Junya is almost one and a half years old now and parenting is getting increasingly challenging.

He is tall enough to reach more and more cabinets and he is strong enough to open more drawers and the fridge. His fingers are getting defter in twisting, bending, unlocking and opening every single cans/bottles/jars.

But obviously it is also time he takes “no” for an answer less and less.

It is frustrating. Getting frantic at your toddler who is holding a glass bottle of soy sauce (they will not hesitate to be ruthless and drop it just to see how you react), not knowing to use the hard approach (firmly say no and grab it by force and let him cry) or soft landing (asking nicely for 10 minutes to a vigorously shaking head). read more

I’m so happy that all the less prominent prefectures in Japan are making their presence known here in Malaysia!

This time around we have the Mie prefecture to launch their special “Taste of Mie” special menu in collaboration with Sasagawa Authentic Japanese Restaurant in Sheraton Imperial Hotel KL.

Sasagawa is always one of my favorite Japanese restaurants in KL, and to be honest i don’t have many favorites. The biggest reason is that they are truly authentic, i could see the effort and zero-compromise when it comes to food quality. read more

This is Junya’s second time to Tokyo Disneysea!! (Third time, if you count the time when he was inside my tummy XD). You can read the previous blog post here.

I realized i have been to Disneysea 3 times in a row instead of alternating between Disneyland and DisneySea. Well for first timer it could be a very tough decision. I like both the theme parks, but i was at Disneysea again for only one reason: Gelatoni.

It is Junya’s favorite and i wanted to get ALLLLLL the Gelatoni merchandise for him! #Badparenting lol. read more

Just before our trip to Japan, i received two sets of lip balm from CiUM!

CiUM is a born-in-Malaysia lip balm, so you can see that some of their flavors indeed have a local touch!

I gave the danna “Sambal” because he loves Malaysian spicy food!

Junya’s favorite is Meeko, which smells of rich cocoa.

He loves sniffing it!

Champon too!

And my favorite is S’berry, which is of a sweet, sweet Lychee scent.

Brought it along with me to DisneySea!

Anyway, what’s so special about this CiUM lip balm, and why is it called the kissing lip balm? read more

Junya looooves cat, so naturally he is also a big fan of all feline characters, including Hello Kitty and Garfield.

Hello Kitty is probably a little too feminine for him so i’ll let him have more Garfield stuff…

Baby lunch QiuQiu and i made together for Junya and Meredith.

And then…

Look what came through our door the other day!!!

Jeng jeng jeng…

A Garfield Trolley Luggage bag!!!

Sorry Junya, that cute luggage trolley is for mama!! But…. you are allowed to carry it for mama XD. read more

What is better than McDonald’s when you are actually craving for McDonald’s?

Well, McDonald’s that’s everything Japan-themed!!!

Time for a taste of Japan. In McDonald’s.

As you may have known already, McDonald’s is introducing their ever loved legendary Samurai Burger and Shogun Burger, this time alongside the powerful sidekicks…

Seaweed Shaker at RM1, and Taro Pie at RM2.80!

I ordered everythingggggg because i just could not choose lol.

Samurai Burger, Shogun Burger, Sakura McFizz, Seaweed Shaker Fries, and Taro Pie. read more

So we are having a baby! Again!!

(First time here.)

I knew i wanted to have a second one soon after Junya was born. Maybe like 2 minutes after lol. It was like, well, that was a breeze!! (The whole pregnancy and delivery) I can do this again! Like now! Like i have just won a round of Jackpot on a slot machine lolol.

Hahaha. Actually for a few reasons la say real wan.

Firstly, I was super mega ultra lucky to have a relatively smooth (some people even say enviable) pregnancy. I thought, well, second helping, please!! read more

I must admit that, recently i have gotten more excited whenever i shop in Japan for detergents than i do when i walk into H&M on sale. #truestory.

Welcome to a mother/housewife’s life lol.

I loooooove grocery stores, lifestyle and home departments, all the amazing Japanese inventions never fail to amaze me. And i think i figured out why Japanese household items are so so so creative and out-of-this-world?

I always wonder why mothers/housewives in Japan seem like superheroes, they juggle between work, house, kids, 3 meals for the family and lunch boxes for the husband and kids YET still have time to look so fabulous. How did they do it??? read more

I loooove Japan Food Fair!!

Averagely once every few months Aeon will bring in special Japanese products from different prefectures in Japan, and this month, they have a total of 6 prefectures participating in the food fair at Aeon 1 Utama (Old Wing) and Mid Valley!

The prefectures are: Mie, Tokushima, Hiroshima, Niigata, Akita and Iwate.

Period of time: 12-25 November!

Only for these two weeks, you get to see, sample and buy all these special products from the above prefectures!

My baby bear also joining!

Getting a big cart ready for shopping XD read more

Hello! Junya turns 17 month today!

(Also read  1st month , 2nd month , 3rd month , 4th month , 5th month , 6th month , 7th month,  8th month, 9th month , 10th month , 11th month , 12th month , 13th month , 14th month , 15th month and 16th month here.)

Having a baby probably never has been this fun AND tiring before. True, when they are first born you probably get like 2 hours of sleep each day, but at least they go to sleep. But now that they are awake almost as much as you do, you are just gonna spend the whole day between preventing them from setting fire to the house and consoling a wailing toddler who doesn’t understand why they can’t set fire to the house, 500 times a day. read more

From my previous Japan trip in October!

Sometimes i feel that i’m so lucky to be a mother, otherwise i probably will not ever rediscover all the juvenile fun stuff. It feels like i have unlocked my happiness horizon and am now able to appreciate even more things, including pushing a toy bus around.

This time around we brought Junya to Fantasy Kids Resort, a playground in the same mall as Moff Animal World in Inzai.

We went there without any expectation, and it turned out to be the largest indoor kids playground in Japan, and the best i’ve ever been!!! read more

Today i’m going to blog about an awesome animal farm which you can pet an alpaca!!!

Of course, in Japan. 

We accidentally found out about this place when we sent off a friend to Narita airport. Initially we wanted to go to Mother Farm again, but turned out that it was too far away so the danna searched for a nearer animal farm. And Bingo.

Moff Animal World

Funnily enough, we thought that it was a park/farm like Mother Farm, but it turned out to be an indoor mini zoo inside a shopping mall called the Big Hop Garden Mall in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture. read more