Gift of Love

My daughter Huey brightens my mother's day with a beautiful hand sewn jewellery case.

My little girl Zi warms my heart with her lovely poem.

My son surprised me with a wonderful song he played and recorded in his keyboard

 (will try to upload it soon)

Best of all, my 2 girls made Mother's Day cards for their "Kakak" too.

Dear Kakak, Happy Mother's Day!! I love U. 

You're so awesome and I'll miss you when you go back :-(

But I hope you are happy

I LOVE YOU

I'll never forget you!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

She also handmade a "cake" keychain for her Kakak.

As for Zi, she made a card to show her Kakak how much she appreciates & adores her.

 

Thanks Kak, You Are The Best

Thank you for taking care of me for 6 years! (actually is 8 years)
I love you a lot. Once again THANK YOU!

I'm touched by what my girls wrote to their kakak (my maid) whom has been taking care of them for  8 years. She has decided to go back for good by end of this year. All of us are going to miss her dearly. But we are happy for her to go back to her family...especially to be with her beloved daughter. She is a good  & caring mother who constantly calls and sends sms messages to her daughter. 

My hubby bought us a cake.

What a wonderful Mother's Day!

The 44th Wedding Anniversary

My parents' wedding anniversary is on the 8th of March. This year, we booked a private room in Grand Imperial Restaurant to celebrate this wonderful occasion with them.

"There’s no greater gift

than wonderful parents —

the kind of a father and mother

Who’ve built a good marriage

and share with their children

the love that they feel for each other."

My little niece represented all of us to present a card to the 2 VIPs.

What's written inside the card? My son was ready to capture the moment of sweet surprise :-)

Something funny?

Admiring the card printed with their photos, plus greetings and funny word bubbles from everyone.

My dad is a good singer. When I was young, I used to hear him sing in the shower.

I enjoy listening to him sing ... and I'm sure mom is his number 1 fan.

After a sumptuous meal, we continued our celebration in my brother's house.

My youngest brother skyped from Australia to share this joyous occasion together.

There're 3 hearts printed on the card. My dad was requested to fill in each of the heart with one chinese word. The first heart must be written with “我” (I)。When asked about what to write on the second heart, my little niece suggested shyly, "愛“ (love).

I teased my dad not to mistakenly write “我忍妳”, instead of “我愛妳”。

Happy loving couple of 44 years... and mom still remembers she wore a green dress on their first date!

There's no greater gift

than warm, caring parents —

the kind of a husband and wife

Who bring up their children

with so much devotion,

becoming their good friends for life...

Click image to enlarge.

The first 2 sets of speech bubble on the card were contributed by my brothers, and the bottom one was written by me.

There's no greater gift

than parents like you —

the most wonderful father and mother,

Who are both loved so much

and have grown even dearer

from one special year to another.

Happy Anniversary

We Love You!

* Verse extracted from the American Greetings website.

Prawn Fishing on Father's Day

On Father's Day, I declared "TODAY, DAD IS THE BOSS & let him decide how he wants to celebrate. "

Upon hearing my announcement, my daughter said,"Mom, if dad is the boss, you'll be the CONSULTANT," I burst out laughing...am I really that "powerful"??

We had our lunch at a restaurant near our house. My daughter ordered her favorite salmon fish.

My hubby often brings home salmon fish from the market, especially for his beloved daughter.

"I think next time you've to marry a rich man to enjoy all these expensive food," he smiled and said to his daughter.

"NO NO NO. She has to work hard and make a good living herself!!!,"I instantly objected. I always heard him lecturing my son to work hard to enjoy a better life next time, and yet to his daughter....??!!

After a good meal, my hubby suggested to go prawn fishing.

It's a new experience for everyone. 1st hour is RM15, and

each additional hour is

RM12.

Even though my hubby loves fishing,

I opted for half an hour first (RM7.50 each) as I'm not sure how patient my kids would be. (well,

guess

that's the job of a "consultant")

We're given 4 fishing rods and 4 baits.

My hubby

caught his first PRAWN!!! That's

a Father's Day Present for himself.

He patiently taught the kids the necessary technique.

Not long later, my son got his first catch too! Everyone got excited and wanted me to extend to an hour. More prawns were caught by my hubby and son. We then added another half an hour and my elder daughter finally caught one too!

Now only left with my youngest daughter who didn't get any yet, but refused to give up. Her daddy offered to give her a prawn but she rejected. I'm proud of my little girl. I'm sure she knows that only through her own effort, she could have the real sense of achievement.

And so we ended up spending 2 hours on prawn fishing.

We managed to catch 9 prawns (hubby 4, son 4, daughter 1).

And the best part was... kids were rewarded with a delicious MAGIE MEE + PRAWN meal that evening!

In total we paid RM108 for 9 prawns and each prawn costs a whopping RM12!

Even so, like what my wise daughter once said "the memory is priceless"

And there's a lesson for my kids on that beautiful afternoon...

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

So, dear kids, do work hard and you'll be rewarded with a good life.