Saturday, March 15, 2014

Hong Kong With Kids: Day 1 (PEN-HKG)

I haven't even blogged about our family trip to KL last December, and here we are, just gotten back from Hong Kong.
I better start blogging about Hong Kong now that it is still fresh in my memory.

I'd been to Hong Kong twice before this, but this time if the first time I brought my kids there. So this is a kiddie Hong Kong trip. ;)

We took the CX noon flight from PEN-HKG. We went to the airport early to have brunch there. Had McD since it pleases the kids. Freaking expensive there though.

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After that the kids watched the planes at the Departure Hall.
Shern saw the Air Asia plane, and said that it was a "Kit Kat aeroplane", and I think that was a brilliant description!
 


 A photo with mum and the kids.


 And our little family of 4.

Shern was such a great flyer. He enjoyed himself so much.
 

Just remember to request for Kid's Meal upon booking. If not they will just serve your child the normal meal.
Shern loved his Kid's Meal, mainly because of that Milo chocolate bar. It was a big portion of 5 fish fingers with some mix vege and wedges. Shern ate 3 fish fingers and that chocolate bar.
He didn't touch the bun, not the fruits and Ribena as expected.
 

Shern was happy eating his meal while watching Disney's Frozen on the screen. After that he watched other cartoons and also played some Chess and Orthello on the screen. Blissful time for him!

Khye turned out to be a good flyer to. He konked out for the first hour on the plane. I was nursing him as the plane was taking off to take the air pressure off his ears. He seemed fine and just continued sleeping after that.
After an hour or so, my baby woke up and I lifted the arm rest in between mum and me, and he sat there quietly while I fed him my meal.
 

Oh ya, I requested for Infant's meal, and Khye's package came with 3 bottles of Heinz Baby Food (forgot to take pic). It was 2 bottles of food and a bottle of Apple Juice.
I opened the Sweet Potato bottle and fed Khye but he spat them out. He didn't like pureed food anymore at 1 1/2yo. He prefers to eat off my plate. I served him my fruits and also some of my rice. He ate quite a lot for a baby.

That was how we were seated. No more window seats, so we were on the middle row with Shern at one end, and me on the other end, and mum in between us.
  

And that was Peter next to me after the isle.


At the Hong Kong airport. We packed only 2 medium sized luggage for all of us, and a cabin sized hand carry. We decided to pack light as we were taking public transport to our accomodation, and also we had a stroller with us. 

Hong Kong Airport is big. It was too slow waiting for the kids to walk beside us. It was easier to stroll the big one and plopped the small one in our luggage trolley. lol. 

Khye was ok being in that trolley as long as I was the one who pushed the trolley. Yes, he sticks to me like that.
 

Shern had a great time because we took the Airport Express to the city. Shern is very intro trains, so he was really glad to be on this fast express train.
 


And the whole section of the train was just for us, so it was like booking the whole train all to ourselves.

And then we took the MTR to get to Jordan station which was the nearest to our apartment.
By the time we reached our apartment, it was almost 6.30pm and Shern knocked off in his stroller.

And oh, I booked an apartment via airbnb.com and it was great for us. There was no hotels which would take all of us (3 adults, 1 child, 1 baby) in one room, and I didn't want to book 2 rooms. I want all of us to be together, so booking an apartment was the other alternative.

Hong's apartment was great with a living room, 2 bedrooms, a small kitchen and also a toilet. It could sleep up to 6 and just the right size for us. And it was also more friendly on the budget. Definitely a recommendation! (click on the link to view more photos of the apartment)
 

After we checked-in, we went out to search for food.
It was really cold weather, about 15 degree Celcius, so it was cold!

Our first stop was the curry fish balls just below our apartment.
Taste-wise was so-so, but Shern loved it! Khye even ate the fried tofu!

 

After that, we stopped by Hoi Tin Tong to have some Guai Lin Gou. HKD50/bowl, but it was big and delicious! Mum and I loved it. 

After filling our tummies, we got back to our apartment to rest for the day. Shern was happy doodling on his Boogie Board and Khye happily played with some cars I brought along. So glad of the space we had in the apartment. 

Then it was time to say goodnight for Day 1 in Hong Kong. Zzzzzzz....

Stay tuned for Day 2!

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Click for Hong Kong With Kids: Day 2 (The Peak - Star Ferry, Open-Deck Bus, Tram, MTR)

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday Kong-kong! 

It was a happy day for Shern, so happy as though it was his birthday. Mainly because what Kong-kong loves are also the things he loves - namely Haagen-Dazs and Chocolate Cake!
So he was in a gorgeous mood!

Look at his WIDE, WIDE smiles!
 


Some photos with each of us there, except with Daddy, because Khye was in a bad mood, and hubby took him for a walk.
 
  
 

And then Shern asked for more photos with us. I was surprised because he seldom asked to take photos. We obliged of course.
  
 


But then he was also in a cheeky mood and started doing funny faces, and 'kemek' our faces!
Look at how he squeezed our faces flat! But he was having fun, so it was all good!
 
 

At last, Khye joined in for a photo of the 4 of us!

A group photo of the rest, except Khye who refused to leave my side. Told u he was in a bad mood!

 No photos of the ice-creams, but we had a very sweet supper indeed! ;D

Then for dinner, mum cooked Dad's favourite dishes. Sweet and sour pork, and also assam prawns. It may looked unappetizing here, but Dad said everything was so good he ate 2nd helpings and finished all the rice. No more left for me when I went for a refill. lol.

And finally it was Cake time!
Count the candles and you know my dad's age. lol.
 

 



Happy Birthday Dearest Daddy.
Thanks for all the sacrifices you made for us. Thank you for raising us to be fine ladies. Thank you for playing with my sons. Thank you for everything. 
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!
Love you lots.


Monday, March 3, 2014

CNY 2014 with Cousins

1st Day of CNY  - 31st Jan 2014
l to r: Jalyn-13 mths, Yiu-Khye-16 mths, Yiu-Shern-4yo, Dylan-8yo, Jamie-10yo 


This year's CNY had been a blast.
Also mainly because of the nice cool weather we had which makes CNY visiting with 2 kids bearable and rather fun!

Reunion Dinner was delicious with MIL being the best cook ever. Her 'jiu hoo char' is to die-for. And I love her Prawn Curry too. Just like every year, everyone ate too much. :)

This year at MIL house, there are 2 toddlers of the same age. It was cute seeing them sitting together, and enjoying each other's company while watching cartoon on tv.

And these 2 photos are of the 5 cousins together.

Hubby bought rm40 worth of fireworks and this is what he got. Yes, what a miserable bunch for RM40. Fireworks are getting really expensive. 

Kids watch behind the gate while hubby lights them off by the roadside.
And surprisingly Khye wasn't scared of the fireworks sounds at all. He watched happily and was amazed even by their loud sounds!

And for those milder ones, the kids get to light them too under our supervision.

Shern had his first try at playing with fireworks. 

On CNY morning at home, both kids got their first ang pows from me while in their jammies!
 

And then off we went to A-Ma's house again! Both kids dressed matchy-matchy  tops! ;)

Hubby & me at the front seats and me taking a selfie of us.

Glad both kids were well behaved during all the CNY visiting, and no meltdowns.
And whenever we go back to MIL house, it was all chaos again with these 5 kids in the house.
 


CNY with cousins all back was chaotic but fun. Their reunion during CNY was too short, hope to see them again real soon!

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