The Clan

Lina has been training Matt to sleep on his own cot starting last week. He’s been doing better every day, at first he woke up quite frequently and cried when he realized he wasn’t sleeping beside Lina.

And now the frequency of his waking up seem to be lessen and so is the intensity of his cries. Thank God for that, I really proud of him, it’s another sign of him growing up. And I really proud of Lina too – she hasn’t been able to sleep well because of this transition and she’s consistent eventhough she feels sorry for Matt sometimes.

Would be interesting to see what will happen in few weeks time when we move to the new place.

Today Jet is turning four. We went holidaying to Gold Coast (sort of) to celebrate his birthday.

The holiday was very nice – Surfer Paradise on July was perfect. Jet most certainly enjoyed his time there.

Prayed that you will be Jesus’ follower one day (if not already) and tell people about him too..

not super hero

Ci Chen: So Jet are you going to take picture with Batman?
Jet: NOO! I don’t want to take picture with a bad man.
Ci Chen: No, Koko, Batman is not bad man – he’s super hero, you know super heroes like Batman, Superman..
Jet: Ok, how about Ginger Bread man??

Mama: You need to eat your veggie so that you can grow tall like your papa.
Jet: No, I don’t want to grow tall like a tree. I don’t want to be a monster.

Papa: Let’s pray for Guakong supaya sehat.
Jet: Dear God, pray for Guakong’s haircut.

WARNING – adult content
Jet: What’s this mama?
Mama: It’s a pineapple cake.
Jet: A nipple cake???

In the last few weeks, Matthew has been having problem sleeping at night. It has to do with his ongoing cough, in the middle of his sleep, he’d cough and awaken – sometimes he can fall asleep again by himself but at other times he’s fully awake and cries in frustration. This affects Lina badly as she’s sleeping with Matthew. Both of them hasn’t been able to sleep well at all.

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I have been enjoying bedtime conversations with Jet lately. We usually read the children bible together before going to bed (me, Jet and Matt – and sometimes Lina too),  after the bible reading and praying – Matt goes with Lina to their room and I accompany Jet for ten minutes or so before he goes to sleep.

Jet likes to talk and to share his stories and his feelings. Today he told me that on Thursday he was sad because he was left out by some his friends that he usually play with. He also loves telling me about his friends too. I am a bit concerned that he has best friends, which seems to imply he prefers some friends than the others – I encourage him to be a good friend to everyone – not sure how realistic is that in the real life. I mean even us adults to get along with everyone and we ourselves prefer some people better than the other.

I really treasure this time with Jet – maybe when Matt is older – I would have this kind of conversation with him too. And I hope I can keep conversing and relating with my children and they too can be open and comfortable talking to me.

Well, so much has happened, I am not sure what exactly but I am pretty sure a lot has happened.

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Last Friday was our 5th year anniversary being married. It wasn’t always easy being married and having 2 kids added on top of it – but yeah I do thank God for my wife and for our marriage. I really couldn’t asked for a better wife than Lina. She’s a good wife, a good mother and a good friend.

We had a nice dinner at Lowenbrau on Saturday night, had a nice conversation too.

Wow, time really did fly – I can’t believe Matthew is one year old now. We were celebrating his birthday in Singapore with both family members from my side and from Lina’s side are there.

We had a good time and certainly very good food! On that day, we also celebrated Coco’s 75 birthday.

Tiup lilinnya – seperti biasa koko yang paling semangat. The cake was huge and tasted really nice.

Too much delicious (and traditional) food in addition to the huge cake..

So excited – oblivious to the fact that he has turned one today.

Matt enjoying the bling2s given as present for him.

Son, my wish for you is to know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and that you will be used by God for his glory.

Jet gayanya very confident sebelum masuk kolam renang – all gears in check! Lengkap dengan mini AFL ball (ga dipake akhirnya).

Tapi setelah liat air dianya jadi cold feet – ga mau masuk – mau duduk2 doang di pinggir kolam renang – setelah dibujuk2 akhirnya mau masuk tapi gw mesti gendong-in.

Setelah 1/2 jam-an, dengan agak dipaksa2 dan Jetnya teriak2 akhirnya dia mau juga agak dilepasin cuman pegang tangan doang dan dianya splashing around freestyle – mission accomplished!

Matthew turning 11 – has grown bigger and bigger every day:

In a reflective mood – we caught him “ngelamun” sometimes.

Fun times with Koko.