Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs Live! Exhibition, jointly organised by Cityneon Holdings (the events and exhibition services subsidiary of Star Publications (M) Bhd), EMS Holdings and the National Science Centre, is the first one of animatronic dinosaurs in the country. The dinosaurs are able to move their bodies, eyes and tongues, looking as alive as they did millions of years ago.

The exhibition has run for three months since May 1st  until July 31 2012, with admission priced at RM15 for adults and RM12 for children aged from seven to 12.  However, with the cut-out coupon from The Star, we only needed to purchase 2 adults' tickets and children entered for free. 

We thought by bringing Elyse there she could have a glimpse of what dinosaurs are like.  We hope this would be an eye opening experience for her.  Erwyn, of course, is too young to understand.  Nevertheless, it was a good family day-out.

This is my first trip to the National Science Centre Malaysia.  Together with Andrew, we have visited the Science Centre in Singapore during our 'pat tuo' days many years ago.

All the while Erwyn was alright.  Instead of sitting in the stroller, I carried him through the exhibition in fear that the roaring sound of the dinasaurs may frighten him.  It did happen once and he hugged me tightly.  Soon he was back to his normal cheerful self again.

There were altogether less than 30 life-sized dinasaurs being exhibited.  While Elyse and Andrew went for second round, I brought Erwyn outside the exhibition and he happily playing with the 'toys'.

Soon, Daddy also joined in the fun!

The Musical

London, The Summer Musical was in town!  This was proudly presented by Sunway Lagoon from 1 June till 8 July 2012.  This musical features six talented West End actors and a cast of more than twenty singers plus dancers showcasing unforgettable songs, electrifying choreography, fabulous costumes with the spectacular backdrops.  We are truly thankful to Mr & Mrs Chan who invited us to this awesome musical. 

We were treated with a sumptuous buffet dinner at Sunway hotel before the musical.  Andrew and my father in law enjoyed the lamb while I indulged in the mouth watering cakes.

Synopsis:
Following the inspiring story of three American air stewardesses who gave up their dreams of singing, only to rediscover them across the Atlantic.  Watch how they find love along the way in the all-new London, the Summer Musical by award winning West End Productins!

Musical Numbers:
Flying the Flag, Downtown, Last Friday Night, Footloose, Let's Hear It for the Boy, Hollywood, Through the Eyes of Love, Uptown Girl, Colour My World, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, It's My Party, Live and Let Die, My Heart Will Go On, I will Survive, and many many more.

Elyse was thrilled when she heard Colour My World, Can You Feel the Love Tonight and Live and Let Die were being sung during the musical.  She has heard these songs before from the movie 'Lion King' and 'Shrek'.  It was a familiar tune to her.

Surprisingly, even Erwyn who is only an one year old baby, enjoyed the musical without making a fuss throughout the entire night.  At the beginning of the musical, my father in law tried to cover his eyes with his hand when the spotlight shone brightly at us, Erwyn would push his hand away.  It was way past his sleeping hour as the musical continued on, yet our little boy was not a least bit tired.  However, he felt asleep right away in the car when we were on our way back home.




The VIP seats offered us a spetacular view.  Again, thanks to Mr & Mrs Chan!

 

Mid Year Review

A month ago, Elyse's kindergarten has their Mid Year Review.  Parents were required to meet with the class teacher to discuss about their children's academic achievement.

After meeting up with the teacher, we are so happy that Elyse does not only enjoys schooling, she's also doing well in her study.  It is indeed a joy to see her mastering her ABCs and learning to read better.  In fact, she's one of the top student in the class.  And she is now reading the Ladybird Series: Peter & Jane 5a.  The same book was read by Andrew when he was 5 years old but Elyse is reading at the age of 4!

Mrs Siew, her class teacher, commended her to be the 'most obedient' student in the class (25 students) and in her 12 years of teaching.

We were even more surprised to find out that Elyse won the 3rd place in the colouring contest!  She dislike  colouring.  She does not have the patience to colour slowly, making sure it is within the line. 

The only set back is she's still struggling with her Bahasa and Mandarin. 

Two weeks ago Mrs Siew rewarded Elyse with a sticker.  She came home beaming from ear to ear, eagerly waiting to show off her new present to Mommy and Daddy.  But Elyse couldn't find it when she looked through her school bag.  She was so upset.  She cried.  It broke our hearts seeing her immense disappointment and heartache.  The next morning we checked with the teacher and later Mrs Siew found out that another student has taken Elyse's sticker from her bag without her knowing.  The teacher compensated her with 4 cute smiley faces erasers.  And she's a happy girl again!

Elyse loves to do her homework.  And her little brother loves to follow what his jie jie does.  When jie jie does her writing, di di also wants to do the same.

Happy Father's Day

An outdated post... (smile*)
What's new?  Busy, busy, busy...
With the house moving (again?!!), with the children, with the household chores, with BSF, with Sunday School... the list goes on and on.
So, how did we celebrate Father's Day?
On the bed!!!  Are you kidding?  Nope!  (smile*)

Just when everyone was celebrating Father's Day, both Andrew and I have food poisoning.
All because of the nasi lemak we ate for lunch.
Unlike other families, Sunday is not a family day for us.  In fact, it is the busiest day in a week.
Andrew will disappear since early morning.  Duty called for.  He has 3 morning services and 1 evening service to attend.  Wow!  4 services in a day?  Yup, for some of us, that is the amount of services we go to in a month!
As for me, I'd normally cook for the children and get Elyse ready to go to church - Sunday School and then P&W Service. 
By the time we came back from church services, it's already 1pm.
So, my father in law will normally buy lunch for us.
And on that special day, it was nasi lemak from the church canteen.
I only ate it around 1:30pm whereas Andrew ate it almost 2:15pm.
Exhausted, he took a nap while I was occupied with household chores.
The children?  Fast asleep together with their daddy.
However, we started to vomit and purge around 5pm.
Thank God that my father in law who ate the same nasi lemak was spared.  He had lunch earlier.
We rested and was recovered the next day.
So, there goes our Father's Day?  Nope, we celebrated it the next day.
We had a presumptuous meal at Bavarian Bierhaus, The Curve.

German pork knuckle was definitely our choice.  It was nice and crispy with a faint smoky aftertaste.  Beneath the crackly skin were a layer of fat and a generous portion of tender meat. 

How else to end the celebration without a present?
Two beautifully designed long sleeve shirt hand picked by none other than the wife - ME!

But what actually make THE day was the desire of the daughter wanting to be like her father -

Mommy:  Elyse, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Elyse: I want to be a pastor.  Just like Daddy.

Happy Father's Day!