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General Updates - 11 May 2007

Mid Term Break
Time flies!! Next week is mid term already. Boys will have 3 days holiday plus the weekend. H was trying to book a trip when he found out that it's public holiday too (Ascension Day) ....but tooooooo late. All flights fully-booked! Oh well, guessed we'll just stay put and grow worms...

Year 2 Assembly
Last Friday was S2's class assembly, which was based on "Pocahontas". When the teacher wrote to request for costumes (settlers, indians), I quickly wrote back to indicate that we have no costume and would prefer S2 to be a narrator. Didn't want to spend money to go out and buy a costume just for this half hour assembly. Anyway, this fella only had ONE line which was "We would like to tell you what we have learnt in our history class". Yeap! That's it. Just ONE line... The photo depicts the settlers meeting with the indians.

Return of S1
S1 returned on Wednesday afternoon as scheduled... Somehow I see him like he's grown whilst away for two nights. Hee Hee.. H said "lei sei ler.. you sure gonna be those moms that hover over their kids everywhere they go..". He enjoyed himself tremendously....and now, he's got to work on his journal. Of course must write a journal about the trip...

Tidak Apa Attitude
I have to say that I must have the two most TIDAK APA attitude kids in the world man. I don't know how many caps, water bottles, school lunches, books that they've lost/misplaced/left in school. I've nagged, scolded, threatened and still it happens over and over again. MEGA Sien man... Just irks me that I have to keep replacing these things... and they being nonchalant about it all..... GRRRRRRR....GERAMNYA

Precious T-Shirts
H has got a few precious T-shirts that are a style of it's own... He's so proud of them that he's even posed in one of them here. Mom did nagged him a few times to change those T-shirts..and I've tried throwing them...but kena scolding when he couldn't find his precious T-shirts. As you can see that it's in such a unique style, my maid is having trouble ironing and folding them up after she's laundered them! ... Well, think this particular piece disintegrated this morning when he was taking them out...HEEE HEEEE ....

MIL's Birthday & Sad News
Today is MIL's birthday. Haven't called her yet. SMS-ed her though...will call her when boys get back from school later today. Also put in an order of flowers and cake to be delivered to her today... Hope she likes them. H did call her this morning to wish her.. and also received some bad news about her nephew's wife (MIL's sister's DIL)... She hasn't got long.. CANCER... Aunt and family are leaving for the States to see her for the last time. MIL can't get the US visa on time so won't be going. So sad... So sad... They (cousin and wife) adopted a daughter from China, and when she knew her cancer was terminal, she made arrangements for her sister to adopt her daughter.... Cousin is chinese, she's caucasian..somehow donno how come the CHINESE girl they adopted looks mixed. Very pretty girl... So Sad leh... Me also want to cry liow.. (Yeah..this is the angmoh-in-law that speaks and writes perfect mandarin!)

PPP Love

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H and I

H came back from work early today...complaining of back pain, said he pulled a nerve. He blames it on me wor..says that I i-galloped too vigorously this morning. Hahaha....

Anyway, I have been indulging myself a wee bit too much this week. Have to slow down a bit as am feeling a little bit guilty.... I've pampered myself almost every single day..
Sunday, 29/4 - Two hour foot reflex
Monday, 30/4 - Hair Wash @ Salon & An hour of foot reflex
Tuesday, 1/5 - Two hour foot reflex
Wednesday, 2/5 - Manicure/Pedicure at the Nail Bar
Thursday, 3/5 - Hair Wash @ Salon & An hour of foot reflex
Friday, 4/5 - Two hour foot reflex
Saturday, 5/5 - Two hour Body Massage
Sunday, 6/5 - Zilch (since had to take boys to watch Spiderman 3)
Monday, 7/5 - Body Scrub, Aromatherapy Massage & Cream Bath
Tuesday, 8/5 - Zilch (but had a two hour nap in the afternoon!)

Siow or not, you say??? I was casually saying that I should STOP for awhile, seems abit excessive with all this on a daily basis. And H said "what's wrong with that?" .. H says it's OKAY wor... But still think that I need to control abit lah...

www.BOOGER.com

Yeap... S2 has decided to re-name the site... He was watching over my shoulder while I was blogging earlier, and he went "www.booger.com"! Don't think I wanna be blogging on a site named "Booger" leh. And by the way, just that you know, this is an actual site address wor... Don't worry! No XXX stuff... ha haha

And he still does not miss his older brother,...this is the answer I got when I asked if he misses his brother.. " NO! Of course I don't miss him. I hate him!" I am sure he does miss his brother a teeeny weeny bit, yeah???

Flowers..Flowers...Flowers

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Gone were the days that I would receive bouquets of flowers from H. *Reminising* Used to receive a bouquet a week when he was trying to "chase" me. Ahhhh.... But once he "caught" me, I don't even get a single leaf or weed, let alone a bouquet of flowers!! So.. as desperate as I am, I am gonna send myself some flowers for Mother's Day. Hahaha..... But being the pennywise person that I am, I am gonna use the Proflower discounts found on www.couponchief.com to purchase the flowers that I am eyeing. And whilst there, I might get some additional coupon codes to purchase some additional gifts for my mom and mother-in-law for Mother's Day..

Silly or Mis-communication???

With S1 away for his Residential, S2 didn't want to sleep alone in his room. At first, I asked "you dare to sleep alone in your room or not?". S2 replied "of course!!!..... *short pause* ...Can daddy come and sleep with me??" So, he was to come and sleep in our room on his own mattress on the floor.

I told the maid to bring over S2's mattress to be put beside my bed, and then went out (A friend came over from HK. So H and I went out dinner with him. S2 didn't want to come along...). When we came home, H went upstairs first and I heard him MUMBLING something.. when I went into our room.. There it was.. S2's WHOLE BED! The wooden bed frame and all. We were like WTF ???????? How on earth did she bring it over? Did she get the security guard to help her or what???? H even woke poor S2 up to ask him how the bed got into our room... But of course the poor guy half-asleep was like delirious lah, and couldn't answer...

So...was it a case of SILLY MAID or MIS-COMMUNICATION???

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TAG - 10 or More Ways H Pisses You Off

This TAG is from Laundryamah,... Ways that H Pisses me Off...

1. I hate it when he tells me to "Don't Slouch!". Yes, I know it's for my own good, but it's the TONE that he uses, soooooo criticizing!
2. His nagging! Yes!! He does! And worst of all, he says that I nag!
3. His Short-temperedness, Mang-Changness
4. His arrogance and LCLY-ness
5. When he criticizes my un-manicured or un-pedicured nails...with "Aiyer, so ugly" or "Yucky! You dare meet your friends like that?" ...the list goes one...
6. His Procrastination on Household Stuff... Work or friends....very kann-cheong one, but home or family stuff, always dragging feet..."Until shit almost reaching the underwear" kind.
7. He hears, but takes his tttttiiiiimmmmeee to answer me, which I would think that he didnt' hear, and thus REPEAT, and then he says I NAG!
8. He already decides on something but still want to ask me. And if I answer otherwise, he gets agitated.
9. After we fight, he can switch-off to as-if fight did not happen, and expect things to be NORMAL with a snap-of-the-fingers
10. His love of saying "You MUST have the last word!" when we are arguing...
11. "NO. I didn't say that!"..although he DID!

I supposed there would be more... but I've learnt a few things that had made me more bearable of H's attitude/behaviour, ie.

• MEN generally cannot multi-task. So, if H is doing something, I TRY to let him finish whatever he is doing first...
• MEN need to unwind in their "cave" after a long day's work.. So I let him be...
• MEN are lan-see creatures!!!!

Guessed I need to also put in some positives about my H lah....after all, cannot exactly spend almost 20 years with this man, if there are no positives, right?? (Yeah..come July, we would have been together for 20 years...wah.. like so old like that...)

1. When he's at work, he calls me about twice a day to see if I'm okay.
2. He's definitely NOT "kiam-siap" with me or the kids (I am the "kiam-siap" one )
3. He makes an effort to spend some couple time with me (we went out to a wine bar yesterday... needless to say, was a bit drunk.. I went to bed at 7.30 PM!!)
4. And yes, he does puts a smile on my face in bed...kekekeke

Spiderman, Spiderman...

Took boys to watch "Spiderman 3" yesterday... The cinema was soooooooooo full. Even with 8 out of 10 theatres in the cineplex showing "Spiderman 3", we still could not get proper seats at the time we want. We had to split up our seating... H took S2 with him and I had S1 with me. Even then, the boys' seat were one row in front of ours.. Our chapalang seat numbers were A1, B1, B19, C19.... so really at two ends of the theatre!

Well, being the manja boy that he is, S2 ended up seating on H's lap throughout the show... and when someone died (don't want to say who lah) in the show, S2 commented "This is the saddest show that I've seen!" in his trademark dramatic expression...

It's quite an enjoyable show...very action-packed! Have to agree that somehow ALL the bad guys are hunky and good-looking, as compared to nerdy, geeky Peter Parker... Maybe I gravitate towards bad-boys?? H is not exactly a good boy, is he??? hahahahha

Oh..and S1 is off for his 3 days/2 nights Residential today.. will not see him till Wednesday. He's pretty excited,..sharing room with 2 of his best pals in school. As for S2, he won't miss his brother as he only said "Aiyer...kor-kor no need to go for Chinese Class today...."

Ugly Feet...

My supposedly "eczema" "thai-kor-kar" is actually not that bad lah. Think they were just not properly cared for. The more I thought them to be too ugly to be pedicured, and so did not go, the worse the condition my foot became.... Also, to makes matters worse, I tried to stinge on the creams by buying cheapo ones. First, I bought a Malaysian-branded Cracked heel cream...then changed to a Local brand and back to the Malaysian Brand...They all don't work. And also, some fungal cream, some eczema cream, some anti-inflammatory cream... Semua also did NOT work. Then finally, I went to buy Scholl's Made-in-UK Cracked Heel Cream last Sunday, and WOW! Just within 3 days, there were visible results, as advertised! Have also been having very regular foot reflex (as in 5 times this week!) as one of my friends said that cracked heels are also due to BAD circulation. When H saw the guy touching my feet, he exclaimed "aiyer...your feet so scary, he dare to touch ar??"..Well, at least now not so scary.

What is scary is the email that I got from a friend yesterday - on Chinese Bound Foot. I showed the pictures to the boys, and S1 kept on asking "Why can't they just buy BIGGER shoes, instead of breaking the bones?" Had to explain to him that they wanted the small dainty feet. We did some research on the history of Chinese Foot Binding, and have to say the boys were a little grossed out and thought the idea was stupid and silly. Have included the excerpts from Kidzworld site if anyone interested. And this morning, when we were in the car, I mentioned to H about this email, and S1 sort of interjected and said "Crazy...So Ugly... Take out the leg, Yuck!"

" The Origins of Foot Binding - The Golden Lotus In the early 10th century, emperor Li Yu of the Southern Tang dynasty in China ordered one of his slave girls to bind her feet in silk ribbons and dance on a platform littered with golden lotus flowers. From that day on, foot binding was often associated with the term golden lotus. At first, foot binding was something practiced only by those within the royal court but soon women of all social classes were eager to have dainty, "beautiful" and desirable feet.

How Were Feet Bound? So exactly what did foot binding do to the feet? Well, young girls would have their feet bound for the first time when they were about five years old. Their mothers would take long lengths of cloth and bind the feet so that the toes would bend under and the bones in the foot would break, forcing the front and back of the foot together, giving the appearance Chinese Bound Feet of a high arch and tiny foot. The ultimate foot was to be between three and four inches (about 10 cm) long. Over the course of about three years, a girl's foot would be broken numerous times to get it to the perfect shape. "

Maids and Drivers

Actually....should say the maid and the driver...since got only one each...

Maid-Y
This morning, she made the breakfast for the boys as I told her to, but when boys came down, they ask her to make something else...and she did. When I came down, of course I scolded her lah. She said that S1 will get angry if she doesn't listen and will bang the door. I asked her lah.. who pays her salary? Me or S1? Is she more afraid of me or S1? Of course she said ME lah. Anyway, I went back to bed after the boys got on their bus. Guess what? I dreamt that she said she wants to quit and also she wants to CEKIK me! Hahaha... Nope. In reality, she has not said that she wants to quit ..YET...

Driver
Driver borrowed some money from us. He asked H. H actually already made the decision to lend it to him but told him that he would ask me first. Make me be like the "boss". (BTW, think this is a MAN thing cause my friend said her hubby also like that)..... People generally say don't lend money to hired help..but our driver is quite good lah. HWas just thinking to myself yesterday when we went to pick H up... "Wah... he could drive us to be sold".. cause we went through some funny obscure roads. I mean most roads and places here are like that...and having a good and reliable driver is quite important. Unlike my friend whose had to "tai driver meen sik" (watch colour of face?) in case he drives her to some god-forsaken place and leave her there! Her driver would leave without being discharged, "fatt pei hei", change the time on his time sheet after she's signed, etc etc... Got another friend whose driver is a "gangster", and another one who drove her to the mall already and ask her to go back herself... So..have to say we do have quite a good driver.

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S1 - A Tween?

Think S1 is certainly a Tween.... just this evening at the dinner table, I said something to S1 and I guessed I was going on-and-on a little, and H said "what are you mumbling about?" and S1 was very gung-ho and said to his father "yeah. I don't know what she's on about " *sigh* like that talk about the mother one meh? And the other day, I spoke to him on the phone..I found out later that he told his dad "I never listen one.." Why do I even bother???

And lately, he has been comparing what his friends has and that he doesn't have....even something that is soooo irrelevant.. For example:
S1 - Dad doesn't spend his money at all. He only spends it on cigarettes and lighters. We don't even have cups under the water dispenser.
Me - Huh? What are you talking about??
S1 - T's water dispenser has a cupboard underneath, where they store the cups. We don't have it.

You see the irrelevance of this? Then there's T has an iPod. T's swimming pool is much better than ours. T has this. T has that... I have to constantly remind him that there would be a whole lot more of stuff that T would have that we would not. Also, I said "how come you only compare things that you don't have...how come you don't do it other way? T doesn't have a TV in his room. So, maybe you should take the TV out of your room too!".

It's already difficult to parent a child...but it's doubly difficult when his peers have more money and stuff to flaunt... Other examples: Kids taking USD 30 to school. Whereas most days, S1 brings lunch to school. On days that he doesn't, I give him about USD 1 to 2 only. Kids bringing the latest mobile phones to school, iPods etc etc... There are even kids who would pay USD 10 to get one merit from another kid... The british system rewards children with merits when they do their work well or behave well. The merits (in the form of stickers) are stuck in the merit book. So, these rich (and obviously spoilt kids) would pay USD 10 for each sticker. So...there goes my daily challenge to keep my kids grounded to a "normal" life amidst all of these.

Bid4Prizes

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What did I bid for? The 50" Phillips Plasma TV, of course! Well, H recently sold his 42" Plasma TV to his company, and he has been complaining that he can't go hide in his "cave" as it's currently void of a TV... And as his birthday is coming up soon, what would be a better birthday pressie than a 50" one?? Especially if it's a Prize??? My bid amount was 2346 cents! Hehehe... because I almost got first price in Toto with this number once... Fingers Crossed this Time!!!

Korean DILs???

Sounds like I've been bitten by the blogging bug..but just have to post this one before I forget...

Will I be having Korean daughter-in-laws??? Hahaha... Yeah lah..it's too early.... Have found out that S1 has a crush on a Korean girl. He didn't want to tell me who.. Our convo..

Me - Who is she?
S1 - I'm not telling!
Me - Tell lah... Who is she? What colour is her hair?
S1 - Black
Me - She's a Korean girl? (I guessed lah...lots of Koreans in their school)
S1 - Yeah
Me - Who? In your class?
S1 - I'm not telling.. I'm not letting my mom know about my secrets!

At this point, S2 excitedly said "I looooovveee SH. She's also Korean!". Hahaha...

So... KIMCHI anyone???

Kids are Expensive!

Ever since NOT having a job, and having to stretch my palm out to H for household allowances, I have been diligently entering my daily expenses into a MS Excel document. BOY! I have to say that nurturing a child is NOT cheap! I was just summarizing some costs.. Saturday Swimming Lessons per Term for 1 kid is USD 70. For 2 kids is USD 140 ..multiply by three terms..have paid USD 420 for swimming lessons. Then there's the Mandarin Classes.. USD 560 per term for two kids....multipy by three terms.. And then there's Mad Science activity which is USD 55 per kid per term. Sums up to quite a lot of money! This does not include the PS2 games, the gameboy games, the movies, other activities, their hunger for snacks, holidays etc etc... I asked the boys "can you choose an activity that is FREE ah?" ...and H said that I was cheapo wor... so, "bo huat". Luckily don't have to pay school fees and the bus fares, as they are paid by H's company...otherwise, sure PENGSAN!!! How much? Sure you wanna know? Fees are pengsan amount of ~ USD 15 K per kid per year. Bus fares are USD 490 per kid per term. We definitely CANNOT afford these amounts ourselves....

One of my Singaporean friends (she only has 2 kids, like me) said that a lot of her friends in Singapore are having 3 kids now, because of the SGD 10 K ( I think) that the government is giving as incentive to have more kids.. Aiyo.. Sounds like a lot, but REALLY! Where got enough? I mean you have to treat all your kids equal.. it's like S1 doing Mad Science..S2 also wants to do...I cannot exactly say "Cannot! Too expensive", right? Then I will definitely get a barrage of "NOT FAIR!!!" ... For example holidays... cannot exactly just take one and the other one, you tell.."you stay home okay?".... Actually, I have a friend with 3 kids...she takes them on holiday one-by-one. Her kids are okay with that.... Mmmm... Somehow, I have difficulty doing this leh...And my kids DEFINITELY will not allow it!!!

Is Lasik the Answer for Me?

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In the 80's, one of my aunts went to Russia to have some kind of pioneering eye surgery to correct her short-sightedness. Unfortunately, it was not exactly successful as she had some problems and needed additional follow-ups, and still had to wear her thick glasses. So, when Lasik came along, I was of course really excited when I heard that corrective vision surgery/procedures has improved leaps and bounds.

Will I go for Lasik? I am rather keen but at the same time, scared. I've heard quite a number of success stories... (my ex-landlady who did her Lasik at 58 years old, and is raving about it, wondering why she didn't do it earlier; my cousin who also did it after wearing glasses for over 35 years, and another friend who also just did it last year ), so there's really no reason to be scared. Being the pessimist that I am, I will be thinking about all sorts of BAD scenarios. However, I think I will definitely do it one of these days. When? When my hands are too trembly to put-in and take-off my daily lens... When I move to a more developed country where the healthcare is NOT questionable. When I find a doctor with perfect track record....

Sydney, Down Under - Updated

H is going off to Sydney this weekend. He's got an Executive Program in one of the Unis there. His company has been quite good with his continual development... You know me lah, of course look at him with the "suspicious look"... Our convo..
H - Why don't you come with me?
Me - Cheeeh! *Eyes Rolling until almost pop out* You know that I can't get away with the boys here with no one to look after! Ask for fun oni...
H - Ask your mom to come.
Me - Blech! You know my mom is in Singapore with Sis just delivered.
H -Ask your dad then. He can fly in on Friday...

Aiya... he just tok oni lah... after that also never discuss liow.. Somehow went to the topic of "what is there to buy in Sydney?".... Anyway, he also will have to come back before the program ends as his boss wants him to go to Munich next week too... Siow... Fly here, Fly there...like never take plane before...

Updated - 4th May: That fella...change plans again. Now say not going to Sydney. Got to postpone the trip. But going to Munich next Tuesday... BUT Aiya.. knowing him.. go up the plane already, then only believe him lah..

Kids, Their Antic and Words....

Starting Young...
At dinner on Monday nite, S1 suddenly said "my friend S and his girlfriend, P went to a quiet place and then they kiss. His pals, stood outside like knights like that to guard the door, while they kiss!". Can you imagine? Both S and P are 9 going to 10 or maybe 10 already. I asked if he was one of the "guards" and he said "No. I was not around". H was like..."Aiya! How can you be the guard? You should be the one kissing the girl inside!". And then H looked at me and said "Lei sei ler... give you one more year the most!". Meanwhile, my S1 was happily grinning, and telling me more about his friends while chomping down his food. So, my solace for the time being is that he is still baby-ish and not yet ready for this kissy-wissy stuff. One more year is better than tomorrow!

Mince Beef with Potato Pastry Crust
I made this tonight for dinner. H was not around (today is his weekly Pool League Night whereby he competes with other pubs in Pool) and called just after dinner to tell me about him starting on his game soon. S1 picked up the phone... I could hear him say "Hi! Are you on your way home now? .........Awwww... Err..just finished dinner.........mom made this pie which looks really UGLY but tastes good!.." Needless to say, I was made-fun off by H about my "food presentation skills". Didn't have enough pastry to cover the pie bowl, so had to streeeeetch the pastry, so got hole lor... Taste wise...so-so only lah. Didn't want to waste the tin of tomato puree so hantam all in instead of just 2 spoonfuls...

Normal Life?
Boys drank Yakult upstairs today (which they weren't allowed to), and some got spilled on the floor, didn't tell either me or the maid. Just left it there, walked and treaded all over the place. S1 blamed on S2 and vice-versa. Of course I screamed lah.. and one thing led to another, and ended up with S1 saying that I am UNFAIR cause I scolded him and not S2 blah blah blah, and then screamed "I just want a NORMAL LIFE". Waaaaa... So I said "okay. Define normal life!", and gave him a piece of paper to write down what exactly is normal life as he sees it. I laughed when I looked at it... it was almost exactly as what I want him/them to do except for the last three.. S1 wrote:
1) Have 3 rules - 1) don't touch iPod, 2) don't eat upstairs 3) wash hands after dinner
2) Sleep at 8.00
3) Wake up at 6.00
4) 30 minutes homework
5) 10 minutes reading each night
6) sometimes have light breakfast
7) have a smarter brother
8) have a brother who doesn't distract me

Cannot remember what else.. but I was prodding him to include "can watch tv whenever I want. Can play games whenever I want'...but he just shook his head and said "that's not normal!"... So, think my sons know what is right and wrong, normal and abnormal... Just difficult to adhere to the normal and rights.....