5 years

Cant believe it has been 5 years since both of us exchanged our vows to live with each other for the rest of our life (hope so). .

This celebration, we decided to take a 2D1N break to a local getaway place. Well, I think lil C enjoyed it the most : the swim, the animals, the atmosphere and Baby C enjoyed just being in the room.

Shhhh! Soldiers, on the enemy's shore...

cak!

2 boys together

Soaking with papa

Brotherly love

Our lil helper returning the towels - loves to help himself

Dinner with Pongo!

Posing next to the room's hot-item - bath tub.. 

(sorry, no explicit pix - lol)

Morning sun at the room's balcony

Not to miss! He just cant resist the water hydrant!

I am the fire-fighter!

I am the monkey! uuu-aaa! uuu- aaaa!

See-saww!

Brroooommm! He loves the mini mega machines too!

More swimming!!!

Well, I look forward to our 25th Anniversary! tee hee.. :)

We are 5 years old

Yeay, another anniversary! 

Thank you Lord for the wonderful love we have together, for the beautiful boys you gave us and most of all, thank you for today! 

Ah, no more wedding cake this time.. we finished it last year! hmm.. didnt do much for the past years when the kids came along... Wonder what suprise will dh give this time...

Have a wonderful day.

Cakes cakes cakes!

I am a cake lover! In other words, I LOVE CAKES! ;) Having sweet tooth, I just cant help but finding excuses to eat cakes.. I love traditional fruity wedding cakes, that for my wedding was 3 tiers of fruity, scrumptious, yummy cake baked by a close family friend. I even kept the cake for our 4th anniversary celebration! Until she retired few years back, I had to look for other resources to order cake for special occasions.. Be it the cake house or other recommendations by friends... But I've always love homebake cakes...yum! yum!.

Thank you internet, for introducing Deana! I knew her from blog-hopping, due to her CD addiction for her newborn darling Sona. I have seen her cake artwork and the right time came when lil C was turning 3. I've asked her to bake cuppies for lil C's classmates.

It was a hit! The kids and the teachers loved it! Their tiny hands were irresistable, wanted to grab the closest cuppies for them to adore! and the teachers were just standing behind the kitchen door..*seriously*... waiting to be offered the left-over! hahaha!

I love cheese cakes too! I am eyeing on this... to order for this coming Mother's Day! Just wait for my mail, Deana!!

And I want to book in advance, birthday cuppies for DH's birthday in october... But can it be GOLF-oriented, and not footies?


How I wished I knew about Deana and her sister, Faye 5 years ago! I would love to have cuppies for my wedding!!! Cut the tradional cake out!!! I love this design (below), I could just gobble them up.. (oohh! But you wouldnt wanna see a bride doing so... hahaha!!!)!!


And I could have custom-made my wedding card design from Faye too!!! I love her creative designs!

Not to forget, an edible ring box, truly creative!!

Yum yum yum! (Tengah bermimpi ... drooling!)


Finally, this classic design reminds me of my mom. She baked a cake (not pudding) with this doll theme when I was 12 years old (that's 20 years ago)... Back then, that made all the cousins, friends even the aunties envied the lucky me! Muahahaha!! *vain laffs*

To those who are interested to order cuppies / cakes from this creative sisters (not to forget, their brother bakes too!!), do click on Deana's Contemporary Cakes for All Occasions and Faye's Food & Design website for more info!

Kotohuadan!

Our Wedding Cake

This is, or should I refer as was (burp, xcuse me), the last piece of our wedding cake... yummy!! A rum&raisin cake which is as old as our marriage... We decided to have it for breakfast this morning.. Too sweet tho', but lil C loved it to bits! He asked, what cake is it. I told him it is a special cake. When he heard it special, he nodded, saying, "Oh!" and ate it..

so serious!

The Happy Occasion! SIL and nephews

It was a 3-tier cake.. and we saved the top bit for our 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the last piece was for the 4th Anniversary. =)

We are 4 years old!!

It's our 4th year wedding anniversary... and guess how we spent it this time?

Due to hubby's limited time of planning, we had to cancel our plans to stay at Rasa Ria Resort. Instead, we planned to visit the Wild Life Park (again) for the sake of lil C.. He just love going there..

Well, it was pouring cats and dogs that morning.. and lil C was sleeping soundly after late night sleep celebrating PohPoh's 71st birthday the night before at TATU. We didnt manage to go to Mass. Hubby sent his parents to the Airport early in the morning as they were going away for a vacation. We had 'kim-chee-mein' (economy noodle) my FIL bought for breakfast, while waiting lil C to wake up. Then, had a 'romantic-less' lunch with BIL & gf at Olde Station Kopitiam.

Since it was still raining, again, we had to cancelled our Zoo trip and instead spending time window shopping at Warisan Square & Karamunsing. We amused ourself by buying a mini-drum set & an Oral-B electric toothbrush for lil C.. hahahah!

The irony about buying this drumset was that, abelle & her son too, was looking at the drumset and bought one for Isaiah (More like her BIL got it..hehehe) What a coincidence!

having a break at Kupi-bin, while hubby couldnt get his eyes of the Golf Tournament shown on TV

Lil C cant wait to go home, "Let's Go, Papa.. Let's go.. urgghhh" trying to carry the drumset box.
Papa said that he wanted to watch the last hole first... Duh!

Posing with chubby MaMa & his drumset

The Happiest Kid!!! while PaPa was fixing his drum
He kept repeating how much he like his drum.. Sweet SMilin' u two!

Let's Rock and Roll...
"MaMa, U play Guitar!!"

Dinner time, we went to "MONKEY SHOP" as lil C described it. His fav dinner is at the Brass Monkey.. For some reason, he enjoys eating there and that is the only place where he would actually sit down quitely, eating his 3 course meal ~ appetiser, spagghetti & dessert! No way will he behave as such anywhere else..

Happy Anniversary dear... The happiest day in my life, to be able to spend time with the two of you...
Hey, we still havent eaten the last piece of our wedding cake..!!!!! Its still in the freezer!! yaiks!

Happy Anniversary, PIL

We had dinner, to celebrate my parents-in-law 44th wedding anniversary. The food was scrumptous, not too expensive. ;) It's above the Winner's Hotel, at Cantonese Noodle House (i think)

Lil C trying his chopstick skill to pick the popcorns.



After dinner, we dropped by at Parkson, Wawasan Plaza, trying to look for small glass pitcher, which is no where to be found anywhere.. Lil C, a motorcycle lover, refused to go home (popo wanted to return home before 9.30pm, not to missed her WLT TV programme) when he saw a bunch of MoMo (Motorbike models). So, mama took pictures of them and promised to show him in the car on the way home. AGreed.




Just hope that he wont be a Mat Rempit, in future!

A loooooong celebration

We decided to go ahead with our plans to the mountain.. We left the house when it was almost noon time. Arrived at Kundasang, perfect for lunch, 1pm. Lil C slept during the journey, thank god!

First, we drove to Kinabalu Pine Resort to enjoy the mountain view and lunch, but that place was packed with people! So hubby thought that up at the Memorial Garden would have eateries .. but too bad, when we asked the caretaker, she told us that only resting place and no food available... So, we decided to have lunch at the National Park's restaurant.. and no parking available... ?? We drove to the center area of National Park where there are the exhibition of National Park history (Not sure what its called).. ample of parking, and settled for lunch.

Wind was strong so lil C hadda put his windbreaker on..
A picture with PaPa


Papa pampering this young man!




Waiting for PaPa.. for some reason, he is sooooooo attached to his papa


After lunch, wanted to look for a decent Garden for lil C to run around... but couldnt find one! So, we let him play around the restaurant near the entrance of National Park.. poor guy wunning on stoney ground!


Alas! Green Green Grass of Home! Finally, went to a purrrfect place! hihihi..


Enjoying to bits! Ala lil house in the prairie..


Mama, my shoe got off!!! Mama!

We rushed home around 4pm as we wanted have dinner with the Slades. On the way home, lil C got too cranky in the car as I guess he got to excited running up and down the hill that he didnt want to go home.. So, dinner was a raincheck (Sorry about that Slades) and upon arriving KK, which lil C was still screaming and Mama hadda terrible headache, we decided to go to Center Point for a break. Had brownies and coffee at Starbucks and Lil C loves the spacious Palm Square area where he'll scout around with joy! Dinner was 1901 sausages.. hahahah!!!. When we arrived home, bathe the lil one and he fell asleep soothly.. Sigh! A looooooong but fun day!!

Dum-dum-deedum..

It's my 3rd year wedding anniversary.. Geez, time really flies soo fast! Felt it was only like yesterday! hahahah! Exactly 1095 days ago, here I was, trying to get my beauty sleep to be prepared for my big day! (note that its 1am in da morn' at the moment)

How's life after married? Well, ... err.. umm..? I cant say its the same as when I was not, especially now being tied down with the lil one.. Its never been better! I am blessed with my other half who is very considerate and have great tolerance in this relationship, and my cute unpredictable lil bunny who is always bring great joy in the family. What more would I ask for? (Maybe more $$, hahaha!)

We had plans to celebrate our special day.. Nope, no candlelight dinner for three. We had agreed that its not practical to spend time with the lil one for now. Normally, dinner time, we had to take turns who eats first while the other takes care of the young man...Last year we ended up at a Japanese Fast Food Restaurant in Centre Point. This year, we thought of spending the day to the Mountain high (influence from the SOM) and go around the mulberry bush.. Lil C would love the climate.. But this morning, he was down with cold and slight fever.. so, the plans may have to be dropped!!! Boo-Hoo! SIgh! well.. just haf to wait till the sunrise and see how it goes. Hopefully lil C gets better!

Anyways, we met Collyn and Erin, whom is here in KK for a visit (Erin & Simon are doing a world-tour.. check out their blog), at Merdeka Supermarket earlier in the evening. Collyn invited us to have dinner at her mom's place tomorrow night. SO, I guess that may be great for a change. Buffet style dinner, great home-cooking food (Collyn is a wonderful cook); screaming kids on the loose, with no one giving the LOOK at the easy-going parents.. hehehe.. just wonderful! Brilliant idea!

Have a great weekend.

In Seremban

Arrived Seremban at around 3pm. Stayed at Royal Adelphi Hotel, previously was Hilton. Unfortunately, service & room condition were not up to satisfactory. But that didnt hinder lil C from enjoying himself... esp in da room.

Making himself comfy at the sofa

Hey, Patrick... ummmmahh!!!

Here I am, at 3.30 in da afternoon
standing beside you..

wooow.. balance.. ba-lance.. b-a-l-a-n-c-e..

Lil C played till almost 4.30pm when it was time to get ready for the reception. Well, the invite was at 7pm, so we planned to be there earlier at least. However, lil C slept at 4.30pm and got up at 6pm. So we hadda give him a quick bath and left for the wedding reception around 6.45pm.

Luckily everything went well today, tho the place where the wedding was held (Lucky Palace Restaurant) was having 3 wedding receptions! Its kinda noisy esp the next hall was having karaoke session among their guests, and the other one was playing loud music!!

Lil C was cool tho, he was sooo alert and wasnt cracky despite having lack of sleep / rest. Left the restaurant at 10.30pm where we had arranged with the taxi driver who sent us earlier to pick us up and sent us back to the hotel. Lil C slept on the way back in the taxi ride. Poor boy, such a loong day for him.

Picture with the newly wedded couple, Karen & her hubby, Chad.
Actually they got married last year, Sept 19. Only now they did their reception..

(I know Karen for a decade now. She was my uni-mate in Sydney.

Time sure flies very fast)

Happy 2nd Wedding Anniversary

Cant believed it had been 2 years passed since our wedding ceremony in 2003. It felt like it was just yesterday! Hehehe.. We celebrated, all right, and this year is with our lil darling C!

We made our list:
- candle light
- german cuisine
- italian
- japanese
- Thai

Last year, it was Steak Dinner at Road House Grill, Lintas. And now, of course the candle light dinner was off, since lil C is joining.. We needed an ambience that could entertain, or at least to cheer up Lil C.

Lastly, we decided FAST FOOD!!! hahahaha.. a total 360 turnover! So there we were, the trisome, at this lovely japanese fast food at Centre Point, where the choo choo train that carries the prepared foods to the customers is there to amused lil C. Enjoyed our dinner, with the company of our darling. Whenever the train passed us, we would say "Train choo choo". He would look at the train passed by and gave that adorable smile, replied, "BaBaBaBaBa..".

Here's some photos of us during our wedding, just for rememberance. 2 years has passed..

That's us, the happy newly wedded couple, 2 years ago..

Those two are my lovely nieces, whom are 2 years older by now.. hehe

On the way to our car/church from our hotel room, almost a nervous wreck!

That's me, had just arrived in front of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu

Walked down the aisle, with my parents

And now I pronounce you, Man & Wife. You may kiss the bride!

One for the record! Smile!

Phew!! I did it!!

Glowing faces..

At our wedding reception, had a great local life band, RIMBA to entertain our guests.

Pictures credit to Wilson Tsoi, my bro-in-lo