Melanie

On the last day of 2009, we have visitors from down under. Uncle Ming bring with him her lovely daughter

From 20091231

From 20091231

From 20091231

Macau

I went to Macau on Sunday with Mom, Dad and Wilfred.  After dinner in Taipa, we saw the firework in the memory of Macau return to China for 10 years.

Time machine

Seasonal Greeting

Seasonal Greeting

體操歌

轉轉膊頭令令

頭深深吸口氣

兩腳泊齊擺擺尾

伸一伸手臂

跳跳扎呀跳跳扎

到處拍呀到處拍

轉轉膊頭令令頭

大家玩遊戲

Walkathon in Shing Mun Reserviour

This is my 2nd hiking trip.

First school picnic

I went to Tai Po today for my first school picnic.

Kindergarten Interview Day

3 interviews were scheduled in this Saturday. 2 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. It is not much different from a usual Saturday where I used to go to play groups doing similar things, except today I was dressed up a bit.

Caritas Bazzar

I went to Caritas Bazzar today with Grand Pa. Turn out Dad bought me a lot of toys. He told me that we will go to the Hong Kong Island one next Sunday.

Halloween

After dinner, Mom and Dad took me to LKF. I felt asleep all the way. Dad hold me over an hour on the queue and finally I woke up right when we entre LKF.

St. John's Cathedral Bazaar

My Gym

Kirsten's Birthday

Kirsten's Birthday party took place in Stanley beach, where we used to go swimming together this summer. I enjoyed a lot in the party and also relaxing for over an hour in the beach after the party.

Mid Autumn Festival

I got a big rabbit lantern from Grand Ma.  I will light it up coming Sat at the Mid Autumn Festival night.

Bounce

After sick for 5 days, I am recovered and back to my normal life.

This morning I went to Victoria play group. In the afternoon, I went to MyGym to exercise, as usual.

First few days in nursery

I like this vehicle. It purely powered by my hand.

Mom's Grand Father's Funeral

Tonight, I spent a few hours in 萬國殯儀館 to attend Mom's Grand Father's Funeral. He was 101 years old when he passed away 3 weeks ago.  This is the first funeral I have been to.  The monks reciting Buddhism scripts sounds like to me they are singing endless songs through out the hours.

Mom and Dad will go to the graveyard tomorrow morning to attend the burial ceremony, leaving me at home with auntie Fong.

Mom's birthday

Tomorrow is Mom's birthday. We have a family gathering dinner at Grand Mom's home tonight. This year, I can sing along with others the birthday song to Mom before cake cutting.

Alison

We invited Alison and her Mom and Dad to our home. After we have dinner, I requested to share my favourite Anpaman DVD with Alsion.
 

Dad found some old photo they toke with Alison in Japan before I was born.

Ark Garden

We have been to a Garden full of fake animal pairs today.  The theme of the park is try to scientifically reconstruct Noah’s Ark in a one-to-one scale according to the description in Old Testament.

I enjoy a lot in the Multimedia Exhibition located in the ground floor of the Ark.  The first attraction is the 180 ° Great Flood Theatre which is great visual and audio effect.  Even the floor is a shaky when they are showing the great thunder storm is coming. 

On our way to the next main attraction of 4D Theatre (actually showing 3D movie), I saw a various collection of Ark Models.  They also placed a lot of little animals/fishes/reptiles/incents as exhibition objects.  I personally like the gold fish street more as most of the creatures I saw in Ark I already seen them in gold fish street before. 

The most interesting exhibition object I like is a 2D computer animation projected on the floor located right before the 4D Theatre.  It is just a simple sequence of animation of a clock broken, repeated every minutes.  I may convey a very deep meaning of the inferior admiration of self destruction which I don’t understand at all.  The part I enjoy most is, with my own imagination, it seems I can interact with the animation and the broken of clock seems like is caused by my heavy step on the image projected on the floor.  I can’t stop playing with it for 10 minutes until Dad took me to the 4D Theatre. 

4D Theatre is another whole new experience for me.  I put on a pair of glasses with polarized filter on it.  The left and right eyes filter are differed by 45 degree of polarization axes.  This is the key equipment to trick my brain.  I am in the age that young enough to believe the 3D image I saw is real and reached out my hand to try to touch those objects in front of me.

It was an exciting trip.  After we have lunch in Tung Chung, I slept most of the time in the afternoon.  Even we later arrived Disney Hotel, I didn’t wake up at all while sitting in the lobby with the jazzy band in live.’

101 years old Grand Pa of my Mom

Mom’s grand Pa passed away this noon.  He and I differed a century in age.

Run Samantha, run!

I raced with Kirsten in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.  You can see that we both have great fun.  This is a self-initiated competition without definition of win nor prize. The raw excitement of escaping and chasing itself is greatest reward we have got.

 

The event happened on our way to the Golden Bauhinia Square to see the flag lowering ceremony in a Sunday late afternoon.

Science Museum

Today we went to Element to have lunch with Dad’s friend Jacinta, Kelly and Uncle William.  Jacinta suggested Dad should balance the writting between my blog and Wilfred’s blog..

After lunch, we joined auntie Carrie and anutie Eva to go to Science Museum.  There is a dinosaur skeleton displaying in the Museum.  Mom led me to remember the association of skeleton and death but I don’t exactly grap the concept of death though.  Dad said I have to know the meaning of living first before I can understand death, while death itself define life.  Too difficult for me…

After few hours running around with Haley and Calista in the museum, we came back to Element to have dinner then went home.

Calista Birthday

Swimming with uncle Vincent

Doulos

Our plan to visit Doulos this afternoon was distrubed by Tropical Depression NANGKA.  Though it was not windy at all, Observatory raised the typhoon signal to number 3 which triggered the early close of Doulos.  We may go again someday before Doulos will leave by 4th July 2009.

Self serving

I started to wash hand by myself.  Though I am not tall enough to reach the tap, there is a small movable platform under the sink which I managed to use it as the stepping stone.  Two things I needed to be reminded is: 1) turn off the top 2) put back the movable platform after use.

Re-union

Haley’s Mom took her from Tokyo to Hong Kong to have vacation for weeks.  I got re-union with her and another common friend Calester at Auntie Eva’s club house swimming pool.  We have had fun time in the pool and I was so exhaushed that I skipped dinner for sleeping.

Swimming in Ma On Shan

Today Dad took me to visit uncle Vincent and I swam in uncle's pool.  It was cloudy in the morning and a bit cold in the water.  Though I love playing water, we only stay 20 mins there.

I spent the rest of the day in Grand Ma’s home.

Swimming in the sea

I went to Deep Water Bay this late afternoon.  We arrived at 5pm.  It is a nice weather Friday evening with not too many people in the beach.  Most of the time I was playing with sand.  I swam a bit with Dad with a pair of newly bought floating aid.  We left the beach when the sun is setting.

My Classes with Kids’ Gallery

Due to swine flu, Kids Gallery is closing for 2 weeks.  As a result, my Friday Ballet class and Tuesday drawing class are suspended.  As July and August are usual summer holiday of the gallery, my routine will be resume in September.

Deep Water Bay

It was thundering and raining heavily after mid night.  Dad said it is common in Hong Kong have heavy rain between 16 to 18 June.  Our plan to the beach on Sunday afternoon was nearly cancelled until Grand Ma come with the beach toys in the morning then re-initiated our original schedule.

We have yam-cha in Jumbo boat then went to Deep Water Bay to have fun time there.  I swim a bit and drink (the salty water) a bit.

Ocean Park

Today is a sunny hot Saturday.  Mom and Dad have their own schedule and I went with Grand Ma and her sisters to Ocean Park.  I can recognize most animals I encountered which include Panda, crocodile, dolphin, seal, parrot and shark.  Thanks Dad gave me a review in the early morning there ocean park’s web page before I start my trip. 

What is this?

Recently, I started to ask back “o依啲喺乜o野呢o架？” (What is this?) when I see something I cannot name it.  It has been a long while that Mom and Dad keep on asking me What is this or What is that to test my knowledge base.  My fight back indicate the maturation of the starting point of my own exploration.

Dinning with Mickey Mouse

Today, the day before my 2 years old birthday, Mom took me to Disney Hotel to have dinner with Mickey Mouse.  We started out in the afternoon by MTR from Central to Sunny Bay then changed to Disney line to Disney station.  Dad told me the station is designed by his high school classmate who is an architech.

We didn’t took the shuttle bus but walked pass Disneyland to the hotel.  It is a pretty nice road from station to hotel with various fountains and scuptures on the way.

We have 4 Disney characters which include Mickey, Minnie, Tigger and Piglet walking around to play and take photos with us.  May be I am too short, I am attracted by their feet and always want to get a chance to step on them :-)

Memories

Birthday Party

It was raining heavily in the morning and early afternoon in Hong Kong Island area.  We arrived My Gym around 4pm and have had great 2 hours party time.  Thanks once again for the gifts from Uncles and Aunties.  Especially to Auntie Emily for making such a great Elmo cake for me.  Also thank you Uncle Patrick for taking lots of great photos.

See also:

Blog by Kirsten

Video by Uncle Arthur: (Kirsten’s blog)

Samantha pulling open the candy box

An unfinished balloon blowing competition

Photo by: Auntie Elaine   Uncle Matthew

Wish can see all the children friends again soon.

2 years old Birthday Party

I will have my 2 years old Birthday Party in advance this Sunday afternoon.

Location:
My Gym
17/F, Coda Plaza, 51 Garden Road, Central
Hong Kong Other

Time:
Sunday, May 24, 4:15PM

I have been practicing the unusual version birthday song 'Happy Birthday to ME' and blowing candle for a while. Looking forward to seeing all the friends in the party :-)

Sleeping by myself

Last night is the 3rd night in a row that I go to sleep by myself. I used to have Dad accompany with me to drink milk in bed then slowly fall asleep. As I will be 2 years old in few days, Dad started to train me sleep by myself. He still accompany with me to drink milk in bed but then he will leave the room for 10 minutes and let me try to sleep. Though it is not smooth that every time I can do so, I usually can make it when Dad become serious half hour later.

A meeting with Uncle Samson

It was evening time in Mix Central store.  Only few people were there.  Dad and I have a brief meeting with Uncle Samson to hand him our present for his wedding :-)

Swimming class

Starting from May 2009, I have swimming section once a week. I really enjoy swimming though I am lazy on kicking my legs. I just do it like cycling and make myself floating around.

Visiting PLA camp in Shek Kong Airbase

Grand Pa got 4 tickets of the PLA camp open day. It would be the first time I get close to the army and weapons.

True Light Kindergarten Open Day

Though I am not yet 2 years old and still have more than a year time to begin my school life, Mom and Dad start their research.  Today is True Light Kindergarten (Cane Rd) Open Day.  Mom and Dad took me to the school and I spent a great time there this morning.  It seems school is full of fun.

I hold my brother

I feel really excited when I hold my brother for the first time.

Holding my little brother

I am so excited that Mom let me hold my little brother today. Dad keep on saying that I have to eat more rice in order to get taller as a prerequisite for me to hold my little brother by myself.

My 2 years old birthday party invitation

In a month time, I will be 2 years old.  A small party is being organized and 20 babies are being invited.  Mom said she will prepare a nice birthday cake for me.  I am looking forward to eating the cake  :-P.

Edith Birthday Party

I went to Edith's Birthday Party today. Edith is one month older than I. She is 2 years old now.

Mom is back with little brother

I went with Dad to Canossa Hospital and picked up little brother and Mom back home. It has been 6 days that Mom hasn't been at home with me and I missed sleeping by her side.

Little brother slept most of the time at home in the baby bed I used to slept on. Mom said he is more quiet than I. It is good that little brother is at home so that I can kiss him from time to time during the day :-).

First Encounter

I met my little brother today. I touched on his foot when he is drinking milk. In addition, he gave me a big Elmo as a first meet present.

I am the elder sister

It is the first time in my life that both mom and dad are not sleeping in the same house with me. Though I don't know Dad went out with Mom to the hospital after I slept on Friday night, I felt strange next morning that both of them are out of my sight after I woke up.

In the evening, Dad came back with some photos and videos of a crying baby and showed them to me on the big TV screen. He told me that I am the elder sister of this little baby who has not yet have a name. I am excited and keep on asking dad to show me the baby photos again and again. He told me I can meet with the baby and mom tomorrow (Sunday).

Running Nose

I started to have Running Nose on Wed. Likely I got infected during my drawing class in Kids Gallery yesterday. I have a bit of fever on Thursday and Mom gave my favorite sweet medicine to drink. I further passed the disease on to Dad and he is having the same syndrome of mine :-P.

Tristan Birthday Party

Tristan is my classmate in My Gym. Later on, Tristan's Mom, Anna, recognized that my Mom is ex-colleague of her elder sister, Yvonne.

Tristan is about one year older than I and he had held a birthday party in My Gym on Sunday. As always, I enjoyed a lot there.

Flower Show

Today we went to the Flower Show took place in Victoria Park in late afternoon. It was not too crowded and I was amazed by the flower-made-sculptures. We left the Flower Show by 6pm in order to meet the toy library section Mom has booked.

Governor House Open Day

Today is the Governor House Open Day. Mom and Dad took me to see the Azaleas blossom there. We arrived slight before noon, which is my usual nap time. I nearly fell asleep at the beginning. The flowers are too static to me. Until I met the little bees, I was enlightened. Suddenly I have all the power to trace the bees and butterflies, climbing up the staircases and dancing in front of the HKSAR flags...

My energy keeps on throughout lunch time in a restaurant nearby in Coda Plaza. Re-charging process started right after we stepped out from Coda Plaza.

Nose Bleeds

My nose bled a little this morning. Mom thought that my link with the black-bone chicken soup I drank last night. It was the first time I taste this chicken soup with coconut and thin pork. It was tasty though.

I went to my third class of kids' ballet in kids' gallary. I like my ballet dress very much. Mom dressed me up at home. When she tried to put a coat over me for going out to Kids' gallary, I tried to avoid her covering up my beautiful pink dress. In the class, as usual, I am the most excited pupil and running around all the time. As a result, I fell at sleep right after the class.

When I woke up, I already sitting in a restaurant in Lee Garden II and have my lunch there. After lunch, I do shopping with Mom in Lee Garden II and visited the shops I used to run into, especially the must go one with toy piggy, dogs running around the floor.

Last item in Causeway Bay is playing in toy's library in Hong Kong Central Library.

Ballet

Once I dressed up, I felt like a dancer.

Wait

I have been asked to wait in many situations, such as waiting for the milk ready, waiting for playing toys in turn...

Today, I used it to other people myself. While I was playing with Dad in the bed room, I asked him to "wait" me until I got a toy from living room.

ポニョ

Dad was out to dinner on Sat night so I didn't see him since Sat evening. When I woke up on Sunday morning, I found that he bought me a doll of ポニョ.

Grand Pa birthday

I can sing half the birthday song to Grand Pa. Dad sang 'Happy Birthday' completed by I sang 'to you', at the right pitch.



 

Colour

I can tell few colours of objects by now. They include red, blue, yellow, orange. I can't tell green yet.

Sing a song

'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' is the first song I can sing, well, not 100% though. I can replicate the melody from begin to end of the song but I can't recite the lyric. Instead, I filled up with meaningless words by myself.

Ponyo

With the cartoon 崖の上のポニョ is being shown in Hong Kong, the main character, Ponyo, become very popular recent in Hong Kong. Dad show me the trailer in Youtube. I am also very interested in the clip with the little japanese girl singing the song with 2 adult guy.

Jerry's Birthday Party

After I went to the open day of Art Gallery, we have Sunday morning Yam Cha with Mom's brother, mother and father in the same building.

After the above two events, I finally felt at sleep in the taxi on our way to Jerry's Birthday Party in Macau Jockey Club. Jerry is a classmate of mine in My Gym.

I woke up in time when the magic show just started. After a slow warm up time, I finally enjoyed a lot and ran around crazy after the birthday cake was cut.

士多啤利

今天當我在康怡花園吉之島超市中凝望着貨架上那些鮮紅色的士多啤利時，一對公公婆婆走來跟我搭訕。那公公個子不高，肥頭得意，在傍的姨婆認出他是有名作家。後來爹爹告訴我，爹爹初中時曾經看過很多本這個作家寫的科幻小說。爹爹嚇我，說由於我的名字也有個「敏」字，叫我也要小心他們的兒子。

Language Level

I can speak a lot of words now. No longer only repeat one sound twice, I can use words consists of two different sounds. Sometimes I can say a short (3 words) sentence. Most are order people to do things I want, in Cantonese. There is 3 prime times that I talk a lot. First is when I get up in the morning, I try to tell the dreams I made. Second is when Dad come home in the evening, I try to tell him the things he don't know during my day. Last is when I going to sleep, I make random sounds of words. Seems like the control centre in my brain is shut down while the language centre is still working :-P

Another Fever Cycle

My last vaccine induced fever was subsided on Sunday.

On Tuesday, another cycle of fever kicked in. Don't know if it is related to the prevailing influencer happening in Hong Kong. Dad said couples of primary schools are closing due to too many students were sick.

I refused to take Dr. Chow's orange taste medicine at first as I am used to Dr. Lam's strawberry taste sweeties syrup (甜甜). After the enforcement by Mom 3 times, I surrended.

I went to drawing class as usual on Wednesday afternoon. My body temperature peaked at 40 Degree Celsius on Wednesday night. It is much better by now on Thursday.

Fever

I started to have fever in the evening. Mom got me a early bath followed by medicine and milk then I slept early at 8pm. It may be related to the vaccination I took 2 days ago.

Vaccination Day

Mom took me to Dr. Chow's clinic and got 2 shots of vaccine today.

Practising for Chinese New Year activity

Although Fong-e-poh keeps on teaching me the protocol for getting leisee during today's lunch in City Hall Maxiam Restaurant, it turns out I am not able to apply it throughout the CNY.

Chinese New Year Market

This evening after a 45 mins section playing in the Toys Library section of Central Library, Mom took me to the Chinese New Year Market in Victoria Park. Dad joined us after work.

Lots of sales attempted to sell me dolls while I am more interested on the guys standing high and shouting all the times. At the end, Dad bought me a big banana, which is larger than me in size, produced by LSD.

 

Organic Farming Exhabition

It was a beautiful Sunday with nice weather. Unfortunately Dad was sick and could not come with us. We went to the orangic farming exhabition took place in Boundary Street Playground in Kowloon. It is the same place in visited 2 months ago for the Caritas Bazaar. I took a couple of pictures with the big vegi models.

My Gym

Every Saturday is my Gym day. The standard routine from 1pm to 2pm is
1) free time - to play what I like
2) circle time - warm up exercise, saying names in turn, follow teacher to do exrcise
3) free time
4) one on one - do some special exercise with teacher
5) free time
6) swing time - sitting on some big toys that swing
7) turtle time - playing toys in a small area with all other children
8) closing - teach told a short story in a poetry form.

Fever

I got a fever and running noise starting on Sunday. Mom took me to see Dr. Chow on Monday and got a antibiotics for a week. I was recovered around Wednesday while I still need to take the medicine, which I like its sweet :-)