Crawling baby

Mummy and daddy have started letting me crawl around the house...

Look at me, balancing myself on a tupperware!
Oh, Happy Chinese New Year to great-grandma, grandmas, grandpas, aunties, uncles and all my cousins!!!!!

Here's me wearing my CNY new baju, not red, but OK la, flowery mah. The T-shirt is the one daddy bought for me, from the Aquarium. It says LOVE the Ocean!

Topped with flowery bib and hat!

P/S Mummy cut my nails on New Year's day, now she's sick... Pantang hor!

Performing seal

This is me, performing on cue... kinda!

Remember I said mummy bought me a hat from the aquarium, it is surprisingly a perfect match to my clothes! See what I mean below:

It's reversible, so it'll match mostly anything I own!!! Pink mah.

Also, it's a long weekend for Australia Day, so the daycare pasted a flag tattoo on my arm! Check it out, nice or not.

This is my cheeky face, waiting to be fed.

Oh, and here I am, Princess Fiona wannabe! Hehe wearing my Shrek ears which mummy picked up from Darling Harbour. As in literally picked it up from the floor. She found it, and looked pretty brand new, so we decided to keep it. It's mine now!!!! Muahahaha.

Don't worry, it's been washed already!

P/S It was a HOT HOT day today, 40 degrees and no wind at all!!!!! We spent the day spring cleaning and washed the car, in preparation for the chinese new year. Will probably head to Chinatown tomorrow for some nice chinese food!!!

Dugong!

We went sightseeing at Darling Harbour today.. it was a nice day - hot sunny 25 degrees..!!! I love summer :)

Highlight of the day was visiting Sydney Aquarium to see the dugongs!

Dugong up close and personal.. he/she/it looks like it's smiling!!!

Dugong's feeding time! He/she/it eats lettuce!

We also saw some sharks up close!!!!

See how brave I am! Not scared of (great white?) shark! :P

Shark coming to attack us again....!!!

The place was a bit crowded because it's still school holidays, but still a very nice experience!!! I enjoyed myself!!

Oh! And I got souvenirs, mummy bought me a hat, and daddy bought me a T-shirt!!! YAY!

Public vs Private Schools

Who would have thought that mummy would need to worry about what primary school to send me to when I've just barely passed my 1st birthday?!

Well, mummy was talking to some of her colleagues and apparently most of them send their kids to private schools.

These private schools can have waitlists up to 5 years!!!!! Since I have to start kindy by age 5, and start Year 1 by age 6, mummy needs to start weighing the options and making a decision whether to start waitlisting me for a private primary school!

The biggest downside to a private school is the fees - Click here to see what I mean (bear in mind these fees are utterly outdated as childcare per day is closer to $100 per day, not $30-$50!!!) Anyways, average fees for a private school is $10K per annum! Then, when it gets to secondary school it's about $20K per annum!? YIKES! That's a lot of money... vs public schools which are practically free!

So why is everyone sending their kids to private schools? Apparently it's better foundation for the formative years, better discipline, better staff / teachers, better facilities (apparently some have tennis courts, swimming pool, etc etc!) and probably better peers as all the other children would be from similar middle-to-high income families?

Oh well, decisions decisions.... It's so expensive to raise kids in Aussie land!!!!!!! Mummy and daddy are already spending close to $20K p.a. on my childcare costs! (Luckily they get a $7,500 rebate from the government... but still... it's about RM30K p.a.!!!!!!!! That's the equivalent of a fresh grad's salary in KL!)

Random videos, photos, ...

Daddy took the following cute videos of me... The first one was taken before our trip home to KL... I'm in my "kissy" mood.
NB: Daddy needs to improve his videography skills - please tilt your head to the right when watching the video below! Does anyone know how to rotate a video?




The second video, taken after my trip back from KL, I'm in my "giggly" mood.
And Yes, I'm still having rashes all over :(






Also, some pics of me in my NEW DRESS!!! One of those rare days when mummy buys me something that's not PINK in colour!!! Could it have something to do with the fact that Pumpkin Patch was on sale!?

OK, you noticed - there's a BIG scratch on my face! Don't worry, mummy has cut my nails REALLY short now... I think I have no nail left!

PRETTY OR NOT MY BLUE DENIM DRESS???


P/S Mummy seems to think this pic below is funny... WHY IS MY HAIR ALL STANDING UP LIKE THAT? Seriously, I have such childish parents! :P

Eeya

Grandma likes to encourage me to talk, here's a video of our conversation...

Fun Afternoon

Visiting with Grandma in the afternoons was so much fun. Here I am playing with a strange blue box of some sort.

Grandma won't let me have it, so it must be good!

After all that playing, a girl has got to get some rest...

Nice Ears

Here I am playing at Grandma's house in KL a couple weeks ago. I found a way to make her laugh, she must be ticklish!



Mission accomplished! Here is my cheeky smile to prove it...

Hair Band

Do you like my new hair band? Grandma seems to like it, I think she wants one too!

Look at me, Grandma!

Slide.com

Trying out this new slideshow thingy...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Sorry for the absence in blogging.. was busy the last 2 weeks having a little holiday in Msia!!!

Here are some pics!!!

About to leave for airport.. Daddy packing me into his BIG suitcase - I'm a little stowaway :P

At the airport...

Finally, after 7 hours...
Arrived in KL liao!
At popo's house in BU...

Taking some Xmas pics at Bangsar SC.

Xmas party at grandma's house in Bangsar... got bday cake for me wor!!!

Last lunch in One Utama with the grandparents before flying home to Sydney!

*Muah* Farewell kiss!!!!! BYE BYE THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF ME FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS GRANDMAS!!!!!