Sickening citizen

Everyday, MIL wokes up very early in the morning and had her morning walk with a group of aunties around the residential area. One morning, she told me her group of friends wanted to stop the morning walk session because of one incident.

The story goes............

MIL and her group of friends walking towards a slope, they saw a motorcyclist riding towards them in a very fast mode. Further up, there was an aunty shouting and waving at the motorcyclist and they thought the aunty knew the motorcyclist and have not finished their conversation. MIL and her group of friends tried to stop the motorcyclist buy he rode even faster and zoomed past them in a lightning mode.

They then walked towards that aunty and was only told that the motorcylist was a thief. As the aunty was all alone, this man approached her and introduced himself as a policeman. He requested to see the aunty's ID and whatever stuffs she have in her pockets. *Obviously, during morning walk the aunty won't be carrying her handbag. So whatever stuffs will be in her pockets*

The aunty did as instructed and took out everything in her pockets which consists of ID card, housekeys and RM60 + . The man initially took her ID and checked through it. Then he demanded for the money. The aunty was reluctant to give him but gave in later as she was afraid. Once the man took the money, he quickly returned the ID and rode the bike away and that was when MIL and her group of friends saw the man.

Scary.....................and sickening.

Aunty's money also he wanted to steal. Worse of all, it is only RM60+. Glad that he did not harm the aunty.

I roared !!!

Since hubby was still on medical leaves, he took care of the kids while MIL was busy with her own stuffs. Right after work I was so looking forward to go home and see the kids. As I reached, no one greeted me at the living room.

Nevermind.

I heard the kids' voices upstair. So I went up and was greeted by both . Their smiles were so sweet and I hugged them by saying "I Love You". They replied the same. I hug and tell them 'I Love You' everyday. They did the same.

But my smile on the face faded very fast.

As I stepped into the bedroom, I thought I went into the wrong room ! I almost couldn't recognized my bedroom. I thought Typhoon Megi or the Indonesia Tsunami visited my room. I saw hubby was at the computer table enjoying his computer games (somethings which he can only do on Sunday) and he was not bothered at all by the mess created by the kids!

I asked baby XJ who did it and I almost laugh out when she answered "PAPA" loud and clear.

YX rushed to interrupt and said mei mei did the mess. Then, mei mei started to point at koko. Finally, hubby paused his game for a while and said "I've already told both kids to clean up the mess before you comes back, but they did not" and gave me a smile before continuing his game.

Toys were everywhere on the floor. Books were everywhere on the floor. Puzzles were all dismantled and scattered everywhere on the floor. Even my bed were not spared as the bedsheet almost being pulled out. Pens and papers were everywhere too!

At that moment, I felt like screaming but no voice came out. I felt like canning them but can I cane hubby too? I felt like forcing hubby to clean up all the mess and shut down his computer by switching off the main switch but glad that I did not. I wish I have magic and with just a point, everything will be arranged neatly again.

**Breath in....breath out ** again.

I left the room and took my dinner. Glad that I have a great MIL who cooks dinner for all of us and once we reached home after work, dinner were readily served on the table.

After I ate, I fed the kids and wash the dishes.

I bath the kids and changed them into their pyjamas. I took bath and did the laundry.

Finally, back into the room, I get the kids to clear up all the mess and of course I loose my patience. I shouted at them asking them to speed up. I felt so pressured as the clock were ticking away. I wanted YX to sleep early as he has school the next morning but I want them both to clear up the mess rather than me doing it myself. Both kids were enjoying 'playing' while picking up their toys. It took them almost 30 minutes to clear up all the mess with their slow motion tactic.

Once both slept, the room were so peaceful. By looking at their sleeping faces, I felt so glad that I did not cane them or slap their butt. I'm glad I have both of them in my life.

Hubby ? I did not talk to him that night. I went to bed right after I did my stuffs and he knew I was angry. The next day, he got the kids to clear up their mess before I came back and he even told me proudly that the kids did their job with his intructions.

Monsters

The other weekends, we brought the kids to do some window shopping together with my parents. As we walked past the cosmetic departments, a large poster caught YX's attention.

It was a lady putting up thick make up with her hair beautifully design to suite the theme. She was on BLACK color eye shadow, RED lipstick and DARK BLUE design on her cheek.

YX loudly exclaimed "Mama, look. MONSTER !"

I can't help myself laughing but at the same time, explained to YX that it is a make-up advertisement. This is call 'art'.

And there came a huge waves of questions pouring onto me. Why make up? What is make up?How she make-up ? Why black color? Why like this? Why like that?

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My 2 little precious

Whenever I look back at their photos, a big smile will plastered on my face instantly.

Love to see them sharing a chair and don't mind sticking to each other. Love how the koko always take care of the baby sister and how the baby sister listen to her brother when communicating.

I know both of them are super active but I really DO MIND when people around me constantly REMINDING me of how NAUGHTY they are.....

If kids are not naughty, are they still kids ?

As long as we, the parents know where our lines are, I just hope people will just leave it to us to DISCIPLINE them ourselves.

Why?

Because we knows them BETTER than anyone else. We UNDERSTAND them deeper than anyone else. We TREASURED them more than anyone else.

To us, they are our PRECIOUS....nothing can be replaced with. Our BUNDLE OF JOY and the ROOT in our life.

Do I sound unhappy here? Obviously I'm, but I know this day will soon past when both of them grows up later. I need to be patience as life is too short for us to keep those unhappy moments inside.

**breath in....breath out...**

Just a minor one....

Hubby's upper back (towards left side) had a small cyst since a few years ago. Initially, it was not bothersome to him. But recently, he felt some sharp pain whenever he accidentally rub against it. So he decided to see a doctor.

Yesterday, he took a half day leave which eventually turned out he was now on a week medical leaves.

Once the doctor examined, he assured that it was just a small and normal case. Nothing serious at all. Doctor believed it was a blocked duct which formed the cyst. Thus, a minor operation was required to get rid of that cyst before it gets bigger.

Doctor asked if hubby wanted to have the operation NOW or on a scheduled date? Before we could answered, doctor advised hubby to get it done NOW as there will be no added benefits if to wait for a later date. In additions hubby might feel stress or perhaps sleepless night before the operations date. Is that a PUSH or a great advise?

Anyhow, due to hubby's work and time constraint (2 workers will be leaving next month), hubby decided to have the operation immediately so he will be fit to work by next month.

Doctor said it will be a minor operations (only takes about 30 minutes) and hubby does not even need to be warded. He can even goes back to work in 2 to 3 days time. Once doctor knew hubby will be covered by the Insurance, he was even delighted to have the operations done. He even asked if hubby wanted to have a 2 weeks medical leaves so we can go for a vacations! *faint*

*** FAST FORWARDED ***

After the ops hubby rested at the Day Care Suite for about 2 hours before he was declare fit to be 'discharged'. The doctor showed us the cyst which was as big as a 10 cents coin with about 0.5 inch thick. The cyst will be sent to the lab for further test and the result will be out by next week. Now, hubby is resting at home.

Clumsy girl

Baby XJ is our house little chatty box. Besides that, she is also our house CLUMSY girl.

Many times, while walking, she will suddenly tripped and fell. Sometimes, if she did not knock on anything or are not in pain, she will stand up smiling.

But sometimes, when she accidentally knock her head on the floor or chair or table or whatever item nearby, she will be wailing so LOUD with tears streaming down her face.

Sometimes I wonder if she is dreaming or she has not master the skill of walking? But that's impossible because she can already run so fast.

The other day, she fell down in the bathroom and knock her head. Luckily nothing serious happened. She knew she had to wear slipper when entering the bathroom. But not too sure why she did not wear and just as I shouted "SLIPPERY, SLIPPERY", she fell. I don't even have the time to rush to her aid. Poor baby.

Yesterday, while walking in the living room, suddenly she fell again, knocking her head on the sofa. I supposed it is not painful because she could still stand up and smile to us. LOL ! But being a girl, she is so 'manja'. When I went over to sooth her head, she started to make the whining sound. So I asked her "Is it painful?" and she said "NO". haha

I just hope she won't get herself injured. What a clumsy girl. ^_^

Water Park @ Pedas

******* There will be NO PHOTOS in this post. *************

Last Sunday, we brought the kids to the water park at Pedas for some fun. It was our 1st time to this water park. We did not plan for this at all. That explained why there were no photos because I was 'kelam-kabut' doing packings and forgot all about the CAMERA! Anyway, we will sure be going back again soon as the price are reasonable and most importantly, we enjoyed so much! Even under the scorching sun.

My parents came up to Seremban over the weekends. At first, we wanted to invite them to have lunch together. Then, hubby who suddenly had the MOOD suggested why not we bring the kids to the water park and get my parents to join us. Since that Sunday I do not have anything to do, of course I agreed!

After lunch, we drove all the way to Pedas (about 20 - 30 minutes drive from Seremban) at around 1 pm. Imagine the hot afternoon sun. Glad that there were shades around the park and while we were dipping in the water, we do not feel hot at all.

That day was YX's first time on the water slide and was glad that he dare to sit on it. He hesitated at first. But after much persuasion from us, he tried. He enjoyed so much. However, he must hold on to gong gong's hand whenever we were inside the pool. He was so clingy to gong gong.

On the other hand, Baby XJ was a daring lad. She doesn't even want us to hold her hand while in the water. She explored on her own and was not afraid of the dropping water from the nearby mushroom - liked fountain. She walked in and out enjoying every drop of water that wets her hair and face. She screamed in joy.

That was certainly a great Sunday. We hope to do this again soon, if both kids are healthy (meaning no cough / flu). Dipping in the water during such hot weather is so refreshing !

Price

Adult : RM10 per pax

Child : RM8 per pax (below 135 cm)

Senior citizen : RM5 per pax

No Peace

Last week, my in laws were outstation and we went to have dinner at a nearby shop. Eating OUT with KIDS were NOT EASY. I almost felt like asking hubby to 'ta pau' back so I can eat in peace. At least the kids have their cartoon or toys to entertain themselves back at home.

Once seated, hubby ordered the food while I was busy 'serving' my 2 little bosses.

FIRST, Baby XJ wanted a pair of fork and spoon. I gave her. YX saw and wanted the same. I gave him.

While playing with the fork and spoon, baby XJ requested to pee. I got to bring her to the toilet. YX wanted to pee as well.....so we went together. (Note: both already eased themselves before we left home).

Soon, the waitress brought some porcelain cups and 1 plastic cup for us. (There were 2 kids. Wonder why the waitress only gave 1 plastic cup). Obviously, I gave Baby XJ the plastic cup. YX saw, and requested to have the same plastic cup. Hubby went to take at the counter since the waitresses were busy.

YX poured his drink into the saucer and drink from there. Baby XJ saw and wanted to follow her koko. I had to make sure she does not wet her shirt.

When the food finally arrived, baby refused to eat her rice (she already had her meal at home earlier) and just wanted to 'play' with her drink. I still have to keep an eye on her.

YX ate half way and said he was full. Actually he also wanted to 'play' with his drink.

When I was half way eating, baby XJ wanted to pee again! I was so furious and said "NO, you just went earlier. Go home first." Not satisfy, she wanted to climb up from her baby chair!!!!

Hubby quickly went to carry her and she requested to wash her hand. So hubby brought her to the toilet again. YX saw and said he wanted to wash his hands as well. *faint*

Once back to the table, baby XJ refused to sit on her baby chair. She wanted to roam on her own. Luckily YX sat quietly on the table because I told him many times already don't simply walk around in a restaurant as the waiters/waitresses might knock onto him with hot dishes / soup in their hand.

SIGH! I quickly gulped down whatever was on my plate while hubby settled the bill.

Baby the chatter box

The other night while I was accompanying baby XJ to sleep......

Baby XJ : Woou woou, call mama

*while holding her Patrick looking at me*

She repeated a few times hoping Patrick will talk. To entertained her..........

Me : Mama

*pretending to be Patrick*

Baby XJ : *nod head* Woou woou.....kiss mama.... *bringing Patrick to kiss me*

haha......baby oh baby.........

Recently, she had became more and more chatty. She can speak in longer sentences and can use the You & Me correctly (with some mistake at times).

When we wanted to bring her out, we will asked her to pee first. She will quickly ran to the potty and said "WAIT ARR" while showing the wait sign with her tiny hand.

When hubby and I were watching tv, she will come and interrupt and said " I want cartoon".

Loves to hear her talk !

Every morning .........

...............I will have to deal with this lazy bum. No matter how early he slept the night before, he will have problem to wakes up in the next morning. And he will drink his MILK with his EYES CLOSED. haha

When there is still time, I will let him daydream a little bit while brushing his teeth..........

But when time is running out ...............

..... he will need to multi task while showing his grumpy old man's face.

Eeewwww.........

Still remember the incident where my 2nd toe was being caught under the door somewhere last month? You can read it here.

Anyway, on the 7 October (after nearly 1 month) as I was walking, I felt uneasy (no pain). Just feeling something was not right. I quickly took a sit and check on my toe nail. This is what I saw..............

Part of my toe nail is ripping off with the bottom still intact. Eeeewwwwww .............

Hubby asked me to peel it off. He said if it were to be him, he will sure pull it off rather than let it hanging there.

I wish to....but am too scare to do so. I even 'plan' to wrap it up with plaster. haha......to avoid any further accident which might just pull out my nail.

A few days later, my nail finally drop off by itself. Now, I had an ugly looking toe ....... ;(

Diarrhoea

Last week, YX and I had a bout of diarrhoea. All family members were fine except for the 2 of us. So we can't blame on the food we took. Maybe our digestive systems were poorer.

Anyway, both of us visited the doctor and was given some medications.

ORS for both YX and I.

Since doctor said we do not experience vomiting, there is not much of a worry. YX's stools were 'creamy' instead of watery and he was active as usual. Just that he will goes to the toilet at odd hours for that whole week. Sometimes at 4.30 am, sometimes at 5.30 am and sometimes at 7 am. Sometimes it will be in the afternoon and evening too. Whenever he had stomachache, he will have the urge to poo. Sometimes, he will poo for 2 - 3 times a day. *I still sent him to school as usual because he does not looked sick*

Mine was really a diarrhoea. It was watery and I released a lot of gases as well. The stomach was churning. Just like the spinning mode of a washing machine. I had to visit the toilet for about 5 - 6 times a day. It was terrible. So doctor prescribed some medicine for me on top of the ORS.

Charcoal Tablets.

It was tasteless and ugly. But it helps! As charcoal is known for its absorption, I believe this medicine helps to absorb all the bad bacterias in the stomach. After taking about 2 -3 tablets, I can see improvement. This is the 1st time I seen this medicine.

While talking to mum over the phone, she advised me on a home remedy to cure diarrhoea.........

Teh O

Drink about 2 - 3 cups a day (warm).

I'm not too sure how effective this thing would work because I was also on medications, but mum and dad tried them before and said they works wonder too. Since I do not have any tea leaves at home / office (only got Chinese Tea leaves), I did not try this home remedy earlier. Only upon recovery, I 'tapau-ed' from the coffeeshop and drank it just for the sake of my mum's advise. Perhaps I should try this home remedy in future before going to the doctor. *But touch wood........hope no more diarrhoea*

Childhood 'keropok'

It has been more than 15 years since I did not eat this 'keropok' . Recently, when I saw this 'keropok' picture from my friend's blog, it just bring back so much of childhood memories.

This is actually a tapioca 'keropok' spread with some dark soy sauce. Those days, we can only find this 'keropok' during the Chinese 7th month - Hungry Ghost Festival. During the 'poh tor' period, my brother and I will pestered our parents to bring us to the open field just to buy this 'keropok' while enjoying watching some very old movies under the open sky. Mum being a health freak always limit our intake of such 'junk food' :(

All these years, I can't seems to find this 'keropok' anywhere and that explained why I've not been eating them for so long. Recently, my friend who went back to her hometown in Batu Pahat, Johor saw an old aunty was selling them. Looks like I will have to make a plan to visit Batu Pahat soon........... I missed my birth place too.

He is 1 year WISER today

Today, someone grows a year wiser. Initially, I had a plan to make a cake for him. What else, the ice cream cake of course. Haha....it is the only recipe I know. Not with cookies based but with swiss roll. Due to some health reasons (can't take sweet stuffs), I dropped that idea and substitute with bread instead. This was our lunch today. Something different from our everyday RICE.

I spread some planta and toasted the bread

Add some fresh and cool cucumbers and tomatoes slices.

Oven toasted beef burger meat and topped with Bombay Onions (those yellow color type). I wanted to buy chicken meat but the shop does not have any stock.

Juicy beef burger meat.

But look at the amount of oil oozed out from the meat. Gosh! Can't have this too often, lest we might get heart attack.

Fresh otak otak from Muar, Johor. Mum bought this for us last month and was kept in the freezer.

Oven toasted it.

And topped with some Bombay onions and toasted for another 5 minutes.

Otak-otak sandwiches

Beef sandwiches

Happy Birthday, Roommate !

Ho Chi Minh City - Day 6 (30 Aug '10) Part 2

After checked out from the hotel, we left our baggages at the lobby and our guide accompanied us to walk to the nearest KFC outlet for our lunch. Not much of a difference from the KFC over here.

At around 1.30pm, the driver came and picked us up for our very last tour. Since our flight was scheduled at 7.30pm, our guide suggested to bring us to visit the Reunification Palace (not in our Itinerary).

Click here for more info.

At the beginning of the tour, YX was very cheerful. Maybe due to the very hot weather (in the afternoon), YX suddenly turned bad mood and complaint of sleepy. The doting grandfather volunteered to accompany YX at the entrance while we continued with the tour. Initially, I insisted to stay with YX and let dad join the tour but dad refused. To avoid any further arguments, I joined the tour instead. haha

Once we finished the tour (about 20 - 30 minutes), I quickly headed to the entrance and found YX was already fast asleep on dad's comfortable and fleshy thigh. By 4pm, our driver came and picked us up to the airport.

We arrived early. The check - in counters were not open yet. Since YX was already fully awake and his battery fully charged, D took him on a joyride on the baggages trolley around the airport.

Soon.....we were in the plane for a safe journey back home. YX slept again in the plane......so did I.

.... and once we arrived at LCCT (around 10.30pm), he gave us this look. Tired and moody !

Hubby came and picked us up at the airport and we went for a very late dinner cum supper.

~ THE END ~

Horror experience at the bargain corner

While browsing through some children shoes at one of the stall in Ben Thant Market, a pair of shoes caught my attention. I picked up that pair to have a closer looked and a FAT AUNTY came forward and pointed at YX saying he may fits into the shoes (in broken English).

Automatically, I asked "How much ?" and she replied " 500,00 dong " = RM80. Upon hearing the price, I put down the shoes and said "It's ok, Thank you" and walked away. This FAT AUNTY was unhappy and grabbed my hand while demanding me to name a price for the shoes. She kept on saying "How much you want, How much you want?".

Dad who was standing a few steps away saw and walked towards us. Dad spoke to me in Hokkien and asked me what's wrong. I was surprised that the FAT AUNTY understand Hokkien and can even speak in Hokkien. She told dad that I should give her a price for the shoes and not asked for the price and just walk away.

To my horror, this FAT AUNTY pinched my arm and mumbling in Hokkien "Don't buy, then don't ask".

In my defensed or rather natural reflexed , I pinched her back and told her off. How could she be so RUDE to a customer and simply pinched people.

We walked off.

To think back, lucky that FAT AUNTY did not bring her group of 'ji mui' (sisters) to chase after us since we were at her territory. What a horror experience !

Ho Chi Minh City - Day 6 (30 Aug '10) Part 1

Finally, our holidays were going to end. The very last day in Ho Chi Minh was our free & easy. We visited the Ben Thant Market again for some last minute shopping.

YX posing in the middle of the market.

One of the stalls in the market.

Looking at their prices with so many zeros, I lost count. haha. RM1.60 = 10,000 dong. Lucky dad was with us as he has very good mental calculations. He is just like our walking calculator. Besides, D even wrote out the conversions in a piece of paper from 10,000 dong up till 1 million dong for our easy reference. We became instant millionaire when we were in Vietnam. haha

In Ben Thant Market, there were 2 parts. One with FIXED prices and the others can bargain. We opted for the FIXED prices so we does not need to bargain. Language was a barrier. Not all know how to speak Mandarin or English. So it will be a duck and chicken talk. As long as the items we wanted are within our budget / we felt it is reasonable or worth paying, we are fine. And dad wanted to shop in peace. Take, look and pay. Between, there was a signboard showing the FIXED PRICE logo and the staffs wore blue color uniform (like the lady above).

After shopping at the FIXED price area, we still have some time and decided to window shop at the bargain area. Something happen to me over there. I will blog about it in the next post.

Back to the hotel, we do our last minute packing, bath and ready to check out. Before we left, I asked YX to wear the bath robe for a photo shot.

Check-out time is at 12 noon. At the hotel lobby, we were glad there was a weighing machine. We quickly got all our baggages weighed and was shocked that our baggages were 13 kg overweight. Since we do not have much of hand luggages, we took out some stuffs to be our hand luggages and the remaining for check-in. Finally, we managed it! Between, the bags behind the weighing machine are not ours.

Note : As we took Air Asia, baggages were being paid online (cheaper) and we did not buy extra or rather enough for the 7 of us.

Ho Chi Minh City - Day 5 (29 Aug '10) Part 3

This was consider our last dinner in Ho Chi Minh City. We had it on a cruise ship.

A few woman sailors welcoming guests at the jetty

YX and dad had a photo taken. The only time where YX smiled properly for his photo taken.

Steamed fish

Fried drumstick and Vietnamese rolls.

Stir fried vege, fried taufu and some kind of fried stuffs.

In most of the restaurant we ate, rice were being served in this type of big bowl

Obviously, the food were LOUSY. Initially, we thought it was a buffet spread but turned out to be prearranged. The fried chicken were so tough (just like being fried over and over again) and the vege were overcooked. Those fried stuffs were nothing to shout about. Just some cold storage stuffs. We were being served with soup too and that does not taste good either.

In the middle of our meal, the cruise departed and some fireworks were being lighted at the jetty.

Then, came a young sexy lady doing a live performance.

She was asking if anyone needed to light up a cigarette. There were 2 man walked forward and the lady put the fire into her mouth whereby the man will light up their cigarette from there. And of course, have to pay her tips.

I noticed this beautiful fish-shaped cruise from the other side. Too bad I used flash and the picture did not turned out nice.

Overall, we did not enjoyed the cruise at all. We were not full and requested for the guide to buy us some burgers from the fast food outlet on the way back to the hotel. In Ho Chi Minh, there is no McDonald but they have Lotteria (a Korean brand fast food outlet) selling burgers. Click here for more info. No photo was taken because we wallop everything once in the hotel room. The taste is similar to any fast food outlet's burger. If you like fast food, then you will like Lotteria.

After the burger, we had a walk around the town. We had a great experience by crossing the busy road without a guide! haha....it was challenging at first, but we remembered what the guide told us. WALK and DON'T RUN. That was her advise. Because the motorists will slow down and some even stopped for us to cross. Then we realized that was how the Vietnamese crossed the road. They WALK in normal pace with both their hands swing relaxingly and the motorists eventually stop for them to cross.

Busy road full of motorbikes

Ho Chi Minh City - Day 5 (29 Aug '10) Part 2

After our lunch at the Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown, we proceeded to the Thien Hau Temple. Click here for more info.

Beautiful porcelain decorated the roof of the temple.

Hundreds of huge incense burner hung on the ceiling. One is required to make a wish and write it down on a piece of red color paper, and tie on the incense before it was hang up.

The not feeling well YX is finally back in action ! After the dose of panadol, he was energetic again.

My little tauke resting on a huge chair inside the temple.

As it was still too early for dinner, the guide suggested us to do some shopping at the famous Ben Thant Market. Click here for more info. Since our hotel was just a few meters away, we can walk back on our own and get ready for the guide to pick us up again for dinner.

While in the van, YX requested to go back to the hotel. He said he was tired. Dad and mum volunteered to accompany him. I felt so bad. Half of me wish to shop, while another half, I knew I got to take care of my own son rather than having my parents to do it for me. I pestered YX to follow me to the market but he refused.

Then i bribed him! haha.....I said I will buy him a toy ( IF ) I can find something suitable for him. Right after he heard the word 'TOY', YX immediately agreed and said he wanted to go shopping !

Since YX did not eat much in the whole day due to lost of appetite, I bought him some cheese bun from the market. While mum was buying some cashew nuts (next to the bakery), YX borrowed a chair from the vendor and enjoyed his bun. I took a bite, and was hooked and unconsciously finished up the whole bun. haha.... One pack have 5 mini buns, so YX still have plenty for himself. The man later showed us he was using 'Laughing Cow' cheese. No wonder the cheese bun was so so so delicious ! In the hypermarket over here, the Laughing Cow cheese is quite pricey. Moreover, the bun was soft and fluffy with no yeast smell. Delicious !

After some shopping, we had some drinks at one of the stall inside the market. The guide told us ealier that their coffee shops were divided into 3 category. The LOW class (which we were having - low chair), the MIDDLE class (open air cafe with higher chair) and UPPER class (with air-con. Something like the Starbucks). In Ho Chi Minh, I did not see any Starbucks Cafe but they have Highlands Coffee which I think is similar to the Starbucks.

By the way......No, I did not get YX any toy because nothing is suitable for him and I was glad he did not make any fuss about it.

Coming up next, dinner in the Cruise.