Happy 6th Anniversary....

How did we celebrate our wedding anniversary?

We had a simple dinner on 31May2009, just PaPa, Mummy, Jeriel and Ariel. Jeriel wanted Japanese so we went to Sakae Sushi in Subang Parade for dinner. This was a special one for us because we usually had our meals in hawker centers or food courts. We would go for nicer place to eat during birthdays and anniversary. We ate quite a lot of sushi and other Japanese food. PaPa and Mummy were thinking whether we should get Liporexall to get rid of the extra fats and calories. Jeriel enjoyed himself a lot. Ariel slept in the stroller and woke up towards the end of the meal time. After meal, we had a short walk in Subang Parade then back home.

Giveaway: Pocket Change Cloth Diapers by Miabambina

Sandra from Miabambina is giving away TWO Pocket Change pocket cloth diapers. Valued @RM70 each, the pocket diaper comes with one microfiber insert and one hemp insert each.

Anyone want to win? Check out here for more information...

For 1 ENTRY

• visit MiaBambina and check out the array of cloth diapers, inserts, soakers and other cloth diapering accessories
• choose a favourite item OR an item you’d love to have andc) tell us WHY in the comment box here.

For 3 ENTRIES

• bloggers can post about the giveaway (including your favourite / most wanted item) and leave a link here.
• non-bloggers can share a funny or special cloth diapering experience here (short and sweet one, please!).
  

Mummy not going to miss this ….to gets more CD to try….

Sandra from Miabambina is always my first and best 'sifu' in CD...She was the first to introduce CD to me...'Hey, Sandra, I got addicted with it...' She is always very patient with all the questions Mummy asked.... Mummy first CD collection was Drybees and Bumgenius..until now, these are my two favourites...

Actually there are a few things Mummy would love to have from Miabambina…very hard to make decision…hmmmm….ummmmh….

From Pocket Diapers now Mummy is trying Fitted Diapers..Mummy would love to try Swaddlebees organic velour fitted.

Giveaway : New Rumparooz G2 by TinyTapir – I want…!!

All Cloth Diaper (CD) lovers….the first batch of G2 (2nd Generation) of Rumparooz one size pocket diapers are now stocked in TinyTapir.

Mummy heard a lot of Rumparooz but have not yet to try…

A short Review on Rumparooz G2 diapers -- Rumparooz G2 diapers are much improved to fit a wider range of babies than the previous Rumparooz G1 diapers. It is One Size Reusable Diapers with 4 diaper sizes in ONE diaper. It will fit from birth (6.5 lbs) to potty training (35+ lbs).

Thanks Li from TinyTapir who usually would spoil all the CD’s addict mummies on new CDs..

Hopefully Mummy is lucky to win this CD to try on Ariel…

Time is short….for those interested faster go to TinyTapir blog for more information…

The deadline to enter is 27th May 12 Noon (Malaysia time)

Days with Kids

For two days, Mummy took off to take care of Jeriel and Ariel because PohPoh needed to run some errands. PaPa sent Jeriel to kindy then Mummy would fetch Jeriel back in the noon.

How was it?
It was fun spending time with them and no doubt quite tiring running the whole small apartment with two kids. Mummy would think running the whole apartment and spending time with kids were priceless. Mummy hardly got chance to try out our apartment mini gym especially exercise on the elliptical.

Books….

Mummy loves reading books since young. When Mummy was young, Mummy would read book everywhere – toilet, dining table, bedroom, car etc. Mummy was looking forward to finish up the whole story and could not wait to know the ending of the story. Now, how Mummy wished Mummy had the time to read own book because Mummy had been reading kids’ books for the kids since Jeriel was born. Mummy saw there are a lot of new books being launch and sold via internet especially via Amazon books.

Clock is ticking….

Nowadays majority of death is caused by cancer. It is regardless of age, as young as infant. The main cause of cancer is a big mystery. A lot of scientists are investigating for the causes and also for treatment. Cancers can attack any part of the body and organs. There are many types of cancer from a common ones like lung, brain, breast and many more, just to mention a few to the rare ones like mesothelioma.

Mummy has quite a number of relatives and friends who suffered and died of cancer. It is not only suffering to the cancer victims but also those loved ones, friends and family members.

Life is short. We should treasure our lives and loved ones now because time will not wait for anyone.

Help Baby C (HealthFreakMommy)

Adapted from PaikLing

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Dear friends,

Seeing the high cost of medical bill being incurred by HealthFreakMommy on Baby C, I was thinking of setting up a little fund to help ease their financial burden. Please feel free to rope in anyone whom you think would like to contribute. There is no minimum amount, as I think any amount helps.

Anyone who like to pledge please email me at huang.paik-ling@sc.com, and I’ll collate. I promise in God’s name that these funds will be accurately accounted for.

Don’t feel obliged to participate but would be grateful if you could help spread this around and say a prayer for Baby C’s speedy recovery and for HealthFreakMommy to be emotionally & physically strong to get through this difficult period.

Thanks. Paik Ling

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HealthFreakMommy, Mummy will continue to keep you in prayer for Baby C. Be strong and always remember we are here to support you. . God blesses you, Baby C and the whole family.

Thanks PaikLing to initiate this for them…appreciate your effort…

Ariel will be 10 months old tomorrow

Ariel will be 10 months old tomorrow and Mummy thought better put the update today before it is too late.

Ariel’s weight continued to drop and as on 11May2009, her weight was 8.8kg. Imagine from 10kg to 9.5kg and now to 8.8kg..Hmmm… should Mummy be getting worried? However, we noticed that she was taller, move a lot and sleep less too. Most probably the crawling exercise works better than any other diet pill that works.

As Mummy sees Ariel grows, time seems to fly so fast.

Solid Intake
Now Mummy is taking easy on her solid. We actually give her the food we eat but minus all the gravy etc... For example, when we are in IKEA, PaPa will order food with gravy separated so that Ariel can take some of the broccoli and poached potato. At PohPoh’s apartment, PohPoh will steam/boil extra vegetables which she cooks for Jeriel and let Ariel has some. So, far Ariel is happy eating what the adults are eating. Even though the amount is not much, it is better than nothing. As many mummies tell Mummy that each child is different from another. Ariel loves bread and any shows interest on the food adults are eating. We hope she will learn the good eating habit especially fruits and vegetables from her KorKor.

Mobility
Ariel has been creeping the whole apartment and moving around looking for her favorite KorKor. When we put her in the cot, she will try to climb up.

Baby Dedication
Last Sunday 17May2009 was Baby Dedication for Ariel.

Time is bad but insurance industry is not badly affected?

Mummy had a chat with a friend who worked as full time insurance agent. Mummy was asking how his business was. Surprisingly, he was not very badly affected. People had been requesting for quotes like life insurance quote, medical insurance quote and others, just to name a few. He had been busy running around seeing his customers. So, in conclusion, not all industries were badly affected by the economy downturn.

Moving apartment....

We moved KongKong, PohPoh and Yi Yee to a rented apartment which was nearer to Sam Yee and our apartment. It was a busy weekend for everyone. Mummy could hardly help much because Mummy was babysitting Jeriel and Ariel. There were still a few things to do including some lighting replacement and a kitchen cabinet which we ordered have yet to arrive. Maybe we could get the lighting from Progress lighting. Even though it was a rented apartment, we hoped to make the apartment as comfortable as possible for KongKong and PohPoh at a minimum cost.

Mothering Mother 2009 09May09

09May09 was the Day…. Mummy woke up in the morning remembering all the wonderful Mummies would be there….Mummy couldn’t make it...

Thanks to all the wonderful mummies who made time to spend time on Saturday morning.

Ros, sorry Mummy couldn’t be there...

Christene, very sorry that you need to run most of the errand because both Jeriel and Ariel were not feeling well and coincidently office were busy that Mummy couldn’t take any leave that week.

For updates do check Christene’s blog and also Ros's blog. Upon reading Christene’s experience, this was the main reason why Mummy didn’t want to take any medical related courses even to attend medical assistant training school. Firstly, Mummy was not a bright student to be a Doctor and secondly, Mummy would not have the courage to see all the people especially kids/babies suffering in the hospital daily, it would break Mummy’s heart to see all these sufferings. Mummy had many respect to all those working in the medical related jobs.

Number of pledges

1. Mama23beas: 5
2. Moo Mommy: 10
3. Lavender: 3
4. Geok Hong: 2
5. sofhib: 5
6. Eydd: 10
7. Charine: 5
8. Christene: 5
9. Chanel :5
10. Lyza: 5 (at least)
11. Eida: 5
12. hui-wearn: 5
13. Misha Paris's Mum - 5
14. Jacss - 5
15. Amy - 5
16. Jessytai - 2
17. Eve - 2
18. Anggie - 3
19. Michele Soo - 3
20. Elaine - 5
21. Hijackqueen - 2
22. Pek Imm - 3
23. WCP - 2
24. NST - 2.5
25. Sqkiki - 2
26. Javapot - 6
27. Lilian - 5
28. Annieq - 3
29. Adrine -5
30. Wai Han - 1
31. Redbabe - 1
32. Eva Razali, Delliah, Liza Masrina and Ninuk – 10
33. Sheryl Hen – 3
34. JO-N : 5
35. Vedis – 2
36. Pohling – 2
37. Shamira - 5
38. Zainab - 4
39. Inbha - 3
40. Salmiah - 1
41. Suzana - 1
42. Nalini - 1
43. Alina Grace - 3
44. Suzette - 2
45. chinnee - 3
46. Arthur chu - 5
47. GiddyTigerS - 5
48. 5xmom - 5
49. Elaine Lai - 3
50. Janice Loke - 2.5
51. Karen Yiau - 5
52. motherly journal - 2
53. Kerry - 3

total : 203

Volunteers at UMMC

1. Ros
2. Christene
3. Salwa
4. Montessorimum (Elaine)
5. Sofhib
6. Geok Hong
7. Shamira
8. Wai Han
9. Wai Leng
10. Suzette
11. Pauline
12. Gladys
13. Ellena

All mummies, hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day last weekend and thanks soo much for all your contributions..

Happy Mother's Day

Tonight we would be going for Balinese Food, a place found by Sam Yee and Sam Yee Cheong. That place would be located in a village and it is an open-aired restaurant. Sam Yee called and specially booked one of the limited gazebos available there. It would be an interesting experience for us to sit down on the floor in a gazebo having dinner. We heard from KongKong that the place was nice and the food was ok when he went there the last time with Sam Yee and Sam Yee Cheong.

Addiction in society

There are many types of addiction which actually affect people’s lifestyle. There are many reasons why people fall into addiction which can be due to peer pressure, work stress and may other reason. These people will need a lot of help and support to be totally out of the addiction.

Some people manage to recover from addiction but ends up back to drug rehab several times. It is hard for some people who has recovered and be able to stay strong in the society which causes them to fall back to addiction.

Early education is one of the important ways to educate young generations about the danger of addiction and how to overcome the temptation. Parents and also educators play the supporting roles in helping to create a healthy society.

Inner Beauty vs Outer Beauty

A beautiful lady is usually judged when she is slim and thin. For those who are very conscious on their apparent will do anything to reduce and maintain their weight. Some will go for exercise, changing food intake lifestyle, food replacement diet and even some will take medication like appetite suppressant.

In Mummy’s opinion, beauty is in the eye of beholder. Personally, Mummy thinks that inner beauty is more important than outer beauty. What do you think?