School Activities

27 Jan 2012 by

There are a lot of activities at the kids’ school. Today, it’s back to 80s retro and kids are dressing up for school. They will learn about music and arts of the 60s – 80s, so it’s more like a fun day with dancing and activities for them, instead of the normal academic stuffs. My gal wanted to wear those briolette beads but I only let her pick her pettiskirt and a nice top. I know that she will be running around playing and overdressing might just restrict her movement.

The boy is having his first Hip-Hop dance class after school today. I hope that he will love it. It’s not retro but at least he’s dancing!

 

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Piano

27 Jan 2012 by

Ever since the flood, Justin hardly practices his piano, and his skill is quite rusty now. We haven’t totally settled down yet, especially since CNY is just over this week, we have been so busy!

Nevertheless, I will try to get back to our old routine by next week. It’s time for the kids to concentrate on their school work and extra activities. So, once the renovation is over, maybe we will get him a bigger keyboard or a digital piano like kawai ep3.  We haven’t decided yet and it’s a bad idea to get one now, especially with all the dust and mess after the workers left.

I just can’t wait for the reno to be over soon.

 

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Love it!

25 Jan 2012 by

The article written by Landon Gilbert

Gosh I love cable tv. it’s the only thing that got me through the madness of all this moving and unpacking – I would unpack one room at a time and then reward myself with a few hours of my favorite show. See, I inherited my aunt’s old house a few months back and though it’s wonderful and huge, it’s been a lot of work. It needed (and still needs) a lot of upgrading and there are just so many darn rooms to furnish. I’ve tried to spread out my old stuff where I can but there are still a lot of things left to buy. Anyway, it’s been fun watching House Hunters and Flipping Out and totally commiserating with all the real estate people on the shows. I totally understand now why people put off buying their first house for so long – it’s a lot of work! It’s nice to have the instant equity but at the end of the day if I hadn’t fallen into this place I would have waited.

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Angpao?

18 Jan 2012 by

I have just remembered that we haven’t changed notes for angpao! I bet hubby can’t even remember about packing angpao too!

But then again, we won’t need a lot as hubby’s family members are flying over here again this year, we are only celebrating among ourselves. Instead of going to resorts like previous years, we don’t have any plan this year. LOL! Shall we just rot at home watching TV, playing gadgets and eating junks? :P

I’ve done CNY shopping only for clothes but not the rest. The condo is not ready, so I’m out of storage space. I shall make good use of the red envelope coupon codes once the condo is ready, but by then, it’s already CNY!

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Happy New Year 2012

10 Jan 2012 by

10 days into Year 2012, and so far so good. The condo is still not yet completed but we are doing fine. In fact, I can’t be bothered much about it but try to get things organized in the house. Kids are doing well with school but complained that the playground is not ready. :P

Work wise, hubby is as busy as ever and he can’t do much ironing lately!!! I’m taking turns with him, and oh boy, why do we have so much clothes piling up still?

Anyway, CNY is just around the corner and it’s time to get all festive and ready for our guests. Yeap, we are celebrating our CNY in BKK again for the 4th time! I’m yet to get new clothes for hubby and I, and there isn’t any festive goodies in our condo yet. :P Kitchen not ready la, dunno where to store the food. I must use the finish line coupons and Tesco vouchers before they expired!

Business is still pretty slow after the flood as everyone is still recovering from it. It’s going to be a tough year but hopefully, the dragon year will be a good one for all of us.

Happy New Year!3

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Condo is not ready for Christmas

22 Dec 2011 by

The kids are coming back and sadly the condo is not ready yet. We almost couldn’t get the mattresses as a lot of people are doing their post flood shopping and goods are queued for delivery. Luckily, the mattresses will arrive on the day the kids are coming home! Furniture will be in on Christmas day, so I can forget about setting up the tree this year. Fridge and washing machine will come on the day before we leave to Chiangmai. Wah lao leh…really packed schedule!

Flooring is being done these 2 days, so I haven’t checked the progress. Painting is still on hold and I haven’t see my newly reordered kitchen top yet! I do deserve a nice stay at st lucia resort after everything is over. Super stressed.

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Counting Down to Christmas

16 Dec 2011 by

Kids are still away back home and we miss them! Isabelle who couldn’t wait to fly back home to play with the cousins are now eager to come back. LOL! FIL said they are doing fine and very obedient, or should I say more obedient and good comparing to the time when we are around! So, either we spoil the kids or our kids love to bully the parents loh…. :P

I was hoping to surprise them with a Christmas tree when they are back on Boxing Day, but it seems like we won’t be setting up the tree this year. The other half of the condo is not ready yet. :( I’m still waiting for my kitchen top!!! It’s been delayed for 3 months, and that area is just almost drying up now. Sien…

But I guess as long as I prepare the Christmas gifts, the kids will still be happy about Christmas. It’s easy to shop for Isabelle but it’s getting harder for Justin. I can’t find the toy he wishes to get from Santa! Maybe I shall try my luck again this weekend and see if I can find anything interesting that moves with duracell procell aa batteries?

Or maybe he’s ready for a small compact camera?

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Bringing together a very special Christmas play

13 Dec 2011 by

Guest post written by Erin Hinson

Last year our church Christmas play never really got off the ground because of a whole bunch of different things that happened that I just won’t get into. Well, this year we wanted to make sure that the Christmas play happens without a hitch. Lots of people were really sad last year when it didn’t happen, so I’m determined to deliver the best Christmas play possible.

I’ve been doing a whole lot of research online to see if I can come up with some really cool costume ideas and while I was doing that about a week or two ago, I ran across some information on Miracle Ear. After I looked through it a little bit I decided to go and get fitted with some hearing aids. My kids have been telling me that I need to get some for so long now anyway.

I found one kids Christmas skit that I think we’re going to include in the play. I love adding a little something here and there, but only if it’s going to add to the overall experience.

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Aftermath

29 Nov 2011 by

Kids are getting bored staying in FIL’s condo, doing nothing much but some work sheets and spend the rest of the day watching TV or playing iPads. I’ve brought out some toys for them from the flooded house, so at least they spend some time playing with their toys now.

However, Justin lost some toys which he placed downstairs, and I can’t seem to find them anywhere. Oh boy, all those Ben 10 figurines and some add on for his omnitrix are gone! But he’s cool about it, even if he said that those were from Santa Clause. :P

Since MIL is going back next week, she will bring the kids back to M’sia for 2 weeks. Besides that, their school will only start in January, so they have another month of holiday! It would be great for them to spend some time back home, playing wii game with their cousins and fight with them. :P

That gives me 2 whole weeks of kids free days, which I’ve planned to spend the time on furnishing our condo. We must move in before Christmas!!!

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A month after the flood

18 Nov 2011 by

We went back to see our flooded house for the first time, since water invaded our area a month ago. I managed to snap some photos with my camera, but then kept it away while we rode on a boat. It’s not a good idea to have too many gadgets along, especially if the boat ride was a bumpy one!

Here are some photos taken that afternoon.

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On the way home. This road is not badly flooded anymore, and trucks can go through.

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We must drive on the right side of the road only as the other side has deeper water.

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Grocery store operates as usual.

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Dry spot at the junction has turned into a retailer spot!

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Dry!!!

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Garbage is everywhere.

 

Try not to tought the dirty water if possible unless you don’t mind getting air ambulance service. I saw kids swimming happily in the water where a stupid guy was pissing in the nearby lamp post as if no one could see him. Something about Thai men, they can just pee anywhere.

Nonetheless, water has much receded even if it’s still up to 1m and above on some places around my area.

 

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Save your car!

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Life goes on for most people who chose to stay in flooded area, but not evacuating.

We can’t go in further to see our house, but we managed to reach our mooban along Thanon 345. The main road is still badly flooded, so it might be another month before we can finally go home.

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One of the houses in our mooban.

I guess my house would be flooded almost at the same level as this neighbor’s house. What really sadden me is not only the water, but the pets left behind. We saw cats and a dog, which are all taken care of by the security guards and workers. The dog howled as we left. I can feel its sadness.

One more month to go…. :(

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