Dinning at Toilet Bowl Restaurant

We had our dinner at Queensbay Mall, Penang last Sunday. We noticed this cute little retaurant quite some time ago but didn't manage to try out until that day, it's called Toilet Bowl. It's a concept restaurant (主题餐厅).

Little Samuel was happy and excited sitting on the baby chair.

Suddenly I saw this expression on Samuel's face and I heard,"eerrr... errr..."

haha... You're right! Samuel got poo poo la.... And he always make his mouth like that when he is "pushing out" the poo poo... so funny. I left Hubby at the restaurant and brought Samuel to the baby room to clean him up. When we returned, all the food was out already!

Lastly, we had banan split in bath tub for dessert.

Oooo... it was a great weekend!

Durian durian, I love you!

We went to Balik Pulau for durian again last Sunday. This time, Ang, Hubby's colleague brought us to his another class mate's house for durian, not the durian orchard that we went last time. As we reached the house, there was already a group of people in the living room, having durian... Before we went to have the yummy durian, Ang brought us to the back of the house, to walk walk around the house, for some sight seeing.

After the adventurous walk behind the house, we went back to the kitchen. There we saw an aunty was cooking durian cake. To make the durian cake, they need durian flesh and a little bit of sugar. Then cook it on low heat, for 6 long hours, and must stir it so that it will not burn. This is how the durian cake look like after 4 hours of cooking. The color will turn even more brownish once cooked.

We also saw this pot of myristica fragrans (豆蔻) cooking. We had a glass of this, with ice and it was really nice and refreshing.

Finally, it's time to have the durian. Unfortunately, ang heh was out of stock. I could see that Hubby was a bit sad. But we had some other kind of durians and they were good too.

Besides eating there, we also bought 3 durians back and finished them the next day. haha... They're really nice!! Now I am worry about my weight. It's time to work out after all these yummy durians!

Sitting up without support & learning to stand

Time flies... Samuel is 7 months old now. He is getting naughtier everyday. We bring him to Sunday service every week ever since he was 3 months old. He used to sleep through out the whole service, but now... he will play with anyone who is sitting behind or in front of us, talking to them in his own language, smiling to them.

Samuel now can sit without support. Before this he would sort of swing from side to side when he was sitting up. I saw him sat up on him own the other day, and leant forward to get the phone in front of him. He then smile at me when he got the phone in his hand, like he wanted to tell me,"Yeah, Mummy! See... I can get the phone myself!"... haha... my little baby is so cute!

Last Friday, as Samuel was sleeping in the play pen, I went downstairs to do the laundry. But I heard him screaming after about 15 minutes. I rushed up and this is what I saw...
I don't know how he did it. There was nothing around the playpen that he could hold on and pull himself up. Anyway, I was so happy to see that and I quickly grabbed my handphone to snap a few pictures of him standing. He didn't manage to hold for long, and sat down after about 20sec. haha... I believe he was as excited as I was that time and called me to come up to see him standing. :)

Happy Father's Day!

This is my Daddy. He is a mechanic. Although he is 56 now but he is still working. He works in a timber camp in Bintulu, for the same company for more than 30 years now.

Due to his work, my Daddy only comes home once a month, the rest of the time, he will stay in the "jungle" or camp site. Whenever he is coming home, he needs to drive for more than 4 hours to reach Bintulu town. He then takes the flight from Bintulu to Kuching. Usually he will spent about 4 days at home.

Working in the camp is very tiring and hard, but we never hear Daddy complain about his work. Daddy is not very expressive but we know that he loves us very much. I remember when I was young, Daddy would go to Singapore for training every year, and he would buy really pretty dresses and shoes for me and my younger sister. He would buy us all the toys that we liked.

Daddy was a smoker last time. He told me he had been smoking for about 20 years. But he manage to quit it when he was 40. I am really proud of my Daddy about this! Because I know it was not easy... but he made it! My Super Daddy!

Daddy,

You are the provider, and also the protector of the family.

We will never forget the hardships, burdens of love, and all the sacrifices you made for us.

You are there for me through all the conflicts, helping me over the rough, ragged stones of growing up.

And like our Heavenly Father, you are a guardian and a guide, someone that I can count on.

Daddy,

Thank you for everything.

You are the best Daddy!

I love you...

Happy Father's Day!

Refusing milk

Samuel begins teething now and he had been refusing milk for the past 1 week, maybe due to teething pain and gum swelling. Normally he would ask for milk every 4 or 5 hours, but for the past 1 week, he didn't even want a drop of milk, the longest time interval was more than 12 hours. But he still had solid food and he seems like prefer solid food than milk. Anyway, babies still need milk even they started to take solid food. So I sent sms to Samuel's pediatrician, Dr. Alex to ask for his advice. Dr. Alex asked me to give him more solid food, and only fed him milk when he was sleeping. This worked for 2 days, but the 3rd day, the trick didn't work anymore. So I went to the pharmacy to look for "something" or "anything" that could help me and Samuel. The pharmacist said Bonjela can help to ease the teething pain, by rubbing a bit of Bonjela onto the swelling gum and gently massage the gum. I was so happy to see Samuel started to have milk normally yesterday. I think his gum is better now and Bonjela does really help! I didn't know that Bonjela can be used on infant. I thought only used by adults to treat ulcer. As I read about the information on the tube, it helps teething pain too, but only can be used on babied more than 4 months old.

I pray that Samuel will go through the teething stage more smoothly... he only has 2 teeth now (not fully come out yet), still a long way to go...

* useful links on baby teething:

http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/baby-teething.htm
http://bettersmarterkids.com/baby-teething/2007/01/18/

Walker for Samuel

We bought Samuel this walker last week. When he first got into the walker, he was excited, smiling to us happily. We then released the stopper, the walker moved as he stepped his feet forward and backward, he cried... haha... he got scrared I think... I picked him up, hold him in my arms to calm him down. Then I tried to put him into the walker again... and he cried again... I didn't pick him up again this time... I just pat his back, told him this is his new walker, and he would like it... He then calm down a bit... and started to move around the room slowly...

When we thought he was okay, he suddenly pressed onto those colorful buttons in front of him and there went this "Happy Birthday" song sound, with all the lights blinking in front of him too, and guess what, he cried again... He didn't like the music. So, Daddy removed the battery. No more music... Now, he loves walking around the room with his little walker... :)

Playpen for Samuel

We got this new playpen for Samuel from Toys"R"Us. Now, I don't have to worry about him falling down from the bed... yahoo!