I received so many reminder FB tags from Merryn to be there to join them at the pool before the dinner. Haha.. By the time we reach there, Jonathan was so tired that it took us ages to get him down into the water.

This was what greeted us as we make our ways to the pool. The rooms are made of logs and I was told this resort is the first and one of a kind to use logs with no nails to join them together. Awesome.

Look at him after he decided to “give in”…..

Jonathan joined Ethan (on the crocodile float) in the fun with William and Merryn watching over them. Both Julie and myself did not bring swimming attire for this. Hehe.

We then adjurned to the room to get the drenched gang ready for dinner. This is how it looks like inside. I feel like I’m back to basic, with the addition of Air conditioning and some touch of luxury.

These are some features of the room we stayed. Love the ambiance to the max.

After freshen up, we met up for dinner in the Nusantara restaurant. The food theme of the day is Seafood in conjunction with Earth Hour 2011. We were informed in advanced that lights will be switch off from 8:30PM till 9:30PM. During this time all guests are invited to join in the fun drawing event themed “Loving Mother Earth”. Guests will be drawing in the dark.

The buffet line up was yummy with fresh seafood all ready to be devoured. LoL. We certainly enjoyed our time there.

For those who would want to get some time out and a good outing for the family without going far from town, this place is definitely one good choice.

Philea Resort & Spa, Ayer Keroh, Melaka is currently having a Family Getaway Package. At RM 1,000 nett for Pavilion Room and RM 1,400 nett for Philea Suite your family gets to enjoy a 3D/2N accommodation with buffet breakfast at Nusantara, a picnic basket, tickets to the Malacca Butterfly & Reptile Sanctuary and of course an unforgettable getaway.

Philea Resort & Spa
Lot 2940 Jalan Ayer Keroh
Off Jalan Plaza Toll
75450 Ayer Keroh
Melaka

Tel : +6 06 2333 399
Fax : +6 06 2332 299

Kuala Lumpur Sales Office
1.02 Level 1, Menara AA,
247 Jalan Tun Razak
50400 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : +6 03 2141 8966
Fax: +6 03 2145 3966

Email : resv@phileahotel.com
: info@phileahotel.com

Visit website for more details

Website Address: http://www.phileahotel.com

At the same time, we got to know that Merryn is heading to Philea Resort and Spa for the Earth Hour event. Julie dropped her a message on FB that we’ll be going to Malacca too. Excitedly she added us into the invitation to participate in the event. Hehe.. So we get to join her in the resort for this event.

We departed on Saturday around half past noon and reached at 2 plus. Good journey with not much traffic. The first thing that awed me was how much the place has changed.

We didn’t waste much time and head straight to the first food in our list, the Chicken rice balls of Hoe Kee Chicken Rice. When we reached there, the queue was “Bearable”.

While queuing, I reached out to my phone wanted to check in to FB and then I exclaimed…  “I LEFT MY PHONE ON THE CAR DASHBOARD”… Rushed back to the car to retrieved it. Good thing it’s still there with the car windows still attached. Phew.. We then waited for about 15 mins and the Si Tau Po asked, do you mind “Tapp Toi” with another couple. Urmm… Both Julie and I look at each other and I say, ok lar.. Would you?

Our meal consists of rice balls, chicken and assam fish. Gobbled down in just minutes. Haha.. We were hungry hungry then mar.

Then we went to quick jalan-jalan (tour) around the place.

We then headed to get our favourite cendol. Not wanting to miss out the famous Jonker 88, darling and I decided to give it a try.

To our disappointment, our tastebuds disagreed to give it a pass. Then we decided to head to the stall which we normally eat and lo behold, they’ve closed shop for the day. *sigh*.. mission unaccomplished. Nevertheless, the adventure during that short tour was rewarding and managed to takes my mind off work.

Well, we then headed to Philea Resort and Spa, which is located in Ayer Keroh.

— end of part 1 of 2 –

Take this time to bond with family members, forgetting the bitter sour of the past, remember the good times spent.”Sorry” is just a word, but by merely uttering it will power the wheels of “Relieve”,  “Happiness”, and “Harmony”.

Happy New Year everyone!

Though you were a little not well,
Daddy, Mommy, Ah Ma and Po Po care for you restlessly,
hoping in our hearts you’ll be comfortable all the time.

Jonathan kor-kor miss you very much,
He still thinks that you are in the hospital.
He’ll understand one day that you’re with Jesus now.

Aunties and uncles will always remember you in their heart.

It will be heartaching for Mommy and Daddy when putting away your things and toys.
Daddy and Mommy will continue to draw strength from the Lord.
We will be blessing other babies with your stuff,
We hope you don’t mind.

Dr. Choy, Dr. Winnie and Dr. Shanti cares for you very much,
Do bless them so that they could care for other Mitochondrial babies too.

Samantha, your pain and sickness is now no more,
Jesus has taken care of that,
Enjoy your time with Jesus while waiting for Daddy and Mommy.

God will now continue to write your diary,
Do show to Daddy, Mommy and Jonathan kor-kor when we see you then.

Rest well our darling baby, you will be dearly missed.
Though you are far away from us, you are always close to our heart.
We loves you always.

~ Daddy

His favourite website now is the Disney Family Games. I personally find that this website provides many good activities for toddlers to learn words and songs.

Here’s a video of him playing one of the number matching game.

Jonathan @ 3 Years Old

Today is the 13th day Samantha stays in the hospital. Her conditions are getting better with her urge to vomit stopped. The urge gradually lessen after blood transfusion were done on Wednesday and Thursday last week. This apparently helped to further reduce her lactate acid from 17 mmol/L to 10.1 mmol/L. That is great news for now.

She will still feel pain in the stomach and discomfort from time to time due to the acid level and air in the stomach. Sam is also very clever girl. Even if the medicine is fed via the feeding tube, she can still “feel” the medicine taste and would try to cough/vomit it out. Hopefully she will get over with it and take it willingly.

Doctor is now monitoring her progress and is expecting to discharge her by end of this week.

Julie and I are doing well. We’re blessed with Julie’s mom who is helping to take care during the day while we are at work.
Thanks to all of you for your concerns and prayers.

God is listening and answering our prayers. May all praises and glory be to our God.

On Tuesday, we made the choice to admit her again to hospital. This time, we’ve admitted her to KL General Hospital. She was immediately put on tube feeding and oxygen gas. 10ml on every feed with 5ml of water through the tube.

Doctors there are trained for metabolic disorder patients. Samantha will be reassessed again on her symptoms.

Her lactate acid is now at 17 mmol/L (normal human is 2 mmol/L).

On Wednesday, her feeding is controlled by a profuser machine which will evenly feed her 30ml of milk over a period of 3 hours. She stills vomits but hardly could notice milk stain now. She has also gained some weight from 2.9kg on admission to 3.15kg this morning.

Doctor is suggesting that Samantha to continue using the profuser until she gain enough weight.

Get well soon Samantha.

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Forums for Mothers - http://www.mothers.com.my

While waiting for Julie to find more time to blog, I’ve came up with a new project related to all mothers. The theme is about From Mothers to Mothers. This is a website which contains many different type of forums for discussions. All mothers and mothers to be are welcome to join. It is free for all.

There is also a Mommy Bloggers directory page which lists all mommy bloggers’ blogsite. here’s how you could get yourself listed.

• Register as a member in the portal. It is free. Introduce yourself there.
• Add this link ( http://www.mothers.com.my ) to your Blogroll or Links in your blog. It would be great if you could also blog about it too.
• Then leave a comment here as a green light to list you in the directory. Nice.

Join us today at http://www.mothers.com.my, the Mothers to Mothers community.

Wordpress Theme - Simple Jonathan

Do leave your comment on how I could improve it. This theme is version Alpha 0.1.

Happy Anniversary Dear.

Our Wedding Video Presentation on the 22 Jan 2005 (Video may take time to load)

Hope you like the hand bouquet.

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Jonathan starts to love this kind of rides. This is him at 9 months old.
The face impression he shows when the train stops is so original. Cute and naughty, especially when he starts to shake his head at the end of the video.

From Wikipedia:-

Anatomically, the brain can be divided into three parts: the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain the forebrain includes the several lobes of the cerebral cortex that control higher functions, while the mid- and hindbrain are more involved with unconscious, autonomic functions. During encephalization, human brain mass increased beyond that of other species relative to body mass. This process was especially pronounced in the neocortex, a section of the brain involved with language and consciousness. The neocortex accounts for about 76% of the mass of the human brain with a neocortex much larger than other animals, humans enjoy unique mental capacities despite having a neuroarchitecture similar to that of more primitive species. Basic systems that alert humans to stimuli, sense events in the environment, and maintain homeostasis are similar to those of basic vertebrates. Human consciousness is founded upon the extended capacity of the modern neocortex, as well as the greatly developed structures of the brain stem.

Right Brain or Left Brain Dancer

The above is just something to stimulate your brain once again. Remember those dreaded time when our science teachers who made us memorize and understand each and every part of human anatomy? Yeah.. Scary. Glad that I’ve overcome that stage.

Here’s what I would like to share with you. I got from myklang forum.

Are you a left brain or right brain person?
Look at the dancer animation on the left. Do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice-versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS (Anti-Clockwise)

• uses logic
• detail oriented
• facts rule
• words and language
• present and past
• math and science
• can comprehend
• knowing
• acknowledges
• order/pattern perception
• knows object name
• reality based
• forms strategies
• practical
• safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS (Clockwise)

• uses feeling
• “big picture” oriented
• imagination rules
• symbols and images
• present and future
• philosophy & religion
• can “get it” (i.e. meaning)
• believes
• appreciates
• spatial perception
• knows object function
• fantasy based
• presents possibilities
• impetuous
• risk taking

Personally, I’m a touted from this experiment to be a Right Brainer. Most of the mentioned characters matches mine. What about yours?

Yes! We are now 3.

Surely it is the continuous blessing from our ever faithful God. May we continue to seek God for guidance and strength as we renew our commitment to each other.

Our memories
Our Wedding Photo Album
Wedding Proposal

Our Family!

Mummy Dearest with Bao Bei..

I love this photo shot.

This is a cute…

Sleep Well Baby Jonathan. God Loves You.

We’ve decided that he shall be called Jonathan.. full name in Chinese has yet to be finalized. For now, he is to be called Jonathan Sia.

Darling still recuperating in the hospital. Doc says might be able to discharge tomorrow afternoon. Let’s see how is it. She has been very strong going through all these.

Cutting the story short, here are some photos of our baby boy…
Click on the photo for larger view.

Video Presentation also available.. (have to be a bit kiasu)

Let all praises and glory be given to God for it is He who made this possible. It is His wonderful gift to us.

Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery  store,  Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50.

How she wanted that necklace and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, “Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an  awful lot of money. I’ll tell you what. I’ll buy you the necklace and when we get home we can make up a list of chores that you can do to pay for  the necklace. And don’t forget that for your birthday Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too.”

Okay?” Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her.

Jenny worked on her chores very hard everyday, and sure enough, her Grandma gave her a brand new dollar bill for her birthday. Soon Jenny had paid off the pearls.

How Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere – to kindergarten, bed, and when she went out with her mother to run errands.

The only time she didn’t wear them was in the shower – her mother had told her that they would turn her neck green.

Now Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would get up from his favorite chair every night and read Jenny her favorite story.

One night when he finished the story, he said, “Jenny, do you love me?”
“Oh Yes, Daddy, you know I love you,” the little girl said. “Well, then, give me your pearls.”
“Oh daddy, not my pearls!” Jenny said! . “But you can have Rosie, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. And you can have her tea party outfit, too. Okay?”
“Oh No, darling, that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “Good night, little one.”

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story, “Do you love me?”
“Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you.” “Well, then, give me your pearls.”
“Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’s my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can play with it and braid it and everything. You can have Ribbons if you want her, Daddy,” the little girl said to her father.
“No, that’s okay,” her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss, “God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams.”
Several days later, when Jenny’s father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling.
“Here, Daddy,” she said, and held out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father’s hand.

With one hand her father held the plastic pearls and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue velvet box. Inside of the box were real, genuine, beautiful pearls. He had them all along.He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap stuff so he could give her the real thing.

So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that he can give us beautiful treasure.

Isn’t God good?

Are you holding onto things God wants you to let go of? Are you holding onto harmful or unnecessary partners, relationships, habits and activities you have become so attached to that it seems impossible to let go? Sometimes it is so hard to see what is in the other hand but do believe  this one thing……………..

God will never take away something without giving you something better in its place.