Lauren, my 3-year-old daughter

"loquacious" - talkative
"logophile" - a word-lover




Lauren


Well I couldn't really do anything else with my "L" post other than write about my beautiful daughter, Lauren.

Lauren is now 3 years and 3 months old but speaks much more like a teenager. She knows what she wants, she doesn't always get it (except when she just looks too cute and I give in!), and she is becoming increasingly loquacious. She certainly couldn't have got that from me; I grew up as an extremely shy boy, and although that's changed, I wouldn't categorise myself as being particularly extrovert.

I'm pretty sure something Lauren will take from me is my love of the English language and vocabulary. I am a logophile and Lauren already possesses a sound repertoire of words which she uses on a regular basis. She can also distinguish gender by appropriately using 'he' or 'she', something which my English students have always struggled with.

One of my favourite lines Lauren often repeats happens when I take my HP Sauce from the fridge and place it on the table ready for dinner,

"You and your HP Sauce eh!"

Yes she talks just like us. She also takes some decent pictures in front of the camera. Here are a few of my favourites:

But my favourite picture of Lauren hasn't changed since the first month of her life. Here she is at 21 days old - I just love this picture of her!

How many children do you have?

How many would you like to have?

Lauren's Fashion in Bukit Sekilau, Kuantan

Lauren performed a fashion show around our apartment in Bukit Sekilau, Kuantan, last Sunday. We are extremely fortunate to have friends here who consistently pass on clothes for Lauren to wear. we haven't had to buy a single item of clothing for her since the day she was born!

We have lived here in Bukit Sekilau for over four years now and so this set of images are taken around our residence in Bukit Sekilau. This is our home called Kuantan. This is Lauren modelling her latest additions to her wardrobe.

Saturday 5th September, 2009

Had an eventful day which started before the crack of dawn and finished at 2am the following morning. Following is a photo essay of this busy day.

Urai and I went for a 6.30am jog with her friend, Sharon this morning which was exhilarating. It's been so long since my glory cross-country days, and it felt really good to run once again, albeit very slowly.

Later we were shopping at Carrefour when we amusingly came across the following product we had just weighed...

As you can see, the price came to one cent, so with the discontinuation of the one cent coin and the consequent new rounding system, it meant that this particular item would be rounded down to ZERO CENTS if paid for separately! So Urai was all game to go and pay for it and we indeed got it for free! We will be looking for other 'bargains' like this in the future!

I had four hours of tuition class in between these two events, after which we decided to go for some KFC at Megamall. It's actually been a long time since we last ate fast food, so we treated ourselves.

We stopped by to watch an absolutely enchanting hair styling fashion show from Paris, France on the Ground Floor of Megamall before we went back home. The scariest and perhaps most impressive was the following woman stunningly designed and made up, and accompanied by the eerie music, created a pretty chilling atmosphere. Lauren was certainly scared!

We arrived home and Urai decided to practice her gymnastics with the following holds...

Lauren tried her very best to keep up with these difficult positions!

And finally I tried my skills at gymnastics moves but it didn't quite work out as I had pictured...

Tonight we watched Roger Federer's 3rd round clash with Lleyton Hewitt. Well, Federer notched up around a half-century of unforced errors in a very indifferent performance, but still possessed enough quality to beat Hewitt in four sets.

I was delighted this morning to learn that Andy Roddick had lost in an epic five-setter with fellow American, John Isner. One less hurdle in the great mans way to a 6th consecutive U.S. Open title.

Lauren's Fashion Show

Today's entry is a pictorial entry of my daughter's recent fashion show. Hope you like it!

Hope you liked the pictures. She's a real cutie and we love her so much!