H1N1 positive

well..i think buy 4D also wont be so "lucky".. im down with H1N1 postive since Tuesday and now being quarantin at home till end of this week.. so people is asking me.. so how's ur girl ? how's ur bb ? etc etc..

well.. missy has been staying with in laws since.. been missing her like mad.. mum is staying at sis's place since.. and i have no idea what will happen to my unborn child.. it's really beyond my control and my power and my ability to know what is going to happen and what will happen..

Im the fist in my company being contracted with h1N1.. and im famous in a day's time with boss's emails out to all with my name and all.. now who wnt know me in spore branch... i wonder.. people even call up my cols to ask how abt my bb and all...col said i can go back and write book liao..

Im wondering.. What's NEXT ? im all for it now.. what can be worst than what's i've been through in just a month's time ???

Life sucks ? it does.. first time in 32 years since i was born.. i really understand and FELT it deeply.. how life sucks... and i may be here today.. and gone to never land tmw .. who knows..

oh well.. i guess..as a buddhist.. i think i must have done something really bad in my past life that cause me to deserve all these... ok. i accept that. shall do more good this life so that next life i want to be a good breed dog that's being pampered and cared. just wag tail, bark and sleep and act cute. isnt't it good?

LGG is being quarntin at home too..now he is out to get me food. so i jst laze around..been detoxing the house with dettol and everythin..really find life is meaninless without missy around. so much time with nothing to do.. sigh.i want her back so badly !!

life can make someone so optimistic like myself to be looking more at the "negative" aspect of life.. wonder !

Depression will i ?

Life has been a torture lately.. with so many things happen at the same time..

i have been neglecting my little missy for nearly 2 weeks now.. no more flash cards.. no more creative activities.. no more new games.. she basically just play on her own or mum or LGG entertain her.. i feel VERY VERY guilty abt it.. but i cant help it.. im just not in the right self to be active like i used to..

i forgot how it feel last time.. but this time, i really felt it bad..i cant seem to swallow my food down each night. takeing so much effort to keep the food and everything.

Then, came the news mum has tumour in the head.. we thought cataract. never knew it's tumour.. so.. busy busy busy see doc.. check this and that .. second opinion.. we finally decided to go for the operation in August. finger cross. eveything goes well. It's benign tumour but too big tha it press on mum's optic nerves causing her not able to see one side.

Then, my project is delaying delaying delaying.. finally it will be started.. and at this time.. sigh.. so many coordination to do.. simply puke blood. but i have to thank my boss again for being so supportive over my personal affair and work.. i owe him too much really !

then, i must also thank my LGG for supporting me till now.. i wonder how long can i go on.. maybe fainted on the street due to not enough food ? i feel so pale now..sob.. without LGG, i think i surely cant hold this long..

and also, we have got to make few changes in life now. little misst got to go to child care.. cos after operation, mum has to rest. so cant bear to let go.. but no choice. we shall see how she cope. she is a brave girl i know. then i've got to get a new maid.. dreadful ! but no choice.. else i really dun have energy to do anything at home now..

so... hopefully my next post will be "Im all back to my normal self"

tahan................

Toilet Train progress

after weekend toilet train, which include some scolding and stern warning and some beating on the back side.. missy finally know.. shsh must go where ? "Toilet". mm mm must go where ? "toilet"..

phew.. not easy at all. got to be very serious with her. else she thought we are playing games with her.. she still pee anywhere.. but at least with reminder and "enforcement" she will walk to toilet, kneel down and pee.. sigh.. and the best part is, yesterday before her nap, she told me... mm mm .. bao bao.. means she needs to poo and wants me to bao her uo from her cot.. and really she poo in the toilet.. haaa.. good job !

got to continue training my missy.. hopefully in few months time she will be complete toilet train..im not putting too much hope though.. just wish.

Weekday Activities- 1st week of July

Half year gone..fast. neeway, missy is growing very fast too. she now talk in 2 sentence words. she will say bird sleeping.. mummy eat.. papa get up.. popo shishi(when mum in toilet) etc etc. i really lost count of how many words she can say..

This week, we revisit the matching game which missy is not interested last time,. this time round, i just showed her once and she got the hint of how to play. i gave her only one board with "fruits" to match. she did it all by herself and surprised me by getting all correct.. i somehow tot.. mm.. by chance la.. ask her do again.. she is very cooperative and did it once more all correct.

but, today when i change the topic to attire /clothing, she is not so intersted now.. maybe we will revisit this game.

I let her do it on her own, she is interested.


after she is done, i checked, wowo.. all correct, my little smarty. the orientation of the picture may not correct but the fruits matches the shadow. Great effort my missy ! at 21 months it's a good achievement. somehow i think could it be Shichida method ? whatever it is, i m glad to see such result.




Then, we wont miss our arts session. this round, i jst lay the mahjong paper on floor and let her play with the water colours.. she need not wait for my instruction and just splash.. brushh.. sqeeze.. splatter.. so concentrating.. until i have to tell her.. ok.. time to go to bath...

next round, we shall play with crayons and water colour.. great combination..


She filled up the paper with my help..master piece..


Great week. shall do some stringing next week.to train her concentration and of course im lacking on my linkinh memory. sigh got tot starttt..

Swim Swan Swim

today finally i got my butt up and go to swim. after the flu session, been halting my exercise for 2 weeks. skipped two times yoga cos every friday got things on, one friday missy sick.. one friday bring mum see eye doc.

so today i swim ! so happy. swim that 10 laps. try not to over-do. well. i feel good after the light exercise. eat one whole bug package of mix rice.

now nua-ing in office...i love my life !

yesterday manage to complete the whole new 20 topics of flash cards for missy , this round i include some japanese & tongue twister. hope missy like it.

got to start my linking memeory .. this sunday we are back to class again. so fast one week break (one day actually). life back to normal i guess.

Happy exercising

Stock Up !

I like to stock up ! i buy more during offers. that explains why i can spent $800 plus just for milk powder last month.

I stock up milk powder. i stock up diapers. i stock up mill bottle (not actually stock up, i buy new ones every 6 motnhs, so i've got many old bottles dunno what to do with them ).

We have been drinking Similac since.. then now GAin IQ 91 year above0, it used to be below $50 per 1.8kg tin, but now, it went up again to $52/tim. SO when the offer of $50+ per tin came, i quickly buy more to stock up. my cabinet full with missy's milk powder. heee..she loves her milk more than her rice. so no choice. This is by far the most expensive milk power in spore and the most popular milk powder in spore !



As for diaper, i tried out few brands, pamper, huggies, dypers, drypants. well, i think so far i only bought the few brands which i trusted. after missy turns one, i compeledly switch to huggies ultra. which it is clinically proven to help prevent diaper rash. Missy never has serious diaper rash before, but i feel safer to use trusted brand and of course, dearer. i started to buy pull up too. Huggies always give little tikes toys when you buy lots. and so far, i've got one toy for free and i can collect two more. got to find time to go and collect.



Lastly, milk bottles. well, due to the BPA thing, i always change bottles, every 6 months. now they have the BPA-Free bottles, which costs double from normal AVENT bottles. got to get from BP (Bulk Purchase) which is so much cheaper. For now, i never sterilise missy's bottle anymore, stop doing that after she is one. we just wash with bottles accessories cleaner which canbe used to wash fruits/vegetables.

I bought the Munchie Water bottle which ic BPA Free for missy. Got it at a steal price too during Isetan Offer. i think 9 plus. Now, everywhere i see is 12 plus. heee..good grab cos ofthe design and non-spill. another good and recommended product !



Bringing up a child is never cheap nowadays. but it's all worth it !

Missy weekday activity

Mummy been busy. missy's activities have been more to Free & Easy this week. but we still manage to do our flash cards daily. I just completed the new set of 200 new cards for July. Phew.Lucky make it in time.

Mum may need to go for cataract ops soon. so i guess i got to take long leave. my project will start in July. dunno how la. all the wrong timing. but life is always unpredictable. Else, it'll be boring right !

Missy is able to put in the shapes onto the picture. but, she is not good with triangle yet. always turn wrong side *Grin*



Good motor skill games !



This is how missy looks like when i let her have her own peanut butter bread. stick all over. *cute* But, i like to see her mess up , cos when she explore, she learns.

Happy June 2009. We are heading to July Next week !

Avocado ?

i like to eat avocado, when it's dining out. but each time when i bought avocado, it took so long to ripe and tasted funny.. not as creamy as it tastes when eat in reastaurant. so this time, it'll be the last time i buy !

what to do with avocado ? well.. salad for me. healhy choice. and i cook some salmon pasta to go with it !

Say Cheese *O*

Bakerzin is having cheese cake half price for he month of June, supposingly to celebrate Father's day. Last month, it was chocolate cake, but i missed it. well.. i only heard bakerzin is famous for their cheese cake not chocolate cake, so, i wasn't that tempted i guess.

so, grab two pieces last week.. it simply melt my heart together with the cheese cake. sosoosososos delicious.. thick creamy cheese that tasted like ice cream .. the top layer which has a bit of lemon scent blend well with the cheese taste. yumyyyyyyyyy.. words cant described. LGG loves it too. Mum said "Good" haaa..

a must try and thumb up ! Simply cannot miss with such offer. I paid one price for two cake.

Anticipating

i feel blessed. feel happy. feel so looking forward to it. eventhough my flu still on.

Gosh.. i still have loads of things to do.. give me more time.. more energy !

PC Show June09

PC show never lack of visitors, this roudn broke last year records again. sary. what recession are you talking about ??

Well, i seldom want to go PC show, unless i have things to buy. this round, i wanted an external hdd. so, LGG and i went down last Sat.

We finally decided on Western Digital external HDD, i need to keep all the photos taken since missy was born. in case, my hdd crash on me..



ohh.. i was luck during the show, i get the chance to spin the wheel, and i got myself a free movie ticket.. heeee

Crocs ?!?

i never think crocs is nice. sosoos plastic and clumsy looking. No, even if it's free i will think twice to wear it. my sis and mum are wearing crocs..i never tempted to get myself a pair.. nehh..

but, recently, chanced upon a mummy's blog on crocs offer.. well.. maybe missy can have one, since it's slip-resistent. but i will not get those big big front with holes and strapped one the back.. sosos UGLY !!

So, i got missy this Kids Rally pinky ($42), covered all, he only type i can accept. and LGG wanted this velocity ($75)



The price was a steal. outside if you buy, it's 60 over for kids rally, velocity is 90 over..

then last week, we went expo, crocs on offer too.. mary jane only $25 instead of 40 plus. i think cos the model is obsoleted liao.. old model. sis they all gran their fare share there. well.. i got missy another pair, alice at $25 9purple), the size if much bigger, so she can only wear when she is 3-4 i think haaa.. it's like ballet shoes, covered all too. the only crocs pattern i could accept heee..

Here's missy's colelction of shoes, which the collette is what she is wearing now, almost worn out liao .. rally came just right time. the other pair with sound is way too small now. and the minnie sandal is same size as rally, still one size bigger than her feet, we kiasu, bought in melaka during offer. almost 1 year now, still cant wear ! haaaa




well.. again. mummy shops and nothing is for mummy..im waiting for my handbag.. lalallalalala

Weekdays Activities -2nd week of June

This week, we skipped one day of card flashing (mummy raise white flag to flu ), but, we still did a lot of scribbling..colouring.. i try to get her to connect two similar objects together with straight line *matching*.. she did more zigzag and circling now instead.



Some matching games for her.. to darw straight lines to connect two simialr items.. with lots of guidance from me of course.


She can match the ikea coloured plate/bowl/cutlery set by colours now.. she can say red, yellow, blue.. but she does not really know which colour is which yet..so i introduce one more game to missy. fishing !

self-made game. get fishes of primary colours, cute them out, paste them on cardboard, then clip a paper clip on them. use a wooden chopstick, stick on a magnet on the tip, which will be the fishing rod ! brilliant isn't it ? cost = zero. effort = lots of love...

Missy loves to take the fish out and in and out and in.. in all the wrong bowls.*sigh* but hey.. so long she enjoys it. im prety satisfied already. the concept of colours will coem eventually, as when she fish, i will keep telling her the correct bowl the fish should go !



we did few times of fishing this week, missy is getting expert in using her rod to fish *grin*



One last game for this week, yet, another simple hand-made game and good training for fine motor skill. print out a cat, then pasted on cardboard. ask your child use the clothe peg to make the cat's whiskers.. cool right !

missy still cant open up the cloth peg, it's a bit tight, so we shall revisit this game ! maybe i should print more like lion , animal with whiskers.. maybe use paper clip.. missy has no problem with paper clip !




okok.. enough updates on missy's weekly activities.. im still lagging on the linking memory games.. got to catch up and also prepare for July's 200 flash cards with new topics.. time's catching up and i feel like im sleazing like sloth.. oh mine !!

This week we read books on "Happy" & "Good night Tale".

Sunday bonding time

Sunday, after nap, neighbour gave us the sculptured balloons, she gotten from a party, she purposely ask for these for missy, Elmo & octapus.. cool !

so missy and her dada are busy playing the balloons, i should say, missy is busy dismantling the balloons.. and the father is busy putting it back to shape..

so, after missy is tired of her destroying act.. she decided to take up mummy's offer of vitagen and sit there drinking while the father still busy saving the "animals"... haaa

missy is doing her homesheet while her daddy is helping her..

Sunday bonding time..as usual..

My cooking - Baked salmon

Last Sunday, i finally got the time to do the baked salmon, i picked up from Japanese cooking book.

Simple yet nice. usually, i will steam teh salmon with no sauce, just extra virgin olive oil only.cos i want to keep the salmon's original's taste. love it !

but, the recipe from this japanese book, seems good, it has lemon, and some red/yellow pepper and use aluminium foilf to keep the fish's sweetness. so i decided to try it, since i have the enoki mushrooms.

and it's proven ! the sweetness of the fish and the freshness of the lemon.. simply good combination !

I did it once more in wednesday ! simply love this cooking method. i still have prawn noodles & lemon cake to try.. give me more time !!

Finghting with Bugs

been very busy.. busy fighting with bug.. with flu bug.. sigh.. i always thought i'm sososo "healthy" i exercise at least twice weekly, eat home cooked food, sleep early. yet, still i cant escape from being "attacked" by that flu bug..

i still think it's the girl sitting beside us in our Sunday class , pass to me, for two Sundays, she always come to class sneesing and with stripes of mucus hanging on her nose.. and yet her parents seem so ignorant,i have to remind her mum or dad to "err.. she has this mucus hanging out from her nose" then the mum or dad (the dad cant calm her girl, so mum came in afterwards) will "ohh.. aiyoo.. you have flu" i was like ISN'T THAT OBVIOUS ?? She is sneeing all the way, and you still bring her to class.. so bad luck lor..

Past few weeks, i already dun feel like, the bloatedness, headache, exhasution then on Tuesday morning, my headache started., actually i have sore throat first. and i start to feel my nose is watery..see doc in the afternoon and get 1.5 days MC. heee.. tot yipeee.. i can plan things to do at home tmw. FLU CAN GET MC now.. muahahah.. last time i used to resist MC for flu. unless fever.

then, on tuesday night, my headache still persisted. getting worst instead. and i started to developed fever at night.. sore throat..really feel beaten ! lucky thing after one day of rest, im all ok, except for stuffed nose till now.

Missy is still ok then. just that her left eyes started to become watery intermittenly, symptoms for running nose le.. mum still said missy is "tougher" than her mummy.. never knew.. Friday morning she woke up around 6am and wanting me to carry her to my bed, when i carried her, i can feel her body is warm, oh no.. her body resistent gave up too to the flu bug.. she has fever !!!!

so, quickly take urgent leave from boss. and bring her to kkh to see doc. and lucky thing, after three doses of fever medicine and flu medicine, she seems much better. no fever now.. poor girl.. blame it all to the stupid flu !!



my little girl posing for me while waiting for her grandpa to fetch us to see doc

Finger cross the flu bug stops at me at home !

Working on it

Now, im trying to toilet train missy and make sure she brushes her teeth on daily basis.

She just refuse to tell us when she needs to pee or poo. she can let her pants wet (in nappy) and happily doing her things, ignoring the wetness.. and she is able to walk as per normal even the poo is already in her nappy.. * dirty girl she is*

we have tried so many times to tell her.. MUST tell mummy and po po if you need to pee pee or poo ok ? " she will nod nod nod.. but.. the next 10 minutes, you check her nappy again, she is wet and she just pretend not knowing it.. and when we want to change her. she will run away from us.. sometimes i think she thinks it's a game.. we have to hit the jackpot and "ta daaa.. you are right, im peeing or pooing" but if you want to change me.. you have to catch me first.. *BIG SIGH*

I even tried the 5 minutes before she sleeps to remind her to tell when she needs to go.. but still no sign of improvement.. i shoudl said it deteriorate even. Last time she will at least tell once or twice.. now.. NEVER !!! maybe i should ger her to read the potty book again !!!

she is coming to 21 months in 2 weeks time.. still not toilet trained le.e.e.e Tell me what to do !!

Maybe we shoudln't let her wear nappy anymore.. she may be used to having the nappy there and is fine with the wetnes when she pees ?? got to discuss some strategy with mum !!


Another headache thing. Missy refuse to use toothpaste.. then eventually refuse to use toothbrush.. I bought her the first year toothpaste which is so good quality and high price some more.. i guess it'll gone to waste again..

maybe i should do more art work related to potty and toothbruhs ?? liek this ?

Tooth brush art

i even brush my teeth and show her, she likes to help me brush, but not brushing her own teeth !

sigh !

Blue chips ?

Found this:

http://www.asiaone.com/Business/My+Money/Starting+Out/Investments+And+Savings/Story/A1Story20080617-71286.html

Extracted from the web above:

What's a blue chip stock?

What does it mean?

If you possess blue chip stocks, it is good news for you.

They are time-tested, always have value and represent security and steady growth.

However, it is for the same reasons that some investors find blue chips dull investments.

The name 'blue chip' is traced to the game of poker in which there are three colours of chips: blue, the highest value; red, next in rank and followed by white, the lowest value.

Why is it important?

Here are some benchmarks for blue chips:

A history of good earnings performance in bull and bear markets.


It means that the company is expected to report robust earnings growth and turn in solid profits annually.


A history of cash dividend payments.
Again, its dividend payout policy is consistent in both good and bad times.


Recognition as a leader in an established industry.
Some examples of blue chip stocks in Singapore are SingTel, Singapore Airlines, the banks and Singapore Press Holdings.

Pack with Anti-oxidant

We bought some blueberries, strawberries & black current grapes, so, i thought, why not miz them all to become berries salad ? yum yum !

LGG & i had all by ourselves, i feel so full with anti-oxidant now.. ekkekee

Weekday Activities - paste & colour

Today, we did our weekly worksheet by SM. I cut the snake into two, then missy do the pasting, which include applying the glue, then we colour the snake.

There are many things i wanted to do still, which i find myself too exhausted last week (stupid migrain attack). got to gear up and prepare some fun activities for missy.. introduce her things like heavy/light, Big/small (taught in class on Sunday) before i forget and lost track on these..

Some of the books we borrowed from library on sat, i like the itsy bitsy spider, but missy does not seem to enjoy the story.

Missy knows how to sing "xiao chu" & "twinkle little star" now, not the whole songs, but the first phase and all the last words. very very cute when she sings, shall video it next time.

This week we read some books on animals in zoo.