Social Spark

Ever since the big G has been smacking down blogs that write reviews for PPP, many bloggers whom I know have stopped writing for this advertising network and have removed all banners and codes related to this network from their blogs. That’s because the big G is able to track down these blogs from the do-follow links / tag from PPP. After removing the banners and codes from their blogs as well as cease writing reviews for PPP, some of these bloggers have resubmitted their blogs to the big G for reconsideration of a good PR. Some of these blogs have regained a good PR while others have not.

I am sure many bloggers who blog for money would have heard of SocialSpark by now. Social Spark is a branch of PPP and works almost the same as PPP. It is a marketing platform which connects advertisers with bloggers. Bloggers can even socialize among themselves at Social Spark. One thing I like about Social Spark is that all their opps are with no-follow links. I have signed up with Social Spark (you can see my profile here) but it’s funny that I have not heard from them yet on the status of my blog. Barb has asked me to send them a ticket to check the status of my blog but I haven’t got the time to do so. Many of the bloggers whom I know of have already had their blogs approved by Social Spark and they have been accepting opps from them since. I must find some time to write a ticket to Social Spark today to enquire about the status of my blog and to appeal for an approval if they have rejected my application.

If you haven’t signed up with Social Spark yet, quick register now. Don’t worry about your Page Rank being penalized by the Big G coz as I’ve mentioned earlier, all the opps contain no-follow links.

Long Finger Nails

When the nurse first brought Baby C to my room in the hospital, I admired her from head to toe. When I unwrapped her to check her to make sure that she's every bit perfect, my mum and I were really amazed to note that her finger nails were really very long. I mean really long and sharp. Baby C will turn 1 month in 3 days' time and her finger nails have grown even longer. My CL said I should not trim her finger nails wor.... pantang wor. So I wait lor until after her fullmoon. Tomorrow, I shall snap some pix of her really long finger nails. It really does look awkward for a newborn baby to have such long finger nails. I can't really recall if Alycia and Sherilyn had that long finger nails at birth too.

Did your child have long finger nails too at birth?

Live Traffic Feed

You notice the life traffic feed by FeedJit on my right side bar? I just installed this widget yesterday and it's really fun to see where my visitors come from. I am really impressed that many of my visitors come from overseas countries, especially USA. And it's really interesting to know that I have visitors coming to my blog every minute of the day. That explains the 300-400 visitors I get to each of my blog per day.

Organic Mother's Milk

That's the Mother's Milk Tea that I bought from Baby Loft on Sunday. The result is quite amazing as my milk supply has definitely increased and I managed to breastfeed Baby C exclusively yesterday and today.

The taste is errmm... well, not to say very tasty but still quite palatable. It is made from a concoction of organic stuff, namely fenugreek seeds, aniseed fruit, coriander, thistle herb, spearmint leaves, lemon verbena leaves, lemongrass leaves, among others. A box of 16 teabags costs RM38.90.

Hot Hot Weather.... And A Face Full Of Rashes

Since birth, Baby C has very good skin and complexion. She is fair and pinkish. I don't know if it's the incredibly hot weather or my unhygienic confinement lady, Baby C's face is now full of rashes..... and it really hurts me to see her once smooth, flawless face now covered with red dots.

You know how my CL bathes her? After washing Baby C's bottom with the hanky, she wipes Baby C's face! I was aghast when I saw her doing it and I told her not to do it again. Lately, I feel so upset with the way my CL handles Baby C that I don't even want to see how she bathes Baby C. I really have 'no eye see' and I don't want to stress myself up over the CL, which in turn will cause my milk supply to drop. I still have 3 more days to tolerate her and by Friday, I can have Baby C all to myself again.

A Very Constipated Sherilyn

Poor Sherilyn suffered from constipation today. This afternoon, she sat on her potty for half an hour and was wailing away while hugging me tightly in pain. Since infant, Sher has been very prone to constipation and she used to be able to poo poo only once in a week when she was a newborn baby. She finally managed to push her poop out after half an hour in agony, with cold sweat all over her body and goo all over her face. There was also blood when I wiped her. I better feed her with some prune juice and red dragon fruit later and boil some barley water for her tomorrow.

No Time To Blog

Today must have been my lucky day. Managed to grab 12 opps from my favorite advertising network. Now, I have to find the time to finish these posts in 2 days. It's quite difficult for me to blog during the day with 2 clingy toddlers and a newborn baby who wants my boops the entire day. I guess I will have to burn the midnight oil tonight.

It's time for my lunch now. My CL has cooked turmeric chicken, papaya soup with pork ribs and peanuts and a stir-fried vege. After lunch, it's back to work on my computer. That's why my weight just can't go down coz I've been so sedentary lately. Oooh, just can't wait for 2 months to pass coz that's when I can start exercising again.

What I Really Want To Do On Mother's Day

Elaine tagged me on this. I'll write a short one since I don't really have much time to blog lately. The only time I can really have peace to blog and to appreciate the quietness in the house is past 11pm, that's when my 2 rambunctious girls are asleep and I have satisfied my little one with mamee's milkie.

Ok, so what do I really want to do on Mother's Day? Like Elaine, mine are just fantasies. First, I'd really like hubby to care for my 2 older girls the entire day - bathe them, brush their teeth, wash their bum, feed them, coach them in their homework, put them to sleep, etc while I go shopping and get myself some new clothes for my new figure now, go to the nail saloon for a manicure and pedicure and to the spa for a good full-body massage. Then, I'd like to have a nice dinner in the hotel or in a classy restaurant with hubby and my 3 girls.

Well, I think the last wish of having a nice dinner may be granted but the rest will just be wishful thinking.

Not tagging anyone this time. I better go to sleep now as Baby C will wake up for her milkie again in an hour's time. Oh yes, forgot to mention, I wish I could sleep in till 10am on Mother's Day without anyone disturbing me.

Our Sunday

We had lunch at Rakuzen Japanese Restaurant @ Desa Park City yesterday. It was my first time out of my 'house prison' since the birth of Baby C 3 weeks ago and I had broken yet another confinement rule by going shopping before the end of my 1 month confinement period.

When I was choosing the baby sling at Baby Loft, the lady boss asked me when I was due!! Oh gosh, I tell you, my heart was crushed. Do I look like I am still pregnant? I am still rather skinny everywhere else but my belly looks really pathetic, like I am still 3-4 months pregnant. I just can't wait to start my daily running sessions and exercise on my fitball again. I hope no one would ask me if I am expecting again.

Sherilyn enjoying her udon (minus all the meat and vege) with chopsticks.

While Alycia enjoyed her rice, maki, cod fish and beef.

Read more about our Sunday here.

Meltdown

That's Sherilyn in one of her meltdowns recently. Lately, Sher is super whiny, demanding and stubborn. I think she's jealous that mummy is sharing the attention paid to her with her new baby sister. She is still resisting our maid and does not want our maid to bathe her, brush her teeth, feed her or has anything to do with her. All she wants is MUMMY.

This confinement of mine is the least like a confinement. My mil has not been feeling well and is feeling dizzy all the time lately. So ends up, I have to care for my 3 kids full time. The Chinese believe that a lady in confinement is not supposed to touch tap water (for this will cause wind to enter the body, which in return will cause body aches) but heck, I have been touching tap water the day I was discharged from the hospital. Both Alycia and Sher had high fever 2 weeks ago and last week, Sher had yeast infection and ring worm on her body. I think my maid must have not been too clean handling her during my stay in the hospital.



Sher's favorite meltdown time - when she's just woken up from her afternoon nap. She would resist having her diaper removed and would just whine and bawl on the floor.... which drives me bonkers.

Confinement Food

That's what I had for lunch yesterday :

'Mui yoke' (lean pork slices) cooked in ginger wine and rice wine, shredded ginger and 'mok yue' (wood fungus).


Chicken chop cooked in ginger wine and rice wine.

Stir-fried vege and a papaya soup with chicken. At the rate I am eating now, my weight will surely go up and up. As it is now, my weight has already shot up by 1kg to 48kg, which means I have 4kg to shed to reach my pre-pregnancy weight. It is only through exercise that I can shed the last few stubborn pounds.

Soup, Milk And Red Dates Water The Whole Day

That's how much soup I drink everyday. One big bowl during lunch, one big bowl during dinner and another big bowl of soup or double boiled chicken essence after dinner.

Yesterday, I almost finished this pot of 'york choy tong' or herbal soup.

On top of soup, I drink 2 big flasks of red dates, black dates, 'tong sum' (a kind of herbs) and kei chee water everyday. In addition, I also drink 3-4 glasses of milk with Milo everyday. So can you imagine me having to rush to the loo to pee every hour of the day and night?

Did you drink as much soup, milk and red dates water too during your confinement?

Alycia's Wish Finally Granted

Read more about this here.

Baby C @ Day 20.... And She Smiled At Me Today!

That's my cutie pie at day 20 (2 days ago). Baby C is beginning to recognize my voice (I hope) and this morning, she gave me the sweetest voluntary smile (not the involuntary smile during baby's sleep) when I talked to her. My heart melted, just like it did when Alycia and Sherilyn gave me their first voluntary smile.

I tell you, I am really so in love with Baby C!

I Am So So Sick Of My CL

I am so so sick of this confinement. I am so so sick of my CL who is such a pain in my ass and neck. Everything she does is so wrong, unethical and unhygienic. The thing that I can't stand most about her is that she does not wash her hands after washing baby's poopie bum, despite me telling her to do so. I even gave her a pack of wet wipes for convenience sake to wipe her hands but that old lady just couldn't be bothered. Last night Baby C kept sneezing and then she puked everything out after I nursed her. I did not even blame her but she was so defensive of herself (as if I will blame her for bb sneezing and puking) and kept defending herself by yakking and yakking and yakking away till almost midnight. Even after I had turned off the lights to sleep, that old lady was still yakking away in her room (which is adjoining to mine) and came into my room to wake me up to talk c*ck. Boy, she really makes me want to explode as if my baby blues are not enough to kill me. Also last night, she just left the baby with me and then she had a good night's sleep until 7am, till I woke her up to clean baby's bum. Can you beat that?

I suspect it's her stupid method of wiping baby in the evening which made bb feeling a tad under the weather. Many times, she had forgotten to wipe Baby C until I reminded her at around 7pm. And when she wiped Baby C, she left the fan blowing at full blast until I saw it and turned it off. This old lady is also as stubborn as an ass. Who is she to choose what baby is to wear to sleep at night? For her convenience sake, she vehemently refused to let Baby C wear long rompers to sleep at night. Her lame excuse is that it is hard for her to see the buttons at night. So she let Baby C wear short sleeved onesie and wrapped her up in a nappy. When I commented about it, she put on a long sleeve pjs over the short sleeved onesie..... Baby C was sweating in the 2 layers of clothes and 1 layer of tight bundling in the nappy.

This old lady is so damn lazy that she is even lazy to wear her eye glasses. She can't really see well without her glasses and many times Baby C's bum still has poop on it because she can't see properly. In the end who suffers? Me.... coz I have to stand next to her and tell her what to do and tell her which part still has poop. Sometimes I even wipe baby's bum myself. Once, she even spilled gravy all over me because she can't see well without her glasses! Hiring her is really one of my biggest mistakes.

You know how she double boils chicken essence? She pours my unfinished red dates water into the chicken essence!! Which makes me suspicious that she had finished my chicken essence and then poured in the unfinished overnight red dates water to it. Oh my goodness, I am so so stressed up with that sickening old lady. 10 more days, 10 more days to go before I can send her off!! And I have to pay her RM100 a day! Makes me so sick thinking of her now. Forgive me Lord for bad mouthing her but I really can't tolerate her anymore. I hope I won't go into depression because of her. I can only blame myself for making a wrong decision for hiring her and not firing her in the first place.

Confinement Food

That's what I had for lunch yesterday - turmeric chicken, stir-fried red spinach and pigs' stomach soup with pepper, onions and serai (lemon grass flower?).

I wonder if my breast milk has tinges of the pungent serai and turmeric taste in it. You think it has? I wouldn't want to try it myself !

Mesmerizing Love Song

I've been getting many visitors from overseas to both my blogs lately. Today, I have a visitor from Indonesia and when I went to her blog, I heard this very romantic song sang by Hugh Grant (my favorite hunky actor) and Haley Bennet in her blog and I was mesmerized by this song instantly. I was so obsessed with this song that I downloaded it immediately and have been playing this song non-stop the whole afternoon. I bet you too will be mesmerized by this very 'lor man' song.... which makes me want to fall in love again.....






Hugh Grant & Haley Bennett - Way Back Into Love

How I Love My Urut Session

I just had a session of urut (massage in Malay). Woot.... it really felt so good. As the urut lady was putting the 'tungku' (hot stone) on my belly, I could feel the trapped wind in my tummy rumble and then making its way out.... from the top and bottom! Phew, felt so good as the wind was being released. The urut lady seemed very experienced and could even tell that I still had some blood clots in my body by touching my tummy (which is true as the ultrasound scan last week showed some blood clots between my womb and the bladder). The hot stone is supposed to induce the blood clots out and to expel the wind. She charged me RM70 for a 1.5 hour session and I have booked her for 5 sessions. I can't wait for her to come again for my next urut session on Thursday.

Alycia and Baby C

When Alycia sayang Baby C by stroking her head several days ago, Baby C smiled!

She must have recognized Alycia cheh cheh's voice. However after a while, the smile turned into agitation and Baby C cried! Cheh Cheh's stroke must have been too rough on her.


The 2 proud cheh chehs with Baby C. Alycia and Sherilyn really adore their new baby sister and they just can't keep their hands from stroking Baby C's head and from kissing her face, head, legs and everywhere!

She Loves Yoghurt

That's how much Sherilyn loves yoghurt - she would lick the spoon clean and dip her hand into the cup to dig up every single drop of yoghurt and then licks her fingers and her fist clean. Each time I give her a cup of yoghurt, I have to sit next to her and watch her every movement, else she would scratch her head with her sticky hands and wipe her sticky hands onto the chairs, table, her clothes and anything that she can lay her hands on.