Wedding 2009

It's been almost a year now since I went out to dinner/functions. It was nice to be out. These are pictures of us at Rebecca and CP's Wedding at the Westin. Angeline Theng also got married this year. Lots of wedding this year, another was Phililp's friend Chee Wee and Alice, not forgetting Matthew and Ivin, lastly Wei Fern and Julian.

Isabel feeding Yi Shyian during the luncheon @ Wei Fern's Wedding. So cute to watched them together.

Chiang Mai 2009

Selamat Hari Raya!!! We are heading over to Chiang Mai for the break.

Day 1 - The night before I was worried if we packed too much or too little, worried if HY will be ok with food abroad since this is the first time we are traveling out of M'sia. Worried that she will not enjoy the flight and have equalization problem. So many times kept mummy up all night. But thank god all the worries turn out well, was blessed that we didn't have too much of a problem traveling with her for the first time. Mummy had packed all her toys and brought all her friends along - Monkey and Domo. Leona stayed over to take us to the LCCT Terminal the next morning. We got up early and headed out before 7am. Our flight was at 10am. Arrived at LCCT just in time but our flight was delayed for over 2 hours due to bad weather up north. Isabel was getting a little cranky - partly cause she misses her morning nap and it was close to lunch time. We boarded the plane and soon after she fell right to sleep got up just when we were about to take off - engines were loud. Ate her lunch (mummy and daddy's rice) then went right to sleep till we landed in Chiang Mai. Our taxi was waiting for us when we got there. It took us about 15-20 mins to reach the hotel from the airport. I had booked us to stay at Imperial Maeping just near the night Bazaar. Our taxi guy turn out to be a lawyer and also suggested that we visited some places while we were here. After checking in, baby and I rested while daddy went to do some exploring around. Daddy was looking to check out some kickboxing matches. Isabel and I slept, ate and changed. We took a walk around the hotel then later out to the night bazaar for some food and shopping. It was really nice that the hotel was so close to the shopping area. Was getting kinda tiring carry baby :P We had dinner at Ping Ping Seafood Restaurant - food was great, the beer was really refreshing too. After dinner, we strolled around the market before heading back to the hotel. Baby and I stayed back and sleep while daddy when to watch a kickboxing match just next door.


Day 2 - We visited Doi Suthep temple up on the hill. The view was amazing. Isabel would bowed each time we pay respect to the Buddha in the temple. So cute! On the way down we visited a couple of tourist places, how they make Thai Silk, Gemstones and also Leather goods. We got back to the hotel around 2 pm. We headed over to McD's to have Pork Burger....so yummy! Only wished they would have it M'sia. Anyhow, we went back to the hotel, rested had a light snack before we headed out to the Night Safari. Overall, the Safari ride was interesting. Our guide was really nice to us. We saw lots of deers, different types of species too many to name the only one I remembered was Impala :P Isabel saw zebras, elephants, tigers and many more animals. The amazing thing is she could recognized them. At the end of the night, they had a laser water show. Was quite impressive.
Day 3 - The next day we visited a few more Wat's around the city. One of which was so old that the architecture of buildings were similar to that of Angkor Wat's time. After visiting all the temples, daddy needed to do some muay thai shopping to get his gears. Finally found a place that sold gloves. :) On the way back, we treated ourselves for some Thai Massage. Daddy got a full body massage while mummy got a foot massage and pedicure. Isabel was running all over the massage room. After the massage we had a light snack opposite the hotel, tried the famous Chiang Mai noodles....they are really tasty and yummy. We also managed to squeeze in some pool time at the hotel. Later, that nite we went out to dinner at the night market and also managed to do some last minute shopping. Bought a couple of t-shirts and dresses.


Day 4 - Time to packed up and head on home. We will definitely miss Chiang Mai. It's such a beautiful place to visit. Flight was on time and Isabel slept on the plane. She managed to catch take off and landing. She seems ok and was really enjoying her time on the plane. Next trip Bali can't wait!

Cameron Highlands Family Trip 2009

The day right after the party, daddy decided that we should take a family trip with Grandpa and Grandma to Cameron Highlands. Since Isabel loves the cold weather, we decided to take her on her first vacation there. We stayed at Strawberry Park Resort (they had a promotion going on). 3bedroom apt, cosy and nice. We left around 10 ish stop in Bidor for lunch then took us about another 45 mins to reach Tanah Rata. By the time we got there it was time for tea. So we decided to stop by Bala's for some tea and scones. Right after tea we checked into the hotel. We all rested for a bit before heading out again to dinner at Hongkong Restaurant - Steamboat dinner. Food was nice :) The weather that nice was brrrr....cold, just perfect!

Isabel playing while we had tea at Bala's

Day2 - we had breakfast at the hotel. Isabel tried all sorts of food - porridge, pancakes, scones and muffins. She like them all. After breakfast we headed out for some sight seeing. Stop at the butterfly farm first. Isabel had real fun looking at the butterflies come to live. We were about to head out to the Boh Tea Plantations but was told that they close on Mondays. Next we went to checked out the market near Equatorial Hotel. Then over to Raju's Strawberry Farm, there I met Oi Ti classmate from high school. Isabel loves strawberry and the aunty there gave her a whole bunch to eat, she was really happy. Strawberry for lunch! On the way down we stop by Cactus world to see some nice cactus. It was starting to pour, so we headed back to hotel. Isabel took her nap while the rest of rested and chill out. Since we didn't have our lunch, we decided to have an early dinner. This time we head on over to Brinchang to try out some hot hot charcoal steamboat. Food was again fantastic.


Day 3 - We got up early to take Grandma and Grandpa to the bus stop. They are heading back to Penang today. After we drop them off, we headed back to the hotel for breakfast. We changed, packed and got ready to head out close to check out time. Daddy had some problems getting my carseat out, so it took a while before we checked out. We head over to Raju's to pick up some Strawberries, then over to the Boh Tea Farm. Isabel had fun running around. Took some really nice shots of her. Right after that we did some light shopping, stop by Cameron Valley Bharat Tea shop from some tea and scones before we headed back down, this time using the old Tapah road. It took so much longer and it was raining quite a bit too. Finally got home, Isabel slept most of the journey back down. Was really glad she did, if not she'll be making lots of fuss and moving about in the car :( Overall, we had fun, next trip next week Chiang Mai. Woohooo Thailand here we come!!!

Isabel wearing jacket given to her from Chun Chieh - she look so cool in it :)

Pics of us at the Sg. Palas Boh Tea Farm

Isabel is 1 Years Old n Party Party Celebration

Hooray!!! Our little girl has finally turn 1. She has grown so much in the last 12 months, its unbelievable. She's no longer a baby now, she's a little toddler now. My baby is all grown up :P
Am still breastfeeding the little girl, still unable to wean her. She's so much more demanding now, she knows how to lift my shirt for milk and in the mornings will bring mickey or domo over for me to feed them and then she will yank them away and help herself to milk. Too cheeky!

She's on a more regular schedule now, she gets her naps twice a day and she goes to bed early less cranky then before. The new thing is she's learning how to throw tantrums and when she gets really 'mung' she will come over and bite me. Bad Bad Girl! Must learn how to control this before it get out of hand. She also know how to use her to cry's to demand for things.
She still bites on anything and everything. Its scary cause she'll put just about anything in her mouth. She has another 2 more teeth now. Total 8 now. More teething blues to come...She's walking really steady now, have yet to visit the doc for her 12 month old check up and to get her inoculations.

Isabel with her balloons and party hat!

Isabel with Cousin Yi Shyian

Isabel mingling with her guest

We celebrated her birthday with some her friends Ning Shan, Wei Tjen, Reka, Sophie-Ana, Oscar, Alyssa and cousin Yi shyian. We had a small gathering of family and friends with their kids, mainly a kids party. She had so much fun playing with everyone, dancing to lady gaga and playing with balloons. Had lovely cake from Patisserie Rui - Mickey mouse creations! Very very lovely. The kids like it alot!

Isabel with Mama and Popo

Happy birthday to me n mummy!

Party ended quite early, kids were all getting cranky :P Thank god for my sisters, they did a good job helping to clean up. Thank you thank you thank you for making Isabel 1st birthday party a success! Thank everyone for coming and for all the lovely gifts!

Family Photoshoot!!!

We decided to take a family portrait of the 3 of us. Since she'll be turning 1 soon we thought it would be nice to have photos of us together as a family. Had friend come over to take some shots for us. This is the result of it. Was really difficult to take pictures as Isabel didn't want to stay still and moving about a lot. Am glad we had some nice pics after all.

Chin Family Outting at Sunway Lagoon

Isabel with Grandma

It was a public holiday for Selangor and all of us were free. Mom had some free tickets to Sunway Lagoon, so we all decided to make it trip there. It's been a while since I last went there (almost like over 10 years) so old man. I remember those Salem Celebrations days when we would get like free passes to go. We spent almost 4 hours there, weather was really nice. Isabel had a blast at the wave pool. We all got a bit of tan, my poor girl will be so dark for her 1st birthday :P

Mummy n Isabel in the wave pool

We also had loads of fun on the rides especially on the spinning cup. Fiona and Vic was going super crazy on it. After all the fun and games we were super hungry, head over to Sunway Pyramid for some before heading home. The little one was so beat that she slept the whole journey home.

Sister Sister

Isabel @ 11 Months

Isabel's new ride - Thank you daddy. One day I will fly a real plane :)

Wow so many things happen this month, another month more before she turns one. Amazingly, she can walk well even run about at times. Very playful don't want to take her naps. Started eating pasta and noodles, seems to like it a lot. Tried Yogurt Ice Cream and Chocolate candy. Very greedy and wants to eat everything we eat.

Eating homemade strawberry yogurt ice-cream from Aunty Sewei

She's grown much taller now, how we know?? Cause the clothes are shrinking and getting smaller :P Indication to start getting her more clothes especially PeeJays. She has a bit more hair. Her two top teeth are starting to come out. Another 2 on the bottom coming out as well. All together 6. Learning how to blow stuff, hopefully she'll be able to blow the candles on her cake.

I'm still breastfeeding her, its like never ending. Trying to wean her, painful process for both mummy and baby. She's biting on me now since her top 2 teeth are out. Hurts like hell. Been reading this book "No Cry Solution" wish I could have gotten it earlier, could have solve many of her sleeping habit. I'm nursing her to sleep every day, its a habit and now trying to change that its quite difficult. Must set goal and persist. I found out that a lot crankiness and things I observed about Isabel due to her sleep. If she sleeps better, I guess both mummy and her a lot happier :)

This month pictures of Isabel.

Swimming and playing bubbles in the pool

At Dolly's kids birthday party...she starting to like ELMO n crazy over balloons

At Gymboree with Sophie - the girls had loads of fun

Dinner with Aunty Akemi