Baby Rachel's first birthday Malaysia Day 2026 at Cocoon+ Kid's Cafe Bayan Lepas Penang

 Dear readers,

I'm back again for a while. A lot has happened lately and here am I with another baby this time it's a girl. We call her a surprise baby. We also just celebrated her birthday at the same place as Gabriel's first birthday in 2024. You can just view more of my photos on my Facebook album titled Gabriel and Rachel's birthday. The crowd for Rachel's big day was only about 30 pax compared to Gabriel's 80 pax. There has been some changes in the menu too. I'll upload more when i get photos from our official photographer 

Oakwood Cameron Highlands by Ascott staycation

 Hey fellas,

First quarter of 2026 has officially ended. We brought Gabby for a short spontaneous cooling trip to Cameron Highlands during Raya. I wanted to stay elsewhere like Copthorne but happened to to see a newly opened hotel. Oakwood is situated in an excellent location away from the hustle and bustle of the town but only 5 minutes away. Best of all is the golf course view. Modern and clean interior with good buffet breakfast. Cook your own noodles at the noodle station. Each room is equipped with the usuals like drinking water, fridge, tv, hairdryer, bathrobe, bidet and toiletries like shampoo, shaving kit, dental kit, shower cap. Most hotels we stayed don't provide dental kit. Some room like ours comes with pantry and coffee machine. 

Genting Star Voyager cruise: Port Klang - Medan - Singapore - Port Klang

Hey y'all!

We decided travel again with little Gabby though he's such a challenging toddler. This short vacay is so last minute as I was craving for a cruise trip. It also happens to be my unplanned babymoon. Yeah, the second baby is so unexpected.

Dubai & Abu Dhabi, UAE: Itinerary and Budget

Gong xi fa cai, readers!

We just completed our 2nd trip with baby Gabby to my dream country the UAE. It has always been my dream to visit Dubai since I read the commencement of Burj Khalifa in the newspaper when I was a little girl. On the other hand I made a promise to visit places that I've had transit before and one of them was Abu Dhabi which was a transit on the way to Amsterdam in 2014. 

Hubby chose to go on Chinese New Year as he hwas having a long holiday and the weather at Dubai was pleasant in January.

Our initial budget was about 10k for the entire family.  As Gabby is still under 2 everything is free including flight. No more privilege next time. However after shopping at one of the most luxurious cities in the world our damage totalled up to a whooping 30k. Food is twice expensive here compared to our homeland 

Baby Gabriel's first birthday on Christmas 2024 at Cocoon+ Kid's Cafe Bayan Lepas Penang

 Happy New Year everyone!

Wow can you believe it's already 2025! And we almost forgotten that the beginning of Covid-19 was 5 years ago. While the world was having a bad time some of us were having a fun time being on lockdown. I appreciate having my husband 24/7 with me as he does all the chores while I brushed up my cooking skill. Fast forward 2023 we had a post covid baby boy! And he just turned one last Christmas but technically he was born on Boxing day but we prefer to celebrate on Christmas. Earlier that year we took the premium birthday package from Cocoon+ Kid's Cafe while they were having a roadshow at TLM Baby Expo.

Credit to my long time close friend Jiun Pei for this wonderful photo. I love her phone it looks really professional.

The package totaled up about RM8k with some add ons. 80pax with free 5pax set meals, unlimited concoction, theme deco, balloons, 2-tier cake, macarons, fruit tarts, photographer, videographer and some booze. The theme was Labubu Christmas but hubby decided we should tone down on the Labubu to avoid copyright infringement.

 Meanwhile here's a short video