chinese lanterns @ gaya street

i simply love the charming & neat display of chinese lanterns on gaya street. it simply makes the whole place come alive with the festivities of cny.

we've passed this street a gazillion times & i've been reminding myself to photograph this cheery view before cny ends. i'd sometimes forget my camera or when i think i'm super ready, the batteries are flat (not funny at all)!

these shots were captured from a moving vehicle on the day i remembered to do everything right. i would've love to stop to get even more prettier pictures but this'll do for now.

girlfriend

an & hubs were waiting for me on the ground floor in the hall for our usual lunch date as i walked down the steps of a non-functioning escalator from the office to meet them halfway. they'd normally wait for me in the car but today an wanted to walk about.

he ran to me as i reached the bottom of the escalator & got hold of my hand. we headed to the car hand in hand with him happily talking away.

an: look at my sticker! (pointing to a small heart shape winnie the pooh sticker stuck to the tip of his forefinger)
me: that's nice.
an: my friend gave it to me! the person is a girl. but a boy tore it. see! (showing me the small tear on the sticker)

when we were all seated in the car, i told hubs of an's sticker.

hubs: i heard a girl gave you a sticker.
an: ya, she's my friend but the boy is bad. he tore my sticker.
hubs: why did he tear your sticker?
an: he wants to take my sticker.
hubs: may be that girl is his girlfriend.
an: no! she's my girlfriend!

hubs & i definitely had a good laugh before lunch. i took the lil sticker from an's finger & stuck it to his pencil case.

me: mommy stick it here for you ok. (an nodded agreeably)

once upon a time...

there was a prince in a faraway kingdom. the king & queen named him an, meaning PEACE. he can be an obedient boy, very helpful & generous toward everyone around him. a calm & serene 4 year old from time to time.

innocent & peaceful looking an

on the contrary, when all backs are turned, he can also transform into a bed-jumping prince. need i say more? the queen caught him on camera & showed it to the king ~ both heads shook unanimously with disapproval. it's no wonder why the beds have been sandy lately despite the regular change of sheets! tsk tsk tsk!

overly playful an

the queen is smiling secretly to herself as she's writing this post for she remembered her bed-jumping days with fellow bed-jumpers.

the end

p.s. i think everyone's guilty of bed-jumping in their childhood days :o)