Writing My Name & Chinese Characters

Last Monday, Mommy asked me to write my name. Not expecting me to know how to write my full name, I surprised her and showed her I did (although not perfectly) twice...


This is my name. I mistakenly drew a triangle when writing the "A". So I just added another line inside it instead of erasing and writing it again. Hehe...



Look at my "E" at the end of "Leanne". Hehe...



Some scribblings and imperfect writing of the Chinese characters 'xiao' (small) and 'ta' (big) in my little strawberry notebook (wrote them in the car on our way to the meetings last Wednesday). I have just learnt how to write them in school. This month, we are learning to write the Chinese characters. Before this, I have learnt to read 6 Chinese poems already. So I know around with 40 Chinese characters now. Mommy is very happy to note I am progressing well in this subject and thanked Teacher Candice, my Mandarin language instructor in school today...

More Drawings: Houses, Teddy Bears & Cars

Look at what I drew yesterday below. Cute or not?


A happy teddy bear on a sunny day...


Recently, I learnt how to draw houses from See Mun-che-che. Mommy also taught me how to draw teddy bears and cars. I am a fast learner. She only showed me once or twice. I also know to draw rabbits, I just make the ears a little longer. I like to draw little monsters too...




Drawings of houses, little monsters, planes and fish?



My first drawings of teddy bears and bunnies. Notice, they have belly buttons. Hehehe... (The top left teddy is the one Mommy drew)...


My first drawings of cars. (Mommy drew the one right at the top)...



Recent random drawings...

Drawings: Airplanes & The Little Sun

Since my recent trip to Langkawi, I have been quite into airplanes. Besides talking about them, I love to draw them. My first drawing of an airplane does not look like an airplane at all!



This is my initial impression of how an airplane should look like. It has wings, a tail (the 'T') and lots of seats for people to sit inside. See the little 'tick' at the top of the drawing? It means what I drew is 'correct', in my opinion. I drew this at Mah-mah's place. When Yeh-yeh and Suk-suk attempted to draw airplanes for me, I would put crosses next to their drawings and say "wrong" or "not correct". Only mine was "correct". Hehe...





The evolution of my airplane drawings and also the creation of the 'little sun' (xiao tai yang)...



My first drawing of "the little sun" amongst the scribblings in my little strawberry notebook. It is not just a little monster with 3 strands of hair on its head, it's the 'xiao tai yang' of that Chinese kids' channel on Astro. Mommy only realized/recognised it when she saw it on TV at Mah-mah's place...




The airplane I drew when I was finally home again with Mommy and Daddy...



What I drew for Mommy when she was unwell, to take home with her whilst I stayed the night at Mah-mah's. I asked her to colour them and she did. (My airplanes here have evolved into fishes)...

Mr.Hush Puppies & Bad Bacteria

About 3 weeks ago (28 May 2011), my parents and I went shopping in Sunway to buy some gifts. That day, I was really thrilled (although a little scared) to meet Mr. Hush Puppies...


Mr.Hush Puppies is so big but cute!


After purchasing only 1 gift, Mommy wanted to go home already. But I pleaded with her for a kiddie ride. So, finally, with Daddy's permission, she let me go for one aeroplane ride and I was very happy...


I love airplanes!!


That same day, Mommy started to feel a little unwell. She felt cold and dizzy. She also started having headaches and body aches. Little did we know, she caught the 'bad bacteria' from me. So, we had to miss the Special Day Assembly the next day to take her to see a doctor. She had high fever like me the week before. I had to stay with Mah-mah for 4 days. Mommy spent a night at the hospital on Wednesday and regretted not staying another night since she felt better there than back home. Even though her fever has already subsided then, her body still ached a little and her sore throat became worse...

That week, Daddy also started to feel unwell. On Friday of the same week, both my parents went to the clinic together. Daddy had a bad sore throat and he also suffered very high fever and body aches. On Monday the following week, they went to see the doctor again. Daddy's sore throat was still very painful. Mommy's sore throat was better but she woke up that morning all puffed up. Water retention. The scales showed that she was suddenly 5kg heavier overnight! After that day, Mommy slowly recovered and eventually, Daddy was all better too...

What a strong and vicious bad bacteria! After that terrible bacteria infection, we have to take more yoghurt or probiotics as advised by a doctor earlier, because antibiotics kills the good bacteria too...


All of Mommy's medicines. I didn't have that many. For me, only paracetamol and antibiotics. For Daddy, some painkillers, panadol and 2 types of antibiotics...

Fever, Fever, No More!

It has been the worst fever ever! For 5 days and 4 nights, my temperature fluctuated between 37.5'C and 40.0'C. I never had a temperature over 38.0'C before this. It started last Friday afternoon. On Saturday morning, I was taken to the Sunway hospital when my temperature rose to 38.8... and again on Monday (before dawn) when it rose to 39.9!! Paracetamol alone didn't seem to help. Only after 2 days of antibiotics (given upon 2nd doctor's visit), my temperature become normal again... much to my parents' relief...


I insisted on checking my temperature myself this morning...



See, no more fever (36.8'C)... since yesterday afternoon...



Snacking on some blueberries. My appetite has improved. Yesterday, I was already asking for extra servings of broccoli for lunch and later finished a whole box of blueberries. Just the day before that, I could not even finish 1 slice of bread or half a bottle of milk...



Baby TV on channel 618. This chaneel really helped kept me entertained and from fussing. I watched it almost all day... Mommy accidentally found this channel a couple of weeks ago. There is a different story every 5 minutes which I enjoyed very much. 'The Snowies' and 'The Mice Builders' are my favourites...



My parents camped in my room and closely monitored me through those nights... (well, the air-cond in their room was also broken)... 3 out of the 4 awful nights, they had to insert 'the voltaren 12.5mg bullet' up my backside to bring down the temperature. The doctor advised them to do so when the temperature is over 39. I cried but was very cooperative. I was also calm and did not cry when we went to see the doctor both times. I only cried during the second visit when I had to do a blood test... During my fever, I also sweat a lot. Good thing, I love drinking lots of water. But Mommy has to change me many times throughout the day and especially at night. Because I am still so fussy about what I want to wear, she has to do the laundry everyday. I also vomited a few times...

I have been sick every month since I started school. Usually it is just cough and colds, besides tummy problems. So this fever scare is making my parents have 2nd thoughts about letting me continue to attend school for the next 2nd half of the year. They are still debating over it...

Bye-bye Langkawi - More photos for Day 3

Bye-bye Langkawi - Day 3 (08-May-2011)

Our Day 3 (8-May-2011) in Langkawi was short but sweet. After breakfast, we took a short walk and snapped a few photos by the lovely salt-water swimming pool. After a few more snapshots around the resort, we checked out and left for the airport...


At the lovely salt-water pool which we missed swimming in...



With Daddy and Mommy...



With my cool Yeh-yeh and loving Mah-mah...



At the Langkawi airport... guarding the luggages...



Bye-bye Langkawi...




A bit teary because I fell down whilst walking to the airplane and bruised my right elbow...



Cheered up a little when Mommy took out another new sticker and colouring book which she had saved for 'emergency'...



We have landed safely back home!



Just after getting off the plane, somewhere in KLIA...



Making sure my 'baby' is warm and safe...



Wheee.... a trolley-ride! Home alas....

I really enjoyed our holiday in Langkawi. I miss swimming there. I also miss those fun times whilst in the MPV, singing very loudly, playing with Ku-cheh's iPhone and being the center of attention! I like the room, the pool, the chocolates, the toys and the plane ride... Next, I want to go on a bus okay??