Someone from Nuffnang called me this morning. I was very busy trying to collect Baby C’s pee (to be sent for a urine culture) and didn’t have the time to entertain her and told her to call me back at 3pm today. At 3pm sharp today, this lady called me back. I was still busy (well, I’ve never been free these days) and was quite pissed off. But when she offered me to write an advertorial on one of our local bank’s new product, which Nuffnang is going to pay me RM200+, I could feel my mood instantly changed from one of being irritated to being excited! Look at me, so money-minded! Anyway, she told me that I have to attend the bank’s launch on 8 January 09. I told her that I am unable to attend and asked if I could just write the product review after reading the product description, she said it’s fine. I further asked her to send me an email to confirm this offer, which she said will be sent to me. I still haven’t received the email yet and I hope I’ll receive it soon.

Has Nuffnang approached anyone of you to write an advertorial for a local bank?

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This morning has been really hectic for me. I didn’t have the time to eat a proper breakfast as I was pacing up and down. I spent almost an hour collecting Baby C’s pee, then had to supervise the contractors who were at my condo to fix the toilet floor and then later had to go down to the lobby of our condo to wait for Alycia and Sherilyn. Hubby was busy today, so we had to trouble a relative to pick the girls up from school. I really have to get a good gift for this relative’s daughter who will turn 6 years old next month. We have been troubling her for transport each time hubby is unable to pick up the girls from school or send Alycia to the ballet school.

I would like to get my relative’s daughter a birthday gift that’s both educational and can stimulate her imagination, such as the Icoaster from MagNext. The MagNext range of toys can be purchased at MegaBrands.com. Icoaster is a multiple-award winning toy made of magnet in usa. The Icoaster is an impressive, buildable, state-of-the-art 64-piece magnetic roller coaster that combines sight, sound and speed with extreme magnetism and ultra-cool physics. An MP3 can also be plugged into the Icoaster for music. It is an ideal toy for kids age 6 years and up. I am pretty sure this little girl who is quite a talented child will love this magnetic toy.    If you have a child who is 6 years old or older, you really have to check out the Icoaster range of toys at MegaBrands.com.

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I just have to put this on record.  I know it’s still way too soon for Baby C to be talking but last night, hubby and I heard Baby C saying “Hey Daddy”!

It’s a norm for Baby C to wake up at around 2-3am everyday. She will then crawl everywhere on our king size bed, climb all over us, sometimes pulls our hair or gives us a good massage on the shoulders. It was no exception last night. Baby C woke up at 3am and was in a bubbly mood and just didn’t want to go back to sleep. Suddenly, hubby and I heard her ’saying’
“hey daddy!”. I know it could be just coincidental as Baby C loves babbling and what she babbled last night sounded so clear and precise! Daddy was beaming with pride and joy when he heard that. We just can’t wait for Baby C to be yakking away just like her 2 cheh chehs.  Oh well, maybe when Baby C can talk and answer me back when I scold her in future, I will then wish she would just shut up,  haha!

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On the morning of the first day of this year, I had a rude surprise when my maid told me that ‘sabun keluar dari lubang’ (suds appearing from the hole). I ran to the kitchen and saw the floor of the kitchen where our washing machine is placed covered by suds.   The suds had made its way into our home from the hole of the drain cover. Someone from the upper unit of our condo must have been washing laundry in their washing machine and had used too much detergent, so much that the suds could not flow down the concealed piped drain and have seeped into our home.  We had to used several thick towels to cover the hole and my maid had a hard time cleaning up the washing machine and floor afterward.  In fact, that wasn’t the first time but the previous time, it wasn’t that serious.  The next time this happens,  maybe I should use play dough to seal up the hole.  When we stayed at a flood prone area several years ago, we used to stick play dough on door holes, bathroom drain covers and on every part of the house where there are holes for water to seep in.

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I guess most babies are like that too. Alycia and Sherilyn were like like that too when they were Baby C’s age.  Whenever Baby C sees us eating anything interesting, she will stare at us and move her mouth too, sometimes salivating and swallowing her saliva.

On X’mas Eve, daddy was eating potato chips on the floor. Baby C who was crawling on the floor saw the chips and gravitated towards daddy. She put her fingers into daddy’s mouth and wanted to pry open his mouth…..

… then attempted to grab the bag of chips….

….and finally put her hand into the bag and managed to fish out some chips …… but that didn’t go into her mouth of course.

It’s the same when she sees her 2 cheh chehs drinking milk from the bottle.  She would grab the bottle too…. and when I put the teat into her mouth, she would drink the milk too.  However, each time I try to feed her formula milk that’s meant for her, she would spit it out, struggle and cry.  I’ve wasted a lot of money on a few brands of expensive infant formula milk powder (Enfalac A+ and Isomil) and there’s  none that she likes…. except mummy’s milkie.  I guess it’s just not time to wean her off my teat teats just yet.

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I hardly have the time to blog these days. Before Baby C came along, I had between 6-8 hours a day on the computer. These days, I would be very lucky indeed if I could steal 2 hours to work on my computer. Oh well, I had expected this but I am not really upset because offers from advertisers have been really scarce these days. I would be really lucky if I could get an opp a day. I used to get between 3-15 opps a day when my blog was a PR4 1.5 years ago. I used to type and chuckle away everyday earning USD. I didn’t mind losing my beauty sleep as I would be dreaming of the USD even in my sleep! Those were the long gone days. Of course I still harbor the hope that Google would give either one of my blogs a PR of at least 3 one of these days.

I got a pleasant surprise today when I received an email from payingpost.com informing me that they have approved my 3 blogs. I had registered my 3 blogs with this blog advertising network last week. I guess the reply came late from them due to the long holidays.

Payingpost.com is a blog advertising platform that brings bloggers and advertisers together. It works pretty much the same as other advertising networks where bloggers are paid to review products and services. To get started, you have to submit your blog to payingpost.com. After your blog has been reviewed by payingpost.com, you will be notified via email if it is approved or rejected. Once your blog is approved, you will need to install a script code into your blog before you can proceed to reserve opps at payingpost.com. There is a long list of opps at the Paying Post website and the opps will be available to you on a first-come-first-reserved basis. The opps are shaded in different colors to signify the availability for your blog. You will have 6 hours to complete and submit your review to payingpost.com after you have reserved an opp. As for the payment, payingpost.com will send your payment to PayPal once your payment reaches $50.

Hey, I know many of you are really eager to earn more money from blogging. If your blog is more than 3 months old, quick register your blog with payingpost.com now.

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Not a day goes by without my #2 spilling water or food. Whether we’re at home or out dining, Sherilyn will surely create a boo boo, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Most of the time, it’s unintentional but the boo boo is normally caused by her mischief or clumsiness.

On the day that we were out with Paik Ling, my friend Yi Yi and their family at Jungle Gym, Sherilyn caused a boo boo at the restaurant. She spilled daddy’s entire glass of ice lemonade and daddy had to eat his nasi lemak with ice and lemonade on it!  Sher felt really embarrassed with her faux pas and for the next half an hour, didn’t speak a word or smile and looked so pathetic.  That was so unlike my social butterfly who is normally very chatty.

The other day, Sherilyn climbed up and down the chair during breakfast and what else? She spilled a cup of leong sui all over the floor.  I got so mad with her that I chided her and asked her to wipe the mess away herself, which she did, with some toilet papers.
 

Whenever Sher drinks anything sweet like Ribena or juices or anything oily like soup, I now have to stand next to her and make sure she gulps her drinks without spilling them. You know how troublesome it is to clean up sticky juices, you need to wipe the table or the floor at least 3 times to remove the stickness completely.  I wonder why she never learns her lessons and keeps repeating her mistakes, day after day.   Sometimes I am really tempted to make her eat her meals in the bathroom, so that I don’t have to clean up her mess if she spills her drinks or drops her food all over the floor!

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Can you believe it, it’s already 2009!  My celebration to usher in 2008 1 year ago seems like it was only yesterday and now, I’ve ushered in another brand new year. 

So how did you celebrate New Year’s Eve yesterday? We had a sumptuous dinner consisting of a roast turkey, roast lamb, roast beef, chicken chop, spaghetti, salads, cakes, Haegan Dazs ice cream and champagne at my home. We invited some friends over for dinner.

I was a tad disappointed that there was no spectacular fireworks or laser lights display at the KL Towers and KLCC… coz we could have a perfect view of it from our condo.  We waited all night for that but to our disappointment, there was only some small-time fireworks at the KLCC area and the fireworks weren’t high enough to be seen in the sky.  However, we could see some great fireworks display near the Hilton Sentral and Le Meridien Hotel area from the 5th floor of our condo unit. That lasted for about 15-20 minutes.

On the right - roast turkey, roast beef and garlic buns…

Salads…

Chicken chop, mushroom sauce, spaghetti bolognaise, mixed veggie, roast beef and lamb…

Just before midnight, there was a cake cutting ceremony for the kids and we sang “Happy New Year To Us” (to the tune of Happy Birthday). That was a green tea red bean cake from RT Pastry House, my all-time favorite bakery.

The kids played and played and played like there was no tomorrow.  Though Alycia and Sherilyn didn’t take their nap in the afternoon, their batteries were at the peak when they were having fun.  All of us only went to bed at around 1:30am.

This morning, I got up at 7am and my maid was still snoring away and I had to wake her up again.  Baby C woke up with me and I couldn’t go out to jog or to the gym again.  So I placed her in the playpen and I jogged inside my house.  Luckily my 1,500+ square feet unit is spacious enough for me to jog freely inside and I managed to jog for 20 minutes (including 5 minutes of jogging and carrying Baby C when she fussed non stop) and had a good sweat out.

There’s lots of leftover food in our fridge and today we will be eating spaghetti for lunch and chicken chop for dinner.

I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year and may all of us be blessed with good health.

On a sidenote, do you double check the dosage of your baby’s medication with your paed after you’ve received the meds from the pharmacy? Check out my health blog to find out what happened to me twice.  2 private hospitals made a gross negligence recently.

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Having a baby and a young toddler means having to bring lots of kar chang whenever we go out shopping or for trips.  I am sure many people must be talking behind my back about my huge bag each time I go out, whether to the church or for shopping coz I have to stuff inside the bag stuff of my 3 kids. I hate to go out carrying such a huge bag but what to do? Inside the bag are all my kids’ necessities from wet wipes to diapers, tissue papers, extra change of clothes, bibs, et al.

This is Baby C’s bag to put in her lunch/dinner box which consists of

… a green Tupperware brand lunch box to put in her bowl for her porridge, a small cup for her water, an Avent bottle for her water, a Thermos flask for her porridge, 2 spoons, a wet handkerchief and her Nutrifresh powder. So mah fun eh having to pack so many kar chang?  I can’t wait for my kids to grow up so that I can ditch the huge baby bag once and for all!

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On Saturday, I finally met up with Paik Ling and her family.  PL’s sil, Yi Yi is one of my oldest and dearest childhood friends.  We have known each other for more than 3 decades since our pre-school days at Adventist Playhouse in Ipoh, before we went to MGS, Ipoh.  PL and her parents are very warm and friendly folks. 

I really like the concept and layout of Jungle Gym. It is very safe as the guardian’s thumbprint would be scanned by a computer before they enter the playarea. The place is also very clean. You can read more about Jungle Gym at PL’s blog at the link provided above.

I had fun going down the long slides too. Daddy carried Baby C and went down the slide. I was so worried that fatty daddy would tumble down together with baby!

The food there is also not too bad. These are the kids’ meals:

Fish patties with mashed potatoes and mashed green peas.

Burger with mashed potatoes and mashed green peas.

My chicken chop.

Hubby and our maid had nasi lemak.

We will definitely go to Jungle Gym again. This place would be a perfect place for a bloggers’ meet. Perhaps we should have a bloggers’ meet one of these days at Jungle Gym. Any takers?

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