Change Children's Passport Photo in Malaysia

This post is especially dedicated to "you-know-who-you-are". Thanks to YOU, I remember and GOT it done before my 13hr flight with Cs.

What do you need.

You need to download a form from the Official Portal of Immigration of Malaysia. Then, prepare two Passport Photos, and I just found out TODAY that, one must wear BLACK for the passport photos. Obviously, my girls were not in Black, so we got to use their BLACK coat to cover their COLOURFUL top. 

Take a queue number, and get a number specifically inform them that your passport is not expired, you just wanna change PHOTO.Then, they will give u a number ticket with the faster lane, if I am not wrong, it should be the same of the Senior Citizen and Children below 2. Well, I got my ticket 2024. 

I was suppose to wait for at least 1-2hrs for a simple photo change. BUT, fortunately for me (*Not so fortunate who wants to renew and apply for passport*), the server was down since two week ago until NOW! So, many officials are not able to process the the application, everything has to be done MANUALLY. I went up to one of the Special Counter, and check if I can get mine done without the system. *PHEW*...the answer is "YES", as what I told "YOU", they actually paste the photo on one of the page of the passport and stamp and seal it! EASY. So, the process took us less than 15mins. But I came earlier to take the queue number and waited 1 hr for the KING (M) and the Princesses (Cs) to arrive.

A very productive trip to Singapore

It was undoubtedly a well planned trip to Singapore for the Family, children & Myself. A little tiring but it is all worth it, in fact, I don't mind to do it again!

20th April 2013

6am

Everyone was getting ready to depart from home for a 4 hour road trip to Singapore for Baby Julian's Fullmoon bash on Sunday. The girls were exceptionally excited as they were looking forwards to meet Fei Fei & Baby Julian again. 

10:30am

We arrived Singapore Day's Hotel. We did not notify the hotel of the early arrival, and thus they were not able to give us a room. After making a fuss over the counter, BeBe was helpful enough to get me ONE room for us.

11:30am

Checked in and freshening up the girls.

12:30noon

Arrived Tanglin Mall!!!!! Tanglin Mall for the Coffee!!! Again! and of course Lunch. Aunty Kristin & Uncle Dan were there too, the girls had so much fun talking to Uncle Dan about Disney Princesses. Oh, Uncle Dan is a fan of Prince Phillips, Sleeping Beauty's prince charming. 

 Finally, the girls MET again!!

Girls are usually shy, three of them needed time to warm up. FeiFei was hiding behind Mommy, and my girls were greeting softly. After their tummy got filled up with food, they started to "snatch" a book (FeiFei's) from each other. Not sure if it's a good start, but at least they started to interact. They are all afterall very nice girls, eventually they resorted it by "SHARING"!

Hand in hand happily shopping in Tanglin Mall.

2:30pm - After lunch, Aunty Elaine sent us to another mall for an indoor play. Hmm.. I complained so much about KL's entrance fees, wait till you come to Singapore, then you will know! The gym is reasonable sized, enough for the kids to play and definitely enough space for 3 mini parties which actually took place when we checked into the Jungle Gym. KL's play gyms are slightly bigger for a cheaper price. It was so crowded but surprisingly still manageable, unlike KL, somehow it is usually a bit rowdy when it gets crowded. Weird! It must be the parents' attitudes. :P Hey, I am not Pro Singaporean, nor degrading KLite, I am just speaking by the matter of fact. Maybe it was just the crowd at the time of my visit? I should not stereotype? I don't know! It is just my very own personal view. 

4:00pm - Time for the children to get back for a nap. We were back to the hotel. 

This little girl got up the moment she was dropped to the hotel's mattress. She wanted her Milk in a cup, and sipping away happily and so proud of herself for not using her Milk Bottle. Hahahaha...So cute!

7pm - My mom brought the girls along to visit Baby Julian and have home-cooked dinner at Ah Gu's place, while, MaMa & PaPa went out for a JUST-ADULT dinner at one of the Italian Restaurant in Holland Village. Don't remember the Restaurant Name, and I am not going to google it because it was OK for its price! (Well, again! Singapore Ma!) It's REALLY good to be TOGETHER again, three of us. It's been a long long long long time. 

Photo taken by iphone in the night, this is the best shot we could get.

BUT STILL, we all look darn GOOD! :P

The story did not end here. Hahahaha... While Dan was trying to flag us a cab, my phone rang!!! I don't usually receive calls anymore! ESPECIALLY NOT in the midnight. It was 12:30am already, if it rang, it must be from home! or my mom! It was my mom, and she called and told us that Little C vomited three times. Geezz...the last thing I want for the night! It was a really FULL DAY for me, with this incident happening in the night, noone is expecting to SLEEP well. We took a cab back to hotel, and inquired from the driver for the nearest emergency hospital/clinic. 

Apparently, the K.K. Women & Children Emergency care is 10 minutes away by car. So, we went up to my mom's room and checked on both girls. Big C was totally in her slumberland, while Little C was looking weak & sleepy. We registered ourself in K.K.Emergency Care, You will be amazed by the crowd. We were getting a little impatient, and Little C told us that she wanted to go back to her sleep. We were there with her for almost an hour, she did not purge or any sign of uncomfortable. I was quite sure Little C had a minor food poisoning. We decided to pull out and get back to the hotel. BUT, the procedure is you will be able to get a refund and permission to leave only if the nurse confirmed that you are fit to leave. Yes, we have to pay upon registration before consultation/advise. 

So, a nurse checked on Little C's temperature, alright! then checked on Little C's oxygen level. The normal reading should be 95 and Little C was on 93-94, and the doctor refused to release us, not to mentioned the refund. The doctor told us that she can't release us because the child is not fit! So, the doctor sent us to another room to use the nebulizer to increase Little C's oxygen level. *sigh* We were all getting a little impatient plus Little C refused to put on the nebulizer, and we went off without informing anyone. :P

We arrived back to hotel, put Little C down to the bed. Little C was exhausted, in less than 5 minutes, Little C dozed off. Quickily, I had a shower and hopped onto the bed to join Little C until the next morning 9am.

What a long long day. But I don't mind catching up with friends part, I love children's meeting up to play part too!!!!!!!! Let's do it more often. 

Sisters

Nothing much, just would like to post a random photo that I have taken lately.

Just love the way they smile, so heart-melting, isn't it. 

Beautiful Butterfly

Policeman

On our journey to schools in the morning...

MaMa : Babies, please buckle up your seat belt, otherwise Policeman is gonna catch  you.

Big C : Little C, quickly, quickly put on your seat belt! MaMa said Policeman is coming.

Big C immediately got her seat belt properly fastened while rushing Little C to do it as well. It didn't take too long for Big C to be on her seat belt as she is already an expert especially when it comes with a warning of "Policeman".

Little C was still without seat belt, and there was no sign of her intending to put on her seat belt.

MaMa : Little C, come on, you better be fast. I can see Policeman right at the corner waiting. 

Big C : Where ? MaMa, Where? I've already put on my seat belt. Quickly! Quickly, Little C. Police!

Still no sign of action from Little C, and she continued to linger over her books on her lap. 

MaMa : Little C. Come on! Policeman is going to catch you and punish you. Do you want that?

Big C was a little shaken when she heard me, YES, even when she was already on her seat belt, 100% obeying the traffic rule. Perhaps, she was concerned about her little sister was totally not affected.

Finally, from Little C

Little C : HMMP! Policeman come, I will "PAK" (smack) Policeman.

Oh Oh, angry Little C....and she continued

Little C : HMMP! I will put Policeman into Crocodile's mouth!

The stubborn, fearless remained unfastened throughout the journey. :(

Just got to make sure to get them buckle up before the engine starts! But still, this little C is always in defiance of the traffic rule, she hates the seat belt. The seat belt will never stay any longer than 10 minutes on her, and she would release it on her own. WORSE comes when she let out a painful & terrifying wail as if the seat belt was strangling her, WHILE I WAS ON MY STEERING! So annoying!

Learning to write

Little C traced her name during our breakfast.

Little C is lucky because she has a stronger body and she has a JieJie to make MaMa a smarter (maybe not smarter, hahaha, more experience) MaMa for Little C. :) 

I was not aware of the early learning centers for toddler from 2 years old until Big C turned 3. Big C attended Vital Years for 2 months when she was 3, and she was sick almost every other week. So, she was bounded to stay at home more than attending VY. Then, she attended nursery last year and K1 this year.

Whereas Little C is exposed to Vital Years, BaoBei, Ballet & Shichida at earlier age as compared to Big C, I assume this is why she pick up some skills earlier than Jie Jie. 

Big C was not able to trace even when she was at 3, because I never even thought of introducing her how to write or draw. I gave her pen and gave her paper and let alone to scribble whatever she wanted. Little C was actually taught to trace when she turned 2, and she could draw circles & triangles too. Thanks to Vital Years, why? Because teachers in Vital Years taught Little C to trace, if she couldn't do it, they would trace together with her by grasping her hands. 

唐诗 － 咏鹅

Big C

Small C

咏鹅

yong e

骆宾王

lou bin wang

鹅，鹅，鹅

e, e, e

曲项向天歌

qu xiang xiang tian ge

白毛浮绿水

bai mao fu lv shui

红掌拨清波

hong zhang ba qing bo

I didn't know that BaoBei actually introduces Tang Poems until I found some papers with some Tang Poems on my dressing table. So, I asked them last night if they are able to recite these Poems. They were so thrilled to show-off what they had learned from BaoBei.

One of their favourites is definitely this one because it is amongst the easiest with the repeating 鹅，鹅，鹅. 

骆宾王 (Lou Bin Wang) is the Poet emerged during the Tang Dynasty. 

The title is 咏鹅 (About Swan) was cited by Lou Bing Wang when he was only 7-year-old. He described what he observed from a flock of swans on the lake. 

Vital Years Updates

I am not sure if I mentioned about how Cs benefited from attending Vital Years' programme. 

But I want to record what I have seen from Little C lately.

My girls are fond of books, well, AT LEAST they enjoy picking up books from the little bookshelves to do whatever they like. Sometimes, they would pick up sticker books messing with the marble floors and doors with their stickers. Sometimes, they would pick up colouring books to practise their "scribbling" skill. Sometimes, the would pick up books and pretend to READ them out loud. When they were much younger, Cs used to rip up a lot of books which really drives me crazy. That was the time that I couldn't control myself from the FURIOUS shouting at Cs. The worse I had seen with Big C was she tore some pages into pieces and put those little nasty pieces into her mouth, gulped down. It was petrified and at the same time outraged to watch such scenes with my own eyes. My girl swallowed pieces of papers torn from the "Three Little Pigs". Argghhhh.... She was two! 

COME BACK! Hahaha..Come back on Vital Years topic. Little C attended Vital Years since September 2012. Let's talk about her recognition of alphabets both lowercase and uppercase, hhmm, till date, she is still confuse between d & b, P & q. Honestly, at this image,to them these are images rather than alphabets. So, I guess it will take some times for her to realise their differences. She is able to recognize "T" but not "t", she tends to read "t" as "not", maybe VY is trying to make Little C recognize "not" which confused Little C. She also got a little mixed up between "V" & "W" but with a little hint, she would usually able to blurt out correctly. 

And then, reading habits. Little C impressed me. It is not important if she can READ, but the HABIT of picking up books is amazing. I guess it will be the first step of developing reading habit. Is it? I guess we must build a consistent reading ambiance in the family, and continue to encourage the girls to read. What happened after Little C picked up a book? 

She flips the book page by page. She uses her pointer to point at the words on the left page and rely on the picture illustrated on the right page to make up her own story. As she makes up her story with the illustration, she uses her pointer to move word by word, and lastly she stops her story at last word. WELL DONE! Book Habit plus her imagination, these are enough to impress me! I adore how she makes up her own story and her attentiveness which we love to watch till she finishes her book before we praise her aloud. 

Sleep Training for Cs

Yes, I have gone through the stage of getting Cs to "sleep through the night" - Phew~ It's the hardest phase in my parenting record so far. (*I know, more parenting challenges to come.*) I cannot imagine getting myself back to the Sleep-deprived stage, whereby M & Me were only getting 2 - 4 hours sleep a day in SECTIONS. Geezzz.....  

So, what's the Sleep Training context about today? Well, I can't help feeling envious of my friends' kids who are able to sleep on their own. I am not expecting my kids to sleep in their OWN room yet as I don't have a spare room for now. But, at least getting them to bed on their OWN. 

Cs have been very very very attached to M & Me, especially in the night. For some reasons, M & Me are very much comfortable and happy to sleep together with Cs as we feel that's our BONDING TIME with the kids since we don't see the kids for long hours during the weekdays. Hmm...somehow, we get a little wearied of the routine. Oppsie. :P

I am rather strict with the girls' sleeping routine, especially Big C. I always get them ready by 9 - 9:30pm for bed. By 10pm, they should be all asleep. It will a lot easier if it was Novi who sent them to bed, by most 1/2 hour times, they will be asleep. However, if it was me or M *Sigh*, they will put on their wonderful act and dragged it till late. I mean really late like 11pm or even 12 midnight sometimes. SO TIRING! Sometimes, we reached home late intentionally, so that Cs will just resort with sleeping early since Kakak will definitely not going to entertain them till late. Bad MaMa, I know. :p

Somehow I feel, this is not right! Cs have to learn to sleep on their own. They can do it during the daytime for their naps, why not in the night? I don't see a problem at all. So, I come out with a good plan. First, I have to coax Big C to be a "brave" princess using Mermaid Ariel as her role model. Hahaha...Yes... Princess Ariel is set as the "Brave" Princess from the audio storybook that I have been playing her Cs.

Then, I "threatened" her that if she is not "brave" enough to sleep on her own, I will not let PaPa into the room and have PaPa continue to work and not be home.

Then, again I used a lot of "Princess' Rules" to make sleeping on her own is a very very "Princess" thing to do. 

Little C is a lot easier, most of the times, she would just fall asleep on her own without much hassle. Unless, Big C put up a big show, wailing for PaPa & MaMa, otherwise Little C is pretty much happy to get to bed at around 9pm. 

Well, I am not sure whether was the COAXING or the THREATENING worked. 

Day 1 : FAILED!

I told them not to be afraid, and that I will be just right at the door. I will be there for them IMMEDIATELY they shout out for me. Well, lights off, MaMa's out of the rooms, girls on bed. Not long after, Big C ran out and called for the loo. I had no choice but to bring them one after another. The story didn't end at the loo, they started to request for water, the lights on then the lights off UNTIL I surrendered and went in to bed with them. 

My plan continued to fail me for daysssssss until 

Day XX :

As usual, I told that I will be right at the door. Before I got out of the room, I told them no "shh shh", no water. But I gave them the option to have the lights on, and Big C chose to have the lights on. Thus, I left the room with the lights on, door closed. The girls chatted and laughed in the room, those melodious laughters and voices were so heart-melting. At the end, I sat by the door for almost 1/2 hours, listening to their beautiful voices. After which I realised that it was not right for them to CHAT in the night, it's time for bed. I shouted out at the door, and ordered them to SLEEP immediately. The room remained quiet for a while, and I slipped away to have my TV time. YUPPY!

Well, I didn't win all the times but at least I have the 50% winning record so far. Kakak is also doing the same, she would stay at the door and peep into the room once a while to make sure the girls are asleep before she take her rest. The situation is getting better each day. :)

Hopefully, it will be PERMANENT and that I will be the 100% winner! Muahahaha

K1 Theme Day 1 - Myself

Time to play Dress-up.

Theme : Myself

Dress Code : Something that I like to wear

Easy huh? 

Big C is very girly, anything that makes her a princess is the BEST!

A Pink Dress, A Pink Magic Wand, A Pink Tiara & A Happy Princess Smile.

 

Not to be left out, 

Little C put on her 

Purple Rapunzel Dress, A Minnie Mouse Hair Band & An Adorable Look.

Feb's Fab Event No. 3 - Fireworks

9th Feb 2013

The girls love the fireworks and this is our very first experience playing the fireworks together as a family. 

Well, it's definitely not my first encounter, but since it was "banned" years ago, the fireworks didn't come to my interest. 

I got this from a friend and we had a few blasts, and had a whole lots of them which I am going to dispose in a day or two. First, we feel it is a little dangerous and Big C was startled with the loud noise during the blast. 

This Big C loves the fireworks but at the same times she hates it too. 

又爱又恨！Hahaha.... When we stopped playing, she insisted us to do it again. When we were all set to lit up the fireworks, she was wailing hard and clinging tight to whoever next to her. Whereas Little C was totally the opposite, she loves the fireworks too, she was really steady and calm even though I saw her little body jerked a little, I am sure she was startled too. :)

Soil's Annual Dinner

Cs's first appearance in the Soil's Annual Dinner @ One World Hotel

26th January 2013

Cs behaved well and most importantly they had heaps of fun running up and down the stage while PaPa is drawing lots. Eventually, the girls also got the chance to "play" draw lots :p. 

The Magic show was entertaining and the band was amazing.

The delicious spaghetti and sweet Orange drinks for the girls. Yumm~ Mmm~

A joyful night out for the girls.

Let's go for a Jog

It was not a complicated task to wake the girls up. Upon hearing the word "Titiwangsa", the girls sprang off their bed and leaped across 3 single king mattresses, and zoomed they went out of the room to have their milk (in the bottle, yes Big C is still using her bottle for her milk, LOL).

Here we are, 6.45am, getting ready to go.

This photo is edited using the PhotoWonder App in the iphone. The actual scene was still quite dark. The girls are ready for a jog! *No Bicycles*

Jog! Jog! Jog! Run! Run! Run!

"MaMa~~, why are you running? I don't wan to run, I will fall" Cs said.

In the Playground

Up! Up! Up! Up we go!

The sisters are crossing the Bridge

Fun in the Playground.

We jogged and walked for about 30 minutes, PaPa led us to a short cut (sigh, so lazy!). Anyway, short cut is not a bad idea after all, because these girls were already complaining and noising about getting into the playground. We spent about 30 minutes in the playground, and took a 10 minutes walk from the playground to the car. 

Cycling @ Titiwangsa Lake Park

Cycling in the park is not exactly a "New Activity" to my princesses, just VERY rare occasion. It's maybe their 2nd of 3rd times years in the park with PaPa & MaMa. Not so many yearS though since Little C is only 2. Hahahaha..2 or 3 times with PaPa & MaMa, but quite a number of times with Grandma & Ah-Gong for a horse-carriage ride offered in the Park. 

I intend to be in the Park at 7am, latest by 7.30am. We got up at 7am, While Novi was getting the girls ready, MaMa was freshening up for an exciting morning. Unexpectedly, my plan didn't come up the way it was. At 7.30am, the princesses were still lying comfortably on the sofa with their milk bottles while watching Astro 618. *sigh* In the end, we left home just right before the clock struck 8. The park is less than 2 minutes drive away from home, so we managed to hit the park right at 8am. 

The girls cycling away happily.

With our previous experience (even though limited), the bicycle ride will not last long. Therefore, we remained in close proximity to our car. As predicted, their cycling duration lasted for about 20 minutes for a 200meter distance (I made up the figure, trying to imply a SHORT distance). As along the cycling journey, they stopped and talked, then cycled. Stopped and complained again, then cycled. Stopped and commented about the activities in the park, then cycled. Especially Little C, we were trying to guide her how to paddle. No doubt that her bicycle in moving and she could steer the bicycle perfectly. Guess what? Little C is using ONLY her right pedal to move the bicycle. Hmm... I do not know how should I put in in words, imagine, once your right pedal reaches low, then she winds it up to the top and pedal again with the force of right leg ONLY. It is not in a circular motion pedaling style. Get it? If I get the chance to video it, I will show you how. It's amusing, and frustrating at the same time especially when we tried to tell her to pedal in the circular motion and she refused to listen. Again, imagine, you have to bend down almost 90 degree while guiding this little girl and yet she refused to listen to you. Arrgghhh..... OUCH! My back!

After PaPa sent the bicycle back to the car, we adjourned to the Playground in the park. I didn't take any photos of the park, maybe next time. There is a sizable playground in the Park, and it is always filled with multiracial families. It is a good park, it's child-friendly, safe and FREE. Yes, I paid RM50.00/per child to enter an indoor playground in the mall. Hmm...maybe I should take more pictures and share it here. Many activities take place in the park before dawn right till sunset. The park also offers Horse-Carriage ride, sampan on the lake with a minimal charge. Again, I should share more photos in my next outing in the Park again. 

Don't be surprised, it is also quite happening in the park in the midnight with a completely different crowd -  we call them "Mat Rempit" if I am not wrong. These owls usually show off their motorcycling stunts, roved wildly in the park. PaPa sometimes called them "Brainless Superman". With due respect, some dangerous stunts were quite terrifying, it might caused ones' life. Many love birds in the night, romancing in the dark (which supposingly against some religions, which I do not want to elaborate further). *wink* *wink*

The amazing thing about this park is that it will turn into total tranquility and peace at dawn even after a rowdy night (usually Friday & Saturday). 

My next target - a picnic in the Park, but I will make sure we arrive before 7am. It gets very hot when the sun rises high up in the sky, scorching sunlight beaming on us, it's definitely not so fun! 

Happy Day on a Special Friday @ The Curve

It was a "Happy" (a.k.a Not so busy) Friday, so MaMa decided to pick up Big & Little C from school for a special LUNCH - McDonald's. I may seem strict on my princesses' diet, but it doesn't mean that I am inflexible. I DO offer my princesses french fries, nuggets, burgers and soft drinks occasionally. So, It was truly one of their happy days. They get to have french fries and burgers for their lunch PLUS they get to enjoy themselves in the small playground set in the mall. That was not all, Little C insisted to take a ride on the motorized animals. We have seen these motorized animals in the mall years back, but Big C was terrified each time we offered her a ride, at then Clarisse was too young to take the ride. 

Little C immediately hopped onto a Blue elephant, seated still while waiting for her JieJie to pick her animals. Big C was a little apprehensive initially if she should also take a ride, when Little C hurried Big C impatiently "JieJie, Faster!" Big C had no choice and hopped onto a colourful creature? Bear? Not sure. Hahaha... 

While Little C was happily steering away, Big C was rather nervous when the animal started to move. At first, Big C was lost and didn't know how to maneuver the animal. As Big C saw Little C's elephant moving towards her and said "JieJie, I chase you!". Big C got so excited all of a sudden. Yeah, I don't understand why children enjoy to be "chased" so much. The word "chase" heat up Big C, and she gained momentum on how to steer the motorized animal around. Then and there, Big C realized that it was not so frightening at all and she carried on the "chasing" game Little C. 

What a fun day for my princesses. Thank you MaMa! 

School Day

The sisters are getting ready for school in the morning.

Clarisse posed before the Giza Mall Entrance.

Ballet Class

Ballerinas are ready for their Ballet Class

Any reason to resist this beautiful young lady?

The Princess' Signature Pose

Ballet Class commences gracefully

 Ballet Pose No. 5. Look at my princesses with their lazy arms. :P

Ms. Toh said : Point, Point, Point! 

This is actually a very rare occasion whereby parents get to view the process of the lesson. The glass door is shaded with a lace curtain as you can see in the photos, and we only get to see shadows of these young ballerinas hopping in the class. :P This is my first time viewing the whole process of the class PLUS hearing Ms. Toh shouting "Clarisse, behind your JieJie" "Clarisse, follow JieJie" "Clarisse, No, No, No... Behind your JieJie" opps... I hope Ms. Toh can cope with this little girl. Clarisse tends to get very excited especially when the music played, she would start to hop and jump and run OUT of her designated line. 

Little C says....

MaMa : Baby, Quickly say "Good Morning" to MaMa.

Little C : MaMa~~~~~(in high pitch), I am not Baby, I am Clarisse"

2013 School Plan for my Princesses

Clarisse

A few months ago, I had registered Clarisse to P&J to join her JieJie. I thought it will the perfect plan for my girls and ME! P&J has a better learning environment compared to VY, it's open air, it's a proper school, it's more organized and it covers more aspects and not just language. MOREOVER, I just need to drop off both girls at the same place which makes it EASIER for me. :P

However, I have changed my mind after a few considerations.

I think for Clarisse to repeat her nursery programme twice is not very effective in terms of learning. Despite that P&J told me they will set a totally different learning programmes, and that it will be more challenging programme for the kids on the 2nd year of their nursery. Still, it was not so convincing to me. Especially I found out that there was a boy in Chloe's class refused to attend the class because he found the class boring as he had learnt all the songs, phonics, activities before. Considering the learning capability of 3 - 4 year-old, I am rather skeptical on how challenging it will be on the 2nd year of nursery. There will be new kids who need the same programme. 

Hmm... It put a question mark in my head for a while before I decided to change the plan.

Clarisse attended VY for 4 months, so far, I paid the fees to Ms. A and she did not report to me on Clarisse's progress like Ms. C did when I sent Chloe to VY previously. When I asked Ms. A, she briefly reported that Clarisse is a very steady girl and progressing well so far. I didn't drill further as I was not expecting wonders from Clarisse, who does not know all her alphabets at this stage. All I know, she is trying to learn a few words -"FiFi, Kim, Daddy, Mommy, Here, I,..." I think so far these are all I heard from Clarisse. I just want her to mingle with children of the similar age group. 

But, lately, she had definitely improved in her understanding of colouring skill, in the sense that she is able to fill up empty space, but again, very much depending on her mood that day. This little girl is played by her mood. *Sigh* Terrible! 

At this age, 2 years + 4 months, she is able to draw circles & triangles on her own. I taught her how to draw a square, I love to see how she attempted even though she did not make a square. There was a slight technicality to be adjusted to form a square. :P Just slightly, almost a square. 

I believe she will be able to do it soon. Aiyoh, so much Grandmother story, what I am trying to say that, maybe VY is a better choice for Clarisse. She has a generally good body immune to fight against germs and bacterias in her learning place, and she is able to learn to read, to write, to color, to play, which is a totally different programme from P&J. More importantly, the fees is 1/2 what I am going to pay to P&J. 

So, I don't' mind the hassle. Frankly speaking, not much of hassle since it's actually on my way to my work place. So? Not an issue to be worried at all, and I had all the "going-home" transportation well covered for both girls even though it's TWO locations :P 

So, Clarisse is going to join P&J 2nd half of the year 2013 OR most probably 2014. We will see!

I am not so sure if I mentioned it before that Clarisse was noising about going to Ballet. Yes, I am sending her to join her Jie Jie for Ballet in Year 2013. It's not an extra chore for me since they are going to attend it at the same time. It will be later when Chloe carries on to the next level. For now it's good, both are going to attend Baby Ballet. 

Chloe is good! Her learning programmes are pretty much fixed. She is going to attend her K1 programme in P&J, BaoBei Chinese 3 time weekly, Shichida & Ballet Lesson. I am trying to think how to fit her into VY. She had definitely picked up reading from VY even though she attended for such a short duration. She took out the books from the bookshelves and no longer tearing them. Instead, she uses her magical Pointer to point and read, it was not all perfect because at times she was guessing and murmured through the words she was not sure. I am happy to see that she is gradually developing the habit of picking up the books even though she is PRETENDING to read. At this stage, I think she is going WELL and hopefully I can commit more time to go through the reading habit with both my princesses. Hmm..I am not a person who reads a lot, it's time for me to pick up the Reading Habit TOO in order to set a good role model. :P

Maybe, I will throw Clarisse to BaoBei if she is willing to join. Otherwise, I will just forget about it. For some reasons, Clarisse does not like going to BaoBei. I will try when the term starts again.

What else. Hahaha..It seems that I am a kiasu mother who wants my children to be Dragon or Phoenix in this case. NO! That's not my intention. I just love planning activities for my children, and my children loves what I have planned for them. If you don't believe it, COME!, ask them yourself. I am not lying! LOL. They find these activities fun, why should I stop. It's FUN to learn. PERFECT.

I am actually trying to find a swimming coach for my girls. The previous coach is too costly, and I don't think is justifiable since I am not training them to be national swimmers. My intention is to get them to enjoy a sport, Swimming is a good sport! I want them to overcome the fear of floating in a big POOL. I want them to be able to swim, and later swim for leisure. Is it too young? No! At this age, I think swimming is the ONLY sport for the girls. If you know any good coach in KL, please share with me, ya?