Outing to Outlying Island - Cheung Chau

YAY, Ah Ma and Kong Kong are here to visit!

Thought it would be a good idea to visit Cheung Chau island as we've never been...

It started drizzling the moment we got into the taxi to go to the Pier.

Decided to brave the rain and go ahead with our plans.

Caught a normal slow ferry to Cheung Chau... at this point, the rain looked like it was stopping so we were all in good spirits!

Arrived at Cheung Chau, but it was still drizzling...

Not too heavy, so we were fine to walk around with an umbrella.

Saw lots of little stalls selling all sorts of dried seafood, ie dried fish, prawns, shrimps... even dried starfish!

Guess this is one of the islands main source of income :)

There was a beach (Tung Wan Beach) on the other side of the island.

We decided to check it out as we heard there was a nice restaurant in a hotel nearby.

Well, it was really windy and cold by the beach, and worse.. the rain started getting heavier!

We took shelter in the hotel and had some dim sum for lunch whilst waiting for the rain to subside...

Here we are, walking by the beach to the hotel... lots of windsurfers in the sea!

After lunch, the rain still wasn't subsiding, so daddy bought me a new raincoat :)

Multitasking and eating a fishball whilst kong kong was buttoning my raincoat.

Greedy me ate the fishball in one bite! What's new, eh.

Ahhh.. nice and warm with the rain coat on.

Taking photo with the Ping An bun stall which wasn't open today.

The buns are usually sold during the bun festival in June.

Then, we walked back to the main street and had some seafood!

Ordered some salt n pepper calamari, lettuce, bamboo clams and steamed fish... yumyumm... that was lunch no 2 for us hahah.

I was fast asleep at this stage, so no lunch for me :(

Can you spot kong kong? Lots of fishing boats docked by the pier...

Main source of livelihood here?

Left Cheung Chau a couple of hours later, and took the fast ferry back to Central.

Decided to stop by IFC to grab a free balloon and also check out the new Apple store.

Largest Apple store in the world?

Tons of people milling around the store!

Tons of people inside the store!

And tons of people going upstairs to the second floor!

Not sure what the hype is? Arent't they are just selling the usual products available in any other Apple distributor store!

Headed home after that.

Still quite a good outing, despite the drizzly weather.

Hopefully I don't fall sick tomorrow~!

Long overdue post no 3

So mummy saw this interesting Groupon deal a while back, for an introduction Lego class at this place called Creative Technology Workshop (CTW).

So, she bought it since it was cheap and also close to where we live.

I went there with some trepidation, as mummy said I would need to go for the class myself and parents were not allowed in.

So, the class started and we went to our assigned teacher.
By the way, the boy sitting next to me is the same age as me! Urgh, why do I look triple his sizeee????
Anyway, the class started and the instructor started introducing us to different types of Legos... gears, axles and pulleys.
Our task, was to build a clown face with eyes and mouth that could move!
Step-by-step, the instructor would then ask us to get the right Lego from the box, and assemble our clown face.

Then, we had to paint the clown face, and cut out some holes for the eyes and mouth.

There's a little level at the side, which then turns the clown's eyes and mouth... an hour later, my invention was complete!

It was actually quite fun.

Will be going for a 2nd class in about a month's time :)

Long overdue post no 2

So, it was a nice cloudy day and mummy thought it would be a good idea to go to the beach, as it wasn't too hot.


However, it was still a sizzling 34 degrees at Stanley so we had to sit underneath a shady tree to avoid getting sunburnt!


Here we are, ready to build some sandcastles!

Ahhh ... not a bad first attempt eh!

Daddy using the "dramatic shot" mode... so everything looks gloomier than it is!

Then, we bought some bubble gun thing, and went back to our apartment podium to play bubbles!

Oooohhh.. look... bubbbbllleeeesssss!

All in all, a fun but hot day!

Long overdue post no 1

OK, so daddy bought a new camera and he's now the official photographer for my blog.
The bad news is that he has not been uploading pictures from his camera, hence there is now a backlog of overdue blog posts which mummy has to update.

First up, we had some visitors!
Aunty foong lin came to visit with baby D and uncle Calvin.

Decided to go for some dim sum in Causeway bay.
Food was so-so only, but company was great!
Nice to catch up and meet baby D for the first time =)
Baby D loves to grab stuff!

Went to the bookstore to get me some books!

In preparation for baby no 2, I am practising pushing the baby stroller around :)

Stopped by a nearby toy store... baby D fell asleep dy! Such a good baby, hopefully our baby no 2 is just as well-behaved!

Took photo with my favourite "catching game" - scooping jewels!

With uncle Calvin outside a local char chan teng :)

Too bad it was a short catch up, but it was really nice to see them in HK... hopefully they come visit again soon! =)

Happy Mid Autumn Festival!!

Hi there!
Happy Mid Autumn Festival to family and friends!!!
Mummy's office was closed half day to celebrate the mid-autumn festival (aka mooncake festival) and it's a public holiday tomorrow as most folks stay up til midnight to observe the full moon, so the week has started off great for us!

Unfortunately, Daddy was working late so we couldn't go out to play with our lanterns tonight.

However, after dinner, we looked out of our apartment window, and saw lots of families gathered in the podium playing with lanterns and we decided to join them.

Here's my Hello Kitty battery operated lantern with flashing lights and loud jarring music!
Clearly Made in China! At the podium, looking pleased! As you can tell, I don't get to go out much hehe.

Posing with the buffalo sculpture.. hehe my favourite. Photo was a bit overexposed though.

Other families enjoying themselves...

Surprisingly, not many kids were playing with the traditional lanterns, but were using glowsticks to create different types of things such as balls, hoops, bracelets, etc... so it was quite a modern affair!

Ok this was the last picture with my favourite buffalo before mummy's camera ran out of battery. Still looks a bit overexposed!

After that we headed to the in-house chinese restaurant to buy some mooncakes as we haven't had any yet this year, but they were sold out already so we just stole a small one from the BBQ buffet counter *sshhh*

Since it's a public holiday tomorrow, and mummy's feeling better these days, we'll probably go shopping for some maternity clothes for her! Her tummy is already getting very big, although baby is only 12.5 weeks... 6+ months to go before we see the new baby!!! :D

Back to school!!!

Yes, a new school year has begun!

I'm no longer in Nursery, but now in Lower Kindergarten.

Luckily, most of my friends have stayed in the same school, so I saw lots of familiar faces on the first day of school :)

Here's the students in my class!
In the playground, looking rather bored heheh.

Activities in class :)

That's all, not sure what the activities were as the photos were sent by the teachers !