End of 2008

Tomorrow is the end of this year, usually on moment like this, people will be wrapped up in Holiday spirit, Glowing and happy , full of joys and plan for tomorrow night.
But .... not me....Actually I've plan for tomorrow night, "Families gathering : Sang Wo Dinner" at my aunt house.
My mum is so lucky to have such tight bond brothers and sisters, we always have gathering like this, some time with no reason at all, just to gather, make noises oh... so crowded, changing gossips.
Any way, back to topic. this year, I'm not smitten by any holiday spirit or feeling any joys instead I feel so gloom, tired, burn out.
For me, Me , this year is not 'as planned ahead' year. Everything is so under count. Well ,my architecture and furniture manufacturing business is not bad, also Elling Bra ones, but I just wish I could do more. Of course impossible with a naughty baby (ehmmm toddler already) and without any baby sitter help.
My time to do my work is so limited, just a few hours here and there... Not to mention have to finished my design until midnight that mean sacrificed my sleeping time. And when Megan is sick, like catching bad cough these days meaning just fitful sleep for me.
I'm not complaining before, because I have already braced myself the consequences of being part time mum, but these days I can't help myself for feeling so burnout, so tired, I just want to complain ... complain...and complaining...
Every morning, I felt sore on my spine and my shoulder (Oh, I'm sleeping on Lady American mattress and doing yoga 3 times a week) but seem won't help.
I just wish I can have a couple days off so I can recharge myself ... but it's impossible, who'll take care Megan? How about my clients? Who will supervised the worker?
Well, I don't have any solution for myself, I'm so stuck out. But, everything I did, and my scarified surely lately will be well pay off... I wish...

Kindy Concert

I forgot to post these. Taken a week ago. Megan's playgroup held kid's concert on 13 Dec. It's fun to see all the playgroup children performed on stage.
The show's successful enough. Many parent come to watched their children which all of them were dressed in cute costumes.

Some of the children were fright of stage and cried, some just froze on spot, but some were natural, they performed according to teacher instruction below the stage.


There's one particular boy who caught my attention. He cried when his group're queuing up to the stage and when they get down but when the show began , he performed well. Funny, isn't he?

Nah, the little boy in red T shirt is Megan's class mate. Actually, he's no part of the show, but because he sat near the performers and his shirt is similar color with the boy performer, the teacher mistaken him. But he performed well, better then the others kids on the stage. What a brave boy and his parent must be so proud of him.

What I dislike is the way the headmistress behave. She forbid parents to take picture of the show (but all ignore her, of course)and then she said "if parents can't heed order, how to expect your children to listen to you?" It's rude, right?
Every parents must be proud of their children and want to record their children special moment, right? Why not allowed them leh?

Sick

Megan is down with fever (39') and cough. Poor baby, she's sleepless and feeling cranky all the time, She also throw up this morning.
Already feed her antibiotic because her fever's up and down, and she feel a bit better, but still want to be bau bau all the time.
I'm so tired, lack of sleep because keep waking up checking her temperature last night. Thank God it's down a bit.

Happy Sunday

We went to y Xiau Yi 's house this sunday. The mission: to let children play and adults gossip...
Well the mission accomplished with satisfaction and everyone enjoyed my freshly baked banana bread.
Megan quite enjoyed herself too. Will surely go there next week.

Banana bread

I tried to bake banana bread today, and turned out successful.
The bread is so moist and delicious.... I just added additional half cup of raisin in it.
My next mission maybe baking cakes and cookies.
Ow... maybe I have cooking genes in me? Hehehe I dunno. Maybe I just caught on the festive bugs, you know Christmas is nearby and so is Chinese new year, I just want to make it special for my family, specially after all 'stuff' that had happened.
Well way to go next mission.......

Pancake, second tried out

I baked pancake again on Monday morning for kids breakfast. But I prepared the batter on previous night. From the tips of the website, it said, the result will be fluffier if the batter left in refrigerator for few hours even overnight.
The pancake turn out great, this time I omitted the salt and add mashed 2 ripe banana onto the wet ingredient. the result were great. Children like them, and adults too...
Sifted and whisked all the dry ingredient evenly before adding the wet ones.







Batter ready to be fried after staying while night in fridge.














Pancake, Ready!!!

I was Baking!!

Yeah, I baked pancake for my Megan and Richard this morning, This was my first try-out and it turned out .... edible.... but not too nice.
I baked it according to the recipe I downloaded from www.allrecipes.com but I thought the baking soda's too much. I'll try again tomorrow and reduce the amount of baking soda.
Hopefully this time, I don't forget to snap some pictures.

Megan and Richard

I don't understand, why my little Megan like to hit or slap and even pinch her cousin, Richard? Because of jealousy? Richard, as gentleman as he's never hit back, just said " mei mei, bu yau da ke ke"... aiyooo give me headache
Yesterday, she pinched him under his eye hard and left red stain, still Richard will look lovingly at her and call mei-mei.....
If we asked Richard who're the prettiest among his cousin, he'll undoubtedly replied : 'mei mei'
The problem is, Megan doesn't appreciate his passionate and keep bullying him, what must I do??????javascript:void(0)

Megan and school

After almost 1 month , well, I can said, I'm not very satisfied with this class. The teacher seem not experience enough to handle all busy body children and they still rarely paying any attention to her.
Until now, we, the parents and baby sitter still join the class, accompanying our children. This was not the head master promised me : just two week of adjustment time then ,kids attend the class by themselves.
When I asked , they reasoned: well the Christmas holiday's nearby so, no need to force the children to adapt with teacher and classroom because they'll need to re-adjust again when school start on new term next year.
Hello..frankly, this's not I expected to hear from a professional school, right? Well, I think I better searched for new one, don't you think so?

Go to school!!!

Phew..finally Megan go to school. She's just 16 month, the youngest in her class and barely talk yet but I put her to school anyway. Crazy mummy, isn't it?
The very reason is because she's very shy when met another people, in the crowd example, at a wedding, she'd refused to walk and insisted to be pau pau all time. she won't smile and just put on her sour face. And mostly, in the morning, she spend her time with my maid, so no intellectual improvement at all.
And Oh I'm so jealous when compared her to her cousin, SF. He's so... smart. He can arranged puzzle pieces on 18 months, and sorting block on 15 month.
Pengsan..Megan only like to throw or make noises all of block and puzzles I bought for her, let alone arranging them..hmmm. So, I thought, well someone need some good discipline and education here and since SF although very smart but clinging like glue to his mummy and he's 27 months, he too need some socialize with others.
Then my sister found this kindergarten. Just 15 minutes drive from house and they offer 50% off for this is additional class not usual one which always started on January and July, so I thought, why not, I'll just pull Megan out if she can't adapt well.
Yesterday morning was a chaos. 6 toddler, cried or refused to separate from their mummy, mine also. But after the teacher started singing and dancing, they seem relaxed a bit.

They study in playroom for a few days (parents or nannies included) to help them adapt with the school. They sang, play and dance and learn names of animal from pictures.

This morning was more chaos, why? because the children were more adapting with their teacher and playroom now, they barely listen to teacher instruction but played and grabbed all toys that they desired. Oh there is 2 new member in the class, 1 couple of twins boy.
Megan, who sit properly on my lap yesterday and be apple in her teacher eyes, ran around and played, refused to sit at all.
Curious, how teacher will handle them all tomorrow, eh?...

Do You?

Did you feeling same with me, when you just have a fight with you DH, you would thought that I should never married to this man he has changed, but then, when you set your eyes on your kid, your heart will melt and thought instead that if you didn't married to him, you would not have them.........

Chaos

These weeks, my daily routines really in chaos. DH out of town, DS just in town with her toddle boy, I got some problem in my construction project and even some worker problem in my furniture designing project... huh.....luckily I didn't pass out.
Not to mention all the call I should make to report the crime and all the procedure to get new ID and driving license... tiring...
But, still I squeeze out little time to bring my little nephew to mall.



























What'll happen if a possessive baby met with her competitor toddle cousin?
They 'll fight to get attention even specially from kong kong and pho pho

ROBBED

Last night was terrible. I was being robbed in front of my house.
It's around 19.00 pm. We, ( DH, DF, DS, me and Megan) planned to dined at India Restaurant, well DH actually very reluctant because he's tired just drove came back from Pangkalan Brandan but because I insisted, he finally agreed.
Then when we all were getting ready, a cat ran into our front yard and started mewing. This make Neil and Naomi become mad and started barking and frantically urged to rushed outside.
When we open the door to get into the car which was parked on road side, Neil rushed out and started chasing the cat. Usually, he always heeding my command, but the cat really drove him crazy and he ignored me. We didn't want him to killed the little cat so we screamed and called his name, then I bring out a long rattan stick and hit his leg. He turned back and got into the house again.
Meanwhile, DH was holding Megan in the car, and all the confusion make us unaware of our surrounding which was very quite and a bit dark (many of our neighbors were out of town for long weekend).
Then It happened so fast, I was opening the car door then felt a hard tug on the baby bag I was carrying. I screamed and turned around tried to snatch back my bag, there he stood, a man, a bataknese, holding a long knife in front of my face and threat : " If u dared, I'd kill you" I backed away.
A friend of his, driving a motor car was waiting beside him. DF and DS screamed and throw him stone. It missed, and he ran away.... with my bag.
Gosh, this was the first time I was being robbed. None came for our rescued and my baby bag was gone.
I lost many things including : my 3 cellphones ( 1 is Nokia N95), my Mont Blanc purse, DS' new camera, Megan's dinner in Thermos, Megan's sling and a dress. My favorite Estee Lauder Lipsticks, my Envirosaxs and others things including all my credit cards, ID, all licenses.
It took awhile to block all the cards and reported the crime. But policemen are scarce during the hari raya holiday so they done nothing but only promised to increased the patrol (which I's doubt they'll keep)
All of us was shocked and I barely slept last night, but still, I'm grateful that I only lost material stuff, not being stabbed or being hurt.
This make me feel naked. I felt so unprotected, unsafe. I thought I need to carry some weapon or anything that can be used to defend myself. I had searched around the house and found baseball stick (which DF bought on 1998, when riot) and put it in my car.
But still it didn't make me feel safer.........

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri

Tainted Milk

This tainted milk matter really make everybody headache. Even my mum who used to fanatically pro China worried about the safety of Anlene Milk Powder which she consume twice daily. She urged me to called the customer services and asked where the milk came from specially after learned that Anlene is under Fonterra company. Gladly the customer services told me that Anlene Indonesia's milk are all from New Zealand (hmmmm how if she lied???)
Then I remembered DH, just a few months back, used to drink Dutch Lady UTH milk twice daily which is imported from Singapore and Singapore imported some of their milk from China...pengan....But considering that DH daily drink 4-5 liter of water (he is also a Water Gallon like me)there is no likely that the melamine residue has chance to crystallize in his kidney (I hope... I pray...)
Then I checked, Megan milk powder , Procal Gold, by Wyeth also under Fonterra Company (this company is damn big, it is New Zealand's largest company and controls about a third of the world's dairy exports and produce a lot a lot brand of milk) luckily on the tin note that the milk was produced in New Zealand... meaning... logically... that it's impossible that New Zealand, a milk producer itself will painstakingly imported milk from China, right? But then there is a troubling thought, how is the country production is not enough and they have to imported it? Aiyo... I'm really scare and worry lah....I even not dare to finished my half opened soy milk powder produced by Brilliant, China. Help!!!!!!

This food safety issue must me put ahead in every countries otherwise we, the consumer, will get the hit worst!

Every time I thought or talked about the 54.000 sick babies and the 12.300 of them who must be hospitalize in China, really make me mad and sad, what if it happened to my baby instead? Gosh, they are all still very small and delicate and helpless but have to endure so much pain. Pity..pity.. life really not fair...
Just to imagine having crystal stone in kidney and the pain every time have the urge to pee make my heart knotted, make me goose bump. So sad....
Is making money is so much important that have to push aside all the logic and feeling and 'forced' the children sacrificed their health instead? Why the world have turn so cruel today? What's wrong with this people? What's possessed their mind?
Oh... I really fell unsafe.......

Wedding

Very very busy, last weekend to celebrate my cousin wedding. Dear cousin has been living in state for long time and there he met her lovely wife who is so coincidentally also from Sumatera but from Sumatera Barat/ West Sumatera.
Her families and friends traveled along way from around the world (a bit exaggerate hehehe, they came from Jakarta, Padang and USA) to attend this couple wedding ceremony.
I Planed to bring Megan to the wedding dinner at night, but have to cancel them because it was raining and I didn't want her to catch cold (epidemic in most of Asia countries now) so Megan stay at home with bibik.
But when I brought her to the ceremony in the morning, Ohhh she put on sour face and only accepted to be bau-bau by selected people although mummy has tried to dressed her so nicely in her Korean dress :) to show off!!!! Ah... pengsan lah...

Sudoku

I'm sudoku freak. I have it downloaded in my cellphone so able to play sudoku whenever, wherever I have time.
It help me a lot especially when I was on doctor office waiting for my turn when I was pregnant, or to killing time when waiting for friends or hubby.
Until now, still I manage to play specially when I was rocking Megan to sleep.
I read from some source, it help to prevent dementia on old people in Japan, not bad eh, have the pleasure ti play and even got the bonuses.
So, are you sudoku Freak like me?

Bai Bai on Mid Autumn Festival

Every years we serve assorted of foods offering for our ancestors.
For my paternal grand parent, we bai bai at home and Mum prepare (bought, actually) several simple chai / vegetarian dishes.
For my Maternal grandparents, we bai bai in my grand pa's old house (which is almost completely inhabited, only for families gathering on special occasions such as this one). I never dared to wander in this house alone, always make me goose bump and it's sad to remember that I spent most of my childhood here before my grandparents passed away but I'll save the story for another post.
Anyway, back to celebration:

Who can resist these?

I CAN'T, I love all kind of cakes and Moon cake is only available once a year.
This year, we got them mostly from Singapore:
* 5 boxes from Pine Court Restaurant (Mixed nuts with assorted hams,low sugar lotus paste with macadamia nut, Lotus paste with double yolk,Mini cakes with assorted flavor and Golden treasure with lotus pate and yolk)
* 2 from Eater Palace (pastry shell with whole yam and kacang ijo shell with lotus paste and single yolk)
* 1 from Kwong Cheong Thye(low Sugar Cappuccino cake)
Only 2 boxes form local town.
So, I've been drooling since before Mid Autumn Festival and my patience finally payed off.
These are some I remember to take the picture before I ate them, 1 box of mini moon cake of assorted flavors from Pine court has been successfully polished off hehehe.
Oh yes, I like the Pine Court's design which's 6 size case represents 8 blessing for Happiness, Harmony, Love, Success, Prosperity, Advancement, Abundance and Luck. Nice.......




ine Court

What would you do?

What would you do if you're in the middle of feeding your fussy eating baby and suddenly you got strong urge to poo? Would you go directly to loo and left your baby on his/her high chair or would you delay poo-ing with your rumbling stomach and finished feeding his/her? No body around to help you . Just you and you baby at home.

It happened to me this morning when I was feeding Megan her breakfast, lucky for me, there are 3 maid around so, I just called them to look after Megan while I rushed to the loo.

Dimples

Look Mummy, I've dimples!!!

Candies...

LOOK, what I've found!!!! Candies! YES!














Got to hide them before mummy take it away!














Yummy!!!!