Daddy picked us up for Christmas Eve's dinner after work on Wednesday and we headed off to Mines. Wouldn't wanna be caught in traffic jam should we traveled to any places further than that. Some how, we have lost the enthusiasms to stay out late for night parties or to crowded places. So, we decided to settle down for a nice and peaceful dinner. After dinner, we took Lunz for a walk outside the mall. He insisted to look at the fishes in the canal. I noticed that all the fishes went missing unlike previously, there were swarms of them on the surface of the water. Maybe the management has allocated them away which I wasn't very sure. So, my little boy kinda felt disappointed failing to locate any signs of the fishes. Then, he said he wanted to go up the connecting bridge whilst pointing to the bridge. So, we took him for a walk up the bridge. He kept on looking down at the gaps of the wooden bridge as we walked. His grip tightened around our hands when he noticed that it was water underneath the bridge. But later, after several ups and downs the bridge, he kinda like it already!
Recalling back to the dinner scene, I had to carry him and pushed his hand with all my mighty strength towards the hand wash basin for him to wash his hands. He had fries using hands, so of course, he gotta washed them (his hands) afterward, but his reluctance to go near the wash basin was so high as if the basin was a humongous monster that would swallowed him up if he goes near. The story behind was, he got frightened by the hand dryer machine when he went to the basin to wash his hands during one of our trip to Burger King. He was practically standing under the dryer (due to his height) waiting for his turn to wash his hands when the dryer sensored human presence and carried out its job. So, the air blowing noise scared him off. Since then, he is very reluctant to wash his hands at the basin if we are to eat outside.
So, back at Mines, I gotta carried an uncooperative 20kg fella twisting here and there, trying so much to flee himself to the wash basin to wash his hands. And when I was done with him, I saw that the man queuing behind me was smiling at the little one's action. I was embarrassed but at the same time laughed at this silly little boy. I managed to grab daddy a surprise Christmas present because I just wanted to cheer him up. We both had agreed earlier on not to waste any money to buy each other Christmas presents because there are still many occasions such as our anniversary, Chinese New Year and my birthday lining up next month. So, we decided to skip this one but we did bought Christmas gifts for Lunz instead. Even though that was the initial agreement, I felt that sometimes we need to pamper our partner's soul. A gift, regardless of the price will showed the opposite that we care and cherish them. Surprises are definitely good for the soul. That's why I got him something but little did I know we share the same thought. Maybe we just want to cheer each other up and feel happy about it.
When daddy was young, his dearest mum used to put Christmas pressies next to him on the bed at night when he was asleep and told him that Santa delivered his gift when he woke up the next morning. It was a lovely thought of cheering your kids up the moment they open their eyes the first thing on Christmas Day to see the surprise. She is a great mother and although I know that I don't have the chance to get to know her, she will forever be greatly remembered by us. Therefore, we decided to continue the practice to our children. To leave the pressies next to them when they have fallen asleep and get the surprise first thing on Christmas morning.
When he woke up, he saw the 2 nicely wrapped presents on his bed but he dare not touched them. After we told him that those were meant for him and urged him to unwrapped them, he made no hesitation anymore. He tore the wrapping paper apart to discover a huge bouncy ball and a box of paint-and-mold underwater creatures which includes his most favorite starfish! (That's why I bought it ;P).
Then I noticed a wrapped up jewelry box on my dressing table. No doubt. My Christmas gift! It was a white gold chain and a matching pendant. I hardly wear any necklace since I had lost mine several years ago. But it was a very nice thought from daddy indeed. I will be wearing his gift from now on. He, in exchanged got a useful Nike pouch from me where he can dumped all his property inside without having to concern which compartment to slot them on his pants.
Then we headed for a 2 to 3 hours walk in Jusco. I got daddy a Hush Puppies leather slip on shoes for 20% discount and told him that that would make up for our anniversary gift from my side.
Who knows? Maybe we will surprise each other again? ;)
Friday, December 26, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Phonics ABC
Since I started to show him some videos on youtube, he has been pestering daddy to let him see those videos from his computer everytime when we were around at his house. He would say to us, Ae, Be, Ce....Ae, Be, Ce....or Lots of Shapes...Lots of Shapes...Lots of Shapes...
Those are his two most favourite videos recently. Actually, it all started with Pingu videos from youtube. But you know lar, one video always lead to another. And we eventually found out that youtube had fantastic ABC videos that I can't possibly find in those video shops. Even I have to spend my whole evening ransaking the videos in those shops, I can hardly get something like this. It has all sorts of learning videos such as Phonics ABC, shapes, numbers, colors and etc. But the trouble is, each video only lasted at about 3 minutes the most. So, we had to sit and watch along with him and clicked for a new video when it finished.
Then, daddy being the computer expert, saved all the videos in his computer and automated them to play accordingly. No hassle for us to click for him all the time. It really helps the kid a lot especially the Phonics ABC. The idea of phonics is that you teach your children the various sounds that English letters have. The advantage of this over simply teaching the alphabet is that once they have mastered the main sounds, they can then read many English words!
He is now pretty good at the Phonics pronounciation from A to Z. That is the wonder of videos!
Those are his two most favourite videos recently. Actually, it all started with Pingu videos from youtube. But you know lar, one video always lead to another. And we eventually found out that youtube had fantastic ABC videos that I can't possibly find in those video shops. Even I have to spend my whole evening ransaking the videos in those shops, I can hardly get something like this. It has all sorts of learning videos such as Phonics ABC, shapes, numbers, colors and etc. But the trouble is, each video only lasted at about 3 minutes the most. So, we had to sit and watch along with him and clicked for a new video when it finished.
Then, daddy being the computer expert, saved all the videos in his computer and automated them to play accordingly. No hassle for us to click for him all the time. It really helps the kid a lot especially the Phonics ABC. The idea of phonics is that you teach your children the various sounds that English letters have. The advantage of this over simply teaching the alphabet is that once they have mastered the main sounds, they can then read many English words!
He is now pretty good at the Phonics pronounciation from A to Z. That is the wonder of videos!
Friday, December 12, 2008
A Child Is A Blessing Star
Having a baby is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to a woman. It's not just a duty of bringing a life into this world and feed him till he matured, till he has his own life. It's the whole journey and experience that matters. A journey filled with love, guidance, care and responsibility beginning with the tiny little fetus in a mother's womb for 9 months. Whatever she do and whatever she eat, she would think of the benefits that are in store for the baby. Even still in the womb, the mother has already begun feeding him, educating him, sharing emotional ups and downs, breathing as one, listening to each others heartbeat and telling each others about everyday's feelings. The bond between a mother and her child is undeniably strong.
I do not understand why certain mothers can give up their children easily or cases where mothers threw their newly born babies away or buried them alive to avoid facing the society. What has human became of? How on earth can a mother be so cold-blooded? I was always saddened by such news. And I must thank God I didn't lose him for if it happened, my life wouldn't be as complete as it is now.
It takes a lot of effort for a mother to provide guidance in her child's life. But of course, in return the rewards are full of laughter and joy. She would always think for her child first before settling for herself. Educating him, loving him, she would do anything to protect her little one. She will make sure he has food on his table, she will bathe and change him, she will teach him, she will play with him, she will goes to bed with him and she will be there for him every moment providing every love and care. Making total sure that his daily needs are fulfilled regardless. Nothing can ever come in between a love of a mother and her child.
As he grows, she will watch his every step. She will watch him start his first school. She will watch him advance till he graduate from university. She will watch him married and have children. She will watch every moment of his life till her very last breath....
I do not understand why certain mothers can give up their children easily or cases where mothers threw their newly born babies away or buried them alive to avoid facing the society. What has human became of? How on earth can a mother be so cold-blooded? I was always saddened by such news. And I must thank God I didn't lose him for if it happened, my life wouldn't be as complete as it is now.
It takes a lot of effort for a mother to provide guidance in her child's life. But of course, in return the rewards are full of laughter and joy. She would always think for her child first before settling for herself. Educating him, loving him, she would do anything to protect her little one. She will make sure he has food on his table, she will bathe and change him, she will teach him, she will play with him, she will goes to bed with him and she will be there for him every moment providing every love and care. Making total sure that his daily needs are fulfilled regardless. Nothing can ever come in between a love of a mother and her child.
As he grows, she will watch his every step. She will watch him start his first school. She will watch him advance till he graduate from university. She will watch him married and have children. She will watch every moment of his life till her very last breath....
If you love something, you have to let it go
If it comes back to you, it is yours
If it doesn't, it never was
If it comes back to you, it is yours
If it doesn't, it never was
Merry Christmas
Hah.....I finally can have my own sweet time for some blogging. Those days although I wrote on my blog, I had to be quick and just for the sake of updating my blog. Those were the days I was packed with loads of work. But since some of the events had passed, I have a little free time to myself. All I need to do is to prepare for a trip to Las Vegas in early February and roadshows in March 09. I thought that at least those will keep my time occupied during working hours.
Now, I even have more free time when I learnt that the Las Vegas trip was canceled yesterday. Gone was all my previous efforts to arrange for it. *Sigh* Well, I can't do anything much other than felt a bit dissapointed because that was what I was paid for. To work and to obey orders from upper management. Disappointment was due to partly because I missed the chance to land on Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps and mainly because of the senior management's attitude. But at least, I am certain to have more time spent with my family during CNY and ample time to prepare myself for the court hearing on the month of February itself.
Lunz is extremely talkative lately. He knows how to the sing the Happy Birthday song in Mandarin version. I was so surprised when I heard him sang one day. And it has to be in sequence meaning you have to sing the English version first, wait for him to say, "One more time" before you can proceed with the Mandarin version. If you repeat the English version again, he will definitely correct you and tells you it's supposed to be in Mandarin. Hehehe....
Apart from that, although he hasn't start schooling at the moment until January next year, I noticed that he has beginning to form sentences and replied rationally to some of the things I said. For example, I was putting him to bed one night and told him, "Go to sleep la bi, it's getting late". Then he replied me, "Tomorrow go Darling house ok?". I was like.....OK...this boy knows how to bargain with me already. There were times I played peek-a-boos with him during bedtime and some got him so frightened, he burst into tears. Then I had to cuddle and 'sayang' him back and he will be alright. Guess he just want to be 'manja-manja' with me.
Christmas is approaching. Just around the corner of this month. I always wanted a Christmas tree for my baby. Because now he knows what a Christmas tree really is based on his favorite cartoon, Mickey's Christmas. The cartoon was about Pluto who went missing after being scold by Mickey for spoiling the entire room's Christmas decorations. All because of Pluto wanted to help to place the deco of a STAR on the tree top but unfortunately stumbled and made a mess. So, my little baby always on the look-out for STAR on top of every Christmas tree and he will yell while jumping up and down happily when he saw one. But unfortunately, I don't think there is enough space for me at home to place the tree. I guess I will have to wait until I have my own house. Then I can do anything I pleased. Meanwhile, the only places that I can bring him to see Christmas decorations are shopping complexes. They sure are beautiful!
Merry Christmas!
Now, I even have more free time when I learnt that the Las Vegas trip was canceled yesterday. Gone was all my previous efforts to arrange for it. *Sigh* Well, I can't do anything much other than felt a bit dissapointed because that was what I was paid for. To work and to obey orders from upper management. Disappointment was due to partly because I missed the chance to land on Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps and mainly because of the senior management's attitude. But at least, I am certain to have more time spent with my family during CNY and ample time to prepare myself for the court hearing on the month of February itself.
Lunz is extremely talkative lately. He knows how to the sing the Happy Birthday song in Mandarin version. I was so surprised when I heard him sang one day. And it has to be in sequence meaning you have to sing the English version first, wait for him to say, "One more time" before you can proceed with the Mandarin version. If you repeat the English version again, he will definitely correct you and tells you it's supposed to be in Mandarin. Hehehe....
Apart from that, although he hasn't start schooling at the moment until January next year, I noticed that he has beginning to form sentences and replied rationally to some of the things I said. For example, I was putting him to bed one night and told him, "Go to sleep la bi, it's getting late". Then he replied me, "Tomorrow go Darling house ok?". I was like.....OK...this boy knows how to bargain with me already. There were times I played peek-a-boos with him during bedtime and some got him so frightened, he burst into tears. Then I had to cuddle and 'sayang' him back and he will be alright. Guess he just want to be 'manja-manja' with me.
Christmas is approaching. Just around the corner of this month. I always wanted a Christmas tree for my baby. Because now he knows what a Christmas tree really is based on his favorite cartoon, Mickey's Christmas. The cartoon was about Pluto who went missing after being scold by Mickey for spoiling the entire room's Christmas decorations. All because of Pluto wanted to help to place the deco of a STAR on the tree top but unfortunately stumbled and made a mess. So, my little baby always on the look-out for STAR on top of every Christmas tree and he will yell while jumping up and down happily when he saw one. But unfortunately, I don't think there is enough space for me at home to place the tree. I guess I will have to wait until I have my own house. Then I can do anything I pleased. Meanwhile, the only places that I can bring him to see Christmas decorations are shopping complexes. They sure are beautiful!
Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Room Restructuring
One of the wooden panels from our queen-sized bed was broken last week. So, we had to replace it with another new bed. We are keeping the mattress of course, because it was still very new. So, since we were moving the furniture a bit, the idea of separating Lunz bed from us came into mind. Firstly, this was because he likes to twist and turn even during his sleep and although he has his own bed, he will still turned around and landed on our bed (because our bed were joint to each other at the same height). And this woke me or daddy up, whoever was sleeping next to him on that time. And it happened many times in a single night. Secondly, we thought that he was old enough to sleep separated from us. Sooner of later, he will have his own room and he must get used to sleeping by himself. So, we started off now still in the same room but separate beds for the time being. Thirdly, the decision was made due to he does not consume night feeding anymore, so, I wouldn't fear him waking up in the middle of the night looking for me.
At first, we thought of discarding the wooden frames and just lay the bed on the floor. Lunz steel bed will remained at its height. But, I worried that without our bed as the barrier, he will roll down from the bed. So, we proceed with fixing the wooden frame for our queen-sized bed but dismantled his steel one instead. We replaced it with a wooden roller bed. Now, the height of his bed including the mattress was only 24 cm from floor length. We took out the roller from the bed, of course, to stop the bed from moving. With this new height, we wouldn't be afraid that he will roll down from his bed and knock himself nor him turning around till he wake us all up. His bed was perfectly placed next to our bed but of course much lower and not the same height anymore.
It worked out pretty fine. One the first night, he kept rolling down from his bed on to the floor. He noticed that he has fallen out from bed and quickly climbed back to resume his sleep. I wasn't worried because at that height, he couldn't hurt himself. On the second and third night, he has gotten more used to it. He didn't roll down anymore but occasionally tried to squeeze himself up on to our bed to sleep with us. We placed him back again, he did not complained and fell back into sleep immediately. I assumed he was still blurred.
Besides that, another change was daddy now sleeps next to him instead of previously me.
At first, we thought of discarding the wooden frames and just lay the bed on the floor. Lunz steel bed will remained at its height. But, I worried that without our bed as the barrier, he will roll down from the bed. So, we proceed with fixing the wooden frame for our queen-sized bed but dismantled his steel one instead. We replaced it with a wooden roller bed. Now, the height of his bed including the mattress was only 24 cm from floor length. We took out the roller from the bed, of course, to stop the bed from moving. With this new height, we wouldn't be afraid that he will roll down from his bed and knock himself nor him turning around till he wake us all up. His bed was perfectly placed next to our bed but of course much lower and not the same height anymore.
It worked out pretty fine. One the first night, he kept rolling down from his bed on to the floor. He noticed that he has fallen out from bed and quickly climbed back to resume his sleep. I wasn't worried because at that height, he couldn't hurt himself. On the second and third night, he has gotten more used to it. He didn't roll down anymore but occasionally tried to squeeze himself up on to our bed to sleep with us. We placed him back again, he did not complained and fell back into sleep immediately. I assumed he was still blurred.
Besides that, another change was daddy now sleeps next to him instead of previously me.
It's a F-R-O-G!
My baby currently is very good with question like, "What's this?" when he do not know about the names of certain things. He expects you to tell him what was that and he will tried to memorize it. But the next time, if he couldn't remember, he will ask again "What's this?". The most funny thing that I encountered during the past weekend was he certainly knew what kind of noise I made. I was practically busy repeating "Berebep...berebep...berebep..." in front of him. Just to simply disturbed him and suddenly he said, "It's a frog!". I was very very surprised.
I mean I have never told him a frog make such sound. How on earth did he know that that was a frog?? The power of TV perhaps? Hmmm.....kids! They are always the unimaginable.
I mean I have never told him a frog make such sound. How on earth did he know that that was a frog?? The power of TV perhaps? Hmmm.....kids! They are always the unimaginable.
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Documentary of My life
My life has gone through tremendous changes even at a young age. For I am only 26 years old but I have gone through many ups and downs in my life that I thought will not happened to me earlier. But who knows? At least, as of so far, I'm currently living a happy and joyful life.
I don't come from a well-to-do family like most of my friend does. Even as a teenager me, I had to work during school/uni term breaks to support my family and myself. I envied all my friends that had the opportunities to go for vacations during school holidays while I had to work. Even my brothers themselves chose to have a jolly time during school holidays instead of trying to help out the family. They were very much unlike me, for I will choose to lighten the burden off my mum's shoulder. Despite the financial situations that we encountered, I must say we lived a happy life. The whole household was never silent. There were always laughters around. Me and my brothers, even my mum is an open and hilarious person. We kept the house fun to lived in.
Then, my father started to behave strangely and one fine day, I still remembered my mum was crying while she was ironing our clothes. I do not understand why at the age of 13 year old me when I saw her crying. Then, I finally realized what had happened. We went through a lot from there. I still remembered the scene where I knelt in front of Kuan Yin Goddess till the incense finished burning to its last flame, begging HER to bring him back to us. Luckily in the end, he turned back, for if not, I think he will regret it for the rest of his life. There goes our happy family trying to resume our happy lives. This continues until my elder brother decided to shift out with his girlfriend even before their intention to get married. I saw the sadness in my mum's eyes but she could do nothing than to let them go. Gone from there onwards a brother that has shared so much with me. He has always loved me so much, every night sharing our bedtime chats. He is the type of brother who knocked off whoever that bullies his little sister. But since the moment he walked out, he brought the love away with him. Until now, we hadn't got much to talk anymore especially since he already has a family. And also, from the moment he disagreed with the decision that I have made....
Despite whatever that happens, I excelled academically. I still remembered there was this Indian girlfriend of mine who sat beside me and always like to copy my schoolwork. Who knows, the world is round and eventually now she is even earning higher than me and doing her Masters as well. What a funny thing for I think what is the used to excel so well academically when I just couldn't do as good in my career? Beg me pardon, not that I'm underperformed. It's the prospect of job from what I had studied in Uni that is not doing very well. They said a good education leads to a good job. No doubt but sometimes we can just landed and got stuck on the wrong planet.
For I thought I loved this man that I have been through for 6-7 years. A man that I determined to marry and live the rest of my life with. A man that I wished to know everytime when I looked at him on how will my child look if he fathered it. But it was only sadness that concealed me everytime I looked at other children thinking I was supposed have one but I have to let it go due to both of us were still young at that time. Year passed, again unfortunately, he started to behave rebelliously once he know I wanted to settle down with him even despite me carrying his second child this time. He was not ready for all these, he said. I went through a hell lot, disappointments, emotional strains and breakdowns, draining me both physically and mentally wanting him only to accept me and his child. I still remembered Yenny trying to console me with words like "Don't be sad, the baby will know it and you wouldn't want him to be sad either". The only thing that I had that time were just comforting close sisters and family. They were the only one that witnessed how painful I were at that particular moment.
However, I still managed to settle into marriage with him despite the fact that he had ignored earlier, i.e., we had already registered our marriage a year ago before I had this child. I had tough time, really really tough time trying to tame him down, getting him accustomed to our marriage. Few times I ran away from his home due to sadness and disappointments. As time passed, he managed to settle down eventually and things went on fine until I discovered an affair of his merely 2 weeks before my childbirth due date. Another trauma started again and forgiveness took place considering the birth of my child soon.
My life was completed with my son's presence to my world and it was only then I knew he was all that it matters. We managed to live a normal life for about 1 year after Lunz's arrival when all the misunderstandings, mistrust and arguments took place. We had many sequence serious fights and divorce was brought up over and over again until I couldn't bear it and eventually gave him what he wants. If that is what he wants, he will have it.
We were separated since and it took me 9 months to get over and through with it. In this 9 months, I have been asking myself whether this was right for me and my baby? I eventually made a choice and never looked back since.
He came into my life at my most downfall, offering every bits of advices and comforts to me. Promising with his every breath, willing me to give him a chance to take care the both of us. And, that person was Daddy. He was there with me when I had all the emotional struggles. He was always there giving full supports, defining things for me and yet hope nothings in return. We were together since despite strong objections from family members even my mum as well. That was where I had a big fight with my elder brother. He saw that I was not mending my marriage where in fact he does not know the story behind it. He accused me. No one knows how hard I fight to get the happiness I wanted. The life that I finally deserved. Time, is the only thing that I could rely on to make them understand.
My mum eventually turned towards me and gave me her full support despites having to swallow all the hard accusations from my brothers that she was siding me in everything. And that she was awfully blind. Ever since then, I vowed to prove them wrong! As time passed, slowly everyone begins to realize that I have made the right choice. Time has done its job.
I was a happy woman since. There is no lacking of love for my son. He has my everything in the world. Although I admitted that sometimes me and daddy has our own opinion on things that might lead to little arguments but which couple doesn't? As long as there is no damage to our love and pride, it only made our relationship stronger. And as for a man he is, he loves my kid exactly how a man would love his own child. I noticed he had a smile craved across his face everytime he looked at Lunz even until now and for times to come.
I am just half way through with my life and yet I experienced everything at a young age. From pregnancy to childbirth, marriage to divorce and all the ups and downs in my life. I knew perhaps others has the same destiny as mine or even for worse but I wanted to document it down for at least should I unable to tell him his mummy's life, he will be able to know from here.
I have always wanted to have someone calling me "Mummy" and now I have one that kept calling me "Mimi, are you OK?" along with all his mischievous little actions. I have always wanted to travel around the world and now I have got a job that my friends envied. A job that sent me to places that I can only dream of going previously. I have wonderful friends around me that just keep me laughing everyday or the moments I spent with them. I have a fun and supporting parents and the MOST important thing, I have a man that loves my son no lesser than I do.
And for now, is this what being said as living life to the fullest? You betcha! ;)
I don't come from a well-to-do family like most of my friend does. Even as a teenager me, I had to work during school/uni term breaks to support my family and myself. I envied all my friends that had the opportunities to go for vacations during school holidays while I had to work. Even my brothers themselves chose to have a jolly time during school holidays instead of trying to help out the family. They were very much unlike me, for I will choose to lighten the burden off my mum's shoulder. Despite the financial situations that we encountered, I must say we lived a happy life. The whole household was never silent. There were always laughters around. Me and my brothers, even my mum is an open and hilarious person. We kept the house fun to lived in.
Then, my father started to behave strangely and one fine day, I still remembered my mum was crying while she was ironing our clothes. I do not understand why at the age of 13 year old me when I saw her crying. Then, I finally realized what had happened. We went through a lot from there. I still remembered the scene where I knelt in front of Kuan Yin Goddess till the incense finished burning to its last flame, begging HER to bring him back to us. Luckily in the end, he turned back, for if not, I think he will regret it for the rest of his life. There goes our happy family trying to resume our happy lives. This continues until my elder brother decided to shift out with his girlfriend even before their intention to get married. I saw the sadness in my mum's eyes but she could do nothing than to let them go. Gone from there onwards a brother that has shared so much with me. He has always loved me so much, every night sharing our bedtime chats. He is the type of brother who knocked off whoever that bullies his little sister. But since the moment he walked out, he brought the love away with him. Until now, we hadn't got much to talk anymore especially since he already has a family. And also, from the moment he disagreed with the decision that I have made....
Despite whatever that happens, I excelled academically. I still remembered there was this Indian girlfriend of mine who sat beside me and always like to copy my schoolwork. Who knows, the world is round and eventually now she is even earning higher than me and doing her Masters as well. What a funny thing for I think what is the used to excel so well academically when I just couldn't do as good in my career? Beg me pardon, not that I'm underperformed. It's the prospect of job from what I had studied in Uni that is not doing very well. They said a good education leads to a good job. No doubt but sometimes we can just landed and got stuck on the wrong planet.
For I thought I loved this man that I have been through for 6-7 years. A man that I determined to marry and live the rest of my life with. A man that I wished to know everytime when I looked at him on how will my child look if he fathered it. But it was only sadness that concealed me everytime I looked at other children thinking I was supposed have one but I have to let it go due to both of us were still young at that time. Year passed, again unfortunately, he started to behave rebelliously once he know I wanted to settle down with him even despite me carrying his second child this time. He was not ready for all these, he said. I went through a hell lot, disappointments, emotional strains and breakdowns, draining me both physically and mentally wanting him only to accept me and his child. I still remembered Yenny trying to console me with words like "Don't be sad, the baby will know it and you wouldn't want him to be sad either". The only thing that I had that time were just comforting close sisters and family. They were the only one that witnessed how painful I were at that particular moment.
However, I still managed to settle into marriage with him despite the fact that he had ignored earlier, i.e., we had already registered our marriage a year ago before I had this child. I had tough time, really really tough time trying to tame him down, getting him accustomed to our marriage. Few times I ran away from his home due to sadness and disappointments. As time passed, he managed to settle down eventually and things went on fine until I discovered an affair of his merely 2 weeks before my childbirth due date. Another trauma started again and forgiveness took place considering the birth of my child soon.
My life was completed with my son's presence to my world and it was only then I knew he was all that it matters. We managed to live a normal life for about 1 year after Lunz's arrival when all the misunderstandings, mistrust and arguments took place. We had many sequence serious fights and divorce was brought up over and over again until I couldn't bear it and eventually gave him what he wants. If that is what he wants, he will have it.
We were separated since and it took me 9 months to get over and through with it. In this 9 months, I have been asking myself whether this was right for me and my baby? I eventually made a choice and never looked back since.
He came into my life at my most downfall, offering every bits of advices and comforts to me. Promising with his every breath, willing me to give him a chance to take care the both of us. And, that person was Daddy. He was there with me when I had all the emotional struggles. He was always there giving full supports, defining things for me and yet hope nothings in return. We were together since despite strong objections from family members even my mum as well. That was where I had a big fight with my elder brother. He saw that I was not mending my marriage where in fact he does not know the story behind it. He accused me. No one knows how hard I fight to get the happiness I wanted. The life that I finally deserved. Time, is the only thing that I could rely on to make them understand.
My mum eventually turned towards me and gave me her full support despites having to swallow all the hard accusations from my brothers that she was siding me in everything. And that she was awfully blind. Ever since then, I vowed to prove them wrong! As time passed, slowly everyone begins to realize that I have made the right choice. Time has done its job.
I was a happy woman since. There is no lacking of love for my son. He has my everything in the world. Although I admitted that sometimes me and daddy has our own opinion on things that might lead to little arguments but which couple doesn't? As long as there is no damage to our love and pride, it only made our relationship stronger. And as for a man he is, he loves my kid exactly how a man would love his own child. I noticed he had a smile craved across his face everytime he looked at Lunz even until now and for times to come.
I am just half way through with my life and yet I experienced everything at a young age. From pregnancy to childbirth, marriage to divorce and all the ups and downs in my life. I knew perhaps others has the same destiny as mine or even for worse but I wanted to document it down for at least should I unable to tell him his mummy's life, he will be able to know from here.
I have always wanted to have someone calling me "Mummy" and now I have one that kept calling me "Mimi, are you OK?" along with all his mischievous little actions. I have always wanted to travel around the world and now I have got a job that my friends envied. A job that sent me to places that I can only dream of going previously. I have wonderful friends around me that just keep me laughing everyday or the moments I spent with them. I have a fun and supporting parents and the MOST important thing, I have a man that loves my son no lesser than I do.
And for now, is this what being said as living life to the fullest? You betcha! ;)
No More Night Feeding???
I noticed one thing since I came back from my New Zealand trip. My baby hasn't been taking any middle of the night milk anymore. He slept soundly from night till dawn. Well, it's something good for me since I have been aiming to get rid of the night feeding but always failed to do so. It's something good for daddy also, at least I don't get him nagging at me most of the time.
Hope this situation of no more night feeding is permanent then....
Hope this situation of no more night feeding is permanent then....
Friday, November 28, 2008
Actions No. 2
Another set of updated actions...
1. He has a standard quote when saying goodbye/goodnight to us. Goodnight-->See you when I see you-->Bye-->Kiss (and make the kissing sound as well, MUACKS!).
2. During moments of settling down for bedtime, he will take my pillow and bolster for me. He will also placed them nicely on the bed for me.
3. Once when we have lay down on the bed, he will said, Call Darling. It is like a routine for him already to call his daddy every night to talk and wish him goodnight.
4. Favourite speeches - I wan to find (his puzzle I mean), Hmmm....I wonder and you betcha!
5. Able to fix a puzzle of 48 pieces by his own. Fantastic memory on where to place each piece.
6. When I asked him, "Lunz, school got what?". His reply will be standard and in order as I have brainwashed him many times. His answer is, "Teacher, friend, color color color, shape shape, ABC, 123, sing song song, read book book, play toys toys". Hehehe....
7. Able to differentiate up and down and likes to press the buttons for elevators.
8. Good at counting. If he over count, he will shake his head and say, "NO", then he will count again till he gets the correct number.
9. New words that he learnt and able to pronounce them when he sees picture of them:
- ruler, ribbon, doughnut, hammer, tie, basket, scissors, stingray, shark and many more.
To be continued as well.......
1. He has a standard quote when saying goodbye/goodnight to us. Goodnight-->See you when I see you-->Bye-->Kiss (and make the kissing sound as well, MUACKS!).
2. During moments of settling down for bedtime, he will take my pillow and bolster for me. He will also placed them nicely on the bed for me.
3. Once when we have lay down on the bed, he will said, Call Darling. It is like a routine for him already to call his daddy every night to talk and wish him goodnight.
4. Favourite speeches - I wan to find (his puzzle I mean), Hmmm....I wonder and you betcha!
5. Able to fix a puzzle of 48 pieces by his own. Fantastic memory on where to place each piece.
6. When I asked him, "Lunz, school got what?". His reply will be standard and in order as I have brainwashed him many times. His answer is, "Teacher, friend, color color color, shape shape, ABC, 123, sing song song, read book book, play toys toys". Hehehe....
7. Able to differentiate up and down and likes to press the buttons for elevators.
8. Good at counting. If he over count, he will shake his head and say, "NO", then he will count again till he gets the correct number.
9. New words that he learnt and able to pronounce them when he sees picture of them:
- ruler, ribbon, doughnut, hammer, tie, basket, scissors, stingray, shark and many more.
To be continued as well.......
Monday, November 24, 2008
A Day At Aquaria KLCC
Daddy took us to the Aquaria KLCC last Saturday. There were so many people around especially since it is the school holiday season. We even had to queue to purchase our tickets. Lunz had fantastic time with the starfishes and that was one of the main reason we brought him there, we knew he loves starfish soooo mucchhhh! Below are the pictures taken in Aquaria KLCC:
This was spotted at the entrance. A pool of starfishes.
You can touch the starfish as long as you keep it under the water and don't squeeze it!
Piranha in the tanks.
Tortoises.
Looking on some reptile in the tank.
Big and tall cylinder tank of fishes from behind.
A pool of dunno what fish but they are quite big.
See...my baby was pointing towards them.
The big big fishes of the amazon forest.
They were really big!
The pool of stingrays.
In the underwater tunnel.
The only shot with mummy because I was the one holding the camera all the time. That's why I didn't got to take many shots.
Underwater small but colourful fishes.
He stood by the tank with the starfish unwilling to go eventhough we told him it was time to move.
We went back to the entrance and let the boy enjoyed his favorite before heading for the exit.
Touching the starfish.
Putting the starfish on the palm.
We got him a fake one on our way out from the souvenir shop.
He love it so much that I asked him to pose along with it.
This was spotted at the entrance. A pool of starfishes.You can touch the starfish as long as you keep it under the water and don't squeeze it!
Piranha in the tanks.
Tortoises.
Looking on some reptile in the tank.
Big and tall cylinder tank of fishes from behind.
A pool of dunno what fish but they are quite big. 
See...my baby was pointing towards them.
The big big fishes of the amazon forest.
They were really big!
The pool of stingrays.
In the underwater tunnel.
The only shot with mummy because I was the one holding the camera all the time. That's why I didn't got to take many shots.
Underwater small but colourful fishes.
He stood by the tank with the starfish unwilling to go eventhough we told him it was time to move.
We went back to the entrance and let the boy enjoyed his favorite before heading for the exit.
Touching the starfish.
Putting the starfish on the palm.
We got him a fake one on our way out from the souvenir shop.He love it so much that I asked him to pose along with it.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Going to School Soon!
My little baby will start school soon (January 2009). I just settled his school fees yesterday which cost me RM 958 for a start. The total will include his January fees. So, Daddy will have to start paying his monthly school fees from February onwards. Per month cost around RM 240. Daddy will bear the school fees while I'll take care of the transport fees. The total amount will sustain till the mid of next year where I'll need to fork out around RM 600-700 for the second term to begin. Kindies now a days are getting pretty expensive.
When I settled the balance yesterday, Lydia ( Lunz's pretty teacher) told me there will be an orientation session before the school re-opens. Some where around the final week of December and she will keep me informed when the time comes. I passed to her lunz's 2 passport-sized photograph for record keeping purposes but some how I forgot to gave her a copy of his birth certificate requested along earlier. Absent-minded ME!
My little baby is going to school! I'm so nervous. Questions begin popping up my head. Will he cry? Will he be afraid? Can he get used to the environment? How would his reactions be on the first few days at school? I told daddy that and he asked why I am so worried. I said I will 'sum tung' if he cried non-stop at school. Daddy answered me that I have to let him grow, can't hold him tight to me forever. Everybody will by-pass that stage, he claimed.
I got so excited that I bought him a school bag. I wanted to buy those Mickey Mouse and Bob The Builder version but of course, much much more expensive. But I didn't, because Daddy said no point in buying such good quality for children because they will ended up throwing their bags here and there. Well, I just thought that good quality will not spoilt and damage easily and can be used for a long term. But I accepted Daddy's point of view because to me this kind of morale lessons are also good for the kid. It teaches them not to be materialize and always opt for branded/expensive things at young age. They will not get spoilt easily as they grow up.
Back to me, once I bought him the bag, I wondered what else I need to buy. I mean what else the kindi is supplying? I got so excited that I went looking around for pencil case, colour pencils and water bottles. Then, Lydia told me school will provide pencils but I need to buy him colour pencils instead. And the rest, they will make known to us during orientation day. Duh??!! I mean orientation day is just 1 week before school re-opens. Can't she provide us the details earlier so that we can buy earlier? I don't wanna jam pack with other parents rushing to buy their kids' stuff at the last minute. I guess I will buy him first whatever necessary stuffs that crossed my mind and I know that the kindi isn't providing like pencil colours and water bottle.
I took him for passport photo shooting earlier. 2 reasons that I needed the photographs. 1 is mainly for his kindi and another one is for his Singapore trip. I need to take him for passport making at the Immigrations, maybe around March or April 2009. Hopefully, his looks don't change much till then. It took a lot of effort to persuade him to look at the camera and he kept on making funny faces and gestures. Looking away and even cupped his face with both of his hands. It took the photographer more than 10 shots to get a proper one.
Daddy commented that he looked so grown up in this picture and I had to agree with him. He doesn't look like 3 plus.
When I settled the balance yesterday, Lydia ( Lunz's pretty teacher) told me there will be an orientation session before the school re-opens. Some where around the final week of December and she will keep me informed when the time comes. I passed to her lunz's 2 passport-sized photograph for record keeping purposes but some how I forgot to gave her a copy of his birth certificate requested along earlier. Absent-minded ME!
My little baby is going to school! I'm so nervous. Questions begin popping up my head. Will he cry? Will he be afraid? Can he get used to the environment? How would his reactions be on the first few days at school? I told daddy that and he asked why I am so worried. I said I will 'sum tung' if he cried non-stop at school. Daddy answered me that I have to let him grow, can't hold him tight to me forever. Everybody will by-pass that stage, he claimed.
I got so excited that I bought him a school bag. I wanted to buy those Mickey Mouse and Bob The Builder version but of course, much much more expensive. But I didn't, because Daddy said no point in buying such good quality for children because they will ended up throwing their bags here and there. Well, I just thought that good quality will not spoilt and damage easily and can be used for a long term. But I accepted Daddy's point of view because to me this kind of morale lessons are also good for the kid. It teaches them not to be materialize and always opt for branded/expensive things at young age. They will not get spoilt easily as they grow up.
Back to me, once I bought him the bag, I wondered what else I need to buy. I mean what else the kindi is supplying? I got so excited that I went looking around for pencil case, colour pencils and water bottles. Then, Lydia told me school will provide pencils but I need to buy him colour pencils instead. And the rest, they will make known to us during orientation day. Duh??!! I mean orientation day is just 1 week before school re-opens. Can't she provide us the details earlier so that we can buy earlier? I don't wanna jam pack with other parents rushing to buy their kids' stuff at the last minute. I guess I will buy him first whatever necessary stuffs that crossed my mind and I know that the kindi isn't providing like pencil colours and water bottle.
I took him for passport photo shooting earlier. 2 reasons that I needed the photographs. 1 is mainly for his kindi and another one is for his Singapore trip. I need to take him for passport making at the Immigrations, maybe around March or April 2009. Hopefully, his looks don't change much till then. It took a lot of effort to persuade him to look at the camera and he kept on making funny faces and gestures. Looking away and even cupped his face with both of his hands. It took the photographer more than 10 shots to get a proper one.
Daddy commented that he looked so grown up in this picture and I had to agree with him. He doesn't look like 3 plus.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Land Down Under - New Zealand
I was away from the blog sphere for quite some time. And when that happens, it means that I'm really occupied with my job because the only chance that I get to blog is during working hours. Year end is really a busy busy time for me with upcoming projects and stuffs. Apart from working hard, I do get some consolations ----> TRAVELING!!
The first destination, i.e., Hadyai, Thailand was mainly a escapade trip with daddy. But overall, we found out that the trip was not as much fun as we thought that it would be. The food and stuffs were pretty expensive and were not what the others described as CHEAP! And we were stuck in the city because there were no other places to visit. Those tourist attractions were practically too far away from the city area which involved hours of traveling. So, we were caught in the city and the only entertainments that we had were the 'Aqua" Cabaret Show and of course, not to miss, The Tiger Show. Everyone used to say that Hadyai is a worth going place because you get to buy a lot of cheap cheap stuffs like crazy but BEG ME PARDON, that is not the truth. 10 years back and it's a YES but definitely not now a days. Prices has gone soaring high. Conclusion, not a really recommended place to go. But of course, on the good side was we get to relax and spend some quality time together without kid.
The second destination was work related because I was sent there with a colleague to attend a conference. Of course, the place was much much more interesting and I can't denied the fact that if it wasn't for my company, I will not be able to go to such beautiful places. I knew that I will never had such opportunity without forking as much as 6-7K just for the flight ticket. And of course, at such age and at the salary I'm earning, I can only dream of going. New Zealand is one of the country in my list that I wish to go and when the opportunity arised, I knew that finally I had the chance.
When people said that New Zealand is a very beautiful country, no doubt that that is the simple truth. From Auckland, we transited to Rotorua, one of the famous tourist attraction state in New Zealand. Coincidently, our conference was held in Rotorua, so we took the opportunity to visit some of the famous places in Rotorua. We took a day tour around Rotorua which involved 5 famous tourist attraction places. The package includes admission fees, lunch and pickup point from our hotel. Below are some pictures taken and they are breathtakingly beautiful especially if you are seeing it with your own eyes.
The Land of Green, a shot taken from plane.
Me in the city area of Rotorua. All shops closes around 5-6 pm.
Rotorua is famous for its geothermal activities.
Above shot is the famous bubbling hot Mud Pool.
First destination of our tour. The Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. Just look at how beautiful the scenery behind me.
This is called the Artiste Palate. A combination of different colours in the pool.
It's Sulfur. The yellow thingy.
The famous Champagne Pool.
Me next to the Champagne Pool.
Second destination. The Waimangu Volcanic Valley.
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Nothing can beat the beauty of The Inferno Crater.
Third destination of our tour. The Rainbow Springs. This is where you get to see the endangered species. The trademark of the homeland. KIWIBIRD!
Next destination was The Agrodome.
We were there for the sheep shearing show.
Last but not least, Te Puia. This is where you get to see the famous geyser.
The Pohutu Geyser that erupted 2-3 times in an hour.
Some scenery along the way in the bus during our post symposium field trip.
The famous Mt. Manganui. We had our lunch here.
A stroll along the beach after lunch.
Beautiful combination of mountain and beach.
The Port of Tauranga
This is a scene that captured my heart.
A shot taken during our departure flight.
Many of my friends actually confessed that they envied my job because I do get to travel to many places which is very true. In just a year I had visited places that I can only dream of going previously, i.e., Amsterdam, Belgium...New Zealand....but is it the truth that when they say that the grass on the other side is always greener? I mean yes, I do get to travel to many places but I do have my worries as well on the other side. God knows how much I missed my boys during the time I was away from homeland. Given a status of being single, perhaps I will have no issue about traveling. Or what about the peanut salary I'm earning? Will you rather have a high salary that you need not worry about your expenses or a peanut salary but you get to travel around the world on company expenses? A friend of mine said she did rather have my role. Maybe different people on different commitment will have different views. Judge for yourself. But for me, I will still enjoy that traveling experience minus the feeling of missing my boys for as long as I'm in MTC.
The first destination, i.e., Hadyai, Thailand was mainly a escapade trip with daddy. But overall, we found out that the trip was not as much fun as we thought that it would be. The food and stuffs were pretty expensive and were not what the others described as CHEAP! And we were stuck in the city because there were no other places to visit. Those tourist attractions were practically too far away from the city area which involved hours of traveling. So, we were caught in the city and the only entertainments that we had were the 'Aqua" Cabaret Show and of course, not to miss, The Tiger Show. Everyone used to say that Hadyai is a worth going place because you get to buy a lot of cheap cheap stuffs like crazy but BEG ME PARDON, that is not the truth. 10 years back and it's a YES but definitely not now a days. Prices has gone soaring high. Conclusion, not a really recommended place to go. But of course, on the good side was we get to relax and spend some quality time together without kid.
The second destination was work related because I was sent there with a colleague to attend a conference. Of course, the place was much much more interesting and I can't denied the fact that if it wasn't for my company, I will not be able to go to such beautiful places. I knew that I will never had such opportunity without forking as much as 6-7K just for the flight ticket. And of course, at such age and at the salary I'm earning, I can only dream of going. New Zealand is one of the country in my list that I wish to go and when the opportunity arised, I knew that finally I had the chance.
When people said that New Zealand is a very beautiful country, no doubt that that is the simple truth. From Auckland, we transited to Rotorua, one of the famous tourist attraction state in New Zealand. Coincidently, our conference was held in Rotorua, so we took the opportunity to visit some of the famous places in Rotorua. We took a day tour around Rotorua which involved 5 famous tourist attraction places. The package includes admission fees, lunch and pickup point from our hotel. Below are some pictures taken and they are breathtakingly beautiful especially if you are seeing it with your own eyes.
The Land of Green, a shot taken from plane.
Me in the city area of Rotorua. All shops closes around 5-6 pm.
Rotorua is famous for its geothermal activities. Above shot is the famous bubbling hot Mud Pool.
First destination of our tour. The Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. Just look at how beautiful the scenery behind me. 
This is called the Artiste Palate. A combination of different colours in the pool.
It's Sulfur. The yellow thingy.
The famous Champagne Pool.
Me next to the Champagne Pool.
Second destination. The Waimangu Volcanic Valley.
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Nothing can beat the beauty of The Inferno Crater.
Third destination of our tour. The Rainbow Springs. This is where you get to see the endangered species. The trademark of the homeland. KIWIBIRD!
Next destination was The Agrodome.We were there for the sheep shearing show.
Last but not least, Te Puia. This is where you get to see the famous geyser.The Pohutu Geyser that erupted 2-3 times in an hour.
Some scenery along the way in the bus during our post symposium field trip.
The famous Mt. Manganui. We had our lunch here.
A stroll along the beach after lunch. 
Beautiful combination of mountain and beach.
The Port of Tauranga 
This is a scene that captured my heart.
A shot taken during our departure flight.Many of my friends actually confessed that they envied my job because I do get to travel to many places which is very true. In just a year I had visited places that I can only dream of going previously, i.e., Amsterdam, Belgium...New Zealand....but is it the truth that when they say that the grass on the other side is always greener? I mean yes, I do get to travel to many places but I do have my worries as well on the other side. God knows how much I missed my boys during the time I was away from homeland. Given a status of being single, perhaps I will have no issue about traveling. Or what about the peanut salary I'm earning? Will you rather have a high salary that you need not worry about your expenses or a peanut salary but you get to travel around the world on company expenses? A friend of mine said she did rather have my role. Maybe different people on different commitment will have different views. Judge for yourself. But for me, I will still enjoy that traveling experience minus the feeling of missing my boys for as long as I'm in MTC.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Crowning Glory's Investments
As you aged, you tend to worry a lot on your appearance. I still remembered the teenager old me did not gave a heck on buying expensive stuffs to boost my look as long as I appeared pretty and natural. Even pharmacy's cleansing products worked fine on me and cost just a fraction. But what the heck now, I gotta dug my wallet for expensive salon facial products that cost a bomb. Not that I wanted to pamper myself with luxury but my face obviously can't used normal facial products anymore. That was back to the time I had a serious outbreak on my face not long ago. I tried many facial products that I can grabbed from the pharmacy but nothing worked. Giving it a try, I went to a facial salon and since then, I have been using their products. It works miracle but again, cost a bomb!
Due to the sake of staying beautiful, I rebonded my crowning glory lately. No choice but I had to do so. My hair was damn frizzy that I had to tie it up most of the time to look presentable. It look like a mop if I let it go without blowing until daddy also commented about it. Again it goes, after your crowning glory went through the damaging process of rebonding, it is time to replenish it with nutrients! So, I did some recent investments for my crowning glory:
First one:
REDKEN ALL SOFT HEAVY CREAM
This intense conditioning treatment from Redken really is worth its weight in gold. Targeted at extreme dry or brittle hair Redken All Soft Heavy Cream intensely nourishes and conditions leaving you with beautifully soft and touchable hair. Containing a rich blend of moisture enriching ingredients such as avocado oil, proteins, and amino acids, Redken All Soft Heavy Cream effectively moisturises and conditions whilst strengthening your hair to give you inside-out sleekness and dazzling shine.
This product is a miracle! After my first application, I instantly noticed my split ends were gone. And that was just the initial application. I can't even spot the breakage ends now which I used to have a lot due to my previous bleached hair before I landed on this product. Just a minimum amount is sufficient for a glorious hair. But you gotta leave it for a longer time like 1/2 hour, that's the best. Highly recommended as hair treatment done at home instead of visiting expensive salons and the only disadvantage ---> Darn pricey!
Second one:
SCHWARZKOPF BC BONACURE SMOOTH CONTROL SMOOTHING SHAMPOO
Since I laid my eyes on the Redken treatment cream, I can't be affording another Redken product although I know how good and nice it is to have my rack filled up with Redken's range. So, I opted for another cheaper brand than Redken but just as good, i.e., Schwarzkopf! Their BC Smooth Control Shampoo was meant for rebonded hair, I was told. All this while, I don't give a heck on hair care products. As usual, I just used those from pharmacies. Little did I know that shampoo makes a hell out of a big difference until I tried this shampoo last night. After rinsing the shampoo residue, my hair felt so soft as if you just rinsed out conditioner instead of shampoo.
Never in my life have I felt my hair so smooth from just shampoo application. Now, I'm thinking to grab the conditioner as well.
Before I landed on these products, like my face, my hair can't adjust to normal haircare products. They made my hair too oily and easily dropped especially after rebonding. Of course, to not invest on wrong expensive products, I did a lot of research online reading tons of reviews. And the products mentioned above are really highly recommended especially now that I have tried it. All these forking out are for the name of BEAUTY. **Sigh**
Due to the sake of staying beautiful, I rebonded my crowning glory lately. No choice but I had to do so. My hair was damn frizzy that I had to tie it up most of the time to look presentable. It look like a mop if I let it go without blowing until daddy also commented about it. Again it goes, after your crowning glory went through the damaging process of rebonding, it is time to replenish it with nutrients! So, I did some recent investments for my crowning glory:
First one:
REDKEN ALL SOFT HEAVY CREAM
This intense conditioning treatment from Redken really is worth its weight in gold. Targeted at extreme dry or brittle hair Redken All Soft Heavy Cream intensely nourishes and conditions leaving you with beautifully soft and touchable hair. Containing a rich blend of moisture enriching ingredients such as avocado oil, proteins, and amino acids, Redken All Soft Heavy Cream effectively moisturises and conditions whilst strengthening your hair to give you inside-out sleekness and dazzling shine.This product is a miracle! After my first application, I instantly noticed my split ends were gone. And that was just the initial application. I can't even spot the breakage ends now which I used to have a lot due to my previous bleached hair before I landed on this product. Just a minimum amount is sufficient for a glorious hair. But you gotta leave it for a longer time like 1/2 hour, that's the best. Highly recommended as hair treatment done at home instead of visiting expensive salons and the only disadvantage ---> Darn pricey!
Second one:
SCHWARZKOPF BC BONACURE SMOOTH CONTROL SMOOTHING SHAMPOO
Since I laid my eyes on the Redken treatment cream, I can't be affording another Redken product although I know how good and nice it is to have my rack filled up with Redken's range. So, I opted for another cheaper brand than Redken but just as good, i.e., Schwarzkopf! Their BC Smooth Control Shampoo was meant for rebonded hair, I was told. All this while, I don't give a heck on hair care products. As usual, I just used those from pharmacies. Little did I know that shampoo makes a hell out of a big difference until I tried this shampoo last night. After rinsing the shampoo residue, my hair felt so soft as if you just rinsed out conditioner instead of shampoo.Never in my life have I felt my hair so smooth from just shampoo application. Now, I'm thinking to grab the conditioner as well.
Before I landed on these products, like my face, my hair can't adjust to normal haircare products. They made my hair too oily and easily dropped especially after rebonding. Of course, to not invest on wrong expensive products, I did a lot of research online reading tons of reviews. And the products mentioned above are really highly recommended especially now that I have tried it. All these forking out are for the name of BEAUTY. **Sigh**
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Latest Attractions
Well, his latest attraction is no longer his once beloved 'PlayDoh'. He still likes to play around with it sometimes but it was no longer number one on his list of preference. His latest activity evolves around fixing puzzles this time. All sorts of simple and big size puzzles of course based on his age. Daddy drew the outlines of every piece of the puzzle on papers if they were too complicated to fix. This way he can recognized the shape of each piece and fixed them based on that. The easiest one will be the alphabet puzzle by Frank Educational. Each letter belongs to each piece that will form the entire word and picture. Easier to fix as long as you know the spelling of each word. For example, the picture of a dog will have 3 separate pieces based on 3 letters from the word 'd-o-g'. It's just that easy for him. So, I got him another one which was also from Frank Educational, but this one involves simple maths like add and subtract.
Another latest attraction is S-T-A-R-F-I-S-H! The silly boy loves starfish sooooo muuuccchhhh! He always drag me to show him the starfish in the aquarium at the entrance of Jusco whenever we are there. It is just his favorite!
Another latest attraction is S-T-A-R-F-I-S-H! The silly boy loves starfish sooooo muuuccchhhh! He always drag me to show him the starfish in the aquarium at the entrance of Jusco whenever we are there. It is just his favorite!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Quote of the Day
I fall in love with this quote while surfing the net this morning. Can't help but to publish it here.
"You just can't compete with the love between a mom and her son. Take it from me -- who will be crying her eyes out the day my boy walks down the aisle -- nobody could ever love him better than his mama."
Mummy loves you, Sebastian.
"You just can't compete with the love between a mom and her son. Take it from me -- who will be crying her eyes out the day my boy walks down the aisle -- nobody could ever love him better than his mama."
Mummy loves you, Sebastian.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Accidents
And so the list of unfortunate continues, I'm really looking forward to some change of luck. Bad things just kept on happening to me, one after another. Hmmm.....I think I should visit one of the temples in Thailand later, for some sheer good luck!
Talk about accidents or maybe bad luck.....
Trapped Ball
I was having my bath after work in daddy's house when Lunz came knocking on the bathroom door, yelling. I instantly knew something was wrong. The knocking was an unusual one compared to those playful knocks he always did while I had my bath. I opened the door with the towel wrapped around my wet body and saw him crying pointing to his nose. OHHHH GAWWWDDDD!! I knew what happened immediately and rushed towards him, ignoring the towel that dropped from my gripping. I put my tiny finger into one of his nostril and felt the tiny ball was indeed trapped inside his nostril. I panicked. Not ever in my life had I be that panicked. I was so afraid that if he inhaled his breath a little bit harder, the ball would be sucked inside and a surgery will need to be performed to remove it. I gotta maintained the position of the ball, not willing it to be sucked in, but at the same time, my tiny finger was not small enough to reach and dig it out without him screaming painfully.
He was crying badly, I panicked even more. I gotta think fast, on how to remove that bloody ball. Daddy was not in the room, he had went downstairs to fix his dinner. I can't wait for him to come up. But being too panicked blurred my ability to think of a rational way. I quickly opened the door and screamed my lungs out for daddy. He came to my rescue. We tried to pin him down on to the bed and locate the ball. But he was screaming hysterically. Nope! This is not the way, he should be standing instead. At least the gravity will maintained the ball's position. Laying down will only make things worse.
The ear hole digger! That tool! We can used that tiny tool to dig the ball out. I fetched daddy to take the digger from the desk and he returned with a torchlight as well. I instructed Lunz to remained calm and stand still by telling him that daddy will take the ball out. While daddy tried to insert the digger into Lunz's nostril, AAAAAHHHH CCCHHEEWWWW!!!! Lunz sneezed everything out, i.e., phlegm, germs, mucous and the BALL as well from his nose.
Pheeewwww! I sat down with him on the floor, wiping his tears and soothed him down. There, he did not cried anymore meaning he was fine already. I looked at myself and realized I was naked. Luckily blood did not oozed out because I practically had no time for sanitary pad. Not to even think of it. Luckily the floor and the bed sheets weren't stained. I immediately threw away all the bloody balls. It was from the construction toys set and earlier I thought he was unable to find those balls as I hid them in the box. Not a wise move. Have to be more careful when I picked his choice of toys next time. Scare the hell out of me!
Punctured Tyre
I was on my way out of the parking, ready to head home after work when I discovered that it was damn hard to turn the wheel. Sixth sense warned me that something must have gone wrong. I came down from my seat and inspected the tyres on the driver's side. Negative! Fine. I walked around the car and ta-da! The tyre on the front passenger's side was flat. Complete, total flat! Grrrrrr......I hate this. I haven't change a tyre before in my entire life. And seeing it this flat meaning I can't go far obviously. I tried to glance around hoping I will spot a tyre shop. Nope. Not one that I can see. Maybe they have tyre shops at the front row of the shops. OK...I drove to the front row, not far away and dissapointed to discover all were motorcycles repair shops. I stopped and grabbed my phone. No wonder they say, in urgent times, it is OK if your pocket doesn't have a single cent but as long as you have a bloody phone, it will save your life.
I called my colleague and asked him the location of the nearest tyre shop. He gave me the directions but I failed to locate the shop. Apparently, I found out later that I had missed that turning. Knowing the fact that I can't drive further with a total flat tyre, I called him again and this time he came to my rescue. He picked up a mechanic and drove the fella to where my car was parked. The mechanic changed into a spare tyre for me and later we followed him back to the shop to fix the punctured one. The only bless thing was it did not rained as it usually does at such hour everyday.
Trapped Finger
Again, my little boy gave me another heart attack. I was having my dinner when he cried loudly. I turned around and saw his middle finger of his right hand got stuck between the compartments of a cupboard. How on earth his finger can land there? Kids, they always do the unimaginable and unthinkable. OK, I dared not to pull out the compartments because by sliding them will hurt his finger. He lost his patience. He pulled out his finger by himself as hard as he can before I had a chance to know he intended to do so.
I quickly soothed his blue black finger with lots and lots of ice. The silly fella stopped crying once he saw ice. I let him played around with some of the ice while I put some in a hanky and blotted on and off his bruised finger. He should be fine, I think. I remembered when I was little, I used to have a lot of accidents as well. The worse one was I fell down from a bicycle with a stone penetrated right into my palm. My mum had to use a tool to dig the stone out from my flesh. I still had the scar now on my palm.
Haiz....Hopefully I will be able to experience at least some sheer good luck soon!
Talk about accidents or maybe bad luck.....
Trapped Ball
I was having my bath after work in daddy's house when Lunz came knocking on the bathroom door, yelling. I instantly knew something was wrong. The knocking was an unusual one compared to those playful knocks he always did while I had my bath. I opened the door with the towel wrapped around my wet body and saw him crying pointing to his nose. OHHHH GAWWWDDDD!! I knew what happened immediately and rushed towards him, ignoring the towel that dropped from my gripping. I put my tiny finger into one of his nostril and felt the tiny ball was indeed trapped inside his nostril. I panicked. Not ever in my life had I be that panicked. I was so afraid that if he inhaled his breath a little bit harder, the ball would be sucked inside and a surgery will need to be performed to remove it. I gotta maintained the position of the ball, not willing it to be sucked in, but at the same time, my tiny finger was not small enough to reach and dig it out without him screaming painfully.
He was crying badly, I panicked even more. I gotta think fast, on how to remove that bloody ball. Daddy was not in the room, he had went downstairs to fix his dinner. I can't wait for him to come up. But being too panicked blurred my ability to think of a rational way. I quickly opened the door and screamed my lungs out for daddy. He came to my rescue. We tried to pin him down on to the bed and locate the ball. But he was screaming hysterically. Nope! This is not the way, he should be standing instead. At least the gravity will maintained the ball's position. Laying down will only make things worse.
The ear hole digger! That tool! We can used that tiny tool to dig the ball out. I fetched daddy to take the digger from the desk and he returned with a torchlight as well. I instructed Lunz to remained calm and stand still by telling him that daddy will take the ball out. While daddy tried to insert the digger into Lunz's nostril, AAAAAHHHH CCCHHEEWWWW!!!! Lunz sneezed everything out, i.e., phlegm, germs, mucous and the BALL as well from his nose.
Pheeewwww! I sat down with him on the floor, wiping his tears and soothed him down. There, he did not cried anymore meaning he was fine already. I looked at myself and realized I was naked. Luckily blood did not oozed out because I practically had no time for sanitary pad. Not to even think of it. Luckily the floor and the bed sheets weren't stained. I immediately threw away all the bloody balls. It was from the construction toys set and earlier I thought he was unable to find those balls as I hid them in the box. Not a wise move. Have to be more careful when I picked his choice of toys next time. Scare the hell out of me!
Punctured Tyre
I was on my way out of the parking, ready to head home after work when I discovered that it was damn hard to turn the wheel. Sixth sense warned me that something must have gone wrong. I came down from my seat and inspected the tyres on the driver's side. Negative! Fine. I walked around the car and ta-da! The tyre on the front passenger's side was flat. Complete, total flat! Grrrrrr......I hate this. I haven't change a tyre before in my entire life. And seeing it this flat meaning I can't go far obviously. I tried to glance around hoping I will spot a tyre shop. Nope. Not one that I can see. Maybe they have tyre shops at the front row of the shops. OK...I drove to the front row, not far away and dissapointed to discover all were motorcycles repair shops. I stopped and grabbed my phone. No wonder they say, in urgent times, it is OK if your pocket doesn't have a single cent but as long as you have a bloody phone, it will save your life.
I called my colleague and asked him the location of the nearest tyre shop. He gave me the directions but I failed to locate the shop. Apparently, I found out later that I had missed that turning. Knowing the fact that I can't drive further with a total flat tyre, I called him again and this time he came to my rescue. He picked up a mechanic and drove the fella to where my car was parked. The mechanic changed into a spare tyre for me and later we followed him back to the shop to fix the punctured one. The only bless thing was it did not rained as it usually does at such hour everyday.
Trapped Finger
Again, my little boy gave me another heart attack. I was having my dinner when he cried loudly. I turned around and saw his middle finger of his right hand got stuck between the compartments of a cupboard. How on earth his finger can land there? Kids, they always do the unimaginable and unthinkable. OK, I dared not to pull out the compartments because by sliding them will hurt his finger. He lost his patience. He pulled out his finger by himself as hard as he can before I had a chance to know he intended to do so.
I quickly soothed his blue black finger with lots and lots of ice. The silly fella stopped crying once he saw ice. I let him played around with some of the ice while I put some in a hanky and blotted on and off his bruised finger. He should be fine, I think. I remembered when I was little, I used to have a lot of accidents as well. The worse one was I fell down from a bicycle with a stone penetrated right into my palm. My mum had to use a tool to dig the stone out from my flesh. I still had the scar now on my palm.
Haiz....Hopefully I will be able to experience at least some sheer good luck soon!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Actions No. 1
This is where I'll start to update his new actions in version wise. Easier for me to tackle and think of the title as well as for record tracking purpose. Hahahaha.....well, over the weekend, as usual he never failed to show me new things. They are:
1. If he accidentally hit or knock you, all you gotta do is just say, "Pain pain" and he will say "Sorry Mimi (or whoever it is that time)" with his palm sliding up and down on your face. Of course, to complete it, he will say "sayang" while doing so.
2. Daddy had just bought him word puzzles and he was very good at fixing the puzzles on the right place. Whenever he got a piece wrong, he will say, "No" while shake his head. Then he will try another piece to see if it fits.
3. Very good at encouraging people to speak more. Like I say to him, "Lunlun will go to school next year. School got what?", I asked. His answers will be, "Teacher, ABC, 123". I continued, "Shapes, colours, sing song song, read book book". He will asked me, "SOME MORE??" pestering me to continue the list.
4. Reply 'You are welcome' whenever people say 'Thank you' to him.
5. Able to differentiate objects of big and small.
6. Cheeky action of covering his eyes with his hands knowing that I'm about to switch off the lights that will put us in complete darkness. And when I purposely delayed doing so to see his further reactions, he opened his eyes and ordered me to 'Switch off the lite lite', with one hand pointing to the switch while the other still covering his eyes.
7. Betrayed his Kao foo by telling me that his kao foo gave him cold drinks. He was not supposed to take cold drinks and I warned my brother earlier on not to give him. But he disobeyed me behind my back. Little did he know that Lunz later came and told me that his Kao foo gave him cold drinks. My bro said lunz know how to 'hok si fei' already. Of course! Mummy's boy!
8. Good at kungfu stances. The master?? His Popo! Taught him some hand and leg kungfu stances earlier that apparently he knows how to show them off already.
- Chiu Kap Mou Tik Sau (He will turned his hands around and hit you with both palms)
- Mou Ying Geok (He will kicked with his leg)
To be continued.....
1. If he accidentally hit or knock you, all you gotta do is just say, "Pain pain" and he will say "Sorry Mimi (or whoever it is that time)" with his palm sliding up and down on your face. Of course, to complete it, he will say "sayang" while doing so.
2. Daddy had just bought him word puzzles and he was very good at fixing the puzzles on the right place. Whenever he got a piece wrong, he will say, "No" while shake his head. Then he will try another piece to see if it fits.
3. Very good at encouraging people to speak more. Like I say to him, "Lunlun will go to school next year. School got what?", I asked. His answers will be, "Teacher, ABC, 123". I continued, "Shapes, colours, sing song song, read book book". He will asked me, "SOME MORE??" pestering me to continue the list.
4. Reply 'You are welcome' whenever people say 'Thank you' to him.
5. Able to differentiate objects of big and small.
6. Cheeky action of covering his eyes with his hands knowing that I'm about to switch off the lights that will put us in complete darkness. And when I purposely delayed doing so to see his further reactions, he opened his eyes and ordered me to 'Switch off the lite lite', with one hand pointing to the switch while the other still covering his eyes.
7. Betrayed his Kao foo by telling me that his kao foo gave him cold drinks. He was not supposed to take cold drinks and I warned my brother earlier on not to give him. But he disobeyed me behind my back. Little did he know that Lunz later came and told me that his Kao foo gave him cold drinks. My bro said lunz know how to 'hok si fei' already. Of course! Mummy's boy!
8. Good at kungfu stances. The master?? His Popo! Taught him some hand and leg kungfu stances earlier that apparently he knows how to show them off already.
- Chiu Kap Mou Tik Sau (He will turned his hands around and hit you with both palms)
- Mou Ying Geok (He will kicked with his leg)
To be continued.....
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Progress, progresses
For bedtime yesterday, he asked my permission to get a book whilst pointing to the piles on the rack. I replied, "OK bi, just one book ah". He happily hopped over me, grabbed a book and lied down back next beside me. It was his pick, The ABC Book.
He started to open the book and to my surprised, he read and spelled each of every word downright from A to Z without a mistake. He knows the pronunciation of every word and was very careful not to spell wrongly as his eyes traced the letters in the words.
A for Ant, A-n-t
B for Bear, B-e-a-r
C for Cap, C-a-p
D for Duck, D-u-c-k
E for Eel, E-e-l
F for Ferry, F-e-r-r-y
G for Gate, G-a-t-e
H for house, H-o-u-s-e
I for Ice, I-c-e
J for Jug, J-u-g
K for Keys, K-e-y-s
L for Leaf, L-e-a-f
M for Monkey, M-o-n-k-e-y
N for Net, N-e-t
O for Owl, O-w-l
P for Pencil, P-e-n-c-i-l
Q for Queen, Q-u-e-e-n
R for Robot, R-o-b-o-t
S for Snake, S-n-a-k-e
T for Tree, T-r-e-e
U for Umbrella, U-m-b-r-e-l-l-a
V for Vase, V-a-s-e
W for Wolf, W-o-l-f
X for X-ray, X-r-a-y
Y for Yo-yo, Y-o-y-o
Z for Zoo, Z-o-o
(I'm naming them all for him to see later when he grows up, how many words that he knew at his age.)
Previously before bedtime, I did asked him to show me his body parts as I named them. Some were new to him such as elbow, cheek and tummy. And then, to top it all up with him jumping excitedly, I finished it with a song that sounded like this:
Head, shoulder, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Head, shoulder, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulder, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Then, we hopped on to the sofa and I picked up his 'Fruits' flashcards. He named each of the fruits as I flipped the cards.
Starfruit - His favourite!
Mango...mangosteen...coconut...strawberry....apple...orange....
watermelon...pineapple.....
Bananana - Seems like another extra -na tagging along behind.
(The list continues....)
Water apple...lychee...lime....plum....peach...
Papaya - Often mistaken for Tomato.
Pamelo and promegranate - He will asked me, "What's this?" over and over again. Probably too difficult for him to pronounce this two fruits.
Guava and durian - Will always think before he remembers but in the end always got it correct!
Grape - I always thought I heard Grey.
Ciku and duku - Always got those mixed up.
And I think there are whole lot more fruits which I can't remember now but anyway it's more or less about that. (Again I'm listing them down so that he can see his progress as he grows up later.) Another thing that I had discovered was he can now spot and point to the thing that I named in the book. For example, in an extensive picture of undersea that bears the life of all underwater creatures shown, he was able to spot and point to the creature that I named. Like, "Where is the crab?", I asked. He will tried to find the crab in the picture and will got pretty excited when he spotted it hidden behind the rocks. I think I should encourage more interactions like this.
He started to open the book and to my surprised, he read and spelled each of every word downright from A to Z without a mistake. He knows the pronunciation of every word and was very careful not to spell wrongly as his eyes traced the letters in the words.
A for Ant, A-n-t
B for Bear, B-e-a-r
C for Cap, C-a-p
D for Duck, D-u-c-k
E for Eel, E-e-l
F for Ferry, F-e-r-r-y
G for Gate, G-a-t-e
H for house, H-o-u-s-e
I for Ice, I-c-e
J for Jug, J-u-g
K for Keys, K-e-y-s
L for Leaf, L-e-a-f
M for Monkey, M-o-n-k-e-y
N for Net, N-e-t
O for Owl, O-w-l
P for Pencil, P-e-n-c-i-l
Q for Queen, Q-u-e-e-n
R for Robot, R-o-b-o-t
S for Snake, S-n-a-k-e
T for Tree, T-r-e-e
U for Umbrella, U-m-b-r-e-l-l-a
V for Vase, V-a-s-e
W for Wolf, W-o-l-f
X for X-ray, X-r-a-y
Y for Yo-yo, Y-o-y-o
Z for Zoo, Z-o-o
(I'm naming them all for him to see later when he grows up, how many words that he knew at his age.)
Previously before bedtime, I did asked him to show me his body parts as I named them. Some were new to him such as elbow, cheek and tummy. And then, to top it all up with him jumping excitedly, I finished it with a song that sounded like this:
Head, shoulder, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Head, shoulder, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulder, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Then, we hopped on to the sofa and I picked up his 'Fruits' flashcards. He named each of the fruits as I flipped the cards.
Starfruit - His favourite!
Mango...mangosteen...coconut...strawberry....apple...orange....
watermelon...pineapple.....
Bananana - Seems like another extra -na tagging along behind.
(The list continues....)
Water apple...lychee...lime....plum....peach...
Papaya - Often mistaken for Tomato.
Pamelo and promegranate - He will asked me, "What's this?" over and over again. Probably too difficult for him to pronounce this two fruits.
Guava and durian - Will always think before he remembers but in the end always got it correct!
Grape - I always thought I heard Grey.
Ciku and duku - Always got those mixed up.
And I think there are whole lot more fruits which I can't remember now but anyway it's more or less about that. (Again I'm listing them down so that he can see his progress as he grows up later.) Another thing that I had discovered was he can now spot and point to the thing that I named in the book. For example, in an extensive picture of undersea that bears the life of all underwater creatures shown, he was able to spot and point to the creature that I named. Like, "Where is the crab?", I asked. He will tried to find the crab in the picture and will got pretty excited when he spotted it hidden behind the rocks. I think I should encourage more interactions like this.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
To Go Or Not To Go?
Me and daddy supposed to be having our Escapade trip to Hatyai end of this month. But considering the havoc that is still haunting Thailand, we are thinking whether should we proceed with the trip or not? Why are there so many politically unstable conditions occurred in Thailand? And why does it happens at this time around the year when we had already booked our flights and hotel earlier? *Sigh*....that's the thing with long term planned ahead holidays. We can never know what will happen nearing the date. But to get cheap bargains for flight tickets, you have to book months in advance. That's the pro and cons.
The area affected is basically around Bangkok, the capital. And Hatyai is situated in southern of Thailand. So, maybe it is safe to go. But what if they declared state of emergency? It affects the whole country regardless southern or northern. Maybe it is not safe at all. Hmmm....am wondering?
The damage? 2 return flight tickets and 2 nights of hotel accommodation.
Consolation? My upcoming business trip to NZ, but not for daddy!
The area affected is basically around Bangkok, the capital. And Hatyai is situated in southern of Thailand. So, maybe it is safe to go. But what if they declared state of emergency? It affects the whole country regardless southern or northern. Maybe it is not safe at all. Hmmm....am wondering?
The damage? 2 return flight tickets and 2 nights of hotel accommodation.
Consolation? My upcoming business trip to NZ, but not for daddy!
At The Park
Yesterday's evening was fine and sunny. Unlike previous evenings, thunderstorms were everywhere. I took the kids to the park and they had so much fun. First, they put on the shoes on their own. Then, they walked down the stairs on their own, listening to every of my instructions on not to run and stayed close to me. They behaved really well in the car during the whole journey and got pretty excited when they saw the park from a distance.
They had a great time playing the slides and swings. Meimei met a new friend as well. A toddler as tall as her and even bigger than her in size and yet she called her, bibi...bibi...Girls are always girls, they tend to be pretty busy body at most times. Meimei lingered around with that toddler most of the time and on several occasions tried to hug and even kissed her. She even told the girl whilst pointing to Lunz and said, "Lunlun...lunlun", meaning she was trying to tell the girl that that was Lunlun. I guessed it's time for her to start school as well. Lunz, on the other hand kept on saying, "I can-----not believe it!", which he obviously picked up from Little Einstein.
There were a few times, both of them fell on to the ground accidentally. I did not made any attempt to help them get up. I just watched as they rose from the ground themselves. Then, they showed me their dirtied palms and I just said, "It's ok, never mind. Just some dirt." I just brushed their palms with a hanky and then they hopped off happily resuming their playing session. The reason I don't pulled them up was because I wanted them to learn to get up on their own. Falling and the ability to stand up again are parts and parcels of the life journey. It may not be seen on such simple occurrence but yet will have effects on their lives later. I need not to be so nervous that they might hurt themselves. I know most parents, they do most of the time. But learning is just another process of life.
Later on, when it's time to leave the playground, I just told them that it's time to leave now and we shall go back for dinner. They did not throw any tantrums at all. In fact, they obediently followed me all the way to my car. You know la, kids sometimes when they had so much fun, they just don't want to leave and you had to chase them all around or even yelled your lungs out just to keep them moving. Surprisingly, they behaved extremely well and even hopped up the stairs by their own. Lunz did not asked me to carry him up the stairs at all and so do Meimei. All these earned them another credit to the park again next time soon.
They had a great time playing the slides and swings. Meimei met a new friend as well. A toddler as tall as her and even bigger than her in size and yet she called her, bibi...bibi...Girls are always girls, they tend to be pretty busy body at most times. Meimei lingered around with that toddler most of the time and on several occasions tried to hug and even kissed her. She even told the girl whilst pointing to Lunz and said, "Lunlun...lunlun", meaning she was trying to tell the girl that that was Lunlun. I guessed it's time for her to start school as well. Lunz, on the other hand kept on saying, "I can-----not believe it!", which he obviously picked up from Little Einstein.
There were a few times, both of them fell on to the ground accidentally. I did not made any attempt to help them get up. I just watched as they rose from the ground themselves. Then, they showed me their dirtied palms and I just said, "It's ok, never mind. Just some dirt." I just brushed their palms with a hanky and then they hopped off happily resuming their playing session. The reason I don't pulled them up was because I wanted them to learn to get up on their own. Falling and the ability to stand up again are parts and parcels of the life journey. It may not be seen on such simple occurrence but yet will have effects on their lives later. I need not to be so nervous that they might hurt themselves. I know most parents, they do most of the time. But learning is just another process of life.
Later on, when it's time to leave the playground, I just told them that it's time to leave now and we shall go back for dinner. They did not throw any tantrums at all. In fact, they obediently followed me all the way to my car. You know la, kids sometimes when they had so much fun, they just don't want to leave and you had to chase them all around or even yelled your lungs out just to keep them moving. Surprisingly, they behaved extremely well and even hopped up the stairs by their own. Lunz did not asked me to carry him up the stairs at all and so do Meimei. All these earned them another credit to the park again next time soon.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Exhausted Night Feeding-Solutions??
I'm thinking to quit his bottle-feeding and change it into non-spill cup instead for his daily milk intake. The reason is simple. It was because he got so addicted to night feeding so much that I hardly get a good night sleep every night. This night feeding thingy shouldn't have continued considering he will be 4 years old by next year. He ain't a baby anymore, he does not require the additional milk intake. Night feeding will only contribute to tooth decay. But apparently, it was bloody hard for me to kick off this habit of his. Maybe I can't tolerate his cryings that eventually makes me give in to him. It's my ignorant power that isn't strong enough. I am too soft-hearted perhaps. But how can you be not when he cries like there is no tomorrow and keep on repeating 'nien nien' like a talking machine every few seconds? As if I abused him. *Sigh*.....
I'm not sure but according to my common sense, perhaps it is the sucking action on the bottle teat that he is addicted to. So, if I can just change the bottle into cup and slowly let him adapt to it, perhaps he will not want night feeding anymore. I just feel like he likes to suck on the bottle teat that makes him crazy for milk. I don't know whether it is an addiction or a habit BUT GOD, I need to do something! He wakes up every night punctually at 2 am without fail craving for his milk. It's like an alarm clock that was being implanted into his head and it will rings automatically signaling time for milk at 2 am! I don't know if it works but I'll try. Any comments or suggestions, anyone?
I'm not sure but according to my common sense, perhaps it is the sucking action on the bottle teat that he is addicted to. So, if I can just change the bottle into cup and slowly let him adapt to it, perhaps he will not want night feeding anymore. I just feel like he likes to suck on the bottle teat that makes him crazy for milk. I don't know whether it is an addiction or a habit BUT GOD, I need to do something! He wakes up every night punctually at 2 am without fail craving for his milk. It's like an alarm clock that was being implanted into his head and it will rings automatically signaling time for milk at 2 am! I don't know if it works but I'll try. Any comments or suggestions, anyone?
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Misfortunes
I was being hit by bad luck lately. A lot of unfortunate things happened to me at one time. It was like being hit by meteorites falling from the sky and there was no where I can run or hide for shelter. Or it was like aliens invaded earth and I was captured for their freaky experiments on Homo Sapiens. I haven't even got a chance to say good-bye to my beloveds and that was the last moment I ever saw earth again. *Sigh*....it was bad, it was devastating. Let me go through the lists of so-called unfortunate:
1. I was sick with sore throat and this morning it came back again like a haunting that never ends.
2. I fell flat on the floor because the floor was damn wet from mopping. Those people were too lazy to twist the mop and water dripped everywhere on the floor. The results? I had a 6cm in diameter blue black bruise on my right knee. Of course to complete it, there was another blue black bruise on my left elbow.
3. I bloody twisted my neck last Saturday during my sleep. I was sleeping when I heard, 'click-clack' and the next thing I know was I felt a strong sensation of throbbing pain. I was awaken by the intense pain and then realized I had strained my neck. Luckily it was nearly dawn or else I can't sleep. The results? 2 painkillers downed my throat everyday to ease the pain, stiffed neck, no sideways glance as I can't turned my head and I can't get up from the bed without help. It was much better today.
4. The most exciting misfortune story of all is, I made a HUGE BLOODY mistake at work. I'm not shy to admit my mistake here for the world to read. In fact, I felt guilty. It's because apart from what happened, I saw care from the people around me that makes me guilty. The story was, I overlooked the need to link the pages in the Master Data CD and ended up 1000 copies of CD replication does not have the linkage function. And since those CDs are not re-writable meaning there is only place they can go which is the rubbish bin. Well, 1000 copies costed like 2000 ++ bucks. And there goes the 2000++ dollar notes flying up in the air. My boss was shocked at such foolish mistake but made no attempt to scold me at all. In fact, he tried many ways to solve the problem. In the end, we settled into the decision of duplicating the CDs once again as there was no other choice. But this time we can save on the casing. We just opted to burn the CDs plus the CD surface printing only. Yes! All 1000 of them. The damage? 800 bucks because the vendor is a very close friend of my boss and he charged us at only 80 cents per piece inclusive of surface printing and replicating. The price I managed to get was 1.30 per piece which was rather expensive. The outcomes?:
- My boss is a really really good boss. Despite no attempt to shot me dead, he just said he wanted me to learn from there. He offered to pay the total 800 bucks out of his own pocket but I rejected. My conscience told me that I just can't let him pay everything. Later, we settled into each one half of the amount. He told me it was his fault also because he didn't check the art work with me. Hardly any boss will admit his mistake in front of his staff but he is just exceptional. Frankly, regardless whether did he check or not, it was still considered my fault because I made the mistake and he has the right of not to help me at all. He can just simply asked me to settle it myself and he just want to see the end-result perfect as original and that's it. I have to swallow the 800 bucks or maybe more myself. But he cared for his staff and that's why he helped me out. His concern, leadership, knowledge and understandings are extremely great that it's hard to find another boss like him.
- My colleagues were very helpful. My earlier suggestion was to produce the CDs in-house and they were helpful. The art creator said he can helped me to print the CD labels and the technician said he was willing to help me burned those CDs. Other colleagues gives suggestions. But my boss dropped the idea commenting that in-house production may not be able to present the qualities needed and I had to agree with him.
- Although it was not quite a big deal, just some damage on money and assessment wise, my family members nevertheless were very supportive of me. My mum chucked 200 bucks into my hand but I gave her back. I can't possibly take that. She is no richer than me. And being the 26 year old me, I couldn't still want parents to bear the shit that I created. She took the money back of course after series of debating and said she will used it to buy Lunz milk powder instead. She said I can go ahead and throw away all the milk powder if I want after she bought it. Mums....they are just so miracle. My bro, on the other hand made me super delicious egg and ham for supper. Yum...yum....
- One slight thing that upset me the most was because a statement of 'I better don't get involve' being thrown right at my face. Not just only once but many times of different incidents. After the statement being made, there will be no attempt to concern on what's happening anymore. Regardless of the ending that I might be fired from work, to bear the whole amount or to spend nights after work in the office to fix it, there is no concern being made on that. Just because I merely said something that wasn't pleasant to hear and I didn't mean it out of being devastated. How funny it is because the most important element of a life long journey together is not sex, money or anything but the ability to feed each others soul regardless but yet being egoistic creates barrier to achieve that. How ruthless, ignorant and irresponsible that can be? Ah yes, the end-result? Minutes of sobbing in the ladies cubicle and washed clear of my face and head later fully determined knowing I don't need that concern anymore.
1. I was sick with sore throat and this morning it came back again like a haunting that never ends.
2. I fell flat on the floor because the floor was damn wet from mopping. Those people were too lazy to twist the mop and water dripped everywhere on the floor. The results? I had a 6cm in diameter blue black bruise on my right knee. Of course to complete it, there was another blue black bruise on my left elbow.
3. I bloody twisted my neck last Saturday during my sleep. I was sleeping when I heard, 'click-clack' and the next thing I know was I felt a strong sensation of throbbing pain. I was awaken by the intense pain and then realized I had strained my neck. Luckily it was nearly dawn or else I can't sleep. The results? 2 painkillers downed my throat everyday to ease the pain, stiffed neck, no sideways glance as I can't turned my head and I can't get up from the bed without help. It was much better today.
4. The most exciting misfortune story of all is, I made a HUGE BLOODY mistake at work. I'm not shy to admit my mistake here for the world to read. In fact, I felt guilty. It's because apart from what happened, I saw care from the people around me that makes me guilty. The story was, I overlooked the need to link the pages in the Master Data CD and ended up 1000 copies of CD replication does not have the linkage function. And since those CDs are not re-writable meaning there is only place they can go which is the rubbish bin. Well, 1000 copies costed like 2000 ++ bucks. And there goes the 2000++ dollar notes flying up in the air. My boss was shocked at such foolish mistake but made no attempt to scold me at all. In fact, he tried many ways to solve the problem. In the end, we settled into the decision of duplicating the CDs once again as there was no other choice. But this time we can save on the casing. We just opted to burn the CDs plus the CD surface printing only. Yes! All 1000 of them. The damage? 800 bucks because the vendor is a very close friend of my boss and he charged us at only 80 cents per piece inclusive of surface printing and replicating. The price I managed to get was 1.30 per piece which was rather expensive. The outcomes?:
- My boss is a really really good boss. Despite no attempt to shot me dead, he just said he wanted me to learn from there. He offered to pay the total 800 bucks out of his own pocket but I rejected. My conscience told me that I just can't let him pay everything. Later, we settled into each one half of the amount. He told me it was his fault also because he didn't check the art work with me. Hardly any boss will admit his mistake in front of his staff but he is just exceptional. Frankly, regardless whether did he check or not, it was still considered my fault because I made the mistake and he has the right of not to help me at all. He can just simply asked me to settle it myself and he just want to see the end-result perfect as original and that's it. I have to swallow the 800 bucks or maybe more myself. But he cared for his staff and that's why he helped me out. His concern, leadership, knowledge and understandings are extremely great that it's hard to find another boss like him.
- My colleagues were very helpful. My earlier suggestion was to produce the CDs in-house and they were helpful. The art creator said he can helped me to print the CD labels and the technician said he was willing to help me burned those CDs. Other colleagues gives suggestions. But my boss dropped the idea commenting that in-house production may not be able to present the qualities needed and I had to agree with him.
- Although it was not quite a big deal, just some damage on money and assessment wise, my family members nevertheless were very supportive of me. My mum chucked 200 bucks into my hand but I gave her back. I can't possibly take that. She is no richer than me. And being the 26 year old me, I couldn't still want parents to bear the shit that I created. She took the money back of course after series of debating and said she will used it to buy Lunz milk powder instead. She said I can go ahead and throw away all the milk powder if I want after she bought it. Mums....they are just so miracle. My bro, on the other hand made me super delicious egg and ham for supper. Yum...yum....
- One slight thing that upset me the most was because a statement of 'I better don't get involve' being thrown right at my face. Not just only once but many times of different incidents. After the statement being made, there will be no attempt to concern on what's happening anymore. Regardless of the ending that I might be fired from work, to bear the whole amount or to spend nights after work in the office to fix it, there is no concern being made on that. Just because I merely said something that wasn't pleasant to hear and I didn't mean it out of being devastated. How funny it is because the most important element of a life long journey together is not sex, money or anything but the ability to feed each others soul regardless but yet being egoistic creates barrier to achieve that. How ruthless, ignorant and irresponsible that can be? Ah yes, the end-result? Minutes of sobbing in the ladies cubicle and washed clear of my face and head later fully determined knowing I don't need that concern anymore.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Additional Updated Behaviours
I should actually post his behaviors in episodes as they kept on popping up new ones. The are some additional things that I would like to update about Lunz's behaviors/attitudes, i.e.:
1. Follow my bro's action: Use one leg to touch the cat. I warned him before he had a chance to do so. Kids, they can't adjust their strength and it might turn out that he purposely step on the cat.
2. He will pretend to cough during meal time. So that the adults, like popo will say, "It's enough la. Don't feed him anymore. Cough until like that. He can't take the food anymore. Let him drink milk la" And yes! Lunz will achieve his goal on not to take anymore of those proper meals by just pretending to cough. You will be surprise you don't hear anymore of the coughings later.
3. Ah yes....he likes to spit out food when he thinks he had enough. I will usually deal with him on that.
4. Bargain with me to kiss me on my cheeks instead of my lips when I ask him to kiss mummy.
5. Loves to go to the park and very expert with slides until he can slide down backwards already.
6. Roll up his shirt for the doctor to check him through without being ordered to do so (due to his frequency visits to the doctor).
7. Likes to choose VCD himself from the piles of VCDs to be played on TV.
8. Not afraid to try out rides. I noticed that when I brought him to Genting lately. I thought that he might be afraid to sit on those rides but apparently I'm wrong.
9. Stand automatically at one side of the corner of the house when instructed by me if he does something bad like throw things at me. Go stand there, I said and he will obediently obey me. This is to let him know that he was punished to stand at the silent corner if he misbehaves instead of me whacking him.
1. Follow my bro's action: Use one leg to touch the cat. I warned him before he had a chance to do so. Kids, they can't adjust their strength and it might turn out that he purposely step on the cat.
2. He will pretend to cough during meal time. So that the adults, like popo will say, "It's enough la. Don't feed him anymore. Cough until like that. He can't take the food anymore. Let him drink milk la" And yes! Lunz will achieve his goal on not to take anymore of those proper meals by just pretending to cough. You will be surprise you don't hear anymore of the coughings later.
3. Ah yes....he likes to spit out food when he thinks he had enough. I will usually deal with him on that.
4. Bargain with me to kiss me on my cheeks instead of my lips when I ask him to kiss mummy.
5. Loves to go to the park and very expert with slides until he can slide down backwards already.
6. Roll up his shirt for the doctor to check him through without being ordered to do so (due to his frequency visits to the doctor).
7. Likes to choose VCD himself from the piles of VCDs to be played on TV.
8. Not afraid to try out rides. I noticed that when I brought him to Genting lately. I thought that he might be afraid to sit on those rides but apparently I'm wrong.
9. Stand automatically at one side of the corner of the house when instructed by me if he does something bad like throw things at me. Go stand there, I said and he will obediently obey me. This is to let him know that he was punished to stand at the silent corner if he misbehaves instead of me whacking him.
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