Kids, you're grounded!

It's the Wii games fault! Every time M and S play this game together they always end up fighting or in an argument. This two are allowed to have 2 hrs. of either Wii, computer or TV time everyday, but they always chose to play the Wii. They're similar to a couple, they can't play on their own and they can't play peacefully together. And today I've had enough! I tried hard for them to compromise and play nicely but to no avail, they ended up screaming at each other. So I asked them to turn off the game and do other activities. They both started to throw tantrums, the crying become louder and S started to blame M. Next thing you know, M walked away saying " I don't like you" to me and S grabbed my Mother's Day card and started crumpling it. I was so surprised but I kept my calm, removing the Wii parts one by one and collecting the unit. And declaring that the Wii is confiscated as a punishment for their behavior. The crying and tantrums didn't end there, it took half an hour of  making them realize they did wrong and they deserve to be punished. Eventually, both of them got tired and asked for food.
After eating, both of them came to their senses, they tried to win me back (actually win the Wii back). But I'm determined to teach them a lesson. I told them that they will have to be more responsible, they need to change their ways and show me that they can be a good girl and boy. So I gave them an assignment, to list down all the things that they can think of that will make them responsible.
Here is S list:
 - do your homework before plating Wii
 - finish all your food
 - ask your mom and dad to cut your hair always ( she once experimented on her bangs)
 - tell your mom and dad if you play Wii

 

  -be listening to your mom and dad 

  - don't fight 

  - don't hurt people 

  - don't hurt people's feelings 

  - listening to your teacher
  - do your assembly nicely

 Here is M list:
 - listen
 - don't fight 
 - don't be mean 
 - don't say bad words 
 - don't use computer w/o permission 
 - don't hurt people 
 - don't annoy people 
 - no whingeing
 - no complaining 
 - don't be bad to parents 
 - listen to your teacher 
 - don't be disgusting 
 - be nice 
 - be a good boy or a good girl 
 - entertain yourself w/ a toy 
 - don't talk over people 
 - play nicely 
 - concentrate on what you do 
 - don't go to other websites that you're not allowed to go on computer 
 - play Wii at 3 o' clock only 

We will see if this list will be followed :-)

My Little Garden

It's Springtime, well it's supposed to be.But lately the fog seems to love it here and refuse to leave. And for weeks I have never seen the sun. Nevertheless, I started my usual gardening during this time. After a week some flowers began to sprout and I was so ecstatic because I can sit outside and and enjoy this view in my little garden.

 Yesterday while I was attending to my garden, something flew past my head and landed in one of the branches of my bamboo tree. When I looked closer, I saw this beautiful yet scary bug staring at me :)
I immediately run upstairs, 3 flights of stairs, to grab my camera, change the lens...unfortunately I don't have a macro lens but the zoom lens will do. Run back downstairs and tried to capture as much as I can.
 
 This morning, I still saw him but this time he's in one of my indoor plants. I guess it won't hurt if I leave this plant outside for another day. At least my visitor is comfortable and extending his stay in my garden :-)

The DUCK that came to town ....

I have been reading about this traveling giant DUCK for a while and was secretly hoping that she will grace us here. So finally, a week ago she arrived and  promise to be on display last weekend. I was excited to see it, never mind for the kids, but for myself alone I could have gone there on my own. So when my husband decided that he wanted to try Brotzeit, a German restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui East, I immediately roll out my plan. It was all planned out - which road to take, which tunnel and exit. But we didn't know that everywhere in TST is crowded and traffic was so bad that we ended up sitting in the car for more than an hour just to get from the tunnel exit to the restaurant. On a not so crowd crazy day, it will only take 10 mins. drive from tunnel exit. Oh well, we finally reached the place and enjoyed the food. As we leave the restaurant, the rain began to fall so we scrap the plan of going to the harbour area to see the DUCK. 
The next day, nothing can stop me anymore. I took the kids and went to see it finally :-)

Cinco de Mayo

This post has nothing to do w/ the celebration though. I just wanted to document my first attempt to teach my kids some household chores. It was a boring Sunday afternoon, and since the kids complained that they we're bored right after lunch, I decided to give them some lessons about Home Economics 101. The things they will never learn in school are the basic things for survival e.g. washing dishes :-)