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.