Tuesday, January 6, 2009 –
Finally after 10 months of having my parents around, they have gone home. Actually they have gone home for 2 weeks already to prepare for my sister’s confinement. My sister had delivered her baby boy last weekend and my mom is helping to care for her during confinement.
I used to worry if we will be able to cope without my parents. But surprisingly we cope pretty well on our own. Laundry still gets done daily and the floor vacuum and mopped almost daily as well. Big kudos to my hubb who helped a lot on the housework. While I tuck the boys to bed, he will do the laundry, vacuum the floor, mopped the floor and prepare Bryan’s school bag. He will also help to wash and sterilize my milk pump and bottles, if he has completed all the chores and I am still not out from the boys’ room yet – If the boys had trouble sleeping or I had fallen asleep myself.
Luckily most of the furniture in my house is built in. So it is very easy to vacuum and mop as there are little gaps or under the furniture to worry about. We also have an hourly maid helping us to clean the house thoroughly every weekend. So we are not overly particular during the weekday cleaning. Thanks to Michelle who recommended the agent to us. Our hourly maid is pretty good 
During the weekends, it doesn’t get any easier as we almost don’t eat out. I will cook all the meals except Saturday dinner when we will go to my PIL’s house. So there is more work. Initially it is a bit hectic but both of us have gotten used to the routine. Usually I will cook and wash while he looks after the kids.
This is a sharp contrast to the initial few months after Dylan has arrived when I felt so swamped even with my parents around.
So it is indeed true…the tough times will past and life will get better. We will adapt in due course.
Friday, January 2, 2009 –
I attended a photography class last weekend. It was held in a hotel at Batu Feringghi - 45 minutes away from my house.
For the first time in a long time, I get the chance to drive ALONE. Without my kids or hubb with me. And I listened to my favourite radio channel the entire journey - and it dawned upon me how I missed listening to my choice of music.
I drop and pick up my children on the way and from work. Bryan’s school is just 5 minutes away from my work place.So they are with me almost all the time.
And when he is with me - it is always the Aeroplane song CD or the ABC song CD or another one of his favourite songs playing on the stereo.
At home, if the TV is on, it is always tuned to his favourite channels or is playing his favorite DVDs.
If I am reading, it is always reading with Bryan - Again reading his favourite books.
Gosh, I really missed being ME.
It seems that I have lost my own identity.
Or maybe I should say that I have gained a new one - being a MOTHER.
Thursday, January 1, 2009 –
I had moved out from my parents house for years, but I still have tonnes of stuff in my old room. Recently, my dad did a major housekeeping - actually he did a major throw-out of my old stuffs.
And he found so many laptop bags. Some I had gotten them free, and some I had bought them myself because I found them stylish or convenient at that time.
You would think that with the number of laptop bags I have, I would have stopped looking at bags. Well, not if they are the stylishZero Halliburton case. 
Thursday, January 1, 2009 –
For the first time since we got married 6 years ago (gosh, has it been that long?), hubb has been without his engagement rings for weeks.
He has been “ringless” before, when we sent our rings back to the jeweler for repair, conditioning or polishing. Our rings come with lifetime warranty & service. So we can send them in anytime at no cost to us.
Recently, we found that his ring cracked again - for the third time. We had invested in platinum rings hoping that it is stronger and would last forever, but am very disappointed when it cracked. We have never had the rings resized, and there is no reason that ring should crack. Previously, they just repaired the rings which takes about a day.
But since this is the third time it has happened, the jeweler agreed to make a brand new ring for him. It will take a couple of weeks before we can get the new ring as the jeweler’s factory is closed for 2 weeks due to Christmas & New Year. Hopefully the new ring will really last forever this time.
Thursday, January 1, 2009 –
My beautician introduced me to this great product recently - Dermedex’s Biotox Refining Cream. No, it is not “botox”, and I can’t afford that anyway.
It is supposedly made with herbal ingredients and it works for all skin types.
What I really liked about it is that it really helps to clear my clogged pores. Within a few days of applications, I can feel my skin becoming smoother and my white and blackheads can be removed easily.
She says that this product is a good herbal acne treatment as well. Just dab some on the acne, and it will help to clear it within days.
If you are interested to try this product, Google on this item to find out more.
Thursday, January 1, 2009 –
Gosh, I have been out of office due to Christmas and New Year shut down for almost 2 weeks. The 2 weeks vacation would have been a good time to take the kids around on a holiday but Dylan is still a little too small for long distance traveling.
Otherwise, it would be pretty fun to take the kids for some “cuti-cuti Malaysia”, and that would have been the perfect excuse for hubby to get the GPS machine that he has always wanted.
But ha-ha…we didn’t go anywhere far this time. So i guess he’ll have to wait some more.
Monday, December 22, 2008 –
I wanted to wrote about this earlier but I’ve been so busy at work and at home that I hardly have any time to blog at all the last week.
I received a prompt reply from eoe online once I had submitted my order and blog entry. The nice lady told me to expect my photos by early next week. But surprise surprise, the photos arrived on Saturday – just 3 days after I ordered.
Initially, I was a bit worried about receiving the photos by mail. What if the postman drop it in the box when no one is at home? What if it rains and got my photos all wet? What if the package could not fit inside the mail box? What if the photos got crumpled during transportation?
But none of my fears were founded.
Because the photos arrived via courier! And all the photos were safe and neatly packed inside 2 photo albums.
I was very excited to receive the parcel and quickly showed the album to Dylan. I am sure Dylan would be happy to see his own photos in a “book”. But Bryan was more ecstatic to see the photos. It had been a while since I last printed photos, and he was so excited to see some of the photos from his birthday party in the album.
I would definitely give eoe online services 2 thumbs up! It’s easy, fast, cheap and safe (for photos, I mean ).
I am definitely sending in my next batch of photos to them… I just hope that they keep the 4R & 5R promotion for a longer period, coz I have A LOT of photos going their way!
And bloggers, in case you have missed out on their last blogger promotion, do not fret! Cause eoe online is having the second phase of the Online Blogger’s Review Program. But it is only for 100 bloggers. Hurry, hurry…quick get your 50 free 4R photos and a chance to win an Olympus E-520 kit with a 14-42mm lens worth RM2499.00!
Thursday, December 18, 2008 –
As a fully breastfeeding mother, one of my greatest fear is not having frozen EBM in the fridge. These precious milk are necessary to make sure that bm is always available for my baby when I am not around or if I had not pumped sufficiently the day before.
But today, my greatest fear came true.
Hubb woke up and found that our freezer door had not closed properly the night before.
So my whole stock of frozen milk has either completed or partially defrosted!
Once they have defrosted, they need to be consumed within 24 hours. And there is no way my son can finish 15 packs of 4-6 Oz milk in 1 day.
Initially hubb told me that only the frozen EBM at the back of the fridge is still frozen. But when I checked each one of them, all of them had defrosted either slightly or entirely. *WUAHHHHHHHHHHHH*
The blessing disguise is I have not been as obsessed with stocking up frozen milk as I was during Bryan’s time. As long as I have some frozen supply in the fridge, I am happy oredi. When I have extra EBM, I would mix it in Bryan’s milk instead.
Luckily I have been giving EBM to Bryan, otherwise I would lose even more milk.
So this morning, Bryan had an entire cup of EBM, mixed with Milo to mask the frozen smell. And Dylan have to take frozen EBM all day regardless of whether I am around or not.
And the thawed EBM that the kids could not finish - I had refreeze them. Not for future consumption, but for future milk baths … 
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 –
I feel sooo guilty! I printed so many photos of Bryan when he was small. For Dylan? He is going to be 10 months old soon, and I had printed – NONE… *hangs head low*
I know what are the photos that I want to print, but I never bothered to download them to my memory card and take them to the shop to print.
So when a blogging fren told me that I can print my photos conveniently and affordably at eoe Online, I waited no more!
It was really very easy.
- You just need to create an account (of course la)
- Upload your photos which is easy peasy with their Easy Upload function. With the Easy Upload function, you upload multiple photos at one go, and edit your photos online. This includes image rotate, edit brightness and edit contrast.
- Indicate the size & number of copies for each uploaded photo.
- And place order!
Paying is easy as they accept Visa/ Master, online transfer via Maybank2U or the traditional bank-in method.
Best of all, I do not need to complete all the steps in one go. I can stop whenever I need and be able to save whatever I had done so far. An excellent feature for busy people like me!
If you had been procrastinating about printing your photos like me, wait no more. Especially not now when eoe online is offering special print promotions:
• Print 4R photo at RM0.30 each
• Print 5R photo at RM0.50 each
Free deliver for orders RM35.00 and above. This is the cheapest deal that I have seen so far!
What I liked best about eoe Online is it is not just a photo printing website. You can shop and read on camera reviews, compare camera models on line, shop for camera & photo accessories, participate in photo competition…or enjoy their unlimited storage of your photos and share them with your friends.
And if you are a blogger, you can also take advantage of the eoe Online Blogger’s Review Program now. Do a review on eoe Online and get 50 4R photo prints for Free and RM50! This is definitely too good to be true!
Friday, December 5, 2008 –
Saw this during my trip to Lata Kinjang.
Can you guess what it is?
It is a baby durian!!
We went there just after the durian seasons. And the ugly side of Malaysians have to throw garbage at all the wrong spot.
And the wrong spot includes the flower pots, errr…actually more like flower barrel. Anyway, the plants that were meant for the pots is long gone, and people use that to throw their leftover picnic foodie goodies…
If you look really carefully, there are mangosteen skins just right in front of the durian sprout, and there are little mangosteen plants sprouting from it too!
I only noticed this when I reviewed the photos when I got home.
Isn’t life amazing sometimes….
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