The Garden Hotel, Malaysia

We had another free trip to KL and were given an executive suite at The Garden Hotel, next to Mid Valley shopping mall. It's convenient for shopping and dinning for sure. Due to too convenient, I have to buy another new big luggage to pack my shopping haul there. So you can judge whether staying there has more pros or cons. Haha!

Some photos to show the interior design of the room.

Nice bathroom with separate areas for the long bath + shower, sink, dressing area and also toilet bowl. 

Free shoe shines service is available too. My hubby said, he only get his shoes shine once a while when he stays in the hotel. (don't look at me, I'm not in charge of his shoes at all.)
The amenities are quite complete, it includes the full set of hair shampoo, hair conditioner, bath gel, hand soap, bath soap, shower cap, toothbrush and toothpaste.
They also provide  2 pairs of soft cotton slippers,  2 sets of bathrobe, iron + iron board, hangers...

 ...2 bottles of mineral water (top up daily), kettle (very important for us to boil water everyday to make milk for my princess), coffee, tea, sugar and creamer (top up daily too).
Well, I have always assume that all these are basic items given by the hotels, nothing special, till I visited many hotels in Sarawak and also the hotels in China. Seems like I had taken for granted for all these conveniences provided by the hotels in KL for many years. 

A view from my room. We can see The Garden Residency.

Swimming pool and city view too.

Again, my princess always try out and enjoy the bed first.

"It's so soft and nice, mummy!"

"Check out the cartoon channel!" 
(LCD tv is provided too. Sorry for not taking the photo of the tv cabinet etc as  the area was full of luggage. Too messy to show on my blog. Haha!)

We did enjoy our stay. Highly recommend to those who loves to shop comfortably. (U know, many times we just couldn't manage the things we bought. But if you are staying in this hotel, no worries, just bring your shopping bags back to the room and return to the mall for 2nd and 3rd round will do.) 

騙局

震驚可怕的騙局你花十分鐘看看絕對值得

騙局一   先假後真
今天坐公車，到站開門後，一個男人突然堵住車門說自己手機不見了，不讓人下車。
人群嘩然，這時旁邊有人說打那個男人的手機，看在誰身上響誰就是賊。
這個男人就向邊上的一個人借了手機要撥自己的號碼 ，突然靠近門口的一個人拔腿擠下車
就跑，這個男人也沒還人家的手機就叫囂著追了過去，轉眼都不見了。於是，這次真的有
人​​丟了手機。


騙局二   兩面出擊
康在外地旅遊的時候，收到深圳的一部手機發送的短息：
請注意：我們將連續六小時內不斷地撥打你的電話，請作好心裡準備。
你可以選擇關機，謝謝！在收到這條信息後，便有一部深圳的小靈通不断打來電話，
一接聽，對方就說：將在六小時內連續不停撥打你的電話，你可以選擇關機。
康問對方為什麼這樣做，對方回答說是測試，然後掛機。
此後，康大約每分鐘接到一次由這个小靈通打來的電話，每次接聽，對方就叫他關機。
康終於不堪忍受，只好關機。半天後開機，他在成都的家屬打來電話，說有人打電話到家
裡，稱康突發事故正在搶救，請對方立即匯多少錢到某某帳號，並聲稱，如果在多長時間
內收不到錢將停止搶救，所以打錢了。

騙局三  求助
在路上遇到一個人，問一條較偏的路，然後說車子開不進去了，要你幫忙看一下車上的
貨，他去接人來卸貨。如果你答應了，你就準備著上當吧。因為，你在守貨時，會有人來
上車開車，說是那人要他們來的，車剛走，那人和一大幫人就過來找你麻煩了，如果不拿
出你身上的錢，你是走不掉了！

騙局四  可怕的傳單
晚上10點，一條行人不是很多的路上，一女生獨自行走。
這時過來一個推銷人員向其遞來傳單或宣傳資料。但當其拿著那幾張傳單數分鐘之後 ，忽
然覺得頭腦昏眩起來，繼而感到頭前所未有地痛，此時她感到情況不妙，急忙跌跌撞撞地
走到路口，攔了部出租車直奔附近的省人民醫院。
醫院診斷 ，該女生是由於接觸或吸入了一種可以導致昏迷的藥物，學名達克羅寧，醫生稱
如果過量容易導致死亡！ ！這是一起有預謀的搶劫未遂事件，傳單上噴灑了藥物。

騙局五  不識字
今天經過一棟大樓門口，門口有一提款機。有一個老伯 ，一直看著我走過他身邊，突然叫
住我。他說他不識字，拿一張提款卡要我幫他在大樓門口的自動提款機取錢。
我回答我無法幫你取，叫警衛幫你。結果，他就回答我說不用了， 繼續找其他路人幫他取
錢。
朋友們要記住，取款機可是有攝影機耶。如果他說我搶或是偷他的提款卡，絕對會讓你百
口莫辯！已有同事上當，目前仍官司纏身。顯然這是詐騙集團在找替身了~~~。
騙案真是層出不窮，一不小心就會踏入陷阱，真是令人防不勝防！

騙局六  突然停電
XX小区一業主，家中突然斷電，看到窗戶外別人家裡都有電，就出門查看自家​ ​ 電錶箱，打
開門就被刀子頂著了——持刀入室搶劫、傷人。家裡突然斷電，不要貿然就開門查看，有
貓眼的多觀察一會門外動靜，沒貓眼的也隔著門靜聽一段時間， 沒有異常響動再開門。

騙局七 高壓電
各位女胞們注意了！這是最新騙局。一位上班的小姐在下班回家的路上看到一個小孩子一
直哭，很可憐，然後就過去問那小朋友怎麼了。小朋友就跟那個小姐說， 我迷路了，可否
請你帶我回家嗎？然後拿一張紙條給她看，說那是他家地址。
然後她就笨笨的帶小孩子去了。一般人都有同情心，然後帶到那個所謂小孩子的家裡以
後，她一按鈴，門鈴像是有高壓電，就失去知覺了。隔天醒來就被脫光光在一間空屋裡，
身邊什麼都沒有了，她甚至連犯人長啥樣子都沒看見。

騙局八  自動取款機
昨晚在金海裡的工行自動取款機取錢時，後面來了個老婦女，問我能不能取錢，
還說什麼取款機有個鍵可能壞了，旁邊不知什麼時候來了個小女孩，一直在我身邊擠，我
也沒在意，小孩子淘氣嘛，可是過分的是她竟然把手朝向出鈔口放，準備拿我的錢了。我
感覺不對勁了，立即把她推到一邊，等著把錢取出來。
之後我想了一下，她們倆實際是給我設了個套，老婦女負責和我瞎聊，吸引我的注意力，
小女孩趁我不注意時搶走我的錢！如果我不防備的話，錢說不定就被搶走了，這樣的話，
如果我立即去追小女孩，則站在我後面的老婦女將會取​ ​ 光我卡中所有的錢，因為我的卡還
在取款機裡面。如果我等拿到卡再追那小女孩，到那時她就無影無踪了。

騙局九  嬰兒的哭聲
最近有人告訴我，他的朋友在晚上聽到門口有嬰兒在哭，不過當時已很晚了，而且她認為
這件事很奇怪，於是她打電話給CT。 CT告訴她，無論如何，絕對不要開門。
這位女士表示那聲音聽起來像是嬰兒爬到窗戶附近哭，她擔心嬰兒會爬到街上，被車子碾
過。CT告訴她，我們已派人前往 ，無論如何叫她不能開門。警方認為這是一個連續發生
過的殺人/搶劫陷阱，利用嬰兒哭聲的錄音帶，誘使女性以為有人在外面遺棄嬰兒，引她們
出門察看。警方已接到許多女性打電話來說，他們晚上獨自在家時，聽到門外有嬰兒的哭
聲。

騙局十   找不開
前兩天晚上搭的士，從羅湖到福田一共花了二十多塊吧，我給了一張一百塊的給司機，他
掏摸了半天，說沒有零錢，要我湊零錢給他。我大惑問，你幹了一天怎麼一百塊都找不
開。但我還是湊夠零錢給他了，他就把一百塊還給我。回家才發現是假鈔，那小子乘着黑
暗竟然偷偷換了。

騙局十一   沒零錢
一个人说没钱坐巴士回家了，問我要兩塊錢，我二話沒說就給他了，當時還告訴他在哪里
坐车，坐第幾路線。後來看他有點不對勁，也不去車站等車，還往前走，我和他正好順
路，接下來看到他又向別人要錢，有的人還沒等他說完掉頭就走了，我這才知道被騙了。
是我太善良了還是我太傻了，唉。

騙局十二   撿錢
當你從銀行取錢出來，或者到郵政局存錢等等，旁邊可能會有兩個串通好的男子，
一個假裝把一捆錢丟在地上，往前走，後面的騙子故意在你面前將錢撿起來，然後把你拉
到一邊，把撿到的那疊錢放到你身上。而前面丟錢的騙子則返回，問後面的騙子是否撿到
了錢，並且要搜後面騙子的身。後面的騙子說沒有，然後把你拉到一邊，說撿到的錢平
分，現在錢在你身上，我現在跟他去搜身，我怕你在我去搜身後逃之夭夭，所以你要把你
身上的部分錢押在我這裡。如果你真的將你自己的部分錢押給他們，就再也找不到人了。
你打開那撿到的一疊錢，會發現，表面是一張人民幣，裡面全是白紙。

騙局十三 密碼
有一婦女手提包被偷，裡面有手機、銀行卡、錢包等。
20分鐘後，她打通了老公的電話，告訴自己被偷的事。老公驚呼，啊，我剛才收到你的短
信，問咱家銀行卡的密碼，我立馬就回了！他們趕到銀行時，被告知裡面所有的錢都已被
提走。小偷通過用偷來的手機發送短信給親愛的老公而獲取了密碼，然後在短短20分鐘內
把錢取走了。

騙局十四   網吧掉錢
接下來說個就發生在上個星期的事吧，我同學在網吧上網的時候，在玩遊戲，很激動，突
然旁邊的一個人，咔了他一下，說兄弟，你錢掉了。
然後我朋友一看地上，有個五塊的，還有兩個一塊的硬幣，兩個硬幣還放著不同的地方，
然後我朋友想都不想就去撿錢，等自己把錢撿完，桌子上的手機沒了。
那個好心人已經不知所終。呵呵，當時我聽他說了，笑個半死。如果再發生在我的身上的
話，我一定會先把手機放口袋裡，然後去撿錢，撿完了，我還跟他說聲謝謝。

以上是我今天所收到父亲的转载。看了后，我觉得应该与更多的读者分享现今社会的险恶。
常发现一个掉入老千陷阱的人，不是贪，就是太好心。骗局往往就对着这两种容易心软的人下手。将近每天都可以在报章上看见老掉牙的骗术，一直不断的重演。报上一直登，还是一直有人上当。那些骗子也不需伤脑筋，反正一样的骗局，可以无限量次的用。总会有人傻傻的捧上金钱，屡试不爽。
我相信很多人都接过诈骗集团所打来的电话。有一阵子，我一听到是中国女生的口音，开口就说“您好！请问您会说华语吗？”立刻就知道可以挂电话了。不知她们是笨得没有做电话记录，总是拨给一样的人都不知道，还是故意这么做？一想到当时她们三不五时就拨电话来的作风，搞得我一看见无拨电显示或是国外拨的电话号码就起反感。后来发现，只要你用英语回答，她们就马上挂电话。没法子，她们还没学会用英语诈骗，有待学习。哈哈！
有时候，我很同情那些被骗了所有储蓄或棺材本的老人家。年轻人被骗后，方可擦干眼泪，拧干鼻涕再赚。可是年近半百的老人怎么办？一生辛辛苦苦所攒的储蓄，一夜之间化为乌有。身体还硬朗着，以后的日子怎么过？
这些骗徒都是人，但不知他们的良心都往哪搁了？难道不是每个人都会有良心谴责？
奉劝所有的人，天下没有白吃的午餐。要钱就努力地去赚，不要贪小失大。那些善良的人啊！要行善也要分外小心。不要愚昧无知地被骗了，还傻呼呼的以为自己做了一件好事。

Chronicle (2012)

Chronicle is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Josh Trank and written by Max Landisbased on a story by both Trank and Landis. The film stars Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, and Alex Russell.

The plot follows three Seattle high-school seniors Andrew (DeHaan), his cousin Matt (Russell) and their fellow high school student Steve (Jordan), as they form a close bond after receiving telekinetic abilities from an unknown object. The group uses its abilities for mischief and personal gain until Andrew begins to use them for darker purposes.

The film is visually presented as found footage filmed from the perspective of various video recording devices, primarily from a hand-held camcorder used by Andrew to document the events in his life.

Plot

Seattle high-school teenager Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan) starts videotaping his life. At home, his mother Karen (Bo Petersen) is slowly dying from cancer and his alcoholic father Richard (Michael Kelly) verbally and physically abuses him. At school, Andrew is unpopular and frequently bullied.

Andrew's cousin Matt (Alex Russell) invites him to a rave to help him meet people, but Andrew's filming angers an attendee and Andrew leaves the rave, despondent. Approached outside by Steve (Michael B. Jordan), the school's popular star quarterback, Andrew is persuaded to join him and Matt and record something strange the pair of them have found in the woods nearby: a hole in the ground that emits a loud strange noise. The three enter the hole and discover a large crystalline object glowing blue. As Andrew films, the object glows red and the group is stricken by nosebleeds and pain. The camera cuts out. Weeks later Andrew records himself, Matt, and Steve as they display telekinetic abilities; able to move objects with their minds, but bleeding from their noses when they overexert themselves. They return to the hole, but find that it has collapsed and that the sheriff's department are sealing off the area for safety.

As their abilities continue to grow more powerful, Matt theorizes that their abilities function like a muscle, becoming stronger with use. The three boys develop a close friendship and begin employing their abilities to play pranks. However, after Andrew pushes a rude motorist off the road and into a river, Matt insists that they restrict the use of their powers, particularly against living creatures. The three later discover that they can use their powers to fly and revel in the experience. They agree to fly around the world together after graduation, with Andrew expressing an interest in visiting Tibet because of its peaceful nature.

Steve encourages Andrew to enter the school talent show to gain popularity. Andrew amazes his fellow students by disguising his powers as an impressive display of magic tricks, juggling, and tightrope walking. That night, Andrew, Matt and Steve celebrate at a house party, where Andrew is the center of attention. After drinking with his classmate Monica (Anna Wood), Andrew and she go upstairs to have sex but Andrew vomits on Monica, disgusting her and humiliating himself.

Andrew becomes increasingly withdrawn and hostile, culminating when his father attacks him and Andrew uses his ability to overpower him. His outburst inflicts nosebleeds and pain on Steve and Matt. Steve is drawn to Andrew, who is floating in the middle of a storm. Steve tries to console him, but Andrew grows increasingly angry until Steve is suddenly struck by lightning and killed. At Steve's funeral, Matt confronts Andrew about the suspicious circumstances of Steve's death. Andrew denies knowledge or responsibility to Matt, but he privately begs forgiveness at Steve's grave.

Andrew grows distant from Matt and again finds himself alone and unpopular at school. After being bullied, he uses his power to tear several teeth from the bully's mouth. Andrew begins to identify himself as an apex predator, rationalizing that he should not feel guilt for using his power to hurt those weaker than himself. When his mother's condition deteriorates, Andrew uses his powers to steal money for her medicine. After mugging some local thugs, he robs a gas station where he inadvertently causes an explosion that puts him in the hospital and under police investigation. At his bedside, his upset father informs the unconscious Andrew that his mother has died, and he angrily blames Andrew for her death. As his father is about to strike him, Andrew awakens and blows out the outer wall of the hospital room.

Matt, while attending a family birthday party with his girlfriend, Casey (Ashley Hinshaw), suddenly experiences a nosebleed and senses Andrew is in trouble. He sees a television news report about the explosion at the hospital and knows it involved Andrew. Matt and Casey travel to the hospital and finds Andrew floating outside the building. Andrew drops his father, who is saved by Matt, and proceeds to wreak havoc with his powers. Matt confronts Andrew at the Space Needle and tries to reason with him, but Andrew grows increasingly hostile and irrational at any attempt to tell him what to do. Andrew attacks Matt and the pair fight across the city, crashing through buildings and hurling vehicles. Andrew, injured and enraged, begins using his power to destroy the buildings around him, threatening many other lives. Unable to get through to Andrew, Matt tears a spear from a nearby statue and impales Andrew, killing him. The police surround Matt, but he flies away.

Some time later, Matt lands in Tibet with Andrew’s camera. Speaking to the camera while addressing Andrew, Matt vows to use his powers for good and to find out what happened to them in the hole. Matt positions the camera to view a Tibetan monastery in the distance and says "You made it" before flying away, leaving the camera behind to continue recording the tranquil scene. (Copied and edited from Wikipedia)

At the very beginning, I wasn't attracted to this movie at all. When my hubby asked me why I kept walking else way to do housework when we were watching, I told him that I'm not into lousy movie. ^^. Sorry to say that as the very beginning, the movie did start boringly. Like any low cost cheap home video.

Anyway, it turned out nicer than I thought. It's amazing to see how they practice their super natural power and slowly grew stronger from it. It's our dream to gain such super natural power where we can fly in the sky and using mind control in many things. 

Worth watching! I did enjoy watching it. ^^

30-month-old reading progress (books)

My princess is officially 2 1/2 years old now. Time to do the recording for her latest reading progress before I lost track again. (My girl is growing up and her mother is obviously growing old. T_T )

She can converse in a longer sentences since 27-month-old. My princess never stop surprising us with her words. I feel happy that she can express herself better now.

Some sentences that makes us laugh:
1) Daddy, let's go and find some grapes! (pull her daddy's finger to the kitchen)
2) I don't want iTouch, iPad please. (quite demanding nowadays)
3) Watch Disney Junior/Baby TV/Mickey Mouse Clubhouse/ Elmo/WordWorld/Rob the Robot/Special Agent OSO/Barney and friends/Snowies/Animal Mechanical/Little Einstein/ Chuggington/ Thomas and friends, Octonauts, Pocoyo, Pororo the penguin, Dibo the gift dragon, Jungle Junction, Handy Manny, Jojo's circus, etc (She can specify the program she wants to watch and sometimes she loves to change the channels)
4) Where is my remote control? Oh! The remote control is under the pillow. Here you are!
5) Daddy is not here. Daddy goes to work/office/Australia/Kuala Lumpur.
6) Let's go out/downstairs/upstairs. Daddy is back. Hooray!
7) I want milk milk, baby tv and towel please. (that's her basic need, must drink her milk and watch tv + cuddle with her towel.)
8) I'm hungry. I have to eat. I need bowl and spoon.
9) Let's dance. Shake shake shake.
10) Oh my! My towel is missing. Where is my towel?
11) Guitar is for music.
12) Oh my goodness! I don't like this.
13) Oh dear! What should I do? Help.
14) Don't be scared. It's ok, mummy.
15) It's ok. I'm a strong girl. (she will tell this to herself whenever she fell down without crying)
16) I don't want blue towel. I want my pink towel.
17) Ouch! It's so painful.
18) So itchy. Itchy iguana.
19) So many colors. Beautiful colors everywhere.
20) So heavy! Help. I'm so strong!
21) Drink water. I don't want to drink milk. I want water.
22) Some more milk please, mummy please.
23) Grandma likes to exercise in the garden.
24) This is a blue color pencil.
25) Daddy is driving. So dangerous.
26) The baby is so cute!
27) Be careful. Walk slowly. (she will say this whenever she tries to walk up the staircase without our help)
28) Daddy, faster! Hurry up! (she will shout out loud when her daddy is laying eggs in the toilet)
29) Daddy is so slow. Slow like a turtle.
30) It's getting ready, connecting with Facebook. Ok. Now Tap to play.
31) Color like a rainbow.
32) What a glorious day!
33) I love you, mummy. (when her daddy request her to say, "I love you, daddy", she will always say the other way round, break her father's heart happily.)
34) Mummy, where are you? What are you doing? Come here.

My princess knows how to pretend, such as imagine the Elmo (plush toy) is crying, and she will say "Elmo is crying. He is hungry. He wants to drink milk. His diaper is so wet." Or she will hold her watering can toy and pretend she has a garden full of flower patches. She will go and water the plants and said "beautiful flowers." Sometimes she will pretend to cook, and pass her daddy or me the "food" to munch. At times, she will pretend herself as a giraffe, eating the toy tree leaves. @.@

New vocabulary that she can read:
1) giant
2) erase
3) century
4) liquid
5) interrupt
6) actor
7) character
8) flood
9) impossible
10) season
11) enemy
12) porcupine
13) volcano
14) vampire
15) vinegar
16) vitamin
17) chimney
18) decorate
19) earn
20) cactus
21) artist
22) forgive
23) monument
24) glorious
25) borrow
26) elevator
27) instrument
28) musical
29) firefly
30) bewildered
31) authority
32) appointment
33) ancient
34) advantage
35) positive
36) afford
37) accept
38) trickle
39) journey
40) dismal
41) odor
42) oaf
43) average
44) autumn
45) spring
46) summer
47) winter
48) knowledge
49) poison
50) attention
51) wrinkled
52) exclaim
53) collection
54) surround
55) island
56) recent
57) squawk
58) entrance
59) cheetah
60) chuckle
61) announce
62) carnival
63) opposite
64) glossy
65) imagination
66) talent
67) sturdy
68) gawk
69) glance
70) whistle
71) annoy
72) obedient
73) amphibian
74) whammy
75) embarrass
76) crunch
77) humble
78) scorn
79) zone
80) bitter
81) festive
82) paradise
83) shadow
84) whiskers
85) rumble
86) flicker
87) suitcase
88) hood
89) harp
90) hospital
91) juggler
92) jumbo jet
93) jack-o'-lantern
94) jackrabbit
95) volleyball
96) baseball
97) valley
98) basketball
99) american football
100) soccer
101) blender
102) muscles
103) coffee maker
104) microscope
105) marshmallow
106) macaroni
107) magazine
108) mustard
109) grin
110) giggle
112) goggles
113) natural
114) to crouch
115) fair
116) dark
117) to lie down
118) joints
119) skull
120) tendons
121) ribs
122) spine
123) to stretch
124) to spin
125) to bend
126) strong
127) weak
128) muscular
129) skinny
130) senses
131) hearing
132) smell
133) nostril
134) touch
135) taste
136) pupil
137) iris
138) chocolate milkshakes
139) party hat
140) presents
141) different
142) noisy street
143) cousin
144) cardigan
145) belt
146) tights
147) jacket
148) jumper
149) trousers
150) sock
151) skirt
152) shirt
153) to get dressed
154) to get undressed
155) to button up
156) to unbutton
157) creased
158) ironed
159) nightdress
160) slipper
161) knickers
162) underpants
163) pyjamas
164) t-shirt
165) baggy
166) dustbin
167) fence
168) auto-gate
169) to lean out
170) far apart
171) bookshelves
172) armchair
173) coffee table
174) gecko
175) messy
176) hanger
177) wardrobe
178) ceiling
179) radio
180) music centre
181) reading lamp
182) bedspread
182) blanket
183) pillow case
184) poster
185) blind
186) shower curtain
187) hairdryer
188) basic
189) grater
190) corkscrew
191) tin-opener
192) to stir
193) to grate
194) toaster
195) dishwasher
196) utensils
197) tray
198) ladle
199) tureen
200) napkin
201) to whisk
202) to fry
203) to wash up
204) to peel
205) to approach
206) to overtake
207) Safari
208) globe
209) photocopier
210) projector
211) notice board
212) calculator
213) compass
214) stapler
215) plasticine
216) dictionary
217) exercise book
218) fountain pen
219) pencil sharpener
220) pencil case
221) notepad
222) ballpoint pen
223) hundred
224) thousand
225) million
226) cube
227) sphere
228) cone
229) to hatch
230)  to scratch
231) fierce
232) friendly
233) frightened
234) to bleat
235) to shear
236) woolly
237) udder
238) to tweet
239) to peck
240) scales
241) to slither
242) to chase
243) to escape
244) marine animal
245) sardine
246) jaw
247) to attack
248) sticky tongue
249) bulging eyes
250) frogspawn
251) webbed foot
252) tadpole
253) to dive
254) feelers
255) honeycomb
256) sting
257) drone
258) queen bee
259) worker bee
260) to suck
261) to build
262) hardworking
263) mussel
264) shrimp
265) clam
266) pine
267) to spray
268) to graft
269) to wilt
270) sweet-smelling
271) violet
272) daisy
273) carnation
274) petunia
275) pansy
276) tulip
277) lily
278) dahlia
279) apricot
280) raspberry
281) almond
282) pistachio
283) hazel nut
284) walnut
285) custard apple
286) fig
287) mandarin oranges
288) parsley
289) lentil
290) beetroot
291) radish
292) aubergine
293) artichoke
294) to drain
295) to boil
296) to slice
297) greenhouse
298) hedge
299) gardener
300) path
301) shed
302) untidy
303) clipped
304) to dig
305) to plant
306) to water
307) watering can
308) wheelbarrow
309) spade
310) lawn mower
311) rake
312) trowel
313) hose
314) clippers
315) mute

Books that she can read:

1) Ready, Set Go!
(Level 3) 
- My Neighborhood
- Wild Animals
- The World around me
- Everyday Job
- How do we get there?

2) Little Grammar Book
(Set 2)

- King and Queen

- Tall, taller, tallest

- A school of fish

- Sun or Son?

- Sand + castle

3) It's My Turn

4) You are my sunshine

5) Silly Milly and the mysterious suitcase

6) Lucky's big week

7) My first steps to reading:

- My "D" book

- My "E" book

- My "G" book

- My "H" book
- My "I" book

- My "J" book

- My "M" book
- My "N" book
- My "S" book
- My "T" book
- My "U" book

- My "V" book

8) Usborne Very First Reading Set

- The dressing-up box

- A bus for Miss Moss

- Dog Diary

- Grizzly Bear Rock

- The Queen Makes a Scene

- Stop that cow

- Run, Rabbit Run
- Moon Zoom

9) Little Readers Series

(Set 5)

- The runaway train

- A big fat cat

- A day at the seaside

- Stormy weather

- The king's party

- The purple papaya tree

- The greedy spider

- The magic man

- Chinese New Year * (not so fluent yet, as she has less interest on the full page wording story still)

(Set 6)

- Winnie and the cat

- The hungry shark

- Ruby goes shopping

- The busy giant

- My dream

- The special turtles

- Dinosaurs

- The tickle pink gang

- Selamat Hari Raya  * (not so fluent yet, as she has less interest on the full page wording story still)

10) A children's book about: Being Messy

11) Starfish books set

- What can cat do?

- My birthday

- What is that sound?

- Look! A mouse!

- My pet parrot

- Teddy's balloon

- Mimi shops for shoes

- My baby brother

- Fix our toys, daddy

- At grandma's house

12) Little Footprints Series - What Am I? (Book 1 to 3)

13) Silly Milly 

14) Sesame Street Emo and Me! 

- On a team

- Learn at school

- Walk around town

- Go camping

15) All Kids are gifted series

- Where are you?

16) Hello animals series:

- Little Gecko Loses Its Tail!

- The Hungry Snail

17) My upside-down books:

- In the city

- In the country

- Good mood

- Bad mood

- Funny dream

- Scary dream

- Rainy day

- Sunny day

18) Dora the explorer set

- Dora goes to the dentist

- Big sister Dora!

- Dora's book of manners

- Dora goes to the doctor

19) Barney's Treasure Hunt

20) Barney's Mother Goose Hunt

21) Bunny race!

22) What a wonderful world

23) Do Re Mi, Sing with me Song Book 1 and 2

24) Elmo look and find book

25) Word Smart for Young Learners Book 1

26) My touch-and-learn books

- Letters a-m

- Letters n-z

- Numbers 1-5

- Numbers 6-10

- Shapes

27) Happy teddy board books

- Opposites

- Colours

- Quack quack

- See them grow

- Let's count

- Letters a-m

- Letters n-z

- Look, a car!

28) Chinese words that she can read and recognize:

(Some of the words she can read out fast and tell you the meaning, some she can recognize the words and translate into English without pictures but don't know how to pronounce.@.@)

- 人

- 头

- 口

- 牙

- 手

- 耳

- 天

- 日

- 月

- 云

- 山

- 木

- 土

- 石

- 水

- 火

- 门

- 书

- 刀 

- 布

- 衣

- 米

- 豆

- 肉

- 瓜

- 果

29) I love Reading Series:
- Baby Bird
- Penguin


30) Red Nose Readers:
- Crash! Bang! Wallop!
- Me and My Friend
- Push the Dog
- Shirley's Shops
- Bear's Birthday
- Happy Worm
- Jumping
- Fee Fi Fo Fum
- Big Bad Pig
- Make a Face
- Help!
- So Can I

Comparison games:

(My daughter and I like to play this grammar comparison games. I will say tall, taller, then she will end with tallest without fail. It's fun to play and learn together. So far she has no problem in all these comparison games. Some times I will try to trick her for good, better, she will quickly say best. Not bad huh! Haha!)

1) tall, taller, tallest

2) small, smaller, smallest

3) big, bigger, biggest

4) far, further, furthest

5) good, better, best

6) bad, worse, worst

7) near, nearer, nearest

8) happy, happier, happiest

9) thin, thinner, thinnest

10) fat, fatter, fattest

11) thick, thicker, thickest

12) heavy, heavier, heaviest

13) fast, faster, fastest

14) slow, slower, slowest

15) etc


Mathematics:
- Count from 0 to 20 in Mandarin, English and Bahasa Malaysia. 
- Can do addition as follow:
1 + 1 = 2
1+ 2 = 3
2 + 2 = 4
2 + 3 = 5
3 + 3 = 6
3 + 4 = 7
4 + 4 = 8
4 + 5 = 9
5 + 5 = 10
- Can ready the numbering in English:
1) one to hundred and million
2) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
3) Can count objects.

My princess is better in her motor skill now. It can be showed when she tries to do coloring. She knows how to adjust better and color the part where she wants. I think she is quite artistic as she always start from red, follow by orange, yellow, blue, green and so on to mix the color together. If she color brown, she will mix with black. My hubby and I feel quite surprised that she can do it without us teaching her.

Colours:
She can say out the mixture of the colours.
Blue + Red = Purple
Blue + Yellow = Green (will still forget at times)
Red + Yellow = Orange
Black + White = Grey
Red + White = Pink


Seasons:
She can say out and differentiate the 4 seasons and pretend to shiver when she mentioned winter. Very funny.
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

For her reading progress, she can start reading in paragraph confidently since 27-month-old. There was one time when she was sitting on my lap and I was busy replying SMS, she looked up and read out my message loudly. Sounds funny but really have to watch out this girl who can read our 'secrets' from our iPhones now. 

Like other kids, she loves to play with her iTouch, our iPhone and iPad. She knows how to read so we just let her explore those children apps after we downloaded for her. I feel thankful that there are so many free education apps available. ^^

p/s: One little cute thing she likes to do when she sees her parents are hugging. She will immediately run towards us and hug both of us too and said, "Hugging. Daddy, mummy and Claryssa are hugging. I love you!" ^^

A Separation (2011)

Have you watched the Iranian movie, 'A Separation'? No? Don't wait. Find the DVD with English subtitles and watch it when you are free.

It's a beautifully made family drama movie about a husband, his responsibility towards his aged father suffering from Alzeimer's disease, his wife who wants them to leave Iran for a better life and the daughter who is heartbroken and tries hard to prevent her parents from divorcing.  A maid is hired by the husband, to help take care of his aged father when the wife leaves home for good. Many things just happened due to different reasons and it's like a snowball rolling down from the mountain, it just get bigger and bigger especially when lies come in. 

A Separation (in Persian: "The separation of Nader from Simin") is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class caretaker for his elderly father, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

A Separation won the 84th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award. It received the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear. It also won the 69th Golden Globe Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film.The film was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award, a rare occurrence for a foreign language film.

Plot

Nader and Simin have been married for 14 years and live with their 11-year-old daughter Termeh in Tehran. The family belongs to the urban upper middle-class and the couple is on the verge of separation. Simin wants to leave the country with her husband and daughter, as she does not want Termeh to grow up under the prevailing conditions. This desire is not shared by Nader. He is concerned for his elderly father, who lives with the family and suffers from Alzheimer's disease. When Nader decides to stay in Iran, Simin files for divorce.

The family court judges the couple's problems insufficient to warrant divorce and rejects Simin's application. Simin leaves her husband and daughter and moves back in with her parents. On the recommendation of his wife, Nader hires Razieh, a young, deeply religious woman from a poor suburb, to take care of his father while he works at a bank. Razieh has applied for the job without consulting her hot-tempered husband Hodjat, whose approval, according to tradition, would have been required. Her family is financially dependent on the work, and she takes her daughter to the house with her.

Razieh soon becomes overwhelmed by taking care of Nader's father, which is physically and emotionally demanding. On the first day of work, when she finds that the old man is incontinent, she phones a religious hotline to ask if it would be a sin for her to clean him. Assured that it would be acceptable, she continues in the job, but later hopes to get her husband into the position, without revealing that she had first worked there. She finds the work very heavy, especially as she is pregnant. Nader interviews Hodjat and hires him, but Hodjat, who is heavily in debt, is jailed by his creditors on the day he is due to start, and so Razieh returns to work for Nader.

Whilst Razieh is cleaning, Nader's father wanders out of the apartment. Razieh runs to find him, and sees him at a newsstand from across a busy road.

The next day, Nader and Termeh return to an empty house. Termeh discovers her grandfather lying unconscious on the floor in his bedroom, with one of his arms tied to the bed. When Razieh returns, an argument ensues between her and Nader. He tells her to leave after accusing her of having stolen money from his room (unbeknownst to Nader, Simin was shown taking the money in an earlier scene to pay movers). Razieh returns to protest her innocence, and to request her payment for the day's work. Outraged, Nader shoves Razieh out of the apartment. She falls in the stairwell and hurries out of the building. Hodjat's sister later calls Simin to inform her that Razieh is in the hospital, and they discover that she has suffered a miscarriage.

A court is assigned to determine the cause of the miscarriage and Nader's potential responsibility for it. If it is proved that Nader knew of Razieh's pregnancy and caused the miscarriage, he could be sentenced to one to three years imprisonment for murder. Much of the film revolves around this issue. Nader accuses Razieh of neglecting his father. The hot-headed and aggressive Hodjat physically confronts Nader on several occasions, and threatens him, his family, and Termeh's teacher, who testifies on Nader's behalf. When Hodjat is sent out of a court hearing for an outburst, Razieh reveals that he is deeply depressed, and that he is taking antidepressants for these issues. Nader learns from Razieh's young daughter that the reason she was absent the day Nader came home early was because she had gone with Razieh to see a doctor, which Razieh had avoided revealing earlier. This news, combined with Hodjat's explosive temper, causes Nader to wonder if Hodjat is physically abusive to Razieh and had caused her miscarriage.

Termeh protects her father with a false statement and Simin, fearing for her daughter's safety, attempts to arrange a financial deal with Razieh and Hodjat, to compensate them for the loss of their unborn child. Nader is initially outraged by Simin's suggestion that they pay Razieh and Hodjat, as he feels that it would be an admission of guilt. The morality of all of the characters is called into question as it is revealed that Nader lied about his knowledge of Razieh's pregnancy, and that Razieh has serious doubts as to whether Nader's actions caused the miscarriage. After Razieh had seen Nader's father at the newsstand, she was hit by a car in an attempt to protect him from being hit. Later that same night, she began to experience great pain, likely the beginning of her miscarriage. At one point, Simin plans to come back and live with Nader, knowing that she cannot go anywhere as long as her daughter still stays here. However, after another full-blown argument, Simin changes her mind and forces Termeh to leave with her. Nader tells Termeh that if she does think that he is guilty, she can leave and he will agree to paying Razieh and Hodjat. Termeh slightly hesitates but leaves anyway.

Eventually, everyone, including Hodjat's creditors, meets at the home of Razieh and Hodjat to consummate the payment. Nader, still wary about the true cause of Razieh's miscarriage (and it is likely he does not know about her getting hit by a car) writes the check and slyly says he will give it to Hodjat, on the condition that Razieh swears on the Qur'an that his actions were the cause of her miscarriage. Despite Hodjat's urgings, Razieh cannot bring herself to swear, as she believes it will be a sin that could endanger their daughter. Totally dejected, Hodjat breaks down, hits himself violently and storms out of his home—Nader withholds the money. Nader, Simin, and Termeh leave the house and find their car's windshield broken by an unknown culprit (possibly the angry Hodjat).

The last scene is at the family court, and the three: Nader, Simin, and Termeh, are wearing black, indicative in Persian culture of a death in the family, implying that Nader's father has died. The couple file for a divorce once again, despite Nader no longer having to take care of his father. The judge makes their separation permanent, and asks Termeh about which parent she chooses to live with. She tearfully says that she has made a decision, but asks that the judge tell her parents to wait outside in the hallway before she tells him. Nader and Simin are shown waiting silently and separately in the hallway, on opposite sides of a glass partition, and the credits roll. Termeh's decision is never revealed to the audience. (copied and edited from Wikipedia)