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We watched the Malaysian Open badminton semi-final in Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil. It's the first time we watched live sport. We arrived at about 5.30pm and saw a steady stream of vehicles at the stadium, as there were two events that night, the badminton as well as a football match. Along the way, we could see stalls outside and inside the stadium selling food, jerseys, horns and noisemakers to help create fun and excitement in the stadiums. We got our tickets very fast, perhaps it was past the opening time of the semi-finals. Only the upper tier tickets were available, which were RM25 and RM20 each for adults and children respectively. The atmosphere at the stadium was carnival-like - it was a colourful and deafening scene. The support of the Malaysian fans was overwhelming. There was almost a synchronised rhythm from the home fans, cheering and anticipating for their local hero, Lee Chong Wei with inflatable noisemakers, horns, d...

This holiday my brother and I did a country project on Spain at home. We wanted to try cooking a Spanish dish. We chose to cook a Spanish omelette or tortilla española , a typically Spanish dish consisting of a thick egg omelette made with potatoes and fried in olive oil. According to legend, during the siege of Bilbao (Northern Spain), a Carlist general  created the tortilla as an easy and fast dish to satisfy the Carlist army. Although it remains unknown whether this is true, it appears the tortilla started to spread during the early Carlist wars. Another tale is that during the war, the Carlist general was in the field and happened upon a farmhouse and demanded a meal from the farmwife. All she had were a few eggs, a potato and an onion, so she combined all three, making an omelette. Surprisingly, the general was pleased and took the idea with him. This dish could be served hot or cold, and as an appetizer or main course. We think this is the easiest Sp...

"My daddy, mummy, two koko (brothers) and me" Hidden Pictures by 5-year old Ming Can you find the list of things on the side-bar? I) 3x sunglasses, 4x Humpty-Dumpty, 2x people playing frisbees, 1x bat, 2x Jack o'lantern, 2x skull, 4x Question marks, 2x doors, 1x robber II) 3x nets, 4x ice-cream, 5x pears, 2x people, 3x butterflies, 2x American footballs, 4x bats, 5x tennis balls, 2x tiny fish, 1x door, 1x skull III) 3x Humpty Dumpty, 1x plate, 2x ice-cream, 1x flying reindeer, 2x trampolin, 1x binocular, 1x fishing rod, 2x suitcases, 4x dollar notes, 3x sunglasses Fighter jets MiG and Sukhoi in a rescue mission..... Ming's lesson in astronomy.......

This book is an essential guide for parents who want to find good books for their children. A love of reading is the key to true learning. Train up a child in the way he should go is more than teaching him facts. It is to train the child's character, to give him high ideals and to encourage integrity. It is to provide largeness of thoughts, creative thinking, imaginative wondering - an adequate view of God and His world. The head does not hear anything until the heart listened and what the heart knows today, the head will understand tomorrow. A child's basic needs are for milk and honey from parents. Milk is a symbol of care a child receives for his physical needs and honey is the sweetness of life, the special quality that gives the sparkle within a person. Good books are rich in honey. What types of books? ·          Stories that make for wonder, for laughter. ·          Stories that stir one within with ...

AVATAR backdrop in FRIM's Keruing trail Our group of 10, the youngest being 5 years old made our inaugural jungle trek to FRIM ( Forest Research Institute Malaysia ) in Kepong. The whole trek of 5 km would take about 3 hours, going through 4 different phases. The youngest two tagging along....more conscious of the mosquitoes than the surroundings. Nature's golden carpet, the moss. Caterpillar eggs on a leaf..... Starstruck, the flowers from the Keladan tree.... Our guide Nizam patiently explaining the good Ara versus the bad Ara trees, and other interesting plants which could be used to make food and things from chocolate, cosmetic, erasers, pencils, to furniture and bridges depending on the type of wood. The Crown Shyness Phenomenon - the leaves of the kapur/camphor trees do not touch each other. "I SPY"....... ....the Canopy Walkway, the highlight of our walk, which is 150m long and built 30m above ground level. ...

We visited RMAF (Royal Malaysian Air Force) Museum at the Sungei Besi Air Base yesterday. This was the first international airport in Malaysia before Subang and Sepang. The main attraction is the array of aircraft in display, which was once the pride of the nation. We were also fortunate to catch the air force's Nuri (transport helicopter) and the flying practice in the nearby runway. We have the privilege of Encik Rashid, a staff member of the museum to brief us on the aircraft in the museum compound and the hangar. The first aircraft of the early years was a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer. It was named Lang Rajawali by Tunku Abdul Rahman, our first Prime Minister of Malaya.    Future pilots in the cockpit.... "Control Tower, request clearance to cross the runway!!" What's inside the "skin"? Hands-on experience on the working of a rotor blade helicopter. Kids would love to explore the interior of the large wing Caribou, and when standing in th...

The much awaited lunar eclipse happened last Saturday. At first, we were hesitant to go to the National Planetarium in city centre because of bad weather forecast. By the time we arrived, it was past 9.00 p.m., there was already a big crowd. However, the cool breeze and open space made it a comfortable place to wait for the eclipse. Plenty of telescopes to go around...... While waiting for the eclipse, we took some time to pose with the telescope. The queue to go on top of the Observatory Tower was too long, so we hung around the exhibition gallery and entertained ourselves with a virtual trip to the space in the 360-degree dome theatre. There were also quizzes throughout the night, and we won a mini telescope!! The bonus for the night, we saw Jupiter, the biggest planet within our solar system as well as Orion, often referred to as The Hunter, a prominent constellation and visible throughout the world. It is one of the most conspicuous, and most recognizable ...