My Dear Warehouse Sale (23 Feb- 4th March)

Mydear warehouse sale is back. For those who are looking for good deal for baby stuff like walker, stroller, bedding, infant furniture, toiletries and children's battery operated cars and playground equipment. Mydear usually have 3 warehouse sales a year.

The location is a bit far out, located at Meranti Industrial Park, Puchong. 

To me, the quality is not too bad, baby grows fast, most of the equipments and items are mainly for short term usage and their prices are justified for this short term usage. However, the bedrails that I bought 2 years ago still last till today and the battery operated car is still functioning.

The place is far (for those who are not staying at the area) and crowd. If you can and you have young children, try not to bring them along. They also usually have some toys for sale but you need to really check them as some could be defective.

Here is mydear website. The prices shown are yet to be discounted. Can expect further discount of 20%-50% depends on the products.

Weekend Activities

During the long holiday break in early February, we took the children to Kid's World in Mid Valley and some outdoor activities in Lake Garden. The bus ride around Lake Garden is free at the moment until 29th February in conjunction with the Federal Territory Day.

Kid's World

Lake Garden

The 3 of them

Sometimes, they are the best of friends and some other times, they are the worst enemy to each other.

Air Asia and Firefly Sales

Wow, the big sales are back. Did you manage to get any?

I am usually lucky. The last Airasia 0 fare sales, I managed to get tickets to go Langkawi in August this year in conjunction with my darling hubby's birthday. So, for the 7 of us (4 adults and 3 kids inclusive of my 2 maids) is only RM501.00, this include all add-ons like insurances, baggage of 30kg and selected seats. We kept going back to Langkawi because:-

• The journey is short. We can handle an hour journey with the kids with no problem
• It is convenient. We can hire a car with very reasonable price like RM80/day for an MPV, so we are mobile.
• We know the people and places well. We know where to go and where to eat
• Things are cheap there!!!! It is duty free. If you get your supply from a shop, the beer is only RM1.30/can. We have seafood dinner for 9 and it only cost us RM100 including drinks!! 
• We love the beach and bar there. We can eat and drink and the kids can play there for hours and meet with different children from different part of the world everyday.
• The children love the beach and hotel pool

So, come this sale again, I managed to get tickets to Krabi at RM7 one way, with all the add-ons including giving ourselves a treat of 'hot seats', it cost around RM1500 for the 7 of us again. Very good deal. We decided to venture out of our comfort zone (Langkawi) and take a bigger step on a longer flight journey with the kids. That is why we decided since it is a 2 hours journey, we are going for the hot seats with bigger leg room.

Anyway, Firefly is also having a great sale for travelling from Mar - Oct 2012 and for Langkawi trip, the return ticket is only RM38 per person. I considered this as a very good deal too, as you fly from Subang and that will save you your taxi fares.

Just a little tip, I usually managed to get ticket at around 8am-9am in morning. I guess this is the time most office workers are busy travelling on the road to work and the website will not be so busy!

Good luck to those who are trying to get some cheap tickets!

Forget the Valentine day, for married couple with kids, like The Star paper's article said, we prefer a holiday break or get away with our family than the chocolate and roses.

Princess K, the fashion Diva

My daughter, even the brothers call her princess, has turn into a fashion diva and a drama queen. She must have her sun glasses, cap and watch on board Airasia flight to Langkawi. She found her princess saddles in Langkawi and insisted us to buy for her.

However, out of this trip, she conquered her fear of getting her feet on the sand and getting her hands dirty digging into sand. She was able to walk with her bare feet on the beach and dug with her bare hands.

no boots/shoes, no water to clean hands

Jack's First Stage Performance

Jack performed on stage for the first time in October last year. He practised almost everyday in school and came late September and early October, he told the teacher, he is tired and not going to do it anymore. We have an open mind since the beginning of this project. He is only 3 years old, if it happen, we are cool about it and if he refuses to participate, we are also Ok about. The teacher called me about it, I asked her to give him a break.

Just a few days before the concert, he participated in the practice session again. On the day of the concert, he clung to us and refused to go to backstage like the rest. His father accompanied him all the time. Again, we thought this is not going to happen! Fair enough, when come to his turn, he went on stage without hesitance and mastered his every move and act. So so proud of him. My Goodness, my 3 years old son, of course, tears in my eyes again watching my little boy!

Daddy was there all the time

Missing In Action

I have been 'missing in action' for more than 5 weeks now since my last posting on 29 November 2011. We have a very busy December and very relaxing early January.

Last December, for the 1st to 3rd weeks, we have both the bathrooms renovated. We moved to a nearby service apartment for 3 nights to allow the workmen to carry out the hacking and finish up some wet works. It was too dusty and dangerous for the children to be around. 

Previously, we have only toilet at lower floor. We decided to refurbish the toilet and add on a shower room. The children used to bath in their little baby bathtub or with a bucket of water in the toilet. As they get older, we felt it is not appropriate for them to bath that way. We renovated the bathroom upstair to accommodate a new bathtub. The children like having a bath occasionally. They picked up the habit since our last trip back to their grandparent's home.

The work was supposed to finish in 2 weeks time but was dragged to the 3rd week. Typical attitude of Contractor, everything can when you first talked to them.

We stayed 3 nights at a place called Saville, just by the old klang road. It was a 3 + 1 rooms apartment with 3 bathrooms equipped with cooking and laundry facilities. This suited us well with the cooking and laundry facilities and it cost RM250/night. You have to pay extra RM10/day for car park facilities. Next time, if you have some family members come to visit and do not wish to pay some high hotel prices, maybe you can check this out short stay apartment and short term rental.

pool and playground at Saville

In between, the children including the maid and myself were fallen ill with fever, cough and cold.

Finally, the bathrooms finished just a few days before Christmas. We were doing very last minute shopping for the kids' present and busy preparing Christmas lunch. We have few of our close friends joined us for the celebration.

Then, we were off to Langkawi again for a 4 days break. Like people always said things get easier as the children get older. We have no problem with the children sitting on the plane by themselves. The eat, sleep and really enjoyed themselves playing sand and water there.

So, I am back, will try to get some updates soon including IVF success stories. Another break coming up soon in 2 weeks time, the Chinese New Year and early February public holidays. Really need to get back to routine, children are getting a bit out of hand after the long break.