Genting Trip

We had a family trip to Genting last Sunday. It was hard to get everybody around for such trip and I'm glad that everyone enjoyed themselves. All of us (my bros and parents) were present. We had so much fun but damn blardy tiring. It was a day trip and we started out pretty early around 7.30am for breakfast in Pandan Indah to meet up with Big Bro who stays there.

By the time we started to move our ass, it was already 9am and we reached the hill around 10am. Daddy and Big Bro were the drivers of the day but of course that Carlsberg van (Big Bro) sure took the speed of a 4WD, ahead of us most of the time. We bought the All Parks tickets and started out indoor first. Lunz was already pointing to a car ride even before we bought the tickets. He was very eager to try out the first ride. So, once we had done the wristband tagging, we headed towards that car ride and ta-da! He was not afraid to walk in alone and chose the car that he wanted. Adults are not supposed to be in queue with the kids. We can only wait behind the bars.

He got the last car...ancient car eh?

He enjoyed the ride so much, sat quietly most of the time.

He didn't got up after it ended, straight hop into another car for the second round ride. This one was a modern truck. Looks like he really like it!

Then we headed for the Gondola. Wow! The gondola was damn slow but we managed to snap some pictures.

Younger bro and family sitting in the gondola.

The next one was the ferris wheel. Hmmm.....Lunz was not scared of all the rides even for this one. I thought hanging up high in the air might scared him but he seems fine.

During the ferris wheel ride.

Then, by 11am we headed out to the outdoor theme park. The weather was just fine and chilling. I liked it very much. Reminds me of Amsterdam. Hehehe....here he is, my little boy queuing up for the plane ride.

In the queue for the plane ride. My nephew was the one in yellow.

A snap with daddy!

Daddy accompanied Lunz for the plane ride.

Then it was my turn to accompany him for the elephant ride.

Daddy can't manage to snap the whole elephant though.

Bumper cars time!

But he didn't know how to drive the bumper car!

Both boys clashed their cars and dunno what to do next. So both sitting there quietly. We, the adults laughed so badly at their blurness. Ish...ish.....

Quick! Tucked my ears before the car crashes on to the wall!

Next, was the boat ride in the DinosourLand. Most of the time we were just queuing. Time was wasted for that.

The kids were playing with their balloons while waiting for our turn for the boat ride.

DinosourLand boat ride. He was busy feeding the fishes.

The boat fetched us into a dark house where they showed us the plastic made dinosours completed with movement and roars to make them alive. My nephew cried upon hearing those roars but somehow Lunz remained quiet. He was not afraid. I was very proud of him. Looks like he is really a big and brave boy now.

Next......

The antique train ride!

After the train ride, daddy and younger bro tried the Flying Coaster! Paid RM10 per person for that ride but it was pretty exciting and fun!
And finally......

A ride indoor before heading back home!

All of us were blardy tired that we slept in the car all the way back. I even heard someone snored. Don't know who was that. Hahahaha.....although it was just a day trip but I think everyone had so much fun!

Favorite Quote

Lunz is getting really good with his speech now a days. Although he has yet learn to form one whole sentence, I trust that that will happen soon when he starts school next year. Nevertheless, for the time being, he always surprise us with new words/speech. His favorite quote of everyday without fail is Mummy, R U OK? or Popo, R U OK? or Darling, R U OK?

R u OK? R u OK? R u OK? just kept on popping out from him. Even though I had already answered him, "Mummy is OK", he still asked the same thing again and again.

There was a game where Lunz threw all the balls on to the bed and then pick them up again to put on the floor. So, everytime he put each ball on the floor, he counted the number of balls collected altogether and make sure they were complete, all 9 of them, before he started to throw them back again on to the bed. Daddy purposely hid a yellow ball and that witty little boy realized that one ball was actually missing from the total 9 after he counted them. So, he looked high and low for it. Me and daddy were laughing hardly when we heard him said, "Yellow ball....where are you?"....Hahahahaha....In the end of course he found the ball out of no where (because daddy took it out from the hidden spot and simply just threw it). He thought he successfully found it! But he didn't know that in fact we hid it. Hahaha....we simply just wanted to see his reactions. Kids....they are just sooooo innocent.

Singapore in May 2009

Last Friday daddy dropped me a surprise! Initially, he wanted to keep it as a secret for my birthday next year but somehow, he can't wait and blurted out the idea. He wanted to bring me to Singapore next year during my birthday because AirAsia is offering zero fuel surcharge to Singapore (flying period between October 2008 to July 2009). The offer has just started only and I think is still on-going. This is the first time AirAsia is promoting zero fuel surcharge to Singapore.

My birthday for next year happens to fall coincidentally on the zero fuel surcharge day and that's why daddy wanted to bring me there. But, considering it's my birthday, I don't want to leave Lunz behind alone for mum to look after. I might as well bring him along since he will be 4 years old next year. Pretty easy to take care of. Daddy was OK with the suggestion and in the end, again coincidentally we managed to get zero fuel surcharge tickets to Singapore during Labor Day in May 2009 which is a public holiday that falls on Friday. We cancelled the idea of going in January (my birthday) and change to May instead. So, in this case we don't have to sacrifice any leave for this trip. Without fuel surcharge, the tickets are bloody cheap! 3 of us only cost RM360! One person is only RM120 for a return trip to Singapore! What a huge difference without the fuel surcharge. Just can't wait. Another thing, I gotta grab Lunz to go and make his passport. He hasn't got one now. I'll do that soon before he starts school next year. Thanks daddy for the surprise!

Until then, can't wait also for me and daddy's personal holiday trip to Hatyai end of October 2008! We organized this trip months ago in May. And then some business trip to New Zealand in November 2008. Just can't bloody wait. Hehehe......

Latest Addiction

A colleague of mind was kind enough to lend me 3 novels few days back. I must say I had a slight battle within myself on which one to start first. Initially from the synopsis, all of them sounded really nice. So, I had my first pick which was Sophie Kinsella's "Remember Me" and ta-da! I couldn't put that book down since. I took it with me everywhere I went. I read during lunch, during stops for traffic lights while in the car and after Lunz bedtime as well (if I didn't snooze off together with him). Below are some information on my latest addiction:


With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, Sophie Kinsella, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby, returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament….

When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she's in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she's about to find out just how much things have changed.

Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. And who is this gorgeous husband—who also happens to be a multimillionaire? With her mind still stuck three years in reverse, Lexi greets this brave new world determined to be the person she…well, seems to be. That is, until an adorably disheveled architect drops the biggest bombshell of all.

Suddenly Lexi is scrambling to catch her balance. Her new life, it turns out, comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue. How on earth did all this happen? Will she ever remember? And what will happen when she does?

Highly recommended!

Wish List

I think I posted four new posts including this one today. Hehehehe.....suddenly so many things to say eh. I think that is basically back to those times that I'm pulling my hair off, thinking what to do next and then decided to blog. Well, I do have things to do actually but I need to wait until I attended the coming meetings for my stuffs to kick off. Until then, maybe I'll crap a bit on my wish list....

Like many other people, I do have my own wish list as well. I would say it's a wish list because those are the things that I very much wanted but I think would never be accomplished. Here they are, at the moment, things that are categorized under my wish list:

1. To have my own personal library. Books that are stacked up and arranged nicely on shelves in a room cater for it. Not just only one shelf but many of them. Not just only a few books but loads of them! Tons and tons of romance novels. Boy....I just love reading novels especially on romance. I can just sit there whole day reading them. I just love to read (depends on what I'm reading la). Haha!

2. Built in open closet. I know I will never have one unless I have a house of my own where I can design and build. I just love the open closet idea where all my clothes, bags, shoes and accessories are nicely placed and arranged in their own compartment. But of course, to compliment an open closet theme, you gotta consistently upgrade your wardrobe, which I think rather money wasting. Haha...imagine...new and different designs of branded bags to choose from time to time. Kekeke....

3. I always dream of chapel wedding. Although I'm not a Christian, I do find those moments very touching. Walking down the aisle fully dressed as a beautiful bride along with dad by side. Cute flower girls and boys tailing from behind. As the bride walks, her eyes are on the groom who is anxiously waiting for his bride to come to him. The moments where they joint hands, exchange vows and wedding rings and finally, a kiss to seal the vow witness by the audience and of course, GOD, is something so pure and touching. Awww.....

Until then, I gotta slap myself to come back to reality. Time to work. Hah!

Superb Memories

Lunz was picking up his speeches really fast now a days. Last Sunday, he tried to push me up from bed while I was still sleeping. "Wake up Mummy, wake up mummy", he said. Not such a big deal, but to me, he said that for the very first time. So, just to note it down. During bedtime yesterday, I tried to provoke his memory....

Me: No, I don't want
Lunz: Cat
Me: No, I don't want
Lunz: Pig
Me: No, I don't want
Lunz: Rat
Me: Then I'll bake the cake myself. And so she did.
Lunz: Chicken!

That was based on the story of the "Little Red Hen". Hehehehe....He actually knows which character I'm referring to. Then, when it comes to counting from 1 to 20. He actually memorized all the numbers and the things each number refers to based on a book. So, when I asked him yesterday.....

Me: One
Lunz: Apple
Me: Two
Lunz: Turtles
Me: Three
Lunz: Hens
Me: Four
Lunz: Clocks

And all the way up to 20. Every numbers and things it refers to based on that book, he was able to tell me without looking at it. I asked him briefly and he just answered me, without even pausing to think! Even if you ask me to name them all down now, sorry, I don't remember although I just went through that book yesterday.

Sleep

I'm posting tips on discipline and sleep because I happened to come across difficulties on these 2 issues. Below are some useful tips about your child's sleeping issues:

Q: How much sleep does my toddler need?
A: Typical sleep requirements are:
24 months - 11.5 hours at night and 1.5 hours during daytime
36 months - 10.5 hours at night and 1.5 hours during daytime

Q: Do toddlers really need naps?
A: Yes. Naps are essential for your toddler's good health until the age of 4 years. Research suggests that naps are crucial to a baby's brain development. Without them, a child's physical and mental development can suffer.

Napping also sets the stage for good overall sleep because it ensures that your child is not overtired. (Overtired children have a harder time falling asleep.)

Experts suggest that eating and sleeping should be the two highest priorities in a toddler's life.

Q: How can I encourage my toddler to be a good napper?
A: Here are some tips:

• Put your child down for a nap during a period when he is apt to be sleepy. Most toddlers are naturally drowsy between 12 and 2 p.m.
  
  
• Watch for clues that your toddler is sleepy. If a child becomes overtired, it will be harder for him to fall asleep. If your toddler becomes less alert, quiet, or rubs his eyes, put him to bed.
  
  
• Don't let your toddler take his naps in the stroller or the car. While the motion may lull him to sleep, the sleep is not likely to be as long or as restful. His own crib or bed is the best place for napping.
  
  
• Respect the naptime schedule. While it may be tempting to push back naptime because you have errands to do, it's not fair to your child, who will likely be drowsy at his normal naptime. Work your plans around his naptime.

Q: My 3-year-old really fights taking a nap. Does he still need one?
A: Probably yes. In most cases, a three-year-old still has a biological need for a nap. Just because he doesn't seem to want a nap doesn't mean that he doesn't need one.

Use your judgment. If your child is irritable and appears overtired, he probably still needs a nap. See our tips for getting your toddler to go to sleep.

If your 3-year-old seems to be able to make do without a nap, he may still benefit from a quiet rest period in the afternoon, as well as an earlier bedtime.

Q: How can I get my toddler to go to sleep more easily?
A: As you may well know, few toddlers look forward to going to sleep. They're too afraid that they'll miss something. But it does neither him nor you any good to give into his demands to put off bedtime.

Here are some tips to make it easier:

• Set regular naptimes and bedtimes, and then keep to the schedule. While it may be less convenient to always be home at these times, experienced parents say the payoff is great-it is a lot easier to get toddlers to go to sleep if they and their bodies are used to sleeping at the same times each day.
  
  
• Set the stage by helping your toddler wind down at the end of the day. Choose quiet activities for the period just before bedtime.
  
  
• Create a consistent bedtime ritual. It may include a bath, story, or kissing his teddy bear good night. It should conclude with him quiet, but awake, in his crib. Toddlers will benefit from learning to fall asleep on their own if they have not already acquired this skill.
  
  
• Let your child choose a stuffed animal to be a "nap buddy." Put a night-light in the room.
  
  
• Do not stay with your child while he falls asleep. This habit may make him more likely to wake in the middle of the night.
  
  
• If your child cries when you leave, give him at least 10 minutes to stop on his own. Then go in to try to settle him down again. If he cries again when you leave, repeat this same routine. While you shouldn't scold or punish him for this behavior, you also shouldn't reward it by feeding him or staying with him.
  
  
• Remain calm and consistent. Your confidence in his ability to fall asleep on his own will ultimately help your child to learn that sleep is a good thing.

Q: What should I do if my toddler wakes up in the middle of the night?
A: Here are some tips to keep in mind as you try to get your toddler back to dreamland:

• Before you go into the room, be sure that your child is really awake. Toddlers can be noisy sleepers. Some may whimper, but only be half awake. Enter the room only after sustained crying.
  
  
• Although you can show some compassion, be firm. Remember, you are helping both him and yourself if you teach him how to successfully get back to sleep on his own.
  
  
• Keep the room as dark and your interaction with him as brief as possible.
  
  
• Check to see if he has lost his favorite cuddly toy or gotten tangled in his blanket.
  
  
• Don't give milk, water, or any other liquid to help him fall back to sleep. Your child doesn't need nourishment during the night, and overnight feeding at this age can cause tooth decay.
  
  
• Unless you think he might be sick, try, if at all possible, to not pick him up-you can rub his back or simply soothe him with your voice. Stay with him only until he's calm-not until he's asleep.
  
  
• Don't bring him back to your bed. This will only create a routine that won't improve your sleep or his over the long run.

Q: What should I do if my child keeps getting out of bed and tries to get into my bed?
A: If your child is old enough to climb out of bed and come looking for you, return him to his bed immediately and tell him that it's time to go to sleep. Leave as soon as he is lying down again.

While you may have to repeat this action several times over several days, if you remain calm and consistent, eventually your child will stop this behavior.

You should also take precautions to keep your child safe during his nighttime wanderings. Keep stairs gated and be sure that there's nothing else that he can get into if he gets out of bed.

Q:What should I do if my child has a nightmare?
A: Bad dreams can be common among toddlers. When a nightmare awakens your child, hold and comfort him. Let him tell you about it if he can and reassure him that dreams are not real. Stay with your child until he's calm.

You may be able to help prevent some nightmares by choosing stories and television programs without frightening characters or images.

I think I'll come across all these when I separate him from sleeping with us later. Anyway, for more info, www.wyethnutrition.com

Disipline

Hey, to all mummies or future mummies. I came across these when I was surfing the net this morning. Since Lunz is already a toddler, I looked through the toddler section and found some useful tips. At toddler age, kids tend to be more rebellious than those baby times. Perhaps you would find the below tips useful:

Q: Do toddlers misbehave on purpose?
A: Because a toddler does not truly understand right from wrong, it is doubtful that he is misbehaving on purpose or out of spite. Misbehavior is more likely to be occurring for one of these reasons:

• Because they learn by experimenting, toddlers constantly test cause and effect. ("What will happen if I turn my cup of juice over? What will mommy do?")
  
  
• A toddler may be distracted rather than disobedient. If he is absorbed in building with his blocks, he may not have "heard" daddy call.
  
  
• A toddler's impulse control is weak. Although he heard you say that pulling the cat's tail is wrong, he cannot yet restrain his urge to do it.

It will take years of guidance from you and other caring adults to develop the self-control that leads to good behavior.

Q: Is it okay to offer rewards in return for cooperation?
A: When you are trying to get a reluctant toddler to do things your way, you'll want to encourage him to see things your way. But be careful to stay away from outright bribes ("I'll give you a lollipop if you stop screaming in the store"). They'll only encourage your child to say "no" next time so that you'll offer a treat as a reward.

It is okay to entice your toddler with the benefits of his cooperation. Think more along the lines of, "Let's get you dressed in pajamas now so that we'll have time to read a book before bedtime."

Your toddler may also be more cooperative if he is offered a choice (the blue pajamas or the green ones?).

Q: Is spanking harmful?
A: Most experts agree that physical punishment does more harm than good for several reasons:

• It is not useful in helping children learn self-discipline. Instead of learning right from wrong, they learn to obey only because of fear.

• It teaches children that it is okay to hit or be violent when they are angry or upset.

• Physical punishment can harm your child physically and emotionally.

• Spanking can make the child angry at the parent, potentially making them more likely to take revenge on the parent by continuing to misbehave.

Experts tend to recommend brief isolation, commonly known as a "timeout," as a more effective means of punishment.

Q: How does a "timeout" work?
A: A "timeout" is a brief isolation of a child from attention, toys, and fun. It is designed to allow an out-of-control toddler to regain control.

Timeouts should be served in a safe, quiet place (a playpen, a chair) away from the action. Keep a hand on toddler's shoulder if necessary in order to make him sit still.

For toddlers, a timeout of a minute or two is usually enough to make an impact.

Q: How can I discipline effectively?
A: Some helpful principles include:

• Catch them being good. Noticing good behavior helps to reinforce it. You don't want your toddler to think that the only way to get your attention is to misbehave.
  
  
• Don't protect your toddler from the consequences of his actions. If he deliberately throws his cookie on the floor, then no more cookies.
  
  
• Give a warning, but then follow through if toddler misbehaves. It's fair to let toddler know when he's is on the verge of trouble. However, if you don't act if doesn't change his ways, your warnings will quickly lose their meaning.
  
  
• Explain, in simple terms, why he is being punished so that he begins to see the connection between his actions and the consequences. Carrying out the punishment immediately will also help his understanding of cause and effect.
  
  
• Be consistent. Do not randomly change the rules. And be sure to enforce them consistently, or your toddler will be confused.
  
  
• Ensure that all adults in the house and all caregivers agree to and understand the rules of discipline for your toddler. If the rules vary from person to person, toddler will be confused.

Off to Kindi Next Year

Finally, I managed to register Lunz for kindi next year during the kindi's open day last Saturday. Basically, I took a tour around the kindi with some explanations from a young lady. And the pretty lady happens to be Lunz teacher for next year. Not bad, huh?.....I mean can get "leng lui je je" as teacher. She showed and explained to me all the apparatus displayed. She even briefed me on their activities and stuffs. As explained in one of my earlier blog, I had visited this kindi before. For me, I had already concluded registering him for this kindi earlier, so, out of courtesy, I just listened and tour the kindi again.

With some deposit down payment for registration, Lunz got a coloring book, pencil colors, balloon and packet drinks in return. Not bad for advertising and promotion wise. Hahaha....I even got the contacts of the driver that will be handling the transportation wise. Need to give him a call later. How I wish I can personally send and fetch him from school but yet I can't as I need to work. He is not even 4 years old yet by January next year which makes me worry whether he is capable of taking care of himself. The concern of being able to go up the car and coming down independantly by himself pops up in my brain consistently although I'm rest-assured that my mum will be waiting for him downstairs. I can't help but to worry. But I guess I have to try it out and let things take its course or else he will never learn. Unless, I don't work which is the only solution that can cater for me to fetch him tru and fro. This, I think is impossible with the current financial situation.

Of course, daddy can fetch him to school as daddy starts work at 9am. But, going home he still needs to ride the driver's car. Hmmm.....we will see how it goes. I'll take a one week off leave next year to get things started. Last weekend was pretty good and time passed by so fast, I hardly believe that I'm actually getting old. When I was young (I think it applies to everybody), I found out that time was particularly slow. But currently, everything seems to be on the fast track especially this year. Whenever a festive season is around the corner, I'll be telling to myself, "I thought I just celebrated this not long ago eh?" And it's funny to say so when in actual fact a year had already passed. So people, please don't ever ever remind me when I hit the freakin' 30's!

Room Cleaning

Last Saturday I spent the whole day cleaning up our house. In fact, just daddy's room. Hehehehe....but I did sweep and mop the living room also although really no hardcore cleaning on that area. But cleaning up just a single room is enough to kill me already. It was damn tedious that I felt exhausted and so sleepy after that. I only managed to finish the cleaning by 3pm which we started once we woke up. Daddy took part as well (Of course la, he was the one who initiated the cleaning). Hahahaha....

We emptied the wooden table placed at the corner of the room that was used to store a lot of unwanted things such as receipts and junk stuffs. It's usual that when we have extra place to put things, surely everything will be accumulated there and then. We moved the wooden table across the room to serve as the computer table. The previous computer table was dismantled and being stored away. The view look much cleaner and tidier now. After moving the furniture, I had to sweep and mop the floor. Not to mention the need to change the bedsheets as well due to dusts were just everywhere. Wiped and polished the TV table, bed frames and the rest of the furniture.

Previously we do intend to move Lunz bed away from our bed (Currently his single bed is attached together with our bed). This is just to train him to sleep independently which I think later will prove useful when he has his own room. But no matter how we tried to figure the furniture arrangement, yet we couldn't come up with a proper arrangement due to the lack of space in the room. When we finally succeeded to come up with an idea on how to arrange and locate the furniture, we encountered another problem. How on earth to transport my mum's wooden single bed here? I mean can geh, but a bit troublesome to hire a lorry just to transport the frame of a single bed. I intended to exchange Lunz current steel bed without the side bars with my mum's wooden bed that has the side bars. If his bed is to be separated from ours, he needs the side bars to prevent him from falling down in the middle of the night.

This transportation issue never occurred to us before as we were too eager to move the furniture for a change that we thought that normal cars can fit in the bars after dismantling it. Nevertheless, we still managed to change the room a bit and this was due to 2 major reasons:

1. Daddy just bought a new customized personal desktop computer that I think the wooden table will serve better than the not-so-stable computer desk.
2. I wanted to have an area for Lunz to put his toys and books without them being scattered everywhere.

I achieved the missions and were quite satisfied with the arrangements. Lunz finally had an area for himself after the wooden table was moved away. He can now store his toys properly on the rack that I provided for him. Books were stacked and arranged nicely. Study table with crayons, color pencils and books were nicely placed on top of it and a chair next to it. Even Lunz was fascinated with the new area that he can stand there and choose what he wants to play next from the rack.

Till then, the furniture will remains until I have the space and room to start the whole crazy cleaning again. Hah!

Mid Autumn Festival

Last Sunday was the Mid Autumn Festival. But luckily we did not chose to celebrate on its actual day because it was raining cats and dogs. Saturday night was just fine with the big fat round moon high up on the sky. Family members gathered at grandma's house for dinner. There were varieties of food around and I really ate the grill chicken wings like there is no tomorrow. And of course to top it all up with watermelon chunks and agar-agar as well. Hehehehe....

Then, we had a fun time lighting up lanterns. Now a days, lanterns are so advance. They have the electronic version. No candles needed. The bulb inside the lantern is electronic. So, kids don't have to fear that their lanterns will be on fire if it is not handle properly. But of course, with the electronic lanterns you wouldn't get to experience the true fun of traditionally lighting up lanterns. Of course, we still played with candles and light up lanterns with candles. The electronic ones are just meant for kids as young as my boy.

The mahjong kakis' started the mahjong session later at my mum's house. So, all of us headed back to my mum's place. We continued to light up the lanterns even though mum's balcony was less spacious than grandma's front yard. We had to cramp and squat up and down most of the time due to the lack of space at the balcony. Nevertheless, we still had a great time. When I lit the candles and arranged them nicely, Lunz sang the happy birthday song. Because to him, seeing brightly litted candles meaning it's birthday. Time for the birthday song! In fact, I heard him sang the birthday song to himself, "Happy Birthday to Lun Lun". Hehehehe.....that was very cute!

Boiling Drama

Currently, I'm catching on a really great Chinese drama namely Moonlight Resonance (家好月圓). It is only shown in Astro On Demand. Overall, it has 40 episodes and despite the many episodes, it turn out really good and not boring at all. In fact, when I was rushing the previous episodes, I can't stay away from the TV for long because the episodes were non-stop. I only managed to have short toilet breaks! TV drama addicted! Hahahaha......It is a very touching drama with a lots of family lessons to learn. I particularly like the song from Raymond Lam. :)

Due to my 'hardwork', I managed to catch up the drama and currently I'm just anticipating new releases every night at 9.30pm. Tonight will be episode 35 and the final episode of 40 will premiere this Sunday. Hehehehe....

Warning: This is the only drama that can make you laugh one moment and cry your tears out next, in just a single scene. For those easily teared eyes, prepare tissues in hand!

Lunz at 3 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days old

The title says it all. I remember the recent blog (Lunz at 3 years and 2 months old) on Lunz actions was quite of the similar to this one and it was written not long ago. It's amazing how many actions a kid can show in just such a short time. Nevertheless, continue reading for some of his latest actions complimentary from mummy's hardworking observations.

1. Bounced up and down when the car was crossing the bumpers.
2. Continued the statement, "make nien nien" when I mentioned "mimi" (Mimi make nien nien-meaning asked me to make milk for him).
3. Continued the statement, "taufoo" when I mentioned "you" (You taufoo-meaning such big sized boy but easily fall sick and very often).
4. When daddy came back to the car with packages of KFC, lunz said, "Darling buy chicken", he knew that KFC=Chicken although I never told him that equation before.
5. Picked up something from the bed and asked me in full sentence, "What is this?"
6. Able to sing the whole ABC and Little Einstein songs.
7. Likes to pinch me and cupped my face with both of his hands.
8. Mentioned, "My baby" for me when I hugged him (I usually said that everytime I hugged him, but lately he said it for me).
9. Take shoes/sandals for mummy and daddy from the shoe rack upon leaving the house.
10. Take the comb and combed his hair upon knowing that we are bringing him out.
11. Not afraid anymore to sit on slide as high as the ceiling.
12. Good at digging nose before bedtime.
13. Likes to play around with the water in the mouth.
14. Able to feed noodles using fork by himself with not much mess.
15. Height at 103 cm and weight 19.5kg.

I managed to grab him a Donald Duck lantern and Meimei also has her Daisy Duck lantern from Jusco yesterday. Just in time for the Mooncake Festival this coming weekend.

Enjoy everybody and Happy Moon Moon Festival!

Work and The Love for Mum

Ooooo......I miss blogging! It has been some time since I last blogged. I have been extremely busy over the past few days. Need not to mention about weekends because I hardly blog during weekends. I will usually blog during office hour. At least just to keep my office time occupied or I'll be pulling my hair figuring out what to do. But lately, I was so packed with tons of work and all these works came at once suddenly. Software testing that requires me to be away from my desk for days, seminars, meetings, organizing workshop and attending a conference soon in November. A lot of prep work that needed to be done. Working in MTC is like a weather of change. Sometimes it is thunderstorm (all work comes at once and rush like mad cow) and sometimes it is sunny and breezy (peaceful for a long time, nothing much to do except to pull my hair again). I have things to do as well now but I guess let me finish blogging first, if not my blog will have spidey cobwebs soon.

On Wednesday as I was walking past a floral shop, I happened to stop and grabbed 2 stalks of yellow roses which was her favorite for her. My mum lar, of course. Humans need to feel pampered sometimes. It's good for the soul. Although she didn't say much when I gave it to her but actions speak louder than words. When I sat down next to her, she put her hand on top of my head and smoothed my hair. It has been a long time since she smoothed my hair. I knew she was touched and so was I. Nothing on earth can replace a mother's love. I realized that was undeniably true especially since I became a mother myself. The love of a mother has for her child can never be able to be described in words. The love, the care and the touch of a mother's.....see I can only have the feelings but I have been staring at the screen for minutes trying to locate suitable words to describe that feeling and yet failed.

Guess it's true. No words can ever describe a mother's love that only the heart can feel....

No Nap??

I didn't know that he did not nap yesterday. Of all the days, yesterday I forgot to ask my mum whether did he nap during noon. I took him out for a stroll at Jusco and came back home around 9.45pm. My God! He was so tired that he immediately stumbled on the bed and hesitated when I wanted to change him into his pajamas.

When he was drinking his milk, I informed him that I am going to take bath and he should wait for me. When I exited from the bathroom, I was very surprised to see him silently laying down on the bed. He hadn't move an inch according to my dad. Hmmm....that's very obedient. Usually, when he know that I had to take bath, it's either he will play with his toys or linger around the living room waiting for me. All at once I knew this little fella had to sleep already. With this silent attitude, he was definitely very tired and in a sleepy mood already. I know it is very bad of me to say this, but he looks cutest when he is tired and in a sleepy mood. Because that is the only time that he looks extra innocent and quiet minus all the wittiness and naughtiness. Bad mummy!

I switched off the lights and in less than a few minutes, he dozed off. I told my mum that he must have been very tired. Then only my mum confessed that he had not nap at noon! Poor boy! If I knew he hadn't nap, I wouldn't be bringing him out instead. Next time, absent-minded mummy must please remember to ask popo!

More and More Actions with Passing Days

Lunz is getting cuter with each passing day. At times, my heart melts when he suddenly cup my face with both of his hands and kiss me. That is definitely very sweet and perhaps his own way of showing how much he loves and appreciate me.

Here are some actions that I noticed from him last weekend:

1. Likes to pinch my mouth when I pouted my lips at him.
2. Going round in circles with meimei, chasing each other and they can really had a good laugh out of the chase. Kids...
3. Stuck his fingers into both of his ears when daddy switched on the ABC Musical Learning Keyboard (He hated the music from the keyboard but yet he wanted to see it).
4. Opened the pack of potato chips by himself immediately after the cash counter knowing that I had already paid for it and it was so quick I did not even noticed it.
5. Pick the games and inserted the tokens at the machine slot by himself to activate it during tours around the amusement playground in Jusco.
6. Helped the adults to clear up the mahjong table and when they forgot to take the table studs, he went underneath the table and pulled out the studs saying, "Got some more!"
7. Took pity on daddy so much that he gave daddy to watch the Astro HBO movie on TV by switching off his already playing Pingu VCD. Hehehe, in return, he asked daddy to play the Pingu VCD on his laptop instead.
8. Pulled me to walk along the road right till the house at the end of the road because he happened to see the national flag from the balcony of that house afar when daddy parked the car into the front yard of our house. Got moon and star wor, according to him.
9. Said thank you to our neighbor when he helped us to open the stair's gate on his way down as well. I forgot to take the keys and 'kao foo' was bloody slow.
10. Likes to peel the paper that wrapped each crayons. I got fed up of picking up the small torn pieces of paper scattered on the floor every time that I asked him to sit down and peel finished off the crayons all at once with a bin nearby.