had a bz weekend

Saturday May 3 (morning): Juliana's sports day

- Juliana's 1st sports day ever. Mommy , daddy, her twin ko ko and litle Jasmine sister were there as early as 8am to cheer for her. glad she didnt break down like she's fond of doing whenever we are around with her in school. In her event, Ju has to run and hop into a hoola hoop, then balance on a long beam, then scoop coloured water and empty it in another container then run back. Mommy so bz taking video during her sports action, forgot to snap pictures. So the pics in the slideshow were mainly the pre and post race event. Sayang! Mommy is so proud of u Ju for all the rehersal and training u n ur frens had. Poor babe even came home and complain of her achy legs. Mommy gave her a massage and whe was so relieved and thankful with a big smile!


3rd May (atfernoon): Attended a Malay Wedding Kenduri


After the sports event, we took all the four kids to attend a Malay wedding.
The twins enjoyed trying to eat with their bare hands on those spicy dishes. I let them wear Baju Melayu while the girls wore Baju Kurung. Need to cultivate some muhibbah Malaysian culture and spirit in them while they are still young. My girls wanted to curi the marshmellow n candies from one of the Penggantin's hantaran (wedding gift).

3rd May evening: At Clearwater Sanctuary, Batu Gajah

Went swimming, aquarobic and joguarobic at the clearwater sanctuary swimming pool while my twins went golfing 9 holes with their daddy. The gals stayed at home to watch their Barbie the Island Princess vcd. They have been pestering me tobuy them the tiara. Check out my post on My Princesses.

Bali, anyone? Pls share ur experience.

Thought of going to Bali for my 5th honeymoon after married for 10 years, this coming school holidays.

Any good reviews? Pls share. Or do you have any better recommendation?
Dont intend to bring kids though it's gonna be school holidays. Mummy & daddy needthe break more. Ha Ha.

Hi Happy Labour Day bloggers out there!

I'm very positive this labour day wont stop you all from blogging..in fact have more time to blog for those getting a day off on 1st May, right?

Anyway have a good break and enjoy this public holiday!

Cheers!

I-Kad for my Indon maid

Took half day off today. Went to a deserted place in a kampung area where there was this JKR quarters with so many Malay young staff at the so called Immigration Dept doing I-Kad. Those of u who have maids, I'm sure u notice we were used to be given a blue card for our maid called the "foreign worker card". For the past one year after my intake of this current maid, I've not received that card. When I enquired from the Immigration dept, I was told they no longer issue those cards anymore. Now they have what they call the I-Kad. Very simple to get.

You can do it before or after you renew your maid. I did it after sending her for medical check up with FOMEMA. Then I took her to the I-Kad dept to get the Kad done.

This is what you need:

1) Your maid's thumbprint
2) Maid's passport size photo with WHITE background
3) Her original passport.
4) Free of charge

The processing duration varies but was told about 4-5 months. They will call the employer to go and collect from the I-Kad dept once it's done. The new I-Kad has a microchip. Unlike the old blue card.

Next week gotta bring her for renewal of her permit. I used to let my agent do the renewal but since many friends told me that it's quiet easy and cheaper to do it myself..this time I'm giving it a try. actually quite easy. First go Fomema ..pay RM190.00 in the form of Wang Pos..then select the panel doctor we want. Take maid to the doctor where the blood test will be taken and also the XRAY.Nowadays you can get the results as early as 3 days. Go FOMEMA website or call them for the results. Once results OK..proceed with the renewal at the Immigration Dept. Pay RM30 per month for the levi. One year is about RM360 plus some service charges..Since my maids' passport expire sooner than her permit..I gotta renew until the passport's validity instead of a one year renewal.

At first my maid's XRAY report was doubtful and the FOMEMA quarantine her as they find something which looks like a metal stuff near her neck. When I called to explained that she forgot to remove her earrings, they review the report again and give greenlight to proceed with renewal. THank GOD..otherwise I will need to take unpay leave while sourcing a new maid.

Maid oh maid. Nowadays they are necessity no more luxury!

Rainy season, frogs mating in my garden!

As we all knw, nowasdays it rain almost everyday and due to the rainy season..I guess it's ideal for frogs mating, too.

Past few days have been a great adventure for my hubby, my maid and I outside our garden..past sleeping time.!!

Why?? Because they were frogs croaking in my garden beside my koi pond. Their amplified croaks waked my whole neigbourhood and disturbed sleeping. I was so shy when my immediate neighbour called me when I was still at work to inform me that there were frogs croaking since afternoon till night and they can't sleep. I told her actually my hubby has caught 3 frogs that day but there were still some more.
Then my maid caught another 3 frogs the next afternoon.When I got back the next evening, they started their orchestra again. I caught 1 , hubby caught another 1 and another 1 just after we drove out to free the frogs at a nearby playground.Just a while ago, we found a pair mating and one just staring at them. At last we caught all 3 and dump them near a drain at a nearby playground.

This is the latest ones we caught mating in the pond and already got tadpoles swimming inside the pond. The big fat one is female and the one riding n top is male almost 1/2 size smaller.




So have you calculated in total how many frogs we caught in the past 3 days? Winner will get to cook "frog" porridge for dinner . Ha ! Ha!

Yes the answer is 1 dozen frogs. My hubby will buy empat ekor tomorrow . But thinking of it we caught 12..frog number is 3 digit . Then it will be 5 ekor not empat ekor. By the way, what is the number for Frog for those of you who buy numbers??