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We recently went to Aquaria KLCC and special thanks to my brother and his friend that we get to bring home these awesome souvenirs!

Sharks' Teeth!

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Our 6.5 year old boy drew this on 27th August 2015.

This is our country's National Monument. I was impressed that he can draw this quite accurately, the flag, the directions and placement of the soldiers (and their hands and weapons). Small picture inset on top right was added in by myself so you can compare the actual thing with his drawing.

I took the photo below during a recent family outing to National Monument on 31st August 2015. Our boy asked us whether we could go to see the National Monument and as it was on the way to our destination, we made a quick stopover to check out the place.

Hubby explaining to our 6.5 year old boy about the monument and why the soldiers died trying to defend and protect our country. 

A bit more info on our National Monument:

"The National Monument was built to recognise and honour those who gave up their lives in the cause for peace and freedom, particularly during the nation's struggle against the threat of communism. Within the National Monument grounds is one of the world's largest free-standing bronze sculptures. It was sculpted in 1966 by Felix de Weldon, who was also the creator of the famous Iwo Jima monument in Washington DC.

 There are seven bronze human figures atop an oblong base; each figure denoting one of seven qualities: courage, leadership, sacrifice, strength, suffering, unity and vigilance.

The topmost figure, at the centre, holds aloft the Malaysian flag. He is flanked on the left and right by two other soldiers, both armed; the figure on the left is armed with a machinegun, while the other carries a rifle and a bayonet. "

I personally am proud of our kiddo's enthusiam in wanting to visit this place again (and again, and again!) and what more with the situation in our country lately, I feel each and every one of us have to stand united all the more now. We need to leave a better country for our future generation.

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I have been sharing some of my favorite angpow pieces on an angpow collectors group in Facebook and some members have been telling me to continue sharing my memorable stories and so I thought, why not write it down, that way, our kiddos can read about it when they grow up next time, eh?

For those of you who are not familiar or never heard of the words 'Angpow' (also known as 'ang pau', 'ang pao', 'angpau'), here is a quick definition:

Angpow = Red Packet (filled with cash inside) given during festivals

So for today's angpow story, it comes from this piece of lovely angpow:

When I see this angpow, I remembered when I was young (less than 6 years old) there was an aunty in my housing area who will make kuih kapit (egg rolls) before Chinese New Year comes and I'll be squatting nearby watching her doing the tedious work.

Mixing the ingredients, layer by layer and pouring it onto the iron moulds (there were like 4 or 6 iron moulds), discarding the excess batter, making sure the fire is just right, slowly waiting till the kuih kapit turned golden color, flipping up the iron moulds and peeling out the kuih kapit and quickly folding it into half and then quarters and then storing them into air-tight containers (back then was Milo tin or those big biscuit tin)

The hard laborious work just to make a few tins of these kuih kapit is just too much for me to bear. I think because of that, I have never been fond of these food. I do sometimes feel like a failure as a Chinese for not enjoying these delicacies but just can't get over the childhood memories...

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