This is Our Journey... Malaysians in Canada
Starting in Vancouver BC since Fall 2006
And now in Kingston ON since Summer 2009
See it unfold as we share our stories and experiences from abroad
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Hair Cut Day
Another Saturday, another day with the family. Daddy took the kids out today after swimming classes at the UBC Aquatic Centre. The kids have swimming class every Saturday morning. |
The kids needed a haircut (and so did I), so we headed to Point Grey (which we call "The Near Safeway") by bike and had our haircut at Great Clips. It's always a hoot going out with the kids. |
After the haircut, we headed a couple short blocks north to a nearby playground. It's a pretty big playground, and the kids had fun. I took this chance to relax a little bit. |
But we couldn't stay long. It looked like it was gonna start raining soon, so we made our way back. Melur and Arman couldn't agree on a bike route, and threw a tantrum. But we made it through. |
Check out the video from after we got back from our trip: |
You'll notice from the video, one of the first things that Arman says is "But we didn't buy some tape". The kids love arts and craft, and they go through rolls and rolls of cellophane tape monthly (I would say weekly, but that would be exaggerating). And I mean rolls and rolls. We had to ration it out. They like drawing and then taping them up on the wall. You can see it in the video. Anyway, this was my fun Saturday with the kids... |
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Imax 3D - Dinosaurs
We made our second trip to Imax 3D today - Dinosaurs. We watched Deep Sea just last weekend. And we had so much fun last time, we just had to go again. |
There was nothing really different about this trip compared to our last. We made our way by bus to IMAX. We made it just in the nick of time (like we usually do). The movie wasn't as good as the last one though. I really liked the narration by Johnny Depp in Deep Sea. And that movie was more like a documentary with a message for the younger generation - Take Care Of Our Oceans. This one was filled with CGI. The kids were also a little scared, but not too scared. |
Anyway... you can watch this kids' reaction in the video below: |
Summer is ending soon. 2 more movies to go. |
Friday, July 18, 2008
Play at Kerrisdale
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Summer Friends
Seeing as it’s summer, a Melur and Arman spend quite a good deal outside with friends, I thought I’d take a few pictures, just to remind them how summer is when fall and winter come along. And since we live in university housing, this is the time families come and go as they enrol and graduate from UBC. We’ll be saying good-bye to some friends and hello to some new faces this summer. Here are some new faces, at least to me. Melur has been playing with Budoor and Salim quite often these past few days. I think they just arrived from Saudi Arabia recent. And hanging around with Melur also is Yan-Lin (pictured separately on the right). We see her often. She lives just across the playground. They’ll both be attending Grade 1 at University Hill Elementary this fall. |
Arman, Budoor, Melur and Salim |
Summer months are always fun. It’s been quite sunny. I love the weather. I hope it holds, and Melur and Arman can enjoy many afternoons with friends at Acadia Park. |
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Imax 3D: Deep Sea
Daddy found a deal on IMAX movies in the local paper a few days ago – 4 movies for CDN$25. So we set out today to watch our first IMAX 3D movie in Vancouver. Melur has seen one IMAX 3D movie back in Malaysia, called Polar Express. That was a pretty good movie, but I think Melur was too young to remember. |
The IMAX theatre is located at Canada Place, which is by the sea. It’s sort of a harbour for huge vacation cruisers. The theatre is actually way at the back, so we made our way up some stairs, and saw the docked cruiser. What a sight! |
On the way to IMAX |
Today we watched Deep Sea 3D. The movie was AWESOME!!! Very educational, which is always a plus for the kids (or the parents). Arman couldn’t stay in his seat. He’s actually very easily excited when watching intense situations. Both Melur and Arman reached out toward the screen, thinking that they could touch the 3D animals they saw in the movie. How funny is that? |
After the Movie |
Well… that was our first trip to IMAX. We have coupons for 3 more IMAX 3D movies. I wonder which one we’ll watch next. It expires at the end of summer, so we’ll be watching quite often for the next few weeks. Oh well… |
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Summer Fun
Daddy’s getting ready for another BBQ. We’ve had a few since we got the grill last month. Anywho… Arman is in his shorts, anxious to get wet again in these warm summer days. |
BBQ Fun and Arman in his Shorts |
Care to join us for some Summer Fun? |
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Arman is Wet Again
Well… after getting new Water Guns yesterday, the kids are at it. And Arman is all wet again, just like Last Time. Melur managed to stay dry, but she seems to be playing by herself. What about Tamara and Jaden? Everybody’s dry except for Arman. He’s having too much fun with the water. |
Arman Gets Wet |
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Water Guns
After watching Arman’s Water Gun Encounter, we decided that today would be the day we got the kids their water guns for the summer. Mommy promised them anyway. Daddy took the kids to Toys R Us to make a selection. |
We were in and out of Toys R Us in about 5 minutes. The water guns were displayed in the front, and the kids immediately knew what the wanted – a pair of really large water guns. They came packaged together. I guess nobody really ever wants ONE water gun. You’ll always want someone else to play with. |
And with no further delays, we made our way back home. And that was that. I wonder what kind of trouble the kids will get into with the new water guns. Watch how excited they are: |
Armed and Dangerous |
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Day at Magdalena’s
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Out with Arman on Canada Day
Today is Canada Day, a statutory holiday in BC (and the rest of Canada, I presume). For some odd reason, Melur doesn’t want to play with Arman today and established a “Boys and Girls” Club without any boys. Only Tamara and Yan-Lin are in the club with Melur. Poor Arman. He's pretty bummed about that… |
Melur's Boys and Girls Club |
I guess we’ll have to make our own little “Boys” Club. And so Arman and Daddy made our way out to run some errands, namely to get some Halal meat. Haha… We had a chance to bond as father and son. Arman was so well behaved today. I couldn’t help treating him with a smoothie from Booster Juice, here at the UBC Village. |
We made a short stop at Safeway for some groceries, before going to Shapla Meat Market, over on Broadway and Frasier. The butcher there knows us well, and was wondering why Melur didn’t come along. Oh well… We can have fun without her. And after all that was done, we made our way back by bus. And that was my afternoon with Arman. He’s so much fun. Happy Canada Day everyone! |
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