Yippie.....My blogspot recover!!

Finally! Been waiting for one month ler, exactly one month it took to recover. Before this I everyday come here to check on it. Now, where should I blog? Blogspot? WordPress? Think think think...... OK lar, finally decided to continue blog on wordpress.......pls do visit below link ya:

https://jesslyn.wordpress.com/

裂唇宝宝

黄菲小女儿有裂唇，相信你们都知道吧。当我得知这消息时，心里真得很难过，一，心疼小婴儿将要挨得痛，二，更心疼黄菲将要承受的种种压力！ 我不是黄菲迷，但我想说的是裂唇宝宝的故事。 我的外甥（大姐的儿子）也是裂唇小孩之一。他也和黄菲女儿一样，满月时就动手术， 然后再等他长大一点，应该是一岁左右吧，在做第二次手术。你知道这两次的手术，宝宝将要承受多大得痛吗？不知道列？我也不知道，但每次看到他哭的时候，我大姐都会哭，而在旁的我也会哭。大姐心疼宝宝的痛，但又爱莫能助， 唯有哭啰。而我和二姐又帮不上忙，也在旁跟着哭啰！哎，女人真的是水做成的！ 我是可怜宝宝这麽小就要承受这种痛， 为什麽会酱呢？大姐和大姐夫都是健康人士啊！ 宝宝住院的日子，几乎每天都看到大姐在哭，看得我好心疼。有时宝宝饿了，哭着要喝奶，但缝过的唇又痛，唯有放声大哭。告诉你，如果你在场的话，如果你是有血有肉的话，你也会掉眼泪。黄菲此刻的心情，相信我大姐是最了解的了。 话说回我的外甥，经过好几次的手术，唇补好了，疤痕不是很明显，说话也很清楚。最开心的莫过于是我大姐了。他的学校成绩也很好，UPSR还全科A呢！对了，他现在已是13岁的小男孩了。

PhD, May I?

"Can I take PhD?" "Nope!" "Why?" "........." "You don't want a doctor to become your husband?" "Why must I?" "Status mah!" "I can call u doctor at home!" LOL "It's different." ***********************

"Can I take PhD?" "No." "Why?" "I will suffer for 5 years." "But after 5 years, I'll have more than for you." "How?" "After getting my PhD, I can be lecturer, my time will be more flexible, then will have more time lor."

********************* Hubby been asking me many many times on this topic. Why I not allow him to take PhD? Mainly due to I will have no more Sunday family time to be with him, and only Sunday is the best time for us to be with the kids. He'll take it as part time student, just like he done for his MBA, then attend classes every Sunday from 9am to 5pm. For MBA, he took 2 years to complete all his papers (target set at 2 years and he able to achieve it), while for PhD, he needs at least 5 years. For me, this is a long period.

I fully support him for taking up MBA as he been begging me for long time, I feel guilty, so give in. Another reason is at that time Wien already 1 year old, she need less attention as compare to newborn. Now he feel both girls are big enough, also need less attention from us, so he hope can pursue his PhD.

I don't know how serious he is with this PhD, but he almost everyday ask the same question and also had took back the application form from MMU. I do hope he is not serious this time!

Am I selfish?

Convo @ MMU, Cyberjaya

Finally hubby graduated from his MBA in Business Management. Congratulations, dear!

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Last Saturday, hubby and I went to MMU Cycberjaya. All graduates have to be there by 7.30am for registration; that’s mean we have to depart from our place by 5am, approximately 2 hour drive. So, we wake up at 4am+, pretty early huh. Due to this reason, we didn’t bring along the girls. At first I plan to bring Wien only, but hubby disagree, as he plan to take this chance to pak tor with me…hehehe…also very lucky I did not bring her , as the convo session so bored and long too!:( 7am sharp - reached there, already crowded with graduates, parents and visitors. Hubby went to do his registration, after that I went to parent and visitors’ entrance. The event run smoothly but too bad the speech given by the counselor (Dr Siti Hasmah) and Honor degree holder ( forgot the name) very very long. Each of them took 30 min to finish their speech, I almost fall asleep, very bored indeed. What impress me during the event is, the graduates name pronunciations was done by computerization. All they need is to scan their student smart card and registration via student smart card too. While queuing for receiving their certificate, scan the card first, then the computer will read out their name accordingly. At the same time, the big screen will show their photo and dedicatitions. Bravo to MMU student who has this creative mind! These definitely ease the event. But the system was down on and off, hubby said he did dedicate some words to me but me no chance to see it, the system was down while his turn and I miss the dedications….:( Well, we plan to sneak out after hubby’s turn got his certificate, but fail. 2 people standing at the main hall’s entrance, to make sure everyone of us sitting kuai kuai there till the end of the convo…sigh…no choice. Back to the hall and sleeping there (with my eyes open!). The ceremony started at 8am, finish at 1.00pm, can you imagine how tire we are? By 12pm+, I started to feel hungry, I can see some visitors taking out their bread and biscuit and eating too. Cannot blamed them, blamed the screw up event. At that time I feel lucky as I did not bring Wien along, else she will suffer too. When the event finish, we waste almost 45 min just to look for each other. Due to so many people using hp to locate their family member, until the line also congested. At first we had agreed to meet at one place, but that place so crowded, I don’t think hubby can see me though due to my petite size. So I walk to less crowded place, try to reach him by hp, but after 45min only manage to talk to him. By that time already 1.45pm, our stomachs already start drumming, poor us. Our next plan is to go 1 Utama for shopping. So after abt 1 hr drive, we reach our destination with hubby’s friend guide. After having our quick lunch, we start our shopping journey. Why select 1 U? Mainly due to we never been that place lor! Nothing much to see there; still prefer shop at KLCC or Mid Valley. Btw, I saw Kidsport there, finally. So next time if got gathering there, pls count me in as I know the direction already. hehehe… Right: saw many sunflower bouquet, so beautiful!Left : cute cute Pooh. Hubby on stage and the screen. Sorry, can post his photo big big here, no permission given by him ler..

Wien go concert

PIL and SIL went to watch concert(performance sound better) last night, they brought Wien along too. That was a presentation presented by a group of teenager from Yun Nan & Kun Ming, China. Two weeks ago, MIL already mentioned she plan to bring Wien there since now she can enjoy those singing, so she get FIL to buy the entrance ticket. Each ticket cost RM30 per person, rather cheap as they do serve meal at the same time. My PIL love to join these kind of performance, each time China group performers came to town, sure they will buy ticket and join. This time, MIL very sure Wien can sit still and enjoy the show, so she brought her along. Wien very excited , so she behave very good gal these few days! In fact, this show not allow kids below 5 years old to enter, but they not so strict on the entrance, so Wien able to sneak in!:P Last night when they are back, MIL told me, Wien so happy when she heard most songs are so familiar to her; after 3rd songs, she even stood up on the chair and sing along with them. Too bad, no camera to capture the funny moment....

Anyone can compete with her?

p/s : This post was in my draft quite some time, almost forgot about it until I saw Zara's peeling off petai skin photos. Lyon also another little kpc at home, she love to help out, although some time she just create the mess for us. No choice, we just let her help. She like to help Ma Ma to peel off garlic skin, and she only use her little finger to peel it off. Can anyone of you compete with her? Frankly, I need small knife to assist me, also my eyes will getting "painful" after a while doing this. Amazingly, she is ok with all these!

Concentrating peeling garlic skin Left : Put into basket....Right : Nah, give mummy one Top : Opps, my eyes pain lar....Bottom : But still can open my eyes !

Yam Cake - 芋头圈

Yam cake is one of my favorite dish during eating out. Long long time had been thinking to try to do it at home, only last weekend manage to try it out after I bought a packet of wheat starch.

Usual shape for yam cake was in ring form, but if I make in ring form, then I have to use lot of cooking oil (to cover the whole ring) , which is quite wasted at the end. My MIL and myself only keep used fried cooking oil for max 2 days only. Therefore being creative mind (ahem...), I make in small pieces, easy to fry also easy to eat too! :P

Later I cook sweet & sour pork put on top of the yam cake! Done!

Potatoes Meat Ball

Long time never make potatoes meat ball. Saturday dinner I included this as one of the dish. The 2 girls like it very much, keep eating this without taking their rice! :) Simple recipe here!

熊熊衣

妈咪和大瓜 "妈咪，我要熊熊衣。像阿妹酱的。" "没有了喔。这件是大姨给阿妹的 " "做一件给我啦！ " "哈？很难车咧！ " "你慢慢车啰！ " "好啦，好啦。不过你要听妈咪的话喔！不可以欺负小妹。 "（。。说不过他，只好答应她先。。） "嗯。" 看来大瓜可是把我当偶像了，以为我是万能的。惨啰，熊熊衣可不容易车咧！

这就是大瓜所谓的熊熊衣。

Plastic screen car?

On the way back from office. Fram far, I can see this kancil driving pretty slow, suspect the driver must be talking with hp. When I get closer to the car, noticed the back wind screen was not as usual; wonder how come the screen color was like that. Being kpc, get closer a bit, noticed the back was covered nicely by a plastic. Oh, broken wind screen and covered with plastic... hehehe... The driver seal the plastic so nice, I think he still can survive for few days before sending to workshop. He is driving too slow ( guess is 50-55km/hr), so I overtook him. True enough, the Malay fella was talking to his hp....*sigh* okok, this post nothing special or funny, I just want to tell what I saw yesterday! :D

Play @ Big Field

Recently Wien likes to tag along with MIL, go to big field EARLY morning. Why I say EARLY morning? Well, they go there about 6.30am, don’t you think this is pretty early for a kid aged 4? MIL has a hobby doing exercise in the morning (晨运) She slept with Ma Ma nowadays, so when Ma Ma ‘s alarm ring @ 6am, she would probably wake up together with her; or sometimes Ma Ma wake her up @ 5am or 6am, to pee at potty (she is in the progress of diaperless at night now), she will become awake and beg her bring her along. Ma Ma would bring her along, but occasionally she will tell her today no exercise, coax her to sleep back. When she fall asleep again, only she wake up and sneak out….but if she wake up found Ma Ma already out, she will cry and come to my room…sigh…. Why she like to tag along? 2 main attractions there. 1. She likes to run around the field and also can meet with other kids. I am surprise as there are many kids there too, parent doing exercise while their kids playing there, one stone shot 2 birds, 一举两得，何乐不为呢？Some kids even bring their book and share with her, be it Chinese kid or Malay kid. She will tell me after she is back. 2. After big field, Ma Ma will bring her to kid’s playground, just next to the big field. She can play crazily there because morning not so crowded. Sometimes I really discourage her go there, mainly becos she sleep less than 10 hour in a day ( nap time approximately 2hour only, at night 11pm only goes to bed). But hubby seems like no objection, so I just close one eye, unless she sleeps with me again. But then hubby will say: hey , not easy to kick her out from our room, and now you wanna she come back again! Hehehe….this daddy ah always wants to kick them to another room!

小瓜也会唱歌了！

小瓜在大瓜的影响下也学会唱歌了。虽然咬字还不是很清楚，但我认为这已足够了！会继续慢慢的教她。每次大瓜在唱的时候，她都会在旁哼或一起唱； 往往她都以不是很清楚的唱调跟姐姐一起唱， 而且希望唱得比姐姐更大声。 爸爸教她唱妹妹歌，一个字一个字的教，终于教出成绩来了。说真的，爸爸很引以为荣喔！ 。。。小瓜录出来的声音还蛮像大瓜的。。。

Up! Up! Up!

My girls’ choice of milk powder increase price again! Increase up to more than 10% some more! :( Yesterday went to Chinese Medical Hall, only realised the increase of price. If I knew earlier, sure I will stock up some tin at home. *sigh* This Enfa group milk powder never fail to “upgrade” their price EVERY YEAR! Each time was increased up to 10 ~ 12%...but mummy's salary do not have so much increase ler! Sob sob…now I wish I could have breast milk, FOC! :P

The new price also mean new packing & new look for the tin. They claimed that there is new ingredient called KOLINA in new tin, I yet to study what is KOLINA, also don't know what's benefit too! Does all these new ingredients really help in kids development? Or just cause the kids more active? :P Ever think of to change brand, but the girl very choosy, they can differentiate the smell and taste. Each time when I tried new formula for them, I hide the tin or box, but they still can tell it’s not their normal brand! *shake head*

Coupon System.....cause me put on weight!

After implementing uniform system, my boss also implements coupon system for all workers and staff. Every month each of us entitle RM30 coupon and can be used in our canteen. We can buy anything from canteen using the coupon. For office staff, we use to take lunch at outside, but occasionally we will ta pau from canteen. But we cannot everyday eat canteen food as they cook Malay food which is spicy all the time. So we still almost everyday eat outside, then we use the coupon to buy other thing from there. We use to go during tea break, as the canteen did make some Malay kuih, fried noodles (mee hoon, kuey teow, mee etc) or roti canai. If we did not buy those stuff, then we can buy soft drink or junk food too. In other words, just buy whatever you like, to make sure we utilized the RM30 coupon in the same month. Don’t waste! The disadvantage is I tend to eat more now, really really have to control my food intake. But our canteen fried noodles very nice, just couldn’t resist to eat them! Recently noticed I been put on weight for nearly 2kg! Wow, to reduce 1 kg is so difficult, yet I have 2 kg to loose now! Now I try not to buy kuih or fried noodle during tea break, but buy various type of bread and bring back for the girls…… Got to do more exercise too!

Night night...but don't want to sleep.

Little Lyon sleep very late nowadays. After change her into pyjamas, feed her milk, then she will look for her smelly blanket and pacifier. She will waive night night to everyone before enter her bed room (my bed room lar), at the same time she’ll tell everyone: 我要睡觉了，night night…. In the room, she will sing or hum song, roll here and there. After tired of singing alone, she will ask mummy to sing too. She will tell mummy which song to sing. Sometimes I purposely sing wrongly, she’ll correct me. When she bored, she will find excuse to come out from bedroom. She will tell she want to pee, I ask her to pee in diaper, but she said want to pee at her potty….sigh…no way I can stop her. Take off her diaper and bring her out. She was so happy, sitting at her potty and refuses to stand up even though she had finished peeing. Tell you, sometimes she can demand up to 5 times that she want to pee, but in actual, she only pee one time. Then I and she can in and out from the room up to 5 times too! This can drag till 12am!!!! One day I caught her weakness. Dogs bark very loud at night, guess they are fighting. She scared and quickly rolled to me and closed her eyes. At the same time, she pats her chest and telling me: 阿妹怕怕！ (Ah Mei scare scare!). I tell her if scare then better sleep now, else the dogs will keep barking and they may come to our house then! LOL….then I sing to her, very soon she fall asleep already! : P She likes to watch dogs and cats, how come so scare ler? I also don't know. So now if she still refuses to sleep, I will make dog, cat or insect sound, and it works most of time! LOL…bad mummy ya....don’t worry, it wouldn’t cause her nightmare!

Why she scare of 骨头人？

骨头人 = skeleton Why Wien so scare of skeleton? Even though just a picture? Let's tell the story now.... All started with her naughty papa. At one time, she refuse to take her meal or eat extremely slow during meal time. Most of the time during meal time, she will claim her stomach pain or want to do big business. Papa cannot stand her slowness and also cannot accept her excuse (we knew she is telling lies), so he decide to show her some children starve to death pictures, just to frightene her. Is this a right way? I don't know. But I not agreed with papa's idea as I myself also scare and dislike to view those pic, me very soft hearten type. Papa coax her to see either newspaper or internet news if has any of those children starve pic, poor Wien will cry after seeing those scary pic. He also save some copies into his notebook, from time to time will coax her to see also. I cannot stand her crying sometimes, so I scold hubby instead! Scold her for being so EFNTD. While she is crying, papa will tell her cannot always say don't want to eat meal, else she will be like them. Also cannot simply waste food, other kids were starving till so skinny or even starve to death. I am not sure she understand or not, as now she still eat quite slow and left some food behind after her meal. Example of pic that Wien called as 骨头人...

Wien 1st Cinema Trip (II)

As promised in earlier post, I am going to blog on Wien's experience in cinema last Saturday. From my place to MP need approximate 1 hour drive, plus the movie start at 10am ( so early!!!), hence we got to wake up not later than 7.30am, and we got to leave from home by 8.30am other wise we will be very rush then. You know la, I have two girls to kau-tim. Reached cinema, already saw many of hubby's colleagues queuing there waiting for their ticket. Hubby and Wien join the queue while I bring Lyon walk around near that area since the shopping mall not open yet. After a while, I heard kid crying sound, being kpc I turn to where the sound come from. Oh my, I saw my Wien was crying there! Wonder what happen to her, I quickly run to her. She still crying and no answer my question. Lyon and I keep consoling her and ask her stop crying. Lyon keep saying : 阿姐，不要哭啦！(Ah Jie, don't cry lar!). Later she told me don't want to watch Superman anymore...but refuse to tell me the reason. Hubby so upset & angry with her, as we woke up so early today, just to bring her to cinema, and now she refuse to enter. Hubby almost cancel to watch too! Later I saw Pirates of the Caribbean II poster hanging at the cinema, as this movie also start at the same time. I think I knew the reason already, she must be thinking papa going to bring her watch Pirates of the Caribbean instead of Superman. She really really really scare of seeing 骨头人, frightened by papa before, will blog it later. I told her many times that she is going to watch Superman, not that horrible movie, she seem calm down a little bit. Later I brought her to see Superman poster and convince her too. Hubby's female colleague also try to convince her. Then hubby brought her to redeem popcorn and soft drink, she ask me to stay with her to watch the movie, but I told her mummy no ticket, cannot enter but will wait for her outside the cinema. She want to start crying again...*sigh* this girl really make me headache, so eager to watch Superman, yet want me to accompany her. Hubby warn her if she cry again, he'll straight away drive us home. hehehe..it works! After I saw them walked into the cinema then only brought Lyon to the mall to start our shopping journey! But I still expect hubby will call me....hahaha...lucky nope! Guess she must be so excited upon seeing the big TV!! I spent 2.5 hour with Lyon in the mall, we go to all shop lot, see shoes, clothes, dress, toys, books etc etc...she never give me any trouble! Yipeee....mummy can shop happily while she either sit in trolly or walk by her own. Too bad mummy forgot to bring camera, else I can capture some of her funny act there! She prefer walking rather than mummy carry her....Funny thing is she can mix around with stranger in the mall, no cry or fuss. But if stranger come to our house, she will cry and stick to me! About 1230, guess the movie about to finish, so we wait for them at food court. During lunch, I keep asking Wien how's the movie & cinema, but she did not tell me more, she must be feel paiseh of her act just now. Hubby said no special thing happen, she cannot see the whole screen as the front row chair block her eye sight, so she has to sit on papa's lap for the 2.5 hour!! Wow ! I can imagine how tire hubby's leg! She is excited when Superman is shown in the screen, when boring moment she just sit queitly at papa's lap, eating popcorn or drink. Hubby said inside the cinema also has other kids, running here and there too, hp also keep ringing while the show was on. But no one care as all are colleagues from same company...:( After lunch,we went to McD to meet up with Michelle Soo (In His Time). She looks slim, although just give birth to a baby boy a month ago; want to know her slimming secret? Go and read this! It was nice meeting with her , her hubby and the 2 little girls! Belle really good girl, sitting there queitly and do not monkeying around like my Wien. Next time we can meet at JJ WOnderland, threw the kids there and we can chit chat. See, I make new friends again via blog.

Wien 1st Cinema Trip

As mentioned in early post, hubby going to bring Wien to watch Superman Return. Date and time has been fixed. Since this is her first movie in cinema, let's see what will happen then! :D Lyon and me will hanging around in the parade while waiting for both of them.

蝴蝶 - Butterfly Girl

。。。蝴蝶，蝴蝶生得美丽 头戴着金冠身穿花花衣 你爱花儿花也爱你 你会跳舞她有甜蜜。。。 小瓜穿上大瓜的蝴蝶衣，还蛮合身的呢！犹记得大瓜是在她俩岁时穿的， 现在小瓜还不到两岁。难道小瓜比大瓜大只吗？可是小瓜看起来好像小不点咧！

小瓜扮起蝴蝶来还似模试样！翩翩起舞，嘴里还唱着蝴蝶歌！

What did I buy?

I had draft a shopping list during my shopping day. I Have to do it, else I will buy rubbish home as previous year! Then someone sure "ngi ngi ngo ngo"....bet you know who I am refering too!:D My shopping list.....

• shoes for the girls
• Bermuda shorts for hubby upon his request!
• my sandal
• cardigan for myself
• swim suit for the girls
• diapers for Lyon
• food stuff from supermarket, grab whatever is on sale!

Must Not buy below items....

• clothes or dresses for the girls - since they have enough stock now.
• no dress or clothes for myself - since office already start wearing uniform.
• my shoes - I still have 1 brand new pair of shoes inside the shoe rack.
• bedsheet - current one still in good condition.

End up, what I bought....

• my girls' shoes ( 2 pair for Lyon, one for Wien)
• 2 pair working shoes for myself! See, I bought working shoes again, even though not in my shopping list! I cannot resist from buying them lar, up to 70% discount ler...LOL...no nice sandal for me so buy working shoes lor! Anyway, I just love buying shoes...
• 3 short pants for hubby, 2 for myself (same brand, same color with hubby's but different size lar!)
• one working blouse for hubby.
• diapers for Lyon
• one long pants for Wien
• one tee for myself
• food stuff according to the list.
• arm band for the girls.

Aiyah, those swim suit was not on sale, still as expensive as before. I was eyeing on some nice & cute swim suit for the girls. Only manage to get them the arm band. Looks like I am going to DIY for them...you can say me stingy if you want ... :P

Left : Wien - red // Lyon - Blue & yellow Right : my shoes

hehe...I didn't take pictures for other stuff I bought....Lazy!