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Photo Shooting at Yoyo Land, Seacon Square

30 Mar 2009 by

Yeah! My photos are all up. There are not a lot but I don’t know why my Flickr Uploader kept disconnected. :P

Hubby found Yoyo Land at Seacon Square when he went for costumer visit, and since then he wanted to bring the kids there for the rides and playgrounds. Seacon Square is not situated in the city, so it would be quite far if we travel from our home. But since we sent my mom to Suvarnabhumi Airport that day, we “saved” up on travel distance already.


We are at Yoyo Land.

 


So, where should we start first?

 

We spent some time on a few rides and some games….


Hubby said he’s too old for these rides liao, he got dizzy very fast. LOL!

 


The shooting game here very funny wan. They don’t give out the figurines or sports gifts even if we shot one! Funny…Check out our tomboy Isabelle. LOL!

 

Then, I don’t know how Isabelle spotted some photos of Snow Whites. There was a kiddo photo studio here, and the kids can choose at least 2 costumes and take some shots. We only signed up Isabelle for 2 costumes because we thought that she might fuss a lot at hairdo and makeup. But what do you know, our little girl was soooooo cooperative!


Doing her hair for Thai costume.

 


And her makeup…She’s so curious, she checked out all the makeup tools used and kept looking at the mirror.

 

After that, she went for her photo shots. She picked Snow White costume too, but I think it’s too big for her and I hate that wig. :P But that doesn’t seem to bother our princess wannabe.

Seeing his little sister having so much fun, Justin also wanted to take some photos. He picked a royal soldier look and a cowboy costume.


I also want to take photos.

So, how’s the photos?

Isabelle’s photos. I really don’t like that Snow White wig la… :P

 

But I won’t show Justin’s photos here. Too leng chai liao. LOL! Just kidding…Remember my 4-year-old policy? :P

Both kids were very tired after spending a few hours here, but on our way back home, Isabelle said in sheepish eyes, “Don’t wash my face.” LOL! Our little girl surely loves to have makeup on.

I wiped away her makeup with eye makeup removal, which is more gentle. Then I cleaned her face again with a gentle milk cleanser. She was too sleepy to resist. But the next morning, she made a big fuss on why her face was not “painted” anymore. She wanted to put on makeup!

So, I better keep my cosmetics away from the dressing table. I have a feeling that she’s going to try them out pretty soon.

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Earth Hour and Seacon Square

30 Mar 2009 by

 We had a great weekend last week, but we didn’t take part in Earth Hour “officially”. We were out the whole day on Saturday, and by the time hubby realized that it’s Earth Hour, we were still on the way home after a long day. However, I guess my house was in total darkness, so we sort of participated in Earth Hour huh? LOL!

We brought the kids to the indoor theme park at Seacon Square, and they had a lot of fun there. I would say that it’s not much difference like the one in Genting, but like most kids, Justin and Isabelle tried their best to play as many rides as their heights permit. Hubby definitely burnt a big hole in his wallet because they don’t sell all-in-one tickets and all those rides required individual entrance fee. But both of them had a great time taking photos in costumes, which I will blog about later after uploading the photos.

I did a quick shopping at this mall too, and saw a few nice Doc Martens boots and ladies boots on after season sale, but I didn’t get any shoes. I managed to grab some nice clothes from Zein Clothing, on their special weekend sale. It’s like all new arrivals are on 50% off during weekends, so I didn’t want to miss it!

Anyway, stay for the photos. My line at home is very slow, it’s like taking forever to upload the photos. Sigh…

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Holiday Plans

27 Mar 2009 by

 I told the kids about their daily schedule which starts from next Tuesday. My mom is going back tomorrow. I hope that the airport is functioning well as there was a demonstration again last night. We hope that the demonstrators won’t do anything stupid like seizing the airport again this time!

Start from next Tuesday, our kids will join a holiday art class, which they will attend every weekday for 2 weeks. Then it will be Songkran holiday, when the Thai people celebrate their “new year”. It’s a water splashing event where people splash water on you as a sign of blessing. I celebrated Songkran before many years ago, but I don’t like it. I don’t mind about getting wet but I hate people throwing flour on my hair and my face! Adding flour with water is not something pleasant, especially if you get this sort of “blessing” for like 3 or 4 days when you are out in certain areas in Bangkok city. That’s why I hope to get away to some resorts! I hope that they only allow water but not flour!!!

After Songkran, our kids will join a summer camp until school starts after mid May. I guess their holiday will be pretty packed later on and they won’t be rotting in front of the TV anymore.

But maybe I’ve spoken too early about their schedule, Isabelle seems to be very eager to get started with her new classes. She woke up early this morning and got herself dressed without fuss. She even wanted to put on a Caesar’s Designs ring, an anklet, and her handbag as if she’s going out with us! Our little vain pot didn’t realize that her schedule will only start next week and her parents were only leaving for work as usual. LOL!

So, I guess we will be busier next week, and talking about art class, I better make a trip to the art center this afternoon. I haven’t paid for the fees!

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Still on Housekeeper Issue

27 Mar 2009 by

 As soon as hubby and I decided to fire the housekeeper, we have been discussing on how to settle our house cleaning issue. It might not be a big deal, but I prefer us to split up the chores and know how to work things out at home. I suggested that we get a part time housekeeper, at least once a week to do the major cleaning like cleaning the windows, balcony, scrubbing the toilets and etc.

I know that my neighbor is hiring one, and when I walked over to ask her more about it, hubby suddenly came to her house and said, “We are just asking, we will think about it and let you know.” O.o Apparently, my superman here wants to clean the house by himself, and he said let’s try and see how we can manage without a housekeeper. He said that it should be easy. But somehow, I can see myself cleaning the house like a mad lady every weekend and I will be very exhausted for any outing with the kids.

Furthermore, due to my experience of staying with the same guy for 10 years, I know his “housekeeping skills”. He might do the chores, but just for the sake of doing it. He will surely tell me that “no need to sweep and mop every day la, just do when it’s dirty.” And I tell you, he won’t even think the floor is dirty, even if it’s not mopped for 5 days (ya, my housekeeper skipped mopping the floor thinking that I won’t notice), and it’s still clean to him. How to “tahan” walking on sticky floor like that? Sure you will mop by yourself right? But I know my hubby well, he can’t mop the floor nicely!!!! That means it’s all going to BE MY RESPONSIBILITIES. But if I really want to ignore the dirty floor, I will just walk around in my Walking Boots and forget about my kids lying and playing on the floor. Argh!!!!

Anyway, since we told SIL that we are not satisfied with her maid and don’t want to hire her next month onwards, we can see a lot of improvement in the housekeeper. My house has been very clean for the past 3 days, and surprisingly, she comes everyday to do her job. I’m quite pleased with her changes, and last night, I asked her if she still wants to work for us. To me, everyone deserves a second chance, if she is interested to make that money. But she said she will think about it. I guess she knows well that it’s hard for her to maintain her “job performance” all the time, and she might want to do lesser job now. So, I won’t force her. At least we told her that she still has a second chance.

If she decides not to work, then you might see more rants here on this blog. :P

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Got the Photos!

26 Mar 2009 by

I’ve forgotten to mention this… :P

My dad called me the other day that he had received the photos from EOE online and he was happy to see the photos of his grandchildren. I know that my parents miss the kids and they can only see them like once or twice a year, so I hope that they can have some photos of them as collection. You know? Grandparents like to show their grandchildren’s photos around. :) So, I guess those 50 pieces of 4R photos will make a nice album for showing off. LOL!

I printed 2 pieces of 8R photos too, and I asked my mom to frame them up. They will look nice in her living room as I’ve picked 2 very nice photos of Justin and Isabelle smiling happily.

If you are interested to get free photos, or print your photos online and get them sent to your door step, do check out EOE online ya! Your photos will be ready in 3 days, after sending them to EOE. It’s pretty fast, as comparing to those Amazon books I ordered last time. :P

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Isabelle and Marie The Cat

25 Mar 2009 by

I like buying clothes for my kids. Since we moved to Bangkok, I shop even more because things are pretty cheap, unless you prefer designer brands! Furthermore, we make frequent trips to Platinum Fashion Mall, so it’s very easy shopping for clothes. But even if I buy a lot for them, our kids tend to stick to a few favorite pieces.

Isabelle has been wearing the same Marie The Cat tee which  I bought from Robinson almost everyday since their summer holiday starts. If she sees it in the closet in the morning, she will wear it. If she sees it at night, she will wear it to sleep as pajamas top. I’m so glad that this tee has very good quality as despite of being washed everyday with the washing machine, it still looks “good”.


That’s Isabelle in her favorite Marie The Cat tee last night. She was “preparing” her bento.

I asked her once that since she does not like to wear the rest of her clothes, I might just give them away, and she said “YES!”. O.o If I really do that, she won’t have anything much left in her closet anymore. LOL!

Oh ya, I would like to know if anyone here has gone to Nakhon Nayok? I’m still looking for a free stay at hotel, if any. LOL! I mean I’m still looking for a place to stay, and where should we go during Songkran. I’m been checking online, but it seems like this place is a bit…nothing much to offer. I’m really clueless on where should we go during Songkran holiday.

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Just Random…

23 Mar 2009 by

I’m back to the office today. The stitches were removed this morning and the wound is healing well. Now, I have a new scar on my waist, and should I tattoo it to make it nicer? LOL!

Anyway, hubby and I had made a decision to FIRE our housekeeper. I really can’t see the point of paying for someone who can’t perform well and get annoyed by how messy my house is almost everyday. It’s like an appetite suppressant to me, seeing how messy the house is can be very annoying. Without a helper, the house might be messier, but we shall see how we cope. If it’s really driving me nuts, then we will look for another helper.

Another thing is, my mom is going back this Saturday, so I will have to stay at home more from next week onwards. Hubby suggested that we bring the kids to the office, but I know our kids well. They will totally disturb everyone, and it’s not like an hour a day, like the days when they were at school. Having them at the office from 9 – 6 is a bit too much. I think they will be very bored too.

Their summer camp will start after Songkran, so in the mean time, I shall search for an art class for them. I hope that I can find one soon!

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Summer Holiday

18 Mar 2009 by

My kids started their summer holiday since the beginning of March and the new term only starts after mid May. Ya, it’s that long!!! We enrolled them to holiday camps last year, so they haven’t had any long holiday a whole year, except the end of last December. Thus, hubby pitied them, and only signed them up for the holiday camp in Mid April. So, I’m stuck with the kids back to being a stay-at-home mother.

I’m glad that my mom is here to take care of them, and I’m glad that I’m “half cacat” due to my incision so that I can close one eye on all their mischievous acts. LOL! After not being a stay-at-home mother for almost a year, it’s a bit hard to go back to the role “successfully”. I found that I’m losing my patience faster, and I raise my voice higher than usual, and my kids are not only deaf to my scolding, sometimes they tease me about how angry I act. So, parenting is getting more challenging as our kids grow older huh?

But still, I suddenly realized that they have grown up a lot and are more independent now, as comparing to those days in Ipoh. We used to have a maid, so it’s different. Nowadays, they can help themselves to the toilets, to get their snacks, to switch on their favorite DVDs or even play in their playroom by themselves. They even set up a stupid “No adults” rule to prevent me from entering.

But hoh, popo has special privillege and she can enter their territory. Of course loh, comparing to me, popo is a better person who let them EAT anything they want and DO anything they want mah…The mommy is always the one who shouts “Don’t climb up the sofa! Don’t play with the water in the bathroom! Don’t pull the Sferra linen of my bed! Don’t fight and bla bla bla…”

Nonetheless, being at home is great too because I can snap more photos than usual. LOL!


Check out their messy playroom. If you clean up the place, it will be messy again in seconds!

 


The kids love painting, but I only let them do it outside the house. Glad that these Crayola paint can be easily washed off. 

 


My boy acts like super hero everyday in his costumes. That’s him as Superman on their kiddie swing.

The kids go to the pool and playground more often too, and I noticed that hubby comes home earlier nowadays. I think he wants to make up with the time he’s away working? LOL! He always starts to bring Justin to driving range and our boy loves golf, like his father. Isabelle is too young for driving range, but hubby let her play with her toy set at the nearby field.

I love to paint.

We will probably let the kids try some art class since it’s summer holiday and both of them like to paint. Let’s see when will I be fit enough to drive them to classes.

Maybe we will go on a trip next month, if I manage to arrange one during Songkran. It’s a bit sien seeing the kids staying at home most of the days. Let’s see what’s nice around Bangkok…

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Housekeeper

18 Mar 2009 by

 I don’t have a maid but I’m hiring SIL’s maid to clean my house. She has our keys and she comes and goes at her own schedule. What she does mostly is just cleaning the floor, hanging the clothes (unless hubby does it already), ironing, cleaning the toilets, and also my kitchen dishes if hubby and I don’t have time to clean up after breakfast. But she does not come everyday, and worse still, we are not around when she’s here so it’s quite hard to tell her what we want. Bear in mind that we have language barrier too! And she’s making a decent income from us, considering that we only pay 1000 bahts lesser than SIL and she’s not working full time for us.

But for the past few days, I noticed that she’s lying to SIL. She said that she comes to my place at about 9 in the morning, but I’m sure that she didn’t come at all! The only time she turned up is like 5.30pm, and she quickly left my house in an hour. How much work had she done? I think you should know the answer. This morning, hubby and I saw her cycling out from our neighborhood with a friend. You see la? That’s why I don’t want to have a maid here in our little hut.

So, hubby and I have numerous arguments if we should have her to clean our house. I can’t see a lot of things being done, unless I complain to SIL. Then, things will improve a bit, but back to “normal” after a while. I hate to be the one who brings up the housekeeper issue every now and then. Thus, I have to swallow my complains and ignore how dirty my bathrooms are or how untidy the rooms are most of the time.

The only way to have sparkling clean bathrooms, like those shown on catalogs, is to clean them by myself. To make sure the rooms are tidy, we have to start training the kids, and to have sufficient clothes to wear, hubby have to go back to ironing or I buy more clothes! LOL!

Gee, that sounds like a lot of work! Thus, I guess hubby will keep the housekeeper, even though she’s not perfect.

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Kneading Bread At Home

16 Mar 2009 by

For those who know about my incision, I’m doing fine. It’s harmless tissue so don’t worry about me ya? :) I had a lot of rest yesterday, and I’m feeling better now. My insurance doesn’t cover the medical expenses, so hubby had a hole in his pocket already. LOL! I guess I better go through some free insurance quotes ASAP…

But this afternoon, I had a good time learning how to knead bread from my mom, and my kids joined in the fun too. I will let the photos do all the talking…


Justin’s making a turtle.

 


Isabelle helped to stuff in the shredded pork, and curi makan!

 


The buns “expanded” after “sunbathing”…

 

Justin did a dragon and a turtle, while Isabelle did a bee and something with 2 eyes. The eyes were black beans, but too bad, they were hard after baking, so we just removed them. Next time, we might just use a food marker to add in the details. I did a koala bear, a pig and a teddy bear.


My kids spread some egg yolk before putting the buns in the oven.

 


This little girl just can’t wait to eat her buns. LOL!

 


I packed the buns in their bentos, and both of them were eager to try them out after their nap.

 

Too bad the buns were kind of hard, and they don’t like the skin. So, we still need to work on this, but we had lots of fun this afternoon.

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