First thing in the morning

What is the very first thing your children do when they wake up in the morning?

Last monday, I was on leave at home. I was trying to catch some reading on the bed while the girls were still asleep. Then I heard some wiggling at the mattress... hmm, somebody must had woke up... but I didnt bother to take a look, hopfully the somebody wont pester me so I can complete a few more pages...

Then I hear an yang-or voice from the maid's room (the girls toys room too) : " pail... qijing wants pail... play sandcastle..."

Next morning, again, I was catching some reading while the girls were still asleep... then I heard "pom-pom pom" (foot step sound) then "kor-kor" (turning of door knob) and voices from the maid room...

"pail... qijing wants the pail... play sandcastle..."

-_-

and of what I know, Clarabelle has been consecutively asking for the pail... some night she will ask for the pail to sleep with her... some afternoon when I called home, " What's are the girls doing? "

maid: " playing, mdm.... yes, playing the pail..."

and all this happen after the trip to the beach, building sandcastle...

Beautiful Treasure From The Sea

I think the big nature has lot of talented artists. One of them is the sea...





Dont you think her creation makes gorgious choker & necklace?

and Ashes, so is your creation, Aly's Krystallinos . They are gorgious too!

Goat farm again ! ! !

Luckily we are staying at the west, if not the frequency of the girls requesting to vist the goat can be quite exhausting!

I thought now they are suitable to consume one bottle (250ml) themself, so this time round, they are not sharing a bottle of goat milk.

Check out the speed of their drinking...

Clara had finished her bot of milk and still trying to dry up the last drop, making some gru-gru sound...

while Abe is still slowly enjoying(struggling) the milk... drank 1/4 only!!!

She only manage to accomplish 1/2 bot then, but I insisted her to finish... afraid may short change her nutrient intake... then when she is trying her best, she puked out all !
-_- Ok ! She has a smaller capacity. Better not force her next time.

Now the girls are also more daring. They get up "close" & personal with the baby goat till Clara almost strangle the poor kid and daddy had to pull her away! Phew... almost kill the poor billy kid man!













and yes, we made a trip to the Seletar camp and visited the Seletar Airport.

Hmm... very puzzle where those flights come from and how they operate... tourists can actually arrive spore from Seletar airport?

Anyway... the girls were very excited when can get up close & personal with an real aeroplane and keep reciting : " wow! aeroplane big big! " where actually those very small passenger plane :p

因为在乎，所以要求 。。。

有个女人经常发短讯给他 。 。 。女孩要求他 ，劝告那女人不要再传短讯给他了，他说女孩无理取闹 ，不信任他 。 。 。

他工作忙碌 ，难得空暇 ，却找朋友 ，女孩要求他 多点陪她 ，他说她占有欲强 ，让他无法呼吸 。 。 。

他不注意健康 ，抽烟喝酒 ，女孩要求他 , 少抽少喝 ，他说她局束他 ，当他是小孩 。 。 。

他好高骛远 ，女孩劝他要脚踏实地 ， 他嫌她罗索 ， 少来烦他 。 。 。

可悲的女孩 ，心冷了 。 。 。 放弃了。 。 。

他 ， 后悔了吗？ 无所谓 。 。 。 因为她不在乎了。

Mummy, it's so funny

One night dono how Clara tickle Abe funny bone and she was chuckling...
me : " Are you ok? Abella? "
abe(chuckle) : " Mummy, is so funny... "

She made me smile... her " so funny " is so cute. Abe is the serious one, seldom see her laugh till so heartfully and stupidly funny and it really funny when she is used the word "so".

Another morning, both just woke up. Seem like they had a good night sleep, were very fresh & happy, started their playing activity on the mattress already. Clara was playing peek-a-boo with Abe, then very shy, she hidded inside the pillow.

me: " Clara, feel shy..." *teasing*
then smiley Abe : " Mummy, Clarabelle so shy, so funny... " *chuckle chuckle*
It's really an joyful thing to watch them chuckle. Hee... my two chuckle-headed. Kekeke!

Haze... gota me 2 days mc...

Haiz... just when I tot this year I will get my healthy employee award ($200 CASH!)
Haze... gota me 2 days mc...

Haiz... just two more months only... now my $200 gone... and still have to top up $80... the medical fees... expensive? no lah, 1+2 = $80. My two girls are down too... -_-

Though mc at home but I cant really have a total rest. Monday I was restless, though tuesday I was feeling better but still cant cope with the girls. Children are really high energy consumer. They can easily used up your battery. I run low immediately... like an old rechargeable battery -_-

Though tire but I really enjoyed spending my 24/2 with the girls. So, these are their weekdays routine activities when I am at work ! Kekeke!

Other amuse

Finally there is a medicine Clara dont like... Cant believe the girls always take their medicine like drinking some yummlicious syrups, so excited. *eyes rolling*

Yes, children medicine can be sweet but still the weird chemical taste sucks right? Yucks!

Clara choked herself when first take this syrup. She cried out too. Must be didnt expect the taste so different! Haha :p The next round of feeding, she resisted abit and claimed " 辣辣" but without much bugging, she still take the medicine.
Hmm... actually I shd count my blessing that they are not a difficult when taking medicine :p So I credit the girls with one mashmallow after the medicine though the daddy forbid them sweet during this period as they are coughing :p

Made this MONSTER breakfast for my girls last saturday...

Ingredient
Muffin, cheese, egg, cherry tomatoes, rasin & ketchup.

Very simple & nutritious breakfast! The girls were very excited when saw this! Im glad they enjoyed it very much! Dono when will the maid be abit more creative so the children meal are more exciting...according to my mum, she can give them the same food, straight 3 days in a roll *eye rolling* I never doubt that as breakfast, she really served us bread daily! OMG! 4 days till the 5th! I am ok with bread but the daddy finally blow up! Hahaha... actually I am counting my blessing, though she is abit straight and no initiative and inflexible but at least she is honest and harmless.

On monday, she served muffin with cheese for the girls. Then Abella ask : " kaka..Where is the eyes ?" and to me, a pitiful tone : " Mummy, where is the eyes ?"
I burst into laughter... cannot tahan my girls, also the maid.
So I quickly decorated their bread with 2 raisns for the eyes. Luckily my girls are easy satisfied. Dono how's today breakfast... kekeke

Our friends

One night, I were sorting some loose photos and the girls came by, picked up the photos and started chatting among themself. Then I realised they actually can call Bernice (their friend) by name...

They were chatting about how they had fun that day when Bernice came by our hse, they were competing who's helium ballon will reached the ceiling the fastest and how Bernice left in a hurry and forgotten about her yellow balloon and the next morning, how Bernice's yellow balloon bursted and the other balloon cant fly either ... ... ...



Then they continued on with going to the airport to see Rachel off, how they gave her the strawberry shortcake hat then they took the train and bus home ... ... ...








and they know this is Shuning 妹妹!








and Clarissa 妹妹, drinking sheepishly...








and Marcus 哥哥 and when I show them all their cousins and they can named them all!

爱情是会风化的

我想我是该接受爱情以离我而远去了 。。。

My clever girls

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Just did a quick check and realise the girls already can identify the 26 alphabets! Wow! though now they still cant write and Abella just acquired the big letter A. Hmm... maybe they are more articulate?? Nah! Most probably they just develope their speech faster. Anyway, I am still very excited about their achievement and gona to brag further about them!

You may choose to exit this site now as the following is gona to be my own world of indulgent "how lian" ! Haha!

"A for Abella", said Abella. Cheeky Clarabelle rebuke : " No! A for aeroplane!" Then both come pressing me to verdit who is correct. "Ok, children both are correct. Then C for Clarabelle isnt it?", I asked. "Yes! C for Clarabelle", Clara cheer. " Mummy, C for car." proud Abella showing off me her intelligent.

They know some sign language too. Abella show 3 fingers for " W " and criss-cross the index & middle finger for " X ". They used fingers to create heart, diamond, square & circle shape too. 很厉害吧 !

"Children, let do counting... One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirtheen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty! twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-nine... " -_- Hee... most prob they feel borded doing plain counting... :p) Ok, check out their creativity...

See, Clara made this 3-D puzzle. Is a see-saw, according to her. What is 2-D puzzle? Haha!

They also imagine the badminton racket is a mop, to mop the floor. A guitar, to play their favourite song. An unbrella for raining day.

Then the shutter cock tube as a telescope, or a flute, a walking stick.

Also, they can recognise song even heard only the tune;

They know the colour, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, pink;

They know when lazy, say " I am tire" or " I dont know";

When someone raised the voice is angry, dont mess with him;

Crying dont help to solve problems, but still can cry for a while;

Mummy love them most but still never mess with her.

Haha! Enough of my indulgent. Hah? You actually follow thru... sorry for bearing with me, but I just want to say, I think all mothers feel that their children are the best! We are proud not becos we think that ours are the champion and no other children beat but just proud simply becos our children are growing, especially when they leap into another milestones. Most of all, we best want them good Health and Happiness, the 2 Big " H ".

Spice girl

Two weeks ago we went little indian for north indian vegeterian cuisine and no joke, my girls had tried it!

Notice those cups of gravy? There is a sequence of eating it. Starting hot, then sour and at last sweet... The girls dont really fancy but they are adventurous enough to finish their portion of meal and drank alot of water too. Their curry is not like ours, chilli hot till your lips will swollen and scalp will itch but is the mixture of too many spices that blasted your gastric in surprise.

Clarabelle like most is the "papadum" (indian cracker), keep asking for more.

To help digestion, they actually offer these cinamon seeds at the counter .

Capture this down. Abella was sitting quietly waiting for us to finish our meal but was very disturbed by the continuous loud bang of the restaurant kitchen door. She didnt protest much, just keep covering her ears whenever the door bang. Better not make her suffer, quickly gallop my meal :p

Sweet Bun

Found this traditional bread bakery near whampo market. And they are still baking bread & sweet bun taste as good as those I had during my childhood days!
I extremely like this sweet bun. So yummy that can eat it plain but still best with thick layer of chilled butter!

Simple complex

Simple complex mean looks complex but actually is simple and vice versa, Complex simple mean looks simple but actually is complex. However,

simple complex = complex simple

So it really depends on which factor you choose to take out. If you strike off complex, things become simplified but if you choose to strike off simple, things get complicated.

I think this is useful formulae to apply in life.

Get it? No? Dont think too complicated lah! Hahaha :q

My "Yang Or" girl

Notice the scar on Abella's left leg? It was freshly injured yesterday when I was holding her hand going up an escalator then she was trying to leap on another moving flight but fail and hit the flight. My "yang or" girl, esp Abella more incline to "小姐 " screamed to her lung. Luckily I was able to pacify her and magically, she stop crying instantly. I thought shdnt be that painful then, not when we reached home in the evening, I realise actually there were 2 scratches and a abrasion with some bleeding. This time my "yang or" Abella really whipped from the bottom of her lung and wont stop. When the daddy back from parking his car, asked what happen? She cried even more sorrowful! Leaving us a perplexing question, so painful meh? During outing she is having so much fun... -_- then the daddy gave me an "seng pai" look.

*eye rolling*

Anyway, I dont denine it can be quite painful. Trying to distract her, I prompted her many hers favourite things but she rejected, finally apple juice ticker her thoughts.

While waiting for the daddy home with the apple juice, she saw her scar leg, triggle her cry again...

then while playing, clara accidentally step her toe...she whine...

while trying to fix up a puzzle toy but fail...she whine...

Mine "yang or" girl.... but I like it :p

"Yang or" - in teochew mean act pityful by whinning to gain sympathy. Nomally effective on children but not some "old" child.

What's your reaction?

What happen is...

Last Friday, Clarabelle was down with a high fever. I applied urgent pm leave thought there shdnt be any big deal furthermore mum & maid were around but luckily I did. When I reached home, poor clarabelle was very cranky. She must be very miserable running a fever at 40.2 deg c! I quickly shot the "bullet" into her anus and effectively the temp went down, albeit gradually.

I am glad I did not procastinate to take the pm leave. Though she may be just "yang or" but I am most willingly to pacify her. I am glad I was at her side when she needed me most though me, myself was down too, down with the stupid pre-menses pain, my head was like going to split into half! Whenever I get up from sitting position or the slighest movement of my head is so painful!

And that night after work, the daddy still had a wedding function to attend. I am already mentally prepared that I will have to stretch myself abit longer till 12am when the daddy will be home. Though clara wasnt any cranky and was in deep asleep already but is just me, a tire soul waiting for the partner to be home to soothe down my day. But when the clock struck 12.00am and still no sign of the partner...

Sense my blood bar going up... buzz the man and when connected was a noisy background and I heard called you again...
awhile later, that man called and I asked :" Where are you? Dinner haven end? "
that man : " Oh! Ended but I join KA & friends who are at the near by pub! "
me internally exploded :" So, what time you're coming home? "
that man :" Soon..."
me : " What time is your soon? "
that man : " I still have half mug to fin..." then talking to background oh the haze is making me puke...
me: " Ooi ! are you ok or not! You sound drank already!" then, I am ok, i know my limit... " You might as well sleep there! " Fed up! Slam the phone!

Me fed up because,
1stly, the girl is sick, he know I must have a busy day and sure had worn out but still didnt come home early.
2ndly, he overdosed drinking, thought I shd doubth him but I never like him always stretch his limit and always taking the risk! I think the fundamental for a responsible parent is must always take care of themself so that they are able to take care of their children and they will never take such risk!
3rdly...ok, I think down to the root is, I am unhappy becos he's not apologetic.

Finally here is the question...
What's your reaction when that is your partner? What will you do when your partner comes home?

Ok, I must point out that, the daddy brought Clara to see doctor and he did drop home to change his attire cos his friend commented his black attire dont suit the happy occassion see how's everything and bought me a nice fruit juice...

Me? I used to blow up, no matter how late the night is but now... as long as he is safe home, furthermore this is an old issue. I have spoken to him many times but he's just dont budge. Very dishearted to talk to rotten log.

But instead, I insisted him to gime a massage. The minimum to soothe my anger. Yes, he did, but after a few knead, the pressure began to lessen and very soon, die!

me :" See!Compromised massage!"
sub-sober log :" My head is spinning..."
me :" I didnt cause your head spinning! "

and guess what the log comment ??! He asked: " Why dont u massage me?!"
me fuming : " Ok! " gave him a knead on both his temple and " Done! "

Is such hard...

It has been a week, after reading sesame's post about is it so hard to天长地久.
It's such hard... for me to put down my thoughts in words (that explain why it has been a week).
It's such hard... for me to consolidate my thoughts and put the comments in few lines only.

How I wish my thoughts can be like computer data, can be defrag & compact... most probably I will be able to get on with a happier & lighter foot step also, just like the pc, will respond faster after defrag & compact.

Memory Cards

When you have some left over gift wrappers or nice apparel tags and cant bear to throw it away but keeping it will just be collecting dust...

I recycled them for Memory Cards game! It very simple. Just cut out two identical picture from the wraper and pasted them on poker cards which I have accumulated many set over the years after CNY :p










However, the girls attention span are still very limited and dont follow the game rules -_-

In the end, the memory game become flashing game. I will flash 1 card and get them to find me another identical to pair.

A for Abella

3 October 2006.
7.45am a hazy morning.
Abella wrote her very 1st capital letter 'A' !