Part and parcel of my parenting duties includes fixing my kids' broken toys. I dont to waste good money as toys really dont come cheap these days. A few dollars here, a few dollars there, it sums up to a bigger amount. The Toy Train Set that Malcolm received for his birthday is not working. He may have dropped it and dislocated something inside it. It's such a fun toy (despite its blaring choo choo chugga chugga dang dang dang) and it's a real pity that Malcolm can no longer watch it run on its tracks. I gotta find someone who can pry it open and weld whatever's come off again. Hope i do find that person. Anyone who knows of anyone who can do it here in Ipoh, please drop a comment here. Thanks in advance.
Many of my girlfriends dont quite understand why i only wear Crocs and not fashionable women shoes like all other women. Sigh.... how to explain to them that Crocs are oh-so-soft and comfy. Once tried, there's no looking back. I'm hooked to Crocs ever since hubby bought me my first pair. And that was during the last few months of my second pregnancy. Another thing is i my feet perspire a lot and with Crocs, i can just rinse them without taking my Crocs off. They provide good ventilation and i dont have to worry about stinky week at the end of the day. So, how to live without my Crocs, you tell me. Of course if i need to attend a function or two, i'll wear fashionable womens shoes like heels and pumps. I do have those, ok. Just that i seldom wear them on a daily basis.
Malcolm is a big boy liao. We told him we'll be taking him to the salon for a haircut this afternoon. He didnt kick up a fuss like last time. Hubby used to hold on to him each time he gets his hair cut. Suprisingly, he coolly walked up to the stylist and sat down on the plank placed on the two armrest, telling us "go cut hair". I'm so proud of my boy today. He was rewarded with a "sweet-sweet" which he promptly asked us to "open" for him. See how charming my boy is. That smile of his is sure to win him lots of girlfriends friends next time.
It's Malcolm see, Malcolm wants. He pushed his Kor-kor out of the basket soon after i snapped the previous pic. His favorite term is "Kor-kor give, Kor-kor give, give ah....". Gordon cincai jek. But if he gets angry, skali he'll whack him "piakkk". Then, mai got tears and lots of screaming and crying lorr. What's new.... chewren....
I used to do this when i was a kid too. But of cos, back then, where got electronic gadgets like NDS to play with lah. So, no need to figure out where he got the idea from. What about your kids? Do they like to play with the laundry basket too?
It's durian season again. Durian sellers can be seen along the main road behind my house from morning till night. If the wind blows towards the back of my house, i can even smell it inside my bedroom as i sleep in the back room. I've not had durians for a long time and dont think i will now or the near future. Dunno why. Just dont fancy la. What about you. Do you like to eat The King Of Fruits?
This is what i saw on the magnetic drawing board when i entered the room. Dual language capabilities worr, complete with graphical image thimm. Gordon does draw something every now and then. That's why i send him for weekend art class lorr. See how far his creativity goes mah. I'll start posting his artwork up at my knitting and crochet blog. Good to add something new to it as i havent been able to do any project due to time constraint.
Both hubby and i have very different toilet habits. I only want to go in when the urge comes, whereby hubby likes to sit in there for God knows how long. For me, my business is over in less than two minutes. I had a bowl of oats for lunch yesterday which produced nearly a foot-long poo today. What a wonderful sight to behold. Dont say it's yucky cos it's important we get as much out of our system as possible.
If you are having a bulging tummy and have difficulty losing weight, chances are you have a lot of gunk in you. A simple change in diet will help you lose it all. Try having fruits and oats as your meals for a few days. Fruits have lots of active enzymes to help with the digestion process, whilst oats will provide you with ample energy to keep you going throughout the day. Keep all those phentermine diet pill locked up somewhere, and do some light daily exercise instead. You will notice the difference very soon.
Malcolm turned 3 years old yesterday. Yes, it's on the 6th of July. And the mader only decide to blog about it today lah. Haiya, where got time to blog these days. I have so many errrr.... appointments, lol. Been meeting up with some friends. A close friend came back from USA last week and we all have a mini gathering over the weekend. In all, we had a great time with the kids.
Dear Malcolm,
In the event you are reading this next time, this is how your birthday went.
Your eyes will always light up whenever you see a bicycle. I know how much both you and your brother miss your bikes, and so, Papa and Mama went to the Bike Shop in town to get you one. The one we used to have was exactly like the one you see here at the bottom right, only bigger. Neh, the one with the colorful wheels. Too bad, kaput liao.
Papa said all kids like cute things and so, he chose this one in blue for you. The Shoplady told us it comes with a musicbox with blinking lights at the front, and also a "Pon-pon" right in the middle of the handle bar. After a round of testing, we found that the "pon-pon" doesnt work. It's either they get it fixed, or we're walking out the shop. We were told to come back later as it was lunchtime and there's no one else that can fix it then.
We went for lunch across the road. It's a place called Perak Toong On Wooi Koon. According to some friends of ours, this place sells one of the best Hakka Noodles in town. You can read about the place over at my food blog cos this is supposed to be a post about your birthday, lol. Not what we had for lunch whilst waiting for your birthday present. Anyhow, your present was ready by the time we finished eating.
Your Granny insisted we get you a cake so that you can blow candles on your birthday back home. Well, as far as both your Papa and Mama can remember, she has never suggested this before. We used to take the both of you out and have cakes at Baskin Robbins/Starbucks/Coffee Bean/Black Canyon each year. Err, no. We had cake at your Yi-yi's house last year. And so, we went to Nancy Chong's to get you your Birthday Cake, the best Butter Cake Ipoh has to offer.
Apart from "car-car", "train-train" is another favorite vehicle of yours. We're not gonna buy you another "car-car" cos you have dozens of them at home. I know how much you enjoyed watching Thomas & Friends on Youtube and we went to Parkson to see if we can get you a set. Too bad, dont have worrr. We managed to buy you this Disney Mickey Play Time Train Set instead. Anything with Mickey Mouse on it also you like one lah, okay.
See how nice your Mickey & Friends Play Time Train Set is once assembled. Your Mama assembled it for you. Not your Papa, ok. Lucky for you we have spare batteries back home as the Train Set does not come with any. Your Mama even had to remove the battery from her Mouse just so that you can see your birthday present in action.
The continuous "choo-choo, chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, chooooo, dang-dang-dang-dang...." is enough to drive anyone insane. But it's your birthday and we let you play with it for as long as you want to. I was praying and hoping that the battery will conk out, but they didnt... sighhhhh. Eh, this present is from Aunt Reena. She's a Primary School classmate of mine and our friendship went back 30 years, you know. Say "Thank You" when you see her next time, k. Dont forget....
You even let your Kor-kor play with it afterwards. Good boy. Must "share-share" mah, you know. Nah, see.... your Papa was busy snapping away with the camera from the bed, lol. Usual lah. Everything also must snap. Every moment also cannot miss wan, ok.
This video is proof that your birthday present can really drive a person insane if left to run for hours on end; which it did. DOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Nah.... see.... this is your bicycle!!!! Haimai very cool leh. This is a present from your Yi-yi. Also remember to say "Thank You" to her when we take you over to her place next time, hoh.
Fuyoh... see how cool you look on your bicycle. Some Uncle Cocka, a blogger friend of your Mama, left a message on my Facebook saying you are a Mat Rempit in the making worrrr. Dont care jek. Trust me, Son. You wont ever get a bike license for as long as i live. You can go get one when i expire.
Your Papa thought it'd be nice that you wear something new when you cut your cake. He didnt buy you the "car-car" tee you said you liked the other day. Instead, he bought you this Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck collared tee. As usual, you refused to wear it cos it doesnt have a car on it, lol. We'll keep it until you outgrow it, ok. It'll go to the orphanage cos your Mama isnt gonna give you a DiDi or MeiMei to hand it down to next time :p
Your Kor-kor was pretty upset and in tears when we came home with only your Train Set on Sunday night. He had his eyes set on this Mickey Mouse Jigsaw Puzzle set when you were busy deciding on what you want at the toys department. You know how crazy he is over anything Mickey Mouse, especially jigsaw puzzles. So, to make him happy, we bought him his heart's desire after collecting your birthday cake lorrr.
According to Papa, Kor-kor was so overjoyed when he saw his Jigsaw Puzzle that he kissed the box the moment he held it. Oh Mannnnnn...... Your Kor-kor is really sweet. Wish i could've been there to witness it. Both Papa and Mama had to complete the Jigsaw Puzzle for Kor-kor before we can go cut your birthday cake, lol. He was far too happy and excited to do it on his own.
One look at this pic and you'll know how happy you were when it's time to blow the candles and cut the cake. Your Kor-kor helped you blow the candles, k. You are still "baby" mah, haha.
We took many beautiful family pics. Will have one framed up when i buy a nice photo frame back. See, both you and Kor-kor just cant wait to eat the cake. And yes, both of you had lots of cake, especially the sickeningly sweet sugar icing. Mah-mah and Yeh-yeh gave you an Angpow when you brought cakes into their room. You were so steady. Of course lah.... 3 years old liao. Big Boy jorrr. Cry less, ok. And also, time to get off my Nenn, deal???
Alright.... one more for the road. You fell asleep soon after as you've had a long day. Abuthen, you didnt sleep soundly. You tossed and turned around a few times. You even went down to the mattress i placed at the foot of the bed just so that you can sleep with your bicycle. When Papa picked you up, you woke up. We took you out to the Foodcourt for supper. You still wanted to ride your bicycle when we came back and Papa had to wait for you out there at the living hall till you've had enough.
You really enjoyed yourself on your 3rd birthday, Malcolm. Remember this always. Family ties is the most important thing in your life. Be a kind and compassionate person when you grow up. Have respect for other people's feelings as the world is not made for you alone. Happy Birthday, Malcolm. Papa, Mama, Kor-kor and everyone else in the family loves you very much.
Burning Flame III (烈火雄心III), a new TVB Drama Series, will start airing on 6th July. Have you watched the two previous ones? I think i have, lol. Cant remember already. If i'm not wrong, this series started way back in the early 90s, right. Whatever it is, i know Burning Flame 3 is a long-awaited TVB drama series. Well, let's all watch TVB Burning Flame III streaming online next week. As usual, there will be Burning Flame III download links for those who hates the buffering part, haha.
Just picked Gordon up from his Tutor's. The weather isnt hot this evening. The sun is hiding behind the clouds. If not, the rays will be right here at the swing at this hour. I swear. If i ever buy a house next time, it must never face West. I dont mind the morning sun though. Gordon's playing with his PSP and relaxing on the swing with me. Dem syiok, leh. Malcolm is having his nap. Papa comes home tonight. If i can get my links up early later on, i'll take them out for some midnight fun at McD or Oldtown Kopitiam. The one at Gunung Rapat opens till 3am. Chisin, hoh.
Someone suggested that i buy a DSLR and take up photography seriously. Geeee... since when do i have the time to go shoot photos. I'm only a casual shutterbug. I dont think i like the idea of lugging a big bag full of photography equipments along with me when i go out. I prefer to use a simple point and shoot camera. My favorite gadget is still my Nokia N82. It may be a phonecam, but it takes decent pics for my blogging purposes. Well, i must hook it up to my LCD TV with the supplied TV-out cable and see how those pics look like on it. Gotta dig around for the cable. I wonder if mine's a HDTV or not. Dunno, never read the specs when i bought it, lol. But the latest fad is LED TVs. Hah... iWANT!!!!
Something is wrong with my Nokia N82's lower speaker. There's no sound coming from it. I told my friend about it and he told me to take it to his shop one day. He's a technician and i hope he can repair it for me. I want to listen to the FM radio from the phone's loudspeakers every now and then. Talking of radios, have you heard of satellite radios before? Here's a site that sells satellite radios and i wonder if we can use it here. Hmmmm.... anyone here used a satellite radio before? Is the sound clear?
My MIL asked me the other day why i never wear the gold jewelry she gave me when i married hubby. Geeee.... who wears gold jewelry these days. I might just get mugged on the streets. Times are bad and i always have this feeling that there's a lunatic lurking somewhere around. Anyways, i told her i'm going to keep them all inside the safe deposit box on my next trip to the bank. I also told her i may sell some of those that i really dont want if the price of gold is high enough. I'm still not satisfied with its current price. What about you? Would you prefer to sell your gold or give them to your kids next time?
I just called up the yarn shop and they managed to find some very nice crochet patterns suitable for making those spa cloths i blogged in my previous post. In fact, i have the very same book where they found the designs. The book has 1000 designs in it. I told them to SMS me the ones that will look great. I'm meeting some friends this weekend and if time permits, i'll crochet some for them. Time to dig out my yarn bag..... where are you?????
Do you bathe with your kids? I find that i do save more time when i bathe together with them. Gordon can bathe on his own. But i still need to take a look every now and then. If not, he'll get into mischief. You cannot let a young child bathe on his own unsupervised. The bathroom is a very dangerous place. There are just far too many things in there that can harm him. Of course, i've taught him what he can do and what he cant. But still, he's only a kid and full of curiosity.
I usually shampoo him from head to toe before letting him play for a while in the bathtub. I then let him have his toothbrush so that he can brush his teeth in the bathtub. He enjoys it that way. On the other hand, i never let Malcolm bathe on his own as i find that he's still far too small. I prefer to bathe with him. He will want to nurse for a while in the bathroom (LOL), and then ask me to place him into the water container with the tap turned on. He'll play inside and i can take my shower. Isnt that good?
I told hubby when we renovate our bathroom next time, i want one of those huge jacuzzi that can house the four of us comfortably. He laughed and said we might as well go dig a hole in the garden, lol. Anyway, i was looking for some spa cloth designs when i came across this site with some bathroom items for sale. I can easily make some for friends and family members as i can crochet and knit. But if you cannot make them on your own, you can always buy them from the site. They are lovely and makes great gifts. Looks great in the bathroom too :)
Isnt this flower beautiful? I took this photo using my Nokia N82. There's wind blowing and the flower is moving from side to side. I was really surprised by how beautiful this shot came out. See, you dont really need an expensive DSLR to take good pics. The most important thing is to understand what settings works best for the object. Tweak, test and snap, snap, snap. I'd say this is really good from a 5mp phone camera, dont you think so? How i wish my skills are as good as this Fort Myers photographer. I can then consider becoming a freelance photographer.
This is the result of watching the mader play far too many farming games on Facebook. My in-laws keep a lot of gardening tools along the side of the house. Gordon always run to the backyard the moment he gets honme from school and play with them. We just uprooted a dead mango tree stump and he's having fun raking the sand at the patch where the mango tree once stood. Talking of mango, i feel like drinking a glass of mango juice now. Too bad, there's none sold here at Oldtown Kopitiam, where i'm blogging from now.
Somehow, for the past few weeks, i really dont feel like blogging much. Wonder what's causing the mind block. Most of the time, i stay home and play with my kids. Or i may even end up wasting lots of time playing useless apps on Facebook. I have so many nice photos in my hard drive now. I guess i'd better go post them up before i totally lose track on what each and every photo is about, lol.
We took them to many places over the past two weekends. We went to limestone caves, Polo Ground, etc. I told hubby i'll plan more places to take them to each weekend. Right now, both my legs hurt from chasing after them round and round Polo Ground. I need time to recuperate,. Getting old, lol.
Meanwhile, let me go check out some of these leg bags for a friend. She wants to buy some online as she cannot find any sold here at our local pharmacies. If you happen to need leg bags, you can also get some from the link i left here in this post.
Isnt it sad that Michael Jackson died at only 50 years of age. According to the LA Times, Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. Gosh, i'm gonna miss that man. I hope my brother kept all my old Michael Jackson albums when he moved to his new place a few years ago. Cardiac arrest is scary, right. One moment, you are up and about. Next, you're dead. Just like that. See, diseases like cardiac arrest doesnt care who you are. Whether you are the King, a famous celebrity like Michael Jackson, etc., if it gets to you, you're dead. So, are you going to ditch all your unhealthy lifestyle and change for the better? More exercise, better diet, less vices? Think about it. Afterall, we only live once. Let's mourn the death of Michael Jackson today. RIP.
I got fedup of having toilet rolls rolling about the room. You know lah, once the kids get hold of it, they'll tend to pull and pull and pull, haimai. And then i thought of buying a nice one and put the toilet rolls inside. Neh, those with Mickey Mouse, Winnie, blah blah blah. Looks nice on my desktop mah. The ones i found were way over-priced and the quality sucks.
Got tulan-ed and went and bought Royal Gold Tissue cos i like the size of their boxes. Nice Cartoon Characters too :). Also wont take up too much space on my desk. Once the tissues are finished, i pried open one side of the box and placed a toilet roll with the hollow paper cylinder removed inside it. More economical than using tissue paper. Nice, right.
The Threshold Of A Persona 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 streaming & download links for the week will be up each day as soon as i get them. I dont find this TVB drama series exciting at all, but many of my friends like to watch TVB The Threshold Of A Persona online for free. A few of them have stopped subsribing to Astro as they can no longer afford it. Moreover, you still have to subscribe to the latest TVB drama series on Astro On demand, you know. I'm glad i discontinued subscribing to Astro long time ago. Not that i have time to watch it anyway. Tonight, go watch The Threshold Of A Persona episode 16 streaming online for free. Geee... i love the internet :)
A Great Way To Care 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 streaming & download links for the week over here. I didnt get to watch this TVB drama series much. Too busy with hubby home. Moreover, the kids have pwnd all my pcs and laptop. Gotta wean them off now that it's the school term again. Cant have them watching too much Dvds.
I've just watched last night's episode. A Great Way To Care is a relaxing kinda drama series that i can leave running on the laptop on my right as i blog. Tonight, go watch TVB A Great Way To Care episode 12 online. Or download A Great Way To Care and watch it when you are free. Enjoy :)
I now have about two hours to do some serious blogging. I've not been blogging much for more than three weeks. Hubby took an extra week off after the school holidays as he understands that the kids need time to adjust to the going-back-to-school routine all over again after days of nothing but fun fun fun. Hubby just left and he wont be back till weekend. Good for me. I really need time off from him also. We had a fiery laser-tongue session over one knn light-bulb last Friday. Good one though, lol. I was PMS-ing. VALID REASON :p
Gordon had too much fun and is now turning into a real handful. Gotta sit down with him everyday and talk to him more. This is one way to get him to understand his routine better. That's also provided i have the patience, sigh. It seems like both kids have switched personalities. There was a time when Malcolm was a real handful and Gordon was the obedient one. It's the opposite these days. Malcolm is learning fast and is more willing to listen and follow instructions. He's not as bad-tempered as before. The only thing is i still have yet to wean him off me permanently.
Now, i have tonnes of photos in my hard-drive and mobile phone. I used to moblog a lot but these days, knnmcb Maxis is so screwed that trying to moblog is no longer fun. The P1 fler just called up asking if i'm interested in signing up for their package or not. To tell you the truth, i'm sticking to Screamyx no matter how. They still rule the internet lines here in Malaysia. I have friends who use P1 and 95% of them told me they are only good for the first few months. Moreover, i have to pay double the price (Rm159) for unlimited usage compared to Screamyx. Hubby also has a friend with P1 who confirms the same.
Haiya, bother lah. I no longer need the speed like two years back when i need a fast connection to grab opps. I've weaned off writing ads for quite some time already. I only write for the ones i cannot run away from now. My income is still stable as i now make my money from traffic. The more, the merrier. This is the best form of residual income from blogs. Okay, it's almost 2pm. I wanna go update my other blogs now. The mood to crap non-stop is upon me now. Better do it now before i the kids are home and i lose my momentum and mood.
