Wantunn mee

So it’s Saturday and the wife has gone to the doctors. Since she left earlier, Cordelia was still asleep, otherwise she would have a hard time trying to leave.
Anyway, by the time I am leaving to fetch her, Cordelia is awake and she’s having breakfast in the Hall when I leave. The conversation goes like this:
C: Daddy, where are you going?
Me: Daddy need to go work (Won’t be able to leave if she knows I’m going to fetch her mother).
C: Ok, today I not going to school. You can use the car.
Me: ….
So now we know whose the boss

c4, originally uploaded by wantunn.

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I remember when I was growing up I didn’t particularly like having my photo taken. For one thing you didn’t know how it would turn out until a few days/weeks later and for another, you keep getting yelled at to smile more or smile less or whatever cos film was limited and nobody wanted to take 6-7 shots of the same thing “just to be sure”.
Now however, my daughter loves having her photo taken, simply because she knows that she can see herself in the LCD playback instantaneously. What this also means is that it’s impossible to catch her in a candid moment since she will insist on seeing her picture once she hears the shutter snap and she start posing after that. I wonder what will happen if I shoot her with a film camera

… and I’m not referring to some of the people in the office (although I think they’d agree)
So my wife was feeling sick yeterday and my folks were out which left me with the task of feeding Cordelia her dinner. Everythings going fine (surprisingly) until she needed to poop, so I brought her to the toilet and put her onto the throne.
And squatted down in front of her to hold her steady (she’s still too small to sit on it by herself)
… Waiting for the poop to drop
… and it did
… a huge huge specimen that couldn’t have come from a baby so small
… and smashed into the bottom of the bowl with horrifying force
…causing a tsunami like backwash
… that sent a splash of water into my face (and mouth).
Oh the horror!!!

23 September happens to be the birthday of both my wife and daughter.
Celebrated with my wife at Ikukan (recommendations thanks to Varf) and we had a birthday party at Cordelia’s play group today.
Interior decor at Ikukan

Appetizers. I have no idea what some of these stuff were


Sushi. Or more stuff I don’t eat

Fois Gras and Tofu. Stuff I do eat, but can’t pronounce.

Peppercorn tuna. Which I ate, cos it didn’t taste like fish. Which leads me to ask, why not use chicken in the first place then?

Teppanyaki. Why does japanese food always have yucky in their names? teppen-yaki, yaki-tori, reli-yaki…

Main course, suki-yaki (there we go again) and charcoal grilled beef



Dessert. Garlic ice cream (which I loved but Callie couldn’t stand) and pudding (coffee I think)



Whats a japanese dinner without some Sake.

Finally, birthday girl number 1, looking a little distracted

Taken at my Wife’s company’s D&D. Click on the photo to see more.

Argh. My daughter caught the Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD for short) and she’s basically resisting food (more then usual) these past few days.
Think the mouth sores are getting better so hopefully things will be back to normal soon. Well, at least when her school reopens after quarantine period.

Brought my daughter to watch Hi-5 today. Tickets were about $40 each after UOB discount so for me, wife + daughter it added up to more then $120. Well, I guess the easiest way to make money nowadays is through the kids In fact, the emptiest section in the hall was the cheapest one right at the back. Kids have it good these days…did I really just say that? Aw geeze… suddenly realised how old I’ve gotten.
In any case, she enjoyed herself very much as it was a pretty interactive show, kids are encouraged to stand up and dance and they teach them the dance steps as well. I guess thats what matters the most.
P.S. They were selling cardboard wavey hands and balloons @ $15 each; Jup Jup (sp?) dolls @ $45; programs @ $10 and t-shirts @ $30 (I think)… man.. cost more then the rock concerts.

Some videos from Phuket.
As you can see, it’s mostly Codelia having fun )
Cordelia having breakfast

Having fun in the pool

More fun in the pool