Weekend outing.. venturing to Stanley.

Hello!
Have not blogged for 10 days! *Gasp*!
Been busy settling into our new place, and all that!

Since we're still relatively tourists in this SAR (not sure if HK is considered a country?), we took a trip to Stanley Beach over the weekend.

The weather was a balmy 27 degrees, and YES, I was overdressed thanks to mummy!
Anyways, Stanley Beach is the beach right next to its more famous neighbour - Repulse Beach.

It's approximately 20 minutes by taxi, so it's not too far!

Here I am, posing next to these puffer balls, hoping that mummy would buy me one with my puppy dog face, but my attempt failed! Sheesh, it's only 10 bucks , mummy!

Family pic, with popo and daddy! Trying to capture the delapidated Stanley Market sign!

Family pic again, this time with Mummy!

Some random stall in the market... Cheat tourist wan!

Here's the layout of the beach.. we walked from one end to the other!

Taking some photos by the Promenade.. here's the normal pose....

Followed by the "bunny ears" pose...

Then, the "double-peace-sign-next-to-cheeks" pose...

The "dimple-wannabe" pose....

The "wassup" pose....

Last but not least, the "normal peace sign" pose...

In case you're wondering where daddy learnt these from, check out the youtube clip below, aptly called the evolution of the peace sign. LOL!

After that, we stopped by some beach house for some FOOD...

Here's a pic of the Stanley Main Beach...

Alfresco dining... hehe, feels like we were in the Gold Coast.. NOT!!!

Humongous Hawaiian Pizza!!! Yum yum!

Here's the Wong Fu "mockumentary" of the evolution of the peace sign :)

Week 4: Of Grandma's Visit, School and Settling In!!!

Here's an update on how Week 4 in HK is going...

But first, some important facts to note / celebrate:

1) I'm 100000% toilet trained!!! *jumps for joy, swells with pride*

2) I no longer cry at school (actually have not been crying since week 1 lah)

3) I've started sleeping by myself *sigh of relief from mummy*

OK, now.. Let's talk about week 4 in the Fragrant Harbour land...

Well, first up, Grandma's here for a visit!
And she came bearing gifts in the form of Disney clothes! Weee.. I've got everything from Snow White to Minnie Mouse! Check out the new outfit below.. Thanks Grandma Popo!!! :)


Next, I received my FIRST homework from school. Mandarin lesson - collect pictures of Noses (is this the right plural for Nose?), it's called Bi in chinese. As usual, super competitive mummy has already done it (with my help of course) even though it's not due til next week!!!!



And today, 15 Oct - there was a special event at my school! International Fair Day. We were asked to dress up in our national costume and we were given a Passport each. We then had to visit different coutries booth to collect our passport stamp and also to understand more about the different cultures and activities.

Here I am, in my chinese costume with pigtails to match! Haha.

First up, we visited China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea!

There were all sorts of activities like calligraphy, and lots of local food to eat, ie dumplings, rice cakes, mochi, etc.

Then, we headed to the EU. Visited Greece, France, Germany, Swiss, Netherlands!

Here I am, colouring the Olympics symbol at Greece...

Oh look, the Eiffel Tower!

Mm... loading up on frankfurts at Germany...

Help, I can't stop eating them!

Then, we headed to Latin America - Brazil. Here I am, getting a stamp on my passport!

Over to Indonesia for some yummy food - nasi kuning, kuihs, onde onde!

And my favourite stops - Australia and New Zealand!

Proud to be Aussie! *waves Koala bear*

Last stop - UK and Ireland...
Getting a *whatchamacallit* painted on my arm (not sure what it's called, is it a shamrock???)

And in UK, we got to dress up like the Queen. Hehe, I've got the crown jewels!!!

And then, we got to make our own crowns!

I chose a purple one.

Sticking on the jewels and the blings :P

Ta dah! Done!

A bit too big for my head!

That's the end! Of the International Fair Day.

And on to other things... Finally, our furniture have arrived!!! Now, the task of unpacking and sorting begins!!!

Here's my room.. full of my stuff!

Guest room... where all the junk is currently discarded...

Master bedroom...

Dining room

Living room!

Phew... we're planning to clean and tidy tomorrow so we can move in on Sunday! *fingers and toes crossed*

Daddy still hasn't seen the new house yet, he's been working late the last couple of days!!! :(

Pelangi...

Warning: The camera adds 10 pounds - I'm not that chubby in real life. I think!!! :D

Here I am, singing a Malay song - "Pelangi" (which means rainbow in English)

Lyrics (with Translation by mummy):

Pelangi, pelangi (rainbow, oh rainbow),

Alangkah indahmu (how beautiful you are)

Merah, kuning, hijau (red, yellow, green)

Di langit yang biru (in the sky so blue)

Pelukismu agung, siapa gerangan (Don't know the meaning of this sentence)

Pelangi, pelangi, ciptaan Tuhan (Rainbow, oh rainbow, God's creation)

Enjoy!!!

Food , glorious food !

Ahhh.. nothing like a good dim sum meal to start a lazy Sunday morning.

We met up with mummy's friend for some dim sum at Dragon King in World Trade Centre...

Check out the nicely presented egg tarts...


And daddy's favourite - crispy pork cubes aka siew yuk!

Digging in... nom nom nom....

Mummy forgot to take pictures of the other dishes, but here's a glimpse of the prawn dumpling aka har gau and some pork bone congee.

You can't really tell, but I'm devouring a xiao long bao aka shanghai steamed meat dumpling. My favourite dim sum dish, bar none. I ate 4 of these :)

After that, we headed to Windsor House for some shopping, managed to score some Sesame Street T-shirts for HKD40 each *AUD5!* Nice or not?! Hehe...

New Discovery...

Ohai!We discovered a little indoor playroom in the complex yesterday for 4 year olds and below! That's me! Woo hoo!

It's called a Jungle Gym I think... and the best part, is that it's FREE! Woo hoo again!

Ever since I went to school, I'm not as shy anymore and I was brave enough to venture into the play area by little own self and explore the whole area!

My favourite was the ball pit! I think it was mummy's favourite too when she was young-er.

Looks like mummy will be bringing me here VERY OFTEN! *hint hint* :)