2 Months Old

Ben's 2 months old checkup:
(1) Asked about the jaundice, however doctor said it's OK. Not to worry
(2) Took the 5 in 1 Jap for 2 months old
(3) Took Rotavirus, however ben vomited out most of it. I'm not sure if there are still any left in his tummy.
(4) Weigh - 5.3KG, Height - 59cm
(5) Took paracetamol from the pharmacy

Ben's appetite has been fluctuating. Past two days he only take 1oz-1.5oz, but yesterday back to normal 2oz, hence did not ask doctor about this. Ben is still drinking 2oz every 2 hours, i do not know when this feeding hour can be prolonged. How to make him drink more so that he can tahan longer hour.

I still carrying him to sleep at night, he can sleep 3-4 hours. I dare not put him on his own because i may loose my temper again if i need to wake up every hour. Taking care of my second child is more tiring than the 1st, Age does matter. I'm getting old.....

Torn Labial Frenum

I want to note this down. Happened on Christmas day:
Andrea was swinging herself between two tables & fell. She has been very naughty lately & does not want to nap. She has bitten herself on her lower lips & her labial frenum was torn. She was in such great pain & the whole mouth was covered with fresh blood. I was terrified of her cry & blood flowing out from her mouth, i thought her teeth drop or something. We quickly use the gauze to remove blood from her teeth and using ice afterward to stop the blood on the lips. Luckly the blood stops quickly & we apply Bonjela afterwards & until today we went for her PD checkup. Doctor gave her Oral Aid. I hope she will recover soon.

We went to Ikea yesterday, wanted to buy a book shelves. However andrea cried non-stop when we were there. I was so angry and kept on scolding her, it was so frustrating when we go all the way there & could not do our shopping. The reason is also because she did not nap in the afternoon again. I do not know what happen to her, she has been crying like a baby (pretending) for the past two days. I hope it is because she is too bored at home and not turning into a monster, hope next week school will bring her back to her normal self.

Andrea has her 2 1/2 years old Hep A booster today, the next shot will be at age 4.

Facial

It has been a long long time that i went for a facial. I've signed up a course with LD long long time ago, i think 1 year ago. I've gotten preggy with Ben shortly after that, so i stop going. Luckily they did not burn my package and allow me to transfer some of it. Hence, me and hubby went for the treatment today, One Utama is crazily packed with people, we only get a parking lot after 30min!

It was very nice, after so long, i nearly forgot how it feels like. Their facial price has increased to RM200+ now, CRAZY! after this i will not sign up with them, unless there are other nice package again. People now are very rich! I used to go to origin facial at only RM50 each time, but of course they do not have machine as canggih as LD. Overall, I'm feeling satisfied and relax today.

I've signed up Andrea to summer academy today, she seems to like this kindy alot. I hope she will still love it on the actual day of school. Finger Crossed!

Bazi Module 4

It was a super tiring module for me, i collapsed everyday i reached home. I only had around 4-5 hours of sleep and it's a broken sleep, my boy still wakes up 2-3 hours every night :( Yesterday's graduation dinner ends 9 ish & i reached home around 10 ish. My name on the cert printed wrongly! I was upset because i noticed that my tag was printed wrongly the 1st day and had asked the ppl there to change it but he did not. So i had the cert with my name wrong on it now, waiting for the guy to call when the correct cert is ready.

Overall it was informative, what i need to do now is to practise.

Dear reader, pls send in your birthdate, hour & gender to me if you want a free reading to eowsl@hotmail.com. Tell me what you want to know & also alittle bit about yourself.

Here is a pic of me with JY :)

Bazi Module 3

This is my 1st bazi class that was taught by joey, i would say mian xiang is the best, cos i laugh from the begining till the end of the class. Bazi was a bit more serious but we did had some good laugh too. Overall bazi 3 was good, it gave me a new perspective to interpret charts. For what i have done earlier, i guess i only bring 20% out of the chart only. with the information i've got now, i guess i can get another 40% information out from the chart. another 40%, i will get it once i've completed module 4!

It was really a tiring experience, i had to express milk during lunch time and had to rush back home after class with my engorge breast! The class is from 10am to 6pm, by the time i reach home, i already feel very very exhausted. Not to mention i have to still breastfeed ben at night, feed-burp-sleep-burp(sometimes)-sleep pattern. I did not had time to do revision for that three days, right now i have to read and revise before going to module 4.

1. read thru the notes
2. structure my mind on what to tell the client 1st till the end
3. memorize key points for 10 gods
4. interpret my own chart

2010 Resolutions

1. Spend time to do meditation/ chanting
2. Exercise
3. Eat healthily - avoid spicy food (for the period of breastfeeding)
4. Spend more time with Andrea
5. Complete 65 day program for Andrea
6. Look into toddler recipe
7. Potty train Ben
8. Stop finding fault in hubby & stop reacting to his irritated speech
9. Earn 10K from share market
10. Improve one of my shortcoming

Singapore Trip

Hubby and I successfully bring our kids to Singapore without our maid. At times we were in trouble with 2 kids, however we pulled thru without any major hoo Haas, all we need is extra time, this is why we were always late for everything in Singapore.
1. We took 3 hours to get ready the next day for cousin's wedding.
2. Ben poo too much, and i have to clean him about 10 times in 24 hours!
3. Andrea was very cranky - cry and cry... hubby & I was going insane with her non-stop crying
4. Too many luggage, hubby has to walk 2 times each to load and unload our stuff
5. I never wash so many bottles before (my pump, ben's bottle & andrea's bottle), luckly my pigeon sterilizer can fit all of it in one go!
6. Hubby carry andrea 24 hours (during shopping & putting her to sleep - poor hubby)
7. Andrea eats very little, she still need people to chase after her for all her meals.
8. Hubby & I get 1 1/2 hour to shop at Robinson while my mum helped us to look after ben & andrea (we manage to buy things we like and things we listed)
9. Manage to get 1 dozen of manna bears
10. Tried the most delicious ramen at ion orchard with mum & dad, even andrea loves it so much that she ask for more instead of us calling her to eat.

1 Month old checkup

Ben has his second jab today. He weigh 4.2kg (increased by 1.4kg since birth), 53cm tall (born height = 49cm). Overall doc was satisfied with his growth. Ben has been vomiting milk after feed (not alot but enough to wet his shoulder, he even vomit after 30min or after 1hr), i do not know if he is too full or his stomach has became smaller. this starts about few days ago, i asked doc about it, he said it's normal. Hm... i will keep an close eye ....

Ben does not scream so often now, as in changing his nappy or he wanna pee, which is a good thing. Ben likes to suckle and able to sleep longer if not bottle feed. These two nights he is able to sleep 2-4 hrs in one stretch without waking up for milk. I hope he can keep it this way. I'm seriously very tired when he wakes up every hour for milk at night!

Benjamin's Fullmoon

We had Ben's fullmoon dinner at Chef & Brew, we did not opt for catering as we have done previously for andrea. This year hubby feels like only having it celebrated with family & relatives only, hence we have reserved 26 seats at Chef & Brew and had our fullmoon cake made in Just Heavenly.
Ben behaved very well yesterday, he did not cry & he open his big eyes after his 9pm feed. Timing just right for cake cutting & photo taking :) we left the restaurant at 9.30pm, it was okay, not very tiring. I enjoy myself because i get to chat with the guest & do not need to really take care of my two kids :) Mum/ Dad takes care of Andrea & maid takes care of Ben... hehe...

Ben can now move his head from left to right or vice versa when i put him on his tummy. He still drinks 3oz breast milk in 2-3 hours and sometimes (very rarely) stretched to 4 hours. Ben now can awake for longest 2 hours in the afternoon.

Shopping

Nope, it's not full moon yet, but i was itching to go out. I went out shopping last weekend & bought loads of stuff. Saturday we went to pavillion, although it's just 2 hrs shopping, we have spent like crazy, hubby & I bought clothes, many ben's essentials from mothercare & andrea has her little man's pet from thinktoys.

Sunday, we bought andrea to chinese taipei school (kindergarten), however we do not really like that school. Guess has to go out of kota kemuning! After that we went to robinson to buy ben's essentials again. I was very upset because whole robinson was on sale but not the baby bottles section & chicco section. However we just bought what is on the list! GERAM... Later hubby drag me to go giant with him and bought loads of groceries, my maid wrote a LONG list for us too!

What do i get in the end? lumps on my spine/back. My massage lady said my back is very lumpy, she asked what i have done during the weekend! lol... i dare not tell her i went to so many places :p Its good that she has cleared the body acids & i can go shopping somemore this weekend! Need to buy some cosmetic this week, Isetan on sale again!

Christmas decorations were very beautiful in pavillion. It reminds me the time i had in UK. I had white Christmas on my second year study there, it snowed on the Christmas eve, it's so beautiful and all of us went outdoor in the middle of the night. My 1st year, i went to Paris, the lights deco on the streets were beautiful, i remember walking on the pavement, looking at people skating & drinking hot red wine (i don't know if it's red wine, it taste like it, and it was sold along the street). We decorate our house too, my housemate will buy many Christmas decorative item ... we go shopping too... Christmas cards & decoration in the store & streets were very beautiful.

Recovering

I do feel better now - less tired. I had twice a week massage from the day i delivered till now, after 1 month i will be reducing it to once a week until i go back to work. My weight is at 54kg, had lost 11kg thus far. I can fit into my jeans now, i guess its due to the sleepless nights i had last few weeks. Now i have better manage my time, i will nurse Ben at night and mum/maid will bottle feed him during the day. Breast milk consider alot now, i can pump and nurse and still store 1 or 2 via gourmet 6oz cups. Ben is now drinking 3 oz per feed, every 2 hours! He is definitely a big eater because according to babycenter, baby up to 1 month is only drinking 24-26oz in 24 hours! he is drinking 30 over oz per day ....

Many pending items yet to be completed, that contribute to the stress im having now. Maid issue - i must cancel the current maid in order to get the new one (gov rule), or i can ask a letter from doctor to say we have elderly at home (which is cheating). I may not have maid for 1-2 months, that will really cause havoc. Ben's full moon cake, full moon pack, dinner (just family & relatives), clothes etc - yet to be finalized. Going to process passport for ben & renew passport for myself as we are going to Singapore early DEC (hopefully by next week i can get it done). Bring andrea to trial nursery - have yet to call the nursery & fix the date (Hope she will like school). write down a list for things that i need to bring to Singapore, maid is not coming hence i hope everything is OK.

I'm going for Bazi M3&4, i really looking forward to it. Things has been really bad lately, i hope i could have enjoyable days with JY.

Ben sleeps with maid

Andrea had only slept with the maid for 1 night and she is now back with us at night. Ben on the other hand had sleep with the maid for 3 nights, it's good for me as i get some sleep, i just hope i can recover fast so i can fully take over ben at night for good.

I really hate my maid but i could not show anger because i still need her help. I think in my life this is the 1st time i can tolerate someone i hate so much for this long. She would treat andrea good for not more than a week & will start scolding her, threatening her or even beat her hand (andrea told me). Me, Hubby & mum has to always support my stupid maid such as when maid call her for dinner/ lunch/ shower etc, all of us has to be an amplifier so my maid will not get upset and start ignoring andrea! I wonder who is the boss. She is seriously not helping but gave us more pressure.

My retina was cracking last week i think, i could see lights flashing.... gosh... I hope i won't get blind soon.

Andrea sticks to the maid

Andrea now likes the maid, I feel heart broken when she told us she wants to sleep with the maid yesterday night. Is it because she sees daddy and mummy always with benjamin? I really do not want this to happen but it just happened, maybe she finds comfort in the maid now :( I really do not have anyone to help me to take care of ben & to spend more time with my poor girl.

Benjamin 10 days old

Benjamin can scream really loud and it always frighten all of us, either when changing nappy or he wants his feed... sometimes poo & urine will also scream his lungs out. I wonder if output star = fire characteristic will be like this. It's really scary when u see him out of breath!

Ben can now awake for 30min the longest and will fall back to sleep again. Ben can also lift his head up when i put him on my shoulder, he seems to be quite strong for his age.

I breastfeed him exclusively, but he never seems enough. The mouth is always looking for milk! However i know he is too full already, cos a few times i fed him until he vomited! Maybe he just want to suckle. Daddy is very good in burping him. At night, he wakes up every 2 hours for milk.

Ben's circumcision wound healed after one week, it looks much more nicer now. Previously all of us were so afraid of touching it, because it's all red! The dried umbilical cord just dropped this morning, however he still yells when we change his nappy. I wonder it still hurts.

Disaster

Ben discharged today, results at 8. I was of course happy but not till when i reached home.

There is a huge fight between my mum and my maid (being a middleman is killing, especially im still feeling weak), and andrea was not happy (she was OK when ben was away in hospital) - kept on crying, my sink got stuck, my thermos broken, Ben was having green stool & having slight fever. It really drives me crazy when i have to deal with this emotional trauma alone.

I just hope i could get more rest & more peaceful days ahead.

Visiting Ben

I think i do not have affinity with Indians, not that i'm racist but it just happen all the time. My workplace, the A&E MO from DSH & the nurse in the special nursing care. They just drive me up the walls.

The Indian nurse ask if i carried my son too much at home because he refuse to sleep under the light & has been carrying out many times in an hour. Keep on saying he has got not enough milk or is not satisfied because his mouth keep on moving despite has already fed him. How would i know! you are the nurse you should be taking care of him and not question me! She even tell me if keep on like that ben's condition will not improve fast. Argh.... I'm already stressful don't give me additional stress!

It's really heart broken when you pay a visit to your kid but the nurses there was not so helpful. The feeling is that, they will torture your son more than taking good care of him.

Ben has jaundice

Ben admitted to hospital today, i feel so sad to see my baby being left alone in the hospital. I fed him before i leave & he was not asleep when i was about to leave. He's home for a week and was not used to be 'blinded' by the nurse before putting under the UV light. Why babies have jaundice? Sigh... I felt so heart broken to be apart with ben.

Hubby just called, he said ben was OK to be 'blinded' when hubby sent the milk just now. We will be going to visit ben today at 8pm & feed him. I hope he will be alright by tomorrow, cos doc said that 2 days ben has to stay, hopefully the results will be lower than 10 tomorrow & we can all go home together. Fingers crossed.

Ben's jaundice blood test showed 14.1 this morning & weight 2.9kg. Good weight gain doctor said - birth weight = 2.83kg (after just 1 week)

In Labour

The unbearable pain came in at 2am, well it's not really 100% unbearable, but i must have really deep breath for it when the pain strike! I took the TENS machine from my mum earlier & was wearing it since 12am. As i didn't want to go to hospital in the midnight, so i guess i could wear them to pull thru the night & of course i thought it was just braxton hicks, cos the contraction was not really that regular. It varies from 7min to 10min. It is really confusing!

at 2.15am i told my husband that i cannot tahan till 6am, we have to go now because the TENS machine does not help much by then i feel. So we arrived hospital at 2am, i was thinking to myself, GOSH another round of midnight epidural, i hope that dr. will not be as sleepy as last time :(. The mid wife checked me at 3am and said i'm 7cm dilated and it's too late for epidural!!! I have to bear with the pain! I dind't have the chance to clear my bowel too! yucks!

my gynae came in after 10-15min & baby was delivered after 30min (from the time we arrived at hospital & delivered)! what a fast process, but it was really painful. I scream my lungs out, the midwife asked me not to shout! haha... laughing gas did helped abit i guessed.. i'm not sure. This is the 1st time i've experienced the labour pain & i'm surely do not want it to happen another time. Time to close shop ....

Braxton Hicks Contraction

It started on Friday night which is irregular (2-3 times before sleep) & does not hurt. Saturday hit me a few times in a day (does not hurt too). Sunday was more, every 10 min after lunch till dinner time (does not hurt too). At mid night, the pain is more intense but keep my eye on the clock to see if it's regular -> NOPE, not yet. Had a few intense pain till 7am but irregular & i'm now still monitoring. Anyway, baby please wait till tomorrow.

Andrea: 2 yrs 4 mths

I have spent less time with andrea for her 'homework' these days, as hubby also VERY lazy to do 'homework' with her. Initially i will nag hubby to do 'homework' with andrea, but i guess i'm not that kind of person who can nag for my whole life. Well, i guess have to wait till i'm not feeling so exhausted then only i can concentrate on andrea's 'homework' for now.

Updates on her milestone:
1. Able to read some words on Peter & Jane 1a book
2. Can do maze (just found out from last shichida class - keep on knocking the 'wall' when i introduce the kumon workbook - easy maze few months ago)
3. Can use scissors very well - love to cut papers at my mum place
4. Loves animals, especially Rabbits, Dogs & Cats (brought her to a pet shop, the Cat meow - she turn to us, "the cat meow at me" - lol)
5. Can sing MANY songs from English to Chinese
6. Beginning to demand things she wants & insist (not very good)
Example1:
andrea: Mummy pls sleep beside me on my bed
Mummy: I'm tired, can i sleep on my bed?
andrea: No *pretend to cry*
Example2:
andrea: Daddy pls get my pillow/ water/ book "title name"etc
Daddy: go get yourself
andrea: *pretend to cry* pls daddy
7. Can feed herself at meal time (maid will let her do it until she lost interest)
8. Likes to eat biscuit - plain cracker biscuit. Can eat it even just right after meal @@
9. Wear her own socks & shoes correctly
10. Able to run SUPER FAST!

Preparing 2

I was hoping to see parkson sale - RM10 voucher with every purchase of RM150. Hence i went and search on the internet and saw that it was the last day of the promotion (16 Oct 09)! I was panic because I saw this only at 5pm, hubby and i rushed to parkson KLCC after dinner, arrived at 8.30pm. Shop till 9.30pm... the staff there helped us to carry our stuff to our car, how nice :) 

what we have bought:

1. 2 Avent BPA-free breast pump

2. Avent baby monitor

3. Avent BPA-free bottle for breast pump

4. 3 via gourmet set

5. Pigeon tooth brush for andrea (time to change)

6. Pigeon rapid sterilizer

Voucher to exchange:

1. 5 boxes of nappy liner

2. 6 packs of wet wipes

3. 2 Pigeon glass bottles

4. Pigeon booties & mittens

I was very happy because all these are at 10-20% discount & after discount i'm entitled for RM10 voucher for every RM150. I saved quite alot i feel :)

Pregnancy Week 37

Went for checkup today, hubby fetch me there & accompany me to consultation. Mum fetch me back from DSH. 

I did not forget to ask about the weight, dr. said from the scan it says 2.6KG, but she believes that it's more than that. I'm relieved, cos my sis said baby above 2.8KG consider OK. Alright, dr. checked how much i've dilated today.. bad news - only 1 cm. She said have to wait for another week & needs to do more walking! Aww.. im feeling tired all the time now. Baby please don't make mummy wait for too long :( 

I'm hooked to internet problem solving these days, I know i have not been relaxing as much as i should have. The internet problem just kills me, i cannot work from home, well home as in my own home. I have to go to my mum's place because my internet line died on me. You can't believe how exhausted i was at my mum house, it was not as comfortable as my own home because i need to lie down on someone's bed & sitting on someone's chair & table. My Andrea would come and disturb me once in a while & i'm sweating all over by the end of the day. It has been 3 days now. Tomorrow i will stay home although stupid TM still have not solve our internet line problem, because we have bought Maxis broadband prepaid yesterday and it's awesome! 

Pregnancy Week 36

Went for a checkup yesterday. Gynae said water is enough, measurements are OK. She has given me the admission form & advice me to admit to hospital if there is 1. Pain 2. Water Bag Burst 3. show. The pain she asked me not to wait till 5 min interval, has to come in earlier cos second child might be faster.

I've just called ING to get the guarantee letter but he said i need to wait. If the GL is ready they will SMS me, i wonder how long it takes. I remember 2 years ago was immediate! Maybe the malay guy attend to me is LAZY. Well, luckily i still can wait till next week :)

Have not tell my maid about she moving to my mum house temporarily because we have no room for her when the confinement lady is here. Will do this next week.

Pain

Having second pregnancy was not much joy as the 1st pregnancy, I don't get the privilege of being chauffeured, I'm still driving on my at 36 weeks. I do not blame it on my bazi chart (of my weak DO), because i saw 2 women (my friend) has weak DO too, their husband were treating them extremely good. Well, i do not know if it's just superficial or what, but from what i've read from the blog, i think mine is simply rubbish.

He spends most of the time ignoring me, because he thinks that i asked him to do too much work, concentrating on his share market, working very hard everyday until me and baby has to starve most of the time, complaining about me etc. It's OK, i've learned to be stronger, less dependent on him & i shall start thinking more of myself than him now. I just hope i would not develop post pregnancy syndrome after i've delivered. I'm really an idiot if i were to let someone hurt me & cause me pain in my life, be it him or at work place.

Preparing

We are busy preparing stuff for myself & baby's arrival. Of course, we are passing many andrea's stuff to baby, Im afraid that andrea would feel less attention when baby arrived, so we bought her some new stuff too:
1. New Bed (pinky bed from Ikea)
2. Blankets
3. Pillow + cover

Myself:
1. Breast pad
2. Nursing gown
3. Handkerchief

Baby:
1. Changing top
2. Drawers
3. Mamypoko NB

More to come ....

Colin Powell - Success

My Dad has taught me this throughout my school life - in pieces. I'm grateful that Joey Yap has posted this Sucess item in facebook so that i could copy it down and pass it down to my kid. Life is all about decision & how you want to live your life. If you have ever complained about your life, or always jealous about others, it's partly due to the decision you have made & of course your destiny. If you want to know how this associate with your destiny (bazi), go to facebook and add joey yap as 'fans'. Read about it - Change your destiny

1. The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
2. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.
3. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.
4. As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision, or choke your dream.
5.Never receive counsel from unproductive people.
6. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how.
7. Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.
8. Don't follow anyonewho's not going anywhere...
9. With some people you spend an evening...with others you invest it.
10. Be carefulwhere you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.
11. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl...But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.
12. Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.

Colin Powell

4th Year Anniversary

We were married for 4 years now! Time flies!

We checked-in to Royale Bintang hotel on Saturday, went shopping at the curve after that. The hotel was not as nice as we have expected, well usually we go to 5 star hotel & didn't know it was this bad. No bath tub & the duvet were not silky & the pillows are not down feathers! Oh well, at least my little girl didn't complain & wanted to go back to the hotel after we've checked out on Sunday.

In the evening, we went to KLCC to buy my cosmetics & dine at eden. Andrea loves her bun & soup & pick on our food a little. Next morning, we had breakfast at the hotel, andrea loves the cereal they have there & ended with a banana (her favourite too). The breakfast was OK. We checked out at about 10am & headed to Pavillion for lunch.

Times Bookstore was having childrens' day promotion, for members 25% for all children books from 1-30th oct. Hence as a kiasu mum, i've bought some books again for andrea. Honestly i have bought too many last month! But i have no regret, cos andrea loves it, she asked me to read it in the night and early this morning. When i refuse, she pretend to cry! Worth the money afterall :)

Sorethroat, Flu & Fever

My little girl was down with fever last Friday. Started with vomiting at grandma place & Very high fever 38.7 degree in the middle of the night 3am! Hubby & I rushed to hospital to get antibiotic because her mucus shows abit of yellowish that day. The Medical Officer attended to us in the A&E was terrible, an Indian MO looks like a cleaner. She is very rude & unfriendly!

We went back to the hospital to see doc musa the next day and get everything sorted out. Today the fever was under controlled.

My Maid had running nose yesterday, she told us she cannot stop the running nose. but i have been hearing her sniffing for a long time. Not the serious type but sniffled once in a while. My girl sick and now tell me she is sick, Im just too tired. Hubby bought her flu medicine from the pharmacy. Hope no more headache popping up anymore!

Playing Country Story

Aww... i've got another new game in FB that I love so much. The graphics are very nice & it's not straight forward as other games available in FB. You will run out of money if you do not plan your game. However, these 2 days the line has gone crazy, i do not know it's FB problem or whole malaysia network problem due to the earthquake we experienced. 

Heart Burnt

Before i start, it has been very hard to logon to blogspot these 2 days!

I experienced heart burnt 2 days ago, anytime the whole day. I cannot remember i experience this during Andrea's time. However it has reduced today, when i eat too full only i felt it. Gynae went for holiday hence i only see her in 1 month's time, it suppose to be 3 weeks, hope everything is going fine. 2 weeks time to next visit!

Besides, i also feel heartbeat like in my tummy, but im really sure it's not braxton hicks. During andrea's time i also do not have these heartbeat like feeling. It has started since 6 months or so. However, im pretty sure it's not heartbeat because it's way too slow for a baby's heartbeat. I've asked gynae last visit, she said yeah, some ppl says baby hiccup inside, and said do not worry. I seriously do not know if this is normal. sigh.... a month to go, hope everything goes smoothly.

Meatball Soup

Ingredients:
Minced pork, vege to be added into the meatball, organic vegetable stock, frozen peas, diced carrot & pasta

Chop the vege & combine the pork, then form the mixture into small balls. Just big enough for the small mouth. Put stock in a pot & bring to boil, add peas, carrots & pasta to cook. Drop the meatballs into the simmering soup for 5 min or until the meatballs turn white & float to the surface.

READY.

Long Weekend

1. Went to Ipoh to have hubby's favourite prawn at Mun Chong & give out moon cakes to our relatives. Mum went to buy baker's cottage "hak lung chu" for my grandma, to me, it's just normal. But the sales was damn good and they had to force ppl to buy 1 box (4pcs) & only 1 "hak lung chu" in it. Don't think their customer experience will be good, my mum is very upset, buy 1 for the price of 4! Wish them Luck next year!

2. Had barbecue at parents place yesterday & played with lantern. we had too many food to eat & andrea is very well behaved. Andrea loves the barbecue Marshmallow!

3. We had many meals outside this weekend & andrea loves mac & cheese the best & her favourite chocolate milkshake.

4. I have bought some more stuff from think toys again because of that 20% voucher, this time they gave me another voucher :( It's so tempting, how not to buy anything with that 20% voucher. Anyway, bought another 24 pcs puzzle, board games & phonics CD with song book. That CD + song book is super expensive, almost RM100 but i did not regret, the songs are really nice & most of all, Andrea loves it!

5. Baked blueberry muffin again as the muffin i bought from Isetan is not very fresh!

Shang Palace Moon Cake

We have been Shangrila's platinum member for the last 2 years, decided to stop because their membership increased RM200 per year & did not have additional benefits. No doubt we love the food at Shang Palace & Zipangu, i guess even if we go without discount, it will still worth not to pay RM600+ per year.  We love Horizon club too, but now they have restricted for the kids to enter, hence, i do think it's not worth it since we cannot stay in with andrea & another one coming later. 

Back to moon cake, so far we have been buying Moon cake from Shang Palace & it was delicious! I've tried many and have not found any that is better than Shang Palace. I was glad that they were having 10% discount for SCB credit card holder, hence i enjoy the discount without having to become their platinum member. Andrea loves it too! It's not too sweet & the white lotus is perfect. It can only keep for 10 days, but usually we consume it within 5 days as after that you will feel abit dry. For 'bing pei' can only keep for '3-5' days max. I'll go buy somemore this weekend, hope that famous choc bing pei is available this time! Yum... 

Kui You month

September the kui you month, what it has in store for me? kui is my output star, no doubt the studio unit rented out so quickly just 2 weeks and we get our desired tenant, signed on tenant agreement & get our deposit & rental for the unit. The previous tenant wanted to move out immediately, thought we can forfeit the 2 months deposit but he was begging us, out of good deeds, we return the remaining amount - minus cleaning fees & half a month before we rent out to this new tenant.

I have another you in my natal chart, you you is a self punishment destruction. Now i know what i did wrong, Say something that i shouldn't have said to my colleagues & Parents. Should keep my frustration to myself for the remaining month, do not want to slap my own face anymore.

Mercury dates are from 7-29 September, it will affect those people who has snake, rooster & Ox in their bazi chart. They will encounter communication breakdown, equipment failure ... etc. I think for those things i shouldn't say & have said to my colleagues & parents this month is also due to the mercury dates - Communication breakdown!

Leg Cramp

Leg Cramp has only came in at 32 weeks this pregnancy. Maybe i walk lesser this time as i work from home most of the time. Yesterday i had one attack & had one a week ago. So far only twice, so still not so bad. Had been taking black sesame powder, alternate days or lesser (forgot sometimes). I guess now should be able to remember because of the cramp!

Baby weight 1.9KG yesterday, i wonder if he will reach 3KG when delivered. I do not know tif he boy theory is correct, many says: ahh, boys usually are smaller! Don't worry.... but i know some who delivered boy were very big too! Just hope he is a strong & healthy baby!

Emotional Unstable

Due to the changing hormones, i have difficult time to calm myself. Every little things will provoke me or worries me, I'm so tired. Work has not been very pleasant, now i think it's my hormone causing all these unhappiness. Andrea is with me again this week & my maid is driving me crazy.

SHE WANTED TO USE ANDREA'S ROLLING PIN TO ROLL THE PIZZA DOUGH!

That is a toy OKay, although it's made of wood and looks like it can be used as a rolling pin to the dough, but NO! Crazy... she showed black face and refuse to eat the ham we left for her for breakfast. I throw that ham away after that in front of her.

Andrea has been pretending to cry lately too, or a real cry always with the maid. During bath time, meal times (3 times a day) & play time. It's driving me crazy, how can playing also CRY! I think my hormone is killing me, i cannot take all these small little things anymore. When is baby coming out?!

Personal View

Many people put shichida & glenn doman to comparison, I think this is largely due to both using flash cards. Hm.. my believe was the same as the public although i've attended shichida for exactly 1 year now. On the web or even attended many shichida seminar, you could not find what the real essence is. Because no one really compare them or they do not have in dept knowledge with these two programs. i've even attended glenn doman method of bringing up your child by dr. laila from nury institute (only for Malays last time, now the doctor is 80+, i dunno how long she will still be here), she too never compare it with shichida or whatever right brain development that is available.

This got me thinking when my blogger friend said her daughter started to read words on the flash cards. I do not know if Andrea can read words on the flash cards, because we flash it the shichida way not the glenn doman way. My youngest sister follows glenn doman method when she was born (my mum was a civil servant and got the opportunity to attend dr. laila's course when she was working with DBKL), no doubt my sister understanding power is strong since young & now is becoming a medical doctor in 1-2 years time.

Glenn doman: repetition of flash cards in a day (only a few cards a day) + show love to your kids (praising)
Shichida: no repetition, flash VERY fast - activate right brain wavelength (10-100 cards) + show love to your kids (praising)

Personal view:
GD - improve flash memory (right brain), reading & writing. Immediate results can be seen.
Shichida - improve 5 senses using right brain. some senses improvement can be seen, but many can't like speed reading, Imaging etc. Even the breathing exercise i still need to guide her. No doubt ESP and flash memory (object location, linking memory & tell the difference) is perfect.

Nose Bleed

Andrea had nose bleed yesterday, it scared the hell out of my maid and of course me & hubby. My maid call for us as she didn't know what to do. We took out the thermometer and her temperature is at 37 degrees, well that's andrea's usual temperature.

We quickly get a wet towel to clean her and put on her forehead. Then have my maid to make apple + carrots for her. I do not know what had happen, maybe she is dehydrated because her poo is quite hard for the past 1 day. On the way to shichida class, we bought coconut water for her too. Hope the nose bleed will not come back again.

Puzzles

Andrea started to do puzzle when she was 10 months old:

1. M&S 2 piece animal puzzles (10 or 15 sets). This is where she starts to learn animals & colours

2. Wooden transportation puzzles - 5-7 piece for 4 sets. Andrea took very long to master this

3. jig-saw puzzle book from kinokuniya - 9 pieces for 7 pages. Learn how to match the background & turn the pieces to fit.

4. Princess & tractor set for 24 pieces each. Just bought it yesterday from think toys pavillion, had 20% discount. Andrea can finish it with our little help! amazing! These puzzles came in big pieces, after completing it, it's quite big actually & andrea loves it. Just right for little kids.

I feel so heavy

These few days, even i stand i need to hold on something to help me get up. Despite my not very favourable weight gain, thus far i have increased 6 kg at month 8, still i need this support & feel very tired even when only stand for 5 min. I no longer could carry andrea for long, hold heavy groceries bags & lie on the floor. 

What's different from previous pregnancy:

1. do not have to do housework but now need to read & sing to andrea for hours

2. now still need to drive and pump my own petrol at month 7-9, andrea needs some entertainment sometimes during Saturday. I'm afraid i can't do it when my legs cannot take the pressure

3. Cannot go out to have my favourite food as much as i can, due to H1N1. Hope my boy will not be a picky eater next time. Andrea started to show favourism towards the food i like to eat during pregnancy, such as japanese food, dine in Fridays/ Chillies, Pizza etc

4. No preparation thus far for the delivery, did not buy anything & have not think of where to put my confinement lady. No room for her as my maid has already occupy the maid's room. Most probably sleep with me, dunno OK or not.

5. Play alot of facebook game this pregnancy instead of reading, hope there are no bad influence to the baby

Shichida - 6 Sept 09

I want to record down that andrea started to sing AIUEO with sensei, not very loud but the mouth is moving! That's a very good achievement to me, because i do not know why she does not want to sing in class although she knows how to sing. Maybe too shy or not confident enough. I'm very proud of her.

Besides she can now recognize number 1-10. She can pick up the numbers i ask her to during the class. She can also count 1 - 20 confidently now, with no missed. shichida currently stops at 20, i think i shall introduce 21 - 30 now.

Now Andrea can do her number tracing on her own, worksheets from shichida. I'm amaze that she took out her magic colour and start writing it herself & show it to me happily. She has really grown up ALOT!

I recommend Kumon workbooks i bought from kinokuniya/ MPH as i can see that andrea's progress is faster than her classmates, despite she is the youngest in her class. i wouldn't say she is smarter but i think is the exposure she gets. Andrea can do puzzles very well, hold a scissors very well, shapes & colours activities she can finish it very fast. She is always ahead of her classmates when doing all these activities. I've also started andrea with the big kumon books - easy maze & numbers 1-30 just yesterday. She has trouble in the maze but i guess it's the exposure, I'm sure she will get it right very soon!

addicted to Roller Coaster Kingdom

Oh dear, another game in facebook that makes me addicted to it. Realise another shortcoming, actually i already know! keke... i'm very impatient and needed to build the park as soon as possible & make lots of money & organize the park as pretty as possible. What i did? On another computer to keep the window open, this way the XP & coins moves up faster. While i do work i will check on the coin status periodically & do upgrades, buy new things when there is enough money for me to do so. Hope i could finish this game as soon as possible, cannot tahan myself! lol.

Update - 1 oct 09.

It's a shame that RCK has made the game worst. I've totally lost interest in it & have remove it from my FB. Never came across a game that does the improvement to worsen customer experience. Well, good luck to them!

Removing Buttons

Andrea is able to remove her own buttons on her shirt. It was quite hard actually & i'm surprise that she could remove 5 buttons on her shirt yesterday when i was helping her to change into her sleepwear. She refuse for me to help her & would slowly take her time to remove it, i think she took roughly 2-3min to have all unbutton :)

We went back to ipoh & i'm happy that she is not so afraid of people anymore. Well, if those people were too physical, she will reject & started to cry. If they started by talking to her 1st & slowly hold her hand, she is alright & would also follow them to where ever they bring her. She is able to share her food (biscuit) to her cousins & aunty & uncles too.

Daddy has bought her a flag on Sunday, she were happily waving her flag all the way & would point to us "Malaysia Flag" whenever she saw it. Yesterday, she was excited to see many people waving their flags on the TV & would imitate them & smile back to me. Andrea can say "Merdeka" too

Size: Age 2-3

Wow, i spent alot today at zara kids! Finally i'm buying clothes from the kids section.... no more baby zara! They are all very pretty and the fabrics are really soft! i feel happy after shopping, although it's not for myself. Girly clothes are really pretty. 

1. a skirt

2. a 3/4 pants

3. a blouse

4. 3 T-shirts

5. a sweater

We are going back to ipoh tomorrow & is going to give away andrea's clothes. Only those for outing, home wear will keep it for little brother. 

30 Weeks

I'm on my 30 weeks now & sad to say that i have not been practising Taikyo. It's really hard to do meditation when i'm having so much worries & stressed :( At night time, i would sleep at 9pm together with Andrea & woke up to start work at 8.30am. I know it's an excuse but i just could not do the meditation, easily get distracted because i'm thinking TOO MUCH recently. I just can't help it. How??....

Maybe shall try after work at 5pm. Hope i have got the mood.

Baby is kicking really hard now and likes to wriggle inside me. I've started bird nest last week, hope he gets some protein & grow bigger & fair like andrea. Hope he will be born no lesser than 3KG.

How's the Journey

1. I only putting on 5kg so far, for 7 months preggy i remember i put on more than that previously. I've asked my gynae she said baby is growing so it's OK. My mum said i've been worried to much so baby didn't grow fast. I guess I'm overly concern about H1N1 and also work, because of H1N1 i work from home although i know my boss doesn't like it.

2. Work does not go smoothly, alot of hiccups due to bad leader from GMU & bad structure. No appreciation due to bad manager or due to the bad economy. I think it's my Luck, bad career luck this year. Go AWAY, don't stick to me!!

3. Made some cakes recently & 50% failed! I dunno why, maybe i'm not happy? My new kitchenaid mixer is really cool, i'm gonna make more things beside cake!

4. House searching has not been finalised, loan have not approved for the latest property that we like. This is really tidious, we had 2 loan approved previously for the other 2 properties but did not pursue because we need to compromise other things, for such expensive property i don't think we should have this feeling. In the end, we are back in Kota Kemuning, for all the searching... Kota Kemuning is our home. Hope the loan will approve ASAP.

Diaper Free at Night

Sometime ago i wrote about andrea's Diaper free in the day. For the past one week, we were brave enough to just let andrea wear her panty to sleep instead putting on Mamypoko. So far no accident yet, i cannot imagine if she sleeps on her own urine in the middle of the night & catch a cold after that.

However, she has stayed dry the whole night for a few months already, this is why we dare to try. We are quite confident in her but not 100% yet, i will wake up to touch her buttock 1 or 2 times in the middle of the night. lol. But i'm happy that my girl is achieving this milestone :)

Back with me

Oh dear, my girl is back with me this week after 2 days in grandma house. My poor sister had fever yesterday & i guess it's best to keep andrea with me since i'm still working from home. I've planned to do lots of things this week but with my girl's present don't think i can do much now.

Monday - transferred all photos to my macbook (took me whole day, there is too much to be transferred & organized it)
Tuesday - Completed the Video of andrea from New born - 1 year old (took me half a day)
*wanted to use pixart for all our family trip since andrea is born, i have - Kota kinabalu trip, PLR trip + Tokyo trip. I don't know if i can finish it by this week.

I do miss andrea dearly when she is away in my mum house, I'm happy that she is with me now :)

Shichida - 9 Aug 2009

Noticed that i have not update on shichida progress for over a month now.

All the activities were still the same, they have changed some songs that is really nice. Yet to get the lyrics from the centre, I need to learn how to sing 1st, hehe...

Andrea still enjoy going to class & i like the class too because it's small, only 3 students including us. The homework were still the same but getting tough, we need to draw the other half of the picture shown! Even i have problem doing it :s

Her achievement? hm... still the same... i don't see any extra output.

Apple Cake

Nice....

Ingredients:

125g butter, 125g caster sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla essence, 1 medium egg, 125g self raising flour (sifted), 2 dessert apples (sliced)

1. Beat butter & sugar until light and fluffy

2. add vanilla essence & whole egg then add flour until the mixture is smooth. 

3. line up apples in the bottom of the baking tray & pour the cake mixture on top of the apples. 

4. Bake the cake for 20-25min

Random

I hate to feel sorry for myself when i did not achieve/ do a good job that i was suppose to be doing, example married the man for my life, achieve my career milestone, bring up my children the way i want & etc. 

Some people born with good direct officer luck, hence they have good husband & career luck. It's really pitiful that one like me who has weak direct officer luck. It's a shame and a fact that i always trying not to admit it, to succumb to my flaw in my life. How much effort i have put in to chant everyday ever since i've gotten married/ have kids, does this mean i really have to surrender to my failure in these areas without chanting? Does my luck not change since i've chanted so much since young? 

I hate people around me telling me i'm having a good life. Please shut up & mind your own business. Having a good life or not is not you to judge & stop being jealous because i'm not as good as you think. For me being pretty, My husband handsome & earn alot (u think), able to work from home and earn more than you, having a child at a young age, carrying a boy, no need to pay for my own car/ house, etc If you do not have these, you are not even an inch more unhappier than me. 

After marriage, I do not have someone to talk to when i feel really really low, my husband just brush me away or just do not understand. I feel lonely in office & at home sometimes when my husband ignoring me. How long & how far i can go with this condition? You can take me away if you want to, i'm tired, no regrets. 

Looking Back

I've just posted a video of Andrea singing Mandarin Song on facebook yesterday, then was browsing thru all the videos hubby taken when andrea was young from crawling to walking - from babbling to talking to singing. It was so fun watching them as it reminds me how fast kids grow! I do not know what other toddler can do at 2 years 1 month but I'm very happy that andrea could do many things now to cheer myself & hubby up EVERYDAY.

Avocado Smoothie

Andrea loves it!

Ingredient:
1 Avocado, Fresh Milk, Water, Maple syrup

Avocado & fresh milk to blender, add water to smoothen the texture & blend somemore. When done pour into cup & add 1 tablespoon of syrup.
I add 1 cube of ice into the drinks.

Blueberry Muffin

Very Successful!

Ingredients:
150g plain flour, 1tsp baking powder, 1 egg, 60g soft brown sugar, 45g butter, 1/2tsp vanilla extract, 40g blueberries (i put 100g)

1. Sift flour & baking powder.
2. Combine egg, brown sugar, butter & vanilla extract then add in flour & baking powder. Gently fold in blueberries.
3. Spoon into 6 muffins trays, bake for 25min

Andrea loves it because she loves blueberry muffin story in strawberry shortcake book :)

Will Writing

Due to recent H1N1, i've asked for a quotation from Rockwill, it cost RM600 all inclusive (will writing + custody + Will executor). I've asked about prudential 1 year ago, it cost slightly more than RM600, i guess i will choose the cheapest one. Just hope i can get all these done before anything bad happen to me :(

Target to get it signed before end of this week.

Rockwill came to my company to give a talk two years ago, he advised us to get a Will executor instead of our own family member, this is because the process is too tedious & you need to spend ALOT of time getting things ready & expect lots of hiccups. Just called my parents & they said they appoint me as the Will executor! Oh DEAR.... well, for my Will, my beneficiary just need to sit and wait for good news :)

Favourite food

Getting Andrea to eat is really tough, my maid has to coax her & sometimes my maid will show anger towards her too. Hence now my mum would help with andrea's dinner sometimes, if andrea is at my mum place. She eats very little, don't know when her intake will increase. Here is her favourite food that we do not need to feed, she can eat all of it herself:

1. Red bean paste bao
2. Blueberries
3. Mac & cheese from Fridays
4. Hot Dogs from Chilli's
5. Caprisonne
6. egg tart
7. Pizza
8. Jelly

Full Basket

Just yesterday, I've searched high and low for my documents, needed it for house loan application. It was a painful process because i have kept too many papers for over 3 years! I've just cleaned up all of them & had a basket full of papers to be disposed! Now Hubby's papers are more than mine & i can start to nag him instead! kekeke....

Tidy up all Bank Stuff, Share investment stuff & updated everything into my portfolio spreadsheets, i feel fresh because everything is updated now :) Hope money will be rolling in fast fast, needed it for many things... due to H1N1 i need to buy more kitchenware like steamer, electrical cooker, food processor etc.. need to cook more instead of eating out so often now. I love August.

H1N1 Scare

The increasing death in Malaysia is worrying me, i really do not know what to do to prevent myself 100% from getting infected. Many people now still being an ignorant to H1N1, but i really pray that they could be abit more merciful to the high risk group of people like me.

Let's look at Bazi (year of birth) Satistic of people die from H1N1. These age & info were extracted from The Star Online. as of 6 August 2009.

It seems that earth element is being affected the most :( i have 2 earth in my bazi chart. God please protect me ....

Phonics Books

I've bought a wide variety of books for andrea. Just recently (2 weeks ago) i've saw Times book store has lady bird's Phonic books series, I bought 9 of them but they have 12 in that series, however the 1st three books were out of stock. This is the best phonics books so far that i've seen.

I have bought 2 other phonics books last time:

1. The Magic school bus series (from US - not very 'phonics', if you know what i mean) - 12 books in total

2. Local phonics books bought it from Toys R Us - 4 books in total

Those 2 andrea could 'read' or i would say memorize it, hence i've bought this lady bird series so that she won't feel bored & i find it really good. Just after 2 weeks andrea could 'read'/ memorize some of it. Phonics books are good because the sentence is short & each story is just a few pages. 

Ren Shen Month

Here comes my output month (eating god), i may be getting some goddie stuff to eat or earning a little bit extras. My rob wealth month just past & indeed i did get rob (not physically), i've spent over RM1K for respiratory mask. I do find it as a necessary because it claim to be better than N95, however after i bought it & read it online after purchase that... No mask can protect you 100% from virus. Ah well, my RM1K spent is not very worth it, but somehow i think it's the best you can get in the market. http://totobobo.com/

my rob wealth month brings me great misfortune, just received a call from fedex KLIA custom that says my package is taxable! They gonna rob around RM200 from me for nothing! checked the fedex system and my item was retained on 31st July 2009! Darn! 

Just hope august will be a great month for me.

Time with my girl

I spent the whole week with andrea this week. I enjoy alot but not without a maid to help in her feeding & preparing for food :)

1.I played/ read to her in between of my working hours
2.Bring her to the play ground after work
3.Bathe her after play ground
4.She sticks to me & wants me to help her in everything she does
5.She says "I love you mummy"

Pandemic

Current Pandemic matters to me alot, not that Im afraid of death but i do not want to bring harm to my unborn child. Today i just read the star online and saw that one pregnant lady is warded because of the flu. Of all high risk group of person, i do think pregnant lady should be protected more & public should pay more attention to pregnant ladies because it will kill 2 lifes instead of 1.

Mum had just came back from ipoh (she took bus), hence to be on the safe side, i work from home this week to stay with andrea at home. I may be overly concern especially my colleagues thinks I'm paranoid with it. People around me just do not understand or having the same concern that i have, because they are not pregnant or they may not have a young kid. Both medicine for the flu, tamiflu and relenza, both were not tested for pregnant ladies, they do not know if pregnant mothers consume it, will it harm the baby i.e defect or cause death. Thus i really hope no more pregnant mothers will be harm by this virus.

Talkative

Andrea has became very very talkative 1 week ago. Me and hubby exchange smile very often nowadays! We cannot believe our little girl has become so talkative & has very wide vocabulary in her speech too.

1. Talk to neighbours voluntarily, is not a shy girl anymore
scene a - I have hello kitty & snoopy. Mousy is from pangkor island
scene b - My daddy is waiting for me outside
2. Talk to herself non-stop in the car
scene a - must wear sun glasses, it's so bright
scene b - Mr.sun & moon is for your brother
3. Will tell me, hubby & maid about what is going on around her
4. Always ask daddy and mummy if she can do something
scene a - can i go to the swing, slide, see-saw
scene b - can i do my homework
5. Always telling daddy and mummy she wants to go sunway zoo, pangkor island, japan & kinokuniya!
6. Has been very active too, likes to play sliding with daddy using her bedspread. She cannot get enough of it, she will give her hello kitty, snoopy & mousy some rides on her bedspread too! Of course with lots of talking, pretending three of her toys were talking to each other.

She has been talking alot ... really alot ... sometimes i tend to ignore but i remind myself not to do it! She has been watching charlie & lola & reading many books, i do not know if that helps in her vocab. But somehow, many people said no TV for child below 3 or 5 .... It's all depends how dedicated & how much time you have for your child :)

My 28th birthday

On my birthday, it was one day before the eclipse! How bad it is i know.. sigh, that is the reason why we do not have big celebration & im not very happy as well, maybe the eclipse has affected my emotion. I do not know why either.

Early in the morning was all gloomy and dark, many ppl thought it was the day of eclipse! Maybe the universe was just preparing for the eclipse, clean the earth alittle with rain & prepare the human emotion for that yin&yang disappearance. Hubby brought me out to have lunch, we had lobster soup & Tiger prawn! Then we had dinner at my parents place as usual, but we ate mee suah that day & eat the birthday cake for dessert. I've ordered the Caramel Almondine, however it does not taste the same. I'm not really satisfied with my cake this time :( Maybe it's the eclipse! August will be fine i guess..... *smile*

Clothes give away

Andrea has 2 younger cousin sisters, hence me and hubby decided to give away some of andrea's pretty clothes & shoes.

When i was unpacking the 2 big boxes, we really have many pretty shoes, pants, blouses & dresses! This makes me recall the happiness i had when buying these beautiful little clothing for andrea & also the hope for her to grow up to be healthy and confident and pretty. I'm so proud to be a mother to give her everything the best & pretty. From all these old clothes, i know i love her dearly & she will be my precious little girl even when she grew up :)

Sun Eclipse on 22 Jul 09

As a JY student, I'm surely concern about the astrology & the universe.

As per JY twitter, It is advisable to stay indoor (especially between 8am to 11am) + especially if you have the Chen, Wei, Xu and Chou in your bazi chart or going thru these Luck Pillar. If you are exposed, bad luck will be with you for 6 months to 6 years.

Hubby has only 1 of those animals, Me & Andrea has 2 of each! Arghh.... Maybe i shall work from home or take leave that day.

Eating Healthily

I'm trying to eat healthy this pregnancy. Learn about food that i should eat & should not eat during the shichida prenatal class. I have cut down my coke consumption ALOT, i think i do still drink once or twice a month. I just drank half a can on Tuesday afternoon, but i ate lots of sardine yesterday night :p

I will add my letchitin & wheat germ in my lunch if i can (if i take soya bean or porridge). I think i had it once a week, well.. maybe too little huh... will try to consume more. I also had black sesame added to my dinner once a week. Mum will cook millet & brown rice added to white rice once a week too.

Shichida is an excellent program but their service is not that excellent. I've attended their prenatal course about 1 1/2 months ago, the brain supplement that i ordered still have not arrived yet! It's taking too long! I've found online that one of the organic shop in Singapore is selling it, they just responded to my email today. I'm waiting for their account number so that i can TT money to them. I hope the delivery will not take too long. I'm 5 months preggy already, 4 months to go, i need to eat whatever i can! *Imaging that I'm getting it next week*

Wet Free at night

Well, not totally wet free. 7 days a week, there is about 4-5 days are wet free. Andrea now can control her urge to urine very well, day time is totally diaper free and have zero accident occur. When we are out, she would tell us when she needs to go to the toilet. I hope soon she will off Mamypoko totally! :)

My Baby Signs Song Book

Andrea can now sing song without going out of tune, me and hubby was so amazed that she took out her Baby signs Song Book and start singing without going out of tune.

We have bought this kit when Andrea was about 1 year old. We have been listening to the CD for months at night, when coming back from my parents place after dinner. I've been using the book to sing for andrea when she asked me to.

Yesterday, andrea took the book and sat on my dressing table chair. Open the book and using her pointer and point to the words while she is singing. I do not know if she knows how to read yet or just imitating me while i sing to her all these while, but she did not miss out any words and the tune is perfect! It was a shock to me and hubby! We are really proud of our 2 year old little girl :)

Weekend Recipe: 4th & 5th July

1 breakfast, 2 Lunch, 1 snack, 1 dessert. Andrea likes all of them.

Banana Pancakes
Ingredients:
3 ripe mashed bananas, 150g white flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 250ml reduced-fat milk, 1 tbsp maple syrup
Sieve the flour + baking powder into the mashed bananas. Add reduced-fat milk + maple syrup and stir constantly until smooth. Set aside for 1 hour. Fry it with non-stick frying pan using butter. Use Maple syrup as dip if desired.

Cauliflower Mornay
Ingredients:
cauliflower, green peas, pasta, chicken (diced), onion & garlic, 2 tsp cornflour, 125ml reduced-fat milk, 3 tbsp grated cheddar cheese
Cut the cauliflower into small pieces (enough for the small mouth), boil cauliflower, pasta & green peas until soft. Fry chicken, onion & garlic separately. Heat the milk & add in the corn flour, when it simmers, add in everything & finally add in cheddar cheese. Add sea salt to taste.

Chicken Potato Chowder
Ingredients:
potato, green peas, carrots, pasta, chicken (diced), reduced-fat milk, cheddar cheese, butter
Cut the potato & carrots into small pieces, boil potato, carrots, pasta & green peas until soft. Fry chicken with butter in a pot, add everything into the pot & finally add in cheddar cheese. Add sea salt to taste.

Chicken sticks
Ingredients:
chicken fillet, sea salt, sugar, soya sauce, thyme (herbs), bread crumbs, 1 egg, sticks
Marinade the chicken fillet with sea salt, soya sauce, sugar & little thyme leaves. Set aside for 1 hour. Thread each fillet onto the stick. Beat egg & prepare bread crumbs, use the egg to coat the fillet and then bring it to the bread crumbs. Pre-heat the oven earlier, bake it until golden brown (around 30min)

Black Sesame Agar-agar
Ingredients:
agar-agar, apple juice, brown sugar, 2 tbsp black sesame powder, small cups
cook the agar-agar as per package, when it's dissolved, remove from stove. Add in apple juice & brown sugar to taste. Add in black sesame powder & divide it into small cups. Put in fridge, serve cold.

Hepatitis A

Andrea took her Hep A jap yesterday. She did not cry or make any sound when Dr. Musa insert the needle into her thigh. Andrea is really brave & i'm so Proud of her! When gong gong ask her to show the injection she cover it with her skirt and gong gong ask if it's painful, andrea replied : "Nevermind". Oh dear... She is really a big girl now.

Andrea prefer Male doctor. She did not cry or refuse when she met the doctor. It has been really long that we didn't go back to Dr. Musa. We shall go there for future injection.

Butter Garlic Mushrooms

I never thought i need to look into what to cook for my kid or to worry that they won't eat what my mum & maid cook for her. Well, i think the time has come & i need to spend sometime 'thinking' what to cook for Andrea. Hope adding variety to her daily meal would get her into eating well again. Hope that i will not get myself into trouble too! haha... everytime new meal will die man....

1st dish i add to my maid's main course is this Garlic Mushrooms, Sadly, Andrea does not even want to taste a bit. Well me and hubby eat it all and it tasted yummy.

Ingredient:
White button mushrooms (sliced it)
Garlic
Butter

Put butter in the frying pan & melt it, add garlic to fry till golden brown. add Mushrooms, no need to add water as the mushroom will extract the water from inside when it's cooked. Just before you off the fire, add a pinch of sea salt. Ready to serve.

Strawberry shortcake Storybook

I have been reading the new Strawberry shortcake storybook that andrea bought last Sunday. The book consist of 4-5 stories and is really thick. Every story consist about 20-30 pages and the words are not big :( After 1 story i feel breathless because i tend to read and point fast this time to hopefully activate her right brain! hahaha, but i do feel really exhausted. Andrea too always ask me to read some more & i really really can't continue after one story! Sorry girl....

Professor Makoto Shichida Video

There is a video session organized by the centre to show Shichida's contribution & about his life. This gave me alot of insights & confirmed my believe all these while were true and proof that i'm on the right track. The only reason that i'm not progressing or achieving my goals constantly -> due to Laziness.

Since young, i've been chanting & around form 2 i've started to introduce to SGI by my mum. To compared with Buddhism (temple type), SGI has more materials such as weekly articles, monthly magazine & many resources online, this helps me to understand more about human being & how the Universe works. SGI is also Buddhism but it has more write up for the layman to understand.

During my prenatal class, they showed us a video on the universe. How a human cells connected to the universe, this is a science video (it was done by IBM US, it's available in US science centre). It does confirm that SGI teaching is the ultimate believe that everyone should have. Everyone on earth is connected to the universe, and to be well connected u need to meditate/ chant to calm yourself so that you are in-sync with the universe wave length. Shichida method the right brain development is all about keeping yourself calm so you can use the ability that you already have inside yourself. Like SGI said, everyone is a Buddha.

I want to express my gratitude to Professor Makoto Shichida to bring this education to the world. This will definitely help alot of children to be more loving & successful in whatever they do. The 1st batch of shichida student in Japan already graduated & start reaching out to the world right now. I'm sure we will see many outstanding achievement from Japan very soon. Singapore & Malaysia only started 7 years ago, i think there are still long way to go to see any achievement here.

Picky eater

Andrea has started to become superb picky in food. She refuse to take her lunch & dinner now. Me and my maid tried different recipe now to get her into eating but all failed. I don't know what to do with her, i've scolded her yesterday and she cried and cried. No one comfort her and she went and get her pillow and hug the pillow, then i asked her to come and eat and i sayang her, she still refused! Then hubby went and talk to her, we came into conclusion that we let her drink caprisone & she will eat half of what it's in the bowl. At last she ate half of it. How rebellious!

Too much hassle

Another thing pop up, my maid told me she does not want to renew her contract because she really wants to go home in august. We decided to let her home for holiday after her 2 years contract before the renewal, however due to the recent H1N1 case, i've advised her not to go home and instead go home next year July. 2 days later she told me she must really go home. Anyway, her permit is approved just yesterday, the cost for renewal & medical checkup & what not, who is going to bear! Gosh! Now i need to PAY for the renewal & PAY for a new maid :(

Looking at the month of June, it's a Geng Wu month, Wu clashes with my Zi (spouse palace) in my natal chart. Clashes!! How can things not change in the month of june for me?! Talking about spouse palace, i have been complaining that hubby is not as caring as before & i did not talk to him much in june too, now i know why.

Beside, day pillar also indicating things im handling now. Like all the hassle i mentioned in the last post & my maid issue yesterday. Arghh.. so irritating..

No time

I have no time to send energy ball to my baby for the past few weeks. Baby too did not kick as much and when i ask him to kick, he ignore me :(

Has been busy with my work (month end), life threatening event happening (so many ppl is sick - hubby, sis & one cousin who does not has any consideration), Farewell, Birthdays.... All in the month of June...

Hope July will be a peaceful month :)

Shichida - 21 June 2009

It was the last day of the term! How fast time flies! We are going into 4th term in July.

Next term andrea has to show interest in flash cards! Gosh, now only i know kids can only concentrate by 2 1/2 years on flash cards, maybe i will start the 65 days dots program next term or after next term! hm.. will see how i feel with my pregnancy. I was quite worry because andrea couldn't seem to sit still when sensei flash the cards to her & doesn't seems to be interested at all. Anyway, her memory improves for the 2 year old milestone, linking memory & pictorial memory improves! well done!

Andrea now enjoy all the songs sing during the class but couldn't sing out aloud like her other classmates. The other classmates were older, their birthday is on jan & march. Andrea is the youngest... i hope andrea could sing a long with sensei like her other classmates by bext term. However, she could sing the following songs at home (in fraction): good afternoon, I love to count by 10, Do Re Mi, AIUEO, Sayonara.

Happy 2nd Birthday!

It was a successful birthday & i enjoy myself very much too.

Hubby and I went out the night before to buy andrea's present, due to recent adhoc & many small small health issue popping up, we really do not have time to think of what to buy nor have time to go out for shopping. However we are glad that we found something nice that andrea really likes.

Early in the morning, we blow up balloons and decorated our living room and waited for my parents & sis to come. Andrea was very excited with her hello kitty cake & cupcakes. We took few pictures before they arrived.

Andrea loves when all of us sing Happy Birthday song to her, her smile is so sweet and look at everyone of us when we were singing. Dad decided to sing second round to her & her smile was as sweet as before too! She really loves it! She can also blow her own candles without fail, one attempt and it went off! All of us were very shock! haha, i think shichida blowing exercise helps. All of us busy taking photos before cake cutting, after that andrea open her presents!

Hubby & I bought her 2 cooking sets from ELC, the cooking pot with mushrooms, broccoli, carrots etc & the other one is the baking set to add into her previous collection. Beside we also bought a train lego set, it was meant for 6-12 years old, hence we build the train and track & andrea enjoy using the controller for the train, the train has 7 speed, stop button, forward and reverse button and train horn. Not bad.. Andrea enjoy looking at the train & controlling the train! Parents & two sisters bought her: Yellow bicycle, strawberry shortcake culinary set, strawberry shortcake magnetic book, puzzles, Hello Kitty cooking set and biscuit. Andrea loves all of them!

We left home at 11.45am for lunch at Friday's at subang parade for father's day celebration.