Dinosaurs at the National Science Center

Dinosaurs have invaded the National Science Center.
I read about the exhibition but decided to wait till after the school holidays to bring Joe, so as not to join the crowds.

Just as I expected, the place was pretty deserted yesterday.

Joseph had almost all the dinosaurs to himself.

It was a father and son outing because Joy isn't too crazy about dinos and I didn't want her to be frightened.

Entrance fee is RM10 per adult and RM5 per kid. You get to buy1free1 with MAS Enrich card.

It's not a very elaborate exhibition but enough to make my kid happy. After all, it cost only RM10 (Joe got in for free because of Edwin's MAS Enrich card).

The exhibition is on till 31 May 2011.

Boys 'n Planes

After Joseph's school outing to the High5 Bread Factory yesterday, today is a rest day for the school. So his father took him out to the RMAF Museum to check out the old planes and helicopters on display. This is located at the old airport (the country's very first airport) on Jalan Sungai Besi, which is now the RMAF base.
Open daily from 10am-4pm except Fridays.

Admission is FREE. But as with all things Malaysian, it probably lacks maintenance.

Joseph had fun just climbing around and pretending he's a pilot.

After all, this is something you can't do when you pay lots of money to be a plane passenger.

They were there for less than an hour. It's just some old planes parked in a field and in a hangar. Don't expect too much (after all it's FREE!).

But enough to keep a little boy happy!

Easter celebration with the Orang Asli

This is the Daalin signing in as a guest blogger. It's been a long time since I contributed something in this blog. Have always been wanting to, but I've got a disease - procrastination. Anyway, here I am again.

Check out the father and son hairstyle below!

Today being Easter, this father and son pair went to an Orang Asli (OA) carnival, together with our CG and some others. The purpose - to contribute to the OA Easter carnival by organizing games stalls.

So our CG contributed 3 games. The 1st game was where they were supposed to throw a ball on a velcro board and make it stick. We got Joseph to help by removing any balls that are stuck on the velcro board and return it to the games-master.

We packed a sandwich lunch because we were afraid the food prepared by the OA might not agree with our city stomachs. So this is Joe's egg and cheese sandwich.

However, I could not resist the temptation of wild-boar curry prepared by the OA, so I had 2 helpings of it. Yummy!

The next game that we contributed was bowling. But we didn't take any pictures.

And the third game was quoites also known as throwing hoops. In this game, Joe played several roles. First he was in charge of stamping the players' score-card each time they threw a hoop into the stick.

Then he also took care of the stick - i.e., picked up the hoops and returned them to the game master.

However, sometimes he ended up as the target :)

Then, during one of the breaks (when the OAs went for their lucky draw), Joe and Zachary (the youngest son of our CG leader) had a go at the games. I suppose it was quite tiring for them to watch others play for a few hours while they could not play (because they were here to serve!)

We sometimes sneaked out of the games stall to just take a break at a stream nearby.

We left at about 2pm, and reached home just before 4pm. It was a rather tiring day. However, I pray that this trip would have at least planted a seed in Joseph to help him realize how blessed he is with all the nice comforts of life at home. Also, above all riches, health, status and success, I pray that Joseph would grow up to be a man who loves and appreciates God's creations, and to also have a deep sense of compassion for fellow man.

Star HairStyle

I gave Joe and his dad a haircut this morning. And I made a mistake!!! Thinking that I had the no.1 clip on the clipper, I shaved his side and then screamed because there was no clip there! So anyway, I shaved the other side to even it out. Joe was really cool about it! And I gave both of them a star-shaped hair tattoo!
I hope Joe's teachers and Daalin's students (and boss!) don't faint tomorrow!

Father and Son time at Ikea

Daalin brought Joseph out to Ikea for father-and-son-time yesterday. We usually let him pick where he wants to go. Sometimes it's Midvalley, sometimes it Sunway Pyramid, but yesterday he picked Ikea.
He went to Smaland by himself. Now that he's older, he's no longer afraid to go all by himself.

They had dinner at Ikea. Joseph said it was a yummy buffet.

I've no idea what else they did but Joseph came home a very happy boy.

Before going to bed, he prayed and thanked God for a wonderful father-and-son-time. I'm glad that Daalin picked up this habit from Pastor Chris Kam who takes each of his 3 sons out once a week, one-on-one. Despite his busy schedule, he sets time aside for his 3 sons. Now that the eldest is in his late teens, he still tells his father everything.

I hope Joseph will also grow up to be close to us, and will be able to confide in us. Just this few days, had a few 'chats'. He tells me about his day in school, what he learns, where he goes and what he does. And then he will ask me about my day.

I'm sure this is what God desires of us....to spend time with Him and chat. Parenting gives me so much insight into the Father Heart of God.