~* Australia 2010 *~

A short update on my Australia trip. This is a very relaxing trip as we don't have a fix itinerary. YJ can consider behave during the whole trip. He slept during most of the traveling time which is a bless as I can take a short nap as well :)

The first city was Melbourne. It was raining during the 4 days we were there. Didn't really go any where. The highlight was to see penguins at Philip Island. 

Second city was Sydney. YJ travelled a lot in Sydney. We were on the Explorer bus, ferry and train. The Opera House was as beautiful and we enjoyed a very delicious seafood meal at The Sydney Fish Market. The crab is cheap if we compare it dollar to dollar. Love the Darling Harbour area and it has developed so much since my last trip about 10 years ago :) I must mentioned about one restaurant here - Mamak. This is a Malaysian restaurant at China Town. It sells roti canai and it is amazingly long crowd every night when we passed by. My uncle didn't want to try it as he said the not delicious roti canai is not worth AUD6 :D

Next was Gold Coast. My mom and cousin joined us here. We shopped a lot here. YJ have fun at the beach :)

The last city was Adelaide. There was a sudden change of weather. It was only about 18C. We went to the beach and YJ really enjoyed his time there. He was running and 4 adults were chasing after him :D My mom enjoyed her time at the strawberry farm and YJ enjoyed plucking the leaves of the strawberry plant :D

It was a good trip overall but I think I have spend too much on chocolate as gifts (around AUD250) :p

~* Microwave Popcorn *~

Have you try this before? It's so easy and you don't have to go out the house if you are craving for popcorn :)

~* A Day Out *~

We went to Bangsar Village today to check out a play school for YJ - FasTrackids. Quite like the place. It is small but their facility is good. I ike their idea of small group (6:1). We will be going for their Play & Learn class starting next week for once a week. We will try out for a term first. 

After the "school visit", we went for some tea at Marmalade cafe. YJ made some new friends there :) One of the reason that I wanted to go to class is to let YJ make some friends. Hope he will like it. If he is ok with the class, I will then look for some music class for him :)

Then, we went to MV for dinner. It was good to have some catch up after such a long time. I felt like "katak di bawah tempurung" just after few months not in the work force :D Looking forward to the next meet up :)

~* The Mouse *~

Yesterday night we were at my brother's room. My brother was doing something on his computer. As usual, YJ cannot sit still and watch. He grab the mouse and mouse pad and try to click on it. After a while, we try to take away the mouse pad so he can stop but he ended up fighting with us for the mouse pad because he don't want to use the mouse without the mouse pad. I was wondering, how does YJ know that the mouse need to have a mouse pad in order to function :D When he was playing with the mouse, surprisingly, the mouse never goes out from the mouse pad :D

~* Back in BP *~

I'm back in BP because my hubby is travelling. Hope is able to stay till mid Nov. Good to be back home to be pampered by my parents :p :) Especially now with YJ, it is good that there is a few more people to entertain him. He is now too energetic. YJ does not walk yet. My dad is so eager for him to walk and asked my mom to get him awalker. The main problem now is, he doesn't even want to get into the walker :D He is shouting so loud when we try to put him in. Ya. Now, YJ will shout if there's anything that he doesn't like. Bathing him now is like a war. Recently, he will shout each time we try to wash his hair. It is a nightmare when he cry and shout while washing hair. And when we tried to put on clothes for him, he roll on the bed so fast that it is hard to catch him. My mom said this is because I ate too much prawn and crab :D 

~* My Late Grandma *~

I read one of the post of this blogger about her grandma and made me think of my late beloved grandma (my mom's mom). She passed away the same year when I got married (actually it is less than a month after I got married). Each time when I think of her, I still feel pain in my heart and really miss her so much. 

My late grandma took care of me since I was born. I can say I spend more time with her than my mom. Even when I move to BP, she followed us there and took care of me and my brother until I am 15yo. When I was in college, I stayed with her again. She was such a loving grandma and her sudden death is really a big blow to us. Really wish she is still here where I can hold her and "sa jiao" with her :)

~* 小宝贝 First Long Haul Trip *~

So excited. We will be going to Australia for 3-week in December. My cousin is graduating in December, so we follow my aunt there and have a bit of tour (Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - Adelaide). My mom will join us later. I know it could be a hassle bringing 小宝贝 there. But a free and easy holiday should be fine I think. "fingers crossed" :)

I am now busy planning what to bring especially 小宝贝 milk powder. I am not sure whether I can bring in milk powder as the custom clearance in AU is very strict. I have persoanlly seen once that the officer throw away the milk powder as milk product is not allowed to be brought in to the country. Need to check this with the embassy also. Not plannig to buy new clothes here if it is not enough or not fit anymore. It will be fun shopping for 小宝贝 in AU ;) When come to anything for 小宝贝, I am very paranoid. Told my mom that I wanted to bring rice also :p Being scolded by her. So this idea was dropped. 

I am now counting the days ............