Catching Up

Sadly, i do not have (make) time for face reading, the last attempt was to remember the age position on the face. I think i need more time for this, my maid wasn't very helpful in terms of taking care of andrea, she prefer to clean the house than looking after andrea. Hence, although im at home but i don't have time for reading. I was grateful that last week i had a weekend to myself. I slept over at mum's for 3 nights and i've completed 2 Bazi books!

What i need to do for bazi this round?
(1) Memorize the 10 gods attributes (in general)
(2) Memorize the emotions related to 5 elements, with this i can advise what behaviour/ attitude a person shall adopt
(3) Memorize health organs related to 5 elements
Must complete this b4 i go to Japan for Holiday!

Peaceful Weekend

I had a wonderful long weekend. All of us stayed at my parent's place for the weekend, hubby had planned to touch up the house before CNY. 1 day for the renovation worker to do the house, another 2 days for hubby to paint the house. It was all hubby's hard work, keke, me and andrea stayed at grandma's while daddy tidy up the house.

I have not done much actually. I've completed 2 bazi book (joey & guan leong), decoded some charts (requested by kim), watch TVB series (3 episode), went for eye checkup & did some shopping (KLCC & robinson).

Oh, i've went to my secondary cum uni friend's wedding, it was at the Noble Banquet. The dishes are all excellent, of all the weddings i've been, i would rate it as number 2. Number 1 was westin hotel. This Noble Banquet is as good as hotel presentation. The best restaurant wedding that i've ever been to.

Shichida - Dec 08

I have not enter any entry for December class. OK, for December we only have 3 classes, i missed 1 because i was away for face reading class. Just got to know from last week that sensei Intan is on MC (chicken Pox), another sensei took over the class & also inform us that sensei Intan has resigned (become housewife after married). Well, not much impact to me as I'm changing to Centre Point anyway. Hope i can have a better sensei this time...

Last class the new sensei was soft spoken & i can feel that she has more patient towards children. She doesn't gave me the feeling of rushing for time & likes to talk to children. Next term will start in January, i have 1 week rest... keke... bazi bazi, face reading face reading

Term 1 has ended, what do i gain? andrea seems to have alot of improvement in language, coordination & memory. I do not know if this is because of shichida. Well, whatever it is, i enjoy the Japanese songs in class.. keke.. i have bought a Japanese children song from Kinokuniya yesterday. It was by Kumon, i've asked the staff to look for shichida songs, he said don't have, hence i've got the one and only CD + flashcard for andrea use. Sad to say that andrea do not like it! Well, maybe it takes time .....

Sick Baby

My Poor Baby is sick again, she had terrible running nose & coughing. She can't consume her milk, she will vomit all out after drinking it. Poor Hubby also didn't have enough sleep yesterday night, although myself do wake up to andrea's every cough, but i don't go to her... unless she sounded like vomiting. Hubby stay by her side until she sleeps & would run to her if she makes noise.

I do not know what happen to andrea, she makes me feel extremely tired. She wakes up EVERY night (1-3 times a night), this really pisses me off... Im thinking to try for another child, but with this routine i guess my body would not be strong to conceive one. I've got some serious symptom of dunno what sickness - my vision becomes blurred and i couldn't see the side of my usual vision (can only view 60 degrees only), this really scares me to death, i thought i'm going blind. It took me 6 hours to recover & since then my vision always not sharp but still can see. Lately i always has minor headache (feel like floating in the air), i do not know if all these are linked, i feel so frail & no matter how much sleep i get i still feel weak. I do not know with this kind of condition i would conceive any baby now.

Hubby said Im lacking of exercise, hence i do simple stretching at home. It does not really help. I think it's time to let andrea sleep with the maid. I need uninterrupted sleep to restore my health.

18 Months Old

Today Andrea turn 18 Months. Time flies... and i missed the small baby i used to cuddle in my arm. I've enjoy every moment to be with her & see so many improvements since she was born, i feel Happy & proud with her progress.

As of 18 months
1.10 full teeth
2. 9KG & 76 cm(not too sure, but about there)
3. Likes to have her hair tie up
4. Able to communicate her wants & needs
5. Likes/ demand people to sing song to her (she doesn't know how to sing any song yet)
6. Able to say up to 5 words in a sentence, mostly 3-4 words in a sentence. Today "Go McDonalds eat cheese burger"
7. Choose her clothes to wear, DVD to watch, things she wants to do, etc
8. Still drinking Heinz fruit Juice
9. Does not like to eat fruits now
10. Will walk to my bed if she wakes up in the middle of the night

2008 Achievement

We have heard many of New Year Resolutions, to me achievement is more important than resolutions. My only promise to myself in this life has only 1, Top priority - RICH

So what i have done thus far in 2008? it has been about 3 years plus, since I've graduated (August 2004). I've not been very lucky with money since I've graduated, i've checked my Bazi, my wealth luck will only come/ start at age 45 (That's very late to become rich! well, next life!) Although my luck is not that good, but i strive for the best i can have in life, i will never believe 33% fate will bring me down. Thru knowledge and action, i can do better than what it has destined.

2008
1.Successfully breastfeed andrea till march 08
2.High pay job till April 08. This is due to the unhappiness & global financial crisis, i have returned to IBM. Im luckly, my ex-company is cutting people.
3.Bought a Studio and has a rent of 10% yield (was lucky because hubby has the connection)
4.Handling ASEAN role - Business Controls, Client Satisfaction & Productivity Tools. Tidy up the process, however management in sales team are not very focus (this causes unhappiness too)
5.Attended Bazi & Mian Xiang (hope it will help me in future undertakings)
6.Give the best to Andrea - Kidsport & Shichida.

Sticker

Andrea loves sticker. It started when she was playing with an old sticker album that was belong to my brother, she would remove the sticker and stick it elsewhere. I have then bought a sticker book for her & some sticker from ELC. I would give her 2 pieces every night & she will stick on the book & learn from them. castle, crocodile, crayon, truck, boat, clock, drum & many more.

Since the Sticker book is full now, i have bought another sticker book for her today. I have diverse the sticker to types of balls, party accessories, girls accessories & things you found at school. My initial intention of buying her sticker was not because of education, but since she loves it and gain knowledge from sticker (Hubby was impressed with things andrea knows & agree that this is one way of learning), i have started to explore more sticker for her.

Annual Leave

I took my last day of annual leave today. Was not feeling too good yesterday + today as well, hope tomorrow will be better. What i have done today....
(1) Went to Nora to had my back massage, to confirm my epidural spot is not block. Had a good chat there & is happy to find out that she's not only do massage for pregnant lady or post delivery massage, she does normal massage too. I would say she did better than those expensive Balinese massage i went before.
(2) Watched all 3 Joey Yap DVD - bazi workshop.
(3) Going to read up my face reading notes

I had this feeling where my soul is floating, yesterday + today. Wondering what is happening to me. I don't know if it's the comprehensive face reading class + menstrual (day 2 & 3 during face reading class) + no rest for the weekend + eye infection during day 2 & 3 face reading class. All these negative things all come together... i wonder why!! My vision now is not very sharp too!

will take a rest after this.... hope i will feel better by tomorrow.

Mian Xiang module 1&2

Comprehensive Face Reading 1 & 2. Overall the course was informative & Joey Yap is a humerus guy. My menstrual which was late for a week plus came on the second day on my class. This shows that this course releases all my stress at work. One stone kill two birds! not a bad investment after all.

Like Bazi, i can't really comment how useful is this course to me, cos all Chinese metaphysics we need practise & study. Overall the class was fun, lots of discussions & application was taught & experiment was done on course mates. I had fun, because many of my Bazi friend attended this and we made fun of each other's face.

I will need to clean up & tidy up my notes. I give myself 2 weeks to do it, cos I'll be busy with testing now for Q4. I'm feeling quite exhausted right now as too many information in my head & i need to rest early. Night!

Hair Cut

Due to the stress and bad luck that i have recently, i suspect it's my ugly hair that makes my mood imbalance. Michael Teh, my beloved hair stylist since form 2 has turn out to be not so careful with my hair few years back. I gave him chance for almost 3 years now, finally I've made up my mind to change a new hair stylist 3 months ago.

Michael was the one who bring back my confidence (mum used to bring me to auntie hair stylist and she would gave me an auntie hair style after that. i looked so OLD!), because my scalp shape is squarish, not many people knows how to cut. Beside making my Hair look good, he asked if i could be his model for his shop poster (i didn't agree but still feel good, cos someone thinks I'm pretty! Ha!), he help to beautify my thick eyebrow (this is the most important thing in my life, and I'm very thankful that he had help and taught me about brow) & I've learn alot from him (as i always spy on him, when he cut my hair and other customer's hair). I gain 20% of his skills, i could cut my sister hair (when she was in the UK, dun think she would let me cut her hair now) & Andrea's hair. I do appreciate all that he has done, but i think he needs to move on to earn more money for his children's education, I shall go elsewhere to find my hair satisfaction now.

Recently, I have found someone comparatively good & price almost the same as Michael. If you ask me, Sunny is not as brave as Michael, he's a play safe type of person, I've only seen him twice, can't comment much. However, he had corrected my curls yesterday & I feel much happier with the new curls. Hope good luck will come back to me right away!

Oh I saw joey yap yesterday, when i was on my way to Shunji, he's waiting for someone at his office stairs. Well, tomorrow I'm going to see him in person again! Heh, I've signed up for Face Reading with him ... Hope it's good

Working Pants

I've bought 2 working pants from Zara yesterday. Surprisingly the price has reduced to RM169 per pair. I dunno if this is a sudden decrease or everything from china now, that's why it's cheap. Hm... i have not buy any zara pants for 2 years now, when i was pregnant last year i only wore dorothy perkins pants. 80% of my working pants are from zara, the only brand that fits my big butt... winter season working pants are better (my own preference), as the materials are thicker, it has some weight on the pants that makes me looks more stable and not so fat (illusion i know).

Mum helped me to alter my pants length, i still have my hemming strip which are from the UK that was bought back in year 2004. I have tried searching for it in KL, but couldn't find it, the closest i can find are from Ikea, which is for curtains use. The width is thicker, but i think it should be the same. It's really useful, mum and sister use it as well, it's really easy.. no need to sew, you only need to measure, cut & iron! How easy! Save for the alteration cost!

Stress me Out

It has been almost a week that i did not have a good night sleep nor rest. I fell asleep during facial last Saturday and i could hear myself snores! How embarrassing...

It all started last Monday, SJ (STG manager) pull me into this discussion where CSO is involved. CSO concern is that we do not have our credit check done before PO comes in, hence they want to validate our process by asking us to show them evidence. First of all, SJ shouldn't have asked me in if he doesn't want me to help, i felt freaking stupid where it seems only myself is worried of the break down process. SJ said, if CSO wants to find fault on us, let it be, he wouldn't want to hide. Well, then don't pull me in the FIRST PLACE! IDIOT! This has lasted for 4 days, back and forth of emails from CSO and also some argument thru phone with CSO manager. I felt like an idiot myself.

My period is late for a week now, i'm feeling extremely stressful, emotionally exhausted. Andrea vomited again for 2 nights, i've brought her to doctor yesterday and it doesn't seems better at night, her throat still hurts i think. It's because hubby also fell sick, i have to take care of andrea all by myself for 2 nights, it really drains all my energy away. I did not have good sleep since 2 months ago as andrea keep on waking for night milk :( I feel extremely tired, feel like collapsing...

Muzzy

Mum had bought the Muzzy collection for andrea, it doesn't come cheap. RM1800 per set! How on earth the education set is so expensive now??!! When we were young, mum bought Muzzy in gondoland and Muzzy come back for three of us, i think it helped my 2 younger sister more as they were younger that time, my brain stop growing after age 6 by the way. My two younger sister was a big fan of Muzzy & their work book was fun and colourful. This time, the set comes in DVD & lots of free story book (not muzzy, but disney story books) & groiler education learning set. Andrea is still very young right now to do their work book & also play with the learning set by groiler, but i would say it's a good tool to help children learn when they are at 3 year old.

Andrea is afraid of Muzzy and Covax, she would cry when these two appear! Ahh.. hope she will grow out of it soon, if not really waste my mum money! kekke... Andrea picks up words very fast, i tried to calm her when Muzzy is out, like when muzzy is eating the clock, i say "muzzy favourite food is clock, he can eat lots of clocks". One day later, i asked: "what muzzy likes to eat?" andrea would say "Clock!". Memory not bad...

Yesterday Andrea could say the longest sentence :"Go home eat fish oil", wow... 5 words in a sentence, loud and clear! I'm so proud of her!

Winter Clothing

We have bought a few winter clothing for Andrea. They are all very cute and pretty....

(1) White trench coat from baby zara
(2) 2 thick pantyhose from Mother Care
(3) long sleeve skirt from baby Gap
(4) a few long sleeve top from baby zara
(5) glove, hat & scarf from baby zara

Andrea molar is out, both at the bottom. It looks weird because the canines is not out. I wonder if this is normal.

Shichida - 30 Nov 2008

Oh dear... i have not been practicing Flash card with andrea. My card is sitting there moldy now. Well, update for today's class.

Andrea seems to be more obedient today, did not climb the table & able to give her classmate a hug before going home. She seems to be able to concentrate more on speed reading and also improvement on ESP. I do not know if the sensei always put the right answer on the right or it's just coincidence that she got it right all the time. She's now able to appreciate Japanese song, good afternoon and sayonara song... previously she will move here and there... I dunno if there is an influence by my mum, cos mum took andrea to class last week. This week i felt that andrea's behaviour in class turn out to be better.

I shall use my Flash CARDS!! Don't be Lazy.....

Meet Up

I've met up with my fellow Bazi student, however i do not find the discussion was useful. I feel demotivated because there is no one that i can actually study or discuss with :(

well i need to study on my own and hope my virtue nobleman will help me on this. I need to speed up all that i have learn and start advising people close to me. I need to make my RM5K worth!

I have memorize all that i need, but not "when u see it, u know it type", i still need to replay it in my head. I will be doing some identifying of strong or weak DM by end of this week for family & fellow Bazi student. There has been alot of confusion among ourself, and i went to forum.. this strong or weak DM is a confusion for many people... hope i can find out away to really determine actual strong or weak DM.

Tutorial

Dingfire called and asked me to join their Bazi 2 Tutorial yesterday, as i was not completely 100% satisfied (cos im still unable to read charts confidently YET) with their classes i would die for any free classes/ talks.

Im working with IBM but i tell you, their Web Meeting is Excellent! I would say better than IBM, no lagging at all & the start up is pretty fast too! wonder how much MA spent on this. Usually in IBM i use Web Meeting with US team, hence experience some lagging in speech and charts, Maybe of the distant? I'm not sure... but i am really really surprise that MA has such a good Web Meeting functioning! Shame on IBM!

Back to the tutorial, we only discussed 2 examples for 1 hour. Although i don't learn new things from there but i do get some confirmation on things that i think i know & i could say alittle bit more confident now :)

I'm Happy doing this, i hope joey would recruit me as a consultant when i finish my modules!

Bazi Module 2

I'm extremely exhausted. I have memorize all that i needed but it still doesn't help because you need to memorize them by heart (once u see it u know), I'm kinda slow in class because of this. Well, there is an extensive notes to copy & after module 2 i think their management in administration is not good, their notes has printing errors & presentation charts are not ALL in English (although i'm Chinese educated during primary school but still find it difficult to understand). They charged such an expensive fee, i would assume all these is sorted out.

Summary of Module 2, plenty of information. Jessy was our instructor (another MA bad point, they only told us that jessy will be teaching the whole module 2 on the day itself! all these should be communicated earlier.) However jessy was good too, she taught us all the application where books can't find. Well, i dunno how much i have grasp because i've get to find out if i can decode it like her way. I feel more comfortable with her than the previous instructor, it might be the affinity with her. I have some classmate do not really like her, well.... i would say she is equally good too. One thing i dun like she kept me in suspicious. she told me i would have 3rd party this year, is the person that i already know & wait and see. Who the hell lah... i ask her who and when will happen she said she forgot about my chart. i need to decode it myself and i dunno how :( let's just wait and see who is the 3rd party ......

To do, memorise hidden stem (jessy written way), clash/ combo/ harm/ destruction/ punishment, 10 gods & HS character. Shorter list now, hope i can decode bazi by end of next week!

MA had rob my wealth the second time, because i signed up for Mian Xiang that will be personally taught by joey. Hopefully this will be good and don't make me feel i've wasted my money pls....

Shichida - 2 & 9 Nov 2008

I have collected the dots flash card 2 weeks ago, three sets in total - variety, random and organize dots. I have flash the random dots to andrea but she doesn't like to look at it. Moreover the cards are very heavy as its quite big. Well, need to train up my muscles & practice flashing it.

I was not feeling too good past 2 lesson, i just let andrea walk around the class without asking her to sit on her chair often. Andrea too seems not too interested in that class anymore beside games. She will only sit on her chair when a new game is given. I don't know if this does help the right brain, all i can say is lets wait and see! ha!

This coming sat is andrea's replacement class for 26oct, hence this week again going for 2 shichida classes. Mum will be bringing andrea instead, I'll be attending my Bazi class.

By the way, i will enroll andrea back to kidzsport. I think she enjoy more at kidzsport.

Vomit

Andrea vomited for 2 nights now. After came back from Pangkor Laut she has mild flu (only sneezing) & bad phlegm. It causes her to vomit after cough when she is asleep. Poor baby, i dunno if tonight she will vomit again :( During the day she was alright.

Andrea sleeps on her own bed now, we convert her baby cot to a bed & bought Ikea's bed guard to prevent her from falling on the ground. Andrea likes to play make believe - feeding pocoyo, elly & rose, not forgetting us & herself too! She is now started to throw tantrum (i do not know if she is sick now or has become a monster). Her favourite sentence is "Mummy Up", wants me to carry her when i was on my desk or i'm on my dressing table or wants me to carry her when i'm walking. She likes to eat, eat & eat. Always snacking on something. able to say "bu yao" (mandarin) & "ta put put" (Cantonese). Will teach her mandarin & Cantonese now as she is quite good in English already.

Pangkor Laut Resort

We are back from Pangkor Laut Resort yesterday. It was fun & relaxing! Andrea was well behaved & didn't give us much trouble when we were there. We stayed at Hill Villa & travelling to other destination is very convienient because the shuttle pass by our room every 10-15 min. Andrea enjoys the beach & hubby and I enjoy the Food, it was excellent. I had Spa too, it was a nice experience, something different from Sembunyi Spa.

We took a flight there & Pangkor Laut Resort transportation are very punctual, we do not have to wait from the airport to Jetty to the resort. Shuttle & Boat arrived on time. The staff there were all very friendly & helpful.

Super Stressful

Hubby told me about the MAS cheap airfare this morning, we have actually planned to go Tokyo again but because of the steep fare increased we put that aside. Now is a good time to book and fly, we want to fly on our 1st agreed date which is on the Chinese New Year. I told hubby that i will bring andrea to have her passport made today and he can book online tonight. All because of the excitement lead to a very very stressful day.

Initially i had a telecon at 10.30am today, however it has moved to 12.30pm. Hence i happily called mum to say that i will bring andrea to the immigration at 10 and will go back to office by 12.30 for that telecon. I have read a few blogs to say that they have special queue for babies and also within 3 hours passport can be collected! This information gave me a very positive thinking & happy cos i know things will go smoothly with that special queue.

When i arrived, it was a nightmare. The place was flooding with people and the worst thing is the air-con broke down. Andrea sweat so much in there & she had a very ugly photo taken. That stupid man spend half a day to press the stupid button and another half a day to position andrea. After 15 min andrea got frustrated and cried so badly :( me and mum has to talk to her and finally got her to take photo with mentos! Gosh... 1st time giving her sweet!!! Hope she will not crave for it!

Then come an announcement that their system breakdown, all passport submitted today will only be collected tomorrow. I THOUGHT i could get it by today!! I want it by today so badly but God doesn't allow me, what a bad day! At 12pm, the stupid cashier have not call my number, i couldn't wait anymore, my telecon is going to start in half hour time. Luckly hubby is on his way there & i could RUSH back to office. When arrive at office, i saw a note that the telecon is postponed to next Monday! By the way, i drove without my IC just now, they had my IC. I HATE IT! Made me rush !!! Then i go home and rest... i had half day leave today & tomorrow!

15 months old

At 15 months old, andrea had her 1st high fever. She grew 1 cm taller after that, i think it's true about bone stretching will cause fever. Well it's not 100% true cos she has got rashes all over her body, it's Roseola. Hope she has gotten immunity against Roseola now. Read somewhere that it's common when kids go to child care or play school.

We have planned to bring andrea to Pangkor Laut for a holiday. Hope it will be a smooth one. Last holiday for us before i start to try for second baby. I'm still worry about my epidural part but let's leave it until i've conceived, will ask other doctor for second opinion as Suzanna Huam said it's ok.

Thus far, we have brought andrea to KK (not much fuss because we have emelyn along), Le Meridien (only 1 night, ok so far) + 2x Shangri-la 3 days 2 nights (so far ok too). This time to pangkor laut will be only 3 of us, hope it's all ok too but i know we will be bringing whole lots of things, maybe 3 bags for 3 days 2 nights! Hm... Let's pack and see!

Will be going to shop for swimsuit this weekend and some toys for beach play. I'm going to get some shorts, hats, beach bag, etc... I hope that during our stay there will not rain too!

Work from home - Nov 08

I work from home again this week. Mum went to visit pei in KK and won't be back till this Saturday. Well, i do enjoy staying at home cos i don't have to stuck in a jam and rush back after work. This time round, i feel more relax staying at home, i do not know why... i just feel calm compared to my previous stay at home. Maybe andrea is older now or maybe i'm not so 'gan jeong' anymore or i just don't care about work anymore!

Andrea now learn almost every word we say, she can say 2-3 words (not pronunciation) & can understand everything we say. She choose her own movie, choose her own songs, choose her own food, choose to hug her soft toys, choose to play with toys she likes etc. She has got her own preference now & could tell us about it. She tries to relate things too, baby bird then will look up. to tell us it's up in the tree. She can say, what's that, where is (it is), there!

Bazi Module 1

Yes, i have signed up & attended Bazi Module 1 at Mastery Academy (last Sat & Sun). Initially i thought of not attending it because of the expensive fee but because of sudden depression last week, I have finally made up my mind. I want to know what's ahead of me!

As a summary for module 1, I have learnt all the basics & also analyse some simple relationships. My instructor asked us to read at least 20-30 charts before coming for Module 2. Well, i am now struggling to memorize 5 elements (relationship), Heavenly stems, Earthly branch, Hidden stems, Seasons, Peach Blossom Stars, Travelling Stars etc.... and also have to know each of the Day Master characteristics, 10 Gods characteristics, clashes, harms, combo etc ... sigh ... i do not know when i can finish all the above, then only i can start reading 20-30 charts! The advantage that i have is that i know chinese character, for those student who do not know how to write chinese, they would have one more difficulty/ learning added to the list above! Phew....

Overall the instructor Bernice was good, she is very interactive & willing to answer questions. I'm satisfied with the course and is looking forward to Module 2 in 3 weeks time!

Roseola

Roseola that is! Today the rash started to go off by 50%. I'm very relief to see recovery from andrea. We missed shichida class today as we do not want to scare other parents in the class because andrea's rashes was quite bad, it was all over her face, luckly it went off after lunch.

Hubby has bought another kitchen set for andrea, this time is the sandwich set & andrea loves to cut the bread & vegetables.

Andrea is now very good in repeating what we say, i'm very amaze that she could actually do that. I've never seen baby at her age imitate what ppl say, she tried to learn words by repeating them. Not Bad! She is very expressive now & show anger all the time too :( Still sticking to me 100% Getting more pretty everyday :)

Fever - another day

It still persist & i have to worry another day. I am feeling tired because i dun get uninterrupted sleep for 4 nights now, I really really hope fever will stop right NOW!! I did the 5 min suggestion and it did not work, what else i can do beside medication?

Earlier we thought of bringing andrea to DSH & mum insist that i shall wait for another day because it will put andrea in pain for drawing blood from her little body. We intend to have blood test. Andrea fever was not very high in the morning until 11.30am at 38.3& it has pass our initial plan to go DSH at 10.30am. Well, i've called dr. musa instead at 12.30pm, to ask if i should come and see him. He told me that if i'm using an ear thermometer, anything below 38 is fine. I told him about diarrhoea, he asked me to reduce antibiotic from 2ml to 1.5ml. So we will see if andrea's temperature ever reach 38 tomorrow, if yes we would need to have blood test :(

Mum has also bought Chinese herbs, i hope this is not contradict. It's an animal horn, cannot recall. It claim to draw out wind and heat from the body. My friend advise me to drink after 4 hours of antibiotic intake. I hope it will cure andrea as i am now feeling really tired.

Fever

Andrea has her 1st Fever at 38.8 highest for these 3 days! It's very worrying ... It was all started on Monday, whole morning was feeling warm & at about 5pm we felt her body temperature rising. When I measure it at 6pm it was at 38.1 & only gave her paracetamol at 38.4. I wake up 2 hrs interval to check on her.

Yesterday I've brought her to DSH, suspected dengue cos there is no sign for other illness, so brought her to hospital instead, just in case needed blood test. to our relieve, dr said that its sore throat hence no need to go for blood test today. If the fever doesn't go away by tomorrow then we will need to go back to DSH for blood test. Hope that the fever will subside by today. sigh.. Yesterday night was a nightmare, i woke up at 12.30am and her temperature is at 38.7!!! I hate myself to have headache yesterday and hate hubby to fall asleep without keeping an eye on her. Thank god that it didn't shoot up to 40!

About Andrea's milestone, She can dance to music, moving her hands very nicely. Mum showed her Video that a group of kids dancing with songs, she can imitate a little. She can say "put cup" when she wants her drinks to pour into a cup and drink.

Productive Day

Yesterday was a busy day, however i have done 4 things out of 5. It was very smooth going ...

(a) brought andrea to her last Little Walkers Class. Chat with the teacher a little. Hope that i would see her again in the future. I will surely miss that class, dunno about andrea. I think she will miss her Sticker most!

(b) I had my facial done & it was not done by my favourite beautician. However she could fulfil my needs! So overall i'm satisfied! She cleared all the oil seeds & make it in time for me to have my hair cut at Shunji

(c) Had my hair cut with one of the master stylist at Shunji. I enjoyed my stay because the stylist is very sociable, i feel comfortable talking to him and he seems very skilled & friendly. although i'm not 100% happy with what i see yesterday (my hair results), but because of his knowledge and spend time on my hair cutting, i would give him 100%. Will try out a few times to make conclusion. Hubby is satisfied with his cut Too!

(d) Collect Pocoyo and Elly from Raveen at Jalan Gasing. Thanks so much to Simon my cousin who is currently working in the UK & his friend Raveen to bring it home for me. Andrea loves it So Much that she did not wake up in the middle of the night crying for milk. I heard her say Elly then fall back to sleep. Amazing!

(e) the last thing is, i didn't know Mastery Academy close on Saturday. I went up and it was close. Well, It doesn't cost much effort because it's just beside shunji, so it's alright. Will contact them again next week!

Interactive

Andrea is very interactive now, I went and pick her up at 6pm yesterday at mum house. She has taken her dinner & bathe. Here are some example yesterday:
(a) when i arrive, i say "Hello Andrea, how are you", then walk towards her
Andrea: "Hi", Point to the drawer " Hair Band". Yes she can say very clearly. I carry her and she took it out herself and put the hair band on her head.

(b) Went to the kitchen to check if there is anything to eat, while emelyn packing stuff to bring home. I took out a yakult and drink
Andrea: 'mum mum', i say "yes, i'm drinking yakuly", andrea keep pointing at my drink, i drank 3/4 and gave her 1/4. I ask "andrea, nice or not", Andrea: "nice" Yes, very clearly

(c) Test andrea if she can remember our names. Who is xx (daddy name). andrea: "Dada". I tested for myself, dad, mum & two sisters. She knows it all! Weird enough, andrea loves to call her daddy "dada" but call others correctly & clearly - Mummy, yiyi, gong gong, mama, amy (auntie or ty)

Back at Home:
(d) I read books for her, her favourite character are pigs, dog, eli (elephant), coco (crocodile), cow. When i read the book who has either of the character she will point and say none stop .. eg "there, coco". She also will say "pig, haha" (the pig laugh at the wolf)

(e) Took flash card and flash to her, she refuse to look at it. Then i put it on the bed. Andrea went and pick up the cards and put it on the table. she says "Keep" while holding the card

(f) I sing her favourite song, she say "Again" when i finish singing! This is a new word which she have not say to me!

Self Reflection

Blame it on how i was being brought up, i have this sense of insecurity & needed lots of attention & love from my family. I will lose my mind if my mum doesn't listen to me or dad doesn't want to buy things i want or sisters don't obey to me. Beside this horrible behaviour i have, i have my good side which i was a thoughtful person, willingness to help & trust that communication is the key to all problems. My parents always fight when i was young hence, i've cleverly identify the root cause which is "lack of communication".

I have believed "lack of communication" is the key to all problems since i was a kid & im very expressive towards my family members & close friends. Even sometimes with open communication i helped some ppl & i'm very proud of myself because i found key to happiness in life. I have advise many friends to have open communication & shouldn't keep everything to yourself & things will definitely turn out well. I would proudly say "Look at me, I'm a real life example. My relationship with family members and hubby is good"

Beside, i'm arrogant at times & thought i could fix all the problem i face, even solve other ppl's problem. Because of this, i couldn't accept bad things will hit me and i got caught because i do not know how to handle it. I thought im god all this while, identify root cause in life and fix problems. I couldn't tell you or explain it to you how hurt am i, deep inside myself & i feel so ashamed of myself because my believe is no longer valid. All these happened sometimes ago, maybe 1-2 months, i tried to be strong, be forgetful, be open hearted, be realistic, be HAPPY. I failed miserably ....

Shichida - Oct 18 & 19, 2008

We had 2 classes this week, one was for the replacement of 5th October. So far the class was ok, never mind my previous post on my 1st class. hehe... human always expect too much when it comes to expensive stuff. Well, now i have got used to the sensei and it wasn't that bad after all. Everything seems alright now & is looking forward to the next class.

I have not started any home practise yet, still gathering flash cards and other materials for home practise. Andrea couldn't have 100% concentration throughout the 1hr 15min class, but i would say better than some kids in the same class. The most frustrating things is, our neighbour keep on making noise, drinking milk, crying, wailing in the class and distract andrea. hmph... Wondering when will he stop

Wonderful Mum

Attended the PEC and only realised that we only start living and start understanding life when we have our 1st kid. Bringing up kids make parents/ human realise the importance of love and becoming more sensitive towards feelings. Because of love, we will give them the best and because of love our child will feel secure and become a confident & successful person.

So if you ask how old am i, i shall be telling you 15 months. Looking back i have only regretted not to breastfeed andrea until 1 year old. My milk supply drop tremendously when i was feeling stressed, not because of work, because of making the utmost important decision back then. However, thank god andrea is fine in taking formula. Others, i think i have done pretty well. I acknowledge her shortcoming and tried ways to overcome it & have keep her close to me by taking care of her at night. I have sing lots of song to her and talk to her often. I keep myself updated on new stuff, make sure andrea do not miss anything during this time (kiasu). I buy the best clothes for her so that she & I will look good :p

She has started "little walkers" in August & honestly i do like this class. Not because the development programme is good, but because i have somewhere to go when hubby is working on Saturday + kizports gym room is huge + CHEAP! Because of the fee hike, i have decided to terminate effective November. Hope andrea & myself will not miss this class and will find other things to occupy us for Saturday morning.

Parent Education Course

My Thoughts. How many shichida kids able to do all these wonders that they have shown us during the course? If all shichida kids is able to do all of them & is measured in different level (depends on the child capability) or shall i call it at yellow belt for taekwando, i'm OK. Because eventually these abilities could help human being to do everything accurately & fast with confident! Even if it's at yellow belt but still better than non-shichida kids.

This course really amaze me, it's like training a buddha-like kid without chanting Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo. Kids can tell what is going to happen thru senses, they do Image play & memorize things just an instant, they read fast & does everything like an lightning strike! Jocelyn Khoo even said that some kid heal their grandparents in just a touch and also shichida kids are wiser, they could talk like an adult even they are at 10 years old. There are many many more amazing stories.....

However, i have not experienced it myself with andrea but it's good to know there is such program to shorten the path to buddhahood. To me, eventually we will be going to leave our body and like SGI teaching, our spirit will remain in the universe. Our wave length should be the same as the universe, the alpha wave. I do not know if all these are from japan and they jive nicely. I would like to believe it :)

Shichida - Oct 12, 2008

My experience on the 1st day wasn't impressive. for such expensive course i would expect a more experienced teacher & a well accepted environment for brain development.

My Sensei was a Malay ( i didn't even ask for her name & she did not introduce herself either), she does not pronounce English words very clearly (do not mention about other languages that she use in class, i would suspect it to be worst). The sensei had turn on the music too loudly that i felt there is a clash on her voice and the background music. The room is too hot that i have to ask her to switch on the fan.

I have told myself to stay positive, never mind the sensei and lets focus on the material they have used. Mostly flash cards & songs & some craft. I think they are useful, but i couldn't be doing it all together at once. I have found their pace is quite fast, i would need to adjust myself to the high speed training so that i could get in line with sensei. Andrea was cranky towards the end of 15 mins, i guess she was sleepy and hungry or it was too fast & have bored her? I have no idea...

I have yet to find out the structure of the course, as in what are the development area for the kids & will work towards each of that area. I guess we will find our more in the PEC (parent education course) course later in the evening today.

Weekend Escapade

We have used up all of our 1 night at 50% & 2nd night complimentary voucher. Last trip the Horizon club floor was at the top floors, now they have moved it down due to renovation. We are at level 11 this time and the lounge is located at 1st floor.

Overall the trip was tiring as i dun get much time for myself as i like, like lying down for comfort, sitting down day dreaming or just watching Andrea doing her things. All i did was ensuring things are well organize and rushing for all my meals. well, i did have time to play on Pet Society at night (game that i was addicted at the moment). So it was not too bad afterall.

Back to the trip. We have had a room dining experience on the 1st day we arrived & it's excellent. My fish and chips are Cod Fish, oh my GOD.. it's the 1st time i had Cod Fish as fish and chips. It's yummy and i enjoy the Cod fish smell, every mouth of it. Hubby's burger was very nice too, i had 1/8 of it! hehe. Second day we had Chinese restaurant, Andrea is feeding herself well, at least i could finish my meal half rushing not 100% rushing. I did not bring any cereal or cook porridge for her, we fed her whatever it's on the table for breakfast, lunch & dinner. I think she is doing well.

Refuse Milk?

Andrea is now 15 months +, she starts to reject milk in the morning. 2 days in a row that she refuse milk in 1st attempt. Yesterday she finished her milk after the 4th attempt & Today hubby said she only drank 2 ounces (we make 4 ounces). What could be happening?

We are doing fine in travelling to my parents house for dinner and pick up Andrea. Andrea is now very interactive & likes to play. Love spending time with her, she is such a smart girl and pretty! We are starting Shichida Class this Sunday and i hope everything will turn out well.

We are going for an weekend escapade again, yippee... This time the same, only three of us. Hope i can manage better cos Andrea is such a big girl now.

Back to Zero

I have read about astrology, I've also chanted Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo. My eagerness to find out about myself and hope that i could view things in different lights. However, in the end, i'm still here.. i thought that i've move ahead very far... but when i look back now, i'm still on the same spot that i'm standing 8 years back.

I understand from my astrology that i never get enough/ satisfied of what i have right now. I have tried very hard, so hard to remind myself i have a good life now and everything seems perfect. It may not be perfect it my eyes, but perfect enough for the people around me to judge. I shall lower down my expectation and live a realistic life.

Greetings

It's wonderful when people great you everyday with a smiley face. Andrea made my day without fail.

Andrea is able to say Morn (good morning) when she wakes up & smile at me and hubby. Andrea will say nite (good night) to emelyn when emelyn delivered milk to her. Besides, she is able to say "bye" & "hi" very clearly.

Additional words that she is able to say (which is in my head, might miss out some):
nine (nice), ng ng (poo or urine), cut, cook, car, done (dance or all done), no more, pao pao (carry), nos (nose), hair, eye, mouth, kai kai (go out)

Tiring routine started all over again

It was 8 months back that we used to travel everyday to my parents place. Every morning, hubby will bring andrea & maid to parents place and i will drop by their house in the evening to have dinner. Then 4 of us will drive back to kota kemuning to call it of a day. This really stress us out! Then we finally settle down at my parents place until yesterday we have again made a decision to travel everyday to their house again!

Now the routine abit different, I will drive back to kota kemuning after work & wait for hubby to fetch me to parent's place. Sometimes we will have dinner outside before picking up Andrea. I hope this will work out, I think it will because i get to shower before 6pm! hehe...

Andrea is still young and i hope by 2 or 3 she is able to go to school and no longer need grandparents to keep an eye on her full time.

Singing

Lately andrea starts to sing one particular song that only heard from The Little Walkers class. "bai bai, bibi, bai bai" (bye bye. baby, bye bye) which is sing towards the end of the class. I was very amaze that she start singing at this age!

andrea current weight is only 8.015kg. That's a very poor weight & i have asked my maid to increase her milk powder to 4 scoop for 6 ounce. I hope to see more improvement when she is weight again at 18 months.

Isetan Pre-sale

For a long time, i hardly buy things for myself. Yesterday at Isetan Pre-sale, we bought almost I 90% of andrea stuff. We had bought a pigeon compact sterilizer which was on 10% off. This is very handy if we are going for traveling, i have wanted to buy a compact sterilizer but never notice until the day before the pre-sale. I'm glad that i had one now. I have tested it today and it was OK, the descaling was very easy too, only lemon juice needed! how economical!

Besides, we have bought some home wear for andrea. Her current tops are either too dirty or too tight. It was at good bargain too, 60% off! We have also bought a new cup from pigeon & some bottle brush from pigeon. That's about it for andrea. 

Groceries part, i have bought all that is cheap (according to the isetan leaflet) & hubby bought his favourite golf glove. We arrive home at 7.45 pm

Mummy, Mummy.... All day Long

Andrea is able to say "Mummy" very Clearly now and she likes to call me whenever she sees me or want to look for me. I was at home the last two days and she calls me a million times! It felt annoying at times but i felt happy all the time! hehe...

Hubby had bought 2 more things from ELC (Early Learning Centre) last weekend. Their 20% sale store wide has ended 15th Sept.
1. Drawing Mat from Tomy - superb technology, only uses water
2. Wood Bowling Set
Andrea enjoys drawing and stamping, however she doesn't know how to roll the ball yet. But she loves the wooden animals! I'm glad to see that she knows how to play with different toys.

Recently she knows how to dance, turn a round, sometimes up to three rounds! She knows how to lift her leg and point her toes. Put up her hands in the sky. Very Beautiful.

Little Walkers Update

Update from Little Walkers class
Date Joined - 2 Aug 08
Lesson attended - 7

Andrea was a very shy girl, she always stare at ppl playing, talking, etc. She never wants to join them. When ppl come near her she will start to cry.
Today, andrea is able to give teacher a Hug when we are going home. Besides, she is confident enough to walk up to teacher & play with other kids. She learns to share & help teacher to keep toys/ books.

What Andrea Love best?
Andrea favourite time is towards the end of the class, where Teacher gave Sticker & stamp on the hand & tummy and where Teacher blow Bubbles. Today, andrea seems to enjoy doing somersault. we did 3 times today! 2 forward roll & 1 backward roll. Amazing!

Does Tragedy happened?
Yes it does. Andrea had 2 bad falls from the class so far. Both are due to overly excited kid pushes her. During popping bubble time & What's in the Bag time.

I've planned to stop this class end of October. However, will see if she is too exhausted to have 2 classes in October. If she is OK, i will continue with Kizport.

Sleepless Night

It has been a week that i did not have straight 7 hours of sleep. Andrea sleeping pattern has changed again! She used to sleep 4 hours during day time: 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm. Now she only sleeps 2 hours during the day & it's before lunch time! Hence, she sleeps super early at night, around 8pm she'll be in her dreamland. She will wake up 12am or 3am or 5am to ask for milk!

She is able to say alot of words now, including milk. Last time when she wakes up, she will sign milk, and i can choose to ignore her cos i can pretend not to see. Now she is able to say MILK, and she will say MILK MILK MILK until i wake up! It's pretty annoying when you feel that you do not have enough of sleep! I being selfish, i wake up hubby together to make Milk for Andrea.. hehe... I do not want to suffer alone!

We just came back from Little Walkers class, Andrea is sound asleep now. I hope these sleepless night will end soon!

Zara Baby

I have bought 2 pants from Zara for Andrea. Winter collection clothes are very pretty, the 2 pants that i have bought are in same design but different colour & material. Their shoes are very nice too, however they are meant for winter hence it's very heavy because of the thick base. I have also bought a long sleeve pink top :) Was tempted to buy the sweater, the design just like my sweater but 10x smaller. Very cute!! Didn't buy in the end as Andrea already has a sweater.

Andrea's favourite movie
(1) Baby Sign DVD (9 months - 14 months)
(2) Baby Einstien (10 months - 12 months)
(3) POCOYO (14 months)

Physical improvement
(1) Walk very fast & run sometimes
(2) Likes to Climb table, chairs, grille (i do not know if this is because of her Little Walker Class)
(3) Drawing on papers, wall, sofa, basically everywhere
(4) Kick & Throw balls

Shichida Method

Shichida Wisma Lim Foo Yung has called last week. We have enrolled Andrea to Sunday class and will be starting in October 2008. This is not what we initially wanted, but since their class is always full, we have no choice but to take it & submit request form for changing of venue later.

We visit KLCC or Pavillion everyweek, i think with this class, we need to plan our journey properly so that we don't drive 2 times to KL in a day. Toll & fuel will kill us! Blame it on us, hubby & I just like to go shopping in KL!

Last Day working at home

I enjoy working from home, not only i felt relaxed, the bond between andrea & I are much closer. Mum felt that she is more happy now. Mum just came back from perth yesterday & i'm at mum place now. Will be staying over the weekend as hubby going back to KK without me. I'm going to spend Merdeka with andrea and my family!

Andrea now can say 'draw' and also actually draw (draw a few lines) on paper. She enjoys seeing us draw for her and she likes to draw on her own, always saying ' draw draw'! Very Cute.

I have also bought wooden blocks & matching cards (play cards) from ELC (early learning centre) as they are having at least 20% storewide till 1 Sept 08. Andrea have no problem with matching cards, she has to learn how to stack up the wooden blocks. Will see when she knows how to play with that.

What's in Life

Still thinking if i should attend the BaZi class from Mastery Academy. I felt that i am quite lucky in life, but not until i received my 1st paycheck. Working is never easy for me, especially this year, someone taken what i've wanted long long time ago. She has same experience & same intelligent, however her luck is better than me, hence she get that better position.

I want to know what's in Life for me. I'm not the kind of person to find out the truth & sit there to wait for luck to come. I went online and did some search. Here is what i've found! It frighten me! Me and hubby has tough life! But was glad that Andrea's life is better than both of us, in general.

There are some reports from the website that we can buy. I have read the sample report, however i think we need further interpretation. Conclusion, i think i need to attend the BaZi course in september if i want to find out more. Why i have such harsh life until 35 years old & others do not have harsh life till 50-60! Need to Chant even more!

More Words

1.Andrea is able to say
(a) Apple
(b) Fall Down
(c) dadadadi, gong-gong, mama, mi
(d) mic mic (mickey mouse)
(e) Blue Whale
(f) bob (name of the dog)
(g) Cow
2.Do puzzle - match the animals to their home
3.Likes to read more books
4.Walk & run around aimlessly - in class/ shopping complex

Little Walkers

We attended today for the 10am class. The teacher is a malay and has been teaching there for 9 years. She is a freelancer. That's all i know from her. I have also signed up for this month's class, have decided to bring andrea to mix around.

1st andrea was OK, we were the 1st to arrive. Later when mummy happily chatting with teacher, andrea gets annoyed & started to cry. Everyone arrive 15 min late and class started 15 min late. We had singing session 1st, then was allow to play around the room with all the equipments. Andrea enjoy sausage roll and spent 70% of her time there, she doesn't like BIG log (to push & walk), trampoline and playing with kids with parents beside them. I can see she likes to play with other kids but just do not like adults looking at her. Well, That's Andrea.. can't help

Hope that she enjoys the class next time!

Excited yet disappointed

Well, that is two different stories. I was very excited and can't wait till my Project Management Fundamental ends. I had a full 3 days of PM fundamental class, i had great teammates, i learn losts from them and the best part is i did the least presentation! I was all green when you asked me to do presentation, so yeah... was feeling alright through out the class. Yesterday was my last day of class & the instructor said there is ANOTHER exam in order to get our certificate. Anyway, i passed! Thank God!!

I was all excited and happy by the end of the class because hubby bringing me to Lot 10 to collect my shu uemura essence set. When i was there, i was 10x disappointed and angry. The promoter told me that he has given the set to another customer! I was so angry, no words could describe, i did not speak very well when i was angry cos my mind is blocked!

I went back to the car feeling really pissed. I called Istean to complain about Shu Uemura & told the promoter if he doesn't get back to me by tomorrow 12pm, i will complaint to Shu Uemura headquarters. Anyway, i collected my set at 1 utama branch today. So i'm feeling OK now.

When back at home. I was feeling extremely tired and exhausted. I do not know why, it might be the stressed i had yesterday and the past 3 days of PM fundamental class. I had terrible stomachache just now, but after sitting in the toilet, feel much better now. I must take good rest right now. ciao!

I spent too much

Lately i have spent too much on facial.

Last Isetan sale i have bought myself Lamer moisturizing lotion, shu uemura deepsea active water, moisture eye zone mask & UV under base. I have miniature deepsea moisture set for free!

This Isetan Sale i have bought shu uemura deepsea mask & deepsea essence. Besides i also bought mum Lamer moisturising lotion & Lamer eye concentrate for myself. I have Shu Uemura miniature ACE set for free! These two months i do not have any savings at all. I have to promise myself not to over spend again next month!

I have also bought facial package at origin last month :( This will be shared with mum and kim, however i had paid a big lump sum! sigh...

All in all, i am happy to see the results. It brings moisture to my face, radiant and also confident! I have finally found the right products for myself, I have wasted ALOT of money just to find the right product for my skin & I'm happy that i have found! Lamer & Shu Uemura!

Teacher House on Fire!

I do not know how true this is, but when the staff called me this morning, i felt that it's a make up story. However, i sounded frustrated during the call & the staff was kind enough to ask me to go up now and she'll give me free entry to the Play Land! wee ... FREE! I Like it!

I've booked for the free trial again next saturday & hope the teacher won't burn anything anymore! Was eager to find out about the franchise, but today lacking luck. The malay lady attended to me was super blur, i asked about franchise she gave me a leaflet. Then one of her chinese colleague came by and stood beside her, i do not know why i shy away and walked off! I don't get what i want ... sigh...

Back to the Play Land. Andrea was enjoying herself towards her last 5 min. She spent 30min staring and watching/ Stare at the play ground and watching other children play. There is one boy keep giving her balls & she keep receiving it! ha.. then i bring her to the baby area where they have smaller pool of balls & slide. Andrea likes the pool of balls, slides and walk around. I've plan to bring her there every saturday. Hope i can develop her social skills!

Pronunciation

There is alot of improvement lately.
(1) Andrea can say - Shoe, Balloon, No
(2) Andrea can walk steadily and loves to walk.
(3) Andrea loves itsy-bitsy spider song. She will sign when we sing this song
(4) She likes us to read her story books. (i have bought the whole set of Level 1, read it yourself. Lady bird for her)

Andrea bottom incisor coming out, hence these few weeks she doesn't eat much. Cannot finish her milk and any food we feed her.

Underweight

Past 2 weeks, andrea went to doc Wong for MMR jap, however after a few discussion, doc suggest to give her chicken pox instead and MMR can be postponed to next month. Well, i was quite pissed of her suggestion because doc wong was afraid that andrea would be allergic to MMR hence asked my mum to give her some eggs to test it out before having the MMR jap. I sneak out of the office at 11am, hoping to get the MMR jap done but in the end i had chicken pox jap! Not only that, we went to our usual doc koe, it was CLOSED! and we drive to this new clinic & felt that the dr had con me to get something that is not what i wanted. We have always wanted to go to dr. MUSA, but he has always been superly busy (clinic super full) and on leave so frequently, we have gave up hope on him. Docs now have a very relaxing life! Patient always can't get them on the right time!

Dr. Wong was concern about andrea's weight and have suggested us to give her oats/ toast/ cereal in the morning. Mum had tried that and she dislike oats. we scratch our head and finally i've decided to buy an expensive supplement - Pediasure. Andrea drank it for 2 days now, once a day. So far she doesn't seem to like it very much, she still can't finish the milk! I don't know if her bottom teeth is coming out, she seems to drool alot and have no appetite lately. 4 days now, hope she will be fine soon!

Andrea loves to put coins into her piggy. It's an achievement for her! It's not that easy you know... hehe. Andrea is able to walk steadily now.

Hubby and I will be bringing andrea to Shangrila for 2 nights. Hopefully she behave herself and also hope we can enter the horizon lounge together with andrea! T&C stated cannot bring children below 12 & when we have called 2 staff & asked, they said can... so we keep out finger crossed!

Walking

Andrea practices her walking skills everyday. She took the initiative to walk around the house. I am very happy that she started walking without us telling her to walk. [we usually tell her to do things we want and cheer for it if she follows]

I think soon she will be able to walk steadily, Hooray! i don't have to carry her when we go for dinner or shopping! I think i need to buy her more shoes, right now she only has addidas sandals that grandparents bought for her and a white shoe that i bought it from zara. Clarks seems to be very heavy, anyway i will go and look for osh kosh walking shoes!

Musikhaus

I have bought andrea to Musikhaus's trial class on last last Sunday. The class seems ok because it gave andrea a chance to play with other kids. The purpose is not so much on the music because the method that they use, we can do it at home too! Unfortunately the Saturday classes are all taken up, hence i would need to wait for their next intake and hopefully there are ppl dropout.

I am also interested in Shichida, however i am not so fortunate for this either, all classes are full. hence i would also need to wait till next intake and pray that someone will stop going. The babies classes now are very popular and money cannot buy everything! hmph...

Working from home

This week i am working from home again. Mum went back to ipoh yesterday and will only be coming back tomorrow. It was my grandma's birthday! Feel bad because we never celebrate for her, but i can't do much about it :p

Life have been hectic and was emotionally attacked by my colleague. My 2Q08 compliance testing just over & now i have to chase for Client Sat survey Root Cause and analysis. My colleague is 4 years older than me but behave like a kid. Exactly like me and pei last time, but we have outgrown it. Thank God! How disgusting and irritating to have someone like that around + she is Superbly FAKE!! I don't know how much i can tolerate... Hope that i can live thru it!

Andrea has no improvement lately. Her potty training failed. She even poo on her diapers where she doesn't do it last time. Andrea did not have flash card lesson anymore as my mum is busy with her own things & emelyn doesn't seem interested in teaching her flash cards. I have stop reading her story book every night, due to the 8pm show that i watch every weekdays, emelyn put her to sleep now. Thus, u can see the deterioration happening to Andrea, no wonder doctor said that her head did not grow! I don't know what to do...

Birthday Preparation

Prior to Andrea's birthday. We had ordered birthday cake from Just Heavenly. The cake will be design by ET. During our discussion, i felt that ET was not very keen to have our cake made. He even told us that this is his last order and was hesitant to accept our order at first. He said that the design will be VERY simple as he has no time for complicated designs. He charged us RM183 for a 1kg cake. I hate those supplier always treat us as if we are not their important client! Sigh.. i always ended up not feeling very happy with these ppl doing things for me. Hopefully the cake will turn out pretty.

Hubby had bought andrea a very big present yesterday from robinson. I have bought andrea a present today too at parkson. I went to baby zara today, there are no nice tops or dresses now. Hence, i do not have any clothes for her except for toys.

Tomorrow we will be collecting the birthday cake at around 1pm. We have also planned to get some party hats and balloon from the party shop nearby Just heavenly. We will be having the cake cutting session at around 2pm, where everyone should be back from work.

Andrea's flu have not fully recover yet. She still has running nose but seems alright to me. She is super adorable & she is able to walk with one hand support now. I brought her to walk around at the car porch today! I enjoyed it... hehe

I'm Sick

Sorethroat strikes when i was in KK on the 2nd day. After i have taken many vitamin C, sorethroat clears and flu came in. The worst thing is that i have passed it to Andrea. Poor Girl has running nose and nose stuck! She is now getting better, at least no running nose anymore. I'm also recovering, having cough now. Hopefully it will stop by today.

Never been so BIG

My current weight is at 53KG. Beside being pregnant, I never been so heavy before. My body start to inflate ever since i stop breast feeding. Human hormones gave a very high impact of our appearance, either on our body, face or skin.

I was at 48KG during my breastfeeding time, it felt good and my appearance was very attractive too. I can feel people around me envious of my body and i think i have encourage some of my friend to give birth as they say they want to slim down this fast too!

After 9-10 months, i have started to gain weight. It might be the reason below that cause this:
(1) Sleep too early, around 8-9pm after dinner
(2) Metabolism rate slowed down, usually after taken small portion i felt full. However i still finish up my lunch/ dinner. Do not want to waste food.
(3) Hormones. After stop breastfeeding, I've became a giant

Currently, i can only exercise & do stretching. I don't know what else i can do :(

Recession

It's coming. I have some money in the share market and i can't withdraw it now. Im regret that i did not sell my Maybank when it was RM13. Dad bought it for me at RM8 and i have top up just recently at RM11. Now it only left with RM7. I have a few other more and they are not doing very well either, but at least not as bad as Maybank!

Beside this, our daily use items are rising too. Petrol, food, clothes, utilities .. everything! How this world gonna be in 3 months time? would there be more crime? Gosh... i really dunno what to do with such situation.
1.Migrating is not an option because we have not done any preparation nor having any plans yet.
2.Earning more money is not an option becuase my business plan never seems perfect & current employment does not have any initiave of increasing our salary nor having any inflation adjustment. Future employment? Don't think about it, I'm sure there are no other company who gave me this much freedom & flexibility.
3.Saving money is not an option too because we have been calculating our monthly expenses and it's within our control, we don't waste uncessary money thus far.
What else? Personal use for clothes and skin care? wow! if i cut that i think i will be very miserable. I don't think life is worth living without that! Well, conclusion.. nothing changed, life goes on with increasing price. hehe...

I hope we still can live comfortably during recession time & hope this world would be a better place to live for everyone. I'm feeling like a saint

Get Started!

I need to start planning & packing for our trip to KK next Wednesday. Gosh i have exactly 1 week to prepare. I need to have a checklist of what to bring for Andrea & also plan for our itinerary. I hope this would be a Fun Trip!

On the other hand, i would also need to decide of whether to have a birthday party for Andrea. Is this party for me or for her? haha.. i love planning for happy events and i have initially thought that we should save our money for other things, i.e buy some nice things for andrea instead. However, recently i have heard thomas sister and khai fong will be having party for their kid, i feel left out! I must calm down and think twice before making any decision. Is this for me or for andrea? Who will be happier!!