Tagging

First of all I'hv been tagged by a friend of mine name Barbara. It's called Honest Scrap. After reading through her blog I have to follow the same instruction in which I will be writing 10 things about myself( very honest and very personal) Then I have to tagged another 10 person. This will be an going Honest Scrap if people do not let it dies out by ignoring.

Here are my 10 honest feeling.

1) Honestly... I usually ignored all those sort of tagging example like this one which I am doing right now. I hardly forward to anyone or wouldn't be bothered to let the chain go on but I do it for you Barbara. No hard feeling as I am being honest :)

2)Love to watch the sunset and can stay awake to the sun rise but once I am asleep I have never been a fan of waking up in the morning. Not a morning person and wondering why does everyone have to start school and work early in the morning??? I know it's healthy way of living but few hours of extra sleeping in the morning would just be an excellent way of happiness for me. Anyway with my age catching up now, I felt better to wake in the morning than my younger days in which I normally get grumpy and moody.


3)I could considered myself exactly the same like Barbara in this one, I Google for anything and everything that I wanted to find out. Thinking about it, we were a group sitting and discussing about travelling plan and next thing we knew, we had all our lap top out and we start googling where to go and what do find. I have to be on internet everyday. I am addicted to internet. I find cooking recipes tips here almost everyday or at least 5 days a week. I pay my bills through internet, I look for houses to buy on internet. I read news on internet and overall Internet is my guided life.





4)I am a Noodle,Pasta and Chili Freaking kind of person. I have to eat any sort of noodle at least once a day(if possible) This noodle in the photo is called Laksa and it is one of my top Favorite noodle that I have to cooked by myself at least once a week. Not easy to find Laksa in Sweden of course except in your own kitchen. PLUS I have to have plenty of HOT HOT HOT small Chili in my dish eat time I eat. I even had them in my hand bag sometime if we go out dinning in a restaurant. That explain how freak I am. I also remember having an Italian friend and Neighbor in Cairo who cooked excellent pasta. Each time when I was invited to their house for dinner, I always look forward to their best well cooked pasta.

5)My honest dream is to own many many unfinish millions in my account. LOL.. Guess it's everyone dream. Then distributed and help family and friends in need.

Buy an enormous big house, a private plane, a nice luxury car etc etc etc. Ohh... too many honest dreaming I had running in my head. I am sure it will happen someday somehow with the help of, "The Secret" :)
By the way that is one of the Swedish King Castle that is in part of my dream. LoLz

6)Love my children to death. They are everything to me. Seeing them growing up is part of my biggest success and happiness.

3 children are just prefect for our family. I know that being a parent is not an easy task but somehow can be fun. I remember being a child myself and now raising 3 kids have been one of my biggest successful dream. Sometimes I wonder what will they be when they grew up. Who will they marry and how many children will they have. Somehow the most important truth is that all of them are healthy and happy.
Beside those 3 kids, I care a lot for my husband, my parents and family in Singapore as well. I wish I could just be given the chance to see my parents as and when I want to. This will come true as well someday, I am sure.

7)I am so bad at remembering names of people I met and being introduce. It takes a while before I start to have their name in my head. That is why I have started taking Omega 3 with Krill everyday for the past months. The advantage and benefits have proven for all ages who take Omega 3.


8)Honestly I am afraid of speed and height. That is why you will never see me in one of this ride. Guess I would not be taking this even if being offered for a million dollar. Perhaps I would cry, faint or die in those ride. I couldn't understand the pleasure being thrown away left and right up and down. Even though the coward of being in those ride is in myself, I never stop or discourage my children to go if they would want to. I felt the tingling feeling seeing them on the air with those speed and swings but that doesn't stop me from encouraging them if they want to.

9)I believe in being nice to all people. Help them in whatever possible ways I could. I dislike arrogant, selfish and self centered people. Personally I am friendly, very social, positive and have been bless meeting many nice people around me wherever I go to. Being social is part of my life and I found it to be very important to succeed in life. I look forward to a world with full of peacefulness and happiness towards one another.

10) Last but not least in my last 10 honesty box, I hope to be able to start a school someday that Peter and I have always been talking about. "School for life"... Help the poor kids in Africa who have lost their parents by giving them proper education and life to look forward to. Poverty and wars will stop if everyone is given the opportunity to a proper education. I also believe that education has to be given for free and equality for any skin color you have or in any part of the world you are living in.

I finish of with my few invitation of Bloggers who are in my contact and should they be interested to continue the journey of Honest Scrap.

Sarah Guzzetti a friend who will always have a special place in my heart even we are far away from each other. Memories of us being so close friend in Cairo is still fresh running in my head. She's at http://sarahguzzetti.blogspot.com

Liana a good writer, active blogger and full of adventurous exciting life in which she is living now. She's at http://uberamazonian.blogspot.com

Elrener my daughter who just started blogging herself, probably she would find something to write in her blog after receiving this tagged. She's at href="http://elrener.blogspot.com

My last contact in bloggers that I follows is an Asian girl whom I met through blogging and she lives in Sweden. Though we never met each other but I do follow her blog each time she have new posting.
Estee is at http://asianlivinginsweden.blogspot.com

Guess I do not have much bloggers contact to tagged right now but hopefully they will continue the journey of the Honesty Scrap and pass on to their contact and their contact will pass on to their contact.

Gröna Lund.

We enjoyed the last opening day at Gröna Lund Saturday 19th Sept for the year 2009. It will then be open again in 2010 during the summer.
We gathered few friends with children. For the first time in my life in Gröna Lund, we stayed from the opening time till it get darks when we left at 20:10 in the evening.
I was surprised that Gabriel and Gustav rode almost all the rides that permits their height accepted entrance. I bought for him an Åkband, is like a band tied around on his wrist which entitles him to go on any ride as many time he wants to.
I admit honestly that there are some rides which he took that day, making me nervous to let him go. Somehow I know if he wants to try, it is better letting him try and decide the feeling for himself. At certain point, he said that some rides are making him nervous too.
Kvarten was one of the ride that I am almost could believe he went on it as he is only 6 years old. When I saw a boy who is slightly older than him shouted on the ride,"Mamma" and almost crying on that ride, I felt to run inside and take him out but I have to control my freaking feeling. Then he came out sitting next to Kvarten. I was shocked of happiness. He did it and he came out saying that he would not take the Lilla Musen after tried the Kvarten. He was scared for sure but he wanted to try it again later.



Sandra, Gabriel and Gustav.




Sandra, Gabriel and Gustav on a spinning Giant tea cup.



Gustav and Gabriel on a children free fall.



Children car ride. Trying to sent them on to all the ride possible since we have bought the Åkband which is actually worth it.




Melissa and Dad, Bengt Nilsson.



Another Children ride on Mini MoseRides.



Stop for a short break and had Muffin and Kanel bulle.



Gabriel and Gustav on an Octopus rides. This has a height requirement as it is quiet scary looking. Gabriel felt little nervous on this one but still he loves it and went on the 2nd time again with Sandra.


The 3 small witches.


Bengt has to show his face on this one as trying to convince his daughter Melissa.


Sweet little Melissa.



This is Kvasten the one that I felt worried about. I did not get to take good shot of him on this ride as it goes very high and very fast. He is sitting ride at the back which two small feet dangling.



Blå Tåget translated as Blue train. It is scary it is dark and scary figures, I dont know what but they were scared.


The bumper car.


This is from the Lustiga Huset. Suppose to be Funny House. I been in once. Not funny but lots of difficult scary movement to do inside and to go through and at the end ended up on this carpet which Gabriel and Gustav is on was not nice feeling at all for me. It falls so steep, so high, so dark and so fast. They liked it but I never like it anyway.


Aida(my Singaporean friend) with her daughter Melissa and Vel.


How sticky he gets from those candy.


The love tunnel which takes them both around on a small boat.


We took a break here. Tomas is seen with coffee and some muffin on his hand each time we sat down. He ate on every spot we sat.


We were shocked when Gabriel and Gustav came back with a big dog. They won. Here how it goes. Gustav and Gabriel wanted to play some games and I was tired after following them with all those rides, so I convince Vel to follow them and gave her some money. They played once and Gustav won the bonus price, then Gabriel played one more time and won the first price. It was just by luck that they both won. We hardly won anything big like this for a long time now.


Therese also won a small teddy bear for herself.


The flying frog. Not easy at all.



Ladybug ride.
Later they took few more ride before we decided we going to sit and have our dinner.


Even we sat for dinner and after ordering their food, the kids run again to take few rides before waiting for their food.

It was a long day for everyone. We left Gröna Lund at 8.10 in the evening. I can say that it was one of the longest day I spent in Gröna Lund and Gabriel took almost all rides and many times in each rides too.

We will be there again next summer.

Gabriel 6 years Birthday

Gabriel celebrated two Birthday parties this year.

It was one of his happiest birthday, since he never got the chance to invite big groups of friends before. We have always been moving around to different parts of the world and we never got the chance to know all the parents of his classmate to invite them to his birthday.
Finally this year we got him started to Kindergarten in Stockholm. He got along extremely well with all his classmate. 95% of his classmate managed to turn up even at the last minutes invitation and they had a whole lot of fun that day.

The actual day of his birthday falls on Monday 31st August 2009. It was celebrated with just the family members and since Jonas just flew back from Cairo with Peter the day before, he stayed in Stockholm just to join us for Gabriel birthday and left the next day back to Prague.

Gabriel was so happy when he opened up his presents and saw that he got Wii Mario Kart, Guitar Hero, Few Transformers toys, Flying plane with controller and a sweat shirt from Massimo Dutti.

We celebrated the 2nd Party on Saturday with all his classmate.

Peter booked the Bowling Alley for his party. It included; bowling for all kids, lunch, cakes, ice cream and Goodies were served for the all the children.

First of all when the kids arrived, we got them settled down by changing into bowling shoes and hanged their jacket in the room provided to us.

Later they were bought down to the bowling floor and were then explained the rules of the game. Since 90% of the kids are new to bowling and have never tried the game before, it is really fun to see them playing.

Once the kids are ready, they were group up into 4 different lane. We had 4 to 5 adult who helped them out the kids during the game.

Not only they have smaller and lighter ball for the kids, they have also made it easier for the kids by putting up a bumper on both side. Almost all kids manage to hit well. Some got their first strike and jumped up high to happiness.

It was not at all difficult to take care of 20 kids as they were all very well behaved, listened to what we have to say and just enjoyed their game.

After many rounds, they started complaining that they were hungry and we stop the game shortly after and went into the room where the lunch are prepared for the party.

All kids were served with Hamburger and French Fries. That is one thing simple with kids. They never demand for anything complicated which adult normally does. They were happy with just their food and juice.

After the food, Gabriel got excited to open up his presents and he could not wait any longer. So he went and asked me if he could open up his presents and we said yes since all kids have finishes up their food. They gathered around him and felt the same excitement as he was.

All we could hear was "woooöööo" "wahhhhhh" and "ahhhhhhhh" when they saw the present each time.

After all the unwrapping of presents, the kids were asked to go back into their seat again as we will be singing a birthday song for Gabriel.

Gabriel was asked to stand on his chair before hand. He felt so proud and was happy that all his friends were there with him. He made a comment at that moment that he was popular at that moment, which made most people laugh.

After the party end, Gabriel wanted his friend Gustaf to come home with us to play Wii and Mariah his mother was fine with it as she have made not further plan until the evening.

Gustaf and few other kids of our friends came to our house for a short visit.