedtime...

At the end of this game, some mental calculation (adding up the points) is required. Through this game, my addition has improved a lot. Counting in tens is easy-peasy for me now. I can also pair up numbers to form 10 rather quickly like 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7 etc.

I'm also able to mentally add up 3-4 small numbers like 1+2+3, 2+2+4, 5+ 3+1 etc. Daddy doesn't mind playing this with me every night because it is good for polishing up my Maths.

Field Trip to Petrosains, KLCC

Yesterday, I went on another kindergarten field trip to Petrosains, KLCC. I have been looking forward to this trip since last week!

Mummy did not tag along this time, so no photos to share here. However, we just viewed over a hundred photos in the kindergarten's Facebook fan page. While viewing the photos together, mummy asked me dozens of questions... "did you play with this?" "did you see this?" "did you ride on this?" "how about this?" "or this?" "this?" to which I replied NO to all of them! *mummy slapped forehead* So what did I actually do there?

When asked what was my favourite part of the trip, I told her it was the dark ride in the gondola and lunch at Burger King. I've never been to Burger King before. It was my first time and I loved it. I asked mummy "Can you please bring me there next time?"

Lunch-ing with my little friends in Burger King (pic stolen from the kindy's Facebook)

I came home looking like I've just crawled out of a war zone. My hair was in a great mess! I told mummy I fell asleep in the bus on our way home.

Mom, I'm home!

I loved and enjoyed the trip so much that I refused to have the wrist band removed until today. I told mummy I want to wear it forever!

A ticket as my souvenir...

If It's Not Nice, It's Gotta Be Bad

While walking along some eateries in The Curve during the school holidays, a very friendly staff at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. greeted us Good Morning and gave me a balloon. Mummy paid no attention to the balloon at all until much later when I told her...

Me: Mummy, there's a bad word on my balloon.

Mummy: Bad word? What bad word?

Me: Neh, you see... *shoved the balloon to her*

I am not allowed to mention the S word because long, long ago, (when I was only 2 years 6 months) mummy told me that stupid is not a nice word to say. Therefore, I just I referred to it as the "bad word" haha.

The words on the balloon made mummy wonder... of all the quotes in the Forrest Gump movie, why did they choose to print this one on a balloon meant for kids? Probably they didn't expect the kids to read them! Do you read what's printed on your balloon?

A Day at The Lover's Bridge

Last Saturday, we went for a family outing to Tanjung Sepat and Morib again. This time, we went with Yeh-yeh, Mah-mah, Koo-koo and Koo-jeong. The 7 of us travelled in just one car... Koo-koo's MPV. We left home close to noon and after a bit of dilly-dallying, arrived in Tanjung Sepat at 2pm for a late lunch.

The icon of a fishing village... a fishing boat "docked" permanently on the road, just beside where we parked our car

We headed straight to the Lover Bridge Restaurant for a seafood lunch

We had a scrumptious meal where daddy ordered the following...

Claypot taufu with crabmeat

Lala fried bihun

Steamed white promfet

Or-chien (oyster omelette)

Kam-heong crab

Steamed crab

Lala fried rice with a HUGE topping of whitebait fish

After makan, mummy slathered lots of sunblock on me and we went for a walk at the Lover's Bridge. It was low-tide and we enjoyed watching the crabs and mudhopper fish.

Daddy, look!

Thousands of tiny crabs "marching" around

We walked right up to the end of the bridge (it was wooden and creaky)

Daddy and mummy were caught paktho-ing on the bridge (photo taken by Koo-koo)

Back on land, we just whiled away the whole afternoon at the wooden benches under a big, shady tree. It was very cool and breezy there. We just sat there and relaxed, talked, laughed, sipped coconut water and did nothing. It was fun!

A very happy daddy-daughter moment

Licking my maltose lollipop... err, I didn't like it!

We also went to the Morib waterfront for a short stroll.

Morib Waterfront revisited

With a giant seashell at the Gastropods

Playground time!

From Morib, we drove back to the Lover's Bridge again to view the sunset because Koo-jeong had some photography assignment there.

Sunset at the beach

I had fun playing with sand and kicking sand at the beach. Surprisingly, the sand here was very fine, white and powdery soft!

Also did "facial scrub" *mummy rolled eyes*

We went back to PJ soon after the sun went down and had dinner supper at 10pm in a restaurant near home!

Earlier in the Lover Bridge restaurant, mummy also bought a packet of fishballs to try.

One packet for Mah-mah, one packet for us

Mummy cooked a soupy dish using the fishballs...

With carrot, potato, onion and one whole packet of organic spinach (bor-choy)

Our simple dinner (with rice) the following Monday...

Daddy's Day

A Father's Day celebration was held in my kindergarten today. As usual, daddy took time-off from work to attend this special celebration with me.

Daddy and I dressed to the theme of Checks and Stripes where we both wore striped tops (we didn't have any outfits with checks). The first activity was a special assembly where we sat in a large circle and talked about our dads. We also sang and dedicated a few "daddy songs" to our darling daddies.

Special assembly with our daddy dearest

When teacher told us to give our daddy a big hug and a kiss, I quickly climbed on him and showered him with kisses...

I love you, daddy!

Next, we made something special for daddy, with daddy's help, of course.

Daddy and daughter activity... cut like this, glue this here etc.

A special "medal" for my No. 1 Dad

Daddy and I... with the medal clipped on his T-shirt

I also made a FD card earlier in class... with a cute batik-inspired shirt on it