Hong Kong - Day 1 & 2

Finally after a year of buying our flight ticket to HK, the most awaited day arrived. Emeryn attended Art Class on Sat morning where later mummy bought home our packed lunch. After lunch, we took our showers and done some last minutes packing. Mummy called a cab instead of troubling her friends or even Ah Kong to send her off to the airport. The cab fetched us at 2.30pm and we're just in time to board our flight. This trip we brought along the stroller as mummy foresee there would be long walking at the park and would want Emeryn to have all the comfort instead of suffering from long walk. As usual we're light traveler with only 1 backpack.

We landed at HKIA at about 7.40pm and headed straight to the arrival hall after clearing the immigration process. We bought the octopus card, mainly for our transportation convenient. We headed to the airport - Tung Chung shuttle to catch the shuttle S1 to the Tung Chung mrt station. We didn't wait long and the journey took approx 10mins. From Tung Chung, we boarded the mrt to Lai King station and interchanged to Tsuen Wan line and alighted from Yau Ma Tei station. To our surprise, the hotel we booked, Galaxy Wifi Hotel was just 2minutes walk from the station exit.

The room was relatively small, as it's nothing to shout about in HK but it was amazingly clean and new. The aunty who was at the reception was very helpful too. After settling down, we walked nearby the hotel area and finally walked into a restaurant to satisfy our hunger. Without realizing and reading the sign board, we landed ourselves at a Thai Restaurant. We had tomyam fried rice and iced longan drinks. After the hearty meal, we had a short walk before heading back to the hotel. Emeryn took her shower and enjoyed the hk tv channel before her bed time. Emeryn was too engrossed with people around her speaking Cantonese including mummy. She requested mummy to speak "kungfu" (she mistakenly pronounce it, instead of Cantonese) to her.

The next morning, we woke up early as to prepared ourselves for a fun filled day at Disneyland. We left the hotel at about 8.15am and went for dim sum. Mummy ordered congee with salted pork and century Egg (皮蛋瘦肉粥), chinese dumpling with shrimps (蝦餃), pork dumpling (燒賣) and steamed chinese sponge cake (马来糕). Emeryn loves the congee and unfortunately we can't finish all that we've ordered. We took away the sponge cake, where we snacked it at Disneyland. MRT was our mode of transportation throughout the whole journey.

It was drizzling when we reached Disneyland but it does not stopped us from having fun. Luckily mummy went prepared with umbrella and raincoats for both. We started with the Main Street, USA where we visited the animation & art gallery, followed by photo shooting with Minnie Mouse and took a train to go around Disneyland via the railroad. We then spent an amount of time & money at the souvenir shop. Emeryn requested for a mickey hairband, minnie handbag and a princess drinking tumbler for herself and Florence.

We then proceeded to Tomorrowland, starting with Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (a battle against evil Emperor Zurg), Orbitron where we can pilot our own rocket jet spinning high in the sky and lastly went for Stitch Encounter, a two-way interactive show. We passed by the UFO Zone but did not join in the fun as we were a little hesitate to get wet since it is all water-filled adventure. We also skipped Autopia as the queue was insanely long and Space Mountain, the indoor roller coaster due to the height requirement for Emeryn. Emeryn may not be able to take the adrenalin rush too. We had a rush & late lunch at Starliner Diner at 3pm, where we ordered a combo meal with fried chicken. After our lunch, we headed back to the Main Street for the Flight of Fantasy Parade. We were really taken aback with the amazing parade. It was nicely decorated and very entertaining as well.

Next stop was the Fantasyland. We were greeted by Cinderella and we took photo with the lovely princess and many more others character includes Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy and Pooh at the Fantasy Garden. After all the photo shoots, we went for Mad Hatter Tea Cups where we spin in a purple colored wonderfully wacky tea party, Cinderella Carousel where we galloped on the horseback and lastly Dumbo the Flying Elephant. We missed out most of the stage shows due to the time constraint especially on Mickey’s Philharmagic (3d show), Golden Mickey (musical extravaganza) and It’s a Small World (sailing in an imaginative journey).

Emeryn has the comfort to sit back and relax in her stroller while mummy continued walking to Adventureland. Firstly we went for the jungle river cruise where we ventured down the dangerous waters of mysterious river filled with thrilling surprises while the captain tells the tales. We skipped the Raft & Tarzan's Treehouse and Festival of Lion King as it was running late and we have yet to cover Toy Story Land. We passed by the Liki Tikis on the way to Toy Story Land. Emeryn dare not go near to it as it was filled with jungle drum rythm and blasts of water.

When we finally arrived at Toy Story Land, it was already the last call and sadly we don't managed to even have one single ride. Without wasting our time, we snapped some photo there. Anyway most of the ride in Toy Story Land unsuitable for Emeryn due to the minimum height of 120cm and above such as Parachute Drop, Slinky Dog and RC Racer. We were asked to leave at about 6.30pm as the park will be closed.

We had our second round of ride on Cinderella Carousel while walking back to the Main Street of USA. We spotted a short queue at The Many Adventures of Pooh Bear, thus we joined in where we watched Pooh Bear goes in search for “hunny”. We visited the souvenir shop before leaving and mummy brought a key chain as a souvenir for herself. We rushed out to the main street in order not to missed the most-awaited agenda of the day, Disney in the Stars Fireworks at 8pm. We witnessed the spectacular fireworks which transformed the dark sky above the Sleeping Beauty Castle into a stunning evening view. It lasted for about 15minutes and the whole place was crowded. We hurried our way to the exit as soon as the fireworks stopped and headed to the MRT station. Emeryn was obviously exhausted after a long day at the park. As soon as we reached Yau Ma Tei station, we headed to the coffee shop and mummy ordered wan than noodle served with dumplings and red bean soup as a dessert for Emeryn. Emeryn only had a few spoonful of the noodle and red bean soup and started yawing away followed by constant pledging to go back to the hotel. Mummy took away the red bean soup to the hotel to cater for Emeryn's request. Emeryn had a quick bath before heading to bed.

It was a long day for both of us and the mother & daughter trip went well. It was a fun & tiring day too. Conclusion: The rainy day slow downed our activities and we spent long enough at the souvenir shop, that we missed most of the interesting stage show. But we're glad that mummy decided to bring along the stroller. Save us from a lot of misery.

Chit Chatting

Me: Mummy ordered kids meal for you during our flight to HK.
Emeryn: For yourself leh?
Me: I'm having nasi lemak.
Emeryn: No, I'll take nasi lemak and you'll have the kids meal.
Me: Why?
Emeryn: Because you have not try the kids meal before.

Holiday Week & Fall Sick

books we read

School holiday officially started last week on 28th May 2012 and it would be a 2 weeks long break. Although it's a school holiday, mummy will still have to send Emeryn to daycare. After the swim at Flamingo last Sun, Emeryn was down with slight fever on Mon morning where she was kept monitored closely under medicine. Mummy was also infected with the same virus where she visited the clinic during her lunch hour on Mon. Both mummy & Emeryn slept early on Mon nite and things does not get better the next morning. Mummy decided to take sick leave while nursing Emeryn at home together. We went to the clinic on Tues morning and spent the rest of the day at home, resting.

Mummy went to work the next day while Emeryn attended daycare. Her fever has subsided but developed some nasty cough instead. Ah Ma picked Emeryn from the daycare in the afternoon as they are planning for a family dinner. Florence insisted to tagged together. That evening mummy went for dinner with her friend and picked Emeryn at about 10pm from Pekaka.

Emeryn's cough does not get any better so mummy decided to bring her to LWE to make a visit to Dr Tan on Friday noon as we will be traveling next weekend. She was prescribed a new cough syrup and we are keeping our finger crossed that it will works well. For the rest of the few evenings, Emeryn slept early and she has become inactive. It worries mummy seeing her in that pathetic way.

It was the Agung's B'day on Sat, thus Art Class was closed. Ah Kong and Por Por came over to our place in the morning and brought Emeryn to Giant for grocery shopping. Emeryn came back at about 1pm, with a new sandal which she requested them to get it for her. Mummy cooked porridge for lunch and we curled up at home catching mummy & daddy's wedding dvd together. Later in the evening, we went to Prangin Mall as mummy needed to exchange more hkd currency. We had our dinner at Sushi King before heading to the pasar malam at Pekaka for a quick walk. HKD has strengthened and mummy only managed to get a conversion of 2.44 instead of 2.52 earlier. Emeryn fell asleep while on the way home.

We had dim sum for breakfast along with Ah Kong, Por Por, Ah Mou and Carmen Ee Ee on Sun morning. We went to the Children's Library as we needed to return the book we borrowed. Emeryn went into the iPlay room and played for awhile before we do a quick reading at the reference area. We went to downtown after that to get a small backpack for our HK trip. Emeryn ended up deciding on a blue Angry Bird backpack. We went home for a nap before heading out to Por Por's house for dinner. Again, Emeryn ended her evening early due to the medication.

How Can I Not LOVE Her?

She drew all these for mummy during the holiday at daycare. She wanted to give me a necklace and a lollipop. I wonder why she always wanted to give me a necklace where she ever said that during Mother's Day too. The small little gift on the drawing contains an ipad which she wanted to give to me as a gift too. How sweet!!! And each time I melted seeing all these small gestures from her. I'm keeping all these drawings of hers and I think I possibly may weep 10 or 20years down the road seeing these again.

A Hectic Week

the report card

hope this help

@ Flamingo Hotel

On Tues after school we went over to Por Por's place as she needed to sign her new insurance policy. We bought dinner and ate while waiting for the insurance agent to reach. We leave as soon as the whole policy was duly signed. Emeryn went for her 1st study trip on Wed. They visited the goat farm & stepping stone work centre where they watched demonstrations on baking, hand weaving, yarn dyeing and batik printing. After the study visit, mummy went over to the daycare and brought Emeryn to the nearby clinic to treat her ear inflammation.

While on Thurs, mummy took half day leave and went to the school to collect Emeryn's report card. She didn't do well in her exam, as expected. Worst, she got a D for her BM. Mummy had a long chat with Ms Lee and tried to get suggestion on how Emeryn can improve. Mummy went over to Prai after that, to spent the rest of the afternoon. Mummy bought a Bahasa Melayu book for Beginner as she was worried about Emeryn's studies. She is attending Sekolah Kebangsaan on next year and she badly needs to polish up her BM. After school Uncle Dragon picked Emeryn and Flo from daycare before they went over to Aunty Mei's place where she drove all of them to Prai. All of us headed for Aunty Lisa's farewell along with the BBBG. Aunty Lisa cooked us few really yummy dishes and we spent about 2.5hours before leaving. Both the lil' ones enjoyed themselves with the ipad and chasing after each other.

On Fri, we had our buffet dinner at Flamingo Hotel, a birthday treat from Chelvin. We arrived early and sat by the pool and watched the kids at the baby pool. Emeryn wanted to go down for a swim but mummy rejected her request as we are not prepared for it. As usual Emeryn attended art class on Sat morning and we bought porridge home for Emeryn's lunch. Later at about 4pm, we drove to New Lane for the infamous "chee cheong chok" (pig intestine's congee). Mummy ordered her fav chicken feet and Emeryn savored it too. After the meal, Emeryn requested for durian. We made a pit stop at the Jelutong Market to get the durian. Later at 9pm we went out to grab mummy's tvb series in dvd and came back watching it.

We woke up early on Sun as mummy have her massage appointment at Anggerik Spa, Giant at 10am. After the massage, we head over for lunch at Sunshine Market before going home to watch the tvb series. We then went to Irenna where mummy did her hair treatment. Mummy fulfilled Emeryn's wish by bringing her for a swim at Flamingo Hotel. Emeryn tried so hard to convince mummy that she could swim but she can't. We had our dinner at Tesco @ Tanjung Pinang before going over to Por Por's to return Theng Ee Ee her ipad.

How cheeky???

My 6years old was undeniably to smart for her age. Last week mummy bought her a new book to fill up her 2 weeks holiday. Lil' cheeky amazingly impressed me when she showed me the completed page. Mummy told her to complete the whole page before moving on to another page but unfortunately she can't find all of them. Instead, she drew those pictures that she couldn't find on the empty space and colored them, imitating that she found all those. How cheeky!!!

Dress Up Dolls

Toys Library

On Wed nite, mummy supposed to have dinner with her friend and planned to sent Emeryn to Por Por's house and pick her up after her dinner. Mummy brought Emeryn to McD @ Greenlane for dinner before calling Por Por. Unfortunately Por Por was still at work, so mummy decided to bring Emeryn for dinner. It rained heavily on that evening, so mummy and her friend decided to dine in a mall instead of going elsewhere. We went to 1st Avenue and we gave Emeryn the privilege to choose where to eat. She chose Sakae Sushi and offered herself to help us placing the order via the IT gadget provided.

While on Fri nite, it was BBQ nite with the BBBG again. Friday is all about BBBG, foodie nite, good meals and booze. Uncle Sunny has long hard sell his homemade burger and finally the gang decided to give him an opportunity to show off. The bbq nite was held at Bossa Vino and this time around Emeryn tagged along. Uncle Sunny's burger was a hit and he did not disappoint us. Too bad that Flo didn't make it. Emeryn ended up playing alone but nevertheless she behaved unbelievably well on Fri nite. Later the nite, it was also Salsa nite at Bossa Vino and Emeryn enjoyed watching those salsa dancer. We also bumped into Theng Ee Ee there as well. We left at 11.30pm.

Emeryn attended Art Class as usual in the morning and we had lunch before heading for mummy's facial again. Mummy signed a package of RM4560 at the facial shop but after much consideration, she cancelled the package. We spent the rest of the afternoon at home.

We went to Lim Skin Specialist for mummy's back acne on Sun morning. It took us almost 2hours there before we went for our lunch at the infamous chicken rice at Tg Tokong. After our lunch, we dropped by at the facial shop to cancel mummy's transaction. As requested by Emeryn, we head over to the Toy Library after long not visiting it. We reached at 2pm and spend the first 40mins reading some books before adjourned to the toys segment. A revisit to the children library is refreshing, as in refreshing our lazy minds. We then headed to Por Por's house for our usual Sun visit and had dinner before going home.

Happy Mother's Day

@ Old Town

Emeryn's Masterpiece


Mother's Day greeting

Last Fri again Emeryn spent another nite as Por Por's place as mummy escaped for her Friday with the BBBG (big boys big girls). As usual Emeryn was a little hesitate to stay over but ended she would gave in.

The next morning, mummy picked her about 8.30am after she had breakfast at Por Por's. She has a habit of waking up early whenever she stays over. She woke up at 5am and requested to switched on the astro where she watched her fav channel. She followed Ah Kong out to fetched Toki Ee Ee at the jetty. Toki Ee Ee is coming back for Mother's Day celebration. We went home after mummy had some light breakfast there before sending Emeryn to Art Class. The rest of the afternoon we spent at home and took an afternoon nap. Our original plan for Mother's Day dinner was supposed to be at Tambun Seafood. We (the Mah's family) canceled it and changed to steamboat at Nagore Road. It was fun having dinner with a huge group. After the steamboat we went for a mid nite show at First Avenue filming Ghost Buddies at 11.30pm. Mummy was obviously too tired and she felt asleep for a while. We went home right after the movie.

We woke up a lil' late for Sunday where we have an appointment at the hair salon at 11.30am for a hairdo for both mummy and Emeryn. We are attending the Straits Quay Mother-Child Look Alike Bonding Session. We both selected curly hair as the theme. Emeryn absolutely enjoyed the hairdo session. On our way home, we bought chicken rice for lunch and rushed home to for the final make up and dressed up before heading out to Straits Quay. We reached SQ as 2pm and registered at the customer service counter. The venue of the event was a big let down. It was held outdoor and many of us sweated crazily under the hot sun. It wasn't a bonding session as expected. Each child contestant have to deliver a message to the mommy or do a performance. We went there unprepared but some contestant was fully prepared with their performance. On ad-hoc basis, Emeryn sang "Once I Caught A Fish Alive" and she said "I Love You, Mummy" as the message. It was good enough that she could sang bravely without preparation. We did not managed to grab any prizes but brought home some goodie pack and a pillow. After the event, we walked awhile at the flea market and proceed to the kid's booth. Emeryn requested for a face painting of RM5, which it would goes to the charity fund. After the face painting, Emeryn did a coloring from the Art School. She also wrote a Mother's Day message on a given card and they stick it on the board. Before going home, we went to look for Emeryn's masterpiece which was displayed at SQ.

After all those activities, we drove to Old Town at New World Park for our late lunch. We then dropped by at Por Por's house after our meal. That particular evening, we skipped dinner. Again Emeryn brought Theng Ee Ee's ipad home.

Happy Labour Day & Happy Wesak Day

On Mon nite, mummy sent Emeryn to Por Por's house while she went for happy hour in view of the public holiday on the next day. The happy hours ended with a late nite outing at the new pub at downtown. It was 12am when mummy picked Emeryn from Por Por's place and she was asleep. It was Labour Day on Tues and we went out to Kopitan @ USM for lunch. Theng Ee Ee borrowed her ipad 2 to Emeryn and we promised to return her on Sunday. Emeryn got very excited with the loaned gadget and keep on playing it non-stop.

Mummy brought Emeryn to Mc D @ Greenlane after picking her from day care for our dinner. We bought Happy Meals after Emeryn wanted the Barbie Doll. Emeryn spent a nite at Pekaka on Fri as she wanted to play with Joel & Joey. While mummy is having her own time since her princess is away, she went out for another drinking session. The next morning, Ah Ma brought Emeryn to the market and Tesco, then spent time at home before mummy picked her up at 3.30pm. We watched our tvb series at home before our late afternoon nap. We woke up at 9pm after sleeping for 3hours. We then headed out to get our fav nasi lemak Liverpool. We were forced to eat at home instead before that place was overly crowded with its fan since they are playing the live soccer match. After the meal, Emeryn continued her sleep again.

Sun morning, Emeryn woke up early after long hours of sleep. As soon as she woke up, she grabbed the ipad and start blasting music so loud followed by her own dance move. We then headed out to grab our breakfast before going over to Tesco as mummy needed a new mouse for her notebook. Later in the afternoon, we went out to the playground at Esplanade. Mummy brought along her camera but unfortunately the battery was running low and we can't snap any photo. Mummy drove around town to search for money changer. She is exchanging for Korea Won for her trip on Aug. After the play time, we headed to Por Por's place for our usual Sun dinner.