Our Two Little Princes

Chicken Pox

2010-05-31T07:05:00.000-07:00

Joshua had his chicken pox last week and was away from school for the whole week. Joel was trying to get his hands on the chicken pox so that he could also stay in school. Unfortunately it didn't work. He had to go to school without his brother. But he was OK. His principal told me that he was very matured when he was at school without his brother which made mummy very proud of him.

Joshua's chicken pox was quiet mild I would say. I think his whole body had about 20 over pox. It was not that obvious except the very few on his face. But he was a good boy and listen to all instructions given to him about what to and what not. Anyway, he enjoyed staying at home the whole week with mummy and Shuen che che as daddy had to be away for work.

Cooking is no fun for a chicken pox boy. There are so many stuff that he is forbidden to take like,....chicken, beans (anything that is made out of beans), soya sauce, fishes, eggs, god know what else. And the only stuff that he could take, for at least a month is just pork and some vege.

Mummy had to be creative to cook some things that he likes but pity him that he had to eat only these few food. He has lost some weight and hopefully after this, we will be gaining some.

Time Flies

2010-05-31T07:01:00.000-07:00

Gosh.....it has been many many moons since mummy wrote in this blog. Sure there has been many happenings but time just did not permit mummy to even spare some time here. Blame FB too that mummy is so much hocked up to it these days.

Mummy used to enjoy writing, especially in blog when people that mummy knows reads mummy's blog just to keep updated on what's happening in mummy's life. Mummy have been missing so many updates recently due to some adjustment in mummy's life that mummy had to prioritized anything that comes along the way.

This year in fact has been a very challenging year for mummy and mummy's family. Health has been a major issue lately and we are praying hard that everybody is healthy. It's not always about how slim you look or how beautiful you could be, it's all about being healthy.

At the beginning to this year, mummy thought that this is a good year, but in fact this year has been very challenging and is also afraid what is in store for the rest of the year.

One thing that is good about this year is many of mummy's friends become parents to their new born babies.Some of them are:
1. Winnie Thoong
2. Trina Lim
3. Jeffrey Wee
4. Ferlynda Faisal (3rd baby)
5. Jasmin Mydin (2nd baby)
6. Nesha (soon to be)
7. Audra (soon to be)

I love babies, they bring such joy. Mummy also have friends who are trying hard to get one and pray that their efforts will succeed.

Chinese New Year

2010-02-18T06:31:00.000-08:00

This is a post dated post.

This year's Chinese New Year is somehow a holiday...great holiday for mummy. We had a feastful day since the day we arrive back in mummy's hometown till the day we left for home. Eating is like a ritual and before the food could digest, here comes food again.

My Joshua gambled this year for the first time and guess what, he won. Everybody was so amazed with his winnings, not that we were playing big bucks, but it was the fun of wining that made him enjoyed himself so much. We have not been gambling for many years now. Nobody to play with and nobody to start it off. This year, it happened. And all of us had a great time.

Eve of CNY was a blast. We had to set up a long table just to accomodate all of us. It was fun that we get to sit together and eat together. We had our Shandy and Beers to accompany the delicious and mouth watering food, cooked by our homegrown chefs.

It has been a tradition every year that on first day of CNY all of us would go to church, followed by visiting our grandparents in the cemetary. Well some might think that it is not good to go to this places especially the first day of new year, but we have other beliefs. After that all of us will be rushing home to eat the ordered Nasi Minyak. Although it is not a Chinese dish, but all of us, especially from my hometown will know that this is one of the delicacies that we look forward to when we go home. Next day was Nasi Dagang. We never missed out for anything. Well CNY is basically about non-stop eating sessions!

Acknowledgement

2010-02-18T06:24:00.000-08:00

Mummy had recently encountered with people who are so ungrateful for what they have. Never even thank the people that had help them before. But had taken all the credit and has shown that they are the one making all the effort and sacrifices. But happened to the person that made it happened for them in the first place?

Mummy feel that it is so unfair for that person to be treated that way. This person should be given the credit at least for helping so much. But some people just don't get it. Life is all about giving and sharing and about caring too. It is not about making used of people and throw them aside when you do not need them.

Mummy felt so sorry for the person and hope that this person will be blessed for all the scarifices that has been done. Anyway, don't get mummy wrong, this person is not mummy. There is a real life person that mummy knows. Who is so great and caring.

Decision making

2010-02-18T06:13:00.000-08:00

What do you do when you need to decide on something that you can't possible think of other better option? What do you need to weigh and think off? In life many times we have to make decisions and it is not an easy burden to carry.

Sometimes when we have people to decide for us, we think that we can make better decisions. But when we need to make the decision ourselves, we want other to do it. Funny how we human thinks and how we re-act to all these situations.

It's sometimes difficult to even decide what to eat, for lunch, dinner. Often that we have limited resources like time, we have may ideas that we can think off. But when we have the time that we want, everything that we wanted to do is just too difficult or we are lazy to do it.

Many people give many ideas to us, especially when we ask which is better, A or B. But in the end we are the one that knows what is best for us. But why is it so difficult? Sometimes i just feel thorn in between. What I want and what is good for all. I have not been selfish for a long time and have been sacrificing many things for the good of others. Not that I am complaining, but it is sometimes tiring.

Today I have all the time that I want, even to write this blog. My boys are with their grandparents and they are well taken care of. Not that they are a burden to me, but sometimes it's good to have a ME time once in a while. It feels good but at the same time misses them too.

So, A or B?

What's going on?

2010-02-18T05:55:00.000-08:00

Hope this time works. Many times mummy wanted to write on this blog. But after half way writing it gets jam up and mummy end up wasting so much time writing but none was saved. It's kinda frustrating to be writing many things and in the end all gone down the drain.

Mummy's life has been very colourful...too colourful that mummy don't know where to start. Things just keep on happening without stop that mummy is afraid of what is going to happen next. It has not been bed of roses this year. Everything seems to be upside down and mummy is trying her best to cope with changes.

Mummy once read the feng shui prediction of this year based on mummy's zodiac star and it does not seem that promising. Almost 70% of it is true and mummy see it hapenning. Scary but true. That is why mummy is very cautious and trying my best to survive.

Life is too short to be messing around. Mummy need to make big decisions this time. Decisions that could change the way things used to be. to do it or not is still the question.

New begining

2010-01-26T07:13:00.001-08:00

It is a new begining this year for mummy and our family...Firstly we moved in to our new house and our boys started school. It is a brand new change for our family and we are still adapting to the new changes.

We also had new changes where mummy and daddy is now taking care of our boys. Grandma had been ill therefore she is unable to take care of them. So we have to manage on our own.

Starting of this year has been a great challange for mummy and for our family.Mummy will talk about the happenings the next round.

Long weekend

2009-12-17T08:00:00.000-08:00

This coming long weekend will be a busy weekend for us. We are finally moving to our new home....hopefully everything works well. Anyway, we are excited and looking forward to experiencing a new adventure in our new place. This would also be the last write up mummy is going to write in our old home.

Lots of memories we have in this home, from being our first home to the birth of our two sons. Mummy was initially sad to leave this home as mummy's boys were born here. But life need to go on...and go on for the better. We wil have new memories to create in our new home....sweet memories.

Mummy will update this blog once we are settled down and hopefully some pictures too.

It's not about you

2009-10-17T10:34:00.000-07:00

I have just recently encountered a new breed of people. It's about people who thinks that the whole wide world revolves around them, not knowing that there are also other people around them. It's not all about you. Why do some people even think that it is about them? It is interesting to observe this type of people. They are always sceptical about others, always thinking that what ever you are saying is about them.

Is this cause by insecurity? Or insanity? I don't know. I am not a psychiatrist. Well, like I say, I just knew that such people exist in this world. I am not sure how to react but from this experience I begin to see people differently. There are always different approach to things.

From this I learnt about perspective. About how people perceive things according to their way or view. How they want to interpret things and how they want to result to look like. It's all in the state of mind. Each conclusion that is made, it's all in their mind and not facts. Why?

Sometimes People Don't know How Lucky They Are

2009-10-17T10:25:00.000-07:00

There are times we always think that other people are luckier (if there is such word) that we are. What we don't have is always a must have. Sometimes we don't look at ourselves properly when comparing ourselves with others. We are trying to make take self pity, but actually the real fact is we are trying to make ourself feel better.

I have always learn this lesson, do not compare. If only I have this......., if only I have that....... Some people don't appreciate what they have. They just think that others are better. Be contented for what you have. It is never enough. It is never satisfying. I want to be better that other. I want more. Is this the meaning of real life?

Some people like to compare with others. What is there to be compared? There are many things which I don't have that others have. So why want to compete with me? I am not looking for favouritism, nor popularity, and not even close to be better that anyone else. I just want to be me.

My Joel

2009-10-12T06:49:00.000-07:00

My darling Joel, always like the way he brings himself. Always knows what he wants and knows that he will get it. He has a very strong personality and I am proud of him.

Sometimes he could be a little stuborn, but it is OK. He always make his grandparents laugh, especially his Kong kong. His Kong Kong adores him so much that both of them are like super glue. Mummy is happy that kong kong found his new best friend.

He never fails to amuse us with his trick and makes us relief from our stress. Now he is like a parrot, parroting his brother all the way. He admire his brother a lot and sometimes he protects his brother. That's mummy's son!

If I have a choice.........

2009-10-12T02:12:00.000-07:00

What would you do if you have choices? Would you throw it away? Would you ignore it? Would you not want it? Would you be so stupid to not consider it? Mummy would want choices, but sometimes we do not have the choices. I would love to be rich, have everything in the world, do all the things that I never had the chance to do and stay at home ....if I have the choice.

This is the struggle that each one of us have to go through in life. Along the way, people think that we have it all, not knowing the truth behind it. Not knowing that it is not us who makes decision, not us who decides what is going on next in our lives. Mummy is most of the time a follower. Mummy just execute decisions made, it could be anywhere. Office, home, outing, dinner, etc. Mummy's new name, Executor.

At some point some people think that Mummy is high almighty. Makes all decision in life and not think about others. Trust me, if mummy had not think about others, many things mummy wouldn't not have done to pleased others. Even when it makes mummy unhappy.

Why are some people so narrow minded and only think about how people is going against them? Many of mummy's friends knows mummy very well and can even stand beside mummy to support mummy.

Mummy is not afraid of the truth and is not afraid of words people say. It's just words and not more than that. Mummy just hope that mummy is understood instead of being accused.

Brain dead

2009-10-12T01:39:00.001-07:00

Mummy is half way writing a proposal and suddenly brain dead. Dunno what to write next and ideas are not coming. Too much food maybe over the weekend and the head can't function well. What to write to convince people that my idea is great? How to give an impact to the presentation? What to say? What to show? Any tips? Brain can't think anymore. Would be good if anyone can give some tips too.

Mummy New Hair Look

2009-10-08T07:25:00.000-07:00

Mummy had mummy's hair perm last weekend in mummy's hometown. It was a long overdue hair do as mummy had not gone to a hair saloon almost 2 years now. Mummy had been keeping mummy's hair for so long and finally it was time to have a cut.

well mummy have no picture to show but it is indeed a different look. Joel says I look funny and Joshua said why my hair is crumpled. Some said mummy look nice and some says that mummy look more matures. Anyway, mummy is getting used to the new look.

Well, you have to see mummy personally to look at mummy's new look!

Mummy's Nite Out

2009-10-08T07:12:00.000-07:00

Well after so many many moons finally mummy had a day out....not even a day. A nite out...at least for 2 hours. Mummy is actually in PappaRich surfing the net and having dinner at the same time. Well mummy is lepaking with Shun and Aiman and all 3 of us are chilling out here. It has been so long since mummy had this type of lepaking.

Mummy's 3 boys are not around tonight, and mummy thinking of the boredom at home decided to have a nite out...just around the corner. It's already 10.14pm and still many many people having their rounds in this place. Now mummy know how rich is Pappa.

It feels good to chill out after the days work. Work has been increasing and stressful too. So many things to do and yet so little time for mummy to have a ME time now a days. So this opportunity is so precious and is like gold.

Mummy had not have the time to even think for a while. Hands and legs constantly moving non-stop and the mind sometimes can't cope. It's like a moving torpedo......going so fast that mummy sometimes don't know when to stop. Mummy is trying to move slowly and hopefully mummy can.

Since recently mummy had some health-stress related problem...mummy is trying to take this easy. Life is more important than anything else. Sometimes mummy forgets that.

Ariel's Potrait

2009-10-04T02:59:00.001-07:00

Mummy had the opportunity to take a few shots of Aunty Chanel's daughter, Ariel.

Denise's Wedding

2009-10-04T02:48:00.000-07:00

My ex-colleague, Denise has finally tied the knot last month. Well the long awaited wedding was held in Jaya Palace Restaurant in PJ. It was also a re-union for some of us, ex-collegues from the HR dept. It was also a catch up session for some of us where we have not seen each other for so long.

Dinner was very delicious, one of the best that we ever had. We enjoyed ourselves to the max. Joshua and Joel also attended the wedding. They also had the time of their life.

Not active lately

2009-10-04T02:45:00.000-07:00

I have been guilty lately for not posting and updating my blog. Everybody has been asking 'what happened?'. Well to answer to all, I have been busy with WORK, our new HOUSE, kids, blah blah blah.... Stress has been a big thing for me now as everything is happening all at once. Never had much time to do anything...especially updating this blog.

Since I have some time today, I thought I should make the effort to write some updates especially for those who follow up on the happenings of our lives.

Congrats to William and Angie

2009-10-04T02:33:00.000-07:00

This is really a post dated post on William and Angie's new born, Jareth. Now that Jeremy has a new baby brother, life is definetely gonna change for everybody including the parents. Going back into babyhood is no easy task. It takes lots of guts, effort, love and strengh to go to this level. I salute both of you for that.

Our visit to see baby Jareth last month was interesting. We had treat of Satey Kajang and also pizza and not to forget KFC. We had a wonderful time at their home. It was also time for us to catch up after so long. Wish all of us had more time to spent during our busy schedule. All the best to the not so new parents.

Colleague's new baby

2009-07-14T03:58:00.000-07:00

Mummy's colleague recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy and he is so cute. Few of us from the office made a trip to her home in Jalan Ampang to give them a visit. The baby is so adorable and all of us was so 'geram' and wanted to carry him. He was such an angel that we have not heard any cry from him when we were there.

We wish Magali congratulations and welcome to the Mama club!

Renovation Progress

2009-07-14T03:52:00.000-07:00

Mummy and daddy had been very busy lately with the development of our new home. Currently renovation is in progress and is expected to complete by month end. We had the made arrangement with the contrator on Father's day this year and they started work the next day. They estimated that it will take 6 weeks to complete it.

We are extending our kitchen to the max and hoping to get more space for cooking. Daddy was really excited with the new kichen and mummy was excited with her new wardrobe. Anyway work still in progress. Hopefully we can complete this whole process before Joshua's birthday which we plan to have it in our new home.

Well if anyone is looking for a contractor or a person to do the cabinet/wardrobe, can look for mummy or daddy as we are happy with our current one and they did a good job.

Anyone know anyone?

2009-06-17T05:51:00.000-07:00

Since we will be moving to our new home soon, we might need few contact. If anybody who has contact for the following people who does/sell this, please let mummy know. Must be reliable and the most important is good price.
1. Curtain
2. Grill installer
3. Paint and painter
4. Carpet
5. Furniture
6. Alarm system
7. Fittings for toilet and for drying clothes
8. Wallpaper

Anywhere on sale now for these stuff?

Shopping for our new home

2009-06-17T05:42:00.000-07:00

We have not had the time to go shopping for our new home. We are taking step by step to see what foundation needs to be done first. Now that we are planing to extend our kitchen we are looking for contractors with reasonable and not cut throat price to do it for us. Just extending a kitchen at about 7 feet could cost from RM13,000 to RM23,000. Not including paint, grill, alarm system, furniture, build in cabinet and wardrobe.

Everything is $$$$. But where to find? If we try to cut on our plans, we might regret one day for not doing it. There are so many things mummy wanted to do but no time to sit and think. We are engaging a cabinet designer to design the cabinets that we want for the kitchen and room. She is quiet good and patient. We changed our design few times and yet she still accomodates. If I am her, I will be screaming at myself. Anyway, we will see the result once everything is finalized. Hopefully everything will go on well and that we will have the dream home that we always dream off.

Mummy needs a break

2009-06-17T05:38:00.001-07:00

Mummy have been working non-stop for the past 2 weeks and only reaches home earliest 8pm. Mummy is so tired and don't know when is this going to stop. Mummy thought that when mummy recruited new staff mummy would be relief, but instead more work come pouring in and it never stop since then.

Now that the boys are back home, mummy is also sometimes had to spare some energy for them when mummy come home. But one thing for sure, mummy tried very best not to bring work home unless it is very urgent. Especially weekend, it is time for our boys and not so much of work. At times like this, mummy can't quit either. Mummy wish mummy could but.....who knows one day.

We've got the keys

2009-06-06T18:31:00.000-07:00

Last month on 11 May 2009, we got he keys to our new house. We were so excited about it and mummy took leave to go and get t. It was not as easy as go any get, we had to fill up forms and pay the final payment on some misc stuff to the developer. After that, we had to go and inspect the place togeher with the developer to ensure that all the fitings are in the house when they handover it to us.

Mummy was kinda impress the way they do thing. We had one developer rep with us, the contractor that built our house and also a staff from the developer's office. They make sure that they run through the house with us and exlain what we need to do.

After clearing all of that, we took our time to go round the house and check it. They gave us 18 months to check for any defect and revert to them if there is any. We were in our new house till evening before we left for home cause so many contractors came to ur house after that t ask us if we want to extend our house. So we got all of them to quote us for the extra space that we need.

It was a tiring experience, but we were excited. Now the real headache starts. We need to plan what to do and what to buy. It has been a month now and we have not finalize with our extension. We roughly have some idea what to do with the house. We are not in a rush to move in, therefore we take our time to do it.