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Wacky W 2008-03-05 10:53:00 Look out! Here comes wacky W in trolley!That is how wacky W can get. If allowed, he would take every opportunity to try his wild endeavours. Over here, he clung to the handle, feet stably placed on the legs of the trolley and enjoyed his ride while the trolley was being pushed. Though it was just a short ride, he was enjoying it blissfully.
Is premium milk better? 2008-03-02 01:55:00 I remember when H was a toddler, I was in search of a brand of milk powder that would suit my pocket as well as provide the best nutrients to him. Premium milk such as Enfagrow, Pediasure, Snow (just to name a few) cost more than the brands such as Nespray, Dumex (now known as Dugro), Fernleaf and Dutch Baby. From birth, he was consuming Snow as this was recommended by the hospital and it's a general perception that babies taking Snow are generally fatter. When H reached 1 year old, I went researching for a brand that don't burn a hole in my purse whilst at the same time can cater to his physical development needs. I wish I can have someone recommending me a brand without the hassle I faced. I thought I was lucky when I stumbled upon a dietician at the milk powder section at Jusco.She told Read more:better
Anyone watched 'The Girl Who Lives In The Dark'? 2008-02-24 11:19:00 I watched Discovery channel last week featuring a 9 year-old girl who lived in a backward village in southeast of China back in 2006. Her name is Wan Lao Yang and she was inflicted with a skin disorder. When exposed to sunlight, her skin was unable to tolerate the UV light just like normal people's skin does. Instead, her skin would be reacting negatively resulting in growth of tumour on her face which attacked her noce and most part of her left eye. Due to her condition, she had to stay away from the sun and practically had to live in the dark. The black stuff you see on this picture is the herbal medicine her grandfather put on the face to stop the growth from being further infected.Coming from an almost poverty-stricken background, her parents could not afford the medical help to heal Read more:Anyone
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Adapting to new nanny 2008-02-24 04:02:00 W adjusted to the new school on the 7th day after school started. No more tears after that. But, my relief was shortlived. Ever since, changing to a new nanny for him, he began to change to his old behaviour. The first few days seem fine. Later, crying when I part with him at school, become a daily affair.Later, I found out from his class teacher that he started to cry when it was dismissal time. After some thoughts, I realise that he has not adapted to the new environment at Tr O's home. I don't blame him. It was a 180 degrees change.Except at home with me, he practically lived like a 'king' in his old nanny's home. There was no discipline instilled. He would be fed his meals as most of the time he refused to be independent. TV viewing was given generously. He even refused to t
Too young for sex education in school? 2008-02-17 10:54:00 H came to me one night before bedtime and asked enthusiastically, "Mummy,if a boy above 10 years old,wake up in the morning feeling wet, does that mean he is an adult?" This question shocked me for a while.My immediate response was, "Why did you ask this? Did you wake up wet?". (I was already thinking in my heart, that early?) I was holding my breath and waited for his answer. H explained he learnt about it in school. I realised later that his school conducted a sex education of 2 hours. Illustration was in the form of slides and cartoon video.Sex education at 11 years old is relatively early as my nephew attended his in his school at the age of 12. Without much adue, I quickly probed him to tell me more of his newfound knowledge. Here are what he told me:boys aged 10 to 15 will feel wet w Read more:young
Happy Valentines 2008-02-14 02:55:00 Guess who is the first one who wished me HappyValentines
? It was H. It was less than 3 minutes after he got into the car on his way to school this morning that he wished me 'Happy Valentines, I love you'.Such sweet message to my ears when I was so hesitant to even smile or talk early in the morning. I 'questioned' him to test his sincerity (wicked me!), 'Are you sure you love me?I nag you almost every minute.' I hope he is not expressing his love just to please me. He didn't respond well to my doubt and just said, 'I know I love you'. It's pointless to doubt him further. He made my day regardless whether his expression was genuine or not.I also got Valentines messages from female friends, in the form of email and an SMS. Who says Valentines are only for lovers?
What can I do without it? 2008-02-12 08:28:00 Can I live without my handphone? The answer is a 'No' or 'Yes but life will definitely be incomplete'. The tagline for a popular commercial 'Never leave home without it' aptly describes how important is my handphone to me.Apart from a communication tool (especially when my guys' school teachers or Tr O need to contact me), it also functions as my:digital diary - when I'm out somewhere and I have the strong urge to pen thoughts that rush through my mind, my handphone is the most handy recorder. I used to jot down words or phrases I came across from books or articles printed from the web, that are new or meaningful. Now with blogging as my new-found hobby, I document thoughts or words I came across from books or printed articles.camera - ever since I started blogging, pictures have become a
Jazz Class Temporarily Stopped 2008-02-04 11:00:00 Because of my fall, I've to temporarily stop my jazz class. I didn't have to say much when I show them my bruised knee. Now that I've stopped for almost a month, my lazy bones tell me I shouldn't go back. Coupled with the fact that my workload may not permit me to leave office early to reach the dancing school on time.But, where else to sweat it out if I stop this class? A place that is not too far from my office (then I need not leave early to beat the jam), where classes don't start too late so that I don't reach home too late that I have to sacrifice too much time with the guys.Perhaps I should sign up for a Saturday or weekend class. Read more:Temporarily
Take It Easy, Mom 2008-02-04 03:18:00 Chinese New Year (CNY) is just 3 days away and there are so many chores to be done. The following is the list. With only a pair of hands and 2 guys, it takes energy (and lots of Brands Essence Chicken) to complete them without breaking down.1.The curtains are not changed, not just for the bedroom but also for the living room. Thank God, those at the study room and H's room were taken care of earlier.2. My room toilet wall needs scrubbing and the floor needs washing. I should have done it earlier but keep postponing as I was too tired after work. And when it's weekend, I just need to rest.3. Bedsheets (for my bed and H's) need to be changed.4. Table and showcase cover need to be changed to new one.5. Both the guys need a haircut. They'll look smarter with clean-cut look.6. Need to get CNY g
Coffee and breakfast for Mom 2008-02-01 08:29:00 I hardly have a breakfast without a cup of Nescafe (coffee) or tea. Breakfast is one of my best meals of the day (actually I like all meals). This is the only precious time (during weekdays) where I could have something like 15 minutes all to myself without the guys. Currently, the convenient place for my daily breakfast is a Malay stall located near W's kindy and is just on the way to office. Nescafe tarik (or sometimes teh tarik) and nasi lemak, so sinful and yet satisfying, but my best companion to my book and at times, pieces of paper of articles printed from the net.How I wish I could have more than 15 minutes? How I wish I could hang around and lepak (laze) like this (not just for breakfast) and enjoy my long,long overdue reading (due to insufficient time, I can take months to finish Read more:Coffee
New daycare 2008-01-28 23:26:00 New place, uncertainties will sure to prevail. How not to when W was all the while,from birth,under the care of his aunty?W was aware that he would be going to a new nanny. I guess he retaliated by crying upon separating with him at the kindy. He still cried even after almost 3 weeks at this new kindy. Sigh...He told Tr O that he would eat on his own without help. (Wow, that's great!). Tr O returned the dozen of diapers to me and told me W wouldn't need those diapers in her house. He didn't wet himself while he was napping. (Another great news!)Tr O also explained to me that W wouldn't need his feeding bottle for his milk as she would bepreparing the milk in a cup for him. I cautioned to her that this may discourage W from taking milk as small kids take pleasure in sucking from feeding bot
Would I let go? 2008-01-28 10:07:00 Today is the first day that my guys would be with the new nanny or day-care centre which is a home-based one. For W, it meant prior arrangement with the kindy in respect of transport going back home. Not less than three times did I reminded the office of the kindy of the change of destination for W and hence change of van transport. So much so that I felt that I was overly 'concerned' of the whole thing that I underestimated capability of the administration of the kindy to handle the transport arrangement.The idea of being present whilst W is dismissed and boarding the new transport was considered. Alas! Following my strong instinct that I should be around (just in case if things really go wrong which might not happen as the credibility of the administration supervisor who handled this cha
Instruction from the kid 2008-01-25 13:27:00 While unloading groceries from the trolley to the cashier counter assisted by the guys, I reminded W to be careful with the eggs. To my pleasant surprise, W promptly replied me, 'Mommy, you take the fragile things first.' So, was that an instruction to my instruction?I was a little taken aback to his response and then I realised that he was asking me to take the fragile things first (such as the eggs) so that he could help me to clear the rest of the groceries and place them on the cashier counter. He clearly understands the consequences of mishandling fragile stuff.He had just turned 5. Being the choleric W, this guy knows clearly what he is doing.Lesson # 32 - Kids can be having sharp and alert minds that don't stop thinking. We, as parents, have to be more alert than them to stay on 'to Read more:Instruction
Aqua-phobia 2008-01-25 12:43:00 W loved to play in the water when he was a young toddler. Unlike H, he was much bolder when exploring in the water. However, a few accidents in the water caused him to develop mild aqua-phobia
. Though he seemed to like the idea of going for a swim when we suggested it, there is a doubt in him and when we were near the pool,he backed off. He didn't even want to go near the pool. However, he enjoyed looking at his brother and cousins having fun in the pool.He would be very cautious, just sitting at the side of the pool with the legs in the water. He might later sit on the steps going down the pool but would never let the water touch his chest, not to mention his hair. If he is excited enough,he might venture out a little, moving away from side of the pool but didn't want to move far or to t
Bedwetting at five 2008-01-23 11:00:00 W is almost 5 and a half. His physical development is much better compared to H, in a lot of ways. Yet, the only thing that still plague me is his inability to pee without having his diaper when he sleeps (whether at night or daytime during his naps). H got off his diapers when he was 3+. I started training W only when he was 4+. I trained W the same way I did for H. For one month, waking him up at nights to let him pee didn't help to get him off his diapers. It wasn't an easy stage for me compared to 7 years ago, probably age is catching up on me. I had to set the alarm clock every 2 hours. At times, there would be surprises where W would wet the bed even before 2 hours. So, my midnightly routine would be to wake him up to pee, set the alarm clock to go off in the next 2 hours, wake him u
Mom's worst fall 2008-01-21 10:33:00 What was supposed to be a normal evening after dinner turned out to be a minor 'mishap'. After dinner I took the kids for a stroll at our condo. Trying to add some fun to a dull evening, I thought of a wild idea to play hide-and-seek with W. I gestured to H to hide from W's sight when W was a few steps ahead from us.In another 30 seconds, we went to the original spot where we parted from W. He was gone. Panic overtook me. The next thing was we heard W screaming for 'Mommy,Mommy'. Sending H to one side of the condo to locate his brother, I went to the opposite end.The clumsy side of me had almost lost her sharp senses of her surrounding. Not noticing the few flight of stairs in front of me, I almost lied flat on the ground after a few balancing tripping steps forward. I landed on my stomach
Grand Livina, our ideal family car 2008-01-20 07:33:00 This is the latest launch from Nissan. A 7-seater, my type of dream car. A 7-seater would be ideal
for my guys so that they can play or lie down or bounce and hop in the spacious car. I can't help dropping by to take a peep at the brandnew model when we passed by the showroom after our breakfast today.At RM86,000 for a 1.6 litre, it's really not that pricey. Plus, Nissan is known for producing vehicles with economical fuel-consumption, for this one it costs petrol of RM0.17 per km. RM200+ for each maintenance, so, maintenance wouldn't burn a hole in the pocket.I couldn't resist when the salesman offer us a test-drive of the 1.8 litre. First time in my life I ever test drive any car. And, this is a 1.8 litre car! So, without hesitation, my guys and hubby hopped into the car. My hubby allowe Read more:Grand
What to look for in a daycare centre? 2008-01-19 00:48:00 What are the criteria of a good daycare centre? The answers would boil down to what you want your kids to achieve.Finding a daycare centre has never become an issue until now because Big Aunty is moving to a place which is inconvenient for the school transport of W and H. So, it is time to look for a nanny or a daycare centre. The questions I asked myself is why do I need to put them under the care of a nanny and why do I need to put them in a daycare centre?With a nanny, they may be having a lot more attention and care as the number of kids under supervision would normally be very small. The kids' meals are presumably well taken care of, again as the number of kids in a home is normally limited and food is normally home-cooked.I have a candidate in mind, to be nanny to my kids. She's our
Be Careful, Mummy 2008-01-18 20:10:00 I almost melted when I heard these words, 'Be careful yeah, got cars' (meaning be careful of cars) coming from W even though there is grammatical error. I was leaving the house to fetch H from his tuition class at night. As I turned back to look at him after he spoke those words, he added, 'If the light turn green,go faster' (meaning I should quickly drive as soon as the traffic light turns green).I stopped at the doorstep and gave him a big hug and a big kiss, too. Probably, that is one of his ways to earn my attention, hugs and kisses.At 5, W is more matured than H at the same age. He is, in his own way, emotional too. Read more:Careful
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Blogging for a purpose 2008-01-16 10:41:00 My blog is finally approved by Smorty!I have started blogging since less than six months ago. Initially, it was for fun but later I realise that blogging can be much more than a hobby, it can help pay for more bills. We can actually get paid for blogging. So, why not? Blog and share and get paid at the same time. What a noble purpose!It can help realise my dreams. But, it may probably take longer since I am only blogging on a part-time basis. Nothing comes easy, as the saying goes, 'No pain, No gain'. There will be a price for everything. Informative and interesting contents are vital. These are what attract advertisers and Smorty will provide a link to them. Only through websites such as Smorty, would advertisers discover bloggers like us and offer us opportunities to do blog advertising Read more:Blogging
Insurance Woes 2008-01-14 05:34:00 Whenever my employer requires quotation of insurance premium for our assets, a major tender exercise will be conducted due to the sheer amount of the annual premium payable. The tender exercise, inevitably, requires a few processes including pre-qualification, invitation, opening, clarification (if necessary) etc.Recently, I came across this website which claims to provide online insurance premium quotation. The policies available is not only constrained to non-life policies but also covers employee benefit insurance packages and other life policies.If such website is available here, the process of selecting the right insurance policies would be a breeze. With the wide comparison of major insurance companies, savings or even lower insurance premium will be ensured. But, is the role of an i
Mommy, I wanna go home 2008-01-09 10:37:00 W is a little unusual, instead of settling down a few days after the first day, he became a little difficult as the days go by.Thinking that yesterday was breeze, today should be easier. But, I was too happy too soon. He wasn't pleased when he could not play at the playground. He has not gotten used to sharing yet in this new environment. He refused to join in the group to play and preferred to play alone. When the bell rang for the students to go into the class, he gave a very dissatisfied, 'I wanna
go home'. Yet, I continued to coax him into the classroom. He wasn't happy at all when I sat him at his desk. When I kissed him goodbye, he was resisting but knowing that he has to be in school no matter what, he demanded for the blocks. His friendly little cute neighbour obligingly handed him Read more:Mommy
Third Day Of School 2008-01-08 21:04:00 It's the third day of school. I was still keeping my fingers crossed that W would not resist school. As usual, he couldn't play at the playground. When I took him to the classroom, he wasn't clinging very tightly and I could sense that he was letting go of me. Maybe, my encouragement to him that he would get a cup of icecream if he goes to school helped. Going to his seat and later playing with some blocks, he gave me a few hugs and a kiss. He even said goodbye to me. Phew, what a relieve! A super smooth third day! Read more:School
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Curiosity killed the cat 2008-03-05 11:17:00 W always amazes us. This time, I found him with a speck of chilli red blood above his upper lips. It was last Saturday when I was at the computer when he came to me. He was supposed to be playing his plasticine at the living room.I was shocked and asked him what did he do. Immediately I went searching for his 'toys' that cut his face. I found a disposable shaver and an empty plastic bag. He took the new disposable shaver from the drawer and went experimenting on his face. Wiping the blood from his face, I kept asking if he felt any pain. Trying to show that he is brave, he repeatedly told me it's not painful.After a few minutes, I questioned him why did he shave. 'I want to be a man!' he said firmly and not long later he was complaining of pain above his lips. I guess it took a while for h
First post approved 2008-03-14 19:27:00 My first post with PPP is approved! It's really fast, it gets approved in less than a day. I'm so excited and can't wait to be writing more to achieve my dreams. In the meantime, I still got to learn a lot on how to create interests on my blog. Read more:First
Disclosure Policy 2008-03-13 12:40:00 This policy is valid from 07 March 2008.This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact munchwyng@gmail.com.This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on thos Read more:Disclosure
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Bad credit 2008-03-13 12:34:00 I would recommend this website to someone I know who used to own a bad credit
card. He shied away from applying for any credit card from any financial institutions. I suppose those were the expensive lessons he has to learn from an uncontrollable zest for luxurious belongings.I’ve personally checked out the site and find some very useful information about the various credit card companies that offer credit cards to those with not-so-good credit background. Comparison of the terms (such as rates, fees and other costs) offered can be viewed here. There is even a facility to apply for the card online. So convenient!
Who needs umbrella? 2008-03-10 01:12:00 I learnt this trick from the teacher at W's old nursery school. It was raining one day as I parked my car in front of the nursery, getting ready to alight with W. I was struggling a bit, getting down the car with the huge umbrella
while at the same time making sure that W and his bag didn't get wet. As we were passing the gate, we met the teacher who was with her son who also went to the same nursery.I could notice she was laden with a couple of her own bags, her son's bag and her brolly. There I notice her son was clad with a cute and bright blue raincoat, with a hood, of course, tagging along with her. Ha, why didn't I think of this earlier?As I smiled glancing at her and then next the 'little blue riding hood', she said, 'It's easier this way.' Ha! why didn't I think of this earlier
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