Sunday, May 31, 2009

Mama, Mamama, Mimi...

It used to be confusing when the babies call Mama. This was because we were not sure whether they are addressing their Grandma or Mummy. There was a point when they used to call their Mummy "Mamama" and their Grandma "Mama". After a while, it was back to Mama. About a month back, they started to call their Mummy "Mimi".

Now they mostly call Mummy (yep, the full deal), but still revert to Mama once a while.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Morning At The Park...

Wifey's writing...

Now that they are older, we have started to bring them to the park for their morning walk on weekends. It's good to expose them to the greenery (as well as the lake and the waterfall...), all worlds away from the everyday busy concrete jungle.

The first time Jun Lee was fine and walked by herself quite quickly. Jun Yen refused and had to be carried by her Mummy for a while till her poor Mummy’s arms began to ache. After much persuasion, she did walk a few steps. Both of them enjoyed the experience very much though.

The second time we were there, it was the other way round. Jun Yen was happy and couldn't wait to walk by herself while Jun Lee despite willing to be on the ground, refused to budge from her position at first. But it wasn't long before she began to chase after her little sister.

The third time, we expected both to be happy and walking on their own. However, it was deja vu as Jun Yen refused to walk while Jun Lee was fine. By now we figured it depends on their mood, as both were happily running around later on.


Oh what a beautiful morning...


Look at that...


Mommy, what is Jun Yen looking at???...


See, Yeye and Grandma are here too...

Last Sunday we also did something new. Usually, we only let them walk on the footpath along the lake. This time, their grandparents brought them up to the suspension bridge. They were obviously scared, refused to walk and demanded to be ‘Pau-pau’(being carried). Perfectly understandable as the bridge sways when you walk over it.

We met up with them whilst Grandma was trying to coax them into walking across. I walked across and took Jun Yen who was being carried by her Grandma and put her down on the ground, and held her hand in an attempt to get her to cross the bridged. However, as she saw her father approaching the other side, she called ‘Papa’ and walked towards him and happily walked with her father hand in hand across the bridge.

I then took Jun Lee from her Yeye but she was unhappy and refuse to move when I put her down on the ground. We tried to persuade her and she started walking one small step at a time. It was an achievement for Jun Yen who crossed over and then looked back, called ‘Cheche’ and started to walk back to Jun Lee. It seemed like she was telling Jun Lee that she can do it since she's done it.

Bravo Jun Yen, Jun Lee!

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Engines...

Over the years (since I learnt how to drive that is...) these are the cars (if you can guess what they are) and engines that I have owned or had a close acquiantance with...

4G15
4G13
4G92P
4G93P
4G18
M111.960
XU10J4R
1ZZ-FE
1AZ-FE
S4PH
D4F

Future engines which I'd like to own include:
N52B25/B30
M272.E25
1AR
4GR-FSE
K20A
K24Z2
EA113 2.0TFSI
EA111 1.4TSI

Yup, just a bit of geeky, self-indulgent scribbling... :)