BrUsHiNg TiMe

Kayden just loved to brush his teeth.... Mind it, he wants to do it on his own, without any help... I guess he learned it from me. Every night, before bed, I always brush my teeth and sometimes, he tends to go into the bathroom with me....I think the only curious thing in his mind is why there is a whitish paste along my mouth (the toothpaste) and when he brushes his teeth, there is nothing there..
I took some pictures of him brushing his teeth and by the looks of it, it seems he's a pro in doing it by himself already...

Brushing the front teeth

Brushing the back teeth

Doesn't he look cute? Hehe.... I just adore him so much

Boo-boo

Last night Kayden made a boo-boo! Luckily, my coffee was in a plastic thermos cup instead of glass.... We were playing around when he suddenly took notice of my cup on the computer table. Thinking it was empty, he grabbed it. Although I had a feeling that he will throw the cup onto the floor, I was late in grabbing it away from it by a mere few seconds! CRASH... Coffee spilled everywhere..  and Kayden stood there watching the spilled coffee. One funny scene was that when our domestic worker was cleaning the spillage, she missed a spot and Kayden pointed it out to her! We had a good laugh...

My BdaY

As of yesterday, I am one year older. Whoa... nearly reaching the BIG 30!!! and you never realize that.... Took a few pics of my birthday cake - it's triple chocolate with cheese- very FATTENING right? We nearly tasted all the cake flavours from Bakelyn. This one is a new flavour, so my husband and I decided to try it out. Last year, I had strawberry shortcake - was nice but kind of hard because of the biscuits in between the layers.

Reviewing my past, many happenings had occurred whether it be good or bad. Well, life's never smooth. You got to have ups and downs - that's what makes life interesting. Each and every day is a brand new start.

TiMe ReaLLy fLieS!

A year and a half have passed by and now Kayden's nearly two already. The jacket he's wearing was a gift from his godmum and at that time, he couldn't wear it. But now, you can see it fits him perfectly.

Getting his hair done by his Ah-Ma (if you noticed the hand, he was trying to do it himself)

When I asked him to smile, this is how he does it nowadays...

Took this in the evening, when everyone was in the living room

I brought him shopping that morning. This biscuit was chosen by him.

He put it in the shopping basket himself.

MiD-AuTuMn FeStiVaL

Last week, we celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival. We brought Kayden down to the city to take a look at some lanterns placed in the Chinese temple. However, this year was a disappointment. Not only that there were only a few lanterns, even Kayden did not enjoy himself overly much. I remembered the year before, he was so enthusiastic when he saw the lanterns. This year he did not really bothered much about them.

However, he had fun with his own lanterns. His Uncle An has bought him some lanterns from Cebu and he loved them...

Lion lanterns - the first one is battery operated

while the other one is not

A tweety lantern

A typical Chinese mooncake - lotus with double egg yolk

"ping-pi" mooncake ( red bean, durian and lotus flavour )

SwoLLeN eYe?

I woke up today feeling a bit irritated around the eye area. When I checked myself in the mirror, I realized that my left eye seems slightly swollen, whether it be from dirt or mosquito bites, I can't really tell....

Lately, assignments have been pouring in non-stop. But luckily the due dates are far apart, or else I will be rushing to do them. There is this story telling presentation which have to be done in pair work - found my partner already but not sure what story to use. Guess I have to spend extra time browsing through the children's story books.

KoRe@N FooD

Today, we went for Korean Food in Qlap. It was my first time there and kind of like my first time tasting Korean food. All this while, I always take Japanese sushi but it's good to have a change of taste once in a while. The food was very tasty and not so spicy. Took some pictures as well. Little Kayden enjoyed himself so much - we were the only customers as now is the fasting month.

Rice with mixed vegetables cooked on stone

stove

Seafood with seaweed pancake

and bean stew soup (not spicy)

Beef (supposed to be wrapped with lettuce and some spices

or seasoning paste)

Busy, bUsY, BUSY!!!

Two weeks have passed and assignments start pouring in. This is kind of good as it keeps my mind stimulated. God knows it has been ages since I last did my assignment...

Clasees have been fun so far especially Korean lesson. There are still lots to remember - I always confuse myself with the sounds but I know one day I will know it by heart.

Though busy, I still have time to go in to Facebook, haha... Oh ya, last night, Kayden has learned to use the toilet. It was actually very funny though. I had to use his toy duck to show him how. It was a fun experience... ;D

ClaSSes oFF!ciaLLy sT@rtED

LE-1501 starts today. My lecturer is Mrs. Brown, who is a Filipino but married to orang putih. She's very friendly and humorous. I volunteered myself to be one of the group discussion leader today - discuss about ground rules. It was fun...

On my way back home for lunch, smokes can be seen almost everywhere. Because of the haze and the terrible weather, it causes forest fires. Fire engines are found at different locations and water puddles everywhere.

Korean class was very exciting. There's a lot of tongue twisting and pronounciation, making it fun. The lecturer even joked with us. I always thought that it would be easy to learn but it seems so difficult now, especially if you don't recognise the korean alphabet (Hangul)... However, I will try my best to master and memorize these letters.

I!t's eVerYwHeRe

Because of the H1N1 going on, we rarely take Kayden out for shopping. Though the number has lessened, the environment is still not safe as lately, the sky has become very foggy and the weather is very hot. The main cause of it is...

HAZE! HAZE! HAZE!

The picture on the left shows our underground tunnel in Qlap. See how thick the fog is....

Even in the house, we can see and feel it. This month is not a good time for outing or anything. The safest place to be is at home.