by Penny on September 4, 2010
When Ryan was about 2 years old, we bought him some posters of fruits and vegetables, animals, objects and even of different occupations to teach him different words. Since then, he knew about barber, tailor, fisherman, etc.
When we asked him what he would like to be at that time, he would say sailor. Then he met a friend of ours who is a pilot and he changed his mind from wanting to be a sailor to a pilot.
Now, a year later, he’s pretty taken in by the super heroes of the world, the likes of Ultraman, Spiderman and Iron Man. Of late, he even thinks that a fireman is some sort of a super hero because he knows a fireman’s job is to rescue people in trouble.
For his birthday, he received a set of fireman vest, complete with the fireman helmet and tools. Since then he’s been a busy little fireman at home rescuing us from our many “distress”.
Some 2 nights ago I happened to tune in to Wah Lai Toi on Astro and the TVB drama that was on was about a group of firemen. He sat still beside me and watched in awe as the firemen went in rescue of some building on fire. It’s the first time he has seen a fireman in action (albeit just a drama).
Now he’s even more captivated about being a fireman. I don’t dare ask, but I think if I do pop the question now as to what he wants to be when he grows up, he’ll say fireman! Hahaha.
Oh well, I guess all boys go through stages like these when they feel great to be of help and service to others. I don’t know whether it’s an inborn macho thing for boys, but that’s how it seems to be huh?
For those who know him well, they’ve always said he should be a lawyer or go into a sales career because he loves to talk. He himself admits that he’s talkative and even tell others that.
But I guess his love for serving people as a “super hero” is more than serving them any other way. It’s an interesting journey to see what he eventually chooses to be when he grows up.
Do you remember your own journey from what you thought you wanted to be when you were a child and what you actually have ended up to be now? I remember my story and it’s very different from what I really am today.
by Penny on August 31, 2010
Last Friday we brought Ryan to Genting Highlands to celebrate his 3rd birthday. We had a total of 9 of us, including Ryan. He went on a couple of indoor theme park rides, nothing at he outdoor theme park though, but it’s just as well because it was a rainy day and the rides were still wet when we were there. We just walked about the outdoor theme park and Ryan played for a while at the playground. Not worth the money we spent on those tickets, really.
We brought along birthday cupcakes for Ryan and bag loads of birthday presents and he had a really good time opening them one by one that night. He received all sorts of wonderful new toys but his favourite were clearly the Batman and Joker figurines, which we bought as an additional present just because we saw them at some carts selling toys. Good thing we did because he likes them more than the “main” gifts! Haha.
I also want to mention that the queue to check in for the hotel rooms were really ridiculous. We waited for 3 hours for our number to be called up so that we can get the room keys. Don’t know why it was such a packed weekend there. Or maybe it’s always packed, huh?
I sometimes wonder how many people are actually up there. I heard that the number of staff in Genting itself is more than 10,000 people. I think the number of visitors there will easily be 3 or 4 times the number of staff, right? Hmm…no wonder Genting is making so much money, people who hold management jobs with the company must be making handsome bonuses!
Well, crowd and rain aside, we all had a good time. Including me, first time entering the casino there! And not too bad for beginner’s luck to triple my capital placed in less than 5 minutes! Hehe. I quickly cashed out with that winning and happily walked out of the casino.
The pictures are still sitting in the SD card in the camera, haven’t downloaded them. Will do so one of these days, so no photos to share for now 
by Penny on August 26, 2010
Recently I was in the area and decided to drop by Book Xcess to check out their 3-day anniversary sales. I picked up a few good buys but the one that I’m most impressed with is this space station book for Ryan. Look at the pictures below.
The first image below shows the hardcover of the book. From a recommended retail price of RM94.90, this book retails at Book Xcess for RM17.90. It’s a real good buy, not to mention you may even sometimes get a discount on top of that low price!
Now when you open up the book, this is what it becomes…a really cool pop-up book. Check it out and tell me if you are awed.
A 3-dimensional space station!! It’s got lots of fine details printed on it and the way it is made is simply amazing. We adults stared at it in awe. Imagine how a book can turn out to be this cool.
This book also comes with some press-out characters and space ships for you to place on the space station. I guess this is a boy’s version of playing dress up paper dolls. I’ll be visiting Book Xcess every now and then to see if they will stock up more of such books. I’d be the number one fan for such amazing pop-up books.
Nowadays, children’s toys are getting so high-tech and fascinating. Soon, they will be expecting all kinds of cool gadgets rather than the simpler toys we used to have as kids. Nowadays I think a regular mobile phone won’t be quite the in-thing for children, they’d be asking for at least an iPhone (with additional iphone warranty too!), don’t you agree?
by Penny on August 25, 2010
Ryan’s birthday is coming up this Friday. He’s turning 3 years old then. We’re all excited and looking forward to spend the day with him. He’s also quite excited as we have been bringing him out shopping for birthday presents. We’ve also been shopping for jackets for him as we intend to bring him to Genting Highlands to enjoy the cool breeze for a change. Because of that, the mummy is also on the look out for women’s sweaters (excuse to shop, ahem!).
I hope he will enjoy himself there, going on some kiddie rides, playing at the outdoor playground, and whatever else the Genting theme park has to offer. I think the cool weather itself should put us all in great moods to start with.
This will be Ryan’s second visit to Genting Highlands. His first was almost 2 years ago, so I bet he can’t remember much about it. Hope this time around he will remember it better.
Looking forward to it already
by Penny on August 17, 2010
We’re planning to send Ryan to a play school next year. The thing is, I don’t know where to start looking for suitable schools. Should I just ask for recommendations from friends and then go to those schools to visit one by one? How did you get started looking for play schools for your kids?
I also have no clue as to what is the average fee for such schools. Any parents out there can help to enlighten me a little? How much do I need to spend on average for a kid going to play school at the age of four?
It didn’t seem this hard for me to find my own university back then, or even browsing around for Online Schools to pick up some additional classes. But when it comes to play schools and kindergartens, I seem so lost…anyone in the same boat? Come and join hands with me and hopefully some of the more experienced parents who read this plight will come to our rescue. Hehe…
