CHINESE NEW YEAR EVE
Its the eve of the eve of Chinese New Year. We spent the day packing & throwing out stuff so it didn't surprise me that we were dead tired by the dinner time.We were so busy that we didn't even bother about lunch. Luckily, my mum called us over to have dinner. Its was delicious mee siam. For a first time try, its was scrumptious & sooooo delicious. I tell you ... my mum is one of the best cooks in the world (ok ok I might be exaggerating here but I guess I'm biased!). After that we headed home soon after.

Tomorrow it will be the eve of New Year. This year I'm trying to start a new tradition for my family - I am gonna attempt cooking our own special reunion dinner but it'll probably be a reunion lunch for us (as its more convenient). I wanted to start this tradition because I wanted Ryan to grow up knowing a bit about his Chinese heritage & culture. I feel that its my job as a parent & mother to try my best to inculcate a bit of both worlds into his life. He already has a head start into Malay tradition & culture as we celebrate Hari Raya in full force (courtesy of his mum). So its only right that he grows up being exposed to his Chinese roots. I will try my best to give him exposure, to both of his parents culture, as a child & later on a teenager. As a grown up. the rest is up to him.

I want him to be able to "taste" both cultures and be at ease in both worlds. As a child of mxed parentage, this is his legacy ... and his responsibility.

Here are a few pics I saw on the Net, just to get everyone into the mood for Chinese New Year. If I don't get the chance to wish everyone in person ...

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Lunar New Year!!!

Lots of luck, love, health & prosperity in the Year Of The Ox!!!

RYAN'S UPCOMING BIRTHDAY

A series of photos celebrating my lovable son's 2nd birthday!

We started off Ryan's birthday celebrations by bringing him to Parkway Parade where they had a special area wherein bubbles came out of huge Oxes (in conjunction with the Chinese Lunar New Year & The Year of the Ox). Ryan loved the multitude of bubbles. How smart of those people to "invent" such a contraption ... it definitely captured the hearts of the kids that were lucky to be there, to play & jump around the bubbles.

What a wonderful start to celebrating Ryan's special day!

On the day of his birthday, Daddy had to work ... so it was up to Mummy 2 entertain & "spoil" lil birthday boy. So I decided 2 dress him up & took him 2 the mall. First & foremost, we took the train. He was less "upset" by the train ride this time but he wasn't exactly jumping for joy. I concluded that eventhough he's getting better at the train rides, he needs more of it to get accustomed to them. Well, better for SMRT right?

He didn't seem as anxious but there's room for "improvement" ...

Here's Ryan's eating his favourite food - roti prata or "tata" as he calls it. Yummy!

Let's not forget Barney ... come on, give him a big hug!

Big boys, ride big toys ... yah?

To round it off, a big cup og McDonald's Chocolate Milkshake ... sweeeet!

The cupcake & birthday song!

The party!!! Ok I've run out of space for the party pics ... have 2 do it on another entry!

A START TO 2009!

A couple of entries for the start of 2009. Just some pics of us doing our usual outings. (Will update with more photos & commentries, when I have the chance next).

LAST DAY OF 2008

On the last day of 2008, we ended up just having a simple dinner (as usual), window shopping at Scotts Road & our last stop before we went home was a McDonald's cafe. Whilst hubby was sending New Year greetings via his handphone, I was busy trying 2 get the "last" photos of my son, for the year 2008. Other than sipping his chocolate milkshake, Ryan was busy inspecting the various things he could get his tiny hands on. The photos I took were random ... but it caught him, mostly unaware. His cheeks look chubby here, but in person, its really not. Hhmmm... I wonder why ...

Another entry to round up the end of 2008, here we are at a mall (yet again!). Ryan loves taking the kiddy rides and even when not all rides are "entertained" by his parents, he would still like to climb on the rides & sit awhile. Well, that's my son ...

Some photos of us with Ryan, which turned out quite well. He was very happy that night ... so I managed 2 get a few nice shots of him.

AN MRT TRIP

I wanted 2 feature the trip we took on the MRT recently, not because it was extraordinary but because Ryan seldom takes the train, so I wanted 2 capture it in print. As my hubby drives, we don't usually get the chance to bring Ryan for train (nor bus) rides.

So here he is at the train station, he looks happy now but once he got on the train ... he turned "worried".

I think he felt out of sorts because it was his first time on the train. You can see in the photo, how rigid he was standing, the expression on his face was priceless ... my poor boy!

I doubt this will be our last train ride though ... but I hope he will find it more enjoyable the next time round. The reason for this ride though was because we were meeting my sis & her daughter, Ayra at the mall to spend the day with them. We shopped a bit, played at the arcade (which both kids enjoyed tremendously!) & had a nice lunch at Delifrance (thanks sis!). Well, maybe we can do this again another time!

Here we are ... amusing my son, yet again, at another water feature. This time we were at United Square. Because its night time, you can't see much of the water but there's lots of lights. As usual Ryan loved it (you can tell by the pics).