Cassandra's Life Blog

more cass's photos here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/z_vue

looking forward for a bright future ? you betcha ! :)

I asked the teacher how's cassandra and she said Cass didn't even shed a tear and she's a very independant girl. Good job Cass.

She came back and immediately asked for milk and told me she wanted to sleep. :) i insist she take her bath first and she finished up her lunch in double portion !! *must be really hungry ...

Here's what Cass has to say about her day at school :
[about reading] "yes, 有 reading, shu-weih 不会,有学"
[about singing] "有, dancing 一起"
[about eating] "吃 cookies, chocolate 的不好吃, 要 cooking different one, shu-weih 要 cook strawberry 的, 等一下."
[about friend] "没有, 舒蔚"
[about her uniform] "要买new one, 明天穿"
[about going to toilet] "有wee-wee, 要开门"

So i guess she did some reading but there are a lot that she didn't know, then there are dancing session that she joined in without failed, the cookie that i gave her is not good, she's asking me to make her strawberry one for tomorrow, no new friend yet, understand that she will still have to wear the same uniform tomorrow and if she needs to go toilet, someone (teacher perhaps) need to open the door for her :)

i checked her bag and found her exercise book. She proudly showed me she wrote her name (ar .. i bet the teacher hold her hand one) and keep flipping the pages as if she anticipates the learning and can't wait to have more !

Last nite while playing with Cass, G throw Cass her toy bunny softly.
Cass : "why you throw ?"
G : "opps, sorry"
Cass : "cannot throw one, put down slowly"
G : "ok, ok "
Cass : "remember ok ?"

I found her keep doing this lately, she's like a parrot immitate all our speeches and like a programmed robot that repeats after us :)

Here's a new thing we got back from KL to occupy her mind. :) This is where she will do her drawing, some painting and some writing.

Besides all the above, i caught her imagine the easel as her mirror this morning and comb her hair with it :)

Partly imagination, partly expressiveness, partly too much TV and partly pretend play :)

Cass break into dance quite frequently. Here while waiting for dinner and she was doing her 'dinner' dance :)

This is the 2nd trip to the aquarium for Cass. She has been to the Paragon's Siam Ocean World in yr 2006 and the KLCC Aquaria is her 2nd underwater encountered.

Overall i think the Aquaria is too small and not a lot of display. The main attraction in June is the 'piranha'. hmpt.

Comparing to the Paragon' siam ocean world, where besides the tunnel, they have the 'artic' encountered, a lot of different deep ocean creatures like the neon lights jelly fishes. In addition, the paragon's ocean center has a few aquarium tank that are 2 storeys high, well kept surroundings and good ambiance.

With 30,000+ marine animals (Seals, Blue Ringed Octopus, Ragged-tooth sharks, Stingrays, Leafly Sea Dragons, Giant Spider Crabs, and Sharks of various types including Ragged-tooth, Black tipped, and Leopard). No wonder it is the largest aquarium in Southeast Asia.

But then again, with 1/3 the price we paid for Siam Paragon, it's fair we expect 1/3 of the experience in Aquaria KLCC. fair ? This is free market at work here.

Cass is progressing to form longer sentences now, instead of the baby-words (like milk2, bear2, mum-mum and other words in double) she is learning more new words and making sentences.

I found that the new sentences that she's making nowadays are star-wars 'YODA-like' :)
with the action words in front of the sentences. example :

"啊嘛 回家, 没有"
"Grandma goes home, no"

"Dr. 喝完. 说"
"Dr. finished the drink, he says"

"Captain hook 有crocodile, 咬屁股"
"Captain hook has crocodile, bite back-side"

When listen to Cass, one will try to wait till she finished the whole sentence because the punch-line is at the end :)

Cass was watching cartoon yesterday evening and she noticed a character in the cartoon with beard. Quickly she ran over to the kitchen and told me to watch 'grandpa'. I was so puzzle and followed her anyway.

She pointed to the cartoon character and said :
"这个老老了, 是公公来的. 有胡子的."
"this is old already, he is grandpa (kong kong) because he got long beard".

Cass loved to bath and now she insists on bathing on her own including washing her hair.

Can you see the stitches ? it's like a exclamation mark at the corner of her lip. Gladly update that her wound is healing well and hopefully the little mark will fade away. Thank you all for your phone calls, emails on her condition.

Since Cass has been fascinated by the princess thingie ... we've been trying to convince her to do things by saying that this princess do this, this princess do that and etc. Example, she doesn't really like to wash her hair too often and thus we'll be saying princess Jasmine wash her hair all the time and her hair is very pretty. ... and etc and etc.

Last nite, Cass was throwing a tantrum and was crying very loud. Then she remember we told her that the princesses doesn't cry and well behave. She comfort herself and said : "Princess 没有cry 的." Quickly i agreed and said the same thing back.

After like 1 min, she was like in enlightenment and started to rationalize by Q&A on her own.
"Princess aurora 有 cry 吗 ?"
"有!" she replied herself.
"Princess cinderella 有cry 吗?"
"有." again she said.
She continue said, "舒蔚有cry 吗? "
"有." again.
After that, she went off and do her own stuff.

I am all gaga, rounded eyes and stared in disbelief ! So that's how she justified her crying .... since the princesses cried anyhow, it's OK if she does too.

My poor baby girl fell on Friday while playing outside in the baby sitter's place.

"How many stitches doctor ?" i asked
"Many." the doctor replied.

I always believed photos needs to capture that candid natural moments we were in. The emotion we experienced in the photos can be carried in the future when we saw the photos again and re-live that experience again.

This photos was taken when we all are just being ourselves. I LOVE THIS PHOTO. It is plain US enjoying each other company and loving every moment of it.

Of course, all credits goes to my best buddy. She was back in PG couple of weeks ago and we cracked out our bz bz schedule to meet. (we have our mothers watching the movie together so that we can sneak out and have some time :)

Check out more of Cass' photos here :http://xiyi.smugmug.com/gallery/4970153_HHBRb#300533729_wUqvd

This was taken by xiyi too when Cas when 1 year old.

While we were snapping photos away in the Taiping Zoo last weekend, Cass decided that she wanted to do the same too.

Armed with the Zoo entrance ticket, she made believe it as her camera and pretend to become a photographer !

And check out the photos, she meant business, seriously. :)

The weather has been quite hot and dry around here. Cass has been asking if she can go for a swim. Well, there we go again, bringing out the 'pool', pumping the air, filling in water and making snacks. (mini pizzas) Check out chicky Cass at play.

Cass tripped and had a slight bruise on her knee when we were in the zoo last weekend. She cried so loud and her dad promised her ice-cream when we reached the zoo central (resting area). Unfortunately the store only have the big cone type ice cream and fortunately for Cass, she get the whole ice-cream cone for herself.

She was so surprise and happy about it. When i saw the ice-cream started to melt, i asked Cass to have a bite. She gave me her ice-cream and i deliberately took a big bite. Cass watched it in disbelief and said : "那个是一口吗 ?＂（is that really just one bite ?).

She was eating the ice-cream so slow and i can see the sides are melting. again i ask for another bite, she gave it to me again but in hesitation this time. After i took another big bite, Cass protested with a sad voice and said : "ice-cream 变小小了＂(the ice-cream became so small now)

i try my luck again about 5 minutes later and ask for another bite, she doesn't want to give me anymore ! hahaha

It was Mother's day last sunday. I was wishing my mom happy mother's day and was shaking her hand. Then Cass stretched out her hand and shake mine, murmuring '.... mother's day'.

AH, that's GOOD ENOUGH for me, in fact it feels GREAT, AWESOME, FANTASTIC, to receive a mother's day hand shake from my-gal. thanks Cass !

With Cass watching more and more of those "Disney's" cartoon, i noticed there are violence everywhere. Not everything is sugar coated and those "princess" movies are not exempted. There are dragons, witches, monster, giant cobra, serious barbarians all needed to be stabbed, burned, drowned and fell down the cliff.

See how Cass grabbed the color pencil in one hand and holding her fist in another, all ready to fight the villain with her heroes in the movie of course.

It's interesting to know that Cass actually has very intense emotion when watching those 'Disney's' cartoon. She will shout 'NOOO000oooo' very concernedly when the main character of the movie is in danger, like when Aladdin is going into the Cave or the snow white is about to bite the poison apple. This photo is one of those "NOO000ooo" moments :)

The first time Cass helped out baking is when we were making birthday cakes for hubby. Now, whenever she saw me preparing the ingredient and the oven on, she will wish her dad happy birthday :) She thinks all cakes are for her dad's birthday.

It was may day holiday and we made some for tea-time. She loved to participate and of course, make a big mess out of the kitchen.

I was having meeting after meeting till 2 am last nite and Cass woke me up at 6.30 am (as usual). With my eyes half open and frizzy hair, i crawl and sleep next to Cass trying to ask her to sleep more.

Cass look at me very concernedly and say : "mommy, 头发笑查膜了, 眼睛不能开了." Then she bend towards me and gave me a kiss.

thank you Cass, you're my loving angel. Things are starting to be much better since this morning :)

Usually Cass woke up first in the morning and she is 'responsible' to wake us up :).

Last Thursday
Cass (pointing outside the window) : "wake-up, wake up, the sky's lights are ON (开灯了)！＂　

Last Sat
Cass : "wake-up, wake up, the sun is up already (太阳起来了) !＂

Ｅveryday is a new day for her and i think we all can learn the joyous attitude she has every morning by waking up in full energy. :)

At our place, it usually rains around 8pm (just near Cass's bed time) and through out the night. We usually have bright sunny morning the next day. Last weekend was especially blessed with good breeze and warm sunlight. We got a new play set for Cass and had a wonderful golf morning ;)

Hubby was out of town last couple of days and i've been telling Cass that daddy went to work. She run around the house, search the rooms and didn't see her dad. So, she confirmed and say : "dad went to work (做工), and will buy something for shu-weih". I nodded and say yeah, that's right.

Later near bed time, she sat on her bed and say very loudly : "weih-weih friend papa where ?" She meant to ask me where is her dad aka her best friend ? LOL i told her since her dad is not around, i'll be her friend. She thought about it a while and finally nodded and say OK :)

I found this photos while i was housekeeping my hard disc. it was actually photographed last month as you can see Cass still sleep on the mattress.

We've bought her a bed on her own and she's now sleeping in a big girl bed now (Haven't snap photos of her new bed yet). She's now very protective of her own place, she doesn't allow me or her dad to share the bed. She declared it as 'MINE' :)

So i guess scene like this (they are sharing drawing) will only be remembered through photo like this.

If you haven't seen the 11th hour, i urged you to do so as soon as you can. The movie was intended as awareness campaign for our earth, the only place we call home. No matter which county you choose to be in, we are all living in the same planet.

Our earth has reached it's 11th hour, we all have to act NOW and act responsibly in order to continue living more.

Some of the tips that we can contribute everyday :
-- print less, 1 tree can hold 54K gallons of water !
-- use energy saving bulbs, energy saving equipments (like laptop)
-- use less plastic/paper grocery bag
-- recycle
-- turn to bio-diesel, carpool or public transportation

Purchase, download, borrow, pls get one. you will know my urgency once you've watch the movie.

Here's how you do the monkey dance :)

Interesting drawing from Cass last nite. The 3 red circles are actually balloons and the rest are up to imagination !

we went to a restaurant for a quick set lunch last weekend. It came with a bread roll, mushroom soup, main dish, coffee and dessert. Cass enjoyed the soup so much that she insist on feeding herself and finished up 1/2 of the bowl.

Yesterday i saw we had some leftover Portobello mushroom in the fridge and thinking that since Cass loved mushroom soup so much, i'll made some for dinner.

Wah-la, the mushroom soup is ready, main dish is ready and i put the soup in a fancy bowl for Cass to entice her to have more (she has been quite skinny lately). She took a sip and then turned to me an say very sternly, 'IT's NOT GOOD'. Yikes, my heart just sank and cannot believe my ears.

I tried to let her take another sip, she just say no. I told hubby about what happen and he said that he trusted Cass and don't want to try the soup !

Here you have it, my biggest critics (whom really tell me the truth) is my gal.

Cass has demonstrated more and more of her personality to us and keep reminding us that she's no longer a baby. She can now take off her pants, sit on the potty and wear her pants again. The first time she did it on her own, we can see the pride beaming on her face.

She show more of her preference lately and she chooses her own dress. Everything with rounded skirts and ribbons !! She's not shy when she wanted food. She will just walk over and reach for the cookies or scoop the food from the dining table when she wanted one. She demanded her own set of cutlery during dinner time and insists on cleaning her table when done. She takes reason more now and know her way to negotiate her tv-time with me (yikes !)

Just last nite, hubby called her baby and she replied say "no, not baby, it's Shu-Weih (her chinese name)". Yes dear, we know you're slowing growing up. It's just that we missed the baby Cass !! i started to learn and feel the emotion of letting go ...

Cass is having more of her personality shown lately. Yes, it's year 2 and here's a picture of Cass 'argue' with me about not to take her photos. i know dear, you've had enough of me pointing camera at you. But hey, even when you're making that face, or argue with me, i can never be angry at you, you still look cute to me ! :)

You think she has a more rounded cheek with her new sets of molars ?

Cass developed a set of her lower jaw's second molar this month. i bet the teething process is not comfortable for her because she keep telling me '牙齿坏了' (toothache). Worst of all, she has been very picky on her food. She doesn't want to take anything that i prepared for her.

She started to have a more 'chubby' cheek now with the new sets of teeth erupted. :)

more teething infor at : www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/wisdomtooth/tooth.htm

Cass has developed the viral fever, my guess it's from me :( Her fever shoot up to 39C during the weekend and even after she started the medication, her fever is still doing the pendulum swing and keep coming back.

Partially because i wanted to believe it's because of the sickness, she has been acting very very agitated during the weekend. i had trouble keeping my patients and keeping my calm. It's like she's testing my limit every 10 mins. She demanded TV the moment she woke up and doesn't want to shut it down. Everytime i ask her to leave the TV, we will have tug-of-war and ended up with her crying. *sigh*

check out latest creation by Cass, those drawings are cute or what ? :) she single handedly complete the drawing without any help and she even draw out with different expression and faces, go for it Cass !

this is how Cass loved her 'nice' :) she goes everywhere with it, even have her princess blanket (aka nice) while watching princess movie.

Cass usually play the keyboard for a while, then she will turn on the demo songs and dance. Here she's doing the spin. Spin away Cass !

It has been a rainy weekend and we all snug in most of the time at home.