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Good post on how to educate kids without the cane

Found this article online, think it is a good article and should serve as a constant reminder when we parents are dealing with kids so decided to share it here.

打骂教育的危害
  1)打骂教育是中国传统专制家庭制度的残余,会对青少年身心造成严重摧残。打骂教育,也是一种畸形的家庭教育方式,不仅不会使孩子成才,而且还有可能酿成家庭悲剧。
  2)打骂孩子不考虑孩子的需要与特点,一味地从自我出发,不允许孩子有半点差错或异议,使孩子感受不到亲子之情和慈母之爱,使孩子处于不安和焦虑之中,体力智力发展受到不良影响。
  3)由于得不到应有的爱和支持,孩子往往形成冷漠、孤僻、仇视、攻击、自信心差等心理问题,并且这些心灵创伤,往往会成为日后不良行为甚至犯罪的根源。
  4)打骂孩子造成终生遗憾的事情时有发生,孩子不堪忍受上吊自杀的有之,离家出走的有之,父母失手打死孩子的有之。
  5)打骂从表面上可以使孩子暂时克服自己不正确的欲望和控制不正确的行为,但是,不能从根本上解决问题,弄不好还可能使孩子养成说谎的毛病,变得阳奉阴违,父母面前不做、背后做。孩子幼稚无知,分不清善恶好坏,也没有坚强的性格,父母就要耐心细致地教他学会分辨,积极地启发和引导。
  6)打骂会污辱孩子人格和扼杀孩子个性,会使孩子反感、对立,还容易使孩子丧失自尊心,失去生活支柱,逆来顺受,畏首畏尾。长大后不能独立自主,凡事都要依赖他人,容易形成“随风倒”的性格。
  7)孩子是父母无能和缺乏修养的表现,还可能引起孩子对父母的蔑视,降低父母的威信。有的孩子在脑子里根深蒂固地形成“你有错,我就打你”的观念后,他就会以同样的方式对待其他孩子,还会以同样的方式对待下一代,将来会成为权威型、暴力型的父母。
  8)是对孩子行为后果的一种不良处理方式,父母目的是为了使孩子克服缺点、纠正错误,帮助他们分清是非,明确努力方向。但是,打骂本身并未指明什么样的行为是正确的,应该的,与之相伴随的常常是孩子的消极情绪。因此,父母教育孩子要做到有理、有力、有效、适度、适时。
  9)打骂教育,是一种畸形的家庭教育方式,在现代的家庭中,应该避免出现。
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父母打骂孩子的原因
  中国有句俗语:棍棒底下出孝子!曾经经历过父母打骂的家长,沿袭了上一辈的教育方式,也会采用打骂的方式教育孩子。有些家长也认为,打骂孩子是为了纠正孩子的不良行为,只要出发点是好的,那么就理所应当。然而,教育孩子还是需要讲求方式、方法。打骂教育不可取!以下归纳总结了父母打骂教育孩子的几方面原因:
  1.传统教养观念  
  
不可否认,传统的教养观念对我们仍有着潜移默化的影响,例如“不打不成器”“棍棒底下出孝子”等。因为在传统观念中,父母与孩子的关系就是上对下,并没有尊重孩子、和孩子平等相处的概念。传统文化的尊重多放在平辈的相处上,但在亲子关系中却十分欠缺。
  2.自我情绪管理不佳  
  
如果家长的心智不够成熟,那么对孩子而言就是很沉重的压力与包袱。当在生活中遇到困难或挫折时,有些家长就容易把怨气发泄到孩子身上。当家长对自己生活或工作的期望无法满足时,就更希望孩子可以完全按照他的指示来行事,一旦孩子的表现不能令家长满意,那么家长多半会打骂上前。
  3.熟悉的成长经验  
  
由于没有及时接受新知识,或是经验不足,所以有些家长就直接就套用原来父母的管教模式,只要不顺父母的意,就会受到这样的打骂处罚。因此,当他无法使自己的孩子照他的方式来做事或生活时,也就喜欢用最熟悉的方式管教孩子。
  4.寻求快速方便的方法  
  
有些家长懒得思考其他的方法来管教孩子,认为打骂教育最方便,见效也最快。因此,每当孩子犯错的时候,第一个想到的就是处罚孩子。
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父母怎样取代打骂的教育方式
  1)多多了解孩子  
  
在忙于生计的同时,父母一定要抽出时间来多了解孩子,与孩子、保姆、孩子的老师多多沟通,尽量对孩子在学校和家庭中的表现有一个全面把握。多一分了解,就少一分误解。这样一旦孩子真有不听话的时候,也能比较明白应该如何去引导孩子。
  2)耐心倾听孩子  
  
如果是气急攻心的父母,在面对不听管教的孩子时,通常最直接的反应就是打骂。此时,父母应该先冷静下来,尝试来倾听孩子耐心,问问孩子这么做的原因是什么。当父母的心思已经放在了解孩子的想法,并想办法帮孩子解决问题时,也许就会发现孩子的行为其实是情有可原的,并且也已经释放掉了很多负面的情绪。
  3)修正对孩子的期望  
  
有些父母常常拿自己都做不到的标准来要求孩子。要知道,孩子年龄还小,有好动、固执、健忘等表现都很正常。父母如果真的要对孩子有所要求,也一定要考虑孩子的成长状况,不要总是拿“放大镜”去看待孩子的表现。
  4)对孩子放下身段  
  
有些父母总喜欢在孩子面前保持威严,习惯用以上对下的态度来对待孩子。对此教育专家建议,父母要对孩子真正放下身段,从内心尊重孩子,不要用命令的口气跟孩子说话,将孩子当作成人一样给予尊重。不要总是对孩子说“不”,而是要给孩子选择题,让孩子自己做决定。如果孩子的年龄足够大,表达能力没有问题,也可以让孩子自己提出解决方案或替代办法。
  5)同孩子做协商  
  
不要总是要求孩子按照父母的心意去生活,那么不只是孩子痛苦,就连父母也很痛苦。孩子也是人,当然有他自己想做的事,因此,同孩子做协商,各退一步就是一种很好的方法。
  6)盛怒时不管教孩子  
  
在极度愤怒的状况下,父母肯定无法以理性的方式来管教孩子。所以,当父母无论如何也平静不下来的时候,父母要暂时离开现场,或是转移自己的注意力去做别的事,等自己平静下来以后,再和孩子好好谈心。
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父母在教育孩子的禁忌
  忌讳一:不该出手也出手——皮肉之苦最伤孩子自尊  5岁的宣宣弹琴时表现出极大的随意性,老师讲过的正确指法、手型和要求在她的脑子里没有留下丝毫的印迹,仿佛从来就没有学过似的。妈妈看在眼里、急在心上,一遍又一遍地提醒外加亲自示范,可宣宣摆出了一副不合作的态度,在琴凳上扭来扭去,一会儿喝水、一会儿上厕所,没过两分钟又嚷嚷着累了要歇会儿。
  错误批评:  内心的怒气终于冲破了忍耐的底线,妈妈一巴掌挥了过去,宣宣的手背顿时就红了——说服教育升级为武力惩罚。
  留下的伤痕:  从根本上说,武力惩罚不能解决任何问题,只能使双方的矛盾激化,使原本有可能继续下去的学习中途搁浅;在父母的拳头下,孩子的自尊心也被打得一败涂地,容易形成破罐破摔的心理,甚至既而对所有的批评刀枪不入,那可真是两败俱伤。
  它的另一个直接后果是:你以什么样的方式对待孩子,孩子就会以同样的方式对待你和他周围的人——对暴力行为的模仿是轻而易举的。由于父母的坏榜样,孩子在独立面对自己和小朋友的冲突时,头脑中的第一反应就是“先下手为强”。
  “剪枝”有方:  将批评升级为“战争”,那就是父母的不是了。幼儿还没有形成自我评价体系,他们是通过成人尤其是父母对自己的评价来看待自身的。而且,脆弱的内心特别希望得到父母的肯定,这能给孩子自信,也能使他们愉快地接受批评。批评的艺术在于正强化,而非负强化。与其强化孩子的弱点或全盘否定,不如将孩子的点滴成绩和好的苗头看在眼里、记在心上、挂在嘴边,强化其好的一面,给予必要的指点,让孩子看到自己的潜力,提升自信。
  所以,妈妈此时不如使用“表扬式的批评”方法,去发现孩子的点滴长处,先褒后批:“你的左手手型比右手的漂亮,左手三指比二指好看,这一遍强弱感觉掌握得不错”,接着再提要求:“右手能不能也像左手那样漂亮,二指能不能往回勾一点,速度如果再放慢一点会更好。来,我们来试一试,我想宣宣一定没问题!”孩子需要在比较和实实在在的夸奖中发现自己的差距,如果父母肯定了孩子的一点成绩,她会有信心纠正自己的九个错误;相反,父母对孩子的一个错误采取粗暴的方式,她很可能会毫无心情保持自己的九个优点。
  忌讳二:大喊大叫——失控的情绪难以给孩子正确引导  陶陶每天都把家里弄得天翻地覆:玩具散落一地,画笔、画纸摊满了桌子,床上也堆着他的各种小玩意儿,自己最喜欢的书也十有八九到想看的时候不知道去哪了。多次的提醒仍然没能使陶陶有任何改观。
  错误批评:  屋内的一片狼藉点燃了妈妈心中的怒火:“跟你说过多少次了,从哪儿拿来的东西玩完了还放回哪儿去。你就是不长记性,你不收,看我全把它们扔掉!”说着假装把孩子最心爱的玩具扔了,接着是一阵急风暴雨般的叫嚷。
  留下的伤痕:  不是你的嗓门越高就越能产生立竿见影的效果,声调和结果往往成反比;并且大喊大叫使孩子丝毫感觉不到尊严的存在,也把你的修养咆哮得无影无踪。如果大人孩子都发脾气,批评很有可能会升级为哭闹和打骂,教育的效果抵消为零。而且孩子很快就会知道,妈妈嘴上说“扔掉”,但是手上却没有真正“扔掉”,妈妈的威信也由此丧失。
  “剪枝”有方:  千万不要以为你的态度,包括表情、语气和目光无足轻重,只有好心就足够了;不肯在表达方式上花心思,孩子难以心服口服地接受批评。因为,有时候他们拒绝的不是批评本身,而是父母的态度。
  心平气和地批评孩子,有助于保持良好的亲子关系,也能达到批评的目的。所以,最好管住自己的脾气,让自己息怒。
  收拾好自己的东西对孩子来说是一个很难养成的习惯,妈妈应该对陶陶耐心一些。先和孩子一起收拾,能收好一件东西就鼓励一下。孩子被妈妈的肯定激励着,会慢慢学会独立整理自己的物品。
  忌讳三:喋喋不休——过滥的批评引来逆反  玟玟有一大盒子各种形状的小珠子,串起项链漂亮极了;但当她看到别的小朋友拿着几个透明的围棋棋子充当“夜明珠”时,哭着喊着要,对方不给,她就把人家装“夜明珠”的小瓶子扔到地上……
  错误批评:  玟玟的举动让妈妈觉得很没面子:“跟你说过多少次了,你怎么就不明白呢?不能总是看着别人的东西好,你家里的玩具还少吗?自己的东西扔在一边不玩,一看到别人拿点什么就跟宝贝似的,真没出息……下次再这样,我绝不再给你买任何玩具!”
  留下的伤痕:  如此絮叨、缺乏新鲜感的批评,不能给孩子大脑以明显的刺激,说得越多,孩子越会把这些话当成耳边风。而且,别看孩子小,对语言的领悟能力一点不差,“没出息”、“占有欲”一类不尊重孩子人格的话很容易引起他们内心的反感,明着或暗着和你对着干,身上的毛病很可能会有增无减。
  “剪枝”有方:  漂亮的和新鲜的东西对孩子来说是一种诱惑,抵御诱惑其实是一件很不容易的事。所以,父母不妨告诉孩子:她喜欢自己没有的东西并没有错,但他人的东西我们不能要、更不能抢或毁坏。接着向孩子讲清楚:世界上的好东西多得数不清,我们不可能全部拥有;如果特别想要,就得凭自己的努力去争取,比如如果对方愿意,可以用自己的漂亮珠子和小朋友换。
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父母教育孩子三十六计
  没有教不好的孩子,只有不好的教育方法。家长、老师常常因为孩子进步缓慢而着急,由此或者粗暴地给孩子戴上“脑子笨”、“性格难以改变”之类的帽子,或者自认为学识浅、水平低,不会教育孩子。实际上,只要方法妥当,任何孩子都是优秀的;只要用心,总能找到合适的教育方法。
  一、扮弱计——让孩子充当一次“小大人”
  父母常常抱怨现在的孩子对父母漠不关心,缺少责任感,他们不知道,孩子的责任感是要从小培养的,如果你总在孩子面前表现出一副风雨无惧的样子,孩子就会认为父母是不需要他们关心照顾的。因此,父母们不妨偶尔扮一次弱,向孩子求助,你会惊奇地发现孩子竟因此变成了懂事的“小大人”,而你也可以从孩子的帮助中获得很多东西。
  二、补强计——让孩子由自卑变自信。
  美国加州大家哲学博士詹姆斯.多伯林提出了“补强法则”。当一个人的行为得到满意的结果时,这种行为就会重复出现。因此,当孩子受到认可时,他(她)的自信就会被激发出来,不断重复令人满意的行为,直至摆脱自卑,成为自信上进的好孩子。
  三、诱导计——帮孩子跨过厌学的泥潭。
  几乎每个孩子都多多少少有些厌学情绪,这是可以理解但却不能放任自流的,因为这种情绪会阻碍孩子学习的热情,给孩子的成长带来难以估量的影响。然而强制孩子学习也不是好办法,这只会加深孩子的反感,聪明的做法是诱导孩子学习的兴趣,让孩子自动自发地学习。
  四、冷淡计——让孩子有一点自控能力。
  今天的孩子大多是独生子女,受到家人无微不至的关怀和照顾,然而这样的生活却让孩子养成了任性的习惯,这个坏习惯将给孩子未来的生活埋下巨大隐患。专家建议孩子任性时不妨试试冷处理,这会使孩子因得不到注意而自动收敛脾气。
  五、授挫计——给孩子一个体验失败的机会。
  美国教育家卡乐尔.桑德堡说:“顺境当然可以出人才,但逆境也可以出人才。而且在逆境中经过挫折和千锤百炼成长起来的孩子才更具生存竞争力。”也就是说为了增强孩子的耐挫力,父母们不妨有意识地给孩子创造一些适度的挫折情意,这种挫折教育对增强孩子的心理承受能力大有好处。
  六、放手计——培养孩子自己的事情自己做。
  不要什么都为孩子做好,家长应当试着放开手,让孩子自主地去做,第一次也许做不好,但以后就会做得又快又好。千万不要做包办父母,放开手为孩子创造做事的机会和平台,孩子才能有自立能力,父母们也会少些麻烦。
  七、纵容计——让孩子在“淘气”中开发潜能
  一些父母抱怨自己的孩子“太淘气”是“破坏狂”,其实这类孩子往往很聪明,求知欲、好奇心都比较强,意志力也比一般孩子来得坚定。因此,聪明的家长要试着“纵容”孩子的淘气和“破坏”行为,并借机挖掘潜能,培养兴趣,说不定你的孩子就是另一个“爱迪生”。
  八、处罚计——让孩子正视自己的错误。
  教育孩子就要赏罚分明,孩子做的好要给予奖励,但孩子做错事时一定不要姑息,哪怕只是小错也要进行适度的处罚,这样孩子才能正视自己的错误,及时改正,免得在错误里越陷越深。
  九、制冷计——给自负的孩子“泼冷水”。
  自负是指自我评价过高,目中无人,这种心理对孩子的成长是极为不利的,因此一旦发现孩子自负的苗头,父母就应当运用“制冷”的手段,适时地给孩子泼点冷水,让孩子学会理性地评价自己,正确地认识自己。
  十、包容计——让孩子感受父母无条件的爱。
  孩子也许不够聪明,也许有很多缺点,可是作为父母,你绝对不能对孩子存有偏见,羞辱或嫌弃自己的孩子。对孩子一定要包容,要有信心,你就会得到一个怎样的孩子。
  十一、样板计——父母要给孩子当好第一任老师。
  父母是孩子的榜样,孩子是父母的镜子,父母的言行举止都会影响到孩子。因此父母要严于律已,处处事事以自己的正确言行为孩子树立榜样,引导孩子健康成长。
  十二、鼓励计——给孩子不断进取的力量。
  孩子很容易对自己失去信心,很容易因为了困难而放弃努力,因此,家长要不断地鼓励孩子,给他们前进的勇气和必胜的信心,这样孩子就能带着父母的期待改正缺点,不断进步。
  十三、倾听计——认真了解孩子的感受。
  每个孩子都有自己的心声,家长一定要耐心地去倾听,才能真正了解孩子的想法、感受,才能对孩子生理及心理上的问题、变化做出及时而细致的处理。有了这样的基础,亲子之间才能良好沟通,建立良好、和谐的亲子关系。
  十四、赏善计——让孩子在赞美声中进步。
  教育学家认为,教育孩子,奖励是比惩罚更有效的方式。因此他们建议,用奖励正确来代替惩罚错误,用肯定优点来代替否定缺点,这样既可以避免给孩子造成伤害,又可以使孩子取得更好的进步。
  十五、点拨计——巧妙地提示孩子自觉走向正途。
  絮絮叨叨的说教,凡事替孩子包办的父母是孩子最不喜欢的,聪明的家长只会在孩子遇到难题或行为错误时,从旁稍加提示引导,帮孩子解决疑难。这样,孩子明白了道理,家长也达到了教育的目的。
  十六、虚拟计——让孩子产生“我很棒”的自我感觉。
  日本教育家铃木镇一说:“有了天才的感觉,你会成为天才;有了英雄的感觉,你会成为英雄。孩子找到了好孩子的感觉,他就会成为好孩子。”用虚拟的手段,给孩子制造一个“我很棒”的自我感觉,他就会逐渐“棒”起来。
  十七、容过计——让孩子在错误中学到更多。
  生活中,孩子总难免有些过失、错误。有的是无意,有的是有意的。如果孩子所犯过错的性质不是很严重,那么家长就不妨给予宽容、谅解,这样孩子不仅会在内疚自责中更认真地改正错误,还可以使孩子形成良好的宽容心态。
  十八、训诫计——让孩子认识错误、改过自新。
  孩子就是孩子,会不断地出现各种各样的问题和错误,有些错误可以宽容,而有些错误是不能姑息的。必须对孩子进行合理、有效的批评,以保证孩子不再犯类似的错误,即使是再宽大的父母,也不能让这种合理的管教缺位。
  十九、熏陶计——在生活中给孩子好的影响。
  家庭是孩子的第一课堂,家庭教育给孩子的影响是深远而巨大的。因此,父母如果能在家庭生活中,通过讲故事等方式,培养孩子健康的兴趣爱好,陶冶孩子的情趣、品行,那么就可以让孩子更健康地成长。
  二十、疏导计——让孩子由对立变成合作。
  大禹治水的成功之处在于“疏”而不在“堵”,父母也可以从这种方法中得到启示。在教育孩子时太过专制只会引起孩子的逆反,让孩子跟你“对着干”,但如果采取明智、开放的疏导策略,孩子就会愿意跟你愉快合作。
  二十一、尊子计——让孩子与父母贴得更近。
  亲子间之所以出现冲突矛盾,往往是因为父母对孩子不够尊重,使孩子心怀恐惧、不满,拉开了彼此的距离。其实孩子也需要尊重,那么他们一定会成为最受孩子欢迎的父母。
  二十二、对等计——与孩子实现良好的沟通。
  与孩子良好沟通的前提,就是平等地对待孩子,做孩子的好朋友。这样孩子才会愿意向你说出心里话,家长才可以及时帮孩子摆脱各种问题。如果家长总是摆着家长架子,专制地要求孩子服从自己,那么亲子间沟通的大门就会慢慢关上。
  二十三、攻防计——先给孩子打好“预防针”。
  兵法上说,最好的防守就是进攻。在教育孩子时也是这样,与其孩子出现问题后,再去管教、愤怒,还不如提前就给孩子打好“预防针”,提高孩子的“免疫力”,让孩子少走弯路,少犯错误。
  二十四、训俭计——帮孩子克服骄奢之气。
  现在孩子都是家里的“小皇帝”、“小公主”,要风得风,要雨得雨。一些孩子就养成了骄奢的习惯,花钱大手大脚,不知爱惜物品,这种习惯对孩子的健康成长是极为不利的,因此家长应理直气壮地教育孩子勤俭节约,帮孩子养成节俭的习惯,这才是真正的爱孩子。
  二十五、伴教计——在参与中教出好孩子。
  如果父母能够参与孩子的生活,多抽时间陪伴孩子做一些事,那么不但可以增进亲子感情,还可以鼓舞孩子,同时父母还可以对孩子多一些了解,这于开发孩子的潜力、培养孩子成才是非常重要的。
  二十六、防微计——别让孩子的小毛病变成大问题。
  生活中,孩子有时会有一些小毛病,比如霸道、无礼、懒惰等等,这时候家长就要注意了,问题虽小,但也要严管,防微杜渐,否则这些小毛病会变成大问题,那时候家长再想让孩子改正,就不那么容易了。不要姑息孩子的小毛病,严管同样是爱的表现。
  二十七、劝和计——让孩子与老师相互包容。
  老师与学生之间也会发生一些摩擦和误会,这时家长就要担任“和事佬”的角色,帮助双方消除矛盾、误会,互相理解、互相包容。让孩子照样尊敬老师,老师继续爱护孩子。
  二十八、立规计——用合理的规则让孩子学会自控。
  孩子的自控能力较差、而家长“不要这样”、“不要那样”的说教又容易引起孩子的厌烦,因此家长可以为孩子建立一套行之有效的行为规则,作为孩子判断自己行为的依据,以此来约束自己的行为。
  二十九、减负计——别给孩子太大的压力。
  生活中,有心理障碍的孩子越来越多,而儿童心理学家指出,压力过大是导致孩子出现心理问题的一个重要原因,给孩子减负已经成了当务之急。为了让孩子健康成长,家长们请别给孩子太大的压力。
  三十、激发计——用刺激孩子的方式让孩子爱学习。
  教育孩子要找对方式,当劝导、说教都不奏效时,家长们不妨试试这招儿激发计。利用孩子的好胜心、逆反心甚至嫉妒心理来故意刺激孩子,让他们由不爱学习变成积极学习。
  三十一、悦纳计——让孩子喜欢并接受自己。
  如果孩子不能全面地认识自己、看到自己的长处,那就会出现很多问题。比如自卑、嫉妒别人等等。因此,家长们要让孩子们看到自己的优点,要让孩子喜欢自己,这样孩子才能自信地面对生活。
  三十二、用忍计——温和地纠正孩子的“出格”行为。
  孩子常常会做出一些令父母无法容忍的“出格”行为,而“急风骤雨”式的教育只会使孩子走向极端,因此,家长们只能“戒急用忍”,压下火气,多理解孩子多包容孩子,在此基础上引导孩子,这样才能把孩子引向正途。
  三十三、励勇计——培养孩子大胆探索的勇敢个性。
  生活中,常常是那些勇于探索、大胆无畏的人才能取得杰出的成就,获得幸福。因此,父母们为了孩子的未来着想,不要总是对孩子过度保护,不要过分强调培养“听话”的孩子,而是应该多给孩子一些锻炼的机会,鼓励他们做勇敢的孩子。
  三十四、感化计——以真情感动孩子的心灵。
  教育孩子,不能光是说教、责骂、劝导,有时候还必须要以情感之,这样才能撼动孩子的心灵,达到教育的最佳效果。但是,要感化孩子必须要情真意切,否则效果就会大打折扣。
  三十五、平等计——培养一个胸怀开阔的孩子。
  现在的孩子大多是独生子女,个个都是“小太阳”,他们习惯以自我为中心,然而这样的性格对人际交往是极为不利的。因此,生活中,父母们应注意不要给孩子特殊的地位,培养他们分享、合作的精神,逐步培养出一个胸怀开阔的孩子。
  三十六、苦磨计——培养孩子的意志和毅力。
  现在的孩子面临的是一个处处充满竞争的社会,而很多孩子由于生活过于安逸,往往缺少战胜困难的勇气。因此,聪明的父母应该多让孩子经受一些艰难困苦的磨练,以培养他们坚韧不拔的意志和毅力,这样他们才能在未来的竞争中取胜。

Article origin: http://www.yaolan.com/zhishi/dahaizi/

Tuesday, October 27

Let me remember this sentence

I am posting this here to remind myself of this sentence...let me remember this sentence, and practice this sentence to achieve a better status.

Complaint is a way to get you moving to a better status.

WELL SAID.

Thursday, October 8

今天的感触

今天载儿女去学校,有所感触。。。载载儿女去学校,和他们沟通,是多么的幸福。。。

Tuesday, August 4

Totally confused

Dunno what I want - to eat, to drink, to sleep or what...
Dunno what I want to eat - what food
Dunno what I want to drink - what type?
Dunno what I want - go home, do work, eat or drink, rest, sleep or what?

Ggrrr... so frustrating...!

Tuesday, July 21

No mood...

Damn no mood. don't feel like moving my butt off the chair, too lazy to move..

No mood to eat, feeling indigested all the time and wanting to vomit, feeling like crap 24/7.

Cannot concentrate at work... crap crap crap!!!

Hate this, hate this hate this!

Wednesday, June 17

说得太好了!

我们最大的错误, 就是把最差的脾气和最糟糕的一面都给了在亲近的人,却把耐心和宽容给了陌生人。

Thursday, January 15

Was going through some of the past posts, and saw this...

How true leh...



一个女人很想和老公一起去旅游,

安排了许久,老公永远都没有空,

从此以后,她的旅程里,不再需要老公。 

她和朋友去做美容,太晚天又下雨了,

她打电话让老公来接她,


电话那头的他不耐烦的说了句:


外面下那么大雨,你就不能自己打個車回来啊?


从那时起,她便不再需要老公的接送。

冬夜和他外出,路面结冰了,很滑,


她不由自主的牵住了他的手,他卻自顧自的走著,


从此以后,她再没有需要呵護的時候。

曾经看过一句特别经典的话:


有时候女人需要一个男人,


就像逃机者需要降落伞,


如果此时此刻他不在,

那么以后他也不必在了。

这是真实的女人心理世界,


她可以很需要你,你就是一切;


她也可以再也不需要你,


你就什么都不是了!

Where to start?

So the boh mood to do work, am demotivated and so moody at work.
Not sure what to do, how to do, what to say, when to say.

When your boss instill fear in you, you will tend to feel this way.

It is such a sucky feeling, dragging your feet to work everyday. I have tried brushing this feeling aside, but it keeps coming back... and causes me to feel down and upset.

Last night I was cutting out stickers for Marcus' birthday party, felt so happy doing that...

When can I stop work leh? Or maybe switch to another job...

Thursday, September 18

Arrrgggghhhh and sob sob...

I am upset and outraged and disappointed and frustrated that my wish for a family getaway has been met with a distasteful two word reply "cannot afford". He said it was said by me, pray tell it was not even used in the same context when I said it!

I need a holiday badly, it is bad enough that everytime we go for one, I have to initiate and plan for it, otherwise it will not happen. When I do spend time to plan for it, all I get in return in complain and no appreciation.

I am totally burnt out, I need a holiday getaway bad. If you won't come with me, then I will go on my own. This is not a threat, just goes to show how badly i need some time off.

A happy wife = happy life....
No wife = excellent life maybe?

Friday, July 4

Loyalty

With the news of the delay in launch and the recent happenings in development of the loyalty programme, I can feel that the team is all demoralised, and als very demotivated.
We are lost, what directions now, what are we to do now? 
Who has control over the programme now?
Why the person who has nothing to do with the project get so much say in the project?
Why everyone wants a piece of the pie but do not want to offer help?
Why are people nitpicking on the project?

Why? Why? Why?

I have to stay strong for the team and myself. I would not let those people who want me down to get me down. They do not have the last say. 

I need some perk me up...

Tuesday, June 24

Tired...

身心疲惫。。。

还能撑多久?

这世上有太多的伪君子了。。。

Monday, March 10

黑色星期一

情绪低落。。。
彻底的崩溃。。。

无奈,却也得接受。。。

好想哭。。。

Tuesday, December 10

Sydney I'm here!

I am finally in Sydney for the working trip, but how come I do not feel excited?

Maybe because it is too rushed, I just came back from Hong Kong two weeks ago, but I suspect more so because I do not have my family with me. We always travel as 4, hardly apart so now hotel rooms are much bigger and quieter than usual, and my plane rides are no fun... 8 hour plane erodes are just too long for me now, takes me too far away from home and away from my loved ones.
Counting down to Friday night where I take the flight back... T-4...

Friday, November 22

Frustrated, angry and annoyed

I feel extremely unappreciated and uncared for. My emotions as a human being is totally ignored and I have become a avenue for someone to just vent out all his frustrations, whether I am at fault or not.

Whatever that I do right, nothing is being said, what I do extra being challenged,and of course what I did not do or do well gets lashing. So you see, what I do and how I do it will never be correct. Someone is just NEVER going to be happy. He just wants someone to scold to vent his frustration and I become his victim! I do not deserve this,I am a Human being too and I have feelings, just like everyone else. I can snap at everything that you do too but I choose not to.

Develop your EQ NAND control your temper. I deserve better,and I don't have to put up with your nastiness if I don't want to!

Thursday, October 3

生命的脆弱


感觉到生命的脆弱。。。 无奈却也无能为力。。。
很有感慨的一天。。。

Received news from mum that my step grandfather passed away last night, and this morning received news that the aunty nanny who takes care of Oscar and Chloe passed away too, due to heart attack. Really feel that life is so fragile, and there is nothing that we can do.. no one know what will happen tomorrow, so we can only treasure everyday that we get to be with our loved ones.

Hope they all rest in peace, and that they are in a better place now.

Amen.

Monday, September 30

Working trip to Sydney

My boss has asked me to go Sydney to meet and discuss with counterparts overthere. It will be 5 working days, plus travelling time it will be a whole week.

Trip is not till end of the month, but just thinking about it right now is making me uneasy and sad.. I have never been away from my kids and hubby for sooo long... the last time we brought Evonne to London and left Marcus behind, he was still a baby and at least I had hubby and Evonne with me. This time none of them will be around... and the trip is soo long!!!

I will miss them soooooo soooo dearly!

Monday, September 23

Huge burden and stressed out at work..

It's back to work again and I feel stressed once again...
I really want to launch this project but I am inexperience, and the bosses are not helping either.
Sigh. .. now how?

Thursday, September 5

Jackpot

Still got pounding headache today, resorted to taking 2 tables of panadol at one go. Now feeling better, at least no more pounding...

I have to go buy Jackpot, because although I claimed it, I must also buy it otherwise how to strike leh?
I need a less stressful job and life, and be able to spend time with my family...

Wednesday, September 4

结婚宣誓词

Saw this, and brought back memories...
Sigh... say easy, but can do or not? 老婆永远是第一位.. say and showing it is different. People can tell whether you really put your wife as the 1st priority... action speaks louder than words.

各位父老乡亲:

今天,是我和妻子新婚大喜的日子,历经了几年你追我赶的辛苦,今天的结合真是来之不易。所以,为了牢记这个美好时刻,珍惜这段美好姻缘,让老婆的家人放心,也让各位亲朋好友放心,现在宣誓为据:

第一,坚持老婆的绝对领导。家里老婆永远是第一位,孩子第二位,小狗第三位,我第四位。

第二,认真执行“四子”原则,对老婆像孙子,对岳母像孝子,吃饭像蚊子,干活像驴子。

第三,爱护老婆,做文明丈夫,做到“打不还手,骂不还口,笑脸迎送冷面孔。”

第四,诚心接受老婆感情上的独裁,“不要和陌生人说话”,尤其不能跟陌生女人说话。当然,问路的老太太除外。

第五,坚持工资奖金全部上缴制度。不涂改工资条,不在衣柜里藏钱。不过,每月可以申请领取500元零花。括弧,日元。

第六,积极响应“六蛋”号召。只能看老婆的脸蛋,出门前要吻脸蛋,睡觉要贴着脸蛋。老了,决不能喊她“变蛋”,老婆骂“混蛋”,我就是“软蛋”。

Get well soon lah...

I just popped another panadol, it is my third one this week...

Not only am I having prolonged flu and cough, which weakens me, I also recently developed eye infection (but thankfully I am almost recovered for that now). Have just been so tired lately, so tired that when I drive to work in the morning, I will almost fall asleep towards end of my drive, usually when I am in SMART tunnel and when it is not moving. So I resort to sleeping in the car for 15 mins after I parked for the past 2-3 days. Then I go into the office and I will have this naggy headache lightly pounding on my head.. I am just not in the mood and not able to fight the battle right now so I will take panadol to take the pain away.

Think my flu and cough is slowly going away, and hopefully I will fully recover soon. But then again, anyone seen a sick person recover quickly when she still has to do EVERYTHING that she normally does when she is not sick? That is like hauling a sick engine to its usual chores, and expect it to still function normally at usual speed, AND recover at the same time. Kind of high level of expectation lor if you ask me...


Why we need you..

Saw this article, and thought to myself, how true...
And I can still hear ringings in my ear saying "I have to do this better, do that well, do everything by myself, training me to do better..." If I am and can do everything, why would I need someone else to come take care of me?


一个女人很想和老公一起去旅游,

安排了许久,老公永远都没有空,

从此以后,她的旅程里,不再需要老公。 

她和朋友去做美容,太晚天又下雨了,

她打电话让老公来接她,


电话那头的他不耐烦的说了句:


外面下那么大雨,你就不能自己打個車回来啊?


从那时起,她便不再需要老公的接送。

冬夜和他外出,路面结冰了,很滑,


她不由自主的牵住了他的手,他卻自顧自的走著,


从此以后,她再没有需要呵護的時候。

曾经看过一句特别经典的话:


有时候女人需要一个男人,


就像逃机者需要降落伞,


如果此时此刻他不在,

那么以后他也不必在了。

这是真实的女人心理世界,


她可以很需要你,你就是一切;


她也可以再也不需要你,


你就什么都不是了!

Monday, July 15

Evonne's Photoshoot

I feel terrible that we got Evonne's dates all screwed up... and she doesn't get to wear her best on her photoshoot day in school.
For some reason we thought it is on the 10th, but it is actually today. I don't know what outfit she is wearing to take her photoshoot but I feel really bad and guilty. I am a bad mother.
Not anymore, am not going to leave it to chance, am going to calendar every activity so I will remember. Obviously brain memory is not working well these days, with so many things to think and worry about, and extra things to remember... all only depending on me to remember... brain memory full, need to insert more memory space.

Friday, July 12

Workshop

Getting jittery over the meeting starting in 5 mins... I'm conducting the workshop on CRM...
Wish me luck...

Monday, July 1

Posting on Facebook

Ever get the feeling it is no longer private nor safe to post status updates on facebook anymore?
Increasingly I am feeling that... When I want to complain about work I am wary that my colleagues are there, when I want to post something naughty, my acquaintances are there to read about it. If I want to rant about some colleagues yes colleagues are there. When I want to complain about family members oh boy they are there too... haha.. so it is no longer freedom to post...

Maybe that's why I have refrained from posting for a loong time, and I stick to other safer postings such as food porn and my kids' pic than random ramblings on fb...

Tired. Drained. Unhappy. 

Saturday, June 29

Seriously... you need help

There really isn't a day that goes by without you getting angry.
Tired of your temper, flare up all you like.

It is not what others do to you that irk you, it is your inability to react to handle the situation and respond in a positive way. Think about it.

Wednesday, June 26

Marcus - New vocab

I have decided to try and blog down new achievements of my kids, so that I can remember and read all about it in future.

New achievements from Marcus of late:
1. He correctly identified the pictures and said the words "SUNGLASSES, CAMEL and JUMPING ROPE", which I totally did not expect. How did he get so smart? Who taught him that?
2. He mentioned to me the other day while trying to open the car door, "It's SLIPPERY!" SLIPPERY, for a 2.5 year old?
3. I came home from work one day, and he tucked at my work dress and said, " Mum, NICE DRESS" I was so surprised, and also so happy! At least one male in the house knows how to appreciate me and gives me compliment...

So that's it, the little achievements of Marcus of late, I still find it amazing about his progress.
Will find Evonne's achievements too and post about it, don't worry..

Ta ta!

Tuesday, June 25

Hazy Tuesday

The haze is getting worse, I just got back to work today, as I was on one day leave yesterday, and behold, the consistent routine resumes itself, early morning phone call to find fault and to scold and blame.
So my daughter's homework is my sole responsibility? When it becomes convenient it is ALWAYS my fault? Why does one have to call first thing in the morning to just find fault and scold? Is there no other reason to call me? What am I? A blame fault person so that you can feel better and relinquish your own guilt and responsibility? My mornings are almost always spoilt this way, and I cringe everytime I see a phone call from you because I know you are trying to find fault and you will inevitably find a way to scold me.

Then my mum fb message me and tells me the poster at home fell down, I can just imagine my husband's reply to this, " I told you it will not stick because the wall is too slippery, I TOLD YOU ALREADY BUT YOU STILL WANT TO STICK"...

Tired, tired tired of listening to people just complaining to me only. Maybe he is right, maybe I am the problem that's why everyone complains to me, scolds me and blame me. I allow it to happen, I allow them to do this to me. I suffer and endure the complaints in hope that there is peace and harmony but the situation just gets worse, and people start to take it for granted that I am the easy target to be blamed and scolded for everything, I am the scapegoat and they can just get rid of their guilt because they have put the blame on ME!

Irritated, tired, drained, feeling lousy, annoyed, upset...

Monday, June 17

Simply irritated, on a Monday morning...!

Arrrggghhhh...
so angry for being scolded for no reason at all... Hate people who call to spoil one's mood EVERY SINGLE TIME!

In a rude, inconsiderate way too, with a preconceived notion and intention to snap and scold one who has done nothing wrong at all!
YOU, owe me an apology!


Thursday, June 13

Hehe... the little surprise

Switch was done last night, no indication of it being found out yet.
Let's see when it will be discovered... tee hee...

Monday, June 10

My new S4!

Just got my S4 last Thursday, and am simply loving my new phone!

Monday, May 27

能忍者

要发脾气谁不会?这么容易。。。谁都会!可是,要能忍和控制才算是上上策。你, 能吗? 你,会吗?

凡事发了脾气就比较好解决吗?发了脾气你身边的人会开心点吗?只顾自己发脾气,却忽视亲人的感觉和感受,算什么好汉?
我,不喜欢身边的人随意的发脾气。 就这么简单。

Friday, March 8

Not a very high EQ period

I don't really believe in animal zodiac and all, but I have to say things happening of late made me changed my mind a little. I mean, I would go and see for the fun of it but would never believe all of what they said.

They say that this year is not a good year for Snakes, and that Snakes would be emotionally affected, some will even think of silly things, over think and all. I hate to think that I am one of them because I always believe that I have high EQ, but I have to admit that , ever since after CNY, I have been emotionally affected in more ways than one. 
At work, there are things that affects my emotions, time and again... 
At home, there are just issues and chores and having to deal with all parties...
There is no escaping from all these, no where to hide, no comfort zone, no one to talk to... no wonder I am stressed out... and no wonder I am so tired everyday. I am drained, physically from all the house chores, and emotionally from all the stress that I have to handle at home and at work. All these made worse by people who do not appreciate things that I do, and pick bones in eggs and stress me out even further. Yes, I am talking about you.

Tired. Don't want to be so drained out. My only consolation is that apparently after first month of Lunar calendar things would be looking up for me. I have 3 more days left... Just have to grit my teeth and hold it through.

Thursday, February 21

Feel GOOD diary 2013

Haha.. While blogging about the do good diary, suddenly had this idea of having a feel good diary too. I suppose this is more for myself, to cheer me up, keep me going strong, motivate me when I am down, and lastly just to purely record anything positive, good that came my way during the course of day. Maybe can also act as a reminder to be thankful for what I have?

Anyway. Let's start it off and see what it eventually turns to..

#1 Redeemed a free Grande size Starbucks drink as I have accumulated enough drinks to earn it.
#2 Traffic was smooth to work today 21/02/13, and I got a relatively good parking too.
#3 Received a compliment that my 2 kids are cute and beautiful, just like me, from Kelly Woo :-) 21/02/2013,
#4 Hubby gave me a surprise and came looking for me for lunch today :-) 06/03/2013
#5 Bought mum's birthday present - a GPS for her! 06/03/2013
#6 Dress which I bought for Evonne came in a parcel today! 06/03/2013
#7 Am in a food tasting session today with the bosses, free meal yay!
#8 It's National Breakfast Day! Got my free Egg McMuffin from McD!






Do GOOD Diary 2013

I have decided to start this diary, to record my good doings for the year. This will incentivize me to more good, and also to reflect in the future of what good deeds were done throughout the year. Feel good factor if yo like... Well, a good deed should not go unrecognized right? Even if it's only recognized by myself.

Well, here we go..

#1 stopped when I have right of way, and allowed a Silver Toyota car to exit from a junction while on the way to work.

Sunday, February 17

Pain!

I was carrying Marcus down the stairs with a toy trolley because he was crying after waking up, and somehow I fell at the turning point of the stairs while holding onto Marcus. Thankfully Marcus wasn't hurt, but I think his leg might have been bruised slightly because of the awkward way I fell.
Me? Well, I have big bruises on both legs, with skin coming out. I did not realize it But a big piece of my left elbow's skin is also scrapped off so now those injured area are all raw and expose to air and things. The slightest touch tithe wound will cause me to jump... It is just so painful.

My husband, who heard my scream when I fell, came and look and check. Once I told him that I fell down, his reaction was was not careful, next was why was I holding onto Marcus still which is why I fell. From just now until now he did not even ask was it painful, where did I hurt myself, was there any blood? NOTHING! I am not sure whether I am more upset or angry now.

He should manage his time and fold all his prayer stuff when the kids were asleep, not when they are awake and running around. He expects me to go and run after the two while he peacefully folds hs stuff there, right in the living room? It is impossible to control the movements of those two nice they are awake, if he thinks it is possible I'd like to see him do it! It is always like that, he just expect things to be done his way, everything and everyone to follow his time, his rules, his words... And when he says he is busy, you must MAKE SURE nothing disturbs him! So this being the case, and now I have multiple bruises on my hand and legs to remind me, do you really think I Want to have another baby so that I can be even busier than now, and have to run after 3kids? NO WAY man!!!!! You have clearly show your reaction and compassion during such circumstances, and I am not satisfied with it. S the answer is NO!

Friday, January 18

Appointment with dentist

Am going to see the dentist again now to fix up my teeth, the filling that she did for me 2 weeks ago is hurting every time I try to chew on something, so its making life really miserable for me. Lets hope hat this trip is the last visit until June when I have to go scaling again...

Friday, January 4

Good morning...

Start of the new year, and everything is almost back in full swing... Including the jam...
Took me 1.5 hours to get to work this morning.... It was jaammmmm man! No more getting up slightly later in the morning.. And pretty soon have to pack daughter's school stuff and iron her uniform too...

Being stuck in the jam is taking to much of my time... Precious time wasted on traveling to and from work everyday. Thankfully I have my iPad, so sometimes when I'm stuck in jam I can a least check my mails, surf the net or just play a game or two to alleviate my boredom.

But should such routine be continued?

Sunday, December 30

My ipad2

Recently got a new iPad, the new iPad with Retina Display, I.e. ipad4.
So I put my old ipad2 online for sale, and today I'm gonna meet the potential new owner, let him check condition of my iPad, and if he is ok we will deal.

At this juncture, I'm really heavy hearted to it go... I like it a lot! It accompanied me to many places, and was my best buddy at work...

If the deal goes through today, I know will miss my ipad2.... Soo....

Hmmmm.....

Blogging from iPad

Yay, there is an app for Blogger, which means I can blog from my iPad in future! This is cool!

Friday, December 21

End of the world

According to the Mayan calendar, today is the end of their calendar, which some have interpreted as end of the world. To the Chinese, today is Winter Solstice, a day where we celebrate and enjoy tong yuen.

If today is the end of the world, I would spend an entire day with my kids, hugging, kissing and loving them. Spend time with mum, spend time with my closest family members and of course with hubby; telling all of them I love them and thank you for being a part of my life.

I also hope that all feelings of hatred, anger, upset, negative feelings towards one another can be forgotten. If today continues on, at least in our heart and mind this is a new beginning, forget about past negativities preventing us from moving forward. Let us just start anew... be the better person and forgive others. If others cannot do it never mind, at least you are doing it. I would like to be the better person.

Love,
Sue


Monday, October 22

Just feeling down...

After being stuck in jams for 3 hours before arriving at the office, I have second thoughts about going back to work.

I was working from home the week before as my baby sitters were away on holiday, and my boss was kind enough to allow me to work from home for the 4 days.

Matter of fact is, eventhough I was taking care of 2 kids, and the household chores, I was not as tired as waking up early to go work, jam to work, jam coming home, have dinner, play with kids and off to bed...

And my thinking of quitting the corporate got that bit stronger... but really dunno what to do, where to start... and it is depressing when we can never see eye to eye pertaining to important things, so things are always just left where they are... until they become important enough for us to do something about it.


I don't miss the jams, the traffic, I miss taking my son out to breakfast and picking my daughter up from school, and putting them to bed in the afternoon. I enjoy spending time with them...


I am very down the entire day today, so very unproductive that I feel guilty for being so unproductive but I just cannot pick myself up today.


Is it time to kiss the corporate world goodbye?

Wednesday, June 13

Burnt out at work, I guess...

I have been feeling really tired, lethargic and drained of energy lately.
I just feel very tired, and nothing that I ever do, at home or at work is good enough. 


I have the same boss at home and at work, never satisfied with things.


I want to apply for leave, to put down all my roles, and just be myself. I want to recuperate and just put all issues behind and just be myself, go and pamper myself, eat whatever I like, do things I like, dress the way I want, and be single, free...etc


Too tired of always trying to be the role of a good mother, good wife, good daughter in law, good daughter, good manager, good employee, good colleague, good everything... sometimes being good is still not enough.


Rest, I need...

Friday, April 13

Headache。。。

今早已经开始头痛,经他这麽一闹,现在更加头痛了。


不想回家。如果你回家只是做家务和睡觉,没人和你谈天谈心,跟你说话就是骂你的,你还想回吗?

做多错多,不做也错,少做也错,总而言之好人难做就是了。

Thursday, December 1

那些年。。。

那些年,那些快乐的时候,到哪去了?

就为了当年的坚持,而换来今天的下场吗?

Friday, October 28

Don't mess with me, cabbie!

Yesterday, I sent my car for routine servicing, and went off to do stock take. When my car was ready, I tried to hail a cab from Jusco Cheras Selatan to my service centre.

There were a bunch of taxis lining up outside the main road of this mall, and I went to the first in line and told them where I want to go. These taxi drivers were all hanging around outside and chatting with each other. When I told them I wanted to go Balakong, he asked for RM6, i.e. did not want to use the metre. "What? RM6, it is so near!", no choice because had to cover for their round trip back to this point to pick up other customers, explains the cabbie. Why should I pay for round trip transport to go to a destination less than 5 minutes away, and I am paying cab fare what! So I countered offer RM4, but he would not accept it.

I decided not to be blackmailed nor threatened, so I walked off and continue walking, half thinking that if really in the event no cab will take me I will probably have to walk all the way, under the hot sun... I walked along the highway, and tries to hail for another cab, thank God another cabbie came along when I stretch out my hand, and this honest cabbie was willing to use the metre. In the end, how much did I pay for the cab fare? RM3.30.

Really, it is no wonder I don't like to take cabs these days, they are operating like transport gangsters, demanding for fixed cab fare, and forcing customers to give in to their overrated cab fare!

Monday, August 15

Feeling faintish...

I am still trying to recover from my thumping headache last night...

It started right after our 1 hour outdoor photography session with the kids... think must be the sun, heat stroke perhaps.... but really felt it when I went to bed last night, when I woke up in the middle of the night with a thumping headache, that continued till this morning.

Went to work this morning, popped 02 panadols, but headache is not getting any better. The thumping has stopped, but I am feeling a bit floaty, and faintish. If I really stay very still, I can almost feel as if my surroundings are moving a little. Don't know why this is so, and why this is happening, usually Panadol will do its job, but not today.

A colleague of mine commented "Don't tell me you are pregnant?" I was on alert immediately and said, "In both my 02 previous pregnancies I only get morning sickness that make me throw up, and not feel faintish...", and NO, I am not pregnant in case you are wondering.

Maybe I should go lie down, or take a 15 minutes nap and see if it helps.

Tuesday, August 9

Bidding farewell to a huggable teddy bear..

Today at around noon, the entire first floor of MAS Complex A, Admin building 1 gathered around the waiting area outside MD's office, to wait for and to bid farewell of Tengku Azmil. There was no grand send off, nor was there goodbye dinners that MAS is famous for... he had a quiet send off, with only us few walking him down the stairs.

It was a very sad moment for all of us, we had enjoyed our times working with him, and truth be told, he is a good boss. We are very sad that he is departing, although we know he is probably relieved at having this burden finally lifted off him.

News of the share swap literally demoralised the entire company, we are all quite demotivated and discouraged, like a group of army that has lost their leader, and not knowing what to do. We do not know what is going to happen, what the new structure is going to be, what happens to TMO... there are lots of uncertainty, alot of things that are still in the dark, alot of unknown and alot of blur areas still to be figured out.

People outside of MAS, and outside of TMO may not feel the same kind of sadness that we felt, but we did. We were once his army, and we battled alongside him, and it is just sad that his departure was so sudden. He deserves a standing ovation for having to manage a challenging company in tough times. A lot of people are very good at saying what could have, should have and what they would have done had they been in his shoes. They can boast about what they would do, but mind you, you are not in the tough situation that he was in, so you don't know what kind of obstacles he has to go through. I would like to see you run a company of this size, and with this kind of environment and make it better.

Don't just talk big, everyone can do that.

Wednesday, June 29

McD don't give change now?

This morning I was at the Connaught McD drive thru, and my breakfast set meal came up to RM8.95, I gave the cashier RM10.00, and she only returned RM1.00 to me without any explanation.

So McD does not give RM0.05 change anymore is it? The cashier did not even bother explaining that they are out of RM0.05 or why is she not returning my RM0.05 change. Don't get me wrong, I am not particular about the RM0.05, it is a matter of principle that I am after here.

Why ah?

Thursday, May 19

In a happy mood!

Somehow I am just in a really happy mood today.

This morning traffic was exceptionally good, 50 cents toll have been abolished...
My morning meeting went well, got to have lunch with hubby and meet mum during lunch...
Got refund from income tax (woohoo....!)

Only thing is I hope Evonne is not having fever, she had slight fever last night and hopefully it had gone away by now. I think she is teething again... but she wasn't really making a big fuss last night so it was ok.

My son is now 3 months old... he is adorable, his eyes big and has an infectious smile... he is cute and handsome...! And he is very well behaved for a 3 month old, at least where sleeping at night is concern.. He typically only wakes up for milk around 4 or 5am now, just once so we do get a good few hours of sleep at one go...

This happy day will continue.... I just know it!
:-)

Monday, January 24

Almost 38 weeks!

Ok, time to let the cat out of the bag.......

For those of you who do not know, we are expecting our second baby... I am now 37+ weeks pregnant, so technically I can pop anytime now... sooo.........

We are as excited about welcoming this new bundle of joy to our family... with his arrival, I feel that our family is now complete, and I can breathe a sigh of relief as having completed my duty as a daughter in law, wife and mother.. haha... (hubby if you are reading this, it means I am ready to close production now... hehe)

Due date for the baby is actually during the 6th day of CNY, which is 08 Feb, but I have a feeling that this baby is eager to come out, so will probably be earlier than 08 Feb. This CNY, I have not purchased any new clothes, shoes nor anything new for myself.. Why not? Well, like I was telling my colleagues during lunch today, it would be futile buying CNY clothes now as I do not know if I get to wear them, and also depressing if I have to wear maternity clothes during CNY.. so might as well not buy and live with what I have, afterall it will be a short period before I pop anyway..

You will probably hear from me next after my delivery... so..... update you then!

Wednesday, January 5

感慨。。。

新的一年, 新希望?

我不敢期望太高, 只希望快乐无忧和平安的过就好了。

有些事情闷在心里真不好受, 虽然已渐渐成为一种习惯, 可是还是盼望可以有倾诉的对象。
只想说, 能忍就忍吧。。。忍得多久就多久。。 当真的忍不到时,就随心所欲吧!你已尝试去包容和了解, 真的不能就别再勉强了。。。 何苦要折磨自己呢?这是不值得的。

做最后的一次努力和尝试吧!加油!

Monday, November 1

Happy Cotton Anniversary!

I logged onto facebook today, and saw this anniversary message by hubby to me:

"Wishing My Dear Wife A Wonderful Wedding Anniversary;
A very special thank to her to be a wonderful wife;
Sharing my Joy with a more enchanting ways;
There are thousands of anniversary gifts available;
And I believe & I have had the most valuable gift I ever had"

I am so touched... that is such a sweet message, and he wants to take me out for dinner tonight too! That shows effort on his part, doesn't matter where he wants to bring me for dinner, it is the thought and effort that counts..

Here is wishing hubby a Happy Cotton Anniversary, and many more to come... and to my daughter's daddy, for being such a wonderful father.. love you always dear...!

Tuesday, October 26

Evonne's Almost 1!

Evonne is officially turning 1 tomorrow, but we have had 02 rounds of birthday celebrations for her over the last 2 weekends.


The previous weekend was at our house where we celebrated her Lunar birthday, and the weekend that just passed was to celebrate with my side of relatives at my mum's place. All in all, both parties were a blast and we had a good time.. just that preparation for party is tiring, and how much food to cater is always a headache... we do not want to over cater and have alot of leftovers, neither do we want to under cater and starve our guests...


Anyway... just want to share with you her birthday cake. It is jelly cake, and it is in the shape of a cow because she was born in the year of the Ox!
Erm.. I can't rotate the picture... don't know what is wrong with Blogger, or maybe I am the one not knowing how to rotate it... but until I figured this out, you tilt your head to see the picture ok?
Ta!

Thursday, October 14

Evonne is turning one soon....!

My baby daughter, Evonne will be turning one very very soon... Her western birthdate is on the 27th Oct, but according to the Lunar Calendar, this Sunday would be her birthday.

My daughter's 1st birthday! Can't believe she is one already.. hahaha... she certainly does not behave like other 1 year olds... Other one year olds I know probably know how to walk, and will at least have grown a tooth or two... she has er.... none so far... but I am not too worried about that as that is not stopping her from eating all sorts of food.. just wish that her teeth grows faster so that I can introduce more food to her.. and it would be really nice to finally be able to hold her hand and guide her while she walks..

We are planning a small party, with immediate family members, to celebrate her birthday. The food menu kept changing, from the initial just KFC to now a variety of food.... including sausages, satay, noodles and all...

I am looking forward to celebrating her birthday!

Happy Birthday Darling Evonne!

*muacks* hugs and kisses from mummy...

Tuesday, September 28

夫妻相处之道 - 君子与小人

翻来翻去的,睡不着觉的只有我一人吗?

君子与小人第一回合, 小人输了。。。可是我后来才发觉原来两人都输了。。。两人原来这么的没共识,没默契。。。如果赌注是一断婚姻,两人不是都输了吗?

真难怪我姨丈在我阿姨病间脾气暴燥,我现在才了解。。。我们难道表现的比他好吗?在如此小件的事情上,我们都不能好好的解决,不能有共识的解决问题,只会各自发脾气, 各自蛮以为有方法去解决,完全忽略了对方存在的重要和需要。难道我们不需要对方吗?有问题我们各自解决吗?这一问,我倒也想到了,我们大多自己解决问题,因为无数次的吵架就因不能有共识和认同而发生,而演变了今天的这个局面。这发现恨很的敲在了我认为满意的婚姻上。。。现在已如此,将来若路更难走,我们走的过去吗?我真的很难过,很伤心。。。眼泪也不听话的一直掉, 一直掉。。。

当回到同一床上时,才发觉床原来这么的大,中间早已隔了一个大空间,无论有无女儿的存在,我们间也隔了许多许多。。。为啥睡在隔壁的人好像很陌生?从何时开始呢。。。?

Monday, September 20

My thoughts today...

Random thoughts for the day...

最近比较烦, 比较烦,比较烦。。。

没有过不去的事情, 只有过不去的心情。。。

哑子吃黄莲,有苦说不出。。。

辛福不是必然的。。。

会有苦尽干来的一天吗?

Monday, September 6

Monday Blues

Hmmmm I wonder why the copy and paste function does not work on Blogger? I just typed a short blog on thought of copying it over, but now it is all gone, and I have to retype it all over again...

Oh well... I was saying that I don't feel like coming to work today.. too many things on my mind.. or perhaps it has to do with something happening at work? Oh I don't know.. maybe cos today is Monday?

Let's take things one step at a time... and try to kick the Monday Blues away...!

Monday, July 19

Feeling under the wind

I don't feel so well.... feeling kinda ill...

I keep sneezing, and starting to have phlegm too... I hope I am not falling sick, if I am sick then I will have to stay away from Evonne... that sucks!

It does not help that most of my colleagues are sick, either down with cough or flu... sigh... vitamins do your job!

Wednesday, June 23

Overpriced water

I was at lunch with colleags several days ago at this cafe in a clubhouse near office.

I had fried glass noodle and a glass of warm water. When we finished and went to pay, the boss told me that my total bill was MYR8.00. I distinctly remember that my fried glass noodle was only MYR6.00, and my water cannot be MYR2.00, so maybe the boss got the price of my glass noodle wrong.

So I asked him, "Boss, how much is the glass noodle?" "MYR6.00" was his reply.

Now I was really puzzled, and decided to probbed somemore, "Then how much is the glass of warm water?" "MYR2.00" was the answer.

What?? MYR2.00 for a glass of water? I had to ask him how much was a glass of iced tea. It was only MYR0.50! And a glass of herbal drink is also priced at MYR2.00! So how can my glass of plain water be MYR2.00?????

Felt so cheated, so I told the boss, "Boss, your glass of water very expensive ah?" And he had the cheek to reply "Yeah, a bit expensive...." There is no way I am going to order plain water ever from that cafe again. Actually, if I can, I would try to avoid going to that cafe, since the pricing is so inconsistent and totally off....

Still can't get over the fact that his glass of plain water costs MYR2.00... Issshhhhhh!!!

Sunday, June 6

Good tasting and lovely looking birthday cake

This is my uncle's birthday cake this year.

It looks great don't you think?
And it taste great too... It is sponge based, but in the flavour of spinach and pumpkin.

Just thought I'd share this with you...

Friday, June 4

Intermitten internet transmission

The internet connectivity at my office has been crap of late... well it was not the best to begin with, but at least we knew ways around it and could function with the speed.

For the past week, it has just been bad. We could not even launch IE, it will just hang and all we get is white screen. So we could not do any work if we wanted to check on the internet, or go home and use our own internet to check.

I think this has to do with us cutting over to another IT provider... but the transition period is causing inconvenience to us users! AArrrggghhhh we cannot surf, cannot research, cannot pull data, cannot check on news... nothing... sigh...

Yeah I know what you are thinking, if that is the case how come I can still post this post right now? Well, that's a secret... cannot tell... shhhhhh.....
:-)

Have a nice weekend ahead...!

Wednesday, June 2

Really really annoyed

I have blogged about this before, but it is still happening...
There is this particular post that always attracts spam comments, from offering sexual services to dog health screening.. I have to go in once in a while to delete all the spam comments...

It is really annoying me, how can I prevent someone from posting spam comments? I am even contemplating disallowing comments on my blog...

Sigh...

Friday, May 7

Barbie Doll Jelly Skirt

I have been meaning to make this for a long long time now... and have been scouting the internet for recipes and methods on how to make barbie doll skirt jelly. I found some pictures but were not able to find ways on how to make it.

Finally I found it, in one of my mum's old recipe book.. and thought I'd give it a try... Mum said she had alot of colourings available so I was looking forward to a colourful jelly skirt, unfortunately we discovered that most of the colourings expired so we had to make do with the one purple colouring which I bought.... and this was the end result! What do you think?

I do apologise for the "nude top" because the barbie

doll which I bought came like that, and I mean to "dress her up" the next time I attempt this. This was just a first trial so cut me some slack kay....?

Thursday, April 22

My Poor Pair of Heels

This happened sometime before Chinese New Year... I did not download my camera photos yet so I could not post this story... thought I'd share this story with you today.

I have this pair of heels, and I have not been wearing it for 1 year (due to my pregnancy). So after delivery and maternity leave, I thought I'd wear it to work one day. Well, that was the last that this pair of shoe saw sunlight...

In the office itself, one side of the sole decided to detach itself, to salvage it I took rubberbands and fastened it together. I managed to pull that off, but then the other side also decided to play the same trick.... never mind, also fastened with rubberband.

We had a department CNY makan at a club that day, and all of us made our way to the restaurant. Half way walking from the carpark to the restaurant, the strap holding my feet together decided to break too... so basically, only the rubberband was holding my feet and my shoe together. I could barely walk in that state... colleagues tried to help me but no one had extra pair of shoe so in the end I slowly dragged myself to the restaurant, and asked for more rubberbands at the restaurant.
Now, I am at the restaurant now. I need to walk back to the carpark, get into the car, and when I arrive at the office, walk from the carpark to the office lobby and take the lift to my office floor. I was seriously worried about how I was going to walk because the shoes had basicaly fallen apart, and there was no way to salvage it anymore.... After lunch, I very slowly dragged myself step by step to the carpark. Luckily a colleague drove towards me and picked me up and dropped me off at the office lobby, so I only needed to walk to the office lobby and take the lift up. Back at the office, a colleague had an additional pair of shoe to lend me so I was safe for the day. But I threw this pair of shoe right away, for causing me all the anxiety and humiliation... hahaha....

If you could not imagine how bad the state of the shoe was, fear not.. I have photos of it... hold and behold the pair of heels that made it to my blog today.....
Noticed the rubberbands holding the shoe together?

My pair of heels that fell apart

Tuesday, April 6

今天的感触

“没有过不去的事情,只有过不去的心情“,我觉得这句话说的太好了, 也让我有很大的感触。

唉,如果多点人会这样想就好了。。。

在忙着,迟点再会!

Saturday, April 3

2 blogs....

Trying to maintain 2 blogs is almost a full time job! Never thought it could be so tiring... you have to remember events and update them on the correct sites, and try to spice up the blogs..

Sigh... am almost regretting starting a new site for Evonne... but then again it is really worth it as I get to share all her stuff there, and it is a site dedicated to her.. oh no... if I do have another baby does that mean I have to maintain 3 blog sites then? oh well, will cross the brige when I come to that stage... maybe I won't be into blogging by then...

Now, how do I let those who are interested to know more about Evonne know about her site? Besides physically telling all of you, and sending emails to some of my friends and relatives... how else?

Wednesday, March 31

A new chapter...

I have decided to start a new blog for Evonne, so any updates pertaining to my little princess will all be updated there.

This is so that my blog can still remain as my personal blog, dedicated to anything that I want to express, while Evonne's growing up journey deserve a blog by itself.

Just that I will have even lesser time trying to update both blogs.. well.. I try...

Oh yes, if you want to follow Evonne's journey, feel free to drop by...

www.evonne-lam.blogspot.com

Thursday, March 11

A search for the lost me...

Through recent conversations with some close friends, I have slowly discovered that, in trying to please everyone, and in trying hard to fit it, I have done no one good. I have lost myself, I don't know who I am anymore, and I am definitely not happy. Not like anyone is happy, for that matter..

I have learnt to harbour things, and to keep quiet.. because there was no point bringing things up, it had always made matters worse... The aggressive and loudspoken me that once was, is now no longer in sight... A friend remarked that I am so different from school days, and she knew that I would have left all behind if the same thing happened back then.

Yes, I am no longer the old me, and I do not like the new me. If I have to, I would rather be the old me. Yes, I know I can choose to become the old me again, because life is short and I should try to live it and be happy while I am still here. Trying to please everyone is as sure as pleasing no one, that is so true but I cannot bring myself not to try and please them, and I often forget this saying too..

Yeah, I hardly have any social life anymore.. In fact, I do not remember when was the last time hubby and I went out for a nice dinner. My days are so routine now that I don't even get to go out... So bored of my current lifestyle... bored, and tired, and sian... and irritated, frustrated and unhappy... feel like leaving everything behind.. because there seems to be no way out of this but to end it. Maybe being cruel for once will be good for everyone..

Monday, March 8

Right, you have a lot of work to do..

I am in a bad mood today, bad working day.. because someone, or rather someone in a particular department at work pissed me off.

Summary of story, I did a presentation last week to stakeholders of my project, and one of them indicated that my calculation is wrong, and she will work out the calculation and let me know. So I chased her for it this week, and she got her boss and her boss' boss involved in this. In their email, all they have to say is that they are very busy, they have other things to do, and ask me to get off their back, and let them do their things. I should do the calculation on my own, and pass my calculations to them. The simple enquiry of when we can meet, and when can she pass me the calculation became a long series of emails asking me to get off their back, cc-ing everyone's boss.

Right, your department is very busy, and only your department has alot of initiatves, the rest of us are just walking around, shaking legs and waiting for our pay at the end of every month. That would be nice...

Saturday, February 20

SPAM comments

For quite awhile now, I have had to manually delete some of the SPAM comments that are appearing on my blog. It is always the same few piece that will attract the SPAM comments, I don't know why...

This is getting annoying because I have to go in and manually delete the comments everytime they appear. Can blogger.com do something about this?

Wednesday, January 27

解脱

爱是不夜城
回忆像星辰
热泪越沸腾
我却感觉有点冷
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想若结局一样
又何苦再想
想若让人成长
我为什么帕分手的伤

解脱,是肯承认这是个错
我不应该还不放手
你有自由走我有自由好好过

解脱, 是懂擦干泪看以后
找个新方向往前走
这世界辽阔
我总会实现一个梦

心里有一种渴望勇敢的念头
不要爱我的人再担心我

I love this song, not only because of the lyrics, but also because it holds special meaning to me.

Friday, January 8

More photo editing..

Haha... addicted with photo editing for the moment, this is another photo that I really like...

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Experimenting with photo editing software

Right... now, how do I do this? Never mind, let's try it out. I have been playing around with photo editing software of late.. like all mothers, am trying to create nice collage of my baby princess.. unfortunately I discovered that using my normal digital camera, there's quite alot of noise in most of my photographs so I don't really have a prize piece to share. But I am making the most of what I have right now.. this is one of the photos that I have edited with effects, and decided to blog it, and share her photo with you.


I am quite tempted to buy a DSLR now... sigh... but will it be cumbersome to learn DSLR and to carry around? Er.. will we have too many cameras in the house? Do we need it? But if I have any intention of getting one, I should get it soon because my baby girl is growing up so fast, and her features and face is changing constantly, I really do not want to miss moments of her growing up.. would like to capture all of it if possible. I only knew how much she has grown when I looked back at her birth pictures..

Baby Evonne..., mummy loves you!

Tuesday, December 29

Offbeat stories that tickled us pink

I read with amusement over some of the following when I read today's Star newspaper. i tried looking for the link but couldn't find it online, so I am copying some of it and reproducing it here:

>> Anti-corruption officials in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu found a way to literally stop airport workers from pocketing bribes. They issued them with pocketless trousers. :-)

>> A Norwegian man landed himself in hot water when police caught him having sex with his girlfriend as he raced at over 130km an hour through a 100kph zone on a highway near Oslo. ;-)

>> Old technology came to the aid of the new in a Brazilian prison, when guards found that inmates were getting mobile phones flown in to them strapped to carrier pigeons. :-D

>> An 11-month old boy accidentally dialled an emergency number while playing with a house telephone in the Canadian province of Brither Columbia. When police arrived, they arredted his father, who was growing marijuana plants in his home. :-p

>> Farmers who pay individual attention to their cows, notably by giving them names, are rewarded with higher milk production, a team in Newscastle University in England said, quoting the results of a poll. :-o

>> Tired of seeing his parishioners give weird and wonderful names to their offspring, a Catholic priest in Croatia offered monetary rewards worth around EUR135 (MYR667) to anyone who chose good old fashioned monikers such as Lana, Petra, Luka or Karlo. :-D

Well... I hope you had a good laugh after reading this blog.. :-)

Verdict of Success & Happiness Day 1

Ok, yesterday I said I was gonna follow what Andre Matthews said about Success and Happiness, which is to look for GOOD things in every situation for 24 hours.

Well, sad to say, I failed. I distinctly remember failing on at least 3 occassions, and I only realised my mistake after I became annoyed and agitated. Bad habits are hard to change, sigh.. should I try another day?

When I tried to follow the 24 hour strategy, I came across numerous situation where I contemplated what to do and feel... for example does looking for good things in every situation equal to giving in in all situations? Does it mean I have to swallow every incident that happens and take everything as it comes? Or am I allowed to have my normal feelings and reaction but try to look at the positive side of things, i.e. eventhough I am unhappy with the situation, try to look for the silver lining in each situation?

Day 2 lesson is sitting in my inbox but I have not read it yet. I think I should continue with the 24 hour challenge until I succeed. If one can always look at things from a positive angle, one should most definitely feel happier, isn't it?

Monday, December 28

Success & Happiness

I have always liked books by Andrew Matthews, in fact I think I have almost all his books, and have at least read them twice.

I like how it is easy to read and understand, and of course I believe what he says make perfect sense.. I went in search for his website today, and noticed that he has this Free 7 days to Greater Happiness email course and signed up for it. Not because I am unhappy, but because I want to be happier. For those who have ever been unhapppy, or are depressed right now, do sign up for it, or better still go buy his books and read them, I am sure you will feel and think differently after that.

Well, anyway, I have just received the Day 1 newsletter, and it is to "Look for GOOD things", and my mission for the next 24 hours is to look for GOOD things in every situation that I am in. No negative comments, only look for good and positive things in all the situation that I am in.

Sounds interesting, and I always like a good challenge.. so yes I am ON for the challenge! Will let you know how it goes tomorrow, and whether I feel any different by thinking GOOD...

Watch this space....!

Thursday, December 17

My Precious

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, my baby is already 6 weeks old...

You can literally see her "grow" vertically, she is longer now and heavier too, though I don't see her putting on much weight.

It is a joy to see her smile, I even like it when she cries... hehe.. guess every mum feels the same way. I eagerly awaits the day when she is able to call me "mummy".. hmm.. when will that day come?

Thursday, November 26

鸡和鸭讲

公说公有理,婆说婆有理,但是起码婆肯听公的道理, 公却从不听婆的理由, 还强词夺理, 但你却拿他没办法因为你说不赢他。所有的不开心唯有闷在心里。闷闷不乐的心情又有谁懂?

别认为我说的是孩子话或开玩笑, 当忍无可忍的时候,我就不会再忍了。到时才来觉悟, 已经后悔莫及了。

Wednesday, November 11

Conspiracy Theory related to Confinement

I just thought of a theory, and am beginning to be more convinced about it the more I think of it..

Confinement period is a conspiracy thought up by someone or some group (must be by a male because they don't have to go through this, either that or some lunatic woman) to help/ force/ aid her in losing off all the pregnancy weight. If you are going " what......?" hahaha read on first..

Theory & Hypothesis: Confinement rituals make you feel miserable, and when you feel miserable you eat less, or have less appetite to eat other food, you lose weight.

Evidences:
1. Making you eat the same food everyday, it becomes mundane and you do not look forward to meal times. Also, you will chew slowly, and food becomes more easily digested and absorbed by your body, hence less burden on your stomach.
2. Prohibiting personal hygiene routine such as washing of hair and shower so that one feels miserable and depressed. You are so busy scratching your itchy hair that you forget about hunger.
3. Loads of herbs and dark colour looking medicine and soups to ward off your appetite..
4. Prevent you from going out of the house so that you are not tempted by variety of food available in the outside world.

Kekeke.. I am thinking: those who are not going through confinement right now must be laughing at this theory, and thinking that I have gone nuts.. true, I might be going nuts because of the rules I have to follow during confinement. But nevertheless, this is my theory.. at least until my confinement period is over... (it doesn't feel like it is going to be over right now)...

Sunday, November 1

Back from hospital and.... a mummy now

Actually this post is a little late because I am back home since 3 days ago, and have started my confinement.

My happiest moment is of course when doctor declared that although my baby princess has a tinge of jaundice, she is allowed to come home with us, but she has to go back to the paeds for check up tomorrow morning, but I can't go with her because I am supposed to stay at home during confinement.. sigh..

I can just watch my baby princess fall sleep for hours, and wish that I can always hold her in my hand and just watch her every movement. I know I sound like any other typical parent, but yeah you have to be a parent to know the feeling..

Well, for those who wants to know how the c-sec went... mmm... there is nothing much to tell actually. I did have some jitter moments before they came to my ward to wheel me out to the OT. I was a little uneasy when they told me to wave bye bye to my hubby outside the OT, because from then onwards I was all alone... then the anaesthecian came to give me the jabs. I must say, thanks to him I was calmer, and of course the spinal jab took effect almost immediately and I was numbed from waist downwards. My blanket was folded to cover my vision of the surgery, and I didn't know when my doctor walked in and when he started operating on me. I only felt a tight pull mid way through the surgery, didn't feel anything when the doctor stitch me back too. Oh, doctor also cut away some fibroids while he was in there, and I had no idea all this was going on. I was in quite a good mood after I heard baby's cry and saw her for the first time, and the 5 minutes or so that they put her on my chest, I totally forgot about everything, well, not that I felt anything else anyway.

And before I knew it, true to the doctor's words, I was wheeled out of OT in 1 hour, and half hour after that I was back in my ward. I was in good spirit the whole day, and had quite a handful of visitors who came and visit me. Thank you to those who made the effort to come see me and baby.

I had to stay in bed for the next 1.5 days or so, and was eagerly waiting for them to unplug all the drips and other stuff from me so that I can walk to the nursery to see my baby. Walking to the nursery to see her was my biggest motivation to get out of bed, although I was just operated on 24 hours before!

Oh well... to sum up my c-sec experience, it was really not as scary as people put it to be, and definitely not as painful as what they claim. True, post natal recovery takes a longer time, and I can still feel the wound and slight pain surrounding it, but then again, natural birth will also have post delivery pain as well?

Baby princess is now safely back home, watching her every movement is a pleasure. She feels so tiny and helpless that you just feel that you want to protect her from all harm, and give her everything that she needs. Hahaha... guess I sound like every other mum in this world.

Alrighty... tired now... night night...

Friday, October 23

Fishy Dinner

Oh, I almost forgot to blog about this funny tale which happened yesterday.

Hubby sent me an email yesterday, showing me what dinner mum was going to prepare for yesterday night. It was a picture of a fish, which he has also measured, and it was about 40cm long, including the head and tail. He also told me not to eat too full after 3pm, and save some stomach space for dinner, in anticipation of the huge fish, and 6-8 prawns that were lying beneath the fish..

I laughed so hard when I read that email, because it sounded hilarious, and then when I realised how big the fish actually is (I tried estimating 40cm), then I wasn't laughing as loudly anymore.. I shared hubby's concern, and was wondering how mum was going to cook the fish. If it was swarmed with lemongrass you can be sure that I will not eat it at all.. Somehow I just don't fancy the taste of lemongrass..

Anyway, in the end, to our relief, mum only fried half of the fish, even then we couldn't finish it.. mum was keeping the second half for another dinner session. Erm... I hope she don't keep it too long..

Are you curious about the size of fish, and what photo hubby sent me? Of course I won't let you down, it is attached right below...

The Big Fish...

Feeling bored at work..

Oh well, I wanted to share a joke with all today, but for some reason I can't cut and paste the joke so can't share the joke with you..

Last Friday when I was with Pyramid with my colleagues, 2 Chinese girls (students from either China or Taiwan) approached us and told us that they are doing a project. They are supposed to give a present to a stranger, and record the receiver's reactions, and asked if we were willing to accept the gift. My first impression was that I shouldn't because I was wary of the authenticity of their intention. So we actually rejected their offer, I felt a little bad about it but I would still reject the offer if I have to choose again.

Big day next week... today is officially my last working day before I go off, and start on my maternity leave.. time flies huh...?
Watch out for photos of my baby next week...!

Sunday, October 11

Looks like C-sec it is..

Ha.. are you one of those who came to my blog recently to follow up on whether I am going for c-sec?

Well, went to the gynae on Saturday, and the verdict is: Baby has not turned... so looks like we have to accept the fact that I will be going for C-sec. Date: the week of 19th October. Doctor will see me one more time on 19th Oct to determine the exact date that he wants to perform the surgery.

Although we have almost resigned ourselves to the fate of c-sec, we are going for second opinoin next week. Just to be sure...

Things is certainly not turning out the way we imagined it to be..

Watch this space...

Thursday, October 8

C-sec verdict to be out soon...

2 days... 2 days is all my baby have to turn.. otherwise doctor will discuss with me the procedure of having a C-sec this Saturday..

After learning a bit more about c-sec, I am even more determined not to go for c-sec, cos of the post natal recovery and also because of the epidural which will be inserted for the surgery.

So, turn baby turn....!

Friday, October 2

Sleepless Nights

3 consecutive sleepless nights can make anyone depress and cranky.. what more when you are already depressed to start with.. plus, my sorethroat is killing me. It has been getting worse since 2-3 days ago, and I think I developed an ulcer too. I guess lacking of sleep does do great harm to your body.. but what to do? Body is willing to sleep, but mind is not..

I just realised that since tomorrow is mid autumn festival, today is my lunar birthday. Been so depressed that I don't even remember that anymore.. and it is no longer special and as important. Not like anyone will remember.. a week ago things were different, and now... sigh..

Happy Birthday to me...!

Wednesday, September 30

Sad Day...

I am just in a lousy mood today, no mood for work and anything else. Things are definitely looking down right now, and I can see no light at end of tunnel..

Lord help me get through this please...

Monday, September 14

Cute "bajus" for lil' one...

One of my looong time friend gave me some baby outfits for my new born, and boy are they cute! She has so many cute outfits that I had trouble choosing them, in the end I only took those for new born... will go back for more next time... haha...

Cute pink rompers





Thank you Aunty GCCC!!

Tuesday, September 8

亲情与家庭

亲情与家庭

如果两者之间你必须选一,你会选那一样?

你可能觉得这问题很无聊,也可能觉得你两者都掌握得很好;所以这不会发生在你身上。你可有想过, 其实你每天的动作, 反应, 谈吐,以及种种已显示出你的选择了?你的另一半永远都不会是你生命中最重要的人物。每当有情形发生时,她的处境, 感受都不在你考虑的范围中,其他人的想法都比较重要。你会豪不考虑的为他人着想, 可不会为她花多一点点心思。。。

试想,她怎样不会感到心淡呢?她也觉得自己不属于这个家, 没有她的存在可能必较好。真的,有她存在的必要吗?不。。。他依然会生存的很好, 也不必为她的事而烦恼。所以,离开是适当的选择。。。?

:-((((((((((((

Tuesday, August 25

Veal Varding... ( what?)

If the title make no sense to you, and you are left wondering "what & who" is Veal Varding.. fear not.. Veal Varding is not someone/ something famous that one should automatically know.

Veal Varding is the name of someone/ something that I dream about 2 nights ago.. the name kept repeating itself, so much so that I remembered it after I woke up.

The first thing that I did after I woke up was to Google for it, but apparently there is no one by the name of Veal Varding.. so I just left it as that. But still, I felt that I should blog this down, in case this name does repeat itself in future, in whatever way...

Oh, another thing that I think should be blogged about is: My mum went to the night market last night, and she bought 60 oranges, 10 pears and 10 apples. 60 oranges!!! There are only 3 of us eating the fruits, and she bought 60 oranges? How on earth does she expect us to finish the oranges? Sigh... mum will never listen..

Monday, August 17

Update after recent doctor's visit

2 weeks ago, my doctor warned that my amniotic fluid level is borderline low, and if it dropped further he would have to curtail my activities, i.e. confine to bed. Needless to say, I was worried sick over the last 2 weeks, and was googling for ways to increase amniotic fluid level. Unfortunately, there is nothing much that I can do, since at this stage, the production of amniotic fluid is entirely my baby's effort.

So last Saturday, we went for the checkup, and was so relieved when doctor said that my amniotic fluid level has increased slightly. Although it is still lower than what he would like it to be, but at least it is an improvement.. We are hoping for this improvement to continue and soon, the amniotic fluid level to rise to normal level..

Keeping our fingers crossed......

Friday, August 14

Water Retention

Well, if it's not one thing, then it's another.. I seem to have all the symptoms a pregnant lady can have... from morning sickness to cramps to water retention, you name it, I've had it. Well... still having the water retention. I just started getting it 2 days ago!

My legs were so swollen that it felt tense when I touch them, and it is slightly painful to actually walk or squat. So at night when I sleep I need to put a pillow at my feet to elevate them. It is supposed to help reduce the water retention effect. I've tried it for 2 nights, it works.. in the morning my calves are not as swollen anymore, but during the course of the day, it will slowly build up and by evening it will be swollen again... sigh...

But my husband has been very sweet and supportive... Knowing that I do not get enough sleep every night now, he has tried to be very quiet around me when I fall asleep at night. He will be careful not to move me or disturb me, less I wake up and can't go back to sleep again. Last night, he even resorted to sleeping on the floow so that he does not wake me up.. I was so touched by that... It is true that husband's support is very important during one's pregnancy.. and I can testify to it.. Having my husband's support has certainly helped..

Thank you Lou Gong... lova ya!

Wednesday, August 12

Backache.... and sleepless nights....!

I don't know what was it I ate, but I went to toilet 3 times yesterday, everytime after stomach upset. I was drained of energy by bed time..

Anyway, my streaks of sleepless nights continued, with me waking up 5 times last night, 1am, 3am, 4am, 6am, & 7am. It is just quite tiring waking up so many times at night, just to go toilet and toss around in bed. I don't know how long this will continue, and I have respect for pregnant ladies.. being pregnant for 9 months is certainly no easy feat.

I suffer from backache constantly now.. at work I fidget and change position every so often because my back hurts from sitting in one position too long. At home, even lying in bed, I feel that my pillows are not providing enough support for my back. When watching tv at the sofa, I can't sit for long without being restless and fidgety too... sigh... the joys of motherhood...

Tuesday, August 11

Random updates

Hi hi... I know I have been absence for a long long time...
Truth is, I don't know what to update... There are lotsa stuff to update but as I procrastinate, I don't know which one I should update.. alright, enough of explanation. Let's update!

a) I am now 7 months pregnant, in case you don't know... yes... I am seven months pregnant already. Just the last trimester left. Motherhood is not easy man.. the happiest thing about being pregnant is when I feel my baby kick, and I can't wait to see my baby when she comes to this world. I have not bought all the essential items needed yet, but getting there.. baby stuff are just so cute you can't resist getting them.. but at the same time, they are also very expensive! My hubby and I have already spent a bomb on baby stuff, before the arrival of baby, and that is with a lot of hand me downs! I remember I once said that one should never do 3 things together (or a combination of them), which are get married, change job or buy a house. I should add having a baby to the list because it is also an expensive experience haha.. but one that I would not trade..

b) In anticipation of the arrival of baby, I have sold off my car, and traded it in for a family car. Yes, those 7 seater car because we anticipate that we will need to bring the stroller, maid, in laws and others and a normal sedan car just would not fit the requirement. So I bought the Nissan Grand Livina 1.8cc. I like my car, just that I find that the first passenger row at the back is not very spacious so if 3 people sit there it would be quite cramp for them. Well, what is bought is bought... just started paying the installment, and it's another long 7 years of loan to go..

c) We are going to hire a maid, also because of the baby... We have decided on Indon maid, because my in laws will be able to communicate with her better. Trouble is, we have not found the right maid. We are not fussy people, we just want one maid who can take care of the baby and do some household chores. We actually interviewed and hired one, but we sent her back after 2 days because she took too long to do the housechores (2 hours to mop the floor, and 20 minutes to iron one shirt), and fell sick after one day of working. So now we are still waiting for the next batch of maid to come for interview and selection.

Alright, I will just update the above only, gotta go have lunch now.. more later ok?