Congratulations to...

Thanks to all who entered and making this quite a fun 'first' for me :-D

As much as I would love to give away to all, unfortunately I can't. Perhaps if I am fortunate once again to have someone sponsoring a give-away on this blog, you may try then.

Oh, Ash was quite helpful in helping me pick the winner. And...the lucky winner this time is :

Mommy to Chumsy

I will be contacting you soon and congratulations once again.

p.s : Now, back to our regular Momsie posting soon.

Friday give-away : Momsie's first

I've been blogging for what, a year and a half now. And occasionally, whenever I surf the net to see what everyone else is doing, I stumble upon bloggers hosting give-aways on their blogs. In my year and a half of blogging, the thought of hosting a give-away on my own site did cross my mind several times but just never had the opportunity to do so.

Now I have.

Thanks to KN KAREN NEUBURGER, I learned that Thursday, January 9, 2009 was National Bubble Bath Day – in the US at least.

In conjunction with that, they were so kind in sponsoring a give-away on this very blog! Isn't that cool or what? Plus, the give-away is open to EVERYONE.

The give-away pack consist of : a comfy cozy, limited edition Chenille lounge socks with rubber grippers (retail at $15, perfect for post-bath and pictured below) along with a cute KN Shower Gel and Lotion set.



Sounds good?

Now, on to the rules. It's very simple because there is ONLY one. All you have to do is leave me a comment, letting me know you'd like to receive the pack. Yep, that's it. No fuss and no frus.

I'll leave the give-away on for about 3 days and Ash will get the honor of picking out the winner's name at random from a box. I will announce the winner on Monday (12/1/09) evening (Tuesday morning for some). Oh and don't forget to also provide your name and contact email just in case you're the winner.

In the meantime, KN KAREN NEUBURGER has some lovely after-bath sleepwears for kids. These sleepwears soft, snuggly, all designed to make your kids love baths even more. They come in pretty designs for girls and classic designs for boys. You can check them out http://www.karenneuburger.com/

Have fun and good luck!

Room with a view

KLCC in the evening from our room

Immediately after the new year's, I was feeling a little bummed out. Mostly because I was exhausted. And also, I felt a tinged of reality setting in – the reality of my life changing (again) in a few short months. I did say that as soon as we hit 2009, the clock will really start to tick and I couldn't be more correct.

I was probably 'hung-over' and the effects of it lasted a few days -- the reason why you are only reading about this now.

For the last day of the year (I cannot believe that it's almost a week now!), I wanted to spend the day (and night) in the city. So, I made reservations at one of KL's newest hotels. Mind you, I made the reservations some few months ahead of time..you know, just in case.

After a wonderful night's stay, all I have is one word to describe the experience : C-O-O-L!! I have absolutely no complaints about the place. I chose it simply because it's new for one thing. It's extremely close to the KLCC shopping center and they even provided 'transportation' (buggy) to and from there (we are quite the lazy lot). And I wanted a perfect view of the fireworks in the comfort of my own space with a hot drink and not having to rumble with the crowd. I'm a such a sucker! Thus, I am every bit the satisfied customer.

However, what I didn't know (Well, I should have since the name itself is a dead give-away) was that they aren't exactly a family oriented hotel. Their set-up is geared more towards the urban individuals and the business-minded. As such, you won't find any activities and play area for kids. There isn't even a kids pool! So, if you're looking for a family weekend getaway in the city, you're probably better off putting up at Mandarin Oriental or the traditional Hilton or Shang.

Anyway, to satisfy your curious minds, below are a couple of more photos that we took.

...and that is why they are your better-half

Last night was one night in quite a while that I stayed up past mid-night. Granted, I don't have (yet) any school-going children, I decided to be defiant and break the school-night rule.

As usual, I'd finish watching my dose of crime solving mystery (CSI) and thought I'd surf the net. While doing that, I was doing a couple of things as well : like ponder about today. I know how many parents will wake up excited and anxious about the new school day especially those with kids who are attending school or kindy for the first time this year. And how the roads will be hustling and bustling with traffic since we live close to the city and folks are back from their well earned vacation.

Then, it led me to think about how today will be the first day in 2 weeks that Ash and I'd be spending our day without hubby. It's not just for today; it will be for quite a while seeing as how difficult it is for him to have off-days. More so in the ensuing months. As much as we'd love for hubby to be around but it's time to get some work done.

I went to bed after that feeling rather sleepy and I just dozed off within seconds.

When I did wake up this morning, it was late mind you, Ash was already bouncing around in the room. She couldn't reach for the door knob yet so she patiently waited for me to get my big butt up. I did, and as I kissed her on the cheek, she said “Mar ney” (Barney) indicating she wanted to watch her favourite show.

I smiled, brushed her hair and led her out of the room. We passed my notebook when heading towards the living-room and there I saw a a handwritten note on the front of an envelope. I couldn't help but smiled again and I knew instantly that he too felt what I felt – wishing that the holidays didn't have to end.