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.

Card Making

I've bought some cards and card making accessories from craft haven yesterday, it cost me RM80! So so expensive!!!! anyway the rubber stamp and colour was really impressive. I've did the card together with andrea yesterday night, she doesn't really enjoy making it. She just love to mess it up!

Andrea helped to stamp all the birthday stamp (cake, confetti & happy birthday wording) - it was so so messy, colours are all over her hands! she chooses the flower brads to put on & also choose which design (paper) to add on to the card. I hold her hand to write some message on the card.

Phew, not very fun because i keep on worrying she will ruin the card! she stamp everywhere & some double stamping & some blurred! Well, at least grandma know it was from her granddaughter! ha!

Hubby is Sick

I'm close to emotional break down because Hubby is down with cough & flu & i have to take care of andrea all alone! Day & Night. This is so so terrible and i feel extremely exhausted, Andrea needs to be carried very often, maybe it's weekends and i need to bring her to kizsport & shichida, it involves too many hours of carrying & my back is hurt, my tummy muscle is hurt (hope my baby inside my tummy is OK), constipation is bad :( Carrying heavy stuff will push the piles out & causes constipation... when will this end? This pregnancy is so so difficult!

Got addicted to Farm Town

I've been addicted to one of the facebook application lately - Farm Town. I get so hook to it and could not bathe/ sleep without plowing & planting the seeds that i suppose to do! It's because i'm a very results orientated person, 1st day after start playing farm town, i went and search for cheat sheet & wanted to be rich fast & also to earn the level FAST. Everything FAST FAST FAST. Just like how i treated my life right now. I feel very tired after this Farm Town game & i realised that in real life i've been giving myself too much pressure too, just like the recent case of not having a promotion after 4 years of working experience. I know what i want in life and i want to find the shortest shortcuts in life, hence i enter IT MNC company & apply for their Management Trainee program. I feel different from others of course, my starting pay is higher than most of my peers & i get a jump pay after 3 years when i join another Banking MNC. Why i return to this IT industry? because i can work from home and i realised that beside money i need family, i need to have kids, hence im back but i always wanted it to be PERFECT. Both Family & Work!!! I work very hard at work try to proof myself, but i always hit with bad luck with managers that is not so supportive. With the pay im getting right now, and workload that i have i would say God is treating me very good already. I shall not insist in have PERFECT for everything. Thanks to Farm Town to make me realise it. Sorry Farm Town, i will not be as addicted as before! LOL!

Lego

Andrea start playing Lego! Mum took out a large box of lego which is all of our (3 sisters) inheritance. Now mum is passing down to her granddaughter! Andrea doesn't know how to use the small pieces to do house nor car yet, but we do have this really nice Lego playground, she enjoy playing with the swing, see-saw, slide etc. She loves to play with the little lego man/women, because it's an inheritance, we have more than 30+ ppl & have lots of tiny cups, tools for gardening, tools for mechanics, different hair style, hats etc. She enjoy playing with those little lego man/ women & putting them on the car that grandma & dad build. She will plant trees and flowers on the lego play ground too. I need to browse thru lego products right now and see if there are any interesting sets that i can buy for andrea's birthday!

Im not bothered

There is no promotion for me this year & i did well for last year's performance. How unfair & heart broken. I hate my ex-manager & also myself for not having a good bazi to support me in this area. I always do not have affinity with bosses & they can't do as much work as i have did for them! In life, i've got almost everything i want & only in this area - career, i always fret & get frustrated. Having this type of bazi, i better off doing some business & be my own boss but ... opportunity is not there yet, i do not know what to do.

I just need to tell myself, having able to claim my medical bills... especially for delivery.. i must endure & also for the privilege of being able to work from home. Work just work, i will get what i want later, I need to keep my baby calm. *meditate*

Muzzy DVD

Andrea loves to watch Muzzy right now. She enjoy pei yi yi read her the books, enjoy mummy sing muzzy songs. She even tried to fill in the blanks sometimes.

It's really funny, i watched it when i was 7 years old? Almost 20 years now and it's still in my head, very amazing. I watched it just last week with andrea when we were at my mum place, and the memory flashed back & i could even know what each character going to say next & surprisingly i still know the songs! It's fun singing to andrea when we were at home and she will stare at me surprisingly, why i know how to sing! hahaa....

Yesterday andrea saw a housefly standing by the window & she keep on saying 'dragon, dragon'. I think she is too afraid that she can't say the whole thing - Dragonfly. Anyway, i asked her, where is the dragonfly? is that outside the window? She said, No, here.... i went and see... it's actually a housefly o_O

Sunway Wildlife Interactive Zoo

Last Saturday was a public holiday, hubby decided to bring andrea to the Sunway Zoo. It was a good choice & i love that place alot, especially for a lazy & pregnant mum! hahaa.... That place is not very big, but enough animals for andrea to learn & touch!

What Andrea like
(1) The Rimba section - She touches the tortoise, fluffy rabbit & Guinea pigs. Beside andrea also touch ferret & a white monkey. There are many more, but they are too ugly for our liking! The staff were very friendly too...
(2) Petting Zoo - It has lots of rabbits, guinea pig, a skunk & baby goat. All we get to touch and feel it. The staff were friendly enough to give us LOTS of vege, andrea really enjoy feeding these animals at the petting Zoo area. We spent about 30min here!

What mummy like
(1) This place has benches everywhere, i sit and enjoy andrea playing with the animals! Above benches, has fans too! Really considerate!
(2) The place is really clean and has no awful smell at all
(3) This place has a washing area + soap provided! i don't need to worry about andrea cleanliness after touching those animals
(4) Love to watch andrea expression when she touches/ feed the animals, and the way she tell me they are 'CUTE'

What daddy like
(1) Taking lots of pretty photographs

down with flu again

It was started with Andrea, she has a runny nose past 2 days, we fed her paracetamol & Zyrtec & it stopped after a day or two. On her second day of flu i caught the virus! How fast and how weak i am, I hate it, now im with stuck nose, runny sometimes & feeling extremely tired :( I have some phlegm too, oh dear... pls be over soon

Went and visit the gynae again to get some medicine, surprisingly she gave me Zyrtec as well but in pills form. Baby baby, thank you to be so cooperative yesterday :)

I feel little kicks

After the prenatal class, i did not do the whole meditation process, i did a little bit.. like relaxing and sending energy ball for the past 2 nights. Yesterday night andrea was not feeling well, and she keeps on crying... i was awake and settle back to sleep when hubby is awake. I feel this little kicks on my lower tummy, i think baby is awake too... haha.. I hope these are not my imagination.. if not i think im in trouble.

The problem with shichida meditation is, everything in your mind. You send signal, send image to your baby, and u image your baby... i do not know this little kicks is real or just in my mind! gosh! Anyway... I trust my baby is feeling very happy now. Mummy Love you...

Loves to Scribble

I've bought cryola magic colour (washable) for andrea to do all her shichida worksheet, when she enters 3rd term, i've bought pelikan crayons (washable) for her to do her worksheet. Just recently she loves to use her crayons and scribble on papers. Hence hubby bought her drawing blocks to let her scribble and amazingly she doesn't get tired of it after 2 days. Anyway, she doesn't know how to draw or colour properly yet.. but she knows how to draw nice circle.

I've also bought stamping foam for her from Artfriends (at the gardens), she loves to do stamping using her finger paint tub from think toys.

Development sequence
1. Magic colour
2. Finger paint tub - using finger only
3. Stamping - using foam
4. Crayons