Cross-Crawling

Ben is way ahead of his crawling milestone, that makes me alittle worry if this is normal. Tomorrow he will be full six months but he already did cross-crawling. According to GD method that i have attended few years back by Dr. Laila, all children must go thru physical milestone in order to tell the brain is developing properly, skipping milestone is not a good sign, although some parents are happy that their baby did not crawl & start walking instead, the impact will be seen when the child gets older. One of the physical milestone is crawling. All babies should crawl in this sequence 1.commando crawling 2.crawling on same side (left hand & left leg) 3.cross-crawling (left hand & right leg), then only can start walking. 

Andrea did the cross-crawling only when she was 8 months old, ben merely touch 6 months he already did this!! However he had 1 & 2 above for a very short while and did not do it all the time, he always wants to get on his knees and always did 'downward dog' pose which is very scary to look at. 2 above is very short (less than a week), after he learns to sit on his own unassisted (on his knees to sitting position on his own), he go straight to cross crawling. I notice he did the cross crawling on last friday. Oh BOY.. that's really FAST!

The only thing that i can think of to stimulate the brain is the brain supplement recommended by Shichida. I did not do flash cards or whatsoever or eat omega pills or do special exercise to ben (I am too too busy without a maid). So i just eat! haha .... Or it is inborn? I've no idea.. the brain supplement is actually concentration of fruits & vege. I don't know if this helps either. I just hope ben is normal.

Ben is down with flu & cough... the cough is getting bad... today is the 3rd day... if tonight he doesn't get any better, i would need to bring him to see dr. Poor Boy... now i just use the physio method to pat his lungs & vibrate. Hope his own body will fight over the virus & heal himself.

Want to add another thing, i fed him sweet potato & he had diarrhea. Poor Boy, Mummy is so sorry to make you sick. I fed him rice cereal for almost 2 weeks & was OK, Dr. even asked me to feed him porridge, chicken & fish... so i thought sweet potato is OK. I think Ben's internal organ is not mature enough to take sweet potato, so i guess i will wait for another 2 weeks to try again.

Shichida 2010 Term 1 update

We did not stop andrea from going to shichida, although i have a strong urge to do so. I was so frustrated that she does not want to concentrate in class & got everything wrong! Luckily hubby is patient enough, he bring andrea to class every weekend without miss & practice linking memory with her at home. Luckly i bought the linking memory set the other day when i felt that andrea is hopeless, this set helps her alot now & i can see hubby is always so proud of her when the class ended every week.

Here is what i heard from hubby about her improvement in class. She always has her ESP almost perfect some class were 100% correct, always finish ahead of her classmates (blocks, tracing, weekly different activities), confident enough to sing in front of her class & her speech is very clear, last but not least - linking memory is perfect (well of course, because we did home practice. However other kids were still struggling). Linking memory for 3 years old is to memorize 50 pictures, they have done this for 1 term, but i heard that they are still continue to use this for term 2.

Personally i felt that home environment is very important for the child. If they feel loved & secure at home, they can learn & absorb information very fast. I'm so sorry that I've hurt my girl last time, I hope she will continue to be a cheerful girl. I have also play alpha wave CD to her every night, her behavior seems to have improve after 2-3 months. She did not cry when i drop her off to school now, and did not cry when i pick her up (she sees me she will cry, i think she missed me alot at school last time), she did not cry when i ask her to take her nap, most importantly she score very well in schichida class. I'm very proud of her!

Down with Flu

This is the 1st time ben is sick (fever & flu). Gosh... it's hard to handle, i did not sleep for 2 nights now. I only had cat nap for not more than 1 hour & has to wake up thru out the night. I hope tonight will be better.

Ben had running nose yesterday & had high fever today. we fed him medicine & it's killing.. he would scream and spit out everything & get himself choke! very dramatic ... after the medicine he felt so tired and sleep, but not more than 1 hour. I do not know if he has enough rest as well. Sigh...

I think he got the virus from his sister. Andrea had sorethroat & fever for the past few days & had high fever on last saturday but had recover by sunday. Monday ben start running nose already :(

LOA Plans

My Manager told me that our BUE verbally approve on my LOA, now needs to go thru the formal HR process.. hope everything goes smoothly... the best thing is i still get my medical benefit!

When not working, i definitely need to make good use of my time:
1. Dig up recipes for Andrea & Ben. Start cooking for them
2. Organize house expenses once again
3. Draw up interior design for our new house & estimate cost for furniture/ fittings

Good enough for 6 months. Make sure i achieve it!

Back at work

It's feels good to be back at work after 1 week holiday. At least i have 3 hours away from ben, the demanding creature! He's terrible, he will cry when see you walk away... i need to put him on my lap when i do things & carry him everywhere i go. Likes to make me crazy by not drinking his milk, i need to breastfeed him to make him drink! yi wood day master is very manipulative!

I've talked to my manager about resigning end of may. She suggest that i take LOA (leave of absence), well i said if can then i will take if not then i will just resign. Now i wonder if my Husband has been praying to GOD that i will become a bunny instead of a fierce tiger at home! Until today i cannot believe i have to end up not working. I always have plans for my future hoping that i won't end up in a situation like now, So STUCK. I feel like being forced by the universe to stay at home. Staying at home and has no income meaning i have to treat my hubby better, have to obey everything he says .. to ensure he is happy so that he will bring me out & spend on me. Come to think of it, i think it's good for me to let go of my egoistic behavior, my 2010 resolution gave me chance to improve my shortcoming.

Hope they will give me LOA, so i can resume to work next year! I still cannot let go of my $$! haha... tsk tsk.... if it's yours, it's yours ....

Solid

Today marked the 1st day of ben swallowing his rice cereal. I've started to let him try the rice cereal yesterday. Yesterday he open his mouth once but close like a clam after that. Today he open his mouth and spit out the cereal for a few mouth, after talking to him he get the idea of chewing & swallow. How amazing. This is the 1st time I'm experiencing it. Andrea time was done by my mum & maid. 

Ben weight 6.4kg, thank god he put on weight despite only drinking 2oz 2 hour. He is very tall now, above average according to the chart = 68cm. He just had his 5 in 1 jap on last Friday. 

Ben is also crawling now (can move to the place he wants to go, but take longer time). 

TW - 10 Apr 2010

This new term, ben has 2 more new friends. All of them are boys!! No pretty girls to see....

Anyway, the class was OK... many inputs ... like ppl teaching you from an encyclopedia, the amount of information is fantastic, alot of things i myself do not know too. All i can say, TW is on information input, very much like GD. 

I bought bumbo to class, due to the pain on my shoulder blade. I have been carrying ben too much... I just hope my hands will be stronger, pls grow stronger for this period of time. No one is helping me!!! Ben can sit longer in his bumbo but once in a while still want to fall out from the chair. He just like to do that & made me scared! I think i need to sell my bumbo away, only used 1 month +!! 

What i like: - Country for today: india, large vehicle, animals in africa, mosaic 

Pangkor Laut III

We have just came back from Pangkor laut again, yes we went there the third time. The 1st impression of my friend would be "har going there again? no other place to go?" Well, i think really no other place that can compare to this place, especially with 2 young kids.

What we like:
(1) Hassle free trip. Once arrive at jetty office, staff will bring our luggage from our car, basically we do not need to touch our luggage until it is placed in our room. When check out, we just leave the bag in our room and collect it at the jetty office. We have 4 bags for 3D2N trip! We definitely need this service.
(2) Value for money. The food is so expensive & the rooms are clean (cleaner clean the room twice a day, change the towel twice a day!) The package include all these. However i must say that the food are not as nice as previously now. However, on our second night, the food was OK abit, cos the chef is back. 1st night the chef with tall hat was not there.
(3) comfortable service. As it is a private island, hence the beach has less people. The staff will put on chair towel for you & give u a towel for body. One thing i like, they give u mineral water & it is placed into an ice bucket! of course, all these are FOC. To me water is important so that we will not be dehydrated when we are on holiday.
(4) Big bath tub. Andrea loves bath tub, hence this is perfect for her. Ben also likes bath tub, it can fit 4 of us! hahaa....
(5) Comfortable speed boat. No one feels nausea after the ride, and never seen anyone puking after the ride. luxury speed boat, very clean & white. 3 times we went, still in very good condition.

(6) Lastly, Room upgrades! We get the beach villa this time. It's so convenient! 

Going out with the kids is fun, despite constantly carrying ben & talk sense into andrea, both of them makes my heart melt. I love them too much. Hubby is a great helper lately, I feel less stressful now. The unfortunate thing happened was, my old maid text me and inform me that she will not be coming back to help us. Well, that means i need to find a new maid all over again & i think i need to resign from work now. Work boss is not supportive, house is in a mess.... if not me, who else can help me & my home? Only one thing i feel reluctant to let go... my monthly $$ :( I don't think i can ever earn this much if i completely stop working :( 

Kids + hubby... I hope you will appreciate me more because I've sacrifice my work for you ... I don't know why no one can help me with my home ... ;( being a SAHM is not my dream ..... 

TW - 20 Mar 2010

Ben is now put in a one to one class. I don't know to be happy or not because i know i should be. I'm paying for a class that should have other kids but now im getting a one to one class. Im not so comfortable because ben is still small sometimes he needs to take time off (like walking or looking elsewhere or talking to me), i feel bad if i don't make ben look at the teacher & i feel bad if ben doesn't pay attention. I feel very stressful to make sure ben is always there to look at the teacher.

I've wasted 2 classes, they offer to replace it but i just don't feel like going plus i do not have time for replacement class right now. Tomorrow have to go again! sigh.. I hope ben can really benefit from it. If not it's really waste of time & energy & money.

Breast Pad

I breastfeed both of my kids, i want to jot down what breast pad i've used :)

Andrea's time i only use NUK & mothercare breast pad. Ben time i use NUK, PIGEON & mothercare breast pad.

NUK & pigeon is for heavy use, when i know i do not have time to change. However, pigeon is cheaper last time & is softer, so i stock up ALOT. Now i do not know if i can use all of it when i stop breastfeeding ben. However pigeon breast pad is very expensive now RM27 for 24 pieces (sometimes u will get 2 for 1), last time was RM36 for 36 pieces (i always buy when they have 2 for 1 offer). NUK in the other hand is RM24 for 24 pieces (i also bought it when they have 2 for 1 offer).

Mothercare breast pad went thru alot of changes from andrea's time to ben. Actually i prefer mothercare's, cos i can change frequently (i don't like to wear the same pad for more than 4 hrs). I use mothercare's when im at home. Andrea's time the cotton was alright but when i stock up for ben's arrival, the cotton was so thin, the pad is not enough for my leaking breast even only for 1 hour! After that i gave them another chance, i went to another branch to buy it, the cotton then is not so thin anymore. Just recently i just bought another box, IT'S PERFECT!! They have changed the surface ... there is no little cotton string attached to my breast anymore (although not much last time but im very particular, now it's 100% clean). With the new surface improved & satisfied cotton thickness, I'm happy to stock up somemore for home use. The price is unchanged, M39 for 100 pieces.

Andrea 2yrs 9 mths

Andrea has been an angel for the past two days, she did not cry when i drop her off at school & she left the pillow at home too. She is back to normal now, i can see that she is more cheerful after isabelle's party on Sunday. She even told me that norelle asked her not to bring pillow to school yesterday and she really left her pillow at home this morning. I'm happy that she has friends at school that can bring up her self confidence & make her a more cheerful person.

amazing things happened:
1.c untuk ciku, b untuk buku [i was shock!]
2.image play at home. she become the mummy & all her plushie become her baby
3.image play with me. she become bus driver & bring me to the destination i want. alot of sound effect [very fun! hahaa]
4.can sing alot of chinese songs & some malay songs with action somemore
5.loves her brother ben - sing song to him, read to him and talk to him or do some stunts for him to see.
6.help me to fold handkerchief and her own pants
7.likes to run about (run in circle) with friends [saw it at isabelle's party]
8.know what she wants & not [very demanding at times]
9.tells me she wants birthday party for her 3 yr old birthday & want snoopy cake [pengsan, i dunno if i can find any] & want to invite all her friends [too many birthday party she went to i guess]. somemore she says - one snoopy cake for the party & one hello kitty cake at school! I don't know if i can fulfil that! hahaha.. terrible kid!
10.Can throw her pillow & soft toys very very high, almost reach the fan!

1 day to 5 Months Old

Benjamin has grown alot.
1.he looks smarter & intelligent. His eyes is very fast & he is super responsive
2.he likes to make lots of noise, i love that... it shows that he can speak really soon
3.he can sign 'milk' .. i think... lol... i asked him a few times and he open & close his palm slowly.. dunno issit natural reflex. I only teach him 'milk' currently
4.he has very strong backbone. can sit in the bath tub steadily, i only need one hand to hold him now.
5.he has very strong muscles too. always trying very hard to fall out from bumbo seat, i hope he will not fall. keep on bouncing his butt up6.he can squat, erm tummy down squatting. i never seen a baby doing this. i was so amaze seeing him doing it, i thought he can crawl right away. but he just squat like that, release but still at the same spot! haha...
7.he will call you when u walk past him or cry if he sees me walk away when he wants me to carry him
8.he is now pulling my hair, mama hair, and kung kung ears.
9.he likes to watch andrea's every move & every word. he will stare at his sister & make some sound sometimes.
10.he is still a light eater - 2oz every 2 hrs. I don't know what to do

Rotan

I cane andrea yesterday night, i know i shouldn't do it based on shichida method, GD & Tweedle Wink. I have to say sorry cos i really cannot control myself. The crying is driving me crazy & recently i became super superstitious because i can't find WHY am i going thru this (work & family is driving me nuts)

Andrea behaves very good today, did not cry when i send her to school & did not fuss over small little things the whole day. Daddy also did a good job by prepping her in the middle of the night.

I finally chant to Gohonzon yesterday night because i feel i seriously cannot control my heart & soul anymore. Alpha wave CD does help but it does not give me a solution, it only helps me to control my temper but it's not long term solution. After andrea slept, i went to gohonzon & start chanting.. cried initially because i fail to control my emotion again & began to feel strong because somehow someone telling me that "anger" has cause me this much pain.

I think back, i was such an angry person since benjamin's birth.. im angry with my old maid, my confinement lady, my mum, my husband, my boss, andrea, benjamin & myself. I did not have any solution either yesterday, at least i find my root cause, i will continue to chant to gohonzon today to fix my anger. I tell myself i cannot feel like this again & I'm confident that by chanting Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo can help me get back on my own feet again.

No Maid

I don't know what went wrong, i think i need to make some donation to some charity or believe in going to temple or believe in things that i have never want to belief last time. How can my life went this bad? sigh... but i'm ok right now to face another shocking news ... for the past 5 months things has not been smooth & I wonder will it ever STOPS!

Old maid went to airport and is being sent home because she could not produce the wedding invitation. Emigration asked what is she doing in KL, she said attending a wedding. Somehow she told me 1st interview went thru, but the 2nd interview asked to produce the invitation card because she saw that my husband's name in her air ticket & her old working permit. sigh... how can I overlook that.. i'm a BC right... blame it on the cloudy mind i had, not enough sleep & has to handle such a large amount of stress at home & at work.

I guess, i won't have maid until mid may now. If LUCKY, mid may i will have my maid back. But in such situation, will she still wants to come back? Her luggage is sent to Australia somemore today due to wrong tagging, sigh... I don't know if she can get her luggage back. sigh.. lol... not only i'm having bad luck!

Shall i resign? It's too much for me to handle. Mum is going to china in 2 weeks :( HELP!

Laughing

Ben loves to play andrea's beach ball. He can laugh out loud 'keh keh keh' whenever he sees us play or we let him kick the ball. If you want to hear him laugh... give him a beach ball :)

Benjamin loves to talk to ppl now, he can make lots of sound. Even we put him down alone, he makes lots of sound & of course later start calling for ppl. If he sees no one, he will then scream for ppl to pick him up! :s

Ben has many expression now too. He is VeRY happy to see me back from work. If i walk close he will stood his body up and smile, indicating he wants to be carried. I love my boy too much & feeling sad again because he needs to stay with the maid alone again. I hope he is OK with it. We are bringing our old maid back.

ben at 4 months

Time flies! Ben is at 4 months. Ben smiles alot, whoever talk to him he will smile. When i'm unhappy or feeling tired, i like to talk to him because he will respond to me and makes me happy again! Ben is drinking 2 oz - 2 1/2oz now, grandma did it for the past few days. Hope this will continue to be good.

I've been asking ben... "why you didn't bring your own maid here like your jie jie, why you make me suffer so much since you are born??" We have been looking for maid but none we like, the confinement lady also sucks... i wonder why... after i talk to ben, few days later, my old maid called me & tell me she wants to come back to work. Well.... she needs to wait for 3 months before going thru the agency process again. Hope her decision will not change during this period.

Ben can flip over on his tummy and flip over on his back very quickly now. But he is a little bit lazy because he cannot entertain himself by flipping, he would rather make lots of sound asking us to carry him. Ben is very responsive, when he wants something like carrying or milk, he sees you coming or holding his milk, he will make sound like 'he he he' and shake his leg vigorously, showing that he is happy. haha, this makes me laugh all the time.

I am very tired taking care of the house, but im glad that my mum is there to help. I cherish every moment with ben & staying over at my parents place. I know when my old maid is back, we will not spend this much of time together anymore. When old maid is back, i will not have this much time for ben anymore too. I need to work & earn more money.....

TW - 27 Feb 2010

I personally won't recommend TW. Because it's a franchise and the owner tend to be business minded & they don't really care if your kid get the best out of it. The class on that day has 4 children, including ben. 3 of them are age 1+, i seriously feel ben is not suitable for the class. The owner has told me that the material used is the same for age 0-3, i wasn't thinking properly when i was signing up that day. Until that day, i feel like 0-3 is such a big gap, and they should at least break down 0-1, 1-2 & 2-3 group. Materials could be the same, but the teacher conducting the class shall be different.

RM1200 paying shichida or TW, i would not recommend TW. However 1 of my friend sending her daughter to TW said her daughter likes it. So maybe it's just the 0-3 year old is not worth the money. I hope they can refund my money next week.

Benjamin - Feb

Benjamin can flip over in less than a second when we put him down. This is a great milestone, at least when doc musa ask me next week i can proudly tell him that, yes... ben can flip over already :)

Ben now at 3 months+, when andrea was at 3 months+ i also had a job offer. This time i dunno which company as the head hunter said cannot reveal yet, tomorrow i will be meeting her. I hope it will be a good one, like what i had back in 2007-35% increment! lol... anyway, if i ever get that i dun think i can leave IBM due the flexibility. How sad to be stuck with such low pay in IBM. 

Anyway, my life still have not back to normal because i sent my new maid back to agency. The new maid is not up to our standard, so too bad.... she has to get kicked out from our house. Currently me and my mum work like a mad dog for the house, i think my mum work more than me, poor mum... right now i work at the office in the morning & will work from home in the afternoon to help mum to take care of ben/andrea. Andrea still going to school, mum will take care of ben in the morning.

Ben does not drink much ... still 1-2 oz every 2hrs. I dunno if this is normal, i need to check with the doc. Last visit doc said baby knows how much they want to take, don't worry. But i think it's very little now, cos he is nearly 4 months. Mum doesn't let me to latch ben on during the day, poor ben keep on crying.. i think he knows im home but cannot latch on. He cries when he is hungry (but only drink 1 oz) & cries when he wants to sleep. So sad to see him sad....

Tweedle Wink

I've enrolled ben to tweedle wink before CNY, today is his 1st lesson.

What i understand is that this owner was a translator for Shichida, hence she adopt some of shichida's method and add on some of her own Montessori system. Overall the class concept is 90% similar to shichida's concept. The class has no tables and chairs, only cushions on the floor, i think they want to make it a more relaxing place for the kids. I think this is the difference for the westerners. To me, i would prefer to have tables and chairs for training the kids right brain. At least let the kids know, it's time to be serious. hhahaa... well different ppl has different preference. 

What i like about tweedle wink is that, some products like alpha wave cd and tuning fork it is not available in shichida. There is a big world map in the class that i like it too. What i dislike? They do not have a baby class, the class is from age 0-3. I will stop this once i've gotten a place in shichida, well im still on the waiting list, it has 50+ppl on the queue! How crazy!

Ben was very good today, he did not fuss much & i can see that he is enjoying the class. 

CNY Preparation

I have now moved into my mum house, hence not much preparation needed. The only thing i have to do is to make sure everyone has at least one piece of new clothes. Hubby & I have been searching for the kids clothes 2 weeks ago however cannot find any nice one, cos we wanted red.

Today Hubby & ben finally got their red clothes.
Myself - one red top from polo
Hubby - one red shirt from Tommy
Andrea - one red dress from Chateu
Ben - one red suit (1-piece suit) from Gap

We buy clothes all year round, hence I'm OK with just 1 piece of new shirt for CNY :)

Andrea loves CNY songs, she can sing a few .. one from school & a few from Astro CNY DVD. Benjamin as usual very smiley now, but still cannot flip over.. i wonder when it will happen. We have been playing the Alpha Wave CD for 4 days now, i think it's good for relaxing, as andrea doesn't wake up more than 1 time at night and ben can sleep for 7 hours straight! :s Ben has not been drinking alot, so i dunno sleep 7 hours straight is good or bad. Hubby has been very helpful since moved in to my mum place & knows how to comfort me when i'm so stressed over my new maid. I'm grateful. Overall I love New Year!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Happy Chinese New Year

Despite all the unhappy post lately, i would like to welcome the year of tiger with a Happy smile.

New Maid

New Beginning is not always good. My old maid has left last Sunday & new maid kicked in last Sunday too.

I was an independent person last time, although i had maid when i was young, mum always make us do our own things, including sweeping & mopping too. Hence, before i had my 1st maid, i did everything myself and even when she is here, i do some of the things like make my bed, wash my toilet & sweep the floor. After good 2.5 years i think i cannot cope with house chores anymore. I must admit that my old maid is very hardworking and will not even a sec that you see she is relaxing, yes even after the 2 year contract. I dunno since when I have completely let go of this task & also including Andrea's stuff, EVERYTHING (eating, bedsheets, clothes, etc) i dunno where are they and how & when it was being changed or washed. I'm completely lost.... last 2.5 years? i was enjoying life, only playing, reading & teaching andrea. I don't have to worry about a single thing at home!

I was stunt & was very confuse of what to do when old maid left. I need to teach the new one, but i dunno where to start. boy is crying, girl is fussing, i was really exhausted. I have to slowly pick up andrea's & ben's routine & start taking charge of my life again. It was really really hard and i was super stressful yesterday. Now, if i go bankrupt & have no one to help me, i think i would rather die than going thru this again. My new maid is extremely slow. I know i'm comparing the old & new again.. i should stop! Maybe she is not extremely slow, maybe alittle bit slower than my old maid. The good thing is she did not show me black face after 1 week.

Shichida update

It was a challenge for me to bring andrea back to shichida class after more than 3 months. I have decided to let hubby to bring her until she shows improvement in her memory linking. Andrea does not seems interested in shichida activity anymore and always looking at her friends. I do not know why she does not concentrate anymore and would always find it funny when she does not follow instruction. I had showed frustration & anger when she was not paying attention or has done wrongly for her activities. I know i should not do that, but i just do not know how to control myself. Hence, the best solution, let hubby accompany her to class. 

Today, i've bought some activities materials for andrea and also for ben's future use. To help andrea's memory linking. I have also put ben on the waiting list, there are 50+ in the waiting list! What shocking news! How on earth so many parents wants to enroll their baby to baby class. I actually didn't plan to send ben so early, but 50+ in the list, i better queue if not I'm afraid by 1 year old he does not have a place. How kiasu.. haha... anyway, i hope andrea will continue likes her shichida activity. I will play my part & will draw out a time table so that hubby and new maid can help me on home practice. 

Indirect Resource

I always believe, if you want to have bad luck, you can always show your black face if you want black luck to follow you. However, for those with black face 24 hours, those are usually having IR (indirect resource star) appearing in the natal chart & is exposed in the Heavenly Stems. 

Are all these people going thru some major pain where the world is going against them? Well, if they have IR in the chart and is exposed, they THINK the world or people is always against them, because they think too much and their thinking is unconventional. If you see one in your chart & is expose, please control your black face as it will not bring any good to you. 

1. My Maid (has IR in her chart & is exposed). She has showed black face & throw some tantrum telling me she does not want to work anymore. She has difficult time & not so happy time for almost or more than 6 months working with me. I know it and i can see it, but somehow i ignore. She deserved it. She told me the employer she worked for in PH does not like her, and she does not have good employer relationship always, she wonders why. It's because of her "black face"

2. My friend. I saw it but i asked her why it's not happening to you. She told me when she was young she was like that (show black face). She has unconventional thinking too, imagining someone talking to her before she goes to bed. Luck changes when she realized it & improved, even the fortune teller asked if she has changed alot (attitude) for the past. The fortune teller was wondering why she got married. You see, if you don't control it, somethings in your life you will never get it. 

3. My husband. He is another one with IR, exposed but it's in the hour pillar. so it's inside him & it's for the family member to see only. Friends he knows may not notice it but surely i can see it even before we get married, the way he talk to my ILs-everyone. What he doesn't get because he has this black face attitude? I don't know.. maybe love from his family member or even his wife. I feel kinda sick when talking to him sometimes because i always feel a kick in the butt when i do no wrong, or has to tolerate the black face/ rude tone when talking to him. of course, many unfortunate things happen to him because of that. He knows what it is. 

4. Today i went shopping at pavillion, i saw a man looks very much like my FIL. Also has this black face & the tone talking to the wife was somehow not very pleasant too (not scolding but u can sense he has a world on his own). I quickly relate it to my FIL, issit because he has this black face thus he did not get the wealth he wants & did not success because of this. My husband has to pay for his own university tuition fees. Poor hubby.... I just hope, my husband will not end up like his dad. By the way i do not know my FIL birthday, but i'm sure he has IR in his natal chart and exposed too. The face can tell.....

Just in case my husband will turn around and bite me, yes.. my 10 year luck pillar has an IR & is exposed too. I control it & thanks to my husband constantly making me feel sick of him, this even help me further to remind myself . Just like a mirror. 

School progress-Jan update

It's almost month end now. Andrea is still going to school :) I'm glad & despite her tears when we drop her off, she learnt alot of things.

Andrea loves water day, which is on every Wednesday. She looks forward to it & would happily pack her swim suite, water bucket & her beach ball the night before. The good thing i like is, the teachers or auntie there would shower them after their water play. Teacher took a photo of her playing in the pool & stick it into the communication book. I'm sure andrea did enjoy herself!

Andrea gave me a surprise, i caught her singing alone in front of the TV table one day. She is mumbling-singing a song that i have not heard before. I go closer than asked her to sing louder, to my surprise, she sang a song that was taught in school. She taught me how to sing & i sang it with her whenever she is singing that song. She learnt a new malay song too - Rasa Sayang. This one i know, so i sang it with her without troubling her to teach me :)

I found one turtle in her bag yesterday. She happily took it out and wave it in front of me. Telling me that this is her turtle. I know she loves art & craft. So far i've seen she has made - flower, bunny & turtle. Others i think she didn't bring it back.

Andrea start to count with fingers too. I can see her trying to open and close her finger with the help of another hand. hahaha, she still cannot coordinate - open and close fingers with one hand. When she does number 3, she will call out to me "Mummy See... 3".

I'm so proud of andrea that she is learning so much in school. I'm sure she had fun in school & i hope she will stop crying when we drop her early in the morning next month.

3 Months 1 Day old

wow... i have been so busy... no time for blogging.

Ben had 2 injection & 1 dose of rotavirus today. He is a brave boy, only cried a little & did not spit out the rotavirus. Mummy love you so much!

weight = 5.7 KG
Height = 61 cm

Benjamin is very talkative now and likes to smile at you while talking. tried to capture a video but to no avail, ben needs me to look into his eyes in order to talk & smile at me. If he sees I'm not concentrate, he will loose interest, hence no smile & baby talk :(

I've put benjamin on his tummy so that he could practise crawling, he has a strong neck now & will not roll over if put on his tummy. However doctor asked me today if he starts flipping over... ops... Ben has not even tried flipping. Unless i help him to flip over. Need to teach him how to flip....

Tiring

Back to work is even more tiring than taking care of ben alone. It has been a week that i'm back to work and i'm feeling ill today. Andrea pass on the germs to me & she gotten it from her classmate. Fetching andrea to school and back from school is killing me, i thought i can take it, but today my body tells me that i cannot take it anymore. The stress that i have - afraid andrea will cry when im not around, picking her up late, not wanting to eat her lunch & me myself have got not enough of sleep.

Stress can be absorbed by many ppl at different level, but not for a geng metal day master. I'm a very good example. If you give me stress i cannot perform well, if you give me stress i will collapse physically, if you give me stress i will have mental disorder. Thruout my 28 years of life, i have helpful people around me to help me out until this year after i've delivered ben & andrea start going to school. Stress has been killing me. I'm melting.... The big strong axe is melting :(

My new maid is coming after CNY, i hope she can be helpful to me. fingers crossed x

Enjoying Art

I'm heading back to work tomorrow, no more afternoon nap :(

Andrea has been very good girl today & yesterday at school. She is alittle bit sticky when school starts but was OK after tea time. I can take some time off to go shopping after her tea time and back to the school before class ends. She was OK, no crying in between. I hope tomorrow would be the same, so i do not have to worry while i'm at work.

Andrea enjoy her art class, 1st day of school they made the school logo. They took 2 days to finish. Wed & Thurs they make penguin, andrea loves it alot. She brought the penguin back and hang it on our door! So cute.....

Prosperity Star & Three Wonder Noble

I'm grateful that andrea has Prosperity Star & Three Wonder Noble in her chart. However ben has none of the gods & sha that i've learnt, ben will have tougher life than his sister. Need to brush him up from young.

There are 12 prosperity stars, which refers to the day master. If your kid or yourself has this as Day Master, they will have Good Reputation & Academic Achievements. Besides they will have good fortune, luxury & prosperity. They enjoy good food too.
Here are the 12 : Jia Yin, Yi Hai, Yi Chou, Bing Zi, Bing Xu, Ding You, Wu Shen, Ji Wei, Geng Wu, Xin Si, Ren Chen, Kui Mao.

There are 3 sets of Thee Wonder Noble
(1) Heavenly Three Noble - Jia, Wu, Geng
(2) Human Three Noble - ren, Kui, Xin
(3) Earthly Three Noble - Yi, Bing, Ding
If your kid or yourself has these in your chart,3 Heavenly stem sitting side by side & in sequence, they are multi talented, learned and wise, will have nobility and wealth. However, if they are not side by side & in sequence or going thru 10 year luck pillar, they will enjoy 50% of the effect. Hence, must do anything you want during this period. Do not waste it.

First day at School

Overall she behaved very well today despite cried for a little while when she could not get her favourite Hello Kitty sticker from teacher. Andrea was not overly fussy when we were in class, only asking me to sit beside her but after her tea break she could follow teacher to class without wanting me to follow. During tea break and lunch time, she could feed herself, which im very proud of her, can finish the meal or not is another matter. Andrea is able to go toilet herself without help too. The children loo was good, maybe i shall install one in my new house for both of my kids. I'm confident that tomorrow she will be more independant & enjoy school.

Smiles

Ben has been very responsive these few days. He would 'ohh' and 'ahh' when u talk to him and would 'look in to your eyes' when talking to you. I just love the way he is now & love 'chatting' with him.

Bought Ben to Bangsar village yesterday evening to buy some groceries. Andrea has been very naughty lately, she does not want to take her afternoon nap, due to her Bazi that we cannot cane her, we have to use other way to discipline her. We told her if she does not nap, she cannot follow us out, who knows she really do not want to sleep and feels very funny about it. We left her home with the maid. Ben open his eyes when we arrived & only sleep when we are about to reach home. He enjoyed looking outside the windows & looking around in the supermarket. He is very alert & loves exploring. I guess we should not leave him with the maid so often now, he loves shopping too!

Ben's buttock very red today, i do not know what the maid had done to cause that rash. Maid said it's because of his stool, it was harder yesterday. I did not see the stool but i thought breast milk stool should not be hard? Sigh... anyway, will keep an eye from today onwards. Poor baby...

Happy New Year

New Year Day was great. We had our favorite dim sum, lunch at The Loft & dinner at Sushi Zanmai. Andrea was well behaved at dinner time & ben was not fussy during our lunch at Pavillion. It was such a great long holiday, "long" because hubby clearing all his annual leaves, we went out to do shopping most of the time, we bought many things and i feel very satisfying :) Luckily I still have today & tomorrow before Andrea's school starts.

Looking back to year 2009, i have achieved & owned quite a number of things.

(1) delivered a son

(2) Completed Bazi module 4

(3) Attended Feng Shui module 1 & 2

(4) Cartier Watch & iMac

(5) Bought many art supplies for andrea to develop her creativity

(6) Take care of ben on my own without a confinement lady & limited help from mum for 2 months

(7) Attended Shichida Prenatal Class

(8) Scolded my ex-boss because he did not keep his promise for my band promotion

(9) Learn alot from the "Mean" & "Fake" ppl at workplace - surprisingly at ASEAN level only i see more of these.

(10) Able to tolerate my bad temper maid without loosing my temper

All in All, i enjoyed my year 2009 :)

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.