Other than the pre-school things, your 2014 spent moderately.
Family side, nothing much happen. Things were just routine. Every now and then, we went back to ayah's kampung and also Nenek will come and stay with us.
How about your personal achievement? You achieved a lot. You speak fluently in Malay, almost there in English and you started to write and you learn so many things this year. Your strength is your happy go lucky character, your ability to converse all the time, your social skills that made people attracted to you, your unique feature resemble Mongolian or Kiwis or Hawaiians and you are witty.
The challenge that we are facing this year is you're started to show the naughty side of yours. Maybe it's the way to express your opinion. To be frank, there are times both of ayah & mommy struggle to handle you especially in public. Hide and seek seems to be your favorite sport in public and we were always worried that you might went missing in the crowds. No matter how many time we tried to slow talk to make you understand, but t seems that you enjoy it even more. So the temporary solution to it, we seldom went out for shopping.
Another issue that we face is you are a little loud when it comes to talk. It was OK in our home but it was a problem once we went public especially mosque. We initially thought that you were ready to join the Terawih prayer this year but it turn out to be lots of people displeased with our decision. I tried hard to make you understand the idea that mosque suppose to be a quiet place where people can pray peacefully. Maybe you're too young and maybe there were too many kids around. I personally hopes this too will gone in time.
Traveling side, we didn't travel much this year except for some short trips. The reason behind this is mainly on financial constrains.
1. Bandung, Indonesia
We went to Bandung for a short trip in February just to unwind. Ayah wasn't feeling well when we were there so we end up spend most of the time in hotel. Not too bad actually as I also found Bandung too crowded this time. For you, traveling is always fun, no matter how we spend the time.
Van De Java Mall
De Java Bandung Hotel
Van De Java Mall
2. National Science Centre, KL
We went to National Science Centre in early April 2014. Initially we thought you will not enjoy the trip. But it was opposite. You tried almost everything and seems very interested to learn (maybe can be defined as to treat everything as a toy). I guess it is supposed to be that way.
3. Legoland, Johor
We brought you to Legoland because we knew that you love LEGO. You enjoy part of the trip but when it comes to theme park, we failed to convince you that it is fun to try few things there. Overall, it was a nice trip even though we sweat under the hot sun.
Mutiara Johor Bahru Hotel
Lego miniatures
Indoor and outdoor park
4. Singapore
I must say, all of us get so bored for not having a big vacation this year. I'm the most restless one. So, with the small budget that we had, we made a trip to Singapore. Mommy took few days off and then we off to Seberang Selat.
Ayah drove us to negara Seberang Selat and we reach Singapore at night.
Universal Studio Singapore
Marina Bay Sands & surrounding scenery
Botanical Garden
The Merlion
Overall, the Singapore trip was ok. I'm not too fond with big city but I fall in love with Botanical Garden. We might come back in few years to visit USS again and maybe a trip the Singapore Night Safari.
5. ICT Shah Alam
Since there is no Europe trip for us this year.. we made to ICT to get the feeling of Europe. Haha. It was a spontaneous idea but turn out the trip wasn't bad at all. We were lucky as your 2012 winter coat is still fit, so no need to invest on the winter gear.
Your last snow experience was when you was 1 year old. I guess even though you can't remember clearly but somehow the memory is there. Both ayah & I freezing cold but you was totally OK.
6. Thailand Overland
Again, towards end of the year, I felt something is missing. All our earlier trips was a short one and felt something is not complete. So we initiate another trip towards year end and during your school holiday. An 8 days overland trip to Hatyai & Bangkok. We took train from Kuala Lumpur to Hatyai. It was our first experience taking an overnight train and I was bit sceptical in the beginning but at the end all of us love the journey. You also seems to love the train ride so much and keep asking us when can we repeat the trip.
Since we already came to Hatyai in 2011, so we only spent 1 night in Hatyai before continue the train journey to Bangkok.
Hatyai 3D Museum
Hatyai Floating Market
Bangkok
Ayutthaya
I guess, 2014 turn to be quite a fun year for our family. Even though we weren't able to travel ouside Asean this year but we had good time traveling and enjoying each other company. That's what family all about. Stick to each other and make best of our time.
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