Krabi Adventure

This is the 1st time you are taking a plane. You behaved properly except that you keep opening and closing the small airplane window besides you. However, we were in hell when we took a boat trip from Ao Nang to Railey beach. You started to cry to struggle in the Long Tail boat for the entire 15-minute journey. On the way back, the wind blew stronger and it started to rain. Luckily we had an umbrella and a jacket to protect you from the wind and rain. It was such a relief when we finally reached the pier safely. Next time, we will not even think about bringing you on a small boat.

In the hotel room, your favorite action was opening/closing the balcony's sliding door and played with the telephone. Papa did not sleep well for a few nights in the hotel as your legs kept kicking on my back.

Overall, you enjoyed the trip and learnt quite a few things like "beach", "island" and "aeroplane".

XiaoZhe is past 18 months

You are well past 18 months. Mummy managed to train you to give up pacifier and you are now on the ambitious toilet training program to reduce the diaper usage. Your favorite daily request is to place you on the window grilles to observe what is happening outside. You are now eating quite a bit of rice and we are trying to get you to drink less milk powder. Papa is happy whenever you can speak simple words like flower and pear. You call air-con and umbrella "kaka" and almost everything you say "dirty" :-)

We will be going to Krabi Island next week and go to Star Cruise to Redang Island at month end. You will have the chance to take a plane and go on board a cruise soon. Let's pray that you will be well and healthy for the trip.

What daddy and mummy are busy with

Lucky for you, Mummy did not get the Citibank's job. She is now a dedicated baby developer :-) We bought a lot of early childhood development kit (e.g. Glenn Doman, Shichida, Carl Weter ..) and books. Daddy already stopped the TCM course as I am too busy with work and would like to spend more quality time with you in the evenings and weekends.

Happy birthday Javier !!!

You are one year old now !!! You already know how to crawl, creep and walk a little.

Javier is 8-month old !!!

You are 8-month old now. Mummy prepared solid food like porridge for you every day and you are growing your teeth right now. Mummy let you roam around using walker but you still don't how to crawl. Mummy is thinking of going back to work, will go for an interview with Citibank next Monday.

Mummy resigned

Mummy decided to resign and stay at home to take care of you. Daddy fully supports mummy's decision. Unfortunately, we may need to transfer Jennifer to another employer because mummy thinks we cannot afford to hire a maid once she is not working.

Grandma talking care of you

Since mummy has gone back to work, we requested grandma to take care of you. Mummy's work is very stressful now so we are grateful that grandma comes to help us.

Chinese New Year 2006

The weather changed when CNY came closer. You started to have problem passing motion. Your mum's brother, Ah Gui, came to fetch us to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to celebrate CNY together with mummy's sister's family. It became a stressful experience as you were crying unpredictably. It was a tiring new year to us.