Notice the difference in my blog?
It's the new beautiful pink header that I've been wanting to put in my blog for a long time but just didn't have the time or knowledge to get about doing it. I have to say a BIG thank you to this wonderful cheery mom who has kindly offered me her help in creating this lovely header for me. She had offered me her help quite some time back but I only had the time to go through my pictures folder yesterday to select 2 pix to email to her today. I must really commend her for acting so promptly and I was really surprised that she managed to get the header done for me within hours!
Thanks Anggie for your help and for your very prompt replies to all my emails. I really appreciate your help.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Dim Sum at Imbi Palace
Last Thursday, we had Dim Sum for lunch at Imbi Palace Chinese Restaurant after my medical check-up. Dim Sum is our all-time favorite and is always top on Alycia's list too.
This is what we ordered :
Siew Yoke (Roasted crispy pork). I'd forgotten to snap a pic of this dish as it was the first dish that arrived and we all walloped it within minutes as we were all very hungry. I must say this is one of the best Siew Yoke I've eaten. The top layer of roasted skin is superbly crunchy and the texture of the meat is also not too rough and tough. A small plate cost us a whopping RM9-00.
This is what we ordered :
Siew Yoke (Roasted crispy pork). I'd forgotten to snap a pic of this dish as it was the first dish that arrived and we all walloped it within minutes as we were all very hungry. I must say this is one of the best Siew Yoke I've eaten. The top layer of roasted skin is superbly crunchy and the texture of the meat is also not too rough and tough. A small plate cost us a whopping RM9-00.
Siew Mai or steamed meat filled dumplings, Hong Kong style flat rice noodles, fish balls, egg tarts and kaya pau.
Fried 'lai mien' or pulled noodles. This tasted rather like our good old Mamak style fried mee.
Steam pork ribs, steamed fried tofu skin wrapped with fish meat and ham and beef balls.
and Imbi Palace's house special Tofu Far for dessert. I must say this is also one of the best Tofu Far I've eaten, apart from the ones from the famous Funny Mountain Tofu Far in Ipoh. It's extremely smooth and also fragrant. Even Alycia who doesn't fancy tofu loves this Tofu Far.
Before we left, hubby also got a box of mooncake. Though the snowskin ones tasted quite good but I don't really fancy them as I tend to get nauseaus if I eat more than 2 slices due to the extreme sweetness.
Do You Know What Your Teenagers Are Doing Outside?
I was at the park with the gals yesterday evening. For the last few days I've seen this group of 13-year old boys and girls from a nearby co-ed school loitering at the park after school in their school uniform. On normal days, I would see a few boys puffing cigarettes surreptitiously under a tree. On some days, I could see some of them trying out cans of beer under the slides. After they were done with their wanton acts, I would see them throwing the cans into the monsoon drain next to the park whilst some of them would leave their rubbish scattered on the ground. Yesterday, I saw a 13-year old boy and girl under a slide hugging each other, oblivious to their surroundings. When I went closer to have a look, they were so intimate in their conversations and hugging that they didn't even notice me standing there. I was in disbelief that at such a raw tender age, these kids were already in love, more of puppy love I would say.
Minutes later, I saw this lovey dovey couple's friends (also a couple) arrived on a motorcycle. The boy and girl, who looked like they were 15 or 16 year olds, were dressed very ruggedly with punkish hairstyle and jingling accessories and were holding hands lovingly and joined the hugging couple under the slide. When I saw this scene, I told myself that in future, I will never send my gals to a co-education school. These young kids, if without intervention from their parents are surely heading for trouble. The girl might be impregnanted by the boy and later seek illegal abortion. I can even imagine the boy trying to wash his hands clean by not owning up and accusing the girl of sleeping around. I'd seen this happening before to my school mates when I was a teenager.
Minutes later, I saw another group of 13-year old boys playing by the monsoon drain. They were shouting vulgar words in Cantonese and were daring each other to jump across from one side of the drain to the other and the gap between the monsoon drain is at least 2-metre wide. The boys successfully jumped across but 1 fell into the drain. Luckily he wasn't hurt. Later, I saw these boys dumping trash into the monsoon drain. OMG, what a sight - these kids behaved like they were some 'sampah masyarakat' or trashy society. I wonder if their parents know of their activities after school.
When I was leaving the park, I overheard the same group of boys discussing among themselves. Guess what was the topic? Love. I overheard one boy 'advising' his friend in Cantonese that he should treat his girlfriend seriously and they were talking about true love or real love or something to that effect. My goodness, instead of discussing their studies, sports or TV programs, they were talking about true love and girls and they are just a bunch of 13 year olds. I just hope that in future, Alycia and Sherilyn would never be one of those girls whom I'd seen in the park yesterday - behaving like tomboys, shouting vulgar words, sporting punky hairstyle and hugging a boy who's still a kid himself. That's one of the reasons why I had quit my job - so that I can nurture my girls with good values and I pray and hope that my girls will grow up to be decent, obedient and lovely young ladies who will bring me pride and joy.
Minutes later, I saw this lovey dovey couple's friends (also a couple) arrived on a motorcycle. The boy and girl, who looked like they were 15 or 16 year olds, were dressed very ruggedly with punkish hairstyle and jingling accessories and were holding hands lovingly and joined the hugging couple under the slide. When I saw this scene, I told myself that in future, I will never send my gals to a co-education school. These young kids, if without intervention from their parents are surely heading for trouble. The girl might be impregnanted by the boy and later seek illegal abortion. I can even imagine the boy trying to wash his hands clean by not owning up and accusing the girl of sleeping around. I'd seen this happening before to my school mates when I was a teenager.
Minutes later, I saw another group of 13-year old boys playing by the monsoon drain. They were shouting vulgar words in Cantonese and were daring each other to jump across from one side of the drain to the other and the gap between the monsoon drain is at least 2-metre wide. The boys successfully jumped across but 1 fell into the drain. Luckily he wasn't hurt. Later, I saw these boys dumping trash into the monsoon drain. OMG, what a sight - these kids behaved like they were some 'sampah masyarakat' or trashy society. I wonder if their parents know of their activities after school.
When I was leaving the park, I overheard the same group of boys discussing among themselves. Guess what was the topic? Love. I overheard one boy 'advising' his friend in Cantonese that he should treat his girlfriend seriously and they were talking about true love or real love or something to that effect. My goodness, instead of discussing their studies, sports or TV programs, they were talking about true love and girls and they are just a bunch of 13 year olds. I just hope that in future, Alycia and Sherilyn would never be one of those girls whom I'd seen in the park yesterday - behaving like tomboys, shouting vulgar words, sporting punky hairstyle and hugging a boy who's still a kid himself. That's one of the reasons why I had quit my job - so that I can nurture my girls with good values and I pray and hope that my girls will grow up to be decent, obedient and lovely young ladies who will bring me pride and joy.
Monday, September 24, 2007
That's How Alycia Eats Her Medicine
Alycia who once gave me and the entire family a real tough time feeding her medicine can now eat her medicine without any fuss. I must say she's even better than me when it comes to this. I hate medicine and I can never swallow any type of liquid medicine without barfing. All I need to do now is to put a treat in front of Alycia, pour the medicine out in the measurement cup and there goes my baby - she'll drink the medicine without any complaints but if the medicine has a strong smell, she'll pinch the bridge of her nose like this :
Notice her watery eyes? This particular medicine has quite a strong taste and she almost puked; I quickly stuffed a pinch of Mexican bun into her mouth which stopped her from puking instantly.
Notice her watery eyes? This particular medicine has quite a strong taste and she almost puked; I quickly stuffed a pinch of Mexican bun into her mouth which stopped her from puking instantly.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Fitball Wonders.... Part 2
After just 2 days of exercising my back on my fitball, the pain vanished today! I kid you not, the pain just vanished today. From a nagging jabbing pain on the right side of my back, there wasn't any pain on my back today. Well, maybe I had slept well last night. Today I did not have enough time to exercise on the fitball as I had to prepare the gals for church in the morning. I'll see if the backpain comes back or not tomorrow. I'm praying that it will not and will never come back again. I'd better exercise regularly on the fitball, it truly is amazing. If you too have backache, you really have to try arching your back on the fitball. All you need is just 2-3 minutes each day on the fitball. For tips on how to exercise on the fitball, click here. There are demo pix of me exercising on the fitball.
Tag : Things That Irritate You
Have been tagged by Kerry on the top 8 questions people ask or things that people do that irritate me. I'm quite a diplomatic and friendly person. Though at times there are certain things that people say or ask that really irritate me and piss me off, I'll still give them a smile.... a forced fake smile but in my heart, I'd be wondering why that person is so insensitive for asking or saying such silly things. And if they probe further or irritate me further, I'll just tactfully answer them... sarcastically.
Alright, here are the top 7 things (sorry, can't think of 8) people say or do that irritate and irate me :
1) Alycia is so fair like you, but eermm.... Sherilyn is a bit darker hor, I wonder like who leh? Daddy is it?
2) Alycia has big beautiful eyes but Sherilyn's eyes are slightly smaller hor, is it like daddy?
3) You have 2 girls. Eh, you must really try for a boy. You're still young, quickly try for a boy lah.
(I'll normally tell them I'm very happy with 2 beautiful girls and don't yearn for a son)
4) When people with very little knowledge on a subject try to tell me what not to do, though they don’t know that I know more than they do.
5) When people ask if I am renting my house or if the house belongs to me.
6) People who behave as if they are high and mighty and make you feel little.
7) Sales people who don't treat their customers with respect and act as if they are not hard up for your purchase.
Would you like to voice out your grouses too on the things that irritate you?
1) Jo-N
2) Alice
Alright, here are the top 7 things (sorry, can't think of 8) people say or do that irritate and irate me :
1) Alycia is so fair like you, but eermm.... Sherilyn is a bit darker hor, I wonder like who leh? Daddy is it?
2) Alycia has big beautiful eyes but Sherilyn's eyes are slightly smaller hor, is it like daddy?
3) You have 2 girls. Eh, you must really try for a boy. You're still young, quickly try for a boy lah.
(I'll normally tell them I'm very happy with 2 beautiful girls and don't yearn for a son)
4) When people with very little knowledge on a subject try to tell me what not to do, though they don’t know that I know more than they do.
5) When people ask if I am renting my house or if the house belongs to me.
6) People who behave as if they are high and mighty and make you feel little.
7) Sales people who don't treat their customers with respect and act as if they are not hard up for your purchase.
Would you like to voice out your grouses too on the things that irritate you?
1) Jo-N
2) Alice
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Black Saturday
It was a black Saturday for Sherilyn yesterday. She had a fall once, knocked her chin against a table, got her fingers pinched by a door and had a near miss serious case of having her 4 fingers squashed by the same steel door which broke her thumb last year.
Sherilyn my little fearless samseng was jumping on the couch as if it was a trampoline yesterday. She loves doing that and despite me warning her, threatening her and smacking her for doing so, she is still fearless. I was busy preparing for dinner yesterday when Sherilyn was jumping on the couch. I told her to stop jumping but she wouldn't listen. Seconds later, I heard a loud thud and she had fallen off the couch, forehead landing on the floor. She bawled but luckily there wasn't any bruise on her forehead. Less than an hour later, she had forgotten about the fall and started to jump on the couch again, so out came the whip and she stopped jumping.
About half an hour later, I was outside at the wet kitchen trying to shoo a cat away from tearing up the garbage bag. Sherilyn rushed to the kitchen to see what was happening. When I came inside and was about to close the steel kitchen door, I almost wedged 4 of Sherilyn's fingers on her left hand which she had placed on the back opening of the door, i.e. the exact same place where she broke her thumb when she was playing with the door last year. Luckily, I didn't shut the door fast enough and my maid was quick enough to pull Sherilyn's hand away. Phew.... gave me a real fright.
A few hours later, Sherilyn accidentally knocked her chin on the table when daddy was catching her and again, luckily there wasn't any bruises. Just before bedtime as I was coming into the bedroom from the bathroom attached to my room, I didn't see Sherilyn behind me and she had placed her right hand on the opening of the door. I shut the door and this time, her fingers got wedged but luckily again, there was no bruise.... she just got a shock and so did I!
What a black Saturday it was and I must thank God that Sherilyn had escaped all the minor accidents unscathed. I hope she has learnt her lessons.
Sherilyn my little fearless samseng was jumping on the couch as if it was a trampoline yesterday. She loves doing that and despite me warning her, threatening her and smacking her for doing so, she is still fearless. I was busy preparing for dinner yesterday when Sherilyn was jumping on the couch. I told her to stop jumping but she wouldn't listen. Seconds later, I heard a loud thud and she had fallen off the couch, forehead landing on the floor. She bawled but luckily there wasn't any bruise on her forehead. Less than an hour later, she had forgotten about the fall and started to jump on the couch again, so out came the whip and she stopped jumping.
About half an hour later, I was outside at the wet kitchen trying to shoo a cat away from tearing up the garbage bag. Sherilyn rushed to the kitchen to see what was happening. When I came inside and was about to close the steel kitchen door, I almost wedged 4 of Sherilyn's fingers on her left hand which she had placed on the back opening of the door, i.e. the exact same place where she broke her thumb when she was playing with the door last year. Luckily, I didn't shut the door fast enough and my maid was quick enough to pull Sherilyn's hand away. Phew.... gave me a real fright.
A few hours later, Sherilyn accidentally knocked her chin on the table when daddy was catching her and again, luckily there wasn't any bruises. Just before bedtime as I was coming into the bedroom from the bathroom attached to my room, I didn't see Sherilyn behind me and she had placed her right hand on the opening of the door. I shut the door and this time, her fingers got wedged but luckily again, there was no bruise.... she just got a shock and so did I!
What a black Saturday it was and I must thank God that Sherilyn had escaped all the minor accidents unscathed. I hope she has learnt her lessons.
Lantern Party
Alycia got well in time to attend the lantern party held at her pre-school yesterday evening. There were hundred over people - kids, their parents and maids and the garden of the school was an ocean of human. We had to wait for almost an hour for everyone to arrive before the walk round the neighborhood with the lanterns. Whilst walking, Alycia accidentally tripped and bruised her left knee. She then demanded that daddy carried her like a princess all the way back to her school!
It was the very first time the gals had celebrated mooncake festival in such a grand scale with so many friends. They enjoyed the walk and also the food....food that I rarely feed them with - KFC nuggets, sausages, pizza, fishballs and crab balls, jellies, cakes and fried meehoon.
After the party, daddy brought them to the bakery and asked them to choose a cake. Alycia chosed a cheese cake and we had cheese cake for supper. It was certainly a day of 'food freedom' for the gals.
Alycia and Sherilyn waited patiently for the walk round the neighborhood with their lanterns.
It was the very first time the gals had celebrated mooncake festival in such a grand scale with so many friends. They enjoyed the walk and also the food....food that I rarely feed them with - KFC nuggets, sausages, pizza, fishballs and crab balls, jellies, cakes and fried meehoon.
After the party, daddy brought them to the bakery and asked them to choose a cake. Alycia chosed a cheese cake and we had cheese cake for supper. It was certainly a day of 'food freedom' for the gals.
Alycia and Sherilyn waited patiently for the walk round the neighborhood with their lanterns.
Whilst walking round the neighborhood, Alycia accidentally tripped and fell and bruised her left knee.
The girls enjoying their food inside the class.
Another Piece of Shocking News
I'm sure many of you have read the unbelievable and shocking news of a 10-year old boy who molested a 5-year old girl at a childcare centre here in yesterday's newspapers. The boy had locked the girl in the bathroom before pushing her down to the floor and molested her. Luckily another kid heard the girl's screams and alerted the teacher. What made the boy do such a horrible thing? He's only 10 years old and most boys his age have still not discovered about the birds and the bees yet. I can only surmise that the boy must have had saw his parents' intimate moments together or he could have caught hold of and watched x-rated movies or porn magazines in his house.
Childcare centres are supposedly safer than homebased babysitters as they are governed by Government acts and rules, yet this unimaginable incident had happened. I'm sure many parents who have no choice but to send their young daughters to childcare centres are now worried sick over this incident. If the caretakers at childcare centres are not careful and vigilant enough, this unwanted incident could have happened again, at any childcare centres. I am thankful I don't have to send my 2 toddler daughters to a childcare centre but at the same time, I am worried about Alycia's safety now as she attends a pre-school. Maybe it's time the relevant authorities put in force certain policies and rules to tighten the safety in childcare centres and pre-schools so that parents can leave their kids there in peace whilst they are away.
Childcare centres are supposedly safer than homebased babysitters as they are governed by Government acts and rules, yet this unimaginable incident had happened. I'm sure many parents who have no choice but to send their young daughters to childcare centres are now worried sick over this incident. If the caretakers at childcare centres are not careful and vigilant enough, this unwanted incident could have happened again, at any childcare centres. I am thankful I don't have to send my 2 toddler daughters to a childcare centre but at the same time, I am worried about Alycia's safety now as she attends a pre-school. Maybe it's time the relevant authorities put in force certain policies and rules to tighten the safety in childcare centres and pre-schools so that parents can leave their kids there in peace whilst they are away.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Brewing My Favorite Tea
Apart from Japanese tea, I love Crysanthemum flower tea. My mil who is a discerning tea lover has a cute and handy tea brewing set from Korea which I can make my tea in a jiffy. I just need to put in the Crysanthemum flower buds into the ceramic strainer and after letting the flowers steep in hot water for a few minutes, I remove the ceramic strainer and pour out the tea into my cup. I use this tea brewer almost everday to brew my favorite Crysanthemum flower tea.
The Crysanthemum flower buds. These tiny ones in buds have a stronger aroma than the big petals Crysanthemum.
The special tea brewing set from Korea.
The Crysanthemum flower buds. These tiny ones in buds have a stronger aroma than the big petals Crysanthemum.
The special tea brewing set from Korea.
Get Yourself A Life Insurance Policy Today
I have always believe in getting not only myself insured against the unforeseen circumstances but also for my children and my belongings and properties. Unfortunately, many people still do not believe in buying insurance as they think they are still young, healthy and strong or maybe they cannot afford the monthly premium. However, when tragedies and diseases strike them, it is only then that they realize the importance of an insurance plan in place. When a flood swept through my house last year, we lost tens of thousands of Ringgit as we had not insured our household belongings against flood. It was only after the flood that we realized the importance of the insurance and hence insured all our household belongings against flood.
There are so many types of insurances available these days from so many insurers. It would be a tedious and time-consuming task to check from all the insurers to get quotes and compare rates. If you’ve made the decision to purchase an insurance policy, you can now get information regarding different types of insurance policies from whole life policies to family insurance plans, group policies, mortgage, universal and many more as well as compare rates and policies from different insurers at AdvantageTermLife.com, a website that provides insurance quoting services.
All you have to do is to fill out a simple form with your personal details. The online system will then churn out the quotes from over 25 insurance companies and list them in order from the least expensive to the most expensive for you to choose. If you or your loved ones haven’t purchased a life insurance policy yet, wait no further. The earlier you insure yourself, the cheaper the premium will be and your life as well as your loved loves’ lives will be secured. Hop on to AdvantageTermLife.com and get your quotes today. You never know what’s going to happen tomorrow.
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All you have to do is to fill out a simple form with your personal details. The online system will then churn out the quotes from over 25 insurance companies and list them in order from the least expensive to the most expensive for you to choose. If you or your loved ones haven’t purchased a life insurance policy yet, wait no further. The earlier you insure yourself, the cheaper the premium will be and your life as well as your loved loves’ lives will be secured. Hop on to AdvantageTermLife.com and get your quotes today. You never know what’s going to happen tomorrow.
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Thanks Blogitive!
Just a moment ago, I received an email from Blogitive approving my posts, all 10 of them! Thank you so much Blogitive for the prompt approval and prompt payment.
Payment from Blogitive has been really prompt lately - I receive them at least twice a week. I hope to be able to receive more offers from Blogitive. They are by far one of the best advertisers to work with. Way to go Blogitive!
Payment from Blogitive has been really prompt lately - I receive them at least twice a week. I hope to be able to receive more offers from Blogitive. They are by far one of the best advertisers to work with. Way to go Blogitive!
Alycia Puked
Last night after taking her medicine, Alycia puked. I gave her a piece of Digestive biscuit as treat and I think she must have eaten the biscuit hastily and the biscuit must have gagged her throat, thus inducing the vomit sensation. I fed her the medicine again just before bedtime and thank God, she didn't throw up. This medicine is really making her miserable - terribly cranky and lost of appetite. But thankfully, the hearing in her ear has improved - I kept asking her if she could hear and her answer was yes. Also, there wasn't any complaints of ear pain from her, which means that her ear did not get infected. The best indication is she did not develop any fever coz fever means an ear infection has developed. If she continues to show signs of improvement, then we can attend the lantern party at her pre-school in the evening. She's been looking forward to the party since last week.
Fitball Wonders
I've just had 2-3 minutes of back arching exercise on my fitball and let me tell you, the effect is really good. The nagging jabbing pain on my back has subsided. Of course I don't expect the pain to vanish instantaneously but the pain sure has gone down quite a bit. I shall continue with the fitball exercise.... can't be lazy anymore!
Bad Backache
I woke up this morning with a bad backache. For some reasons, I've not been exercising my back on the fitball for a while already and damn it, my backache has re-surfaced. That's the thing with this fitball. If you work-out on it diligently, your backache will surely be kept at bay but once you've stopped working on it, the backache will surely come back to haunt you. I better start exercising on my fitball again coz the pain is really unbearable and causing me disrupted sleep.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
How Do You Cope With 14 Kids?
I was watching channel 77 with my gals several days ago and there was a program called 'Kids By The Dozen'. It featured one couple with 14 kids! I can't even imagine my life with baby no. 3 though I know the day will one day come true as my hubby loves kids - the more the merrier so says my hubby. Montessorimum has posted in her blog that the trend now is that most families have 3 kids. Well, maybe 3 is still manageable but more than 3?? I wonder how these families cope physically, emotionally and especially financially. I really admire mothers with more than 2 kids yet manage to cope so well in every aspect.
Tag : The 2s
So happy I got another tag to use as filler post, LOL! Thanks Slavemom!
Two names you go by:
1) Healthfreakmommy
2) Shireen
Two things you are wearing right now:
1) singlet
2) shorts
Two things you would want (or have) in a relationship:
1) patience
2) commitment
Two things you like to do:
1) blogging
2) shopping
Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1) good health for my kids and loved ones
2) an increase in PR for my blog
Two things you did last night:
1) blogging
2) read bedtime stories to the gals
Two things you ate today:
1) early in the a.m. - skim milk and my vitamins
2) breakfast - fruits and fried vegetarian meehoon
Two people you last talked to:
1) Hubby
2) My gals
Two things you’re doing tomorrow:
1) blogging
2) shop for weekly supplies from the pasar malam
Two favorite days of the week:
1) Friday
2) Sunday
Two favorite holidays:
1) Christmas
2) Chinese New Year
Two favorite beverages:
1) green tea
2) sugar free lime juice
Two things about me! Things you may not have known:
1) I'm an extrovert
2) I have stage fright
Two jobs I have had in my life:
1) Personal Assistant to a Dato'
2) Human Resources Officer in a bank
Two movies I would watch over and over: (and do)
1) Oprah
2) Fear Factor
Two places I have lived:
1) Ipoh
2) KL
Two of my favorite foods:
1) roast chicken
2) pastries
Two places I’d rather be right now:
1) in bed
2) in bed sleeping and dreaming sweet dreams
Two persons I'm tagging :
1) Mom to Chumsy... good filler post for you, easy one, that is :)
2) Montessorimum....i know you're longing for a filler post too, right? Too many offers eh.
Two names you go by:
1) Healthfreakmommy
2) Shireen
Two things you are wearing right now:
1) singlet
2) shorts
Two things you would want (or have) in a relationship:
1) patience
2) commitment
Two things you like to do:
1) blogging
2) shopping
Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1) good health for my kids and loved ones
2) an increase in PR for my blog
Two things you did last night:
1) blogging
2) read bedtime stories to the gals
Two things you ate today:
1) early in the a.m. - skim milk and my vitamins
2) breakfast - fruits and fried vegetarian meehoon
Two people you last talked to:
1) Hubby
2) My gals
Two things you’re doing tomorrow:
1) blogging
2) shop for weekly supplies from the pasar malam
Two favorite days of the week:
1) Friday
2) Sunday
Two favorite holidays:
1) Christmas
2) Chinese New Year
Two favorite beverages:
1) green tea
2) sugar free lime juice
Two things about me! Things you may not have known:
1) I'm an extrovert
2) I have stage fright
Two jobs I have had in my life:
1) Personal Assistant to a Dato'
2) Human Resources Officer in a bank
Two movies I would watch over and over: (and do)
1) Oprah
2) Fear Factor
Two places I have lived:
1) Ipoh
2) KL
Two of my favorite foods:
1) roast chicken
2) pastries
Two places I’d rather be right now:
1) in bed
2) in bed sleeping and dreaming sweet dreams
Two persons I'm tagging :
1) Mom to Chumsy... good filler post for you, easy one, that is :)
2) Montessorimum....i know you're longing for a filler post too, right? Too many offers eh.
Some Really Nice People
I've mentioned in my earlier post that I've made friends with some really nice people through blogging. These wonderful ladies (you know who you are :) ) have helped me in many ways - offering to buy my gals toys from warehouse sale, offering to help me buy Avent baby bottles and teats from Singapore, offering me help to create a new header for my blog (wait, I'll send you the pictures soon Annie), sending me SMS to alert me of offers from advertisers, going all out to help me secure offers from advertisers by logging into my account to reserve the offers, offering me help to set up my own domain for my blog, offering me advices on computer and technical problems and the list goes.
Today, I was out having my lunch when I received an SMS from this nice mummy alerting me of offers from this particular advertiser. I replied her SMS and told her that I'm out. Minutes later, she SMSed me again, offering her help to reserve the offer for me. I was so touched by her gesture. Though she's busy with 2 young kids, one of which is only a few months old, but she went all out to help me. I was really happy when she SMSed me again minutes later telling me that she had managed to secure 1 offer for me. Thank you Hui Sia!
Today, I was out having my lunch when I received an SMS from this nice mummy alerting me of offers from this particular advertiser. I replied her SMS and told her that I'm out. Minutes later, she SMSed me again, offering her help to reserve the offer for me. I was so touched by her gesture. Though she's busy with 2 young kids, one of which is only a few months old, but she went all out to help me. I was really happy when she SMSed me again minutes later telling me that she had managed to secure 1 offer for me. Thank you Hui Sia!
Alycia Loves Coloring
Pre-school has somewhat disciplined Alycia. She used to laze around in the house, playing or demanding to watch TV all the time but ever since she resumed pre-school 3 weeks ago, her interest in writing and drawing has surfaced again. Last Saturday morning, after Alycia got up from bed, had her milk and washed up, she took out her Doodle Pro and began drawing with a stencil without being told to. After carefully tracing the stencil, she began coloring the pictures on the Doodle. She was so wrapped up with her coloring that she didn't even bother to eat her breakfast. So I fed her breakfast as she did her coloring and she had spent close to an hour carefully coloring on the Doodle. Her coloring skill has improved tremendously and she can now color within the lines of the pictures.
Sickening News Everyday
Every morning when I go through the newspapers, I read sickening news of rape, murder, plane crashes, fatal accidents and missing children. The latest news is on the young girl who had been sexually assaulted with objects stuck to her private part before being murdered and her body stuffed into a sports bag and left in a shop. The pervert who did that must be a sick psychopath. The one on the missing malay girl, Nurin is also heartbreaking. I can reall feel for her parents. The anguish the parents have gone through, especially when they received news of a murdered young girl stuffed in a sports bag could be that of their little girl. How would you feel if you were the parents? And some sick people could even have the heart to make prank calls to the parents. What have the world become? The days where we could just cycle round the neighborhood the whole evening have become history to our children. I guess my gals will never have the opportunity and freedom like I had to play outside our house and cycle round the neighborhood without parental supervision. I guess they will have to be escorted to everywhere they go until they reach adulthood.
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