School Concert cum Graduation for 2010

@ the school concert

preparation a day before the BIG day

On Sun morning, we woke up as early as 7am to prepare Emeryn for the school concert. After finishing her milk, mummy did the very last touch-up for Emeryn’s hair and also a quick make over before leaving to Sunshine Square. We reached the hall at about 8.25am and Emeryn went straight to the back stage for the final preparation while mummy went inside the hall in order to reserve some seat.

Daddy wasn’t there with us that morning but ah kong, por por, ah ma, chik chik, ah chim, kakak, Joel and Joey were there to support mummy’s lil’ cheeky. The concert started at around 9.30am with some speech and Negaraku, 1 Malaysia and other opening songs. Later the mc announced Emeryn’s name to present her short speech along with Ern Ern. Emeryn did a very fantastic job delivering her speech without any error. But unfortunately her classmate, Ern Ern was unable to deliver hers as she was having stage fright. Though Emeryn’s speech was too soft as she did not place the mike near to her, but it was good enough for mummy to be proud of her lil’ cheeky. Bravo!!!

Next, was Emeryn’s class to present where the dance “We Will Rock You”. Emeryn wasn’t really participating in the dance as she was busy looking around. Mummy ain’t too happy with her performance and thinks Emeryn did so much better during her last year performance. After the performance mummy snapped some photo of Emeryn and her friends. The whole concert ended at around 1pm and we went to McD for lunch before heading home.

Our Home Art Class & Ah Chor's B'day

Sun @ the playground

Ah Chor's B'day dinner

mummy's best friend, Mr Google Image

mummy's drawing

Emeryn's drawing minus the girl

Last week mummy spent the evening with Emeryn at home on drawing. First mummy would browsed through google images and asked Emeryn to pick which to draw. Ended up Emeryn keep asking for more and more and refused to sleep. Whilst on Wed, also a public holiday, mummy cooked a simple porridge as lunch before our later feast. We went to Feng Wei for dinner in conjunction with Ah Chor's (por por's side) birthday. It was another family affair.

Mummy brought kakak back home with us on Fri as she needed to take care of Emeryn when mummy was out attending her company annual dinner. On Sat morning, mummy dropped Emeryn to school as she needed to attend her performance rehearsal while sending kakak back to Pekaka. Later mummy attended her first ever church wedding followed by a luncheon. Mummy went back to Pekaka to pick Emeryn at around 3pm and we went home for an afternoon nap. Mummy drove out for dinner in the evening and rewarded Emeryn a kiddy ride and 2 new dvds for being able to recite her mc speech for her school concert. While watching her new dvds; Toy Story, mummy started to tied Emeryn's hair in preparation of her school concert on Sun.

We woke up early on Sun morning and mummy did the last touch-up on Emeryn before heading to Sunshine Square; where the school concert held. After the concert, mummy brought Emeryn to Mc D for lunch before heading home. Later we went over to ofh to visit ah chor before proceeding to fetch por por and ah kong out for dinner together. After dinner Emeryn requested "tau hwa". Mummy bought home for Emeryn to enjoy later.

Melbourne: Day 3

@ Sovereign Hill

We woke up at around 6.45am and all of us took our shower except Emeryn before heading to level 6 for our special big breakfast, courtesy from the backpacker’s. The breakfast was more special compare to the normal days and daddy had his fair share on it. Again, we marched to the Federation Square right after our breakfast. Unfortunately Emeryn was feeling a lil’ ill on that particular day. She looked less energetic and weak. We were there early, waiting for our pick up and again the cold, strong wind slapped on our faces fiercefully. Emeryn slept through the journey and she recovered well right after her nap. Perhaps, insufficient rest few days back.

On our last day tour, we went to Ballarat and Sovereign Hill, a recreated 1851 to 1864 gold rush town and mine. We witnessed many unique and old-time designs of houses in Ballarat Town and it was all amazingly superb. The driver dropped some of the passengers to the Ballarat Wildlife but our tour excludes that. We reached Sovereign Hill at about 10.30am. First, we visited the so-called indoor display and snapped a few photos with all the figures there but we missed the show in the theater because we were too busy with the camera and the flashes. There were guides in costume and a whole class of school kids with teacher in period costume experiencing how life would have been at that time. There’s something about Sovereign Hill that is both charming and very relaxing because it really does resemble a small country town - the inhabitants may be in fancy dress, but there are enough streets lined with dusty timber buildings and ragged miners’ tents to make us feel such a way. Besides it’s full of businesses selling items typical of the era - clothing, toiletries, candles, sweets and many of which are made here.

The whole place was very dusty and we were showered with drizzling rain on and off. We saw some horse carriage along the way. We also went to the bowling alley and had some fun knocking down some pins especially Emeryn had lots of fun trying. We continued walking around and later purchased some apple pies for a quick lunch. Subsequently we witness the gold pour demonstration. The town was very well thought out and the gold pour demonstration was really interesting. The gold pour showed how the smelted gold was poured into ingot form and cooled in water for immediate handling. The ingot weighed 3 kilograms. We then watched the marching soldier and then performed how the gun shooting were done.

There are also activities to undertake, such as panning for gold at the diggings area below the main street. Here, crouching visitors agitate wide metal pans vigorously in the hope of retrieving a few flecks of gold. There is certainly gold present, as the management has thoughtfully salted the stream with a modest amount beforehand. Emeryn again was too eager to try but mummy only allowed her to play with it for a short while before we walked away as the water was very muddy. We also passed through Sovereign Hill's Chinese Camp, a recreation of the Chinese miners’ homes and lives in 1850s Victoria. To our surprise, the small temple contains an impressive audiovisual presentation, via suspended widescreen TVs placed strategically within.

Last but not least before leaving Solvereign Hill, we visited the souvenir shop but we came off empty handed even Emeryn requested for a t-shirt from mummy. Poor thing! Before hopping into the coach, we went to the Gold Museum and walked around. We left Ballarat at about 4pm and reached Melbourne again around 5.45pm. This time around, we had McD for dinner. After the dinner, we went back to the room while daddy and kor kor walked around Chinatown looking for some food again. Mummy and Emeryn went back to the room to get a short rest before going out to Chinatown. We walked for 2hours before going back to the room again. Mummy started to feel very ill later in the evening where she decided to rest early that nite leaving Emeryn under the care of daddy and kor kor.

Melbourne: Day 2

@ Great Ocean Road

Our day 2 in Melbourne started as early as 6.45am where mummy took a shower to beat the morning coldness. Though it was already November when we were there, the temperature easily drop to 10celcius at night. We had our rushed cum quick free complimentary breakfast at level 6 of Greenhouse Backpacker. We hurried to Federation Square for our day tour pick up. Luckily it only took us 5mins walk to reach. Our day tour was to Great Ocean Road, Australia’s southwestern coast is arguably one of the most stunning drives in the world.

The journey stared at around 8.15am and returned past eight in the evening, making it a long, arduous journey. The coach driver was also the tour guide, this was what impressed us a lot. They not only drove us to our destination safely but also provided us clear explanation. Thumbs up!!! Emeryn fell asleep almost immediately when we left Melbourne on the cozy coach. The whole journey brought us to the road winds past verdant rolling hills, lush sub-tropical forests, dramatic cliffs, pristine beaches and Victoria’s most popular attraction: the Twelve Apostles.

Our first visit to this spectacular stretch of the Victorian coastline was unforgettable. It was freaking cold, windy day but the sun shone at times and yes the weather in Victoria is very fickle and unpredictable; just like a woman's mood. It was our first experience with such a cold weather; except daddy. We soon arrived in Torquay, a quaint seaside village; where the famous Aussie surfwear like Billabong come from. We continued to Bells Beach, a surfer’s haven, to see the big surf. Stunning scenery here: gentle, green rolling hills that end at the coast with dramatic cliffs, long stretches of sandy beaches, little coves, quaint villages and finally the vast green ocean. We made stops at numerous beaches, lookouts and other scenic spots where it allow ed us an opportunity to take plenty of happy snaps.

We passed several beautiful coastal villages along the way such as Anglesea, Lorne and Apollo Bay. The stretch between Lorne and Apollo Bay was absolutely breathtaking. We made a brief stop at Apollo Bay, a gorgeous town packed with inns, restaurants and cafés. We stopped for lunch somewhere nearby where we had roast chicken and the infamous fish and chips.

After a long drive, we finally arrived at the Twelve Apostles; a series of limestone outcrops that had separated from the mainland due to erosion. The ocean pounded the coast with huge thunderous waves and the wind howled fiercely like a hurricane. Some passenger decided to take the helicopter to view the scenic view of Great Ocean Road but we skipped this as it was quite costly for us. When we got to the edge of the cliffs, we snapped countless of shots of the Twelve Apostles. It was breathtaking and one of the most beautiful places ever. It was stunning. Without realizing, we were on the viewing platform with the magnificent sight in front of us; the towering cliffs, the pounding waves below and the dark sky punctured by a single ray of light. Absolutely breathtaking! After the Twelve Apostles, we continued on our way to other spectacular rock formations along the coast. The most noteworthy were Razorback, London Bridge and Loch Ard Gorge. We fell in love instantly with the miracle God's creation. Emeryn was terrified when we strolled down to the beach as the waves was amazingly strong. She insisted us to leave and cried uncontrollably.

The coach left Great Ocean Road and headed to another smaller village where we took a quick stop before going back to Melbourne. All of us slept through the journey and arrived back in Melbourne that evening feeling totally exhausted but exhilarated. It was absolutely gorgeous and the weather was so tempting to some of us. Haha. The driver dropped us at Chinatown and daddy opted for Malaysian food just to try out the quality of the food. We had nasi rendang, nasi goreng and mee goreng. It was yummy, and above our expectation. After the heavy dinner, we walked back to the backpacker place. On our way back, we stopped by at several souvenir shops to get some souvenir home.

We took a shower right after arriving at the backpacker's and later we hung out at level 6; where the pantry was. It was a happening place there where all the youngsters gathered together over beers and tidbits. Emeryn had a good time walking around the pantry as well and caught some attention from the floor. We called it a day after passed mid-nite.

Our Mini Gateway to Genting Highlands

Last Fri mummy and her group of friend went to Genting for a short gateway. As usual Emeryn would tagged along. We started our journey as early as 7.30am and we stopped for our dim sum breakfast at Ipoh. We took our time on the road and make a few stops at the r&r before reaching Genting. We reached Genting at about 12.30pm but we waited for almost 30mins to secure ourselves a car park space. We checked into Resort Hotel and came out for our lunch at Hao Mei. It was a Chinese cuisine. Emeryn started to get a slight fever and she reacted a lil' rough. Mummy bought the panadol syrup at Watson and fed Emeryn. In no time, she turned active again. We then proceeded to get ourselves the indoor theme park ticket. We played some of the rides before going back to the room for a rest. Emeryn watched her fav movie on mummy's notebook instead of taking her afternoon nap in the room.

After spending an hour or so in the room, we decided to go out to the theme park again. This round mummy and Emeryn finished all the rides and we walked around. Mummy got a set of Barbie pencil and Hello Kitty pen for Emeryn and earring for herself and Emeryn. We had our dinner at the Shanghai Palace at around 8.30pm. We headed to the room right after dinner. We took our bath and again Emeryn watched her fav movie, Dora before falling asleep. The next morning we had our breakie at a Chinese Restaurant before checking out. The whole trip revolved around with Chinese cuisine. We departed at around 10.15am and stopped half way for lunch. We finally reached home at 3pm. Both mummy and Emeryn slept almost immediately upon reaching home till at least 7pm. Later mummy drove out and bought dinner home.

We spent our Sun morning at home and mummy only drove Emeryn out for lunch at Egate. Again it was Chinese Cuisine; Hongkie in fact at Boston. After lunch, we drove to Island Glades to get a few packs of "mua chee" to be delivered to ofh later on. We headed home after that and went over to ofh at around 5pm. We dated Carmen Ee Ee to meet at ofh. Emeryn helped mummy to distribute the "mua chee" to the old folks there and she was happy doing that. Emeryn asked why mummy has to buy all of them "mua chee"; that was when mummy started to relate Emeryn to some moral stories.

After our visit to the ofh, we headed over to por por's place for our usual Sun visit. Carmen Ee Ee tagged along as well. After our dinner, we drove to Tesco. Mummy spent about 2 hours at Tesco doing her groceries shopping. Emeryn was too tired end of the day after the shopping, so we headed home.