Summary of 2016

Quick sum up for year 2016, don’t be surprise, most of them related to Ainsley.

Jan – Ainsley’s first ever overseas trip to Bangkok, apart from Bangkok, we also visited Hua Hin for the first time. She was quite cooperating, we took Cathay Pacific for the first time as well. Read our bangkok blog.

Feb – Ainsley’s first Chinese New Year, I brought her back to hometown but she was very not used to my family member thus stick to me all the time. I brought her along to my hometown friend gathering too.

Mar – A quiet month, Ainsley has become more sporting and she likes to play the slide.

Apr – First visit to the Zoo, but Ainsley wasn’t appreciate that. My bro came over with his family, so Ainsley get to meet up with her cousin, but she seems afraid of him.

May – We brought Ainsley to WH’s company event, plant tree day at ECP and buffet after the event. She was crying when seeing so many people. Looking for childcare center for her, we visited quite a few.

Jun – Sad month, We lose our No.2 unexpectedly 😥

Jul – Ainsley officially going to childcare, she was adapting quite well. My mum n sis came over, so we get to catch up again.

Aug – Attending Ainsley’s school sport day, it’s fun. I got a Bread maker for my birthday gift this year.

Sep – Finally we going for Jay Chou Concert, almost 10 years apart from the very first one I went. WH making first lantern for Ainsley for her school mid autumn celebration. Sis in town with her friend, we finally visited Hai Di Lao, so nice.. yet so expensive!

Oct – Our 2nd trip to Bangkok with a lots of running and playground for Ainsley. Meeting up Ethen and his mum, I didn’t manage to visit KL this year.

Nov – Our first parent teacher session, it’s good to know from the teacher how Ainsley coping in school, she really learn and improved a lot. I still remember the very first day I accompany her, she was losing control while I trying to hold her hands when we walk up to the playground. Now she can hold her hands with her fellow classmate and follow teacher’s instruction. And I hope she enjoying school day by day.

Dec – Ainsley’s 2nd birthday, mummy wish you grow up well and healthy and be someone kind and care for others. Ainsley’s first birthday celebration in school as well, the children are so excited when the cake is light up, but Ainsley was crying. Haha, and her little classmate help her to blow the candle.

This year we went to Bangkok twice, our Oct/Nov trip should be somewhere else but was changed quite last minute. Hopefully next year will be a greater year! More fun, more travelling to look forward to..

Children Discovery Museum

We woke up around 7 or 8am.. today’s plan is go to Children Discovery Museum and chatuchak weekend market. Breakfast we ate McDonald chicken porridge, taste better than I expected.

If any parents would bring their kid to Bangkok, I would recommend to go the Child Discovery Museum. Can arrange on the weekend together with the Chatuchak weekend market.

The nearest BTS station is Mo Chit. so you could plan together if you wanted to visit the Chatuchak weekend market. But take note of their operating hours: 10:00- 16:00pm and close on Monday. And the entrance is FOC, yes totally Free!

We went on Sunday, reached before 10am, there’s already a few group of local queuing.
Before the official opening, the person in charge will announce something in Thai, which I can’t understand at all. The museum is separated to a few building, one building for younger children, the other one for older kids. Outdoor there is one big jungle playground for 7yrs old onward kid, and the other smaller water playground.

You just need to register yourself before going to the museum. We first went to library, don’t worry, they have books in both Thai and English. Ainsley only running around happily, touch here and there, they also have activity on certain timing. But it was in Thai, so we couldn’t take part.

We go to another play room for younger kids, this can keep them occupied. Got soft toys, puzzle, animals…etc.. can climb, can play games..etc.. We stay there for quite long, and the air-con is pretty cold. And the place is well maintain, at least 2 cleaning on the day. So Ainsley can really enjoy herself there.

We move to level 2, which the occupation zone where kids can try on different occupation. However they do not have someone to guide the kids. There are pet shop, grocery shop, beauty salon, firemen, air plane etc. with some props and uniform, some come with helmets too. My gal really enjoy there. Trying different stuff, running up and down.

by noon, she already so tired. Haha.. cause she has been running around. We went to the other building, science, Thai cuisine kitchen.

The other thing to note. that’s no selling of food/drinks..So you might want to pack some food.. or just walk over to chatuchak market.

We walk to chatuchak market since it’s already lunch time, just find a stall and have our quick lunch. Then spend some time shopping at chatuchak, bought the coconut ice-cream again. Weather is hot, so we didn’t spend very long time. Initially we wanted to head back to children discovery museum to enjoy the air-con and let Ainsley play awhile. But we lost our way, end up we having tea break at JJ mall and took the bts back to hotel.

Have our dinner at Terminal 21 again. Oops.. didn’t manage to take the food photo for the whole day.

 

 

Bangkok again~

This is Ainsley second trip to Bangkok, her first time with SQ.
We selected the seat with bassinet, but the bassinet obviously too small for her, so we didn’t bother to get it installed.

We took cab to airport and our little one woke up once we reached airport and start her venture in the airport. Her eyes literally brightening up when she saw the playground. The playground at Terminal 2 more suitable for elder kids, nevertheless, she still trying to walk up and down. She didn’t wanna tie up with the infant seat belt as usual after we boarded the plane. But she was too tired, thus she sleep throughout the trip till we reach Bangkok.
The air steward mention about the baby meal but till we reach he never come back with the baby meal.. well, Ainsley didn’t wake up for meal, so we get to rest a bit and have our meal on flight.

Bangkok airport still crowded with tourist despite the passing of the king. After clear custom and we took the public taxi to our hotel. The same city we been to earlier this year but the atmosphere was a lot difference. Most local are dressing in black, signboard is black and white, every place we go, much quieter, lesser people on the street. The Thai gov didn’t enforce the tourist to wear the black, out of respect we bring mostly not so bright color clothes.

The check-in was fast, it’s the same hotel we stay when Ainsley still inside me. We get to move to our room despite we reach before the official check in time, Great, we can put our stuff before heading out for lunch.

Lunch settled in Terminal 21, we tried the northern Thai cuisine, the tom yam was nice, the fried veg amazes us, however the pad Thai is disappointing. Shop for some food and drinks before we head back to hotel.

Yes, nap for us. We woke up 4 am this morning. both adults n baby need a good rest. Haha.. Woke up in the evening, we bring Ainsley to the swimming pool.. Hmmm, no one in the pool. We just enjoy our-self, Ainsley is pretty scare to begin with. As usual, she will take sometime to settle down. She keep walking thru and fro from the bench to the pool. Took her awhile to start playing with the water. But she wouldn’t sit on the swimming board we bought for her or let us carry her to deeper area.. Sense of insecurity? haha..

After that we went to Exchange Tower for dinner. it was around 7pm, but that wasn’t a lot diners. We order the pasta and grilled chicken and end up the lava cakes. I like the atmosphere, relaxed and can enjoy the food without noise. Slowly walk over to Terminal 21..shopping again before we head back hotel.

That’s how we spent our first day. Not so much activities, relaxed and laid back.

 

 

Travelling with Cathay

Ainsley’s first trip to Thailand

Birthday trip again! Celebrate WH birthday with baby Ainsley for the first time.
Initially, we thought wanna redeem points from Garuda for our trip. Well, it didn’t take place as time is near and their process of redemption is not that straight forward. Thus, we forgo the plan and decided to visit Thailand again.

As we travel with baby, ok,she’s not a baby anymore..13 month by the time we travelled, we try to see if there’s any flight offer for non-budget airline. We so used to travel with budget airline previously. Now with her with us, we try book something better and having seen babies in bassinet, I would like to book one for her to try. We manage to book our flight with Cathay with a promotion price. We couldn’t choose our seat while processing our booking. Thus I made a call to Cathay, the helpdesk lady actually telling us the bassinet could be too small for 13 months old. Oops, I remember seeing them on SQ flight, but didn’t really pay attention to the size. Nevertheless, we still proceed to choose the seat with bassinet.

Travelling with infant comes with some benefits, we manage to board first. If we were to travel with budget airline, we will need to queue like the rest. The front seat was pretty spacious, the design of the bassinet is different from I see on SQ flight, the stewardess help us to set it up. It was basically a basket that the secure it on the table. And it’s indeed quite small, suitable for younger baby. Anyway, Ainsley didn’t get to sit in at all. She prefer we carry her, so we just use the infant seat belt instead. By the way, the baby meal need to be pre-book, the departure flight we did indicate that, so they pass us the paper bag contains baby food, diapers, etc. We forgot to include that for the return flight, thus they never provide the baby food. The in-flight meal is pretty ok. I like their entertainment system that is touch screen and comes with remote control as well, just they are showing HK show instead of movies. Overall it’s a pleasant experience flying with Cathay Airline. If they on offer again, I would gladly travel with them!

Amazing Journey ~ Second Trimester

Coming to second trimester, tummy is getting much bigger. The discomfort during first trimester is lesser. We planned a babymoon + my birthday celebration trip to Bangkok. Can’t go for long trip since I just joined the company not long ago, so we just Bangkok where we can shop and relax.

During the ultrasound scan before the trip, doctor was not able to confirm the gender. Cuz our little naughty was hiding from us again. We not able to see the face most of the time. Little naughty trying to give us surprise? haha.. We did manage to buy some baby stuff during this trip, baby stuff is so cute,  unresistable !! But have to control. Everyone telling u s baby grow very fast, no need to buy so many. Hmm, still need to buy few sets for exchange. right? Rather regret, should have bought more but larger size one. Bb clothes quite expensive here.

Week 20 Anomaly scan (An anomaly scan takes a close look at your baby and your uterus (womb). The person carrying out the scan (sonographer) will check that your baby is developing normally, and she’ll look at where the placenta is lying in your uterus.), WH with me this round. Cuz i keep telling what he had missed during week 12 scan. The hospital scan more detailed and view for longer time compare gynae visit. The sonographer explains to us while scanning, baby is growing well. Thereafter, another professor came in and explain to us too, he trying to capture baby face in 4D view. I did inform baby the day before the scan, but our little naughty decided to hide again. The small hands covered the face, couldn’t see the face clearly. The professor confirmed the gender with us, a little PRINCESS!

Can finally feel bb movement finally, it’s so indescribable and interesting. I guess only who have gone thru this understand. WH failed to feel the movement initially, cuz baby not moving when papa’s hand on tummy.Hahaha..

Wonder how our little naughty looks like, but more importantly baby growing healthy n happy..

bb clothes

Summary 2014

Time flies, before move on to 2015. Let’s do a review for year 2014. 2014 has been a challenging and fruitful year!

Jan – biz trip to Indonesia, eye opening trip for this industry. Our flight back from Medan was cancelled due to volcano eruption.

Feb – HK & Macau family trip. Super cooling weather! It’s pretty tough to get everyone to join, but I hope we can make it happen some days soon.

Mar – attend first concert in Sg, Eason Chan! Maybe the timing is just not right, will miss those good people. Got the house key finally!

Apr – Wow, we are having baby! New stage in life, it’s amazing! Arrival of our second nephew, he’s chubby and cute.

May, Jun, Jul – morning sickness went peak on week 12. It’s so suffer but look forward gynae visit every time.

Aug – Bangkok trip again, it’s so tiring. Shopping power drop till 25%. Finally confirm our baby is little princess. Baby stuff is so cute!

Sep – finally move in to our new house! Sis n mum came over for short stay.

Oct – Visit to SEA Aquarium. Bro n sil gathering.

Nov – counting down for baby arrival. Celebrated second anniversary at PS Cafe.

Dec – baby Ainsley decided to arrive earlier! Muak, we love you!

Busy and fruitful year of 2014, especially with the arrival of our little princess. Hope for a better year in 2015!