Birthday Preparation & Celebration

Daddy and Mommy planned on throwing a birthday celebration for me & my friends at kids-friendly places like KidzGym & Sports, Kidszone etc. but due to the H1N1 scare, they decided to do a simple one at my playschool.

There are 15 boys (including me) & 14 girls at my playschool. I helped Daddy & Mommy to prepare the party packs. For the girls, there were 2 kinds of party packs.

For the boys, we prepared this.....

........ although Mommy said I was very reluctant to part with all the vehicles we bought for the boys' party packs.

Finding the perfect cake took a lot of time and in the end, they settled for a rainbow cake by San Terri (one of our favorite cake shops). We could choose 2 flavors for each cake, so Daddy & Mommy would buy small slices of different flavored cakes for me to try and decide. The cake costs a whopping RM190 but it was such a hit with my friends! Even the teachers said it was such a special cake!

After our cake eating time, Lao Tze asked me to choose my best friends to hand over the party packs. Without thinking twice, I called out Josiah (my bestest bestest friend) but Lao Tze thought I said Lao Tze instead. (Daddy says he has a video shot of me calling out Josiah's name...hehehe), so the sequence became: Mikhael (Mommy's not sure of the spelling - he's Malay-Chinese origin), Brian Tan, Swetha, Emir, Mitsu & Josiah... who was waiting & waiting to be called.

Everyone got a party pack (I got one too!) & Mommy was very happy coz some of the other mommies told her what nice party packs Bryan gave out.

I can't wait for my next birthday celebration!!

Didn't I tell you September is simply the BEST month of the year?!

A Month of Birthdays!

Apart from the month of July (birthday month for LLMM, Har Dey & Po Po), September is a month of birthdays. Mommy calls these months "pokkai" (literally translated as "bankrupt") months.

All in all, I had 3 birthday celebrations!

The first (on 6th Sept) was held in Marco Polo restaurant (with Karaoke-ing, of course) as birthday celebrations for Tiffany Mai-mai (whose birthday falls on 10th Sept) and myself.

Po Po and Har Dey came back from their Dubai trip just for this celebration! Aren't they just super?! Brought this Bob The Builder hat for me too.

Oh did you see my Goofy jelly cake? Yi Po asked whether I wanted Mickey Mouse cake, but I told her I wanted Goofy cake instead.

The second celebration was held at my playschool on 7th Sept but Mommy says another post will be dedicated to that preparation and celebration. On the same night, we had my third birthday celebration at Yi Po's house. This is my third birthday cake.

Look at all the presents that I got!

Then we celebrated Yi Po's birthday (on the 20th) and for that celebration, Kau Kung & Kam Po were invited. I used to be terrified of Kau Kung but look, I'm fine with him now. I've really grown up huh.... plus it helps that Kam Po gave me a 12 mini board book set of CARS when they arrived. I'm sure they must be equally terrified that I will bawl like I did last time........

Not to forget preparing the birthday gifts for my babyhood friends, Swetha (11th Sept) and Brian Tan (17th Sept). So I can sort of symphatize with Daddy & Mommy that the month of September is indeed a "pokkai" month........

September is my favorite month.....not counting December, that is.

NOT sleepy

(Sometime around 2-3 pm)

Mommy: Bryan, let’s go to the room and take a nap.
Bryan: Don’t want nap.
Mommy: You must be sleepy…
Bryan: Not sleepy. Wanna watch television.
Mommy: OK

(a few minutes later)
Mommy: Bryannnnnn….
Bryan: Zzzzzzzz

My Beary Friends

As I’m the only child in the family, my playmates are my Daddy, Mommy, Yi Po, Kung Kung, Po Po, Sam Yi Po, Har Dey and my many Mai-mais.

Sometimes when they are doing “boring” things like wash dishes, do laundry, I will play with my other friends.

See? My beary friends and I are wearing helmets like the soldiers in “The Grand Old Duke of York”

Computer geek??

Do you know that I can find all the alphabets on the keyboard and type them in sequence? I can also spell and type my name B-R-Y-A-N and my current favorite toy B-U-S.

I can also maneuver the computer mouse and do a left click to choose my favorite YouTubes and replay them.

Damai bought a VTECH Interactive Computer for me some time ago, and I call it “Bryan’s computer”. I’ll ask Daddy to bring it out when Daddy’s working on his laptop, and Mommy’s browsing the Internet with her Netbook.

LingLingMaiMai calls these pictures “Laptops for PapaBear, MamaBear & BabyBear”

Little Sunny Water

My playschool concert will be held on December 6!
And since early July, we've been rehearsing for the concert......

Aunty Shirley told Mommy that for our baby class, we will be doing 2 singing performances; Little Sunny Water & DoReMi. She also mentioned that I can sing the whole song and do the movements to the song. Since then, Mommy, Daddy, Yi Po, Po Po have been pestering me to perform Little Sunny Water.

Mommy did 2 recordings of Little Sunny Water the other day so that the Mai Mais can see how well I can sing now.



LITTLE SUNNY WATER (lyrics)

Little sunny water, sleeping in a corner,
Wake up wake up wash your face,
And do the bumble shake.

Oh, shake it to the right and shake it to the left,
Point to the east, and point to the west,
And point to the one that you like BEST!

Mommy: We hope Bryan will not experience stage fright on that day.
GO THERE!! GO THERE!!

RE: Expensive monthly hair cut

Before I turned 2, Aunty Liza (hairstylist) at Great Eastern Mall will charge me RM20 for my hair cut but for the past few times (since I don't look 2 anymore) it's RM 25. Kung Kung says he can have 3 haircuts for the same price in Seremban, and Har Dey 2 haircuts at his regular hair salon. But both Mommy and Daddy say it's worth the money coz' it's not easy to manage a squirming and protesting toddler, much less get a decent haircut. I used to bawl my head off and refuse to wear the "cape" which actually makes things worse coz' the cut hair will fall onto and into my T-shirt, my pants and all over me. At one time, Mommy replaced the "cape" with a cloth diaper or a bath towel to minimize my discomfort. And the hair salon comes with a VCD player and kiddy rides so Mommy will bring my favorite Mickey Mouse Clubhouse disc to distract me from the noise and the clip clip clip from the many scissors Aunty Liza has in her little black bag slung across her waist. During my last hair cut, Mommy and Daddy were very proud of me coz' I didn't even squeak a word of protest. They say "yappari seicho shita ne" (which means he has grown up) and Aunty Liza and kakak praised me for being such a good boy.

Look how well I behaved I was during my hair cut. Mind you, it took quite a looooooong time.








Mommy: We tried to bring him to other places like QuikCut which charge fixed price of RM12 (or was it RM15??), and these salons are equipped with kiddy rides etc., but Bryan refused to step inside, much less have a hair cut. Oh well, looks like we're stuck with Aunty Liza at Great Eastern Mall for some time... hope she doesn't leave the hair salon soon though...