Day: April 30, 2009

Happy Labour Day Everyone

I’d like to wish everyone happy labour day and a fruitful long weekend with your family and loved ones.   So what will I be up to this long weekend? Nothing much except packing stuff for our week-long hospital stay in Penang and subsequent week-long stay in Ipoh for Baby C to recuperate. Alycia will be sitting for her actual ballet exam this Saturday and as usual, daddy, mah mah and #2 will be following her to the exam hall to give her moral support.

On Sunday, we will drive up to Ipoh and stay there for a night and on Monday morning, we have to leave Ipoh latest by 8am so that we can reach the hospital in Penang by 11am.  We are required to check into the hospital latest by 11am in order to secure a single room, otherwise, the room will be released to other patients. We were told that single room are always in hot demand at that private hospital. I am really amazed that such expensive rooms (RM500+ a night) are in high demand.  Oh btw, we will be bringing our DVD player along with us to the hospital.  This will be the best time for me to catch up on all the movies that I’ve always wanted to watch but never had the time to watch… since like what, 5 years ago… ever since Alycia arrived.  Shocking eh?  That’s how long I’ve not watched a movie in the cinema or at home, haha!  Now I just hope I’ll be in a mood or have the time to watch a movie during my stay in the hospital with Baby C.  I’m praying that Baby C will have minimal pain and discomfort after her surgery…. and minimal crying, fussing and screaming! 

Whatever your plans are for the long weekend, I hope they will turn out just the way you want them to be. Happy holidays peeps!

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A Solution To Your Events

Many years ago, when I was still working in a large organization, the company threw a huge family day outing for all the staff in one of the years.  It was held in the Sunway Lagoon water park. I went with my hubby (then boyfriend) and we enjoyed ourselves very much, especially sliding down the spiral water slides. I wonder when I can ever partake in company outings again. I’ve always enjoyed company trips and outings during my days in the corporate world. I think a company can really bring staff together and forge better relationship amongst staff and their superiors through company outings.

For the benefit of my readers in the U.S., if your company is planning a company outing for staff, Event Solutions can help organize a great Los Angeles Company Picnic for your company. Event Solutions not only organizes events, activities and unparalleled entertainment, they also organize the catering of food.  Event Solutions is the best Los Angeles Event Planning company as they take care of almost everything related to your company outing, from A through Z. Their food is all fresh and cooked on site – nothing frozen or jarred.

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I Will Go On A Cruise Holiday Someday

It’s quite a battle for me to feed Baby C her meals everyday. I think she could sense that I am trying to plump her up with food just before her surgery next week. These days when she sees food, she would turn her head away and fuss a little. No longer can she sit still on her highchair to eat.  I have to resort to various ways to distract her so that it’s easier to put the spoonful of food into her mouth. I’m glad that my time and effort have paid off. I weighed her yesterday and the needle of the scale pointed to 9kg! Woohoo! But I know my joy will soon be short-lived after her surgery. Her weight is surely bound to plummet, sigh….

One of my daily regimens is to sit Baby C in front of the TV while I feed her breakfast. The other day as I was watching Travel and Living, I saw a travelogue on Caribbean cruise. I was really fascinated with the breathtaking view of the Caribbean island. The travelogue featured a group of happy frolickers on board a huge cruise ship enjoying themselves till there’s no end to their day! Part of the cruise included water activities like snorkeling and swimming at Stingray City at Grand Cayman Island. I could only watch with awe and envy but I know someday… someday I will surely go on some river cruises, Alaskan cruises or a fascinating nile cruise. I wish I could grab the ongoing 50% savings on cruise holidays at travelsphere.co.uk and go for a cruise holiday now BUT sigh…. right now, I have this huge hurdle to cross with Baby C. Once this is settled once and for all, I will surely go on a much deserved holiday with hubby or my parents.

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Sherilyn The Menace

My #2 is indeed a menace. Everyone tells me it’s because of the middle-child syndrome but frankly, I don’t think I’m like this at all since I’m also a #2 child myself.

Less than a year ago hubby bought me a new handphone as my old one went kaput when #2 dropped it.  A few days ago, this brat spilled her cup of Milo on my handphone!! Yes, this brat spills drinks every single day, without fail. I was so enraged that I gave her 2 hard spanks on her hand.

Hubby dismantled my handphone and all the parts inside were wet.  There goes my handphone! 

Today when I was busy bathing Baby C in the bathroom, I heard the door of my bedroom being shut.  I didn’t suspect anything but when I was done bathing Baby C and saw patches of cream on my floor mat outside my bedroom, I suspected that #2 the menace was surely up to mischief.  When I put Baby C down onto the bed, I could feel steam spewing out from my head when I saw the foot of my bed covered with hand cream! Sherilyn the menace had played with my jar of Rosken cream (and this is not the first time this sort of accident had happened. She loves squeezing the tube of Drapolene too, aargh!) and 1/4 jar of the cream had spilled out… on the bed, on baby’s clothes, on the floor and on the floor mat.  Gosh I tell you, I was fuming mad and gave her 2 hard spanks  on her hands. This brat had earlier shut my bedroom door in the hope of covering up her act! When I yelled out to her, she even pretended not to have heard me and didn’t even answer me! When I yelled her name on top of my voice several times again, this fler cooly answered me “whaaaaat??”….. as if nothing had happened!  Can you beat it and she’s only 4!   She never seems to listen to me and is never afraid of being reprimanded or spanked. Gawd, tell me, how do I deal with this kid, haih….

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Emergency Lightings And Exit Signs To Save Your Day

One day a few months back, I was at home with the kids alone when all of a sudden there was a power shutdown. It was almost pitch black inside our home and I stumbled and groped my way slowly to the drawer to find a torch light. When I finally found it, darn it, the battery was almost dead! Never mind, I still switched it on and with the very little light coming out from the torch light, I quickly headed to the storeroom to look for the electric box. When I opened it, gosh, I was lost and didn’t know what to press when I saw twenty over tiny switches.  I tried calling the hubs on his mobile phone but he wasn’t picking up the phone.  After frantically studying the electric box and tried my luck pressing those tiny switches, I finally managed to bring the power back. One of the switches had tripped.

After that incident, I told the hubs that we should install emergency lighting in our house. I think it’s a very good move to have emergency lights in our house, especially if we have young kids at home. If you are thinking of installing emergency lighting in your house, do check out theexitstore.com. They carry many types of emergency lights, exit signs including Braille exit signs. Having emergency lights and exit signs in your house or building can save lives and make our lives easier.

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HEALTH FREAK MOMMY