Augustine's first day at school! (3/9/2007)

Yeah, I know, a little late in uploading...:p

Benedict flying up and down

Wildhogs

Just watched Wildgogs on DVD. It was such a laugh!
4 middle aged men.
Not very successful in life.
One has a decent wife but boring career (dentist), one lost his beautiful wife and sucessful career, one has a naggy wife and no career, one has no wife and no career.
All they really have got was each other, and their weekly ride on their Harleys.
One day, they decided to do something about where their life is going, and just hopped on their Harleys.
Doesn't everyone want to do something like that once in a while?
I sure did, which is why I went for this 2 year part time Masters course in HKU.
Just hopped on the plane with all my family, and here I am.
Watching late night DVDs in Hong Kong.

Trip to Macau 26/8/07

This is us at Macau last month, at the St Paul's facade. Auggy looks happy...and Ben was sleeping, as usual. Well done, kangaroo boy!

Outing at Hong Kong Heritage Museum and dinner at Vincent and Grace's

We went to the HK Heritage Museum today. Had planned the visit with Grace and Vincent (Kim's sis and bro in law), but David was having his nap, so we went ahead on our own.

HK Heritage centre is at New Territories, about 45 mins from HK island (by cab to Hom Hung station then by KCR). Auggy enjoyed the KCR ride very much, thinking that it was an MRT ride (yes he misses Singapore already).

So we spent about 1.5 hours there at the children discovery corner in the museum. It is like the most child friendly place we have been to in HK so far, the nursing room is a dream, complete with diapers (sizes S, M, L), wet wipes, water dispenser, sink, and even plastic bags to dispose of soiled diapers properly. Not to mention the pretty couches that we were sitting on. And there are lots of toys and games to catch Auggy's attention.

But poor Benedict, he didn't quite enjoy himself, maybe he slept too much on the way there, maybe he was grouchy, he was wailing quite a bit:



And did Augustine care? Not really, except for the cursory: Don't cry, didi. And off he zipped to the various corners. This was the bird corner (he was seated in a weaver bird nest)

This is Augustine having fun at the Toy Museum section:

And after the museum, we went to Vincent and Grace's place at Tai Shui Hung (Mountain Shore-beautiful place, not congested like HK island). Grace prepared a wonderful Singapore style nasi lemak dinner with 5 side dishes for us (she is a great cook, like 10000000 times better than me). Then off the boys went to play at the playground. How wonderful it is to have adult company while the kids are occupied! :)

Auggy got into trouble!

Augustine triggered the condo alarm today. He found this little red button near my bed, and like all inquisitive two year olds, he prodded the red button before we could stop him.

Then the condo alarm broke out. The building security called us, sounding worried, "Is everything alright?"

We apologised profusely, and security came up twice to try reseting the alarm, to no avail. We would have to call the security company ourselves tomorrow to deactivate the alarm. The whole episode was quite traumatic to Auggy, and it went something like this:

Me: See, no one will believe you now if anything happen to us. No one will save us in the future if bad guys come because the security will think that you are playing with the alarm.
Auggy: I won't do it ever again...
Me: The alarm is only to be pressed when bad guys come. But do we have any bad guys with us today?
Auggy: No...
Me: Hear that siren? The police will come and take you away if they can't find the bad guy.
Auggy: (voice shaking) No police...I won't do it again...
*Doorbell rings, security came up the first time*
Me: See, security is here to take you away.
Auggy: (voice breaking) No...
*Security went off, Auggy hugged me like a koala*
*Hubby got out of shower, found out what happened*
Hubby: See what you have done. Out of the house you go. The security will take you away when he next comes up.
Auggy: (wails) No.....!!!
*Security came up a second time. Hubby dragged Auggy to the door and out of the house. Auggy whimpered miserably*
Auggy: I won't do it ever again....boohoohoo....let me in...
*Hubby let him in, he hung onto me for dear life. Tired, miserable, and sleepy, he fell asleep within 5 minutes of getting on to bed*

Smile Ben Smile!

Today Ben is in such a good mood...keeps smiling and chatting to everyone...

Here he goes in the morning:



And in the afternoon:

And later in the afternoon:

Awwwwwww...!

Movies, Movies, Movies!

Nowadays, the only time I have for myself is after the boys (and also the hubby) sleeps. And that means really late late nights (or really early early mornings). So I signed up for a DVD rental membership to catch up on all the movies I have missed since 2004 (that was when I got really busy with work and also found out that I was pregnant), and so far my achievements this week are:

1. Dodgeball (this was really funny, especially the gym part. Struck a chord with my gym freak hubby)

2. 20, 30, 40 (this is a poignant reminder that most women, including myself, are still looking for a man to complete their lives. Which is why I particularly like the end where Sylvia Chang was all bright and cheery at 40, after having a divorce and 2 failed relationships.)

3. Bourne Identity (this is really cool, I am having a crush on Matt Damon already)

4. Bridget Jone's Diary - The Edge of Reason (I remember I cried when I watched the first BJ diary, but this one? Nay)

5. Bourne Supremacy (Matt Damon...drool...)

Tonight it will be Andy Lau's "A World Without Thieves". Highly recommended by the husband. IMHO, my husband does look a tad like Andy (though that is definitely not why he recommended the movie).

Yippee! I am starting to enjoy my life in Hong Kong! And of course, the time spent with the boys is wonderful too. (this is not an afterthought)

Augustine is our new camera man!

This is Augustine taking himself...We were at Jumbo last Saturday, and he refused to let me get near the camera!

This is the view from his seat...not bad composition for a 2 year old! :)

This is how I look like to him. Hehehe...

Comparison of Ben and Auggy at 3 months

This is Auggy...:)

And this is Ben... :

Spot the difference! :)

Ben's smile

The most beautiful thing on earth must be the toothless grin of your own baby.

Ouch Mummy!

Today Augustine and I had a conversation that goes like this:

Augustine: Ouch mummy my head hit the wall.
Me: Oh dear, is it painful?
Augustine: Mummy my head hurts. I can't talk. I want to see Dr.
Me: Ok. Dr will give you a jab and it won't hurt anymore.
Augustine: (walks to toy box to pull out his toy stethescope and gave me a mock jab on my thigh) Ok, no more pain right?
Me: .......Ahahahahahha!

The joys of motherhood! (not just when the boys are asleep...:p)