Looking at her eating, I feel like having a plate of fish & chips right now... 
YUM! 
When she had finished her share, she didn't mind nibbling on her korkor's share :-). 
Which means 60% of the dish is kau-timmed by her. LOL!
By now, everyone would have guessed what they are up to, right? ;-) I was hoping that the expired bicarbonate would still work.
And poured in some vinegar.
Bubbles started foaming very quickly...
a "volcano" has errupted! "Lava" flowing down the sides... would be cool if we added some red colouring. 
Simple experiment. But the kids were entertained enough :-).
Love this tiny shaped pasta with ridges... tiny and cute!
QQ's serving.
We went out for Father's Day dinner and she had only the dishes minus the rice. While waiting for our food to arrive, she had a slice of bread. This is how she ate her bread... made a hole in the middle and stuck her thumb in... nibbled nibbled nibbled around the edges of the bread till she reached her thumb :-). 
Have you heard of such advice from the old folks - no rice when having fever? My only explanation is, I think it's because rice is a complex carbo and requires more energy to digest, thus raising the body temperature. And bread and pasta are alright for fever being simple carbo and easier to digest. Is it true?
Doesn't it look so sweet and beautiful? I think this maxi dress will go very well with ankle boots, thick wooden bangles and some dangling earings. All so beautiful and feminine... i likey very much!
I googled and found this photo... no kidding, they're that big (jakun).
Picture source: Google
Cut and stamped some coloured papers for simple cards... 
And get HQ to write on them... he signed the cards with his name in both English and Mandarin. 
In the morning, we bagged them up. 
A simple gift for the teachers. Only cost me less than RM55 for 11 gifts... including for Popo and Gong gong; HQ said Popo is his Teacher too and Gong gong his Sifu :-). 
Ready to go! HQ was all smiles wishing his teachers Happy Teacher's Day with these simple little bags of goodies.
Coincidently, hubby just got back from Jakarta the day before and brought many packets of these sweets. Not too sweet and tasted genuine; I thought it's a good replacement for normal sweets. So we sent 3 packets of Milkita and 5 rolls of Tiger milk biscuits for HQ to bring to kindy (parents were asked to prepare snacks for 5 kids only).
I did not guide QQ and just let her scribble anything that she wants... here's an "A", a "1" and an "O". And she said she drew fishes, birds and flowers (I can't make those out :-)). QQ holds her pencil perfectly since very young, but I would say HQ draws and writes better (compare apple to apple at the same age). QQ, on the other hand, dances and sings very well :-).
Sad to say, HQ has lose interest in drawing long long time ago, and will not draw more than hearts and stars on this ocassion. And a flag. I really missed his drawings.
HQ insisted on writing "Happy Papa Day" instead of Happy Father's Day. He also signed off with his name in both English and Mandarin. 
He wrote this too - "Papa is a gooD man"... made me laugh :-D.
Later in the evening, we ferried mum, dad and my brother and we ate at a newly opened restaurant in the neighbourhood. Food was nice and too hungry to remember to snap any piccie... so, here's the aftermath of what we had (fish, pork, veg, venison and tofu).
Happy Father's Day to my Dad and to hubby! And to all the fathers out there, Happy Belated Father's Day!
The kids luuuuurrrve the pool! Needless to say, HQ went nuts over the big slide, and went again and again. 
He played water guns, beach balls and just splash around with other kids in the pool. It was cute watching him conversing in a meddly of English, Mandarin and Malay with them :-). He was especially fond of a sweet 8 year old girl, Jia Qi :-). 
QQ needed a little time to warm up to the water, but once she's ok, she went on her own around the pool :-). 
I noticed that QQ likes little girls more than boys. She talked to little girls elder than her, and later was chatting with them like old friends :-D. With one girl, she asked her to "Come and play with me! Splash water on me la! Do it again!". With another, she was asking lots of questions about her arm floats :-).
After 2 times with HQ holding her, she went all on her own on the big slide. Countless times! Look at her grin!
My big girl, she's growing up too fast... *big wet eyes*.
The farm has a feeding time at 10.00 am every morning, and we went both mornings. HQ is accustomed with handling little animals and is gentle with them. With QQ, I needed to remind her to be gentle now and then. HQ looked very happy here holding a rabbit, while QQ tried to catch one. 
Got one! 
She really loved them :-) 
When the tortoises didn't come to him, he went ahead and lifted them up from the pond *no eye see* 
There's also guinea pigs and chicken in the farm. Here's one very beautiful cock :-)
Dining
We looked so pink here :-). Notice that flask in my hand? I brought a handy-dandy mini double boiler and double-boiled soup throughout the night for my kids :-D. We ordered rice and dishes and the kids had warm soup after lunch. At least I'm rest assured they get something nutritious... heehee 
For one of our dinners in a restaurant, one of the dishes that we ordered was crab strifried with lots of ginger and spring onions (non-spicy). The kids walloped 6 huge meaty claws! We could not finish all the crabs, so we tapau-ed back to the resort. After the kids slept, I heated the crabs in my mini double-boiler and hubby and I had crabs for supper. Totally yummy!
All of us enjoyed this holiday very much; we love the resort! HQ is talking about going back already! :-D.
Our chalet.
Since the kids sleep like a clock's hand, for safety sake, we put them on the pangkin daybed. We placed two bedside tables and a chair at the side, lined with cushions, to prevent them from rolling over. Even so, on the first night, poor QQ rolled over HQ AND the cushions and fell right on the floor! Luckily the floor is made of wooden planks and not concrete. When we quickly picked her up, she bawled but quickly quieten down and went back to sleep. On the second night, we placed even more pillows on the tables to create a higher barrier; luckily no more sleeping stunts from her.
I really loved their spacious bath area and open air shower. 
Us at the room balcony. The kids were amazed to find that the sea under our chalet "disappear" in the late evening (low tide), and "appear" again in the morning (high tide). LOL!
Kids chilling out... 
The beach
We were lucky to spot a proud peacock, albeit a bit senget... must be the heavy tail :-).
Beautiful scenery along the way...
The view at the Tumasek Beach was beautiful, and the sand very very fine... we went at two different times, once in the morning and once in the evening. Both times were delightful. The weather was fine too, not hot at all and breezy. HQ was talking about building sandcastles, but didn't get around to do that... maybe next time when we come again :-). 
The kids had no problems with the sand, but the first time when HQ encountered the waves, he gave a squel and ran quickly up the shore, laughing hysterically. It was so funny to watch :-D. He was happily running around, exploring, feeling the breeze in his hair... seeing him feeling so carefree made me happy too :-). While QQ was rather cautious...
this is how she reacted to the waves... LOL! 
HQ spotted a young man digging; he was curious and went over to kepoh. His curiosity overcame his shyness, and he asked the young man what he was doing. The young man just smiled and ran off to join his friends. HQ, being the thoughtful citizen (or kepoh fella) went ahead to cover up the hole, saying "In case someone fall inside." How thoughtful :-D. 
What's this? QQ's hair standing. QQ emits (or absorb?) the most static, ever! Look at how her hair stands! On related static topic, whenever we go to supermarket to shop for groceries, QQ will sometimes obediently choose to sit in the shopping cart. Shortly after that, she's like an electric eel, giving all of us electric shocks! 
When we were leaving the beach on one morning, we saw a Malay man bringing his catch back from the sea. He said he set up a net to trap unsuspecting fishes or crabs swimming by. It seemed so easy to reap the benefits of Mother Nature. They are all just there... you just have to go and get them. Best of all, these are the freshest, not to mention free :-).
Read the sequel - a short break (part 2)
