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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 revolves around these few angpows:

What do they all have in common?

Hibiscus.

Malaysia' own national flower.

The red one that is. There's a light pink one which is South Korea's national flower. The red of the petals symbolizes the courage, life, and rapid growth of the Malaysian, and the five petals represent the five Rukun Negara of Malaysia.

I remembered back when I was in primary school (no Internet, no Google, no Youtube, heck not even PC), we rely on natural resources whenever we were assigned with homework. To bring a type of flower, to bring a type of spice, to bring a type of plants, to bring a type of fruits and so on.

I remembered asking my late father to look for flowers for me. Something different from the usual ones that my classmates brought. They brought bougainvilla (bunga kertas), orchid (which my late mum planted but was not flowering at that moment), bunga tahi ayam, kemboja and don't know what else. He rode his motorbike around our old neighborhood (terrace houses where there is small plot of garden for people to plant stuff) looking for these beautiful flowers. I was so happy when he brought home some!

So I brought hibiscus. And very happy to be the different one.

Till today, whenever I see a hibiscus flower, I will remembered my childhood memories. And I will make sure to tell this story to our kiddos, so that he knows and be proud of our own national flower. (refer comments for the few designs)

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Ever since I started kindergarten at 6 years old, I have been attending public schools (main language is Bahasa Malaysia) and during my earlier years, I mixed around with a lot of Malay friends and even spoke Bahasa with my elder brother at home (he also attends public schools), even to this day. So Bahasa Malaysia used to be my main language other than Cantonese and later on English (brushed up more when I met my hubby then boyfriend through snail mails, I had to practise and brush up my English as he doesn't speak Cantonese) Anyway, I think it is fun to be able to practise back and sharing what I know with those of you who are interested.

And so, here goes our next lesson: Sick / Healthy

For those of you who are more often on Facebook, you can also find the tutorials on my Facebook fan page. I have created a "Let's Learn Bahasa & Cantonese!" album to store the phrases. Enjoy learning!

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We received a tube of Play-Doh Party pack recently and got ourselves busy to roll and flattened and shape creative stuff. Being a parent who simply loves to use whatever we have on hand and to teach whenever the opportunity arises, I immediately got our kiddos to do the following before opening the Play-Doh party pack. I asked our 6.5 year old boy to count how many mini tubs of Play-Doh there are in the party pack. Then I asked both our 6.5 year old boy and our 4 year old girl to name the colours of the Play-Doh in the party pack.

The usage guide for the Play-Doh is for children 2+ years but I do let our youngest kiddo (turning 2 years old on 30th Sept) try out since her older siblings are enjoying themselves with the Play-Doh. However, the attention span from our 2 year old is really short and she left our play table in few minutes time to play with other things hahaha.

This is what our 6.5 year old boy did...

This is what our 4 year old girl did...

And this is what their 35 year old mummy did.. don't laugh!

And this is the result of teamwork between all of us! Fruits you can find in Malaysia!

Durian, apple, mangoesteens, banana, strawberry and grapes!

Our kiddos rolled and mixed the dough colors while I made the harder ones like durian and banana.

Between 1st to 27th September 2015 at Ground Floor HighStreet 1 Utama shopping mall, adults and children alike get the opportunity to create their own Malaysia-inspired masterpieces out of Play-Doh. The most creative sculptures will get to win exciting Play-Doh prizes! On top of that, on 26th Sept, you also get the chance to participate in The Malaysia Book of Records attempt for the most Play-Doh sculptures created in a single day.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the products in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.  

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