It has been some time since our last picnic. Today is our family outing day again and we went to Lake Garden anticipating for the boat ride but unfortunately there is no more boat riding activity in Lake Garden...;-( So ended up Eeanne had her football session with daddy at the park.

As usual we prepared our breakfast for picnic....and as usual everyone woke up late and ended to have breakfast at home before going to the park.

After the park, we headed to KLCC Kinokuniya and spent the whole afternoon in the mall. It was really a long whole day outing....until mommy is really exhausted and desperately wishing to go to bed now....zzzzzzz......

Manjalela Park....

An outdoor sport day at Manjalela Park with Joshua...

It was planned for so long to visit Joshua, Eeanne's foster brother since last year. Mommy and daddy were really so tie up, this post was actually took place in Jan 2011, but mommy was delaying the posting till now...paise....

In future, mommy will be more free to update Eeanne's progress....hehehehe......

Nice scenery with the pure white fountain and busy tortoise chasing after the breadcrumbs.

Mommy likes these rear views the most....

10 years from now, these brother & sister will say: "all those days......"

Jennifer+Eeanne < Joshua

mommy's heart was pumping fast looking at Eeanne playing this, yet when looking at this picture now, mommy realises that Eeanne will soon be independent and able to stand strong by her own....:-)

The Feel of Letting Go...(TTDI Park Insight)

It was a plan some time ago to bring Eeanne to TTDI park, and finally we visited this mother nature few weeks ago, fall in love with it and paid a 2nd visit last weekend. In fact, daddy mommy would like to bring Eeanne to this park more often, if possible to make it a weekly family activity.

It has been almost 6-7 years since mommy's last visit to this park, the place is still as popular as it is with its constant flow of loyalty patrons from aged 1 to 80.

There are several wide and lengthy jogging paths and we especially like the one near to the forest with shedding trees, full of fresh air and negative ions!!

Besides the jogging activities, there is a mini stream which is the main spot for all kids besides the nearby playground. There are many locals and expatriates set up their picnic mats by the stream (and mommy daddy are already planning for one weekend:-)). All the kids are so fascinated by the tiny guppy fish hiding under the rocks. We had missed out the joy of this fishing activity during our first visit, however during the last weekend visit, Eeanne brought her mini fishing pail and net while mommy helped to catch a few tiny guppies for Eeanne.

It could be rather a hard attempt for kids to catch those tiny fish in the stream. It was so heart touching that day we met an kind expatriate who brought some colored fish to be thrown to the stream to satisfy the eagerness of the kids. While throwing at one end, he asked Eeanne to stand at the other end with the net ready, and the fish was just willingly swam into Eeanne's net and that is really really satisfying, at least for Eeanne..:-)

We know that we can't bring those fish back which will die in few days due to environment changes, thus mommy told Eeanne to let go the fish back into the stream. We hold the pail with around 10 fishes and counted 1...2...3....and slowly poured all the fish into the water. At that very moment of seeing those fishes swimming out from the pail, there was an indescribable feeling of joy emerged, the bliss of letting go was truly felt by both daddy and mommy, a kind of feeling which has been oppressed and long lost in our daily challenging life. For Eeanne, we know that she might not feel the same as mommy daddy felt, however, when asked whether she is happy to see those fish swim away, Eeanne answered: "YES!" At least Eeanne is happy to let go the fish :-)

For now, Eeanne is anticipating for our next visit to the park but this round she is asking mommy daddy to buy fish to let it go rather than concentrating on the idea of fishing in the stream...:-)

Lesson for Eeanne:

"On the journey in pursuing our life goals and dreams, we should do our best to commit and be responsible, every strive should be in full hearted and sincere. However we may need to practise to "let go" the result of whatever outcome it will bring."

The rocking bridge and mini stream of the beautiful park.

Where is my fish...?

Natural foot reflexology....Kids are always very healthy and can't feel the throbbing pain at all!!

Our Weekend Activity@Titiwangsa Lake Garden

It has been quite a while since our last family picnic. Most of Eeanne's weekends were spent in shopping, bookstores or cinemas and seldom expose to the nature. As all of us are not the morning early bird type, morning picnic is really really rare and fingers countable, while evening garden activity is always come with excuses on either too hot weather or raining..:-(

Today finally we made it to Titiwangsa Lake Garden. Mommy's last visit to here was around 10 years ago and didn't realize the park has developed so much with plenty of recreational activities, it is indeed very nice place to spend a weekend for both adults and kids.

We reached around 8.30a.m. and the slight cloudy weather was just nice for us to spend up to almost 12 noon!

Mama, yeye, yi suk and sam suk's family arrived early at 8a.m. and got us a strategic fengshui location next to a bamboo shed with a magnificent lakeview.

Our picnic started....it was more like a grand feast rather than a simple picnic...:-) Everyone was too hungry and a cup of coffee was nice to wake all up....

ye ye: "I need quiet time to clear my mind....deep breathe..."

Eeanne & Chloe che che

From L to R: Eeanne, Chloe and Max, hiding behind Max is Ian

They are enjoying their picnic time inside the mini tent...

The 2 sisters, can you see me?...cheers...

mama is interested on the planthon under the lake, figuring out on how to get some home for her fish..:-)

It happens that today is the Terry Fox Out Run Cancer Campaign, there are many corporate participants joining the run on fund raising for cancer research. This event is to commemorate the aspiration of Terry Fox

The kids are waiting patiently for their turn on the boat ride. It is a quite healthy economic weekend activity, the ride is only cost RM3 per 1/2 hour ride.

sam sam with the kids

Girl talk...

The 4 musketeers...

Yeh..my first boat riding....

But mommy and daddy were struggling hard on the paddling, it was quite energy consuming..:-0

suk suk, sam sam, Max and Ian on the other boat

Besides the boat riding, there are horse riding and horse carriage ride to keep the visitors occupied.

Fee for one round horse ranch : RM 1/adult, RM0.50/child

Queuing for the horse carriage ride.

Eeanne: "Hee Ha...Ride with the wind..Bulleyes...(Toy Story)

The carriage is carrying us to the ball (Cinderella)

My family....

Even though daddy mommy and Eeanne woke up early than usual today, think the outing fresh air and physical exercise really help to refresh our mind. None of us feel sleepy or need a nap today, we felt even more alert than our normal weekends...haha, we should have more this kind of family outing and daddy agrees to make it a weekly park outing..hooray!