tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:27:32 +0000FamilyGoin' PlacesCelebrationsContestMy RamblingsSchoolReviewsHomeschoolBakingBalletNew CondoHong Kong TripWilton MethodCookingMusicPregnancyHello KittyReadingPlaygymSpeech DramaTanjong JaraSponsored PostCameron HighlandsLegolandSingapore TripPh.D in Parentinghttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger462125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-7432993538657002667Mon, 12 May 2014 14:08:00 +00002019-03-14T23:44:20.435+08:00BalletHomeschool My 2 little munchkins completed their ballet exams last month. Evan took his 3rd exam: RAD Ballet Grade 1 and Marissa took her very first exam: RAD Ballet Pre-primary in Dance (PPID). Sole to Soul Dance Studio organised a trial exam and parent's day for students taking the ballet exams. Both Evan and Marissa did well in their trials! In fact all the kids in Marissa's class were so cute! Evanhttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2014/05/updates-on-ballet-rhythmic-gymnastics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-3932352190678627455Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:14:00 +00002014-02-15T13:47:58.047+08:00Celebrations Here are some snippets of CNY celebration:  The Gardens Mall has lovely 1960's Shanghai theme props and decor - perfect for snapping some portraits of the kids. Mid Valley Centre Court has CNY bazaar and the kids were so happy with this blob of a cotton candy made by a Chinese man from China.  RM10 for this roll of sweet floss!   Thanks to my brother Chung http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2014/02/year-of-wooden-horse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-3968613160188442819Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:56:00 +00002014-01-01T16:59:51.390+08:00My Ramblings What a year! 2013 brought along so many new challenges for me, personally. It was the year that I quit my job as a tooth doc and concentrated on supplying desserts for sweet tooths. Many friends were surprised with my move - what a waste they say, should have renewed my license to practice so you have something to fall back on lest you fail. I believed God will provide if this is the path for mehttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2014/01/reflecting-on-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-8198431461267278612Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:48:00 +00002013-12-10T19:49:29.670+08:00BakingMy Ramblings Been busy the past month planning and preparing for the opening of my pop-up shop : The Red Cherry. It's in a spanking new mall - The School which opened its doors just last week on the first day of December. The School is Malaysia's first enrichment mall to cater especially for kiddos. The main tenants are Yamaha Music School, Learning Fresh, Junior Science Lab, Bee Bop Circus Play gym, Blokhttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-red-cherry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-8005908165625308597Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:22:00 +00002013-11-19T19:22:15.935+08:00ContestGoin' Places *Sigh* Time just flies and it's been almost 2 months since my last blog post *gasp* Been really busy with cakes and parties and also the kids!  So here's what happened in October: First up on October 5th was the very first Nuffnang Food Fest. Am very proud to be part of this event as The Cherry on the Cake was invited by Astro's Lifetime Channel to be their baking partner. I http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/11/october-updates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-2384590210130171910Fri, 20 Sep 2013 22:56:00 +00002013-09-21T06:56:44.280+08:00Homeschool After the success of last year's event, the homeschooling community decided to go ahead with the Sports Day & Fair at the same venue - the field at Section 5, PJ. The weather was lovely throughout - no rain and minimal sun. All participants pay RM10 for registration. The funds collected were used to pay for the rental of the field and to purchase medals. Volunteers from homeschooling http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/09/2nd-homeschoolers-sports-day-fair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-4343576776334916899Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:44:00 +00002013-09-20T22:44:59.146+08:00Celebrations Evan had a few simple and mini birthday celebrations this year that he turned 8. Supposed to blog about this last month but alas got so caught up with work that cobwebs are already forming on this blog. Anyway back to the subject of Evan and his birthday celebrations..... The first one he celebrated with his friends from music group class - he calls it his 'favourite homeschool class'. I madehttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/09/evans-8th-birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-4188369276196481148Wed, 24 Jul 2013 04:19:00 +00002013-07-24T12:19:53.554+08:00Homeschool We attended the 2nd Homeschoolers' Art & Craft Show & Tell Day earlier this month. Missed the first event last year so this time we were determined to make it. It was held in a small function hall in one of the apartments. Homeschooling family: Julia made all the necessary arrangements for the event. At this event, the kids get to showcase their art masterpieces. Evan decided on http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/07/homeschoolers-art-craft-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-1854387609968771374Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:00:00 +00002013-07-09T23:00:12.573+08:00BalletGoin' Places Coppelia Classical Ballet Premiere: Saturday night 8:30pm Istana Budaya Evan & I arrived early and we went straight to the media registration table to collect our 2 complimentary tickets. In my earlier blogpost, I did mention the whole family is going but unfortunately, we were informed that only 2 tickets were allocated per blogger. I didn't want to buy an extra ticket for Marissa which http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/07/coppelia-ballet-premiere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-2249863333008806250Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:08:00 +00002013-07-04T00:08:50.557+08:00BalletSponsored Post Just 2 more days to go before the premiere of Coppelia! I am very excited and so are my kids especially my girl who will be attending her very first ballet performance at Istana Budaya. BFM radio conducted an interview recently with Connor Walsh and Wan Ching on July 1st Then on July 2nd, a few of the cast members were interviewed on Bella NTV7 The dance cast of http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/07/coppelia-ballet-coming-soon-to-istana.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-5317643012881555563Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:59:00 +00002013-07-02T07:59:49.846+08:00ReviewsSponsored Post Maybank2U Pay is a newly launched payment facility specially designed for small or home businesses e.g. blogshops conducting online transactions. By using M2U Pay, sale transactions can be managed systematically and professionally.  I was given this privilege to be in the pioneer group of blogshop owners to try out the Beta version of this new payment system. We were required to attendhttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/07/maybank2u-pay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-1400967019288170975Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:40:00 +00002013-07-01T19:49:14.610+08:00BalletSponsored Post This year in July, Danceworks Production together with Ena Ballet Studio Company, will be presenting yet another exciting ballet production: Coppelia. It will be held at Istana Budaya from July 6-7.  Evan & I had been attending ballet concerts produced by Danceworks in 2011 (The White Bat) and 2012 (International Ballet Gala) and we look forward to Coppelia this year. And best part is http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/06/coppelia-girl-with-enamel-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-6330529972699239385Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:34:00 +00002013-06-26T17:18:38.883+08:00CelebrationsWhoa! Time really flies and it's almost the end of June! June is my favorite month of the year cos it's the month I celebrate my wedding anniversary and it's also Marissa's birthday. This year, we decided to do something special by hosting a birthday celebration for our little princess. Yes, so it was a princess party. It was very fun to plan out the party and together with the invaluable http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/06/marissas-princess-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-4212223031888037551Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:04:00 +00002013-06-04T14:04:57.723+08:00Goin' PlacesTanjong Jara Last day at Tanjong Jara Resort! Had breakfast at Di Atas Sungei. The spread here is more impressive than Nelayan. Basically both places serve the same food - only that Di Atas Sungei has a noodle soup station, waffle station and a juicing station. Oh and they serve porridge as well.  All in all, it was such a relaxing holiday that I enjoyed so much! No housework.... and lots of yummy http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/06/ytls-tanjong-jara-resort-day-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-8707807048942221173Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:23:00 +00002013-06-02T22:23:54.536+08:00Goin' PlacesTanjong Jara Birdsong can be heard in the wee hours of the morning heralding the dawn of a new day at TJR. We headed over to the Nelayan for buffet breakfast. Menu remains almost the same... only difference was instead fried noodles, there was fried kuay teow. Noteworthy to try out is the Nasi Dagang wrapped in banana leaf. The rice has a lovely aroma and texture and it comes with a piece of ikan tongkolhttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/06/ytls-tanjong-jara-resort-day-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-6308192404000931105Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:29:00 +00002013-06-02T09:29:28.805+08:00Goin' PlacesTanjong Jara  We woke up early at about 6am to catch the sunrise at the beach. Took some pics at the children's pool area. TJR has 2 pools. The other pool is only restricted to adults.  Lovely view of the beach from Nelayan restaurant Enjoyed our early morning brekkie at Nelayan. It was buffet style. Good selection but nothing extraordinary. We had yogurt (Nestle), juices (not the http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/06/ytls-tanjong-jara-resort-day-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-2617065592116310199Fri, 31 May 2013 14:32:00 +00002013-06-02T09:29:35.639+08:00Goin' PlacesTanjong Jara We actually booked a package to Tanjong Jara Resort (TJR) for our 'babymoon' while I was preggers with Evan. Unfortunately, had some complications during the pregnancy i.e. ovarian cyst and we had to cancel the booking. Eventually, when the kids came along, we did not have the opportunity to visit TJR until now - to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary! We booked the all-inclusive residents' http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/05/ytls-tanjong-jara-resort-day-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-7486575835565839987Tue, 28 May 2013 11:20:00 +00002013-05-28T19:20:00.037+08:00Celebrations My mom turned the big 70 on 7th May this year. So I planned a surprise cake for her. I invited my parents over to my place on Mother's Day which fell on May 12th. The cake was completed in the nick of time just before they arrived at my home.  We reserved a table for dinner at one of our favourite restaurants: Dancing Fish, BSC. I managed to sneak the birthday cake into the car & http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/05/celebrations-in-month-of-may.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-2341337930814000358Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:20:00 +00002013-04-29T18:20:47.840+08:00Family Some random shots of the kids! Been using the Instagram app on my iPhone 5 to edit pics. Love it! Pic above is Marissa enjoying her ducky sugar cookie. My kids - fans of Boost juice. Recently hubby had free Boost juice in their What's Ya Name promotion.  Easter eggs with Veggie Tales! Handsewn felt hand puppets - a gift from the uncle who came back from Germany  http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/04/random-shots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-2030898322726466020Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:35:00 +00002013-06-30T22:42:50.789+08:00Ballet Evan took his RAD ballet Primary in Dance (PID) Exam recently. Pic above - getting his hair done for the exam at Sole to Soul Dance Studio (STSDS). About a month earlier, he took his trial exam.  All ready! Final pose with his ballet teacher: Miss Alice Yap Cui Xin. Now, he's graduated to Grade 1. It's been almost 2 yrs since he started ballet lessons. I still remember the days when http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/04/rad-ballet-primary-in-dance-exam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-2613305612846947968Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:13:00 +00002013-04-01T21:13:01.214+08:00Goin' Places This was our 3rd visit to My Burger Lab since we discovered it this year. Averaging our visits here once a month! Any more frequent, and my waist line will increase rapidly. My Burger Lab specializes in gourmet burgers made with charcoal burger buns which are so soft and yummy! Their location is in a small shoplot in PJ (14, Jln 21/22, Seapark). Opening hours are daily from 5pm onwardshttp://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-burger-lab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-3833039500484255136Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:29:00 +00002013-03-11T19:32:52.332+08:00Music Evan performed another of his compositions entitled "Soldiers Marching Up Mt. Everest" during the latest In House Concert at Ann Perreau's. It was a duet with his piano teacher: Ms Phylicia. I made it in time for his performance which was scheduled as the finale for that day! I had an extremely busy day with 3 cake orders so I wasn't sure whether I could make it but I managed to after all - http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/03/ann-perreaus-in-house-concert-term-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-8338341554633364579Sun, 24 Feb 2013 05:36:00 +00002019-03-14T23:40:18.891+08:00Homeschool Marissa started rhythmic gymnastic lessons at Carolyn's School of Rhythmic Gymnastics (CSRG) this year. So far, she's been enjoying the classes!  Ms. Carolyn Au Yong (former national gymnast) is her coach. There are about 12 kids in the class, age between 3-5. Class is for one hour. Fees are collected every 2 months. First time registration fee applies - which includes http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/02/carolyns-school-of-rhythmic-gymnastics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-6256106518858348336Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:39:00 +00002013-02-15T08:46:45.707+08:00Celebrations This Chinese New Year heralds the year of the water sssssssnake! We journeyed down south on new year's eve for the all important reunion dinner with my side of the family. We had to reserve the dinner table in advance, of course, as we didn't want to burden my mom to do all the cooking! We did the customary lou sang and ate a vegetarian meal. Food was good although we ate fake prawns and http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-year-of-water-snake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595235639139283956.post-4844021294730847932Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:02:00 +00002013-01-24T22:02:10.296+08:00My Ramblings *Dusting away the cobwebs* OK it's been some time since I last blogged. Well, for valid reasons..... I was extremely busy adjusting to my new schedule this brand new year. I am now officially a full-time work-from-home mom. Yes, there's lots of work to be done at home! The chores, homeschooling, and also my online biz. In the mean time, I am proud to announce the official launch of The http://hui-wearn.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-brand-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0