Holy Week this year was rather busy for us.
We attended the Sunset mass for Palm Sunday at the Church of the Assumption. We sometimes attend mass there because we like to hear the pipe organ. Julian likes to go there because there is an Auntie who always comes to say "Hi!" to Julian after mass.
[Julian on Palm Sunday]
Wednesday night of Holy Week saw us at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit because we were on duty to sing and play the organ for a special weekday mass with an extended surmon by Fr. Fabian Dicom.
Thursday saw us in church again on duty for the Maundy Thursday mass at 5pm.
Friday was Good Friday... again on duty at night. For Good Friday the service has to be specially solemn, so no playing of the organ... just plain singing. Julian was extra holy because he attended the 12 noon service as well with the baby sitter :o).
Easter Sunday morning saw us singing in the cathedral choir. Angie's parents and grandmother, my parents, Niq, Chui Ying and Gabriel were there at the mass. After mass we all adjourned to Pearl Palace Restaurant at Setia Pearl Island Country Club, Sg. Ara for lunch.
Julian is almost 9 1/2 months and getting more and more active. We have now observed him kneeling. We have also since end of February started brushing his teeth.
Recently he has begun objecting to being put in his car seat. But we're not ready to be outsmarted by a baby. So, now we bring along his favourite toys on standby in the car to distract him while we strap him in. So far so good...
After casting our votes last Saturday (8 March 2008), we went over to Butterworth on the ferry. We had wanted Julian to experience a ride on the ferry but, alas, he fell asleep!
[Julian's First Ferry Ride: Hohumm...]
On Sunday (9 March 2008) we noticed that Julian's third tooth had erupted! So now he has two existing ones on the lower jaw and a new one the upper jaw. He has been drooling a lot lately and has been very cranky when sleeping the last two nights. He'd just wake up and cry... must be due to teething. So we used a syringe to "bathe" his upper gums with cold water... seemed to work. Since he now has teeth on both jaws, he has started grinding his teeth (the sound makes me feel uneasy).
[Julian showing off his teeth]
The Malaysian 12th General Election has come and gone. It will be an understatement to say that the results were interesting :o). Ha ha... Admittedly, this post is already very late by blogging standards but we thought we'd just punch in a few lines to say "we voted!".
Angie & I strolled into SMK Hamid Khan in Island Glades to cast our votes at about 9am that fateful Saturday morning of 8 March 2008. It was a breeze as there was hardly a queue at our respective streams. Before we knew it, we were already strolling out the centre after drawing our cute little crosses. But of course, not before saying "hi" to Peter, Joyce and Ethan.
Early that night, we knew something interesting was happening when DAP seemed to be doing very well in Penang. So, we went to bed at about midnight knowing by then that Penang and Kedah were in the hands of a new state government.
The first thing we did on Sunday morning was to log on to the net and to our surprise, the "weighing scale" was tipped! No more two-thirds majority in Parliament! I had goose pimples :o). Wowww...
Who did Julian vote for? His own party of course: Parti ABC (Aku Bayi Comel or Aku Baby Choobee) :o)
