The Hunt For Detergent

At the beginning of the month, my maid told me that the detergent for the washing machine was going to finish soon. When hubby went to Tesco to get some sundries, he couldn't find the one that we normally use - Dynamo Low Suds (ours is the front load type). We also tried Giant and the Chinese medicine shop - don't have.

On Tuesday, I found out from my maid that she's started to use the normal Dynamo (blue colour) for machine wash. I was a bit worried it'll produce too much bubbles if we use the normal amount of detergent. And the rinsing cycle may not be able to clean the clothes thoroughly. Luckily she used lesser than usual.

So after picking XY up from her kindy, I went to Billion to try my luck. Still don't have. Have they discontinued the product? Looked like it's out of stock everywhere. I had no choice but to change to another brand. I bought Top, which can be used for both front and top load washing machine. Hmmm... I wonder if it smells different.

Stylish Eyewear

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Spectacles have become a fashion these days. There are so many designs and colour to choose from. Some people who have perfect eyesight would also wear spectacles as an accessory.

When I saw “Zenni Optical: Sell Rx Glasses $8 with case!”, I had to check out their website. They have many varieties of stylish frames - full rim, half rim, rimless and sunshades too. Their prices are really low as they sell their own manufactured glasses frame direct to customers, eliminating middlemen. With such low prices, I can afford to change designer eyeglasses every year to follow the latest trends.

Splashing Fun

Yesterday evening, PaPa brought the kids to the swimming pool at the recreation club. We reached there almost 7pm. XY has been there a few times already but it was didi's first time there. I think it was his third time at a pool and he was so excited. He didn't even need to warm up, wanted to get into the pool immediately. He was splashing the water with both hands frantically. He also likes to walk about in the water and tried to float but was not successful. Sometimes when he lost balance, he'd be submerged in the water. And choke a little as the water got into his nose and mouth.

XY on the other hand, doesn't really need much supervision. She can play on her own in the baby pool. She was busy jumping in the pool. Then climbed out of the pool and jumped into it again. Really like a monkey.

I was busy taking pictures of them but the battery went low halfway through. So I can't take anymore pictures. Sigh... not professional at all, eh? hehehe They played for about half an hour only. It was getting dark and started to rain. There was lightning too so the guard asked everyone to leave the pool. It sure was a fun Sunday for them.

~ so excited ~

~ head and face all wet ~

~ having lots of fun ~

Setting The CNY Atmosphere

Do you have to think hard on what to eat? I don't have much problems with weekdays as I'll just ask the maid to cook whatever that's in the fridge. Sometimes some dishes are planned ahead when marketing was done. But when it comes to weekends, we have a hard time thinking what to eat. We usually eat out on weekends but there aren't many nice food around our area. Like just now, we discussed for almost 10 minutes on what to eat before deciding on bak kut teh. For that, we've to travel out of Kajang town coz there're no good ones here.

After dinner, we went shopping at Jusco (yeah... again). We bought 2 small pots of lotus bamboo. Wanted to create some CNY atmosphere at home. I wanted to get the bigger one but the vase was quite ugly. Also saw a nice pot of pussy willows. The vase is filled with soil so I thought it wouldn't be a suitable decoration in the house with 2 active and curious kids. They were also selling bunches of it separately and the saleslady told me I just need to put water in the vase. Not suitable for us either. Looks like we have to get those artificial ones if we want to put in the house but they don't look that nice. So in the end, we didn't get any.

~ our first decorative plants ~

Big Bang - World Record

Thanks to Hazel, I'm a part of this fun world record tag aiming to achieve 1,000 links. With a big fat zero Google PR, I'm really hoping things would change for the better soon (have not been able to grab the limited opportunities for a very long time already). :p

*Start Copy Here*

1. You do not have to be tagged to play along. This game is simple and so are the rules. Copy from *Start Copy Here* through *End Copy Here*
2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post at each site you add.
3. Tag or don’t tag, your choice, however, the more tags you create the bigger the list will grow.
4. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE. I will add you to the master list. (If you would like the scroll box code, leave me your email address and I will email it to you.)
5. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This process will allow late-comers to get as much link benefit as the first ones in.

1-Attitude, the Ultimate Power 2-Juliana's Site 3-Rusin Roundup 4-Grow Rich Along With Me 5-Comedy Plus 6-lynda's loft 7-Amel's Realm 8-MAX 9-Speedcat Hollydale 10-Mariuca 11-Complain Complain Complain 12-Mariuca's Perfume Gallery 13-Life Is A Roller Coaster 14-Sugar Queen's Dream 15-First Time Dad 16-Life 17-My Life 18-The Painted Veil 19-My Thoughts 20-DatCurious.com 21-Little Aussie Cynic 22-A Nice Place in the Sun 23-DatMoney.com 24-Hazel 25-Slavery Bliss

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I'd like to tag all of you who have tagged me before. Let's join in the fun!
Wen, Judy, Jo-N, Jacss, Mummy to QiQi, BabyBooned, Anggie, Health Freak Mommy, Rachel, Tracy, Jesslyn, Sharine, Healy.

Lesson Learnt

Last Sunday, we went to Jaya Jusco in Equine Park for dinner and to do some shopping (for me, mainly). I got myself a pair of Levi's jeans and another pair of sandals. Hubby bought a 20-inch trolley bag for his short business trips.

There was a shoe shop next to the luggage shop. After buying the luggage, I went next door with XY while hubby went to Jusco with CE to get the red packets. Kakak sat at the bench outside the luggage shop taking care of the things we've just bought. While I was trying on shoes, XY was walking around the shop, busy examining some shoes. Then suddenly she was nowhere in sight. I thought she was sitting on the floor where I can't see her. So I looked around the shop but didn't see her. I started to panic a little, especially with so many recent news of little girls gone missing. So I quickly ran out of the shop and saw her in the luggage shop, looking for me. I was so mad at her. I've specifically told her to stay in the shop to wait for me but she just couldn't sit still and went roaming about herself. I can't imagine what'll happen if she's really gone missing. The thought of it sends shudders down my spine. Thank god nothing happened.

I got a good lecture from hubby and obviously, I deserved it. After that incident, I'll definitely be more careful and keep her in sight at all times. It's better to hold her hand all the time. Not just for young girls, we should protect our boys just the same. We should never be careless, especially in such a situation.

Realistic Advert

Yesterday, XY said something which reminded me of an advertisement. It's about a father teaching his son to say hua1 (chinese: flower) but the son replied "Orchid lah." I can't recall which milk formula that was. But I was smiling to myself thinking back about the advert.

This was what happened. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was playing on PHDC. That episode was about Valentine's Day. When they were showing what's in the Mouseketool, CE pointed to the tv and mumbled something. There was a rose there so I said "Oh, flower. Flo....wer." Then XY said, "No lah Mummy. That is a rose." Upon hearing that, I recalled the advert and smiled to myself. It's comforting to know that the milk formula she's been taking (Enfa range) contains all the right nutrients for her brain development.