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To some, 11.11.11 marks the most auspicious day of the year to tie the wedding knots, start something new or even having babies which I personally think they are more attracted by the pleasing coincidence than by any deeper significance. No?

Did you know that if you multiply 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 that the answer is consecutive? Try it and then check the answer to see what happens.  The answer: 12,345,678,987,654,321. Amazing!

My beloved Georgie boy went back to dog's heaven on 01.11.11.  The last moment I had with him together was when I finished cooking my boy's lunch.  It was 11am, I patted him on his head to assure him that everything was fine. He look lethargic but still managed to respond to me.  He was gone when I came back from fetching my boy to school.  It was 12.30pm.  I like to think that my Georgie left us around 11++am.

When my boy walked out from his school last evening after class dismissal, I could see his eyes twinkled with joy and that I knew he had some good news to tell me.  He ran to me and told me excitedly that he's got No. 1 out of 49 in his class.   His first ever No. 1 and this marks yet another milestone for the boy on this auspicious 11.11.11.  With zero tuition classes and a banana boy that you are, you still make it to the top of the class, daddy and mommy are so proud of you! 

So, 111111, supertitious or mere coincidence? Hmmmm...


P/S: I just had this post about "how coincidental this number '1' was to me" uploaded when I found my blog being removed by blogger!! Oh No!!!  I was so freaked out for the past one hour, googling and writing to blogger trying to find out what had happened.  It's finally restored. *Phew*  Coincidental or what??!!

Indonesian Kek Lapis (Layer Cake)

I have been lazy, extremely lazy in keeping my blog updated lately.  Not that I don't have topics to blog about, in fact I have loads of them, only that I have lost my momentum to blog, so it seems.  This post is going to be a short one.

Hubby brought back 2 boxes of Indonesian Kek Lapis on his recent working trip to Indonesia.  It costs him less than RM30 for one 1.2kg cake.  Not too bad, huh?

I just had few slices of the cake to go along with my cuppa Nescafe and it was heavenly!!  Not too sweet, exactly how I like it to be..

On a separate note, my boy will be having a date with his gf from his "old" school tomorrow, yes, you hear me right, old school.  This week is the second week he goes to his new school and I can now breathe a sigh of relief knowing that everything falls into place neatly and that he is comfortable with his new friends at school. 

Just got back all his test papers from his former class teacher and he did great, having scored 95% in overall performance.  Bravo, son!  I shall blog and update more soon, stay tune..

His First Aikido Test

The boy is having his first 8th kyu Aikido Test end of this month.   He is quite excited about it and even drew out the steps on his own initiative, without being told.  I first signed him up for the unlimited classes package but we barely made it there twice a week due to time constraint so now he goes there once a week instead.

I am happy to see that he is slowly showing interest in the martial art after 5 months.  At some time during the earlier stage, he found having to practise the same steps repetitively dull and boring but this is what Aikido is about, its technique is very subtle and usually requires long time of practice until you get it right.  Unlike Taekwando that practises on strikes and kicks, Aikido practises more on twirling and twisting and as it progresses, the use of weapons like sword and staff.

Other than his Aikido lessons, he has his Robotics and Hanyu Pinyin classes at his school every Saturday and Sundays are his only rest day but not for long as I intend to send him back to Sunday school in the neighbourhood but the mommy has to complete the induction and buddishm course (4 sessions of 3 hours each) before he will be accepted.

On another note, I got this from my boy few days before Mother's Day, a tad backdated but I want this recorded in the blog.

Awww..  Sweet..