Cadbury Eyebrows TV Advert

ZY's favorite TV ads. Wherever he is, Whatever he is doing, once the cue started he will turn and watch it.

Why all mummies dress up?

Television was showing Fashion Catwalk Show. ZY asked "Why all mummies dressed up."

"It is a fashion show. They are models. They are doing catwalk for the pretty dress."

And he accepted the answer.

Organic Farm Visit Part I

We have a trip to the GK Organic farm for Farm visit with luncheon package.

A talk about care of environment with slide show was given, then barefoot walk around the farm with guide explaining planting and information about plant. Children was brought around with sight, touch and smell experiences.

Hand on with planting scallion, and harvesting of sweet potato. Children get to bring home the scallion they planted and sweet potato they harvested.

Check out ZuYan's scallion growth next few day.

Planting scallion.

Getting ready for barefoot walk around vegetable farm.

The adults and children were separated into two groups with a guide for each group to tour around the farm. So, no photo was taken for ZuYan during the tour.

It is a quiet place where you hear only the bird chirping and insect sound.

The Malaysia International Landscape & Garden Festival 2008

Zu Yan waiting for shutter tram at the stop station in front of Bird Park and Orchids Garden.





Zu Yan posing in front of a scultured gardens.








Another field trip fo Zu Yan.

The Malaysia International Landscape & Garden Festival 2008 that being held at Perdana Lake Garden, Kuala Lumpur 19-27 July 2008.


Due to, I spended too much time on looking for the entrance and parking lot. We are unable to spend much time to feel the breath of freshness, see the world in hues of colours, experience it like no other and see a display of over 80 sculptured gardens.

Don't even mentioned about enjoying bargains at some 50 units of retail lots selling garden-related products.

Zu Yan enjoys walking along the path while admiring the scultured garden especially those have fountain and fishes in pool.

Zu Yan deleted some pictures while browsing his pictures in the camera.

We enjoyed riding on the shutter tram, the golf cart services that bring us the Lake Garden.

And we saw PURPLE CHILLI PADI. Zu Yan was excited about it because they are purple, the first colour that Zu Yan knew how to say and Barney is purple too.











We saw the KL Hop-On-Hop-Off Double Decker Tour Bus Services boards at Perdana Lake Garden Stop Station. One day, we will go "KL Hop-On-Hop-Off Double Decker Tour Bus" .

Next, culture theme should I choose "Transportation "?

Field trip to Pantai Remis, Jeram, Kuala Selangor.

This ia a free and easy trip for ZuYan.
He points and shouts fish! fish! when we walk down and stop right in front of the sea.
No fish was seen, but he related the fish with the sea.


Zu Yan under the sun near to sunset time. He was digging in a pile of seashell with a twig he found at the beach.




He shows this anxious facial expression again like the one in Bagan Lalang, Sepang.






Collecting seashell with Granma.


What a big yawn! Feeling soooo relax at the beach.

Proud to be the Member of National Library of Malaysia!!!

Zu Yan sit and wait while his application is being process.
















Zu Yan's Kad Pintar.






















Pose infront of National Library Malaysia before we leave.

Books that we have borrow:














(Top- left to right) Just Like My Dad by David Melling, The House in the Meadow by Shutta Crum, Bunny and Bee's by Forest Friends.
(Bottom - left to right) What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steven Jenkins & Robin Page, Endangered Elephants published by Crabtree Publishing Company, Jack's Bed by Lynne Rickards and Rosalind Beardshaw.


Zu Yan points and says "6".















Zu Yan's favourite among all.

Visit to the Aquaria KLCC

Zu Yan looking up at Tinfoil Barb.

Zu Yan at Pay Less Books Warehousesales

Books that we bought from the sale which cost RM1-3 each.

Zu Yan grab a book and find a box for his self amusement at the Pay Less Books Warehouses.

Nature Walk at Rimbun Ilmu University Malaya and Trip to Bagan Lalang

Nature Walk at Rimba Ilmu University Malaya

Emm...so boring.

Hey! A lonely boy!

Hi! Can we go out for a movie tonight.

Young lady, please pay attention to the briefing.

Field trip to Beach Bagan Lalang

ArchiDEx2007

We went to Archidex 2007 at KL Convention Center, but only found that children are not allowed.

So, the father go in and we waited outside.

Zu Yan admiring the archi piece model.

Zu Yan was amused by the model structure.




A few snapshot of Zu Yan while we waiting at the corridor.

Malaysia International Fireworks Competiton 2007

Good that Malaysia is having such an event in Putrajaya.

We manage to reach there right before the fireworks started.

Actually, our car cannot move any more further.

The road is full of cars.

















ZuYan clapping when the fireworks started.

















ZuYan was amazed by the fireworks!!!
















ZuYan looks up on the cheering crowd.
















Although we were very far away from the fireworks competition spot, ZuYan was excited with the little sparks he can see.

What if we are really under the fireworks display?

Getting to know nature

Planting teaches children more than just how things grow.
It also educates them about the weather and why plants need soil, water and light.
It helps to develope a positive attitudes and feeling toward the natural environment, or being familiar with their environment.

Of course, as a 15 months old child, Zu Yan cannot not understand about the weather, soil, water and light.

It's a simple and easy experience for him to get to know nature.
I was amaze by the way he handle the shovel.
He had fun this morning.















15 months old Zu Yan planting scallion.

ooh ooh ! up there!

Since last week, I started to bring ZY out to the nearby playground so that he would get a chance to further refine his gross motor skill. All this while, we will just hang around in the house yard in the evening, where he could only walk around and sit on bench. He admired the plants, grass, cars passing by, neighbour walk pass but never never the birds or airplane flying over our head. He pay no notice when I told him "Listen, what's that sound? Look up there! An aeroplane!" " Look! birds!" Emm.. he looked left or right or somewhere else but not the direction of where my finger point to, not lifted his head to look up at all.

So, it is not the time yet. I did not keep trying and I think one day he will notice by himself. And, last Thursday, we were in the playground, as usual, I will stand back and let him lead the way. At one moment I was looking elsewhere and when I turn to him, he was pointing to the sky. There were two birds flying by. Hey! he noticed!

And, today, I was looking elsewhere again and when I turn to him, he was pointing to the sky and his lip squash up like a beak "Ooh! ooh!". There was an aeroplane flying over.

His awareness of surrounding has extend up to things happend over his head.

ZY's discoveries

Quotation
"I have served the spirit of those children, and they have fulfilled their development, and I have kept them company in their experiences." Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, Chapter 27.

Zu Yan's stop and look at a snail while having nature walk in the park.
The snail does not kept him for long.
He continue his nature walk after looking at it for awhile.

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Spinning ball in container

Yesterday, it was during the lunch time.
While I help ZY to feed himself, he was having fun with a 1 inch diameter wooden ball and a rice measuring cup.
He held them one in each hand, showing them high and low, place on the table, place the ball into the measuring cup and pour it out...suddenly, he found that he could make the ball to circulate in the cup by using only one hand and wrist.
And he did it again and again. While he was walking, sitting on sofa, sitting on floor, put it away, came back to the materials, pick up and work with it again.

Today, he repeat the same experience but in a variation.
He place a bigger plastic ball into a round ice cream container and make the circular motion by holding the container with two hands.
Later in the evening, he was spunning around by himself for the first time (Does this got anything to do with the ball spinning in the container?).
He fell on floor, got up, spun, fell, got up and spun again.





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Christmas in Hong Kong

It was a fun and easy trip.

The most worried part for me before departure is all the information about baby ear pain caused by air preesure in plane.

But everything went smoothly, no crying in the flight, no crankiness.
Zu Yan was having fun in the baby seat.
He plays peek-a-boo with the other passengers.
Stewardness adored him.


Be it at home, in a car or in a plane, this is my essential needs.
Chew on something!!! Grunch, grunch, grunch.


Zu Yan checking his attire and outlook in the lift mirror,
making sure he is cute enough to adore street people.


Lunch at Stanley street Hong Kong with Ah Gong.

What a nice smile and stretch when he woke up in the morning on "Yee Yee"'s bed.

No sleeping problem caused by change of environment.

Zu Yan sleeping soundly in baby slings while we are waiting for boarding at Hong Kong International Airport.