SMASHING GRANNY!

did I ever mention that Jordan's paternal grandma (my mum-in-law) is now 81 years old and is as fit as a fiddle? A rare lady of tremendous resilience and a sharp KL Stock Exchange investor of blue chip counters. Everyday, she walks out, catches a cab to the monorail then takes the train down to Times Square to monitor her portfolio.

Jordie got a chance to know her better and called her his 'sporty' grandma.. here's why... She took up playing badminton with him during his stay at KL over the holidays and Jordie had lotsa fun with her... she didn't have another racket to play with him and at first, used folded newspapers, then eventually found an electric mosquito killer which looks like a racket, and the action took off! Now that's what I call, 'sporty' and 'sporting' alright. Jordan is amazed at what old ladies are actually capable of.

Episode 19: Jordan in Year 3

Well, Jordan finally went back to school on Tuesday, Jan 27th after a nice long break and holiday in Malaysia. He's grown so fast, can't believe he is now in Year 3, (equivalent of std 2 in Malaysia). 1st day back to school was chaos. It's been raining cats and dogs daily in Gold Coast, summertime is rainy season usually... so 1st day morning, it looked cloudy, I had aimed to be early b'cos afraid of 1st day back to school traffic jam, but tough luck, getting back into preparing meals momentum had not picked up for me, so... we were running late.

Neighbour Tyler knocked on our door asking can he pretty please thumb a lift with us as his mum had gone to work and auntie Justine whom he rides with regularly had left early. So sure, why not. By the time we got there, it was pouring and luckily Tyler was around to bring Jordan to his class, as I couldn't even find parking. But I think Jordan got confused and ended up in the wrong class so I 'repositioned' him back with his class, 3 Silver. Each class has its own name, 3 Aqua, 3 Maroon, whatever... His class looked smaller this year tho, shrunk in cubic metres and number of students. ,, which is good, better personal attention by teacher Jane Norman... who specialises in botany. so mebe this year, Jordie gets a huge dose of outdoor flower sniffing and leaf analysis..

BACK HOME AT LAST!

I didn't know I would miss home in GC,, been away for a month and Jordan & I flew back leaving Samuel behind in Malaysia as he had to attend to business. It's been a great month away in KL, catching up with old friends, family, food, shopping, paperwork and blah blah, but generally, I had mixed feelings being in both lands. To be away from home and to be back at 'home' and then not knowing which one you miss the most. GC/ KL? Was switching accommodation in and out of hotels, friends' houses, families, that it was quite disorientating, but I enjoyed being back, relating and being Malaysian, and I think Jordan also enjoyed himself lots with .... cousins, relatives, friends, food & fun...

Reunited~ Jordan and his beloved coffee bun from 'rotiboy' in KL

Oh, definitely realised we did not miss the public toilets and their pong and wet goo, plus paying 20cents for their use..!!

This trip back was like a tying up of loose ends, applying for monies to be withdrawn, chasing on house sale transaction, closing accounts, companies, etc. After that, I felt the next half year of my life in OZ will unfold different chapters. dunno what to expect, just praying and hoping for the best.