Bringing a child into this world was surely no easy task, giving birth is the second most painful thing any person will have to go through besides death. It’s strange how a mother would do anything just to protect her child, to make sure that her child gets the best out of his or her live. No matter how old you are, you’ll always worry, not for yourself but for your child. It’s as if it is an unlimited debt between a mother and her child. It’s not just how much you do for your child but also how much love you put into all that you do...for your child. I guess that is what you call unconditional love!!!
A mother is one person on earth that can do the impossible. A mother understands what a child does not say. An ounce of a mother’s love is priceless. No matter how bad we tend to screw up, our mother will always understand and forgive us. The mother’s instinct is given by GOD from the day she was born, all the love for her child was input into her from day one.
A mother always thinks twice in everything she does, first for her child then only for herself. A man may divorce his wife but no man will ever leave his mother, if so, he ain’t no man!!!
“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” - Abraham Lincoln
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Hi Mimi
I was pretty much busy making his final round of milk for the day in the kitchen. As soon as I was done, I walked all the way up the stairs into the room and was surprised to be greeted by a cheerful "Hi, mimi" from him. I answered, "Hi, lunlun" while looking at him. He was so cute when he said that. He repeated the greeting a few more times with daddy initiating him, touching him softly on his chin. My heart was so happy upon hearing his first time "Hi, mimi" greeting. My little one is getting more and more mischievous with each passing day. He always surprised me with new words popping out from his mouth. Daddy told me that lunz started out first with "Hi, darling" when I was making the milk downstairs.
Then when it was bedtime, he accidentally knocked his head on the wooden bar frame of the bed. Perhaps he was already too tired that leaded him to act clumsily. He did not take any afternoon nap and that's why. So, he cried out loud due to the pain. I was rubbing his head when I heard him said whilst pointing to the computer desk, "That one". I asked him, "Which one is that one?" He repeated a few times, "That one." I didn't even had a faintest idea what was he referring to. Then I asked daddy to switch on the lights while lunz went and grabbed what he wanted.
Oooo....he was actually pointing to the tissue roll placed on the computer desk. He went and pulled out a few pieces to wipe his tears although I already wiped them off with his blanket earlier. Then, he went back to bed. Daddy asked me, "How does he knows that there are tissues there?"
"Of course la...kids, they have stronger observations than adults ler, ahbothen, what do you think all those DHAs are for?" Smiling as I answered.....
Monday, August 25, 2008
Witty Little Actions
Lunz has been showing a lot of witty little actions last weekend. All of them tore laughters from both mummy and daddy. Life wouldn't be as fun without him. Nevertheless, below was what his little actions were on last weekend:
1. He successfully drew a sun and a smiley face. He started out with a circle and some straight lines popping out from the circle...ta-da! It was a sun, he told me. Scribbling on paper really provokes his imaginations.
2. He climbed all the way up the stairs to fetch his potty from daddy's room. Came down to the living room, stuck his ass on it and watched the TV while doing his 'business'. Both me and daddy were at the kitchen when he kept on calling out, "Hallo...hallooooo.......haaallloooooooooo!". I wondered what he 'hallo' about and asked daddy to go and checked it out. Daddy told me Lunz pointed out to the wet tissue on the floor when he saw him. It appeared that he has done his 'business' and asked us to clean his ass. He called out 'hallo' because he can't see us anywhere and he can't move until his ass was cleaned. Hehehe....
3. He made the triangle shape out of bolsters. It was easy because 3 bolsters were all he needed. But after that, he looked at us and said, "Star...star!" How to make stars lar from bolsters? Even though can, how many pieces of bolsters needed wor? Silly boy. This meant that children can be quite imaginative if they want to be.
4. He used the balloon and hit daddy suddenly on the head, "Beat darling, beat darling"....that was what my little one called him.
5. He used the same balloon and tickled daddy's armpit when daddy spread his arm wide open when we were lying down on the bed.
6. Likes to say "Hallo" to the dog, mostly and "Thank you" when he received things. So da cuttteee....
1. He successfully drew a sun and a smiley face. He started out with a circle and some straight lines popping out from the circle...ta-da! It was a sun, he told me. Scribbling on paper really provokes his imaginations.
2. He climbed all the way up the stairs to fetch his potty from daddy's room. Came down to the living room, stuck his ass on it and watched the TV while doing his 'business'. Both me and daddy were at the kitchen when he kept on calling out, "Hallo...hallooooo.......haaallloooooooooo!". I wondered what he 'hallo' about and asked daddy to go and checked it out. Daddy told me Lunz pointed out to the wet tissue on the floor when he saw him. It appeared that he has done his 'business' and asked us to clean his ass. He called out 'hallo' because he can't see us anywhere and he can't move until his ass was cleaned. Hehehe....
3. He made the triangle shape out of bolsters. It was easy because 3 bolsters were all he needed. But after that, he looked at us and said, "Star...star!" How to make stars lar from bolsters? Even though can, how many pieces of bolsters needed wor? Silly boy. This meant that children can be quite imaginative if they want to be.
4. He used the balloon and hit daddy suddenly on the head, "Beat darling, beat darling"....that was what my little one called him.
5. He used the same balloon and tickled daddy's armpit when daddy spread his arm wide open when we were lying down on the bed.
6. Likes to say "Hallo" to the dog, mostly and "Thank you" when he received things. So da cuttteee....
Friday, August 22, 2008
Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars
This morning my little one woke up early before I went to work and sang me a song that brightens up my morning....
"Twinkle twinkle little stars,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky"
He said to himself there after, "One more time". Then he sang again.
"Twinkle twinkle little stars,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky"
How cute and adorable! I couldn't stop myself from pinching him on his cheek after that. Hehehe....
"Twinkle twinkle little stars,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky"
He said to himself there after, "One more time". Then he sang again.
"Twinkle twinkle little stars,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky"
How cute and adorable! I couldn't stop myself from pinching him on his cheek after that. Hehehe....
Hopefully There Will Be Sunshine After
On-going bad news had swept us off our feet lately. After a week of recoveries, both me and lunz fell sick again. But, luckily no fever involved this time. Just flu and cough. And another thing I hated most was nose block! So, these few nights I had to take those sleepy flu pills to clear off the nose block or else I can't sleep. Both of us are getting better now....hopefully it last. This morning I was chatting with my boss when he recommended me to give my kid the Redoxon Vitamin C Solubles. I told him that my son fall sick very often, mostly related to flu and cough. He told me to give him Redoxon. He used to give his kids this extra Vitamin C boost since they were small and the outcome was good, they hardly fall sick. Those kiddies Vitamin C chewable tablet ain't strong enough to fight the flu, according to him. I'll go and get a bottle later at the pharmacy for lunz. Talking about a dedicated boss like mine, he did really care for his staff. And I very much doubt if that stupid MAA boss will show a caring side like him.
And...oh ya...I did manage to call the MAA boss whom I'll be reporting to if I'm to join the company. I explained to him the whole situation that the HR reduced the salary agreed after the medical checkup and it wasn't fair for me for what was being agreed earlier. I even asked the favor of him to justify the issue for me. Expecting him to be polite considering I'm still an outsider, I got this rude remarks from him instead:
" I have so many staffs under me, do you think I would have care for such minor things? And don't assume I'm doing HR job here. You are to report to another manager as well, not only me although I was the one who interviewed you doesn't mean I'm obliged to help you. The HR has the highest say. I think you better liaised with them."
WTF???!!!...I immediately casted the idea of accepting this job away. No way I'm going to work in MAA considering what a potential jerk boss he is. Plus, the way the HR does things, no way I'm going to be bullied like that. I have to look in a long run. What if my son is sick and I need to send him to see the doctor? Or what if I need to take some time off to take care of him? Do you think I would have the flexibility to do so under that jerk? Do you think he would have care? Unlike in MTC now where I have the freedom to do so and my boss is very understanding. Luckily daddy supported me a lot considering Lunz will start his kindi next year. I will still be on the look out for other jobs and hopefully I will find one that is good soon.
Daddy, on the other hand was much pitiful. Full of obstacles in everything he does. Hopefully he will able to handle things strongly. I will give him all the moral supports that he needs although financially I'm unable to help.
Hope the bad ones will all go away soon and hopefully too, our lives will be a bit of a smooth sailing after this. At least for some peaceful time.
And...oh ya...I did manage to call the MAA boss whom I'll be reporting to if I'm to join the company. I explained to him the whole situation that the HR reduced the salary agreed after the medical checkup and it wasn't fair for me for what was being agreed earlier. I even asked the favor of him to justify the issue for me. Expecting him to be polite considering I'm still an outsider, I got this rude remarks from him instead:
" I have so many staffs under me, do you think I would have care for such minor things? And don't assume I'm doing HR job here. You are to report to another manager as well, not only me although I was the one who interviewed you doesn't mean I'm obliged to help you. The HR has the highest say. I think you better liaised with them."
WTF???!!!...I immediately casted the idea of accepting this job away. No way I'm going to work in MAA considering what a potential jerk boss he is. Plus, the way the HR does things, no way I'm going to be bullied like that. I have to look in a long run. What if my son is sick and I need to send him to see the doctor? Or what if I need to take some time off to take care of him? Do you think I would have the flexibility to do so under that jerk? Do you think he would have care? Unlike in MTC now where I have the freedom to do so and my boss is very understanding. Luckily daddy supported me a lot considering Lunz will start his kindi next year. I will still be on the look out for other jobs and hopefully I will find one that is good soon.
Daddy, on the other hand was much pitiful. Full of obstacles in everything he does. Hopefully he will able to handle things strongly. I will give him all the moral supports that he needs although financially I'm unable to help.
Hope the bad ones will all go away soon and hopefully too, our lives will be a bit of a smooth sailing after this. At least for some peaceful time.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Posing for the Camera
It was Meimei's 2nd birthday last Saturday. We held a small birthday bash for her at home. I must say that Lunz knew how to pose for photo taking ever since I showed him images of him taken from the camera. Below are some shots taken during the party:
Before dinner at popo's house: Lunz, daddy and mei
I had to ask him to put his hands over mei's shoulder
Lunz, mummy and mei
Why you looked scared?
One family!
Posing for the camera!
Foods
They just love to bounce on the bed
Again, posing for the camera
The birthday cake
The silly gal and her presents
At daddy's house before leaving to popo's house
Posing in the room
He just love the Mickey Mouse and Pluto in the TV when I showed it to him
And Donald Duck as well!
Before dinner at popo's house: Lunz, daddy and mei
I had to ask him to put his hands over mei's shoulder
Lunz, mummy and mei
Why you looked scared?
One family!
Posing for the camera!
Foods
They just love to bounce on the bed
Again, posing for the camera
The birthday cake
The silly gal and her presents
At daddy's house before leaving to popo's house
Posing in the room
He just love the Mickey Mouse and Pluto in the TV when I showed it to him
And Donald Duck as well!Fruitful Story Reading Habit
After I introduced lunz to story reading habit before bedtime, he started to show much interest in the stories that I read to him. He would pay full attention listening to me and looking at the illustrations on the book. I found out that he has improved in ways of expressing himself in words. Sometimes he would take the book and read to himself imitating the way I usually tell the stories. He would go page by page, telling the stories to himself. There were some pages he knew exactly what that particular page was all about. And he was able to mention it. And there were some pages that he was unsure, he practically speak in his own baby language that I don't know what he was mumbling about.
One example of the pages that he was familiar with and able to tell was the first page on Goldilocks and The 3 Bears. The page was illustrated with 3 bears and he told me whilst pointing to the bears, "This is papa bear, this is mama bear and this is baby bear." And when it comes to the story of The 3 Little Pigs, he would again asked himself whilst pointing to the pictures, "How many wolves? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...." as he counted. Same goes for the counting of the number of pigs and the houses built. He would asked, "How many pigs? How many house?" and answered by himself. There were times he would take the book and read the stories to his popo. Although I doubt popo can fully understand what he was talking about...hehehe....
I would encourage all mummies out there to practice story reading with their children. It is very effective to build up the language as well as to encourage them to be creative and imaginative. And it strengthens the bond between the mother and the child as well.
Yesterday when I was feeding him noodles for dinner, he told me suddenly, "Mimi pao pao". Meaning he was already full. This was the first time I heard him saying 'pao pao' to me. Normally, I'll stop feeding him when I saw that he had enough. But this time, he told me to stop instead. He really knows how to express himself most of the time now. Then he said, "Plak plak". Asking me to go get him the 100 Plus drink. KIDS....*sigh*...hehehehe.....
One example of the pages that he was familiar with and able to tell was the first page on Goldilocks and The 3 Bears. The page was illustrated with 3 bears and he told me whilst pointing to the bears, "This is papa bear, this is mama bear and this is baby bear." And when it comes to the story of The 3 Little Pigs, he would again asked himself whilst pointing to the pictures, "How many wolves? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...." as he counted. Same goes for the counting of the number of pigs and the houses built. He would asked, "How many pigs? How many house?" and answered by himself. There were times he would take the book and read the stories to his popo. Although I doubt popo can fully understand what he was talking about...hehehe....
I would encourage all mummies out there to practice story reading with their children. It is very effective to build up the language as well as to encourage them to be creative and imaginative. And it strengthens the bond between the mother and the child as well.
Yesterday when I was feeding him noodles for dinner, he told me suddenly, "Mimi pao pao". Meaning he was already full. This was the first time I heard him saying 'pao pao' to me. Normally, I'll stop feeding him when I saw that he had enough. But this time, he told me to stop instead. He really knows how to express himself most of the time now. Then he said, "Plak plak". Asking me to go get him the 100 Plus drink. KIDS....*sigh*...hehehehe.....
Friday, August 15, 2008
No Smooth Sailing Theory
As explained in my earlier "Wheel of Fortune" post, life can't be good at all times. And the bad ones do come after the much pretty good ones. Why can't life be smooth sailing? Well, I guess that is what life is all about...to live and to worry.
I had some obstacles both in my case and in accepting the job that I was offered. In regards to my case, I always have to push the lawyer for updates. All lawyers are damn slow. Mine are not excepted. And if they can't make it on time, why promised earlier? Why make empty promises and make people wait? Since I'm the client, I think they ought to get some serious soundings from me already. I have been too patience, generous and kind to them. This is ridiculous as I'm paying them dollars and cents, you know.
On the other hand, I might not be able to commence on the new job. The stupid HR from the new company rang me up yesterday and confirmed that they already went through the medical report and mentioned it was alright with them. And before they actually proceed to produce me the offer letter, that HR bitch actually told me they had reconsidered my experience and decided to reduce the salary that they are offering! I was like "WTF????"....
Below is most of the tele-conversation that I can remember:
Me : But that was not the amount as promised and agreed earlier?
Bitch: No...no..that is not a promise (Yeah...right!)
Hell, right?! And if I would have known that, that is the amount (after reduction), I wouldn't have given them the time of my day for the blardy medical checkup!
Me : Ok...fine. I need to reconsider then.
Bitch : Sherine, let me advise you. Sometimes don't look at the dollars and cents. It is the opportunity and the experience that you should go for. (Yeah...right again! Would anybody willing to work for free considering it is not the matter of dollars and cents? Raise your hand high please).
She is really a bitch. She was the one that made my best friend fell into her trap. One stupid Malay lady that has worked in the corporation for 10 odd years and thinks she knew everything because she is an old ass there. My friend was curious as well when she entered the corporation with a much lower basic salary and decided to ask her boss whether she was the one that agreed to this amount that she has gotten. Coz my friend was being told by that bitch that it was her boss who decides on her pay. She was surprised to find out that her boss knew nothing about it, not as claimed earlier. Indeed, then she found out that the Malay lady was the culprit behind it. Same goes for my situation right now. I'm going to call my future reporting boss (he was also the one that interviewed me) and see whether he is able to fight for me. Then, only the decision of accepting the job or not goes from there.
I have never heard of companies reducing people's pay only after medical check up. Normally, the agreement on salary wise was made before the medical checkup. If not, why would people waste their leave, petrol, time and energy to go for the stupid medical checkup? These people are making a bad name of their company. What a shame!
I had some obstacles both in my case and in accepting the job that I was offered. In regards to my case, I always have to push the lawyer for updates. All lawyers are damn slow. Mine are not excepted. And if they can't make it on time, why promised earlier? Why make empty promises and make people wait? Since I'm the client, I think they ought to get some serious soundings from me already. I have been too patience, generous and kind to them. This is ridiculous as I'm paying them dollars and cents, you know.
On the other hand, I might not be able to commence on the new job. The stupid HR from the new company rang me up yesterday and confirmed that they already went through the medical report and mentioned it was alright with them. And before they actually proceed to produce me the offer letter, that HR bitch actually told me they had reconsidered my experience and decided to reduce the salary that they are offering! I was like "WTF????"....
Below is most of the tele-conversation that I can remember:
Me : But that was not the amount as promised and agreed earlier?
Bitch: No...no..that is not a promise (Yeah...right!)
Hell, right?! And if I would have known that, that is the amount (after reduction), I wouldn't have given them the time of my day for the blardy medical checkup!
Me : Ok...fine. I need to reconsider then.
Bitch : Sherine, let me advise you. Sometimes don't look at the dollars and cents. It is the opportunity and the experience that you should go for. (Yeah...right again! Would anybody willing to work for free considering it is not the matter of dollars and cents? Raise your hand high please).
She is really a bitch. She was the one that made my best friend fell into her trap. One stupid Malay lady that has worked in the corporation for 10 odd years and thinks she knew everything because she is an old ass there. My friend was curious as well when she entered the corporation with a much lower basic salary and decided to ask her boss whether she was the one that agreed to this amount that she has gotten. Coz my friend was being told by that bitch that it was her boss who decides on her pay. She was surprised to find out that her boss knew nothing about it, not as claimed earlier. Indeed, then she found out that the Malay lady was the culprit behind it. Same goes for my situation right now. I'm going to call my future reporting boss (he was also the one that interviewed me) and see whether he is able to fight for me. Then, only the decision of accepting the job or not goes from there.
I have never heard of companies reducing people's pay only after medical check up. Normally, the agreement on salary wise was made before the medical checkup. If not, why would people waste their leave, petrol, time and energy to go for the stupid medical checkup? These people are making a bad name of their company. What a shame!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Only You
Apart from Yenny, the other person closest to me is Sellina. Both also are Godmothers to lunz lunz. So, the following poem is dedicated to Sellina, another person I can always count on. She was one of the few things keeping me alive at one point. We've been through a whole lot in our years. She stuck by me, though, through the good and bad times. 13 years is nothing between friends. She's always been willing to be the target of painful frustration, and she knows just how to cheer me up. Nothing in the world could ever repay her for everything she brings to my life.
Only You
With you, it's all about
voiceless communication-
always knowing exactly what to say,
but never actually having to say it.
When no one seems to be listening,
you hear.
When I hurt but don't show it,
you know.
When I turn away to hide my tears,
you see.
When I feel like I can't get through to anyone,
you understand.
Your eyes glow just for me,
and I know you're proud.
You flash your magical, healing smile my way,
and I know everything will be all right.
You know everything there is to know about me.
You know what worries me,
what keeps me up at night,
and what shames me so badly
that I can't share it with anyone.
Most importantly, though,
none of those things bother you.
You've restored my faith in people
and proved that there is a thing
called true friendship.
The 3 of us...cheers!
With you, it's all about
voiceless communication-
always knowing exactly what to say,
but never actually having to say it.
When no one seems to be listening,
you hear.
When I hurt but don't show it,
you know.
When I turn away to hide my tears,
you see.
When I feel like I can't get through to anyone,
you understand.
Your eyes glow just for me,
and I know you're proud.
You flash your magical, healing smile my way,
and I know everything will be all right.
You know everything there is to know about me.
You know what worries me,
what keeps me up at night,
and what shames me so badly
that I can't share it with anyone.
Most importantly, though,
none of those things bother you.
You've restored my faith in people
and proved that there is a thing
called true friendship.
The 3 of us...cheers!Lunz at 3 years and 2 months old
Actually not much difference in actions from what I had described in the earlier post. Regarding about enrolling him for kindi, I have decided. I'll begin by next year 2009. He will join the 4 year old classes and will be in kindi for 3 years. I think 3 years are sufficient to prepare him for primary later. Should be OK. I don't want to put too much pressure and stress on kids. Just let them follow the flow. Thus, by October this year, I gotta register him already for a place next year. The kindi's open day falls on October. Till then, I'll save all the headache for next year. Hahahaha....
Up to date, lunz has been showing off quite a bit of actions despite still maintaining the current ones. Below are some updates on his latest actions:
1. Able to recite spellings on all colours and some shapes.
2. Able to recite spellings on words from A-Z.
3. Trying in every ways to express himself by words on the things that he wanted.
4. Able to listen and understand commands and instructions.
5. Knows how to clear and clean up the toys after playing with them.
6. Has incredible passion to scribble on papers with crayons because he is able to draw shapes out of it such as oval, circle, triangle and diamond.
7. Favourite VCDs : Pingu Series, Little Einsteins and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
8. Favourite toys : Shape blocks, lego, balloons, tricycle and play dough.
9. Able to listen to me now while I read the Ladybird tales to him as bedtime stories but not for long.
10. Wear his shoes by himself.
11. Take the socks from the cupboard for daddy at morning before leaving the house.
12. Prepare my sandals for me at the front door upon knowing that I'll be taking him for "gai-gai" (He knows which one is mine).
13. Do not like it when he knew people are laughing at him jokingly (He will "pien chui" or pull a long face).
14. Can short-cut now on the pronunciation about shapes if he is too excited such as "di" for diamond, "o" for oval, "rec" for rectangle and "tri" for triangle. He was too excited reciting the shapes illustrations on the newly bought 'Colours on Farm' book that he don't want to mention the entire word for each.
15. Understood and "pien chui" when mummy explained to him not to hit mummy when he dislikes mummy to sing. I said to him, "Just tell mummy, I don't want. Cannot beat mummy. Pain pain one ar." I think he understood because I saw him wiping his eyes and "pien chui" even though I didn't scold him or raised my voice. I merely just reasoned with him. When I told him no next time OK and "sayang him balik", the little one cheered up again.
16. Likes to jump and bounce on the bed.
17. Likes to 'cow ride' on my back.
18. Likes to disturb me by jumping or rolling on the bed when he sees me changing the bedsheets or folding the blankets.
Guess about that on his latest actions. Will try to update more when I stumbled upon new ones. Hehehehe.....
Up to date, lunz has been showing off quite a bit of actions despite still maintaining the current ones. Below are some updates on his latest actions:
1. Able to recite spellings on all colours and some shapes.
2. Able to recite spellings on words from A-Z.
3. Trying in every ways to express himself by words on the things that he wanted.
4. Able to listen and understand commands and instructions.
5. Knows how to clear and clean up the toys after playing with them.
6. Has incredible passion to scribble on papers with crayons because he is able to draw shapes out of it such as oval, circle, triangle and diamond.
7. Favourite VCDs : Pingu Series, Little Einsteins and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
8. Favourite toys : Shape blocks, lego, balloons, tricycle and play dough.
9. Able to listen to me now while I read the Ladybird tales to him as bedtime stories but not for long.
10. Wear his shoes by himself.
11. Take the socks from the cupboard for daddy at morning before leaving the house.
12. Prepare my sandals for me at the front door upon knowing that I'll be taking him for "gai-gai" (He knows which one is mine).
13. Do not like it when he knew people are laughing at him jokingly (He will "pien chui" or pull a long face).
14. Can short-cut now on the pronunciation about shapes if he is too excited such as "di" for diamond, "o" for oval, "rec" for rectangle and "tri" for triangle. He was too excited reciting the shapes illustrations on the newly bought 'Colours on Farm' book that he don't want to mention the entire word for each.
15. Understood and "pien chui" when mummy explained to him not to hit mummy when he dislikes mummy to sing. I said to him, "Just tell mummy, I don't want. Cannot beat mummy. Pain pain one ar." I think he understood because I saw him wiping his eyes and "pien chui" even though I didn't scold him or raised my voice. I merely just reasoned with him. When I told him no next time OK and "sayang him balik", the little one cheered up again.
16. Likes to jump and bounce on the bed.
17. Likes to 'cow ride' on my back.
18. Likes to disturb me by jumping or rolling on the bed when he sees me changing the bedsheets or folding the blankets.
Guess about that on his latest actions. Will try to update more when I stumbled upon new ones. Hehehehe.....
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Story Reading Habit
I dropped by at Jusco yesterday during lunch time and managed to grab 2 story books for lunz that cost me 45 bucks. One was a story on shapes and colours on the farm. Fully illustrated with drawings on farm animals and the surrounding environment. He prefers this book more than the other one which was the Ladybird version on 6 bedtime tales. The stories are such as The Gingerbread Man, The 3 Little Pigs, The Enormous Turnip, The 3 Billy Goat Gruffs, The Little Red Hen and I can't remember the last one. Ladybird book's illustrations are amazing. It brought the tales to live. As an adult, even I was fascinated when I go through the pages. Plus the wordings are not compact on every page. In short, lots of illustration with minimal wordings. Just perfect for my little one. It was the only one left on the shelf, so, I took it.
It turned out that he wasn't in favor of the Ladybird book as much as the other one. Maybe he hasn't started to appreciate such detailed stories yet. But, I'm trying to cultivate story-reading habits in him instead of his usual interest in books that teaches only simple wordings. Those books I think are more suitable for the younger ones. My boy has outgrown all those. Hence, with the new book on hand, I tried to read to him yesterday during bedtime on the story of The Little Red Hen. I tried to cut short some sentences because I saw that he hadn't much patience listening to me. Few times he stuck his fingers into his ear, refusing to listen anymore. Maybe he wasn't interested at this early stage or maybe he do not know what mummy was blabbing about. At times when he wanted to turn his head away, I will flipped to the next page and he will take a look at the pictures as they captured his attention. The illustrations were really nice to look at. I'm not going to give up easily.
I don't want to introduce all the 6 stories at one time. The book will easily bored him off later. One story at a night will do plus rotations with other books. Hopefully, this will keep his interest at bay. When he was exploring the newly bought "Colours on Farm" book yesterday, I heard him said, "How about this one?", "This is diamond" and "Next page" as he turned the pages. He is starting to form sentences. Good....that is exactly what I'm trying to do. To encourage him to speak more often instead of pointing to things that he wants and say, eh eh eh.
How I wish there are more libraries located in the neighborhood instead of the need to travel all the way down to the traffic jam city centre area for such facility. Then I can spend some time with him at the library every weekend to borrow different books instead of buying new ones. What a wish! Too bad...this is Malaysia.
It turned out that he wasn't in favor of the Ladybird book as much as the other one. Maybe he hasn't started to appreciate such detailed stories yet. But, I'm trying to cultivate story-reading habits in him instead of his usual interest in books that teaches only simple wordings. Those books I think are more suitable for the younger ones. My boy has outgrown all those. Hence, with the new book on hand, I tried to read to him yesterday during bedtime on the story of The Little Red Hen. I tried to cut short some sentences because I saw that he hadn't much patience listening to me. Few times he stuck his fingers into his ear, refusing to listen anymore. Maybe he wasn't interested at this early stage or maybe he do not know what mummy was blabbing about. At times when he wanted to turn his head away, I will flipped to the next page and he will take a look at the pictures as they captured his attention. The illustrations were really nice to look at. I'm not going to give up easily.
I don't want to introduce all the 6 stories at one time. The book will easily bored him off later. One story at a night will do plus rotations with other books. Hopefully, this will keep his interest at bay. When he was exploring the newly bought "Colours on Farm" book yesterday, I heard him said, "How about this one?", "This is diamond" and "Next page" as he turned the pages. He is starting to form sentences. Good....that is exactly what I'm trying to do. To encourage him to speak more often instead of pointing to things that he wants and say, eh eh eh.
How I wish there are more libraries located in the neighborhood instead of the need to travel all the way down to the traffic jam city centre area for such facility. Then I can spend some time with him at the library every weekend to borrow different books instead of buying new ones. What a wish! Too bad...this is Malaysia.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Finding & Keeping a Life Partner
This was forwarded by a friend personally to me. I guess I will miss her when the time comes....
Finding & Keeping a Life Partner
When it comes to making the decision about choosing a life partner, no one wants to make a mistake. Yet, with a divorce rate of close to 50%, it appears that many are making serious mistakes in their approach to finding Mr./Miss. Right! If you ask most couples who are engaged why they're getting married, they'll say: 'We're in love'; I believe this is the ..1 mistake people make when they date. Choosing a life partner should never be based on love. Though this may sound 'not politically correct', there's a profound truth here. Love is not the basis for getting married. Rather, love is the result of a good marriage. When the other ingredients are right, then the love will come. Let me say it again: 'You can't build a lifetime relationship on love alone'; You need a lot more!!!
Here are five questions you must ask yourself if you're serious about finding and keeping a life partner.
QUESTION ..1: Do we share a common life purpose?
Why is this so important? Let me put it this way: If you're married for 20 or 30 years, that's a long time to live with someone. What do you plan to do with each other all that time? Travel, eat and jog together? You need to share something deeper and more meaningful. You need a common life purpose. To make a marriage work, you need to know what you want out of life! Bottom line; marry someone who wants the same thing.
QUESTION ..2: Do I feel safe expressing my feelings and thoughts with this person?
This question goes to the core of the quality of your relationship. Feeling safe means you can communicate openly with this person. The basis of having good communication is trust, i.e. trust that I won't get 'punished'; or hurt for expressing my honest thoughts and feelings. A colleague of mine defines an abusive person as someone with whom you feel afraid to express your thoughts and feelings. Be honest with yourself on this one. Make sure you feel emotionally safe with the person you plan to marry.
QUESTION ..3: Is he/she a mensch?
A mensch is someone who is a refined and sensitive person. How can you test? Here are some suggestions. Do they work on personal growth on a regular basis? Are they serious about improving themselves? A teacher of mine defines a good person as 'someone who is always striving to be good and do the right'. So ask about your significant other: What do they do with their time? Is this person materialistic? Usually a materialistic person is not someone whose top priority is character refinement.
There are essentially two types of people in the world: (1) People who are dedicated to personal growth and (2) people who are dedicated to seeking comfort. Someone whose goal in life is to be comfortable will put personal comfort ahead of doing the right thing. You need to know that before walking down the aisle.
QUESTION ..4: How does he/she treat other people?
The one most important thing that makes any relationship work is the ability to give. By giving, we mean the ability to give another person pleasure. To measure this, think about the following: How do they treat people whom they do not have to be nice to, such as waiters, bus boys, taxi drivers, etc.. How do they treat their parents and siblings? Do they have gratitude and appreciation? If they don't have gratitude for the people who have given them everything; can you do nearly as much for them? You can be sure that someone, who treats others poorly, will eventually treat you poorly as well.
QUESTION ..5: Is there anything I'm hoping to change about this person after we're married?
Too many people make the mistake of marrying someone with the intention of trying to 'improve'; them after they're married. As a colleague of mine puts it: 'You can probably expect someone to change after marriage
for the worse' If you cannot fully accept this person the way they are now, then you are not ready to marry them.
WHAT KEEPS A RELATIONSHIP STRONG IS:
1. TRUST
2. COMMUNICATION
3. INTIMACY
4. A SENSE OF HUMOR
5. SHARING TASKS
6. DAILY EXCHANGES (meal, shared activity, hug, call, touch, notes, etc.)
7. SHARING COMMON GOALS AND INTERESTS
8. GIVING EACH OTHER SPACE TO GROW WITHOUT FEELING INSECURE
9.GIVING EACH OTHER A SENSE OF BELONGING AND ASSURANCES OF COMMITMENT
10. CONCERN AND CARE FOR YOUR LOVER IN YOUR OWN WAYS.
Here are five questions you must ask yourself if you're serious about finding and keeping a life partner.
QUESTION ..1: Do we share a common life purpose?
Why is this so important? Let me put it this way: If you're married for 20 or 30 years, that's a long time to live with someone. What do you plan to do with each other all that time? Travel, eat and jog together? You need to share something deeper and more meaningful. You need a common life purpose. To make a marriage work, you need to know what you want out of life! Bottom line; marry someone who wants the same thing.
QUESTION ..2: Do I feel safe expressing my feelings and thoughts with this person?
This question goes to the core of the quality of your relationship. Feeling safe means you can communicate openly with this person. The basis of having good communication is trust, i.e. trust that I won't get 'punished'; or hurt for expressing my honest thoughts and feelings. A colleague of mine defines an abusive person as someone with whom you feel afraid to express your thoughts and feelings. Be honest with yourself on this one. Make sure you feel emotionally safe with the person you plan to marry.
QUESTION ..3: Is he/she a mensch?
A mensch is someone who is a refined and sensitive person. How can you test? Here are some suggestions. Do they work on personal growth on a regular basis? Are they serious about improving themselves? A teacher of mine defines a good person as 'someone who is always striving to be good and do the right'. So ask about your significant other: What do they do with their time? Is this person materialistic? Usually a materialistic person is not someone whose top priority is character refinement.
There are essentially two types of people in the world: (1) People who are dedicated to personal growth and (2) people who are dedicated to seeking comfort. Someone whose goal in life is to be comfortable will put personal comfort ahead of doing the right thing. You need to know that before walking down the aisle.
QUESTION ..4: How does he/she treat other people?
The one most important thing that makes any relationship work is the ability to give. By giving, we mean the ability to give another person pleasure. To measure this, think about the following: How do they treat people whom they do not have to be nice to, such as waiters, bus boys, taxi drivers, etc.. How do they treat their parents and siblings? Do they have gratitude and appreciation? If they don't have gratitude for the people who have given them everything; can you do nearly as much for them? You can be sure that someone, who treats others poorly, will eventually treat you poorly as well.
QUESTION ..5: Is there anything I'm hoping to change about this person after we're married?
Too many people make the mistake of marrying someone with the intention of trying to 'improve'; them after they're married. As a colleague of mine puts it: 'You can probably expect someone to change after marriage
for the worse' If you cannot fully accept this person the way they are now, then you are not ready to marry them.
WHAT KEEPS A RELATIONSHIP STRONG IS:
1. TRUST
2. COMMUNICATION
3. INTIMACY
4. A SENSE OF HUMOR
5. SHARING TASKS
6. DAILY EXCHANGES (meal, shared activity, hug, call, touch, notes, etc.)
7. SHARING COMMON GOALS AND INTERESTS
8. GIVING EACH OTHER SPACE TO GROW WITHOUT FEELING INSECURE
9.GIVING EACH OTHER A SENSE OF BELONGING AND ASSURANCES OF COMMITMENT
10. CONCERN AND CARE FOR YOUR LOVER IN YOUR OWN WAYS.
Last Weekend Was Not Bad
Fellow readers, you must be wondering why am I bragging about weekends. Well, if you are single and young, you would have just grab your purse and hit the nearest mall with your girlfriends during the weekends. Or, you would even join in the late night parties, clubbing, "yum cha" and even some movie time!
But to some ladies like me who has commitment, 'not-young' and has a kid, some family outings or activities during the weekends will keep my time occupied and my little one entertained. I bet The Blue Ranger will agree with me when she read this!
Last weekend was better than the previous one. It all started on Friday, 08.08.08, daddy offered to grab us KFC after work. Then, we ate in front of the TV while watching the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. I must say I'm proud of the Chinese's effort to make the ceremony a remarkable one. You can actually witness the power of unity in them. And in short, I'm proud to be Chinese as well. They are really progressing. Beijing rocks!
On Saturday, I changed and washed the bedsheets once we woke up. Then, I took my car for the quarterly service and brought lunz to the nearby saloon for a nice haircut. Daddy had one too. After that, we headed back home for lunch. Yep! I cooked lunch because I had bought some groceries on Friday and because my mum gave me 2 big chicken drumsticks as well. So, I prepared lunch while daddy helped out. I must say that daddy was extremely helpful over the weekend. Daddy helped to bath lunz while I cooked lunch. Then, he helped me to sweep the floor, looked after lunz, fold the already-dried clothes and hung the bedsheets out to dry under the sun. You know la, men, they have to be ordered to do something, then only they will move but he did everything without being ordered to do so. Nevertheless, thanks alot daddy! Keep up the good work! Hehehehe.....
When lunch was finally ready by noon, we all settled down to eat. Lunz appetite was pretty good as he finished most of the rice. I boiled the sweetcorn and carrot soup. It tasted good with the "yuk chuk" but will be better if I add extra soup bones. 5 soup bones for a pot of soup is definitely not enough. But, still it tasted good. Thanks to the "yuk chuk" added. I cooked a vege, tofu, steam chicken drumsticks and scrambled onion eggs dishes. We had a satisfying lunch even with simple dishes like that. After lunch, I mopped the floor and took my car back from the service garage. Then, all of us took our nap up to 5pm including lunz! Ya, you are right. He slept at almost 12 midnight later.
By 6pm we made a move back to my mum's house. Time for some mahjong playing session. They have it every Saturday. We had dinner at mum's place. Then, I took lunz out for a stroll at the nearby pasar malam with bro's family while daddy displayed his mahjong skills. By the time we left my mum's house, it was almost 10pm. We called it a day!
On Sunday, we headed down to Mid Valley Megamall to get meimei a birthday present. Her birthday will be on the coming Saturday. We went together with bro's family. We had "dim sum" breakfast in one of the Chinese restaurant at The Gardens. We went to Toys'R Us after that and daddy got lunz a bottle of bubble blower. I finally managed to bought a pair of shoes for meimei. By 1 something, we left the building. The mahjong "kaki's" already called for a session at 2pm. So, we lingered at mum's place until 5 something before we headed back home. We bought "bak kut teh" for dinner and while I prepared everything in the kitchen, daddy kept lunz entertained with the bubble blower. Lunz was extremely excited to watch the bubbles in the air that he ran here and there trying to catch them!
Again, daddy helped to bath lunz while I washed the dishes. He was reluctant to take his bath earlier on. Hehehe...dunno why. By around 8 something, Lunz had already fallen asleep because he hadn't nap since the strolled from Mid Valley. I was surprised to see that daddy ironed all his clothes by himself because I normally iron them for him. Hhhmmm....again, we called it a day! We slept rather early that night as we knew we had to get up early the following morning because it is Monday!
What else?? Working time lor...Arrrggghhhhhh.....
But to some ladies like me who has commitment, 'not-young' and has a kid, some family outings or activities during the weekends will keep my time occupied and my little one entertained. I bet The Blue Ranger will agree with me when she read this!
Last weekend was better than the previous one. It all started on Friday, 08.08.08, daddy offered to grab us KFC after work. Then, we ate in front of the TV while watching the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. I must say I'm proud of the Chinese's effort to make the ceremony a remarkable one. You can actually witness the power of unity in them. And in short, I'm proud to be Chinese as well. They are really progressing. Beijing rocks!
On Saturday, I changed and washed the bedsheets once we woke up. Then, I took my car for the quarterly service and brought lunz to the nearby saloon for a nice haircut. Daddy had one too. After that, we headed back home for lunch. Yep! I cooked lunch because I had bought some groceries on Friday and because my mum gave me 2 big chicken drumsticks as well. So, I prepared lunch while daddy helped out. I must say that daddy was extremely helpful over the weekend. Daddy helped to bath lunz while I cooked lunch. Then, he helped me to sweep the floor, looked after lunz, fold the already-dried clothes and hung the bedsheets out to dry under the sun. You know la, men, they have to be ordered to do something, then only they will move but he did everything without being ordered to do so. Nevertheless, thanks alot daddy! Keep up the good work! Hehehehe.....
When lunch was finally ready by noon, we all settled down to eat. Lunz appetite was pretty good as he finished most of the rice. I boiled the sweetcorn and carrot soup. It tasted good with the "yuk chuk" but will be better if I add extra soup bones. 5 soup bones for a pot of soup is definitely not enough. But, still it tasted good. Thanks to the "yuk chuk" added. I cooked a vege, tofu, steam chicken drumsticks and scrambled onion eggs dishes. We had a satisfying lunch even with simple dishes like that. After lunch, I mopped the floor and took my car back from the service garage. Then, all of us took our nap up to 5pm including lunz! Ya, you are right. He slept at almost 12 midnight later.
By 6pm we made a move back to my mum's house. Time for some mahjong playing session. They have it every Saturday. We had dinner at mum's place. Then, I took lunz out for a stroll at the nearby pasar malam with bro's family while daddy displayed his mahjong skills. By the time we left my mum's house, it was almost 10pm. We called it a day!
On Sunday, we headed down to Mid Valley Megamall to get meimei a birthday present. Her birthday will be on the coming Saturday. We went together with bro's family. We had "dim sum" breakfast in one of the Chinese restaurant at The Gardens. We went to Toys'R Us after that and daddy got lunz a bottle of bubble blower. I finally managed to bought a pair of shoes for meimei. By 1 something, we left the building. The mahjong "kaki's" already called for a session at 2pm. So, we lingered at mum's place until 5 something before we headed back home. We bought "bak kut teh" for dinner and while I prepared everything in the kitchen, daddy kept lunz entertained with the bubble blower. Lunz was extremely excited to watch the bubbles in the air that he ran here and there trying to catch them!
Again, daddy helped to bath lunz while I washed the dishes. He was reluctant to take his bath earlier on. Hehehe...dunno why. By around 8 something, Lunz had already fallen asleep because he hadn't nap since the strolled from Mid Valley. I was surprised to see that daddy ironed all his clothes by himself because I normally iron them for him. Hhhmmm....again, we called it a day! We slept rather early that night as we knew we had to get up early the following morning because it is Monday!
What else?? Working time lor...Arrrggghhhhhh.....
Friday, August 8, 2008
All in One Day
I was on leave, away from work yesterday. Time flies pretty fast. We left home to send lunz back to popo's house early in the morning before 8.30am while I and daddy traveled down to KL for my pre-employment medical checkup. I had my medical checkup in the company's building itself as they have their own in-house clinic. Then, they required me to travel to KLCC for X-ray screening in one of their panels. Can't they have all the facilities under one roof? Ggggrrrrrr.....so, I need to rush down to KLCC with daddy and we waited for more than 1/2 hour before it was my turn for the X-ray screening that took me....like less than 5 mins???....
We decided to have lunch in KLCC before departing to Puchong to inquire about home loan. Puchong is the best as it has all sorts of different banks at the same street. Daddy treated me to Madam Kwan for lunch. I have never dine in at Madam Kwan before as I believe I can find the same hawker food elsewhere at a cheaper price. But nevertheless, the food were quite impressive as it were in huge portion and it tasted delicious. I ordered for assam laksa while daddy had nasi borjani. I must say that the soup and contents of the assam laksa, you can never find it at a normal hawker stall. Of course la, we are paying at a higher price here. Hahaha.....
Then we headed straight to Puchong. We inquired a few banks including HSBC, Alliance and CIMB. It was learnt that daddy need to produce his EPF statement for the loan. So, we traveled all the way down to KWSP in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya to get it. By the time we reached home, it was already 3.30pm and we were drop dead tired. We took a nap and woke up at 5pm where I need to rush back to my mum's house. There goes my 'day' leave. Normally I take leave just to get some peaceful rest but yesterday was extremely busy.
On another unrelated note, lunz vocabulary has been improving. He knows how to use the word 'and' already. Yesterday, while both of us were waiting for my bro at the staircase, his wife turned up with meimei first before he does. So, lunz said, 'kao mou, mei mei'...then he continued, 'AND kao foo'. Hmmm.....even now he has a lot of passion scribbling on blank papers with crayons. This is because he knows how to hold a crayon to draw and write already. He managed to draw a few shapes such as oval, triangle, diamond, circle, heart and square. Maybe, it was a coincident from the scribbling work. But, at least he knows that he can coincidently draw shapes and show it to me. There was once he drew a shape that looked like a square, I said, See! It's a square. He corrected me, Diamond! It was indeed a diamond after a proper look. Hehehehe.....blurred mummy.
We decided to have lunch in KLCC before departing to Puchong to inquire about home loan. Puchong is the best as it has all sorts of different banks at the same street. Daddy treated me to Madam Kwan for lunch. I have never dine in at Madam Kwan before as I believe I can find the same hawker food elsewhere at a cheaper price. But nevertheless, the food were quite impressive as it were in huge portion and it tasted delicious. I ordered for assam laksa while daddy had nasi borjani. I must say that the soup and contents of the assam laksa, you can never find it at a normal hawker stall. Of course la, we are paying at a higher price here. Hahaha.....
Then we headed straight to Puchong. We inquired a few banks including HSBC, Alliance and CIMB. It was learnt that daddy need to produce his EPF statement for the loan. So, we traveled all the way down to KWSP in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya to get it. By the time we reached home, it was already 3.30pm and we were drop dead tired. We took a nap and woke up at 5pm where I need to rush back to my mum's house. There goes my 'day' leave. Normally I take leave just to get some peaceful rest but yesterday was extremely busy.
On another unrelated note, lunz vocabulary has been improving. He knows how to use the word 'and' already. Yesterday, while both of us were waiting for my bro at the staircase, his wife turned up with meimei first before he does. So, lunz said, 'kao mou, mei mei'...then he continued, 'AND kao foo'. Hmmm.....even now he has a lot of passion scribbling on blank papers with crayons. This is because he knows how to hold a crayon to draw and write already. He managed to draw a few shapes such as oval, triangle, diamond, circle, heart and square. Maybe, it was a coincident from the scribbling work. But, at least he knows that he can coincidently draw shapes and show it to me. There was once he drew a shape that looked like a square, I said, See! It's a square. He corrected me, Diamond! It was indeed a diamond after a proper look. Hehehehe.....blurred mummy.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
My First Birthday
Celebrated in Restaurant Hee Lai Ton, Serdang on 17 June 2006. Guests were just family members.
Lunz and second koo poh.
Lunz and popo.
Lunz and tai tai (great grandparents on mummy's side).
Like mother, like son.
I love balloons, I love I love balloons.
Cake cutting time!
Lunz's first birthday cake.Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Good News, Naughty Actions
Good news! I was offered the job that I went for the interview session as mentioned in the earlier blog. They called me up yesterday after 2 weeks and confirmed that I'm in. I'm going for the medical checkup this Thursday and have to pass them photocopies of my certificates. Then, I will wait for the offer letter before I throw in my resignation letter. Sadly to say, I guess I will miss the working environment here. Everybody are very friendly here. It's more or less cozy as home. The job is very relaxing as well. I do get to surf the net everyday. But hey, we can't get the best from both worlds, can we?
All I ever wanted is the best for my kid. So, a relaxing work and of course not as highly paid as my new found job is definitely not what I'm currently looking for. Guess it's really time to leave for good. Hopefully, I will find the new job interesting and challenging. Again, hopefully it will not affect the consequences of my case.
Lunz did 2 naughty things yesterday. First, I was told that he plucked the thread from his blanket and stuffed it into his nostril. My mum had a tough time digging it out from his nose. Damn dangerous, we immediately threw away the blanket and replaced him with another one. Without his blanket, he can't sleep yesterday night. He stayed awake in his bed until almost 11pm when I scolded him, then only he kept his eyes shut. It takes time for him to get used to without his precious blanket but what can I do? If I continued to give him the blanket, he is exposed to the danger everyday and we might not notice. Now, the situation is similar to times that he quited his pacifier, can't sleep without it.
Secondly, he had party with mei mei yesterday when we were away to work and perhaps mum was busy doing something else at the moment that she did not noticed. He and mei mei vandalized my bedroom wall with crayons. When I saw the wall yesterday, I was like
!!
It was 'conteng' with colourful crayons here and there! I had a tough time scrubbing the wall with detergent and water until my arm ached. The two kids ended up kena smacked on the hand each for vandalizing the wall. Mei mei stood there dumbly without knowing I wanted to smack her palm while Lunz ran off because he knew I was about to beat him for causing the mess.
I woke up more than twice these 2 consecutive nights. Twice were due to he requested for milk and few times were visits to the bathroom. I tried to ask him to go back to sleep but he cried. I had to make for him then because I get to sleep peacefully after that rather than him pestering me with his cryings. It never happened in daddy's house. He never requested for midnight milk unless he is hungry and really needs it. I was having sleepy eyes this morning. Damn exhausted.
All I ever wanted is the best for my kid. So, a relaxing work and of course not as highly paid as my new found job is definitely not what I'm currently looking for. Guess it's really time to leave for good. Hopefully, I will find the new job interesting and challenging. Again, hopefully it will not affect the consequences of my case.
Lunz did 2 naughty things yesterday. First, I was told that he plucked the thread from his blanket and stuffed it into his nostril. My mum had a tough time digging it out from his nose. Damn dangerous, we immediately threw away the blanket and replaced him with another one. Without his blanket, he can't sleep yesterday night. He stayed awake in his bed until almost 11pm when I scolded him, then only he kept his eyes shut. It takes time for him to get used to without his precious blanket but what can I do? If I continued to give him the blanket, he is exposed to the danger everyday and we might not notice. Now, the situation is similar to times that he quited his pacifier, can't sleep without it.
Secondly, he had party with mei mei yesterday when we were away to work and perhaps mum was busy doing something else at the moment that she did not noticed. He and mei mei vandalized my bedroom wall with crayons. When I saw the wall yesterday, I was like
!!It was 'conteng' with colourful crayons here and there! I had a tough time scrubbing the wall with detergent and water until my arm ached. The two kids ended up kena smacked on the hand each for vandalizing the wall. Mei mei stood there dumbly without knowing I wanted to smack her palm while Lunz ran off because he knew I was about to beat him for causing the mess.
I woke up more than twice these 2 consecutive nights. Twice were due to he requested for milk and few times were visits to the bathroom. I tried to ask him to go back to sleep but he cried. I had to make for him then because I get to sleep peacefully after that rather than him pestering me with his cryings. It never happened in daddy's house. He never requested for midnight milk unless he is hungry and really needs it. I was having sleepy eyes this morning. Damn exhausted.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Last Weekend Was Pretty Good
My boss is a really nice boss la...everywhere he went for trip regardless it is a business trip or on his own trip back to New Zealand, he always get us gifts. So, my working desk has all the souvenirs bought from all around the world such as Austria, China, Japan, Laos, Czech Republic, Ukraine and etc. Not only him, but the rest of my colleagues always exchange gifts whenever they go for business trip. It's more like a culture to us in this small little division. But I'm glad we have this kind of practice. It shows that we care for each other.
Again, I've gotten a nicely wrapped box of mouth watering chocolates from New Zealand. It's a gift from my boss's wife who has just arrived from New Zealand. Tengok...boss's wife pun ada present for us. Where to find such good and knowledgeable boss la? He is like a walking dictionary. That was my answer when a colleague from another division asked me a question recently, how come your boss know so much?
Last weekend was just plain and simple but with some activities at least. Lunz slept until 9.30am on Saturday and Sunday. He broke the record. He has never wake up so late before. So, it was indeed a reward for me to sleep longer. Hehehe....
On Friday night, I was mopping the floor when an eye catching Chinese drama was played on Astro Wah Lai Toi. I immediately stopped my mopping action and sat down on the sofa to have a glimpse at the show. I said it was eye catching because it shows the part where both the husband and wife were having some negotiation with the husband's mother. The mother, who has cancer and was at her final stage of life was trying to reconcile her son and daughter-in-law's marriage...
Mother : I'm about to die, Jackie (Daughter-in-law's name). I want to know, do you still love my son, Ah Kiew?
Jackie : Love (whilst she nodded and sobbed)
Then, the mother approached her son and asked the same question. Her son replied the same answer.
Mother : You love her. You love him. Why you never tried to save the marriage? There are billions of people on this earth, do you think it is something easy to find 2 people that love each other?
Ah Kiew : Mother, the marriage cannot be saved. I can't possibly live with someone who is bad tempered and act like she is a princess.
Jackie : I also can't live with someone who doesn't speak rationally and stubborn either.
Mother : In a marriage, you must live and accept with each other's weakness. To be husband and wife, not only you must be patience with each other but you have to be patience for the rest of your life!
Then, she explained when she was nearing death, the only thing that she prayed to God was to give her one last breath to gain her strength so that she can tell her beloved son and daughter-in-law all these words and God granted her wish. Then by the end of the drama, the daughter-in-law rushed to hugged the mother when she was about to leave and the son joined in as well. It was a good ending indeed....
So, the moral of the story taught us the parts and parcels of marriage. I was more paying attention to the drama because that was precisely what my mom told me before that, when I was having some difficulty in my relationship. And I am very blessed to have a mother who shows care and affection on every aspect of my life. Regardless of what happened. With that, I finally realized the simple true meaning of life. Life is short. Don't be calculative on things but in fact, cherish each other more with passing days.
On Saturday, both daddy and I took lunz to see the paed. for his recommendation on the next inhaler for asthma. It's a good thing to hear that lunz's lungs condition has improved. He recommended using a new inhaler for this time and stop afterwards to see whether he still needs it. Then, we went for some personal movie time. We watched Mummy 3. It wasn't as nice as episode 1 and 2 but considered OK. We had good time. On Sunday, we took lunz out with mei mei (brother's daughter) for some kids playing activity at the fun ground in Tesco. Kids always have great time playing. Daddy gave me a surprise. He secretly bought the Famous Amos cookies for me which was my favorite. It might be something simple but meaningful. I'll ask Jag not to bang his head on the wall then. Hahaha.....For dinner, I tried to cook for daddy. Boiled the 'Ham choy taufoo' soup and 2 simple dishes. Good to say, I'm pretty well at boiling really tasty soup without the use of ajinamoto. Hehehe...I want to try boiling the sweetcorn and carrot soup using the onion, 'luk chuk', 'gei chi' and red dates next time. I also want to try making the pork floss pancake for breakfast soon.
Daddy, if you are reading this, stop the saliva dropping action.
Again, I've gotten a nicely wrapped box of mouth watering chocolates from New Zealand. It's a gift from my boss's wife who has just arrived from New Zealand. Tengok...boss's wife pun ada present for us. Where to find such good and knowledgeable boss la? He is like a walking dictionary. That was my answer when a colleague from another division asked me a question recently, how come your boss know so much?
Last weekend was just plain and simple but with some activities at least. Lunz slept until 9.30am on Saturday and Sunday. He broke the record. He has never wake up so late before. So, it was indeed a reward for me to sleep longer. Hehehe....
On Friday night, I was mopping the floor when an eye catching Chinese drama was played on Astro Wah Lai Toi. I immediately stopped my mopping action and sat down on the sofa to have a glimpse at the show. I said it was eye catching because it shows the part where both the husband and wife were having some negotiation with the husband's mother. The mother, who has cancer and was at her final stage of life was trying to reconcile her son and daughter-in-law's marriage...
Mother : I'm about to die, Jackie (Daughter-in-law's name). I want to know, do you still love my son, Ah Kiew?
Jackie : Love (whilst she nodded and sobbed)
Then, the mother approached her son and asked the same question. Her son replied the same answer.
Mother : You love her. You love him. Why you never tried to save the marriage? There are billions of people on this earth, do you think it is something easy to find 2 people that love each other?
Ah Kiew : Mother, the marriage cannot be saved. I can't possibly live with someone who is bad tempered and act like she is a princess.
Jackie : I also can't live with someone who doesn't speak rationally and stubborn either.
Mother : In a marriage, you must live and accept with each other's weakness. To be husband and wife, not only you must be patience with each other but you have to be patience for the rest of your life!
Then, she explained when she was nearing death, the only thing that she prayed to God was to give her one last breath to gain her strength so that she can tell her beloved son and daughter-in-law all these words and God granted her wish. Then by the end of the drama, the daughter-in-law rushed to hugged the mother when she was about to leave and the son joined in as well. It was a good ending indeed....
So, the moral of the story taught us the parts and parcels of marriage. I was more paying attention to the drama because that was precisely what my mom told me before that, when I was having some difficulty in my relationship. And I am very blessed to have a mother who shows care and affection on every aspect of my life. Regardless of what happened. With that, I finally realized the simple true meaning of life. Life is short. Don't be calculative on things but in fact, cherish each other more with passing days.
On Saturday, both daddy and I took lunz to see the paed. for his recommendation on the next inhaler for asthma. It's a good thing to hear that lunz's lungs condition has improved. He recommended using a new inhaler for this time and stop afterwards to see whether he still needs it. Then, we went for some personal movie time. We watched Mummy 3. It wasn't as nice as episode 1 and 2 but considered OK. We had good time. On Sunday, we took lunz out with mei mei (brother's daughter) for some kids playing activity at the fun ground in Tesco. Kids always have great time playing. Daddy gave me a surprise. He secretly bought the Famous Amos cookies for me which was my favorite. It might be something simple but meaningful. I'll ask Jag not to bang his head on the wall then. Hahaha.....For dinner, I tried to cook for daddy. Boiled the 'Ham choy taufoo' soup and 2 simple dishes. Good to say, I'm pretty well at boiling really tasty soup without the use of ajinamoto. Hehehe...I want to try boiling the sweetcorn and carrot soup using the onion, 'luk chuk', 'gei chi' and red dates next time. I also want to try making the pork floss pancake for breakfast soon.
Daddy, if you are reading this, stop the saliva dropping action.
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