Pre-CNY traffic jam

Most parents have not settled into the routine of new Year 1 students yet, heck I'm not even settled for my princess' pickup routine. Yet we are also grappling with problem of influx of peeps pre-CNY. Cannot understand why there are so many cars on the road at all times. This morning the traffic jam even started at 7am! Whole main road outside jammed up. Luckily I'm just on my way home and I gave up picking up breakfast on the way (+_+)

CNY shopping

This year 2012 CNY we got ourselves less clothes than last year.

For the mr and I, one t-shirt each. For little princess, one dress and one skirt (I still owe her a feminine t-shirt to go with the skirt). For little prince, 3 t-shirts and one pair of pajamas. Erm, do we count whatever we bought last year but still fairly new and planned to wear during CNY? Then, one t-shirt each for the children. For little princess, 2 pairs of pants. This is not including clothes from the grandparents, even though the children didn't like what they bought. The designs are too fuddy-duddy and the clothes are small, in fact expected to be too tight in a couple of months' time.

Plan for next year is to reduce the amount bought for little prince. He really has too much clothes.

Tesco school shoes on sale

The RM5.90 school shoes are on sale at Tesco. Only RM0.51 now (no kidding!). Just glance through and found there's limited size and the condition of the shoes are yellowish. If can find the right size, even if yellowish, can still buy as school shoes can be washed and whitened. However it's only for spare, not for everyday use as it doesn't look as comfortable as the ones from brands like Pallas.

Next time if we're buying spare shoes will wait for this sale (^o^)

Exchange Novalac growing up milk powder at Giant

The Novalac growing up milk we got

We manage to be early for the exchange program. Need to bring other brand's milk powder scoop and the form for the exchange. Other than Novalac milk powder in 400g tin, the generous folks at Delfi even gave out other samples like baby biscuits that they are marketing. Got to know about the promotion from newspaper, but the ad is also available here. http://www.delfimarketing.com.my/news/24-novalac-dha-grow-exchange-program-at-giant-hypermarket.html

Later we went shopping at Giant, and found that Novalac is actually premium range, meaning the price is on the expensive side. Now that the children are properly toilet-trained, we no longer rush around for baby diapers. It's milk powder that we keep look out for discounts.

Back-to-school traffic jam

This being the first week of school, there are traffic jams everywhere near the schools. Especially primary schools. The new-to-school and back-to-school crowd is really crazy. Parents who are new to the school simply park everywhere as they are not familiar with the place yet. Add salt to the wound, there is a contractor working on the drain near little princess' school. So a portion of the area where some parents used to park is off-limits. Ended up with MORE JAM. Hope that next week everything back to normal and traffic jam will reduce. But my personal fear is that Chinese New Year is coming soon, and folks working elsewhere are returning home, adding more to the back-to-school jam. Peeps, please be considerate to the parents near school area. AND DRIVE CAREFULLY! The crowd usually disperses 10 minutes after parents pickup the children.