DORA on the ROAD

Hi there and Happy Weekend!!! This week flew by, been busy at school preparing for open house, science exhibits, ICAS, school's midtest...not to mentioned tutorials and other stuff. But despite of my busy schedules, I always remind myself to take some time out of the day, and do what makes my soul happy. Having a chit-chat with my lovely daughter makes it all go away in an instant. She's my instant stress reliever. Hehehe. Anyway, here's the pictures of our rapidly growing and ever so beautiful daughter, Chelsea, and her different antics. These make me and Dexter happy every time we look at them. Enjoy the pics. :D Thanks for stopping by, and hope you're having a great weekend and may the greatness continues for all of today right into next week. ;) xoxo

Realizing it's the month of September already causes me to pause and acknowledge that time really does fly. So I have decided to try and post my violin practices every week here :D This idea has grown, in part, from tutoring violin for a year with my very enthusiastic teacher, Ms Kuntari. Her enthusiasm in music was so infectious actually that cause me to learned more and express myself through the music. This is one of the violin exercises that makes use of eight note, "Buckeye Salute". Hopefully it go well. Please listen, learn, share and enjoy! xoxo Yep! I have made some mistakes hehehe but more willing to embrace challenges and do more practice to improve it. I think I need more practice drawing a straight bow infront of a mirror (loves the mirror so much!!! hahaha) a bit before each practice session until it gets better. #fighting "Buckeye Salute" along with a backing track.

We woke up super early in the morning, 6 a.m. to be precise to enjoy a morning dip in the pool and to get ourselves ready before heading to Penang Hill. Waking up to a view like this.....priceless! So sunny that my eyes nearly blinded by the sunlight @.@ Earlier that day, we departed at around seven thirty in the morning to catch the fonicular railway to the top of Penang Hill as there'll be an expected massive tourists on the site. Tips: Make sure you go early during public holiday and weekend to avoid long queues. Yay! Got the fast lane ticket =) A group shot before we hop on the train. Train ride up the steep slope was fun. Everyone were freaking out throughout the entire ride up the hill, so steep and scary since we were seated on the front row of the train. But we did survive somehow =p The journey took around 5 to 10 minutes which is way shorter than the time we spent waiting for the train. Penang Hill is also known as Bukit Bendera in Malay which is located in A...

Yay!!! So thankful that most of my tutorial students now were having their term break. I finally squeezed out some time to filter those photos which have been long abandoned on my Asus phone drive. We-fie before the flight to Penang =) Mood: Excited Here's the inside scoop of our last teacher's trip in Penang, Malaysia. We first stopped in St. Giles Wembley hotel, a 4 star hotel nestled in the heart of Georgetown. Waiting to check - in at the cozy lobby area. Spacious, clean and tidy. Really enjoyed our 3D2N stay here. =p Bathroom with transparent glass complete with bathroom essentials. After a quick refreshing shower, we headed down to their hawker centre, to hunt for food. First try is their famous Lok - Lok in town. It is a variety of food in sticks dipped into a pot of boiling water and then dip into different types of sauce (chili sauce, sweet sauce or peanut sauce). Tailor it to the taste of your liking. Lok-lok, which means dip-dip. Kinda like the taste. I wa...