Pedal, pedal!

I can pedal my bike already!
Still in half cycles though. We found this nice space between our condo block B and block C where I can pedal my bike to my heart's content. It's nice and airy there.
I used to practise pedalling my bike at home, but my bike's handle left some marks on the wall.
So since then, no more pedalling inside the house.

Mommy said she'll get a safety helmet for me soon. Can't wait!
Oh this video was captured by Mommy's mobile phone, and she got the direction all wrong.
She's so happy to be able to upload the video from her mobile phone.....although the function was there all the time. She has been using this phone since last September. Mommy's not very high-tech, you see.




Cinderella & Little Mermaid (By Mommy)
Last Sunday, we went to Guardian Pharmacy at JUSCO AU to get Bryan's insect bite cream as well as some fresh milk, juices for him from JUSCO supermarket. Don't know why but the other Guardian pharmacies don't carry this product (FOBANCORT).

Daddy was paying at the cashier, and Bryan was playing in the aisle with rows and rows of shampoo bottles. Oh, Godpa came over for a visit that day. So Godpa was somewhere near Bryan, keeping an eye on him.

Bryan: (pointing at the shampoo bottle with Cinderella's picture) This is Cinderella.
Bryan recognizes Cinderella well because of the countless times reading Cinderella story with Po Po.
Bryan: (pointing at the shampoo bottle with Little Mermaid's picture) Cinderella wearing swim suit.

(Laugh) I wonder if he noticed the difference in hair color of the Disney princesses, but perhaps in his eyes, a princess IS a princess.

Another Milestone
For the past 2-3 weeks, brown doggy no longer follows Bryan to school anymore.
Our little boy has indeed become a big boy!
Well done, Bryan!

Jimai

We have many activities in the month of May. Everyone at home is very excited!

My Jimai (2nd aunt in Hainanese) came back for a mini-break for the first two weeks in May.

And for the last two weeks in May, my Ling Ling Mai Mai (aunt Ling Ling) will be back to visit all of us. I haven't seen them for a long, long time. I wonder if they miss their one and only nephew......

This is my Jimai carrying me when I was around 3 months old. Don't we look alike?

Mommy told me among her siblings, Jimai and her resemble each other the most.

Oh, in case you didn't know, I love to be carried. See how comfortable I'm perched like a baby koala?

When my Jimai comes back, everyone will put on weight coz' she'll bring everyone out for food, food and more food! It's a good thing the durian season hasn't started, otherwise the whole house will be filled with durian smell! Jimai loves to eat durian but not the ordinary type of durian you get at the supermarkets the whole year through... Kung Kung & Jimai has a contact person in Jalan Alor who will call them when a good breed of durian is in season.

We had many food outings during Jimai's short stay such as the Korean BBQ at Daddy's office building (family gathering with Yeh Yeh & Granny), crabs etc at Wong Ah Wah Jalan Alor (for Mommy's birthday), dim sum brunch at Concorde Hotel (for Mother's Day)...

These photos were taken during the dim sum brunch at Concorde Hotel.

It's so confusing to call the Mai Mais in their special names - Jimai, Damai (3rd aunt), Ling Ling Mai Mai, Tiffany Mai Mai.. so I call "Mai Mai" when there is only one Mai Mai around, and if there are more than one Mai Mai, I will say "Mai Mai wearing (color of clothes)"

But Mommy was very surprised when I asked for "Jimai" (after she went back to Dubai).

Conversation (Mommy & Bryan)

It was a Sunday afternoon and we were out shopping at The Curve (Mutiara Damansara).

Bryan was being very naughty - didn't want to walk nor sit in his stroller. Wanted to be carried instead. Couldn't get much shopping done so Mommy and Daddy decided to go home. Told Bryan "No more shopping. Let's go home".

Bryan: Don't wanna go home. Go Yi Po's house. Play toys.

Mommy: Yi Po's busy. Yi Po went out.

Bryan: Where's Po Po?

Mommy: Po Po's busy. Po Po also went out.

Bryan: Sam Yi Po?

Mommy: Sam Yi Po also busy.

Bryan: Kung Kung?

Mommy: Kung Kung went out.

Bryan: Where's Har Dey? (young uncle in Hainanese)

Mommy: Har Dey also busy.

Bryan: Where's Jimai?

Mommy (surprised): Bryan's so clever... knows how to call Jimai.

Bryan: Where's JIMAI?

Mommy: Jimai went back to Dubai.

Bryan: (a little crestfallen) Don't wanna go home. Buy ice-cream, drink juice...

My Daddy and Me

Like many babies, I called my Daddy first before Mommy.

Why is that, I wonder??

But it was "Zizzy" for some time before it turned DADDY one day.

Daddy and Mommy used to tease me saying there is something wrong with my ears, "mimi ga warui ne". Hrrmph!

My Daddy's colleagues say I look like Mommy, and my Mommy's colleagues say I'm the exact imprint of my Daddy. Hmmm... But all agree that I take after Daddy in size. Mommy hopes that I'll have Daddy's perfect eyesight. And hopes that I'll have the athletic genes too. Daddy used to represent his school in the hurdle race. I think 400m. Or was it the 200m?? Mommy used to dread Sports Day coz' she would end up tailing the rest of her friends, being the last or the second last each time during the 100m race. Mommy's side of the family are rather a bunch of bookworms, you see.

This is Mommy's favorite photo of me and my Daddy. See how tall my Daddy is?

Mommy likes this photo because she says we seem to be oblivious to others, sharing a secret destination only known to Father and Son. That's what she derived from that moment in the photo - but actually I was thinking "Gosh, so many steps more. My legs are killing me!!"

When I'm being carried by my Daddy, it gives me a different perspective. I'm so used to looking up at people that sometimes I get a crick in the neck. It's nice to be able to look down once in a while.

My Daddy is my playmate. At home, we play hide and seek, we draw together - actually Daddy draws while I ask him to draw this and that, we play blown out bubbles together.... sometimes Daddy will piggy back me from the living room to the bedroom, then back to the living room again. He'll be complaining about my weight though.... I'm a 16.4Kg load now.

Unlike my Mommy who can only draw 2D pictures, my Daddy is very artistic.
He used to score the highest points for Arts in school. My Daddy is also very creative. Look at the three different farm houses he built for me with my Big Farmhouse Lego Duplo. I did help out positioning some of the farm animals though.

Only time will tell if I'll have Daddy's perfect eyesight, Daddy's height, Daddy's athletic, creative and artistic genes ..... until then, we can only hope.