Nice weekend with my youngest sister

My youngest sister, Christabel accompanied me back to Kedah after my 1 month vacation back home in Kuching. I was so grateful to her, as she helped a lot during the flight back... washing the milk bottle for me, carried Samuel for me when I wanted to go to the toilet, carried the diaper bag for me...
She only stayed for 3 days and went back on 17 Aug. We brought her to Sakae Teppanyaki for lunch...

 and also went shopping at Jusco.

Christabel looked tired and her face was quite pale when we reached home that day. I measured her temperature, she had mild fever. Hubby then brought her to see doctor without delay. Luckily it's only normal flu. Maybe she got not enough sleep and rest. She had sore throut too. My poor little sister got sick... So, on the second day, we stayed at home in the morning as we wanted her to get more sleep, but this was what she did for the whole morning...Yea! Playing PS3 with her mask on... (-_-)"

When she got better in the evening and she said she wanted to eat at the Toilet Bowl Restaurant that we went last time. So, we brought her there for dinner.

"Yao, get well soon. Sis is looking forward for your next visit. Miss you..."

Cousins

Little Samuel (7 months old) and his little cousin, Joshua (4 months old)...

Me and my sister... with our little ones... :)
Do we look alike?

Back in Kulim

After 1 month of holiday back home in Kuching, Samuel and I came back to Kulim last night. I brought my younger sister, Christabel along, as I had too many stuff to bring over, she could help me carry some... :)

Samuel and I went back to Kuching last month on 11th as Hubby was suppose to go to China for business trip last month, but his trip was cancelled last minute. Since we already bought the air ticket, we had no choice but leaving Hubby behind in Kulim.

I had fun back home, but also had sad thing happen. The fun part was I got to meet up with my ex-colleagues last time in 1st Silicon and had lunch with them. I was so happy to see them and enjoy chatting with them. And I got to celebrate my mom's birthday for her. It had been ages since I last celebrated her birthday together with her. The sad part was, Samuel fell sick when we were back home. The weather in Kuching was super hot! No rain for more than 1 month! A lot of people got sick. Samuel had fever (up to 38.9 celsius), due to flu. After 3 days, he got no more fever, but got diarrhea, it's due to the antibiotics. After 2 days, no more diarrhea, he got coughing! *sign*... My poor little Samuel lost quite a lot of weight in that week, as he lost his appetite when he was sick.

Luckily he is all fine now. I pray that my little Samuel will grow up fast fast, to be stronger and cuter... :)

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!