Happy LOVING day!!!

Happy LOVING day!!!

I'm pretty sure 99.99 % of you wouldn't know what this day means! To be honest, I just found out when I just moved back to the USA last year (just stumbled upon it thanks to social media)
It's definitely NOT a day of loving EVERYBODY!!! Lols...
That would be Valentine's day...

It's a very VERY important day in history that allowed the creation of KarMie = Karthik + Jamie!!!

To know that just as recent as in the years prior to 1967, the USA banned interracial marriages.

What Is Loving Day?

Mildred and Richard Loving were of different races but they went against the law, fell in love and decided to get married even though they knew it was illegal. After they got married, they were sentenced to prison for a year. But in 1967, the Supreme Court decided they would no longer prevent couples from marrying based on the color of their skin.

The Lovings knew love conquers all and because of their true love, they persevered so that couples like them and us can proudly be public today!

So because of the Lovings, every year on June 12th, every interracial couples will remember this day and celebrate their victory, our victory. It’s because of them that all couples can marry, regardless of the color of our skin.
They say love is blind right???

KarMie wouldn't be KarMie legally in the USA if it wasn't for the Lovings. Well, we would only be legal in Singapore/Malaysia. And to think that I wouldn't be allowed back to the USA without a USA marriage certificate. That would totally changed our lives. We would have to spend the rest of our lives in Singapore... Lols!!! I wouldn't mind that... "nasi lemak" + toast box everyday!!!

To also know that our kids, Sienna and Skyler wouldn't be able to marry people of a different race just because of the difference in skin color???
That is just mind boggling...
God created humans. PERIOD.

The Lovings definitely changed our lives, our kids lives and the world we live in...

How Can You Celebrate Loving Day?

~> Find a Loving Day celebration.
There are Loving Day celebrations all over the USA. Click here
http://www.lovingday.org/find-a-celebration
to find a celebration in your city!
If you don't have one in your city, you could probably start one in your community...

~> Celebrate with your family at home.
Sienna has been talking more about skin color ever since moving to the USA.
She knows the terminology "Chindian", that she's Chindian = Chinese+ Indian ... She identifies people of different races. We often talk to our kids about how KarMie was formed. When they are older, we can talk to them about The Lovings and/or even watch a movie all about it! The movie is titled "Loving".

~> SHARE IT, SPREAD IT!!!
Let's do our part and spread awareness of this wonderful day in history.
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I LOVE my "ROJAK" aka mixed up family!!!

Who wore the hat better??? and the winner is...

From this post of who wore the hat better...

There was only 1 person who voted...ms. Kelly Thorn, and she voted for baby Si!
But that particular vote doesn't count coz she's a kindergarten teacher (and all kindergarten teachers are baby crazy!!!) and plus ms. Kelly is also a CHINDIAN (so her vote is bias as she thinks all CHINDIANS are cute including herself... :p)

So I have self declared myself as the winner!!! Muahahhahaha...
Lesson learnt to all the readers: plz vote next time..hehhehehe....

Baby Si & mummy's VIRGIN basketball game experience!!!

GO KL DRAGONS...

It was our (mummy n baby Si) first basketball game...

We were ushered down to the VIP room where we were greeted wt lots of finger food and free flow BEER!!! Too bad this mummy couldn't take advantage of the drinks or else baby Si would be HIGH too...
Then the star of the day walked into the room (Kobe Bryant's dad-> didn't even bother getting his name)...everyone were rushing to get a pic wt him! Especially mr. Hubby!!! He was like a kid in a candy store... Hehheheh....
(P/s: was looking forward to having papa johns pizza as they are one of KL Dragons sponsor -> me n mr hubby ONLY eats papa johns pizza as those are the best!!!)

At first during the first half of the game...I was a bit conservative but by half time when the crowd, band and emcee started getting more vocal and animated, I find myself getting into it as well... Me n mr. Hubby were yelling, banging those "irritating" long balloons (which baby Si did too), cheering, throwing fists into the air, etc...just as if i was a season basketball fan!

Everything felt so real...like we were in a NBA game... There were the media, host, commentators, band, lights, cameraman, photographers, towel lady, water boy, etc...they even had a mascot! Was told by Kelly that the mascot guy had an in built fan in his costume...how convenient!

But this Mummy was more glued on the cheerleading girls all throughout the game (not coz of being pervert OK) but coz this mummy was an ex dancer aka "cheerleader" back in university days!!! Brought back memories of waking up early in the dawn to go for practice even in the COLD, SNOWY winter..did many routines during all those half times for football (American football that is) and basketball...which is whole year round as the game seasons are being played all throughout.

By the end of the day, baby Si attracted her own band of fans with her Super Sienna!!! outfit...n of coz her charming smile did the trick too ;)

Mr.Hubby managed to take a pic with the star player Sammy Monroe without knowing that he just quit the team just a few days ago as he was costing too much for the team!

Quoted fr mr. hubby's FB wall: "Sammy Monroe's going to be missed on the Dragon's pro bball team in Malaysia. Awesome scorer, and great team player... very humble as well. Check out this awesome 3 falling out of bounds against Thailand."
Watch his YouTube ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjdubnw-D5o&feature=youtu.be

Thank you uncle ken Han for the VIP tickets... Mr. Hubby will alwiz be ur no. 1 fan ;) he had a smile painted permanently on his face a day before till the day after the game!!! How die hard fan was he? managed to rushed back to malaysia from Singapore right after work on Friday just so he can watch the game on sat!!!

Thank you uncle ken Han's gf Kelly Thorn for so eagerly wanting to babysit baby Si so that mummy n daddy can enjoy the game...baby Si was so comfortable sitting in Kelly's arm that she fell asleep! must be the kindergarten teachers smell or perhaps the CHINDIAN bonding?