15 Months On...

Little One has taken a fancy to Mummy dearest Banana Cake. And with banana's coming in fresh from Tawau, it's a recipe for how much one can keep in one's house when only yours truly will consume it ...as is!

Thankfully, we decided earlier to get a microwave that has oven/convection function which thus allows Missus to bake. And so here it is...

"What's this again?"

Never mind. It'll just go into my mouth... like almost everything else! :p

Now .. what is this... on MY feet???

Uuuugh. How do you remove it???

"Oh. That's what it's used for eh?"

"Look at me! I'm walking...albeit with some help..."

Dearest toddler still loves to crawl. You should watch him go! But sadly, it's also time for him to learn how to walk. And so, these shoes are definitely made for walking! :)

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Mummy and Daddy got me a doggie!!!

Well, sort off!

 It's an electro-mechanical dog! :) One that when you pull, sings and makes all kinds of other noises in its repertoire along with ABC buttons to teach and entertain him!

 And take him for walks.

Nice doggie. I just know we're going to be best friends! :)

We got it from ELC @ Curve. It's from the company called Leapfrog and it's called Alphapup. 

He certainly played non-stop with it for over an hour. In this day and age where toys don't really get to hold their attention long, this one does. So, well spent by Mummy dearest!

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Of Lego Millennium Falcon and Kre-O's Star Trek Enterprise

Yours truly has always wanted one. And thanks to a new Lego online store in Malaysia called MightyUtan, it was! And after many countless nights of building (whilst I keep missus a-company as she did her office work), I built this...

Needless to say, I had made some colour modifications due to the immense amount of extra parts I had collected over the years from various Lego sets... :)

Small ... meet Big! That's how small the Microfigther is!

Oh wow... what's this? Well, yours truly needed to ship some stuff over from the States. Sadly, this is one brick set that wasn't ever to be sold in Malaysia. So, along with other stuff, I shipped this out from the States using an online service called ComsGateway... Along with the Kre-O came a Hot Wheels Enterprise!

Anyway, this is how Kre-O packages its product. Very different from Lego... especially...

Minifigs! They are individually packaged. I must say that I'm neutral on this. One one hand, it makes life so much easier compared to Lego's style. But having grown up with Lego's style...

It would be nice if Kre-O HAD actually labled Part 1, etc on their manual...

But here is the saucer section done up.

And part of the body.

Connecting the 2 parts.

This is what the Port Nacelles look like once completed.

And finally, all completed.

I still haven't made up my mind on whether I wanted to leave the Hot Wheels in its pack or display it!

Having done my first Kre-O brick set, here are some thoughts:
a) 99% of the set fitted perfectly. Until now, I still have problems with a certain part under the saucer section that just doesn't want to 'stay there' permanently. It doesn't really interfere, but its annoying. Keeps popping off!
b) One cool thing in the manual is the product orientation. They actually do a top down as you continually add the parts; so it provides added reference for you... in case you get confused.
c) The parts certainly fit onto Lego pieces. So...
d) Minigfigs have more degree of 'movement' compared to Lego's... but it also makes it a bit harder to stand!

Otherwise, I am happy that I have a piece of SciFi Pop Culture in my home!

Now... am interested in that Delorean time machine... :P

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Post 13 Months...

A while back, when dear Little One didn't decide to go on Hunger Strikes (presumably due to teething), he was happily trying out Plums!

"Can't a boy enjoy his food without YOU taking my photo Daddy???"

 Sitting like a Mafia Boss... in his new car seat which I recently bought from Anakku. Guess he likes it a lot for him to sit like that. Okay, the leg folding? That was our doing. But, he naturally sat straight and hands (on the side) and legs down... :)

For RM399 (I got it on promotion @ 299), it's actually quite light and nicely padded. Judging by his happiness, it's a good buy. And the best thing? It's a harness which comes attached with a lap belt thus ensuring that while he can remove his shoulder belts, the lap belt will still keep him bolted down. (Thanks Azmel for the tip on this!)

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A user's review of the Moto G 16GB Dual Sim Edition (Malaysia)

Well looky here, what did this bloke received? A very well packed package from ipmart.com.my

 It's arguably the bestest and cheapest budget branded mobile phone your hard earn dough can get you at a very affordable price... circa 2014!

 My dear ol' Sammy was starting to tell me that it's struggling to keep up with the mountain of messages coming in. Would take seconds to move from one screen to another and so, it was time. It had been good and a worthy companion not to mentioned a gifted present from my MIL... :) (Thanks Mum!)

But a year on, after struggling, I decided to put it out of its misery. So for just over RM700, you get this:

So how is it and what's my impression after almost 2 weeks of usage?
a) Blazingly fast with it's Quad Core. No lags in opening up my WhatsApp messages and humonguos text message inbox, not to mention contacts list.

b) 16GB seems to have filled up really fast... so if you decided to get the 8GB version, either you have absolutely zero or no intention to fill it with piccies, videos, etc or you'll find yourself empty and devoid of that free space!

c) Moto Migrate App - This was a very simple and effective life saver for transferring EVERYTHING (almost 99.5%) of all of my data (videos+piccies) to text messages to contacts. The 0.5%? It missed a few files... Better than doing it manually by myself I'd say! And it even tranferred stuff from my MicroSD card too!
So how does it work? Simple. Download the Moto Migrate App from Google Play Store onto your current phone, power on the Moto, and select migrate from another phone and the settings. Make sure that throughout this whole process both phones are connected via the same Wifi. At one point, a QR code will appear and ask you to take a photo of it through your current phone's camera... and the magic happens after that! Sit back, and watch it transfer...

d) Dual Sim - You can only have one running at 3G and the other will be at 2G. You can colour code and you've got a variety of colours to choose from. So it'll colour code the respective calls and texts accordingly. FYI, both slots uses MicroSim cards. If you're like me, using a dinosaur sim card, I think you can just visit a local phone supplier and they'll probably be happy to trim it for you... through a piece of equipment that resembles a stapler! :P

e) Accompanying this phone in its package was an extra Shell (back cover) and a screen protector. The extra shell as most have found out, is slippery not rubberish textured unlike the Original Black. So...

f) Ditch the screen protector from them and go outside and get another one. Reason? This accompanying one is a fingerprint magnet. If anybody wanted my prints, it'll be so damn easy for them! Just lift the screen protector!!! Sheeeeesh. So barely after 3 days, I got rid of it and changed it...

g) Battery life isn't phenomenal, isn't bad either. You see, on weekends, I go around with 2 Sim cards slotted in as I don't see the need to carry my official phone along... So just the Sim will do. And leaving it with 2 Sims and on 3G, it easily lasted through the day on Standby and surfing...

h) Even though one has disabled the Sim 2 option, the Sim 2 icon still remains in the notification bar thus taking up valuable space... Apparently, one has to perform some magic with it's code (go visit XDA if you're adventurish enough). Me, I've got no time, so, i'll just have to live with it.

i) When needing to switch between inserting/removal of SIM cards, best to disable BOTH Sims and then enable Airplane function. Then safely, eject or insert the SIMs in/out. This will save you the hassle of having to reboot your device.

k) Camera - haven't had really a chance to test it out, but frankly if an iPhone 5S can't really satisfy me, this definitely wouldn't! Reason? I've gotten accustom to SLR images... so don't ask, okay?

k) Screen brightness - Mine is set to something like 8% (on the scale) as I find that even at that level, it's insanely bright!!!

l) Finally, the screen display. Just one word describes it: Gorgeous. 'nuff said. Frankly speaking I'm hard pressed to see the difference between this and my missus's S4 FullHD...

I wished it came out with 4G but that's wishful thinking! Will need to try the OTG option but otherwise, if you're looking for almost top specs but with a budget limit, this is it. Alternatively, Xiaomi's handsets do present a compelling competitor but it's running on MIUI and that's somewhat complicated and different even though it's Android based.

Oh... it's running on 4.4.2 which is the latest in Google's Android OS. How cool is that? Most phones aren't! But since it's been bought over by Lenovo, only time will tell whether it will get future updates as good as it's old removed cousin Nexus...

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13 Months onwards...!

Trying to teach a toddler how to brush his/her teeth is a real challenge. More so, when they have their own ideas on how to use certain things.

So it was with great amusement and excitement when Little One took to this easily... when compared to the rest that we have bought for him.

 As you can see, he's happily using it without us even having to do anything!

 One end toothbrush...

 The other end? A teether! Oh, it costs around RM10. You can find this @ Anakku.

You can see it here: http://www.jordanbabytoothbrush.com.au/

 It's been a while but dear baby has been actively chowing down a variety of food.

(Seen here consuming Yoghurt - Milkana Kidz)

From lovingly made home made pancakes and crepes to banana cake (all cooked/baked by dearest Mummy and those baked were with a Sharp Microwave that had an Oven function! Not bad...) and just very recently, Orange!

 Needless to say, quite a lot of work had to be done prior to feeding him just the pulps!

 But, and as it's the most important, he loves it. :)

All eaten...

He's also at this age where his Car Seat has started to be outgrown by him. And so, for extremely short trips, we got him this:

It is by no means 100% replacement for a PROPER car seat, but as we had 2 cars, and moving the seat isn't going to be easy not to mention simple. This contraption instead is hook under the headrest of the seat along with a strap that goes around the car's seat itself. It certainly wouldn't offer much protection but in my mind, better to have him inside on of these than to have him roaming around in the back!

It costs only RM50 and as can be seen, it s a product of Anakku. Obviously, it's a wee bit too big for him...but...

And finally, before I bid adieu...

My son's new style of sleeping... sigh.

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Post 1st Year...

"Hmmmmm... So this is where my pee and poo go???"

 Having his first taste of Pomelo! Can't say it was a real success as you really need to give him those sweet globules. Else...

"Can I be a Sheikh?"

 What's this Mummy has given me to eat???

 Pancakes! Yum yum! Missus decide to make it over one of our weekends...

 "Knock knock! Who's that???"

All these photos were taken with the iPhone 5S. I must say that I miss staring at much better IQ. I guess it's back to my F3 after this! :p

The End.