Fidelia's Friday - A typical day in my life!

My day starts the moment Leah wakes up in the morning around 8am. Then, I will feed her and if I am lucky, she will go to sleep again. If not, Duncan and I will play and talk to her for a while on the bed. She can be very talkative. So cute!

Around 10am Lauren will wake up. While waiting for her to wake up, I will have my breakfast. Usually cereal with milk. 

Laundry is also done in the morning. This takes about 1 hour! The reason is because our washing machine is semi-auto so it takes more work than fully-auto ones. Not complaining as long as I am not doing the laundry by hands.

When it's 11am, it's time for the children to go for a bath. Duncan usually bathe Leah and I will dress her up. After Leah's turn, it's Lauren's. I will take care of Lauren after that. Comb and tie her hair! Lauren knows how to dress herself up. She'll say "I can do it all by myself!"

Lunch will be around 1pm. Thinking what to cook for lunch is always difficult. So, sometimes we just have sandwiches! 

Nowadays we will go for a walk on the field around 6pm. Lauren and her daddy will play football while I just walk around with Leah. The walk usually ends up with Lauren playing the slides and see-saw. We love our evening walk!

Dinner time will be around 7pm or 7.30pm. Duncan and I will take turn to cook dinner. We usually have "Sweet and Sour Fish" or soup.

At 8pm until 10pm, Duncan will have his class and I will take care of the children. Put Leah to bed around 9pm and watch television with Lauren.

10pm sharp is our CSI: Miami! It is a MUST-WATCH action series! One of our favourite action series called NCIS:LA that starts at 11pm just finished last night. So, we need to find something new to watch!

I normally go to bed first, then closely followed by Duncan. That would be around 12am or earlier. Meanwhile, Lauren will fall asleep on the couch and Duncan will carry her to her bedroom before he goes to bed!

I love my typical day! It is good to have a routine. It kinda make things a lot easier to handle and plan.

So, how is your typical day? Is it a hectic or a relaxing one? Mine certainly looks not so hectic but let me tell ya, it can be sometimes! 

Zenith Hotel Views

The Zenith Hotel and Menara Zenith are the newest iconic structures in Kuantan. The hotel is fully completed while the office tower is nearing completion. These landmarks have served as navigational tools for me and my cycling journeys.

An Evening Stroll in Kuantan and Planking Part 2

While it's the fasting month, the field opposite our house has gone very quiet in the evenings. All the Malay boys who usually play football are, of course, fasting, so we get the whole field to play on, along with one or two other children.

We went there yesterday evening to enjoy the late sun

My 3 girls on the field!

My wife's first panorama shot went pretty well!

Lauren and I enjoyed a kick about with the football . . .

A simple planking manoeuvre; Lauren watched me carefully

Planking is fun and can be hilarious. It can also be extremely dangerous. To those thinking of trying it I advise you to avoid it unless you are fully confident in the planking manoeuvre and in your own ability to carry it out.

It was interesting to read the comments from yesterday's post about "Planking". It was very popular as it attracted 123 visitors in a single day. A number of people expressed how they didn't 'get it'. Really, there isn't anything to 'get'; it's just some fun to pass time. Apparently my next-door neighbour in England, an older lady named Brenda, has been planking in her back garden and I think that's absolutely hilarious! But remember, be safe!!

Following are 3 planking poses by myself on the field last night, increasing in their degree of difficulty and awesomeness . . .

Plank 1

Plank 2

Plank 3

By far, my best plank so far, though I don't think I want to do anything more daring than this! My heart was in my mouth for a few seconds as I waited for the picture to be snapped. But I got into a nice, stable position up there.

Lauren continued her new-found interest in planking with this pose here:

Leah watched on from her snazzy pushchair

We had a lovely time, and as you'll see tomorrow in Planking Part 3, the third and final part, I even got my good wife to join in!

Planking

So there is a fairly new craze called "Planking". I don't know if you are all aware of it, but it's caught on all around the world. If this is all new to you, check out the wikipedia explanation.

For a gallery of planking pictures from around the world, amuse yourself at this link:

funny planking pictures

I decided to give it a go because I think it's hilarious, and I got Lauren to come and try it out with me. These are pretty simple planks at home. Enjoy!

Hope you enjoyed those starter pictures!

What do you think of planking? And would you try it?

Sony DSC-W520 Digital Camera Sweep Panorama

We have a new Sony DSC-W520 digital camera. It comes with a new Sweep Panorama function, allowing me to take panoramic pictures encompassing 261 degrees. 

Here's why we have a new camera . . .

The other week we had a tragic accident in which our Panasonic Lumix DMC-F2 digital camera landed on the floor lens first, and was damaged severely. Lauren was passing the camera to me, I was receiving it, and somewhere in between, it dropped, crashed, on the hard cold floor. I buried my face in my hands in silence. Lauren, feeling bad, went to her room and lay on her bed in silence. Surprisingly I didn't feel angry with her or the situation. After a few minutes I went to see Lauren to tell her not to feel upset. That was a nice moment.

Here are a few panoramas I've been shooting . . . just minutes after purchasing the new camera!

Zenith Hotel and Menara Zenith from the roof of East Coast Mall

A view of Kuantan town from the roof of East Coast Mall

An up-down panoramic image of Menara Zenith

The Zenith Hotel in Sweep Panorama mode

The Zenith Hotel main entrance