KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!

Being married to a Filipino-Chinese, I've gotten used to sorta-celebrating Chinese New Year. We usually just eat out, watch some live Chinese entertainment at either Pacific Mall or Market Village (ie. lion dancing, dragon dancing, etc.) and distribute ang pao's- the red envelopes (with money)- to the kids.

This year, we received an early present from Brice's parents- a golden Buddha. It's supposed to be very lucky. Not only is it sitting on the three-legged toad (very lucky symbol in Chinese culture), it's on lots and lots of money! Oh, I hope it really brings us luck this year! HaHaHa. That's what I say every year. I wonder though, will it still bring you luck even if you don't believe in it? What if I pretend to believe it'll bring me luck? Will it... or he... or she... know? Oh wellz... Brice was brought up believing in all those Chinese stuff so I guess as long as one person in the household believes that the Buddha will bring us luck, then that should be good enough.

But it seems like Brice isn't the only one though. Kaelene has been showing a lot of interest in Buddha. She loves looking at it and she laughs every time she sees it. She even rubs its head and tummy when we put her right beside it.



Anyway, KUNG HEI FAT CHOI everybody!

L-A-Z-Y

There are so many things in my head I wanna blog about right now but I've been so LAZY ever since we got back from our mini-getaway in London. Since coming home, Brice and I have cleaned up the place and...WATCHED OLD MOVIES NON-STOP! So instead of me blogging about shtuff, I've been sitting infront of the TV, coke and popcorn in hand.

I guess I'll start my blogging when both Brice and Kyla go back to school tomorrow... 'til then...

Now where's that remote?

3 MORE DAYS!

I've had the biggest headaches these past few days. Brice and Kyla have been suffering from bad cough for the past week or so and Kae is teething! It's been very tiring. Last night, Kae had a bit of a temperature and was tossing and turning ALL NIGHT! Kyla woke up screaming and crying around 3/4 am complaining about how much her throat was hurting. It was a challenge getting back to sleep after that knowing that I had to be awake in a couple of hours.

As soon as I woke up- HAD TO wake up- I got everybody else up and ready to leave for Kaelene's 6-month check up. Kae was just sooo cranky the whole ride to the doctor's office and as soon as we went inside the room, she started CRYING! (She never used to- but I guess she's at that stage where she recognizes what being in that room with that lady meant!) And to make things better, she ended up with 3 vaccines- 1 oral and 2 shots (1 on each leg). Brice and I had to hold her down while she was getting the injections. My poor Kae. She screamed and cried like I've never heard her before. I thought I was gonna cry, too! She did not stop crying until we got home.

Now, she's been sound asleep for the last few hours while big sister, Kyla, is just wastching TV. Brice already left for work again and here I am wishing, hoping and praying that everyone will feel better just in time for Christmas... 3 more days...

CONDO LIVING

I never thought I'd actually like living in a condo but now... I'M LOVING IT! Here's why:

• The maintenance fee pays for pretty much everything- including cable TV!
• Our unit is on the 2nd floor- very practical for us, especially with the two kids. In case of an emergency, it's easy for us to get out (the stairs is right infront of our unit). No elevators needed- especially when we're running late for work, appointments, etc.
• The party room, squash courts, billiards room, SWIMMING POOL and the GYM are just a door away from us. Our unit is the closest to all these facilities. Oh, and the entrance to get to the 'rooftop' park and tennis courts is just right there, too! No more excuses of not exercising- everything is FREE!
  
• No need to MOW the lawn and/or SHOVEL snow!
• 24-hour security. We can contact the security guards directly through the alarm system.
• We're back in SCARBOROUGH! What's the big deal? Everything is here! Lots of Asian grocery stores to choose from, lots of Filipino stores/restaurants and TONS OF CHEAP restaurants (i.e. Dragon Centre- Brice, Kyla and I can have a meal for $5! #44, please!- that's Chicken Fried Rice for those who don't go there enough). There's also a grocery store, McDonalds, bakery, Chinese restaurant/take-out, hair salon, nair salon and a convenient store in the plaza right infront of our building.
  
• Work is only 5 minutes away!
• We've been good on gas- everything is close by!
  
• and... Kyla finally stopped asking for her own room!

Oh yea... I also learned how to cook, clean the house and BUDGET! It's already been 3 months since we've been on our own and so far... so good...