Goodbye Old, Welcome New

Yesterday, we sent Kakak off at the airport. We were supposed to have breakfast before going to the airport (her flight's at 1:15pm). But on the way to the shop, we had to turn back home to take the flight confirmation print-out. The 'big head prawn' me forgot to take it but I have the details in my handphone. Apparently they'd need the print-out for check-in but if we don't have it, we can print it from Air Asia's sales office at the terminal.

After going home to get the document, we don't have time for breakfast anymore. So we headed straight for LCCT. When we were approaching the Nilai Memorial Park, there was a 1km jam. A lot of cars just parked by the road side. I think there aren't enough parking space inside. Luckily it cleared after the entrance to the Memorial Park. It's always like that, when you're rushing for time, there's bound to be bad traffic. Grrrr...

When we're at the airport, CE got so cranky (don't know for what reason). He insisted on pushing the trolley and he doesn't want us to help him. But he can't do it himself as you'll need to push the handle down to move it. Moreover we were rushing for time, so Kakak and I pushed the trolley with him holding the handle and crying his lungs out. At some point of time, he was being dragged while hanging on to the handle coz he refused to walk. :-| And when I tried to carry him, he struggled and sat on the floor. He has never misbehaved like that. I wondered if he really knew that Kakak was going away and never coming back. That or he's really crazy over trolleys. Even at the check-in counter, he was still wailing coz he couldn't move the trolley. And it was quite embarrassing as people were staring at us.

After checking-in, we went to Asian Kitchen for a drink. Bought sausage buns for Kakak and XY. Those buns are really expensive (RM4.90 each, which we could get for RM1.60, max, at bakery shops). We took some photos there (with Kakak's camera) and CE was still cranky. Didn't manage to take a smiling photo of him. And he didn't want anyone else to carry him except me. Kakak must be quite heart-broken coz she adores him a whole lot. When we were at the International Departure gate, we hugged and bid our farewells. Looking at her crying, I had teary eyes too. XY cried when we were waiting for Kakak to go through Immigration (we could still see her from the gate). But when we told her we'll get her a new Kakak, she's alright again.

We were maidless for about 24 hours as the new one arrived this afternoon. My BIL's maid also came together. The taxi driver left them both at my place. When both of them were inside the house, CE went and hugged one of them and let her carry him. I was very pleased to see that coz he had an instant liking to his new Kakak. Unfortunately, he didn't want her to feed him. He still prefers me over anyone else. It'll take some time for them to get used to each other. Then she'd be able to handle him better.

As for XY, she's very friendly with Kakak. She has just come back from kindy and when I asked to bathe, she quickly asked Kakak to bathe her. When I went upstairs to check on them, she was playing with the rubber ducks. No wonder she's so eager to ask Kakak to bathe her. It's been quite awhile that she gets to play with toys in the bathroom. With a new Kakak, she thinks she gets to do things her way.

What's my first impression of Kakak? Well, she's quite pleasant looking. She says "ya" to everything, although sometimes she doesn't understand completely. I must remember to give very specific instructions as she's new with us. I mustn't assume she knows what I want. She's worked in Malaysia before, so she's not so 'suaku' (ignorant). She can cook and she even knows how to switch on the kitchen hood without me teaching or telling her. There are a lot of things to teach her and hopefully she'll get used to our way of living soon. I really hope I'm lucky enough to get a good maid for the second time. Wish me luck!

Toilet Training In Progress

And it's going quite well. Since last week, I tried on and off (usually in the evening, after his afternoon nap) to see if he's ready to be diaperless when he's not sleeping. At the beginning, it seemed that he wasn't quite ready.

He likes to flush the toilet so every time he pees into the toilet bowl or potty, I'll let him flush it himself. And if he's wet his pants, then only continue to pee in the toilet, he doesn't get to flush. Errr... flushing as rewards? Well, as long as it works! LOL

Yesterday, I tried since morning (after his bath), except when he's napping of coz. I'll bring him to the toilet or let him pee into the potty every 15 to 30 minutes, depending on how much water he's taken. Surprisingly, he didn't wet himself the whole day. And he did something which made me very proud. (hehehe... it's very normal that mothers are proud of their kids' tiniest achievements, right?) This was what happened. SIL and CH came over for lunch so I left CE and Kakak at home while I went out to fetch XY back from kindy. While I was out, CE went to take the potty. And when Kakak asked him if he wants to 'shee shee', he tugged at his pants. So he peed successfully into the potty. Well, not sure if it was just coincidence coz I didn't witness him taking the potty himself again after that.

But before I could jump for joy, he wet the sofa just now after dinner. And less than 15 minutes later, he wet the floor. :-| And he almost wet the floor again and made it 3 accidents in a row. He was squatting down playing with something when he noticed that he's started to pee. (hehehe... he was half naked coz I was too lazy to get a clean pants for him.) He made some noise and pointed to the two drops of urine on the floor. I quickly asked him to stop, brought him to the potty and he continued to pee there. Does that mean he's able to control his bladder? Anyway, I'll continue and see his progress for the next few days. This weekend's mission (if we go out) - shop for training pants.

New Toys

Last week, I bought the 80-piece Mega Bloks for the kids and a small Barney puzzle for XY when we brought Kakak to Jusco Cheras Selatan to do some shopping before she goes back to her country. XY has a set of Lego at home but they're very small. She cannot play with them when didi's around coz I'm afraid he'll swallow the small items. But with this huge ones, they can play together. Well, didi doesn't know how to play with them. All he does is pour everything out and mess up the floor. :-|

~ huge blocks for the kids ~

Although the bag says there are 10 play ideas inside, there are only 2 diagrams that we can follow. Unlike the Lego set which comes with a book with many things to build. So I guess I'll just leave it to whatever creativity my girl has. Surprise me, please!

Last Thursday (a public holiday), I brought XY with me to Parkson to get a gift for a friend's second son's fullmoon celebration. I wanted to get a Lamaze toy (which I surveyed through the online baby stores) but Parkson doesn't carry that brand. So I got him a Fisher-Price toy and an Anakku RBW set. I also bought the Fisher-Price Doodle Pro for XY. Have been eyeing on that set for quite awhile already. And I saw that it's on offer and comes with free stencils (animal shapes). We bought a cheapo magnetic board earlier but the pen's tip broke within a week. It's true sometimes that it's worth to pay a little more for the quality.

CE likes the Doodle Pro too. So they will start snatching when one starts to play with it. But he's not that interested to draw with the pen. He likes to play with the storage drawer that's used to keep the shape stampers. Open it to take out the stampers, close it. Then open it to put back the stampers and close it again. He can do that over and over again.

~ more interested in the storage drawer ~

22 Months Old

How time flies! CE will be celebrating his second birthday in 2 months' time. I've not measured his weight and height recently. Here are some updates on his behaviour and antics.

Speech Development
There's more improvement in his speech development. He's more willing to imitate what we say when we try to teach him a word. Previously, there're certain words which he doesn't say out, and he just use his hand gestures. For example, he'll put out his palm for 'please' but now he says "chees". And instead of nodding his head, now he says "yes".

Possessive
He's very possessive towards me. I cannot hug anyone else except him. If I hug hubby or XY, he'll come and push the person away. So we like to use this to disturb him. During bedtime, if he still walk around the room playing with other things, hubby and I will hug each other. Then he'll quickly climb up the bed to separate us. After a few rounds of that, he gets the idea that he has to stay put on the bed. :)

Violent
He likes to hit people with his bare hands or holding an object. We are all his victims, except PaPa. I pity jie jie coz sometimes he does hit very hard (can hear a very loud thud sound). Other times, he'll chase jie jie while holding his hand high up with a toy, wanting to hit her. He thinks it's a game and he kept laughing while jie jie runs away from him. I've to always stop him when he gets too excited... or too violent. And he likes to hit my hand/palm, probably because I smack his when he touches things that he shouldn't.

Eating Preference
He's more interested in what others are eating compared to his meal. Well, his food is still quite bland - no oil and no salt. At home, after he's finished his meal, he'll come and disturb us (asking for our food) when we're eating. He's happy even if we just give him a few grains of rice. When we're eating out, he'll be eyeing on our food and refuse to eat his. So when we are at restaurants, he normally won't finish his food. We'll have to give him snacks and biscuits for the rest of our meal, if we want to eat in peace.

Sneeze
He's been having runny nose since last Sunday. And he's still got some mucus. Now he's able to blow his nose when I ask him to. It's really good that he can blow out the mucus. I feel so satisfied when I press one side of his nose and he blows out a lot of mucus. LOL

Toilet Training
Yesterday evening, I tried to let him go diaperless for awhile, before taking his bath. I brought him to the toilet every 30 minutes and he's able to pee when I go "shhhh... shhhh...". But after dinner, he peed in the living room floor (luckily not on the sofa). It was not even 30 minutes after his last toilet visit. Probably coz he drank a lot of water during dinner. Looks like he's not ready yet as he doesn't know how to tell us. I think I'll need to let him wear training pants and not just go diaperless if I want to start toilet training. But for passing motion, he can tell us 90% of the time.

Motor Skills
He's getting better at sorting shapes. He's able to fit in the shapes (flower, star triangle, square and circle) into the right slots.
He can now kick a ball. Last time when he tried to kick a ball, he tend to step on it, then fall down.

Free Gifts

After reading about the free gifts for Enfagrow/Enfakid in the latest Mama to Mama Newsletter, I asked hubby to buy Enfagrow from the chinese medical hall. Now I've collected four music sets. There're two themes - Friends of the Garden and Friends of the Ocean. But hubby said he only saw the garden theme. The ocean theme is quite cute too - a fish-shaped xylophone, jellyfish guiro, starfish handbells and clam castanets. Maybe I'll get them later. Have you collected these cute music sets for your kids?

~ clockwise from the top: handbells, guiro, castanets, xylophone ~

Orange Poppy Seed Muffins

This morning, we (Kakak and I) made muffins. The ready-mix flour has been sitting in the cabinet for quite some time already. We've made a few batches of blueberry muffins before. This is the first time we're trying this flavour. It's actually very easy to make. So I asked Kakak to mix the flour, while I arranged the paper cups (yeah... I forgot about the aluminium cups. Supposed to put the paper cups into the aluminium ones... duh!) and pre-heated the oven. I was the one taking care of the oven - baking and checking the muffins. And made sure they don't get burnt!

~ the ingredients : ready-mix flour, corn oil, eggs, water ~

The outcome...

~ 500g of ready-mix flour made 37 of these little muffins ~

While The Husbands Were Working

Last Wednesday, we went to 1-Utama with my SIL. Our entourage consisted of 3 adults and 3 children. The basic going out rule (for us, that is): The number of kids (especially kids below 5 years of age) cannot be more than the adults. That's how incompetent we are. hahaha Well, that's normal, right?

We had an early lunch at Sushi Groove. The food's quite alright, except for the sushi set which has too much creamy dressings. As for the price, a bit on the expensive side. After lunch, we went to Parkson. Bought XY a pair of sunglasses. She wanted one for a very long time already. Finally decided to get one for her.

~ ada gaya or not? ~

Next destination, Kizsport, which was of coz the highlight of the day. XY didn't need much supervision. She climbed high and low, played with the swings and slides. As for the 2 younger boys, they stayed mainly in the pool of balls (near the entrance). When XY joined them in the pool, she rolled about and 'swam' in it. Naturally, the two li'l copycats followed suit. The boys also spent some time at the playground for children under 3 years old. But they didn't seem too interested in the push-cars and rocking toys.

I brought CE to the long slide for a try. The last time we were there, he didn't play that. So I was climbing the steps with all the little kids (well, there were adults too, especially Kakaks). When we were sliding down, my heart nearly popped out. It was quite steep actually. But he didn't seem to feel anything. So we had a few rounds of that (not upon his request though... Mommy's the one who wanted to have some fun). LOL

We spent almost 2 hours in Kizsport. The kids were reluctant to leave so we told them we're going to buy 'mam mam' (food). We weren't lying... we went to get Big Apple Donuts. As compared to J.Co, I think Big Apple's a little less sweet (influenced by bloggers' reviews, maybe? hehehe), but the texture's not as fine as J.Co's. And hubby commented that Big Apple's doughnuts are not so 'round' (a bit out of shape hahaha). The verdict... we prefer J.Co.

~ Big Apple doughnuts ~

When we passed by a kiosk that sells toys, I bought a magic sphere for the kids. It's like magic coz when you kick it (not too hard ya, coz it'll hurt your feet... very spiky hehehe), it rolls and will open up and become a big round ball. And when it stops, it'll collapse and become small again. I personally think it's quite fun. LOL

~ magic sphere ~

Then we went to the event hall which was decorated with balloons (Wonderful World of Balloons). They made giant displays out of balloons (what else?). There were stalls selling 'sinful' food for kids - candies, chocolates, jellies, popcorns. How can we leave that place without buying anything? So we got some colourful jellies for the kids and a packet of popcorn coz it came with a free balloon. And SIL managed to ask for two (XY and CE can share mah). Saved me from buying another packet. hehehe

~ colourful and pretty jelly ~

We had a fun day with the kids. And what did our hardworking husbands get? Doughnuts as rewards! :D

Toothpaste Usage

Thank you Mommies, for all your comments about the use of toothpaste in my previous post. Seemed like most of you have used First Teeth toothpaste. XY used this brand too when she was first introduced to toothpaste. I didn't let CE try that coz I don't feel comfortable with him swallowing so much of it, although it's supposed to be edible. A few gulps once in awhile, I guess it's safe. But the whole thing every time he brushes his teeth? I'm a bit skeptical. After all, it's still toothpaste, not food. LOL That's why I'm waiting for him to be able to spit out the water first before introducing toothpaste.

It's been almost a week that I've taught him to spit out the water after gargling, but he's still drinking it. Since I'm using boiled water, he can drink all he wants. I think after a few weeks of trying, if he still doesn't get the idea of spitting, I'll get him First Teeth toothpaste. Hopefully he'll think that it's yucky and spit it out. If he thinks it tastes good (and swallow it all the time), then I guess I'll have to postpone the use of toothpaste. Not an issue I'm sure, as they're only milk teeth.

Toothbrush Upgrade

~ new toothbrush ~

I started using a toothbrush to brush CE's teeth today. Not using toothpaste coz he doesn't know how to spit it out. Before this, I was using the finger toothbrush. But recently, he doesn't like to brush his teeth. So we're quite slack in his dental care for quite some time now.

I bought the Kodomo toothbrush (for age 6 months - 3 years) for CE. XY's also using the same brand but for different age group. So they look very similar, just of different colours - pink for XY (obviously) and blue for didi.

He was quite happy to brush his teeth when I gave him the toothbrush. I suppose he likes to imitate us. He didn't want me to help and wants to brush on his own. Well, he was playing more than brushing - biting, sucking and tasting it. And he didn't want to give it back. It was difficult to help him coz he was holding it too tightly and he didn't follow my movement. When we're done brushing, I doubt his teeth are very clean, but better than not brushing at all, right?

Then I tried to let him gargle. Gave him a cup of tap water, he took a sip but swallowed it when I asked him to 'phooi!'. So I demonstrated for him. And I let him try again. And he swallowed the water again! I think I'd better let him try with cooked water next time. Let's see how long his fascination with the new toothbrush will last.

Playing Together

The house is always very noisy when both the kids are awake. They like to play with each other, which is of coz a good thing. But they're still too young to play gently. They're always very rough with each other, especially during play time.

Recently, CE is back on his bad habit of pulling jie jie's hair. And he really does pull very hard sometimes, to the extent where he'll pull some out! Jie jie is one funny gal. When didi wants to pull her hair, she doesn't want to get up quickly. Still sit or lie down and let didi pull. Then shout and complain to me that didi's pulling her hair. Sigh... can't they play quietly AND safely. Yeah, wishful thinking, I know. hehehe

Another game they like to play is catching. It's so dangerous to run around in the house. So many sharp corners and the tiled floor is very hard. XY loves to run and CE likes to catch. And they'll be screaming and laughing all the way. I know that's fun but it's just too noisy and unsafe. So I don't allow them to run in the house. I do bring them out to play in the garden in the evenings but they don't play catching on the grass. Not so fun maybe? Without all the challenging 'obstacles'.

They also like to play this game where didi will hold on to jie jie's shirt and walk behind her. It's quite safe if XY walks slowly. I'll just have to keep reminding her to slow down when they're at it. As an active girl, slow motion is something quite foreign to her. LOL I really love to watch them play together happily. I hope they'll have this special bonding forever. As for their rough play, guess I'll have to wait for them to grow a little older to be able to practise gentle play. In the meantime, I'll just use earplugs. :D

~ you lead, I follow ~

What Do You Think About Me

I got this 'funny' tag from Dora. I'll change this a little and take away the last 15 questions as they're rather irrelevant for virtual friends.

A) LIST OUT THE TOP 5 PRESENTS YOU WISH FOR :-
1- Sick-free kids
2- Plasma tv
3- Relaxing holiday in a luxurious hotel
4- A driver
5- Zoom lense

B) THE PERSON WHO TAGGED ME IS: Dora

C) YOUR 5 IMPRESSIONS OF HIM/HER:
1- Young
2- Out-going
3- Friendly
4- Sporty
5- Practical

D) MOST MEMORABLE THINGS HE/SHE HAS GIVE/DONE FOR YOU
-> Added me in her blog roll. (Thanks, girl!)

E) THE MOST MEMORABLE WORDS HE/SHE SAID TO YOU
-> "new buddy"

F) IF HE/SHE BECOMES YOUR LOVER, YOU WILL
-> Not consider it coz she's already married!

G) IF HE/SHE BECOMES YOUR ENEMY, THE REASON WILL BE
-> I've gone cuckoo! (LOL... I don't make enemies one, ok.)

H) PASS THE QUIZ TO 5 PEOPLE THAT YOU WISH TO KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT YOU :
1- Wen
2- Sting
3- Healy
4- Hazel
5- Jacelyn

Baking Tips

I got these tips from Hotel Equatorial's monthly brochure which features their dining promotions. I'd like to share these baking tips on temperature, cookware, ingredients and techniques with you here.

1. Turn on the oven 10-15 minutes before you plan to use it to allow time for it to heat to baking temperature.

2. Shiny pans reflect the heat, and are your best choice for cake baking.

3. Have all ingredients at room temperature for best results.

4. To speed up the softening of cold butter, grate or thinly slice it and let stand for about 10 minutes over a bowl of warm water.

5. Toss nuts, raisins and chopped fruits in flour first. This will help keep them suspended in batters.

6. Cool the cake thoroughly before frosting.

7. Apply a thin layer of frosting to the cake then refrigerate until it is set before applying the final, heavier layer of frosting. This will seal in the crumbs, ensuring a clean final appearance.

Incomplete Attire

The little girl woke up immediately when her mother asked her to. It was very different from the usual mornings where she'd give the "I'm sleepy" excuse and continue to sleep. Today was different because of her favourite activity in school. Her mother said, "Got water play today" and she's up.

In school, when it was time to change into her swimming suit, she didn't take off her underwear. She just wore her suit on top of it. So after her water play, she didn't wear any underwear as there wasn't any clean and dry one in her bag.

When her mother fetched her from school, she told her mother that she wasn't wearing any underwear. Her mother was shocked. The little girl explained that it got wet when she went for water play. And her mother was still shocked. How come the little girl is so blur? It's not the first time she wore her swimming suit or go for a 'swim'. So why did she think that this time she needed to wear her underwear underneath her suit? The mother is still very confused. :-|

An Award & A Tag

Forever Friends Award
Thank you, Wen for this friendship ball.


Prettiest Mom Tag

I got this from MummyInVain. As different bloggers have done it differently, I've decided to use the original version.

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
I 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.

The first chain of tag :
1. Lovelymummy
2. Pek Imm
3. Momisodes
4. Ling that’s me
5. Janicepa
6. AnnieQ
7. Allthingspurple
8. Montessorimum
9. clumsy mommy
10. Sandra
11. KittyCat
12. VivianZ
13. Sweetpea
14. Sasha
15. Giddy Tiger
16. Wen
17. Jo-N
18. Janice Ng
19. BlurTing
20. ViEmwk
21. Cookingmomster
22. Dancing Queen
23. Eternity
24. MummyInVain
25. Slavemom

Here's to all the pretty mommies out there.

First Weekend In March

Saturday
In the morning, while I was 'busy' at the computer, PaPa let XY play with bubbles at the house compound. XY blew bubbles while CE tried to catch them. He even tried to blow the bubbles that have dropped onto the floor. He sat down on the wet floor (it rained that morning) and blew with all his might. PaPa just let him be coz he's already dirty and wet. Just change his clothes later.

At night, we had dinner at a Korean restaurant in Sri Petaling. It's located on the top floor of a Chinese restaurant. I find that the ventilation isn't very good but we still patronise them coz the food is quite good and it isn't too far. It's better if it's an open air restaurant as it's rather smoky when they barbeque the meat. I know there're some open air Korean restaurants in Ampang. But we're not the type that'll travel far just for a meal.

~ The rice tasted much better than it looks. I forgot
to take the picture before mixing them up. ~

Sunday
For brunch, we went to Puchong (Yap Chuan Restaurant) for bak kut teh. Coincidentally they were featured in Taste With Jason on tv that night for their famous dried bkt. After that, we headed to Sunway Pyramid as Kakak wanted to buy a digital camera. We bought that for her as part of her bonus.

As the kids (especially CE) were fussing coz they've skipped their afternoon nap, we decided to leave early instead of staying on for dinner. And we had a simple dinner at home.

Message In A Bottle Meme

I've been royally tagged by Mimi Queen of Memes.

Here are the rules:

You are about to send a virtual Message In a Bottle across the Blog Ocean. Leave a message in the sand or on the bottle. Write anything you wish. Be a pirate or a poet. Serious or silly. Anonymous or not.

What message would you like to send out to the universe?

1. Compose a message to place in your virtual bottle
2. Right click and Save the graphic below
3. Use a graphics program of your choice to place the message on the picture
4. Post the meme and these rules on your blog
5. Return your "Message In a Bottle" to me via email ~ mimiwrites2005 at yahoo.com, sign the Mr. Linky below and leave a comment HERE telling me you've finished. IF YOU WANT YOUR MESSAGE TO BE ANONYMOUS PLEASE SAY SO.
6. Tag a minimum of five people - or your entire blogroll - to do the same. Notify them of the tag.

Your virtual bottle will remain afloat in the blogosphere ocean for all blogernity (That's a Mimism for blog + eternity.) I will add it to the master list of message bottles. Participation is optional.

And this is my message:

Friendship Chain

I received this from Hazel.



~~Begin Copy~~

This is the easy way and the fastest way to :
1. Make your Authority Technoraty explode.
2. Increase your Google Page Rank.
3. Get more traffic to your blog.
4. Makes more new friends.

Rules :
1. Start copy from "Begin Copy" until "End Copy" to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1. Picturing of Life 2. Juliana's Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future 4. Slavery Bliss

~~End Copy~~

I'm passing this on to :
Healy and Dora

A Tag Of Red

START COPY HERE

Here are the rules:

1. Post YOUR photo wearing red, may it be a red top, bottom, the least would be red accessories if you hate wearing red... If you can’t find one, you still have an option. Either post your Significant Other’s photo or your child’s photo, if you have one. Of course, they should be wearing red.

2. Let us know the reason why you were wearing red that particular day. Was it your birthday? Is red your fave color or was it the shirt that you first saw in your closet that day?

3. Tag 3 people close to your heart. By the way, they have to be in your blogroll. No cheating heart pleaseeeeeeee!

4. Once you’re tagged, could we please keep it going - just for this month?

END HERE.

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Like Dora, I had to think so long when I got this tag. But my reason was the opposite. I can't find any suitable picture to use. So it's obvious red is not our colour. XY is into pink. Almost all her clothes are pink in colour. She has some red ones but we didn't take any pictures when she wore them. And red isn't exactly the colour for boys. But I managed to find this photo of CE in a red top. We were celebrating his first birthday in a restaurant with my in-laws. I wanted to let him wear a collared top and that was one of the few ones he had.

~ staring at his cake ~

Is red your colour?
Hazel, Giddy Tigress & Lovelymummy

Her Good Friend Has Gone Home

Yesterday, my BIL’s maid went home to Indonesia for good. My maid and theirs have become very good friends as they meet quite often. When we went back to PIL’s house together, they slept in the same room. We’d “baby-sit” the maids for each other when either of our families are out of town. So they’ve spent quite a lot of time together and have become rather close.

BIL wanted to extend her contract but her husband didn’t allow her to continue. She had no choice but to turn down the offer. It’s really not easy to get good and reliable maids these days. And she’s highly educated too (till SPM level). It’s really a hassle to get a new one. Have to get used to a new person and train her all over again.

Before they left for the airport, we went over to bid her farewell. We shook hands and hugged each other. Seeing her in tears made my eyes teary too. As for the 2 friends, I can see that they were parting with heavy hearts. I told my maid that good friends don’t come by often and if she really cherishes the friendship, then continue to keep in touch when they’re both back in their home country.

I’m wondering how it’d be like when mine goes back end of this month. CE is too young to know what’s happening but XY is one emotional girl. When we left hubby’s hometown without Kakak during CNY, they were already crying uncontrollably when saying their goodbyes. Now I’m thinking if it’s a good idea for the kids to send her off at the airport or just say goodbye at home. Whether it’s at home or the airport, must get ready lots of tissue papers.