A LOVING BROTHER

Mommy is blessed to have Brandon as the 1st child. Brandon has been a good boy even as a baby. He is obedient, sensitive, understanding, loving and caring. He would say a 100 times that he loves you if you were to ask him to do so. Mommy is glad that he loves Brandee so dearly and he would tell mommy " Look mommy, Brandee is so cutie ya, I love Brandee soo much, I love you so much and Daddy so much. We are a family ya:) "

He loves it when Brandee rubs his head. He would ask to sleep with Brandee and assure that he won't hurt her. "I will sleep on my side mommy, I won't kena mei mei.." Brandon said. He would

tug her in and kiss her goodnight. His favourite lines are " Goodnight, sweetdreams, I love you and wo ai ni (I love you in mandarin)" he will say it all at a time before he go to bed. He will usually smell and rub on mommy's nose before he sleep.

Mommy knew Brandon will grow up to be a caring and loving boy. Mommy hope Brandon and Brandee will grow up loving each other like how they love now. Mommy has been talking to Brandon on the importance of loving his family and friends when he is little and now mommy is happy to see the results.

COFFEE OR CUP

My father in-law would send me tons of email everyday and I just can't finish reading every one of it and I would delete some without reading. Just as I was about to delete this "Coffee or Cup " , then I thought, ok maybe I will read this because it's just a short one. I'm glad i read it and i would like to share it with all of you.

*The happiest people in this world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.*

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups, porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite, telling them to help themselves to the coffee.


When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,leaving behind the simple and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups."


Now consider this: "Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Enjoy your coffee!."



*The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything*


1) Live simply. 2) Love generously. 3) Care deeply. 4) Speak kindly.

You are the miracle, my friend; your life either shines a light OR casts a shadow! Shine a light & enjoy the Coffee!!!

For those who have seen this, I'm sure you wouldn't mind reading again and for those who haven't, I'm sure you must have heard it many times somewhere. Now, many of us is chasing for the best cup in order to have a better coffee..Do we really need the best cup to enjoy the best coffee? Life is short!! We only Live Once!! We don't want to wait till we get the best cup to taste the best coffee...It may be too late...Think about it...

This is similar to what I've wrote on 22nd April "BE CONTENTED & HAPPY"

BIRTHDAY PRESENT

Soon it will be my hubby's birthday and I still cannot figure out what to buy for him. After his birthday will be our Anniversary. I am really lost each year when I have to buy birthday and anniversary gifts. I'm really bad with this:) In fact there were 2 years where I didn't buy a thing for his birthday..hee.hee..I gave him a card the next day..haa haa...so bad of me..

Yesterday I decided to ask Brandon what he would buy;

Mommy: Brandon, what do u want to buy for daddy's birthday?
Brandon: I don't know.
Mommy: What do u want to give him?
Brandon: Give him a cake la.
Mommy: How about you draw daddy a birthday card?
Brandon: Okie.. How to draw?
Mommy: I'll buy u paper and teach you how to draw ok?
Brandon: ok..
Mommy: Can you tell daddy that you are going to draw him a card?
Brandon: No..
Mommy: Why not?
Brandon: Because want to SURPRISE him ma... (I didn't expect him to know what is surprise)
Mommy: You know what is surprise?
Brandon: Ya, I know...

So friends, if you have any idea of what to buy, pls share with me ok:)

AUSTRALIA TRIP

Our 2 weeks trip to Australia is taxing but great. This time we decided to check out Gold Coast, Brisbane & Perth. Is Brandee's 1st trip.Everything was ok until Brandee is tired and wanting to sleep. We knew she is fussy but didn't expect her to be so difficult on the plane. She needed a proper place to sleep ( she needed a bed ). We did not request for a basinet because she is quite tall for her age and may not fit into the basinet. Moreover, we bought her a passanger seat too. She cried for awhile and I have to carry her to sleep. She would wake up and cry if I sit. So I took turn with my hubby and we didn't get to sleep the entire 8hrs flight. Brandon was stress out too by Brandee and didn't sleep well. We were all tired and upon checking in to the SeaWorld Resort Hotel, we slept through the afternoon..:) Woke up at dinner time..:)


After a few days Brandon started asking for his favourite "Rice". We had Japanese food that day. Because the hotel is isolated & far from eateries, we ate mostly in the hotel.We went to Sea World the next day and both Brandon & Brandee enjoy it especially during their Sesame Street Show.




There's alot to do and see in Sea World and Movie World, but Brandon & Brandee is still a little young to enjoy it. Perhaps children around 6yrs old and above would enjoy it more.


We drove to Brisbane on the 4th day. It took us 45 minutes drive from Gold Coast to Brisbane. Brandon refused to go out. He is happy just by staying in the hotel. He said" Why want to go out mommy? No need to go out la, just stay in the hotel la. I like it this way!" Looks like I will have book a nice hotel for my next trip and just stay indoor:) We didn't do much in Brisbane eventhough we stayed for 3 nights. We then flew from Brisbane to Perth. The flight takes about 5hrs. Perth is a beautiful city, lots of greens & beautiful parks and very spacious too. We drove around and visited some friends there, again didn't do very much because little Brandee fell sick. Brought her to see a dr too. Whole trip was slow and easy. It's been an awesome family trip after all. Didn't managed to capture any picture in Perth because the camera "Kat put" on the 5th day...

BRANDEE'S 1st BIRTHDAY

It is so nice to celebrate Brandee's 1st birthday in our own home. Unfortunately daddy cannot be there to celebrate because he has to attend an important meeting in US. However, she has a bunch of cousin's there to celebrate for her. The happiest person is actually Brandon because he get to blow the candles and received a big gift from his Uncle Wei.

Pa-Per the grandfather bought her a dress and Uncle Wei & Aunty Maria bought her a cap and a jeans shirt, Ah yee Jen & Ah yee Lisa bought a nice cake...I must say that Pa-Per is really good at choosing the dress, it is so sweet and she wore it that day.....

Brandee still can't walk then unlike her kor-kor that walk 2 weeks before he turn 1. In terms of speech, Brandee is alot faster than Brandon where she already can say "eat".. So, that's her 1st word "EAT"...:)