As promised, I bought something for my boys after I have gotten my bonus. I have 1.25 months of bonus. Same as last year. Better than nothing la. Earlier we even heard rumors that there wasn't any bonus for this year. So, lucky we can get. :)
With my low salary, even an additional of 1.25 months bonus is not considered much. But, with the little extra money, at least I managed to do a lot of things. I planed to save at least RM1K, pay off my road tax which is due by February next year, give my parents angpow, settle some of my credit card amount and pay the every-month-must-pay bills such as my car installment, milk powder and Lunz's driver fees. Don't forget that school starts next week.
I happily brought the boys for dinner in Mines on the day I got my bonus. I even got them each a joystick for PC games. Lunz is addicted to PC games now a days. Thanks to his daddy! :P
Seeing them happy, I'll be happy of course! Talk about PC games, the little one is really a quick learner. Daddy showed him one step only he will remember. Like the Mickey Mouse game, when it comes to solving puzzles, he is really good at it. Like the Street Fighter (boy, those games are my time punya games but it's suitable for him as it's not complicated as those PC games now a days. The animation is more bigger and clearer for him), he can really play man!
He even asked me to beat the 'Taiko' in the Mickey Mouse game and when I failed, he will say, "Mimi, taufoo la!". Hmmpphhh....even my son knows how to ejek me! Duh....
Thanks to daddy, he built an entirely new (internal) desktop PC for the little one----->just to play PC games. He took the old PC from my bro and re-modify it. He bought a new motherboard to enable the PC to function properly. He even bought some of the internal 'organs' for the PC. In total he spent about RM 300 just to revive that old PC. In the end, the PC is working! IT people are really good at their expertise.
Apart from that, Lunz like the new MYFM Chinese New Year songs. He knows how to sing in Mandarin now a days (although a bit broken). He even asked me to imitate the singers' actions in the MV while singing. Me playing the lady part while he sing and action on the guy's part. Wow...he really knows how to act now. Hahahaha....
Aiya....my little bugger knows how to talk back now. Ish Ish....need to go home already. Will explain that in the next post. Coming soon....
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Christmas 2009
Yesterday was Christmas. It has been 3 weeks since I had abandoned this blog. Hahaha...super busy with work. I just got back from a 3 days trip to Johor. I had to spend the Chinese Winter Festival in Johor. How pity....sigh....but I was really really glad that daddy took up the initiative to pick up Lunz from my mum's house on that day. He even cooked him some 'tong yuen' when they reached home. Heard from daddy, both sat down and enjoyed the 'tong yuen'. *SIGH* Wish I was there. Grandma passed away this year, so, according to mum, they are not supposed to make 'tong yuen'. So, I was really really glad again for daddy to make the effort to cook 'tong yuen' for the little one. It felt homely. He even spared some, intending to cook for me when I returned. Thanks daddy, the family man!
Daddy's older sister's whole family came over for steamboat on Christmas. Well, we kinda enjoyed ourselves very much. We chatted throughout dinner and daddy's bro-in-law is really a nice person to talk with. We ate until we can't stuffed in anymore. The kids enjoyed as well because they had a lot of pressies to open! Daddy's sister brought a present for both me and Lunz. That's really nice of her to get me something. Because, normally we just buy for the kids, not the adults. I guessed it's because she saw me keep on getting cute little dresses for her baby girl. Hahaha....we have much in common to talk now a days. And all this really comes from own initiative. Like you treat people good, they will realize and treat you back equally.
Anyway, I got a necklace from Ka Jeh. I wanted to follow daddy and call her Ka Jeh most of the time because myself practically don't have an older sister (and I would love to have one and feel the closeness by calling sister rather than name) but dunno people will think I'm weird or not. So, it's better to her by her name until it's confirmed! Lunz got a barbecue Play-Doh set from her. From us, he received a t-shirt, Mr. Bean animated VCD, a battery operated toy and some food. I gave a mini fan with USB plugged-in for daddy. He can have wind blowing at his face at the computer desk rather than the blow-only-the-leg-fan he had under the table. At least something la for Christmas. If my bonus is thick, both he and lunz will get a huge present in January. Our anniversary ma!
It's coming to year end soon. Time really flies. I remembered, all of us were in Mines at the same day and time (on Christmas) last year. And can you believe it? It felt like as if it was yesterday when in fact a year had already passed. This makes me realized that I have to treasure everything present more and more.
Some of my major encounters for this year:
1. Lunz started school.
2. Mum had a major operation.
3. I moved in to stay with daddy.
4. I got my divorce certificate finally.
5. Visited Germany.
6. Best friend's wedding.
7. Crazy sister gone to Makati.
8. Beloved grandma passed away.
9. Daddy brought us to Singapore.
10. I had a MYVI!
Hahaha...those are the ones that I can remember now. Of course, they were so many others. Like I really really appreciate my relationship with daddy. Sometimes I don't know how to spell it out but I felt it in my heart. I don't know how to tell him I really appreciate his presence in both me and Lunz's life. And I believed he is there for a reason. Those happy smiles on my face when simple things happened such as a before bedtime Lunz back riding his daddy. Both of them playing.... I'm grateful for all these and I knew it deep down in my heart. Of course, sometimes we do fight over silly things (sometimes it's so bad that I wanted to strangle him) but that's no barrier to the love I have for him or the love we have for one another.
I appreciate very much family ties now a days. I will try to make an effort to be there for my parents. When dad send me to work (sometimes I don't drive when I had to travel), I would stand and watch until he left on his bike. Until I can't see any sign of him. If compared to the old teenager me, honestly, I was ashamed if people see my dad sent me to school on a bike. That was the teenager me. You don't know how grateful I am now when my dad send me to work on his bike. He would wake up early just to send me. And I am glad he is there for me. Parents. They are the greatest people on earth.
I started to feel sorry for my older brother. I think he is having some financial difficulties at the moment and for years to come. He is following the footsteps of my father, as what my mum said. Sigh....what to do? Humans are like this, work and work for a living and for own generation. I am glad at least I don't have to worry all this as daddy's financial capabilities is quite stable. So, I'm lucky in many ways. :)
Lastly, Happy New Year to everyone and not to mention my dearie in Makati!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Weight Gained and Artworks
As now is currently the school holidays, the little one practically does nothing at his popo's house. His daily activities are eat, sleep, watch TV and play computer. That's it. Even during weekends as well. And I noticed he has gained weight. I mean seriously gained weight! I tried to get him up the measuring scale yesterday and guess how much he weight?
It's freaking 27kg!
4 1/2 years old at 27kg!
I know I must do something to control his weight now. I don't want it to be too late and he has to suffer later in life. I mean later, there could be problems arising if I don't take any actions now. His weight may started to increase even more when he entered adolescent stage. That's where he needs more energy to grow. He will eat more. Who knows? Some said, once he is a teenager, he will lose weight coz he will be more engage in exercises and sport activities. But who knows? Perhaps it's the other way round. It's better to control now than later, right?
To start, I'll have to stop keeping junk food at home, or maybe I have to store it at unseen places like inside the cabinet where we can only eat when he's asleep. No more yogurt drinks or yogurt as these are sugar-based products. Low-fat yogurt can be considered as a source of calcium. Occasionally, he can still take some biscuits as snack. But I have to avoid junk food and sweets. More outdoor activities, maybe I'll have to get him a bike or something. So, that he can indulge in some form of exercise that he likes. For GOD sake, I have to do something! I have already decreased his milk intake. From 8oz to 7oz and now is 5oz. Basically his rice intake is not much, I mean his main meals are not heavy. I don't know from where he got the excess weight from. I guess it's from the doughnuts, pies, cookies, sweets and ice-creams. I know those are his favorites. But what to do? Just try to limit them.
Hopefully I can do it without my heart melting to see that pity look on his face when I shake my head signaling a NO-NO before he put those food in his mouth.
Before
After
So leng chai pin fei chai...wasted leh....
More more exercise please daddy!!
Before school holiday started, his teacher gave me back all his artworks for me to keep. Considering those are precious artworks more than the MONA LISA painting, I decided to display them rather than to store them away in a box. So, I actually put them up all over the cabinet in his room.
And he actually knows the name of his male classmates! Daddy found out when he accidentally asked the little one while pointing to one of his classmates in his class photo. One after another, he actually knew all the names of all his male classmates except for the females. He didn't know any of the girls because when we asked him, he did not reply but just smile only. :)
From left to right, he knows the name of each of the boys, but not the girls.
It's freaking 27kg!
4 1/2 years old at 27kg!
I know I must do something to control his weight now. I don't want it to be too late and he has to suffer later in life. I mean later, there could be problems arising if I don't take any actions now. His weight may started to increase even more when he entered adolescent stage. That's where he needs more energy to grow. He will eat more. Who knows? Some said, once he is a teenager, he will lose weight coz he will be more engage in exercises and sport activities. But who knows? Perhaps it's the other way round. It's better to control now than later, right?
To start, I'll have to stop keeping junk food at home, or maybe I have to store it at unseen places like inside the cabinet where we can only eat when he's asleep. No more yogurt drinks or yogurt as these are sugar-based products. Low-fat yogurt can be considered as a source of calcium. Occasionally, he can still take some biscuits as snack. But I have to avoid junk food and sweets. More outdoor activities, maybe I'll have to get him a bike or something. So, that he can indulge in some form of exercise that he likes. For GOD sake, I have to do something! I have already decreased his milk intake. From 8oz to 7oz and now is 5oz. Basically his rice intake is not much, I mean his main meals are not heavy. I don't know from where he got the excess weight from. I guess it's from the doughnuts, pies, cookies, sweets and ice-creams. I know those are his favorites. But what to do? Just try to limit them.
Hopefully I can do it without my heart melting to see that pity look on his face when I shake my head signaling a NO-NO before he put those food in his mouth.
Before
AfterSo leng chai pin fei chai...wasted leh....
More more exercise please daddy!!
Before school holiday started, his teacher gave me back all his artworks for me to keep. Considering those are precious artworks more than the MONA LISA painting, I decided to display them rather than to store them away in a box. So, I actually put them up all over the cabinet in his room.
And he actually knows the name of his male classmates! Daddy found out when he accidentally asked the little one while pointing to one of his classmates in his class photo. One after another, he actually knew all the names of all his male classmates except for the females. He didn't know any of the girls because when we asked him, he did not reply but just smile only. :)
From left to right, he knows the name of each of the boys, but not the girls.Thursday, December 3, 2009
Ipoh Trip
We went to Ipoh last weekend. As Friday was a public holiday, we decided to relax and went for a short-one-night-stay trip. As the decision was last minute, I failed to book any hotel. Most of the hotels were either fully booked or it was very expensive. So, we decided to spend the night at daddy's grandma's house. Unfortunately and coincidentally, grandma left for Aus on the same day. Result, we can't spend the night there. Since, I had earlier invited my bro and family to tag along this trip, we finally figured out on where to stay for the night. My sis-in-law's grandpa's house! Her grandpa was on holiday in KL and he was actually kind enough to offer his house for us to stay.
Mum had earlier warned me on the condition of the house. It was those wooden kampung house. So, I made a huge preparation. We were just there to stay for the night but I packed as if I was moving house instead. I took all the toiletries items, bedsheets, pillows and not to mention clothing, laptop and toys for the kids. Daddy's car was overloaded. Hahaha....living a night is easy if you are traveling without kids. Just a sleeping bag will do the job. But with kids around, I always ensure things are comfy. And I packed heavily was because I knew we were traveling by car (I could dumped all the things in easily) and because the house does not has the necessities that we have to use even though it's just a night. If we were to travel by plane, our luggage were simple, just one big suitcase and one hand carry. Because we can find all the necessities in the hotel!
So, we left KL early on Friday morning in two cars. Thank god we drove two cars. That meimei was definitely a big bully. Kept on telling her mum that Lunz bully her or Lunz make her when in fact Lunz never did anything more than just hugging her or touching her lightly. She kept on crying also, throwing tantrums, demanding this and that...all this only happens when her mum is around. So, it was good we drove two separate cars, for at least Lunz can lie down on the passenger's seats behind when he felt like it or at least we have a peace of mind. Imagine 4 adults, 2 kids and hell load of things in a Myvi (Mind you, a Myvi not Estima or Alphard) would be really overloaded!
We reached Ipoh by 10am, found the house and unloaded our stuffs. The house really need proper spring cleaning and we have to do that. But we decided to have some fun first. So, we dropped everything and hopped into one car and off we went to the Lost World of Tambun. It was pretty sunny at that time. Everyone fully utilized the sunblock cream which I bought purposely for this trip. But thank god, no one got sunburn.
Remember: Sunblock is very important for outdoor activities. Without them, you will get SUNBURN! Which we experienced before, and now we wouldn't wanna repeat the mistake of not getting the sunblock.
Tambun was fun, especially for the kids. Although I think that the slides were almost more or less the same with Sunway Lagoon but as long as the kids enjoyed, that was the purpose of the visit. We were done with the water park by 1.30pm, thought of going for a walk around the park or maybe some rides after lunch, then it started to rain by 3.00pm. Since the rain was quite heavy and wouldn't stop for the next 2 hours, we have no choice but to leave the place. But luckily we had plenty of time at the water park before the rain.
Next destination was Giant. We bought some mosquito repellent coils, mineral water and some junk foods. Left the place soon and headed back home. Everybody helped to clean the house. I have mopped the floor 3 times. The bedsheet was changed, toilet washed, kitchen was cleaned up and we boiled some hot water. After the cleaning, it was more comfortable. Then, we took turns for our baths and headed out for dinner by 6pm.
Gosh, Ipoh ngar choy kai shops are always loaded with people during the long stretch of holidays. We waited long enough for a table and when we finally got one, other people were practically standing at our table already waiting for us to leave. And that was just when we were about to start eating. They actually waited from the moment we started until we finished all our food. Honestly, if I see this condition in the shops in KL, thank you and good bye, I wouldn't even thought of waiting. But since we came a long way from KL, we shouldn't missed the good and famous ngar choy kai.
After dinner, we went to Jusco. Even in Ipoh, Jusco was not missed. Hahaha....after Jusco, daddy bought supper and we headed back because the kids were sleepy. They didn't nap earlier. So, they were pretty exhausted. That's how we spent the night. Nothing much in Ipoh. Another reason was practically because we have kids with us as well. So, we must think of them.
The next morning after breakfast, we went to shop for some famous Ipoh food, including the salty chicken. Daddy dropped by his family inherited shop (business of food wholesale) for a while to chit-chat with his 5th uncle while bro went to grab some local biscuits in the shop across the road. Then, we went back to pack and headed back home. On the way to exit into the highway, we dropped by the Sam Pou Tung. Took a few pictures and a short walk, and off we hit the road again.
By the time we reached KL, it was already 3pm. The trip was short but we enjoyed it very much.
Front view of the house that we spent the night in.
Side view of the house.
Living room.
Dining and kitchen area. I was busy mopping.
We slept in this room
He is just so adorable!
Bought the balloon from Tambun for him.
At Sam Poh Tung.
Mum had earlier warned me on the condition of the house. It was those wooden kampung house. So, I made a huge preparation. We were just there to stay for the night but I packed as if I was moving house instead. I took all the toiletries items, bedsheets, pillows and not to mention clothing, laptop and toys for the kids. Daddy's car was overloaded. Hahaha....living a night is easy if you are traveling without kids. Just a sleeping bag will do the job. But with kids around, I always ensure things are comfy. And I packed heavily was because I knew we were traveling by car (I could dumped all the things in easily) and because the house does not has the necessities that we have to use even though it's just a night. If we were to travel by plane, our luggage were simple, just one big suitcase and one hand carry. Because we can find all the necessities in the hotel!
So, we left KL early on Friday morning in two cars. Thank god we drove two cars. That meimei was definitely a big bully. Kept on telling her mum that Lunz bully her or Lunz make her when in fact Lunz never did anything more than just hugging her or touching her lightly. She kept on crying also, throwing tantrums, demanding this and that...all this only happens when her mum is around. So, it was good we drove two separate cars, for at least Lunz can lie down on the passenger's seats behind when he felt like it or at least we have a peace of mind. Imagine 4 adults, 2 kids and hell load of things in a Myvi (Mind you, a Myvi not Estima or Alphard) would be really overloaded!
We reached Ipoh by 10am, found the house and unloaded our stuffs. The house really need proper spring cleaning and we have to do that. But we decided to have some fun first. So, we dropped everything and hopped into one car and off we went to the Lost World of Tambun. It was pretty sunny at that time. Everyone fully utilized the sunblock cream which I bought purposely for this trip. But thank god, no one got sunburn.
Remember: Sunblock is very important for outdoor activities. Without them, you will get SUNBURN! Which we experienced before, and now we wouldn't wanna repeat the mistake of not getting the sunblock.
Tambun was fun, especially for the kids. Although I think that the slides were almost more or less the same with Sunway Lagoon but as long as the kids enjoyed, that was the purpose of the visit. We were done with the water park by 1.30pm, thought of going for a walk around the park or maybe some rides after lunch, then it started to rain by 3.00pm. Since the rain was quite heavy and wouldn't stop for the next 2 hours, we have no choice but to leave the place. But luckily we had plenty of time at the water park before the rain.
Next destination was Giant. We bought some mosquito repellent coils, mineral water and some junk foods. Left the place soon and headed back home. Everybody helped to clean the house. I have mopped the floor 3 times. The bedsheet was changed, toilet washed, kitchen was cleaned up and we boiled some hot water. After the cleaning, it was more comfortable. Then, we took turns for our baths and headed out for dinner by 6pm.
Gosh, Ipoh ngar choy kai shops are always loaded with people during the long stretch of holidays. We waited long enough for a table and when we finally got one, other people were practically standing at our table already waiting for us to leave. And that was just when we were about to start eating. They actually waited from the moment we started until we finished all our food. Honestly, if I see this condition in the shops in KL, thank you and good bye, I wouldn't even thought of waiting. But since we came a long way from KL, we shouldn't missed the good and famous ngar choy kai.
After dinner, we went to Jusco. Even in Ipoh, Jusco was not missed. Hahaha....after Jusco, daddy bought supper and we headed back because the kids were sleepy. They didn't nap earlier. So, they were pretty exhausted. That's how we spent the night. Nothing much in Ipoh. Another reason was practically because we have kids with us as well. So, we must think of them.
The next morning after breakfast, we went to shop for some famous Ipoh food, including the salty chicken. Daddy dropped by his family inherited shop (business of food wholesale) for a while to chit-chat with his 5th uncle while bro went to grab some local biscuits in the shop across the road. Then, we went back to pack and headed back home. On the way to exit into the highway, we dropped by the Sam Pou Tung. Took a few pictures and a short walk, and off we hit the road again.
By the time we reached KL, it was already 3pm. The trip was short but we enjoyed it very much.
Front view of the house that we spent the night in.
Side view of the house.
Living room.
Dining and kitchen area. I was busy mopping.
We slept in this room
He is just so adorable!
Bought the balloon from Tambun for him.
At Sam Poh Tung.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
More Talkative
Both me and daddy observed some new sentences coming out from Lunz:
1. Let me try (when he was trying to fix the puzzle)
2. Go away (when he tried to shoo daddy away from his king-seat at the computer desk)
3. Give me a hand (when he almost fall off the sofa)
There is a lot more but I can't remember. Will update once I remembered or if there is anything new. I would overall say that he is more talkative and responsive now.
Good to know that... :)
1. Let me try (when he was trying to fix the puzzle)
2. Go away (when he tried to shoo daddy away from his king-seat at the computer desk)
3. Give me a hand (when he almost fall off the sofa)
There is a lot more but I can't remember. Will update once I remembered or if there is anything new. I would overall say that he is more talkative and responsive now.
Good to know that... :)
The Christmas Tree
Talking about the new Christmas tree that we have placed in the living room, I finally remembered to buy a few pieces of wrapping paper to wrap the empty boxes. Luckily I am somebody who likes to keep trash (which I believe will be useful to me one day). I kept a lot of empty boxes which now really prove to be useful. Hehehe....
So, both me and Lunz sat down and began our wrapping mission. He help me to tape the wrapping paper on to the box and got pretty excited to see the presents although he knew it's empty inside. He kept on counting them once I finished wrapping every piece. When I was done, I asked daddy to install the lighting. The lighting was meant to be put surrounding the presents. When everything was finally done, the tree was truly a complete makeover. With presents, it is indeed more beautiful!
The tree without the presents. Looked ordinary.
Mummy and Daddy
Everyone
So, both me and Lunz sat down and began our wrapping mission. He help me to tape the wrapping paper on to the box and got pretty excited to see the presents although he knew it's empty inside. He kept on counting them once I finished wrapping every piece. When I was done, I asked daddy to install the lighting. The lighting was meant to be put surrounding the presents. When everything was finally done, the tree was truly a complete makeover. With presents, it is indeed more beautiful!
The tree without the presents. Looked ordinary.
Mummy and Daddy
EveryoneAfter the tree makeover......
The same tree from the pictures above but after the makeover combination of presents, lighting and mini bears!
Hehehe...I sempat add in the ribbons I found from the attic also.
When nearing Christmas, I will load something into the boxes that are meant only to be open on the day itself. Let's see what Christmas gifts I can get to fill up the boxes....haha....
Christmas.....my favorite season of the year.....
The same tree from the pictures above but after the makeover combination of presents, lighting and mini bears!
Hehehe...I sempat add in the ribbons I found from the attic also.When nearing Christmas, I will load something into the boxes that are meant only to be open on the day itself. Let's see what Christmas gifts I can get to fill up the boxes....haha....
Christmas.....my favorite season of the year.....
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Successful Toilet Training
Toilet training was successful! Now the little one uses the toilet to do his business, which means me and daddy are free finally! We don't have to flush his stinky poo from the potty anymore. Yeah yeah....I know I should have started it long time ago but as an easy-yet-stinky way out, we delayed the whole matter until we saw that his butt was too big for the potty. Then only we decided to switch. Hahaha....
Last Friday was so funny, the little one accidentally pooed on the living room floor of his popo's house. Kena marah la, apa lagi. Hahaha....then, when I questioned him once I got back from work, "You ng-ng on the floor ar?", he put his hands on my mouth, signaling me to keep quiet, don't laugh at him nor nag at him. Later on, we took him to Mines, the fella got over excited with the ATM machine that he did not realize he had the urgency to visit the toilet. Hence, he pee right there and then at the ATM machine. Daddy was with him at the time while I was in one of the shops. When I approached them, I saw that he has wet his pants. Daddy told me I should see that 'tahan pee' look on his face and the 'relieve look' when he wet his pants.
Luckily I remembered there was a pair of extra clothing in his school bag. So, at least we still get our dinner in Sushi King and don't have to rush back immediately. ;)
But the good thing is, he finally don't have to use the potty anymore!
Last Friday was so funny, the little one accidentally pooed on the living room floor of his popo's house. Kena marah la, apa lagi. Hahaha....then, when I questioned him once I got back from work, "You ng-ng on the floor ar?", he put his hands on my mouth, signaling me to keep quiet, don't laugh at him nor nag at him. Later on, we took him to Mines, the fella got over excited with the ATM machine that he did not realize he had the urgency to visit the toilet. Hence, he pee right there and then at the ATM machine. Daddy was with him at the time while I was in one of the shops. When I approached them, I saw that he has wet his pants. Daddy told me I should see that 'tahan pee' look on his face and the 'relieve look' when he wet his pants.
Luckily I remembered there was a pair of extra clothing in his school bag. So, at least we still get our dinner in Sushi King and don't have to rush back immediately. ;)
But the good thing is, he finally don't have to use the potty anymore!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
In Da Mood for Fun!
I was awake but I was spending my sweet time lying on the bed early morning, reluctant to get up and washed my face. The weather was so good and I was really really lazy. Suddenly, daddy charged into the room.
"Mimi mimi (he follows how Lunz calls me) let's go wan teng (genting)!"
I was like, huh? Are you serious?
This daddy can really give you a surprise if he wants to. Because he is practically those like-to-stay-at-home-and-hibernate type. But when he is in the mood, he can really be unexpected. Hehe...
So, off we went. We invited mum and bro as well. We went in 2 cars and it was 12.30pm when we finally reached there. Since, we have already predicted that it would rain as usual in the evening, we chose to stay indoor instead.
On the ferris wheel.
On the train ride.
Vroom! Vroom!
We had a fun time. He was good with the drum machine game. He knows which side of the drum to hit with the drumsticks based on the the sequence shown on the screen. Hmmm....potential drum player. Some times the little one can really throw tantrum, wanting this and that. And daddy always is the patience one, attending to him. At times when he is demanding, my headache started to come. Like this trip, he wanted this and that and I had to bear with him and the headache together. According to daddy, kids are like that wor...at least he still listens to him. I mean obey his instructions. Thumbs up for daddy la. The little one wanted to hold the corn in cup by himself but daddy won't let him, so daddy had to hold for him and feed him while walking. While on the escalator, daddy had to squat so that the little one can take the spoon and feed himself while daddy holds the cup. Daddy was saying, "Boss, makan boss", which made me burst out laughing. His son is his boss....hehehe....
We left Genting and reached home almost by 7pm. Although a bit tiring, the trip overall was fun. Then daddy told me he is interested to go Ipoh this coming weekend.
BRING IT ON!!! ;)
"Mimi mimi (he follows how Lunz calls me) let's go wan teng (genting)!"
I was like, huh? Are you serious?
This daddy can really give you a surprise if he wants to. Because he is practically those like-to-stay-at-home-and-hibernate type. But when he is in the mood, he can really be unexpected. Hehe...
So, off we went. We invited mum and bro as well. We went in 2 cars and it was 12.30pm when we finally reached there. Since, we have already predicted that it would rain as usual in the evening, we chose to stay indoor instead.
On the ferris wheel.
On the train ride.
Vroom! Vroom!
We had a fun time. He was good with the drum machine game. He knows which side of the drum to hit with the drumsticks based on the the sequence shown on the screen. Hmmm....potential drum player. Some times the little one can really throw tantrum, wanting this and that. And daddy always is the patience one, attending to him. At times when he is demanding, my headache started to come. Like this trip, he wanted this and that and I had to bear with him and the headache together. According to daddy, kids are like that wor...at least he still listens to him. I mean obey his instructions. Thumbs up for daddy la. The little one wanted to hold the corn in cup by himself but daddy won't let him, so daddy had to hold for him and feed him while walking. While on the escalator, daddy had to squat so that the little one can take the spoon and feed himself while daddy holds the cup. Daddy was saying, "Boss, makan boss", which made me burst out laughing. His son is his boss....hehehe....
We left Genting and reached home almost by 7pm. Although a bit tiring, the trip overall was fun. Then daddy told me he is interested to go Ipoh this coming weekend.
BRING IT ON!!! ;)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Concert 2009
Last Saturday was Lunz's concert. All of his supporters (me, daddy, mum, 2 kaofoos, 2 kaomous, koko and mei mei) went to see him performed. We have to bring him to the hall earlier as requested by his teacher. So, we reached there at 2pm while the others came by 3.30pm. The concert started only at 4pm.
Upon reaching the hall, the little one did not joined in with the other kids. Some of the kids were already dressed up while some other were playing around. The teachers were seen busy preparing the kids for the show. I noticed that an event management company was hired to handle the PA systems and to decorate the background. The little one stuck to us like a leech. Earlier on, when I told him at home that we will be going to his concert and will be watching him sing and dance, he was still OK. He was willing to change into his sportswear and wore his shoes. I even told him that koko and meimei will be there to watch him sing and dance too.
However, upon seeing the crowd, he got scared. Worst still, when a balloon burst, he burst too! He was crying and kept on saying that he wanted to leave. Maybe I was around, so daddy shooed me away while he settled him down. So, I waited at the main entrance of the hall and minutes later I saw daddy coming out from the hall. He told me that the class teacher took the little one away from him. Reason was simple. Because if Lunz kept on crying, he will distract other kids to cry as well. You know, when one cry, the rest follows. So, daddy just walked off and left him on to the hands of his teacher. I asked daddy whether he was heartbroken to see his son whining like that and he had to walk off. I was told that I was silly to think like that. I should let him growed up and let him enjoyed his concert. It's part and parcel of the learning process. You don't stumbled on anything, you don't learn. The idea was not to be over-protective.
So, since it was still early, we left the hall and daddy had a quick haircut. By the time we returned to the hall, finger food were already served. I quickly grabbed myself a curry puff and a packet drink, found ourselves a place to sit while waiting for the rest to turn up. By 4pm, the show started. On and off I saw the little one peeping outside from the changing room. He was fully changed into his Hawaiian outfit. His hair was styled up and the teacher applied blusher on his face. The show started with welcoming remarks from 3 outstanding 6 years old students with each of them presenting the speech in different languages. Then, it proceeded to the Lagu Negaraku session with one kid holding the flag while the rest stood up.
Next, was the award ceremony and the performance started after that. The little one has 2 session of performance. One was a dance called "Honey Honey" where I spotted him dancing without his partner. Everyone has a partner except for him. Maybe his partner did not showed up or anything. I'm not sure. I have to ask the teacher when I have the chance. It's a pity to see him dancing alone when every other boys has their partner. He has to do all the steps on his own including a part where the partner was supposed to hold the balloon but he had to balance the balloon at the side of his neck simply because he has no partner to hold it. :(
But, the overall idea was just to let him enjoyed himself. And I think he did, even though there was a little bit of crying in the beginning.
The concert hall.
The supporters.
Holding the balloon by himself which I think he liked it.
The other one was a Chinese song. Half way through his performance, he saw me. Then he wiped his eyes with his hands like wanted to cry. But after a moment, he was back to normal. I was proud of him because at least he did try not to cry out. He held it back and continued with his performance. He was such a brave boy.
At the end of the concert were group singing. The principle asked the parents below the stage to join in the singing and dancing just like what the kids were doing. A sign of encouragement to the children. Well, I did. I was dancing (of course, not like a mad woman la) along with the motions together with the children. I knew my son saw me and that's the point of me dancing along, to show him I cared. To show him my encouragement. And it works! Because I saw that the little one danced much better than earlier, he was happier and showed more movement.
The concert ended at around 6pm. I hugged and praised him when he came out from the changing room together with his belongings. He got a story book and a piece of hardcovered class photo from his teacher. After that, all of us headed for dinner. :)
Took this from my camera. Looks a bit dark. From left, school principal, Lunz, dunno-what-name-boy and class teacher, Lydia
Upon reaching the hall, the little one did not joined in with the other kids. Some of the kids were already dressed up while some other were playing around. The teachers were seen busy preparing the kids for the show. I noticed that an event management company was hired to handle the PA systems and to decorate the background. The little one stuck to us like a leech. Earlier on, when I told him at home that we will be going to his concert and will be watching him sing and dance, he was still OK. He was willing to change into his sportswear and wore his shoes. I even told him that koko and meimei will be there to watch him sing and dance too.
However, upon seeing the crowd, he got scared. Worst still, when a balloon burst, he burst too! He was crying and kept on saying that he wanted to leave. Maybe I was around, so daddy shooed me away while he settled him down. So, I waited at the main entrance of the hall and minutes later I saw daddy coming out from the hall. He told me that the class teacher took the little one away from him. Reason was simple. Because if Lunz kept on crying, he will distract other kids to cry as well. You know, when one cry, the rest follows. So, daddy just walked off and left him on to the hands of his teacher. I asked daddy whether he was heartbroken to see his son whining like that and he had to walk off. I was told that I was silly to think like that. I should let him growed up and let him enjoyed his concert. It's part and parcel of the learning process. You don't stumbled on anything, you don't learn. The idea was not to be over-protective.
So, since it was still early, we left the hall and daddy had a quick haircut. By the time we returned to the hall, finger food were already served. I quickly grabbed myself a curry puff and a packet drink, found ourselves a place to sit while waiting for the rest to turn up. By 4pm, the show started. On and off I saw the little one peeping outside from the changing room. He was fully changed into his Hawaiian outfit. His hair was styled up and the teacher applied blusher on his face. The show started with welcoming remarks from 3 outstanding 6 years old students with each of them presenting the speech in different languages. Then, it proceeded to the Lagu Negaraku session with one kid holding the flag while the rest stood up.
Next, was the award ceremony and the performance started after that. The little one has 2 session of performance. One was a dance called "Honey Honey" where I spotted him dancing without his partner. Everyone has a partner except for him. Maybe his partner did not showed up or anything. I'm not sure. I have to ask the teacher when I have the chance. It's a pity to see him dancing alone when every other boys has their partner. He has to do all the steps on his own including a part where the partner was supposed to hold the balloon but he had to balance the balloon at the side of his neck simply because he has no partner to hold it. :(
But, the overall idea was just to let him enjoyed himself. And I think he did, even though there was a little bit of crying in the beginning.
The concert hall. 
The supporters.
Holding the balloon by himself which I think he liked it.The other one was a Chinese song. Half way through his performance, he saw me. Then he wiped his eyes with his hands like wanted to cry. But after a moment, he was back to normal. I was proud of him because at least he did try not to cry out. He held it back and continued with his performance. He was such a brave boy.
At the end of the concert were group singing. The principle asked the parents below the stage to join in the singing and dancing just like what the kids were doing. A sign of encouragement to the children. Well, I did. I was dancing (of course, not like a mad woman la) along with the motions together with the children. I knew my son saw me and that's the point of me dancing along, to show him I cared. To show him my encouragement. And it works! Because I saw that the little one danced much better than earlier, he was happier and showed more movement.
The concert ended at around 6pm. I hugged and praised him when he came out from the changing room together with his belongings. He got a story book and a piece of hardcovered class photo from his teacher. After that, all of us headed for dinner. :)
Took this from my camera. Looks a bit dark. From left, school principal, Lunz, dunno-what-name-boy and class teacher, LydiaTuesday, November 10, 2009
My Rest Day
I took my replacement leave yesterday. Nothing much in particular but just for the sake of resting. I just finished some of the projects at work and thought I decided to give myself a break. So, I took a nice day off with an initial planning that both daddy and I will have a nice day out together for a movie and lunch.
Mana tau, I didn't get to see any movie (because there isn't any nice movie now) and I didn't get a good lunch either. The day started like this.....
I was a bit dizzy from the flu pill that I took on Sunday night. So, Monday morning I woke up with a heavy head. Then, Lunz started to lau gai. Told me that he didn't want to go school and took his house clothes for me to change instead. Both daddy and I insisted that he should go and after much persuasion, he gave in. So, we changed him into his uniform and off we went.
When I walked him inside his school compound and passed him to his teacher, I walked off and turned around later to find him wiping his face. I can't bring myself to hop into the car and drove off because I knew he was crying. When he saw me hesitated, he broke down completely, sobbing on the bench. Gosh, if I'm rushing to work, I would have no choice but to leave him to the hands of his teacher. But there I am, knowing I'm not working and planned to have a nice time while my son was crying away struck my conscience. So, I walked back in and told the teacher I'll be bringing him home instead. Well, since his exam was over and in another 2 weeks, school holidays would start anyway, I decided to let him skipped school. This was the first time in the whole year that he actually cried at school when I left. Never before I faced this situation, even during he first started school.
Maybe he was not feeling well, maybe it's Monday blues, maybe it's separation anxiety or maybe he just bully mummy....I'm not sure. Anyway, daddy said it's a wrong move because he said Lunz will try it again next time. Cry and no school. He said I shouldn't let it happened. Well, no doubt what he said could be true but no harm in breaking the rules once in awhile. It depends on situations.
So, I sent him back to mum's house and went off for McD breakfast with daddy. Then, both of us spent some time at home before fetching the little one at lunch hour to do our shopping. Daddy decided to cook dinner, so we went to Jusco and bought the stuffs. Daddy cooked assam fish and asparagus stir-fry prawn for dinner. When it comes to cooking, he can really cook way much better than I do. I mean I didn't even thought of putting 'fa tiu chow' (one sort of cooking wine) into the asparagus dish. And just with the combination of it, the dish can be damn tasty with the right amount of everything. I finished everything and only realized I was so busy eating that I forgot to take a picture of it to post in my blog.
Then, we set up another Christmas tree. Jingle bells...jingle bells.....Christmas is coming, a sign showing how time flies. We put the much bigger Christmas tree in the living room, next to the sofa. So, both me and Lunz was really busy plucking the ornaments from the previous tree and putting them on the new tree. We did not dismantled the old tree, it was being left there at where it was but of course, with fewer decorations as most of the ornaments has been stolen! Hahaha....
I think what is still lacking are the presents under the tree. We will wrapped up some empty boxes and put them under the tree. Just to beautify the tree. The real presents will be topped up later nearing Christmas day. It's too early to buy now. Will take a picture of the tree soon!
That's how I practically spend my planned-but-not-materialized rest day!
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I'm not finished yet. Just to add on, I'm currently training the little one to poo in the toilet rather than in the potty. Well, he is so big now that the standard regular size potty can't support his fat, round buttocks. Last Thursday and Friday, my mum succeeded in getting him to poo in the toilet but when it comes to weekend, I thought that by hiding the potty, he has no choice but to go for the toilet. Mana tau, he preferred to store it inside him instead. So, he did not do his business for 2 days until I finally took out the potty for him. But, yesterday daddy managed to get him to sit on the toilet. So, on and off, we will see how it goes.
Mana tau, I didn't get to see any movie (because there isn't any nice movie now) and I didn't get a good lunch either. The day started like this.....
I was a bit dizzy from the flu pill that I took on Sunday night. So, Monday morning I woke up with a heavy head. Then, Lunz started to lau gai. Told me that he didn't want to go school and took his house clothes for me to change instead. Both daddy and I insisted that he should go and after much persuasion, he gave in. So, we changed him into his uniform and off we went.
When I walked him inside his school compound and passed him to his teacher, I walked off and turned around later to find him wiping his face. I can't bring myself to hop into the car and drove off because I knew he was crying. When he saw me hesitated, he broke down completely, sobbing on the bench. Gosh, if I'm rushing to work, I would have no choice but to leave him to the hands of his teacher. But there I am, knowing I'm not working and planned to have a nice time while my son was crying away struck my conscience. So, I walked back in and told the teacher I'll be bringing him home instead. Well, since his exam was over and in another 2 weeks, school holidays would start anyway, I decided to let him skipped school. This was the first time in the whole year that he actually cried at school when I left. Never before I faced this situation, even during he first started school.
Maybe he was not feeling well, maybe it's Monday blues, maybe it's separation anxiety or maybe he just bully mummy....I'm not sure. Anyway, daddy said it's a wrong move because he said Lunz will try it again next time. Cry and no school. He said I shouldn't let it happened. Well, no doubt what he said could be true but no harm in breaking the rules once in awhile. It depends on situations.
So, I sent him back to mum's house and went off for McD breakfast with daddy. Then, both of us spent some time at home before fetching the little one at lunch hour to do our shopping. Daddy decided to cook dinner, so we went to Jusco and bought the stuffs. Daddy cooked assam fish and asparagus stir-fry prawn for dinner. When it comes to cooking, he can really cook way much better than I do. I mean I didn't even thought of putting 'fa tiu chow' (one sort of cooking wine) into the asparagus dish. And just with the combination of it, the dish can be damn tasty with the right amount of everything. I finished everything and only realized I was so busy eating that I forgot to take a picture of it to post in my blog.
Then, we set up another Christmas tree. Jingle bells...jingle bells.....Christmas is coming, a sign showing how time flies. We put the much bigger Christmas tree in the living room, next to the sofa. So, both me and Lunz was really busy plucking the ornaments from the previous tree and putting them on the new tree. We did not dismantled the old tree, it was being left there at where it was but of course, with fewer decorations as most of the ornaments has been stolen! Hahaha....
I think what is still lacking are the presents under the tree. We will wrapped up some empty boxes and put them under the tree. Just to beautify the tree. The real presents will be topped up later nearing Christmas day. It's too early to buy now. Will take a picture of the tree soon!
That's how I practically spend my planned-but-not-materialized rest day!
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I'm not finished yet. Just to add on, I'm currently training the little one to poo in the toilet rather than in the potty. Well, he is so big now that the standard regular size potty can't support his fat, round buttocks. Last Thursday and Friday, my mum succeeded in getting him to poo in the toilet but when it comes to weekend, I thought that by hiding the potty, he has no choice but to go for the toilet. Mana tau, he preferred to store it inside him instead. So, he did not do his business for 2 days until I finally took out the potty for him. But, yesterday daddy managed to get him to sit on the toilet. So, on and off, we will see how it goes.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
I Can Read!
He can read now....simple sentences like:
The goat and the girl.
The ball and the doll.
The car and the ball.
The queen has a ring.
The violin is on the table.
The fox is in the box.
They play with the yo-yo in the box.
I think the school and his bedtime story reading plays an important role in building up his words recognition. I'm so happy that he knows how to read now. Parents, you can start off with an easy reading book. A book with one or two short sentences the most per page will do the job. Read and trace your finger along each word as you read. Your little one's eyes will follow along and capture each word. It works!
We went to his school yesterday to collect his report book. Even though sick (few days ago during his exam), he managed to get 96% for is numbers and Chinese tests. He got 100% for his English test. He did not sat for his writing test as I found out that he was sick and did not let him go to school. Anyway, according to his report book, a lot of things about him has improved based on his teachers' observations such as participation in group singing. Academic wise he is doing very good. Just a little bit reserved when it comes to socializing. According to his teacher, he can now write on his own, no longer need his teacher to hold his hands while writing. I think all this is more to self-confidence and independence. He is slowly getting there....
Talking about independence, my boy knows how to take care of me. For example, when I brought him to do groceries shopping, he would push the trolley for me, he will take the things from me and put inside the trolley, he will put the already paid items into the trolley (I think he is pretty strong to carry the plastic bags containing stuffs and load them into the trolley one by one), he would offer to pay the cashier...with ahem ahem....my money of course...and take the balance from the cashier.
This is just one part, not to mention other examples, like he shooed me to work when I opened the first floor gate of mum's apartment to accompany him up to mum's house. He took the things from me once I opened the gate (he knew it's his stuff) and said, "mimi, go to work". Then he just walked straight up without looking back. I mean he was sick and I intended to walked him up but....I was like, wow....my boy has really grown up. Independent.
The goat and the girl.
The ball and the doll.
The car and the ball.
The queen has a ring.
The violin is on the table.
The fox is in the box.
They play with the yo-yo in the box.
I think the school and his bedtime story reading plays an important role in building up his words recognition. I'm so happy that he knows how to read now. Parents, you can start off with an easy reading book. A book with one or two short sentences the most per page will do the job. Read and trace your finger along each word as you read. Your little one's eyes will follow along and capture each word. It works!
We went to his school yesterday to collect his report book. Even though sick (few days ago during his exam), he managed to get 96% for is numbers and Chinese tests. He got 100% for his English test. He did not sat for his writing test as I found out that he was sick and did not let him go to school. Anyway, according to his report book, a lot of things about him has improved based on his teachers' observations such as participation in group singing. Academic wise he is doing very good. Just a little bit reserved when it comes to socializing. According to his teacher, he can now write on his own, no longer need his teacher to hold his hands while writing. I think all this is more to self-confidence and independence. He is slowly getting there....
Talking about independence, my boy knows how to take care of me. For example, when I brought him to do groceries shopping, he would push the trolley for me, he will take the things from me and put inside the trolley, he will put the already paid items into the trolley (I think he is pretty strong to carry the plastic bags containing stuffs and load them into the trolley one by one), he would offer to pay the cashier...with ahem ahem....my money of course...and take the balance from the cashier.
This is just one part, not to mention other examples, like he shooed me to work when I opened the first floor gate of mum's apartment to accompany him up to mum's house. He took the things from me once I opened the gate (he knew it's his stuff) and said, "mimi, go to work". Then he just walked straight up without looking back. I mean he was sick and I intended to walked him up but....I was like, wow....my boy has really grown up. Independent.
Friday, October 30, 2009
With Love from KL.....
Dear Guardian Angel,
Can you please send my love to Makati? I mean I have been asking this since she left but can You please send it more frequent now? I mean not just every day and night, but every minutes and every seconds that she passed through. No matter how big or small the deals she has to face daily, no matter how happy or sad the moments around her, do cast a smile on her lips for all the happiness that she felt and lift her spirits, cheers her day for the unhappiness she has to survive through. Making certain there are better times and opportunities when the dark, black clouds have finally moved away to reveal a bright sunny day!
Tell her I love her so much. Tell her I understand what could have happen to her at work as how she did understood what happened to me earlier. Tell her although I'm miles away from her but yet I'm listening. Tell her I have missed her so much since she left that I actually cried at work today when I saw her blog on how much she appreciate our love. Tell her I'm very touch that she finally brought back the feelings of sisterhood when I thought I had earlier lost it.
Tell her that she has better sense in expressing her feelings now....which I felt is better for the soul as she don't have to kept it buried in her heart....
Guardian angel...let us not only be sisters in this life but to continue our sisterhood in life to come and with You blessing upon us....
Thank you......
By Yenny@DinoLand
Can you please send my love to Makati? I mean I have been asking this since she left but can You please send it more frequent now? I mean not just every day and night, but every minutes and every seconds that she passed through. No matter how big or small the deals she has to face daily, no matter how happy or sad the moments around her, do cast a smile on her lips for all the happiness that she felt and lift her spirits, cheers her day for the unhappiness she has to survive through. Making certain there are better times and opportunities when the dark, black clouds have finally moved away to reveal a bright sunny day!
Tell her I love her so much. Tell her I understand what could have happen to her at work as how she did understood what happened to me earlier. Tell her although I'm miles away from her but yet I'm listening. Tell her I have missed her so much since she left that I actually cried at work today when I saw her blog on how much she appreciate our love. Tell her I'm very touch that she finally brought back the feelings of sisterhood when I thought I had earlier lost it.
Tell her that she has better sense in expressing her feelings now....which I felt is better for the soul as she don't have to kept it buried in her heart....
Guardian angel...let us not only be sisters in this life but to continue our sisterhood in life to come and with You blessing upon us....
Thank you......
If God would ask me what are the things I've accomplish in this life, I would answer Him that I've accomplished LOVE in my life.
A love which not only blessed by my family members, but also love from a total stranger in my life. A stranger which I accidentally and unexpectedly made friends with, and then it developed into something called sisterhood. I have a brother which I could never be as close to my sister. A sister which would know things about me more than my brother would know.
A sister named after Sherine Chin Oi Lian.
But if God says this is not sisterhood at all, then I would just tell Him that I don't really need any definition for it. I just feel it in my heart.
By Yenny@DinoLand
Monday, October 26, 2009
Speech Improvement & Weekend's Treats
The little one is getting more and more responsive since he started schooling and maybe he is 4 1/2 years old now. And of course being the mummy sure is happy to see such a progress in him. My boy used to be the quiet type, I mean with someone whom he is unfamiliar with. But, I noticed lately, he is not shy anymore to speak to strangers. And he is more responsive. He can answer my questions. Now, we can even have conversations. The school plays a positive role, I'm sure.
Previously, when I asked him questions like, "You like it?" or "Nice or not?", he doesn't know or doesn't want to answer me, I'm not sure. But surprisingly, although verbally he was not responsive, but he knows what I want and will do exactly as instructed. So, his verbal responses considered to show some improvement now.
And I think he is getting more and more cheeky. He knows how to talk back and correct my English. For example:
Me: After that we go back ok?
Lunz: No....go home.
(Meaning it's go home, not go back)
Daddy: You want to follow mimi or daddy?
Lunz: Mimi (coz he saw I was nicely dress. Knew that I'm about to go somewhere)
Daddy: Mimi go where?
Lunz: Gai gai (go out shopping, it means)
Daddy: Daddy leh?
Lunz: Daddy at home. Play computer.
(I told daddy....see, even your son knows your stuff!)
Lunz: Mimi mimi see...so hot (referring to the hot weather and the sun)
Lunz: Mimi mimi....it's raining (when he sees rain falling from the sky)
Lunz: Mimi mimi....can you find the rainbow? (and he knows there should be a rainbow in the sky after rain, wonder where he got the knowledge from?)
Lunz: Mimi mimi....can you tell the colors of the rainbow?
Me: Red
Lunz: Yes
Me: Orange
Lunz: Yes
Me: Yellow
Lunz: Yes
Me: Green
Lunz: Yes
Me: Blue
Lunz: Yes
Me: Purple
Lunz: NO.....
Me: ?????
Lunz: It's violet!
(There you see, my son correcting my primary school knowledge of the colors of the rainbow)
Anyway, when it comes to studies, I'm not worrying much. I tested his knowledge on the English phonics and his mandarin as well as numbers. He is doing good in all subjects. Rest assured, I took him to shopping yesterday night even I knew that today he is having his exam. After all, he is still a small kid. He should have his childhood. As I said, as long as he knows his stuff, I don't want to pressure him too much. By the way, talking about yesterday's shopping, daddy brought us to IOI Mall and treated us German cuisine for dinner. We had the German pig knuckle and sausage. Of course, the cooking was better when I had those originals in Germany but it wasn't that bad after all. Ermmm....I'm more to appreciate daddy's effort to take us fine dining. Hehehe....daddy tasted the Hoegaarden (wonder is I got the spelling correct) Belgium beer. He told me it wasn't that good compared to the one he had tasted in Singapore. But when asked him which one he tasted, he can't remember.
Other than that, nothing much for the weekend except daddy cooked us a mouth-watering lunch. His cooking was damn good until I can eat no more. So, I saved some in the fridge for dinner tonight. My second aunt brought me and Lunz out for shopping. She bought me a pair of heels while the little one a set of toys. In fact, I told her not to waste money but she insisted, so I accepted. Honestly, I enjoyed shopping with her. Didn't know she can really shop and has good taste when it comes to fashion. She didn't show that much though in her daily dressing. But, when it comes to buying, she really bought good stuffs. She told me, when it comes to her age should spend on herself which I totally agreed to.
Then she invited me to go again next Sunday for another shopping spree. Haha!
Previously, when I asked him questions like, "You like it?" or "Nice or not?", he doesn't know or doesn't want to answer me, I'm not sure. But surprisingly, although verbally he was not responsive, but he knows what I want and will do exactly as instructed. So, his verbal responses considered to show some improvement now.
And I think he is getting more and more cheeky. He knows how to talk back and correct my English. For example:
Me: After that we go back ok?
Lunz: No....go home.
(Meaning it's go home, not go back)
Daddy: You want to follow mimi or daddy?
Lunz: Mimi (coz he saw I was nicely dress. Knew that I'm about to go somewhere)
Daddy: Mimi go where?
Lunz: Gai gai (go out shopping, it means)
Daddy: Daddy leh?
Lunz: Daddy at home. Play computer.
(I told daddy....see, even your son knows your stuff!)
Lunz: Mimi mimi see...so hot (referring to the hot weather and the sun)
Lunz: Mimi mimi....it's raining (when he sees rain falling from the sky)
Lunz: Mimi mimi....can you find the rainbow? (and he knows there should be a rainbow in the sky after rain, wonder where he got the knowledge from?)
Lunz: Mimi mimi....can you tell the colors of the rainbow?
Me: Red
Lunz: Yes
Me: Orange
Lunz: Yes
Me: Yellow
Lunz: Yes
Me: Green
Lunz: Yes
Me: Blue
Lunz: Yes
Me: Purple
Lunz: NO.....
Me: ?????
Lunz: It's violet!
(There you see, my son correcting my primary school knowledge of the colors of the rainbow)
Anyway, when it comes to studies, I'm not worrying much. I tested his knowledge on the English phonics and his mandarin as well as numbers. He is doing good in all subjects. Rest assured, I took him to shopping yesterday night even I knew that today he is having his exam. After all, he is still a small kid. He should have his childhood. As I said, as long as he knows his stuff, I don't want to pressure him too much. By the way, talking about yesterday's shopping, daddy brought us to IOI Mall and treated us German cuisine for dinner. We had the German pig knuckle and sausage. Of course, the cooking was better when I had those originals in Germany but it wasn't that bad after all. Ermmm....I'm more to appreciate daddy's effort to take us fine dining. Hehehe....daddy tasted the Hoegaarden (wonder is I got the spelling correct) Belgium beer. He told me it wasn't that good compared to the one he had tasted in Singapore. But when asked him which one he tasted, he can't remember.
Other than that, nothing much for the weekend except daddy cooked us a mouth-watering lunch. His cooking was damn good until I can eat no more. So, I saved some in the fridge for dinner tonight. My second aunt brought me and Lunz out for shopping. She bought me a pair of heels while the little one a set of toys. In fact, I told her not to waste money but she insisted, so I accepted. Honestly, I enjoyed shopping with her. Didn't know she can really shop and has good taste when it comes to fashion. She didn't show that much though in her daily dressing. But, when it comes to buying, she really bought good stuffs. She told me, when it comes to her age should spend on herself which I totally agreed to.
Then she invited me to go again next Sunday for another shopping spree. Haha!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
IT Gadget Kid
The little one is getting better in using computers. He now can type the stuff that he wants on google, click enter and ta-da! He can get all the related searches.
For example, he would type p-i-n-g-u on google, click enter and the first related search will normally be youtube. So, from there he can click and watch whatever pingu videos that he wants because it automatically directs him to the youtube website. Ahhh.....I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say.
But the most important thing that I wanted to stress is that he don't need us now to type www.youtube.com for him. He will use and find the web page all by himself. Without our help. But of course, he need to know how to spell the words in the first place and as far as I'm concern he has no problem in spelling.
He even knows how to use a laptop, without the mouse. He will use his fingers and scroll around and when he needs to click, he will click the right tab.
All these, neither me nor daddy have not taught him before, he observed us on how we normally did it all by himself.
For example, he would type p-i-n-g-u on google, click enter and the first related search will normally be youtube. So, from there he can click and watch whatever pingu videos that he wants because it automatically directs him to the youtube website. Ahhh.....I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say.
But the most important thing that I wanted to stress is that he don't need us now to type www.youtube.com for him. He will use and find the web page all by himself. Without our help. But of course, he need to know how to spell the words in the first place and as far as I'm concern he has no problem in spelling.
He even knows how to use a laptop, without the mouse. He will use his fingers and scroll around and when he needs to click, he will click the right tab.
All these, neither me nor daddy have not taught him before, he observed us on how we normally did it all by himself.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Work and Brief Updates
I'm really freaking busy at work that I don't even have the time to update my blog although I wished so much to blog about the little one's latest cute actions. (I'm blogging now from home because today is Saturday, rest day for the weekend!)
For work, I had to say that this is the busy peak for me. Can't work be balance throughout the year? When I'm free at work, I'm really free. I mean I can even pull my hair because I have got practically nothing to do. If I'm busy, I will be really very busy until I don't have the time to go to the ladies. Seriously. Well....I just got the news from my boss that I might need to go to Sweden in January 2010. And I need to take over a mission to China in March 2010. I see his point also, for the take over China mission. Because we had a new staff, so boss had to segregate the jobs accordingly and honestly, it's a fair distribution.
I'm a bit more worried about the Sweden trip. I mean the weather in Sweden is winter in January. It's below freezing point. It's a new experience but I'm also worried that I can't cope with it as I'm a person who is afraid of cold. I mean this is extreme coldness. I'm not sure. Will have to wait for the approval from the management. Besides, the trip clashes with my birthday which means I will be celebrating my birthday miles away from my family in a town near the Artic circle and with no cake at all. Don't really like the idea though but work is work. No choice. We will see how it goes.
As for the little one, he is getting better at his speech.
Scene 1
Daddy: You want to go Carrefour or Jusco?
Lun: No, Jusco. Carrefour got so many cars. Jusco no cars.
(Good memory coz I brought him to Carrefour earlier on its opening day and it was blardy jam at that time, I told the little one to go Jusco instead because there were many cars in Carrefour)
Scene 2
In the car after the trip to Megamall.
Daddy: Go back oi oi ah (To Lun)
Lun: No....
We thought what, that he was reluctant to go to bed...
Lun: Go ng ng...
Hahaha.....he needs to go toilet urgently, in fact.
Scene 3
In Megamall basement carpark, trying to find our way out.
Both daddy and I were arguing to get the correct way out.
He repeated after us....
Lun: Li dou, li dou (here, here)...kor dou, kor dou (there, there)...
Favorite speech:
What happened? What happened?
Be quiet!
Daddy, where are you going?
Daddy, what are you doing?
Aiya....
No, go Jusco....
Mimi, make nien nien...
Stop daddy!
Go to sleep, mimi...
Go play ball ball...
Last but not least....
He knows what a razor is.....because daddy asked the little one to take the razor for him, and he took the right thing!
For work, I had to say that this is the busy peak for me. Can't work be balance throughout the year? When I'm free at work, I'm really free. I mean I can even pull my hair because I have got practically nothing to do. If I'm busy, I will be really very busy until I don't have the time to go to the ladies. Seriously. Well....I just got the news from my boss that I might need to go to Sweden in January 2010. And I need to take over a mission to China in March 2010. I see his point also, for the take over China mission. Because we had a new staff, so boss had to segregate the jobs accordingly and honestly, it's a fair distribution.
I'm a bit more worried about the Sweden trip. I mean the weather in Sweden is winter in January. It's below freezing point. It's a new experience but I'm also worried that I can't cope with it as I'm a person who is afraid of cold. I mean this is extreme coldness. I'm not sure. Will have to wait for the approval from the management. Besides, the trip clashes with my birthday which means I will be celebrating my birthday miles away from my family in a town near the Artic circle and with no cake at all. Don't really like the idea though but work is work. No choice. We will see how it goes.
As for the little one, he is getting better at his speech.
Scene 1
Daddy: You want to go Carrefour or Jusco?
Lun: No, Jusco. Carrefour got so many cars. Jusco no cars.
(Good memory coz I brought him to Carrefour earlier on its opening day and it was blardy jam at that time, I told the little one to go Jusco instead because there were many cars in Carrefour)
Scene 2
In the car after the trip to Megamall.
Daddy: Go back oi oi ah (To Lun)
Lun: No....
We thought what, that he was reluctant to go to bed...
Lun: Go ng ng...
Hahaha.....he needs to go toilet urgently, in fact.
Scene 3
In Megamall basement carpark, trying to find our way out.
Both daddy and I were arguing to get the correct way out.
He repeated after us....
Lun: Li dou, li dou (here, here)...kor dou, kor dou (there, there)...
Favorite speech:
What happened? What happened?
Be quiet!
Daddy, where are you going?
Daddy, what are you doing?
Aiya....
No, go Jusco....
Mimi, make nien nien...
Stop daddy!
Go to sleep, mimi...
Go play ball ball...
Last but not least....
He knows what a razor is.....because daddy asked the little one to take the razor for him, and he took the right thing!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sellina's Wedding Dinner
A close friend of mine just got married recently. Since, this is my personal blog, I would like to express my feelings here. I would usually consider her as my best friend. But what does best friend really means? What does best friend really applies to? What does best friend indicates?
Well....to me, I would define best friend as someone who is up to date with your progress, who concerns your well being, who does everything on first hand with you, who tells you everything and keep no secrets with you, who keeps you in her priority list, who always have you in her mind and who always hang around keeping in close contact with you.
It actually sounds funny to me when this close friend of mine got married and everyone kept on posting 'congratulations to my best friend....best friend...best friend' to her on Facebook. Well, to them, best friend might just sound another friendly term to describe their friendship but to what extend their 'best friend' term applies, I'm not sure.
I can only be sure about how I felt and not others. I used to think of her as best friend, best sister like others as well but recently I don't think it is a suitable term to use anymore. I would prefer to indicate our friendship as old and close friends. Not best friends. Well, I just don't think best friend exist alright. Even with Ms. Ho, she also seldom share her thoughts and feelings with me. But, of course I do appreciate her moments with me when I had difficulties in life previously. In which why, I would rather regard her as a close friend whom I would confide everything to. But not as best friends who are up to date with each other.
Back to my close married friend, I didn't know when she got registered with her hubby until I met up with her recently to pass her her wedding gift. I mean, she did not even informed me. Alright, she might not wanna troubled me, but the thing is, if you consider me as your best friend, aren't you supposed to keep me in the loop? I might want to be there and give my blessings. But she only informed me when I actually asked her when she is getting registered for marriage.
Back to me, perhaps I can't make it to her gown choosing session, I didn't make it to her bachelorette party, I can't make it to her morning wedding ceremony in Johor, I can't help her out and left early during her dinner reception in KL that makes me felt left out by her. It contributes and make sense okay. Being the naturally friendly her, she is alright with it but definitely and naturally, the feelings will ebb and other friends will be proud to take the role instead.
Of course there is every reason for me that I can't make it. Maybe it's the commitment of having a family and child that make things different. I can't be there when and where needed. Like I can't attend her hen's night because they practically went clubbing, I can't attend her Johor ceremony because it was in Johor and I aren't single to leave when and where as I like. Unless it's work related, I have no choice. I left early and can't help her to usher guest during her dinner because I brought my son together. I know she understands but automatically things will distance by itself. Like she did not even include me in her thankful wishes to her bridesmaids.
I used to think of her as best friend but I guess best friend is not a suitable term after all. I would regard her as a close and long timed friend. Anyway, despite my own feelings, I'm so happy for her. After all these years, she finally found someone who really cared for her. Who will think of her more than himself. Who will set her in priority than himself. Who is financially secured and will be able to provide her happiness. Unlike her previous pain in the ass boyfriends!
Hope she finally found eternal happiness and contentment within herself.....
I love this photo the best. May she be blessed with true happiness. Congratulations.
Well....to me, I would define best friend as someone who is up to date with your progress, who concerns your well being, who does everything on first hand with you, who tells you everything and keep no secrets with you, who keeps you in her priority list, who always have you in her mind and who always hang around keeping in close contact with you.
It actually sounds funny to me when this close friend of mine got married and everyone kept on posting 'congratulations to my best friend....best friend...best friend' to her on Facebook. Well, to them, best friend might just sound another friendly term to describe their friendship but to what extend their 'best friend' term applies, I'm not sure.
I can only be sure about how I felt and not others. I used to think of her as best friend, best sister like others as well but recently I don't think it is a suitable term to use anymore. I would prefer to indicate our friendship as old and close friends. Not best friends. Well, I just don't think best friend exist alright. Even with Ms. Ho, she also seldom share her thoughts and feelings with me. But, of course I do appreciate her moments with me when I had difficulties in life previously. In which why, I would rather regard her as a close friend whom I would confide everything to. But not as best friends who are up to date with each other.
Back to my close married friend, I didn't know when she got registered with her hubby until I met up with her recently to pass her her wedding gift. I mean, she did not even informed me. Alright, she might not wanna troubled me, but the thing is, if you consider me as your best friend, aren't you supposed to keep me in the loop? I might want to be there and give my blessings. But she only informed me when I actually asked her when she is getting registered for marriage.
Back to me, perhaps I can't make it to her gown choosing session, I didn't make it to her bachelorette party, I can't make it to her morning wedding ceremony in Johor, I can't help her out and left early during her dinner reception in KL that makes me felt left out by her. It contributes and make sense okay. Being the naturally friendly her, she is alright with it but definitely and naturally, the feelings will ebb and other friends will be proud to take the role instead.
Of course there is every reason for me that I can't make it. Maybe it's the commitment of having a family and child that make things different. I can't be there when and where needed. Like I can't attend her hen's night because they practically went clubbing, I can't attend her Johor ceremony because it was in Johor and I aren't single to leave when and where as I like. Unless it's work related, I have no choice. I left early and can't help her to usher guest during her dinner because I brought my son together. I know she understands but automatically things will distance by itself. Like she did not even include me in her thankful wishes to her bridesmaids.
I used to think of her as best friend but I guess best friend is not a suitable term after all. I would regard her as a close and long timed friend. Anyway, despite my own feelings, I'm so happy for her. After all these years, she finally found someone who really cared for her. Who will think of her more than himself. Who will set her in priority than himself. Who is financially secured and will be able to provide her happiness. Unlike her previous pain in the ass boyfriends!
Hope she finally found eternal happiness and contentment within herself.....
I love this photo the best. May she be blessed with true happiness. Congratulations.To Ms Ho, I know you are eagerly waiting for my updates on what happened during the wedding dinner. Sadly, I haven't got much to report as I left after the second dish (sharkfin soup but I managed to finish first la). I brought Lunz along and all the time I had to keep him occupied. Initially I planned to go all by myself and even promised her I would be there early to see her make up and help out with the guest. But later she called me asking me to bring Lunz along and so I did.
I arrived on 6.30pm and accompanied her in the VIP waiting room while she did her make up. Nothing much happened as she was busy with her make up and I had to entertained Lunz most of the time. Then, later I went out to my table and sat there with Lunz until they started the dinner. Phew....although Lunz was obedient enough but still I have to keep him occupied so that he wouldn't felt bored and asked me to leave. When I started to get up and take pictures with Choo they all, and then the little one started to ask me to go home because I think he felt tired as he did not take his nap earlier. So, I left by 9.30pm. The dishes were damn slow and they were only serving the third dish when I left. But of course, I informed her first prior leaving in the VIP room. She was changing her gown.
Well, if I didn't bring Lunz on my own, I would have more time to mingle around the old CPRians and talked crap. I would even stayed for the group photography session. But, since it was the bride's request and I felt that most of my friends haven't met the little one before. I brought my little proud achievement there all by myself (as daddy wanna stayed behind and watched F1). Hmmmppphhh........
The little one was very cute and kept posing with his two-two fingers (peace sign). Most of them didn't believe he is just 4 years old and told me that they wanna pinched him because he is chubby and cute wor.
I arrived on 6.30pm and accompanied her in the VIP waiting room while she did her make up. Nothing much happened as she was busy with her make up and I had to entertained Lunz most of the time. Then, later I went out to my table and sat there with Lunz until they started the dinner. Phew....although Lunz was obedient enough but still I have to keep him occupied so that he wouldn't felt bored and asked me to leave. When I started to get up and take pictures with Choo they all, and then the little one started to ask me to go home because I think he felt tired as he did not take his nap earlier. So, I left by 9.30pm. The dishes were damn slow and they were only serving the third dish when I left. But of course, I informed her first prior leaving in the VIP room. She was changing her gown.
Well, if I didn't bring Lunz on my own, I would have more time to mingle around the old CPRians and talked crap. I would even stayed for the group photography session. But, since it was the bride's request and I felt that most of my friends haven't met the little one before. I brought my little proud achievement there all by myself (as daddy wanna stayed behind and watched F1). Hmmmppphhh........
The little one was very cute and kept posing with his two-two fingers (peace sign). Most of them didn't believe he is just 4 years old and told me that they wanna pinched him because he is chubby and cute wor.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Raya Holiday Activities
We just enjoyed a long weekend of Raya holidays. We tried to occupy ourselves with loads of activities for the 4 days. On the first day which falls on Saturday, daddy took us to the Desa Waterpark. I liked the park on that day because I can't spot any Malays roaming around. Nope. Not even one. They were still in the 'puasa' period so no extreme outings. Hehehe....most of the people were Chinese. It was good because it was not crowded, it was not sunny and we had a good time playing with the water and slides. Lunz doesn't want to leave even though it was already 2pm. We were in the water for 3 hours. He told us that he still wanted to swim. But, we finally managed to persuade him to get out of the water and headed back home. I cooked dinner that night and did not eat out because all of us were tired after playing with water for the whole day.
On the second day (Sunday), we made a trip down to Berjaya Times Square. Thought of taking the little fella for the Cosmo Indoor Theme Park rides. But the little fella was so scared of the roller coaster sound that he kept on pestering us to leave at once, with both his hands covering his ears. My, my....then, since we did not entered Cosmo, daddy told the little one that he will get him toys instead. But, we searched floor after floor, we could not get a proper toy shop like Toys' R Us. Not a very good place to shop thou. So, we made our way to Mid Valley instead. We were lucky enough to get a parking even though it was already 1pm. But the place was very crowded. People were constantly bumping into each other when walking. I wanted to faint already with the mass amount of people. We quickly moved on to Toys' R Us and managed to grabbed 2 sand arts and 2 books for Lunz. Then, the little one insisted to go into Jusco play area, so we went as well. Gosh, then after all the time taken to queue up for each game, I have to wait for the corn to be cooked as well. It was like a routine. If he visit the play area in Jusco Mid Valley, he wants to eat the corn-in-cup at a food counter nearby. But the thing was, the corn was not cooked yet at that time and I was told to wait for 10 minutes by the staff.
So, me and the 'wai sik mao' waited there patiently until finally he has gotten his favorite, we can all leave the place peacefully. That's all we did in Mid Valley. Toys' R Us and Jusco Play Area. We just wanted to get out as soon as possible. The crowd were making me dizzzzy....
Daddy played the sand art with Lunz later at home while I did some house chores. Later, we went off for dinner at my mum's house. My big bro was celebrating his 30th birthday. Had some noodles, KFC and the best chocolate cake I ever tasted. I was surprised I actually swallowed up the whole slice. Normally, I will scooped the cream away or whatever that I don't feel like eating on that piece of cake. Very nice chocolate cake, not sweet at all. And they just got it from some normal bakery shop. Not like Secret Recipe I mean.
On Monday morning, we went out for awhile to the nearby Jusco Cheras Selatan. We wanted to buy some ingredients for our steamboat dinner but unfortunately found out that Jusco will only be opened by 1pm. So, we made our way back and planned to get them from a shop nearby mum's house. Again we were disappointed to find out that the shop was closed as well. Looks like even shop owners were enjoying the Raya holidays themselves. Normally Chinese operated shops will open during festive holidays other than CNY. So, I had to cook again that night.
On Tuesday, daddy took us to the newly extended IOI Mall in Puchong. We were there less than 1/2 hour, we had to make our way home. This was because Lunz had an asthma attack. Barely 10 minutes on the play area, he had difficulty in breathing and kept on coughing. We had to rush out to the Guardian pharmacy, got a Ventolin inhaler, found a staircase where all of us can sit (because I can't spot any benches or chairs) and I sprayed the inhaler while daddy covered both of his hands around Lun'z mouth to prevent the medication from evaporating into the air. The hands act like a spacer device. That's how it works because every night back at home, we will use the spacer device for the little one to inhale the medication as he doesn't know how to breath in the medication from the inhaler using his mouth yet.
But that day, I didn't bring any of those out. So lesson learnt again, remember to bring all his 'properties' when we go out.
After inhaling the medication, he felt much much better. The coughs had lessen as well. Phew....asthma attack can be pretty dangerous. Scared the hell out of me.
Seeing that Lunz was back to normal, we dropped by Jusco Cheras Selatan on our way back to get the steamboat ingredients for dinner at night. I invited mum and bro over as well. So, we had a nice steamboat dinner together. I enjoyed such moments even I had to wash and mop the floor later. Feels so good to be surrounded by family members. Since my grandma's death, I appreciate my parents even more, not to say I don't appreciate them earlier, but even more compared to previous. I felt that life is short and we must cherished moments spent with them.
A little bit of update on Lunz:
1. Gone fatter. Must control his weight if not will change to be 'Fei Chai'. Just control his food intake, I mean. Lesser 100 plus and sweet stuffs.
2. Sleep by himself now in his own room. Guess me and him already used to it. He will sleep after story reading and we will leave the room. Sometimes, I accompany him till he fell asleep, then I will leave. Sometimes, he will go into our room middle of the night and look for us, then I'll usher him back to his own room and sleep together with him. On other times, he will sleep until morning if he did not wake up middle of the night. Or sometimes if daddy's snoring is too loud, I'll pack my bolster and pillow to the little one's room. Hehehehe.... but so far, all this sleeping by himself is doing good.
3. Likes to watch Pingu. He can replay the VCD for one whole day.
4. Does not likes to eat vege. I'll force him to take sometimes.
5. Still doesn't interact with friends at school but can follow well the studies.
6. Still doesn't know how to form and speak long sentences. I mean the whole sentence.
7. Always refused to sleep at night no matter how tired.
8. Is still taking Seretide (Prevention inhaler) and Loraldine (Antihistamine) daily.
9. Very very, extremely attached to daddy.
10. Likes to eat very much.
11. Know how to show his 'peace' sign using his fingers when take photographs. Thanks to daddy! :P
12. Getting better at recognizing words because we have bedtime stories every night before sleep. Sometimes can read the whole book by himself.
13. Behave extremely well when I take him out for dinner.
14. Knows how to differentiate between boys and girls and colors to represent them. Like boy is blue and pink is girl.
15. Good at taking photographs using camera.
On the second day (Sunday), we made a trip down to Berjaya Times Square. Thought of taking the little fella for the Cosmo Indoor Theme Park rides. But the little fella was so scared of the roller coaster sound that he kept on pestering us to leave at once, with both his hands covering his ears. My, my....then, since we did not entered Cosmo, daddy told the little one that he will get him toys instead. But, we searched floor after floor, we could not get a proper toy shop like Toys' R Us. Not a very good place to shop thou. So, we made our way to Mid Valley instead. We were lucky enough to get a parking even though it was already 1pm. But the place was very crowded. People were constantly bumping into each other when walking. I wanted to faint already with the mass amount of people. We quickly moved on to Toys' R Us and managed to grabbed 2 sand arts and 2 books for Lunz. Then, the little one insisted to go into Jusco play area, so we went as well. Gosh, then after all the time taken to queue up for each game, I have to wait for the corn to be cooked as well. It was like a routine. If he visit the play area in Jusco Mid Valley, he wants to eat the corn-in-cup at a food counter nearby. But the thing was, the corn was not cooked yet at that time and I was told to wait for 10 minutes by the staff.
So, me and the 'wai sik mao' waited there patiently until finally he has gotten his favorite, we can all leave the place peacefully. That's all we did in Mid Valley. Toys' R Us and Jusco Play Area. We just wanted to get out as soon as possible. The crowd were making me dizzzzy....
Daddy played the sand art with Lunz later at home while I did some house chores. Later, we went off for dinner at my mum's house. My big bro was celebrating his 30th birthday. Had some noodles, KFC and the best chocolate cake I ever tasted. I was surprised I actually swallowed up the whole slice. Normally, I will scooped the cream away or whatever that I don't feel like eating on that piece of cake. Very nice chocolate cake, not sweet at all. And they just got it from some normal bakery shop. Not like Secret Recipe I mean.
On Monday morning, we went out for awhile to the nearby Jusco Cheras Selatan. We wanted to buy some ingredients for our steamboat dinner but unfortunately found out that Jusco will only be opened by 1pm. So, we made our way back and planned to get them from a shop nearby mum's house. Again we were disappointed to find out that the shop was closed as well. Looks like even shop owners were enjoying the Raya holidays themselves. Normally Chinese operated shops will open during festive holidays other than CNY. So, I had to cook again that night.
On Tuesday, daddy took us to the newly extended IOI Mall in Puchong. We were there less than 1/2 hour, we had to make our way home. This was because Lunz had an asthma attack. Barely 10 minutes on the play area, he had difficulty in breathing and kept on coughing. We had to rush out to the Guardian pharmacy, got a Ventolin inhaler, found a staircase where all of us can sit (because I can't spot any benches or chairs) and I sprayed the inhaler while daddy covered both of his hands around Lun'z mouth to prevent the medication from evaporating into the air. The hands act like a spacer device. That's how it works because every night back at home, we will use the spacer device for the little one to inhale the medication as he doesn't know how to breath in the medication from the inhaler using his mouth yet.
But that day, I didn't bring any of those out. So lesson learnt again, remember to bring all his 'properties' when we go out.
After inhaling the medication, he felt much much better. The coughs had lessen as well. Phew....asthma attack can be pretty dangerous. Scared the hell out of me.
Seeing that Lunz was back to normal, we dropped by Jusco Cheras Selatan on our way back to get the steamboat ingredients for dinner at night. I invited mum and bro over as well. So, we had a nice steamboat dinner together. I enjoyed such moments even I had to wash and mop the floor later. Feels so good to be surrounded by family members. Since my grandma's death, I appreciate my parents even more, not to say I don't appreciate them earlier, but even more compared to previous. I felt that life is short and we must cherished moments spent with them.
A little bit of update on Lunz:
1. Gone fatter. Must control his weight if not will change to be 'Fei Chai'. Just control his food intake, I mean. Lesser 100 plus and sweet stuffs.
2. Sleep by himself now in his own room. Guess me and him already used to it. He will sleep after story reading and we will leave the room. Sometimes, I accompany him till he fell asleep, then I will leave. Sometimes, he will go into our room middle of the night and look for us, then I'll usher him back to his own room and sleep together with him. On other times, he will sleep until morning if he did not wake up middle of the night. Or sometimes if daddy's snoring is too loud, I'll pack my bolster and pillow to the little one's room. Hehehehe.... but so far, all this sleeping by himself is doing good.
3. Likes to watch Pingu. He can replay the VCD for one whole day.
4. Does not likes to eat vege. I'll force him to take sometimes.
5. Still doesn't interact with friends at school but can follow well the studies.
6. Still doesn't know how to form and speak long sentences. I mean the whole sentence.
7. Always refused to sleep at night no matter how tired.
8. Is still taking Seretide (Prevention inhaler) and Loraldine (Antihistamine) daily.
9. Very very, extremely attached to daddy.
10. Likes to eat very much.
11. Know how to show his 'peace' sign using his fingers when take photographs. Thanks to daddy! :P
12. Getting better at recognizing words because we have bedtime stories every night before sleep. Sometimes can read the whole book by himself.
13. Behave extremely well when I take him out for dinner.
14. Knows how to differentiate between boys and girls and colors to represent them. Like boy is blue and pink is girl.
15. Good at taking photographs using camera.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
The Visit to Germany
I just got back from Germany today. Pretty tiring trip as most of the time I was traveling on both land and air. Can't really sleep on plane though. And with the time difference, it was as though I'm surviving up to 5am every morning (in Malaysia time, time in Germany is 10pm) and I always woke up early. My boss told me that I must controlled my body, don't let my mind pulled me back. It was not that easy anyway, this so called jet lag. Although the traveling on the plane sucks, but the scenery that I saw was worth the trip.
The Departure Day
Pretty nervous as I haven't been traveling overseas for quite some time and the thought of leaving my boys at home really kills me. Believe it or not, I actually took up some house chores to shift my mind away from the fact that I had to leave that night without ever bothering whether I will tired myself out later. So, I was pretty exhausted when I got on to the plane. Anyway, both daddy and Lunz accompanied me until I left. I had this kind of mixed feelings always when I had to travel. This time the feeling was much much heavier. Daddy told me he felt the same way as well although this was not the first time I traveled but we felt so different. Maybe we are used to living under the same roof now that we felt upset when the other party is not around.
The anxiety was killing me while I waited for the taxi to arrive. I was practically looking out at the door every few seconds. I had been brain-washing the little one 2 days ago that I'll be leaving for work. I even showed him my suitcases and told him that mummy will be outstation working. He understands of course and it really hurts me when he hugged me immediately on the spot and told me, no....mimi come back. I just had to tell him that mimi will come back after working okay...
While waiting for the cab, we played words and sentences guessing game with the little one. Once the cab arrived, I told him, I had to leave and kiss him goodbye on his cheek. He never looked at me. He was pretty good at hiding his feelings. Once I had left, he asked daddy where was I as if trying to be certain that I had really left. Daddy told him, of course. According to daddy, the little one was very quiet after I left, unlike earlier when we were playing games, he was all laughing and happy. Later, he took his blanket from the sofa while daddy was in the loo and climbed up to bed himself. Looks like he can sense my absence.
6 September - Day 1
Traveling for 12 hours on plane was not easy, not to mention an addition of 10 hours transit in Amsterdam before I can catch my flight to Cologne. It was crazy. I was deeply exhausted. We took the train to Amsterdam Central and walked and walked and walked while waiting for our next transit plane at 5pm. The train was very convenient as it takes you straight from the airport to the center of the town. I remembered the previous time when I took the shuttle, we had much more to walk before we reached town.
Nothing much in Amsterdam as I was here before. But this time, with the help of my boss, we managed to trace the RED LIGHT DISTRICT. Saw a couple of women with just their underwear on displaying themselves at the window but, they weren't the pretty ones. Boss told me, it was still early, the pretty ones only comes out at night. Bought myself some souvenirs and headed back to airport later to catch our flight.
Back at KL, daddy told me, Lunz has not accepted the fact that I had already left. He asked for me when he woke up in the next morning. He asked for me again when he saw my car and thought that I had came home from work. He told daddy that it was mimi when he heard the aunty from the house behind us shouted out loud. Poor boy. My heart ached badly. That's the thing when you had commitment and you had to travel for work. Glad that mum, daddy and family are there to support and assured me that Lunz will be well taken care of.
The Red Light District. Nothing much to see as we were early.
My hotel. Walking distance to shops, the cathedral, restaurants and pubs.
I managed to take photos of the DOM while we walked. A signature cathedral landmark in Cologne. The DOM is almighty huge! And the building changes colors from fading gray to shiny golden with different angles of sunlight upon it. A very beautiful cathedral!
Lots and lots of padlocks. All locked up on the fence along the bridge. For each padlock, the couple names were craved on it. A tradition for marriage. Locked up the padlock on the fence on the wedding day and threw the keys into the river. Symbolizing an eternal love all locked up. Interesting huh?
Beautiful view on the bridge.
Dinner. Tasted the delicious pig knuckle, famous German sausage and last but not least, the beer. Couldn't find any beer like that in KL.
Lovely Fulda, Germany.
Very beautiful town.
The Departure Day
Pretty nervous as I haven't been traveling overseas for quite some time and the thought of leaving my boys at home really kills me. Believe it or not, I actually took up some house chores to shift my mind away from the fact that I had to leave that night without ever bothering whether I will tired myself out later. So, I was pretty exhausted when I got on to the plane. Anyway, both daddy and Lunz accompanied me until I left. I had this kind of mixed feelings always when I had to travel. This time the feeling was much much heavier. Daddy told me he felt the same way as well although this was not the first time I traveled but we felt so different. Maybe we are used to living under the same roof now that we felt upset when the other party is not around.
The anxiety was killing me while I waited for the taxi to arrive. I was practically looking out at the door every few seconds. I had been brain-washing the little one 2 days ago that I'll be leaving for work. I even showed him my suitcases and told him that mummy will be outstation working. He understands of course and it really hurts me when he hugged me immediately on the spot and told me, no....mimi come back. I just had to tell him that mimi will come back after working okay...
While waiting for the cab, we played words and sentences guessing game with the little one. Once the cab arrived, I told him, I had to leave and kiss him goodbye on his cheek. He never looked at me. He was pretty good at hiding his feelings. Once I had left, he asked daddy where was I as if trying to be certain that I had really left. Daddy told him, of course. According to daddy, the little one was very quiet after I left, unlike earlier when we were playing games, he was all laughing and happy. Later, he took his blanket from the sofa while daddy was in the loo and climbed up to bed himself. Looks like he can sense my absence.
6 September - Day 1
Traveling for 12 hours on plane was not easy, not to mention an addition of 10 hours transit in Amsterdam before I can catch my flight to Cologne. It was crazy. I was deeply exhausted. We took the train to Amsterdam Central and walked and walked and walked while waiting for our next transit plane at 5pm. The train was very convenient as it takes you straight from the airport to the center of the town. I remembered the previous time when I took the shuttle, we had much more to walk before we reached town.
Nothing much in Amsterdam as I was here before. But this time, with the help of my boss, we managed to trace the RED LIGHT DISTRICT. Saw a couple of women with just their underwear on displaying themselves at the window but, they weren't the pretty ones. Boss told me, it was still early, the pretty ones only comes out at night. Bought myself some souvenirs and headed back to airport later to catch our flight.
Back at KL, daddy told me, Lunz has not accepted the fact that I had already left. He asked for me when he woke up in the next morning. He asked for me again when he saw my car and thought that I had came home from work. He told daddy that it was mimi when he heard the aunty from the house behind us shouted out loud. Poor boy. My heart ached badly. That's the thing when you had commitment and you had to travel for work. Glad that mum, daddy and family are there to support and assured me that Lunz will be well taken care of.
The Red Light District. Nothing much to see as we were early.We arrived Cologne and managed to check into our rooms at 7pm. Since it was Sunday, every shops in the town were closed. Very good hotel as the shopping streets were just behind the hotel. Walking distance. I was so tired that I didn't joined dinner. Took my bath and went straight to bed.
7 September - Day 2
7 September - Day 2
We visited Kolnmesse, the fairground. We walked all the way there as they wanted to enjoy the scenery.
My hotel. Walking distance to shops, the cathedral, restaurants and pubs.
I managed to take photos of the DOM while we walked. A signature cathedral landmark in Cologne. The DOM is almighty huge! And the building changes colors from fading gray to shiny golden with different angles of sunlight upon it. A very beautiful cathedral!
Lots and lots of padlocks. All locked up on the fence along the bridge. For each padlock, the couple names were craved on it. A tradition for marriage. Locked up the padlock on the fence on the wedding day and threw the keys into the river. Symbolizing an eternal love all locked up. Interesting huh?
Beautiful view on the bridge.
Dinner. Tasted the delicious pig knuckle, famous German sausage and last but not least, the beer. Couldn't find any beer like that in KL.8 September - Day 3
We went for a factory visit, DIY store and showroom and finally reached our hotel in Fulda in the evening at 6pm. Fulda town was amazingly beautiful. Too bad we reached there late and we had to leave very early the following morning. But, I still managed to take some photos in the town after my breakfast.
Lovely Fulda, Germany.
Very beautiful town.
9 September - Day 4
We headed off for factory visit in the morning and got to Nuremberg in the evening. I didn't take any photos in Nuremberg because it was nothing special. Very much developed and the city was far away from the hotel. The scene was just so-so. I had been traveling a lot these few days and was very tired. I didn't joined dinner thou. Had a good bath and nice sleep.
Back in KL, daddy messaged me and told me that he bought himself and the little one ice-cream.
Lun: One for Sebastian, one for daddy (referring to ice-creams)
Daddy: Mimi leh?
Lun: Mimi outstation working. (seems like he has accepted the fact I really went overseas working)
Daddy had been looking after him most of the nights. He told me the little one was very obedient. Followed every instructions. Funny, he didn't behave like that when I am around. Kids, they tend to bully their mothers. I'm just glad to have daddy around to accompany Lunz.
10 September - Day 5
Again, final destination of factory visit in Leutershausen. The owner of the company was very generous into buying us lunch. We went for lunch in a small but beautiful town. Such small town but yet lovely.
Lunch with the group.
We went through 5 hours on the road later to reach Cologne. It was 7pm when we finally checked into the same hotel that we stayed earlier. All the time wasted on the road was crazy. It was as if I traveled the whole peninsular Malaysia by car. My neck was aching madly.
I dropped all my luggage once I was in the room and did my last minute shopping because the stores will be closed by 8pm sharp. Managed to buy some sausages and chocolates. We had our dinner in some Shanghai Restaurant and headed back to the hotel because we had an early flight to catch the next morning.
11 September - Day 6
Here I am, stuck in the plane again for 12 hours. I hate the flights. Makes me lacked of sleep because I'm a person who can hardly fall asleep easily especially in a plane. But the scenery were amazing minus the tiring traveling. Landed on 12 September morning. Bought 2 packs for ciggy for dad and daddy. Funny...dad and daddy. Hehehe....
I was drop dead exhausted but was very glad to be back home again. I slept like a dead pig when I reached home. I slept the whole afternoon. Later, I went out for dinner with daddy. Good to taste Malaysian food. Gosh! I miss the food here.
I had to quarantine myself from the little one at the mean time (just travel abroad, fear of getting the H1N1 flu). Although I misses him badly but I must be patience. Better be careful than take the risk since the fella is in high risk group.
I have a lot of personal quality time of my own but both daddy and I are constantly missing the little fella. Today is Sunday. I woke up at 12 noon, had lunch (or breakfast?), did some house chores, yoga, put on mask and now finishing my blog.
Gosh....I miss him badly. Hope to see him soon and have him in my arms.
We headed off for factory visit in the morning and got to Nuremberg in the evening. I didn't take any photos in Nuremberg because it was nothing special. Very much developed and the city was far away from the hotel. The scene was just so-so. I had been traveling a lot these few days and was very tired. I didn't joined dinner thou. Had a good bath and nice sleep.
Back in KL, daddy messaged me and told me that he bought himself and the little one ice-cream.
Lun: One for Sebastian, one for daddy (referring to ice-creams)
Daddy: Mimi leh?
Lun: Mimi outstation working. (seems like he has accepted the fact I really went overseas working)
Daddy had been looking after him most of the nights. He told me the little one was very obedient. Followed every instructions. Funny, he didn't behave like that when I am around. Kids, they tend to bully their mothers. I'm just glad to have daddy around to accompany Lunz.
10 September - Day 5
Again, final destination of factory visit in Leutershausen. The owner of the company was very generous into buying us lunch. We went for lunch in a small but beautiful town. Such small town but yet lovely.
Lunch with the group.
Small but yet beautiful town.
Lovely house with beautiful flowers.
We went through 5 hours on the road later to reach Cologne. It was 7pm when we finally checked into the same hotel that we stayed earlier. All the time wasted on the road was crazy. It was as if I traveled the whole peninsular Malaysia by car. My neck was aching madly.
I dropped all my luggage once I was in the room and did my last minute shopping because the stores will be closed by 8pm sharp. Managed to buy some sausages and chocolates. We had our dinner in some Shanghai Restaurant and headed back to the hotel because we had an early flight to catch the next morning.
11 September - Day 6
Here I am, stuck in the plane again for 12 hours. I hate the flights. Makes me lacked of sleep because I'm a person who can hardly fall asleep easily especially in a plane. But the scenery were amazing minus the tiring traveling. Landed on 12 September morning. Bought 2 packs for ciggy for dad and daddy. Funny...dad and daddy. Hehehe....
I was drop dead exhausted but was very glad to be back home again. I slept like a dead pig when I reached home. I slept the whole afternoon. Later, I went out for dinner with daddy. Good to taste Malaysian food. Gosh! I miss the food here.
I had to quarantine myself from the little one at the mean time (just travel abroad, fear of getting the H1N1 flu). Although I misses him badly but I must be patience. Better be careful than take the risk since the fella is in high risk group.
I have a lot of personal quality time of my own but both daddy and I are constantly missing the little fella. Today is Sunday. I woke up at 12 noon, had lunch (or breakfast?), did some house chores, yoga, put on mask and now finishing my blog.
Gosh....I miss him badly. Hope to see him soon and have him in my arms.
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