Farm in the City @ Seri Kembangan

I have heard lots of positive feedback from friends and colleagues on Farm in the City which is near to our home, and finally today we manage to bring our kids to visit this awesome place. I bought the entrance tickets with offer price during we were at Citta Mall for the art class the other day.

It is a public holiday, thus we woke up a little bit late and we went for our breakfast. It was almost 11.00am when we reached there. There are already crowds inside. Parking is no more available and we have to park at the shops at the other side of the main road.

Farm in the City is an unique concept that combines the elements of wildlife and nature set in a designed environment of a conservation park. When we enter the place, it gives us a complete feeling in the village surrounds with trees and bushes with bird chipping and rooster running around.

All animals are allowed to roam free in special enclosures which mimic as closely as possible to their natural habitat. Here is more like a petting zoo and kids can get chance to feed, cuddle and touching the animals.

The first that greeted and welcomed us was the lovely ostrich. The ostrich was so clever, as it is know that we want to take photograph with it.

The best moment for all the children are feeding the tortoise. The tortoise is really huge in size. Each visitor is given some ‘kangkung’ to feed the toirtoise. They love to touch the toirtoise’s shell too.

Dinosaur Turtle

Tortoise Egg Hatching Process

Bird Aviary

Ilama and Us!

We managed to take a photograph with a scarecrow!

Another Scarecrow

Father and Son

Longkang Fishing

Issac managed to catch fish

The Owls

The Parrots with Us!

Overall experience, this place is highly recommended for parents to bring their kids along for a weekend outing. We spent around 2 hours in Farm in the City. It was quite a fun outing under the extremely hot sun!

Mecaje Academy Fundraising Car Wash

Mecaje Academy is having it’s Fund Raising Car Wash on 16th and 17th October 2017 for its year end concert. Minimum for a car is RM15.00. The time is from 8.00am to 2.00pm.

I joined in the car wash for the first day 16th, which is yesterday. We go to Mecaje quite early everyday, around 7.45am we already reached school before the school opened.

We were having our breakfast as usual at Kai Kai Xin Restaurant downstairs of Mecaje Academy. I just handed over my car key to the students and the car wash started.

I just knew that after my breakfast, and waited for few minutes the car is already cleaned and shined. This is the team of students washed my car.

Issac too joined the car wash team for the first day. Mr Heng and his team of teachers really prepared ready for the event: Buckets, sponges, rags, tire brushes, towels, car wash soap, water jugs, plastic chairs, etc.

The car-washing was really good and even the Primary students were helping out, being looked after by the Secondary students. The whole fundraising event was supervised by Mr. Heng and his team  of teachers.

I am so proud of Issac. The event took place in the car park in front of the school and the church area. What a lot of people did was leave their cars there when they were having breakfast and collected them later after their breakfast.

In all they washed about 60 cars and raised of cash which would go to the year end concert fund. Of coarse, they are having a group photo for this fundraising car wash event!

I paid RM15.00 and got a free entrance ticket to the Year End Concert too!

Weekend Breakaway @ Johor Bahru

Our family spend the weekend at Johor Bahru this week. We drove down yesterday night after school and work. It took almost 4 hours for us to reach here, we checked into Orange Inn Hotel just near Alvin’s branch office in Johor Bahru.

Alvin needs to attend to some urgent issues at his sites at Johor Bahru on this morning, thus he is thinking that we might just follow him down and spent the weekend together.

This morning he need to go to the site together with Ragu, thus I would have to have our own program. I just walked across to the nearest mechanic shop to change the car tyres, the tyres have to change as the conditions are in bad shape. It is indeed the Lord’s blessings that we are able to drive through and reached Johor Bahru safely.

It was almost noon after settled with the tyres, I drove back to the hotel and fetched both Issac and Annabelle for brunch. We just go to the nearest Bukit Indah Aeon Shopping Mall to have our Subway sandwich. We walked around for sometimes, then headed back to hotel to take some rest.

Alvin came back in the afternoon, and we went out for our dinner at Kampung Teluk Jawa, which is more or less half an hour drive from where we stayed. We went for seafood. There are 3 restaurant at Teluk Jawa. We went for Restaurant YX Seafood Village.

This was the restaurant where we came about 4 years ago during our trip to Legoland. We ordered Chili Crab, Salt Baked Fish, Stir Fried 4 Heavenly King, Kam Hiong Clam and Deep Fried Man Tou. It was a lot of dish that Alvin ordered. We managed to finish in the end but really full!

The taste a lot difference from the first time when we were here, a little bit dissapointed with the dishes. And the best part is, we totally forgot to take the photos of the dishes, all were hungry when the food were serve.

Any how, it was a great dinner together with Ragu. We were enjoying the food and chit chatting till late. It is a short trip but it is an awesome one, even though it is really tired!

Mecaje Academy Swimming Session

Mecaje Academy had the swimming sessions for the Primary and Secondary students for last Friday 6 October and today. The school organised it at 3K (Kompleks Kemudahan Kemasyarakatan) Subang Jaya which is located at SS13 Subang Jaya.

Alvin and I had been there before married. We used to go there for badminton games together with the late William on those days. Anyway, 3K had been closed down sometimes ago due to poor maintenance by the private entity whom managed the complex.

The MPSJ took over and revamped the whole complex, and re-opened not long ago last year. This time MPSJ took over and run the complex. All the facilities had been put in place and order, including the swimming pool.

There are 1 big indoor swimming pool and 1 wading pool for the younger children. Here are some of the photos from the sessions. The students were given briefings before jump into the water by their teachers.

All the students were asked to do some warming up exercises first to avoid the body cramp. The girls with long hairs need to put on the swimming caps for safety purposes too.

Here they go into the water and play!

Well… All sure having fun getting splashed and wet for sure!

Breakfast with Kids 9 Oct 2017

We were having steamed glutinous rice and steamed yam cake as our breakfast this morning.

I usually will have breakfast together with the kids at the restaurant near the home school centre before they go up to their class. Then only I will leave to office.

Share Your Talents!

Developing Talents #2 ~ Learn to sing, play, or lead a song from the Children’s Songbook. Teach or share the song in a family home evening or at Primary. Discuss how developing talents helps prepare us from service to Heavenly Father and others.

This would be the first part of lesson that we learned about the Parable of Talents.

Jesus told a story, or parable, about a man who lent some coins to three people who worked for him. Then the man went away.

While he was gone, two of the people worked hard and used their coins to earn more coins to give back to the man.

But one person just buried his coin because he was afraid of losing it.

When the man came back, he gave rewards to those who increased the coins he lent them.

But he took the coin away from the person who hadn’t tried to increase it. (See Matthew 25:14–29.)

Like the man in the parable, Heavenly Father has given each of us some something very valuable—not coins, but special abilities or talents, like singing, showing love, running, or helping others.

Some are good at sports. Some are peacemakers. Some can make people laugh and feel better about themselves.

Some know just when something needs to be done and do it. Some can sing or dance or do gymnastics.

Some are good at math or science or spelling. Some have lots of good ideas for better ways to do things. Some are good with animals.

Later I get each family member share something they are good at, like reading aloud, baking a treat, performing a musical number, telling a joke, doing a somersault, or sharing a happy smile.

As each person finishes sharing a talent, have the other members of the family tell something good they have noticed about that person.

How can we help each other make our talents grow?

Using our talents helps others and shows Heavenly Father our gratitude.

We can always help family members to look for each other’s talents and share a sincere compliment each day.

We will feel happier and help others when we do.

The other part of this lesson would be how Issac and Annabelle grow their talents and share with others!

Issac have joined the keyboard class which organised by the church program, he is practising and attending every week for the class.

Issac would future serves in the church teaching other church members on this talent which he is learning now, or be the pianist during the Sacrament Meeting in the church.

While Annabelle is learning violin which actually she had performed in the Kuala Lumpur District Primary Activity Day earlier this year.

Hopefully after she is getting better, she able to serve in the church as well! That is the way how we practise and grow the talents that Heavenly Father given to us and serve his children!

Birthday Celebration for Bro. Ragu

Alvin had invited Ragu to home for a dinner to celebrate his birthday. His actual birthday is on 9 October which is tomorrow.

We had prepared our signature Fettuccine with Swedish Meatballs and potatoes wedges. It was a simple home dinner.

We have a birthday cake for him too! Ragu can considered a close friend to Alvin. He is our family close friend.

Wishing him loads of blessings and happiness waiting ahead of him from the above!