Saturday, December 31, 2011

Christmas 2011

Just got back from the cottage, after a long 2 hours drive ...which was thankfully congestion-free ...feeling really tired, after spending the whole Christmas holidays and some at the cottage ...being back in Kuching is like coming back to reality ...that next Tuesday I am BACK AT WORK .....arghhhhhhhh

But, tuesday is 3 days away, so I still have time to relax ....still enjoying the Christmas mood ...

some highlights of Christmas 2011 for our family:

Unfortunately, I did not snap the whole tree ....

Our tree was decorated by my nephew, Al ...it was a bit loopsided and most of the ornaments were at the bottom half of the tree ...due to his height! Dad helped him with the lightings and his daddy helped him with the Star of David and the sparkly ropey thingy ...

Al trying to figure out the hymn book 

We had a group of carrolers from Siol Kandis at our place on 20th Dec. Al had fun singing along with them ..my uncle, who is a priest, led the team ...and they have been coming to our house since 4 christmases ago ...

a simple food spread for the carrollers ...as token of our appreciation

Al is thinking that if he stayed there long enough, one of the abangs will let him play the guitar!

22nd Dec - a visit to winter wonderland
We went to Dom's workplace as they were having this winter wonderland display ...they even have a snow machine! We were excited ...unfortunately, the machine was broken on the day we visit the winter wonderland :-(

adik, nenek and aki in front of the huge tree

But that did not deter adik from enjoying himself ...he explored the area happily ...but he was not happy to see Santa Claus ....his daddy wanted adik to take photo with Santa but he absolutely refused to do so LOL ..he is scared of the beard ...



24th Dec - we made an exodus back to the cottage ...for a quiet family celebration. The plan was to have a Christmas BBQ  on Christmas Day ...with my cousins ...they are the ones who are responsible to help dad with the gardening, planting and looking after our orchard, ponds and cottage ....



Before that, we put our presents underneath a tiny tiny christmas tree given to me by my colleagues when I was in Newcastle - for our section's desk competition) .......the boys unwrapped their presents early on Christmas day ...too much noise, especially Al's who shrieked out loud seeing his presents ...Adik was not bothered at first but soon became very involved with unwrapping his presents ...

present from Daddy ...Thomas & Friends Top Loader  ...the boys were mesmerised by this toy! They would stay put for hours playing with this toy :-)

The boys left for Kuching on 27th and are now in Betong to celebrate New Year with the other grandmother ....

2 comments:

Liz Duan said...

wow ...interesting...what do u get for christmas?
cantik mainan adik tu...speaking of which...si adib pun mintak jugak mainan gitu with jalan and all...tapi aku tak bagi sebab susah nak simpan...boleh ? tension adib ha..ha..ha..the truth is dia dah ada satu jenuh nak simpan...nak display besar nak kena attribute satu table pulak utk mainan...

Ejin said...

Mainan tu memang besar ...this is the second set ..yang satu lagi tu bigger and extendable ...track untuk thomas trains now budak2 nie ada 5 trains, and 2 coming soon - present from my sister...so makin susah nak simpan .....yang nie, adik and al guna coffee table aku hang controversial aritu untuk letak mainan ni ...aku tunggu dorang jemu so that i can simpan dulu ...