Today is Merdeka Day (Malaysia's Independence Day)..Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

Daddy took all of us to Clearwater to spend about 5 hours there. Auntie Pat(mommy's old schoolmate), her hubby & her twins met up with us there, too).


As there were no one in the swimming pool, mommy allowed us to have some fun splashing time all by ourselves (no crowd , no fear of H1N1).

Look at how much fun we had "pooling" around at the swimming pool:







After that we spent some time in the Game room playing computer games & indoor playpen while mommy facebook & daddy read his newspaper. We also had some snack, sandwiches & fruits brought from home & also shared by Auntie Pat.

Then we left for our next visit to... The World's LArgest Buddha Relics & Tibetan Antiques Cultural Exhibition. It was held at the Kampar Road Perak Girl school hall, Ipoh. Very interesting, eye opening & knowledgable for us as parents & for the kids, too. At least this is the first time we saw Buddha's blood, flesh & bone relics :

What's "UP" for skool holidays for us???

Today mommy & daddy took leave till merdeka weekend to spend time with us- her precious 4.

We had lunch at Parkson, then a wee bit of shopping before we went for cinema show "UP" at GSC.

Mommy only had to pay for 2 kids ticket as she won 2 tickets for adults from a "cant remember" what contest few months back.

Look how happy we were:







Tomorrow's outing: might be caving, might be going to fishing village, dont know yet! Wait for surprises from mommy & daddy!

Happy Merdeka fellow Malaysians!

Gong Xi Fa Cai Mood oredi!

My twin boys have been pestering me to get them a liondance head for them to play and dance with. It's not cheap. A big liondance head cost about RM50, a medium one about RM 40 and a small one like those currently sold at TESCO is going for about RM36. After shopping around...I finally found a good buy at one of the shop in Sitiawa town during our recent vacation there. I got a medium head for only RM30. A yellow one with green stripes.

This is my twin's innovative creation before I bought them the lionhead.



Speaking of CNY mood, the atmosphere at Ipoh Kinta City shopping centre (where Jusco is) was enhanced with the Chinese new year deco and backdrop.
My girls enjoy posing on the stage at the shopping centre lobby. Take a look-




Here's wishing all Malaysians celebrating CNY a very GONG XI FA CAI!

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all

Planning for holidays anywhere this coming Chinese New Year holidays?
Probably hotels would be fully booked by now.

My family & I are planning to go somewhere cool for holiday this year but locally not overseas due to $$$$ and school has just started.

Cameron Highlands would be our destination. somewhere near..somewhere cool..somewhere not so taxing on the pocket.

we've booked an apartment in Tringkap (others already fully booked) and planned to cook instead of eating out to cut cost. 2 other close immediate families will be joining. The more the warmer and merrier.

Steamboat would be great at night. Besides, the joy of family get together would certainly warm the cool ambience and promote closer bonding as we chat and spend time tgether.

Do come back to check out My holidays in Cameron Highlands after my vacation.

Gong Xi Fa Cai & Happy New Year!