Upade on your swimming lesson

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
We went there and paid for it. You were so excited to start your lesson and then they tell us your timing is so out. Some lesson in the evening and some lesson you want it in the morning. They said people will usually pick the same timing for the lesson. If they pick morning then all their lesson will be in the morning if they pick evening time then all their lesson time will be in the evening. Then I told them you need to go to school during weekdays and only weekend can do it in the morning.

So end up we will have 2 lesson per week instead of 4 lesson per week. So now your lesson is on Saturday and Sunday from 8.30 to 10.00am.

When I tell you that today you won't start your lesson you were so dissapointed and nearly cry.
Then I tell you we'll go get ice-cream and you cheer up again. Hahahaha....

Will update again this weekend.

Jwoyi's first day taking swimming lesson

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
I found out from Aunty Agnes that there is a clubhouse at our housing area. And there is a swimming that is only open during summer. So daddy check it out and it will be taught by the life guard and for 10 lessons is RMB1000.

So today is your first day and hope that you will enjoy.
Will update more later.

Jwo Yi's First Bicycle

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
You got your first bicycle in Shanghai. Daddy bought it for you from Carrefour in Zhangsan Park. The brand of the bicycle is Goodbaby. We bought it in February 2010. Of course you don't have enough strength to cycle.

Until now you still cannot. I need to tie a rope in front and pull then only you can cycle. This is because you cycle not more than 10 times. Hahahaha.....
I let you cycle to school in the beginning but stop as it rain a lot here in Shanghai. Then when summer come you did not cycle at all as too hot. Then now is Autumn and you start to ask me and let you cycle to school again. So we'll see when you can cycle by yourself. I hope soon.......

Jwo Yi with her new bicycle

Jwo Yi with her Mickey on her new Mickey bicycle

Chocolate Swiss Roll

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
Yesterday after school you tell me that you don't have school today and I was like how come you teacher did not tell me. Then I ask you if you are sure and you said your Teacher Tai won't lie to you. So this morning I took you to school and true the gate is close. Hahaha..... This prove to me that you are getting bigger and can take in instruction and pay attention to you teacher. I'm happy.

So after that took you to market as I'm cooking tofu soup with fish balls and egg and spinach. Then after lunch I took you to Imago again and you are so happy. We went there to get some pork for this week and also rice. Then on the way back still in Imago we go in the cake shop call Croissants de France and I got you yummy Chocolate Swiss Roll. YUMMY!

When we reach home you keep on asking me to cut it for you but I'm busy storing all the pork in the freezer. Hahahah...... So at last I cut it for you and you enjoy the Swiss roll.

Oh! I almost forgot to put in the price.
One Chocolate Swiss Roll = RMB38!
Yesterday's lunch is only RMB31 so I'm crazy to get you tat Swiss roll! :p

Yummy Chocolate Swiss Roll

Lunch at Saizeriya Ristorante E Caffe

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
After dropping you at school yesterday I come home and started to scrub the stove. It took me the whole morning and end up by the time I finish it's time to pick you up from school. And I did not manage to cook lunch at all.

End up I took you out for lunch at Saizeriya. You were so happy. This restaurant is near to our house, about 10mins walking distance. The food? It's just okay. Not very bad and not very delicious. Just okay. Lots of people because the price is not too expensive.

I ordered a cheese chicken and you ordered potatoes wages and small chicken balls.

Cheese Chicken     = RMB15
Small Chicken Ball = RMB10
Potatoes Wedges   = RMB6
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                TOTAL = RMB31
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The most important is you are happy. And I'm happy. GOOD!

Shanghai Weather

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
The weather here in Shanghai change so fast. Last week it's still hot.
I still remember on last Tuesday it's so hot and feel like around 40C. But the weather forecast is only 34C to 36C. The thermometer that I put near the window is 50C.

Then the next day you won't believe it. It's only 19C. Nice weather. The weather can change so drastically. I just can't believe it.

This morning it's raining and the ayi at school ask me why I let you wear only short sleeve T-Shirt and pants. Aren't you cold? The people here start to let their kids wear long sleeves and cardigan and long winter pants. My god it's only 20C just like air-con room. So I ask you are you cold and you tell me you are not cold. Good.   :)
 

Shopping for clips

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
We went shopping as it's holiday in China. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival and school is close for 3 days that's from 22nd Sept to 24th Sept. So I took you to Imago to shop for pork and some other stuff. Then after that took you to McDonald and over there there are lots of small shops selling hair clips, manicure, hair extension and tattoo.

Bought you and Kelly some nice hair clips.
Then we went for a stroll at the lake near the hair clip stall.

Imago Shopping Center

Small stalls selling hair clips, manicure, hair extension and tattoo.

Hair Clip stall

Jwo Yi 's hair clips

Hair clips for Kelly

The lake near the hair clip stall

Lake near the hair clip stall

Jwo Yi with Hai Bao

Jwo Yi with her new hair band

Baking cookies with Jwo

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
Since move to Shanghai mummy is no longer working and got lots of time on hand.. Daddy also bought an oven so we can make lot of things to eat. I bake ribs, roasted pork belly, char siu and also bake your salmon.

It's difficult to get baking stuff here in the supermarket. And I want to bake you some cookies but don't know how to get all the ingredients. So when we go shopping near Jing'an temple supermarket I saw this ready mixes cookies. All you  need to do is add in one egg and one stick of butter and the cookie mix. Sounds easy right? So I told daddy that we can get one box of the mix and try it out. I got Betty Crocker's Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix.

So we bought one box and then mummy follow the instruction but instead of one stick of butter I put the whole big piece of butter in. I think that is equivalent to 2 stick of butter. The end result is the cookies is super duper yummy.

Hahaha....one thing is that I put the cookies all too near instead of following the instruction of 2 inch between all cookies. End up al lthe cookies stick together and because of too much butter it's a bit too soft. But overall it's successful. YEAH!!!!

Going to get a few more packet home to keep. So that when we want to make the cookies we can make it in 20mins and we'll be able to enjoy it.

Yang Yang shoe

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
Guess what kind of shoes did you get Jwo?

Yang Yang shoe - hand painted

I'm thinking of getting you a nice pair of shoe for the summer instead of wearing only the corcs shoes. We were walking at Zhongsan Park metro shops and I saw this hand painted shoes and I'm thinking of getting you one pair. I'm thinking of getting you the hand painted girl face or the animal design. End up you pick the yang yang design. I like it too. As soon as daddy said can buy you put it on and daddy paid for it and off you go wearing the new pair of yang yang shoe.  

Star Kids Land at Imago

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
When we just got here there is nothing much around our housing area. But on 6th June 2010 there is a new shopping center open near our apartment. It's 15mins to 20mins walking distance. The shopping center is called Imago.

How did we find it? This have to thank you Jwo. You were looking for pets. So daddy ask around and they said there is a place also near our housing area around Caoyang Lu. Then we found that place and we explore around that area and found the shopping center.

In Imago there is a indoor playground / fun park for kids to play. Daddy get you the package of 5 entry for RMB150. You were so happy.

Shanghai Zoo

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
We take you to the zoo on the 1st May 2010. This is your first time to a zoo. I'm so excited. What I wanted to see most is the panda. We are very lucky because due to Shanghai World Expo 2010 they move six female and four male pandas from the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center in Sichuan  to spend six months at the Shanghai Zoo.

The weather is just right for us to walk around. Not too cold and not too hot. We just manage to look at a few animals as it's getting crowded with people in the afternoon. So end up we just manage to look at Outdoor Carnivore Islands, Carnivore Boardwalk, Panda House and Bear Pits, Big Cat Enclosures, Herbivore Paddocks, Kangaroo Lawn, Monkey Houses and Ape Islands and Gorilla Pavilion. Out of 29 lists of animals in Shanghai Zoo we only look at eight.

Don't worry we'll be going again soon I promise. This time we'll finish looking at the rest that we miss out.

Jwo and bear

Pandas

Jwo, daddy and tiger

zebra

Jwo, dad and giraffe

Jwo, daddy and gorilla

 

 

 

 

Poor Jwo - mosiquito bites

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy

This whole summer I'm surprise that I don't see any mosquitoes and this means that Jwo won't get any mosquitoes bite at all. Boy am I wrong. The past few days rain for two days in a row.  And the third day you bicycle to school and back. When we reach home I saw you scratching both of your legs. Then I ask you to come to me and look at your leg. Gosh! Both of your legs got mosquitoes bite . Each leg like got 3 mosquitoes bites. The mosquitoes bite are big red patch. 

Oh...it might not be mosquitoes. Might be don't know what kind of bug bites.

The bites mark are still there and still itchy. Poor Jwo.

Moving to Shanghai

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
We move to shanghai in Jan 2010. It's a big change for Jwo Yi. We stay in a hotel when we first came. You were sick when we first reach here. It's winter when we got here in Shanghai. Then we search for house and we grab the one that is at Shunyi Lu. We get that house because it's near your new school.

This is when we first came and in the hotel. Bought you a dinosaur that cost RMB60

You and your dino.

As soon as we move in the next day daddy fly to Xiamen. Then you also start your first day at your new school Happy Valley Bilingual Kindergarten. You were  alright this time. Not crying. What a relieve for me. But this is a big change as all the teacher and kids speak Mandarin. I only remind you one thing. How to tell your teacher you want to go toilet to pee. But you don't want to and everyday as soon as you reach home you pee on the floor because you cannot tahan already. I'm so mad at you that I scolded you. End up I go to  school and tell your Teacher Tai that you don't know how to squad down to pee and need the potty.

You miss Penang so much so that you kept on asking me to take you back to Penang. You said you want Amah, Kong Kong, Ee Ee and Kelly. You said you want go back Penang and you miss your toys and daddy's blue car.

Talking about blue car, in Shanghai all using public transportation and the main one is the Metro. Everywhere we go have to take the metro. So when we first reach we walk a lot and on the 2nd day  I cannot tahan carrying you so go and buy a stroller. And everywhere we go we'll take your stroller and everyone was like looking at you because you are so big and still in stroller. But I don't care, better than I have to carry you until my hand tired and pain. Hahahaha.......