Two year old dumpling

How time flies! My cuddly, cutey pie is now two! And we had the biggest bestest birthday bash ever. With a theme of 'Under the sea' we had lots of water games plus 'Pin the mermaid's tail'. We also had plenty of balllons, even one in the image of the Little Mermaid!
My little mermaid had tons of fun, with plenty of friends and toddlers making merry and stuffing their faces for the day. As usual we took plenty of pictures.

Game for Wonton?

We enrolled Joshua into a nursery this year. His school is called the Child Enrichment Centre (CEC)located at USJ12. His class consist of about 20 4 year olds, with a good mix of boys, girls, Chinese, Malays and Indian kids.

His teachers' names are Teacher Pam and Teacher Laily, whom he likes. Apart from the classroom activities, he also has gym day (Tuesdays) and swimming lessons (Fridays). He was very enthusiastic in the beginning, less so now.














Anyway, he participated in his first CEC sports day, involving 4 CEC branches from Subang alone.

His class participated in the march past and a game, called fix the bear, or something like that. He won a gold medal (so did everyone else who participated).

Important thing is he enjoyed himself tremendously! Here he is with his classmates and gold medal!

Go Legotrons

Jonathan was involved with the First lego League championship from 27 - 29 April. His team, called the North Andover Legotrons, travelled all the way to Atlanta, Georgia to participate. His whole family which consists of his dad Daniel, mum Hway Siew and brother Matt went along for the ride.

There were 80 teams from 30 countries competing from around the world.

Here is a picture of the crowd in Atlanta.








And here is a picture of Jonathan's team.


We are all proud of you here in Malaysia! Go Jonathan, go Legotrons!


To find out more about Lego First League go here : http://www.firstlegoleague.org

House of Dumplings (updated)

After 2 years, we have finally gotten our keys to our new house in Tanamera. Our new house is a 2 1/2 storey courtyard home, with some land attached. The kids should love that.

And since it is a gated community, we should be in a safer environment.

The kids will also have their own rooms, and so will Yanti. Another thing the kids, especially Joshua, will love is the swimming pool less than a hundred yards away.


There is also a guest rooms for visitors, which will also double as a home-office cum AV room.

Here are some more pictures of our house now.

"Red dumplings" (ang pows)

Gong Xi Fa Cai! This year CNY was spent a little differently for us. We spent a lot more time at home and had more people visit us than before.

We also has a lion dance with firecrackers!

We started with the CNY eve dinner. Grandma spent the evening with us for the first time in many years.

We had a sumptuous spread!

The next morning the little ones were dressed appropriately for their angpows.

Then came the lions who performed an exciting dance for all those present.

I must say that we certainly got into the festive mood bright and early this year!

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.