Choozo runs da King's house

On Columbus Day, Choozo's daycare took the day off, he was fortunate his great aunt, Alicia, was able to watch him for the whole day. He runs that house. My aunt, serves him hand and foot. When he came home, I can see his kingly ways diminished, once he entered to his own castle. Some random pics taken by his aunt Cayley.

Goodbye Taxi Uncle

I grew up knowing my little uncle who is the second youngest in my mother's side of the family. He was a quiet man, loving, kept to himself, approachable and most of all, his nickname was Little Taxi Uncle because his profession was a cab driver in the night shift. When my mom was here in US, I vividly remembered that we were running around looking for a jacket to keep him warm, and I hear stories about him from my mom, how he treasured stuff, esp. this portable Polaroid dvd player. That was his form of entertainment during his late night breaks from driving. My dad would tape as many shows for him when he is here from our Comcast channels line up.

Even though, I have not seen him for about 18 years, I managed to speak to him couple of times last month when he was in the hospital. I told him that I missed him and to get better. Last evening, he passed away. This morning, I was crying in my car on my way to work when I read a text message from my cousin in Malaysia. Sometimes, life is hard to let go. I have not seen him for so long, I wished I had. He was a part of my life growing up. Growing up back then was simple and a priceless experience.

I wish my little taxi uncle safe journey. I will always remember you, the stories that was told about you and most of all, my ride in your taxi growing up, sitting next to you in the front. How cool was that! I love my little taxi uncle. We all do.

Geisha 3D cake

I made this for a colleague at work, whose daughter, Mariah turns 15. I have known Mariah since she was 7 years old. She loves anime, Japanese culture and esp. geisha. She draws very well with different mediums.

Choozi many looks

This was taken this morning at MacDonald's, I managed to capture her without closing her eyes because there was enough light from where we sat to not trigger camera flash.

Denny's Breakfast

Last Saturday, we had breakfast at Denny's - something other than McDonald's, Keyaan refused to sit on the high chair, made a fuss over it. He got to sit on the regular chair next to his dad. It was a good morning, as we got to eat breakfast and drove to Golden Bowl grocery store (Asian stuff), where Ammi bought tons of vegetables and she loved that place! There were giant size spring onions and we found medium sized guavas, there were delicious!

A boy's mischief

I scratched my head many times after many of Choozo's mischevious acts. I laugh about them most of the time. Alot of my friends said boys will be boys, now I know what it truly means. They cannot sit still, they have to keep themselves busy and occupied. I am blessed, I have Choozi who balanced this mischevious one. But wait, people say girls's mischiefs begin at puberty! Yikes, make-ups, dates, "I wanna phone", "I wanna car" and YIKES!

Till then, I count my blessings everyday for my kids. They sure make ME and DAD happy!

P/S I kinda look forward to how Choozi's version of mischevious acts.

Happy Birthday Poh Poh

Oct 1 was Choozo and Choozi's maternal grandma's birthday. They missed their grandma/pohpoh terribly, due to the time difference and their own sleep/play schedule, AND my computer crashing since last Monday, communications thru SKYPE was cancelled. On a happy note, we wish Poh Poh - Happy Birthday and we love & miss you!