Don't Plant Unnecessary Fear In Your Child

Last night was the 3rd night in 1 week that Sherilyn cried and screamed in her sleep. If you had followed my blog, you would have read that last week, she cried till she puked and caused a big mess in the bedroom. It was around 11:30pm and I was downstairs working on my PC and hubby was watching TV in our room when suddenly, we heard Sherilyn screaming and crying on top of her lungs. I got a real scare coz the cry was a painful one. Immediately, I ran upstairs to check on her. Hubby had also rushed into the gals room to comfort Sherilyn coz we knew that she has a tendency of puking each time she cries. It took a few minutes before she stopped crying. When she had calmed down, we asked her what she was scared of to which she replied sobbing “big bad wolf”. I then comforted her and told her that there is no big bad wolves in our house and reassured her that wolves are only found in the jungle. I then put her back to sleep and got down to continue working on my PC but within 10 minutes, she screamed and cried again. This time, I stopped working and put her to sleep and slept with her all night till 7am this morning.

The moral of the story is do not plant unnecessary fear into your child though it may be to prevent her from doing something dangerous. I’ve told hubby not to scare the gals with ‘big bad wolf’ anymore coz both Alycia and Sherilyn seem to be really terrified when we mention “the big bad wolf is coming to catch you!”. Good lesson learnt for the both of us.

Bee The Movie Toy

When daddy brought us to MacDonalds last week, he got the gals a Kids' Value Meal each. Inside was a Bee The Movie toy. The gals, especially Sherilyn was crazy over the toy as the bee can move after winding it at the back with a key.




Sherilyn brought the bee everywhere - to the dining table, the bathroom and even to bed but after a few days when the craze has subsided, the toy is now dumped in our Toyogo toy box.

Alycia's Birthday Lunch at Pavillion

Yesterday when I asked Alycia where she'd like to have for her birthday lunch, without any second thoughts, she said "I want to eat spaghetti at Delicious". Today, daddy had wanted to bring us to Delicious at Bangsar Village but we diverted to Pavillion instead as we remembered that Delicious is always packed to the brim during lunch time, even during week days.

Daddy brought us to the world famous Tony Roma's beef rib restaurant @ Pavillion. This restaurant that specializes in beef ribs has outlets worldwide from Europe to America, Mexico, Saipan, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and currently, there is only one outlet in KL and it's at Pavillion.

We ordered :

3 bowls of seafood chowder soup that come with a packet of very tasty crackers with each bowl. There was also a basket of hot french bread accompanied with a very tasty chunk of garlic butter. Sherilyn did not eat any of the food there except for all 3 packets of the crackers and her good old cereal.


A club salad - when the waiter served us the salad, we were all gob-smacked with the humungous size of the salad. It was so large that we could not even finish half of it and had to pack the remaining salad home.


Ribbon pasta with roasted chicken breast. The portion was very big and we also could not finish even half of it. We didn't know it was spicy (lots of black pepper) so the gals could not eat it. Also packed the remaining portion home.


Roma's beef ribs. Though the portion was big but hubby and I could not get enough of these very tasty and very tender ribs. Next time, we will order the large size ribs. Alycia only ate the mashed potatoes and some crackers.

Roma's beef burger.


Alycia did not eat much as she could not stomach the spicy ribbon pasta. Instead, daddy bought her something else after lunch.

Hop on to my other blog to see what's next......

Happy 4th Birthday Alycia

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MY DEAREST PRECIOUS BABY, ALYCIA

4 years ago at around this time, daddy was on his way driving mummy and granny to Sunway Medical Centre. It was the day that mummy, daddy and your grandparents had been waiting for for many years. Mummy was all jittery and anxious as she just couldn't wait to see you and hold you in her arms. Mummy had gone through so much pain, heartache, hardship and emotional roller coaster rides just to conceive you and carry you to the 38th week.

Mummy could still remember very vividly every single hour that ticked away in the hospital whilst waiting for your arrival. At 12:30pm, mummy was finally wheeled into the OT. She was shivering as she lay bare on a stainless steel operating table in the room which was freezing cold. The anesthesiologist, Dr PK Wong then administered the spinal cord anesthetic into mummy's spinal cord. It was really painful and long but mummy endured.

When Dr Jason Lim came in, mummy got really excited but terribly terrified. Mummy could feel Dr Jason cutting her up but she could not feel any pain. She could only feel movements on her numbed body and as the doctor cut her up deeper, she could feel that there were a lot of movements going on at her belly area. Mummy was shivering and her teeth were clattering due to the effects of the epidural and also the fear in her. Mummy's body and face were itching terribly, also due to the effects of the epidural.

As Dr Jason was trying to bring you out from mummy's womb, he told mummy that you had already poo pooed inside. Oh dear, thank God mummy had listened to Dr Jason and went ahead to deliver you 2 weeks earlier via elective c-section, else you would have eaten your own poop and gotten sick!

Minutes later, mummy heard a weak wail and the anesthesiologist said "you've got a chubby and fair baby girl. What have you been feeding her with?" He then brought you over to mummy and there you were winking at mummy with your cheeky looks. Your face was as white as snow and you were oh so chubby, the most beautiful baby mummy had ever seen. Daddy began snapping your pix.

When mummy was wheeled back to her ward, the nurse brought you in. As she was walking in, she said "your baby has blond hair!" When daddy, mummy and granny took a closer look at you, indeed we saw streaks of blond hair. You were so terribly fair. You then opened your beautiful eyes and everyone's heart melted. You have big eyes with double eye lids and you have the 2 sweetest dimples on your cheeks too. Everyone who saw you commended on how beautiful you were. Mummy was beaming with pride and joy. The years of going through infertility treatments to have you were all worth it. The 38 weeks of sufferings and worries that mummy went through were all worth it.

Alycia, you are indeed mummy and daddy's pride and joy. Happy 4th birthday to you and we love you very much!

What Is This?

Is this a savoury pizza, tosei, chapati or what? Find out what it is at my other blog.

No Proper Meals

When Sherilyn took close to an hour to swallow 2 teaspoons of rice with fish during dinner several days ago, I knew there's just no point forcing her to eat something which she doesn't like to eat. I then fixed her cereal, which is her favorite. After a few spoonfulls of cereal, she puked! As she had practically no solid food in her tummy the whole day (she also did not finish her lunch), I decided to open up a box of rice bubbles. When she saw me pouring out the rice bubbles into her bowl, she screamed "put some milk too!". I then poured some cool Marigold HL milk into her bowl of rice bubbles and within 15 minutes, she chomped it down without any fuss or hassle. As she ate, she kept saying "very nice, I like it"!


Sherilyn enjoying every bit of her rice bubbles and touched none of the other food on the table.

Future Basketballers

This is another birthday pressie that Alycia received, a toy basketball net. The gals have been practising their shooting skills day and night. Very soon, they can join daddy in his basketball games and matches. Daddy is an avid basketball player and he plays basketball almost everyday after work.

Sherilyn The Little Terrorizer

This drum was one of Alycia's birthday pressies and one of Alycia's favorites too coz she just loves drums. But the drum did not even survive for one day coz Sherilyn the little terrorizer stepped on the top of the drum that is made of a thin plastic sheet. When Alycia saw the top of the drum dented, she was really upset and furious with Sherilyn. She kept scolding her and snatched Sher's toys away to vent out her frustration. Luckily daddy the handyman knew how to fix the top of the drum. He used a screwdriver to unscrew all the screws and placed the tiny plastic sheet back in place. And Sher the terrorizer got a stern warning from daddy and mummy!

Alycia's Birthday Pressies

These are just some of the pressies that Alycia received from daddy and mummy's friends who attended her 4th birthday party on Sunday. There were still many party packs left and the gals are having a swell time blowing the party whistles and party horns the whole day. I just can't stand the sound of the party horns - it's loud and irritating! The gals also made kakak inflate all the balloons for them.

Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung's Baby Lucas

My cousin sent me these pictures. Who do you think baby Lucas look like? Hard to see right now but he is definitely cute!

These wealthy superstars even celebrate their baby's 100th day of birth. I wonder if they celebrate and publicize their baby's day of birth every 100 days!

Baby Lucas with daddy - superstar Nicholas Tse, mummy - superstar Cecilia Cheung, grandpa - legendary actor Patrick Tse Yin and who's the young pretty chick there? Is she Nicholas' sister?

Maid Story - Part 3

When hubby asked our maid if she wants to leave the house with her boyfriend, our sobbing maid said 'no'. Hubby who was really mad with our maid told her that if she wants to continue working for us till mid Jan 08, she'd better behave herself and stop giving us problems. I've never seen hubby this angry with this maid or our previous maids before. I know he was really worried that history would repeat itself when she brings her Nepalese boyfriend (whom she barely knows) home to sleep. We had overly trusted our previous maids but they had really disappointed us when they sneaked out to meet their boyfriends in the wee hours of the morning leaving our house door wide open. The worse was when they brought their boyfriends (construction workers) back to our house, men whom they barely knew themselves. What if those men were really bad? They could have harmed us and thinking back, I did not even lock my room door at night.

After I had asked hubby to tone down and to stop pursuing the matter, we all went to the park. Our maid felt much better when I bought her the lip balm that she had wanted to buy earlier. At least she felt reassured that we will not ask her to leave anymore. During dinner time when hubby had cooled down, he started to talk with our maid and joked with her a little.

Later at night when I was in my bedroom with my maid and the gals, my maid asked me why 'sir' was so angry with her. I then told her the reason - about her breaking her contract of service and our bad encounter with our previous maids. I also told her that I did not like her showing her tantrum when she slammed the door and stormed upstairs. We had a heart to heart talk and this managed to cheer her up a bit.

It's really not easy keeping a maid, both financially and emotionally. If I have a choice, I would not want to have a live-in maid anymore.

Nothing Like Sisters

Alycia and Sherilyn often fight with each other over toys. Sometimes I let them settle the fight on their own but when it seems to get out of hand, I will step in to mediate. Most times, the one who successfully managed to hoard the toy will release the toy after hoarding it for about 15 minutes. It's really heartwarming to see them reconcile after the fight. They never go to bed being angry with each other and I try to go to bed not being angry with either one of them too though at times they really make my blood boil just before bedtime.

Maid Stories

Just a moment ago, my maid asked my permission to go to the pharmacy to buy lip balm as she told me she has cracked lips. Lately, she's been asking me to allow her to out to buy things and I know she has an ulterior motive, that is to meet her Nepalese boyfriend. I'd always turned her requests down and have always told her that we can go together to buy in the evening. This time, when I turned her request down, she mumbled something to herself and then slammed the kitchen door and stormed upstairs thumping her feet on our wooden stairs! This is the price I have to pay to hire a maid. Paying an average of RM800+ a month to stomach the nonsense and temper of a maid! I can easily send her to the agent for counseling but of what use? She's leaving next month and it's me who needs her more than she needs me. I know the reason she's agreed to extend her service by 1 month is that she misses her Nepalese boyfriend. Thinking of what she did just sends my blood boiling but all I can do now is only tolerate her for another 1.5 months.

Pregnancy at Week 19+

Some updates on my pregnancy at week 19+ :

1) Weight stands at 49kg, i.e. a gain of 5kg from pre-regnancy weight of 44kg. I foresee I will gain a total of 10kg this time and that's a lot to me.

2) Appetite is pretty bad as I feel bloated and full most of the time. Though have not been eating a lot but weight is shooting up really fast, gosh!

3) Baby is quite active and movements can be felt almost throughout the day.

4) Skin is ultra dry and looks withered and peeling. None of the oils seem to be helping in moisturizing my skin. Also have red rough patches that are itchy over my neck and belly.

5) Still feel nauseous after meals, thus, cannot really eat a hearty meal.

6) Baby weighs around 390gm as of last Thursday, 29 November 07.

7) Baby's right kidney is still mildly dilated and both my gynaes expect the dilation to increase as the baby grows bigger. Hopefully this problem is just transient and will resolve by itself in utero soon.

Alycia's 4th Birthday Party

We celebrated Alycia's 4th birthday party at Burger King today. Do hop on to my other blog to read how we celebrated her birthday.

Party packs and Disney stickers for the kids.


Scribbles For My Angels' Erica and Elisa.

The kids playing musical games


Alycia and Sherilyn eyeing the Barney moist chocolate birthday cake.


The kids enjoying the birthday cake.


Montessorimum's cutie pie, baby Jolene.


The bunch of very happy kids at the end of the party.

I Need Some Bling On My Body

The price of gold has been steadily increasing and it’s a good idea to be buying gold as investment now as the price is expected to go up further. As most of the gold jewelry that I received during my wedding more than 7 years ago are out of fashion now, I am considering buying some nice and fashionable gold chains and gold bracelets to wear now. I really need some bling and fashion on my body when I attend my good friend’s grand wedding in 2 weeks’ time. Another reason why I should be buying some gold jewelry is Applesofgold.com are selling their high quality gold jewelry at 40% below standard retail jewelry prices. Now, don’t you think that this reason is good enough to get hubby to buy me some nice gold jewelry as Christmas pressie?

If I Have Loads Of Money

If I have loads of money, one of the things on my wish list that I will purchase is a luxury vacation home facing the ocean in Hawaii. I will then make some good money by renting out the vacation home and spend a few months in a year staying in the vacation home with my family. I will need a good luxury real estate agent to help me look for my dream vacation home and I know GMAC Real Estate can help me with the purchase of my luxury vacation home while giving me the satisfaction I need.

Mental Block

I seem to be suffering from a mental block for the last few days. I feel really sleepy, languid and tired and my mind seems to be empty. I must be suffering from an exhaustion and lack of sleep. During my PR4 heydays, though I feel tired, I still managed to push myself to write up to 25 posts a day! My mind was sharp and I had loads of ideas to write but lately, eversince Google smacked down on us, I just have not much mood to blog. Now, I only manage to force myself to write a max of 6 - 7 posts a day. It also takes me ages to come up with ideas to write. Wonder what happened to my zeal.

We Just Love Cakes

Several days back, daddy brought home 2 mouth-watering cakes - a green tea and red bean sponge cake and a chocolate cake. They were extras from his functions for that day. That's the advantage of having a spouse who is working in the food line coz we get to eat food all the time. As we definitely couldn't finish the 2 cakes, we gave some away to our Sikh neighbor. I have been eating these cakes for 3 days straight and I hope I won't get gestational diabetes.

Colorful Flower-Shaped Organic Pasta

When we were grocery shopping at Village Grocer some time back, Sherilyn saw this packet of cute tiny flower shaped organic pasta and conveniently put it into the shopping cart. I quickly put it back on the shelf when Sherilyn wasn't looking as the gals have not tried it before and I doubt they will like it. Moreover, it is quite costly too. But that observant little rascal realized it was missing from the cart immediately and demanded to have it. So as usual, daddy paid for it.



Last week, I cooked the flower shaped organic pasta with some anchovies soup. Alycia who is not really adventurous when it comes to trying out new food does not want to have anything to do with the flower shaped pasta, so I cooked her some shell pasta instead.





Sherilyn's bowl of flower and shell shaped pasta in anchovies soup with tomatoes and garlic, organic vege and homemade fish paste.
The result - Sherilyn loved her tiny colorful flower shaped pasta. She finished everything and even licked the bowl clean. It was so soft and so easy to swallow that even toothless babies and adults can swallow them. Perfect food for my fussy Miss Spitty Spat.


The anchovies in a muslin cloth, used to make the broth.

Another wholesome dish for toddlers brought to you by Health Freak Mommy.