A Homemaker’s Diary

When was the last time you received a physical Hari Raya card from anyone? A Raya greeting card from bank or insurance agent won’t count..haha!

Think back about the glory of receiving and sending Hari Raya cards, back in the days when people actually make effort to write a few meaningful words in a carefully chosen greeting cards, write the recipients address on the envelope, queue up at the post office counter to buy stamps, lick the stamp and post the cards.

I feel sad that friends and family no longer have the courtesy to do so. Everyone is so busy with their everyday life, as if everything else is no longer important.

Relationship needs effort to flourish and it has to be mutual.

When you see this picture, what do you notice? The blue sky or the white cloud? Well, this is not really any trivia question. We were on our first plane ride as family recently. Dear Son was not so thrilled and decided to stay on Mama’s lap instead of sitting in his seat, and later fell asleep till we touched down.

But on the way home, he was OK with sitting on his seat, but still fell asleep till we reached LCCT. And when we walked down the tarmac, he noticed the other airplane. I think he just realized that we were on different kind of transportation than the usual Abah’s car..haha!

Well, son, we have to wait till next year to go on another airplane ride. Hopefully by that time you will be excited and amazed to see all this picturesque blue sky and white cloud.

Even on short vacation, I can be really restless. In May when we went to PD for a short trip, I decided to rent the crab net from the hotel. Here is the picture of the first crab we managed to catch during the night.

This is how the crab net looks like. There’s a hook on the top part of the net where you will put the bait, we were given squid and chicken pieces. I think if there’s like 2 or 3 more hooks the chances to catch more crabs will be bigger…not that I have any intention to eat them, given how dirty the bottom of the sea floor is under the hotel..huhu!

The morning on the day when we were supposed to check out, I checked the net and found 2 crabs. This time they were blue crabs. One lost its claw while trying to release itself from the net. I was so guilty when I released them back into the water but later found out that the claws can grow back..sigh!

The crab net comes with a long rope which you have to haul down the balcony railing into the murky sea water.

We tried fishing as well, but we have no luck catching any fish.

As you walk into the exhibition area for herbivore dinosaurs, you will be greeted with these bones structure of (real fossils?) dinosaur. I didn’t get to read about it as I tried my best to walk around in the exhibition area and take as much pictures as possible before my son cried for me.

Check out this funny looking, kepala gondol dinosaur..haha! I think its name is Pachycephalosaurus based on the picture of the information board I took next.

There are more pictures of herbivore dinosaurs to be posted later. Just need to find the time to edit them.

Come on parents, you still can make it to Pusat Sains Negara Dino Alive exhibition. It ends this coming 12 June 2011.

I found the last two pictures of carnivore dinosaurs while editing pictures for herbivore dinosaurs.

This reminds me of movie Jurassic Park. I remember watching it in cinema in the year 1996..how time flies.

Pity this dinosaur being tied like that. He must be very fierce and dangerous..haha!

For those who are still looking for ideas to do and places to go this school holiday, take your children to Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre). This Dino Alive exhibition is being extended till 12 June 2011.