Hahndorf, a german village SA

 Hahndorf is the oldest surviving German Village in Australia and is a popular tourist destination.  Many of the original buildings and traditions have been retained and Hahndorf's village atmosphere is complimented by a myriad  of cafes and speciality shops.The Hahndorf township is just 20 minutes from the city along the South Eastern Freeway. Hahndorf is a short drive from Mount Barker, the Adelaide Hills' main shopping and business hub.

 Historic Hahndorf Academy was a respected school of higher learning, where many students became prominent citizens. The building was later used as a seminary, then a hospital. It was doomed to be demolished until rescued by Mr Wotzke. The Academy is now  a gallery with exhibitions and artists in residence. There is also a fine German Folk Museum depicting early days of Hahndorf.

The traders of Hahndorf originate from many parts of the world and have introduced new flavours in the tree-lined main avenue. There are a number of quality galleries with gift shopping to rival the best in Adelaide. Several craftspeople manufacture and showcase their unique wares in Hahndorf. Souvenirs can be readily purchased and some great fashion shops will please the ladies.

The founding of Hahndorf is a colourful piece of South Australian history. German immigrants, escaping religious persecution from Prussia arrived in the ship Zebra and established the village. It was named iHahndorf in honour of Captain Hahn, the ship’s captain. He had been sympathetic and had assisted them to become established in Hahndorf.Many of the quaint cottages are accessible in the main street, most in original condition except for iron roofs, that have replaced shingles and thatch. In some cottages, the shingles may be seen underneath.

Authentic German food is served in Hahndorf, as well as modern Australian and European cuisine, country style cooking, great coffee and delectable cakes. German sausage and smallgoods are available. There are also Icecream and sweet shops for the young and young at heart.

The trees along the street are over 100 years old and are an attraction. A guide to them can be obtained from the Tourist Centre in the main street.Hahndorf is surrounded by meadows and some majestic gum trees can be seen, a favourite subject of South Australia’s legendary artist Sir Hans Heysen. He lived and entertained at the The Cedars, his property on the outskirts of Hahndorf. His Bavarian style studio remains much as he left it. Heysen’s love of the stately gum trees shows in his works and his depiction of workmen and country life around Hahndorf have immortalised the scenes.(adapted from http://www.exploringaustralia.com.au/showplace.php?p=92)

I like the place, not because of it's sausage but it's the atmosphere that attracted me the most. the way they carried out their life, their business are just so differ from us.

Adelaide, SA trip.

another delayed post again. it's dorcas that reminded me i havent blog for the past few months. i actually have lots to write , just that time is the matter. my girl, eryn is growing so well which means i need to spend more time with this little learner now. her curiosity is always beyond her age. she wants to know everything i do. and nowsaday, takling to her is one of the most common thing we do. she likes to explore the world outside her playyard as well too. holding her littlee hand in my big palm is one of the most blissful thing every afternoon, showing her the veges my in law planted in our backyard. even with her age of 18 months, she can recognize many type and the names of the veges and fruits now. dont she is a clever adorable girl? to us, yeap she is.
well, we make our plan comes true in sept. we were flying to adelaide with our little girl. althought this is not her first experiece to fly in a plane, but to us this still another challenge moment as we really cant foreseen what will happen in our 8 hrs flight, will adapt to the temperature in adelaide? what if she is not cooperate with us??? but thanks God that we had good time in adelaide if minus the part i felt sick.

dinner at kuchng airport

special thanks to alliance bank that we able to access to this premium longue during our transitting time.

my little girl was so excited and she wanted to explore every part of the airport

the cabin crew provided a basinet for Eryn, and she is actually too big for the basinet. we dont care, as long as she slept well and the basinet can hold up to 15kgs(my eryn is still fit for this)
. we met a very friendly and helpful crew this time.big clap for the lady though i cant remember her name. well, one thing to complain, Mas international meal menu is very lousy now. look at our food and you will have a clear picture...anyway we still enjoy the food~nasi lemak, malysian famous food.

we touched adelaide at 6am, 11 sept. and we are welcomed by our cousin, gregory. thanks to him that sacrifices his sleep time and catch us in the airport at this hour. we have lots relatives in adelaide and this saved us alots of accomodation expenses as well too. we are well pampered by our aunt amy( a sister to my father in law).great hospitality, great foods....

able to visit some places after a good morning nap at aunt amy's house. we had domino's pizza as our lunch. we aint pizza fan but gregory is domino's regional manager and this expained why we had pizza as our first meal in adelaide. we ate for free with extra cheese and meat..but bad thing is my taste buds are all gone due to my sickness. all in all, its still a good catch up with greg and his wife, jiajia.

Glenelg, our first stop. we went straight to this beach side suburb after we left greg's place. Nothing special for us, took some pictures and went back for afternoon nap. husband went on for his fishing programme with greg.

Hahndorf, a german village at adleaide hills.

some snaps in this little town.stay tune, more to comes for this special small township.

to my love, eryn

In the past, I always dreamed to have a kid. I always like the feeling of being surrounded by kids. But I never knew that I will be a mother to a kid at this age until we found out I'm actually pregnant in one of the afternoon two years ago. all my dreams have became reality just because of the two lines appear on the HPT. evrything were so great and we praised the Lord for this precious life in our family

the arrival of my princess is not an accident but we called it as a fate. she is the darling and she is the idiolt too. she brings hapinnesses and she bring disappointments too. what ever she is, we are so contented to bring her up till now. Time passed so fast and she has now grown up to a infant and soon she will be a toddler. she is no more a crawling baby but a walking baby. she is no more (of course still crying but not that frequent) a crying baby but a talking baby now. She is now much differ from the time i first saw her in OT room. Being the only child of mine, she is the princess, she is the darling, she is the everything of us.

I enjoyed very moment spend with my lil girl. she is so lovely to an extend that i couldnt find a word to describe her.being a full time mother, i spend all my days and nights with this lil girl. the bond is so strong and i just feel like it's getting harder for me to let go her. i am with her from her first breath till now, I'm with her from her first cry till now, I'm with her from she first smile to me till now......i couldnt remembered how many times i cleaned her stool, i couldnt remembered how many times i bath her, i couldnt remembered how many sleepless night i had but one thing for sure is I know my girl is grwoing well.

Along the years, i did complaint, i did gave up and i was disappointed at times too. I doubted with my sacrifices when she is not bahaving at the way i wish she to be.I never knew that all my sacrifices are worth enuough until she started to call me "mama". Yeap, I am a mom to a child now. I know i have every responsiblity to her until the end of my life in this world and I just pray that we will be able to give her the best life whenever possible.

Thanks God for this lovely child.....We are gifted to a priceless gift.

Eryn is going to be 11 months old in another few days and yet I found I didnt write about her growth progress quite some time already.

Time really passess so fast and I even didnt realized my daugther is going to be 1 year old soon. She is pretty much the same as she is 9 months old but she is really getting smarter by now. She can understands many simple words like sleep time, milk time, bath time, wee-wee, no, coem to mommy etc...and knows how to wave bye bye, shakes her head, clap her hand very well too.. and I just realized how far i have been a mom to a child. It's a complicated mix feeling of being a mother not to say a full time mother. I resigned from my work half an year before I am pregnant and got into as a full time mother after the arrival of my princess. Being a full time mother is not just like any other job. it's the most important job there is and dont ever get a break even when i'm sick. Motherhood is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. no sick days no annual leave, No vacation time. but honestly, it's all worth it to see those beautiful smiling face everyday.

Though it is harder that I expected and even tougher than any other job, but I enjoyed every moment spare with my daughter. seeing how she grow from a baby into an toddler now. she is no longer a sleeping baby but an active baby now. and she is on her learning process to call mommy(in fact, she knew how to call daddy last month). I have no other word to describe how my feeling is when she is holding me tight. she is just part of me from the date she got attached to my uterus wall.

People start asking us when do we plan to go for the second one. Well, we have no plan in the meantime. We hope to give our best love to our first daugther till the day when we are well prepared for the second one. Husband always told me, he will be happy too if Eryn turn to be our only child. Deep in my heart, i hope to have another brother or sisiter for Eryn so that she will learn to share every thing in her life and even her parent's loves.

Innocent

The topic tells clearly what i temted to blog about today. I received a birthdya greeting from my friend this morning and did some chit chat with her through FB. but the at the end of the day, i found out that i turn to be a Kepo-ma. this is funny and i would said the so called girl is type of innocent. don't she think that she is a bit over reacted over this matter plus this is non of her business too. I resigned from the job 2 years ago and I really wish to have a peace of mind ever since i left the place. It's not i dont get a good benefit from there instead i did. It's not I am not happy with the boss, it's not because I don't like the wok environment. I left with a very special reason and i did this for my future child. but the gossips from the Super gossip lady is a never ending story.She can have any topic if i did some contacts with my ex-colleagues. I have every right to contact with any people and i have every right to talk about them as long as i neither hurt them nor bringing harm to them. I just hope to end the story here and i wish this super gossiper wills read my blog about her. yeap, lady listen. I have already left this place and i have my right to keep touch with any body i like. I have my right to voice out and even talk to other, i dont think i have to consult you before i start my conversation. you are just like dust in my life and i suppose can ignore all your unecessary comments or rubbish opinions but you are really kind of disturbance in my peaceful life.I am really thankful and appreciated the arrival of my baby girl in my life. i never doubted about the creation of God and i dont think only good people will get baby boy. hey lady pls pay attention here, good people wont get any child too if they didnt intercourse. only the fertilization of egg and sperm then comes then baby and baby gender is all decided during the course of frertilization. good man himself can decide for a baby gender alone. and you who declaire yourself as a good people, pls do me a favour. stop saying i am kepo-ma as i'm really not kepo if compared with you at least i only kepo about my own life and never bother others. are you too bored or too free, why dont you get yourself a boyfren and try the feeling of being busy with dating out..oopss maybe you couldn't get one and that's explained why u are so free to bother about other's life. Pls let your rubbish mind stop here and give me a peace of mind on my special day!!!!!

Husband birthday

Here comes the birthday man of the day.
birthday man and his lovely princess

she always has something in hand and mouth

she is always happy with papa and the same to papa too

toy is a compulsory item in her diaper bag..

with mummy, the sponsor of the night..haha!!

There is no more candle light dinner. We always have our girl tagged with us wherever we go
. but i'm sure this is a special night for husband as this is his first birthday with our daugther.

Happy Birthday to the birthday man !!

pre-pregnancy nutrition

Planning for a pregnancy can be exciting and overwhelming. It's never been a small matter to add a new member in your family--this little precious will require your money, time and energy for at least the next 18 years after birth. However, these are not the important consideration when you are really planning to build a family with a kid for where I seriously think that baby's health should come first than others.

when it comes to pregnancy, thinking ahead can give you and your baby the best possible beginning. Good nutrition isn't only important during regnancy. even if you're just planning to become pregnant, eating a healthy, well-balanced diet is one of the best thing you can do for yourself and your future kid.

This blog is specially for tammy as i learned to know that she is preparing to get pregnant now..

it's all about the diet plan and the life style before you get ready to pregnant. click the link below and it will bring you the info you want http://www.babycenter.com/getting-pregnant .

逸宁八个月成长记

逸宁已经八个月大了， 时间总是过得很快。

她在不知觉中成长了， 爸爸常用大baby来形容她。 比起别的小孩， 我的女儿显得有点小姐， 为何这样说呢，她可是非常的怕痛， 只要把她放在地上， 她会静静地躺着不动， 但是如果把她搁在床上， 她总是不消片刻， 翻得天犯地覆， 所以我常说她很小姐很怕痛。

她已经可以自己坐着了， 但是还是不敢爬行， 目前为止她最本领坐， 可以到处去摸搜。

现在的她，可谓是有很严重的怕生， 她只会对认识的家人微笑， 对外人一概不理睬， 有时真的被她搞的很丢脸。所以有时爸爸出门不在家，真的是苦了我这个妈妈， 整天把一个整十公斤的孩子扛在肩上。现在的她不再像之前一样，她一天只需要小睡两次， 醒来的时间变长了， 这也意味着， 我所能拥有的时间又变少了， 她就算可以静静地坐着玩玩具， 也得要我陪在身旁。 不过现在我至少看电视的时间变多了， 有时我就是把她搁在她的玩乐天地， 我就放心的看电视， 最长的时间她可以自己玩个半小时， 这对我来讲已经非常好了！

带她外出用餐也变得容易了， 她在五个多月大时就长了两颗牙齿， 所以现在她可以吃很多的婴孩食品了， 外出时， 只要递给她一些零嘴， 他就会安静的享受。

Eryn不断的长大， 以为担子会变得轻松， 但是并没有， 反而觉得越来越承重了， 难怪别人都说孩子是父母一生的负担， 养育她们并不是问题， 塑造她品格并不简单。 打从她还是小婴孩开始， 别人送礼物她说给她我都会教她说谢谢， 晚上睡前一定教她跟我们道晚安， 醒来也一样跟她说早安， 她打喷嚏时教她说excuse me， 虽然她现在不懂， 但是我希望借由这样的方法灌输她真确的礼仪。

看在别人眼里我这个妈妈很好当， 但其实只有带过孩子的全职妈妈才会了解， 这其实不容易， 首先自己的生活必须与外面的世界隔绝， 再来就是无限的付出和牺牲！不过只要看到孩子不断的健康成长， 这一起都是值得的！最近， 有很多妈妈问我， 什么时候计划多生一个， 哈哈！我有这样的打算， 但绝对不在未来一年的计划里！我想陪伴我的小逸宁直到她满两岁为止， 至少让我好好享受单独与她两年得时间。 我不想也没有办法把她搁下，目前为止， 不能！