Happy 8th Years

4th December is the day we took our vows - 8 years ago.

8 Years of marriage is still consider as very "young" couples. But we already felt like "old husband old wife"..haha. Probably as we matured, we looked at anniversary differently. Most important to us is our Mutual Trust & LOVE.

It's a normal day with no dinner celebration or flowers but we know the significance of the day, deep in our hearts.

The other day i was talking to Adrian on my mobile, after i ended the call, my colleague who was with me asked : "were you talking to you hubby ? how come you and him talk like friends?"

I was puzzled by her question because that is how we always conversed, ending our conversation with a "thanks or see you."

Indeed her question had left me to think about relationship / marriage. Didn't a relationship started as friends before we proceeded to become man & wife. After marriage, does it meant the Friendship also ended?

Nope, to me, the Friendships extended further to becoming mutual understandings friends.

Now our friends group extended to include our children. So definitely there is no endings to it.

Then next time he will be my soulmate and listening ears, as we aged together.

Dear, Happy 8th Anniversary !!

Thanks for everything.

Our Family Vacation - 4D3N KL/Sunway Lagoon

We are backed from our short 4 Days 3 nights Kuala Lumpur & Sunway vacation.

As the Malaysia Mega Sale carnival 2007 is happening during these times, I find this trip is much enjoyable than our last trip in September 2006. Also it is the Arabic holiday seasons, so we get to meet many Arabic tourists and it is really quite an eye-opener for me.

Our Free & Easy itinerary:

Day 1 – Wednesday, 15 August

10 am – departs for Changi Airport for check in on our Flight SQ 103, as we were early, we had MacDonald breakfast.

10.40 am – Check in and walk around our famous Changi Airport. Found some leg massage machines and Anthea tried them and she found them to be very fun.

12.30 pm – Flight departs for Kuala Lumpur

1. 25 pm – Arrived KLIA – Meet & Greet by local Agent and fetched us to Berjaya Times Hotel

3.25 pm – check in hotel – we had a Superior Suite, so the room size was big. We had a King-sized Bed and Extra bed. It had a lounge area for watching TV and having meals. Also it had a small pantry for coffee & tea making.

Our room was on the 35th floor and it faced the swimming pool. When Anthea and Anders saw the pool, they kept asking to go to the swimming pool. So we went for a swim.

6.30 pm – Dinner at Berjaya Times Square – Explored Times Square. I was really amazed at the sized of the shopping complex and also the indoor Cosmo Theme Park. As we just had dinner, so we decided to do the Theme Park rides on the next day.

Shopped in Metrojaya and Anders managed to chose for himself an Ultra man. Returned to hotel room around 10 pm with supper from MacDonald (again) and the children were very happy and kept saying: “we enjoy life in hotel room.”


Day 2: Thursday, 16 August

9 am – woke up and went for Hotel buffet breakfast. The spread was good and I managed to try Roti Canai and I must said “it’s good…especially the CURRY.”

10.30 am – Took the KL Monorail system and changed to LRT to get to KLCC. A colleague of mine had recommended that I should go to the Science Centre and after doing some research, we found this place called Petrosains.

It had many interactive games and areas for the children. Both Anthea and Anders had Great Fun in the centre and we spent a good 2 ½ hours trying most of the stations and we watched a 3D show + a helicopter simulator ride. The admission fees for Petrosains are RM 12.00 for adult and Child is RM 4.00. As there was some 1st 50 FREE entry for children, so Anthea need not pay for her admission. Overall we paid RM 24.00 + RM 5.00 for the 3D show.

2 pm - We had lunch at Madam Kwan’s. Adrian tried the Nasi Bojari, Anthea had a Fish & chips and Anders had the Chicken mushroom with noodle. I took a bit of the above 3 and also we ordered a cendol. They served the gula separately.

After a good lunch, we walked around KLCC and I was really, really impressed by the levels of shops they had. Adrian went to Kinokuniya to browse his books and I brought the children to Isetan children section. Anthea chosed a Little Mermaid VCD for herself.

4 pm – We left KLCC and return to our hotel. We did not do the KLCC bridge walk as there were no more tickets for the day. We went for a swimming when we reached back to the hotel. Anthea and Anders simply enjoy playing by the pool.

6 pm – We had dinner at Time Square. After dinner, I brought the children to the Cosmo Theme park. Admission ticket for Adult is RM 30 and child is RM 20. As we had Singapore Airlines Boarding passes, we had some discounts. The theme park had many exciting rides for both adults & children. We only did the children rides and both of them had fun doing the different rides. We left the place near to closing times and both of them were so reluctant to go back.

Again to enjoy life in hotel, we bought back some breads and Mary brown takeaways.

Both of them slept almost near to midnight…. : P

Day 3: Friday, 17 August

9.30 am – woke up and went for hotel buffet breakfast

11 am – packed up and get ready for our pick-up transfer to Sunway Lagoon.

12 noon – check out and local agent picks us from hotel lobby.

12.30 pm – arrived at Sunway Pyramid Tower

1 pm – checked in hotel – room was on 10th floor and very good view as it faced the Sunway Theme Park. We changed and headed straight for the Theme Park. Admission to the Theme Park (Wet Park) is RM 50 for adult and RM 30 for child. For hotel guests, there are some discount vouchers.

We spent almost 3 hours in the park. The children enjoyed the wave pool and also they went round the pool in a rubber boat that Adrian rented. They had so much fun at the slide as well. Seeing them enjoying themselves so much make the trip priceless.

4 pm – return to hotel room to rest. Children had their power nap.

6 pm – I went to buy takeaways from the eateries in Sunway Pyramid as the children was still sleeping

7 pm – had in-room dinner

8 pm – took a stroll around Pyramid shopping centre. They have more shops now and also a Parkson Grand. The children walked around and had fun seeing toys.

We ended up at Macdonald where the children played at their playground while Adrian had a Sundae.

10 pm – return to hotel room and enjoyed the takeaway Macdonald (Again!!) see like whole trip, we are eating MacDonald’s but Adrian wanted to eat the Quarter Pounder as he missed it very much, he said Singapore Mac has no more Quarter Pounder. Why is this so?

Sweet Dream!!

Day 4: Saturday, 18 August

9.30 am – hotel breakfast

10.30 am – walk around Pyramid shopping

12 noon – check out hotel and wait for airport pick up

While waiting we did some final shopping at Parkson Grand and I was happy that I managed to get myself an area swim suit. It was at 50% discount. Price that I paid was RM 74.90 and I bought a swimsuit for Anthea.

1.25 pm – local agent pick us from hotel and transfer to KLIA

5.10 pm – Departs Kuala Lumpur on SQ 113 (flight was delayed due to heavy traffic in Singapore airport)

6.30 pm – Home Sweet Home

The Aces Family had achieved another Milestone in our lifestyle. This is the very 1st time we traveled as a FAMILY without any helps from other family members. I must say “We DID it!!” and with so much fun.

With this trip experience added on, we will be able to do more next year in our next trip plan - Gold Coast, Australia.

Long Service Award - 15 Years

Adrian came and fetched me from work and he was very excited.

"Dear, you see what is in the envelope". He show me a small envelope and a small RED Box.

I took the envelope, in it, there is a rank badge with a STAR. There is a GLOW on his face and i can tell from his expression that he is very PROUD of this achievement.

"15 years LONG SERVICE Award, can't believe that i have been with the force for these many years". He exclaimed.

15 Years is indeed a very long time. Espcially in this new-age world, people job-hop alot to test the job market. To be able to say you works for a company for 10 years is already quite rare, anything more than that is quite an achievement.

There was times that he had wanted to quit the force but problem is what he is doing now is very specialised, so if he were to leave the force, he would have to start from scratch in the new job outside.

Knowing his character, my advice to him is to stay with the force because the outside world jobs would be too "political" for him to handle.

I am happy for him because this year 2007, we see very positive adjustments to his work scopes and he is looking forward to the new challenges.

Oh..not forgetting, Dear Hubby will be training the Boy Brigades Contingent for this year NDP 2007 which will take place on a Platform by the Marina Bay for the 1st time. He is very proud to be the chosen one... : )

" Dear hubby, thanks for providing anthea, anders and myself with such great comfort for our life. Together as a family, we will achieve more in LiFe and share our Love, Joy and Happiness always."

Development Assessement - Anders 3rd Years

This morning i brought Anders to Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic for his 3 Years old Development Assessment.

Height - 95 cm below 50%

Weight - 14.1 kg - 50%

He has passes for followings:
- Personal Social
- Fine Motor Adaptive
- Language
- Gross motor

Overall, his assessment is good, only thing is he is shorter than average .. ... : P

I smsed to informed Adrian of the review, he replied "shorty are more intelligent"...hmmm..i am not very sure of this theory. My concern is he may has problem getting a Girlfriend...hee.

Tall, short , fat or skinny - the most important thing to me is he is growing up Happy & Healthy.

Anders Sleeping IN.

For the last 2 days, Anders has been rooming in with us at night. What a sweet surprise it has been for Adrian and myself.

All these while Anders has been sleeping with Siti in the other room. There were a few times he said he wanted to sleep in our room but ended sleeping back with Siti.

The last 2 days, he came over voluntary and managed to sleep through the night. So now our room is really the ACES sleeping room. Anthea has found her cosy corner - a place below the window, she like cosy and comfortable corner. Anders and myself slept on the 2 mattress beside the bed. Adrian has the best part of the room - the BED.

I have always worry about this transition when Siti return home in April 2007, however, now that Anders is doing it on his own wills, i am really happy and keeping my fingers all crossed that he will set in to this routine. I believe that going to childcare may has prepared him better for Siti's home going.

My plan is to let the Anthea and Anders sleep on their own when Siti leaves. So this 1st step is already a good start.

Another Milestone achievement for the Aces Family.

TGIF and looking forward to another enjoyable weekends with the family !!

ps: This week 3 pairs of our jogging shoes got stolen...well, who's to blame as we left them outside the house... : P

Anyway, to whom that has taken them, hope that he/she will make the BEST use of them as they are still in very very good condition.