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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Our New Year

We spent our New Year eve with my husband's friends at Palm Spring, PD. Malangnya, all the pictures were corrupted. So, kena tunggu the rest of the gang pass me the pictures baru boleh blog about it.

The following day, bangun aje, Adam ajak tengok bird kat luar. Memang banyak sangatla burung kat situ. Suka la Adam kejar burung sana-sini.. Bagus.. tak payah dahla Mommy bawak Adam pergi Bird Park :p Lepas dah penat main kejar burung teman Adam main bola pulak sementara Chef Rozie prepare the Big Breakfast yang sangat sedap! Adam makan 2 servings of the scramble egg.

After perut dah kenyang, the rest of the gang sambung pergi Ulu Kernas pulak while my family and I joined the rest of my family dekat A Famosa Resorts. Sampai-sampai aje tengok my father, my uncles and my cousin dah tengah tunggy my hubby dah. Biasala kalau cuti-cuti family ni, the guys mestila nak golfing tapi kat A Famosa tu, a group of Korean dah book sampai February. So, they had to go to Tiara in Ayer Keroh instead.

Adam and me joined my aunties and the rest of the cousins masuk ke A Famosa Animal World Safari. Tengok dekat kertas dia bagi tu ada 2 pilihan makanan. I opted for Western food which is slightly expensive supaya Adam boleh makan fries. Nasib baik I pilih western food. One of my aunty and a few cousins yang tak diberitahu boleh pilih meal, kena makan Nasi Ayam yang dah nak basi. Kesian diorang. Cashier yang dekat western food tu pun tak friendly. Bila I tanya ada pilihan apa dia just bagitau Chicken Chop or Fish N Chip. Tengok-tengok lepas tu ada yang makan Grilled Chicken. Nasib baik my Chicken Chop was not that bad.


Lepas dah kenyang, kitorang naik bus/train untuk masuk ke wild animal area. It was quite a bumpy ride yela konon-konon dalam hutan kan.. ada dua tiga kali bus/train tu macam mati enjin. Cuak I! Yela dalam kepala dah imagine macam mana diorang nak transfer semua passanger masuk ke new bus/train kalau dah memang xleh jalan with the wild animals roaming around. Takdela banyak sangat wild animals dalam tu. I was hoping to see wild boar ke tapir ke tenuk ke panda ke.. Yang ada cuma a few types of harimau, a few types of lion, pastua ada deer, ostrich, camel, bull hyenas and bear kut.. Ada la kut lagi dua tiga tapi memang tak banyakla.. Tak rasa macam kat dalam Animal Planet pun.. Masa nak balik tu, dia bawak laju and bumpy sangat2 sampai Adam nangis.. kesian Adam..


Then, kitorang jalan pegi tengok Multi Animal Show.. OKla.. biasala asyik2 Orang Utan yang perform.. Masa ni Adam dah boring dah.. Lepas tengok show, kitorang pergi Chicken Farm. Adam really enjoyed himself playing with the chicks :) Mula-mula tu bila suruh pegang Adam geli and takut.. Penatla I fikir macam mana nak suruh dia pegang. Pastu teringat yang Adam dah paham kalau kita kata nak. So, I said to him "Adam, Mommy nak".. I cakap banyak-banyak kali sambil tunjuk kat chick tu. Mula-mula dia macam blur. Pastu, tetiba dia scoop one of the chick and nak bagi kat I. Tapi sebab I jauh from dia and dia dah tak tahan geli dia lepas je chick tu. Heheheh.. A few times jugakla tactic tu menjadi.. sweet kan Adam.. berkorban geli dan takut demi Mommy tercinta :p


After Chicken farm tu, kitorang lalu kambing, donkeys and some other animals. Masa depan binatang tu Adam akan senyap je tapi bila dah lepas cage tu barula Adam repeat bunyi animal tu.. Agaknya dia kaget tengok the characters in his book came to live :p





Our final stop was the Elephant Show. Not bad la.. Adam panggil elephant Elly :) Masa one of my cousin dukung Adam dia sibuk tunjuk ank pergi dekat Elly tapi bila dah dekat dia takut.. From my observation, I think he enjoyed the show.. bila orang tepuk dia pun sakan tepuk..



Malam tu kitorang pergi makan dekat Umbai. Kitorang pergi makan dekat food court yang baru tu. Kesimpulannya tak sehebat Parameswara dekat tempat lama tu lah.. Lain kali tamo pegi dah tempat baru tu.. Nasib baik masa sampai tu terus suap Adam bubur McD sekejap je habis satu mangkuk yang large tu.. Tak lama lepas tu Adam tidur so Mommy and Daddy Adam dapatla makan sambil bergelak ketawa bersama cousins yang lain..Taktik yang baik nie.. lain kali boleh diamalkan :p



I would give 3/5 star to A Famosa Animal World Safari and 2/5 star to Umbai new hawker centre.

Adam at 16 months

I just realized I haven't update on Adam's progress for quite some time. Well, here are some random facts on Adam at 16 months:
  • Adam can run! Not that fast but faster than walking :p
  • Adam is much taller than his cousins Amirul and Arisya who are 3 and 4 months older than him
  • Adam weighs a hefty 14kg!
  • Adam loves noodle, spaghetti, udon and the likes..
  • Adam loves keropok so much! He loves Chipsmore too!
  • Adam can chew his spirulina two at a time :)
  • Adam used his finger to show his teeth and bat his eyelashes when he is asked to show his teeth/eyes
  • Adam can sometimes show where is his nose and hair (have to remind him by giving a hint :p)
  • Adam runs to the car door and will try to climb in the car when he sees a car door opened
  • Adam knows how to make animal sounds:
    • cats = aaaa
    • cow = boo
    • goat/sheep = baaa'
    • birds = chip chip
    • horse = make the sound with the lips, continued with eeeeeih (the opposite of what I tought him)
    • Chicken = ook ook ook
    • car/truck (erk, animal jugak ke? :p) = brrrrrroommm
  • Among his verbs:
    • Bird/chick = bebeeeeeeeek
    • All animals with horns or spots like cows = buuuu
    • Amazed of something = waaoooowwww
    • Surprised = heeek (while covering his mouth with hand) oook oow / mmmk emmmm
    • Daddy = Daajii (No Mommy yet.. huhuhuuhhu)
    • Moon = boo
    • Cartoon = boboooow
    • Nak = nananannananaaa (with his finger pointing to the thing)
  • Adam can understand if I ask him do you want your memilk? He will answer with nanananaa if he wants it.
  • Adam can raise his hands when we ask him to angkat tangan to take his shirt off
  • Adam can act on clap, pat and bye
  • Adam will dance when he hears something that resembles music even when it's not music like stirring the coffee cup, tumbuk sambal belacan etc.
  • Adam loves the mirror since forever :)
  • Adam can kick the ball with both his legs
  • Adam can eat on his own using his hand or spoon but of course half of the food will go the floor
  • Adam is still not keen to touch furry animal/soft toys
  • Adam loves to bite his Tigger's tail
  • Adam loves to play pillow snatching on the bed
  • Adam will roll on the floor if he refuse to go forward in the shopping mall
  • Adam knows how to kiss and hug
  • Adam knows how to kiss people's hand when asked to 'salam'
  • Adam has 10 teeth including 2 molars
  • Adam knows how to pretend to cry if he is scolded
  • Adam knows how to divert people's attention if he is scolded
  • Adam will shake his head if he refused to eat/drink
  • Sometimes Adam wants to be cradled to sleep
  • Adam will dance when he saw Dibo's picture or figurine
  • Adam doesn't like to share his toys with other kids - He can share with adults though
  • Adam will make eye contact when he tries to explain something to you
  • Adam has started talking gibberish
  • Adam loves reading books
  • Adam will read to people whom he thinks doesn't know how to read
  • Adam will sit on your lap if he wants you to read to him
  • Adam will sit on your lap if he loves the food you are feeding him
  • Last but not least, Adam loves both his mommy and daddy :)
16 months Adam pretending to cry :p

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Kids and TV

What do you think of allowing kids to watch TV when they were still young? Personally, I think we should allow kids to watch TV but moderately of course! Apart from that, we also have to monitor the types of shows they watch.

I let Adam watch TV since he was 2 months old. I don't know if he could understand the show or not but he seems to enjoy it very much. He especially loved Dibo the Gift Dragon and My Friends Tigger and Pooh.. His eyes would be glued to the TV while his hands and feet wailing as if imitating the characters movement. Sometimes he even made noise as if he was interacting with the cartoon characters.

I found cartoon shows nowadays are more educational and would benefit them in the long run. Shows like Little Einstein, Word World and Special Agent OSO taught not only the kids but parents too :p This is so different from the cartoon from our days like Bugs Bunny, Road Runner where it all revolves around playing tricks and killing each other which of course without us realizing it, translates to violence.

Two of my cousins speak fluent English just by watching the cartoon shows. Their ranges of vocabs are even larger than mine. When I was their age (maybe till today), I am sure my English was not as good. Considering I may only afford to send my kids to the public school where the quality of the English teachers are doubtful (you should read some of the English teachers' blogs that I have read), I need to prepare my kids with good English foundation before they go to school. Some friends were making fun of me when I speak mostly English with my son saying we are in Malaysia and not in England. That's the point! If we are in England where everybody speaks English, I would speak Malay to my son.. As we are in Malaysia, I am sure soon enough he will be able to catch up on his Malay even with Terengganu slang..

Apart from shows on Playhouse Disney, I also bought alot of educational DVDs for my son. He could dance and jump while learning to talk. He could improve his motor skills and exercise at the same time. Of course I don't let him watch TV all day long.. There are times I would read his books to him and play other toys with him. Limit should be set since they were young so they would know that there alot of other interesting things besides the TV.

Personally, I do not approve Astro Ceria. I found the shows sometimes are not child appropriate. I have discussed about this with one of my friend and she shared how her 2 or 3 year old nephew said to his grandmother "nenek ni macam ibu tirilah" when she scold him. He learned it from watching Hikayat Putera Shahzan where they potrays stepmothers as the angry creature who would scold kids for no reason. This should not be in the mind of 2 or 3 years old. Apart from that, I found the voice over for some of the cartoons that were translated into Malay are very boring. They use adult's voice for kids characters. So not appropriate!

As parents, we are the one responsible to mould child and get the best out of them. If you believe kids should not watch TV at all or you think Astro Ceria is the best channel in the world, so be it. Only you know your kids and only you know what is best for them :)

Cheers!

Adam 365: Day 1 - 4

Day 1: Playing with chicks at A Famosa Animal World Safari

Day 2: Breakfast @ Pantai Pengkalan Balak, Melaka

Day 3: About to "boom" on his Garfield bolster

Day 4: First taste of Chipsmore and he loves it!

New Year Resolutions #2

So far I have fasted 5.5 days! So, another 35.5 days.. :)

Inspired by  Munirah's Project 365 on her kids last year, one of my resolutions this year is to take photos of Adam every single day.. Photos of him eating his breakfast, photos of him playing football, photos of him watching tv and even photos of him sleeping (if I did not get the chance to spend time with him on his waking hours).. The best daily photo of him will be updated in this blog and my FB.

Wish me luck!