Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Unfortunate incidents make us realised what is the meaning of appreciate and grateful

Abroad, we have our King of Pop, and back home, we have our Yasmin Ahmad who went to the spirit world recently.
My own acquaintance? About 2 weeks ago, my colleague told me that her friend's son is in coma. The boy is just 1 year and 10 months old. On that fateful day, he was with the maid at the rear seat, while the mother at the front seat. He was chatting, kissing, and playing with his mother. I believe, he wasn't buckled up. The maid was sleeping. At one point, the driver was avoiding something, resulting the car hit the divider and spin few times. During the spinning, the boy was flung out onto highway's drain through the rear window. The body looks scratched a little bit, except the head. His head swollen. And he was put in ICU for few days. Scan result shows that his brain is dead. However, the family is still hoping he will be alright. Few days later, the Doc realised that his spine is broken. Besides that, his mouth was bleeding, because he was biting his own tongue. One week has passed. Went for 3 brain scans. The mother give in. She decided to turn him off from the life support.
This morning, I received a sms from my friend. One of our friend's daughter passed away yesterday. Reason being? No one knows the answer. Waiting for post-mortem result. Her daughter is just 3 years old! I've seen her photo before. She's a normal and healthy child. Her looks resembles the mother.
Our neighbour who lives 2 doors away was down with lung cancer. This surprise us. Because she's a normal housewife who cleans the house everyday. She's someone who did the laundry everyday. She's someone who does gardening everyday. She's not old. She's not fat. Their family car Honda rarely touched! Instead of driving that car out to fetch his son to and fro school, she chose to drive a smaller car. Her husband ride motorcycle to work. One word. Thrifty. After her diagnose, I never see her again. Maybe she stays indoor all the time. Or maybe she's in the hospital. After all the sacrifices, yet to enjoy or reap the fruits she has to be bed-ridden.
It make me ponder what is life? What is there in the afterlife world? Is life just about suffering? Suffering from illness? Suffering from lack of money? Suffering from lack of power?
Yesterday my husband said to me "The other day when I went to attend the class with my mum, we sat next to each other. I saw her hands. Her hands wrinkled a lot". Time flies. We aged with time. We definitely cannot stop time. Other than appreciate with what I have and be grateful, I do not know what else can I do..

my best friend's wedding

Don't worry, I did not flirt with her husband...hahaha...ehh...but, din see my best friend in the pic...hahaha...no VIPs again..

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

to be or not to be angry with him...

I overslept this morning. Woke up by my husband. Alarm clock shows it's 7.10am! Normally, at this hour, I will be feeding him or washing my undergarments.

I was so happy that at least it is still not to late for me to be prepared to work. But, the moment I saw a pot of cooked oatmeal and heard the noise from washing machine, my gratefulness turned to anger. This shows that my husband already up very early. I was thinking why he didn't wake me up early too? While he's cooking mee suah, I stormed into kitchen. I asked him. And he replied was 'I wanted you to sleep longer'. OMG!!! What a @#$%^&!!!!!
Let me sleep longer? And make me rushing like a torpedo? Normally, every morning before off to work, I will feed the baby first. Luckily this morning, he did not put up struggle with me. After 10 mins of sucking, he doze off. Hurriedly, I wash my pump and bathe. In the meantime, I tried to control my anger. I do not want to start my day with anger.

I saw mee suah on the dining table. Thinking I won't have time to enjoy it at home, I will enjoy it during the journey instead. Hehehe...

During the journey, I asked him again.
He said 'I just thought that you can sleep longer'.

I said 'So that you can see me rushing like mad after that?!!'
He replied 'No, I did not think of that'.

And I asked another question which I wanted to ask long, long time ago 'Why you always switched off the night lamp's switch but not the power supply switch? Since you want to off the night lamp, then, you should switch off the power supply's switch. Why want to waste electricity?!!' (Power supply switches has light indicator that shows Power is ON)

Then, he told me 'At least you can see around if you need to wake up in the middle of the night with that small light'.

How thoughtful. He makes my day...

Monday, July 27, 2009

Yaki Yaki Japanese buffet

This is my very first to go for a Japanese buffet. While on my way there, I was wondering what will they offer. The restaurant is just situated next to Low Yat Plaza. We parked our car at the mall, and walked to our destination restaurant.

We were greeted by friendly staffs, were ushered by one of them. Good service. But, I feel the seating layout is poorly designed. They might have a reason for doing so. But, imagine, instead of walking straight to my seat where I can see from the moment I entered the restaurant, I have to walked further to be seated. Our seats were in the middle of the restaurant, and it was some sort fenced up at four sides and there are only 2 exit points to the seats. Not only that, we need to climb the staircase, it is akin to walking up to the stage. As soon as we arrived at our seats, comes a friendly staff asking me whether I need high chair. Hmm..another thumbs up for good service.

I do not know where to begin with the food as the food was located at about 7 locations. So, I have to walk around to survey. Hmm...not bad, at first thought. A lot of varieties. There are yaki-yaki, tempura, tea & coffee bags, juices, cocktails, fresh seafood & fresh meat to grill by ourselves, cooked vegetables upon orders, sharksfin soup, salad, fruits, desserts(tong sui/cakes), fresh sashimi, ice-cream, handrolls, and of course sushi. Yummy!
Given a chance, yes, I will go there again!

@MYR 48.75 on weekdays.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

thumb sucking

One of the thing that attracted me is his thumb sucking. So much like a baby. HE sucked quietly to sleep.
Out of the blue, I feel sucking is not right. So, I browsed the internet to look for more information. To my horror, it is not right!
What I found?

Does thumb-sucking cause any problems?
Prolonged thumb-sucking may cause a child to develop dental problems. Thumb-sucking can cause a child's teeth to become improperly aligned (malocclusion) or push the teeth outward, sometimes malforming the roof (upper palate) of the mouth. Malocclusion usually corrects itself when the child stops thumb-sucking. But the longer thumb-sucking continues, the more likely it is that orthodontic treatment will be needed to correct any resulting dental problems.
A child may also develop speech problems, including mispronouncing Ts and Ds, lisping, and thrusting out the tongue when talking.


I guess I should be thinking of how to get rid of this habit..and I really believe, it won't be easy..*sigh...another nightmare beings..

Friday, July 24, 2009

Sleep Deprivation

Ever since I gave birth, my eyelids were working tirelessly beyond my control. At times, I just wanted to heed the advice to close my eyes for awhile. Though my baby already 9 mths old now, still, I could not have a sleep which I dream of. ~Sleep for the whole day~
When I'm not busy with him, I will be busy with her. When I'm not busy with them, I will be busy with something else. *sigh... One evident. Time is just not enough.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

little traitor

On Sat evening, he vomitted while I'm feeding him porridge. Maybe it was because I feed him so frequently on that day. But, cannot blame me. Because everybody is waiting for me to go out to Joe's house warming. So, I have to feed him first. Maybe I feed him in a haste too. I ignored his request of 'don't put into my mouth, mummy..'.
Upon seeing him playing with his porridge raised my temperature to the highest degree! So, I smacked him till he cries! After cleaned him up, I wanted to feed him again. He cried the moment I carried him! So, my mum took him into her arms. He silenced. So, I opened my arms to invite him to come to me, he shoved my hands away! WHAT?? How can he do that to me. I tried again, and he did the same. Not only that, he rest his head on my mum's shoulder. Whoa, whoa, whoa...I don't care! So, I took him away from my mum with force. He wailed!!! Then, my husband took him. And he silenced again. I really feel betrayed, upset....

Friday, July 17, 2009

crying baby

I do not know why, but, I do love to see my baby cries. Hahaha...I just love the way he make an 'O' or 'square' shape mouth..and then starts wailing..hahaha...especially when I snatched his little bolster or pillow away...crazy me!
Everytime when he sees those two things, he will like he has drunk! One hand holding the bolster, and another thumb or hand inside his mouth..sucking...and then, doze off. But, he will doze off quickly if we were to pat his butt! If you stop patting him, he will staring at you..hahahaha...without blinking his eyes! hahahaha.... *sigh...I'm just grateful...really...

Thursday, July 9, 2009

what can my 9 mths old do now

Besides crawling, crying, and walking with the support of children's size chair, he will start to cry when he sees nobody in his view. And then, he will starts crawling towards kitchen, there's where I will be most of the time. Once he sees me, he will smiles to me..emm..sweet. Upon entering kitchen, he will starts to grab things on the floor and play with it, lick it, bite it, and disarrange the things. He will only stop if I carry him away.
Whenever I carry him away while he's busy playing with something, he will make noise and kick his legs in the air. I thought, so young already know how to show his tantrum to me! And not only that, he will push my hands away if I were to obstruct him from taking things that he wanted. Cis!
And the thing that I feel betrayed is by himself he will crawl towards his dad, grandpa, or grandma without even them inviting him! And again, if I were to stop him from doing that, he will throw his tantrum to me. I was thinking, I'm the one who consistently feeding him, cleaning him, patting him to sleep, playing with him, and yet, this is what I get in return. -__-..