Shichida - 30 Nov 2008

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

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

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

Meet Up

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

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

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

Tutorial

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

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

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

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

Bazi Module 2

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

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

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

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

Shichida - 2 & 9 Nov 2008

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

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

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

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

Vomit

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

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

Pangkor Laut Resort

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

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

Super Stressful

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

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

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

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

15 months old

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

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

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

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

Work from home - Nov 08

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

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

Bazi Module 1

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

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

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

Roseola

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

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

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

Fever - another day

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

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

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

Fever

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

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

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

Productive Day

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interactive

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

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

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

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

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

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

Self Reflection

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

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

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

Shichida - Oct 18 & 19, 2008

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

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

Wonderful Mum

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

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

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

Parent Education Course

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

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

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