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Well, or so i would deduce after climbing these realllly reallllllly small steps up to more ruins. Its amazing the steps are like 2 inches in diameter.

We stopped like 5 minutes from Ang Ko Wat, and trekked up this hill for 10 minutes, and when we finally reach the summit of the hill, there was this interesting looking ruin.

We were talking with the tour guide, wondering how the khmer people managed to cut the stones from a mountain, drag and brought these stones to this hill, and then to bring it all the way up without any modern machinery. Simply amazing.

As u can see the steps were steep, with a 2 inch diametre, just simply scarry, when you wanna make your way down.  The good thing is that in Cambodia, nothing can be taller than the Ang Ko Wat, so its pretty much like Texas, a flat plain land. So at the summit the evening view was stunning.

Yeah check out our poses …..

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We visited the site location where Tomb Raider was filmed. Yes more ruins to share with u. But the ruins were quite interesting … cos the site was huge and they had trees which grew over the ruins, forming interesting formations (see some pics below).

Yeah, where is Lara Croft? We tried looking for her… but didnt find her. The tour guide showed us where the set filmed the various parts of the movie in the ruins! Interesting.

We did lots of walking today. Watch my post later tonite on why i feel that Cambodians have small feet. Yes its based on a theory that i experienced climbing lots of steps today. But more of that later.

Check out some of our poses around the ruins of Siem Reap. Now i know why our plane was full of tourists, its rather quite an extraordinary site.

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Daddie is away from the family this weekend, cos the company organized a Management Retreat in Siem Reap. Know where that is?

Nope its not Thailand, though Thailand is one of its border. We are in Cambodia. Left the house early this morning at 4.45 to meet the rest of the team at the LCCT Airport at 5.30am to catch AirAsia to Siem Reap.

So far after touching down in Cambodia, all we’ve done is to go see some ruins (and i hear we are seeing more in the afternoon), and we’ve checked in at the hotel.

Being a hotelier, i guess i will share more pics of the hotel than of ruins. I am sure u can google Siem Reap ruins and see all there is to see online, so i shall focus on the beautiful hotel that we checked in.

We are staying at the Angkor Palace Resort & Spa. Just short of a Palace, the hotel is beautiful, big has a wide expanse with a nice pool (can’t wait to check it out & wish the family was with me).

So we just had lunch and we’re all resting in our rooms now, Praise GOD for FREE Internet Access in the hotel! Yup wireless by the pool too!! Guess i will be able to update as i stay thru this visit in Siem Reap ..

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Was just going through some photos on the computer when i came across this:-

And I thought I’d share this with all of U:- Look at the difference between the shoes…..at first we were thinking of getting Nathanael the one that is made in China from the Shanghai Shoe Company……that only cost RM130 I think per pair.

After much thought and consultation with the different therapist we were recommended to go with the German made pair….and of course the price is like WORLDS APART! I think the quality also WORLDS APART!

The German pair is so much more costly…although the purpose is just about the same…the only difference is the quality and also with Schein the shoes can be worn longer.

It has been a month plus since Nathanael we got him his Schein shoes and through the observation of many his walking & standing has improved lots. We’re due for a follow-up appointment with the shoe specialist in about 2 months time. We shall keep U all posted.

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Last weekend in church, Pastor Irene Lim did a short interview with Tiffany on her role as a mother to Nathanael & Zoe Joy.

Ps Irene was sharing with all mothers the importance of being a Spirit-Filled mom, and how mother’s can accomplish great tasks when they depend on God.

I totally love the way Ps Irene shared about her life as a mother and she spoke on how “I can’t do this alone!”.

Many times we set high expectations for ourselves as fathers or mothers, trying to vy to be the Best Father and Best Mothers in everyway possible, we will give our best attention, time, money, education and all that we have so that our kids can excel and be better than us.

But many times we may not be successful, or even face tough moments and situations in life. So how does Ps Irene do it?

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Kong Kong celebrated his 65th Birthday recently and we had a fun time with him during dinner! Once again we had a yummy Birthday Jelly Cake! (Seriously its absolutely yummy, if u have not tried it before u MUST!). Well we ended up finishing the whole cake.

Check our photos below in this Birthday Bash for kong kong.

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Crawling Position! Attention!

More Crawling positions for Nathanael.

I think you will be seeing lots of Crawling exercrise and therapies in the next couple of weeks. This is one big area that we want to see Nathanael improve in. That he learns to CRAWLS on his own. This is an essential step before walking. This will further strengthen his trunk muscles & balance.
As you can see that is a colorful play tunnel…he has to crawl through this tunnel for his gross motor exercise. We used to take 2mins to help him crawl in & out of it…..but as of 10 days ago….he did it in 30seconds! AMAZING!! PRAISE GOD.

We really wanna thank God for this milestone. We could not have done it at all…without His grace. He is also able to bear weight on his 4s for 30mins. COOL huh! He never was able to do that! It’s a MIRACLE!!

Thank U God….Nathanael also used to be afraid of that colourful tunnel but now…..he loves it! He would just creep straight into it. Smiling & laughing too.

We have so much to be thankful for. Everyday is a break through! WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!  

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Lots of fun activities await the kids at the Young Adults church service each Saturday. There’s a kids session that runs concurrently with the church service where children are having super FUN activities.

Last week teacher Charlotte taught the kids about how God created trees, fruits and plants. And how we should all appreciate what God has created.

She got them to close their eyes, and put a different plant or fruit in their hands and they all had a great time feeling and guessing what was in their hands.

And then teacher May Vern taught everyone how to create their own flowers …. see what they all did below.
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Guess who came back from the US of A?

Guess who carried back Nathanael’s headphones all the way from USA to Malaysia?

Guess who’s luggage was lost when they arrived at KLIA?

Come on, Take a Guess ….

We are just absolutely and totally appreciative to this one person who went all the way to USA and help bring back Nathanael’s Sennheiser Headphones. We were informed by Nathanael’s therapist, Ms Teo that if we were to buy it online and send it back to Malaysia, we can get taxed up to 30% of the selling price of the Headphones.

Now that i dont understand why the government must impose taxes on equipments or resources required for therapy? Sigh …. wish the govt would help sponsor it and have these all readily available in Malaysia.

Anyway … THANK YOU for helping us to bring back Nathanael’s Headphones. Want to know who? Click ReadMore!

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We are sure that you were celebrating with us when you first saw Nathanael walked on his own. Tiff managed to borrow a Walker home today from HUKM.

A brand new Walker costs RM685.

But a second-hand one is half the price.

So we are really glad that when Tiff asked one of the parent at HUKM and a mother was willing to sell this to us. She passed it on to us on loan so that we can check it out and to test it and ensure that it really meet Nathanael’s requirement, prior to purchasing it.

Tiff then brought it to the Pinang Medical Supplies store, to get them to take a look at it and they were helpful cos they help screwed up all the loose screws and help checked that it was in good working condition.

You must watch the Video below of Nathanael as he walked down the corridor from the kitchen to the hall and back. I am sure you will be jumping up and down with us in celebration! PRAISE GOD!!

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