APT Version by the Chan Sister

 Unfortunately this video is taken down by youtube .

Plan all our by the 2 girls and Mummy's job just to hold the camera 

SISTER GOT A BABY !!!

I am an Aunt now !! 

My sis gave birth to a baby boy on 2 Dec 2024. 

I am so happy for her and of course my mom too . Finally a boy cucu !! according to her too many woman in the house .

Baby boy look so like his paternal grand dad 

Happy Grandmother !! 

First Time with the Kids : Ice Skating

 Long weekend (Awal Muharam) on Monday ... 

As usual we are out of ideas on what to do and Hannah say she wants to go ice skating !!! 

So here we are !! Can see how excited she is ??? 

After 2 hours , myself having body ache . 

Bye 2023 and Welcome to 2024

 Hello again !! 

I have been missing for more than a year and now i am back again to write down on what i think of 2023 .

In Q1 2023 :

Jan'23 visited Pasir Gudang site  together with the team.

March'23 celebrate Sara's 3rd birthday with her babyshark birthday theme at Marcus Chess Academy.

We conduct our 2nd Beginner Camp in Subang Branch with full attendance.

My eldest girl , Hannah enter into standard 1 Lick Hung in March'23 . This journey might need another post alone.

March'23 alone i also travelled to Bangkok for teambuilding and is a wonderful experience when you are working solo and the only interaction with everyone is via teams. (Pictures in teams can be very misleading)

During this time , Sara also attended her first day of school.

We did a full CHAN and CHUA family trip together to Club Med Cherating 

In Q2 2023

Celebrated Hannah 7th Birthday 

We did multiple Sunway Lagoon trips as well as 2 staycation in Kuala Lumpur . (It is a pain to travel with Sara at this age) . 

In Q3 2023 

My 2nd hand 20 YEARS Myvi died on me leaving me no choice but to get a new car and guess what !!! 

TADAH!!! I got another Myvi !!! Yeap !! i love myvi so much and yes i brought the number plate for 2.7k after multiple attempt of bidding.

Q4 2023 : 

Visit Melaka with the kids

and visited Vietnam for work as well and was nearly force to eat snails .. 

Last trip of the year , we went back to the girls hometown Penang .Unfortunately the trip was not pleasing at all as all of us are down with flu and fever. 

2023 is a blessed year so far. Small moments across the years make such a memorable time for myself.

As you grow older, I personally feel that previous times like this need to be treasured permanently and can never be bought back with money.

 

Things like Sara's at 3 years old is super obsessive with anything that has Elsa's picture on them. So now she has Elsa's dresses' which she has to wear them everyday , Elsa's shoes and even Elsa's underwear . Sara is also at the stage where she will want to pick her own clothing to wear and she is very strong headed . She will wear a dress with long pants during the hot sunny afternoon .

Hannah is only 7 years old but she behaving like a 15 years old teenage girl. Talking about boys having crushes on each other in school. She loves playing roadblock and loves drawing only. She is ok to negotiate on what to wear. 

What i look forward in 2024 ???

Moving into a new double storey house with Hannah having her own room.

To continue with good job opportunity in Bayer(major reorg now) 

Marcus Chess continue to expand 

Everyone stays healthy always 

Bye 2022 and Welcome 2023

 Just realized i been away for blogging for exactly 1 year! Loosing my mojo in writing blog post nowadays and being lazy by posting pictures on fb page. 

What i think of 2022 ?

Lots of family time together especially with the 2 girls. Brought them to cuti cuti Malaysia , Trong duck farm , Penang , , Tanjung Sepat , Kuala Selangor and lots of Sunway Lagoon sessions. 

Work wise.... first half was stressful and thank god for new opportunity and praying hard that my luck dont run out soon. Enjoying my job now and current job flexibility enable me to spend more time with the girls .Remind me of Osram .

WFH enable me to spend time with them ..such as bringing them to the nearby park 

Call me bias , but i am going to miss this little girl of mine ... growing up so so fast. 

In between job manage to took 1 month break . Did some cuti cuti with the kids and lots of lazying around. 

Q3 of 2022 , Marcus open his 2nd branch of Marcus Chess Academy in Subang Jaya. Busy with the sourcing , renovation, setup , authorities approval and running the centre. Up to date , we have around 30 students . 

Malaysia 's 15th GE on 19th Nov and we change party and PM !!! This show we still a democratic country. 

2022 pass by with a blink on an eye. It's been such a fast year !!

I do look forward to 2023. Hoping that this year to be a year of opportunities for career growth as well as business growth.

Hannah will be going into standard 1 and Sara will be starting kindy . Both my girls are growing so fast and i am thankful that last 2 years i am able to spend so much time with them through working from home and with the help of our helper.

Bye Bye 2021 and Hello 2022

 

I have no words to describe what is 2021 for me 

In March 2021 , daddy left us forever . He lost the battle with cancer after less than 1 year of fighting. We all did not expect him to pass away so sudden . This was the lowest point . 

In May 2021 , i moved back to Subang after staying in Penang for more than 10 years !!! We finally moved back after talking about it for years . We stayed in my mom's house for few months and moved into our own home in Oct 2021 . I only actively looking for a job in KL/Selangor towards late of last year when daddy's getting sicker. I got my job offer days before daddy pass away and i also told him the good news !!! 

My last breakfast together with daddy alone . 

Every month , when i was back in Subang , daddy and me will go for breakfast together at Restaurant Capital in Up town or sometimes we will try out new Kelantanese foods. This is like me and daddy's time together . 

I remember last year when the government loosen the dine in ...daddy and me went for breakfast together for the first time after months of not able to dine in. 

I took this pic and told myself that this might be the last breakfast together , just me and him .

After daddy pass away , more bad new hit us particularly Marcus . His dad was diagnose like Lymphoma cancer and undergo treatment in Sunway. He was clear of cancer in Dec'21 and hopefully stay this way

In Sept 2021 , Shortie my beloved dog pass away due to heart failure. 

In Dec 2021, Marcus's mom was diagnose with lung cancer .. 

Overall 2021 is one of the hardest year we ever been through. Loosing 2 important figures in my life is devastating and starting a new job and new role is no fun .

Perhaps looking at an overall big picture will be a better comfort to me. No one decide who's time is up . Daddy's and Shortie's time probably is . No one knows except Mr boss up there. We have to try out best and savor each moment. 

2022 , i hope this year will be a better year . A year of healing and a year of growth 

Bye Bye Shortie

Shortie pass away on 14-Sept-2021 between 1-2am

She was diagnose with myxomatous mitral valve disease by gasing vet on mid July 2021 after i notice that she was coughing quite bad in the morning and having heavy breathing. 

She was already in stage c which is similar as cancer stage 4. 

On the night before she pass away , she was a bit quiet and i notice tat her eye was crusting and watery. I tot because she was dirty as i did not bath her for 2-3 weeks. 

Did not i know that she was going to pass away that night. The time before we all sleep , she give me a long final look . At that time i did not think of anything different. I give her a usual pet and kiss on the head. She will normally sleep on the floor of our bedroom but that night she insist on sleeping under the table next to our bed. I sleep next to her that night.

I found out that she pass away in the middle of the night when i realized suddenly the whole room was very quiet. When i touch her only i realized she no longer breathing. I do not know why that day i woke up around 1am. Maybe i am so use to her heavy breathing which calms me to sleep. 

She was having bad cough for weeks and that night as she cough badly , i told God that maybe is time to take her away and i think god actually answer my prayer. 

I am glad that she pass away in her sleep together in the bedroom with the family.

She was my eldest daughter and my loyal companion. 

10 years of life together 

Maybe is time for her to go 

I hope you and daddy are reunited ... and hope u both will fetch me when my time is up