.....

haha, I thought it's kinda cool posting my blog from somewhere else, though.. same computer (not really.. just that, it's his computer) and still in the same country...
but ya, it just gives me this little thrill, like I've something important to do... and I've to submit (to post) the job... kekekeke... very 'joboh' right? very 'mou liu' right?

we came back here for baby's 'ngien nigen' birthday in fact, but coincidentally, his schoolmate's getting married, so, baby just came back from another wedding dinner..
luckily... after the boost-train from last weekend's training, which is a milder, less people, less noisy wedding event in a hotel... today's one, she could handle pretty well... though, loud speaker, loud music, chilly-aircond then turned hot (cos, I asked them to lower down the fan speed, but then, after lowering down, it got pretty hot), slightly more crowded wedding dinner...
but overall, I kinda like the place, it's this restaurant called StarView, newly moved to its current location in New World Park, Burmah Road... (http://www.newworldpark.com.my/index.php)
this place has a StarBucks (NOT THAT I'M A STARBUCKS' FAN) and an OTK...
it reminds me of our PJ's NZX... and a little bit of Jaya-1 (due to the presence of StarView, vs. Jaya-1 with Oversea Restaurant)

I actually like this type of bazaar place... similarly, Prai's Autocity (http://www.autocity.com.my) also has a newly setup canopy type of bazaar... I know it looks very touristy... and it really reminds me of Bali (ya, I like the Bali's night market)... and I like places with nice canopy, colourful night market place...
it just kinda give a place some life...
maybe it's because I grew up in a place with everyday's pasar malam... :)
and sadly... PJ's NZX (http://www.niuzexui.com.my/) is such a failure...
I remember when it's about to open, we could see the banner everywhere along the LDP, it's such a hype...
but today... I guess, there're more ghosts than human in that place... kekekekeke... ok ok, don't want to make that place become a horror place... (ya, that's how rumour starts)
arggh... this place... nice concept (really, nice one!!) but I guess the location sucks... from LDP, you need to turn turn here, turn turn there, only reach NZX... from Subang Airport Road, you also need to turn turn here, turn turn there... if not because of the Fullhouse Cafe, serious... there're more ghosts than human there... (oops!! I did it again!!)

AND.. now, Fullhouse Cafe's opened up in Jalan Yap Kwan Seng... and I heard, it'll be opened (or, already opened) in Sunway Pyramid.. who else will go there..?? O.o
sigh...
why KL does not have this type of canopy bazaar??...
ooh... maybe ^_~ maybe~~~~~~~ IOI Boulevard (http://www.ioiproperties.com.my/ioiboulevard/ts/index.html) will have one... cos, they're starting up some weekend bazaar too..
well, just hope that, the canopy is nice (not the cheapo tent tent type) and the stores are interesting... (no selling china goods please~~~~~!!!!!)

She flips, and she flips... and SHE~~~ flips

ye... she's been flipping and flipping over non-stop, DURING BED TIME!!!
@_@
she just keeps flipping over to her tummy, not knowing how to flip back, DURING BED TIME!!
and she's THAT sleepy... rubbing eyes, crying, but smile whenever she manages to flip, DURING BED TIME!!
it goes to the extent that I know I've to stop her, cos, it doesn't seem that she knows when to stop...
so, at one point, I'll just put my hand on her tummy, or her waist, to stop her from doing that, while I'm nursing her... ya, WHILE I'M NURSING HER!!!
...

it's been like this for the past 4-5 night?? I can't recall...
and just now, after sleeping with her till 2A.M. only then I went to take my shower...
guess what when I came out of the bathroom??
she's on her tummy again!!! WHILE SLEEPING!!
I carried her, talked to her a little bit, she's not much response, eyes opened... I kissed her, put her down, and she continued to sleep...
@_@

faint!! (I mean me!!)

there she cries again…

Tonight, twice, she cried over the dinner table…

We were not sure why? But out of a sudden, she just cried…

The first cry, I changed her carrot/potato to the normal rice cereal…

Then, she seemed happy, and ate again…

Then, we started chatting…

Then, she cried again…

Both time…

I kind of happened to notice…

We're too engrossed in our conversation (just the 2 of us) and she's kind of ignored for a while, seriously, just a while, maybe 1 minute, or 2, the most..

She's sitting in her own highchair, next to us, next to the dining table..

Both time…

The second I saw her looking at us, who're busy talking, anxiously…

The next second, she started crying…

Well, I really am not sure of the real reason why she cried,

Maybe she's sleepy (cos, I took out one of her naps, left with 1 only, as for the past 2 nights, she's been refusing to sleep, and cried for nearly 30 min, before she got tired, and fell asleep, so, today I decided to let her nap only once… well, considering both of us actually got out of the bed, as in officially getting up, pretty late)

Maybe she felt ignored… ie. here comes the separation anxiety (even when we're in front of her??)

Least likely is she doesn't like the food, though after I've changed her carrot/potato to her favourite rice cereal… she looked joyful for a while.. But then she also cried after that…

Out of three…

My guess is, she felt ignored, which… in a sense is good…

Cos, since born, she's been with us whenever we're having our dinner at home…

For some reason (maybe my own instinct) I thought I wanna train her to be with us, whenever we're having our food…

Contrary to the common practice, let the baby play alone, while the adults are eating… don't ask me why, just my instinct.. And so far baby's been coping just alright..

Mm… after I've deprived her from her sleep…

Now, as I'm writing… she's sleeping well in her own bed…

So, big mama here went on to do her online research…

Her bedtime protest has been kind of "enlarged"…, ie. more dramatic…

Again, maybe it's because of the new environment - it's been 4 nights, she's sleeping in her own bed, on the floor, maybe she's still trying to adapt to it, though I think, she's already doing very well…

Maybe simply because she's just too tired, due to the deprived nap…

Or, maybe she just doesn't want to sleep…

Cos, twice, I've tried, when she cries, in order to soothe her non-stop crying, I actually carried her (which, according to 'experts' - drgreene, babycenter, and so on, we should not do that in fact, cos, eventually, baby will learn what she can 'gain' by crying at night..)

And the moment I carried her, I could see her smiling…. Happily and brightly… (oh, so cut!! Mama surrender!!)

So.. It actually makes me think that she doesn't want to sleep yet, however, she's rubbing her eyes constantly… so, she's tired right??

Anyway, as for the past 2 nights, she cried to sleep (not that I'm using the 'cry-it-out' method, k?)..

And therefore, I followed one of my ex-colleague's advice, ie. not to let her sleep after 7pm…

This seems to work…

We'll see, for tomorrow...

Man vs. Tool

Haha, again, I kinda got the title from Travel and Living - "Man vs. Food" (Adam Richmond, gosh!! You look at the HUGE burger, HUGE sandwich!!! Even though I like sinful stuff, but these are far too sinful for me, I pity Adam Richmond)

Ok… It started like this…

I've been reading some of the blogger mom's websites…

And frequently I come across those moms who've maid in their household, complained about their maid…

(what's news?)

Of course, I don't intend to share the stories of theirs, but I just can't stop wondering…

… and one day, I asked him, "why we, asian mostly have to have maid at home, what about the 'ang mor', they don't have maid right?"

The answer is, "because it's cheap!"…

Arrgh…

Well, to a certain extent, I guess, it's the true and only answer,

Cos, we can afford to, and cos, we have choice (as we can afford to, therefore, we've choice)

They (the 'ang mor') have no choice, simply, too expensive, only the rich, and real rich people can afford a butler, or a professional house keeper.. I suppose…

Cos, I can't stop thinking…

Don't tell me, we're busier than the 'ang mor' (but why people's countries are still kinda more advanced? Then… shorter working hour, but more advanced, does it mean we're stupider?... Arrgh… I hate to think more down that road…)

They also have kids at home, they also need to do housework, bla bla bla...

And.. Today, I can agree no more, about his answer, "cos it's cheap!"

Cos, it's not cheap over the other side of the world,

And thus, they've no choice, and when they've no choice, they started to invent, they started to innovate, and they started to create!!

I guess, because they've no choice… (when there's no choice, maybe we'll be smarter ^_^)

And there comes good products like Karcher!! Hahahahaha!!!

You know what?

Cos, I was thinking, if I were to tell people that, I'm going to spend almost RM3K, on a steam cleaner..

Those who've maid, sure will say "ask the maid to clean la!!"

Here come the Man vs. Tool…

I'm not sure if any of you has come across a documentary, about the big flood in china 1998..

Ok, one fine day, while I was sitting in front of the TV just like any other day, I came across this documentary…

The bizarre thing is, the 'tools' that china government used to stop the flood (bravo to those heroes) is MEN…

Watch this,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozgczp5Swiw

(there're a few sessions on youtube, due to youtube's limitation)

When we've manpower, and when the manpower is cheap, we use manpower… ie. maid!

But when it's regarding manpower, it's regarding human, and therefore, everybody knows the utter truth (regardless where you are, at work, at home, at school, etc.) - the most difficult task to manage, is to manage people!!

And there come the 'problem'…

I call it social problem…

Whenever I came across those blogger moms complained, or, at least, have something to say about their maids… I really don't know what to say…

It's bound to happen, anyway… and the ultimatum of it is… those moms, need the maid…

Those 'complaint' blogs, usually ended up with, "she helps to take care of my kids", in fact, not so much on "she helps with the housework, ichiban!!"

If man vs. tool?

I'll choose tool!!

As, I know very well, I'll not be a good 'manager'...

I feel cheated, but I cheat too

How many time we've "accidentally" cheated on our family? Our closed ones? I guess, uncountable..

Well, frankly, I don't like to be 'cheated' ^_^, don’t get me wrong, I'm not going to talk about anything juicy…

In fact, I'm going to talk about parenting… (though I'm no expert in this topic)

Out of a sudden, something crossed my mind this evening…

Gosh, I've even kinda "suggested" a friend to cheat… ie. suggested him to let the son skip school and bring him for movies, and don’t let the wife know…

Does it sounds familiar??

I mean, parent(either husband or wife) or grandparents, let or, bring the kid do something that's not so likeable, or allowed by the kid's parents…

The thing is, and the problem is, we actually kinda feel PROUD OF IT…

As parents now, I'm sure, there're reasons, why we do not allow our kids to do certain things, or go to certain places…

I admit, maybe we're just being paranoid, or over-concern…

And when this paranoia gets out of hands… the baby/kid's caretakers may start to do funny things… for eg. Do it without letting the parents know…

MAYBE IT'S TO PROVE THAT, THEY'RE RIGHT, THE PARENTS ARE WRONG!! (especially.. I bet you know what I'm referring to, yes… our parents, and us, 2 generations, 2 different types of mentality, and 2 sets of thinking, BATTLING OVER THE KID)

Well, I don't know…

Cos, vice versa, sometimes, the parents may not want to agree to whatever the caretakers' practice, maybe because of the same reason too…

However, sometimes, I step back and think… what's there to prove? In the end, the kid's the suffering one, cos, he becomes the battlefield, of 2 generation, scary huh? But most of the time, it's the parents who'll have to surrender, as, being the kid's parents, you know very clearly that, you do not want your child being the battlefield…

BUT, sometimes, you can't help to feel cheated, especially when the caretaker (just like what I've suggested to my friend - skip school, go watch movie, slap me please!! What a horrible idea I've had!!)

Bring your kids around without you knowing and especially doing things that you're not so keen to let your kid experiences it yet!!

What's the underlying scare?? (maybe I'm paranoid)

This means, your kid is being taught about,

CHEATING, AND most of the time, comes with BRIBING…!!!

"I let you eat this, you don't tell your parents, else, no more!!" (familiar?) - that's cheating + bribing

"I bring you there to play, don’t let your parents know, else, I can't bring you there anymore!" - again, cheating + bribing…

When I thought about this, I was having cold-sweat, serious!!!

Meaning, without us (as parents) knowing about this, our kids are exposed to many cheating and bribing acts…

(ya, you may tell me, the caretakers don't mean it, however, kids, will not be able to differentiate between evil lies, and white lies, afterall…. THEY'RE ALL LIES, RIGHT?)

In a way, I'm glad that, I'm taking care of my own baby, however, what gives me this 'cold sweat' is also…

I do, sometimes… though, from what I can recall, I have not done it yet, but knowing myself well, I know, I do have the potential of doing it, ie. I may one day, tell baby, "let's not tell papa" - THAT'S CHEATING!!

(to me, anything you do, and not want to tell, is cheating, however, there're something that you see, or hear, or experience, but due to love, or the worry that, he/she may feel hurt, and you choose not to tell, yes, it's cheating too, but forgiveable… HOWEVER, KIDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE, RIGHT? So, don't do it!)

Cos, even at these days, sometimes, without  any bad motive, I'll tell baby, "baby baby, call papa, then papa will buy you everything you want!"

Bad huh!!?? ^_^ that's call manipulating, and a little bit of bribing…

WHICH, I shall stop doing it…

AND!!

Speaking of which… I've been following the mediacorp series "by my side" which I've mentioned in my previous posting,

… today's the 4th episode, where the guy, have found out that, he's got AIDS…

Looking at his working environment - which he's a colleague who, on regular basis, goes to Geylang for his 'entertainment', and he seems to be super proud of it..

The worse thing is,

He expects his colleagues, to help cover up for him, when dealing with his wife,

That's the thing…

Now my question to all men, or almost all men! (well, I can't generalize right? Unlike jackie chan, he's most disliked/despised by most GOOD MEN, and most women, for his infamous speech, when he's finally caught and proven to have cheated on his wife, "I've made a mistake, which EVERY MAN will make!"… ie. he's generalized that, every man cheats! Since then, he's kinda banned in Taiwan… (though, I've to say, almost all taiwanese men cheat!! I'm not generalizing, but there, in taiwan, is a society full of MCP)

Oh, back to my question,

Why men usually help their 'friends' who cheat on their wives?

Simply because you're friends? (which I thought true friends, should bother to guide him back to be a good husband, a responsibility husband, rather than help to cheat, and thus, encourage the wrong-doing!)

Or, the underlying deadly message is,

You want to do it, but you do not dare, and you do not think that, cheating on wife is THAT wrong, or, it's kinda acceptable??

Well, I've to tell you, most women, if they find their fellow girlfriend cheats on her husband, we'll despise her, or at least, try to advise, and stop her…

Why??

I guess, there's a difference,

Men, try to cheat, and cover up, and their friends (men) will help, is because, they do not want to face the reality, they'd rather "have dessert", and still keeping the "main course", without facing confrontation, I guess, men do not like confrontation, and they hate the tiny little bit to tackle all the procedures and lengthy documentation if there's going to be a divorce!!

OR, SIMPLY, THEY DO NOT WANT TO PAY THE ALIMONY!

(yak!! How cheap!!)

Women, usually don't bother about dessert + maincourse, the moment we decide to cheat, that very moment… we've decided to say "bye" to dear husband!!

But I lately, I guess, the world's changing…

^_^

Maybe after "suffering" in this MCP world (mostly)…

There're a group of women, who've decided to behave just like Men,

Ie. keeping the dessert AND the maincourse altogether…

Watch "desperate housewives", "lipstick jungle"~~

(not my favourite, still prefer crimes, maybe in my imaginative world, I wish, I'm a detective… grin!)

Anyway, back to my point..

I do, and I've to constantly remind myself,

Not to implant this sort of behaviour in my baby, ie. cheating and taking bribes…

I've been grateful to the arrival of her, frankly, and have been saying thanks, to God, almost every day, every hour…

Having her, kinda make me want to be right, those 'right' that, I knew, but didn't bother…

For eg., (I know you may despise me because of what I've done)

I "used to" take those airline's thingy… blankets, cutleries, etc.,

And I "used to" go to IKEA (blaming on the fact that they never send me their updated catalogue) to take their sample catalogue…

But I can't do these anymore…

Cos, baby, at her age, will not be able to differentiate between what I used to do, and 'stealing', and frankly, I can't explain anything to her, cos, it IS stealing… forgive me, MAS, SIA, IKEA!! Will you?

And, he/I used to take this little short cut in our condo driveway (it's really a damn sensible way to drive in that direction) but lately, he said, he's to follow the 'correct' direction (which is a damn not sensible way) to our parking lot… why? Cos, he's "confronted" by our neighbourhood's kids one day, "uncle, why did you not drive that way? this way is against the traffic!", well… it's just NOT EASY for us to explain to them, why we do what we do, so, just don't do…

So, for my baby's sake, I've gotta correct myself first, and hopefully others will correct themselves too… for a baby's sake, a baby, as pure as a piece of white paper… kakaka!!

Smile

You know.. I was thinking… when in bed, last night…

Sometimes, thoughts just rush into my mind without warning and that caused me sleepless nights…

And my mind just wanders, wanders and wanders away…

I was telling him the other day…

(I'm not going to talk about photography, ok? Cos, I know nuts about this topic, and I don't intend to know more by effort, unless somebody just shares with me on their thoughts and opinion)

I told him,

What type of photos I like to look at…

In fact, I like to see any photos that my friends, any of my friends take…

As that reveals the other side of my friends (or, people I  know).. Which is not sealable, or coverable…

How a person takes a photo, is basically how the person sees things, or people(faces)..

So, it's very interesting for me to see, how they see things…

(and vice versa)

And I don't suppose, you can hide how you see things…

Unless you don't snap any pictures…

For eg. Our friend mr. wong, the set of pics he took when he went to tokyo alone, vs. the set that he took, when we went together… are different…

I like the photos that he took, when he went there alone, that's how he sees tokyo… very modern, nice, and quiet…

While we went together, I guess, all of us, kinda affected/influenced each other's view… ie. when we snap, it's already not 'pure' as how we see…

Therefore… guess what? Most photos look similar… haha!!! (what's the point of bringing so many cameras then!)

And there're some of my online contacts(not just multiply, but also facebook and others), they photoshoped too much of the photos that they've taken…

I know, some of them think that without photoshop (heavy, or light) it's like a girl, without makeup (that reminds me of my other friend who actually said "oh no!! If I don't put makeup, how am I going to go out?"

Haha…

There goes my mind…

Then, my mind started to wander to another piece of land…

Makeup!!

I don't grow up in the 'makeup' environment, maybe it's all because my mother, ONLY had one bottle of oil of ulay in her wardrobe, and that's all she has…

So, I don't put things on my face, or pierce my ears…

It's my upbringing…

And I thought they're unnecessary…

(ok, what I'm going to say, it's not about right or wrong, k?)

I thought about colouring my grey hair, many time… in the end, I don't bother…

Luckily still got people employ me…

And that's the point…

I want other people to see me, as me, not as what I've worn, or put on my face, or my hair… or, hanging on my neck..

Maybe you dislike me, for being me, that's ok…

If you like me, as being me, I think, I'm blessed!!! Very much blessed!!!

And I also thought that, all these makeup/accessories, are kinda… "out of the world", a little bit not real…

Like I said, it's my upbringing…

I like to see real things, I like to see people, as real as they are, maybe vulnerable, but real,

(don't you think, we've put up too many of masks the older we grow, or, with more people we meet? Cos, we tend to mould ourselves to become who they want to see!!)

And therefore, back to my photograph, I like to see 'real' photograph…

Maybe this thing about photoshop, is, that, the photographer couldn't get what he really wants to see, so, he intends to 'correct' it by using tools…

Maybe,

Ya, maybe it works…

But I still regard that, as a 'correction',

I like to see 'naked'(original) photos..

It's the purest piece of the person who took it, at that very moment…

Our friend, caljes, tends to take FUNNY pictures of ours..

Which, I liked to complain, however, I do appreciate it…

Cos… I know… then, that's why this person see us, or rather…

OH,  WE CAN BE SEEN THAT WAY!!

And back to makeup… (sorry that's how my mind wander, and as I write, that's how my thinking works, kinda hay-wired, I know)

I thought… God has given us all a very good makeup kit…

Our SMILE!

I like to see MEN, smile with the teeth seen, I know most people think it's kinda awful, but I like it…

And for women, I like to see the smile too, in the photographs..

The real smile, I mean, the real, from deep down in your heart, pure - makes any woman very beautiful…

IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO ACTUALLY TOLD ME HE/SHE DOESN’T LIKE TO SMILE, ("THAT'S JUST ME!" HE/SHE SAID)

Then, I think, I've to pity this person, cos, it's very miserable for him/her…

Or, basically he/her can't even feel the love, or the beauty, of this life, and this world… even a single little bit…

And the real type of smile (I'm not talking about the mona lisa's smile though)..

To me, it's the type, that shows a little bit of teeth, and the mouth open a little bit…

Weird huh!! ^_^

Cos, I thought, and I can see, there ARE people putting up their smile, while taking photos… but some of them, look pretentious, they put it up, simply just to show that, they're friendly/nice person, but in fact, they're not that much of the person they try to portray… hahahahaha!!! For eg. One of the girl I've kinda worked together before… (some of you must have heard me complained zillion time about her already, neh, miss chai… yak, so pretentious!)

Generally, all my friends like to smile…

And therefore, I think… they're very beautiful…

I mean, the type of smile, that their hearts mean to have, not their minds…

^_^

My Netbook

See… the other day I thought I wanted to buy a netbook (as if I've a lot of money.. The fact is, I don't!)

I want a netbook, so that I can bring it around while we leave the house, for short trip, if I need to manage my virtual restaurant and café (restaurant city & café world on facebook - sad huh!), and also to blog… (who knows, I may suddenly come out with a lot of nonsense that need to be jotted down…)

So… I was searching and browsing around the internet, PC website, PC vendor websites…

HOWEVER!! I couldn't find anything below RM1K,

Ya, just for a netbook, RM1K is my max budget, as it's only serves as a netbook, nothing more…

Browing..  Browsing… Browsing…

Checking… checking… checking…

Of course the common ones are like Asus, Acer… with price that's NEAR RM1K-1.5K,

Then, suddenly there's one site (a reseller/retailer) shows that, there's 1 brand that's below RM1K, with reasonable specs (I've come across lowyat forum, where there're specs like, HDD capacity is only 8GB and so on, on Linux somemore… the seller was saying, "you want below RM1K, that's the specs")

Since the 'market' is as such, I decided to go back to my cold storage and pull out my old notebook, the notebook I've acquired since 2004, prior to my traveling life with him…

It's the lightest, and most IN specs, in that year… ie. slim, 10" screen size, and 3 USB ports, I needed one for traveling and I needed a light one for traveling…

Ya, that's how it looks like…

Though, it's damn noisy.. And kinda slow now.. I thought, for my mentioned purpose for just a couple of day, it's more than 'good enough' :)

So, I actually have a netbook ya?? :)

separation brings us… closer

my cousin sister 堂妹joanna choong's blog..
she's moved from blogsome to blogspot, based on 1/2 occasion :)
if you do bother to read her mail... which i do, very much...
and it's because (i think, partly because) of me, asking her, where her blog is, after she decided to discontinue blogging on blogsome, she started again on blogspot, cos, i asked her to open it up for me, cos, i thought she (like me) password-protect her blog, then, only i discover, she didn't blog for a while, but because of 2 people who asked her about her blog (maybe one of them is me, maybe only...) then, she started blogging...


sometimes, i'm amazed of the fact that...
sometimes, the very little thing we do, actually can change things...
so, do it according to your heart... :)


another reason that i actually bother to follow her blog (despite the fact that she's my cousin) is that, there're some similarities that i can see, between she, and me, maybe it's because both of us are the eldest in our family...


for eg.
she swears :) (which i do swear too, swear as in seriously swear)
she doesn't give a damn to people, if she thinks the person's nuts (for eg. my case, 2face)
lately, somehow i found out, she likes anthony bourdain, who, i kinda like too, after Ian Wright!! (haha, i like joker, and i like english)
AND, if you see from her blog... she actually like DH's Lynette and husband the most - which, exactly are who i well... don't mind... (cos, i don't really follow DH)...


well.. sometimes, i think, separation actually makes a family closer... to the extent that you won't really realize...
another eg.
ever since after form 5, i've left my house in sibu and came to KL... to study, and then, to work...
ie. i've been kinda separated from my 2 dear younger brothers...
however... there're some similarities (things that meant a lot to the each and individual of us) like,
all 3 of us like sashimi, LOVE IT!!
all 3 of us are kinda... geek... no. 1 being my youngest brother, then me, then my other younger brother... all 3 of us spend hell a lot of time in front of my PC...
and WE ALL DO NOT WATCH KOREAN SHOWS!!
haha, small things to you, but big things to us...

how to kill your husband - legally

Ooh… I hope I won't be arrested because of this post man!!

We had this conversation the other day…

I know, this is repeated being shown in movies from time to time.. But, let me tell you, it's a fact…

Chinese likes to say that, "to capture a man's heart, capture his stomach" (which I think, it's said by an idiot!)

Then, I'll rephrase it, "to kill a man, capture his stomach"…

Ya, you'll start to think, healthy food doesn’t need to taste bland…

But I've to say, unhealthy food, definitely somehow taste better… ^_^ cos I myself kinda like them sometimes…

Here's the food you gotta cook and do,

1. Deep-fry your food almost everyday - especially meat,


2. Add lots of ajinomoto, or MSG - tastier right??


3. Cook lots of meat soup - put lots of pork bones, whatever bones in there, everyday, ya, don’t forget the ajinomoto/MSG


4. No need to cook too much vege, they taste bland,


5. Cook fragrant white rice everyday, maybe add some oil - taste better, kekekekeke… like the "bak kut teh" oily rice,


6. Cook lots of 'spare parts' (internal organs) for him,


7. Deep-fry, or prepare dishes with fatty stuff - for eg. Fatty porky, kinda taste nice, right?


8. If he likes curries, then, cook curries often, put LOADS of coconut milk… hehehehehehe…


9. Cook lots of seafood, for eg. Crabs, prawns, lobsters...

Then… since it's THAT unhealthy, right??

Don't eat them yourself… else, die together right?

So, cook just the right amount for him to eat, and if he asks you why you're not eating, just look at him LOVINGLY, and tell him that, you've had your portion, or that, you enjoyed watching him eating the food you cook, bla bla bla…

Oh, last but not least, make sure he's your name on the beneficiary column in his EPF, Insurance, etc.

It may take a while… but it sure works!

Sounded scary right???

Kakakakaka….

Ya, I think it's very scary…

So, for women… mm… I don’t know what to say, unless you're trapped in a very bad situation that, you can't leave your existing husband, and neither can you stay any longer with him, else, LEAVE HIM!!!

And for men… if your wife starts cooking dishes that reminds you of what I've listed, BE SUSPICIOUS!!

Else!! All of us, please, starts eating healthily ok!!!????

Big Mama's got Separation Anxiety

Last night (technically last last night) marks the first night baby's her own bed…

We've decided to move her to her own bed, as in bed, not the playpen (since she's kinda refused to sleep in the playpen for a couple of weeks already… now it reminds me, I think, since the time she's having her cold)

As she's getting bigger and bigger, I find it pretty tough to craddle-carry her to nurse, ESPECIALLY SHE'S ONE EASILY DISTRACTED baby!!! (imagine, you position nicely put her in your arms, she nurse nurse a little bit, then 'pak', suddenly unlatch herself and look elsewhere, look look here, look look there, then, comes back and wants to be nursed again, but all position, because of her wiggling, already need to be re-aligned… and that's the point when I'll slowly loose my patience…)

And especially it seems that, we've to be kinda 'cautious' to sleep when she's in the same bed with us… I can see him squeezing himself to the side of the bed every night, poor him!!

So, I was 'scouting' around our room, (as though it's so huge oh!!)

To find a good spot to put our single mattress, (which we've 2 of them, now 1 in the room for her night bed, and 1 in the living room, for her daytime activities)

Then I decided to put her near the foot of the bed, cos, I don't like the idea to put her near the door, not to say it's because of whatever 'pantang', but sleeping next to the door, I doubt anybody will have a good sleep, especially we, her parents, sleep later than her, move around in the house, in and out of the room…

I'm glad to say that, she's ok with her new place, sleep just like normal, and in fact, it's much better than putting her up in the playpen…

It makes no difference whether she's sleeping in our bed, or her own bed… maybe breastfed baby is somehow easier, cos, I just need to nurse her to sleep, then… zzz till the next nursing time… throughout the night…

HOWEVER…

A BIGGER UNDERLYING PROBLEM…

I started to have separation anxiety too…

I'm pretty anxious about how she could sleep in her own bed, alone, down there, near the foot of our bed…

(ok, don't start to tell me where else is better, cos, it's either here, or there, next to the door, as I mentioned, our room is not like a football field)

And since there's a little gap, wide enough to put her hands and feet in, underneath our bed, and there's floor on the other side of her bed - which I put 2 cushions there, as barrier…

I couldn't help but to keep getting up, to see if,

She'll sleep ter-sengent - cos, she tends to 'rotate' in the bed, from 'alongside' to perpendicular, sometimes…

Or, that, she'll accidentally move move move, moves her face onto the cushion??

Or, she'll accidentally put her hands and feet into the gap between our bed and her bed?

(though it causes no harm but I just don't like the idea that kids like to slit their limps into small gaps/slits)

The frequency that I got up, caused me sleepless night… even though I kinda finished off my PC-time, and went to bed 'early' last night, but I still stayed up till morning…

… just by simply getting up and lying down in my own bed…

And I've to say…

The moment… the first moment when I put her down in that bed, I kinda feel guilty…

Guilty that, she's to sleep alone now…

(sob sob) - and that's my separation anxiety I guess…

Overall, I've to say, she's doing fine, the only thing is,

I damn am not doing that fine!!!

(crap!)

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Oops… so-called an FMA fans, I know I failed, it took me so long… till today, to figure out,

The difference between the previous FMA TV series, and today's FMA Brotherhood series…

Ya, too me a while to BOTHER TO FIGURE IT OUT…

To cut it short…

FMA brotherhood is purely based on the manga - as we all know, the previous FMA is NOT 100% based on manga, it's an ending, plus an OVA…

(no wonder la… I see see, why some part it's like I've seen before, but some part is so unfamiliar, no wonder la!!)

And another failure of mine, the so-called InuYasha's fans…

:-p

InuYasha's The Final Act - what's the difference?? Why FINAL… can continue for a few weeks, shouldn't FINAL, just 1 FINAL???

Oh ya… it took me so long to BOTHER to figure it out…

The Final Act - is a series of episodes (no. of episodes unknown yet) based on the last 21 books of the InuYasha's manga…

And yo know what?

I actually have the guts to tell him - when Animax announced the airing of these 2 series, "same time of telecast as Japan"

He asked me "how come?" - means it's new right? Showing here now, meaning also showing over there, now…

I told him this, "maybe it's the same Animax channel, which always like to show the OLDER shows, just showing them the same time everywhere lo!"

Then… regretting…

I've missed a few episodes of these 2 TV series liao… :-(

Ono Lisa makes me Sick

Ya, serious, I think I'm sick…

Sick to the extent I don’t know how to describe…

This is what I told him the other day…

I wanted to change to other CD for baby's bedtime, but eventually I just have to put back Ono Lisa's albums (I compiled them in MP3, so that the CD can be played for hours, till I get up/wake up, to off it)

Though I actually feel a bit 'sien' listening to her albums, but then, that's the quietest type of music for the nights, especially when you get up in the middle of the night, you don't want some 'noisy' music that's SHRIEKING in the middle of the night, especially during the half-awake-half-asleep stage, it's damn irritating…

I think I'm sick…

For eg. We've 1 album of bossa nova's compilations, and in there, there's this austin power song (listen to the soundtrack if you don't know) and it's damn irritating if you got up in the middle of the night, and you hear the music 'ding ding' 'ling ling' there…

Gosh!!!

Ya, I think I'm sick...

I adore Google

Yes, I simply love google, anything google, putting aside the fact that, it's such an innovative & creative organization…

I love anything google, though I've not used everything under the google roof…

Google mail, ie. gmail - that's where my emails sit, love the simplicity of it,

Google reader, ie. web rss feed client - I subscribe to all the mommy's blog, food blog, and whatever website that I'd like to follow, which provide the rss/atom link

Google doc, ie. some of my friends have known, sometimes I shared some of the documents online, for eg. Excel spreadsheets, or pdfs, anything…

Google calendar, ie. that's where I keep my calendar too, especially to share, ie. COLLABORATION

Blogger, which belonged to google, I bought my domains there, and I open up some openable blogs there ^_^

Every day, without fail, I login to these websites, and there starts my 'night life', ie. surfing and reading up in front of my PC…

And for google reader, gosh!!! I use it to whatever it can be used, ie. fully exploited, "like", "share", and so on…

I simply love Google

(the IN thing of saying is, I heart google!!)

Ps: you know? It took me a while to figure out why people use I "heart", rather than I "love"… later via my cousin Joanna Choong's photo albums on facebook, slowly… only I figure out, cos, there're some people who put a heart symbol when they mean "love"… sorry neh!! I'm outdated!!

"Oh Waly Nice!" ~ by my side

The title? Again, I'm trying to be funny, if you can't get it, can't get it lo!!
If you remember Chow Yun Fatt's show (大丈夫日記) - the one he's 2 wives, 1 is Joey Wong, the other one… ahem… I can't recall.. Anyway, in it, he sang this song, "oh very nice! 大丈夫是我"…


Haha, anyway, in fact, this is about another mediacorp show…
Gosh, I've been watching too much mediacorp shows (what to do? I don't subscribe to any of the chinese package from astro, ie. I only get to watch AEC)
Lately - starting last night, 7pm, they've started another new series "by my side" (不凡的愛)
Just like what I've posted before, "A Life of Hope" (活下去) - which is about dialysis patients, this time, they're showing life and family and friends(or no friend) for those AIDS patients…
Why do I get such title for this blog entry? Cos, when I saw it (the first episode) I was thinking, "oh, very nice!"
Haha! Sorry lo… that's how my mind works, and how it wanders most of the time…


Sypnosis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_My_Side_(TV_series)
If you read the sypsnosis (I'm surprised that, they don't archive it in their mediacorp website) you'll know that, it's talking about people with AIDS, and also, the main characters, before this guy discovered that he's AIDS (due to this ONS with a prostitute, in a way, I say "serve him right", or serve all this type of men right!!) the story was slowly brewing the problem in their husband-wife relationship… ie. the wife's not been doing her 'part' after she nearly died when she was giving birth to their daughter…


In fact… (I hate to say)
I do appreciate a lot, of mediacorp making this type of meaningful shows… just like "a life of hope" (funny thing is, they use the same guy, he did mention in his interview, that, maybe he looks like a sick person - and with that show, I understand in more detail, of how a dialysis patient's life is… SAD!!)
That reminds me of many years ago, before taiwan's "invaded" by those semi-china-semi-japan 偶像劇, they used to make good shows like this too…
I remembered one of the series (ya, a lot of people complained, as taiwanese shows are always very 'teary', however, I thought at least, they carried more meaning in their stories, and they're all original, unlike the 偶像劇nowadays… anyway) is about breast cancer…
The lady found out that she's breast cancer, while she's pregnant with her child, and also, altogether, to make it even more dramatic (2 types of sickness in a show), the husband's became infertile (I'm not sure if that's the right word though) due to his sit-all-day office job (yes, you'll get it, that's why I'm not interested in bankers, hahahahahahahaha!!)…
And because of all these… she decided to give birth to her only baby, without getting any treatment (well, I believe with the recent medical advancement, it can be solved, right?? Though.. I've to say, in fact, I've a similar worried when I was pregnant with baby)…
So, the story goes on as such…
She's slowly distancing herself from the husband…
She actually started to look for a 'replacement' wife for the husband, but yet, she gets jealous…
Gosh!!! You can imagine how the story goes right???
Anyway, I forgot the ending… (how else can it end?)
But yes, in fact, I like this type of medical issue shows.. Maybe that's why I've been following "HOUSE M.D." - though, they don't establish much on the patient's family, and as if House cares!!


Nah… just another sharing session regarding health, regarding my TV shows… ^_^, cos, I care… I care about health… and just like our filmnegara's been advertising lately,


Taking care of our own health is our own responsibility… and don't forget the old chinese saying, 健康就是財富。

Simply Tea

Ooh, I've just fallen in love with the combi of Rooibos Tea + Manuka Honey… ^_^

It’s not just the taste, but also

the health  benefit of drinking these 2 marvelous products altogether, kekekeke…

The rooibos tea, he got if during his south africa trip (ya, it'll be finished soon, then, I'll just have to take the Cosway's one)

Rooibos Benefits:

• has no caffeine


• is low in tannins


• is rich in minerals and high in anti-oxidants


• is not genetically modified


• is said to soothe and calm colic babies. Thanks to Aspalathin and Quercetin in Rooibos Tea, cramps and diarrhea in babies are known to be relieved by feeding babies the tea, either per bottle, with or without milk or juice. Excellent for children of all ages as Rooibos is naturally sweet in taste, eliminating the need to provide sugary drinks.


• is believed to subside irritability, hypertension, insomnia and nervous tension


• is said to relieve mild depression


• may prevent cancerous cells from multiplying and forming a cancerous tumour


• is known to ease nausea and stomach ulcers


• is believed to promote healthy skin


• is suitable as a fluid and electrolyte replacement for athletes


• and much more

Pasted from <http://www.khoisantea.co.za/benefits/rooibos.php>

Manuka Benefits:

Manuka products have high antibacterial potency for a limited spectrum of bacteria and are widely available in New Zealand. Similar properties led the Māori to use parts of the plant as natural medicine.

Kakariki parakeets (Cyanoramphus) use the leaves and bark of Manuka and Kanuka to rid themselves of parasites. Apart from ingesting the material, they also chew it, mix it with preen gland oil and apply it to their feathers.[3]

Manuka honey, produced when honeybees gather the nectar from its flowers, is distinctively flavoured, darker and richer in taste than clover honey and has strong antibacterial and antifungal properties.[4][5] The finest quality Manuka honey with the most potent antimicrobial properties is produced from hives placed in wild, uncultivated areas with abundant growth of Manuka bushes. However a very limited number of scientific studies have been performed to verify its efficacy.

Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospermum_scoparium>

My Games

Well.. I won't ditch these 2 last games, though, I do think of it, from time to time…

Why? Ahem… thought it's simply time consuming and not productive,

By ditching other games that I've ditched, I twit more, and I blog more… and I got more 'constructive' time at night, rather than simply clicking away to do the 'jobs' (mafia wars, fashion wars)

The last 2 standing…

Restaurant City & Café World

My restaurant city

Café world is a similar game, just that, the point earning is more towards the cooking

While Restaurant City is towards the layout of the restaurant, ie. cooking vs. management, kakakakakaka!!!

Why do I not ditch this 2? (considering the fact that, I've not been logging into these 2 games that frequent lately)

Mm… like I said… I still have a slight thought to even ditch these 2 games, however, well… it actually took me some effort and time to reach today's stage, so, I just don't feel like giving up yet ^_^