Singapore Zoo

We finally got to the zoo and Maya was sleeping. She woke up on the wrong side of the bed and was in a foul mood. We let her sleep for a while longer before we started touring the zoo. She was all excited as we have told her, Boots the monkey from Dora can be found in the zoo. Throughout the whole trip, we were searching for different species of monkeys.

Love the zoo, but I must admit, Singapore is one humid country! It wasn't hot, but there was no air and the steam vapor from the rain just stayed stagnant in mid air. It felt like as though I was in perpetual sauna.

Maya in Siloso Beach, Singapore

Maya has always wanted to see a nice beach, similar to the one shown in Dora the Adventurer's episode. We did attempt to bring her to one in Moorib, but she didn't like it as much as Siloso beach. Beautiful sand, beautiful people, a nice ambience all together. Oh, and we managed to take a picture with an albino snake. As you can see here, I was petrified, but braving it for little Maya. She wasn't afraid of the snake, in fact, she was trying to squeeze it.... Which made mummy even more afraid.

Found this nice sand castle while strolling by the beach.

Uncle Yasser the ever excellent and patient tour guide.

Underwater world. Sadly, Maya was more interested in the beach than the underwater world.

 

An Early Birthday Party for Maya

After much thought, we decided to celebrate Maya's birthday slightly earlier due to time constraint. This time around, we were a bit more ambitious and cooked everything by ourselves. Luckily, Harry's mum was ever so kind and offered to cook the fried rice, salted egg crabs and some pickles. Other items made by yours truly on the menu were; vinegar pork trotter, BBQ pork ribs, honey drumsticks, quail eggs mung bean dessert, steamed prawns, garlic boiled pork belly and hello kitty strawberry konyaku jelly. The madness and whirlwind rush to get everything ready in a day reminded me of the days when I was still working in Pavilion but just that, this time it revolves around Maya's nap time, and breasfeeding demands.In the kitchen, every single stove top had pots boiling, the steamer was in use, the oven always had food cooking and the blender was whirring until the motor was hot, but all the effort was worth it as every guests went back with smiles on their face and a full tummy. Thank you to everyone who came and made Maya's birthday an extra special one! Happy birthday to my dearest daughter, mummy and daddy love you!

Jkids at Paradigm Mall, Kelana Jaya

Mummy finally needed a little time off to do pedicure and daddy became the babysitter for Maya. We decided on the new mall at Kelana Jaya; Paradigm. So far, we are loving it. Maybe it has partially to do with their great baby rooms and nice tenant mix, though they do need to brush up on their operations and visual merchandising.

So, mummy went to the "Nail Parlour" while daddy and Maya checked themselves into a very nice looking indoor park. I must add, this park looks quite whimsical and packed with loads of fun! Mummy was a bit apprehensive in putting Maya in Jkids at first as there were lots of mechanical moving parts but daddy had no qualms about it. Thanks to daddy, we found out Maya is indeed ready and a little bit more grown up already. :)

Baby Girls and Blythe

Maya has been sick these few days. Actually everyone in the house is sick. To cheer her up, we decided to introduce Maya to mummy's small collection of baby girls. Her interest in them grew a little more each day and we ended up getting her a few mini Blythe dolls from "The littlest pets" collection. The great thing about these dolls, they keep her in the trolley while mummy does grocery shopping.

Expressive Balloons

We decided to do a quick and fun activity a few days ago. Initially, it was supposed to be facial expressions on the balloons, which then turned into doodling on balloons. Maya kept asking daddy to blow more balloons for her. She had fun, and daddy.... well... out of breathe. :P

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

My first ever attempt at red velvet cupcakes!