Airborne!

10:44am Toronto time, during flight
Okay Blogger, you better not let me down!

Running on just an hour of sleep, I must say I'm pretty awake! This morning, we were supposed to get to the airport by 5am to be on the safe side (I didn't know what to expect at security check since I have several containers of food for Cur exceeding 100mL) but we didn't get to leave until after 5! So much for that idea, lol.

Despite checking in yesterday and printing off our boarding passes AND making sure that it was okay that the AC ticketing agent screwed up and placed Cur's seat with 太上文太 instead of me, we STILL had problems! First, the stupid machine didn't print my luggage tags, then we had to line up to check in again, then at the gate I was given attitude for Cur's seat being wrong! Stupid AC.

So instead of priority boarding, we ended up being one of the last to board the plane. Sheesh!

As per normal, I ask for water and Gravol right before take off and just as I wanted to take a sip of my much needed hydration, Curtasee spilled the entire cup of water on my lap! 真係唔知好嬲定好笑!

Our plane took off at about 8:12am and much to my surprise, Curtasee has been behaving pretty well on this flight so far. I'm definitely keeping my fingers crossed though. It's a long ride still.

Call me a moron though. Since our flight stops in Vancouver, meals aren't included unless you show you're going to Hong Kong. Well stupid me didn't hear the "if" part so I was left without food...sigh. Will know better for next time. (11:15am)

12:37pm, during flight
We're now landing in Vancouver. So far the ride has been decent since this flight isn't full. The next one will be really crowded though. (12:40pm)

11:41am Vancouver time (2:41pm Toronto time), Vancouver international airport
We're back on the same plane now and 13.5 hours later we will be in Hong Kong! This flight is so full it's not even funny. A lot of the carry ons need to be checked since there's absolutely no space left. Good thing for priority boarding.

Hong Kong here we come! (11:45am)

1:02pm, during flight
Sigh, as if I have the ability to jinx everything. CLM isn't really cooperating. Because the flight is full, I'm not lucky enough to have an empty seat next to me. Cur kept going into the lady's things! He started bawling when I wouldn't let him grab her tea. Now I sent him over to 太上文太so I can at least eat my pretzels in peace. Oh dear Lord I can still hear him. Sigh. This is going to be a long flight. (1:08pm)

1:35pm, during flight
I just wolfed down a lunch of chewy coleslaw, salty chicken with baby pasta and a chocolate mousse that tastes more like whipped topping that Starbucks used for their mocha cookie crumble frappuccino. I don't think I've ever eaten lunch that quickly. My intentions were to finish in record time so I can relieve whichever grandma it is back there that has Cur. BUT! My efforts are wasted, I burned my tongue for nothing as Mr Man's mom refused to give me back MY son because he fell asleep. I asked many times but she still refused. So she's sitting there, eating with her left hand, Cur looking retarded in the position he's sleeping in and me being persistent and she wouldn't give him up. Meanwhile, the bassinet in front of me is empty and the flight attendants are all wondering what happened to Cur. I'm not impressed. (1:42pm)

3:00pm, during flight
Napped on and off for an hour. Now wondering if I should go get Curtasee back, lol. (3:01pm)

The sky's not really that blue...lol

Here Comes Curzilla!

This is it!  Today is the day Curtasee goes to HK!  I'm so excited, except we're leaving for the airport in 3 hours and I'm still not packed yet.  Aiya~

I'm kinda nervous too, since it's CLM's first trip.  I'm afraid I might forget to pack something, or certain things will get lost, or squished... maybe I'm just too excited to go, haha.  Been getting butterflies in my stomach since the weekend too.  Sigh, was never this nervous when I traveled with Tinlop.  Sheesh.

Finished week 2 so I won't get too behind while away

Last week was pretty uneventful except for booking the flight.  Most time was spent getting stuff ready and totally psyching myself out for the trip.  I plan to blog throughout the 3 weeks and hopefully can keep up.

Anyway, off to pack or I ain't going nowhere, lol.

T-4!

Only four more days before CLM flies to Hong Kong!  Wah!

A week ago, I found out AC was having a seat sale and combined with Tinlop's discount code, I managed to score tickets (that were supposed to be $1,800+ as per end of December when I last checked) for $1,257!  If only I had booked a few hours earlier, we could have gotten the tickets for almost $100 less.  Aiya, and two days before the sale ended the seats to HK were all gone already.  Yikes!  Unfortunately, 文生 couldn't get time off so he'll miss CLM's first birthday as well as our anniversary.  Yes, my bad and horrible timing.  :(  We will Skype on the day of and celebrate when we come back.  Promise!

I'm so excited!

I hope the Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit is still on when I come back from HK.  Wanna see the Futalognkosaurus in action.
Now try saying that three times fast.  Foo-what?  Never mind.

I was texting back and forth with Edward the other day and the following conversation made me LOL:

Ed: So Curtis first bday in HK?
Me: Yup, haha.  How's that for a birthday present huh?  Lol
Ed: He's too young to appreciate it... he might be more excited if you give him an avocado

lol...so true...

Minimalist

Here's to a brand new start to Project 365!  I'm so happy that I kept up and finished last year's P365 and although some weeks were completely CLM dominated (well, he was the subject of most my life last year, lol), I'm pretty satisfied with most of my pages.

This year, I think I'm going to take on a different approach to scrapping the photos.  Inspired by "one little word", which seem to be all the rave in blogsphere these days, I'm going to stick with mine: minimal.  After all, less = more a lot of the times.  So, I will stick with simple layouts, simple embellishments and minimal flare but still lots of journalling (or I shall try, lol).

With my OLW in mind, I finished my P365 cover page in record time!

My one little word:  MINAMAL

Hopefully I can finish scrapping my first two weeks soon.  I don't want to fall behind!

New Year, New Beginnings

... and that's a wrap!  Twenty twelve is over already!  I'm happy to say I've accomplished quite a bit in the past year.  I've turned a new page in life by welcoming my dear CLM, conquered a short bout of PPD, successfully finished P365, and discovered a new appreciation for those around me, especially Mom.  Not to sound cliché, but I LOVE YOU MARMAR!

So!  Catching up with where I left off: CLM has not been sleeping very well again!  What's new? Last night, he woke up at 12:45am and didn't go back to sleep until after 3am.  Then he woke up this morning at 6:30am.  I have no idea how this boy can go with such little sleep.  Not that he makes up for it during the day at nap time either.  He's the first baby I've met who developed dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep.  WHAT am I going to do with him?!?

Parties amongst parties to screw up CLM's already screwed up sleeping schedule.  Poor CLM.

Christmastime is always an excuse to get together with friends and family to eat and chill so poor CLM's schedule was all screwed up!  Since the oyster party at Karen's, where he got freaked out from all the people, he's been crazy clingy and kept waking up multiple times at night.  Funny thing is, he will wake up, climb up the side of his crib and stand there yelling for me to go get him.  The other night was pretty freaky when I happened to look over to his crib in the dark, and suddenly see a little hand reach over the railing.  Totally reminded me of some random horror flick.  Then his little head poked up.  哎呀, 阿媽心血少啊!

Besides babbling at a mile a minute, nonstop "boo" 口水, CLM does the funniest goodbye gesture.  It's very 含蓄.  We call it "含蓄的拜拜".  So 含蓄 and so cute!  He still likes long, thin sticks in which he can pass from hand to hand and rap on hard surfaces to make sounds.  When he's up to it, he'll occupy himself by throwing an object like a highlighter across the room, crawling up to it to pick it up, then throw it in the opposite direction so he can crawl towards it again.  Keeps repeating it over and over until the highlighter ends up somewhere where he can't reach, lol.

Food wise, CLM is still an avid avocado lover.  Still enjoys eating his plain, unflavoured yogurt, his Mum Mum crackers and recently started liking blueberries and Cheesestrings!  He is finally experimenting with putting things in his mouth.  Good thing it's only food, haha.

 I'm so happy with my new toy!
For the record, we named the moose"含蓄的 moo-sie" because we can get one of its antlers to wave a 含蓄的拜拜.

I hosted the 12th annual oyster party at Karen's this year and despite the nasty freezing rain, everyone showed up!  It was great!  Yummy food, slurpy oysters, fresh sushi and best of all, great friends to eat all the food and spend the evening with!

Between all the parties and gatherings I'm glad I had a chance to get a much needed 40 minute massage over the weekend.  Haven't had a massage since going with 可可 in July!

Here's to an upcoming year of great health, good laughs, and hoping everyone will 心想事成 (and I hope to get more sleep, lol)!

2013, here I come!