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A Full time working MUM with a little miracle born to them on 2nd March 2009. A simple woman living in her simple world with the man of her dreams since 2004.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
4th Month
Tomorrow marks the 4th month for me as a SAHM.
Before I became a SAHM, and started asking around whether am I suitable, everyone gave me negative answer. My good friends says I don't have the SAHM calibre, my own mother says I can't survive without shopping and so does my own husband.
Hence, I decided to go ahead with it and prove to the world that I am a mother. So what can be so difficult being a SAHM ?
I was wrong.
First two months was horrible + terrible. I called my best friend and cried. Husband do not understand my plight, he thinks that I am unreasonable. Staying at home whole day what can be so difficult ? He came home, ate dinner , played a while with lil boy and slept. I felt like I was in hell cos I had endless housework to do, I need to cook and I need to have the energy to chase after a curious toddler whom had difficulty with his solids and on top of that I still need to struggle to go marketing and runs errands since Husband is always working overtime and literally had no time for any other stuffs. Physically and mentally , I was drained out. I began to miss the times where I had lunch with colleagues and occasional pre dinner dessert at Jurong Point. Socially, I missed out alot of gatherings as I need to take care of the lil one and bringing him out at peak hours is literally a difficult task for me.
I felt lonely & distressed.
And gradually I survived thru the first two months. Began to find good opportunities to talk to husband regarding myself and occasional afternoon tea with my friends whom came all the way to Jurong Point for my sake ( I am really grateful for that) and I decided to bring lil one for school which gave me excuses and opportunities to travel downtown for window shopping or shopping in actual fact. I felt more socially in touch with the outside world. I began to organise my time better for housework and getting at hand with lil one's daily habits and routines. Things are gradually getting better and I am starting to enjoy my life as a SAHM.
Though there has been so much ups and downs in the route I had chosen, but the rewards are priceless. I get to hug the lil one to sleep every night which had been a dream that only comes true during my leave, he learns the bonding with me and would sit on my lap and watch tv together. I was the first one there to witness his first words: Daddy, Ma-mee, Bao Bao, Ball Ball, Bye Bye and not hearing all these thru my mother in law. I was there with him for all his developments - teething, learning to communicate, schooling, self feeding, drinking from a straw cup.
And to conclude the 4th month, I am now a happy SAHM.
P.S: although part of me still hope that I can go back to work and our life could be more luxurious than now. But for now, nothing matters to me more than the lil one and my family.
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·Before I became a SAHM, and started asking around whether am I suitable, everyone gave me negative answer. My good friends says I don't have the SAHM calibre, my own mother says I can't survive without shopping and so does my own husband.
Hence, I decided to go ahead with it and prove to the world that I am a mother. So what can be so difficult being a SAHM ?
I was wrong.
First two months was horrible + terrible. I called my best friend and cried. Husband do not understand my plight, he thinks that I am unreasonable. Staying at home whole day what can be so difficult ? He came home, ate dinner , played a while with lil boy and slept. I felt like I was in hell cos I had endless housework to do, I need to cook and I need to have the energy to chase after a curious toddler whom had difficulty with his solids and on top of that I still need to struggle to go marketing and runs errands since Husband is always working overtime and literally had no time for any other stuffs. Physically and mentally , I was drained out. I began to miss the times where I had lunch with colleagues and occasional pre dinner dessert at Jurong Point. Socially, I missed out alot of gatherings as I need to take care of the lil one and bringing him out at peak hours is literally a difficult task for me.
I felt lonely & distressed.
And gradually I survived thru the first two months. Began to find good opportunities to talk to husband regarding myself and occasional afternoon tea with my friends whom came all the way to Jurong Point for my sake ( I am really grateful for that) and I decided to bring lil one for school which gave me excuses and opportunities to travel downtown for window shopping or shopping in actual fact. I felt more socially in touch with the outside world. I began to organise my time better for housework and getting at hand with lil one's daily habits and routines. Things are gradually getting better and I am starting to enjoy my life as a SAHM.
Though there has been so much ups and downs in the route I had chosen, but the rewards are priceless. I get to hug the lil one to sleep every night which had been a dream that only comes true during my leave, he learns the bonding with me and would sit on my lap and watch tv together. I was the first one there to witness his first words: Daddy, Ma-mee, Bao Bao, Ball Ball, Bye Bye and not hearing all these thru my mother in law. I was there with him for all his developments - teething, learning to communicate, schooling, self feeding, drinking from a straw cup.
And to conclude the 4th month, I am now a happy SAHM.
P.S: although part of me still hope that I can go back to work and our life could be more luxurious than now. But for now, nothing matters to me more than the lil one and my family.
Labels: Family, Mummy Bean
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Polliwalk
Aren't these shoes lovely ?
Daddy is in love with the "Firefly" ones while I am in love with the Elmo ones. Am scouting for new lovely shoes for my beloved baby as he had lost one of the sandals his Aunt got for him during his first birthday. He has a bad habit of removing the velcro of his sandals and swing off the sandals while we are carrying him. So now I am in a dilemma in getting shoes for him. Expensive ones are to Mummy's pleasure but to our pockets disadvantage as we need to consider the fact that their small little feet grew at an extraordinary speed just within two months, the sandals can get really small. And my boy loves kicking his shoes off without our knowledge. So Daddy is advising me to keep a lookout on crocs sale at expo. But then crocs doesn't have these designs.
Men...
if the children are going to wait for their Fathers to get toys and clothings for them, they are going to get naked and deprived.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Activity Driver
Vtech Learn and Discover Driver
Fisher Price Rumble and Learn Driver
Favian fell in love with steering wheels lately. He is so obsessed with it, he would overturn his little bike and start 'steering'the wheels. Hence Mummy is wondering which activity driver should I get for him since he has fallen in love with both as I had tried to test him out in Toys R Us. Of course the second one would cost me a bomb but the first one needs a long journey downtown to get it.
Hmmm...
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Happy Daddy's Day
2nd Daddy's day for Daddy this year. We didn't have a proper celebration last year since last year Daddy's day I was in upset mode because I was getting ready to get back to work after the long ML. Hence this year, Daddy wanted a nice family dinner. I decided to open ceremony the induction cooker I bought like ages ago which was kept in the store room.
Just a simple dinner but the only thing is because its healthy, Favian gets to eat our table food for the first time. First family dinner for us. :)
The usual shabu meat comes in a super big platter hence I decided to make my own shabu meat. Daddy & I spent a long time malleting this chunk of meat but we had great fun. And they tasted as good as the pre packed ones.
My happy dearies.
Happy Daddy's Day !
Labels: Family
Friday, June 25, 2010
Favian's first art pieces
The teachers at school called these abstract art pieces. But to me, they are lovely gifts from my dear lil boy. I would always look at these pieces with a smile and recall the times when he is being serious or in a cheeky mood to get these pieces done up for Mummy.
And not forgetting the smile and amazement while getting his hands dirty and playing with the paint. Oh yes, and Mummy's agony in getting him to put on the art apron.
Labels: baby
Monday, June 21, 2010
Part time maid
I am disturbed by a sudden call this evening.
It was my part time maid. Let us called her Maid A.
Maid A called me regarding my best friend whom stayed just a street away from me. She said my friend's original part time maid (Let's call her Maid C) went back to china for an urgent operation hence my friend requested her to come for weekly cleaning at her place. However today, her husband called her and told her that the timing doesn't fit their family hence he said they would get another part time cleaner instead of her. She was furious and called me to demand me to find out from my friend why she wasn't given the assignment and start telling me long stories and say she suspected they gave the job to Maid B (my ex part time maid whom isn't very good with cleaning but she is a lady with lil words). She said she wanted the job as her place is an easy job and she doesn't want Maid B to benefit so ask me to persuade my friend to give her the job.
I was actually rather furious why did she involve the both of us in their assignment feud. But since she is coming to clean my house tomorrow and I need to give her an answer, I called my friend to understand the whole matter.
When my friend called Maid A , this Maid A say she has lots of assignment on hand and couldn't give a weekend slot to my friend. Hence she requested to clean her house on a weekday. But my friend prefer weekend as her husband and her would be at home to monitor her progress. She rebuked my friend and say since her mum is not working, why can't she come on a weekday and she can't confirm on the timing as she got lots of assignment on hand and she need to fetch her grandchildren from school. Anyway my fren decided to try her out last thursday even though she had done relief cleaning for Maid C when she was away. Maid A came her house , spent half an hour talking to her mum, did a slip shot vacumming and even brought a packet of bee hoon and started eating in their kitchen in the midst of cleaning. My fren was really upset with her and decided to give the assignment to Maid B since Maid A claims that she had loads of assignment on hand ever since Maid C went back to China. And if the claims are real, why did she need to bother to miss call me 4 times and called my husband to ask whether I am with him, just to make me call my friend and speak nice words of her ?
And I am pretty upset as apparently this stupid Maid A go and tell my friend's mum that I might look nice on the outside actually I am a backstabber and tell tales about me to my friend's mum. My friend is really upset over this matter as Maid A is so scheming to backstab me infront of my best friend.
Hence I decided to send her off after tomorrow since she has loads of assignments on hand and she always commented that my house is filled with dust and difficult to clean. ( where I got two empty rooms, one unused toilet- how dirty or difficult could it be ? ) If my house is spick and span, why would I still need a part time cleaner in the first place ?
And my mind is set if she dare to make any more comments tomorrow, I would definitely rebuke her and not be the Mrs Nice anymore !
Bloody Bitch !!!
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·It was my part time maid. Let us called her Maid A.
Maid A called me regarding my best friend whom stayed just a street away from me. She said my friend's original part time maid (Let's call her Maid C) went back to china for an urgent operation hence my friend requested her to come for weekly cleaning at her place. However today, her husband called her and told her that the timing doesn't fit their family hence he said they would get another part time cleaner instead of her. She was furious and called me to demand me to find out from my friend why she wasn't given the assignment and start telling me long stories and say she suspected they gave the job to Maid B (my ex part time maid whom isn't very good with cleaning but she is a lady with lil words). She said she wanted the job as her place is an easy job and she doesn't want Maid B to benefit so ask me to persuade my friend to give her the job.
I was actually rather furious why did she involve the both of us in their assignment feud. But since she is coming to clean my house tomorrow and I need to give her an answer, I called my friend to understand the whole matter.
When my friend called Maid A , this Maid A say she has lots of assignment on hand and couldn't give a weekend slot to my friend. Hence she requested to clean her house on a weekday. But my friend prefer weekend as her husband and her would be at home to monitor her progress. She rebuked my friend and say since her mum is not working, why can't she come on a weekday and she can't confirm on the timing as she got lots of assignment on hand and she need to fetch her grandchildren from school. Anyway my fren decided to try her out last thursday even though she had done relief cleaning for Maid C when she was away. Maid A came her house , spent half an hour talking to her mum, did a slip shot vacumming and even brought a packet of bee hoon and started eating in their kitchen in the midst of cleaning. My fren was really upset with her and decided to give the assignment to Maid B since Maid A claims that she had loads of assignment on hand ever since Maid C went back to China. And if the claims are real, why did she need to bother to miss call me 4 times and called my husband to ask whether I am with him, just to make me call my friend and speak nice words of her ?
And I am pretty upset as apparently this stupid Maid A go and tell my friend's mum that I might look nice on the outside actually I am a backstabber and tell tales about me to my friend's mum. My friend is really upset over this matter as Maid A is so scheming to backstab me infront of my best friend.
Hence I decided to send her off after tomorrow since she has loads of assignments on hand and she always commented that my house is filled with dust and difficult to clean. ( where I got two empty rooms, one unused toilet- how dirty or difficult could it be ? ) If my house is spick and span, why would I still need a part time cleaner in the first place ?
And my mind is set if she dare to make any more comments tomorrow, I would definitely rebuke her and not be the Mrs Nice anymore !
Bloody Bitch !!!
Labels: Mummy Bean
Thursday, June 17, 2010
I Pledge
The national family celebrations this year theme is to make a pledge to your family.
And here is my pledge:
"I pledge to spend at least one hour with Favian on his education each day."
Hence I got myself materials to fulfill my pledge.
Creative Alphabet Charts for his cognitive development.
Mr Face- To teach him about moods and facial parts.
And also to let him express him mood to mummy.
His very first puzzle !
And I hope I have the patience to fulfill my pledge.
Labels: baby
Double Boiled Pear
I had been sick since last thursday. It started with a bad throat and goes on to a persisting cough. Hence I suspected I got the 100 days cough and my GP affirmed it by telling me my cough might take 3 months to get well. *faints* Being a SAHM, it is very frustrating to be sick and to take care of an active toddler hence I am desperate to get well.
My facebook friends told me about this remedy on Double Boiled Pear. Decided to give it a try since western medicine doesn't seem to have any effect on me.
I went to Eu Ren Sheng and told them I want to cook Double Boiled Pear and they just gave me this whole packet which contain all the essential herbs I need.
Placed everything into the double boiler.
And I have my double boiled pear after two hours. It is so sweet and soothing I don't even need to add any rock sugar.
And the best part is my throat actually felt alot better today.
=)
Labels: Home Cooked Food
Friday, June 11, 2010
Ego Centric
This is the 2nd week for Favian in class.
Been having alot of problem with him for the past 2 lessons.
1) Refused to share.
He refuse to share toys, props and to wait for his turn to play the toys in school. I think he hates it so much til he show symptoms of reluctance to go into class and not willing to join in the group activity.
2) Refused to let go.
He refuse to return the toys back to his teachers after play and if I try to snatch it from him, he would make a din, roll on the floor and cry like nobody business disrupting the lessons.
3) On the go
He been on the go in class meaning when the rest are sitting down on the floor mat, he walks around to explore the classroom environment. And I had a hard time getting him to join in the group activity unless he showed particular interest to certain section, he would be really attentive.
Now Daddy & I are in a dilemma now. Because next week would be his last two lessons, hence we are wondering whether to let him continue for another term since if we take him out now he would be even more ego centric and the distance is a killer for me. As I need to wake up 7 am to prepare for his 11 30 am class. But if we let him continue and push him too hard, would he hate school environment in the future ? And it would be even harder for us to bring him to classes and etc.
Hence we are back to square one.
*shakes head*
Labels: baby
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday's Dinner
Usually our Sunday would be packed with in laws and mum's visiting. But this Sunday we managed to have a break (thanks to my cousin's wedding in JB) , Mummy is back in JB and Favian had gone for his grand daddy and mummy visiting on Sat when we were away for the congress.
I decided to try something simple for dinner since it is suppose to be my off day.
Sushi Tei inspired Crab Meat Fried Rice.
Hubby told me there will be one less dish to order at Sushi Tei from now on.
=(
Labels: Home Cooked Food
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Fried Kway Teow
Did a healthier version of Fried Kway Teow and Hubby rated 9.9 & asked for more.
The greatest joy of cooking is to see your love ones enjoying it.
Oh and I finally took out the corelle dishes to camwhore. But it still looks the same since 80% of the prints had been covered up.
Labels: Home Cooked Food
Koi Cafe
I been hearing alot about this Koi Cafe. Seeing facebook posts, statuses, blogs. Hence I got curious and bugged hubby to bring me down to AMK and search for the long heard but never try before Koi.
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We got a shock when we saw the queue initially. We thought people are queuing up for 4D or Toto. ha. Anyway I tried the Grass Jelly Milk Tea. The grass jelly is as good as Gong Chai ! I love the texture in the mouth. Yumz !
It is worth the wait and ended our day with a smile.
P.S: Hubby say he is going to bring me back again to satisfy my craving.
=)
Labels: Food, Mummy Bean
Thursday, June 3, 2010
How do I define you ?
I think I had enough of being Miss Nice.
From now on, if that's what u think , I am no long guilty, couldn't care less about you.
I am not a saint so please don't expect me to give and there is no rewards !
I wonder how do I define our relationship now ?
Labels: Mummy Bean
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Learning.
First official lesson for my dear boy today.
Mummy is still coping well except its a mad rush for me in the morning to cook an early lunch for my prince and getting him & myself ready for school.
Spot the anti social kid ?
He loves to wander around the class disturbing his classmates and joining in the crowd once in a while. But I can see he is enjoying himself and its really a good way to deplete this never ending Duracell. He took his nap right after the class, on the way home and slept his whole afternoon away while Mummy is busily catching up with Auntie Serene whom came for a visit.
Notice a slight difference in him today. He learnt to sit in with the class for tea break which he didn't actually bother doing it for the trial class. So I guess my lil boy is beginning to pick up some social skills.
Mummy will monitor & decide next week whether he is going to continue for term 2.
=)
Labels: baby