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)