happening w my colleagues

am flying off to taipei for my company's D&D tomorrow morning! it's the 1st time i'm travelling with my colleagues as i had skipped the one in shanghai previously.. am so looking forward to the feasting, shopping & clubbing sessions with them! & i will be back in time for didi's birthday!

am soooo looking forward to the next few days of fun &... yes, no pv either! YESH!

note: dw, don't forget to cover my duty on monday morning, will be thinking of you & missing you loads!

Happy birthday kiddos!

Girl turned 5 & boy will be 2 in a couple of weeks. We had a small joint party for both of them at home, with the minions as party's theme. Both totally dig the bi do bi do creatures! 

Jill has been an extremely caring girl, always concerned for mommy, daddy & grandparents & not forgetting her baby brother. She's always looking out  for Jen, wanting to hold his hand when walking & showering him with hugs & kisses. She is a conscientious child in school who enjoys reading & watching movies. She tells me she wants to be a doctor so she can cure sick people. She tells me she wants to buy a long car so she can ferry her patients. Sometimes she tells me she wants to be a vet, so she can take care of sick animals. Every night, we will have pretend play with her doctor set and we will end the night with story telling sessions.

Jen is everybody's darling at home. Whilst we constantly "scold" him for his mischievous ways, deep inside, we love him very much & never fail to be amused by his antics. He's so cheeky and seems to always have some tricks up his sleeves. Being the 2nd child, he has grown to be independent, finding ways to entertain himself, such as running round his pirate toy ship for 5 mins continuously and trying to cycle backwards. He is talking quite abit now and we are starting to have conversations with him since he is generally able to communicate his needs & wants.

 Happy birthday my lovelies! Both of you are as different as chalk & cheese and it's precisely because of this that makes both of you so special & so dear in our hearts. You both are growing well and I pray that both of you will continue to progress as loving siblings, with God's guidance & love.

Family of 5?

This is how it will look like if we have an addition to our family...

I just love the smell of newborns when I carry them & gush over how cute they are, how innocent they are when they stare at you with their eyes or how peaceful they are when they are sleeping. But as tempting as it may be, I'm pretty much contented with where I am today. Jill was a blessing, Jenson was a bonus. Anything more, I'm not sure how to handle.

Aside from that, let's welcome Mo's newborn son! We're really excited he has arrived safely and Jill now has a god-brother!

My Superhero!

It was MY superhero's birthday and he truly deserves a superhero cake for being the super husband and the super dad!

Thanks for being SUPER in all that you have done and will continue doing for the kids and me!

Day 5 - Tropical Fruit Farm, Harbour Town factory outlet & of course YATALA pies!

Our last day saw us making full use of it. We picked up our rental car and headed up to New South Wales to the Tropical Fruit Farm.

This place was huge and we had a tour of the fruit farm which mainly had avocados and macadamia. It was fun & educational, a tractor brought us round, we cracked macadamia shells & at fresh macadamia nuts and tasted an array of fruits. For the kids they had kiddy stuff like feeding the cows, sheep, kangaroo, a cruise down a river, feeding the ducks and even a mini train ride!

 

 

DW cracking the macadamia

We headed to Harbour town factory outlet and obviously we were too busy shopping to take any photos... and before heading to the airport, we JUST HAD to stop by Yatala for the pies! The place hasn't changed since my last visit here a decade ago and the pies are still just as lovely. Huge chunks of meat and savoury. Given the thumbs up by Dw and Jill!

Day 4 - Gold Coast - Aqua duck

Ok, this day was a total bummed out day. We woke at 3.30am to get ready for our pickup at 4.30am for our Hot air balloon. It was totally unfortunate that the weather was too foggy for our balloon to set sail and so, our highlight of this trip was a no go. Jill was pretty much disappointed as I had promised to fulfil 2 of her wishes for this trip - feed wild dolphins & hot air balloon.

And so, we did something pretty lame and went on the Aqua duck tour! Nevetheless Jill enjoyed herself, having had the chance to steer the ducky boat in the water.

Day 3 Gold Coast - Dreamworld

I decided to head to Dreamworld this morning. Clear, blue skies & beautiful weather! Great for a day out to a theme park.

Wish I could wake up to this every morning!

The bus stop was just right in front of our apartment, so it didn't make much sense to cab or take a tourist shuttle to Dreamworld. We took the public bus, very clean, very punctual (Yeah, I surfed for the timetable before starting off, else I suppose the wait is going to be very long) and alot of cheaper. The kids were free and for the 4 adults, it was about $50 both ways. Alot more affordable!

 

This was Didi's 1st time at a theme park and a reason why I had chose Dreamworld was because it had an all in 1 thingy - Wiggles World, Madgacascar, Sheep Shearing, free roaming Kangaroos & Koalas.