Family photo

Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone! We tried to replicate the family photo we took five years ago. Same location, nearly the same poses, some differences but that's what happens...

Ava and Austin

It was very nice to catch up with an old friend Sharon and her kids Ava and Austin. The kids have grown so much and they had a great time playing in the playground. Then they slowly gravitated to the swimming pool, dipping their toes in the water, then their legs after rolling up their shorts....next thing we knew, clothes were thrown off and the kids were in the pool in their undies! Great times...

"What else" and "and"

Keira: What are we having for dinner?
Keira's Mummy: Chicken and mushroom.
K: What else?
KM: Pork ribs.
K: What else?
KM: Rice and vegetables.
K: What else?
KM: Mango jelly.
K: What else?
KM: That's all.

Liem: What are we having for dinner?
Mummy: Chicken.
L: And?
M: Rice.
L: And?
M: Veggies.
L: And?
M: That's all.

Butterfly park

Yesterday we went to the Butterfly park and it was pretty good. Loads of butterflies although they wouldn't stay still to be photographed! We also tried to get a photograph of a butterfly on Liem's head but the butterflies landed for only a second mainly because Liem wouldn't stay still either. Daddy says, "We should have sprayed Liem's hat with honey before we came...and glue!" There were more than butterflies...lovely water features, carp, turtles, tortoises, frogs, spiders, beetles, scorpions, stick insects, leaf-imitating insects....heaps of cool stuff. Near the end, two butterflies landed on Khiem's hands and I finally got a good picture of a butterfly.

Orangutan pictures

I was told I didn't have a single orangutan picture on my blog...and here's why....most of my orangutan pictures are blurry and can only see the orangutan's backside. Ha! Anyway, the first picture is of Baka, she climbed and swung around a lot (which is probably why most of my pictures of her are blurry). The next one is Seduku and her baby. The last one is of Ritchie and he was standing (sitting?) still so I could actually get a good picture of him.

Sarawak museum, Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Cat Museum, Sarawak Cultural Village, Tua Pek Kong Temple

Some of the places we visited in Kuching...the highlight was definitely seeing the semi-wild orangutans Ritchie (dominant male), Baka (young female), Seduku (oldest mother) and her young baby. Baka climbed and swung around playfully, while Ritchie cracked coconuts, ate fruit, drank milk... Seduku climbed around with her baby. We also had a good trip to the Cultural Village where we visited different types of long houses. And the kids burnt money (as they do) at the Tua Pek Kong temple...

Family holiday in Kuching

We had a lovely family holiday in Kuching, Sarawak. The kids had a great time playing with each other (sometimes so much so that I wonder whether they actually saw or learnt anything else). We had lots of good food, enjoyable swims in the hotel pool, and the kids all gravitated towards Uncle Khiem to tickle him or massage him or sing with him... And it looked like a few of us were suffering from internet deprivation... We are already wondering where to go for our next family holiday...

The search for the Deer Park

We went looking for the Deer Park but it was a hard slog. The one road sign led us to an entrance that was closed even though we were there after the opening time. So we went to the Orchid and Hibiscus garden first and Ah Kong started asking around for the way to the Deer Park. We were directed to go down a set of wooden stairs but we missed the start of the stairs and Ah Kong had to ask again. Eventually these two guys on a motorbike pointed it out to us and we set off. Got to a hunting platform and kept going eventually finding our way to the Deer Park. Not very well-maintained with broken walls and railings. There were quite a few deer there and about four mousedeer. So, it was good it was free! We saw that the entrance that we first tried to get in was still locked and it must have been a back entrance or something that's never open! Then we had to go back to the wooden stairs to get back to the car, and we are pointing to the start of the wooden stairs for anyone who wants to find it next time...

Visit to KL Bird Park

We visited the Bird Park today and it was well worth the visit. Lots of beautiful and different birds to look at. A peacock pecked Khiem's toe and a yellow-billed stork pecked Liem's hip. Liem wasn't too happy after that and was quite wary of them. We got him a toy at the gift shop and he said, "I can peck anyone with my pecker!"

Visit to Petrosains centre

We visited the Petrosains science centre and it was really worth seeing. We were lucky there were no queues as school had resumed (otherwise we were told there would be queues to buy tickets anad to enter). A lot of the science just went over Liem's head but he had quite a good time anyway. Pretty tired at the end though.