Potluck –12Jan2014

My grandmother from AOR was down in Central. We decided to have a potluck session at my uncle’s house. PaPa couldn’t make it because he was out for church retreat. I went there with my 3 kids. Since it was hard to cook plus I am not a good cook, I decided to book a jelly cake with PaPa’s help in choosing the design.

It was a whole table of feast and I was glad that all the 3 kids behaved themselves well without major tantrums. We had to leave a bit early as JL was having his basketball lesson.

We hope to visit my grandmother before she leave back to AOR...

MMUTKD+Master Chia’s 65th Birthday 07Jan2012

Last Saturday, we went to Melaka for my Sir’s 65th birthday and also the gathering of MMUTKD. We stayed a night in a friend’s house.

It was a great time meeting some of the old friends who went training TKD 1-2 per week. Being the pioneer group, I felt so old.

I was the first batch of MMU and a lot of sports activities were not properly set-up. Before MMU, I was involved in athletics in PUO. I was never good in racquet games. So, I decided to join TKD. I started from ground zero – White Belt and within 2 years of my study in uni, I graduated uni with Blue Belt. My master asked me to continue which I never did. I hope I didn’t disappoint Master Chia.

Master Chia gave option to us to have 2 classes per week – once in uni and once outside uni without extra charges. A few friends and I decided to attend the extra classes with no regret. I was very fit and alert. We also went to our classes during exam weeks without fail because after night TKD classes, I would usually go home, bath and study. Yes, I would only study at late night and the next day I would go for morning exam. After exam, I would zzzz and study at late night.

Those were the days in uni but I was more active in my poly time….that would be another long story…

More food for PaPa…

Last Saturday was another round of feast but Mummy decided to go for only one gathering. PaPa dropped us at that gathering then he went a Deepavali open house which was coincidently located nearby. After a short time there, PaPa came back to join the gathering with us. It was our church member, both husband and wife cooking Korean food for us. The husband was from Korea. How could we resist home cook Korean food and it was yummy. Besides enjoying the food, it was a great fellowship meeting friends whom we did not meet for a few years. PaPa might need to check out some weight loss pills if he did not get any exercise to get rid of all the extra calories consumed from the two feasts.

03 Oct 2009 – Busy Saturday

Last Saturday our timetable was full for the whole day.

JL had his second last swimming lesson in the morning. Then in the afternoon, he had his music lesson.

After the music lesson, we went to Mummy’s colleague Raya open house. After the open house, we went to church for evening service which we could not miss because a show ‘Judah Ben-Hur’ was being performed by two talented persons from US.

From church, we went to Aunty Paik Ling’s house for Bradley’s Full Moon dinner. That was not the end, from full Moon dinner, we went to Aunty Sharon’s house for Lantern session for the kids where we met Aunty Vichelle and family and Uncle HH (Aunty Sharon’s hubby) made lovely pohpiah for us to eat. It was a whole day catching up with friends and also EATING.

Mummy hoped Mummy didn’t have to pop in some diet pills to get rid of all the unnecessary fats…

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..

Mothering Mothers 2009 (2)

Attention to all contributors

Please drop your gifts at the listed drop-off points by Friday (8th May) noon and please let us know if you have any problem regarding this.

For those who interested to contribute in cash, you can make your number of pledges in numerical order in the comment box in Christene's post and pay the money to the account the a.c. number as follows:

RHB Bank a.c. number : 2140-71000-98939

(and please leave a comment on how much each of you have banked in on which day and an email will be mailed to you with an email address for the printscreen, if any). Please take note each gift will be RM20, so it is up to you how many gifts you want to contribute.

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. michelle soo: 3
14. Misha Paris's Mum - 5
15. Jacss - 5
16. Amy - 5
17. Jessytai - 2
18. Eve - 2
19. Anggie - 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 - 2
32. Eva Razali, Delliah, Liza Masrina and Ninuk - 13
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

Total 174

Drop-off points

1. Lily - AlimKids Bookstore,

6-1 USJ 9/5Q,

Subang Business Centre,

47600 UEP Subang Jaya.

2. Vivian - Fabulous Mom Sdn Bhd
2A, Jalan TK2/1C
Taman Kinrara, Seksyen 2
47100 Puchong

3. Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam - email Elaine at dragonmummy@gmail.com for instructions

Volunteers at UMMC (limited to 12)

1. Mama23beas
2. Sofhib
3. Geok Hong
4. Shamira
5. Christene
6. Elaine
7. Wai Han
8. Redbabe
9. Yan nie
10. Alina Grace
11. Feiru

Please confirm your participation with Ros. Due to the hospital regulation, there is a limit of 12 participants in the visit. Those who are coming can bring their gifts on D-Day, but we need the number of pledges so that we can plan better. For example which wards to go if we have extra or what to do if we have less, number of trolleys that we need etc.

Full Details on the Mothering Mothers 2009

Mothering Mothers 2009

(Adapted from Ros’s blog)
The idea was first initiated by Lil. On Mother's Day in 2004, 2005 and 2007, a group of moms from MMB celebrated Mother's Day in the most wonderful way: distributing gifts the other moms who were in a hospital taking care of their sick children. The gift might be small but being there, maybe only a few minutes listening to the mothers really affected us in special ways.

According to Ros

To me, running around taking care of 4 (soon 5) kids while having a full-time job, and without a live-in helper is nothing compared to what some of the mothers have gone through, especially those with critically or terminally ill children. (Ros, I personally had to agree with this too….and no wonder you didn’t need to take diet pills to keep her slim body even though after giving birth to 4 kids and another one on the way.)

I still remember vividly, the expression on some of the mothers' faces upon learning that the presents were for them on that Mother's Days. For most it was truly a surprise as normally people visiting wards to distribute to the patients. It was truly meaningful to me and a lot of us who were there. We were truly humbled by that experience. All a mom wants is to have her child or children to be healthy, loved, happy and well.

Here's some recap from the previous events in Ros’s Blog.

How you can contribute?

1. Gifts

As much as we love to have each contributor to put their own personal choice/touch to the gifts, we are aware of certain matters regarding sensitivities related to religion, belief or taboos. Breakable items and perishable food are also not suitable. So we have come up with the following list of gifts:

• Non-perishable food/beverage
• Toiletries
• Journal / Diary (better the one without rigid dates daily)
• Photo album
• Framed painting /pictures of landscapes, beautiful moments, etc
• Mini cushions (for hugs)
• Mini fancy containers / boxes
• Small elec. appliances
• Comfy slippers or socks
• As for others: mini card + dry fragrant flower, scarves, aromatherapy candles, magnetic decorative item and sarong can be put as side gifts if contributors like.

Packaging

Normal shoe-box size, but not so rigid - size should not be too big or small as we don't want people to think we do double standard. Not necessarily in shoe boxes, some mothers came with nice paper bags etc depends on their creativity. Make sure they are properly wrapped or tied for easy transportation. We agreed that the price per gift should be under RM20.

2. Be in the hospital

Due to some reasons, the event will be held on Saturday a day before Mother's Day 2009. More info as follows:

Venue: Menara Timur, UMMC

Date: May 9th, 2009

Time: 9.30 am to 12 pm

3. Picking up or dropping off

Volunteer to do picking up or offer a place for dropping off. Keep the pledges coming in and pass the words. Feel free to ask any question.

Fabulousmom – Breastfeeding Support Meeting for Working Mothers

Everyone knows Vivian from Fabulousmom. Mummy got to know her since Jeriel was a baby. She was one of the wonderful mummies who supported Mummy that Mummy managed to breastpump for Jeriel for 1 year. Mummy also kept disturbing her while breastfeeding Ariel. With all her tips and help, Mummy managed to breastfeed Ariel even though initially Mummy had inverted nipples.

Mummy knows this discussion will benefit many working mummies. Don't miss it...

So, try to make it for this short discussion on 18 April09, at 10.30am, at The Breastfeeding cafe. Working and breastfeeding mummies will be there to exchange views, experiences and knowledge on working and breastfeeding (pumping).

How to register?

Fee is RM5 per person inclusive of a cup of Sacred Tea for breastfeeding mothers and other drinks will be served for pregnant mothers and fathers! Babies are welcome. Prior registration is required.

Please email orders@fabulousmom.com to register. Walk-ins will be entertained (subject to seats availability).

Payment can be made into our Maybank account as below:

Account Name: FM ONLINE

Account Number: 514271256321

Fee paid is not refundable if the cancellation is made within the last 48 hours of the event's date. Fee will be refundable in the form of store credit. Address and location map here.

Vivian’s profile

Vivian Foo, is a certified lactation counsellor attached to University Malaya Medical Centre and Jabatan Kesihatan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur. She has completed her professional breastfeeding counselling course in UMMC in year 2004. She has dedicated herself to providing breastfeeding counselling to mothers on a voluntary basis since then.

She is a proud mother of 2, Eugene (5) and Eu Anne (3). Both her kids are breastfed. Eugene was breastfed until the age of 4 and Eu Anne is currently still nursing. She was working full time for 15 months after she delivered Eugene and was selected as Today’s Parent’s Working and Breastfeeding Mom of the year 2003. She is also the founder and one of the directors of Fabulous Mom Sdn Bhd.