Our 10th Year

This is the 10th year mark since we first arrive in Singapore... so we thought.. we shall celebrate 10th year of friendships...by doing some gethering or celebrations !

Suh has been here for 12 years.. 2 years earlier as she completed her A levels here... Jia+Me came here after our STPM.. While ML came here after her "Du Zhong" she retained 1 year cos she didn't make through the entry exam in NTU.. Thus she is 1 year younger than us instead of 2 years..

maybe i shall dig out thoese old photos we have taken and compare before and after.. muah.. shall do it next week after my long weekends leave..

Bravo gals ! for our friendships !

BB favourite move...

This is one of her favourite stretching.. she will pull both of her legs to the front then suck her toes...mm.. i wonder if it tastes good.. Jen's bb also like to suck toes.. he even hold bottle with two feet.. OMG

luckily bb is more lady-like.. she only suck big toes.. not the whole 5 toes.. haaaa..

cutey cutey...

Emotion control

I've been feeling bad recently for being an angry employer..yeas.. employer.. cos one or two days.. i will be "lecturing" my maid.. i will control her food.. i will keep pointing out her mistakes.. things she never do or things she cant do well to my liking...

i feel tired and irritated with my new role.. why do i have to make myself so emotionally taxing with maid.. home suppose to be a place for me to rest my mind/body and feel serene and peaceful.. but i will come back home and feel agitated with things she failed to perform up to my satisfaction.. even many times i corrected her.. still she cant do it right or simply never carry it out..

i have to control her food as she eats like bull. one big loaf of bread , hubby+I eat for 3-4 days.. she alone 3 days all gone.. the bread spread 4 days 1/2 bottle.. we take nearly a month to finish one bottle.. she eats two big bowl of rice for lunch.. we gave her so many tins of cookies during cny.. she finished over a weekends...but we never even see when she eats it.. so we guess when we go out, she is busy eating...

so now, i control her food.. by portion it by days.. i have to tell her one bottle of bread spread for few weeks.. 3 pieces of bread for breakfast + 3in1 drink. she eats whatever we eat for dinner, so lunch she will either cook her own noddles or fry the left over rice.. i bought fish for her, but she prefers sausages.. she can finish 3 packs of sausages in 2 weeks or lesser.. but the selar fish few weeks still in freezer.. shake head..give her ice cream.. one head turn.. you see only the stick in the dustbin..

so scary .. but when she work.. really cannot compare with the speed she finish her food. 3 clothes or 6 cloths.. she will takes more than 1 hour to iron.. wash my room , scrub or no scrub will take minimum 45 mins.. slow motion.. one day fold dunno how many times of clothes.. walk up n donw dunno wat she is doing.. act busy..

phew... okok.. i got to control.. no point getting irritated by this.. there are many more important things to care abt. Jen was telling me.. dun expect them to deal things with the same level of IQ as we are.. they just dun get it or pretend not to get it.. cos if they understand moe means more work.. so act blur or 'bodoh' the best.. then no need do more..

i shall see how long will i bear with this maid this time..i dun send her back cos she seems scared whenever i tell her, "if u continue to work like this, i wanna send you back" she will said mum, don't.. i pity her cos i think maybe she needs money.. tat's why she came here in the first place.. but why cant she be serious .. do a better job for me ? then i happy she also happy ? i feel like keeping her becoem a burden to me..

maybe im still haven learn enough to deal with maid or to live with them ?i wonder how come some people can be so friendly with their maid.. geess..

bb's progress

How time flies..bb is now 7th month old le.. she can pull down handkerchief from our covered face.. even on her own face.. she walk so expertly on walker.. she can crawl forward.. still improving.. she can sit without support but still not stable .. she made lots more voices now.. she recognise our calling her names... she likes to play tickling game..

but she still dun want to learn waving.. like bye bye.. she refuse to move her hand each time.. shake head..

she will look at u hungrily each time u put something into ur mouth.. she will ask for food by approaching u... looking so pitifull.. gesss


Here's my hebi (shrimp)..cos smal small and always twist here n there when carry her..

Mum's works

Today, Jia and i email again.. both bored lady.. haa.. so we were talking abt what to do during free time, i wanted to do quilting +cross sticth.. she wanted to do something that can produce faster result..

i told her during bb's stay in hospital, all nurses in the ward envy bb cos she has this quilt made by my mum aka bb's grandma which is si colourful and nice.. the nurses keep saying bb very lucky and this is "wen nuan pai" heee..

so i post the quilt mum made for bb way before she was born...
(1) this is made from left over fabric from mum's frens who r tailor.. so this is all hand sticthed.. one by one cut ut the template then trace on fabric, cut out, show into the "pa gua" shap.. then hand stiched together.. the background was last sew on. thsi piece after completed, you feel like got cushioning between all the pentagons.. nice..
(2) this is another piece , squarish which is easier to make.flatter. but simple and nice.
(3) mum completed this purple sweater for bb. she made when baby sit her at home.. the scarf she just completed last week. all cross-sticthed.
my mum is good at doing craft work.. she made for all hergrand child.. my nephews all have a piece of the quilt + sweater.. lucky us..

Jesse Bear

Jesse Bear.. here i come.. so of the whole series of jesse bear books ( BFIAR concepts) i;ve gotten 4 from library with he help of my col..

today, i've scanned all 4 le.. so when free i shall print all in colour and paste in notebook for bb.. all free of charge.. im such a cost-conscious mummy don't i.. in a way.. so clever.. heee.. muahahahha..

now, i try to read the MR. series of book for bb daily.. but her attention span is never exceeding 5 minutes.. she will struggle to get out from my arms.. or look left look right.. really shaking head..

so shall work hard and log on her progress.. now we everyday have our evening walk around my housing area.. for her to see cars.. buses.. flowers.. plants.. heee..

Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?

Gotten this froma fren long time ago.. today very free clear mails in class.. so tot this is interesting..

There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese.....

Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner &
the Last (Little) finger represents your children


Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold
them together - back to back

Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip
(As shown in the figure below):

Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents)..., they will
open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and
have to leave you sooner or later. Please join your thumbs as before and
separate your Index fingers (representing siblings)...., they will also
open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and
will have to lead their own separate lives.

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing
your children)...., they will open too, because the children also will get
married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers
(representing your spouse).

You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT....., because Husband &
Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin!!
Please try this out............. ISN'T THIS A LOVELY THEORY?

U think u know everything ...

Here's more :

1.The liquid inside young coconuts
can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma.

2.No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.

3.Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes
4. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

5. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

6.The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

7.The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE

8.American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.

9.Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
(Since Venus is normally associated with women,
what does this tell you!)

10.Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

11.Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!

12.The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first "Marlboro Man."

13.Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE!

14.PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!

15.The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

16.It is possible to lead a cow upstairs... but, not downstairs.

17.A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

18.Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

19.And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

Health - Important Tips

Received this from fren.. so take note ar..

1) Answer the phone by LEFT ear.
2) Do not drink coffee TWICE a day.
3) Do not take pills with COOL water.
4) Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm.
5) Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume.
6) Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night.
7) Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.
8) Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time.
9) Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.
10) Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.
11) When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.

COurse

on course today and tomorrow..wahh.. we found out this class is conducted just for my company people.. 6 of us.. all ladies.. and one of the lady is from KL. really can't believe it that their manager has so much budget to send her here for 2 days course.. EXCEL BASIC and INTERMEDIATE ??? and cover all accomodation, allowances and all..

So stupid hor. waste this type of moeny, she said KL no such class.. i was like.. arrr.. mouth open very big.. but.. hey, maybe it's the fact that their branch over there over laoded with budget lor..

phew.. bored to death.. but ok lah.. resting.. heee... can online,email.. blog.. not so bad though..

My boss sms informing that JL's son fell down and injured his head now in KKH. my boss' son was hospitalised last week due to high fever during his NS. mine was hospotalised last last week cos UTI... mmm.. maybe someone cursed us.. why all our children hospitalised in the same month...

Chase aways all bad luck.. go go away ..

Cross stitch..

Today i borowed a cross sticth book from lib. really tempted to start another cross stitch project.. this time round i tot of doing a huge one.. geisha to hang in my living room..

still considering.. as once started i cannot stop.. but do i have so much time in hand ?? last time i used 3 months to complete the floral cross sticth which now hung in my dining room area....


maybe .. should i ... mmm.. my quilt making still haven started as i dun have time to go down to get my fabric.. ARgggg.. why i always want to do so much things ???

Lunch Buddy

Today Jia and i feel so bored. she just started her new job and i'm so bored preparing for monthly meeting.. bored to death. churn out the statistics and do the indicator.. repeating the procedures monthly.. really grow mushroom..

then, we were discusssing abt lunch kaki.. nowadays, she dont have lunch kaki.. same with mL who also started her new job not very long ago... then they said so dry during lunch time.. all by themselves.. pathetic in a way..

as for me, i sometimes eat on my own too.. as last time i used to lunch with yong.. but since he changed to after shift he no longer eat early.. and i only lunch with jen & tom & bob.. the rest of them nothing much in common to talk during lunch, thus, if the three not in morning shift, i will just eat on my own.. i rather not lunch with boss cos always end up i got to foot the bill.. unless he ask or with vendor then i will join else i rather lunch alone..

Last time, i really cannot lunch on my own.. as i feel so bored so lonely.. i've never lunch alone before.. until the time i was pregnant.. cos it's the time when yong shift changed and i prefer to do my own stuff like marketing.. library and etc..

after this period.. i'm kinda used to lunch alone and spending my lunch time with my own stuff.. heee.. cool huh.. maybe last time i feel shy cos when i lunch alone.. people will think i'm so lonely.. but now as i grow older.. this does not matter anymore..


so just try to enjoy the lonely time during lunch la..

From Experience

Now i know that teething will not give fever more than 37.x, if exceed 38 means not teething fever.

many mums advise me to clean bb's butt after she poo poo and pee pee.. under the shower or tap water. avoid using too much of baby wipes due to chemical. try to use lesser diapers. use more cloth napkin..

many mums advise try to feed bb more fluid, not just milk. since bb just started her solid (rice cereal), more water is good. constipation will cause UTI too.

So, we shall practise all the above :)

Urinary Tract Infection ?!?

Well.. i've been really "busy" for the last weekend.

First of all, i extracted my last wisdom tooth on thursday. my second anniversary of our ROM day.

Then, my little pumpkin fever persisted. on and off. and we noticed discharge when she pass urine. so quickly see doctor. and doctor refer us to KKH immediately. A&E.

so, saturday, we spent most of our time in kkh. almost one whole afternoon trying to collect bb's urine for testing. and the result is not that optimistic. the white blood cells count is very high, possibility of getting UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). OMG. what is that, i've never encounter this before !

we have always been careful in cleaning bb. always wiping from in to out.. and use baby wipes, water.. but how come still get infection ???

so, since she is only 6 months plus, doctor advise bb being warded immediately.

so, we stayed in hospital for the virus culture to be out in 72 hours. everyday, bb has to be on antibiotic drips once a day. i was crying like mad on the day when they try to get her blood and urine for tecting and poke the needle for the drips... she is crying so loud. First time since she is born, she cried so loud ! really breaks my heart into pieces..

the lab result was a relief though.. her blood was not infected. but she still need to take 9 weeks of antibiotics and follow up check ups.

so sad that bb so young and have to go through this. but from beginning till now, she still active, feeding well, playing..lucky thing.

Phew... got to take good care of her.. finger cross she will stay healthy forverer ! i just wish for this !

Teething

My girl is teething now.. very pitiful. fever and all. so my mc was spent with her at home...

Finger cross, her fever will go down soon. on and off.. 38.x deg celcius. scary !

Ohh,, i started a new blog, http://muminwork.blogspot.com

where i can blog things related to parenting and emotion of a mum who works.. heee

Wisdom no more

So finally, i extracted my final wisdom-tooth. no more wisdom left now. 2 days mc la..

right jaw like swollen.. gees.. why we need to have wisdom teeth, not say will add more wisdom to us..or it does ?