Celebrating Chinese New Year here is such a bliss. We don’t have to decorate our house because I’m too lazy to do so. Furthermore, our guests will only be here for a day or 2 and off we go to the villas in Hua Hin. So, why do I need to decorate my house? I don’t even have time to sweep the leaves in my garden.

Last Sunday, we went to Siam Paragon, Platinum Fashion Mall and Central Cheangwattana all in a day and make full use of the clearance sale everywhere. Frankly, we didn’t buy much as I have some shopping previously, so it’s more for Justin. It’s not easy buying things for him, and it’s best to let him pick what he wants. Needless to say, he chose all Ben 10 this time! Even the underwear is by Ben 10. LOL!

Anyway, the kids don’t have to dress in new clothes at all time as we will be in Hua Hin. So, they will most probably be wearing their swimsuits in the day, and then only change to their new clothes after the swim. See la, you don’t really need a lot of clothes if you stay by the beach.

Now, all I need to do is to buy some angpaos. Yeap, the little red packets!!!

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The store owner of Angel Tomorrow, Sangwan, emailed me days ago, asking me if I’m interested to check out her used book store. I love buying books for my kids, and upon knowing that she has a lot of used books from US, I wanted to bring my kids there for a look. It’s not easy to locate her new store, but if you are interested to find out about the map and location, please check out her website.

She has recently moved her store here from a shopping complex, so it’s not fully furnished yet. But nonetheless, it didn’t stop our kids from checking out the books.

Justin and Isabelle helped themselves with the books as soon as we got here. Of course, they can only look at the pictures as both of them can’t read by themselves yet.

I found that most of the books are still in good condition. It’s not easy to get English books here, except from Asia Books or Kinokuniya, as far as I know. But if the used books are still in good condition, I won’t mind buying some for my kids. Did I mention that the books are selling at reasonably cheaper price too?

The children books section.

There are books for adults too.

As we were browsing through the books, the store owner was busy unpacking the pallets!

There are still a lot of books in boxes, but Justin couldn’t wait to dig them out.

I bought a cook book by Jamie Oliver, and hubby got a book about business management. Mmm…another cooking book for me, and if I can cook as well as Jamie, I should check out Lipofuze reviews as I would be over weight soon. LOL!

My kids chose most of their books by themselves, but I got them 2 books from Dr. Suess too.

I don’t know why they just don’t like Dr. Suess, maybe the illustrations are not attractive to them. I shall keep the books away until they are ready.

Needless to say, both our kids love this book store a lot.

I love to see my kids spending time on books…even if they can’t read yet.

So, here are some of the books we got…

The used books we bought are all in good condition.

I’m so happy that Sangwan gave me a GREAT DISCOUNT on the books, and we saved so much on the purchase!

So, if you are interested to get used books imported from US, please check out Angel Tomorrow.

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I want Isabelle to have long hair because her hair is very soft and fine. Besides that, she doesn’t have a lot of hair, cutting them off will make her head looks big!

But the thing is, she only lets me tie her hair to school. For the weekends, she wants to put her hair down. She will run away once I’ve combed her hair and she will scream “Don’t want to tie hair.” I don’t know why, maybe she thinks she looks nicer with her hair untied?

Like most mothers with daughters, I love to collect a lot of hair bands and clips for her. Every time I tie her hair, I will ask her to pick one as accessories. Sometimes she will, but at other times, she said don’t put anything on her hair. Maybe her hair is really too fine and less, she don’t feel comfortable with the clip or head band on her head.

But then, how to resist not having these nice hair clips from LittleToez.com? They are Amélie B Handmade hair accessories, and I’ve always had a soft spot for handmade products. I think these clips will look very pretty on Isabelle, when she’s wearing her princess dresses.

Thus, I will slowly “influence” her into loving hair accessories. She’s always known as a vain pot, so maybe she will love to have pretty hair clips on her hair one day. In the mean time, mommy will keep on collecting as many hair clips as possible. LOL!

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I’ve finally got my new toy, after thinking and thinking and looking and looking and thinking and thinking for so long…It’s going to take me a while to “understand” this new toy better as currently I’m totally mesmerized and lost with it. LOL!

Once I get the hang of it, I will get myself another micro sd to store the pretty things that come out of it. Right now, there’s nothing yet. LOL! I’m still very very lost with it!

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I had a bad headache all of a sudden yesterday morning, maybe it’s due to staying up late the night before watching 2 movies with hubby. These days, I can’t stay up late. No more night owl for me, if not I will surely wake up blur blur for the whole day. But I didn’t want to disappoint the kids as we told them that we would go shopping, so thank god the paracetamol helped a lot and my headache was gone when we reached Platinum Fashion Mall.

As usual, this place was packed with shoppers. It took us awhile to find a parking lot. Once we parked our car, we went to the food court first. The pad thai kung (prawn) here is very nice! Then, we started shopping. Honestly, I don’t think we bought a lot, as comparing to our previous trips to Platinum. Maybe I’ve bought a lot of clothes already, and we don’t really need much now.

Isabelle busy sorting out her new purchases

So, what did we buy?
For Isabelle:

A white cotton dress. I love to get dresses for her.

A Thai traditional set, and she looks very cute in her first set, thus we bought her another set.

She’s in love with Marie the Cat lately

Isabelle’s hair accessories, I can never stop myself from buying more.

She chose something like Crocs Jibbitz, in Hello Kitty and Melody, which can be placed on her Crocs sandals

For myself, I bought a long maxi dress. Really dunno where and when can I wear that. LOL! Besides that, I bought some socks, belts, shawls, and tees and shorts.

Can bring these to the beach next week

Mommy is crazy about shawls lately

My new bling bling belts

I didn’t get clothes for Justin because we couldn’t find the Power Ranger clothes he wanted. Maybe next time. But like Isabelle, he chose some “Jibbitz” too.

Justin wanted dolphins and seahorses

My kids got some spring toys.

Cute or not? Wholesale price is only about RM15 or less

But what really puzzled me is hubby agreed to buy this for Justin…

Justin bought this giraffe cap

How is he going to wear this giraffe cap? For gai gai ah? LOL!

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Before you start any guessing game, the title above is not referring to me. LOL! I was pretty busy yesterday because hubby needed some work to be done urgently, thus I didn’t follow SIL to the banks and our manicure sessions. She went out alone, and we were pretty surprised to see her coming back late.

Apparently, her car couldn’t be started, and she had to get some help from the mechanics. Thank god she was in Future Park, so it’s not hard to get anything you need at this mall! When she was waiting for her car, she felt sick and rushed to the toilet and puked. Seriously, what comes into your mind when you see a woman vomiting in the toilet? Food poisoning? Or she’s pregnant? I would have guessed the latter! I don’t have to go in detailed about the symptoms of morning sickness right?

She told me that she already vomited once in the morning, and then again in the afternoon. Both hubby and I asked if she’s pregnant again? LOL! But she said BETTER NOT! I can see why she’s not too keen to have another baby too soon. Maybe she has just gone back in shape and she can wear anything that flatters her figure. It would be a nightmare to get out of shape again so soon.

But then again, most of the maternity clothes are very trendy these days. I should ask her to check out these Trendy Maternity Clothes from Belly Dance Maternity. An expecting mother can find anything from casual wears such as Ingrid and Isabel and Juicy Maternity, to sexy dresses from this web store.

I really like this little red dress by Olian Ponti. It’s fashionable to show off you bump, if you have nice legs during pregnancy!

But before I go any further, I better confirm with SIL if she’s expecting. LOL!

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 My internet connection is pretty bad lately, and I don’t know why. I’m the only one having the problem and hubby said he can’t see any difference. It’s quite frustrating when I can’t use a faster line especially when I’m trying to check out some stuffs from some webstores. Yes, I’m shopping online again, and they are all bento related gadgets. I think I’m spending more buying bento stuffs than getting new shoes now. LOL!

Luckily I’m using the money from Paypal, which I hardly touch. Thus, hubby doesn’t say anything about my indulgence in beautifying the kids’ lunch boxes, as long as I don’t pack him any food with Hello Kitty or cute bunnies. LOL!

Frankly, I don’t make much from my blogs these days, and the earning is pathetic. I might as well try my luck at Online Casino and see if I finally have some money luck. I am one of those who lose more than winning when it comes to betting, and not to mention, I don’t have any idea how to win a game! Have anyone win some big bucks from the Video Poker at Online Casinos? I know some friends who won some money from horse racing, but not poker yet. Sometimes, I wonder why certain people really have lucks with it comes to gambling, but too bad, I don’t have any!

So, I wonder how long will the money keep coming in to my Paypal account…

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Hubby and I have been to Chatuchak before but never with the kids. It’s a big open weekend market, but you can walk along the aisles of some indoor stores too. It’s best to check out the directory before you get yourself lost in Chatuchak as there are about 10,000 stalls or more here, so don’t be surprised about the variety of things such as clothes, shoes, bags, Harley parts, something like Alien (ya, really Alien from the movies) and etc. If you are planning for a trip there, you may check out this online directory too.

Since Auntie Wan had not been here before, we decided to bring them here for shopping. They can really walk, so I don’t have to worry about them getting too tired. LOL! We parked our car at JJ Mall and entered Chatuchak market from the other side where they are selling pets.

I was tempted to get some bunnies, but better not…

Are these baby Asian palm civets?

Isabelle had a good time checking out the animals…

Snake! I think it’s a small python.

She dared not touch the parrot.

Checking out a rooster.

If you are wondering why there isn’t any photo of Justin, here he is…

Justin missed the pet section as he’s taking a nap.

We shopped a few hours here, and of course, we ended up getting more stuffs for the kids again. LOL! Most of the goods here are pretty cheap, so again, you won’t feel the pain of spending money. However, Auntie Wan said “men kok men kok dou mai chor men sui”. She meant she bought a lot without realizing it!

Did I mention that Isabelle loves Hello Kitty lately?

Justin woke up blur, but he likes his Mickey cap and the “horse” fan.

Isabelle basically changed into everything new here. Hubby accidentally tilted her stroller and she spilled the orange juice on herself. So, after cleaning her up, she had a few set of clothes and sandals, all from the stalls in Chatuchak. Justin didn’t want to buy any clothes, maybe he thinks that he has had enough already.

The salesgirl putting on a new belt for her. That mini skirt is so cute! (Healy, want a piece or not?)

 

Posing for mommy. LOL!

BTW, don’t forget to try the coconut ice-cream. Nothing beats a bowl of nice ice-cream on a hot day.

Makan coconut ice-cream…

…because it’s so sunny and hot!

It’s impossible to cover every part of the market, even if we had walked for hours. My kids were tired, but we brought along their strollers, so they could take naps once in a while.

It’s my turn to Zzz…

Anyway, don’t miss this market if you are traveling to Bangkok. But then, it only opens in the weekend, so plan your trip well.

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I know that we should be revising with Justin since he’s having an exam this week, but when SIL called us on Sunday morning suggesting that we go shopping at Platinum Fashion Mall, we were all excited about it. I thought that Platinum Fashion Mall does not open during weekends, but I was wrong. It opens everyday. So, don’t miss this place if you like shopping for clothes, shoes, bags, and etc at wholesale price. But if you are looking for branded stuffs, this is not the right place for you. Don’t be surprised to see people pulling big bags of stuffs as most boutiques or store owners get their stocks here.

My kids prepared their own bentos for a quick snack in the car. I have to prepare some snacks for them when we are out as the traffic is unpredictable. Sometimes, we will just get stuck for some time in the city, and not to mention, hubby might get lost if we are not going with BIL who knows the way around. So, it’s best to have some food in the car…

I put the Hello Kitty picks by myself. I love Hello Kitty (lately…)

Me too, I do this on my own (by placing the banana, spring rolls and biscuits in his lunch box).

It took us awhile to reach Pratu Nam as we were caught in a traffic jam in the city. But anyway, it’s not a serious one. Platinum Fashion Mall was crowded with shoppers, just like it always has. Thus, we told the kids to stick around us but not wandering around. We bought shoes for Justin and dresses for Isabelle. I couldn’t find shoes for her, and I missed buying the Mickey Mouse tees for Justin because hubby said we looked around first. After that, we couldn’t find the store!!! If I’m not mistaken, it has 6 storeys, but 5 of them are loaded with shop lots and one of the floors is food court. After shopping for 2 or 3 hours, we took a break at the food court. SIL and I continued shopping while the men took care of the children. I thought they would just feed the kids with food, but later on, I found out that the men went shopping with 2 young kids and a baby. So geng…

I forgot to snap a photo of the things we bought, but never mind la. If you love shopping for stuffs at good bargain, don’t miss Platinum Fashion Mall. It will be more fun if you come with friends as you can easier pick more items from the same store to get wholesale price. I found that there were a lot of tourists from Malaysia that day as they spoke in Hokkien, English, and also in some dialects that I’m familiar with. I almost wanted to ask them if they are from Malaysia. LOL!

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Since my kids don’t watch TV on weekdays now, they have more time for toys and reading. We have lots of books for them for the time being, and in fact, we bought some Chinese books when we were back for a short break. I think I won’t get books until we go to Kinokuniya at Siam Paragon again.

I’m thinking of getting some of these toys…

• Lego with lego table, but should I still stick to Lego Duplo??? We have Duplo already and I wonder if Isabelle is ready for smaller Lego blocks.
• One of those wooden dollhouses by Wonder World, maybe…
• Play dough? But I hate the mess! I only have an apron that fits Justin’s size and I lost the other one…
• Jigsaw Puzzles? But Isabelle still enjoys playing with the existing sets, mmm…..
• A tricycle and a bicycle which my kids have been asking for some time.
• A new kitchen set to replace those which are lost.
• Golf sets, but I’m still thinking if we should get the real kiddie set as Justin plays with real clubs back home and now they keep breaking the plastic ones. However, we don’t have enough space in the garden now, and I don’t want them to break my neighbors’ windows.

Gosh, it’s a long list to go just for toys! Any recommendation? Please don’t ask me to get PSP or Wii ok?

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