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GAMING goes educational…in form of books now~
I got this revision book for my girl, just for the school holidays to keep her busy..
Well at least to keep her mind in power mode..
Then she came up to me.. shove the book at my face and asked…

“Mummy, is this X-BOX?”
I looked at it.. and told her, “It is!”

Wow it really caught my eye.. might catch yours too.. really interesting that they’re incorporating gaming consoles as part of the fill-in-the-blanks questions. But the book is for 4-6 year olds..>MY-MY

Will it come up in assestment/tests too? I better make my kids memorize the different consoles there are in the market from today onwards.. Have to teach them to differentiate between a normal CPU and a MAC!!

The thing is the drawing really represents an X-BOX.. so clear..
But you can’t blame a kid naming it A-BOX or T-BOX or Z-BOX… can you?
How would those kids who haven’t meet the X-BOX yet know?
They wouldn’t know the difference…
It could be a B-BOX @ Boom Box… for them.. haha

• when is the snow coming.. yawn~

• ME dad, got pimped by my kids

• my sweet tooth.. sorry make it teeth~

• future watch ambassador

• guys have bubble bath too… don’t you know?

• this is called, ‘play till you drop!’

• told you she’s a cam-whore

• Aaron Kwok wannabe

• auditioning for ‘chicken little’

• they’re the 3 stooges

A friend of mine sent me this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErehM-q3rSc

I was shocked beyond words.. what if I was in the car with my kids?
Yeah > we weren’t there and we don’t know the real truth.. but still?
Is this the only way our police force had in mind?
This happened at the entrance of Cheras Mahkota…
Yup, the taman which police/grand saga barricaded it’s entrance.. and yet it got destroyed duno how many times already by the residents and some thoughtful samaritans who thinks it’s just unfair to them.
Come on la.. people and families just wanna reach home earlier after a hard days’ work.. haven’t you heard before?
-Home Sweet Home-
Mommies and Daddies wanna see their cute and adorable kids.. hardworking wives are waiting for hubbies and kids to come home..
With that barricade there.. drivers have to drive 6km further and have to fork out 90cents…and it takes extra 15 minutes to reach home..
Walau-eh.. I just think that the authorities should be a little more considerate..
Afterall they paid so much to live in that area and with a promised of a direct access road to their taman..

See the picture at the bottom:

Now got barricade after barricade.. not tiring wan meh? Wasting money some more..
I know the residents there aren’t tired cuz’ they’re just taking back what they earned…
Btw, have you seen the road from the highway linking to Cheras Mahkota?
It’s a beautiful road.. got flowers some more.. why did they even plant flowers when no one is utilizing the road?
For who to see? Why spend the money on plants instead of something more useful.
The other day, I went and have a look. I pity the old folks..
There were quite a number of them.. most of them, bongkok with gray-white hair..
sitting down…chewing on nuts..under the tent.. luckily there was a tent… if rain how?

It’s really inconsiderate for those who wants to take advantage of the Cheras Mahkota residents..
even though I don’t live there.. I feel them.. kinda sad when think about it.
Maybe you should go have a look yourself..
First, try the road that made up so much fuss… then try the road that uses the toll…then you’ll understand what I mean…

Other people in overseas are battling with natural disasters; earthquakes/typhoons…while we here battle with road barricades..kinda embarassing to think about it…sigh~

1st video
-this swing away happened at IKANO Powercentre.
2nd video
-singing and recording courtesy of Auntie
Cecilia and Nancy.

1st video
-what Javier is saying is : ‘I take the knife cut Ye’Ye’ Kuku…’
2nd video
-this game requires great concentration skills to look for hidden MARIO and friends.

1st video
-this happens every time I turn on loud hip-hop music in the car… they love the base.. wondering where’s Judith? She’s hiding at the front seat with me.. she’sterrified of them..
2nd video
-Javier’s speciality : blowing saliva bubbles..this isn’t his biggest… biggest so far was as big as a tennis ball.

CAUTION – read before you allow your kids to join in the craze

MARIO is more important than candy and snacks.. apparently to my kids anyway…
It’s the MARIO and Friends’ craze.. the latest craze of my kids so far..since the gaming session started one beautiful day…
There’s the MARIO Kart, MARIO Galaxy, Paper MARIO, MARIO & Luigi, MARIO… I also can’t name them all.. oh there’s the MARIO & Sonic; which I think how could they even collaborate.. Sonic is speedy whereas MARIO is sloppy…anyway, the only MARIO I know is MARIO Bros’. Goodness that was bout’ double decade ago…kinda feel old..
Even Luigi has his debut game!

My kids rocks at playing MARIO games.. sometimes when they handover the controller to me.. I get lost..and start hitting the buttons.. worse thing is that my 3 year old plays better than me.. he even taught me some moves..what to do?
Back then MARIO was 2D.. now is like up, down, left, right.. I can’t even concentrate where to go.. they make it so interesting that it’s too complicated for me to play…but MARIO Kart is okay for me.. only driving mer..hehe ‘sap sap sui’~

Now MARIO is in the arcade too.. we purposely brought the kids to the arcade at Sunway Pyramid to play MARIO Kart..
Very exciting for them.. don’t wanna stop playing.. pity Judith and Javier were too short to reach the pedals.. so hubby have to be the highchair… Joe was very ‘geng’.. he played with other 3 players which are older than him; and he thrashed them..Woo-hoo~..
Hubby only got second thou’.. LOL~

The Craze moves on.. so far we have MARIO keychains, MARIO posters, MARIO pillows, MARIO bolsters, MARIO bags, MARIO and Friends cuddly soft toys, MARIO decoratives.. my little boy even asked me to buy MARIO-like clothings..which I eventually did.. I got him a blue Dungaree, red shirt for innerwear and also a red cap… so cute~
I have to join in the craze too.. you know? To fit in… I’ve got MARIO hand phone danglers..

Well the craze had been started by hubby, this is because, hubby is also a MARIO fanatic.. wahaha.. well who isn’t right? I used to be a fan too.. well MARIO Bros’, anyway… only need to
move forward and jump.. easy peasy~

Even though some parents think that video games aren’t healthy among kids; but I don’t agree on that.. well it depends on the genre of games they play. As long you make sure they don’t spend half of their day glued to the controller.. my kids actually learnt a lot of stuff.. besides the aftermath of the gaming sessions…

They turn into the characters and start jumping around in the living room.. hopping from one sofa to another.. throwing the square pillows everywhere..my mom hates it.. cuz she has to clean up after that..

ME? I close one eye!
I don’t really stop them from doing that.. they’re happy.. and you can see that this littlest things they do somehow creates a smile on my face.. they can be very loud and cute at the same time… but who cares.. I don’t want my kids to be the kind that sits on the chair the whole day staring at the box set.. or the kind that are too disciplined to be called kids.

Adults have pillow fights.. so do children!!!
YAY~