A couple of days ago daddy brought the gals out for brunch with the maid whilst I stayed at home to complete some assignments. A friend of daddy’s also joined them for brunch at the coffee shop. Daddy’s friend has a tattoo on his arm and has moustache too. When daddy asked Sherilyn to greet his friend by calling “uncle”, guess what Sherilyn said “halor…. funny clown!” as she giggled. Everyone laughed. Sherilyn is a real joker.
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DH is into rearing fish and feng shui. Remember I wrote about the nemos in our little fish pond? Well, a handful of the nemos that DH bought 2 weeks back had died. The poor nemos must have died due to exposure to excessive scorching heat during the day. I have asked DH to buy an indoor aquarium instead for the fish.
The other day, whilst I was surfing the internet looking for aquariums, I saw a really cool and classy BiOrb fish tank at FishTanksDirect.com. It looks like a traditional goldfish bowl but has an unusual, low maintenance filtration system to keep it clean. What I like most about the BiOrb fish tank is that we don’t have to empty the water in the tank and the specialized filtration system is simple to use and requires only changing the catridge. The water remains crystal clear in the fish tank for months between cartridge changes. Fish in the BiOrb tank will enjoy a healthy environment, thus live longer.
DH is really impressed with the BiOrb fish tank system as he doesn’t have to spend hours cleaning the fish pond and fishing out dead fish anymore. He will be ordering the BiOrb fish tank and some aquarium supplies from FishTanksDirect.com tonight when he returns from work.
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As I am typing this post, I am typing it peacefully and blissfully as DH has brought the gals out for fish head noodles with my maid. Then, DH will bring them to the chinese medicine hall to buy a few boxes of Enfagrow A+ and later to the cake house to buy their favorite chiffon cake. I have around 1 hour to quickly finish up the remaining offers I have. The house is so quiet without the gals, no screaming, no whining and I get to rest my throat.
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Saw this little fun quiz at Mommy to Chumsy’s blog and gave it a try. I had expected to get this answer too coz I know I look way younger than my age, ahem…. well can be good and can be bad. Bad coz sometimes ppl don’t take me seriously coz I look like a ‘tau kei mui’, especially when i’m not with my 2 gals and wear casually. Good coz I don’t look hagard and don’t look like my hubby’s aunty or mother, haha…
| You Probably Look Younger Than Your Age |
 You live a healthy lifestyle and know how to take care of yourself. You’ll probably have a youthful glow for many years. |
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This wonderful new parent (The New Parent) has tagged me. I love visiting this new parent’s blog as he writes great articles on parenting and he gives good tips too.
Ok, here I go :
4 jobs I have had in my life :
1) Secretary in a bank
2) Human Resources officer in a bank
3) Personal Assistant to a Dato’ (Dato’ is a title conferred to a person by a Sultan)
4) Home Affairs Manager and private tutor to 2 beautiful girls with a measly pay from the big boss
4 countries I have been to on vacation :
1) Australia – Gold Coast, Melboure, Sydney
2) China – Beijing, Tianjin and Chengdu
3) Thailand – Bangkok, Haadyai, Phuket, Pattaya
4) Hong Kong – been there twice
4 of my favourite foods :
1) Japanese food – sashimi and grilled eel
2) Cream puffs
3) Anything cheesy
4) Durian
4 places I’d rather be right now :
1) In bed sleeping with no one disturbing me – it’s raining now and just the perfect weather to have a good nap
2) Ipoh – my hometown. I’m yearning to eat some good Ipoh grub like ‘kai see hor fun’ (flat noodles with shredded chicken meat with lots of crunchy ipoh bean sprouts in heavenly chicken & prawn broth), popiah, Hakka meatballs, Mun Choong Restaurant’s ‘kong chin har look’ (huge prawns pan-fried dried style in black sauce), seafood from Bukit Tambun Seafood Restaurant and fantastic unparalleled hawkers’ food from Kwong Heng Old Town Coffee Shop.
3) At the beach, lying on a hammock doing nothing but staring out at the ocean, smelling the fresh ocean breeze, listening to the waves beating the shores, sipping coconut juice and daydreaming.
4) At a spa and I need a good full body massage and a good soak in a tub filled with rose petals listening to my favourite jazz or r&b songs.
4 friends I am tagging :
1) Montessori Mom
2) Big Pumpkin
3) Mummy in Vain
4) Cherry
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Yesterday I was so happy when I saw quite a number of interesting offers from this advertiser’s website for me to grab but when I clicked on the ‘accept’ tab, I got a message from this advertiser stating that I’ve taken the maximum campaign offers for this month and that I can only check back on 1 Aug 07. Jeez… i was really dejected…. all the see no touch nice nice offers and some paying USD20 per review on easy to write product. It could have been mine, mine, mine….. I’ve really enjoyed writing reviews for this particular advertiser. They have very interesting products and services which got me impressed and tempted me to purchase too. Now, i just cant wait for another 2 weeks+ to start accepting offers from them again. It’s ok, one shouldn’t be so greedy. I’ll just relax and catch up on my severely deprieved sleep.
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Being a mother has never been easy. You’ve got to have tons of patience, endurance, emotional stability, physical and mental strength and a creative mind to come up with lots of ideas to distract in the hope of subduing a whining and crying toddler.
Sherilyn was whining away yesterday morning after her daddy had left the house for the office. She kept saying she wants daddy, she wants daddy and cried and whined as she sat on her potty for a good 15 minutes.
I tried to distract her with books and toys and cooked up silly stories to distract her but she wouldn’t buy mommies’ stories and same old silly tricks. My eyes were scanning the entire kitchen looking for something new to distract her and I spotted a bottle of dried star anise on the shelf. I took out one for her to touch and smell and voila….. Miss Spitty Spat Cry Baby’s eyes brightened up and she immediately let out a wide grin as she took the star anise and smelled it.
I think I should make a trip to the grocery shop today to shop for some new items to stock up which I can whip up at anytime to placate 2 whiny toddlers.
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From left to right : Raw organic brazil nuts, raw white pumpkin seeds, raw organic green pumpkin seeds, Menglembu groundnuts and raw almonds.
That’s my stock of nuts and seeds. Since I am on a high protein and low carb diet, nuts and seeds are the best and most convenient snacks to munch on to rid myself of hunger pangs. Nuts and seeds are rich in Vitamin E, Vitamin B, zinc, fibre, magnesium, protein, selenium, iron, phosphorus, etc. etc. However eating too much may cause gout as they are high in protein. Since I am on a high protein diet, I drink juice from half a lemon every morning as lemon juice is known to neutralize uric acid (caused by protein). Yup, i kid you not, i am a real health nut and i am nuts over nuts.
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Sherilyn is good with this toy. During breakfast yesterday, she fixed the shapes puzzle in under 5 minutes without referring to the map. It looks easy to fix but can be quite tricky. Now, I’ve got a new toy to keep Sherilyn occupied whilst I work on my computer as she can spend close to an hour fixing the puzzle over and over again without any signs of getting bored with it.
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I’ve always wanted to be a Work-From-Home-Mom (WFHM). Well, PTL, my wish is granted and I have been working from home for almost 2 months now. I now have a sense of achievement when I see my money in my Paypal account growing and I have my financial freedom back. But only WFHMs would know that it ain’t easy at all to be one. Amidst taking care of 2 high-needs, whiny, cranky and hyperactive under-4yo toddlers, I have to stay up late at nite and give up most of my hobbies to meet my deadlines. I look like a panda now with dark rings under my eyes and I feel sleepy most of the time. Well earning money is never easy, whether you work from home or from the office, there is still stress and sacrifices to be made. Ok, enough of ranting from me, I’ll get back to work now.
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