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So today we spent a couple of hours going around getting the needed things. We didn't manage to get the top and the shoes. Tomorrow is another </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/02/farsang.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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It has been snowing a lot. All across Europe that is. We didn't have much snow in December nor January. So we thought, "that's it. No snow for this winter." Then wham! We have piles and piles of snow now. Don't mind that. If only it isn't this cold</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/02/coldness.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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This one here is one of those 'nice shots' that I rarely get to take with the kids.  





It was free play time but these three girls set the chairs themselves, took books and pretended to read. </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-cuteness.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qaMNWmKGc_g/TyhGZd8tcXI/AAAAAAAAFSc/85DErqgd7sU/s72-c/mykids.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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Bonnie isn't at home for a week. She is at grandma's place as she was not to go to kindergarten due to her illness. Yes, she was sick. Not too serious, just a slight fever and coughing. We </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/01/freshening-up.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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Not that I don't have Bonnie to think about at home, but since she is 6, she is more and more independent. When ever people asked me about a second child, I would go like, "what?? no way, not now. Maybe never again. Now that I feel how easy life is when</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/01/cute.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2vjdv_BXLqg/Tx79wG73WaI/AAAAAAAAFQA/osQ4F-dG_JM/s72-c/mmm.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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We spent about an hour or so at Westend city center because my friend wanted to buy something. Then we took the tram to Mammut and spent a few hours </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/01/mammut.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5m8t4U2n6iY/TxxsEdTeGNI/AAAAAAAAFPY/PCJZrKwLO44/s72-c/IMG_0547.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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I wanted a new compact camera that I can easily carry with me either in the pocket of my jacket or my bag, so for Christmas Mr.H got me a new pink Canon A3200 is. I chose it myself of course. :)

I chose an A series Canon powershot because of my previous experience with another camera from the same series - Canon A400. I have the A400 since 2004 and it still looks as good as new. However, I have</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/01/old-and-new.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zCZizKr_lqk/TwIAtaBvb6I/AAAAAAAAFMA/y8Izn0XV5W0/s72-c/Old+and+new.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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Unlike previous years, on the eve of New Year we just stayed at home. Played games, watched tv, relax, put Bonnie to sleep, relax again while we waited for midnight. Good thing about staying up the hill with the view of the city, we had a good view of fireworks.

Here's one right in</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-2012.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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Random X'mas pic: Three girls.
Although yesterday was the last family visit we made for Christmas, we've yet another celebration of the year.
We plannned to spend New Year's eve at </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/12/looking-forward-to-2012.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2OYT9PYfaZ4/TvyUsM0aOfI/AAAAAAAAFLo/7C65J1AeNJw/s72-c/3co.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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 Christmas went okay this year. No snow but wet. At least it isn't cold. We went to my mom in law's place on Christmas eve as usual. Exchanged gifts, had dinner, played games that Bonnie received for Christmas, chitchat and we went home.


Random X'mas pic: Now Bonnie and I can play congkak/maya/</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/12/hello-there.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z-C3RCmw30Y/TvtuZo7_aMI/AAAAAAAAFLE/ID8nJSG8i3A/s72-c/AhceNDNCAAAlOkf.jpg+large.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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Today is the last official day of </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/12/three-more-days-to-go.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UD0fybc3vTqcURCTLGl1NMwZ_uQ/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UD0fybc3vTqcURCTLGl1NMwZ_uQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439460.post-4849722480787251056</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-03T20:23:07.015+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>Santa day</title><atom:summary>We were at the santa day celebration organized by Mr.H's company. The first one I went to. I am not into social events but I'm trying to be involved more and more hence my attendance to this one. :)

Bonnie was rather enthusiastic to meet with Santa that she made a drawing and a letter asking santa what she'd like for X'mas. Looking at her and the other children I just wonder for how long they </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/12/santa-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SdTvyCq70zc/TtptxLH2_vI/AAAAAAAAFJ4/XBWab3Erbbg/s72-c/2011-12-03+10.46.03.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9JdQYi--yXcA__qF348AhbOnIs0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9JdQYi--yXcA__qF348AhbOnIs0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439460.post-2264094464419256191</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-24T21:59:13.375+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal ramblings</category><title>Longing for a break.</title><atom:summary>I have been so busy these past weeks I just can't wait for the holiday break which won't be too long now. 

There was a little parent and child craft day at Bonnie's kindy yesterday evening. We had to prepare a Christmas table centerpiece decoration. I was one of the last one to arrive, so we had to finish the project at home. 


After 2 years, I finally cut my hair again. The usual concave bob </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/11/longing-for-break.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDbBRlpYMk4/Ts6Z5ndtyGI/AAAAAAAAFJw/bVpDbEzer4Q/s72-c/2011-11-23+17.30.48.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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Other than that, I wanted to do a little window shopping to get an idea of what to buy for Bonnie's birthday and Christmas gifts (and in Hungary we need gifts for Santa claus day too)</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/11/window-shopping.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8hdtsz7T1JQtdwNViin4yRk4EG4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8hdtsz7T1JQtdwNViin4yRk4EG4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439460.post-8013965445814184095</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-06T11:24:06.693+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>Been awhile</title><atom:summary>Have I been busy... Work, family, and friends. So much so that I really do look forward to weekends these days. Time for me to catch on with my sleep and do what ever I want. We usually send Bonnie to her grandmother's place on the weekend these days. Because we really need the rest. With Bonnie it is not easy to rest unless we watch tv. That is one of the weekend activities for us sometimes. Set</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/11/been-awhile.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--CDk3MObnVQ/TrZdUhX0BlI/AAAAAAAAFG4/v9mygzV3J5o/s72-c/2011-10-31+11.00.34.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/acmY-yZtYGQoQxOaTPh0UASoyfE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/acmY-yZtYGQoQxOaTPh0UASoyfE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439460.post-7082898436422028119</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-17T21:58:15.313+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal ramblings</category><title>Yellow, orange, brown.</title><atom:summary>Every where you go, you see yellow,orange and brown. That's the theme for three weeks at the day care. The children are learning colours. Autumn colours. I like autumn. It's cold but the sun is still shining and you still can feel the heat of the sun sometimes. 

Today is the first day of the week, we have 2 new children who joined us 2 weeks ago. One child is having trouble to adapt while the </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/10/yellow-orange-brown.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LcwcGSUhvrs/Tpx-JaReO-I/AAAAAAAAFGA/46-mor62bWU/s72-c/2011-10-17%2B18.21.39.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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The weather had turned cold since Friday. So it is really autumn now. Seeing less and less RayBan and sandals. Can bear the cold but could do less with the gloomy days.
Well, Tomorrow is another day.
</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/10/at-work.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>
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Even now I am using the blogger app for android to type this post. :) I think so far so good and I'm loving my phone. Which by the way</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/10/first-android.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SvBkBfxYPrVe99x3odQ1sz1uhTI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SvBkBfxYPrVe99x3odQ1sz1uhTI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439460.post-4647024638492857794</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-02T18:50:46.472+02:00</atom:updated><title>A day out.</title><atom:summary>  After nearly a half a year of not meeting each other, we finally met up with one of Bonnie's best friends from her previous kindergarten. We went to Millenaris park and were quite lucky to find out that there was an event for parents and children there.














They had a band where they invite the kids to sing and dance along, games, arts and crafts set up for us to do. All for free.

We</atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-out.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I5z2pyU4Wt0/ToiSr1OqTII/AAAAAAAAFFk/_ynOzSlMZ9I/s72-c/Photo0667.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>
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My in laws came to visit us at the new place for the very first time. Bonnie was </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/09/another-week.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>
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I'm not really a morning person, no matter how early I sleep it would be tough to wake up early the next day. But these days waking up early is not that bad. (^^) Especially when you can see the beautiful sunrise. The picture doesn't do it justice to be honest, the real deal is way beautiful. Makes you feel thankful to be alive and to be witnessing something so lovely. (It sure is wonderful to </atom:summary><link>http://sultana.blogspot.com/2011/09/sunrise.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sultana)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fij5dYEEnAA/TnpaGBDbXzI/AAAAAAAAFFg/yUd7xPrICPo/s72-c/sunrise.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>
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