New Year Eve

In the New Year Eve morning, my son woke up and told me that he has more friends in facebook than me. I was surprise....! I had been venture into facebook for more than a year, but he had more friends than mine. Don't believe me? See the photo!















Honestly, he has more fans than me. After shooting so many photos, uploaded thousand of photos, his picture got the most like and comment ever in my facebook. Special thanks to Siewkay, a very special friend of mine. This cute baby clothes was presented from her. She and her dear were specially rush back to Penang from KL to attend my son full moon party and bring this gift along.

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Since Chong Hee came to the world, he had spiced up my day. Either my family nor my life. Few years back we have gathering in KL with my Ledang 4 team members. It was like a mini family gathering. There were 2 families and 2 couples gather in 1 roof and we shared our experience and exchange ideas between each other. I was not able to have gathering on last year due to shooting assignment. This year we planned to reduce traveling as our son is still very young, thus we only have a simple friends steamboat gathering to welcome 2012. We were pleased to have our friends to come for the gathering. This was our first new year celebration with Chong Hee.




They are baby lovers.






Special guest of the day. It was his first time to join our gathering and was his first time came to my house. A friend from Blogger Pie Group and has some underground "link"!




I think he enjoy the steamboat dinner.


A bit under expose.... upload without touch up.




Gorgeous mother


Auntie Foo first time carry baby.... injure her back bone! (hope she feeling ok now)

A Day After Christmas...

It was aunty Lily's lunch date. It's our pleasure to meet Aunty Lily for lunch. She has been very helpful to us. A phone call to her, without any question she gives her helping hands to us. She knows that we are the young parents, inexperience parents and she always offer her help. Thanks a million.

From the photo you can see that she is a baby lover.... she not only loves to see my son, but my brother's son as well. You are the most welcome to our house.





Kids are very natural. They act according to their heart, every words they speak, every action they do are truely from the bottom of their heart. Nowadays Ipad is the favourite for most of the kids due to the games are attractive to them. Angry Bird is one of them. I observe a lot of family members give their kids to play with ipad in order to let the kids self entertain and parents able to do their personal things. Some even let the kid to play with the ipad, while they feeding the kid for lunch. To me, ipad is a no no item or limit item for my kid. Kid will easily get addicted with the games in ipad, if parents do not control them, kids will play none stop and you will see them craving for ipad. End, a lot of kids already wearing glasses in the young age. And the most important thing I could say technology spoil childhood! When kids keep playing with computer games, they have no childhood memory at all. I still prefer children to have their childhood life. Michael Jackson has limited childhood life, the legend spend most of his life to build his career. End, when he succeed, he built a wonderland for kids to have childhood at his home.

Childhood game in those days that we have and my parents have almost gone. When we talk with the kids today.... told them about our childhood memory, they are total blank on our story. Flash back the old days we have: spider fighting, fish catching at river, Malaysia tradition game - gasing, congkak, catching game ("ah chi lok" in hokkien dialek), a.e.i.o.u, one-leg (or so call teng teng in Malacca), hantu galak, etc.... these games were almost obsolete in the modern days childhood, especially town boy. When I talk to my dad about this, he said when he retired later, he will bring my son to catch spider, make kite, bring back all his childhood life for my son.... I was so happy to hear that. My dad grew up in a poor family, like a Kampung boy as describe in the famous LAT comic book. He will bring back all the LAT childhood memory into reality. Thanks dad, thanks grandpa.

Santa heard my wish!!!

Finally my dream came true....
As i love Christmas.... Not because of Santa, not because of present. Its because of family. You can say that I am a family man.... :D Since young, we watched movie we saw family gathering and eating turkey during the Christmas Eve. It was in the cool weather over the northern countries (some even snowing!), they decorate their home with warm lights, Christmas tree and present. During the winter time, family gathering to warm up the environment, warming up the environment with wood color furniture and warm light make the atmosphere like staying in a home sweet home. While making my imagination, it makes me miss my Seattle job interview trip in 2006, where I have my first Christmas in Seattle, the place where Bruce Lee stayed when he was in US, the place where the first shutter go to space (that is why they have the Space Needle Tower), the place where first Starbucks in the world is, and the famous pie market was patterned in the "Fish" book (All HR officer require to know about this document).





This year Christmas, Santa answered my call, bring his present to me. We have our long wait family gathering on Christmas day and this meal was a God gifted meal. My brother's employer decided to award their stuff USD 125 for a single dinner treat receipt. After converted, it is about RM 390. My brother treat us with a luxury Japanese Food at Island Plaza, Penang. I was really having a great time having my Christmas family gathering. Present were: My dad, my mom, my brother, my sister in-law, me and my wife, Chong Yi and Chong Hee. Enjoy my beloved Japanese food, salmon sashimi, its super delicious!

















All photo capture with my new cam Canon 7D, Canon 50mm f1.4 lens mounted on my camera.





Cute little Chong Yi is taking care of Chong Hee.... He was consoling my son while my son was crying.

Happy Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice or so call 冬至 (dong1 zhi4) in Mandarin. This is a Chinese tradition festival. Every year the date on Lunar Calender share the same date with Julia Calender. In Chinese occasion, there are 2 festival share the same date in the both calender which are Cheng Beng and Winter Solstice. Winter Solstice fall on 22-December every year. It was a date I never forget in my life.... few years back, on this date was the date my beloved and respectful grand mother passed away.

Winter Solstice is a festival where every family will prepare the dumpling or so call "汤圆" (Tang1 Yuan2). All the family members will be back for the gathering and eat the dumpling. For Chinese always like to say: "吃汤圆，我们一家来团圆". In those days, the whole family sit down together and helping the mother to prepare the dumpling together. The process of making the dumpling created the memory and keep in the heart forever. But these days, we can just settle it by money. Can buy the dumpling from super market whereby its ready made. To me, we had spoiled the tradition by modernize. I still love the old days where we use to hand made the dumpling together in the family. I remember that my dad always being creative by making the dumpling in different patterns. Some are big, some are fantastic small, some even mix color. As children always excited with the different or special item, still keep in mind that me and my brother always try to grab the 4 colors mix dumpling. So much fun keep in our childhood memory.

As for this year, I was very sad that I could not make it to have dumpling with my son. We initially was plan to have dinner at Butterworth together with my brother and his in-law family. Was planning to bring my son, Chong Hee along. Unfortunately it was a very bad day. My wife was discharge from Hospital Lam Wah Eeh, suppose to discharge at 9.30am some how the document procedure was not done clearly between hospital and the insurance agent, my wife was only able to discharge at 4pm. On the other hand, I was met with an accident in the morning, where motor hit my car, break my back right hand side brake light. Logged a police report before heading to Butterworth. Due Winter Solstice festival, everyone was rushing home for their family gathering and dumpling, Penang bridge was stuck with JAM! Leave me no choice but have to cancel our plan. End up we just had our mini family gathering at E-gate Noodle Station, and take Wan Tan (Meat dumpling) as our dumpling. So sad.....

I feel that there are several very important family gathering festival we should not miss, there are: Mid Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, Christmas, Chinese New Year and Cheng Beng. These are the family gathering festival for Chinese tradition and family gathering date (Christmas). I would love to keep some of the tradition way of celebrating these festival through out my life, so that my family members will feel miss home when these festivals arrive.

My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, you make me happy, you make my day to have a good start everyday.

It has been 2 weeks since after my trip back from Malacca. Meaning that Chong Hee has been sending to the baby sitter for 2 weeks already. I had been sending him to the baby sitter everyday before I go to work. Everyday in the morning, I changed the pampers for him then transfer Chong Hee from my room to the hall. I will enjoy a cup of coffee before I go to work. As I was enjoying the coffee, or changing pampers for him, he always smile at me.... and this is my sunshine of the day.



This video capture special its because my wife was away. I had been taking care of the baby for 2 nights without my wife present. Seems like I am able to handle my baby alone. It was a health disaster for us since Chong Hee admitted to hospital in Malacca. After Chong Hee was discharge from the hospital, my wife fever before we all came back to Penang. Reached Penang on Monday, I was down with mild fever and gastric on the next day. My wife experience food poisoning on Thursday and she was absent from work on that day. Disaster did not end there. My wife was admitted to Hospital Lam Wah Ee on Tuesday (20-12-2011) due to dehydrated. Leave me no choice but to take care of the baby alone. I am lucky enough to have my brother and his family around in helping me to take care of my son while I was off to visit my wife in hospital. Thanks!

After visiting her yesterday in hospital, I think she will be able to discharge from hospital today... hopefully everything will go smooth after this.

He smile

I supposed to clean up the belongings from my Malacca trip on Tuesday but very unfortunate I was down with mild fever and gastric. Not able to wake up and take care of my baby. My wife was busy entertain Chong Hee so that he can stay alert before 12 midnight and allow us to sleep during the night. Her entertaining job was great. Chong Hee begun to show some sign and "talk" to us with his reaction. His smile is the happiest joy for us. Would like to share the joy we have on the blog. That is the sweetest magical moment of our child.

Country road, take me home!

Country road, take me home.... Finally, its time to take my baby back home sweet home to his nest. We will be traveling back to Penang today. After he wake up, bath and pack up everything, we will be on our way back to Penang. See you guys in Penang.