Why?

20 months & 1 week old.....

Yesterday, I don't know why Mummy suddenly changed me into these funny looking clothes and asked me to look into the mirror. Why ar?

You see.....

I don't know why but I looked into the mirror anyway.....

Then, I found something! Pockets! Hehehe.......

I like them!

Mummy said: Poh Poh (Grandma) bought the two sets of clothes for Ethan and I let him tried on them to see if they fit or not. The long pants are always too long for him. Even the pyjamas.

Good Bargain on Glasses

I don't know how cheap can a good pair of glasses can be but read this - Zenni Optical: Sell Rx Glasses $8 with case! Skeptical? Well, they sell the glasses online and the glasses are manufactured by their own factory thus no middlemen and advertising cost. Make sense. Actually the $8 package is for the complete single vision glasses and it is inclusive of the frame, lens, anti scratch coating, UV protection, lens edge polishing and beveling, hard casing, microfiber lens cleaning cloth and full guarantee. Not bad huh. This one looks good too.

Tag: 8 Things I'm Grateful For

I think this tag is very meaningful. Thanks Kelly for passing it to me or else I might just do it without being tagged (hehe.....)

Ok, the 8 things (or rather persons), which I'm very very grateful for are:
1. My parents for their sacrifices in giving me a happy childhood and good upbringing.
2. My sisters for sharing the happy and unhappy moments together and the most important thing is - sharing your clothes..haha!
3. My bunch of good old friends - from schools and university. Life is empty without you guys.
4. My boss. Weird huh. Most people will hate their bosses but this boss of mine is very special. I've made up my mind to resign if he discontinues his contract. Silly, I know. Thank goodness, he is here to stay for another 2 years?
5. My special friend, who is also my ex-colleague. My only Malay friend. More like a big sister to me. Thanks for all the advices, laughters and tears you shared with me.
6. My godmum. She showed me what it's like being pampered.

Last but not least, the two loves of my life:

7. My husband. I can't believe that I never set my eyes on other men since I met you...cheh
8. My pride and joy - Ethan. With him around, life is full of tastes:
- sweet: when he is happy
- sour: when he is cheeky
- bitter: when he is sick
- salty: when he is cranky
- spicy: when he is active

My Marks of Triumph

Marks of Triumph - they are ugly and permanent. I'm one of the many unlucky mothers who get the so-called 'marks of triumph' or otherwise commonly known as stretch marks during pregnancy. I started applying cream to prevent stretch marks at an early stage of my pregnancy but too bad my skin was sensitive and red itchy patches started to appear on my tummy area soon after. I did not know why at first. The itchiness was so unbearable and I couldn't refrain myself from scratching it. Once I suspected that the culprit was the stretch mark cream, I have stopped using it immediately. Then some colleagues recommended olive oil and I applied it until I gave birth. No side effects but I don't think it helps anyway because the stretch marks started to appear during the last trimester and they are here to stay, forever.

When I did a little search on the net later, I found this - "Though cocoa butter is an effective moisturizer, no research studies have shown its ability to either prevent stretch marks, or improve their appearance once a stretch mark has already formed." How I wish I found out about this earlier. Perhaps the next round, I will try revitol stretch mark cream instead.

New 'Toy'

19 months, 3 weeks & 3 days old.....

It actually happened 2 weeks ago. Too lazy to blog about it. It's always hard to keep Ethan quiet for more than 30 minutes with a toy. That day, hubby suddenly got a brilliant idea. He took out a small container, which was full of coins. We usually put all the coins in containers coz we don't have a coin box but Ethan got one from Maybank Yippie Account. The coin box was left there doing nothing but collecting dust for almost a year now. He then taught Ethan to insert the coins to the coin box one by one. That kept him occupied for almost half an hour. It was a little hard for him to insert the smaller coins but 50 sen coins are ok.

Now that the coin box is already full, we need to either take all the coins out before we let him 'play' again or buy a new coin box for him.

Full of concentration

Full of excitement!

Naughty Noo-noo

19 months, 2 weeks & 6 days old.....

We bought a Teletubbies VCD for Ethan to add to his current collection of Barney, Sesame Street, Baby Einstein, So Smart and Baby Genius. He liked it when he watched it for the first time but something unexpected happened when he watched it again. He was scared of something and held on very tightly to us. Both me and hubby were clueless as to what frightened him so much. I thought it was the four colourfull Teletubbies but it turned out to be the vacuum cleaner that looks like an elephant: Noo-noo. It was so hilarious. We never see him being so scared of something in the tv. Every time Noo-noo appeared on the screen, he will find ways to hide. So, I used my hand to cover his eyes but when Noo-noo appeared again unexpectedly, he covered his eyes with his own hands and even dragged mine to cover his eyes. We managed to take a video on it.

Of Women and Diet

I think women and diet are inseparable. Some go on a diet to lose weight while some just want to maintain their weight. Whatever it is, I think we are scared of being labelled as 'fat' or 'fatter than before' or 'fatter than the others around us'. We cannot bear to hear the word 'fat'. Even though when people tell us that we are 'not fat' but I think the word 'not fat' cannot satisfy us. 'Not fat' does not equal to 'slim' right? What we want is 'slim'. I wonder how far can one go to lose weight. Weight-loss surgery such as the gastric banding from lapband Houston is very common in the U.S. but not sure about here. I don't think I will go under the knife to lose weight but no harm learning more about the options we have nowadays, just in case.

A Little Update

19 months, 2 weeks & 2 days old.....

Hmmmm.......Nothing much to write about lately so just want to post a few photos taken during the trip to hubby's hometown.

It was Ethan's first time taking a flight and he was ok with the taking off and landing part. The only problem was being confined to the seat for almost 2 hours. He got a bit restless and refused to sleep during the entire trip there. On our trip back, he was very cranky and cried his lungs out not long after we boarded the plane. I think everyone in the plane could hear him. Luckily he fell asleep shortly after we took off and only woke up right before landing.

Ethan had a very good time the moment we reached SIL's house. It was his first time meeting his cousins (from hubby's side). SIL has 3 boys and Ethan likes to play with the youngest, Ralph, aged 4 (according to my not so reliable memory). Where ever Ralph went or what ever he did, Ethan will sure to follow. He likes older kids but always bully the younger ones. (Telling us he doesn't want a sibling just yet?) He was so hyper all the time and it was a major big headache when it comes to meal & sleeping time. Nevertheless, we all enjoy the stay there.

Walking to the gate. As usual, he doesn't like us to hold his hands.

First time looking at the plane.


Getting restless.

This was what he did 99% of the time when he's not sleeping
or bathing - running!! Ran like a free-range chicken.

A happy toddler with 2 exhausted parents!