Siblings !

i find this photo amusing. taken in mid dec. when the two were playing @ home. with missy trying to stay near the "tiger" brother to take a photo. and this is wat the brother did.. biting his sister's hair.. OMG and being captured on camera !



when they are playing nicely, they really look cute together.. e.g playing ball..

good photos to remember their childhood

Lil Jared @ 11th month -old

My liltle cherup is now 11th month-old. That's how fast time passed. We spent 2 weeks of his 10th month old in Melaka. That's when he "forgot" about his walker abd started to crawl and stand and cruising while holding on furniture.

He now can walk while holding on sofa/wall. and he is making so much noises that once he is awake the whole house is full of his noises. He will use voices to ask for things, to get what he want. and he now can clap (very cute to see him clap, as he will only move one hand to clap on the other), he can waive goodbye, he can do "gong xi gong xi" and when his mood is good, he will do kiss goodbye..

he can use his thumb and pointing finger to grip food like bread and put into his mouth, he play catching.. when we pretend to chase him, he will crawl fast away and then turn back to see if we are chasing him, giggle all the way. he loves food, he wants anything his popo is eating.

He loves his sister, anything his sister do will attract him and he wants part of it. lil missy is learning to share now more than last time.they are very adorable when playng peacefully together but things can turn very "messy & noisy" when one refuse to share (either didi or missy).. *shake head*

one more month to go, and my little boy will be one yo. I have already check out the birthday cake and we have somehow decided on the cake design. CNY is coming, we got didi a new year romper, very cute when he wears it. and missy got her new shoes, new qipao (grandma bought from china).. all ready for the festive season.

Happy growing up my babies !

My NEW YEAR Resolution

another late post, which i have written in office but no time to online from home to post it.

I looked back my Y2010 Resolutions..
1. Stay HEALTHY. HAPPY. Be a beter person than Y2009.
2. Get back to my prepregnancy weigh after giving birth
3. Travel to HK or BKK..(with new bb, im not so sure to)
4. Be a better mummy
5. Invest wisely
6. Learn to save more than spend more.. bad habit

well, i have been trying to stay healthy this year, it's better, no more flu and stuff, i went back to my fitness centre in october (right after i stopped breastfeeding) and i have been a regular to weekday's lunch time classes.

I feel fitter but i still have lots of fats to get rid of.. and i've been follow up with my medical checkup closely now, as we age, more and more problem will come. finger cross,

a better person ? i think im trying..but i still get complaints from mum hubby of my hot temper and being unreasonable.. k area to work on.

travelling - only back to home town.. sigh.

be a better mummy ? learning to be one.. i feel very loved by my girl. she is such a passionate girl that she tells me she loves me, she likes me..almost daily

Investment wise, my portfolio has been growing. Am happy for the extra "bonus" earned this year. hoping for better bonuses next year.

i still spend and spend.. but more consciously i hope..

I feel after i gave birth to lil Jared in Feb and enjoyed my maternity leave of 4 months, i have learnt to slowly get back to my life.. a working lady's life. I re-join fitness centre, signed up spa sessions, i shop, buy new clothes, buy new shoes..i shop online. (that's the thrill of being a financially independent woman). I enjoy being with my children when im at home and all weekends. i palns for our outings, weekends acivities. I make sure my girl do her Shichida worksheet at least 3 days a week.

I try to reflect what i've done on the day before sleep. i still regrets on certain actions that i've done, which i feel i can make it better. I still feel im not at the level that i can see everyone as the same, i still not at the level that i can humble down,

So, What's my Y2011 resolution? i guess it'll be the same area again..

1. Health
Keeping in check of my check-ups, exercise regularly(fitness centre). more greens in my diet. i would love to detox on weekly basis (on vege juice for meals).

2. Career
many changes in my department due to changes in management, but we are still comfortable with our area of work. My concentration is still on the system that i support. a huge relocation project goin on which we will be in new place by end of this year. a very inconvenient area, sigh. no more shopping during lunch i guess. shall see how la.

3. Family
concentrate on bringing up my two cherups. lil missy is turning 4 in Sept. lots of learning in the pipeline. english, chinese, mathematics. Shichida has many new things for 4 yo class too. Am trying to get her to do her worksheet/recital/memory training, her chinese word recognition, mathematics recital (yes recital in a rhythm). im keeping a record on my diary on what i do with her on weekly basis. As for didi, i will try to get him to see flash cards.

As for LGG, i still have lots of dissatisfaction, i still think he can do more and better as a husband and father. i feel that he always think i can handle things, yes, when im in good mood/condition. No when i feel exhasted from all the works/tasks/chores. It will be helpful if he can share the loads. a simple thing like what to eat for dinner is also a chore if im being loaded with things like work/handling the kids etc.. i still feel he should observe and not wait for me to tell him everything that needs his attention.
tt's why woman seldom get Alzheimer cos our brain is working all the time.

Besides this part, he is still a very NICE hubby,appreciate all his support and understandings. i wish im calm like him in any situations


4. Travelling
I hope to travel to at least one oversea country this year. it's the 4th year that i have not travelled. thinking of bringing the two little ones along. shall see how the plan goes.

5. All-about-Me
ok. i still have to keep telling me, to calm down in many situation, not to get hot temper. not to be so blunt. not to raise my voice when angry. just BE NICE. how hard is it right? is it stress that i always feel i over react to situation ?


alright, it's abt all i can think of.. just wish me luck in achieving the above. and hope for a better year for my family and myself.

My Workout schedule

My workout schedule at Amore fitness centre since Oct 2010.

I want to keep a record so that it serves as motivation to me to keep up the "Good work" muahahha

so far i love tuesday power pump, wednesday & Friday pilates. kick boxing is making me sweat but the sequence is a bit tiring. i rather those just kick and punch but no need to follow the pattern.shall continue to record my workout

Oct2010- workout

wednesday (6/10) massage
Thursday (7/10) - treadmill 25 mins + steam bath
Friday (8/10) - pilates ( 1 hour)

Tuesday(12/10) - Hi-Lo (1/2 hour), treadmill 25 mins + steam bath
Wednesday (13/10) - pilates (1 hr)
Friday (15/10) - treadmill 25 mins + pilates (1 hr)

Monday (18/10) - Stretch Fit (1 hr) +steam bath
Tuesday (19/10) - Treadmill 20 mins + Stretch fit (1 hr)
Wednesday(20/10) - Pilates (1 hr)
Thursday (21/10) - Kick boxing (survived 30 mins) + steam bath
Friday(22/10) - pilates (1 hr) - natalie

Monday (25/10) - yoga (1 1/2 hr) - helen
Tuesday(26/10) - power pump (1 hr) + steam bath
wednesday(27/10) - pilates (1 hr)
Thursday (28/10)- swimming + steam bath (forgot to bring shoes)
Friday(29/10)

Nov
Tuesday (2/11) - power pump(1 hr)
Wednesday (3/11) - pilates (1 hr)
Thursday (4/11) - kickboxing (1 hr)

Tuesday (9/11) - power pump(1hr)
Wednesday(10/11)- pilates
thurs(11/11)- kb
fri(12/11)- pilates

monday (15/11)-treadmill+steam bath
tues(16/11)-ppump
thur(18/11)- kickboxing

Wed(24/11) - pilates
thu(25/11)-kick boxing
fri(26/11)-pilates

mon(29/11) - treadmill+steam bath
tue(30/11) - power pump

Dec 2010
Wed(1/12) - pilates

Mon(6/12) - treadmill (30 mins) +steam bath/scrub
Tue(7/12) - power pump
Wed(8/12) - pilates
Th(9/12) - kick boxing
Fri(10/12)- pilates

Mon(13/12) - treadmill(30mins) + steam bath
Tue(14/12) - power pump
Wed(15/12) pilates
Thu(16/12) kick boxing
Fri(17/12) pilates

Teaching Values

Late post. written on 13th Dec

Sometimes when i look at my lil missy, i feel so warm in the heart that my once little baby first born has grown so much now, she is like a small adult who can even join in our adult's conversation.
At times, she seems so mature but most of the times she is still acting like a 3 yo who is absorbing eagerly from what she sees/hears/feels/smells... and i find her classmates whom i met outside sometimes acted exactly like her, all still at the active/full of life stage..

During this stage, we try to instill as much positives values in her as we could. She is taught to have manners, to be polite to elderly, to talk softly and not raise her voice ( well, i din lead by example, as i still raise my voice when im angry evn to maid and she has since talk louder to maid when she is angry too.. sigh.. ), to greet others, to say excuse me when pass gas, to say lots of please and thank you..

Sat, we went to get some xmas gifts for her cousins, while waiting for me to try out some clothes, there is an elder girl who is eating bread, missy keep near to her and keep looking at the girl "hungrily" as if she is waiting for the girl to give her the bread too, then the girl's mummy saw and offer missy the bread, missy never even hesitate and took the bread and ate it. Too late to intervene and no time to intervene, i remind missy to say thank you which she did. Then, LGG and i told missy in future, if anyone offer you food, must first ask mummy's permission, cannot take and eat like that. She nod and said ok.

Yesterday, while we were playing ball and cycling at our home's playground, there came a grandma with her two grandchildren, they are holding packets of bisuits. missy rush to them and keep talking to the elder girl who is about to eat her biscuit. i call out for her, telling her that we are ready to go.. she ignored me. Then, she sits side by side with the grandma and all, waiting to be offered bisuits, expectedly, the grandma offered one piece of biscuit to missy, and i quickly action, by walking forward and tell the grandma that thanks for the bisuits but my girl cant have it. Missy is starting to throw tantrum, refuse to move, the grandma said is ok. I also said is ok. then i pull missy away, she break free of my hand and run away on the road then LGG grab her back, she then started to cry very loud, shouting and cry.. you can imagine the grandma must be thinking wat's up with this mother making the child crying like that for one biscuit?

But i wanted to use this as a lesson to teach her that she is not to accept food offered by others before asking for permission from mummy/daddy, i told her if she wants to eat, mummy/daddy /po po will buy for her. she cried and shout till we reached home and she immedietaly go to her popo.. then we told mum what happened and mum talked to her and she stop her "drama".

Ended the episode. Before sleeping, i asked her to tell me what happened in the playround, she is able to tell me what happened and she is able to say next time cannot take people's food, must ask mummy first and because mummy/daddy/popo will buy for me.. mmm. well, LGG said she may think we will definitely buy for her ? but i feel at least she learnt that she cannot take what other's offered her and must ask parents's permission first and we shall set her expectation on whether to buy for her ornot.. as now i use the excuse of eat to much bisuit will cough and need to see doctor. which she doesn't lile..

Hope lil missy has picked up this lesson and i do hope she wont jst take whatever people offer her next time.