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Important Mission!

2011-03-28T07:50:00.002+08:00

We three sisters have made up to the arrangement to take our turns to go back Taiping and help things out. I am the first to start this so called important mission! Reason being Theng can only come upon her hubby's return on 10 April 2011. And Woon will come back this coming Saturday, 2 April 2011. Thank goodness my manager approved my leave, I did explain why to her.
Hubby fetched me and Kye Xin back to Teluk Intan for a wedding dinner on Saturday. Kye Xin is the happiest of all, she did not have to worry about anything but to enjoy her days out of KL to the maximum. She had a great time at the dinner, dancing and eating all way to the end.
Next day, Sunday, 8am, we started our journey back Taiping. Managed to reach at about 10am. Had breakfast at Restaurant Kakak and came back home.
First task of the day is to bathe Kye Xin and unload her stuff. Then I started to vacumn the floor. I began with downstairs first. After vacumn, I wiped the TV cabinets, the computer table, the sofa, the coffee table and the dining table. I then mopped the floor.
Then we went out to buy lunch. We spent RM11 solely to buy those Nyonya kuih. Hmmm, can't imagine kuih nowadays can cost this much. Mummy said Papa didn't have rice for the whole one week. Reason being there isn't much choice in the Kamunting area for him to buy. When Papa ate the rice, he asked where I bought it from. I said, it was from the Peace Hotel. He replied he didn't know where to buy all these. Of course la, I said. It was all the while Mummy's job to do all these.
After the lunch, I went upstairs and start to vacumn and mop the floor. I finally realised that owning a landed property is not easy, things made worse with a double storey. I cleaned the balcony and changed all bedsheets. By the end of the day, I am all flat.
Mummy was very glad that I am here to help. She labelled me as her new maid, Papa is the old maid. Hahahahaha, I am happy too to help her. Today, I will be cooking meals for them. Kye Xin will also be with me this whole week. She is so far so good in Taiping, making herself very comfortable here. And I felt they are happy too to see her, Kye Xin will definately add laughter and happiness to Mummy, Papa and Jason!

Series of misperhaps in my family

2011-03-22T21:57:00.003+08:00

March 2011 wasn't a good month to cherish after all. Other than my sis's birthday, the rest are all disasters and series of accidents. A week before the school holiday, my bro Jason met with motor accident and injured his left wrist. He went for an operation to insert a wire in and fixed his bones. He needs to go for series of physiotherapy and will need to wait for 2-3 months to fully recover.
11 March 2011, the whole world is shocked to hear about Japan's tsunami + earthquake. Not only that, their nuclear plant exploded too, which resulted in a total lost to the country. My heart dropped when I saw those photos in the newspapers. I reminded myself to appreciate even more with what I have now.
19 March 2011, mum fell while hiking the mountain. We didn't know until she called us on Sunday morning just before entering the operation theater. This is something which I fear the most each time when I heard them hiking those mountains. Reason being that mummy is a diabetic patient. No one would ever want to get themselves hurt. She hurt her left ankle, and I sensed this must be a bad one!
She must not step on the floor for the coming 6 weeks. In 10 days' time she will have to go to take off the stitches. But from now, it would mean a complete change to our family. I understand why mummy didn't want to inform us earlier. Yes, she didn't want us to worry for her as we have our own family to look after. Then again in my mind, I couldn't think of anything else but to be there with her through these few weeks.
I discussed with Theng and thought if we can take turn to go back to take care of her. Now that Jason is injured too, that leave only papa himself. It will be extremely difficult, I couldn't imagine what will happen later.
I knew mummy didn't tell us all the details. I knew she is very sad now. I knew she must have blamed herself for making us worried of her. I knew she treated herself a burden to us. But I just want to tell her that she musn't think of all those but instead sharing with us. No matter how hard, we shall go through this time together.
Kuan Yin Ma, please please please please , a thousand, million, billion, zillion please to bless my one and only mummy. Let her recover, give her strength to go through these 6 weeks. And I shall be truly extremely grateful! Let Jason recover too, and bless him with his SPM examination this year!

First drama to be nominated!!!

2011-03-17T22:11:00.002+08:00

I was writing about how she finished her 4oz of milk yesterday. I will continue from there! At about 10.30pm, she cried. I thought she must be hungry.....and gave her soy milk again. She is quite reluctant to drink even that she closed her eyes. I managed to put her to sleep.
Hubby came back at about 12midnight. After a while, she cried again. This time it was pretty loud. I gave up and prepared her milk. I pity her for battling with us and ended up hungry and couldn't sleep well. I tell you, we have already cross the border, Kye Xin really jumped out this round. She cried very badly, each time using her hand to push away the bottle. She must have thought we give her soy milk again. I thought if she smell soy and hubby drank her first bottle. I washed thoroughly her bottle with soap and rinse it with hot water to get rid of the smell. And prepared the second bottle. We even told her to look at the milk powder when we were to put it into the bottle. Still she rejected and continued crying.
I didn't want her to cry for long as it would cause much more wind to enter into her body. I am very much tired, stressed out and angry. I knew I can't beat her, and I chose to open the main entrance and told her to stop crying. Luckily she lowered down her tone and began to look around. Hubby tried making her happy by taking out an item after an item with the intention to make her happier, then to try to make her drink the milk we prepared. After a while, we failed and I gave up.
I brought her into the room, warned her not to cry again and I slept. 5mins later, she called me and rested on my head. She said to me "Nen nen". I reconfirm with her and she said it out again. Fine, I took her out and prepared the third bottle. Same ending, she only wanted plain water and pushed away the milk. Next thing I did, I passed on the job to hubby. I am simply very very tired and couldn't be bothered to say nice words to her. She better not cry in the next few hours, else I do not know what I am going to do next.
Kye Xin managed to sleep till 6am. Hubby gave her milk, she rejected initially but later on drank it. How can she reject milk when she is hungry. I complained the whole night drama to nanny this morning. Kye Xin's face turned sour instantly and wouldn't want to say goodbye to me. She is really a bad tempered lady.
Later nanny decided to bring her to see Dr Low again. This is the first doctor we saw last Friday. She had soft stools as a result of the milk she had in the morning. The doctor advised us to mix Milo with the soy milk to encourage her to drink. She gave a powder form medicine to make her stools harden.
Today, she ate pumpkin porridge, drank the Milo+soy milk and few slices of bread. At about 7.50pm, she passed out and the stools seem thicker than before. 10mins later, she lied on the floor and suddenly slept.
I took her to the room and changed her with her sleeping wear. I was very surprised that she is not waking up. This is the first time that I see her sleeping so fast and looked extremely tired. I checked out with nanny. Turned out to be she did not have her afternoon nap as she was busy playing hide and seek with nanny's daughter.
She looked much more better and I do hope she will regain her appetite soon. I missed her chubby face. Yes, I did complain when she gained weight earlier, and now I regretted that she now losses her weight. Poor thing!!!!!!

Pity Kye Xin asking for "Nen Nen"

2011-03-16T21:38:00.002+08:00

It's Wednesday today. 6th day since Kye Xin is down with food poisoning. As of now she stopped vomiting, but still her stools are not solid enough to qualify to get back to her cow's milk. Her appetite remain lesser than her normal days. I was also down with diarrhea yesterday. It started on Monday night, no stomach cramp but only felt the urge to pass out. I can't remember how many times I went into the toilet, should be no lesser than 6 times. Initially I applied for first half Tuesday to bring Kye Xin to doctor to examine, and finally ended up seeing doctor together.
Doctor explained the whole situation to me, and mentioned that the virus can spread within the house and can last between 2 to 6 days. He gave me medical leave and I get to rest at home. I must have slept for the whole afternoon. Felt very very fresh today, there's difference after resting at home for a day without Kye Xin disturbing.
Today Kye Xin is begging us for milk. She refused to drink the soy milk which I bought for her. Doctor said we should avoid lactose product for her until her stools become normal. Being mature than before, she simply know how to differentiate and rejected to drink. She would rather drink plain water instead of the soy milk. Even white bread is not her favourite either. Hahahahahahaha, she will just chew and throw out a while later. Nanny cooked her porridge, she took a little, cooked rice in the evening with her favourite vegetable, still she refused to eat. We ended up giving her rice crackers.
Just now when I took her to bed, as when she tried to kiss me, suddenly she bite my cheek. Hmm, she must have been angry with me for not giving her milk. I told her many times why I did this, hopefully she understands! Later when she requested for milk, I let her to hold my spectacles and managed to persuade her to drink about 4oz. Not too bad!
Hopefully by tomorrow, her stools will be better and I shall consider to give her milk or not. I do really hope she will recover asap!

Kye Xin gets food poisoning!

2011-03-13T22:21:00.002+08:00

Thursday night, we went to pasar malam and bought cakes for Kye Xin as usual. That was the last food she ate that night. Friday morning, 5.30am, she woke up, looked at me and suddenly vomited some phlegm and sliver. 10 mins later, she vomited again. I called hubby who was working in office. He is on midnight shift till 7am. At about 6.20am, she vomited again, this round it was all yellowish greenish liquid. I wonder why it happens.
My colleague came to fetch me to work that morning. As a precautionary measure, I brought along a cup, just in case there's forth round of vomiting. And my prediction is correct that the minute I went into her car, Kye Xin vomited.
I told nanny the whole scenario and she asked what did I give her yesterday. I said the cakes in the pasar malam. Immediately she said it must be the cakes, either they are not fresh or they did not handle the food well. I also gave nanny her medicines for her mosquito bites. There are two and it is badly swollen.
At about 8.30am, nanny called me and said she is bringing her to see the doctor. She gave her milk, thinking to feed her medicine after that, but she vomited right away, and it wasn't a normal vomit. I called hubby right away to go over to see her. Hubby came back at about 6.30am and was already prepared in case of emergency.
The doctor confirmed that it is food poisoning. She can't drink milk at least for the whole day, and can only take barley. If she passes out later, then she can take plain porridge or white bread. The whole Friday went on like that and on Saturday, I felt she should be better.
She rejected the soy milk as she is now wiser to choose what she likes and what she dislikes. Saturday, about 5pm, I gave her milk. She did not take much food the whole day and I thought I give her milk which she loves. Little did I know that I am causing much trouble after that.
Hubby drove back to Teluk Intan at about 6pm, together with MIL and SIL. He is to attend a wedding dinner on Sunday night.
The night went on well when I took Kye Xin into the room to change and to sleep. I rubbed oil on her stomach and minutes later, she passes out wind and motion. Hmmm, I wonder, it came back. And I thought I should be giving her the anti vomit medicine. I cleaned her and took her out. As I fed her with the medicine syrup, perhaps she choked herself, suddenly she vomited whatever she ate the whole day. It was terribly unexpected thing to see, and I told myself to be brave and not to cry. First thing I told her to co-operate with me and stand aside. I took the kitchen towels and wiped out whatever was on the floor. Next to dilute some soap and wiped the floor. I couldn't clean them so well because I afraid Kye Xin would have fall if she was to walk on the wet floor. I quickly changed her clothing, fed her with the medicine again and brought her in to sleep. She must have been feeling so uncomfortable, due to the mistake of me giving her milk. I am truly sorry Kye Xin!
I called hubby and nanny to explain the situation. I told nanny to be prepared in case of emergency, I would need her to fetch me to the nearest clinic. She is also kind enough to turn on her handphone the whole night. And she reminded me to maintain the right diet for her on Sunday. No milk, just purely barley, white bread and her soy milk. And I agreed.
At about 3.30am, Kye Xin woke me up. She was dreaming of food I guess, her mouth moving left to right as if she is sucking something. She must have been hungry, poor thing. I woke up and gave her soy milk. She drank all and slept till 9am today.
Nanny called in to check if she is all right. I cooked her barley, and today she passed out diarrhea 4 times, it should be normal to release all the wind out from her stomach. She did not vomit today, but choked a little when I fed her medicine. One thing for sure, she drank much lesser today, 3oz the max. Pity her!
Hopefully by tomorrow, she will recover. Hubby constantly called in to check on her, and I told him that Kye Xin missed him. She stood at the main entrance and called out Papa. Just now when she went into the room, she did call out Papa loudly. Luckily I decided not to travel back with him, with such condition, I'm sure travelling will make things worse for her. He will be back tomorrow, and working from 3pm-11pm. Kye Xin will need to wait till Tuesday morning to talk to her daddy again.

Good 16 Months

2011-03-10T22:19:00.003+08:00

Today, Kye Xin is officially 16 months old. A year and 4 months, 485 days, 11,640 hours, 698,400 minutes, 41,904,000 seconds. How time flies!!! Today, she walks, she runs, she climbs, she talks her language, she greets us, she waved goodbye and kisses, she hugs and so much more. We are slowly introducing words and letters to her, showing flashcards to her and she slowly recognise some of them. At babysitter's home, she has a set of her own "Masak" and she will act as if pouring tea into a teacup and play around. Last two weeks, we also slowly trying to get her not to wear on diapers during the day. The weather is getting hotter by day and we thought how good if she doesn't wear diaper. Toilet training is on, and somehow it is kinda difficult to get her to tell us when she wants to pass urine or motion.
16 months, not too long yet not too short. Lots of things change, as now hubby works according to shift hours. No more sweet sweet both of us to wake up early in the morning and send Kye Xin to babysitter. I only get to do that perhaps a week in a month, that is when he is on morning shift 7am to 3pm. And that is also in a rush as we have to wake up earlier and rush to office earlier. The rest of the week I will car pool with my colleague. I am very thankful that she is willing to fetch me and Kye Xin. My days are harder, as I need to juggle the morning session myself. No choice but to sacrifice my sleeping time. No regrets though, as I understand hubby is trying to make a change for better days for our family. Somehow he needs to go through this stage, hopefully he will excel, get promotion, earn better for us.
This year, we discussed, we will try for another baby by end of the year. We are slowly into changing our diet and lifestyle, hoping that we are more ready to have a second baby. Let's hope everything will run smoothly and Kye Xin to learn to be more and more independent. She is now deemed the rascal of the family, ransacking the whole house and receiving complaints of her bad acts everyday. Hahahahahahaha....I wonder what will happen next when she talks better???? Let's see in the following few months! Till now, Happy 16months birthday to Kye Xin!!!! Daddy and Mummy love you!

21 January 2011 - The day we feared and we learnt!

2011-02-01T22:48:00.004+08:00

It was the usual working Friday. And it was the last few weeks before we celebrate Chinese New Year. And this time round, I suggested to hubby that we made a trip to Isetan KLCC to check things out. So hubby went over to pick dearly Kye Xin and came together to pick me.
We did not buy anything except for Kye Xin's dress. She is always the one with the most buys as we tend to look for her stuff more than our own. Naturally I guess, when kids came into our life.
Dinner time, about 7pm, I suggested that we go dinner in Desa Setapak. It was our favourite place to eat way before we moved into our new house. That night, it rained. And the place where hubby parked his car was abit narrower than usual.
I used to sit at the back of the car with Kye Xin. But I chose to sit in the front that night, simply because it was raining heavily and of the reason stated earlier. And I just dumped my handbag and Kye Xin's bag to the back seat. Neither did we realise that we became the robber's target!
Hubby stopped at the traffic light in Jalan Genting Kelang, opposite Kenny Rogers. I remembered our conversation was about our daughter whom had grown up so fast and how time flies where suddenly we heard a loud bang on our car. My first reaction, is there an accident? Hubby then looked behind and noticed a pair of hands trying to grab my handbag away. Oh my God, they came to break the mirror and aimed at my handbag. I was in total shock, I did not do anything but to just looked into Kye Xin's eyes. She appeared to be cool, did not cry and I just told her to quickly hug me. Thank goodness, they failed and we were all safe.
We quickly drove the car to the police station and made a police report. I informed the babysitter and she came to pick Kye Xin. She stayed overnight at her house that night while we settled the car. The next day, hubby went to fix the car and washed the car.
The day we feared the most - we never expected that those stories or experiences we read in e-mails/newspapers had happen to us. And the day we learnt - we are more alert and not to expose our belongings. Whenever we are at any traffic light, I will look left, right, left, right! The phobia is still with me, but I choose to be extra alert now!
Imagine those beasts did that even with my baby in the car. I couldn't think of if they were to hurt my precious Kye Xin. Hubby and I thanked Kuan Yin for this. We survived and we shall learn from this incident!

My reward for Year 2010

2011-01-10T22:27:00.003+08:00

I have always reward myself for the hardwork I contributed every year. And 2 January 2011, I decided to go for the gadget I eyed since its launch last year - Iphone 4. I made an early visit to Maxis KLCC and managed to get a number to buy the unit. Decided to go for 32Gb, iValue 1 plan for 24 months. The process is not long though, it wasn't that bad as compared to those who bought it before. First impression, amazing and nice. And second thought, how to use ar?
I am glad that there are a group of Iphone 4 users in the office and they are kind enough to share and teach the techniques. Downloaded quite a number of Apps, sync-ing in my contacts, photos and music files.
One good thing, Kye Xin doesn't know that it is a smartphone and showed no interest with my new gadget. Good! At least I am not too worried if she takes my phone to play with.
My days will be even more colourful and enjoyable with my new gadget!

The end of the year 2010

2011-01-10T22:10:00.004+08:00

How fast time flies! I had greeted goodbye to 2010. Memories seem flashing through my mind, and I wondered what I had done in the year 2010. Hmm, raising up Kye Xin will be so far one of the proudest moment I had ever did. She is merely two months old when it was January, one month after another, lots of ups and downs, from learning to turn over, to sit, to crawl and surprising us by walking just before turning one.....how amazing a child's development is. And she managed to call me Mama and hubby Papa. Love her dearly much.
Kuan Yin was also very kind to me for blessing me with my pre-pregnancy figure. A sincere thank you to Her! I did receive compliments that I am thinner than before. And I wonder how I did that. No doubt I am now gaining my weight, I would just have to watch over my diet.......to prepare for the upcoming CNY.
Hubby's career did change too....he made a hop to another company....many challenges before he accepted the offer.....many discussions, arguments, but yet I am glad he did the right move. Our days are going to be tougher this year, hopefully he will be able to sail through.
Me at work, projects come projects. Never ending, with all three quarter closing came one month earlier. Stressful, knowing that I have another work on after my office work a.k.a. babysitting. That is why I felt I am more determined and careful in whichever decision I made. I know the family need me and I have to be physically and mentally ready to be with them.

Kye Xin Walks.......

2010-12-15T22:47:00.003+08:00

I arrived KL on 25 Oct 2010 morning. I went straight to Ora's house to clean up and changed. We ate breakfast and she fetched me home. I took the time in the afternoon to clean the house. Hmmm, nothing much changes, except that the floors are abit sticky. Yoke was kind enough to fetch Kye Xin to me. The minute I see her, I do not know what to say. Missing her.....but Kye Xin seemed blur looking at me. Who is this person?
The minute we entered the house, I realised she knew I am back home. And in another few minutes later, she surprised me by walking a few steps unsupported to hug me. I remembered myself saying to her to practise walk and walk and show Mummy when Mummy returns from Shanghai. Kye Xin did listen to me and did her job absolutely well.
And from the day onwards, her walking days begins!

Hangzhou & Shanghai 16-25 October 2010

2010-11-23T20:28:00.005+08:00

I knew it is about time for me to update my blog. I treated myself for a vacation by joining Ora to a trip to Hangzhou and Shanghai from 16-25 October 2010. It all started when Ora said that she is going to visit the Shanghai Expo 2010. She will be provided with free accomodation and thus can allow to bring a friend along. There she came and pop me the question. I thought and thought, and asked for consent from my hubby. Little did I know that he agreed to let me go and willing to take up the responsibility as both Daddy+Mummy throughout my vacation.
I guess in my whole lifetime I did not travel to overseas as much like she did. I handed the whole responsibility to her to plan for the vacation. I voiced my concern to go to shop for my girl's clothing. Not much sightseeing needed, I said. I can shop, shop and shop.
We reached Hangzhou and stayed for a night. We had the chance to walk around the town the following day.

We took a train down Shanghai at about 6pm. I was feeling like being sold as a slave while taking the train. No seat is provided, we bought the wrong train tickets, I was tired, and there goes our one and a half hour in the train. The minute we reached Shanghai, we boarded a taxi and headed to her friend's house. Ivy@Haylsen, I remembered.
We went to Shanghai Expo 2010 for the following two days. We were lucky to be able to purchase the admission tickets at the lower price. Thanks to Rachel from Technip Shanghai. I tell you, the place is absolutely huge, very very nice, amazing, clean......salute to the China government for organising such a wonderful place for us to visit. Of course we did not get to go into all the Pavillions, however we managed to capture hundreds of photos. I would like to thank Ora for teaching me on how to use my DSLR, and I even received compliments for able to take such great photos.
Next, Ora took me to tailor made my office clothes, RMB 90 per piece. I would say it is value for money - we choose the cloths, we choose the design, and they will finish tailoring in a few days time. Then, it is my girl's clothes hunting days. We went to a place called Chi Pu Road, something like Sungei Wang complex. There are about 4-5 complexes here, each level selling clothings for men, women, kids and etc. I shopped like mad, bought lots lots of clothes for Kye Xin. The bonus is they were extremely cheap, many of them cost less than RM10 each.
Apart from all this, Ora took me to go for some sightseeing, namely The Bund. I loved those night views. I missed hubby and Kye Xin alot while I was there. I also managed to buy some tea leaves, gifts and souvenier for relatives and friends.
Overall, I find my money is well spent for this trip. Though tired walking, taking public transport everyday, but I am glad to join in this trip with Ora. Big and sincerely thank you to Ora Ong.

P/S: Due to time constraint, you may all view my photos in my Facebook.

Kye Xin Bb's Walking Journal

2010-10-16T08:59:00.003+08:00

I have been very lazy nowadays to pen down my blog. Kye Xin Bb is growing each day and becomes more demanding these days. And she is slowly learning to walk, which means my job is even more challenging and difficult. There were a number of times where she fell, and I had good scoldings for that. She can walk with support by clinging to the tables, the sofa, the chairs. At few occasions, she can walk the most four steps unsupported. However, we musn't call her name out loud, she will be very nervous and end up sitting and back to her crawling.
For the past two days, I kept looking at her and found that she looks more mature now. She knows how to listen to us. For instance, I had a fish rubbery toy which I had it in the car and I called it FISHY. Every morning, I would ask her, Where's Fishy? And she will take the toy up and show me proudly. Other things like when you said you want to hug her, then she will come to you and hug you. And when I said I want to change her shirt, she will raise up both her hands.
The babysitter also taught her if she feels afraid, she will pat her heart with both her hands. And if she wants us to rub the medical oil, she will pat her stomach with both her hands. For all this development, I felt it is amazing, and Kye Xin Bb being a baby less than 1 year old, I am very proud of her.
Today, I will be flying off to Shanghai. And to this, hubby had been good to take over my job for a week. He will be fetching Kye Xin Bb everyday and take care of her during weekends. I also told Kye Xin Bb of the plan, hoping she will be a good good girl. Hopefully everything will run smoothly and I'll be seeing them again on 25 October 2010.

Very very high fever, yet still smiling!

2010-09-27T20:59:00.002+08:00

Last Saturday morning, 25 Sept, Kye Xin Bb was down with high fever. I started to feel that her body is warm when she came back on Friday night. We thought what would cause the fever. As the nanny is sick, she thought if it was her who transmitted the virus to her. Since Dr. Johan is in on Saturday, we took her there. 39 degrees, doc said. And he immediately instructed his nurse to put a bullet @ medicine to her buttock. He proceeded by giving Kye Xin Bb a thing to hold while he checked on her. Her throat was slightly red, but no ulcers. At the end of the examination, doctor said no doubt she is having fever, but she doesn't look like in pain. He was pretty amazed with her.
The thing we fear most came. I asked hubby to put her on the weighing scale. On July10, she was at about 11.2kg. It was funny to hear how hubby commented. When he placed her on the scale, and the scale passed 11, he said no hope already. He meant for her weight reduction. And the result was, Kye Xin Bb put on half a kg, total 11.7kg.
Then again, the nurse and doctor said it is normal for her, in terms of her size and height. This round, Kye Xin Bb greeted the doctor 'Bye bye' with her hand. She laughed out loud and I tell you, she remembered this place.
As a result, no swimming session this weekend. Kye Xin Bb was so stoned after taking the medicines. Even when I went out for an outing with my friends, she doesn't have the mood to smile and entertain them. She just sleep and sleep.
Today, nanny bought the Chinese medicine for her. And one discovery, there are about 3-4 new teeth at the upper level, all come out at once which explains the reason why she had fever non stop. I tell my girl, a few teeth out at the same time and yet she did not cry and remain active and playing about, she is my little good girl. What happens next, she clapped her hand and happily laugh out loud. Tough girl!

Naughty, naughty Bb

2010-09-24T20:21:00.003+08:00

Nowadays, Kye Xin Bb is non stop moving here and there. She is slowly learning to stand by herself now. Yesterday, she surprised me by standing herself, her hands flipped like wings. Smart girl, she knew how to balance herself. I immediately ask her if she is ready to walk.
Besides that, I came to discover that she knew how to get down from our bed. She will crawl backwards to the side, one leg down to touch the floor and then only the other leg down. Hahahaha, we captured her video. It was funny looking at them.
These few days, Nanny was not feeling well. She has been coughing very badly. Poor thing! Luckily Kye Xin Bb did not give much fuss to her. During the Mooncake Festival on 22 September 2010, nanny brought Kye Xin Bb to her SIL's party. How nice of her! The nanny told me that Kye Xin Bb slept from 1-5pm that day. She seem to know that Nanny is not feeling well and also she is getting ready to go to the party. Good girl! When I went to fetch her, I can see that my baby enjoyed in the party. Thanks to her, Kye Xin's first Mooncake Festival ever celebrated will be very memorable. And I prayed that Nanny would recover very very soon!

Second Birthday Gift - this comes all the way from Australia

2010-09-19T02:44:00.003+08:00

Lee Ting came back for a week's holiday. We had chance to meet up for lunch and she bought my girl a dress. And I am treating this as my girl's birthday gift. We are worried at first if it can't fit her, but later on I tried it on her, and I can say she can wear it for quite sometime. THANKS LEE TING! Though you didn't have chance to meet Kye Xin Bb in person, I am sure you'll love her as much by looking at the photos I uploaded.

Kye Xin Bb's First Birthday Gift

2010-09-19T02:36:00.002+08:00

Kye Xin Bb received her first birthday gift - from her Nanny. She bought her a dress and a pair of shoes. How thoughtful of her! There is about 2 months to go before she turns one year old. OMG, she is more anxious than me...... anyway THANK YOU! Kye Xin Bb will surely love them!

Kye Xin Bb

2010-09-19T00:30:00.004+08:00

I started to call her Kye Xin Bb lately. Sometimes she is just driving me nuts, sometimes acting very very innocent and when you started to pity for her, she would turn into a rascal again....Hahahahaha, I believe babies who are on formula milk would be behaving like what my girl is currently doing. Their brain progress and actions are tremendous. You will never know what she would have learned so far.
My days get busier in these 2 weeks. I am in the midst of closing the accounts for co's 3rd quarter. And taking care of her is a must everyday, I can't apply for AL, EL, ML..... She is very demanding nowadays, if given the chance, she will explore every part of the house and take those forbidden things. Her daddy is the one who worries the most, Kye Xin Bb will take the items and put into her mouth. We fear there will be germs. See, the photos below are taken on 11 Sept 2010, I really beh tahan looking at the photos taken. Somehow she just loves to pose in front of the camera, and it is very obvious that she looks real real naughty!

We created a new hobby for the family - SWIMMING. It is now our weekly regime, big thank you to hubby. He really stress on the importance of bringing her precious to swim. Bonus - nanny had given Kye Xin Bb her daughter's bath robe that she used to wear. With all that, this would mean Kye Xin Bb has a complete set of attire and accessories for her swimming. Each time when we want to go, I would say out loud, "SWIMMING SWIMMING", my girl will laugh out loud and is ready to get changed into her swimming suit. And now when she is in the pool, she will beat the water with her hands and her legs will kick and kick. Best of all, I get to swim and exercise. Hubby knew I hardly had time to exercise, he would then give me time to swim and he would take care of her. So far, we failed to capture moments of her swimming as three of us are in the pool already. I felt happy swimming now, one family together, doing things we love together.

this is the bathing robe

she can't wait to go to swim!

Angel's very own ANKLET!

2010-08-28T23:03:00.007+08:00

We reached Taiping yesterday morning, one of the destination for our Merdeka holidays. I came back to visit my parents and it is also Angel's second visit ever since Chinese New Year. As usual, 48hrs is simply not enough, tomorrow we will head on to Teluk Intan to visit my parents-in-law.
Today, for breakfast, we went to eat wan tan mee at our favourite stall. Then I went to dentist to do my first ever "SCALING". Hmm, it was a good experience, and it is not painful. The fee charged here is much cheaper than in KL.
In the afternoon, I made a visit to Juru to see Ee Lin and husband. She is expecting, due 18 Oct 2010. I wished her luck, and will be praying for her safe delivery this coming Oct 2010.
At night, we went to Restaurant Kai Xin for dinner. Hmmm, coincidentally same name with my girl's name...I mean the pronounciation.
And yesterday night, we went to buy Angel a silver anklet. I felt now is the time we put on her with accessories. And with the bell, we will be able to know where she crawl/walk to or even when she wakes up. Haha, at first she felt funny wearing it, but now she no longer bothers.
I told her, "Mummy & Papa can't afford to buy you gold now, we buy silver first ok?" Hopefully she understands!

These are some of the photos taken during my 48 hours in Taiping:-

24 August 2010 - A day I will never forget!

2010-08-27T23:07:00.002+08:00

It was about 3pm. I was working like usual in office, busy updating my work and getting prepared for the coming quarter closing when I received a call from my babysitter. She sounded panic and trembled. She asked me not to get panic over what she will say to me next. "Ah B just fell off my bed", she said. My heart sank. Can't describe how I felt, and I thought, this is not the usual fall she used to have. She later explained the whole situation. My girl's head bleeds! Her husband drove her and my girl to the nearest clinic. She promised to keep me updated of her progress.
According to her, the bleeding was not that serious, and the wound is about the size of 2-3cm. She even commented that perhaps my girl has to go for stitches. OMG! I was already in tears!
The doctor later wrote her a reference letter and asked her to bring my girl to the KL GH for further checkup. According to him, my girl is very small and he wanted to ensure that she is all right. Without fail, she rushed her to GH and on and off we were on the line to ensure that I keep up to-date of her progress.
After doctor's examination, my girl does not have to go for X-ray, she doesn't show any symptoms like vomiting, etc. OK, passed first stage. Then she was brought to another doctor to see her wound. Thank goodness she does not have to go for stitches. They glued her wound only. Best thing is my girl is not crying the whole session from the clinic to GH. Except from the initial fall and the time the doctor glued her wound, the rest of the time, I would hear her laughing and shouting out loud. Even the doctor and nurses in GH also commented that why an active baby like her could end up waiting for doctor's examination.
I ended my work sharp at 4.45pm, went over to pick hubby and rushed back to fetch her. My hubby of course was very sad, figuring out why such incident happen. Of course, no one would expect that to happen. And I wouldn't want to blame any party over this matter. Anyway, thank goodness she is now well and recovering.

Pinky Pinky Pie Pie

2010-08-27T23:01:00.004+08:00

Lately, we are into swimming. My colleague, Elaine gave me his son's float to my Angel. And last Saturday, we went to the Parenthood Fair in Midvalley and ended up buying a swimwear for my girl. Hahaha, two piece. And it's pink in colour. I told myself, since I can't wear two piece, my girl shall represent on my behalf. Hmmm, still her big belly is exposed.....and it is very cute. So far, I have not taken photo of her wearing that yet, but it will come real real soon.

Third tooth and a bad illness!

2010-08-08T14:21:00.003+08:00

Angel's third tooth just came up. And she also had her first jab of pneumococcal two weeks ago. Things got worse when she is sick at the same time. Her flu and cough worsen. Last Monday, suddenly she developed high fever, up to 39.4 degrees. I was so afraid that I quickly wake her up and feed her with fever syrup. After work, I brought her to see doctor when he said she had throat infection. The whole week was crazy. Thank goodness, my nanny is helpful enough. And now she recovered. It was seriously a tiring week for all of us.

Signs of learning to walk!

2010-08-08T14:02:00.002+08:00

Angel will soon turn nine months old in 2 days time. She has been progressing very good so far. Now, I can see that whenever she is crawling, at one step, I see she is trying to stand up herself. She can now lean on the couch and the other hand holding on to her stool. I tell you, she is absolutely daring, she is not afraid that she might fall off just like that. There are a few incidents and alot of times, it happen when I am alone with her. As usual, hubby would nag and nag when I informed him. To him, my girl is now the first priority and his gem of course. He is seriously loving her more and more, sometimes too much till I felt he should have let her to learn to be independent enough. Nevertheless, I am happy that he is learning to be a good father day by day!

Now it is hubby's turn, Pa Pa

2010-08-08T14:01:00.000+08:00

Over the weekend when sis was here, Angel started to call out Papa. Hubby was very sure she called him this time. He kept on asking her to repeat. Hahahahaha, he finally got his turn. Monday night, she was calling us, both Ma Ma and Pa Pa. We were too glad to hear this. Her progress and development were tremendous. Now she can walk while holding on to the stool, her babycot or anything else. Her crawling skills improved too! Good girl!

Sis's visit

2010-08-08T13:59:00.001+08:00

We had sis and her two kids over the weekend on 23-25 July 2010. The plan was to go to the Midvalley International Toy's Fair and also to purchase milk powder and diapers for her two kids. We went to pick them up on Friday night. Her two kids were excited and they remembered my girl's name. How sweet! I find this is the good opportunity for them to gather and play together as I labelled them "Do Re Mi".....they are just one year apart from each other, San Ern turning three, San Hui turning two and Kye Xin turning one, by end of this year. Saturday, they all woke up pretty late, my girl slept till 10am. I cooked lunch, we settled with the kids and off we went out. Before we go over to Midvalley, we stopped by Phaik Har's house to visit her and newborn. It is also a gathering for me and friends. I couldn't remember when was the last time we met. Seems like months ago. And this round, we get to see all babies, 4 of them. Yeen Leng's baby, Sue Lee's baby, Phaik Har's baby and mine baby too. 2 boys and 2 gals. I heard they were discussing previously on how to matchmake them. Very funny! At the end of the day, we enjoyed the session together. After an hour, we greeted goodbye and go off straight to Midvalley. Hmm, we need to pay the admission fee for the exhibition though, so hubby decided not to join us in. It was disappointing in fact, as the toys they meant are not the one we expected. I felt it is the adult's toy and none of the booth sells toys for babies. Except for one tiny little stall where sis bought the Cat ABC Puzzle. However, the exhibition hall next to it seems interesting. It was the Health and Nutrition event. There were alot of booth inside, namely Nestle, Gardenia, Daisy, Vitagen, Yakult and many more. There were also health check offerred. We get to drink Milo, Yakult, Dutch Lady and took bread samples. It is even better and best of all, the kids and my baby get to eat the bread. After the event, we went to buy diapers and milk powder. Highlights of the day, sis found a stall selling shoes, and she bought three pairs for her kids and my girl. Now, they have something in common, except they are in different sizes. We settled for a bigger size for my girl. She has big foot, and we do not know when she can wear them. Thanks Sis!
On Sunday, we stayed at home. I went out for my facial. Hubby cooked red bean and steamed tofu, I boiled watercress soup with red dates for lunch. Sis was not feeling well like I did. We had a two hours nap together with the three musketeers. Guess they felt tired too. For dinner, I fried maggi mee. The kids and baby ate the porridge. It was raining by the time we sent them home. Hmmm, a good weeekend I find. To my surprise, my girl started responding to them compared to the previous time they were here. I felt she wanted to go down to the floor to join them running and walking here and there. She shouted each time the kids talk. After they went back, she seriously sleep alot. Even on Monday, nanny was commenting that she slept the whole day. She must be tired entertaining herself with the kids.

Ma Ma Ma Ma

2010-08-08T13:58:00.002+08:00

10 July, in the evening, all of the sudden, she calls out Ma Ma. And she kept calling them the whole night. My oh my, she is calling me. I can be sure this time that she is calling me. And do you know what hubby's respond is? He said, why didn't you call papa first? Hahahahahaha, I just said, don't get jealous. Angel is loving me more than she loves you. How bad! On the next day, she also call out loud. And another word she learnt was mum mum. She will say that when she is hungry and she saw the milk I prepared.

She throws, She beats

2010-08-08T13:58:00.001+08:00

Angel is definately growing and developing day by day. Everyday we would discover that she learnt a new skill. On Sunday, she took the ball and throw real hard on the floor. She would then crawl to take the ball and start throwing again. Then on Monday, when I went to nanny's house to fetch her, nanny said she beat her in the afternoon especially if she is slow in feeding her with porridge. We went back home that night, and she did the same to me as well. Each time she beats, she will laugh out loud. As if she enjoys doing that. And now if we say, "Give me Five", she will raise up her hand and touches my palm.

Expensive gadget for Angel

2010-08-08T13:49:00.005+08:00

5 July, Just before Angel turns 8 months old, we have a surprise for her. We decided to buy her the Bumbo Seat with Tray. I have been thinking and thinking for months to get her this as it is costly I think. The original price of this seat with tray is RM 249.90. But I managed to purchase it online with the price of RM 179.90 from www.littlewhiz.com. And I also bought Leg Huggers of RM 34.20 to make it up to RM 200.00 to qualify for free delivery. This leg huggers is cool, it is designed to protect babies while they are crawling, climbing, running or dancing. Hopefully Angel would love these!

Beba.....

2010-08-08T13:49:00.001+08:00

3 July, Saturday. In the morning, we went out to the wet market and bought groceries for the week. Angel was there with us, and we had breakfast there. Hubby bought bread for her and she ate with joy. Angel was corresponding with the aunty in the market, she will say "Er er er" when she asked her questions. So funny to hear that. Then I cooked lunch and we started to clean up the house while she was taking her nap. Later s we were spending time together playing with her, all of the sudden, she said the word "Beba.." We were stunned. Hubby then asked,"Is she calling me?" I said, "No, you are dreaming." Hahahahaha, how bad of me. Somehow it resembles like calling the word papa. Angel's face looked funny, wondering what we were talking about. Ever since then, I kept saying to her, Beba....Beba...and she will smile!

She sits, she crawls, she stands

2010-08-08T13:39:00.004+08:00

Just before Angel turns 8 months, she did all three at a time, Sit, Crawl, Stand. 11 June, she sit up straight. Every night, she would sit next to me and played with her toy and teether. By then she also knew how to crawl, except that it is the swimming position. 26 June, she started to crawl and she is able to stand. She will hold on the cot rail and stand up. She wasn't that steady to crawl yet, but it was amazing to see her developing day by day. She will grab on the chair or anything solid and stand up. This is the time that either me and Hubby had to give full attention to her. Hubby took the initiative to clean up the living hall, emptied the area and clean the floor. This is to ensure that the germs are not everywhere. I felt perhaps due to the diarrhea she had last month, Hubby is now more careful and practise hygiene concept. Good news, he is loving our family more and more each day. I had taken photos of her sitting, standing, crawling for the few days. Here are some to share.

She fell from my bed!

2010-08-08T13:38:00.000+08:00

27 June, Sunday morning, hubby went to the market and off to office to work. I was bathing her, changed her into her clothes and I put her on my bed. I was just about to place her mat on my shower rack when she fell off my bed. I quickly carried her up and rub her head. She cried out loud but it ended the minute I carried her. I was so sorry and kept apologizing to her. I shouldn't have leave her alone even only for a few seconds. My next reaction was to call my husband. He was still in the market and he drove back immediately. He scolded me for being careless, I couldn't care less as I was the one to be blamed and I wanted to ensure that she is all right. I spent the rest of the day with her. Come evening, hubby came back, and as I marched in the toilet for my bath, I heard her crying again. She was standing in her cot and she fell. Her eyes hit on the cot and there's a slight bruise near to the eye area. This round, hubby is the one to be blamed. Luckily she is all right, she did not cry long either. I reminded Angel to be careful next time....and I hope she understands!

Technip Sports Day - 26 June 2010

2010-08-08T13:35:00.001+08:00

This is the second time I went to my company's Sports Day. I did not participate in any event, I just registered my name, get the freebies and be the spectator of the event. Hahahaha...and this round, I went with hubby and of course my little Angel. The venue is at Uniten, Bangi and the registration closed at 7.30am. Imagine how early I had to wake up. As usual, I informed Angel about the event and the time. She seemed to know and understand. She woke up right at 6.45am, drank her milk and looked very active. But the minute she went into the car, hahahaha, she slept the whole journey till Bangi. Boy oh boy, we went out the wrong highway exit, and we had to make a U-turn. Luckily I reached just in time to register.
I do not know why, but she seemed not to like anyone else to carry her other than me! Perhaps she grows to recognise people, even she didn't like her daddy to carry. A few of my colleagues took their turn to carry and entertain her, but the session lasted only for about 5-10 mins.
We watched the opening ceremony, the track and field, swimming and badminton matches.
I felt this is more of like a family day for me. And I felt if this is on next year, I will bring her to the event again.
The photo below is courtesy of Ora. I did not bring my camera (out of hurry)...

Toy Story 3 Sunday

2010-06-21T14:27:00.011+08:00

We went out on Sunday to Midvalley. Angel’s diarrhea wasn’t well completely, but it was much better than Saturday. There were a few times she passed out, but it was a bit and bit only. The idea to go there is to use up Metrojaya vouchers Mum gave me when she was here. I decided to use the vouchers to buy Angel’s necessities. I also bought drinking bottle for Angel, as I stopped using Avent bottle for water drinking. I used it only for milk and bought a cheaper one for water.
What’s attractive in Midvalley was the set up of Toy Story 3 stage at the Centre Court, with mascot Buzz and Woody (if I remembered correctly) to pose and take photos with the public. And with the purchase of the i-Talk card of RM10, we were given a free photoshoot and a print out for us to keep. I grabbed this opportunity as we seldom take family photo. Luckily hubby also took out his camera, there were simply too many photos he took……

The one taken by the photographer is not too bad. I am very satisfied and aimed to scan it and upload into my blog here. Wait and you’ll see, the proud Chew family!

(This is from our camera, will upload the photo taken by the photographer soon)

Angel is SICK!

2010-06-21T14:27:00.001+08:00

On 7 June, Angel is down with cough and phlegm. At first, it was a mild one, then it turned serious. She was given the Chinese medication and three to four days later, I was also down with sorethroat and cough. I went to see doctor on Thursday and I thought why not I get her checked too. To my surprise, the doctor examined her and said that she had throat inflammation. Earlier, she showed no symptom of sorethroat. She was drinking and eating as usual. Hmm, I doubt the doctor’s consultation though I continued to give her antibiotic prescribed by the doctor. The cough, phlegm and flu went on for about two weeks. Finally, I brought her to The Lourdes and had Doctor Johan confirmed that she is all right.
Little did I know, after all that recovered, another one came. On Friday, 18 June, when I picked Angel at the babysitter’s house, she told me that Angel had diarrhea. It was serious, I can say. My Saturday is awful, Angel kept passing out and it worries me to see her in this state. I thought of bringing her to Doctor Johan, he was on leave. Then I just brought her to a general doctor, and my oh my, I don’t seem to trust what the doctor said. I do not wish to elaborate further, I just felt sick talking to him.
On Saturday, I lost track of how many times I changed her diaper. I even changed her milk to Novolac Anti Diarrhea (AD). No porridge at all for these two days. She had mild fever too. But she is not crying, remain active, bubbly and naughty as ever. Somehow I do not know if it was teething or the herbal tea the babysitter fed her, or the pumpkin porridge…….anything can be the reason why she ended up like this.

Angel can now hold her own milk bottle

2010-06-21T14:21:00.004+08:00

3 June, I trained Angel to hold her own milk bottle. I felt I want to train her to be independent from young. But the trick was sometimes Angel is like playing around with the bottle. And I end up holding the bottle for her.

Angel can now sits!

2010-06-21T14:08:00.003+08:00

Angel can now sits on her own. Right after Mummy’s trip here, the following week, she learnt to sit. She is not that steady yet, and we are very careful just in case she falls. This is another stage of her developments and as a result, I asked hubby to take photos of her, and it serves as a reminder as and when she learns to sit.

House+Co

2010-06-21T13:43:00.007+08:00

My day didn’t end the minute Mummy and Jason left. Another agenda, to meet up my friends. The venue this time is at House+Co, Bangsar Shopping Centre. This was my first time to the mall, and best of all, it is newly renovated. First glance when we reached, I wondered if it is a food place. Did I go to a wrong place? As this is recommended by Lan Shing and she was there with me, she brought me in to the shop and found a cosy corner to seat on. Angel was sleeping by then, and I had the chance to talk with her and updating myself with the news, Geok Ying’s wedding plan and also Phaik Har’s countdown to baby delivery.
The rest of the gang reached an hour later. Angel woke up by then. Irene, Soo Bee and Geok Ying took chance to carry her and snap photos of her. Best of all, Angel’s photos are already in Facebook. Hmm, I wonder if I should open up a Facebook account for Angel.
Hubby was excited too about the place and went over the place to snap each and every corner of the place.

He also took photographs of me and Angel.

We left the place at about 9pm. And let me tell you, I was extremely tired and tired.

Greetings from Taiping

2010-06-21T13:36:00.003+08:00

My weekends seem to be busy and exciting. After the Port Dickson trip, on the following Friday, 4 June, I received a visit from Mummy and Jason, my brother. They were here to visit a lot of people, my family, Theng and children, Yee Woon, granny, Aunty Ivy and family, Uncle Patrick and family, Uncle Tommy and wife. Hmm, seems the theme for the weekend is FAMILY. Soon as they reached, we went to Theng’s in-law house to pick her and children over to my house.
I made ‘loh mai kai’ for dinner, with Oreo cheese cake for dessert. Very very simple meal, glad that I received A- compliment from Jason. This is my second time of loh mai kai, this time it is not that salty as before, but then I would have added more soya sauce to it. Hmm, I made about 12 of them. Cheese cake, also my second time, this round not bad I would say. To my family, though they are not a fan of cheese, they commented that it is still acceptable. THANK GOD!
Saturday was the family day for us. We went to Aunty Ivy’s house. Husband and I stayed there with Theng, Jason and our babies. Meanwhile Mummy and Yee Woon went to visit granny in the nursing home. She grew old and losing her energy to walk day by day. The only good point about granny, her brain memory is still 101%.
After the visit, we had a stop at Midvalley. Mummy was excited to see all the shops there, it turned out pretty hard for a big family to shop around. At times, we had to split a while, and Yee Woon took Mummy around. We had dinner at Manhattan Fish Market together with Uncle Tommy and wife.
The next morning, we woke up, took bath and settle the babies. Just before they go back, I asked hubby to take photos of us, especially Mummy with her three granddaughters.

After the photo session, we had lunch at Desa Setapak. We shopped around in Jusco Alpha Angle before sending Mummy and Jason back to the highway. They left at about 3.30pm.
Though a short trip, still I appreciate the time we had. I do miss Taiping and hoping to make a trip back this coming August 2010. The plan is there, let’s hope it will be successful.

Serious Week!

2010-06-21T13:30:00.003+08:00

My following week was crazy. I had to juggle time between work and my studies. My company is now in their quarter 2 2010 closing and my exam due on Monday, 14 June. Every day is crazy, with my first three day of the week, Mon-Wed, attending revision class after work, 6.30-9.30pm. My concern here was my Angel. I had discussed with hubby earlier and he assured me that he can babysit her while I went to attend my classes. Each night, after class, he would drive her to fetch me back. Perhaps he doesn’t know how to attend her, Angel cried along the way till I came into the car. The night is too dark for her I guess, and she must have been lonely and scared to sit by herself. That few days made her slightly coward than before. Poor thing Angel.

Angel's First Vacation

2010-05-30T11:24:00.006+08:00

Friday was Wesak Day. It is also the day we as a family went on a vacation together. It is my company's department trip to Port Dickson Legend International Water Homes. Just a two days one night stay, but I can tell you, we are having great fun there. Angel, oh my she enjoyed her vacation to the fullest.
On Friday morning, we depart from KL at about 8.30am. Reached Seremban at around 10am. Angel slept the whole journey. We followed Ora, Li Yin & Melissa, Elaine & hubby, Jenny and Bee Hong for a makan makan in Seremban. We went to Pasar Besar Seremban for breakfast. Angel did not get to it, her mouth keep on moving....hahaha....after breakfast, we walked around market. And how nice of Li Yin to buy her a spaghetti strap blouse. Thank you Li Yin.
After that, we headed to Elaine's father-in-law house to pick her two prince. And off we went to Lukut, PD. Angel also slept the whole journey to PD. Ora brought us to Restaurant Soon Huat for a seafood lunch. Their attraction is the Sri Lanka crab. We had 3kgs of the crab plus other seafood including my favourite 'har ko'. The price is reasonable and good taste!
We checked into the hotel at about 2.30pm. Hmm, it is definately a sunny day. Me myself went over to the sandy area for our telematch. It was fun fun fun. It is like my olden days of Sports Day. Hubby took care of Angel while I enjoyed my time with my colleagues. After the telematch, we went to the swimming pool and Angel had her first time swimming in the pool. She enjoyed abit as she was very careful, scared that she will fall. Elaine lent me her float and Angel got to use it.
During dinner, right after her porridge meal, she slept. She is giving me time to eat and rest. Good girl. This is the Family Day I felt, we get to mingle with my colleagues' babies and kids. Everyone get to carry Angel and she loves it. Hahahahahahaha! After dinner, we went over to Ora's room. Jenny and Li Yin took turn to play with her, and I just rest aside.
I was glad she slept through the night till 6.30am. We went for breakfast till 10am. Then, swimming time again. We were there till 11am and spent another 10mins at our unit private pool. Checked out at about 12noon. Then we went for another round of seafood lunch in Restaurant Tien Tien, Chuah. This one is so so, the crab wasn't as tasty as yesterdays!
We reached KL at about 4.00pm. I am extremely tired and we had fruit for dinner only.
Overall, though the journey is short, I enjoyed my time with Angel and hubby. We should plan for the next trip in a few more months!!!!
Here are the snapshots of the trip:-

Angel starts to get wild!

2010-05-30T10:20:00.003+08:00

A month has passed since my last update. Too much things to pen down, yet I do not know how to start. My home broadband is not up yet, TM gave the reason that the phone line in my unit is not installed yet. The engineers have to do some surveys and get back to us asap. Oh god! So pathetic! And here I am sitting in Mcd, trying to update info as fast possible.
Angel is steadily growing, naughtier each day, learning new tricks and now with two teeth at the bottom. The teeth are not fully up yet, but enough to be seen when she laughs out loud.
The babysitter cooks different kind of solids for her, and she commented that my girl loves all them and would eat alot everyday. Seriously, I think she takes care far better than me. I always get scolding if anything happens to her. Angel has become her precious now. Lucky me, she definately treats Angel like her own daughter and I can worry less.
Being mother my own, there's alot of things I need to brush up. I still have not learn how to prepare good food for her. Ha ha, blame it on the broadband, I am getting loss with the world. Things are different now and I need to know.....her sleeping habit, her meal intake and her crying patterns.

Our weekend!

2010-05-07T13:33:00.010+08:00

On Sunday, we went to Homedec 2010 in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Everyone would wonder why we went there. Hubby wanted to get the discount vouchers for Nippon Paint. He is painting again, but this time at his parent's house in Teluk Intan.
We grabbed this opportunity to take more photos of Angel. We have been quiet lately, not much photos taken. It was quite fun to see how Angel poses for the camera. She is far different than previous days, growing up more and more beautiful.

Right after that, we had our early dinner in Fullhouse, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng. It is a lifestyle store and cafe. The building is a white bungalow and it attracted me ever since it started operating. First impression, very cosy. And surprisingly, the menu prices wasn't as expensive as we thought. Furthermore, they provide complementary jockey parking. Next, hubby started his photoshooting again.

Highlights of the night would be below shot. I don't know why, but Angel suck out her tongue the whole one hour in Fullhouse. Probably she is teething, her gums are itchy. Hubby was so furious that he kept asking Angel to stop doing that. To me, it was fun to see her like that. Nasty girl of mine, which is why I followed her to do it and here comes an award winning shot:-

One SMILE from me and my GIRL!

2010-05-01T15:29:00.000+08:00

Lucky me!

2010-05-01T15:25:00.002+08:00

Being drunk in the annual dinner is quite embrassing to me. But everything is worth when I found out myself to be one of the normal lucky draw winners. There are about 60 prizes up for grabs. And the thing that I won was something I wanted so badly......Kenwood Mixer HM430.
When the dinner just about to start, I told everyone at my table, I am not greedy, winning a mixer is good enough. I did not pay much attention to the number called during the draw as I knew I can't be that lucky.
When the e-mail was out, everyone said to me, I have to bake cake for them already. I didn't know I won and wondered why. They said I won a mixer. Hurray!!!!!! I went to claim the prize, but as of now, I have not started baking yet. Had to find time to do it very very soon!!!!

ADD 2010 in One World Hotel

2010-05-01T15:06:00.003+08:00

17 April, my company hosted an annual dinner for us. We are allowed to bring our spouse at no expense. I decided to go this year, but with one thing in mind, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF ANGEL? I approached my nanny and asked if she can take care of her. To my surprise, she said OK. And she suggested that I let Angel sleep overnight there. Hmmm. Even better!
On the day itself, at 2pm, nanny came to my house to pick her up. She was outside and dropped by on her way home. I treated myself to a haircut. Went to Fix Salon and this round Sam gave me a nice short haircut. I took the opportunity since it is the dinner today. I asked Sam to blow my hair and sprayed to make it nice for the event. After that, I went over next door and had a nice make-up. All set for the event that night.
I put on my previous evening gown and hmmm, I said to myself, this is the first time after my delivery that I dressed up for an event. And I am very happy!
We went to the event, it was raining. I am also worried that Angel might not get used to the place there. We had our dinner, it was far better than last year and I drank quite alot of red wine. Last year I was there but couldn't drink as I already had Angel with me in my womb.
Little did I know that I drank too much that I felt I was getting drunk already. At about 10.30pm, nanny rang me and said Angel didn't want to drink milk after 7pm. She must have know that by this time I already pick her back home. She advised me to take her home after my dinner. The minute I hear this, I went back to my seat and what happen next, I vomitted badly. No signal upfront, I also don't know that this is happening.
After that I sat there firmly on my seat till the end of the show. I tried hard to concentrate because I need to take Angel home. We waited till the grand lucky draw. No chance. Hubby then drove me back and picked up Angel. She was asleep, cried badly and felt tired. But the minute she reached home, she opened her big eyes and smiled cheerfully at us. She finished the whole bottle of milk and slept till 10am the next day.
I am glad that I did not hang over the next morning. I woke up, cleaned the house, cook lunch and spent time with Angel.

Thank you Ora for both photos taken.

She started to go on SOLID!

2010-05-01T14:15:00.002+08:00

A week before she turned five months old, nanny started rice paste with Angel. She mixed the rice paste with her milk and feed her. Surprisingly she ate and enjoyed it. I continued to feed her during weekends too. But I wasn't in time to snap photos of her while she was on her meals. Hahaha, it must be funny. This went on for almost a month until we stopped during her injection on 16 Apr in PPUM. She developed slight fever and wasn't too fit to eat the rice paste. Thank God she recover pretty fast and still able to sleep soundly.

Lost in touch with MY BLOG!!!!!

2010-05-01T14:11:00.002+08:00

I don't remember when was the last time I updated my blog. Hubby terminated our broadband subscription for over a month already. Almost to two months to be exact.....That shows how long I did not update my blog.
Lots of news to share in fact. I will slowly recap and write one by one........

Angel's first attempt on walker - 21 March 2010

2010-03-22T22:37:00.004+08:00

We spent the whole Sunday at home. I took time to clean my third room, throwing rubbish and rearranging the stuff, and also to sweep and mop the floor. Hubby also take her usual routine to clean both washrooms, good good good. We were lucky as Angel slept well in the afternoon. She now has a new style, she would want us to carry her, and she will learn to sit and stand. Of course we wouldn't want to stress her, but if we stop doing that, she will shout at us. So now we will have her standing in between our legs, or I will let her to sit on the mattress, then she decide when to stand and when to sit. And on the same night, I said why not let her try on the walker. My sis borrowed me the walker, thank you. Got it washed and cleaned. You would see below photos and I do not have to say any further, she is seriously ENJOYING!!!!

That session lasted less than 10 minutes. We do not want to stress her back. We will try this some other time.......

ANGEL, GOOD JOB! KEEP IT UP

Weekend regime!

2010-03-21T10:47:00.009+08:00

This weekend, there's a Motherhood Exhibition happening in Midvalley. Our hopes was high for this event as we wanted to get cheap clothes for our Angel. Her current wardrobe is all not suitable anymore for her, the shirts and pants shrinking........not exactly but because my little Angel is growing taller and taller day by day...But the moment we reached, disappointment. There's only a stall there selling, but not as cheap as we expected.
Yet, hubby is realistic enough to say we must still get her new clothes. Off we go to Metrojaya. Got her changed to a new diaper and we went to hunt for cheap clothes.

Angel at the nursery room after changing diaper

Lucky enough, the sales is on and we managed to get a few at a very good price, those we could afford. We also bought her an additional pillow to place at the babysitter's house.
Next stop, Jusco. I bought teether, bottle warmer, baby bib and a few clothes for her as well. Teether, her sliver has been dropping frequently now, and I bought teether for her, just to ease her gums. Baby bit, of course to avoid from her shirts getting wet. I'm also glad that Jusco is having sales as well.
Then to Carrefour. We loaded up our groceries. Hubby and I bought cooking oil, vegetables, chicken, mushroom, pasta and some others to cook at home. Cooking now is a must-do nowadays, I would usually cook dinner in the weekdays. During weekend, if we did not go out, I will also cook. Perhaps, main reason is to save, other factors would be to have a healthier meal, less oil, less salt, no MSG. And also if we were to eat out, it will be troublesome with Angel around, we can't be bringing her to the stalls outside.
And since it is a school holiday, there's a Alice In The Wonderland setup in Midvalley Centre Court. And of course we wouldn't let go off any chances to snap photos of her. Somehow I am glad that we bought the camera. I have not tested the functions to the fullest, but it is definately nicer than the normal digital camera.

We woke up late, late late!!!

2010-03-21T10:36:00.002+08:00

On Friday, both of us and our Angel slept till 7am. OMG, this is seriously late, one hour later than my usual wake up time. Hmmm, I remembered feeding her at 5am, then my alarm rang at 5.45am and that's it. Worst of all, my hubby also did not wake up. Aiyoh, then he blamed me on the air-cond. He is not quite satisfied with me requesting for air-cond to be turned on. These few days are seriously hot hot and hot. I understand his concern to save the electricity, but I thought ours is the inverter model, which is supposed to save electricity.....but we have not tried yet, in which I should make a headstart first.
Anyway, thank goodness it is a school holiday, the traffic wasn't bad, we managed to send baby at 7.30am, then reach office at 8am. When I woke her up, she was also looking so blur, like waking her up from her sweet dream. I asked her why don't she wake me up, which she usually does......and what she did, SMILING CHEERFULLY....as if she laughed at me, me looking so clumsy for the first time in front of her......

She surprised us!

2010-03-15T21:49:00.007+08:00

A few minutes ago, Angel surprised us by laughing out very very loud continuously. At first she was crying because she doesn't want to lie down on the mattress. I then carry her into my arms, and hubby tried to make her to stop crying. Little did we know, she just turn to laugh instantly. Aiyoh, she laugh and laugh, both me and hubby felt surprised and three of us continue to laugh and laugh. This is the first time both of us witnessed her development together. And I am so glad. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.Tonight, she also showed some progress. She knew how to lift up her backside slightly. We must be dreaming of her crawling next. Not so soon I guess.
Last Friday, the babysitter said Angel had diarrhea. She passed out motion for three times. And add one more to four times after I took her back. I was worried, yet I want to observe until the next day before deciding to consult the doctor.
On Saturday morning, as I wanted to bathe her, I saw her stools all yellow in colour. That is not normal for her. I quickly rang my mum, the babysitter and my sister. Luckily all of them said that is a sign of her tooth growing. I hope so. As Angel is not showing any sign of not comfortable, I decided not to go to the clinic. As usual, hubby took us to Midvalley, this round to buy another set of the mosquito net. This time, there is 20% discount. Good news!
Good news turned out to be bad. After he finished measuring and cutting the magnetic stripes, he found out that the net measurement does not match what is written on the box. Which is why, on Sunday, again we made a trip to Midvalley to exchange a new one. Aiyah.....
These two days, of course we continued with our usual routine, 'chak', 'chak', chak'......and not bad results, we managed to get quite many nice shots.

Taken on 14 Mar - White Valentine's Day

Taken 10 minutes ago.....SO ADORABLE!

She also had one more new habit, she will love to hold on to my finger whenever I feed her with milk. Sense of security I think or maybe she's learning to grab on things which is a good progress. Which is why I purposely ask hubby to take this down.

Now she is in the room with hubby. He is putting Angel to sleep while giving me time to write my blog. Initially he was saying that it's crazy to blog, but now he would recommend her siblings and his friends to visit my blog. Hmmm, finally he realizes that it is a good thing to blog, to pen down all memories I had and to share them with everyone!!!!!! **GOOD**

5 secs is all she needs!

2010-03-09T21:33:00.003+08:00

Yesterday night, big discovery. I found out that Angel took about 5 secs to turn over her body. And damn steady! She can now lift up her head higher and for a longer period too. She will not shout that much, keeping quiet, looking left to right. When you call her name, she will either smile or laugh out loud. We both are so proud of her. Note the below photos, taken on 3 Mar and 7 Mar.

It is already her third week of babysitting. So far so good, not much complaint. Everyday the babysitter will share with me her updates. She seemed to be teaching Angel alot of things, in fact Angel picked up fast on turning her body, thanks to the babysitter. Now the babysitter complained that Angel will open her big mouth and wants to bite her face. Aiyohhh, she did that at home. I thought she wanted pacifier. I did not realise she wanted to play with me as well.
This babysitter of mine often takes Angel out. To me it is fine, so long as she is careful with her. Everyday when I go over to pick her, Angel's face is smiling with joy, as if she wanted to share her happy moments with me. And she smells good which I find very satisfying. I can sense that the babysitter and her family really love Angel as well. Her daughter seems to love her very much.
But I do not know why, perhaps ever since she is hook up with the turning over hobby, she seem to slim down quite a bit. I noticed that with her clothing. Previously it is tight tight, now loosen a little bit. For sure, the pants get shorter and shorter, she definitely grow taller.
One problem I found, everytime when she finished her milk, even after she burps, she will continue to vomit out some of the milk she drank. The babysitter said perhaps her digestion system is not that good or maybe her stomach can't accommodate so much milk at a time. But still Angel insist to drink more. That is why sometimes we gave her 5oz rather than the usual 4oz given earlier. I would need to search for more info to find the cause of it.
Now she is sleeping. Tonight, I let her sleep earlier than her usual time 10.00pm. She has this kind of bad habit, she will shake her head non stop and you would find her head not on the pillow by morning. Hahahahaha, that's my CUTE LITTLE BABY!!!

Hubby went Team Building in PD!

2010-03-07T10:23:00.002+08:00

On Friday off work, hubby went to PD for Team Building. This means I am left alone with Angel in da house. I asked the babysitter to drop her off my house. Somehow I am glad that she can drive and I can have that flexibility. I didn't try on picking Angel up myself yet so far. I do not know if I can handle.
The best thing of all, Friday is also my first day of "Aunty Visit". That adds up to the pressure I will have for the weekend. On Friday evening, it was all right. I put Angel on the bed while I go to have my shower. It is definitely a challenge to take. I just cook Maggi Mee to eat for dinner. Can't be spending time cooking without hubby by the side.
Saturday, she woke up at about 9.30am. I bathed her and put her on a lovely blue shirt and pants. Then I told her that I had to get shower too, she behaved nicely and did not turn around until I am done. Good girl. I accompanied her, feed her and put her to sleep. I cooked 'mee suah' for lunch.
The day went on smoothly and when she sleeps, I followed the same. I am very tired myself and dozed off instantly.
At night, I received a call from hubby. He said he will follow his colleague back to KL after the activities. He is supposed to return on Sunday afternoon with the company bus. But he managed to find people who drive and can fetch him as well. I guess he must have missing her daughter very much. He reached home at about 11+pm. What he did? He came in the room, looked at her daughter who is sleeping soundly, kissing and smelling her forehead. And me at the side, no questions asked. Normal I guess. Put it this way, he is worried of me and Angel at home, and he came back earlier to see us. Hahahahahaha.
This morning, Angel woke up earlier. Perhaps she is hungry. I cleaned up the house at 8am. I got her bathed at 9am and now after several round of turning over, she is tired and slept. Hubby is sleeping with her now. He is extremely tired from the Team Building. I do not know what time they will wake up. I had to go to eat biscuit first.....

Photos taken in Tropicana Mall - 21 Feb 2010

2010-02-28T11:27:00.004+08:00

Just a recap, we were at Tropicana Mall last Sunday. We went to visit hubby's friend in Equine Park. Then as we were heading home, we had to wait for hubby's brother back home. So hubby decided to bring us to Tropicana Mall to wait since we never been there before. The photos below are a few we took there. Notice I put Angel on a dress we bought in Sogo. She looked clumsy in it. Perhaps we should put her on the dress when she grows bigger next time.

Long weekend with Angel

2010-02-28T10:57:00.004+08:00

Friday is a public holiday, thus I spent my long weekend with Angel. The days have been very tiring now that Angel would always want to turn around her body and we would need to be by her side most of the time.
I noticed her neck and her slimmer face now, as a result of turning over her body all the time, new exercise and burn more calories. She will keep quiet, looking left to right. The moment she shouted, she wanted us to put her back to the lying position. Ha ha ha, smart baby...
We didn't bring her anywhere except for Jusco Wangsa Maju yesterday evening. For these few days, hubby had to go back to work, poor thing. And I have been noticing that now Angel has a fix time to sleep. When the time comes, she would want to have her pacifier, she will hug her cloth diaper and lay down quietly to sleep. Maybe the babysitter trained her that way, I didn't know. I will observe more later. On Friday, I brought her out for a while and she did not have her sleep well through the afternoon. Then she came back, sleep from 5.30pm to 9pm. This is when I noticed she must have been very tired then.
Yesterday night, hubby was commenting that we did not snap her photos lately. He quickily take out his camera and tried to snap photos of her turning over her body. There are a few good shots, but we couldn't snap those where she was smiling. This is another mission to complete next week.

This morning, she woke up at about 9.30am. She had one round of her exercise regime, then drink milk at 10.30am. Now she is sleeping soundly. I often tell her to get some rest first, wait for milk to digest then only starts again. Hopefully she listens. Hubby is in the office now, I remembered he told me he wanted to bring her to Midvalley to get the mosquito net for our window pane. I do not know when he will come back......

Simple Dimple 123 Activity Playgym for Angel

2010-02-26T18:26:00.004+08:00

Yesterday night, it was the first time hubby work late ever since Angel is here. Thank goodness, since the babysitter picks up her daughter from school next to my place, I asked her to drop by my Angel back home. At least it is easier for me to carry her. She reached my place around 7pm.
Half an hour later, Seiong and wife came to visit me. Their main purpose is to visit Angel of course. Guess what, they bought Angel the Simple Dimple 123 Activity Playgym for her. Very very nice of both of them.

Bright, colourful & informative number playmat
Many interative and activity toys included such as soft rattle, rattle keys, mirror
A basic and must have toy for any growing baby
Playgym will keep baby busy for hours
Excellent to stimulate baby hand-eye coordination, sensory development, imagination, exploration, focus & problem solving skills
Enhance baby brain development through fun & play
Non toxic and meet international safety requirements

They also got her a height scale with photos to insert in.

Big big thank you to them. Since this is their first year of giving out ang pau, they gave her two red packets. Another round of thank you. Plus they also came with a bag of CNY goodies for us. I appreciate all that very much.
With the playgym, it can attract her to lay down quietly. Ever since she started to turn her body, she did that non stop, improving each day. Sometimes I wanted her to rest especially right after milk time. Hopefully she will like this playgym and learn to touch, hold, pull and press. And I will teach her to read 123.....

Day 2-Good progress!

2010-02-24T21:37:00.000+08:00

Yesterday morning, after Angel finished her milk at 6.30am, she refused to sleep and opened her big eyes. She seems to know that she will be sent to the babysitter.
Then later at about 10am, babysitter rang up hubby saying that Angel is slightly feverish. I guess it must be caused by the injection she had earlier. She asked if she can buy the Chinese medicine for her. She preferred that than the clinic's fever syrup. I was worried at that time, do not know what to do. I'm glad that at least this babysitter knows how to drive. At least, she can drive her out to doctor in case she isn't feeling well.
At about 12.30noon, babysitter rang me and said Angel is all right, not to worry. Thanks Kuan Yin Ma!
After work, there's downpour at my office. Again, worried as we have to fetch her back later. We reached her house at about 7pm, after facing series of traffic jam. At that time, Angel was drinking her milk. The babysitter gave her a nice little angpau. Thank you.

She told me that she brought her out to fetch her daughter back from school. She agreed with me that Angel likes to be in the car. Angel will keep quiet and look here and there. Her children were happy to play with her, they even shoot a video of her movements. Guess what, today, she can finally turn her body, her head more stable to look left and right.

And another thing is, she seem to love to hold on to a cloth diaper when she wants to sleep. Babysitter asked if I give her that at home, and I said No.

The journey back to our home is about 5mings, and Angel keep on shouting cheerfully in the car. I felt that she wanted to tell and share her experience today with the babysitter and her children. Hubby and I were happy to see her progress today. Seems like she is starting to get used to the babysitter already.
I hope that she will continue to take good care of her. And I will sincerely and gratefully thank her!!

Last day of CNY break

2010-02-22T20:41:00.002+08:00

Today marked my last day of CNY holidays. How time flies. Been resting for about 10 days, now felt lazy to work. Worse still, I have an additional task to be done every morning, to deal with Angel. Today is her first day with the babysitter. We brought her there at about 7.30am, she was sleeping soundly after waking up at 6am for milk. We chatted with the babysitter for awhile, and I was observing her house. It wasn't that great, yet I wanted to give it a try. She sounded experienced, and she's only 10 years older than me. And her children is already in secondary school. How nice!
We went back to see Angel at about 11am, she was also sleeping. According to her, she bathed her at about 9.30am, had milk at 10am, and continue sleeping. Then hubby and I went out to run some errands and by 4pm, we went to pick her up. Same thing, she just fell asleep. But this round, babysitter said Angel cried out awhile. She guess Angel must have recognise a different place and wanted my attention. How sad, if only I was there to console her. Still no choice, I have to face this now or later, Angel is growing up, she knew who is who and where is where. That is why I have been telling her where we will bring her and when we will pick her up. Hopefully she understands.
And during CNY, I guess I must have put on some weight. This will add one more task to me, go on diet. Hmm, difficult task. I pray very hard that from tomorrow onwards, things will be running smoothly, Angel will get used to the babysitter, babysitter to take good care of her, I will be able to finish my work on time.

Tiring weekend!!

2010-02-21T08:53:00.003+08:00

Now that Angel is with us 24/7, I started to feel tired. As she is now growing up, she doesn't like to sleep on her bouncer anymore. She would cry to ask for you to carry her up and will stop crying when you stand up. Amazing, how a baby can monitor our movements!
The other day, as we were taking photos, I was comparing her palm with hubby's, aiyoyoh..... it is exactly the same.

Everyday, lucky for me, she will sleep through the night until 7am, sometimes earlier, sometimes later. I will then feed her, then she will sleep again till 10am or sometimes 11am. Next, bathe her, get her dressed. The moment I see her smiling at me, all pain and tiredness went off.
She will put to a babysitter on Monday. With this extra cost, hubby kept telling me to save and save. Don't spend unnecessarily. I have to cook at home then. Anyway, thinking back, cooking at home will be much healthier. Simple meals only, I'm glad that hubby isn't fussy about the meals I cooked. I'm also happy that hubby is helping me to take care of her while I cook or do the housework.
It is also difficult for me to write blogs and access to Facebook now. I have to take time off when she sleeps. Hmm, never mind. Once I get used to it, I will be fine. Kuan Yin Ma will bless me and give me strength to face all this. I also hope the new babysitter will take good care of her. Hopefully her cheerful and smily face will melt everyone's heart there!

Angel's day out - 19 Feb 2010

2010-02-21T00:43:00.007+08:00

There are a few tasks to be done today. First, to visit Aunty Ivy and Grandma. Second, to take Angel for Polio and Tetanus injection in PPUM. Third to bring Angel to Midvalley to feel the CNY mood. Hmm, so right in the morning, I get Angel dress in a new babysuit and hubby took a few photos which I personally like:-

Just before we go out, hubby wanted to snap photos of her again. He must be missing out the moments with her. And lucky for him, Angel laughed out loud, he managed to snap them. Just that I wasn't looking at the camera.....wasted!

Off we went to Aunty Ivy's house. We visited her and Grandma. Grandma is not feeling well. And she will be sent to the nursing home on Saturday. But still she recognises us and said the words everyone said, "Your daughter look like father-lah!"
At the hospital, Angel was looking around, we took a number, 0013. Not bad number! When it is her turn, she cried abit as she doesn't want me to sit down. And just as that, the nurse poked the needle on her thigh. Good girl, you completed your injection!
Hubby decided we go to Midvalley to snap photos. Also to take Angel to feel the CNY mood there. He wanted to make up for her since she has been in T.Intan for the past 1 month. But the same thing happen again, she fell asleep. She must have been very tired after the injection. We waited for her to wake up, then we snap snap again.

Later, we went to a pediatric clinic just to purchase a fever syrup. Just in case she gets fever at night. But since she is too small, the nurse insisted we consult with the doctor first. We waited for our turn and asked the doctor a few questions. I noticed her tongue is short, and the doctor said it is a bit short. It won't affect her speech, don't worry, he said. There isn't need to do anything. Hopefully it will not affect her. Now, Angel is 8.5kg, 67cm tall. Doctor said she look like a 8 months old baby and recommended that longer intervals for her feeding time. She's abit overweight. To me, I felt it is ok, probably she sleeps alot, that is why she can grow faster. Her weight would stabilize by then. As long she is healthy, it is good enough.

CNY 2010

2010-02-17T18:42:00.007+08:00

This year's CNY has been busier than previous years. The difference is of course with my Angel dearest. We went back on Friday, the weather was extremely hot, I took bath like 4-5 times a day. I officially took over the role of babysitting from my MIL as she is busy preparing for CNY eve and also to pray the ancestors.
This year is extra special as we experienced power failure on Sat and Sun evening. The weather is already extremely hot, yet we need to face such an incident. I was so worried for my little Angel. Hubby bring us to Giant hypermarket on Sat. And on Sun, I just brought the baby to the opposite house.
Angel received alot of ang pau this year....somehow our investment pays off. Ha ha ha, not too bad, can get back some right at the second year of CNY after marriage. Relatives surely did ask me when to have my second one, I just said, Oh no, not in the near future......must wait for Angel to stable down first.
Second day of CNY - We took the trip down Bidor before going back to Taiping. Visiting my foster parents in Bidor is a must-do task each CNY. My foster mum was so happy to welcome us especially Angel. She was not here when I delivered Angel. She gave us three ang pau and also bought Angel a set of Disney baby wear. Big thank you to her. The thing that amazed me was Angel laughed out loud while looking at her. And she kept on laughing non stop. Her signature smile often melted our hearts.
Because of some 'technical' problems which is not to be mentioned here, we managed to reach Taiping at 9.30pm. Theng and family already reached and had a round of steamboat with Mummy, Papa, Ywoon and Jason. Everyone smiling cheerfully to welcome my Angel back home. It is her first visit, I wasn't sure how will Angel reacts. It was ok gradually, they all took turn to carry her.
Third day of CNY - We made a trip up to Penang. Bro-in-law wanted to visit and makan makan before returning back to Bangkok. Everyone of us, with empty stomach drove up Penang, meet his friend and had our brunch at Penang Street. Each one of us had a bowl of Laksa and a bowl of Cendol. The Cendol was good, but the Laksa so-so only. The Fried Carrot Cake was not too bad also. It was only a short trip there, where we head to our next destination, Bukit Tambun. My cousin, Aunty Suan lives there. Uncle Patrick and family were there too, so it is another gathering for us there.

Aunty Suan and family live in a bungalow and her husband had made a KTV room where we shout our hearts out singing the karaoke songs while enjoying Chinese tea....For the first time, everyone including the three babies, mine and sis's little two enjoyed the day there. We took family photos there:-

I spent my fourth and fifth day in Taiping, at home most of the time. Angel was enjoying her days there and slept well, THANKS KUAN YIN MA! I left Taiping on Thurs afternoon, I do not know when is my next trip back to Taiping again. Miss home in fact.
Overall, my CNY this year is all about my family and my Angel. I know it is pretty much a quiet CNY in town, but to me, I value my days spent with my family and my little girl.

Extreme busy last minute rush for CNY

2010-02-10T23:23:00.004+08:00

This whole week is totally stressful. Last weekend, I had my sister and her two angels in my house. I'm acting nanny and maid to my sis. I see her taking care of the two, and admired her courage to resign from work to be a fulltime housewife. Her first girl is starting to touch here and there, exploring new things. However her second one is abit sticky, she will cry the minute my sis walked away even within a short distance. Though tired, still we enjoyed their companion over the weekend.

See the two girls!!!

I did not go back to see my little Angel. As CNY is coming soon, we will go back only this Friday morning. My days in office is crazy. Too many work in hand, I am not yet back to normal position ever since I ended my maternity leave. Work seriously increasing, 24 hours simply not enough. I couldn't sleep well at night, stressing about work and missing my little girl.
Hubby made a surprise when he came back with CNY decoration items on Sunday. He decorated the whole house with CNY banners. It is very colourful, and it would be a surprise to Angel.

We will soon welcome her home as she will return to stay with us right after CNY. Truly very happy waiting for the moment even though I am abit worried, as I need to juggle between work and taking care of her. Kuan Yin Ma, bless me. Hopefully I can go through with a strong heart and manage everything well.
Tomorrow will be my last day of work and I will be off for the entire week for Chinese New Year. This year is special as I will be celebrating with Angel. I've packed her new clothings and stuff. Today she is officially 3 months old. Big girl already.....with new progress. MIL said she no longer like to be on bouncer, she will request to be carried. And guess what, she laughed out very loud already..I miss her very very much. Hopefully she still remembers me even with my new haircut. Hubby and I will definitely enjoy our CNY & Valentine's Day with Angel dearest and also family.

GONG XI FA CAI AND HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL. HAVE A PROSPEROUS, LOVING, HEALTHY DAYS AHEAD!!!!!

Chinese New Year Hair Style

2010-02-07T09:38:00.002+08:00

Last Thursday after work, I treated myself for a hair transformation. Hahahaha, ever since I am married and pregnant, my hair remain to be the simple short black hair. A thought for a change and with the excuse of the coming CNY, I went to colour and highlight my hair. I went to Fix Saloon in Wangsa Maju and looked for Sam, the director. He gave me a nice haircut, bouncy look since I said my hair is getting thinner and thinner. He recommended a base colour and the highlight colour for me. It turned out to be not too bad. At least, there's a sudden shine from my face, after being dull all these while.
Hubby's comments forever can't be trusted. He would say that I took money to stick on my hair. I went to office on Friday and many commented I looked younger. I told myself I had went through pregnancy, labour pain and this is a way I reward myself for my hardwork.
I do not know if Angel notice my new hairstyle when I am back this coming Friday. Hopefully not, else she will look lost and won't smile at me.

P/S: So far, I did not take any photo with my new hairstyle yet. Hmm, wait till CNY. And I will update in my blog here...

Long weekend with Angel dearest!

2010-02-02T21:16:00.005+08:00

Last Friday was the day I looked for as I am back to T.Intan to see my little Angel. Thought I would reach by 8+pm. But this 'good' husband of mine did something good and made me waited till 10.30pm to reach there. Not to be explained here.....HISTORY!
First glance, her hair grows alot and it is thicker than before. Then I noticed one bad habit of hers, she is sucking her finger nails. OMG, how can this be? No wonder no mitten on her right hand...it is for her to suck like a drumstick. I wondered when this started. MIL said this is her sign when she wants milk. Another new development where I missed.
Bad news this round, Angel is down with phlegm. Perhaps this affected her feeding as well. There were few times where she did not finish her milk. And the thing is, I only knew it on Thursday night when I called MIL. She started to be unwell for a few days back then. I was worried and dreamt of her that same night. Luckily when I see her, she is still that bubbly, happy go lucky baby.
Husband and I brought her to see the doctor on Saturday morning. We gave her the cough mixture. After her feeding, when she burped, sometimes the phlegm came out. It is whitish in colour. And she passed out motion quite frequent, passing out all toxins and heat from her body. Hubby had one important assignment this weekend, PAINTING. He had to paint the ceiling and walls of his living hall in Teluk Intan. He must be addicted to painting. Glad that FIL assisted him that two days. He painted a featured wall, pink in colour, it is quite similar with what we had in our house here in KL.
During the two days of their painting session, I spent my time taking care of her. I bathed her, feed her and put her to sleep. She just loves to smile, she would smile instantly when we called her. And to my surprise, she would laugh out loud, showing her dimples and her very very innocent face. They were telling me that she is the kind of active baby next time, I said if she gets naughty, I will be the one scolding and teaching her. Her daddy would just protect her. How far it is true.......soon to find out!
This round, not to miss, the photo taking session.

And I also taken a video of her sucking her fingers. I have to find out how to post it up to my blog. I want to make sure that Angel is reading my blog when she turns older.

One Of A Kind

2010-01-23T23:31:00.009+08:00

Tonight, I've attended Sally and Rox's wedding at The Courtyard Garden in Damansara Heights. It is one of a kind of wedding I've participated. They had kinda like English wedding reception, unlike the 9-course meal that I always had. That is why I decided to pen the details down in my blog here.
I was pretty amazed when I first stepped in the restaurant, the stairs leading down....with candles at the side. The whole environment was very cosy and romantic of course. I told everyone this is the kinda wedding reception I wanted, but I married a Chinaman, thus no choice, got to follow the traditional way.....hahahahahahahaha......but NO REGRETS!

Menu of the night

The dinner started with an appetizer, soup, main course and dessert. I took a shot of every dish, except that the soup part, I forgotten, so it is not so nice.

Appetizer

Soup (sorry, not so nicely taken)

Main course, either salmon or chicken

Dessert, I love this!

Wedding cake

Yi Shin is the MC of the night, big applause to him, he did a great job. I like to join all these weddings, I love to be married and I hope more and more people would join my group. It does bring back lots of good memories when I had mine though it is carried out in different ways. And during the dinner, Andrew and Yi Shin were talking about proportionate love. They asked if I love my hubby more, or hubby loves me more. I seriously can't answer. And then later on, I said, my love now goes to my girl, and lesser on my hubby. I believe hubby feels the same too. My girl is now receiving the most amount of love from both Mummy and Daddy........how lucky!
With that, I wish Sally and Rox congratulations, glad to see you are both married, love blossoms and may you both can have your own baby soon and join parenthood life as what we are enjoying now.

GOOD GIRL, ANGEL!

2010-01-20T21:55:00.003+08:00

Rang up MIL a couple of minutes ago. Wanted to keep update of Angel's progress these two days. MIL was talking and laughing at the same time, recalling her activities. Today, Angel woke up at about 5am, then sleep till 9am, bathe, drink milk and continue to sleep till 12 noon. She continued to sleep the whole afternoon and now only awake. Angel, Mummy give you A+ today. GOOD GIRL.
Passing motion was all right, except that she is still not used to sit on potty yet. MIL commented that once she put her diaper on, she will pass it on the diaper. Hahahaha.
I said to MIL, when I come back next Friday, for sure she will change alot. I didn't hear her voice this round, she must be lying comfortably on her bouncer, while being served by my FIL like a queen. FIL introduced the method of patting her backside which me and MIL strongly disagree. No choice, FIL is taking care, perhaps he felt comfortable with this and try to make her happy and sleep well.
Good night Angel. Mummy and Daddy are missing you very much....we are counting down to next Friday.

I wonder.........

2010-01-19T19:28:00.003+08:00

It has been 2 weeks since I started to work. Lots of things to catch up, with additional two new projects. I wonder if I can cope especially after CNY, when Angel is back with me and hubby. Nevertheless, life goes on and my heart misses her even more.
I called MIL yesterday noon. I asked if she was ok. As I am down with fever, flu and sorethroat and we spent the day with her, I wonder if she will get infected. Thank you Kuan Yin Ma, MIL said she is very well. In fact, she said Angel has been very good the whole day, eating and sleeping well. MIL said rest assured that she will take good care of her. Hahahaha, she must be thinking that I am worried and had no confidence with her. I explained that I called just to ensure she doesn't fall sick.
I wonder what is Angel doing now? Usually by now, she would have taken her milk and MIL would either bathe her or wipe her body and get her changed. I wonder if Angel is awake or sleeping now. I wonder if Angel misses me as well. I do, very very very extremely missing her. Friends and colleagues have been saying that I must have enjoyed not having to take care of my little girl. They also suggested me to change my mind to let my MIL continue to take care of her. Still in my mind, if MIL is staying here in KL, then it will happen. If not, I got no choice but to bring her back. Life's going to be tough though, but I want to be involved in her development and growth. I want to be the first to see her smile, laugh, walk and so on and so on. I believe hubby will assist and support me in her up bringing. We would be a lovely, supportive husband and wife, caring father and mother.

Evidence of all her smiles - 16 Jan 2010

2010-01-17T21:15:00.015+08:00

Our trip back to see Angel!

2010-01-17T20:56:00.003+08:00

Friday is the day I am waiting for. We are going back to see my baby dearest. I woke up very early to ensure I reach office early and finish work early. Right after work, something happen. Our car brake is not functioning. I do not know what happen. I slowly drive to meet hubby and we found a mechanic shop in the Jinjang area. It turned out to be the brake pump at the back tyres were faulty. And it took 2 hours to get them changed. Luckily it happen just in time, if we were in the middle of way home, accident might just happen. Kuan Yin Ma really bless us....we arrived safely in Teluk Intan.

My first glance at Angel, she look different. Firstly, her hair grow longer, second, she looked so innocent. Probably she didn't recognise me yet, but I quickily call her, I guess at least she recognise my voice. MIL said it is about time to drink milk as she started to make noise already. After feeding, she refused to sleep and lied down on the bouncer. Her legs started kicking more compared to previous weeks. I chatted with her and each time I finished a sentence, she would say "ah, ah, heee" AMAZING. MIL said she started to be talkative already.
The next day, I spent my whole day in the house with her. I let her try on the two shirts which my colleagues bought for her. And of course taken lots of photos. She got her first red shirt for the year 2010, and she looked good in it. Angel must be wondering, why this Mummy always changed my shirt. Hahahahaha.....
This week, I also noticed that she is bubbly than ever. She shouted at us a few times, we were shocked of course. And MIL commented that my little Angel does has her own temper too. I was so happy seeing her smiling and laughing more and more. Photos were evidence of all her smiles. She also learnt to sleep on the side already. Good progress.
FIL told me that Angel would be a very pretty lady next time. Of course we did not say in front of her, but he often said to me he likes to look at her, so cute!!
We went back 10am this morning as I had a wedding lunch to attend. Angel had her bath and was on milk when I went back. I told her that I will only be back in two weeks time, this coming Sat, another wedding dinner to attend. And also in the following week, I can have additional day off, Feb 1. I will have more time to spend with her. She will of course change again. Hope and hope she will eat well, sleep well and be a happy go lucky baby. Mummy loves you!! Muackks!

Angel's updates : 12 Jan 2010

2010-01-12T22:26:00.003+08:00

Last night, her last feeding time was 11+pm. After drinking, Angel was reluctant to sleep until 1am. She woke up at about 7am today, had milk and continue to sleep until 10am. MIL put her on potty, she didn't want to pooh pooh. But right after putting on diaper, she straight away made her big business. This little girl ar, naughty naughty....
MIL's friend came to visit her today. She commented that Angel look mature at her age. She cries like big girl, not like infant. Hmmm, must be the DHA, ARA, SA thingy.
As I talked to MIL, I heard her crying for attention. She wanted either one to carry her up. I knew that by hearing her crying pattern. How good if I was there. I wondered if she is missing me. She must have heard my conversation with MIL. Just that she hasn't learn to speak yet. I felt the connection is there, my heart connects with hers!!!! Love you Angel! And good night, sleep tight ok!!!

Angel's updates : 11 Jan 2010

2010-01-11T21:33:00.005+08:00

Right after work today, I gave a call to MIL. She said she just gave Angel water to drink. Angel is kinda shouting and scolding and continue drinking. Hahaha, this is her usual response whenever I gave her water. She would reject and shout alittle, then continue drinking. Sometimes, she will continue to sleep.
This morning, she slept until 7am, last feeding time was 11+pm last night. Such a long break, I wondered why. MIL then confessed that she gave her extra milk, she must be thinking that I would be angry...hahahahahaha.
She let her to sit at potty again, but no result. Hmm, how would she look like?? Now seating here at home without her around, it feels so so quiet. Angel, Mummy extremely miss you!!!!! If only you can listen to me.....
I went through photos taken yesterday evening as we were in the car, found few ones which are very adorable:-

First Day at Work!!

2010-01-11T21:12:00.003+08:00

11 Jan 2010, my first day of work for the year. Hmm, what's the feeling like? I couldn't sleep well the night before, missing my Angel. Used to wake up during midnight, now no more, at least for these few days.
As expected, my e-mail box has been bombed with lots of e-mails. My desk was full of papers too. We are now in the midst of closing for Quarter 4 2009, which is why I need to quickly get back on track. The stress is slowly slowly coming to me again......
Still I'm glad that everyone in the office welcomed me back. Some of them complimented my figure, thank you very much. I also received gifts from them, they comprise of:-

My Dear car seat
2 pieces of shirt from Mothercare
Lamaze Play & Grow, Logan the Lion
Bumble Bee Baby Headbands
Lovely greeting card

Thank you to the following colleagues:-

Joyce Ng
Li Yin
Lai Kuan
Sook Sun
Pei Lai
Yvonne
Elaine
Teoh MC
Kien Wan
Priscilla
Emily
Tham
Nurul & Hisham
Emery
Hanisah
Leng Yen
Jessie
Shirley
Rose
Ina
Jenny
Weng Kit
Lim
Kim
Liza
Wong
Saw
Sally Wong
Ivy
Hui Han
Bee Teing
Bee Hong
Aqilah
May Ling

I MISS HER!!!!!

2010-01-10T23:04:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, we reached PIL's hse in T.Intan at about 6.30pm. Angel was looking around in the house, wondering where we took her to. After getting her changed, we placed her on the bouncer and we started to chat with each other. To my surprise, for the very first time in my life, she shouted cheerfully, like requesting for attention. Hubby, MIL, FIL and me had a shock and LOL. She is officially 2 months old and right at the start of her second month, she shouted out. Hahahahahaha, she continued to shout out a few times and smiled alot alot alot of times whenever we called her name. We were so happy!
She slept until 6am today. I bathed her and feed her with milk. After lunch, we took her to the Giant hypermarket which is newly opened there and also Pasaraya TF. As usual, she loves to look here and there and MIL was very pleased to see her being so active and alert. I started to feel sad as we will leave for KL very very soon. I told her, "Mummy's going back KL to work, will come back during weekend to see you. You must be good, sleep with Ah Ma and drink milk." She just keep quiet and listen.
We left T.Intan at about 3.30pm. Hubby and I were chatting on our journey back and shared the moments we had with her for the past 2 months. I couldn't believe that I am now married and blessed with an angel. It seems like yesterday I was pregnant and today Angel is with us.
Hubby called MIL as soon as we arrived. According to MIL, she let her to sit on the potty and she passed motion. First time on the potty and I missed it. Haiiii, I miss her so so much!
I am looking very forward to this Friday. We will be driving back to see her!!!! Pray hard that she will sleep well and enjoyed her days there with Ah Ma and Ah Kong!

End of Maternity Leave

2010-01-08T11:16:00.002+08:00

Today is the final day of my 60 days maternity leave. Hmm, time flies super duper fast. Of course I never would want another round of maternity leave in the following year. Just that after such a long break, I don't feel like going to work. And tomorrow, we will fetch Angel back to Teluk Intan. Why? She will be put there to be taken care by my MIL until CNY. Hubby is reluctant to give her to babysit before she turns three months old. I got no say, I just have to follow.
I do not know if Angel can get used to the new environment or not, I just have to pray that she will be comfortable and be good staying there. On and off I have been telling her hoping that she will understand. Hubby and I will be missing her alot. I wonder if I can sleep at night without her by my side.
What would my days like without Angel?

Hubby made me breakfast!

2010-01-06T09:46:00.003+08:00

This morning, hubby made me breakfast, toasted baguette with margarine. It is the first breakfast he made ever since we tied the knot. Though it's simple, I felt happy eating them with a cup of Milo. Both of us have been busy taking care of Angel, not forgetting he has to work while I am still on leave. Before he left home for work, he keep on reminding me to eat them asap. Thanks darling!

Queen of My Heart!

2010-01-05T10:01:00.005+08:00

Sunday was the last day for all the Christmas, Year-End, Mega Sales. Since we have not get any CNY clothes for ourselves, hubby took me and Angel to Midvalley to look around and also to buy stuff for his sister.
As we were in the car on the way there, we were chatting and talking about our little girl, to my surprise, hubby said Angel is the QUEEN OF MY HEART! Wahh, I never thought he can said out such a phrase.....THUMBS UP!
I got the chance to look for my clothes at Isetan Gardens, while hubby taking care of her. Bought three pieces of shirts. On and off Angel is sleeping in her stroller, so it is ok. Then we went over to Midvalley to look around. Unfortunately, hubby did not purchase anything that day. Hahahaha, good news as he is always the one purchasing all the time and this time, save up.
The other time when we were in Midvalley, Angel was asleep. So this time, we took photos of her with the Christmas deco again.

On Monday, hubby was off work and at home. I was out for awhile to buy things. And for the first time of his life, he cleaned up Angel's pooh pooh. He told me straight away via handphone. I asked him how he felt, he said he was ok. He knew sooner or later he need to do it anyway.
Angel is now learning to look everywhere. She like to look at colourful things and also moving things. That is why she is always very good sitting in the car seat whenever we bring her out. Yesterday night, Hubby talked to her and to his surprise, Angel seem to respond to him. She is smiling cheerfully nowadays, and know how to melt our heart out. Her crying patterns varies according to her request, either she wants milk, sleep, attention or pooh pooh. Haiiiii, really BEH TAHAN!!!

Happy New Year 2010!!!!

2010-01-02T22:16:00.010+08:00

Happy New Year.........new year with Angel this time, felt so much different. Of course no more outings like before, hubby also cut down on his outings alot and paid full attention to Angel and also our 'bird nest'. I spent my last few minutes of Year 2009 mopping the floor and at the strike of 12, I carried Angel to the balcony and we watched the fireworks display together. Everywhere there is fireworks, hubby on the other hand busy capturing photos of the fireworks.
Coincidentally, this new year is also hubby's grandma's Chinese birthday. Therefore, my PIL made a trip to visit her and of course her beloved granddaughter, my little girl. All relatives gathered at fifth aunty's house in Alam Damai, Cheras. Her house is a corner house, Balinese style. Hubby loves the house as there is a space for landscaping which he loves the most. And my Angel is in the centre of attention, everyone taking turn to carry and talk to her. I felt so proud....
Hubby took alot of photos there, I shortlisted a few:-

Angel with Ah Ma and Ah Kong

She enjoyed her day there!

PIL stayed for a night at our place. Today, hubby fetched us and his sis to the Golden Triangle KL. First stop, Pavillion KL. Angel as usual turn into sleeping beauty. Hubby took the chance to take photos of her parents since they didn't come here often.

Notice my first shot with hubby and Angel. Now I felt what it is like to have a family of my own. They walked and shopped around in Pavillion. After changing Angel's diaper and finished feeding, she woke up and hahahahaha, hubby started to snap snap snap again.

Below shots are the funniest of all. I noticed that Angel started to like photoshooting already. She made so many funny faces in front of the camera.

May in this year, we will be blessed and healthy always, and Angel will grow to be a pretty, healthy, charming lady!

Angel's very own stroller!

2009-12-31T11:19:00.007+08:00

Yesterday we bought Angel a stroller. It is the Maclaren Techno XT stroller. She brought me luck by winning RM250 gift vouchers from Parkson in the contest I entered when I was pregnant. And we thought with this gift, we can buy her a good stroller and can benefit the second child later. Below points summarise our worthwhile purchase:-

1) RM250 gift vouchers
2) 10% discount on the stroller price
3) 5X Bonuslink points
4) RM10 cash voucher for each RM150
5) Angpau from relatives and friends

Hubby and I compared among a few good brands and considered their specifications. Overall, we are looking for a light, easy to fold and convenient stroller. Given that our car is not that big, we would prefer an umbrella fold stroller for easier storage. And surprisingly, when we bought it yesterday, the promoter told us that the stroller does have lifetime warranty on its parts except for wear and tear. That is a good news, it makes our purchase even worthwhile.

Product Descriptions :-

A high-tech flagship Maclaren buggy, the Techno XT 2008 Stroller in Charcoal Grey combines function, durability and style. With a light, aluminum chassis and adjustable seat, leg rest and handles, the Techno XT stroller will be a perfect fit for your growing child, while the eight colorful accessory packs ensure that your Techno buggy will compliment your style!

Features:

Charcoal Grey fabric and frame
Recommended from birth and up
Holds up to 55 lbs
Sturdy, aeronautical-quality aluminum frame
Five-point safety harness for maximum security
One-hand umbrella fold
Foot operated, linked parking brakes
Carry handle for easy portability
Height adjustable shoulder straps
Foam insulated handles
Lockable, front swivel wheels
Front wheel suspension
Extend able handles
Adjustable leg rest
Handy mesh shopping basket
Independent five-position seat recline
Squared canopy with storage pocket
Reflective accents with for safety at night
UV protective viewing windows

Specifications:
Product Weight: 7.50kg

Product Dimension: 50cm (L) 62cm (W) x 108 - 111cm (H), Folded - 30cm (L) x 43cm (W) x 102cm (H)

Packaging Weight: 10.00kg
Packaging Dimension: 34cm (L) x 32cm (W) x 112cm (H)

Angel indeed enjoyed lying down in the stroller and look around with her big eyes. After sometime, she wanted me to carry her...aiyoh!!

More gifts for Angel!

2009-12-29T13:30:00.003+08:00

Mum and Jason drove down to KL on Sunday to visit me, baby, Theng & babies, Yee Woon, granny and Aunty Ivy. Though the trip was short, but I'm glad to have all them here, felt like a family get together. Ha ha, hopefully next time they can come and stay longer. Angel also enjoyed the day too. Byan and Bhui grew up alot and it's good to see all them together with my Angel, they surely be close friends later on, can't imagine how's CNY going to be like with them three in da house. Mum and Jason went back at about 5+pm.
At night, Goh, Li Lee, Wai Jen and Simon came to our house. They bought Angel a set of bodysuit with accessories plus a baby oil and baby bath. Thank you all.

And yesterday, Francesca, my wedding makeup artist visited me. She bought Angel a diaper bag and bought me Brands Chicken Essense. I'm very happy to see her and we got to chat awhile. Thank you Francesca for the lovely gift.

Not forgetting, Yoke Kwan and her mum came a week earlier to visit me and Angel. She presented me with Anakku hamper as well. Thank you very much.

At night, we drove Angel to see doctor. She is 6.25kg now, growing at about 97% percentiles. Doctor said she is at the top now, but not overweight yet. He commented about her rashes on the face and also her head. He gave her cream to apply, shampoo and also body bath. Doc also examined her and what amused us is Angel stared at the doctor with her big eyes quietly. Hahahahaha.....I even showed doc the photo of her stool, doc said it is normal and do not have to change her milk brand.
Hubby also went to see her ex-renovation boss and he gave Angel an ang pau. Thank you!

Merry X-mas!!!

2009-12-26T11:38:00.008+08:00

Merry X-mas!!! After attending Phaik Har's wedding in the morning, we brought Angel to 1U. I can't remembered how much time we spent finding car park. Hubby was so frustrated that he kept on telling Angel to give him luck. Hahahahahaha, after he pat her head, immediately there's a family walking out towards us and drove out. He was so happy that he actually believe her little girl gave him luck....lagi lah sayang!
Angel was sleeping as usual until I changed her clothings and diaper. She woke up and start to look around with her big eyes. I quickily ask hubby to get ready with his camera and our photoshoot session started........

On and off she will show her sleepy face. We both laughed out loud and she just kept on staring! Overall, this is so far the most satisfying photoshoot we ever had!

Angel is 6 weeks old!

2009-12-23T09:51:00.004+08:00

Yesterday it was 'Goh Tung' festival and it also mark Angel 6 weeks old. Time really flies, I am about to start work very soon. No 'tong yuen' to eat, hubby didn't buy. But we spent the night snaping lots of photos with Angel. Can't upload all here, just a few to share. She really is growing cuter....

Though the first shot is shaky, but i love to see her face!!

Now we can see clearly, they both really look alike......jealous-nya!

And today, we brought her to PPUM for injection. She had three vaccination all together, one jab on the left thigh, one on the right thigh and one via liquid into her mouth. She did not cry much, just five seconds when the nurse poke the needle into her thigh. Good girl, I praise her....
She is now sleeping lesser in the day time, and would want me to be by her side or carry her often. I've been telling her not to do that and she just stared at me. And good news, yesterday night, after her milk at 1am, she slept until 6am. I was also surprised how come i didn't wake up, haha, not used to sleep for 5hrs straight......perhaps she is tired or perhaps this is the beginning of a normal sleeping cycle.....pray to God that Angel will sleep well at night from now on!

Angel's second day out : 20 December 2009

2009-12-21T12:49:00.003+08:00

Yesterday we took Angel to Jusco Alpha Angle, Wangsa Walk Mall and Carrefour Wangsa Maju. As usual, she slept the whole time there. We went to Jusco and see some of the promotions they had there. I was checking on her clothings and thought to buy a few for upcoming Chinese New Year. I love all those dresses but didn't dare to buy as I do not know what exact size to buy. Hubby looked around and said children clothings were even more expensive than his clothings....Hahahahaha, I replied, "Now only you know ar!!!" We ended up buying nothing, hubby wanted to go and look for more choices yet..his attitude as usual.
At Wangsa Walk Mall, hubby spent me lunch at TGIF, replacement meal for my birthday and wedding anniversary. Angel continued to sleep too and both of us had some time together and enjoyed our meal. We went to Carrefour to buy some groceries and still she was sleeping....A Malay lady came up to hubby and commented on our cute baby. Then she asked him, "berapa bulan ar?" 3 or 5 months? Hubby just showed hand signal, 1 month. The lady replied, "wow, besarnya!!!" So funny......I even heard the promoters there praised my cute baby when hubby passed through them. I just felt so proud!
After that, we decided to bring Angel to shave her hair. The night before, my MIL called and reminded us to bring her to shave as her hair would be very long by now. Initially, we thought to shave during full moon, but couldn't as her head swell at the right side. As hubby was driving, he kept on saying he didn't want her to shave, not so fast. He was so reluctant to let her shave. I said better do it now as she is sleeping. Who knows, by the time we reached there, Angel woke up. It was also time for milk.....I fed her with milk and told her that I am bringing her to shave her hair, and told her to be good. She just looked at me with the innocent look.
During her time there with the barber, she didn't cry much, just 'merajuk' abit at the very last few minutes. Lucky for us, turned out to be both me and hubby were more anxious than her. We reached home and I quickily bathed her and changed.
She now look like a little monk. Hubby still wasn't used to see her new look now. He said he will take her photo everyday from now, just to observe how her new hair grows. The shots below were taken after her bath...

Angel's day out : 18 December 2009

2009-12-19T09:14:00.010+08:00

Yesterday it was Angel's first day out. Hubby and I took her to Midvalley Megamall for jalan jalan and to enjoy the Christmas season there. I have been telling her to be good ever since the night before. And in the morning, I ask her to settle her big business first..Ha ha ha, I was lucky, she really did that before her bath. We put her in a very nice blouse and pants, gift from sis's SIL.

Hubby was very excited and happy to see her dressed up. However, he failed to make her smile during these shots. There's one close up shot which I like:-

After I fed her with milk, we made our move to Midvalley. She was already half asleep in the car. Since we have not got ourselves a baby stroller yet, I carried her. We also need to check out the stroller prices and also the features for each brand. Surprisingly, the minute we entered Midvalley, Angel became Sleeping Beauty instantly. Notice her sleeping time is still unadjusted yet. Believe it or not, she slept the whole time there. She couldn't be bothered with the crowd and the noise there. The only time she is awake is her milk session and also when I changed her diaper. That was also lasted less than 5 minutes. Hubby is so sad as he wanted to snap her with the Christmas deco there. Still he said, since we are there, just take the photos.....so you would see most of the photos she is asleep....

There's one which she was awake.....

We went to several stores to check out on the stroller. still have not decided which one to buy...lots of factors to consider....hubby wanted to wait for even better bargains...

Wonder when is the next baby's day out again...

How to adjust??

2009-12-17T09:55:00.004+08:00

Angel's time seem to be the other way round. She can spend the whole daytime sleeping but wake up frequently during night time. Somehow I find her couldn't sleep well during night time. I tried alot of methods, still no change. Whenever I try to wake her up in the afternoon, she doesn't seem to bother at all. What should I do?
This week, I also find something different. Whenever she taken her milk at about 6am, she will continue awake till the next milk session or even until 12noon. And in these hours, she would cry for attention and will want me to carry her. I can't simply carry the way I wanted, she preferred me to put her on my chest. Aiyoh.....and if I see her slept already, I would put her back to the babycot. What happened next is she will awake and start crying again. Yesterday was the worst, she wanted me to be by her side, I can't even wash the clothes, have breakfast or even go to the toilet. She now recognises my voice already. Ohhh, did I pamper her too much?
Whenever she is awake, I always tell her to sleep more at night and wake up during day and talk to me. And whenever she wants me to carry, I will say what if I start working, will she get used to Grandma or even later the babysitter?
Today, she's 5 weeks old. Time really flies and both hubby and I are enjoying seeing her growing day by day. Hubby now calls her 'bao bei' and loves her very much! The shots below are taken right after her bath today:-

Day 34

2009-12-14T11:31:00.004+08:00

It has been a week I spent alone with Angel at home. My daily routine is to bathe her and feed her with milk. Then put her to sleep. I will then continue to hand wash her clothes, cook and clean the house. Overall, it is still manageable given that I am still in my maternity leave.
Angel is still waking up every 3 hours during night for milk, her condition is much better than before as she will sleep right after being fed. Previously, she didn't sleep well and it makes me tired.
I had started to talk to her about alot of things, hoping that she will understand.....hahahahaha, expecting her to be like an adult...
Now that I called her name or "Baby", somehow she understood, and she will smile at me cheerfully. Looking at her everyday, hubby said she really grow up alot. One habit she can't seem to avoid is she keep on sleeping on her right side. Her left head no longer swell as I massaged it with my breastmilk. No matter how I tried to adjust her head or placing a pillow beside, she will return to the same position. That is why my sis commented that her right head is flat. We need to buy her a better pillow. I already checked in the website, and now waiting for hubby to purchase it.
This morning, after her milk at 6am, she refused to sleep. And after awhile, she cried....it is because she need me to change her diaper, there's plenty of shit inside...Hubby laughed, Angel would hint us everytime she settle her big business. You can see her smily and calm face right after I changed her diaper. And just before her bathing time, I managed to snap a few shots of my CUTE BABY!!!

Angel experiencing first power failure

2009-12-14T09:38:00.004+08:00

Saturday night, all of the sudden, power failure. My first reaction, my baby. I quickly ask hubby to open the main door as there's corridor light. Thank goodness, she was asleep that time. I open my eyes widely just to ensure no mosquito attacking her. And hubby also fan her just in case she is hot. We don't want her to wake up in the middle of darkness. I called the TNB customer service to report the power failure. Luckily the power was restored in less than half an hour.
Hubby said to Angel, first power failure, you were in Mummy's womb, now you experience yourself first power failure. Hahahaha, I do not know if she understood what hubby said.

Finally!!!!

2009-12-10T11:48:00.006+08:00

Today mark Day 30 of Angel's arrival. And also my graduation day from confinement. Huh, big relief. I knew I can't simply eat any food I want now, but at least I knew I don't have to eat ginger and sesame oil in every meal now.
Today is also my third day alone with Angel. She was not sleeping well yesterday night, keep on crying. No matter what I did, she is not comfortable at all. She must be not feeling well.....poor thing! And she spent her day time sleeping like a sleeping beauty. Couldn't be bothered with any noises and disturbance at all.
On Tuesday night, hubby took the chance to snap more photos of her. And this round, I have the chance to be in the shot with my Angel as well.

Thank you Daddy for this wonderful shot!

This one not too bad too!

There is also one shot where Daddy caught her smiling cheerfully.

One more of my favourite shot, she was yawning and we caught that. She must be thinking, this Mummy and Daddy got nothing else to do already....hahahahhahaha.....

Now I just pray and pray and pray that Angel will sleep well during night time. Hopefully her sleeping time will be back to normal.

Me alone with Angel!

2009-12-08T21:09:00.004+08:00

After the full moon party, we headed to Teluk Intan on Monday morning. Reason being to pray the ancestors. MIL went back to have a rest. Hubby drove me and Angel home the same day as he can't take day off on Tuesday.
And today, I started my days alone with Angel. She wasn't sleeping well during night time, kept waking up. I woke up at 8.30am, and quickly rush to bathe Angel as she is due to drink milk by then. MIL had me trained two days earlier on how to bathe her. I am slowly picking up and glad that Angel love to be bathed. Then she had milk at 9am.
She slept the whole afternoon, waking up for milk in the middle and continue to sleep. Hubby came back at about 7pm and took a few photos of Angel as she is awake. I wiped her face and body and get her changed as the weather is hot today. Hopefully she will sleep well tonight.
I am to start working on 11 Jan. Till then, we will take Angel back to Teluk Intan. MIL will help me to take care of her until Chinese New Year. We will start the babysitting service after CNY.

Full moon party cum Wedding anniversary : 6 December 2009

2009-12-08T20:54:00.003+08:00

We organized a full moon party for Angel. We make it earlier coz the actual day would be in the weekday and also to celebrate together our 1st year wedding anniversary. Hubby called some food (fried bihun, fried mee, curry chicken, deep fried spring roll, carrot cake, fried pau) from a restaurant in Desa Setapak, MIL made yellow glutinous rice, red eggs, SIL made egg sandwich and coleslaw and hubby bought honeydew and 'ang ku'. It was just a simple lunch and we invited hubby's relatives, my relatives and some close friends.
Angel was sleeping the whole day, couldn't be bothered with the noise and crowd. Everyone praised her thick hair and also her height. Just that they didn't have the chance to see her awake. And I was busy and forgotten about taking photos of the event. Hmmm, no photos to show.....
We would like to thank everyone who came and thank for their gifts and ang pau. I remembered what my MIL & grandma said, last year this date, we become husband and wife, this year this date, we become mummy and daddy. And I quickily replied, there's not going to be another baby the following year, not too soon. I must give myself a rest and also time to raise Angel first. Hahaha.....

My birthday 2 December 2009

2009-12-03T12:33:00.006+08:00

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Happy Birthday to Me!

It's my birthday yesterday. Hmmm, like what I said to everyone, MIXED FEELINGS! This year, Kuan Yin had blessed me with Angel and she is the best birthday gift I ever received. And having her on my birthday is a joy I wouldn't ever forget. However, celebrating in the confinement period wasn't something I ever wanted. With gingers and sesame oil, so miserable. I requested MIL to cook mee suah with egg for my dinner. That is the traditional way of celebrating birthday.
Hubby bought me a birthday cake after work. And having a slice of it really makes my day. He asked me to take a shot with my Angel just before cutting the cake. He said we must celebrate together with her, which is why he insisted to take photo with her even she is sleeping. Aiyoh, this daddy, so excited.

Mybirthday cake

Posing with Angel, notice she is sleeping!

Day 19

2009-11-30T12:43:00.004+08:00

Angel is steadily growing. Yesterday was her Day 19. A few of hubby's relatives came to congratulate us and visited Angel. His 5th aunt even bought her a set of clothes with booties and mittens. Thank you.
Angel was well asleep when they were here. The minute they left, she was awake and then hubby had chance to snap photos of her.

Hubby is loving her more and more each day. He is very anxious of how we carry her and treat her everyday. I felt that I am at the bottom position in his heart. This is the fact I knew I will need to face the minute Angel is out. Hopefully he will keep on supporting me throughout Angel's growing process. And I will be satisfied and all sacrifices would be paid off.

Gift from hubby's colleagues

2009-11-30T12:36:00.004+08:00

Hubby received a gift from his colleagues for our newborn Angel. The gift comprise of Little Bean Flexi Clip Fan and Nuby Dangly Dooz. They will be useful when we put Angel to the stroller next time. Big thank you to them.

What happened to Angel?

2009-11-27T19:18:00.004+08:00

Yesterday night, Angel did not sleep well. After each session of milk feeding, she refused to sleep and cried. Everything was pretty normal, MIL tried all possible ways to make her sleep. Still she didn't sleep. Perhaps she wanted us to carry her often. I even sang lullaby to her, still her active eyes looking straight at me, and doesn't want to sleep.
I'm sad at times, as she is so small and lesser sleep is not healthy for her. Today, she slept most of the day, she must be tired. It is also a public holiday today, glad to have hubby around. I'm happy that now hubby is excited to see her daughter each time he returns from work. And I always try to snap shots of Angel whenever I can. My laptop wallpaper is constantly updated with Angel's latest pic. Today, hubby said, "Our daughter is getting cuter each day and her hair got style". Ha ha, I always caught him kissing her forehead. I can tell that in future, he will be the one protecting her and I'm the one who have to teach and be the bad person.
These are the latest shots I took yesterday night:-

She acted so cool!

The cheeky side of her!

I love this shot, she look so adorable!

My Confinement Blues!

2009-11-24T14:16:00.005+08:00

Day 14. I went through half of my journey and counting down to my full moon. Of all the stages, I find confinement is the hardest. Pregnancy, laboring or even taking care of Angel were not as tough as confinement. Alot of firsts in confinement, first time taking ginger in every meal, first time having sesame oil in all food, first time not being able to take bath and wash hair everyday, first time eating pig kidney, first time drinking red dates tea everyday and first time not able to eat fruits and vegetables. Hmm, I was so paranoid that I tell myself to stay away from all these upon full moon. Then again, too much traditional beliefs being brought out by MIL, which I can't accept some anyway. Still, no choice, I had to follow, just in case what she said might come true anyway.
Angel is now growing day by day. Thank God, her jaundice had recovered, but now, she had colic. And this is also tough for me as she will be crying at night. MIL had given her with Chinese herbs and also rubbing medicated oil on her tummy. Yesterday night, she was all right, getting up every 3 hours for milk and sleep well till morning. Hopefully she will recover soon!
And this morning, after taking her bath, looking at her being active, I managed to snap a few shots. I compared with the ones I took earlier, she really grow alot. How I love to look at her every second now.

Angel at Day 14

Angel's name

2009-11-23T15:23:00.004+08:00

Today mark Day 13 of Angel's arrival. And Daddy finally got Angel registered with Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara for birth certificate and MyKad. Angel is now named as CHEW KYE XIN (周恺馨). This name is being choosen and checked its meaning and matched with Angel's date and time of birth. To me, it will be a challenge for me to write out her chinese name, especially the word "xin". This will be my next goal to achieve.

Numbers!

2009-11-18T20:12:00.003+08:00

Throughout my labouring of Angel right to the admission for jaundice, the numbers seem somehow related. It's kinda funny thinking of it. During admission, I was placed at bed no. 2 to wait. Then in the labour ward, I laboured Angel at bed no. 8. If we add up these numbers, it resulted in 10, which is Angel's birthday. Soon after delivery, I was sent to maternity ward bed no. 28, a combination of no. 2 and 8 previously.
At the second admission for jaundice, I was placed at bed no. 16. And I was discharged on Tuesday, which is Angel's day 7, which is the result of adding up 1 and 6.
Ha ha, all these came into my mind during my time in the hospital. Somehow, it reduces my stress and able to think positive to welcome Angel back home!

4 days in PPUM: Angel had jaundice!

2009-11-18T16:43:00.005+08:00

I started to notice Angel's face and eye white turned yellow at Day 3. She slept alot during day time and did not ask for milk, even for about 5 hours interval. During night time, she is not sleeping well and cried even after taking in milk. On Saturday, hubby and I decided to bring her to see the doctor in PPUM. We went into the Pediatric Emergency section and got her checked. They took her blood sample and her jaundice level came to about 347. Normal reading is about 250.
Doctor suggested for her to be admitted and to receive the photolight treatment. I had already prepared myself mentally before I went to hospital. I was asked to stay with her as well. We were sent to pediatric ward. We were given a room with a single bed for me. They started the treatment for Angel straight away. Her shirt was taken off and she cried alot during the first night as she is not used it. I cried when they took her blood samples. And she is also on drip as her sodium level is high and there is lesser water content in her body. Poor thing!
From Saturday night till Tuesday midnight, she is under the photolight. First reading is 347, 2 lights given. Second, 365, 3 lights given. I started to get scared and sad as well. Then the third reading went down to 280. Then they bring down to one light only. Next reading is 206. This reading is the safe level. On Tuesday midnight, they switched off the light and waited until morning 8am to take her blood sample again. Thank God, the reading is 175 and they let her discharged in the evening.
However, her eyes had infection and were given eye drops and oilment to treat. These few days I did not sleep well, had to constantly feed her and to observe her bowel movements. And I kept on telling myself to be strong. Hubby came to visit me after work and brought me meals. He is not feeling well and yet he supported me throughout the period. I felt better just by lying on his shoulder, and he would just say we are going back home soon!
Just about we discharged, I managed to take a shot of Angel, she looked active and cute!

My amazing 18 hours labouring process in PPUM!

2009-11-12T13:37:00.004+08:00

It was Monday night. My last dinner cooked was chicken rice with soya sauce chicken and vegetable with onion oil. I would say that is so far the best meal I cooked ever since we stayed here. Right after the dinner, I felt some mild contractions. I wonder if it is going to be real. Throughout the whole night, on and off I had to go to toilet. Had diarrhea for 3 times, then I thought perhaps it is not contractions after all. Still the pain did not go off right until 5.30am. I found out there's slight bleeding. At first, if the bleeding didn't happen, I wanted to go back to office just to check things out and made final wrap up before proceeding to the hospital.
I had my bath and washed my hair, asked hubby to wake up. I guess he is nervous, he ended up changing into his work clothes. I asked him why, he said he will work after sending me there. And I said "Hello, aren't you suppose to accompany me throughout the whole process? There's paternity leave right?" Then he said "Oh ya, how could I forget?" And I just had a glass of warm water. Reached there around 6.20am and there goes my 18 hours journey.
I went to Level 1, Maternity building. I said I had bleeding. The nurses confirmed if I wanted to be admitted or wait to be examined by the doctors at the maternity clinic. I said I wanted to be admitted. Hubby wasn't allowed to enter. I changed into the uniform and they checked my blood pressure, temperature and baby's heartbeat. The nurse then put in a medicine at my buttock to let me pass out all before I start to deliver.
I was placed on a bed and the nurse placed a hearing machine on my tummy, to check the baby heartbeat and the frequency of my contractions. A doctor came in and had his hand inserted into my vagina. 2cm he said. Another trainee doctor came and asked a series of questions. He really tested my memory, as to understand my medical history.
I need to wait until 10cm before I can proceed to deliver. They transferred to the normal ward at level 2. It is considered a waiting ward. I can't remember how many doctors came to examine me, but what they said is to ask me to go back home and come again when the contractions become frequent. I said I want to stay here as I might turn out to be nervous if I am at home or work. Hubby was with me at the waiting ward and he saw the contractions I had throughout the morning right till 12noon. My contractions become frequent and at about 2pm, I asked the doctor to examine me again. 4cm this time, and they instructed the nurse to bring me down to the labour ward. I started to get very sleepy as I did not sleep well throughout the night.
They did not allow hubby to enter the labour ward. I was all alone and only God and Angel knew the pain I went through. Nurses there encouraged me to walk around and not to sleep on the bed to encourage faster delivery. It become harder to walk when contractions came. I reminded myself to be strong and prayed for the process to be easier to me to go through.
At about 6cm, it is 4cm. They did ARM on me, which is to break my waterbag. So I asked how long do I need to wait before it can go to 10cm. They said it is normally a cm an hour. But case to case, it might be different for each person. I must remain lying on the bed, and I felt water flowing out. At about 8pm, my contractions become more frequent, and the nurse asked if I needed epidural jab or painkillers. I said No, and the nurse asked if I can take in the labour pain as it is unbearable. I insisted No.
After half an hour, I can't bear the pain anymore. I quickily asked for painkiller, but it wasn't helpful at all, maybe only 10%. At about 9pm, I felt the urge to push, like passing out. The doc said it is about 7cm and I can't push yet as I might rip off the vagina. So I wait and wait until 9.45pm, the doc confirmed it is 10cm. Doc said I can practice pushing out. I had to take in deep breath, lift the head to the front and push to the fullest. This can be done provided the contraction is there.
My pushing started from there, and many times I felt sleepy and drowsy. Perhaps also I did not take much food, I got no energy to push her out. My breath is not deep enough and my techniques is not right. Thanks to all the nurses and doctors there. They really encouraged me throughout the session. The session lasted for almost two hours when at the very last minute, 11.20pm, I just push to the end and the baby came out. First feeling, I felt awake and I felt relieved. The doctor praised me for my good effort, and gave me an option, "boy or girl". I said I wanted a girl, and she smiled at me and showed Angel to me. A girl, she said. But another nurse said she passed out motion in my womb and swallowed some into herself. She needed to clean her up first and she wasn't crying that loud yet.
They proceeded by taking out my placenta and stiched the wound. The doctor, Ms. Premilla, she was good, she mentioned there's alot of cases today and she felt tired. I thanked her for the good job she did. She injected painkillers and started to stich. I felt the process and not as painful as I thought it can be. She must have done a good stiching.
After that the nurse pushed the baby to me and said she given her oxygen gas as she is quite weak. Her head is slightly longer and red as I delayed the pushing time, her head is in and out. But she will be recovering soon.
The nurse pushed me to the ward at Level 3 at about 1am. She bathed Angel and brought her to me to breastfeed. But I think she doesn't like it and I don't have much breastmilk yet. And she pushed her to the baby room after that. Hubby was there when I complete my labouring process. He went back home and constantly calling the nurse to check out on my status. We both were thinking that Angel will be out the next day. Guess she wanted to be born on the same day with her Uncle cum my Brother. Husband brought me a flask of hot water, cereal and bread. I ate a bit, went to the toilet and slept. That is the end of my 18 hours journey.
The next morning, at about 6.3oam, the nurse brought Angel to me. We were told to eat breakfast and changed our clothes. The doctor will come to examine us. They checked out on the stiches, body temperature and blood pressure. Everything is normal.
I received alot of calls and SMSes from family and friends. Thanks you to them. Thank you to my office colleagues who bought me a hamper of Eu Yan Sang products and my Taiping friends who bought me a bottle of DOM wine. My mother-in-law also reached KL and cooked me lunch. My sister's parents in law also cooked me red dates and her brother-in-law brought it to me. Thank you. Baby and me were discharged at about 7.30pm.
I managed to capture a few shots of Angel in the hospital:-

Daddy's girl

She's very alert and look around!

All prepared to go back to home sweet home

Daddy is still finalizing her name. To me, she's always my Angel. And prayed that Angel will grow healthily to become a smart and beautiful lady in future.

8 November 2009 : Hubby's birthday cum 1st year ROM anniversary

2009-11-08T22:43:00.003+08:00

Surely another day to remember for the year 2009. Today is our 1st year of ROM anniversary and also Hubby's birthday.
Early in the morning, Hubby brought his "first wife" cum his car for inspection and servicing. I consider myself as the "second wife" as men tend to love and care second wife more. Ha ha....We went for lunch and then went to haircut together. It's been a while since the last cut, and I wanted to shave off as much hair possible to prepare myself for the 'non-hair wash' during my confinement. And this round, it is the cheapest cut of all, RM 14.80. It turned out to be not too bad. Hubby loves it too.
Next, we went to Tesco Ampang just to shop for some groceries. Hubby bought three coconuts for me. Alot of people had explained the benefit of drinking coconut just before delivery. And previously we fought over this and I believe by now he would have believed what the others said, but from me who said that previously. I came back and made some egg tarts. Hhmm, this round it turned out to be bad. I turned on only the top part of the oven, not like usual, separating between top and bottom. Guess the heat is too much for the egg tarts this time, it turned black.
There's a few nice ones and I brought them to my sis to try. I went to visit her to take stuff she brought back from Taiping. And also to greet her goodbye as she is flying off to Bangkok to unite with her husband soon.
Hubby and I had our dinner at Wendy's at Aeon AU2. Though it's not a big restaurant, still we enjoyed our time there. I can tell that Hubby is anxiously waiting for Angel to come out. Somehow I think he wished if she's out today itself and it'll be a triple celebration for us every year. Hmmm, it's too good to be true, and it won't as it is now 11pm.
I bought a wallet for Hubby. And though I did not receive any gift or surprise, still I'm glad that we spent the day together. He is supporting me through my last 2 weeks of pregnancy.
I love you Dd, Happy Birthday and Happy ROM anniversary to both of us. May we live happily ever after!

Eighth PPUM checkup : 6 November 2009

2009-11-06T23:09:00.002+08:00

Today, we reached around 7.20am. I followed hubby to buy The Star and then we walked together to the maternity clinic. I am the fourth person today. As usual, my urine and blood pressure were perfectly normal. Gained 0.7kg compared to previous week, to make it to 9.5kg total weight increase. I didn't wait long to be called to see the doctor. This round, the doctor greeted me cheerfully as she congratulate me saying that my baby has reach full term. And she is testing me on all the symptons of delivery. Just in case if it happens, I won't be panic. She measured the length of my belly and took the heartbeat of my Angel. Normal. She even said that Angel's head is locked in the pelvis area already.
Before I left, she reminded me to observe Angel's movement. Should there be no movement, I am required to come back to the clinic and check it out. I was told that if I still have not deliver after the due date, they will give me a grace period of 7 days before they induce me. This however only happen to 20% of pregnant ladies.
My next checkup will be next Friday. We returned to office right after checkup. I reached office at around 9.26am.

Experiencing first power failure during pregnancy and in my new home!

2009-11-04T22:01:00.005+08:00

Yesterday I had a terrible 2 hours of power failure. Apparently the whole area is in darkness. At first I thought it is just a while. Never did I know it will last that long. It started around 9pm, just after we had our dinner. I made a report to the TNB call centre. We stood at the balcony for fresh air. I couldn't stand as my body temperature is now higher compared to normal times. I went into the bathroom to take a short bath. Still it does not help much. Hubby asked me to go to bed early. It rain a while after that and I thought situation could be better. At around 11pm, I was awake and found myself sweating terribly. I couldn't help but to wake up. About 5 mins later, the power is back to normal. My first action is to switch on the air-conditioner.
During the whole two hours, I was thinking what if I were to deliver my Angel? I threw this question to my hubby, but no respond. He was pretty confident that Angel wouldn't be out that soon. Still, he tried his best to make me comfortable during the two hours.