Wo Hoooo.....X'mas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ah Our favorite time of the year! I love everything about Christmas, and I have a great childhood memory about Christmas! The School X'mas party, The Church ( My Church in Jakarta is St Maria de Fatima), the gifts, the song, the spirit, the decorations, the food , the movie, the Santa, the reindeer, the story, just LOVE it!

So when I become a mom, I want my girls to have that same memory towards this special time of the year. This is the perfect time to make family gathering.
My mom is so great! She told me that Santa will come on the Christmas' eve and I must prepare food for the reindeer and Santa, and put it under X'mas tree and the next morning, the gifts for me will be under the tree ( If I am good , that's it). So what my mom told me, reindeer eat those unwanted "wild" grass around her orchid plants, and I must take it all out and put it under the tree for the reindeer! And I do it in no time, because I wanted to make sure the reindeer are happy so the Santa is happy! and I will be happy! And now if I think back, my mom actually just wanted me to help her to clean the plants! HAH! tricky mom, but it worked! LOL

So for Indy and Maya I ask them to put carrots and potatoes under the tree, and a glass of milk for Santa. Indy wrote a letter to Santa , 2 weeks ago and asked me to send to the north pole!
She still not good at writing, but she is quite a creative girl, instead of writing, she draw a girl ( her) and a bike ( what she wants) and draw a big guy with beard ( Santa) and a big letter I LOVE YOU. And she wrote her name Indiana Rocco.
My lil' Maya of course will not write a letter for this X'mas! :-D

This year is special because my DH can be off on Christmas day, this is a very rare occasion for us.

So Indy got her bike! And her dad will teach her how to ride it without the extra wheels. Maya got a doodle board from Santa ( since I "reported" to Santa that Maya draw on my couch and wall).

From Mamma and Papa Indy got Pony from My Pony ( that can be decorated), and Maya got a wooden kitchen set and pots , hopefully they can play together. And a Tiger plush doll from Papa, and reindeer toys for both of them also from Papa.

This is Maya in her new kitchen....

They are so lucky to have many other presents from our friends too! Thanks everyone....
And also thanks to DHL KK Team for the Gingerbread house! and Melissa from Veda blue for the yummy Christmas cake!


Oh and I got 10 pieces of Corning ware from my hubby! I think he wants me to cook more!LOL and he got a Crocs shoes from me!

Merry X'mas and Happy New Year , everyone!

Maya got this ride on from her mak cik.

Indy and Maya after opening all the gifts

We also been invited for a Annual Christmas dinner from the Shangri-la 's chefs club LOL, not really a club, but just happen to be a bunch chefs and only chefs & F & B managers. From the executive chef, F & B director, pastry chef, Resident manager, etc. Only my husband is the "outsider" And we the wives just sit down and wait for the husband to prepare and serve . LOL

The table setting

The cute Elf's shoes napkin


"Us"




Maya the lil' dancer

I've been tagged

I've been tagged by Miranda.

1. Do the following without complains.
2. Choose 5 people to do this quiz after you've done yours.
3. Tag the chosen one.
4. Start your post with "I've been tagged"

Favourites
Colour: baby lilac,lavender.

Food: woaaah to many to be listed here!I love the authentic version of Indonesian/Malay food, Chinese food, Italian food, Thailand food, Japanese food, Korean food etc :-D

Movie: Depends , but I will always like sounds of music, and a walk in a cloud ( easy to tell why ! KR fan 4eva)

Sport: walking and typing

Day: Sunday

Season: Durian seasons, nangka seasons, Manggo seasons

Ice cream: prefer sherbet

First
Best friend: lily ( SD Ricci)

Crush: uhm....:D got a few to list... ES, SS. muahhaahha

Movie: 101 dalmantians

Music: Especially for you ( Kylie Minouge and Jason Donovan)

Last
Drink: ice water...

Car ride: to the Happy Mums

Crush: Now and forever will be always Keanu Reeves!( from I was 16 YO) and current additional crush JUDE LAW!

Phone call: Mimi

CD played: Samsons

Gone out with good friends: Yesterday...to Happy mums to buy my dh's xmas present huhahaha

Broken a law: Driving without license ( 400 m only hehehe)

Been arrested: nope

I'm going to pass this tag to:(sorry 2 first at the moment )
Taty
Vivian

Lagoon Park

This December is a busy month for us. And sure is a exciting month for Indy and Maya as Christmas is almost here.
Indy is on school holiday, so I must bring her some where , to entertain her. Too bad my hubby is very busy this month. 2 weeks ago he couldn't have any day off. So the last week of November, He took a 2 days break and we managed to go to Kundasang. Too bad I my camera didn't work that time and I didn't got the chance to buy a new one then. So no photos from Kundasang.
Then my dh took a day off last week on Thursday and we went to see the "golden compass" which is a great movie!

Indy already watch 3 movies this month! Bee movie, The Enchanted ( very nice and girly movie! :) and then The Golden Compass.

Last Sunday we went to Lagoon Park in Karambunai. near Nexus resort. We went there a few times this year. The last time we went there we had a bbq with friends.This time just us and no bbq , we just pack lunch ( sandwiches, dough nuts, and some croissant ) .


We had a small dip into the beach, and so did Maya. This is not her first time to the beach, but still she act like it! See how happy she is :


Indy even got the chance to show abit of her swim"movement"...kind off..to her dad. And her dad also showed her a bit of tips on how to improve her swimming skills. My hubby was a really good swimmer ( now not as good as before LOL) and he was an active member of boyscout too. He is into rock climbing, scuba diving,motor bike . So for him , he prefer his children to be active in sport rather than got a cum laud mark at school. One of his big disappointment is that Indy still can't ride a bike yet. So this year "Santa" will give Indy a bike! :)



Even though she is not really swimming yet, but a word of encouraging means a thousand words to her. Sometimes we as parents , without we even realize it , we give too much pressure to our children now a days. Keep comparing them to their peers ( who crawl first, walk first , talk first, then who got the better mark at school, who can do it better etc). Below is Indy's face after she got a "glowing mark" for her "swimming skills" from her papa.
After cleaning up, I was trying to get Maya to sleep, but I FAILED. She kept want to go back to the sea! sigh...


Here I want to share , how to loose 10 kg instantly ( without Photoshop editing) :
ask somebody else's kid to cover your bum, then as your own kid to cover you head. Then bend down, and try to keep your toddler from diving into the sea( since she was so excited with the taste of the water!) There you go....10 kg off instantly in the photo! :-D

Ok...I m off to dig those recipes for chocolate chips cookies...IF I have the energy to bake some this year...

TAG: 5 things

Got this from far.Looks easy but....not really easy to do...

That is to have 5 answers to all questions and tag another 5 person.

5 things in my room :

1). BED laar...(with pillows and gulings/bolster)
2). wardrobes for my n dh clothing and stuffs.
3). make up table (kind of)
4). mini fridge
5). arm chair + bed side table

5 things I’ve always wanted to do :

1). Bring my lil girls to Disneyland ( cant wait to see their faces when they finally meet with Cinderella )
2). shop till I drop in via Garibaldi - Turin ( but money always not enough)
3). Buy a good laptop for my own use :-D ( no body cant touch it hehehehe)
4). Renewing our marriage vows in front of our daughters ( hopefully can happen in year 2009, AMEN)
5). going on Caravan trip with my family

5 things in my bag :

1). Wallet
2). lipstick ( 2pcs)
3). Lipgloss
4). hand sanitizer
5). my mobile

5 things in my wallet :

1). Duit lar
2). CC and ATM card
3). Receipts
4). name cards
5). photos

5 things I'm currently into :

1). Still Cloth diapering ( im a boring person)
2). Reading about a 1 yo - 2yo developments
3). blogging
4). make up n skin care
5). buying things for children


And these awards goes to 5 nominated ladies : jeng jeng jeng...
this is susah I dont know who's been tagged
1). Christine
2). Ai Lian
3). Chanel
4). Angie
5). Charis ( do it before u pop up!)

TAG: Proudest Moment

I got this from Sharine.
It is an easy question, but why it is hard for me to pick just one moment?
Not to mean that I have lots of proudest moment, It is just hard for me to choose that I want to blog it and share it :-)

So my proudest moment is:
When I know my parents are proud when they see Indiana's TV aircon advertisement in China CCTV channel. We were in Shanghai and My parents were in Jakarta. But they got the parabola antenna, so they can see the advertisement as well. And for the first whole week, my mom was in front on the tv all the time just to catch a glimpse of her youngest grand daughter's ( at that time)"act" in front of camera !
I was proud not because Indy was on TV but , I mean of course I am proud, which parent doesn't when their own kid were on TV? But I am more proud to see my parents are so proud at my children than at me..
does this make any sense? :-D

This tag go to
Charish
Taty
Farrah
Unda

Indy's videos

Indy and Maya's latest photos

Indy was pointing out at Maya's new Llamajama wool shortiesMaya:" Mamma! Told you I don't want to take photo!"
" I know I look cute in this swimming cap!"
" See...........told you I am CUTE! If I show this face...who can be angry with me? I am Mamma's cutie pie!"
And this is Mamma other cutie pie....All grown up! Indy's nervous face before singing and perform for Kindergarten's Graduation at Yayasan Sabah .
No, she is not graduate yet from kindergarten. Another year to go !

Selling the "house", bringing the "home"

Last October we must went back to China, Guangzhou to be exact.
My hubby last job was there. And we bought a house there too. Well ,actually it is a apartment in the ground floor. The compound name is Huanan Country Garden in Panyu area.

When my husband decided to move to Malaysia, we still haven't got the time to settle the house for rent . So to cut the story short, we went back to Guangzhou to settle the house loan payment , to do a bit of maintainance . We just went there for 9 days. And never thought that we gonna sell the house .

But God has different plan for us. We might said it is a blessing and miracle. :)
We sold the house! So the days there were so chaotic, I must juggled between lawyers meetings, arrange time to met old friends, another lawyer meetings, document signing, house viewing , shopping, dinner invitations. To topped it all......the lawyer meeting was all in Mandarin, and I must translate everything to my hubby , and I must translate what my hubby said to the lawyer.
I don't know why....I think my DH just want to torture me even more, during a serious conversation he always talked to me in Italian! So I must listen to him speaking in Italian and then translate it to the lawyer in Chinese......
And remember...my Mandarin and Italian level is not that "good" .
We bring our maid this time, at least she can help me to look after Maya.

We did not sell the house in high price but we are more than please to sold it. At least we don't need to worry about the house anymore.

So to compensate with the "STRESS" and the translation dilemma , I enjoy to EAT .
We went to our favorite restaurant over there, and EAT and EAT! :)
And ...of course I gain 1-2 kg after this trip. But ..hey...I think I deserved it! LOL

So if people asked am I sad to sell the house. Well it is yes and no.
We have sold the house but we bringing the "home" with us.

Lunch at Clifford

With our ex-maid . Indy miss her .

Maya wanted to run away
Indy in our garden
Maya walking in Macao airport

Doulos

I love books. So when I heard from Miranda that there is a floating book shop called MV Doulos will be in KK for a few days before it will sail again, my reaction was : I must go !
Lucky that I still got the chance to go one time to Doulos, just before I will go to China . I would prefer , of course, If I can go 2 times so I can buy more books. :)

So I took Indy together with me. I think this can be the chance of a life time to be in Doulos. Miranda picked me at my place and then we went straight a head to the floating book shop.

The selection of the books is HUGE. And the crowd was also HUGE. The price is very reasonable.
I don't know where to start, or what to choose, I feel like I want to buy everything!

At the end I took a couple of books for me: guide for e-commerce , homemade remedy,baby sleep book, and recipe books for my hubby. And Indy also took children bible , prayer book, Noah's ark, stickers, a cross to be hang in her bed room and a few other books for Maya.

The big drama of the day was: Indy broke her slipper, so we must tied it with rubber band, and she must walk slowly all the way to the parking lot , about 500 m. So from there we go to Karamungsing Komplex to buy her a new slipper and we had our lunch there .

Over all,I Love it. I wish I can still go to Doulos someday.
The ship will be in Papua New Guinea in March. And my best friend who live there, already got a BIG warning from me...that she MUST go!

The crowd

The girls

The city

The baby ( LOL this was take after we arrived at home)

It's 8

Got this tag from Sharine.
Suppose to blog about our trip first, but then I got the tag to do
I was late to do this tag. Unda beat me.... so she tagged half the people I want to TAG! sigh.....kalah cepat with Unda bah!

EIGHT THINGS I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT

- Internet
- Cloth diapering
- online shopping
- Magazines (celeb's gossip)
- E! channel :D
- TV series (Ugly Betty, Desperate housewives, grey anatomy's at the moment)
- Parenting books
- Cosmetics


EIGHT THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE

- See our girls be happy and getting marry tot he right person
- Hold our grandchildren
- Have our dream house(s)in a perfect combination of Balinese style mixed with Mediterranean style.
- Retired with dh in a tropical island
- So we can run our luxurious cottages
- Do charity with children in needs
- Travel around the world, and see Africa.
- Sailing with DH in our yatch.


EIGHT THINGS I SAY OFTEN

- Pingsan
- oooh like that
- ok
- Ciao
- maffavan******
- Si
- Dont lar
- ehmmmm


EIGHT BOOKS I’VE RECENTLY READ

- guide to e-commerce
- Parentpreneur
- Baby sleep
- Super Nanny
- People
- Woman's weekly
- Meat & poultry
- Children bible


EIGHT SONGS THAT I COULD LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER

- I will survive
- say a lil prayer for you (same like unda?)
- the whole new world
- A broken vow
- do i make you proud
- you are still you
- canto alla vita
- Kau yang terindah.


EIGHT THINGS THAT ATTRACT ME TO MY BEST FRIENDS
1. simple persons
2. what u c is what u get kind of person
3. not pretending to be someone else to be FIT in....
4. not scare to show their opinions
5. can act completely silly n become idiots with each other
6. can laugh out of loud
7. can cry out of loud
8. Love to eat is a must..


EIGHT THINGS I’VE LEARNED THIS PAST YEAR
Learn to to run my own small tiny kind of e-store
Learn to blog
Learn to use some HTML codes
Learn to balance time between biz and family
Learn to do budgeting
Learn to enjoy the simple things out of life.
Learn to be a better wife and mom
Learn to celebrate my body's curves after 2 children with gracefulness!


EIGHT PEOPLE I THINK SHOULD DO CRAZY EIGHT MEME

- Christine
- Farrah
- Angie
- Phantasma
- Montesorri mom
- Kitty cat
- The suzette
- Wawa

Game

Remember when you use to wish to play with dress up dolls and make up?
During my childhood we got nothing like this to play. Now over the internet , we can find plenty of dress up games, room decoration etc.

So here is something to bring back our childhood memory. :)


Make-over Evie



Click here to play this game

awesome 3 some

Got this tag from bzbee

Three things that scare me
bad health
horror movie
debt

Three people who make me laugh
friends
children
hubby

Three things I love
Desserts
Shoes
Bags


Three things I hate
no water
no electricity
no money

Three things I don’t understand
MEN
Accounting
web designing


Three things on my desk
modem
speaker
mobile phone

Three things I am doing right now
typing
talking on the phone
watching tv

Three things I want to do before I die
travel all around the world
attend our children wedding
holding our grandchildren

Three things I can do
speak Italian
baking a cake
making greeting cards

Three things I can’t do
sewing
write in chinese
speaking in public

Three things you must listen to
Our creator
my inner voice
parents

Three things you should never listen to
negative people
Evil
your own anger


Three shows I watched as a kid
Candy candy
little house
Unyil

Now, tag three awesome person....
Christine
the suzette
Amie

Caught in action! thief at Kenawai 5!

Friday morning.... I was near my computer to reply emails as usual and to take a sip of my morning coffee.Alma ,my helper was not around, she took Indy to school and went to market , and I just remembered that I bought baby toothpaste the other day , so I took it out from my bag and I left in on the coffee table near me. Maya was around....as soon as she saw Mamma brought out something from the bag this little girl will take it. And I just couldn't resist not to take any pictures...and adding my "imaginary" wording to it. So here is what I came up with :