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the durian season is here! and that’s usually good news for my family as we love durians. and it became the best news for LF. he just loves durians. of course, we try not to give him too much because we’re afraid of it being too “heaty” for him. yesterday night, i brought home a durian to be shared between gary, LF and myself. LF waited for an hour and the half and refused to drink his milk until he got to eat the durian. and he kept pestestering gary, “dad, durian”.

last weekend was packed with celebrations. saturday was my BIL’s marriage registration day to his wife, yukie. we were at the Buddhist Maha Vihara Malaysia temple at brickfields before 10am as they were going to start at 10:30am. but, who would’ve thought that the marriage registrar only got there by 11:30am. by that time, both LF and my nephew, LV (not louis vuitton :P) couldn’t sit still in their sits anymore. sigh…. but, the whole thing began and after a couple of minutes, my BIL and yukie have been made husband and wife legally. the customary one will follow on 2 october 2010. we went for lunch at dragon-i and there were close to 30 of us (both sides of the family plus friends). as usual, LF had to have his routine at the toys department and once he got into the car seat he conked out. even i conked out when we reached home. we got up only at 7pm and had simple dinner at a malay restaurant. i love these restaurants where they charge RM3 per dish of chicken, vegetables and eggs. and a little bit more for fish. and LF love the way the fishes were fried.

sunday was a day of celebration for princess miu miu who turned 1 month old. the proud parents of princess miu miu had a celebratory lunch for her at oriental banquet, pj. LF was particularly excited to see so many babies younger than him. and he has decided now that mummy can have a baby as opposed to “no” before that because he was afraid mummy doesn’t love him anymore. he’s pretty mature for his age, seriously.

the only warehouse sale i make an exception to go to is the CLARKS warehouse sale. most of our shoes at home are clarks… either bought at the warehouse sale in 2008 or from their boutiques. ever since we discovered clarks, we hardly buy shoes from anywhere else unless they’re given to us like lewre and pedal works (because i won them during contests). hehehe!

so, i took leave and went down to the warehouse sale at corus hotel, kuala lumpur. we arrived at 10am and only managed to get in after the long queue at 11+am. once we got in, we saw everyone trying shoes at the centre of the ballroom. after trying on a couple of pairs, i was ready to leave with a pair for myself, LF and 2 pairs for gary.

My New Pair of Shoes

the weekend started with an early morning call from LF, of course. we had brunch at a coffee shop at state, pj followed by shopping at the gardens. since it was after payday, i was quite happy to get LF something to amuse him whilst he takes his bath. this is what happens when i bathe him…. fill his tub with lots of water, throw his toys in, wash his hair (outside the tub) and then get him to go in. whilst he play in the tub, i will be reading my book outside until he yells, “mom!” at which time i will enter, apply soap and wash him thoroughly. so, these toys are to amuse him for that couple of moments:

Thomas & Friends Bathtub Squirters

gary got himself a t-shirt from banana republic since they were having sale. banana republic is now one of his favourite brands after he got a cashmere sweater from them which has now shrunk to my size that i could wear it in my office.

ok… u gotta read this: FOR THE FIRST TIME, LF SLEPT WITHOUT ME. INSTEAD DADDY-O PUT HIM TO SLEEP! because i went out for business entertainment. i’m so proud of my LIL PRINCE.