A Major Growth Spurt

Ya, a major one, we suspect,

She's learning to stand and to walk, at the same time…

She's eager to do it…

She's learnig to speak, and to communicate more to us, therefore, she doesn't want to go to bed…

Night time bedtime, or afternoon nap, it'll take me nearly 1 hour to put her to sleep, the problem is, she IS sleepy…

But she just refuses to, cos, in her 'pipeline', there're so many "items" to be achieve…

… not that anybody gives her any deadline…

A super major growth spurt, and she's been like this, for nearly 2 weeks…

Tiring NYA~~~~~~~~

Hayao Miyazaki - Ponyo on the Cliff (懸崖上的金魚)

Ahem… now I know why I've not watched this, particularly this anime from hayao miyazaki…

Though, I have to say, the ponyo's very cute, just like a small baby…,

But then, cos, it's underwater I guess…

I'll never be a diver, or any oceanologist, or anything gotta do with deep water, underwater… I… err… don't quite  like the underwater world… maybe it's because it's too huge, too endless, and too broad, too unpredictable, and too many unfamiliar things…

Anyway, if you're interested to watch, there you go… I'll finish it eventually… cos, it's Hayao Miyazaki...

Shutter Island vs. The Shining

I was searching for Shutter Island info, and I came across this saying…

I've watched The Shining twice, (clearly, 2x only!) and I think it's a pretty interesting show…

The thing with Stephen King is, his story maybe, is not ghostly… the mat salleh version, means, it's only evil, but no ghost, The Shining does appear to have some ghostly image, just like Shutter Island (yet to be watched) but in the end, it's not about ghost, it's about the inner fear, inner horror, or some sort, well, I don't know…

Since I've found these 2 links, maybe you can just watch online… (don't you like my multiply site??) and compare…

Side by side, hahahaha…

The Shining:

Shutter Island:

Oh, the hamsters died liao ah????

(i think he's advertising for the chips, Lurve at the same time too)

Haha… I never really noticed, but then, after watching this video of his, I went back to see his previous drawing when there're appearances of his hamsters, oh!! They've wings…

I do follow his cartoony blog, not like superb great, but I thought his cat's pretty cute… ie. he  himself, not sure why this kid want to imagine himself as a kid, though… I know he's from kuching, but don't tell me all kuchingites think themselves as cat mie??

the amusing grace… ^_^

I like his expression, whenever he discovers baby's news skill, ie. in the evening, over the dining table… it's so typical, but I still like it, oh, I love it…

It's kinda… cute… or, shall I say, "cute", cos, we're such a couple of "old husband & wife" already!!! Haha… but cute!! Or, rather… sweet!!...

Tonight… I was cleaning up the dishes…

Then, he kinda called out to me, astonished by her "skill" where,

She unwrapped the chocky and put the chocky in her mouth, by herself…

It's those type of round candy wrapping where the 2 ends of the wrapper are twisted…

Yep, she did it by herself… I don't know where she got it from, mostly is from me… (who else, in a week, she faces me 7 days a week, and awake time - 10 hours a day, weekdays, awake time, for him, 2-3 hours a day!)

When he called out to me regarding this, I smiled… it's kinda cute!! Haha!!!

Cos, to me, I've already known, and it didn't cross my mind that I've to update him, see… I don't want to make it such a routine, a work-like routine that, I've to update the "status" to him… @_@

Just like a few days ago, she unscrewed the cap of her cream and so on…

He's again, astonished!!

Then I warned him not to give her anything that can be 'opened', cos, somehow, she can manage to open those things…

For eg. One day, in the car, after our shopping, I gave her a pack of backache plaster, wrapped in plastic bags… thinking that it'll keep her busy for a while, yep… just a while, the next moment, the plastic's already ripped opened!! ~_~

Baby's never stopped to amuse us… and I guess..

All babies' never stopped to amuse their parents…

How sweet!

Booby, for you!!

SERIOUSLY!!

(maybe after this morning's drama)

Sometimes, I think I'm not a good-enough mother for baby… @_@,

And below's my OS,

Again, I really do not think I'm a good-enough mother…

Therefore, I'm glad that, in the beginning, I've made the right choice, without thinking much, and WITHOUT ANALYZING MUCH!

Ie. offering my booby to her…

"baby, there's nothing much mama can give you, nah!! Take the booby!!" ^_^

SERIOUSLY!

I think, the only real gift that I've given her, is my pair of booby… ^_^

Crying out Loud - not for me!!! *_* & LESSON learn...

Baby slept from 1am - 6am today, ie. not enough sleep for me,

She was very alert, though she showed sleepy signs… but she refused to sleep, kept talking…

So, this morning, I was struggling to put her to sleep…

Till 9 something in the morning, she's still tossing around, sit up, crawl, tummy time, talking…

Nurse her, she didn’t want, cry,

Let her play, let her sit, let her crawl, cry!

Ask her to sleep, cry…

I was frustrated, cos, she didn't want to sleep, yet, she latched on me…

So, twice, I just don't bother to do anything, let her do whatever she wants, didn't want to nurse her anymore, cos, my boobs feel sored…

Then, she cried!!!

Fine! I accompanied her… still the same, didn't want to sleep, frustrated, both baby and me…

So, I actually came out of the room, hoping that, she cried for a while, cos, it's been 4 hours that she's not been sleeping, it's already 10 something in the morning…

But then… I heard the way she cried, it's getting "worse and worse", didn't seem like she's going to stop…

I went back in, saw the little poor thing lying down there, CRYING OUT LOUD!!

I picked her up, hugged her… next thing is…

YUEK~~~~~~~~~~~~ walla~~~~~

Puked all over my body… luckily didn't get to the bed… (else more things for me to clean…)

As I was already feeling bad about the whole thing… or, as I've never really "over-reacted" for baby's puke… (she rarely vomits… I can list down for you, of her vomits, first time, when I fed her medicine, the very first time, me, skill-less, she, puked!!! I had to clean the carpet, I was cool back then… second time, s'pore, we're having chilli crab with my friends, she's eating her baby cereal, suddenly, yuek!!! Again, we're cool..)

I didn't have any "reaction", or, basically my reaction was COOL!!

Silently, I took her nappy, her handkerchief to cover the vomit on my body, and on her, brought her to the next room, and change…

After the change, she seems to be good, played for a while… this time, I just sat and watched… then, I put her back to the bed, nursed, and she slept…

Then… I didn't know, if she cried and didn't want to sleep, because she wanted to vomit, ie. gassy stomach…,

Or, she cried till she vomits, most babies do… ie. cried, to the extent of vomiting…

And because of that, my schedule was all screwed up… and both of us got up late in the afternoon…

THEN~~~~~~ TO MY SHOCKING!!!

I only found out that, she's poo'ed..

Now, I got another 'version' to choose…

When she didn't want to sleep, and fussed in bed..

VERY LIKELY, it's because she's poo'ed… *_*, my poor little baby…

… hm… however… after recalling the sequences this morning…

See… I took her out to play, ahem… rephrase, I took her out to see me playing social city@fb, we saw him off for work, then, I brought her back to the room for her to sleep, cos, she's not had enough sleep yet… that's around 8am…, just when she's seeing me playing game, on my lap, she's passed gases for a while, and that, I've checked her diaper when I put her to bed… phew… ie. at least, she's not really been sleeping with her poo…, but I do suspect, she's having some stomach upset…

Why?

Cos, since this morning, early in the morning, she's been pressing on her stomach, I now, I think, it's pressing on her stomach, instead of PUSHING AWAY HER CLOTH DIAPER!...

I saw her doing the act, pushing away her diaper, which was unusual, but I thought she started to unlike her diaper…, so, I didn't think of other way, and I thought it's because of the waistband, that, she felt a bit itchy there… and I changed it for her…

Frankly, I'm not that good in dealing with her stomach problem, cos, she's not been a colicky baby so far, since the early days… cos, she's a breastfed baby…

Yet, during her teething time, she's not had any diarrhea either…

Therefore, dealing with any stomach upset's not my "strength"… so far, baby's been having constipation, and the only thing that I did for her, is to feed her fruit, yoghurt, and a lot of water…, I really have kinda "forgotten" that, how a baby will behave, when she's having stomach upset… and today, LESSON LEARNT!

Some days, I could smell the poo, bad poo easily, some days, I just don't…

And most days, she's her bowel movement in the afternoon, as vs. during sleep…

So, out of all these ordinary routine, I just miss it, THAT EASILY…

I felt really bad about it…,

Cos, she… luckily, does fuss after she's done her big business…

Most of the time, I could pick it up… but on days when she simply fusses about any single thing… I'll just miss it…

Therefore, I repeatedly tell her… (repeatedly… hoping that, she'll understand one day!) that she should not "ngek ngek ngek" at all time, cos, when she really needs to have her diaper changed, or when she's really not feeling well… I  may just miss it, cos, I won't be entertaining all her "demands", for eg. Ditch my chores, and played with her… I'd prefer her to learn to have her own "private" time… she's been doing just fine so far, only lately, I do not know why, maybe she's growing up, and has connected to THE WORLD, and that, she wants more of my attention, and she learns how to demand, and that, the seemingly "separation anxiety" is coming back… (well, I hope not!)

And that these 2 days, since she's been poo-ing a lot, and I've missed a couple of time, (cos, it's not diarrhea, but she's her business a couple of time a day! Cos, she's been having constipation for a week or two, and that, I've been getting her to drink water, water and water from time to time, so, these few days, she's been poo-ing as if she wants to poo all her "reserve" out!)

… that I've also been telling her to learn how to say "mm mm", after her business… hopefully she'll pick up soon… @_@...

You see… I do foresee a possible problem…

With us, ie. her parents, she may not pick up certain new skill, or new words fast.. Cos, we understand her… without saying much, most of the time, we can guess her intention, or her interest…

As… we noticed that, whenever there're new people around, like grand parents, cousins, etc., she learns more stuff…

Sigh… good and bad… ~_~

And after the super duper vomit session this morning…

As I told him in the evening, baby's super "ke lian", "cai leong", "qi liang"… of this morning event…

Now I know, again, problem!!!

… that, I will not be able to do the "crying out loud" matter if I were to train her to do anything, for eg. Get her to sleep in another room!!

Cos, being a cow-y girl, (just like big mama here) she can be pretty stubborn, it seems...

Sharing: Gabriel Kai's Photography - Small Things

I saw this on her photography site, and I thought it's…

BEAUTIFUL…

The wording makes it even more…

BEAUTIFUL!!

 

http://gabriellekaiphotography.com/

Sounds like us... ^_~

Haha… when I saw this comic strip, it reminds me of US,

That's what happened most of the weekends, IF I FOLLOW HIM FOR GROCERY SHOPPING…

Though we've a shopping list, but if I'm present, ^_^

It'll end up with more "discovery"…

And it definitely piles up on the grocery baskets…

Women's version of Translation (or, izit just my version?)

Remember I posted once before, regarding the postman telling him that he's come to our place for a couple of time already?

That time, I thought he's trying to say that he's done that delivery many time, but nobody answers the door, but then,

After he's explained to me, I know that, he's just making a statement, INFORMING him that, he's come to deliver things to me, a few time…

Which I again interpret it further…

That's what woman do… we say things with hidden meaning, and we hear things with double, triple meaning…

How I interpret was..

He's telling him that, "your wife damn shop a lot online man!"…

It's just like, when we girls(I mean, women) say that, "oh, I'm full", it means, "I still can eat, but don't dare to eat more, cos, I'm scared I'll be fat!"

And what should you do? Especially as guy??

Haha… in fact, it's complicated solution…

First, you can't say, "no LA, eat LA!!!", that will be interpreted as "aiya, you where got fat!! Eat LA!",

But then again, you can't say, "ok, you don't eat!", cos, that means, "you're fat!!"…

The best thing to do, sometimes… is just not to say anything…

Cos, women are complicated… too complicated to the extent that, sometimes, we don't even understand ourselves…

Many time, you'll hear women saying, "you don't understand me!", or "you don't know what I want!",

However!! When you ask them, "what do you want indeed??"

Well… I've to tell you, >half of the time, these women will not be able to tell you anything solid…

The thing is, to those women who know what they want, they won't be complaining "you don't know what I want" in the first place, why? Cos, they'll be already pursuing their dream, or, they'll be constantly tell you what they want all these while… and therefore, they won't be complaining to you that, "you don’t know what I want!!"…

To further interpret that?? It means, "in fact, I hope you can help me to find out what I want, or, tell me what I really want! But I just don't know how to put it in words!"…

See?

Delivery Prince??

You guys know that…

I've been doing online shopping lately, ever since I've given birth to baby…

Ya, I was pretty much a catalogue-shopping type of person anyway… how easy, isn't it?

Most of the retailers, need to get a retail outlet, need to crack their head how to display the items, but then, they don't need all that on me… ^_^ how wonderful… kekeke…

And therefore,

I've  been having a lot of delivery guys coming to my place to deliver my orders… (do not worry, they're most of the time, beyond the grill, I won't dare to really open my grill door anyway!)

However… lately I've heard from one of my online friends, saying that, the postman's rude and that he just threw the package onto the floor, when her auntie received the goods…

So, I was wondering… when will our country be like one of those service-oriented countries? Like HK!!!

I'm here, I think the services industry in my country SUCKS BIG TIME!!!

Those people rarely smile, rarely say "thank you" to their customers,

Nevermind, I'm not going to complain about them in my blog, it'll just taint my blog with their foolishness…

But the funny thing is, when I went to our neighbour country, my friend over there, complain about services over there, which I thought, they're doing pretty good already?? Haha…

Nonetheless…

I was thinking… screw the management, screw whoever's having the power right now!!! Throw them to the sea and feed the fish, in fact, these people!! If they bother, services can be improved!!! There're just a lot of measurement that can be put in place, to improve the performance… but they just don't bother!! So, don't they deserve to end up in the stomach of the fish??? I'm already kind enough not to say CROCODILE, ok?? Cos, that'll be slightly gory!!

See… for postman, for Pos Malaysia…

They should give star award, let these Mr. Postmen, work towards to becoming the star of delivery, or Star of POS or something…

Imagine… Kimura Takuya in jdorama GIFT,

Look at him! Look at him!! This suit's GUCCI, ok!!!!!!

Haha… I think, he'll be worried if all the postmen are like this… ^_^

But I'll probably nose-bleed each time I receive my packages… kakakakakaka!!!!

Isn't it good, to just fantasize a little while?

By the way, found the drama series online, gosh!! This series' damn old, but they still have it!!! Cool!!

http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f3685881o1p0.html

A "need" house & A "want" house

Just now, after nursing, as usual… I lie beside baby… mind wandering…

Then, I start to look at my place… (ya, I know I know, some of you will start to ask me to chuck away all my 'rubbish'! You don't have to repeat!)

As, just recently…

Since I'm into Apartment Therapy,

Then, I'm into Muji…

And after being into Muji, I only found out, Muji's concept's called Minimalist…

Their designers are minimalist designer…

Being a minimalist… ie. I'm not!! Definitely not!!!

To become a minimalist, the first thing I've to do, is to chuck away all my SENTIMENTAL rubbish LO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway…

But those MUJI's stuff, and those minimalist concept's damn damn damn nice, ok???!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~

So, I actually started thinking like this…

Maybe it's good that, I'll have 2 houses/apartments/condos, or whatever…

1 house is for minimalist, ie. all design's minimal, just like Muji… I'm sure, I can survive there for a couple of months…, just with him, with baby, online… ya, give me a minimalist type of computer, throw away my drawer's that full of junks now… (a lot of HDD in there, can't throw!)

With a simple bedroom, with a few muji type of shirts/pants, whatever…, and a simple kitchen, maybe with just a cooker… eat simple food, maybe become a vegetarian, fulltime vegetarian, eat salad…, kakakaka!!!!

But I need TV too…  just a TV… (hide the astro decoder)

However!!!

I've desire, we all have… staying in a minimalist type of place, doesn't stop me from wanting to buy more stuff, what more to say, I'm an online shopping queen now…, right?

So, I'll still buy, if not go out to buy, I'll buy online, then, I'll start to have a lot of junks, piling up again…

There comes the "want" house…

That's the place where I can house all the things that I want, I buy… but… shh… I don’t actually need…

So, AT THE END OF THE DAY,

SINCE I'M A MINIMALIST-WANNABE,

I think, I gotta have 2 houses, ie. 2 places to stay,

A "want" house, and a "need" house…

But then again,

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

The "need" house, actually is one of my WANT too!!!!

~_~

"woot joot" oh!!!!

How??

Ps: and ya, that's when I suddenly thought of something (which I've tweeted) which, if muji's going to design baby cloth diaper, not sure how they'll look like… but I'm damn sure, it'll be very muji-like, and I'm very very damn sure, I'll sure buy a lot of them!!! ^_^

I got Time!

I've come across a remark, a few time lately…

That mircoblogging's killing conventional blogging…

Well… I guess, mainly the reason is, people do not have time anymore…

And the easiest way is to tweet… which I find it interesting as well…

I mean tweeting…

Blogging, or tweeting, both I like…

A lot of famous bloggers out there, have started to tweet more, than to blog…

Yep, blogging takes time… and to make your blog interesting.. Which is as opposed to my blog definitely, is to have loads of pictures…

Yep… if I were to look at blogs for leisure purpose, I need visual!!

Anyway…

Since big mama has GOT TIME!!

I blog,

And I tweet…

Kekekekekeke…

Side track:

Besides twitter itself…, tumblr.com for eg. Is a microblogging site..

And just yesterday, I found out that, typepad's launched a microblogging feature…

Maybe they can't resist the wave…,

Typepad's a blog (and maybe others) provider which actually does not come free…

Like I said, they can't fight the wave, cos, MOST PEOPLE GOT NO TIME!

So, since most people are into the trend that they've NO TIME, therefore, typepad need to adapt to their taste, ie. microblogging site…

At least, now, for free!! You can have something to do, with typepad…

^_^

Ps: and that's why I still like multiply (though, their site's not within 100 of alexa ranking), cos, I can tweet, and I can blog all in 1 place, AND then, I can post photos and videos, all in 1 place… I don't have to actually combine TWITTER, BLOGGER, FLICKR, YOUTUBE… what more to say, of these FOUR, twitter's on its own, blogger/youtube owned by google, and flickr owned by yahoo… oh!! Come on!! I don't care, just let either Google, or MS buy all of them… and that I can have all in 1 place, till that day… me@multiply...

… and maybe, my bedroom… (Apartment Therapy #4)

I know I blogged about how I'll design my own house…

AND NOW, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO GIVE IT A LOT OF WINDOWS!

Anyway…

I rarely think about how I want my bedroom to be like, cos, I thought, bedroom, just a nice bed to sleep…, important, but yet simple!!

However… kekeke… my bedroom's something like this, at current stage, of course, this pic is nicer comparatively…,

Open-concept!! It's easier for us to pull out stuff… kekeke… that's the whole point!

I know IT'S NICE OT HAVE NICELY DECO'ED BEDROOM WITH SUPERB WARDROBE,

But, AT THE END OF THE DAY,

It's practicality that counts!

One thing that I can't agree with the "mat salleh" is, there's no way I'll have shoes in my bedroom!!! Unless they're kept to the cleanliness level where you can actually lick them! ^_^ (… kinky.. >.<)

A Kitchen that I'll love to have… (Apartment Therapy #3)

NOW!!! I know what's wrong with the design of our houses/apartments/condos here already…
NO WINDOWS!!!!!! IN FACT, I LOVE WINDOWS!

I like to have my bed next to window, just like how it was, back in Thurloe Sq.,
And there's no way I can have my kitchen next to A WINDOW!!
Maybe I shall reno my balcony, and move my dining area there… ^_^

Oh~ How Lovely~~ (Apartment Therapy #2)

That's my first impression!!

But the one that I'll like to have…

Oh, in fact, I don't mind having both… ^_^

Sarah Connor Chronicles

Again… it's not really about Sarah Connor, I don't even watch the series, ^_^,

It's about a chat session with my otaku brother… haha!!!

I like chatting with him, though it's 10 years apart, but I think… he's very mature in certain thoughts…

Anyway… thinking of the stupid future world, ie. all the environmental and ethical and moral issue… I guess, the future, will not be something that's so good for my baby!! Ya, of course, by that time, she's not a baby anymore…

Call me pessimistic, but yes, the majority's going towards the doomsday if you ask me…

And yes, there're still people who're good, and who're working damn damn hard to influence the majority of the people who're marching their way to doomsday! But again, my view's pretty pessimistic in that sense, cos, it's like 1-1000, or 1-100000, or more? I don't know…

It's just like, lately, justlife (the organic shop) just shared a message, http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/ 1% for the planet…

I was thinking… arrghh… whatever we do, and however we strive… in fact, at this stage, it's only 1%, or even less..

Though… that doesn't stop me… I don't like to be stopped, and I don't like to give up!! Cos, I'm a COW!! And baby's a COW too… so, I think, she'll have the same willpower as I do… I pray!

But just like what I've told him the other day, oh, I mean him, as in him!! (^_~ you know who LA!!) not my otaku brother…

I told him, maybe in the future, eating expensive (it's not that expensive, but it's definitely not the cheapest) organic food will be a norm in the future…

(ya, I've been looking for online grocery delivery, again, another website to share, http://www.good4u.com.my, not too much choice, but you get some decent organic food, which you know you're doing something to save the environment!! Hey!! Our water's running out ok?? You ALL can choose to ignore the naked truth, but it's the truth!! As long as we can afford, organic all the way!)

Ya… maybe in the future, organic food's norm… or whatever food… I don’t know, even if I'll be given the eyes to see and look into the future, I wouldn't want to… cos, I'm pessimistic in that sense!!!

And talking about the future…

So, I suddenly thought that, baby should equip herself with some good survival skill, just like sarah connor… and that's when I mentioned I need to train her to be so and so…

My otaku brother responded, "why sarah connor, bring her to learn tai-chi can already!!", oh, ya ho!! Haha!!!...

Whatever…

Maybe (I said, "maybe" only, k?) I won't bother what grade she'll get in geography, but I've to be damn sure, she'll know how to pack light, how to plan her trip to other places, how to be independent in the trip, how to stay in cheapo hotel, ie. backpack, how to even stay in the camp site…, if I've the heart to do so…

Well… all depends on what type of personality she is… when she grows slightly bigger… maybe she likes outdoor, maybe she likes sport… then, yes, no more prim-and-proper ballet dancer, or piano lesson, just throw her out there, learn some kungfu, some outdoor survival skill…

And let her pick up some basic skill like sewing, like drawing, like cooking, or, carpentering, or handicrafting, or whatever… which… lasts for centuries…

Especially during bad economy time, say for eg. A person like me.. A fulltime housewife who's good at nothing… really nothing!!! I didn't learn to knit or to sew from my mother last time, ie. there's nothing that I can sell now… about myself…,

You don’t want an indoor geologist,

And neither do you want an indoor IT professional…, right?

There're just some skill… which, were used to be called HOBBY!! If one is equipped with these skill… they still can sell their home-made products at home…

Oh, another one, baking!

One of my ex-business partner's just bake-for-good, she gave up in her IT career… actually went back for a while, but decided to give up for good!

And now, she's fulltime baking, doing something that she enjoys, and spend so much quality time with her sons… how lovely!

See!! AT THE END OF THE DAY, it's all these skills (which we used to call it HOBBY) that counts, and that helps one to survive, even though one is jobless… and that, I don't have!!!

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

I think, she only needs to know a few things..

Maths, as that's the foundation of all knowledge, if you're good at numbers, and must be damn good at it, than you're good!

Engineering, ie. machine, cos, see.. When disaster strikes, maybe you need to go fix some engine to runaway (haha!! I AM pessimistic!),

Medicine, ya… of all PROFESSIONAL, I think, doctors the best, they really need to be there to save lives! But I think she can skip that, let others to the job, haha!!!

Computing, if she's going into computing, I gotta make sure she'll be as good as any hackers, cos, AT THE END OF THE DAY, you can be one damn CEO of some IT company, but when disaster strikes, or, when alien attacks, or when the world's occupied by robots and you need to hack some system, I bet you can't do it!

But really, I still think she needs some "sarah connor chronicles" skill… to survive, to fight bad people!!

If you ask me, the first to go, (ie. to be sacrificed) should be those stupid politicians, but then again, these are the people who'll be very fast to set you up, "put you on the table to  be chopped", before you even realize it! And therefore, if she's sarah connor's skill, she won't  be bullied so much, physically… at least when put on the table that time, she can manage to runaway…

I tweeted once,

"don’t tell your children how good a life they're having now, cos, they do have enough worries of their own generation," (“別再告訴你的孩子他多麼幸福，別再去苛求他們，別再用你過去的物質生活標準來衡量他們，給孩子一些理解一點同情，他們的現在與未來都不容易，這是我們與孩子共處的前提。")

Apartment Therapy #1

Ya… I wish I can have this…

Nice huh?

Irritating character

I suddenly have the urge to just blog about this,

Well… it's sitting in my subject line-up… (hehe… see!! Whenever I'm inspired, I actually do jot them down, and that'll be my next topic! ^_^)

See… first of all..

This term is introduced by my beloved ex-roommate,

It's when we just don't know how to categorize a personality, it's not BAD, but it just kinda sometimes fume us up… (ie. definitely not considered GOOD, right?)

So, she said, it's called, "irritating character"…

Ah ha… I'm sure a lot of those who follow the american soap opera have come across many many irritating characters in those shows…

Cos, when I google, "irritating character", the search result came back with loads of TV roles/or, drama series' roles…

Therefore, the more refined search items are actually,

"Irritating Personality"…

And there I got some interesting summarization from some of the website…

I'm not going to point out about those obvious one, like rude, selfish, self-centered, boot-licker/ass-sucker, etc.

Only 2, and they're quite similar to each other,

The COPY CAT, and the BEEN THERE DONE THAT!

Haha…

In fact, the first one that strikes me, and annoys me all the time's the copy cat!!! And that's why I wanted to blog about it!

Maybe guys don’t really feel it, and maybe it's really mainly the girls thing!!

Putting aside your best friend first…

Don't you just hate it, when your whoever not so-close female classmate/coursemate/colleague, (in detail: somebody you don't really like, but won't admit!) wears the same clothes, or similar clothes as you? Or the morning you decide to put on a red scarf, she also have a similar scarf on her… to make it even worse, your colleagues praised her, instead of you!!! Yuck!!!

And this is what I came across from the website, which I think it's quite funny!

"The friend or colleague who doesn't have an original idea, so they just copy yours. Going on holiday to Bali? Buying a puppy? Building a house? The worst offenders are the ones who get to your idea before you do."

"The worst case I saw of this was a friend expecting a baby and their other friend bought a puppy and named it what they were going to call the baby. Beyond copycatness."

Hahahaha!!!

Same goes with,

When you change your TV, one of your friend also changes his/her TV… same brand, same design, same model… or sometimes, same brand, BETTER model!!

Sometimes these people they do it, just to spite you, really!! And I consider them BAD!!

But sometimes, these people do it, not to spite you, it's just that, they're not the type of people who've a mind on their own, ie. they're hollow, they're empty, they do not have much substance, ie. they do not have much opinion on their own, they're usually the ok-man, or, don't-know-how-to-say-no man!! And that, they do not really know what they want… so, the day you buy a new TV, and tell them it's a good TV, they follow suit!

And that's irritating…

Cos, you can't go to them, and tell them, "Hey!! This is wrong!", cos, it's not something wrong that some people follow whatever you do, and whatever you buy…

It's simply, IRRITATING!

And when it comes to girl-girl… I buy this skirt, nice, pretty.. And one day later, you also buy the same skirt… ~_~, ya, it does feel annoying…

When he asked me about this,

With a question, "what if you've thought of a nice name for your new baby, it's just that, you've not announced, and that your best friend who's having a baby a the same time, same gender, name it exactly the name you want to give to your baby??"

My answer… "AT THE END OF THE DAY, it's the relationship that counts…"

Then, I gave him some names of my girlfriends who, I'll not (I won't use the word "never", cos, I do not want to challenge God) feel much negativity in me…, cos, these friends, we've shared clothes before, and yes, when we go shopping, we've bought the same jacket before, same dress before…, so, I know I won't have much bad feeling if that'll happen…

In fact, when my ex-roommate was introducing these words to me, we're talking about my ex-ex-roommate!! Hahahaha!!! Oops…

Next,

The BEEN-THERE-DONE-THAT!! (ya, something else strikes me to include this in my blog)

"No matter what you've done or where you've been, or who you know this person has done it, seen it, met them, has bigger, better and faster anything and everything!"

Not so much to me, personally, but then… it IS irritating..

You told them, you've bought something good from somewhere,

They respond with, "oh, I've looked into it much earlier, and have bought it!"…

Or, when you tell them, you like certain stuff…

They respond with, "since I was young, I'm already a fan of it!",

OR, better still…

You tell them, you've achieve certain things, they tell you, they've got it zillion years ago, with even better result!!

Probably if you tell them you dog can bark 3 time, when you said THREE, they'll tell you, their dog can bark 5 time, when they say FIVE, since how many years ago!!

I'm damn sure, there's no bad meaning behind…

IT'S JUST SIMPLY!! IRRITATING!

Last of all…

These people don't even realize it, and that TOPS UP EVEN MORE ON THE IRRITATING-NESS!

Sharing: How to Survive a Plane Crash @HowStuffWorks

We've just taken got back from Sibu, ie. we've just taken 2 flights, back and forth… now I'll tell you, taking flight, waiting for cab are the main culprit for my grey top, ^_^, yep, when I started traveling with him, following him to his project sites in different countries… I still love it… but the traveling part's the one that stressed me up…

I'm born with some premature greying gene in me, I supposed… but then, it get expedited ever since I started travel…

I think I'm very slight phobia about traveling… since don't know when…

However, that doesn't stop me from loving traveling!! ^_^

Cab… for short trip, now, he's started practising driving to airport… for eg. This weekend, we're just back for a night… and we drove to KLIA… no waiting for cab, and no getting up earlier to wait for cab… loosen my stress level, definitely…

The flying part is unavoidable, therefore, I can only pray hard, really hard… what more to say, we've our daughter now… which, you may say I'm pessimistic… and yes, I do admit, I am, in that sense, though in general, I'm a positive person…

But I just want to see her grow up, go to uni, get a good job, and get married, have children, if God permits…

Whenever I'm in the plane, I keep thinking of the quiz I took, from the HowStuffWorks website…

And that, I think since I've many many friends who're frequent flyers, it's good that, I shall share… (well.. If that doesn't scare you, or stress you up too!!)

There you go!!

Following are five tips that everyone should know before they get on their next flight:

• After you board, find the two closest exits and count the rows between them and your seat. In the event of darkness or smoke, feel the seats and count until you reach the exit row.
• Ready for the impact. The official FAA crash position is to extend your arms, cross your hands and place them on the seat in front of you, and then place your head against the back of your hands. Tuck your feet under your seat as far as you can. If you have no seat in front of you, bend your upper body over with your head down and wrap your arms behind your knees. Always stow your carry-on bag under the seat in front of you to block the area.
• Wear long pants, sleeves and closed-toed shoes. This will help protect you from glass, metal and the elements.
• If you're with your family, talk to your children about what to do in the event of an emergency. Divide the responsibility of helping your children between you and your spouse. It's easier for one parent to help a single child than for both to try to keep everyone together.
• Pay attention to the preflight instructions, as all planes are different. When the oxygen mask drops, put it on yourself first before attempting to help someone else. If you fall unconscious, you have no chance of helping your travel mate.

Here are a few more tips you should remember if your plane is going down:

• In the event of fire, stay as low as you can and get out as quickly as possible. The smoke and fumes from a burning plane are highly toxic and more likely to kill you than the flames.
• The airline industry refers to the first 90 seconds of a plane crash as "golden time." If you're able to stay calm and move fast within this time frame, you have a good chance at getting out of the plane.
• If you make it out of the plane in one piece, get as far away as possible as quickly as you can and tuck behind something large in case of an explosion.
• Think before you drink. Consuming alcohol will slow your response time and cloud your decision-making.
• No matter what you believe can't be replaced, never attempt to take your carry-on luggage with you during an emergency exit.
• Don't inflate your life vest until you're outside the cabin. It will restrict your movement.

I "dulang", I draw!

Not me, I'm not talking about me…

As I've been into reading/viewing all those amateur, oh, basically anybody, who loves scribbling, drawing… and publish them online,

Of course, first is geek & poke,

Then, xkcd - this one, probably is considered very crude, but the "story", or the tell-tale's pretty cool..,

So, I was looking around and digging around the internet, for some cool cartoon like this,

There I found a… I think he (not sure if it's a SHE, cos, at that age, hard to tell)'s a ukranian kid, around 15 years old, but his cartoon's pretty impressive…

See… I've always (well, kinda) regretted that, I've not learnt properly, how to draw…

Or, learn something like graphic design, something like this, then, I can draw draw draw…

My cousin, I shared his website before, draws,

My other cousin, from my father's side, draws too…

I thought, a kid who likes to draw, can pretty much express himself/herself pretty well… at least you channel your feeling through drawing…

Then, I suddenly remember…

Asian kid, or maybe chinese kid, we're not really allowed to express our feeling, when we're small, right??

Do you recall, when we're about 5 year old (I think, it's old enough for you to remember things), your parents, or any elderly actually asked of your opinion??

Well… I don't really recall such occasion, though, I, at least, am grateful that, I gotta pick my own clothes, my own toys, my own stationeries, etc. as a kid…, but then, I do remember several occasion, when I actually said out my opinion, which is a sincere opinion, k??

And feedback is,

"you're so straightforward!",

"you're not so good, cos, you don't even bother to sweet-talk",

Arrghh… something like that…

Therefore, what I can remember is,

Chinese kids, are not brought up to express our feelings…

Kinda sad…

And what more to say, we're not taught too much to express it through drawing, or writing… oh!! At least, I'm pretty glad that, I started my diary at the age of maybe 12? If I've not remembered wrongly… ^_^…

I do hope, one day, my baby will pick up some way to express her feeling, drawing, music, writing… just somewhere… for her to channel her… if not great frust!!

Therefore, I told her just now,

"baby, if you dulang, don't tell me, draw it!", haha…

(sorry, actually I've just swear… it's a damn vulgar term, but then, it's a "good" word to use, when you gotta express your FRUST!!!, to simplify it, I learned from my ex-partner in ingram, ie. "very DU"~~)

And what I've just told baby…

Tells… I'm just another typical chinese parent!!!

Sigh...

Sharing: ....IT'S ALL GOOD....

http://2littlefellas.blogspot.com/

I've been following her blog,

A cancer patient…

Maybe you'll say, why should I stress myself up to follow this sort of blog, ya, on top of the sakuai's blog, another cancer patient…

Well, I think, though, it's saddening, but since they blog, they want to live, and they're surviving…

They face it with a very positive attitude…

Imagine the thousands of patients out there, who're silence, probably silently waiting for the moment to come!!

And to me, I think, reading newspaper's even more depressing…

Cos, most news… arggh… makes me depressed, and feel hopeless… I'll start to think, arrgh~~~ just let the whole world go doom!! Damn everybody!!

Though they're cancer patients, but you know they want to live, and that you do see hope in them…

This lady, from her blog, she's a mother of two,

And I've to say, she's beautiful, cos, she's confident, and she's hopeful… and she's very superb positive attitude...

Don't you think, she takes nice pics of herself? Or maybe her husband took for her…

Funky Monkey Babys

I really cannot recall, what's that song that I've seen on Music Station@Animax, and which year, and where…

I only remember seeing 3 jokers, wearing funny t-shirts, happily singing on stage…

Some of the singers, sing with full emotion, for eg. Those long song singers…

But then, this group, their happiness is contagious…

And that's why I remember…  but too bad, not everything of them…

I've managed to dig out some from the musis station website,

Below is the list of their performance in music station,

2009

桜

2008

旅立ち

告白

希望の唄

2007

ちっぽけな勇気

もう君がいない

Lovin' Life

So, I suspect… it's one of the 3 songs in 2007, when did animax stop showing music station??

And therefore, I uploaded these 3 songs here… and again, I think, it's that song, "

もう君がいない"

Home Party

Listening to his favourite Hilcrhyme's "shunkatsuto" just now,

And I'm listening to Funky Monkey Babys NOW…

One thing I like about the common jpop, well, those that I like, like those groups from Johnnys, or this Funky Monkey Babys…,

They're always cheerful… yep, most of them male singers, or groups…

These songs are just so cheerful… it'll cheer you up so much, even in the middle of a quiet night…

^_^

And just now when we're listening to these songs, suddenly I've this funny idea..

Cos, we're blasting our speakers… those that connects to my desktop, cheap stuff, SONICGEAR!

I told him, maybe we should organize a home party, (like the taiwanese call it "Hon-Pa"轟趴, sounds very vulgar in fact!!)

Where we'll play alternative type of music,

Have some booze (oh, this one I didn't tell him, else, he'll say I'm "kaki botol" again!! ^_^),

And just swing and bang our heads all night… with baby around, hahahahaha!!!

Lately, in the afternoon, sometimes, when I'm surfing the net with baby beside me… ya, quite bored for her, poor thing…

Then, I'll play some music, and start dancing with her, cos, she actually kinda 'shakes' or 'swings' her body a little bit, even when she hears the nursery rhymes from some of her toys… arrgh… you know, those type of toy music, it's not like those that come out from your music player… but she seems to enjoy it…

She used to just wriggle her hands and legs, but now, she'll swing her upper body, while in sitting position, so,

I, also in my sitting position, we both swing happily, enjoying the music, and that little bit of movement… kekekeke…

Then, I told him, fat people like me, must look pretty cool dancing in those rap/hiphop type of music, right???

Don't you see sometimes, those FAT rappers, or hiphop singers, they just swing a little bit, and they look kinda cool? That's why they still have THAT many fans, though they're FAT and sometimes, they're not even cute… anyway, not trying to offend them…

Cos, when I dance, probably I'll be just like one of them, ie. cute, hahaha!!!

So, who wanna come for my party?