RYAN TOH

MY NOTE TO TONI

2011-12-15T19:16:00.000-08:00

TangKiu PaPA

2011-07-20T19:17:00.000-07:00

Was tidying up and found this note Ryan wrote to his father while we were in Beijing . . . . . "30 May tangKiu Papa for the niss trip an an tang kiu papa for tiking as to so mach plases. fom Ryan to PaPa"

DON'T TALK IN CLASS

2011-07-11T19:29:00.000-07:00

At kindy today, Ryan was asked by teacher to write down the names of his mates who talked in class. When I picked him up, he showed me the number of times his friends talked. Jet Ming 1, Nicholas 10000, Tan Wei Mieg (Ryan's best friend) 3, Tom 10000 (x3), Law Suet Yee 10000, Kwan Wei Xian 5000000. All I can say is, poor Wei Xian . . . .

LITTLE PIGGY ON THE BACK

2011-02-13T19:18:00.000-08:00

At home in Templers Park.

I'm hanging on ttiigghhtttt!

At The Commonwealth Park.

Disturbing Papa . . . gideeeup!

Avillion, Port Dickson

At the beach in Port Dickson.

In Malacca with Uncle Bernard.

In the garden.

Down by the lake.

ME AND MY CUDDLE-CUDDLE!

2011-02-13T18:57:00.001-08:00

When I used to drink my "susu" in a bottle, I always had to have my cuddle-cuddle, and hold it just so . . . . . .

THE LIFE!

2011-02-13T18:48:00.000-08:00

MICE

2011-02-13T18:40:00.000-08:00

One Mouse + One Mouse = Two Mice

Pic : Ryan here at nearly 4 years old.

THE CAMERONS

2010-06-27T23:14:00.000-07:00

At the Cameron Valley Tea Plantation.

We had a ball running all over the place
in this tea maze . . .

Tea and me.

A serene scene in the grounds of Strawberry Park,
where we stayed.

Cool kids.

Can you see me hanging at the back there??

Looking out our pixie hole . . .

A pose . . .

Mummy and I went for a walk . . .

The head pixie.

We loved this place, absolutely loved it!

At night I turn into . . . . . . .

Be afraid, be very afraid . . . . . .

Playing with Papa while waiting for our guided tour of the tea factory,

and our tea tasting session.

Happy me!

In the grounds of Strawberry Park, where we stayed.

This was one scary bridge, but I wasn't scared, really!

"Hello?"

This little bridge is just outside Ye Olde Smokehouse.

Papa was practicing his photography skills here.

Walking around the golf course.

Lunch at The Cameron Highlands Resort.

Looking out from The Cameron Highlands Resort.

This is my stylo pose . . .

Toni called this "The Sultan's chair".

Heh heh . . . look who the Sultan is!

MORE WORK FOR ME!

2010-04-28T16:59:00.000-07:00

Remember my post when I was 2, the one about me being put to work, work, work in this family? Well, I am nearly 5 and nothing much has changed since then . . . .

Supervising some paving work being done.

Washing shoes.

Picking cotton.

Picking flowers to beautify the house.

Veges from the garden for soup.

Baking.

Had to fish for the family's dinner.

More fishing.

Homework . . . . . 2+3= . . .

Carpentry work.

Fetching water for cooking dinner . . .

More homework.

THE FUNNY THINGS I SAY

2010-04-27T17:28:00.000-07:00

These are some of the funny thing Ryan said to Mummy or in her hearing . . .

2009

When I asked Ryan "who is your favorite Mom?". He pointed his little finger at me and said "You Mummy"!!

After finding out that Grandma used to ride a horse (named Lady) to school, Ryan said "Do she have a cow? . . . . . and do she have a elephant?"?

At bak-kut-teh lunch, seeing the chefs sitting and having their meal, he said "Look! The cookers are eating"!

2010

"When I grow up I want to marry Toni, but then Leon will have no one top marry" thinking more, he continued "and if Leon marries Toni, then I will have no one to marry"

CNY 2010, on the way home after visiting some family graves, Ryan said to his father "Papa when you die i will drive this car to my house"?

"Mummy, how old will you be when you die"?

"Mummy, are you old"?

"Mummy, when you got married was you carrying a flower?" Mummy answered "yes, I had flowers in my hair too". "Mummy, who did you marry"?

"Mummy, if everyone in this house dies before me, who will look after me?" Mummy answered "Don't worry, we will be around for a very long time. Look at me, I am 42 and I still have Kung-Kung and Grandma". Ryan then asked "Mummy, do Kung Kung and Grandma have any children"?

"When the clouds are heavy and dark, how does the water come out? How do they make the holes for the water to come out"?

When going out for steamboat dinner "Are we going on the steam boat or going for dinner?"

On the way to school one day, Ryan asked "When the clouds are black and heavy how does the water come out? How do they make the holes to let the water out?".

Trying to get Ryan to drink more water; I told him to drink up as water is good for his throat, stomach, intestines, lungs and even his blood. His wide eyed excited answer "I KNOW, water makes the blood wet!".

"Does the King call his friends on the telephone"?

2010

During the mengaji being broadcast from the Kuala Lumpur Mosque "Why doesn't the man in the mosque speak in English? I don't understand what he is saying"

On the way to school one morning "Do the bad guys drive a car, ride a motorbike or cycle? Are the bad guys girls or boys"?

Pic : Ryan holding Snowy. March 2010. Taken by Robyn

ITS NOT EASY BEING A TODDLER.

2008-04-23T02:31:00.000-07:00

It is not easy being 2 years old in this household. They work me to the bone. I have tried numerous times to tell folks of the deplorable situation I am in but to no avail. I have therefore been forced to put out this pictorial proof of child labour and hope that some upright netizen may step in and come to my rescue.

Cleaning the back porch.

Ferrying some sand.

Tending to the garden.

Walking the dog.

Blowing up the dinghy.

Massaging a member of the family.

Fishing for the evening meal.

Supervising my two rascal siblings wash their school shoes.

Painting the wall.

Making noodles.

. . . . . and at the end of each day, all I get is a small bowl of food that I have to eat in the corner of the kitchen. If this situation carries on, I might as well change my name to Cinderfella!

BY OUR LAKE

2008-04-21T20:25:00.000-07:00

MY FAVOURITE THINGS

2008-04-13T19:32:00.000-07:00

My bath tub.

My milk bottle.

Turtle. This was actually
Mitchells and he was going
to send Turtle to the
turtle-pound, then he thought
maybe I would take care of
Turtle. Its a big responsibility as
Turtle always asks to be pushed
around in the dolly's stroller.

Rusty. Actually I don't like
Rusty that much as he is
bigger than me, but I thought
this was a nice picture and
Rusty would be happy to see
himself in my blog.

Thomas and his Friends.

Leon's dalmation (the blue one).
I only want it when Leon picks
him up so this always ends up
with grabbing, screaming and
someone usually ends up
crying!

My digger.

My most favourite of all;
my cuddle-cuddle.

ME AND PA PA

2008-04-10T23:49:00.000-07:00

A nice snuggle.

See, my hair . . . . . why do you say I have no hair???

Hee Hee, you funny Pa Pa.

Wheres my milk?

Gee, this TV show makes me sleepy.

Waiting to pick up Toni n Leon on their first day in primary school.

The lady over there taking the picture is so pretty, right Pa Pa!

Leon n Toni, can you see me??

Are you sure this is a swimming pool?
It doesn't look like a swimming pool.
MAAMEEE . . . . Papa says this is a swimming pool!

I am a scare-dy cat!

Two handsome fellas.

Lets bury the little crabs in a sand castle.

Ooops, better hang on tight here.

Just being.

Stop irritating me Papa!

Ok, lets reel up that shark now!

Hangin' out.

This sure beats walking on my own two feet.

Happy lil' Tarzan.

Eh, a nice way to fish; just sit and do nothing!

Here nice Pony . . .

A kiss and a Christmas present for you.
And MY present is . . . . . . . where . . . ??

Out for a ride in our dinghy.

Phew! That was a hard days work Pops.

Cutting my toe nails!

In the garden with Rusty, our Doberman.

MAMMEE AND ME

2008-04-07T08:28:00.000-07:00

My first Christmas.

First day of primary school for Toni and Leon. We were waiting to pick them up.

Chinese New Year 2006. I was 7 months old here.

Putrajaya Wetlands camp ground. Just beginning to take a few steps this week.

Starting to get naughty here, running around in d good 'ole birthday suit.

Mulling about something.

In Penang.

In Avillion, Port Dickson. I was too scared to walk on the plank walkway.

Mums about to rinse me off; Malacca.

Strolling on a scenic walk by the Malacca River.

Chinese New Year 2008.

In our garden.

In Malacca.

HOW TO TAKE PIGGY TO MARKET.

2008-04-05T22:46:00.000-07:00

Now, if you had a piglet you wanted to take to market, how would you do it? Here we demonstrate with this pictorial guide . . . . .

. . . . . one lil' pig for sale, one lil' pig for sale . . . . . . . . .

LOOKING IN 2007

2007-12-17T03:02:00.000-08:00

Wheres that thing that rolled under there!

Not allowed to touch Leon's Bionicle so I have to lie down to have a good look.

A beautiful afternoon out there.

Traffic on Jalan Istana.
Those cars look like Hot Wheels toys!

Looking out at the Sri Hartamas Park.

Gazing down on Malacca Town.

Papa and I looking out in Penang.

Leon and I.

Toni and I and the Christmas tree.

Examining the leech.

RYANS WORDS

2007-06-11T18:14:00.000-07:00

Ryan has recently turned two. Here are more words he has developed

mell - smell
catch back - scratch back
eh phant - elephant
yobot - robot
tans po mer - transformer
fiderman - spiderman
jim water - drink water
vishan - this one
bus ober dare - bus over there
cam i ya - camera
danjes - dangerous
pire enjin - fire engine
candew - candle
booni - Bruni (one of our dogs)
pissss - please
dan ku - thank you
yay yen - Ryan

Photo taken by Greg; Dec 2006

MY 2nd BIRTHDAY

2007-06-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

See my cake, even has two small buses on it.

Toni & Leon, look at that fire!

Happy Birthday to Me . . . . la la la . . to Me . .

MY FIRST PRAYER

2007-05-20T17:34:00.000-07:00

God bless Favver,

God bless Muvver,
God bless Sisser,
God bless Bruvver;
God bless Uncoo
Out at sea,
God bless all
An' God bless me!

No, Ryan did not come up with this poem. His vocabulary is however rapidly expanding. Here are some oh his words that come to mind.

yite - light

twain - train

waining - raining

tonder - thunder

scat - scared

hey-yo - hello

cardodo - crocodile

i-chim - ice-cream

cawwy - carry

bowwer - flower

pitter - picture

pish - fish

penpenpok - pencil box

kos - close

battey - battery

skoo - school

ting - thing

eon bikle - Leon's bicycle

Poem by Norman Gale

Taken from The Child's Book Of Verse

MY FIRST YEAR (Part 1)

2006-10-11T19:47:00.000-07:00

This being alive situation is
rather nice, eh.

Don't know why, I seem to
wanna sleep nearly all the
time.

Can you see I'm getting fatter
Papa?

A wink for you

Look at 'em bees flying around
up there.

This is why Toni calls me
Chubby Checkers.

I don't really like to but I can
hold my own bottle if I have to.

Learning to put my head up.

Rolling around with a white
golliwog.

On my Jolly Jumper.

MY FIRST YEAR (Part 2)

2006-10-10T18:58:00.000-07:00

You don't know it, but I
daren't move cause the
grass is prickly.

What was that you said?

My afternoon nap.

Whoa! Just learning to walk here.

Hope Mum doesn't catch me
out here. She'd have a fit!

Me and my elephant.

Going to market.

Kick.

My two front teeth.

Rest on a weary day.

Heh heh. I'm starting to
get naughty.

Hey, there's our dog Rusty!

My favorite toy.

FEEDING TIME

2006-08-12T05:57:00.000-07:00

Toni admiring Leon's feeding skills.

Toni, watch that the hippo doesn't have a go at my milk.

Papa checking on Leon feeding me.

Leon feeding himself Koko Crunch as well as
admiring my good looks.

Let me try some foot acrobatics.

Hope Amah thinks I'm cute.

First time taking solid food.

Toni and Leon also trying my bikkies!!

Munch, munch, munch, on Papa's thumb.

John 6:35 I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

TONI & I

2006-08-11T21:15:00.000-07:00

So many nice people after
I got born. Gee, she smells
nice. She's soft too.

Hhmmm. Its that nice girl
I met at the hospital.

Hey Toni, your face is
rather cute.

Really? You mean there is
other food besides milk?

Sleep within a cuddle.

Nothing nicer than a
nap together.

What did you say comes
after E, F and G?

On the swing.

Yellow, yellow all around.

At the KL Aquaria.

Toni, can't you see
I'm slipping off here.

Just being.

Fun in a stream. Ulu
Kanching. Save me Toni!
Save me!

MY BIRTH

2006-08-10T22:48:00.000-07:00

5 months old - in Mum's tum.
Photo taken by Leon.

Preparing for my arrival.

Here I am!!

Little me.

Toni and Leon have been waiting for me for a long time.

They are glad that I am finally here.

A sweet cuddle from Toni.

My proud Dad.