The lone dumpling

All this attention on Josh must surely make my little Sam feel a little left out. So here are some pictures I took of her during Josh's party.

Sometimes, she was in the thick of the birthday action, sometimes she preferred to slink away out back.


Josh even caught up with her and tried to 'sayang' her with a hug!

To infinity...and beyond!

"My name is Buzz Lightyear. I come in peace!"

I shall be hearing a lot of this for the next few months. This is currently Josh's favourite character and we bought him a Buzz toy that talks...5 different phrases, I think.

Now Josh and Buzz are inseparable, which works both ways. We use it to blackmail him once in a while.


This must be the best present he has ever got.

Josh turns 3!

My son, Joshua, turned 3 on Saturday (Oct 1). Yes, it's been 3 years since I first became a father. How time flies.

Had a small do with a couple of other kids. Samantha was there, of course, so was Sonya, Charan and Lilly's kid. Alex, Nancy's kid also dropped by for some cake. I think this is the first time my son knows what a birthday means to him.


It has been hyped up all week, with promises of cakes and ice cream and presents. Balloons have been hanging on the wall for a few days and Joshua has gone into the hyper mode ever since.

Wet dumplings

Here are more pictures of the kids, especially Joshua, enjoying a dip in the pool. Of course, me and Irene have to be holding on to them....Joshua seems to think he can swim, just because he can kick in the water.

But he has fun. Samantha enjoys a dip too but perhaps not to the extent of Joshua.



Samantha's interest centres around food, as you can see:)

Shanghai dumplings

I made my first trip ever to China last July. It was to Shanghai.
Tried the supposedly world famous Shanghai 'pau' at the most famous and popular outlet. All the shop sold was Shanghai pau and nothing else!


Did some sight seeing, especially at Shanghai Bund (beach).Also did some shopping at the culture and arts center.




Worth doing a trip there for those who have not been to China. Came away with mixed feelings about the city. On the one hand it is super huge, with lots and lots of high rises, but the mentality of the city folks are very much rooted in kampung behaviour eg spitting and walikng aroung without their shirts on!

My little Dumplings

This is my first venture into cyberspace. With this blog, I hope to share the growing up adventures of my two little 'wontons' with the rest of the family.


Why do I call them wontons? Well each of them is 'one tan', are they not?

But they are also small little dumplings that are so tasty and fun ...and so oriental.



Anyway, here are some pix of my little dumplings, growing up..hopefully, not too fast.