PARENTS VS. PARENTS

just this afternoon, I was watching CSI NY... ya... it's been a loooooooooong time since I last planted my butt on the couch and sat through a show... today, baby's in better mood!! (ya, better, she's been cranky over the weekend, maybe due to her teething problem, the 3rd, and 4th upper incisors, I supposed!)

the story... was about a teenage girl, killed in a car accident, while she's riding her bike, knocked down by a car...

girl's mother was very very very sad, and very very very angry... (of course!!)

and the person who drove the car, was very cooperative, and that, he's sent to the prison for 18 months.... (ya, it's an accident, I know that too, but then, sigh... that's how much a teenage girl's life worth!)

then... 18 months passed by, the man was released...

and mac taylor, due to some incident, suddenly recalled the case, and realized that, the man, who's put into the prison... might not be the driver at that time...

I'll skip the details...

the point was...

that man, was actually covering for his daughter, who's just finished her housemanship, who, was the one driving the car, and knocked the girl down..., which eventually got the girl killed!

according to the man,

the whole of his life, standing at the road side stall, selling hotdog (or, whatever..., taco, maybe) 10 hours a day... hoping to see the success of his children...

and that night, that accident, he's not going to let it ruin his daughter's future...

that's why, immediately, he jumped off the car, and pushed the daughter away, asked her to hide from the scene...

and of course, on the other side, the girl's mother's still in great grief, hearing that, the man's released, she even hired a hitman, trying to kill the man, but in the end, she pulled the brake...

at first, when I saw the mother... (before, I saw how that man described about his life, how he wanted his kids to be successful, rather than selling  hotdog at the roadside!)

I was thinking... hm... if I'm that mother, I'll sure want to kill the driver too... ya, accident, nobody wants it but sometimes, obviously it's a stupid accident, IF THE DRIVER PAYS MORE ATTENTION?????

then, I saw the man, telling mac taylor about his life, his children, bla bla bla...

now, the question is,

yes, he'd gone to jail and had come out...

but the police was still trying to find out the real driver, at the scene,

then, they got his daughter...

to the father and daughter, they simply think that, as long as somebody would be sent to the jail, the "crime" will be paid-off...

which, of course, the police won't think so, and neither did the mother of the girl...

THAT, putting aside...

I actually thought again, if I'm the man, very probably I'll be doing the same thing too...

ya... in one way, I know well the good old saying, ie. if you commit a crime, better turn yourself in, else, you'll be "on the run", the whole of your life..., or, else, your conscience will never let your mind rest!!!

YES, I'LL KEEP THIS IN MIND~~~

but then, at that point in time, that man made this decision, ie. stand in for his daughter... just like what he's described to mac taylor, THAT also said that, his life's gone, and 1 foot in the grave, his daughter, a future doctor, will have a much better and greater life than he's ever had...

and she seemed to be able to live with it, pretty well... (unlike some  movies, once a person made mistake, accidentally killed somebody, will never be able to sleep soundly at night!) cos, she thought that, her father's stood in for her, and had gone to the prison for her...

in the end, she turned herself in, crying, and told the police what really happened...

ok... she said, she's just listening to what the father'd instructed...

THAT again.. post a question,

the "decision" the father's made for his daughter, ie. runaway (probably, really, the whole life, maybe not physically, but sure, emotionally, spiritually, and etc.) may not be the best "arrangement" for his daughter...

he thought, by doing that, his daughter could continue her life being a doctor, in the "high" society...

but then, UNLESS SHE COULD TOTALLY FORGET ABOUT IT AND LIVE PROUDLY, AS A NORMAL DOCTOR, 

else, her life may indeed be ruined, just on that night...

but being parents, as parents, at time, we do make decision, which, during that very moment, we think, is the best for our children...

conclusion??

no conclusion LO, this blog of mine!! ^_^

only got more things for my mind to work on, in the middle of the night...

ie. which is which, right or wrong, if I'm the parent, how?? bla bla bla... crap! ^_^

One problem... if I sleep through the night...

ooh... problem, problem, problem... haha!!!

well... it's kind of a problem...

despite the fact that, I still have to switch places, as I'm still nursing my baby at night, ya, despite these midnight "activities", I consider... not getting out of the bed, as "sleeping through the night"..

oh ya!! I'm actually wondering, do normal people... get up at night at all??

to drink water? to go to the washroom?

or, NORMAL PEOPLE really sleep through the night???

anyway... if I do sleep through the night, I'll sure be dehydrated the next day, yep, just like last night...

this morning, I got up, dehydrated, having uncomfortable throat...

see!! as I'm still feeding baby at night, I do need more water intake...

and IF I sleep through the night, no water intake, not water outage, I feel VERY dehydrated...

and because of that, I suddenly have a funny idea, I'm pretty sure, a lot of people, after hearing me saying out my "idea", these people may think that, I'm nut... but then, hehe...

well, the idea is,

I suddenly thought, it'll be good, if I can actually have a soft plastic bag of drinking water, hanging at the side of the bed, and there'll be a soft straw attached to it, ie. whenever I get up, feel like replenishing the fluid in me, then, I can just pull the straw, and start drinking...

ooh... you may think that, this is such a lazy idea... or, crazy idea, or, even, a very sick idea... ^_^

but then...

when I complained to him, this morning, that I was so dehydrated...

(and when you're so tired and sleepy at night, it really is a BIG effort, to pull yourself up, and get yourself out of the bed, to go to the washroom!!)

immediately, he actually mentioned that, it'll be good, to have those biker's type of soft water container attached to the bed, and that I can get a drink at night!!

wow!! ya, I'm impressed, indeed... seriously...

it's not easy to have such "identical" minds, (ok, at that moment!!! it doesn't really happen that often!!) at one time...

and just when this idea was playing its round in my head, he voiced it out, exactly the same...

ah... at the end of the day,

I'm seriously glad that this person's my husband, kekekekeke...

see, it makes a huge difference, between "having the same mindset", and "I say, and he agrees"...

hm... then, maybe I should really seriously go get a soft bottle... kekeke...

but nah... I don't really sleep through the night EVERY SINGLE DAY, for eg. as of now, I'm awake, waiting to do my ironing... yet, happily procrastinating... and interneting, tweeting, fb-gaming...

in the middle of the night..

THAT, I get plenty of fluid intake... no irritated throat!!

A not so Ordinary Family Weekend...

… but I kinda enjoyed it…

Saturday~~~

0930, all got up to get ready for my big event, ie. Crocs hunt @ ikano Crocs warehouse sales,

1030, arriving at The Curve's carpark, damn full already, it's 1st may, I guess… but it does make a big difference man, I mean, holiday vs. working weekend for those sad souls, I just hate it,

1045, went up to the 2nd floor in ikano, on the way up the escalator, we saw quite a few of happy faces, carrying huge plastic bags full of crocs in there… damn!!! Approaching the floor, damn!! Damn long queue, but then, since our main purpose to this place is for the crocs, we decided to queue, luckily they managed the crowd pretty well,

1100, we managed to get in there, but I failed to find any crocs that I CAN buy!!! All out of sizes, and with a baby in my arm, it's hard to really squeeze with those aunties, and "siu jeh" (ya, "siu jeh" also don't care, but "lap lap lap" all the crocs, ok~~~), then, one of the staff shouted to the crowd, saying that, "there'll be re-stock @ 12noon), I looked at him, "aiya!! Then, tell LA earlier MA!!!", left the crowd, went to look for him,

1120, I saw a "deserted" stroller… ie. baby's stroller, and I saw him busy "lap"-ing the crocs… hehehe… well done!! Bravo!!!!!!!!!!! If not for him, our trip will be pointless!!! He got 2 pairs for baby, we later decided to have 1 pair only, cos, it's EXPENSIVE, ie. RM80, even after discount, cos, it's new design,

1130, paid, came out, waiting for mr. wong for lunch, we chose bumbu desa, the new indonesian nasi padang, for lunch, waiting for him, but hungry, went to kluang station for round 1 first, standard order, half-boiled eggs, coffee, and my mee siam, I love mee siam!!!

1200, went to cineleisure to check their privilege class theatre thought of watching iron man 2, SOLD OUT!!! People nowadays, damn rich!

1230, lunch @ bumbu desa, food's good, but air ventilation sucks… damn hot!! Nevermind, finished, came out, for crocs round 2,

1400, went to the crocs counter, still no size, asked them where's the re-stock, they said, re-stock WAS AT 12NOON, now what time?? @_@ fine LO!!!

1430, got a pair for his father, that's it, finished!!

1515, on our way home, baby damn tired, slept in the car, but then, cos, it's 1st May, everybody's rushing for shopping, don’t know why, LDP jam, so we chose NKVE, still jam, reached home 1615,

1630, tried to put baby back to sleep, she got up, seemed playful again… struggled for nearly 2 hours, he went for a swim, came back up, baby still had not slept, cried a few round,

1800, since baby DID'T SLEEP, he suggested we go out for early dinner, then, grocery shopping, we decided to have sichuan food, so, we went to try out one of the outlet nearby, damn spicy and hot, till my lips swollen, serious, I could feel it!

2000, on our way for grocery shopping, smelt poo, oh, after a few days of semi-constipation, baby finally gave me a big big poo… and gosh!! She's on clothy, luckily I'm well-trained in containing her mess, staying cool, went to JJ's baby room to change her diaper, but I @^$%@^%$@# don't know why their baby room do not have changing tray, BUT CRIBS!!!!! Fine!! I still could manage, after finishing, I thought we'll go to the main entrance to meet him, waited for a while, still did not see him, fine, gave him a call, first call - missed-call,  DAMN CELCOM!! Managed to get him on my second trial,

2030, baby and I were back outside, exactly where we're dropped off at the lobby, in our car, oops, that's the jist of our weekend, the gear cannot be engaged, ie. the car's immobilized!!!!!!! Between baby/me leaving the car, and coming back, he'd called the service center 24-hour hotline, and had managed to get some numbers,

2130, his auntie came (luckily got her!) and tow truck came, and we're on our way to the service centre,

2200, arrived at service center, no sign of tow truck and his car, fine, apparently they used another road, toll-free… waited for around 15 minutes, baby's "hay-wired" LIAO!

2230, "back up and running", continue our nite in pacific coffee,

2315, back home, get ready, get ourselves cleaned, for bed…

Sunday~~~

0930, heard his phone ring, ya, I'm always the first one who hears it, nevermind, still go back to sleep,

1000, got up again to nurse baby, realize that, I should take a look at the time, oops, it's 1000, his aunt and his uncle & wife should be here already, to "gao" my kancil,

1030, we got up, get ready, washed and brushed, baby also get ready, I came out to check on car rental, ie. hertz, he can get some special pricing, ^_~, finally decided to give it a go, called cab, getting ready!!!!!

1045, cab came, he left, auntie, uncle & wife came, updated each other on the "progress", ie. they check with JPJ, and arrgh… my search for my "car loan completion letter" from the financial institution, damn it's 10 years ago, I really cannot recall where I've placed it, nevermind, searching's still in progress, then they left to the car and "gao" the car themselves,

1145, they came back up, he also came back,

1220, they went back, we got ready to go out for lunch @ xenri d'river, read from the internet, decided to give it a try, it's 49++ per person, not bad huh!!! And less crowded, if not for our caljes friend who wanted to join last minute, we won't be getting a room, I actually like the room, private and cosy, at the end of the day…

1500, we only came out of xenri d'river, (they have a xenri d'terrace @ menara hap seng) I actually thought the food's nice, not sure why, maybe I was hungry, I thought the sashimi's nice, though the cut's a bit small, and a person who dislike unagi, I thought their unagi's nice, I had a few of them, and a person who rarely ordered hand rolls, I actually had 2,

1530, arrived in JJ, continued with our grocery shopping,

1600, finished grocery shopping, efficient right? As I always have a shopping list in my handphone, it's really handy nowadays, I mean the handphone, cos, once I'm done for the week, I'll just send it to him, ie. we'll have 2 copies, safe the tree!! Kakakakakaka!!!!

1700, finally managed to put baby to sleep, though she's sleepy, she's been very very very playful lately, due to the growth spurt, due to the fact that, she's very 'mobile' now, and due to the fact that, she can be mobile if she wishes to, and she knows it well,

1930, all got up from "nap" (ya, I know a late one!), and decided we'll skip dinner, cos, both adults were still damn full, and I kinda did not wish to contaminate my japanese-food-filled tummy with other food, we thought of going for something nice and bland soupy food, but then, we decided not to have any solid food at all, despite my favourite addictive "tao foo fah",

2000, arriving at myhoneymoon, order 3 sets, 1.5 for each, and bought some bread for the next day, also for baby, from RT pastry, well, I've blacklisted this pastry before, due to their very sorry marble cake, but then, caljes mrs mentioned their ocha cake's good, so, we gave it a try, haha, again, maybe we're kinda hungry, I thought at least, the bread's nice, baby ate quite a bit, but I still LOVE MY "tao foo fah" super!!!

2130, got home and get ready for bed…

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!

BUT I ACTUALLY ENJOYED IT, COS, TO ME, A HOUSEWIFE, IT'S KINDA ADVENTUROUS, AND,

Haha, there're some "problem solving", (when the car broke down) which make me quite "alive", hahahaha!! Ok ok, being a housewife's not bad of course, and no problem solving's not bad too, but AHEM!! I know you know what I mean…

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。")