Its my Party! Lets Wiggle!

hello all,

Mama asked me to write and tell everyone about my burfday party. I am two years old now and I told mama to get a big wiggle cake so I can eat with my friends in school. I wore my Machu Pichu sweater on my burfday. It was such a fun party - everyone wore cone party hats and mama/papa came to join the fun. I blew out the candles on the cake although it took me a long time since staring at the candle was a lot of fun. Mama took me to the park afterwards and we sat staring at the sky (although I do think mama was asleep).

We went to Raby Bay on the weekend which was cool coz there was a mini market, a jetty and lots of big boats. Mama bought me a huge pillow from the market and I love to sleep and drool on the pillow while watching TV.

Papa had a happy week this week - he kept smiling coz he won something called "Lotto". I think he is rich now - mama said he has won $22 whole dollars from the jackpot and now he will buy me toys. I love my papa.

Here is my pictures. I hope everyone is well.

Lotsa Love,

Aerin

The One that got away!

G'day all!

Tis was a fun weekend! My mama, Wan Jue, is down this week and she managed to smuggle a bottle of the sweet smelling potent budu for dear old me! Yes, snapper never tasted better soaked in budu! Yes, reunions with mama is yummy.

We spend the weekend at Gold Coast, staying at Mantra on the Park. Aerin was still recovering from her chest infection so to cheer the lil tot up, we brought her to Sea World. Her eyes lit up when she saw the Sesame street show and the usual aquarium of sharks, polar bears and dolphins. It was good to see her smile and salivate again. The poor tot is still getting used to her first cold autumn and is quiet upsetting to see her cough her way through.

Ariff decided to spend the Saturday afternoon fishing with his new rod - and after spending a small fortune on bait, he managed to catch a puffer fish (which was poisoinous) and a small Bream fish (which had to be thrown back since it was too small and against the fishing regulations). So, we had to be content with his stories of "those fishes that got away".

Anyway, I'm in cooking training camp this week - ayam perchik and tom yam soup are the culinary dishes to master whilst Mama has got her supervisory chef on. If it turns out ok, I'm selling it at Pasar Ramadan. hahahahah.

Love to all and take care!

The Crackerjack Festival

Ahoy there!

Tis a rainy and cold week! Aerin was out with a sore throat and we had to dose her up on her first run of antibiotics! Needless to say, she was a clingy koala and I was the ever present eucalyptus tree with a very sore back.

The Crackerjack festival was a small suburban fun fair complete with the rides, the ferris wheel, the show bags, baby animals, performances, fireworks and a tent full of stuff you wouldn't really buy ( do you really need disco balls in your living room?) Ariff said it reminded him of "Pesta Penang" - all that was missing is the apek with Pagoda singlet selling kacang! Aerin was highly fascinated with all the rides but she was extremely scared to get down from her euculyptus tree. We tried to get her to play the games (albeit it was an excuse for us to play the games) and we ended up playing fish for the duck and throwing basketball into hoops in exchange for a measley soft toy made in in taiwan!

Although it was a wet weekend, we ended up shopping for Moreton Bay bugs at the local fish market. Yummy things they were - tastes like lobsters but kinder on the pockets!

I have been developing some strange food fetish all over again - assam, steaks, coffee tasting bad - does make me wonder whether I'm getting clucky again ;p

anyway, Wan Jue is arriving down on Friday so it should be a good weekend at Gold Coast ahead! Its the Queens holiday on Monday so we get some time off from work and some family fun!

Hope everyone take good care of themselves! Love heaps.