I'm a bad employer...

Cos, I simply can't live without it… ~_~

Speaking of my ergorapido…

In fact, there's a small broken section on the suction tube… the one connecting the suction head and the body…

Well, cos, it's plastic material, and cos… we've had it for how long?? Around 6-7 years I guess..

We've changed the internal battery once… and that's all…

The rest is, up to it..

Only that day, I found the broken section…

Then, I looked only for the service centre… oh, that same service centre we went to…

The thing is,

To live without it for more than 1 week, or even more… (cos, it's old model, and cos, I don't know how long those people will take, to fix it…)

I just can't bear to live without it…

Serious, I'm addicted to this vacuum…

Each time, when I went to other people's house, for a stay,

When I see some dust, some hair on the floor… I'll always wish, my ergorapido's next to me, and I can vacuum vacuum vacuum "kao kao", haha!!!

Anyway,

Wait till I'm "ready",

Then, I'll send it for repair…

As of now…

Seriously, I think, I'm bad,

It's already broken (injured) and yet, I'm still using it to vacuum…

Cos the angle and the way I use it, the broken section will be "closed", ie. dust will still gets its way to the dust compartment in the body…

Ah kakakakakakakakaka!

the next on my wish list.. ^_^

Oh yes, after getting 2 500GB HDD, I'm happy for now…

But there're always things that I'll want to have, want to use, want to own…

The next on my wish list…

Hm… (oh ya, despite the HDDs I got for my birthday, I got a wok, from cosway, well… I can't bear to spend >500 bucks on something that's going to get oily and scratched, and cooked, so, I use the redemption point, add some money, finally, I got my 40cm wok stainless steel wok, round bottom… yes, I've been cooking using flat bottom, for once, I wanna try with round bottom… ok ok, that's housewife's talk…)

Next on my wish list is this…

 

Dyson DC50…

After testing and trying…

As for me,

I've to say, I hate conventional vacuum…

Irregardless, they're upright, or those real conventional ones, that you've to drag along the "body", and I seriously love cordless stick-type of vacuum, just like my ergorapido…

The point is, not so on cordless or not cordless, it's stick-like…

Like this dyson, like my ergorapido…

Cos, just dragging along the big huge body's tiring…

I went to dyson's outlet the other day in harvey norman,

In fact, it's always available in SG, but as usual, SLOW to be launched in m'sia…

Cos, we m'sian's just not that adventurous, and much lower spending power…

Apparently, the show assistant said, it'll be only available at the end of this year… ^_^

Ok, I'll wait… then, I guess, I'll be damn "syok", using it…

Just like my ergorapido…

toys she plays...

Well… most of them have been confiscated… ^_^ cos, I seriously cannot take the mess in the house, toys are everywhere… all the "pots and pans", all the "cups and spoons"… bla bla bla… whenever I see such mess, I'll start to get moody, and starts to scold her…

Therefore, last week, mid of last week… (I think on my birthday) I took them away, for good…

I told her, one day, when you're old enough to organize your own things, and when you know how to put them back to where they're supposed to be… then, I'll give it back to you…

But it doesn't mean that, she's toyless there're things that I can't hide, and I don't want to hide…

For eg. Her push cars, her rocking mooze, how to hide? Those big things, like her fisher price musical chair…

Also, her flash cards.. Her books… her stationeries, yep… those I won't hide, and her lego duplo set… (though I hide the lego set, cos, she didn't really play with it, but only take out the small pieces and do her "fried rice" thing… @_@)

Anyway,

So, as of today,

Her flashcards become her plates,

Her lego duplo blocks become her cakes, sometimes bubble maker (those with the round thing and you put on some soap water, and blow to have some bubbles), and sometimes, her phones, sometimes, just something else…

In a way, yes, maybe it sounds a little bit pathetic here, but then, I'm pretty happy with her imagination, and the sort of things she can come out with… those limited "tools" that I've left for her…

Else, what she'll do with her other TOYS, is…

Everyday, after she gets up from bed, she'll take them out from the drawers, spread them all over the place… and YES, didn't even want me to nag her to pick them up and put them back…

I just told her,

You mess up the place, I'm unhappy,

But if I ask you to tidy up, you're unhappy…

So, the deal is, limited toy,

Limited play area…

Then, we both, in a way, stay happy!!

Money Money Money

... and THAT... reminded me of another day...

when I was busy surfing the online store... for her hello kitty clothings... (ya, bought a lot from mybabypitstop.com)

she saw those hello kitty utensils, for eg. lunch boxes, cups, cutleries, bags...

she was on my lap...

then, she pointed at one of those item (can't remember which one!)... and told me that, "mama, I want this one..."

then, I told her, "mama's looking for your pyjamas, we don't have money to buy other things... mama don't have money...", 媽媽沒有錢。

I didn't know, she'd immediately come out with...

"爸爸有錢。", ie. Papa's money...

again, I "corrected" her...

that, we don't have money, ya, that type of money to buy redundant items...

of course, those things are lovely, ya, tell me about hello kitty... I know it's a long-time-in-the-market figure... but lately, maybe because of her, I'm kinda attracted to this stupid cat...

anyway, also, another reason is, I don't like the idea if she starts to like some other animated characters that, I HATE!!!

that's why... you see LO...

ya... later that night, I mentioned that to him as well..

and of course, both of us, gotta give her the right type of message, about money usage...

but so far so good...

for eg. if she wants to pull out more wet wipe or tissue, for play reason,

I'll just tell her how hard her father needs to work, to earn the dollars...

and simply taking these things, just to play with, and then throw it away, is a waste...

I got really upset one day, when she didn't want to finish her formulae, and she told me, "mama, throw it away!!"

wa!! damn!!! immediately little baby was scolded KAO KAO by me man!!

of course, later, I forced her, and she kinda forced herself to drink a little bit more, and I see that her expression's so pathetic...

so, ya... I threw away the remaining bit... +_+

Bags Bags Bags

the other day, I received my parcel from TinyTapir...

basically it's my order - bags...

yes, notice the word, bagS... ^_^

they've their promo, envirosax - 5 bags for some price, I thought, it's quite a good deal...

(gosh! did I tell you, I've fallen in love with all washable bags?? cotton, canvas, those hand-woven bags that people give as goodie bag...?? and any "green" bag...)

so, when I was busy unwrapping the parcel and checking on the bags...

ya, plus another rootote bag... (with chicken prints, lovely!)

she!! my lovely baby... (ok, she's already a toddler now, but she's still my lovely precious baby!) suddenly asked, "HOW COME MAMA GOT SO MANY BAGS??"

ya... that's purely and originally and absolutely from her, and by her...

I burst into laughter...

and I just told her...

"ya, mama loves bag... you want one? later mama give you one to play with...",

and THAT, she's happy...

later, when I sms'ed him of what she's said,

he told me, immediately he thought of the fact that, she wanted a bag for herself...

hahaha...

Teenage problem...

well... quote from my friend, who said, "it's shows for teenagers...", I asked him, "you've problem of me watching this show??",
well, maybe this show seems to be for teenager...
but I dare to say, it's also a show for parents, and teachers, cos, it's a show, about the problems, current problem, social problems that are surfacing in the teenagers, school girls, school boys community...
and the more I watched, the more scary I am..
I mean, one day, my daughter will grow up, and she'll leave me at least half day a day, to be in school...
she'll face her own problem, and meet her own friends, mix with her own friends and so on...
it's a lot of unknown out there...
what can I do now?? well... I can't do anything, cos, she's not grown up yet, ^_^ and thus, the only thing I can do, is to pray...
in that story? I mean, "Gloomy Salad Day",
basically, these are the problems listed.../mentioned...
- kid abandoned due to parents' divorce, in the end, she'd rather die...
- father who doesn't appreciate/understand the son's interest...
- alcoholic non-working father, mother's always jobless... what can the girl do? well.. work in night club LO... sell her only asset LO... so that, she can continue her schooling...
- relationship with teacher... (arrgh!)
- homosexual... and peer pressure sometimes..
- bully case in school...
well... these problems, I've seen it zillion time in those japanese dramas...
and slowly, I came across it in taiwan social news...
in our country?
I'm not so sure...
but at the time when all our kids are grown up, to high school??
I'm not sure, and I'll definitely be worried...
I mean... this sort of problem, once it's started, one just won't know how to end it, right??

The Priceless...

something... something is just priceless... in my opinion, in life...
which everybody's already known... but I'll just have to say it again, cos, it's timeless... too...
one is our family,
one is our health...
family - we may quarrel, argue, sometimes, even turns out like enemies... but like the chinese saying, "blood's thicker than water", somehow, the bond's there...
but it doesn't mean that, no blood bond, equals to no bond...
anyway...
you know what I mean...
yes, we may complain about our siblings, or parents on and off...
but today, if you've finished your university... (unless you're an orphan, or abusive parents, that's different story) under the care of your parents...
and if you've got an almost OK career... (no career's consider perfectly OK!)
or, if you've already started a family, with kids,
and in your memory, besides, sometimes, being scolded by your parents for not doing your homework, other than that...
whatever that's happened in the past, for eg. parents argued sometimes, or bla bla bla bla bla... or parents really scolded you hard sometimes... because of some bad things that you've done...
as long as, you don't come from a broken family, ie. abusive/alcoholic/whatever-damaging-stupid-addiction parents...
I guess, you and me, are just OK...
if you're reading this blog, with a lightened heart, (not a heavy and hateful heart)
then, I guess, you and me, are just OK...
and just because of this, "just OK",
let me tell you, and let me tell myself...
that, we should say thanks, to our parents...
if you've kids today, you'll know that, nobody's perfect, and thus, no parent is perfect...
so, don't be too harsh on your parents...
especially, they're getting old...
maybe sometimes, you look at their face...
maybe some small acts that they do,
disgust you (sorry to say), but no matter what, they're your parents, (yes, choong! they're your parents!)
they've at least bought proper baby formulae for you before,
have bought nice cute baby clothing for you before,
changed your diaper before,
potty-trained you before,
fed you (with or without patience, I don't know LA!) before when you've just learnt how to chew on solid food, bla bla bla...
and they've sent you to proper school,
bought some additional reading materials for you,
sent you to tuition class...
please! don't think that, all these are BY DEFAULT!
even as kids, as their children, nothing would come easy, nothing would be BY DEFAULT...
I'm not saying that, our parents might not have wanted to do all these... but sometimes,
not everybody CAN (capability wise, mentally wise, health wise, financial wise, bla bla bla bla bla...) afford to give us all these...
and that...
if you're what you're today,
and you've not been through hardship...
say thanks to your parents...
and say thanks to the Almighty God in Heaven, who gave us our parents... who're caring... and and careful...
like I said, nobody's perfect, thus, no parent will be perfect,
including you and me now, and including you and me, in the future...
as what I have told my friend, therefore, nobody dares to write, "how to be 100% parent/mother"...
cos, there's nothing as 100%,
you force your kids alllllll the way, to achieve the greatness high in his study, maybe somebody will still jump out, and tell you that, you've ripped off his childhood, his play time, and too much stress for him and bla bla bla...
I suddenly feel like blabbering and blabber... in this manner...
it's because I've just watched (not finished yet) a taiwanese series, "Gloomy Salad Days" (死神少女)

... to be continued in another blog entry...