My grandparents birthday gifts

This is a backdated post. My grandpa birthday falls in April and grandma's fall in early May. So, mommy asked me to make something for them. I asked mommy for ideas and she suggested I make a photo frame for them. Immediately I started work on that afternoon. Mommy helped me up and in one afternoon, we finished everything. See, nice or not?

How Isabel bully me..

My this mei mei always bully me. She likes to pull my hair, pull my spectacles (she broke my spectacles last week by pulling it hard from my face), scratch me, hit me and sit /jump on me while I was sitting watching tv. Look at the picture below and see...

My 6th Birthday

I had a wonderful birthday this year. In total, I celebrated my birthday err... 4 times. It was great..

First celebration was in Genting. Lau yi Judy gave me a surprise birthday party on the first night in Genting, 1 week before my actual birthday. They gathered at our room at 9pm, and when I reached the room, I saw so many people and 2 small pieces of cakes and some presents too. I never realised it was my birthday. They even cheated me by saying it was grandma's birthday. I really wished grandma happy birthday. Later, they sang the song and oh...only I knew it was for me. I was shock and happy...

I ate the cake and share another one with mommy. Lau yi Judy gave me angpow, Lai yi Ana and Lau yi Angela both gave me socks as presents. Lau yi Angela also gave me ang pow too. My grandparents gave me a wallet (as requested by me) and an ang pow as my birthday present. I was so so happy.

3 days before my birthday (Sunday, since my actual birthday falls on Wednesday), mommy organised a birthday party for me since she knows I enjoyed party. She also engaged an entertainer to do sculpture balloon, magic show and play games with us. We found a cafe in my neighbourhood and mommy booked the whole place and we had buffet lunch there.

Since I like "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" nowadays, this was my birthday theme. Mommy spent A LOT of time preparing the invitation cards (thanks to Disney Junior website for providing the template), goodies bag (since we cannot find any merchandise on this cartoon characters, mommy specially designed and printed it out on sticker paper and pasted it on the stationeries) and order a SUPERB nice cake for me.

She brought Isabel out a few trips alone to buy the goodies for me. She even packed the party packs up till 2am on one of the nights. This time, mommy spent a lot of effort in preparing this party for me and daddy burnt a big hole in his pocket.

We invited mostly close relatives, neighbourhood friends (playground friends), and my gym friends (but never turn out). My Ipoh relatives also came down (gong gong, poh poh, kam mo, yi yi SS and family). I was super happy.

Mommy tried to dress us up in pirates..she even put the pirates tattoo on my face and arm. She let me wear the "jewelleries" on my neck and bandane on my head but later it was too hot, so I took it out.

Anyway, I had a great time that day..never been so happy..and I also received a lot of presents.

On my actual birthday, mommy brought me to Pizza Hut for lunch (as per my request). Mommy ordered what I wanted - spaghetti and Hawaian Chicken Pizza. Later in Bau Bei, I brought some goodies to share with my friends there. They sang birthday song and the teacher also gave me a book as a present. At night, I chose the dinner place - Mayflower restaurant and we had chinese food for dinner. Daddy ordered longevity noodle and my favourite sweet sour pork for me. I also received 2 more presents on that day - a BEN10 trolley bag, a BEN10 pencil case, a BEN10 lunch box from yi yi SY (she said it is for me next year go to formal school wor) and a row of 10 shining tapes from mommy.

On Friday, in the school, the teacher also called out all the birthday boys and girls out and gave us a small present and sang a birthday song to us.

So in total, I think I celebrated my birthday 4 times. Among all the present, guess what is my favourite?

Answer: 10 rolls of shining tape (costs RM2 from mommy). Next is the Boi Boi Boy CD from Aunty Angela. I can't wait to use my trolley bag...how come so long I still cannot go big boy school one?? 

Eye Checkup..

Today we went to Sunway hospital for our eye checkup, to get the power after 10 months from the last power check.

This time, we put the eye drops at home but when we arrived the hospital, my right eye was not dialated, so I have to put one more drops on my right eye.

I am still very scared when come to putting eye drops. I over-reacted by screaming pain and pain and covered my eyes after mommy put the drops for me. Mommy knows my "drama", so she has no reaction over my screaming. However, daddy was worried and frighten by my loud and dramatic screaming. Luckily, I did not shout or scream in the hospital when applied the last drop.

Anyway, my power remained the same - +800 on the right and +850 on the left, with very minor changes on other areas. Doctor still advise mommy to change my lenses as there are some scratches there.

It is much easier for the doctor to check my eyes nowadays as I am not afraid anymore. Isabel is the one giving mommy headache now. Hope she will overcome this soon.

I hate homework..

I don't like to do homework. I will try to finish it as fast as I can, so that I can start playing. That's why all my teacher are not happy with my handwriting. Even mommy said my handwriting is very ugly. She said I "scribble".. Anyway, mommy always get me to do my homework in the afternoon when Isabel is taking her nap. So that mommy can have full attention on me guiding me through my work. There was one day that while I was doing my homework, Isabel cried from her room and mommy rushed up to attend to her. About 30 mins later, she came down and she saw this...

She thought I was pretending to sleep but later found out I was really sleeping while doing my homework.

Happy 6th Birthday, son!!

Dear son,

Yes, time flies and you turn SIX today. Noticed I call you "SON" now, instead of Baby Darren or Darren boy? You just looked so grown up now that I decided to call you "son" here. You are no longer the little baby that understand nothing or the little boy that require mommy's full attention.

You are a big boy now that you can handle and take care of yourself, you have your own set of mind, you know what is right or wrong, you entertain yourself most of the time. In fact, not only yourself, you also know how to take care of mommy and your little sister. You can suggest things and you really think through before you say it out.

What a big boy you are now..you are like a little adult...

However, you are still my darling boy. My love to you not any lesser, in fact, I love you more and more. I still enjoy kissing you, hugging you, rocking you, touching your ever smooth skin and talking to you...though I don't have the luxury to do it all everyday and for a longer period that I wish..

You are so important to me, you are my pillar. You give me strength. You are my sunshine. Here, mommy wishes you all the happiness and health in the all the years to come.

 Happy Birthday to you!!

 Love, Mommy...

Movie day - Battleship

Last Saturday, daddy brought all of us for a movie - Battleship. This is not really a children show but daddy wanted to watch. Since we have no more kakak now, he has to tag all of us along. Though mommy felt that it is not suitable for children and she is very worried that Isabel will get scared (especially now she is in the "scared scared" mood), she still respect daddy's decision to give it a try. (Well, she also wanted to watch I think). Anyway, I was excited at first but later it gets more and more thrilling. I don't like the loud sound (explosion, fighting..shooting) and cover my ear and head around daddy's chest. While Isabel was hiding in mommy's arm. Mommy was trying very hard to cover her ears. Somehow, both of us fell asleep half way..hahahaha...leaving daddy and mommy enjoying their show without interruption. Later, daddy wanted to go washroom and woke me up while Isabel slept longer. Mommy was relieved that Isabel could sleep despite the loud sound around. Anyway, mommy claimed it was a good show. I enjoyed the movie though I did not watch the whole show. Isabel was ok too. Daddy said, we can go for "Avenger" next week..hahaha....

KLEENEX® “SHARE THE SOFTNESS” CAMPAIGN!

It was a sunny Saturday morning and suddenly the door bell rang..ding dong...and I rushed out to the gate. My very much anticipated parcel has arrived at my door step, just 2 days after Sophia sent out her email. Thank you Sophia from Indeed Communication to invite me to join the KLEENEX® “SHARE THE SOFTNESS” CAMPAIGN.

We were all so excited. We opened up the parcel and this is what we saw.

The parcel contained 2 boxes of Kleenex tissues in their limited edition packaging with flower and nature design, a bottle of candy and also a folder contains the write up of the campaign.

The first thing that attracts my attention, besides the beautiful design of the packaging, is this.."Share the Softness"..

When I opened up the candy, another caption that attracts my attention..

What a touching message I received from Kleenex. SHARING.. In our busy day, we tends to forget the little thing in life that is so important to us, especially to our loved ones..Thank you Kleenex for reminding us about "Sharing the softness" with our loved ones..

 Immediately I opened up the candy and the first one that I want to share this treats to is my dear son. He was super duper happy and asked if he can eat. Of course he can..Surprisingly, he was attracted by the caption printed on the candy jar too. He read it out loud and I took the opportunity to talk about "Sharing" with him.

After he put one in his mouth, he was so kind that he wanted to share this candy with his sister too. I am so proud of him. However, I stopped him immediately because this candy is too hard for her.

On the other hand, since the little girl couldn't taste the candy, she wanted the tissue instead. She pulled the 2 boxes of Kleenex tissues in front of her and surprisingly, she said one is for her brother and the other one is for her. I really thought she wanted both but how shocked I was to find out my little girl is also willing to share the box of tissue with her brother. Bravo Isabel..

She then asked to open the tissue box and after I opened it up, guess what did she do?? She pull out the tissue and before I wanted to scold her for pulling out too many pieces, she went and wiped her brother's mouth that was full of saliva after eating the candy. In return, the brother also took a piece of tissue and wiped his sister's mouth too. What a touching moment I witnessed here - the caring and sharing between the brother and sister.

The girl then wiped her own mouth with more tissues. It was so cute to see her wiping her own mouth.

Usually when she wipe her mouth with tissue that was other brands, the tissue will tend to stick around her mouth but surprisingly, Kleenex tissue didn't get torn easily. After I read the article, only then I realised that Kleenex® Facial Tissues is developed from top quality 100% pure virgin fiber using a novel technology to deliver the best in tissue softness and strength. No wonder it is so different from other facial tissue.

Darren told me that he wanted to share this tissue with other family members too. So, when he was setting up the table for dinner, this is what he did. He said we can use the tissue to wipe our mouth after dinner. How thoughtful he is.

With this KLEENEX® “SHARE THE SOFTNESS” Campaign, I can see the soft side of my kids, being so loving, caring and thoughtful with their loved ones.

Through this campaign, KLEENEX also wanted to spread this message through a variety of channels, primarily through social media, online as well as on-ground, and through the broadcast and print platforms.

Sharing Through Social Media…Aside from being able to request for the Share packs through the Kleenex® Malaysia Facebook fan page, there are also other interactive activities online too, such as special areas where fans can share their thoughts on a particular topic of the week, including topics about the brand and products. Throughout the year, you are also eligible to take part in contests that will kick off with the Kleenex® Moments contest in May, with RM14,500 worth of cash prizes and Kleenex® products to be won. Moreover, the fan page will be a source of information as its members will receive a series of parenting and family activity ideas and updates on a regular basis.

Sharing with the Less Fortunate…The Kleenex® Share the Softness campaign not only rewards consumers and their loved ones, but also gives back to the less privileged as well – “Additionally, bringing softness to those who need it most would make the whole idea of sharing even more meaningful,” explains Mr Sumeet Parab. “So for every entry in the Facebook Kleenex® Moments contest, Kleenex will donate one pack of tissues to a non-profit organization. In fact, consumers can also use this as inspiration to reach out to the needy with the softness of Kleenex® – it would make a wonderful entry in the Kleenex® Moments contest!”

Sharing On-Ground…In major retail outlets nationwide, Kleenex® reveals the Kleenex® Share bundles specially packaged in sets of five at a recommended retail price of RM12.60, so you can buy four and get an extra pack to share with those you care about!

The Share bundles come in limited edition packaging with designs inspired by nature and flowers. The series of floral designs incorporate simple garden flowers which are reinterpreted in a modern way with fresh colour themes to emphasize softness, elegance and freshness, giving you another reason to commemorate the importance of sharing the softness. Consumers can even collect each design as they will change with every quarter!

Thank you KLEENEX for sharing the product with us. You are the best!!

My spelling, ejaan and ting xia

Started this year, I have spelling, ejaan and ting xia every week. Ting xia on Tuesday, ejaan on Wednesday and spelling on Thursday.

I have no problem on ejaan and spelling but need a lot of practise on ting xia. I used to have no problem in first 3 ting xia exams, which I managed it myself without even telling my mommy and I scored full marks until I started to have 1 mistake, I knew I couldn't do it on my own, then only I informed mommy. Mommy was shocked that I was having ting xia in the first 3 weeks without her knowing.

Anyway, from then on, the words for ting xia is getting harder and harder. I couldn't get full marks and there is always a mistake in my ting xia. The teacher always pick up mistake from here and there. It can be a slight stroke longer or the stroke not touching here and there. Sigh...I have been practising so hard every weekend and mommy has been forcing me to write a full page of the words and test me over and over again, yet we cannot get it right. Even mommy also cannot detect the mistake. Maybe mommy is more linient. But mommy and I are very determine to get full marks each time.

As for spelling and ejaan, mommy does not need to teach me. I get them right all the time. Since I know sukukata in my BM, I can get it right easily. As for spelling, since I have lots of practise in SMSing and sending messages, I know most of the english words. So, no problem for me...

So now...I just need to work very very very hard to get my ting xia full marks. Mommy said she will give me a surprise if I get full marks in ting xia.