Chinese New Year

It's going to be Chinese New Year soon. And you know what it means? Mandarin Oranges and Ang pows. LOL.

I have Chinese neighbors. One early morning this week, somebody knocked our door rang the bell. When I opened the door, I saw my neighbor carrying this medium sized box. It was a box full of Mandarin oranges.

Loved it.

The Indian Wedding - Celebration

After the wedding at a Hindu Temple, the bride, the groom, their families and guests headed over to Hilton Hotel at Petaling Jaya for the wedding dinner.

The Indian Wedding - The Ceremony

It was a happy time of wedding ceremony. I wish them happiness all throughout their lives as a couple... and as a family.

The Indian Wedding - Well Wishers

So, back to my series of posts about the Indian wedding where my husband's cousin got married, here's my son wishing them a happy and fruitful marriage.

The Indian Wedding - The Flower Girl

She's not technically the flower girl. But she was part of the entourage. That's my girl.

The Indian Wedding - The Arrival of the Bride

The Bride walked around the temple upon entering it. She was accompanied by her family as her entourage. My girl was asked to walk with them as she's the only girl in the family.

Indian Wedding - The Temple

This was where they held the wedding ceremony, at a Hindu Temple. The family members were already there when we got there. According to them, you have to remove your shoes upon entering a Hindu temple.

Indian Wedding - The Bride

I am going to post a series of photos taken during my husband's cousin's wedding. Hope you will enjoy the photos.

Colorful Accessories

Saw these colorful strings hanging by a stall inside Ikano Mall that's connected to Ikea Furniture Mall at Damansara Utama.

Tuition Classes

Sorry, the photo is a bit messy but this is where the hubs does his tutoring classes. I have never seen any other place that urges students to take tuition classes than in Malaysia. Every student (read my lips: EVERY) student does have tuition classes. My husband teaches tuition, and he teaches Algebra or any other Mathematics subject. But my husband is away most of the time so he doesn't have a lot of students. Right now, he has one, which is a friend's daughter, who also doesn't mind having make up classes every now and then.

I think for some others who feel it's inconvenient to wait for the tuition teacher, especially if you need to improve your Algebra 1, please check out TutorVista. They do tutoring 24/7. They offer a tutoring package of US$99.90 per month. It is online so it is available whenever and wherever you want it. It is good to get Algebra 1 help any time we want it, isn't it.

Of course, for those taking Algebra 2 and want some Algebra 2 answers, you may get that kind of tutoring services too. This is just one of the reasons I love about internet and high technology. You can do just about any thing at your own comfort and convenience.

And oh, by the way, TutorVista provides free demo for first time user. That would be of help so you don't get confused and end up being frustrated. All the best to you, Mathematicians!

International Lantern Festival

International Lantern Festival in Hatyai, Thailand.

We had a chance to visit friends in Thailand for Chinese New Year last month. We visited a few places. One of them was this lantern festival. It was an awesome night with colorful lanterns that represented each country.

Our Holidays in the UK

(Image: me in front of Westminster Abbey)

I just watched Sherlock Holmes and I was reminded of our holidays in the UK last year. It was very memorable for me for a few reasons: 1. It was my first time to set foot in Europe. 2. It was my first time to experience an autumn season. 3. It was a holiday for me and the hubby sans the kids.

We did a bit of tour. We went with a group of people with a tour guide first and the next day, we went on a tour on our own, explored London with just an oyster card, a map and places-to-see list I searched from the internet.

The internet has helped a lot in giving more information about the place, the best time to visit, food to eat, people's cultures, etc. And if you have that last minute holidays... you can surf the net where to go, hotel packages, etc. At Last Deals, they will surely take you to a lot of information regarding late holidays.

I and my husband make sure that we have enough time to prepare for our holidays... but sometimes, we can't avoid it but end up having last minute decisions. We had a sort of a last minute preparations for our holiday in the UK. If you are like us, information hub like Last Deals can surely help us get to our holiday destination, on time.

Hollywood's Walk of Fame

One of the things we did while in LA was tour around. Went to Hollywood and Highlands mall. Outside the mall was where the famous "Walk of Fame" was. Keanu Reeve's was the nearest. So I asked the hubs to take a photo. I took a photo of him and Sandra Bullock's star.

C 300

(image: the car my grand aunt drives in LA. She's so cool.)

Here's a trivia I discovered when in the US. The plate numbers are all at the back. When we were in Atlanta and our friend lent us her car, we left the car in the parking lot outside Northpoint point. When we came out from the mall and looked for the car, we were looking for it by it's type, color and plate number. It took us awhile to locate the car. That's when we discovered that the plate numbers are only in front of the car and never at the back. LOL.

Another trivia: If you're in Dallas area and looking for Dallas auto repair shop, check out RepairPal first. They have a list of repair shops available in the area and if you contact them, they will give you independent and unbiased repair estimates. Of course, if you have Chevrolet Silverado and you want a good brake job for your car, just check them out. I have read that it's easy, accurate and best of all, FREE. Now who doesn't want free things, right? So go ahead... wherever you are located. Just fill in your zip code and voila! Listings in that area will come out. Then you have a choice.

Hmmm... now I wonder which shop my grand aunt sends her car to for repair. I hope she's doing a good decision coz nowadays, it's so hard to trust to send your car to the repair shops.

Breakfast at Tapah

Had a flat tire when we reached Tapah. So we had to stop and look for a mechanic shop. They didn't have spare parts for Volvo and the shops were already closed. Had to stay one night at a cheap hotel in Tapah. The next day, we had breakfast at a nearest Chinese Restaurant and I had char kuay teow while my boy was drinking his hot milo while waiting for his toasted bread.

Tapah is a town located in Perak, one of the states, in Malaysia.

We were by the way on our way to our Chinese New Year holiday break to Hatyai, Thailand.

MPH Junior Readers

Just got back my once un-fixable notebook. Then I scanned for some files. Found this one. Good to see children showing interest in reading books. Two of these kids are mine. The other one is a friend's.

floor decoration

This may look like a carpet but no, it is not. This is a floor decoration made of rice grains of different colors. You can see a lot of these at public places during one of Indian festivals called Deepavali or Diwali.

It's just amazing that this is made up of multi-colored rice grains. Next time, I wanna be there when they do this.

child at play

My girl at Megakidz, Midvalley Megamall

oven

Oven - Indian style. This is where they bake Indian bread called Naan. 10% of the population in Malaysia is Indian. So you can see a lot of Indian stuff around.