Category Archives: Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Me!
KL and me celebrated both our birthdays and wedding anniversary this weekend. For the past few years, we’ve always managed to squeeze in an overseas trip to celebrate our birthdays, but it’s quite hard to do so this year with … Continue reading
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Boys in Johor Bahru
T liked the window view very much. He wants the curtains to be drawn open the moment he gets up and he always likes to snack by the window. K likes to count how many people are in the pool. … Continue reading
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Review of Thistle Johor Bahru
We decided to go to Johor Bahru because we wanted a short staycation/holiday but since it was the Good Friday long weekend, we didn’t want to fork out extra for expensive accommodation in Singapore or ferry tickets to Bintan/Batam. We found out … Continue reading
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5 year old already!
To celebrate his birthday which fell on Saturday, we took a shortie 3D2N family holiday to Johor Bahru. We drove up on Thursday, stayed at Thistle Johor Bahru, swam, watched cartoons on Disney Channel, went to two malls for him … Continue reading
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Kaizer’s 5th Birthday: Celebration in School
One of his teachers snapped a few pics of the children when they were singing the birthday song. This is the clearest of the lot that she sent to us. Family shot at the celebration in school =) … Continue reading
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Kaizer’s 5th Birthday: Cloverleaf Carebear Cake
The cake which K chose this year is a cloverleaf carebear that’s very similar to last year’s sunshine carebear. I thought that this wasn’t a very logical choice for a boy who currently likes superheros, fighting, and all. But then … Continue reading
12 more days …
… and K will be turning 5 years old! He shortlisted some designs for his agar agar cake and will let me know what he decides tomorrow. We’ll be having a small celebration at his school as usual but I haven’t … Continue reading
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Complaints about toothaches
K started complaining about toothaches already. Since last week? He complains about the pain when his affected teeth undergoes brushing and flossing. He also occasionally complains about the pain at random times in the day. Sometimes he says that his cheeks … Continue reading
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Happy 60+ Birthday 爷爷!
爷爷 turned 66(?) on Monday! We celebrated his birthday with a small orange cheesecake over the weekend. Boys were only too happy to be able to help in blowing out the candle and cutting the cake. 奶奶 also gave K … Continue reading
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Happy 60th Birthday to Gong Gong!
My dad will be turning 60 years old on Tuesday. We met up with my cousin’s family for lunch and had a cake cutting session at my cousin’s place after that. The cake is a gula melaka pandan cake from … Continue reading
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Comforting my little brother
These photos were taken three weeks ago, on the day when we celebrated Titus’ 2nd birthday in school. Kok Loon and me arrived after the boys’ nap and found Titus crying. Kaizer said it’s because Titus’ sweet potato … Continue reading
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Titus’ 2nd Birthday: Family Photo
The camera was not cooperating on the day we celebrated Titus’ 2nd birthday in school, as in all the photos turned out looking crappy. Here’s the only “okay” looking family photo that I could sieve out from the pile. In … Continue reading
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Titus’ 2nd Birthday: Elmo Cake
Posting some really backdated photos. This is the agar agar cake we ordered for celebrating Titus’ 2nd birthday in school. Luckily he chose this over Barney, else we would have ended up with an ugly purple cake. If you look … Continue reading
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Food at Holiday Inn Phuket Mai Khao Beach Resort
There are no restaurants within walking distance from the resort, so we called for room service every night. The room service menu is actually identical to the lunch/dinner menu at the main hotel restaurant, but we opted to eat in … Continue reading
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5D4N Phuket Holiday
We’re back from our 5D4N Phuket Holiday! We stayed at the Holiday Inn Phuket Mai Khao Beach Resort, which is a new establishment that just opened its doors earlier this month along the quiet and less touristy Mai Khao Beach. … Continue reading
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2011 Birthday Dinner
Kaizer took this photo of us before the food and the rest of our family arrived. Us and our extended family. Reason why the three of us are sitting so far away from the group is because the one who’s … Continue reading
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Cheers!
We cut a small cake last night to celebrate me turning 30 and Kok Loon turning 32 today. Coincidentally, our neighbour dropped by with some questions on her science/english homework so we asked neighbour to snap a family photo for us. … Continue reading
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Happy 29th Birthday!
Uncle Lewis turned 29 years old on Sunday! Can’t post a more handsome photo of him because everything else isn’t as “well-covered” as this, hahaa. Here’s wishing him a great year ahead with his new job, new car, upcoming wedding … Continue reading
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Laptop
On Sunday, 奶奶 gave Kaizer a toy laptop for his birthday. This toy is definitely made in China because it sings the A-B-C song in a weird way and it’s bilingual! Hahaa!
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Kaizer’s 4th Birthday: Celebration with Grandparents
We cut a small cake at the grandparents’ place for Kaizer today. He was overly zealous/helpful in sticking the candles onto the cake, and almost ended up destroying it. Boys watching 公公 light up the candles. Kaizer blew out the … Continue reading
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Kaizer’s 4th Birthday: Celebration at Home
The four of us had a small celebration at home that evening again. Wondering when he’ll ever grow out of his diary and egg allergies so that we can expand the menu beyond jelly and agar agar and fruits. Posing … Continue reading
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Kaizer’s 4th Birthday: Splashy Time
The celebration in school ended before 4pm, so we drove Kok Loon back to the office and headed off for some splashy time! I used to think that it’s an impossible feat for me to bring two little boys to … Continue reading
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Kaizer’s 4th Birthday: Celebration in School
Birthday boy! Looking a tad pale cos he just woke up from his afternoon nap when we arrived. The four of us posed for a picture before the candles are lit. Kok Loon lighting the four candles on the cake, while … Continue reading
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Bintan Lagoon Resorts: In the room
We lugged along stationary, books and magazines for the trip. Lucky for us, because they kept the boys occupied for quite a bit. Here, the boys are trying to cut out some pictures from an 8 Days advert insert. Titus … Continue reading
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Birthday cake
Kaizer will be turning four next week! We’re going to order an agar agar cake for his celebration in school. Yesterday I printed out the possible designs and got him to choose one. He was so excited to see the … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday 爷爷!
Due to bad coordination, we only had about 10 minutes to sing a hasty birthday song to 爷爷 before zipping off for a steamboat gathering at 婆婆’s house. Gotta make up to 爷爷 by sitting down to a meal the next time we … Continue reading
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My birthday cake
Flower shaped birthday cake? Some of the other birthday cakes I’ve seen in the class are shaped like trucks and ice creams.
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Grandmas’ Birthday!
Both grandmas are born in the tail end of December, so we had a small celebration this evening. The boys are looking “tut” because they’ve just visited the hairdresser’s over the weekend. Happy Birthday to both grandmas! May the both … Continue reading
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Birthday celebration
Gong gong is turning 59 years old next Monday! But as Titus and me will be going away on a short trip this weekend, we decided to bring forward the birthday celebration. Engaged Kaizer’s help to decorate the cake with … Continue reading
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