Korean Babe

Daddy and I are wood lovers, no, we are not termites, we do not eat wood. We love wooden furnitures, carvings and specially solid hardwood flooring. We are exploring the options we have here for our new house interior so decided to visit some of the woody people here. Our first stop as Mori, engineered hardwood specialist. These guys use Japan wood processing technology to make their floorboards and top it off with a super thin layer of real wood. It would be really clean and fast to use this material as these are finished products, no sanding or further work is required after installation. The downside is if you ever drop something heavy and make a dent on the floor, it is not going to be pretty cos the top layer would be scrapped off, exposing the floorboard underneath.

The next stop was Lumbermart, who offers beautiful solid hardood flooring. We were both drooling over the Burmese teak which had beautiful grains and of course Belian which is so scarce nowadays. The beautiful thing about wood is every piece is unique and they are just so full on life when you look at it. The wood is actually still "alive" even after the tree is harvested and if not installed properly, you will encounter problems like "swollen floor" or gaps between the wood strips. We have not exactly made up our mind yet so the information we gathered was purely for our reference only.

After we left Lumbermart, Sofia fell asleep in the car as it was close to her nap time. We planned to drop her home as Daddy wanted to go for some property talk. Unfortunately, we were caught in a traffic jam just 5 mins away from home. The jam was so bad that it made all of us so hungry, we decided to head off for lunch straight away. It so happen we were just right outside a small Korean restaurant we have never tried before and we decided to try it today. Fortunately, they have a non-spicy fish soup which is suitable for Sofia and of course, she loves their soft and sticky rice!

They were also very considerate to have Ikea utensils for kids and Sofia had such great fun with the cup.

Hey look! I know how to drink from the cup!

And the wheat tea here is so delicious!

Can you see my mouth?

See, I can even cover my nose!

And squash the cup against my chubby cheeks!

I drank all the wheat tea, right to the very last drop!

No more!

Give you the cup? NO WAY!

I did not bring any of Sofia's books or toys to keep her entertained and was worried she would make it difficult for us. Luckily she amused herself with the cup and plate and a small pinch of sticky rice in her hands. Of course she ended with a sticky hand after we were all done but the small pinch of rice was really all she need to be occupied.

Haha, this shall be my secret weapon the next time we are "toyless"!

My New Furniture

I am a big fan of Ikea and one of the things I like from their shop is the reasonably priced storage solution they offer. I had a big mess of Sofia's stuff all over the living room and there is no more storage space available around the house. So I went to Ikea today to look for a solution.

Here is the "before" photo:

This is the "after" photo:

Isn't it cool??

Coveted Toy

I was down with a headache this evening, could not even bring myself to sit up and play with Sofia.

While I was resting on my bed, she wandered into my bedroom and went to her favourite corner where my latop and handbags were. Luckily my laptop was closed, so she happily helped herself to my handbags and stuff, ripping apart whatever she can find.

Usually I will stop her by zipping up my bags to prevent any damage to my belongings but I was too tired to interfere today. Sofia managed to get hold of one of the most coveted toy today - my wallet.

Look at my poor wallet - it was cut opened with all its "internal organs" dug out and splattered all over the floor.

Feed the Cat

Sofia is really into FeFe these days. We had made the balcony in our living room FeFe's room, where her water, food and potty are, and Sofia loves to walk around the balcony. Sometimes she would be looking out for the golfers and their buggy or neighbours taking a walk on the steep slope leading to the top of the Bukit Utama. But these days, she is into FeFe's water and crackers.

Initially, Sofia started showing interest in FeFe's water and food bowl by pointing to them earnestly. Then one fine day, I caught her squatting down, peering into the food bowl, reachout and took one of FeFe's cracker between her fingers and poped it into her mouth!! Fortunately, I managed to stop her JUST IN TIME. Sweat.

The next day, I was tearing up some raw vege for FeFe into her food bowl and Sofia came around again. I showed her the vege and told her FeFe eats vege and greens are good for health so she should also eat vege. The next thing I know, Sofia squat down, picked up some vege from the bowl and was going to pop them into her mouth again! Horror. So I got to take the vege away and explain to her why she cannot eat these ...

Today, Sofia is into feeding FeFe.

She has been fiddling with the cat food bottle and spoon the whole morning, trying to get FeFe to eat from her hands. I wonder what would be next?

Red Cliff

For our weekly date this week, Daddy and I decided to catch the latest movie in town - Red Cliff, directed by John Woo. Daddy was very keen to catch this one and had very high expectations of the movie. I am not so much into history but since the cast had pretty experienced actors, I am quite sure I would enjoy the show.
Here are some background on the show : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cliff_(film)

I was given free narration throughout the show cos my handsome date could not wait to show how knowledgble he was impart his knowledge to me and had to tell me the poor lady in the show was going to jump into the well before she did.
Overall, I found the show quite enjoyable and some how the characters in the movie reminds me of some of the birds we saw at the birdpark yesterday:

Zhuge Liang?

Zhou Yu?

Guan Yu?

Zhang Fei?

Not sure if you would agree with me?