My Kids, My Life, My Everything

My Girls R Sick

2008-06-19T00:09:00.001+08:00

The weather’s getting real crazy these days. One day it’s blazing hot. The next day it would be a thunderstorm. Who wouldn’t fall sick with such drastic temperature change?

My gals are 2 of the victims. Chloe had high fever last Thursday. We initially thought that she was just heaty but her fever went up to 39.9 C approaching midnight. Though a lil worried, I did not send her to my ER, just gave her paracetamol & sponged her. Her fever did not go away even after taking the medicine. It’s still between 38.5 - 39.6 C’s range. The fever finally went away Saturday night. Just in time for her Sunday School, which she looks forward every week. On Monday, Chloe started to cough and have runny nose as well.

Phoebe’s getting the fever bug too. I think she’s teething as she can’t sleep well at night and kept complaining that her teeth’s pain. She started to cough too just now. Must have got the bug from her jie-jie.

As off now, I have 2 extremely cranky sick girls by my side. Sure hope they’ll recover fast. It’s ain’t fun when I gotta wake sure umpteenth time during the night to pacify 2 crying girls who doesn’t want daddy to go near them. Well, though that’s part and parcel of a mom’s life, I do wish to get my beauty sleep back.

Mini Blinds VS Blinds

2008-06-01T10:55:00.000+08:00

I had always wanted to change the curtains in my house to blinds or perhaps shades, as they would have better protection against the sun’s ray into the house. We can never be too careful in preventing our children from getting all the harmful rays from the sun due to the thinning of the ozone layer.

KW had already given his permission to change the curtains provided it is cheap and durable and serves it purpose in preventing the rays from coming into the house. I’ve heard some friends telling me about mini blinds but can someone tell me what the difference between mini blinds and blinds is?

Anyway, I’m still searching for cheap mini blinds and discount window blinds to replace the curtains. Anyone know where can I get the blinds?

Long Lost Friend...

2008-05-22T00:02:00.002+08:00

It has been ages since I logged into Bloggerwave again. I’ve totally forgotten that I’ve signed up with them once this humble blog of mine turned 90 days.

Out of curiosity and desperateness because of the demotion of my blog’s page rank, I logged into Bloggerwave again. Well, well, what do you know, there’s actually few offers there for me, as if it’s welcoming me back.

If any of you is keen or already is earning some moolahs by writing paid posts, and if you have not signed up with Bloggerwave, what are you waiting for? Sign up today for more moolah making opportunities.

WAHM Is Tiring...

2008-05-08T00:28:00.000+08:00

Being a WAHM is no joke, at least to me… The need and obligation to attend to the demands of 2 girls in the day already zaps out most of my energy during the day, and I still need to attend to another baby of mine with whatever energy that left in me after midnight.

I knew it would be very trying to become a WAHM but this is a bit too much. I underestimated the amount of work and time that I need to fork out for my new e-shoppe.

Thank God, that KW’s having a 6-month long leave and he can help out with the girls at home now. If not, I have gone bonkers already. Apart from helping with the girls on and off, and of course the house chores, he’s still pretty much a free man.

I’m still very much a mummy during daytime. Need some time for the girls to adapt to my new role as a WAHM. We are still explaining to them that when mummy locks herself up in the room, it means that mummy needs to work. Chloe is okay with it as we told her that daddy’s not working now and if mummy doesn’t work, then she won’t get to buy her favourite Yakult, Soy Milk, and eats sushi. Phoebe is still too young to understand it though.

I’m still trying my best to adapt to my new role. Hopefully the girls too…

My New Venture

2008-05-08T00:18:00.002+08:00

Beloved friends and readers, I'd just step out of my comfort zone and venture into an e-shoppe. Please kindly visit my humble e-shoppe and feel free to leave me some comments here on how could I make the e-shoppe better. Thank you very much...

http://thepinkorange.blogspot.com

Cleanteam® products by Huggies®

2008-04-19T10:14:00.000+08:00

We have been using Huggies range of diapers ever since Chloe was borned 3 years ago, out of desperation. Not because Huggies Dry Comfort is not good, it is because our lil Chloe have such a big thigh for a baby that most diapers will leave a red mark on her thigh. When we finally found Huggies Dry Comfort that comes with high cut, we knew that’s the diaper that we are searching for. We are hooked ever since.

Just found out that Huggies came out with a new line of cleaning products such as Flushable Moist Wipes, Cleansing Cloth, Detangler and others. Chloe was looking at Henry Hippo the Hand Wash amused as the light blinking as you washes your hand. She told me to get it for her when we go shopping later. How I wish I could get the full range of the Cleanteam® products by Huggies® for her now after her boo-boo.

Click on the clip below to satisfy your curiosity on how lovely and cute the products look like. :)

Cranky + Throwing Tantrum = Broken Lips

2008-04-19T09:20:00.001+08:00

As usual, she is throwing tantrums whenever things don’t go her way... Unfortunately, she slipped and banged her mouth on the floor this time. Blood started oozing out non-stop and sent Mummy into panic mood.

Thank God, the front teeth are spared from this nasty bang, only her lower lip is badly punctured. The inner lip is still bleeding up to now.

After I cleaned her wound last night

This Morning

P/S: Mummies who's reading this, do you know what can I apply on her wound to make it heal faster? I'm really clueless now...Thanks

Salute To All WAHM

2008-04-11T17:59:00.000+08:00

When I decided to become a SAHM after Chloe’s arrival, I was telling, well more to convincing myself, how difficult would it be taking care of a lil baby. I bought lots of cooking and crafts magazines naively thinking that I would have lots and lots of spare time for my passion in cooking & craft.

Well, I found out the truth the hard way. No one told me that having a baby would turn my world upside down. Well, it was slightly better with Chloe as she’s a very ‘good’ baby, but it was another story with Phoebe. Gosh, my world really tuned havoc with her. She’s breastfed exclusively, fussy, demanding and cranky and sticky. Which baby doesn’t, right?

Well, I’m returning to the working world soon but I’m opt to work from home this time. It’s never easy as I’m already facing some difficulties now. It’s never easy juggling between the girl’s never-ending demands and work. I can never concentrate on my work with the girls around. To make thing s worse, I’m maidless, meaning that I still need to attend to the never-ending chores and cooking.

I sure hope things would be better next month as the shop’s finally closing for refurbishing and KW’s gonna be at home for the next 6 months before deciding whether he wants to continue working for FIL or start his own business or perhaps helping me out with mine. Therefore, in the mean time, I’m still struggling to come out with a better working timetable.

To all WAHM out there, I really salute you. Care to share how you juggle between work & family? :)

Time For New Digital Camera

2008-03-29T11:06:00.001+08:00

It’s time to shop for a new digital camera now as the one that we are using is already 7 years old.

I wanted to get one preferably equipped with face and smile detection like those from Sony digital camera and shockproof and waterproof like Olympus digital camera, as I can be such a klutz at times.

Guess it’s time to hop on to ExpoTV for some honest reviews before deciding which model of digital camera we should get.

Brought to you by ExpoTV

Door Gifts + Awards

2008-03-27T10:04:00.004+08:00

All this awards are door gifts from the ever gracious and generous host, Joanne who just opened her three new blog to all of us. Feel free to visit this wonderful mommy, here or here or maybe here.

I'm SORRY

2008-03-23T09:19:00.003+08:00

I’m sorry. I know I owe everyone who visits this blog a BIG apology for being MIA for the longest time. I’m SORRY…

As most of you know, the connection is bad, and this time round to make things worse, besides the bad connection, I have some problems with my lappie’s cable from the modem to the laptop. Such a lame an excuse on not updating the blog, I know I know. *slaps head*

I’ve been and still going to be busy on some stuff:
1. Trying to home school the girls.
2. Maintaining a clean and neat home
3. Cooking
4. Chores
5. Helping out in the shop
6. Coming out with a schedule that works for everyone
7. Some ‘serious’ stuffs that zaps most of my time and attention
8. Lots more

Gosh, the list is never-ending and I promised to go MIA again without informing. Can all of you kind pretty ladies and handsome guys out there forgive me? *looks with puppy eyes* Please? Please?

Phoebe's Speech At 13 Months

2008-03-01T12:45:00.001+08:00

I thought I might be imagining that she would actually telling us that she’s in pain after her MMR Jab the other day, so I asked KW to asked her. Again, pointing to her arm telling us, ‘mei-mei pain pain’

Another surprise as I did not expect her to be starting talking so soon as Chloe is still talking gibberish until way after her 18 months. However, Chloe started to address KW as ‘de-de’ when she’s about 8 months and did not call me ‘mama until she’s about 18 months.

Phoebe on the other hand started to call me ‘mama’ when she’s about 6 months when she uttered her 1st word, ‘mum-mum’.

Some of the words that she’s saying now:
Mum-mum - whenever she wants to eat
MaMa - only when she’s crying and fussy
Ah Jie - referring Chloe
Where
There
Ah Ter - water
Ah Ket - her smelly blanket
Mei-mei - referring to herself
Ah Ting - referring to herself
Pain-pain
Want
Bread
Mm moi - Don’t want
Spank
OK
Boo - When she’s playing pee-a-boo
Five - High Five
Book
Up
Yes

No More

Delayed MMR Jab

2008-03-01T12:05:00.002+08:00

Finally took Phoebe to her MMR jab on Thursday. It’s about 1 month overdue as we are supposed to bring her for the jab on the 5th day of CNY but we kinda delayed it. Well, it’s CNY and we want her to enjoy the holidays 1st.

I’m extremely terrified that she would make a fuss after the jab but to our surprise, she only cried for less than 30 seconds and then kept pointing to her arm saying ‘mei-mei pain pain’.
Since she’s ok with the jab, not fussy and cranky, we later proceeded to MV for lunch and some grocery shopping.

P/S:Thank God, she's still ok up to today, still no signs of fever though the nurse did inform us saying the fever would probably come 3-4 days after the Jab.

More Books For Chloe

2008-02-29T12:33:00.000+08:00

I’m currently searching for more leaning materials for Chloe online and offline. Call me ’kiasu’ (fear of losing) but I really want her to have a good foundation before sending her off to preschool so she can perform better in school.

My latest loot’s from Leah which consists six Christian based books, but that’s not enough, as I have yet to get her some maths and science books. I just love shopping at shopwiki.com as I could compare between the products, stores and of course get more deals amongst their wide selection of books and educational products and books.

I’m still in the process of browsing and hope that I could get more books for Chloe with the limited budget that I have.

TAG: Pass It On

2008-02-27T11:44:00.002+08:00

Got this from Wen.

Here are the rules:
* First copy and paste it.
* Do not remove any content.
* Just add One word related to your blogs.
* If you don’t like the concept Pls! say no?
* Our main goal is we are going to circulate our number of friends.
* The more people join the “pass it to the front” the more links we generate.
* Lastly write only one word “short” for your blogs.
* Keep it simple and short, I know some of you have more than one blogs.
* The color is only black, gray, or white plssss avoid using any color okies.

Let me show you:
1.Filipina, 2.Darling allen, 3.Abroad, 4.Halfway, 5.life, 6.culture, 7.interracial, 8.pinaystories, 9.pinaysinglelooking, 10.health 11.Miscellaneous 12. Children13. my experience 14.family 15. milestones 16. Home 17. shopping18. wonderland 19. memories 20. bliss 21. littlepaces 22. My Girls

So I'm going to pass it to all the readers of My Kids, My Life, My Everything... Please Feel free to do this tag to increase your readership... ")

Telemarketers And Their Persistence

2008-02-27T11:33:00.001+08:00

Few weeks ago, just before Chinese New Year, I kept getting calls from unidentified numbers. I have this bad habit of not picking up calls from unknown numbers. KW always reminded me that what if that particular call is an emergency call from someone we know.

Therefore, to cut the story short, I did answer the calls, which I regretted on why I did on the first place. All those calls are either from the banks’ loan department offering short-term loans or from some telemarketing company offering some sort of loans and services.

These people are persistent and won’t take NO for an answer. They kept pestering me and testing my already ice thin patience. I know that they only want to hit their target but I’m really curious on why and how my contacts ended up in their telemarketing list, which I later found out from a friend who’s working in a bank.

It seems that the bank would seek help from telemarketing companies to promote their latest loans and services by passing them a compiled telemarketing list and mortgage mailing list. Gosh, we can’t trust banks ya nowadays.

Modern Furniture Set For Chloe's Room

2008-02-26T00:38:00.001+08:00

We’ve successfully moved Chloe to sleep in her room instead of sleeping with us. However, she’s still coming over our room occasionally.

I’ve yet get her a nice bed, as I’m afraid she’ll roll herself down from the bed, as she’s moves a lot in her sleep. She’d fell from our king size bed few times when she’s sleeping with us, so I’m a bit reluctant to get her to sleep in a bed. For the time being, she’s sleeping on a mattress, which I lay on the floor.

The other reason is that I have not found any nice and cute modern furniture set for her room. If only I can find this Crib System here. It’s a crib, toddler bed and daybed all in one together with dressers. All for one price. It’s too bad that this stylish yet modern furniture set is only available in US, unless I custom made it for her.

Diapers, Diapers and More Diapers

2008-02-22T18:00:00.000+08:00

I have 2 big Felton box at home assigned specifically for storing the girls diaper right outside the girls room. The upper box is used to store opened diapers and the lower one is to store extra diapers.

I always stock up the girls diapers whenever there’s sale and we use 3 different brands with 2 sizes for the girls. Phoebe’s using Pet-Pet in the daytime and Huggies Dry Comfort at night. Although Chloe’s dry most of the daytime, however I still put her in diaper during her nap. I’m using Pampers Comfort for her nap as it’s definitely cheaper compared to Huggies Comfort that she’s using at night. Since both girls are so different in sizes, so I ended up with 4 packs of diapers with different sizes and brand each time it’s time to stock up.

Am I the only one who’s using different brand of diapers for day use and night use? What about you? Are you too, using different brand of diaper for day & night use for your child?

Getting Insured

2008-02-20T09:35:00.001+08:00

I never knew the importance of having an insurance policy until I have my own family. I freak out whenever I think of my girls future. What will happen to them if I suddenly die in an accident? What if I never wake up from my sleep tonight? Gosh, just the thinking is enough to make me feeling down the whole day.

Just to make sure that my girls’ future are secured financially, we bought child insurance and investment type insurance policy for them. KW & I bought few types of insurance policy too. I guess I’m just too fearful on my girls’ future. However, it’s never too early to plan for the future, right?

Chinese New Year Recap

2008-02-19T15:30:00.003+08:00

Chinese New Year is ending in 2 days time. How time flies. Let’s recap what happened for the past 13 days.

Eve of CNY:
Had reunion dinner with KW’s extended family in restaurant. Food and service’s extremely bad. Talk about fast food, all 9 dishes and dessert was plunked onto our table in less than 30 minutes. It’s as if they are rushing us to finish our dinner so they could serve more customers.
Watched our 1st lion dance in the restaurant on our way back to in-laws house. We spent about and hour in PIL’s house before heading back to our crib at about 2330.

1st Day of CNY:
Went back to PIL’s house at 1000 for brunch with KW’s paternal granny and extended family at 1130. KW’s aunt came out with a ‘Traditional Dress’ theme this year where everyone MUST wear Chinese Traditional costume. Chloe got frightened by KW’s uncle’s dog, ’Buddy’ as that so called friendly dog chased and barked at her the moment he saw my beautiful girl in bright red cheongsam.

I never understand why they would let the dog out running and barking around the house when they knew there would be lots of children coming. Yes, I’m paranoid about my girls having dog fleas or hair all over her and worse being bitten by the ’friendly’ dog. I ended up asking KW’s aunt to put the dog back to his cage, as Chloe was so frightened that she refused to step into the house.

We are ‘forced’ to spend the whole day in our not so comfortable costume there till after dinner. Some very well meant cousins of KW took Chloe to play and stuffed her with junks leaving me fumed, as Chloe is a G6PD child meaning she’s not supposed to take anything with cashew nut and fava beans. I’ve clearly and firmly told them not to give Chloe any food without consulting KW or me. They left me no choice but to keep Chloe very close to KW & me.

2nd Day of CNY:
Went back to PIL’s house at noon for lunch and headed back to KW’s maternal granny’s house for early dinner at 1600. Spent almost the whole day there. Less stressful than the 1st day as the crowd and environment are different. Both KW's sis & bro brought along their respective partner to the dinner.

3rd Day of CNY:
KW started to work, leaving me alone with 2 cranky and sick girls. Chloe had slight diarrhoea from all the junks she took and had flu from the extreme weather. Phoebe’s extremely cranky and clingy, as she did not have enough sleep from the previous 2 outings.

6th Day of CNY:
I’m having extremely bad case of flu and headache. Must have got the flu bug from Chloe and the headache from lack of sleep and the blazing weather.

8th Day of CNY (Valentine’s Day):
Saw a very interesting Lion dance at Hugo Boss’s outlet @ Gardens on the way to dinner. Spent about 20 minutes watching the dance as KW & Chloe’s very big fan of Lion Dance. Later, went for dinner at Zanmai @ Gardens and took the girls to Borders. We are supposed to have a family dinner with KW’s paternal side of family but we chose not to go.

9th Day of CNY:
Had another family dinner with KW’s maternal side of relatives.

11th Day of CNY:
FIL was admitted to Pantai Hospital for a suspected case of dengue.

12th Day of CNY:
It’s confirmed that FIL is having dengue fever and have to be warded for few days.

Not a very good start for the year as almost everyone in the family’s sick. Just pray that FIL will be discharged soon and the rest of the year would be a smooth sailing one for us.

Free Mobile Phone? A Dream Come True…

2008-02-17T00:00:00.002+08:00

Ever since I’m married to KW, I’ve been getting free mobile phone almost every few months. The main reason behind it? We own a small phone business and almost all of my free phones are used phones. That’s why.

Well, why waste several hundreds or thousands of Ringgits getting a newly launched phone when we can get cheap phones several months later though it’s a used set? However, if you are living in UK and would like to get a brand new free mobile phone; do check out dialaphone.co.uk, the one-stop shop for cheap mobile phones.

Valentine's Day = Family Day

2008-02-16T23:53:00.000+08:00

2008’s Valentine’s Day = NO Bling Bling + NO Expensive Flowers + NO Surprises

Dinner @Gardens

Spent Time Browsing Books in Borders

That's how we spent our Valentine's Day this year. Sure hope KW can come out with better 'surprises' than this next year.

Prettiest Mom Tag

2008-02-05T12:47:00.000+08:00

Gee, Me a pretty mom...*blush blush* Thanks for the honour Joanne.

Once you have been hit, you have to hit 5 pretty Moms, including the one who thought of you today & sent it to you. The idea is that if you get hit again, You will know you are really pretty!So I thought lets just turn this into a tag instead. But that “hit” part won’t work very well in a tag. So instead of giving a “hit” to the one who tag you, you add your name at the bottom of the tagged persons list, and without bumping the person at the top or bumping anyone off and let the list grow.

Prettiest Mom

Hit 5 pretty moms on your list to let them know they are pretty!

Before I was a Mom -
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom -
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom -
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn’t stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -
didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -
I go everywhere I like without thinking too much.
I didn’t know much about parenting and breastfeeding.
I seldom buy new clothes and other accessories for myself.

Now tag 5 persons who you think is a special Mom.

Here’s the first chain of tag :1. Lovelymummy2. Pek Imm3. Momisodes4. Ling that’s me5. Janicepa6. AnnieQ7. Allthingspurple8. Montessorimum9. clumsy mommy10. Sandra11. KittyCat12. VivianZ13. Sweetpea14. Sa sha15. Giddy Tiger 16. Wen 17. JO-N 18. Kerry

Time to tag another 5 pretty & sexy moms...

mei leng
sasha
patricia
phaik ling
shireen loh

Anyone Using Dishwasher?

2008-02-03T00:16:00.000+08:00

I desperately need some help in the chores around my house especially washing dishes. I just hate scrapping off the leftover food and getting my hand all wrinkly with the dishwashing detergents.

I did mention briefly to KW that I wanted a dishwasher and I guess it just fell on deaf ears. I wouldn’t be getting the build-in type of dishwasher, as I don’t want to tear down the existing kitchen cabinets. I need some dishwasher reviews from friends on which brand is better and worth the money invested, as it’s certainly not a cheap gadget to get.

Cheap Prescription Glasses

2008-02-02T23:58:00.000+08:00

KW has been wearing glasses ever since he is three. He has shortsightedness up to -1300 per eye. Yap, his eyesight is that bad.

He seldom changes his glasses as it costs as much as several thousands Ringgits just for a pair of glasses with good prescription lenses. Well, this problem is solved now as at

Great Discovery: Zenni Optical, Zenni Optical $8 Rx Glasses are sold at $8.00 only and the best part of it is they ship internationally too.

With this Best Thing Found: Zenni Optical, KW can change his glasses as frequent as he changes his clothes now.