tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98499232024-03-24T01:58:11.636+08:00Angie & Bart's BlogA place to share sights, sounds, smells, sensation, salivations and situations...Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.comBlogger778125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-7019876529897663502017-12-23T23:25:00.002+08:002017-12-23T23:25:50.223+08:00Kuala Kurau Roadtrip: Day 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went on a short road trip from 16-17 December 2017 to Kuala Kurau.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the second day, we had breakfast provided by the hosts at My Home Twenty One Guest House. We were served fried bee hoon (vermicelli) with lots of prawns, and prawn and chives (koo chai) pancake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Breakfast]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After breakfast, we rode the bicycles around the compound of the guest house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[One, two, race!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Bike-ride with Mummy]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Bike-ride with Daddy]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Later in the morning, we went on a river cruise in Kuala Gula. We saw many birds commonly found in the area. Some may have been migratory birds but we were unsure. We were also taken to an area to feed the brahminy kites, an experience also found in Langkawi. At the river mouth, the boatman also tried digging for cockles but unfortunately there weren't many. Apparently many cockle rearing efforts in the area had failed. At some point during the river cruise, the boatman let the kids steer the speedboat - they were absolutely thrilled!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[River cruise]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[River cruise]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Justin steering the boat]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/27464587779/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171217_kkurau_cruise_bird1"><img alt="20171217_kkurau_cruise_bird1" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4734/27464587779_3833c50f58.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Lesser adjutant storks]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Brahminy kite]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Cockles]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Dried prawns]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the river cruise, we had lunch at Ai Tee Seafood Restaurant. Since a visit to this area is not complete without sampling the seafood, we indulged in some fish and soft-shell crab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Deep-fried soft-shell crab]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After checking-out of the guest house, we stopped at the Selinsing Charcoal Factory on Jalan Gula not far from the guest house. We left smelling a bit like bacon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/39240110421/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171217_kkurau_charcoal1"><img alt="20171217_kkurau_charcoal1" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4640/39240110421_bbc8915ab1.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Mangrove tree trunks to be made into charcoal]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[The kilns]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Heading back to Penang, we made a final tourist stop at the Aitong Coffee Mill in Taiping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/24378294757/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171217_taiping_antong1"><img alt="20171217_taiping_antong1" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4736/24378294757_57e876b43a.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Coffee beans]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25373938968/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171217_taiping_antong2"><img alt="20171217_taiping_antong2" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4681/25373938968_7a9525cda4.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Antong Coffee Mill]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[The Antong giant coffee cup]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall, the roadtrip had a mix of what the kids and adults enjoyed. We have to admit that what is educational is not always exciting, e.g. the salted duck egg factory elicited the familiar "now that we've seen it can we go now" response. Anyhow, we think the kids enjoyed the river cruise and the "blue house" best on this trip.</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-29268839147727072862017-12-23T00:18:00.000+08:002017-12-23T00:18:23.318+08:00Kuala Kurau Roadtrip: Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went on a short road trip from 16-17 December 2017 to Kuala Kurau.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We left Penang just after 10am on 16 December 2017. Our first stop was the Universiti Sains Malaysia Engineering Campus in Nibong Tebal. It is a beautiful and green campus with lots of birdlife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Bart at the USM Engineering Campus main gate]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[USM Engineering Campus greenery and the pond]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Blue-tailed bee eater at the USM Engineering Campus]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After lunch, we look the scenic route to Ban Pecah. The area is famous for paddy fields just next to the sea, and the unique erosion prevention structures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Family photo at Ban Pecah]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Inter-locking concrete erosion prevention structures]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We arrived in Kuala Kurau town around 2.20pm and headed straight for the Joo Hong Chan salted duck egg factory. They weren't making any salted eggs when we arrived but we saw the various equipment to sort the eggs, prepare the mixture of clay and salt, and coat the eggs with ash. They are ready to be eaten after curing for about 2 weeks. As we were leaving, a forklift was loading a lorry with boxes of salted duck eggs. We were told that there were about 30,000 eggs shipped out that day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Duck eggs]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Sorting machine]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Clay and salt mixture]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/38512336024/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171216_kkurau_saltedegg4"><img alt="20171216_kkurau_saltedegg4" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4725/38512336024_a54d98afaf.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Ash-coating machine]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Salted duck egg]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next, we crossed the river over to Bagan Seberang and headed to an unassuming village stall selling the famous prawn fritters of Kuala Kurau. With clockwork coordination, a deep ladle is coated with batter, filled with a mixture of chopped turnip, chives (koo chai) and prawns, and topped with another coat of batter. The content of the ladle is then deep fried to golden-brown and crispy perfection. Delicious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/39192119072/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171216_kkurau_cucur1"><img alt="20171216_kkurau_cucur1" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4591/39192119072_20bf207d4d.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Prawn fritter ingredients]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Fritters-a-frying]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/39192118102/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171216_kkurau_cucur3"><img alt="20171216_kkurau_cucur3" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4641/39192118102_0fcb148445.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Fritters all done]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/38344282085/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171216_kkurau_cucur4"><img alt="20171216_kkurau_cucur4" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4647/38344282085_ccc948c7ca.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Kuala Kurau prawn fritters: Delicious!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/39192120002/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171216_kkurau_baganseberang"><img alt="20171216_kkurau_baganseberang" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4642/39192120002_c741959faa.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[At the Kurau River riverbank at Bagan Seberang]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We stayed at My Home Twenty One Guest House in Kampung Leang Seng, off Jalan Gula. Formerly part of the surrounding oil palm plantation, the hosts built a number of chalets and a cafe around their old village house. We checked-in to our 2-room family chalet which comes with extra open-air rooftop space. The place is really a hidden gem. The cafe served food and drinks at reasonable prices and bicycles were available for a ride-a-round. The children fondly calls the chalet the "blue house" for obvious reasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[My Home Twenty One]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25354096958/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171216_kkurau_myhome2"><img alt="20171216_kkurau_myhome2" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4633/25354096958_6e2d0bddba.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[[My Home Twenty One: Family Chalet]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/39219994951/in/dateposted-public/" title="20171216_kkurau_myhome3"><img alt="20171216_kkurau_myhome3" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4634/39219994951_78cfece067.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[My Home Twenty One: Original village house and cafe]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-79556005548585518802017-06-30T01:45:00.000+08:002017-06-30T02:29:27.156+08:00Permaculture Perak Jungle Farmstay: Day 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On our third and final day of our jungle farmstay at <a href="http://permacultureperak.com/">Permaculture Perak</a> in Lenggong, we had pan-baked bread for breakfast with passionfruit and nangka (jackfruit) jam and some ulam (edible herbs) - daun kadok, ulam raja and misai kucing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35483345051/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170627_lenggong_bread"><img alt="20170627_lenggong_bread" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4038/35483345051_5351ba3028.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Justin's bear head-shaped bread]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35483344561/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170627_lenggong_breadulam"><img alt="20170627_lenggong_breadulam" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4279/35483344561_91dc0211e4.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Pan-baked bread with edible herbs]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As we readied to leave the farmstay, we bought jars of passionfruit and nangka jam, and candied nutmeg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34772580704/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170627_lenggong_jamcandy"><img alt="20170627_lenggong_jamcandy" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4249/34772580704_0bf4804ca8.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Passionfruit and nangka jam, and candied nutmeg]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At about 11.45am, we left the farmstay to return to Lenggong town. After retrieving our car from the rest house, we headed to Lata Kekabu - a popular waterfall. It was already 12.30pm when we arrived. Instead of playing in the stream closest to the parking area, we took a 10-minute walk and were rewarded with the sight of the waterfall. Here, we had the whole place to ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35483344091/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170627_lenggong_latakekabu1"><img alt="20170627_lenggong_latakekabu1" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4061/35483344091_03d1250748.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[The waterfall at Lata Kekabu]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35483343051/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170627_lenggong_latakekabu2"><img alt="20170627_lenggong_latakekabu2" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4232/35483343051_a1e0353bdf.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[View looking away from the waterfall]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We left Lata Kekabu at about 2.00pm for lunch at the Restoran Tasik Raban. They are famous for ikan bakar (grilled fish) and various traditional Malay dishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At about 3.45pm, we bid farewell to Ladia, Amy and their two kids, and headed back to Penang.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall, it was a very interesting experience for all of us. Being an off-the-grid farm with intermitent solar electricity power, it was a welcome change to be less occupied with electronic devices for the three days we were there. It's not a holiday resort. It's more of a permaculture-driven, back-to-basics, sustainable-living farm. Hence, there's a certain "jungleness" feel to the whole place, bearing in mind that Ladia and Amy run the whole place by themselves, save for the occasional volunteers. Truly an experience we and the kids will remember.</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-69799406106870749512017-06-30T01:07:00.002+08:002017-07-22T16:59:47.818+08:00Permaculture Perak Jungle Farmstay: Day 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Early on the second day of our jungle farmstay at <a href="http://permacultureperak.com/">Permaculture Perak</a> in Lenggong, we were awakened by the resident cockerel. We had homemade granola and freshly harvested passion fruit for breakfast.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445074422/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_breakfast"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_breakfast" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4137/35445074422_0c7f2c3ae5.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Breakfast]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After breakfast, we walked around the farm. Beneath where we camped, on the ground floor of the Kilang, there were a chicken coop, and a cow shed. The chickens are reared for eggs and meat, and the cows for manure and their trampling on the soil. A few stingless bee (lebah kelulut) hives were kept outside the farmhouse. A few dogs helped guard the farmstay.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34804124003/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_chickens"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_chickens" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4281/34804124003_564e8f17e9.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Chickens]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445076362/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_eggs"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_eggs" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4218/35445076362_7dbe88c97a.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Julian collecting eggs]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445076942/in/dateposted-public/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" title="20170626_lenggong_cows"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_cows" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4148/35445076942_c307b8b2ae.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[The very shy cows]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Around the farm there were all sorts of fruit trees, herbs, and vegetables. There were durian, passion fruit, lime, pomelo, star fruit, banana, pineapple, tumeric, misai kucing, ulam raja, cinnamon, pumpkin, bitter gourd, hill rice, yam, and gourd just to name a few. Ladia is also experimenting with chestnut, vanilla, and mushroom. Permaculture Perak is not a commercial farm. So, whatever is grown is more for the family's consumption.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34804124673/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_seedlings"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_seedlings" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4129/34804124673_f2bf24e331.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Chestnut seedlings]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445075412/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_mushroom"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_mushroom" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4199/35445075412_7f46493cbd.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Mushrooms grown on logs]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Before noon, we decided that we would let the children go fishing at the fishpond just behind the Kilang, but not before digging for earthworms. Although there were some good-sized tilapias in the pond, the kids only managed to land the small ones which were then released. It was a good experience for them nonetheless.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34804124413/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_worms"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_worms" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4214/34804124413_fed55a0399.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Digging for worms]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445075982/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_fishing"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_fishing" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4264/35445075982_698e8cbee4.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jianna's catch]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Later in the evening, we went for a short 20-minute jungle hike through a ginger grove to a pool. Along the way and back, we picked-up a few leeches.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34804125583/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_hiking"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_hiking" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4048/34804125583_c7e4436462.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Ginger grove hike]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445075182/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_pool"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_pool" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4195/35445075182_9cac488b71.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Another cool dip]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34804125413/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_leech"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_leech" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4003/34804125413_c8d358f5c8.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Leeches!]</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After dinner, we prepared the dough for the farmstay's traditional pan-baked bread. It was a creative experience, adding whatever spice you wish. For this batch of dough, Ladia mixed in cumin and oregano. Then, we all had some fun shaping our own bread and left them aside to rise overnight.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445076672/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170626_lenggong_dough"><img alt="20170626_lenggong_dough" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4240/35445076672_77da09ce29.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Dough-mixing fun]</span></span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-61087065693912318902017-06-30T00:23:00.001+08:002017-06-30T00:56:47.482+08:00Permaculture Perak Jungle Farmstay: Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went on a jungle farmstay holiday from 25-27 June 2017 at <a href="http://permacultureperak.com/">Permaculture Perak</a> in Lenggong, Perak. What was once a tea plantation with abandoned buildings is transformed into a permaculture farm. Antonia and Aileen joined us on this trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On 25 June 2017 (first day of Hari Raya), we arrived at Rumah Rehat Lenggong (Lenggong Rest House) at around noon. We were met by our host, Ladia, and had lunch in Lenggong town with his wife, Amy, their two small children, and two other guests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After lunch, we visited the popular caves of Lenggong - Gua Kajang, Gua Puteri, Gua Asar, and Gua Ngaum. Gua Kajang was excavated for archeological purposes in 1917.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Cave entrance]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Cave interior]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At about 4.00pm, we were back at the rest house to load our luggage onto Ladia and Amy's 4WD vehicles, leaving our car at the rest house for the next 3D/2N. The ride to the farmstay was an adventure by itself as the terrain was really very rough at some stretches. Situated about 500m above sea level, the farmstay is not very far from Lenggong town but the terrain makes it rather remote and inaccessible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[All set for the rough ride]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35225534900/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_farmhouse"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_farmhouse" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4154/35225534900_6b45d27829.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[View of the farmhouse from the access road, hidden by lots of vegetation]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35481886681/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_path"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_path" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4114/35481886681_ecc83708ed.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Looking away from the farmhouse]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35573290106/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_hills"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_hills" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4126/35573290106_d9f85bc0de.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[The farmstay is about 300-400m away from the transmission towers that overlook Lenggong town]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Instead of staying in the rooms in the farmhouse, we opted for indoor camping on the upper floor of a neighbouring building - what is known as the "Kilang", i.e. of what must have been the factory building of the tea plantation. Between the 8 of us, we shared 3 tents with beddings in each tent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Entrance to the Kilang]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35444126232/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_indoorcamping1"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_indoorcamping1" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4155/35444126232_f8790fa877.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Indoor camping on the spacious upper floor of the Kilang]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35225534740/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_indoorcamping2"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_indoorcamping2" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4104/35225534740_8ec7ceea18.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Relaxing outside our tents]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Besides the use of the regular toilets at the farmhouse, the Kilang had a few composting toilets. Using it is a unique experience for the regular urbanite. You pass urine and/or motion directly into a bucket (a regular toilet seat was placed above it for comfort). After cleaning yourself with tissue paper (no water is used), you sprinkle a layer of sawdust over your pee or poop. When used properly, the smell from the toilet was minimal. After a certain period, the contents of the bucket is used as fertiliser.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35573290776/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_toilet"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_toilet" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4166/35573290776_ffc1cc3def.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Composting toilet]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At around 5.30pm after we had settled in, we went for a dip in the farmstay's very own "jacuzzi" cum fish spa - a small pool just a stone's throw away from the farmhouse. The water comes from a mountain stream. Since it was already late evening, the water was icy cold!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34803163593/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_jacuzzi1"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_jacuzzi1" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4234/34803163593_12b5407b2e.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[The farmstay "jacuzzi"]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35445074742/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_jacuzzi2"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_jacuzzi2" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4191/35445074742_06f9f212f6.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[When all is calm in the jacuzzi, it's fish spa time!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On our first night, we had a coconut shell-fire barbecue dinner of fish, pork, and corn. We also had mashed potatoes and lemang. We ate off banana leaves laid out on the table. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35481894541/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170625_lenggong_bbq"><img alt="20170625_lenggong_bbq" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4123/35481894541_10893be32e.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Barbecue]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the evening and night, it was cooling. At night, as we gazed skyward, we saw many many stars, far more than on an average night in urban areas.</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-89557304965401282302017-05-29T00:19:00.000+08:002017-07-12T00:20:44.229+08:00Jerald at 16 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 16 months old on 28 May 2017.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is now fully walking, crawling only to steps and stairs.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Words he is saying include "kohkoh" meaning "brother", "pao" when he wants to be carried, "beh" when wanting to be breast-fed.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His favourite song is Insy Winsy Spider and he'll say "ee" and make the actions when he wants us to sing along.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He's very active, wanting to join in in everything and anything.<br />
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</ul>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35019962204/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170628_jerald"><img alt="20170628_jerald" height="400" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4209/35019962204_3b77497357.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35859702775/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170528_jeraldseesaw"><img alt="20170528_jeraldseesaw" height="400" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4260/35859702775_cbb5ecdf7d.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[See saw time!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35728043101/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170528_jeraldpipes"><img alt="20170528_jeraldpipes" height="400" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4277/35728043101_4e61497c25.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">[Jerald the pipe-hugger]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">[Do I want paint and jam?]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">[Jerald in his car seat]</span><br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/35728042331/in/dateposted-public/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" title="20170528_jeraldslide"><img alt="20170528_jeraldslide" height="300" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4233/35728042331_56c514bcc5.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">[Up Slide!]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-85149458182876644802017-05-05T01:07:00.000+08:002017-05-22T01:08:23.507+08:00Jerald at 15 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 15 months old on 28 April 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A visit to the clinic on 4 May 2017 indicated that he is now 9.29 kg in weight, and 78 cm in height.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is now mixing walking and crawling about half the time.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is saying more words like "deedeh" for "daddy", "ee" for "lizard", and "ai" for "ice".<br />
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</ul>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34761939336/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170428_jerald"><img alt="20170428_jerald" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4220/34761939336_90a55dfa80.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34415925750/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170428_jeraldsmurfs"><img alt="20170428_jeraldsmurfs" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4189/34415925750_5607b56106.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald at the movies]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34761938626/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170428_jeraldpail"><img alt="20170428_jeraldpail" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4203/34761938626_6618e03834.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald on pail-duty]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34761939056/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170428_jeraldmilk"><img alt="20170428_jeraldmilk" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4252/34761939056_9e58e18448.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald having his milk]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34415928160/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170428_jeraldplayground"><img alt="20170428_jeraldplayground" border="0" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4224/34415928160_65f968eff6.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald at the playground]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-72426779631379830582017-02-02T01:40:00.000+08:002017-03-01T01:41:35.314+08:00Jerald is 1 Year Old!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 1 year old on 28 January 2017 which happened to be the first day of Chinese New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During a visit to the clinic for his checkup on 1 February 2017, he weighed 8.9kg and 73cm tall. He was given an immunisation jab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33172631165/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170128_jerald"><img alt="20170128_jerald" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/594/33172631165_96c2083508.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33044862231/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170128_jeraldlaugh"><img alt="20170128_jeraldlaugh" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2947/33044862231_49bb8d73b1.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald having a good laugh]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33172630055/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170128_jeraldbeach"><img alt="20170128_jeraldbeach" border="0" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/774/33172630055_d3fa3dcf35.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Splash!]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We celebrated his birthday in Menglembu on 27 January 2017. Going by tradition, we baked him a teddy bear cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33172630565/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170128_jerald1yearoldbearcake"><img alt="20170128_jerald1yearoldbearcake" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3804/33172630565_88ecaf21e4.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald's teddy bear birthday cake]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33044863231/in/dateposted-public/" title="20170128_jerald1yearoldfamily"><img alt="20170128_jerald1yearoldfamily" border="0" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2932/33044863231_b453f41a86.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Family photo]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-58528842159462613742016-12-29T00:39:00.000+08:002017-04-25T00:39:52.566+08:00Jerald at 11 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 11 months old on 28 December 2016. Here's a photo update.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34203651356/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161228_jeraldstand"><img alt="20161228_jeraldstand" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4157/34203651356_9480ea8ce1.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald standing]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33860330720/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161228_jeraldpool"><img alt="20161228_jeraldpool" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2862/33860330720_b6c8935e45.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald loves water]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34203651746/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161228_jeraldmummy"><img alt="20161228_jeraldmummy" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2816/34203651746_997eb0ecb4.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald and Mummy]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34203652046/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161228_jeraldkidstlkbahang"><img alt="20161228_jeraldkidstlkbahang" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2886/34203652046_bddce41312.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Daddy with Do, Re, Mi, and Fa]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/34203652536/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161228_jeraldvacuum"><img alt="20161228_jeraldvacuum" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2825/34203652536_734d92124a.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald and Super Mummy]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33860331140/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161228_jeraldliedownbum"><img alt="20161228_jeraldliedownbum" border="0" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2840/33860331140_73078ed946.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald finding his way to odd places]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/33860331510/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161228_jeraldbeach"><img alt="20161228_jeraldbeach" border="0" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4174/33860331510_3a1820d907.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald and Mummy at the Bayan Mutiara beach]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-9383094672960952712016-11-29T01:50:00.000+08:002016-12-12T01:50:41.190+08:00Jerald at 10 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 10 months old on 28 November 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is crawl is very efficient now, exploring the apartment with ease.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31182778850/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldslide"><img alt="20161128_jeraldslide" height="400" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/129/31182778850_a7f3874a40_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald down the slide]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31516773376/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldpeekaboo"><img alt="20161128_jeraldpeekaboo" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/668/31516773376_d9dbc42f6e_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Peek-a-boo!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30745642243/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldjianna"><img alt="20161128_jeraldjianna" height="400" src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/241/30745642243_aa613e5588_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald and Jianna]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30745643323/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldstraw"><img alt="20161128_jeraldstraw" height="400" src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/501/30745643323_25e79578d9_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Straw fight!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30745641903/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldmess"><img alt="20161128_jeraldmess" height="300" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/324/30745641903_0fd0df6302_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald and his mess]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31182779650/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldfridge"><img alt="20161128_jeraldfridge" height="300" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/526/31182779650_ccd919b3ff_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald raiding the fridge]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31516773856/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldcoffeeshop"><img alt="20161128_jeraldcoffeeshop" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/31516773856_49691e2a3d_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald at the coffeeshop]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31182779090/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161128_jeraldposing"><img alt="20161128_jeraldposing" height="300" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/92/31182779090_f17d80b381_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-18633863403684844512016-11-01T01:43:00.000+08:002016-12-12T01:50:52.784+08:00Jerald at 9 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerald turned 9 months old on 28 October 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As of 1 November 2016, he weighed 8.4kg and was 73cm in length. There was an immunisation jab this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His crawl has improved but still not effectively crawling.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Makes lots of "deh" sounds.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Starting to stand on his own with support.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31182779950/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161028_jeraldporridge"><img alt="20161028_jeraldporridge" border="0" height="400" src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/367/31182779950_b360322282_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald enjoying his porridge]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30745642763/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161028_jeraldjulian"><img alt="20161028_jeraldjulian" border="0" height="400" src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/476/30745642763_c9ce3d3f7e_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald and Julian]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31182780400/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161028_jeraldbowlingpin"><img alt="20161028_jeraldbowlingpin" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/409/31182780400_72cf085f31_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Learning on the sofa]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30745643023/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161028_jeraldangrybirddoll"><img alt="20161028_jeraldangrybirddoll" border="0" height="300" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/63/30745643023_b2b47d024c_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald with an Angry Bird]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/31182780810/in/dateposted-public/" title="20161028_jerald"><img alt="20161028_jerald" border="0" height="300" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/438/31182780810_35dd2f6e97_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-3073332947447204272016-09-29T01:36:00.000+08:002016-10-21T01:36:14.990+08:00Jerald at 8 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerald turned 8 months old on 28 September 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He did not have any check-ups at the clinic nor any immunisations this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He has started to crawl but not very efficiently, more like alternating between being on all-fours and sliding on his tummy.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On 10 September 2016, we noticed 2 of his lower incisors have erupted.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He started to dislike cereals and so we have started boiling porridge.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30365294021/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160928_jeraldlaugh"><img alt="20160928_jeraldlaugh" border="0" height="400" src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5734/30365294021_b8ef69be92_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Something must be funny]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30451907295/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160928_jeraldhat"><img alt="20160928_jeraldhat" border="0" height="400" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5341/30451907295_6ffce68ab3_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald with his fashionable hat]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30153844040/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160928_jeraldhappy"><img alt="20160928_jeraldhappy" border="0" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5587/30153844040_945d66ec47_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald and Daddy]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30153844220/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160928_jeraldupsidedown"><img alt="20160928_jeraldupsidedown" border="0" height="400" src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5636/30153844220_05babe5161_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Wefie with Daddy]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30451907695/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160928_jeraldteeth"><img alt="20160928_jeraldteeth" border="0" height="400" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5615/30451907695_ff755fea72_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald's first teeth]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30365294241/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160928_jeraldhorseyride"><img alt="20160928_jeraldhorseyride" border="0" height="300" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5493/30365294241_c480319ed2_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Julian giving Jerald a horsey ride]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/30334922352/in/dateposted-public/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" title="20160928_jeraldpiano"><img alt="20160928_jeraldpiano" border="0" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5450/30334922352_60168cd22d_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald on the piano]</span><br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29819281233/in/dateposted-public/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" title="20160928_jeraldshelf"><img alt="20160928_jeraldshelf" border="0" height="300" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5664/29819281233_2a4ddd2833_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-31047870552715710562016-08-29T01:40:00.000+08:002016-09-23T01:40:22.236+08:00Jerald at 7 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 7 months old on 28 August 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As of 22 August 2016, he weighed 7.7kg and was 64cm in length (he did not seem to have grown longer). There was an immunisation jab this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While on his tummy, he can push himself to face different directions.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He loves gnawing on our fingers for sometime now. Perhaps he is teething.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He prefers being upright than lying down.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He likes to reach out and try to grab things.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29858130995/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160828_jeraldmummy"><img alt="20160828_jeraldmummy" border="0" height="400" src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8329/29858130995_6cd940c022_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald with Mummy]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29231696643/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160828_jeraldjianna"><img alt="20160828_jeraldjianna" border="0" height="400" src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8378/29231696643_434af47846_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald with Jianna]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29231696863/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160828_jeraldbitering"><img alt="20160828_jeraldbitering" border="0" height="298" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8049/29231696863_7e139a1321_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Mmmm... so yummy!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29858131175/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160828_jerald"><img alt="20160828_jerald" border="0" height="300" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8351/29858131175_3cf4da5d85_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-49960890611867805812016-07-29T02:00:00.000+08:002016-09-11T02:00:40.616+08:00Jerald at 6 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 6 months old on 28 July 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As of 20 July 2016, he weighed 7.2kg and was 64cm in length. There was an immunisation jab this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He ate his first solid food (some fine porridge) on 27 July 2016.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've decided that the screaming sound he makes is to express unhappiness!<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29507333571/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160728_jeraldfirstsolids"><img alt="20160728_jeraldfirstsolids" border="0" height="400" src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8332/29507333571_cd277f91c6_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald's first solids]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29507333001/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160728_jeraldmummy"><img alt="20160728_jeraldmummy" border="0" height="400" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8655/29507333001_2815579108_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald and Mummy]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29507332751/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160728_jeraldpout"><img alt="20160728_jeraldpout" border="0" height="300" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8263/29507332751_ca1ccd2e21_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald pouts]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/29507333271/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160728_jeraldjulian"><img alt="20160728_jeraldjulian" border="0" height="300" src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8332/29507333271_21d31be3f9_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald and Julian]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-29779342821941639522016-06-29T01:13:00.000+08:002016-07-20T01:14:18.384+08:00Jerald at 5 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 5 months old on 28 June 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As of 15 June 2016 (4.5 months), he weighed 6.7kg and was 62cm in length. No immunisation jab this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He can lift his head while on his tummy.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After consultation with a paediatric ophthalmologist for his earlier delay in tracking objects, the MRI scan is now not necessary.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When lying down on his back, he actively flips over on his tummy and sometimes back on his back again.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is making screaming sounds which we think is his way of trying to communicate something.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is showing signs of being sticky to certain people, resisting being carried by strangers.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/28414933425/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160628_jeraldrattle"><img alt="20160628_jeraldrattle" height="300" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8329/28414933425_d0f58a8820_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald holding a rattle]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/27797666134/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160628_jeraldheadgear"><img alt="20160628_jeraldheadgear" height="400" src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8875/27797666134_c0086c6244_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Travel pillow headgear]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/28131915480/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160628_jerald"><img alt="20160628_jerald" height="400" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8842/28131915480_0f8c4a5acf_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-44580526608381857842016-06-01T01:19:00.001+08:002016-09-23T01:41:14.419+08:00Jerald at 4 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerald turned 4 months old on 28 May 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As of 17 May 2016 (3.5 months), he weighed 6.00kg and was 59cm in length.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Still trying to lift his head while on his tummy. He generally still feels unconfortable being on his tummy.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He can now visually track and follow objects and faces quite well much to our relief. We are postponing a scheduled MRI scan pending further consultation with a paediatric ophthalmologist.
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since 8 May 2016, he has started flipping over from his back to his tummy but only a few times.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He has started laughing.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/27377929625/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160528_jeraldsmile"><img alt="20160528_jeraldsmile" height="300" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7152/27377929625_fcdae28818_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald smiling]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/27344072826/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160528_jeraldgrandma"><img alt="20160528_jeraldgrandma" height="300" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7537/27344072826_d09ba7d4d8_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald with Grandma]</span><br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/27280644052/in/dateposted-public/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" title="20160528_jeraldfrown"><img alt="20160528_jeraldfrown" height="400" src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7302/27280644052_15357ffbeb_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald frowning]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-6451702103029787382016-04-29T00:44:00.000+08:002016-05-10T00:44:41.062+08:00Jerald at 3 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 3 months old on 28 April 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His prolonged jaundice finally subsided on 31 March 2016 when his serum bilirubin (SB) level went down to 81µmol/L.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As of 12 April 2016 (2.5 months), he weighed 4.75kg and was 57cm in length.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His development updates:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Still trying to lift his head while on his tummy.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Has started his "ah-goos", and "ah-oos".<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can hold his head steady when upright.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blows lots of raspberries<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loves to suck his fists.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can bear some weight on his legs when held upright.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This month, we were somewhat concerned that he was not tracking objects well with his eyes. After consulting a pediatric ophthalmologist, everything seemed fine physically with his eyes. He's likely to be having delayed visual maturation (DVM). However, DVM is a diagnosis by exclusion, i.e. other factors need to be ruled out. Checks by other pediatricians and ophthalmologist also found his growth alright and his eyes normal. The neurologist suggested doing an MRI to be sure that his brain is processing what the eyes are seeing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26310213334/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160428_jerald"><img alt="20160428_jerald" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7488/26310213334_4c6945430c_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald looking surprised]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26848087251/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160428_jeraldlicklips"><img alt="20160428_jeraldlicklips" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/26848087251_4b4f193680_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-47285043968108200362016-03-29T00:37:00.000+08:002016-09-28T16:49:55.064+08:00Jerald at 2 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerald turned 2 months old on 28 March 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He was finally allowed to have is immunisation (delayed from his 1st month clinic visit) on 15 March 2016. He weighed 3.4kg and was 56cm in length. He also started a cough which he likely caught from the rest of the family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His jaundice was finally on a downward trend since 3 March 2015 and serum bilirubin (SB) level was 98µmol/L on 24 March 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerald started going to daycare since 21 March 2016 in view of Angie returning to work after maternity leave at the end of March 2016. Much to our surprise, since he had to be bottlefed expressed breast milk at the daycare centre, he was drinking quite a lot and the stock of expressed breast mild didn't last long. On 28 March 2016, he started drinking formula milk in addition to the daily supply of expressed breast milk.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26012769474/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160328_jeraldjulian"><img alt="20160328_jeraldjulian" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1644/26012769474_ec099e1735_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald and Julian in a friendly fight]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26552836281/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160328_jeraldraspberries"><img alt="20160328_jeraldraspberries" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1625/26552836281_a8125e8f92_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald blowing raspberries]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26525541692/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160328_jeraldpuckerlip"><img alt="20160328_jeraldpuckerlip" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1493/26525541692_8982b5d549_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald (Similar pose by his brothers: <a href="http://angiebart.blogspot.my/2007/06/julian-full-moon.html">Julian</a>, and <a href="http://angiebart.blogspot.my/2009/09/justin-full-moon.html">Justin</a>)]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-19644783673803576202016-03-04T00:44:00.000+08:002016-04-12T00:45:16.495+08:00Jerald at 1 Month Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jerald turned 1 month old on 28 February 2016.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The past month had been pretty eventful after Jerald was found to be having prolonged jaundice. It all started when the health nurse found him to be slightly yellow during the home visit when Jerald was 2 days old. Blood test results showed a serum bilirubin (SB) of 113µmol/L. SB levels fluctuated in the 200+ range and reached its highest 300µmol/L on 8 February 2016. From the health clinic, he was referred to Penang General Hospital for follow-ups. Blood tests, including liver function tests, were normal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His clinic visit was on 3 March 2016. He now weighs 3.2kg and is 52cm long. His scheduled vaccination was postponed due to his jaundice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We celebrated his full moon with lunch on 27 February 2016 in Penang.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26285088201/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160228_jerald"><img alt="20160228_jerald" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1674/26285088201_95b591738f_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25746456384/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160228_jeraldnomits"><img alt="20160228_jeraldnomits" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1643/25746456384_51c37331e4_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald with his mitts off: Ah! How liberating!]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26351315645/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160228_jeraldbouncinette"><img alt="20160228_jeraldbouncinette" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1714/26351315645_57cb94abb7_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald on the bouncinette]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26285087841/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160228_jeralddaddy"><img alt="20160228_jeralddaddy" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1556/26285087841_22e504dea9_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald with Daddy]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25748562643/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160228_jeraldgrands"><img alt="20160228_jeraldgrands" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1498/25748562643_117233fea4_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jerald with Grandma and Grandpa]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26325366926/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160228_family"><img alt="20160228_family" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1475/26325366926_8fa6d13fd2_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[The Six of Us: Our first family photo]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-69020571021301304002016-02-02T23:00:00.000+08:002016-09-28T16:51:01.134+08:00Jerald Comes Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerald was discharged in the evening on the same day he was born. After all the formalities, we finally arrived home with Jerald around midnight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26163527042/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldmummy"><img alt="20160131_jeraldmummy" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1710/26163527042_aa8645afe8_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald and Mummy]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25983122400/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldjianna"><img alt="20160131_jeraldjianna" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1554/25983122400_fa5733024e_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jianna eager to have a photo with Jerald]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25653296523/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldjuliancarry"><img alt="20160131_jeraldjuliancarry" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1491/25653296523_98f218df0d_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Julian carries Jerald]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25983121130/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldjustincarry"><img alt="20160131_jeraldjustincarry" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1668/25983121130_d15db1ac83_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Justin having a go]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26256206795/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldjiannacarry"><img alt="20160131_jeraldjiannacarry" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1496/26256206795_3d1701929d_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jianna all excited about carrying Jerald]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We prepared presents for Jerald to "present" to Julian, Justin, and Jianna. They were all very happy and excited!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26230044046/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldjuliangift"><img alt="20160131_jeraldjuliangift" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1541/26230044046_a9d3589a28_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald: Here are some books for you Julian kor kor]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26189709891/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldjustingift"><img alt="20160131_jeraldjustingift" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1685/26189709891_eb0f169f85_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald: Hope you like your Angry Birds Space set Justin kor kor]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/25983121310/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160131_jeraldjiannagift"><img alt="20160131_jeraldjiannagift" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1500/25983121310_a9f0889219_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald: A doll for you Jianna jie jie]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So far, Jerald has been feeding and sleeping well.</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-88487528970104418472016-02-01T00:54:00.000+08:002016-02-05T14:59:31.917+08:00Jerald's Arrival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are happy to announce the birth of our fourth child - Jerald, on 28 January 2016. Jerald weighed 2.7kg or about 6lb. He is 48cm in length with a head circumference of 32cm. He was delivered spontaneously at 38 weeks (about 1 1/2 weeks early).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Baby Jerald and Mummy Angie are doing fine, both were discharged from the Penang Hospital's maternity ward on the same day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerald is the fourth grandchild for Angie's parents, and the sixth for my parents (4 boys and 2 girls).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/24104308244/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160128_jerald"><img alt="20160128_jerald" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1463/24104308244_b9434bd609_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Jerald]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-6451895220198751592015-12-30T01:22:00.000+08:002016-01-10T01:23:51.089+08:00We're Pregnant with Number Four!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're expecting our fourth baby! Angie is now 34 weeks along and baby is due on Chinese New Year's day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From recent ultrasound scans, baby is a boy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/24248013446/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151229_Pregnant34weeks"><img alt="20151229_Pregnant34weeks" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1671/24248013446_fc042fe023_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Baby at 34 weeks: Measuring the head]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/24248013606/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151229_Pregnant34weeks2"><img alt="20151229_Pregnant34weeks2" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1530/24248013606_0b749933fe_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Baby at 34 weeks: Measuring the femur]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-84656089849910875082015-12-26T00:59:00.000+08:002016-05-14T01:00:09.366+08:00Justin at 77 Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Justin turned 77 months old on 25 December 2015. Here's a photo update.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26991339465/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151225_justinpresshair"><img alt="20151225_justinpresshair" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7713/26991339465_93a24495da_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Justin's pressed hair look]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26897081112/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151225_justinninjamask"><img alt="20151225_justinninjamask" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7735/26897081112_93a24495da_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Justin loves Ninja Turtles]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/26922833751/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151225_justin"><img alt="20151225_justin" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7747/26922833751_c388e8557b_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Justin]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-47892928023168027182015-11-30T01:26:00.000+08:002016-01-02T01:27:45.139+08:00Jianna at 44 Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jianna turned 44 months old on 30 November 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We learnt this month that Jianna can fasten the button on her dress by herself. Jianna credits Teacher O at her kindy with teaching her this skill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/23479564534/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151130_JiannaTiara"><img alt="20151130_JiannaTiara" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5636/23479564534_c326925916_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Our Little Princess]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/24025203551/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151130_JiannaPlasticineCookies"><img alt="20151130_JiannaPlasticineCookies" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1468/24025203551_0358c5aa60_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Cookies For Sale!]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/23739997749/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151130_JiannaFloor"><img alt="20151130_JiannaFloor" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5769/23739997749_0c0dd04b4a_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[All groggy... almost made it to the room...]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/23739997989/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151130_JiannaDaddy"><img alt="20151130_JiannaDaddy" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1658/23739997989_5ef520311e_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Jianna with Daddy]</span></div>
Barthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057467761150226056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849923.post-57923646276525431732015-11-29T01:11:00.000+08:002016-01-02T01:12:05.498+08:00Julian at 102 Months Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Julian turned 102 months old on 28 November 2015. Here's a photo update.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/24107598465/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151128_JulianTV"><img alt="20151128_JulianTV" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1543/24107598465_98dcdd548f_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Julian distracted...]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/23480829483/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151128_JulianHairPressed"><img alt="20151128_JulianHairPressed" border="0" height="400" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5634/23480829483_89ebb39c4a_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Julian's pressed-down hair]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiebart/23480829383/in/dateposted-public/" title="20151128_JulianMummy"><img alt="20151128_JulianMummy" border="0" height="300" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5664/23480829383_0c11396c09_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[Wefie with Mummy!]</span></div>
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