volcano! volcano!

Darwisya really enjoy watching Hi-5 either in nickelodeon channel or in youtube. She learn a lot of english vocabulary here. One of her favorite segment was with kathleen (one of the member of the old Hi-5 team) She had been asking me to make a volcano just like kathleen did in the program. As i was cleaning and sorting things out in the kitchen, I gathered all the used cooking ingredients to make a volcano with her. After all, we will be moving back to KL so might as well I just finished the ingredients by making the volcano rather than throwing it away.

To make the volcano, all we need are bicarb soda, vinegar, red coloring and for the volcano, i just put a small round cup on top of 'lesung batu' then cover it with aluminium foil. creative huh?! hehehe

So these are the things that we need, check out the top of the volcano! It's actually one of Darwisya's cooking pot toy. The Volcano did not look like a real volcano though... :P

Ready? Here we go....


First, fill up the top container with bicarb soda



Then, pour in some colored vinegar slowly and see the bubbles coming out!


Add some more bicarb soda for more bubbles! wow...!

While pouring the colored vinegar, Darwisya was singing the song that Kathleen sang during her show. I recorded it but unfortunately I can't upload the complete file and only half of it been uploaded and saved... so sad. sorry guys :(
(You can checked in you tube, Kathleen's Volcano video)

poo poo...

My darling mia is having problem with her poo poo.... she likes to hold whenever she feels like it. Ended up her stool became hard. This constipation problem had been going on for the past 3-4 months, on and off. Aiyoo... at times i feel like am a 'no good' mom coz i can't over come this problem. Really i feel like i'm a failure.... Her sister did not have any problem with her bowel habit when she was small. Yup, not every kid is the same. You might have no problem with your kids now but probably you can with your subsequent one.

Probably before this she had a bad poo poo experience now making her feels that poo poo is very unpleasant, very painful, very.... whatever description it is. That makes the habit of holding it. She will cry and scream her throat out whenever she has bowel motion. She will make all sort of actions to hold it; stiffen her legs, sitting in knee-chest position etc. It's like a vicious cycle, even if her stool is soft but when she holds it and refuse to poo poo, the stool will later became hard and more difficult and painful to come out.

Diet? She had no problem with her diet. basically she eats what we eat provided the foods are good for her. She eats vegetables(green leafy vege), she likes fruits especially apples and grapes, she likes raisin very much she can even finish a small box of raisin in one sitting, she likes cereals and oats, she drinks juices (oranges or apple) about 20z per day, she likes nuts (cashew, almond, peanut), she still on breastfeeding but still the problem is there. Kid who is on breast milk rarely constipate because breast milk is easily to digest and does not contain complex particle unlike cow's milk. Banana does not help in treating constipation. (many people get this wrong!). Cheese n milk products especially from cows milk may worsen the problem. Soy milk is good but Mia doesn't like it. Her fluid intake is good and adequate based on her urine output n color. So i guess diet wise, she is ok.

You know why this problem is still there? Because it is her HABIT! and it is really difficult to break it! Now she is on daily medicine (stool softener). It is a magnesium preparation osmotic laxatives that can help to draw fluid into the bowel and soften the stool. It is the safest among other type of laxatives and the most important thing is it does not absorb into the body/bloodstream. Now I need to make sure she pass motion every day with normal soft stool, then slowly wean off the medicine once she feels comfortable with her poo poo. Of course it will take 2-3 months to break the cycle and hope everything would be fine n smooth.

My Damia is different... totally different from her sister. It is really a big challenge for me taking care of her myself. Probably God makes it more challenging just to test me. of course I will try my very best to overcome it but i need some times, i need supports and i do not want criticism. People easily can judge, easily say i should do this, do that, no need this, no need that. They simply don't know how much much effort i had put in. So please keep your words/critics. But sometimes it does not need for you to say it out loud but people can understand and can read your mind by the way you ask or act. Anyway, thanks to all who had give some advice. Really appreciate it! oh dear... I'm a bit over emotional this time... heheh, sorry guys! I'm actually quite stressed up lately, a lot of things to think of.... don't know whether i can face it.

Guess it is very much true... God is testing me :)
"Dear God, please give me some patience n strength... amin"

Magical Day!

Disneyland Hong Kong... a must go place when you visit hong kong. here are some pics taken during our outing day to the theme park. It was actually our 2nd visit in 1 and a half years of life in Hong Kong. Nothing much to elaborate, let the pics tell everything.... enjoy!




Tengah entertain damia dengan poster mickey mouse sambil tunggu papa amik gambar. Ada pulak photogapher sesat disebelah trying to capture the kids photo.... heheh... kena mintak royalti nih



Sampai je terus ada parade, so layan parade dulu.... mickey mouse and friends. Damia paling suka parade ni coz she got to see all the characters. Darwisya hanya minat the princesses jek. Tapi xdpt nak amik gambar princesses sb diaorg pandang sebelah lain

cute tengok the 7 dwarfs ni menari.... walaupun pada size diaorg bukanlah 'dwarf'


Our little family in front of the sleeping beauty castle... ini mmg port wajib amik gambar kalau dtg disneyland :)


Main Street USA.... jauh di hujung sana ialah the castle. Kiri kanan kedai2 souvenir n kedai makan

Darwisya kena nyanyi lagu 'jingle bells' utk dapat sticker princess.... muka dia dah lain macam. harap2 lepas ni, kakak lebih berani sikit bila masuk school ok!


Salah satu show yg ada, this one is a 3D show. Show nya sama je dgn yg last time kitaorg pergi.... boring! ingatkan time Christmas diaorg tukar la show lain ini x jugak.

sempat posing sementara tunggu turn tgk show. ready with the 3D glasses.... damia belum masuk dah tertido... penat sgt main


This was at adventure land... bot ride keliling tasik. layan jugaklah.

Darwsisya muka cuak naik boat... she still remember the last time kitaorg naik boat. She cried that time sb terkejut tgk binatang2 yg ada. But this time dia x nangis... Damia jugak yg cool. tepuk tangan n babai semua binatang yg ada.


Now darwisya punya time... naik rides. The flying Dumbo



Merry go round


Senja di The Small World... kinda like this pic. xtau nape...

Inside the small world... a boat ride sambil tgk patung2 kecik ni menari2.



Christmas eve in Disneyland... ramai giler manusia sampai x boleh nak gerak. papa agak frust sb xdapat nak amik gambar castle n fireworks. penat je angkut tripod yg berat tu... This was the first time we stayed till night. Overall the kids enjoy themselves, mama and papa penat, duit habis bayar tiket and beli food yg mahal.... tapi as long as the kids are happy, then mama n papa pun happy. Maybe lepas ni dah x dtg lagi sini. Bye!

Play town

Last weekend we brought the kids to an indoor play area called Playtown in Westwood Plaza, Belcher's Road. Very much better than 'Jumping Gym'. They charged HKD 100 per kid/per entry with free one accompanying adult. Tapi kalau pegi 'happy hour' dapat HKD 50 je... from 7pm till 9pm. So of course la kitaorg opt for 'happy hour'... jimat duit! the place was really nice, comfortable for the kids and parents. Both my little girls really enjoy playing there



susah giler nak dapat main kereta ni. ramai sgt budak2 plus at the same time somebody was having a birthday party there

kakak kena tolak adik sebab adik xpandai tolak dgn kaki sendiri


damia enjoy playing at her play area... specially for kids under 3


game favorite darwisya n papa... tembak2. mula2 kena kutip bola dulu


kemudian masuk bola dlm senapang tu n tembak!!!!!


Damia berenang dlm ball pool.


Panjat atas untuk naik slide. dekat sini nak panjat, panjat la sesuka hati damia. kat rumah jangan nak panjat2 sangat

Again, at Damia's play area. ada banyak toys for the kids to play. All still functioning... bukan yang dah rosak.

Darwisya pretending to drive damia to school