Ying and Niq’s Niche

Finally, our new car has arrived. It arrived at Ipoh on 13-Jun-08 by trailer. ChuiLi broke the good news to Ying and me. We had to delay the downpayment to 21-Jun-08 as we had to attend Catholic Evening for the Engaged (CEE) Penang’s 25th anniversary celebration dinner on 14-Jun-08. We test drove on 21-Jun-08, made arrangements at the tint shop and met up with the guy doing leather seats. The ride was smooth and quiet, no issues. One thing we noticed was a poorly designed radio antenna. I asked the sales guy how to retract it. He said we had to unscrew it. And it would take a taller than average person to do that. Imagine the hassle at the car wash. Anyway, can’t complain for the price - you get what you pay. The car got registered AGL 9679 on 24-Jun-08. We didn’t choose any particular number, as we thought that it was not very important, and we save RM210. I was quite happy to get AGL though. GL = Grand Livina! Haha! Almost missed the boat as the running number was already 9xxx. Just a week ago, it was 7xxx. By 25-Jun-08, the leather seats and tint were ready. We won’t be going back on 28-Jun-08 to get the car back to Penang. Ying’s family will be going to Kuala Lumpur that weekend. We have to wait patiently till 5-Jul-08, to celebrate Ying’s dad’s birthday, and to finally drive the new car with the leather seats and with tinting. Arrrgh! Got to wait 2 weeks - seems like 2 months! Sorry for the anti-climax.

We went back to Menglembu on 21-Jun-08 to make downpayment for our new car. Dad has a new recipe to let us try for dinner: Dry Drunken Chicken. Mom, Dad and Gabriel were all busy preparing dinner. The Dry Drunken Chicken was juicy, smooth, and with the signature wine taste. One word -Yummy! Thanks, Dad.

Mom cutting vegetables

Gabriel helping to wash the vegetables

Dad preparing the dry drunken chicken

Gabriel at 2 years and 7 months is showing signs of the desire to be independent. He would say “I want to…” when he wants to participate doing something, like washing the vegetables, pouring the milk powder, etc. This morning, he told me, “Papa, I don’t want to go to school, I’m sick”. He is trying to cheat me. He would not change his pyjamas, or take his sykofen, or drink his milk. He said “Papa, I want to sleep”. It takes lots of patience to tolerate his bargaining. I have create something interesting to coax him to do something. It also helps to give him a choice, like which story book he would like to read, or which candy he would like to take to school. Gabriel would also sometimes show his authority, usually when he is not in a good mood. He once ordered Ying to “Put the medicine down! Put it here!”. It is a challenging stage. We have to discipline him and teach him what is right and wrong. When we scold him, he would sulk and ask “Mummy, why do you scold me?”. He would also run to Grandma and complain “Grandma, Papa scold me.”.

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