Life is Beautiful

Reminder to be Grateful

2010-09-19T10:51:00.007+05:00

Honestly, I didn't know what to write. Nothing much happened... It's a period of waiting I would say. Waiting for the completion of our house renovation, waiting to go back to JB and Indonesia to celebrate MIL's birthday and my best friend's wedding, waiting for my sister's graduation in Nov, waiting for the right moment to get pregnant LOL....

Seriously, i think nobody likes to get pregnant as much as me. But well, it's not time to talk about this.

Back to the main topic, it's time to remember some people that have really love me for who I am, OR the people that have really make my life simpler, easier and more enjoyable. As I've said, it's a period of waiting, nothing much happened, so.. I guess it's important to remind myself of the good things that I have always had.

First of all, Auntie Linda.

Yes... She is like an angel to me HAHA... She has always offered to look after Keira on Saturday afternoon when Keith and I need to go to the church. She's such a great helper. Few times, we drop Keira in her house during her off-days when we need to buy groceries, watch movie, run some errand or anything at all. Seeing Keira stick to her assures me that she loves her just like how I love her (or maybe just a little lesser :P).

My parents.

Yeah... they always told me Keira is too skinny, I need to eat vitamins, dont wear high heels... Sometimes they are still a bit naggy BUT it doesn't matter. If it's not because of them, I think I will be struggling emotionally and financially.

My sisters and Chintia.

You know, the type of friends where you can just be who you are, or say anything... when you are together, you don't have to make sure they are OK, or to make sure they wont be bored, etc etc... My dearest sisters that I will forever cherish.

My brother.

Even if he is in KL, and I need someone to send me to somewhere, he will come. If I haven't had my dinner, he will tapao for me.

Gillian.

She listened to my complaints many times :P and most of Keira's clothes are from her (You want me to take care of Khye Khye?, I can quit my job and do it just for you LOL...)

Lastly but importantly, my hubby and Keira.

Ahhh.... life is just more beautiful when they are around. Enough to say.

Of course there are still many kind, nice, great and wonderful people that I know... but these are the people that have directly & personally add beautiful colors in my life.

I thank God for all of you.

SJMC at 3.30am

2010-07-26T16:52:00.003+05:00

Keira had cough AGAIN yesterday!!! She was still happy and bubbly the whole day even until before she slept last night. We were singing together, playing and laughing (yeah just the two of us and I loved those moments, even though it would be even better if papa was around). Then at night, she suddenly coughed and vomitted, few hours after that, about 3am to be exact, she coughed and vomited again... and that time I realized she had a fever, high fever.

So i sponged her forehead, changed short sleeve for her... measured her temp... and it was 40 deg. It got me very worried. I sponged her until she got irritated and cried. Offered her water, after drinking, she vomitted again.

So wihout further thought, I brought her to SJMC at 3.30am. The nurse gave her a medication thru her buttock and doc gave her some oral meds. That time, her fever had subsided to 38.8 deg.

After reaching home, I sponged her about 4 times, and the temp went down to below 38 deg. Thank God my mom was with me, or else I dont know how to manage, cos it was raining when I brought her out.

Pray that she will sleep well tonight and the fever wont come back.

Oh yeah, i asked the doc why she got flu and cough so easily. The doc said she just had a sensitive nose. Nothing much can be done. :(

I was about to change her pediatrician. But then I searched from the internet, many people gave good comments about this ped. So ... errr... I need to consider about it again. If you know any good ped, please let me know!

Updates about LIFE

2010-07-25T10:24:00.003+05:00

1. Keira is able to communicate well nowadays. Here's a lil update about her:

- when i lie down on her pillow, she said "excuse me mommy" (then adjust her pillow) and then "ok.. mommy sleep sleep"

- she always says things like "go away!", "eeeeee... (or yucksssss)... dirtttyyyyy......", "mommy... do..." "mommy sit sit..." "mommy play" "mommy dance" "mommy eat" "mommy jump" "mommy sing" "mommy let's go" "mommy open door" "mommy sleep" "mommy pleaseeeeeeeee" "mommy take" "mommy put back" "mommy NOOO" "mommy come" "mommy quick quick" "mommy NAUGHTY" "mommy, cannot open" (when she's struggling to open something), etc.....

- she still lovessssss to sing

- she is learning to eat with spoon, and she did quite well for the first 2 times :)

- she loves to watch "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" and she has been watching it for at least 4x now.

- she loves to go to Auntie Linda's house cos she is looking after another 2 babies, and Keira loves them :)

- when she saw Andrew, she asked "Wendy where?", when saw her Jiu Jiu "Pek Ee where?", saw poh poh "kong kong where?"

- she loves drawing & playing with stickers too.

-whenever i let her wear any accessories, she will say "picture picture". Basically she wants me to take her pictures!!!

- she used to pull out all her DVDs, nowadays she put them back :)

- she likes to see birds ... oh and cats... and dogs.. ^^

2. Can't wait to move to our new house. I'm excited to just imagine living there... woohoo....

3. Auntie Flora, Auntie Tina and Nathan just came to visit together with Mama. I love them. Bought Samantha & Joshua mini J.co Donuts :)

4. I have been losing my keys, pens or else misplacing my bible, phone, etc... sO i'm determined to make things better. Bought a bible cover that i can put my bible, notebook, pen, offering envelope and other stuff that I need every weekend. Going to buy a small pouch to put all my keys too!

5. Keith is in the US now. He spent his 31st birthday there, well.. gonna have late celebration with him for sure :) I thank God for him everyday!

6, Keira is having cough and flu again. Am gonna buy some herbs and boil for her tomorrow. It's some chinese meds recommended by Ms. Chew, my vocal teacher.

7. I can't wait to have my 2nd child, but.... it's not an ideal time. Will probably have him/her in 2012. I have already chosen names :D

I think that's all for now...

Cheers!

Back From UK

2010-07-05T09:19:00.002+05:00

After spending 2 weeks in UK, I couldn't wait to come back to Msia... even though England and Scotland are really very beautiful and nice countries.

Keira was with my mom and dad for 3 weeks. Surprisingly, she didn't cry at all. Didn't even look for us when she was there. My dad and mom, of course, had spoiled her. Gave her whatever she wanted. But at the same time, they potty trained her :D and fed her proper food at proper time, and she ate quite a lot there.

I reached Msia on 24th June, I flew back to Medan on 25th to fetch her. WHen I reached home, she was taking her nap. I think she was still very blur when she woke up, she didn't want me to carry her, but 5 mins after that, she sticked to me like a glue!!! And since then, she is still sticky until today...

So far, the trip was great... loved the buildings, the mountains, the lake, the transportation system, and the english accent! but miss Keira, malaysian food and CHC!

You can check some of the photos from my facebook...

Other than that, we have moved to our new office... hmmm I like the offices, but not my office!! HAHA... cos everyone in the room was busy with works and noone arranged the room nicely. So i think it's my job to make the office nice, comfortable and make you want to work! HEHE...

Cheers!

Out of Control

2010-05-26T21:27:00.004+05:00

Keira has been having flu and cough for more than 2 weeks.

It was 11.30pm and she was sleepy, but she insisted that she wanted to watch youtube while I was busy getting an important thing done. So I used my affirmative voice and said "NO!" So she started to cry, and then cough. She noticed I gave a bit of attention when she coughed, so she decided to force herself to cough even more and at the end she vomited. The worse thing was this: she vomited on my blackberry (which I was using to chat with Keith to get the important things done) and she vomited on the bedsheet I just changed 2 days ago... So I got very upset, I scolded her, I even bit her hand, and she cried even louder and this time she vomited again... i had to change her PJ and then... she cried and cried.

Soon after that, she fell asleep on her own. Now watching her sleep, I feel very sad. Her eyes are swollen and red. She is so tired, she didn't even move when I talk to her. Usually she is a light sleeper, meaning she wakes up very easily whenever there's a sound, even if it's just a soft one.

I mean, she is already not feeling well. Why couldn't I show her care when she vomited? Afterall, it's her bedtime, why did I bring my laptop into the room?

I hope she will never doubt that mommy loves her very much, just that mommy is also imperfect and has her own weaknesses and one of them is quick tempered and lack of self control :(

Keira, mommy is sorry and I love you very much.

Motherhood - The Voice Within

2010-05-18T19:22:00.003+05:00

I watch this movie "Motherhood" first thing I woke up on Monday. Well, it's my off day.

After watching it, I think I should be grateful that I have a job but somehow I still want to be a housewife. Or maybe I should say I want to have a part time or a home based job, at the same time I can spend much time with my daughter (and children in the future). Maybe Keith is right, I grew up in a place where moms stay at home, so that's why.

Sometimes, I'm wondering what would it be if I'm working in an office. You know, a real office. After graduating, I have never worked in an office, it has always been in a store; namely boutique and bookstore.

How come?

Then, if I think back again, why had I chosen business instead of engineering course? I had always been a science student, I loved math and physics, yes I really DO love physics.

I envy ambitious people, I envy those that have found their "dream jobs".
Well, I am not saying my job is miserable now, well yeah a bit... but again just like what Larry Winget says "your success is your own damn fault". So even if I don't love the job, I have to do my best (and I do realize I haven't given my best).

WELL, my whole point is... I do once in a while think back of "what would have happened if..." , "how i wish i have..." , or "how good will it be if..." but then reality hits me. so yeah, GET A LIFE! My life is good. God has given me great things in life. I have a wonderful family, loving husband and adorable daughter. I belong to a great church. I have a good boss and lovely friends & colleagues. I live in a decent house. So yeah this is reality. Get back to WORK and do whatever I need to do.

Cheers,
JJ

Flu Again

2010-05-12T10:41:00.002+05:00

Keira is down with flu again yesterday... a mild fever in the late afternoon, but it subsided at night...she couldn't sleep well cos she could hardly breathe properly... have to rock her to sleep. she whined a lot too :( poor child!

But she was happy again this morning... ^___^

Life Updates

2010-04-23T07:07:00.004+05:00

Needless to say, it has been so long since I last blogged. Honestly, i felt lazy to continue it. But as read back my past blogs, it reminded me on so many precious moments and things that i wont want to forget.

So here I am again! :D

We are now planning to sell our current house so that we can move to a bigger house. We are staying in 4th floor, and there is no lift in our apartment. So... basically I carry Keira up and down everyday + I have to carry my bag and sometimes Keira's diaper bag if Keith has to go home later than me. Oh i haven't included my laptop yet! oh and the high heels that I always wear. :P

I have always loved landed house! We are aiming for SS16, SS17, SS18 or SS19, even though I also like Setia Alam. So yeah, if you know any "move in condition" unit, please let me know yeah!

As for Keira ler, she has been more and more funny nowadays. One night, she woke up at the middle of the night, we were all sleeping, and she got up, poked Keith's face and said "Papa.... Caaaahhh!" and then continued to sleep instantly!!! She was soooo playful and i think she was half awake only.

She is quite quick tempered and stubborn and selfish and cheeky and naughty and... you name it! well it's very common for 18months active creature i guess. she wants means.... SHE WANTS! She wouldn't let us watch our TV channel, she just wanted her cartoon or veggietales! but yeah I won't give in! Gotta train her man!

She loves to eat rice with soup too! :)

Nowadays she likes to sing "Liang Ji Lau Hu", "Satu-satu", "Cicak-cicak", "whose afraid of that big bad wolf", "I love you", "Potong bebek angsa" LOL... I think those are her latest fav songs!

In less than 2 months, I'll be off to UK and Paris, definitely will miss her very much.

Oh ya, I just bought 3 books: Larry Winget's The Idiot Factor & It's called Work for a reason (cos i think i really need to love my job and buck up!!!!) and also Find your strongest life by Marcus Buckingham. It's international bestseller, so I couldn't resist!

Alright, that's all for now...
Ciaoooooo....

Excited for 2010 - More to Come

2010-03-24T08:18:00.001+05:00

Wahhh...

It has been so long since I last blogged about myself... It has always been updates about Keira & Keira & Keira!

She is super cute nowadays... oh wait... I'm supposed to write something else...

Ya you can read from the title.. I'm excited for what's coming...

First of all, Jilly is coming back to Malaysia for a month!!! YAY.... :) Can't wait to see you Jill .. and Thea of course! LOL I'm gonna bribe her with food, i hope it will work...oh I mean I'm gonna bribe Thea, not Jilly.

Keith has graduated from his course and he is gonna get his Master of Theology! and guess what, the ceremony will be in London!!! Soooooooooo London here I come!!!!

UK is my dream country. The Big Ben is in my top list of places to visit! Of course we will take a train to drop by Paris. Heny told me it' s a place every woman lovessss... so I wanna go and see if she's right LOL! >.<

Oh man, my heart is beating fast even when I'm typing this. I'm sooo excited.

Other than that, one of my best friends is getting married in October. She got attached like 9 or 10 years ago with the same guy, and the day they got attached was on my birthday. And this year, they are getting married on Oct 7, which is the date where I got attached with Keith. Wuahhhh..... Hahaha... see... we are so best friends :P

Another good friend of mine is going to give birth to her first baby! oh man... am I excited or what?

I told you before, i love weddings, preggers and newborn babies... oh now I wanna add.. I love travelling too :P

Another thing that i'm so happy about... I made new friends last week.. 4 of them - Audrey, Angeline, Lawrence & CP! They are fun people! Can't wait to know them more... also, I met up with June, my ex-classmate in CIMP. We hadn't met each other for 5 years! I really cherish the friendship!

Hmmm... OK, I can't remember what else I wanna write. I continue my work first, I'll come back to this later. *he he he*

Life is good!

Keira - 15 Months

2010-02-28T12:12:00.003+05:00

Keira learned alot of new things in indonesia...

She can do the actions for the songs Xiao Zhu Xiao Zhu (Little Piggy), Cicak Cicak Di Dinding (Lizard on the wall), and Yang Wa Wa (Little Doll). Whenever she saw my mom, she would sing and asked my mom to sing along with her, cos it was my mom who taught her all these songs.

She can say few more words like "Come..." while waving her hand, "Pai Pai Shou" and clap her hands, "Take" to pick something up from the floor, "Pain pain" when she falls down or knocks herself, oh she can say "knock knock" too....

Another word that we use in Indonesia to say "fall down" is "pak pom" hahaha... she said that too... and "Pha Pha" means she is scared, while patting her chest.

Hmm have i missed out anything?

at this age, she communicates quite a lot to me... She can respond to me with yes - nod her head, and no - with word and shake her head. Sometimes she stares at me in a very close distance and mumbles... as if she is talking something I can understand =.=" but I really enjoy it..

She copies what we say also... like "how?" "aiyoooooo" or any word that we drag ... ie. see first loorrr... she will say "@)#)@#* loorrrrr...."

She can differentiate my phone and Keith's one even though they look quite similar... Blackberry Bold and Blackberry Javelin. She passes us our phone and spectacles whenever we leave them unattended...

I'm giving her vitamins now, and it's very good... it increases her appetite. I hope she will fall sick much lesser after consuming this vitamins...

She likes to take our phone, turn it another way and say "one two.. three" as if she is taking her own pic... how cute is that?

Random Pics - Chinese New Year 2010

2010-02-28T11:08:00.006+05:00

Some random pics we took during the holiday:

Hellooooo

2010-02-28T11:01:00.005+05:00

Hello...

I just came back from my hometown, Siantar 2 days ago... It's such a long holiday, went back to Johor for a week and then to Indonesia another week... I can imagine how busy I will be next Tues when I go back to work...

Keira enjoyed herself so much during the holiday, esp when we went back to Siantar. You know, it's my parent's first grandchild so you know how much they spoiled her :P

She sticked to my dad, mom and bro like a glue! Every night we would all gathered in my dad's room and they would play with her. It was so much fun! The only thing that wasn't fun was the mosquitos that sucked my child's blood like none's business. GGrrrr.....!!

I miss those moments d... >.<

The 4 of us (me, my bro and my 2 sis) bought our parents Blackberry Bold. Now our whole family can communicate thru BBM :) I'm glad that we finally can buy something practical and kinda expensive for them. Hehehehe... How i wish we can buy them a house in Msia!

Anyway, now that I'm back in KL, i think it's time to focus more on work! It's time to be busy and grow the church and Attributes HAHA...

Ciaoooooo~

Chinese New Year

2010-02-11T12:15:00.002+05:00

Finally chinese new year is around the corner.

still remember last year we brought Keira back to JB and Medan. The journey was quite tiring cos she was still very young that time and she got tired after a long journey. This time round, i dont know what to expect since she can walk already, she might not want to sit for 3.5 hours.

We are going back to JB in a while, stayed that for 6 days and then go to Medan for another 4 days. I can't wait to bring her back to play with all the cousins and with grandma & grandpa. :)

Usually, during CNY i'm excited to buy new clothes for myself. but this time round, i'm busy buying for Keira... the joy of motherhood! Oh btw, most of her new clothes are in pink =.="

Well... have a great CNY break everyone!

Gong xi fa chai!!!

My 14 Months Daughter

2010-01-24T12:54:00.003+05:00

at 14 months:

1. keira walks around the house happily...

2. she can say a few new words like "one two three", when i say "i love..." she says "youuuuu"

3. she imitates eitan to do astroboy by raising one of her hand and say "booyyyy"

4. she can show you an angry face when you ask her to... very cute!

5. she refuses to eat a proper meal, all she wants is her cheese biscuit!!! yeah welcome to "real" parenthood!

6. oh she loves cucumber too... :D

7. she has a magic blanket that can cause her to be sleepy haha.. in other words, she falls asleep easily when she is holding her blanket

8. last time, whenever she wants to drink milk, the following happens:

keira: nenen aaah....

mom: you want to drink nenen?

keira: *nod her head eagerly*

mom: ok, you wait wait ah...

my baby is quite impatient, so she wants to cut everything short... so nowadays, this is what happens:

keira: nenen ahhhh... *nod head*, *point finger* wait wait!

mom: errr.. ok!

ahahahha it's much faster isnt it? :P

9. whenever she sees my phone, she will say "poh poh" means... call grandma :) such a sweet girl...

10. she has her own words for water, biscuit, blanket, handphone...

11. she can sing one line of elmo song "lalala... lalalala...."

12. she sing the last word of every line of "twinkle twinkle little star"

13. she likes eitan... she calls him taytay...

14. she hits people when she is unhappy... Cindy is the no.1 victim!!!! poor Cindy...

thats all for now :)

here's the video of keira walking, talking and singing!

That One Particular Ambition...

2010-01-16T07:01:00.003+05:00

If I honestly ask myself, what have ever crossed my mind when it comes to dreams and ambitions?Well, I have been changing my "dreams" for so many times. Sometimes, I thought I wanted to be a homemaker, sometimes... I thought maybe I liked to sing, the other time, I thought I wanted to own a business, some other times, I thought I just wanted to support my hubby in whatever he wanted to do...

But yesterday before I slept, something came across my mind, something that had consistently excited me. I was imagining myself looking after babies and talking to pregnant mommies and I dont know why, out of the blue... I checked my friendster account (I think i have never heard of friendster for almost a year) and in my profile I wrote I wanted to have a day care centre.

And that was exactly what I wanted to do when I finished my pre-U. But because my parents didn't allow me to study in Montessori, I forgot about it.

When it comes to helping pregnant mommies or mommies with babies, I am full of passion!

Aiks OK, Keira is bugging me now... got to go....

[to be continued]

Hanoi Trip

2010-01-15T15:08:00.004+05:00

I just came back from the staff retreat in Hanoi... At first, I imagined about the beach or at least a place like Taiwan... but surprisingly it's almost like Medan T.T just that the weather was cold...

The traffic was crazy, there was no one way street i guess. the motorbikes and cars came from all directions. People were walking on the street in the midsts of the bikes, it was scarier than Medan.

This is the furthest trip Keira had ever been so far. She enjoyed the weather, she loved cold weather. I loved bringing her around too... she was such an angel when we were on the plane to Hanoi, but when we travelled back, she was so restless and she wanted to play with Eitan all the time!

In the whole trip, she refused to sleep. She wanted to go out. She loved to play with Tan Tan.. She called him Tay Tay... and Tan Tan will say "No.. it's Tan Tan! not Tay Tay!" LOL... I took the opportunity to let Keira wear the bee and ladybug costumes that I bought in Taiwan last Dec.

It would be the last time Keira wore the bee costume, cos it was a lil bit too small d...

It's a good year to start with :) Now it's time to work hard before Chinese New Year comes.

2nd trip without Keira - KOREA

2010-01-07T20:40:00.004+05:00

this is my last day in korea...

it's a great experience. first time in korea. first time in a snowy country. first time being defeated by weather. first time waking up at 3.30am to attend morning prayer meeting.

... the snow that covered the branches of the trees..... snow on the xmas tree.... snow on the streets... and on the rooftop... snow falling from the sky... oh i so love the view... and btw it was snowing so heavily when we landed. it has never snowed like this in korea in at least 100 years.

the main purpose of this trip is to visit yoido full gospel church. we attended their morning prayer meeting, mid-week service, and we are supposed to visit few places like their tv station, the hansei university etc... but i only managed to visit the prayer mountain. the reason is... sigh... i'm sick throughout the trip! i had terrible flu one day before flying to korea. and it got worse here cos of the weather.

it's so amazing how the members of the church love to pray. they can spend hours to just pray! personally, i know i have to buck up! it's a wonderful thing that i've seen with my own eyes. the weather is about -10 to -16 degree in the morning, but the hall is packed with people. oh btw, the hall has the capacity of thousands of ppl.

i got nosebleed the night after i came back from the prayer mountain, it was so bad, there was blood all over the bed sheet. scary. so... i stayed in the room most of the time during 2nd and 3rd day.

i still wanna come back here, probably during autumn or spring? do you know that my dream is to go to UK and see the Big Ben! anyway, i wish i can say next week i'm going to UK but... next week we'll be flying to Hanoi for staff retreat (hanoi is also a good place la hor?). this time round i'll bring keira along, hopefully she wont be fussy during the flight...

alright! i think it's time to say good night, we'll leave to airport at 8am tomorrow. bye bye Korea!!

Anger Management

2009-12-22T14:31:00.004+05:00

i feel unhappy. angry. dissatisfied.

almost exploded.

but then, i thought of a line i wrote from a book yday.

before you do or say anything, think "what is your intention?"

if you explode, can it fulfill your intention?

is it gonna benefit you and others?

if no, probably you should calm down and think about it again.

anyway...

i'm glad i didn't explode, cos it would be way too silly, too irresponsible, too childish...

*breathe in..........*

*breathe out........*

life moves on!!

My baby - almost 13 months

2009-12-21T07:36:00.002+05:00

keira took her first 3-4 steps yesterday. Well... she tried to walk few days ago but didn't succeed.

i think she will soon start walking on her own.. woohoo.... hopefully i can lose some weights then!

cheers...

Back in Malaysia

2009-12-12T10:34:00.004+05:00

It was my first time going to Taiwan and Hong Kong. At first, i thought Taiwan was much nicer than HK, but after I'm back in Msia, somehow I felt I like both countries, mainly because of the weather.

We ate a lot, well... not true... "I" ate a lot :P Pst Garrick brought us to many places, a shopping place called wu fen pu, taipei 101, dam sui, xi men ding and few other places. (pardon me if the spelling is wrong). Food was great but the chou dou fu was a "no no", the smell was yucky... lol...

Jerry (the guy at the right next to Pst Garrick) was driving us around in Taiwan, he is like our Colin Ong in Malaysia, a very funny guy. There's another girl called Anna, she was the one who took the pic, so she isn't in the photo. She is a nice and pretty lady :) A person that is full of courage and passion for God. Wonderful people.

Of course we weren't there for a vacation only. Keith was preaching in Grace Church on the weekend. The church was fun. The people were very energetic and enthusiastic. They are having a BIG month - iMac (everyone got a free McD burger), iStyle (design competition), iChristmas and iVIP. I believe with such willing and teachable congregations, the church will grow and do great things in their community.

I spent my 25th birthday in Hong Kong, nothing much... had a great and yummy lunch & dinner with my relatives. They brought us to few tourist places, but it was raining, so didn't manage to see the whole HK from the mountain peak. But it was still fun :)

We didn't bring Keira with us during the trip. I really missed her a lot. Thanks to all the friends that have visited her in auntie Linda's house.

Well, overall... it was a great trip.

After leaving Keira with Auntie Linda for 1 week, i think she has grown a lot. She learns quite a lot of new stuff, and she is learning very fast now :) she is so adorable and manja.... She has become more and more lovely and sweet... love her so much!

Oh btw, few of the CGs bought me a DKNY watch for my bday. It's very very nice. Love it to the max. ^^

....

2009-12-10T22:00:00.004+05:00

the heart is willing but the flesh is weak...

i want to blog abt my taiwan and hk trip, but kinda tired and sleepy now....

and you know... it takes time to upload those pics...

so tomorrow night la... i still have a wedding rehearsal to conduct tmrw morning...

i better write something before the 2 powerful girls complain abt me not updating my blog :P LOL... right right?? whoever they are......... :D

so.. hushhh... good night.. sleep tight... dont let the bed bugs bite!

Separation Anxiety

2009-12-01T11:17:00.001+05:00

No.. not Keira. but me.

I couldn't sleep well, I kept thinking about my Taiwan & HK trip this Thursday. I'm gonna leave Keira with auntie Linda. Suddenly I dont feel like going anymore. :(

I'm gonna miss her so much...

Keira's 1st Birthday

2009-11-26T17:08:00.006+05:00

Nov 23, 2009

I woke up feeling a bit emo.. cos it was my bb's first bday :)
well we had a small party at night...

check out the photos :)

Wooohhooooo and Phheewwww

2009-11-18T09:47:00.005+05:00

Yo!

Emerge Rising is coming... Our youth event in KL.

(www.emergekl.my)

Everyone is very busy in the office. *pheewwwww*

For a moment, I felt so lost, I didn't know what to do... cos there were so many things on the plate...

But it's all good! *woohoooooooo*

After the busy weekend, we'll have Keira's 1st birthday party on Monday.

And Tues and Wed will be our OFF days... *woohooo*

It's great! I can't wait to bring my mom out...

she will help me look after Keira during the weekend..

I hope Keira will be a good girl,

well... i shouldn't expect too much from her... afterall, she is just a toddler now... right? *phewww*

Indonesian Food

2009-11-09T18:20:00.006+05:00

i'm not sure how many you like indonesian food.

i personally luuuuurrveeeee indon food... duhhh... i'm from indo...

but really the food is so tasty and spicy.

i found a new restaurant in Subang Parade, it's called Sari Ratu...

the food.... yummmy... cannot be described....

simply delicious...

2 thumbs up!!

(this pic is not taken in the restaurant, i took it from google :P)

the price is a lil bit expensive. around RM20/person.

i felt like i'm back in indonesia when eating there...........

*yumm yumm*

future ahead

2009-11-09T11:57:00.002+05:00

2010 is coming... i'm excited.

both keith and i are thinking and planning. we aim to move to our 2nd house next year. with God's grace, we pray that both of us can save enough money to move out. our current house is definitely too small.

saving money is a big issue for me. LOL. unlike many mothers, i'm not good in saving. it's time to BUCK UP!

i really need wisdom to live a better life.

i'm not sure how many ppl know that i'm actually dreaming to be a housewife ;) yeah not many ppl knew that... but to really think abt it, what am i gonna do when keira starts school? i wish i'm like jilly, who knows what she really likes to do, just look at the cards she makes. i really dont mind staying at home doing what i like to do.

i have been asking myself for VERY LONG, what do i like to do?

and i do not know.

i like doing many things i.e. singing, cooking, reading parenting books, looking after keira *lol* but i'm not up to the standard where i can teach singing or opening a restaurant or babysit others' kids.

so...

in other words, i just want to write to remember.. that working is good for me. pastor kevin just taught the church, in order to discover our destiny, we need to WORK!

God i surrender my future into your mighty hands...

Keira - 11 Months and 1 Week

2009-11-05T09:15:00.002+05:00

Height: 74cm
Weight: 8.1kg
Head Circ: 45cm

Had got flu for like 4 times in 11 months =.= !!
Just fell down frm the bed yday morning and from the sofa this morning. *haih*
Love food (esp the ones mommy n daddy are eating).
Very manja, esp to her daddy and grandpa.
Fly kiss to everyone before leaving.
Stand in front of TV and feel contented.

I have no new pic to show cos I can't transfer the photos from my new phone =.=

Finally... After 1 Year

2009-11-05T08:04:00.003+05:00

I still remember, a year ago, during my confinement, I was craving for Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, but I never bought it... You know.. when you keep postponing, at the end of the day, you wont feel like buying already.

So this time round, I refused to wait and postpone cos I knew what would happen if I waited and reconsidered :P

So this is what i've bought for myself:

Blackberry Curve 8900, known as Blackberry Javelin

I know i know.. some of you might ask, why not BB bold?

This is the only BB that is kinda feminine :P

I asked Adam if there's any other color... white? red? pink also can la... LOL but sadly, there's no colorful blackberry around yet! I heard BB bold white color is coming out soon though, but still the size is too big for me. :)

So far i'm enjoying the phone. esp the blackberry messenger. love it to the max!

TV Time

2009-10-19T12:25:00.004+05:00

I let Keira watch TV every morning (and afternoon and night sometimes :P). Her favourite show is Veggietales, in particular: "Lyle the Kindly Viking", a musical cartoon show!

And this time round... she is being super relax and lazy... look how she sat!

Attention to all mommies and daddies! Letting our children watch too much TV is not good, no matter how educational the show is. The reason is our kids will be too used to fast movement, they are more inclined to watching than listening. in the future, when they attend classes,they might be slower in catching up because not many schools teach thru TV program I guess (at least not in Msia), but instead the teachers will be writing on the board or reading or talking out loud, so... the kids get bored easily and they wont be able to focus after awhile. So... try to limit the TV time okay?!

Flash cards are GOOD!

The bottom line is parents must set aside time to teach their babies or tods or children.

I have to discipline myself in teaching Keira too. So to all parents, let's JIA YOU together!

4-5 Oct '09

2009-10-19T08:25:00.004+05:00

Looking forward for the next trip!

keira was singing along with the 3 bears...

Toddler Soon.....

2009-10-13T11:46:00.003+05:00

Time fliesssss.... Can someone stop the time plssss??? I know noone can :( It's not that I dont want Keira to grow up, but it's just too fast... if time can move a lil slower...

At 10 months and 20 days, my lil girl likes to climb here and there. She understands 'no', and just yesterday she made a sound that sounded like "no no no no no", but she said it "nay nay nay nay nay", I'm still finding out if that's what she meant. She said that when we put her on the sofa instead of letting her crawl and climb around the living room, she said that too when I put her on the baby car seat.

She ate all kinds of food already :P Doesn't sound like a good parent ey? But I just can't help!! I let her try quite a lot of stuff like buns (normal gardenia bun, banana bun from Bread Story, the bun from Mc.D set meal, sponge cake etc), siakap fish @ a Thai restaurant (it was a lil bit spicy), kuewtiao, noodles, beehun, rice, fried egg, coffee (AHAHAHHAHAHA juuuusssttttt a bit) and a bit of bubble tea (jjuuuuuuussstttt a bit of the tea). Sometimes I just want to see her reaction. But really, it was just a lil bit, not more than a drop!!!!

But of course, that's not what I gave her regularly. On normal day, I would cook porridge with either beef or chicken or fish with pumpkin or sweet potato or carrot or some other vege and potato. No salt no sugar nothing... So usually I let her eat healthy food la :P

I love to give her hard boiled egg yolk too (esp when i dont cook and i let her eat rice cereal). Somehow I feel she is smarter after she eats that. LOL.

Have I ever told you that she loved to throw things on the floor, and oh actually she liked to look at them drop to the floor. Sometimes she looked cute when doing that. Well basically she looked cute all the time. HAHA...

She waves bye bye, she gives us her fly kiss, she lifts up her hands when we say "Hooraaayyy", she claps her hands, she dances when we ask her to do so, she has some funny expression which never fails to make me laugh, and she loves it when i laugh, and she will pout and come to me when I pretend to cry. Even when I just bow my head and be quiet, she will be worried and come to me and pat me.

She sat down quietly and looked at how I trimmed her nails. I so like this moment.

She called PAPA very loudly everytime papa not in the room. And of course, papa never failed to show up each time she called. She only called mama in the time of crisis =.=

She is very bubbly and talkative. She talks a lottttttt..... A typical girl la basically.

Sometimes I wish to have another baby soon, but.... in order to give Keira the best, I think I should keep to my initial plan, to have the 2nd one when Keira is 3 yrs old. HAHA....

She is turning into a toddler in less than 2 months!!!!!!! Oh gosh....... It's time to think about the birthday celebration. Where and whom to invite.

Anyway, again it's a long blog, but I have to assure you that raising Keira is such a fun, beautiful, and fulfilling thing. I can't stop thanking God for her in my life, of course my hubby plays a big part in making it easy and exciting!!!

After So Long...

2009-10-12T20:03:00.006+05:00

Hmm.. let me count, the last time I went to somewhere out of town for vacation was....... i mean really just went to do nothing...... was.... during my honeymoon???

After Keira arrived, I had never arranged any trip to anywhere unless it was necessary, ie chinese new year or family related events. but this time round, we went to Genting highland (and Keith just planned it 3-4 days before) just to do NOTHING and to relax and to refresh ourselves. It was not as tough and complicated as we thought. Keira was very easy to be taken care. She was so obedient throughout the journey. We really almost did nothing but to play and relax (of course there was still a lil bit of works here and there) but I can say I enjoyed it :)

Keira loved the weather there, she slept for almost... hmmm.. 10 hours!

Oh in case you haven't known, she has been sleeping thru the nights for almost 2-3 weeks now. I know I know some of you envied me... LOL... I didn't do anything actually, she JUST slept thru! Thank God!!! :P

Well... photos will be uploaded soon yeah! but for now, I just write down whatever i remember, if i wait til i have the pics, probably i've forgotten most of the things i'm gonna write now.

Btw we went there with Sam and Eunice :) a wonderful couple that just got married for almost 1 month. And we met up with Ooi, Yen Fen and cheeky Dylan there. On Sunday afternoon, after the check-in, we head off for dinner (yeah we reached quite late), then we took those trains (whatever they were called) that toured around the mall. Keira loved it! Didn't do much after that, just walked around the mall, enjoying the windy and cooling night. The next day, I woke up before 8am expecting Keira to wake up soon, but because the weather was pretty cold, she slept til 9:30am.

We spent about an hour or two and played ... hmm.. we called it "time-zone" game back in Indo. what do you call here? Basically you put in some coins and you start to play the games. Honestly, it was quite fun but tiring as well, cos we forgot to bring Keira's stroller, so we took turn to carry her. At the end, we exchanged all the tickets we won with one towel for Keira and one children book for teacher Eunice ;)

when we reached KL, we went to Segambut and ate the tomyam. It was usually very very very delicious (hot spicy sour and sweaty... oops I mean the food was spicy and sour but the one who's eating would be sweaty), but probably because we went right before they closed, the soup wasn't as fresh anymore. So it was quite disappointing. In case you don't know, inside the soup, they put lots of big prawns, scallops, oysters, fish, squids and clams. *yummy* I used to crave for the tomyam btw. but this time round... *sigh*

Anyway, we had a GREAT weekend ^^ something that we should do every now and then I guess.

I know it's a long blog, so probably I should write another separate blog to update you about Keira. Cos she has grown so much, and there are just so many things I have to tell you HAHA...

Photos coming up soon yeah :)

Erin, wonder if you're reading this blog? ahaha... see i've updated my blog!

Bunnie...

2009-10-09T08:16:00.002+05:00

I "printscreen" to show you my favourite bunny...

*swt*

Long Time No Blog

2009-10-09T08:08:00.002+05:00

Jilly: Hi, I know your eye is swollen. But can I ask you a request?
Juli: brb... BS :D

(few mins after)

Juli: Jill wassup?

Jilly: oh ya about the fav... I have a request...

Juli: Sure

Jilly: UPDATE YOUR BLOG!!!

Juli: =.= (you cant see the emoticon here, basically it's my favourite bunny :P)

Jilly: I knew you would give me this bunny!

Hmmm.. Jill.. is it considered that i have updated my blog? AHAHAHAHA

uMist

2009-09-14T13:21:00.003+05:00

Yo....

To those people that have breathing problem... or dry throat.... or sinus.... Let me recommend this product to you... uMist by OSIM.

After using uMist, my hubby didn't have dry throat... my baby didn't have blocked nose and basically the room is not as dry even if we turned on the air conditioner the whole night. It's worth buying...

Working @ Attributes Marketing Sdn Bhd

2009-09-14T13:15:00.002+05:00

Sounds like working in some marketing company ey? Actually it's not. Attributes Marketing is the bookstore owned by my church. I was transfered from Culture to Attributes in Sept. Just 1 word to describe my current job... BUSY!

For the first time in my life, I didn't have time to check facebook, or chit chat in MSN, or twitter... I just didn't have time to even think about it...

I still have a lot of things to learn... Well, so far so good.

I'm also the wedding coordinator for the church. There are many weddings coming up from Sept all the way til January next year. Many more to come, I believe. :) Marriage is a beautiful thing... One of the best things that can ever happen in some people's lives (like mine).

Will update about Keira soon....... (btw she is getting cheekier... and today she hit me!!!!!!!)

Keira Does Love The Car Seat

2009-09-09T20:54:00.002+05:00

She was inside the car seat throughout the journey to JB! and back to KL too :)

Hoorayyy to "The First Years" Car Seat!!!

(look at her left leg =.=")

Keira's Car Seat

2009-09-05T12:42:00.003+05:00

Keira is considered quite tall for a 9 month chinese baby girl :D, she could hardly fit into her infant car seat which is supposed to last til she is 1 year old.

We went to so many places to find a nice affordable and good car seat for her. After searching for weeks, we finally decided on buying "The First Years".

It's a very comfortable car seat I think. I read many good reviews about this product. The original price is RM999, but we bought at discounted price RM799.90. :) One outstanding feature about the car seat is it is easy to take off for washing. And the only thing that I dont quite like is the color. We wanted a pure black one, but they didn't have one.

We bought the car seat at the right timing... cos we are driving back to JB tomorrow!!! I'm so excited to meet up with the other children and my mother in law. Not many people miss their mother in law one ler? Hahaha... Even though she doesn't have much expression and she didn't talk a lot... but she is a very nice person. And whenever there's anything I'm not sure about babycare, I will give her a call.

And end of next month, Keira's auntie, poh-poh, gong-gong, jiu-jiu... all wil come and see her :) and the following week (end of Nov) Keira will turn 1 year old!!!!!!!!! TIME FLIESSSSSSS............

I love love love love to be Keira's mommy...

More Like a Mommie Now...

2009-08-28T12:04:00.003+05:00

I woke up at 7am to go to the wet market with Rina this morning. The last time I went was when I was 9 months pregnant. And now Keira is already 9 months. :P

I have a weekly meal planner now, guess why? Because I'll start working in Subang, a place where I'm very familiar with, therefore... I know where to find all kinds of food. So, I make a decision to stick to what I've planned (or at least something close to what I planned :P). Furthermore, I really think as a good wife, I should try cook healthier food for my hubby (at least on the weekend). And I'm gonna try more variety in cooking Keira's food too.

So far, Keira loves to eat porridge. Usually I add chicken or beef + carrot or sweet potato or pumpkin + spinach or brocolli. The smell of beef porridge is the best!!! it smells so yummy. This weekend I'll try fish + carrot or pumpkin. Oh ya, she likes egg yolks too! One of her fav food! Probably I'll try to cook her barley in few weeks time, or oatmeals should be good too! =D

Life of a mom is fun and exciting! Love it to the max!

Shower Time is Fun

2009-08-21T11:27:00.001+05:00

When I Have to Bring Her to Work

2009-08-20T10:40:00.002+05:00

Sometimes I have no other option but to bring Keira to work with me! Out of 8 hours in the store, I think I could really work for only 2 hrs. Few things that I did:

Bribe her with food... I know this is not recommended by the experts. But but... how?

When she was bored with her own toys, I would give her whatever I had to distract her... (would keep an eye to supervise her though)

more food would give me few more mins of silence...

hush.... sleep my baby... so that mommie could focus on work...

i forgot to take the pics while other staff were playing with her...

When closing the store, I had to carry her together with the walker/stroller/car-seat to the car... then carried her back to the store to get the rest of the stuff... and then locked the door and "shutter" while carrying her. For one moment, I thought I was quite a supermom!

Love, Hug, Kiss...

2009-08-20T10:16:00.003+05:00

When She is Quiet, This is What I Mean...

2009-08-18T19:41:00.004+05:00

As mentioned earlier, when eating... sometimes Keira is very "guai" and didn't move much... but she still looks busy... as always....

Macam Macam

2009-08-18T19:20:00.005+05:00

You know... when someone has lots of patterns, or expressions, we like to say "macam macam ah you..."

Haha... that's what I always tell Keira... "baby.. you macam macam ar..."

As she is growing, she has more and more expressions. I didn't manage to capture most of them (and i accidentally deleted one more pic)... but here's some of the remaining...

And even when she is eating, she has so many sitting posture, standing posture, and sometimes she would just be contented & happy enjoying the food and din move much :)

I scolded her for trying to stand while eating (but it's actually my fault, why didn't I fasten the seat belt at the first place?) so.... after getting scolded, she would show me how unhappy and sad she is...

Can't imagine when she starts talking, she will surely be a super duper kepoh and bubbly baby.

Oh ya before I end this blog...

Daddy bought a vest with hoodie, a tee shirt (din let her wear here) and a denim skirt for her :) she looks so cute on them...the vest is a lil bit too big though... *giggle*

I missed the timing (when she was smiling and ready for camera), this is when she started to get impatient...

Many Things Have Happened

2009-08-13T10:14:00.003+05:00

Many good and bad things have happened throughtout this week.

The good thing is Keira has totally recovered *YAY* and we just gave her influenza vaccination today. She is quite tall, 71cm now. But her weight has been around 7.5kg, today she is 7.4kg. But the doctor said it's very good, nothing to worry about. Ideal weight. Another thing that really makes my day is what the doctor has been saying everytime we see him. Keira's social skill is very very good (above average). He was so surprised when Keira called Papa just now, and the fact that she can wave bye-bye pleased the doctor too.

Keira didn't cry during the jab. She showed her dislike-expression of course, but right after the jab, she smiled, babbled, played.. she was just happy! :)

Another good thing is, I'm changing job on September. Not that I don't like my job now, but the other job allows me to do more things. I'm quite restricted now, due to the work location. I'm excited about what I can do in the future. The fact that I can lead CG, have Bible study, involve more in ministry, fetch Keira earlier ;) and also be in the same office as my hubby hehehe...

The bad thing that happened ler... *sigh* it is kinda sad to see people that I love drawing back from serving God. It bothered me so much, but nothing much I can do. I tried my best. But it makes me realize that there are still sooo many people that I need to take care, it's a lesson learned.

End of this year I'll be travelling to Taiwan. Did you see any news lately? The typhoon and mudslides convince me that I shouldn't bring Keira with me. So she will either be with my MIL, Auntie Linda or my mom. After that I'll go to Korea, again won't be bringing her. Have important meetings over there. Then end of Jan we will have staff retreat to Hanoi. This trip baby will come along. *Yippie*

Eeeee.... Daddy's First Time....

2009-08-06T12:36:00.002+05:00

Daddy has no choice but to clean and change my nappy after I poo poo...

Books for The Next 2-3 Months

2009-08-06T12:27:00.004+05:00

As you guys have read, Keira has not been so well these few weeks, so instead of just reading thru the internet, I bought a book by Dr.Miriam Stoppard. I bought one babycare book by the same author when I was pregnant, and it was quite good.

Actually there's one more book, which is very thick, by the same author, also about childhood illnesses and the treatment, but that one costs too much. So I bought this one, only RM33.95.

Besides, I also bought a book by my favourite author, Dale Carnegie. RM31.90 only.

Hopefully it's as good as the other one that I bought... "How to Win Friends & Influence Them"

It's time to enhance my parenting skills again :) Bought this fabulous copy... Sold more than 3,500,000 and it has been one of the best selling book for 20 years. I'm expecting a lot from this book... RM45.50.

Keira Loves Daddy

2009-07-31T12:09:00.004+05:00

Keira had a high fever last night, hm no.. it's not last night, it's at 5am this morning. But thank God the fever was gone few hours after we gave her med. Auntie Linda said she is teething again.

At ard 7:30am she wanted me to move her to my bed, so she slept beside me. At around 8+, she suddenly climbed over my face, yes she was crawling across to her daddy's side and stepped on my face!!!!!!! while I was sleeping!!!!!! I thought she was ready to play, but when i turned around, she just wanted to lean on daddy's back to sleep, she was sharing one pillow with daddy and continued to sleep soundly. :)

Yoghurt When Having Cough?

2009-07-30T14:44:00.010+05:00

Keira has been coughing for at least 3 weeks now. It's not a severe one, but it's a lil phlegmy. I told Jilly that Keira's immune system is considered weak, cos she has had cough and flu for... maybe 3-4 times in 8 months? Jilly recommended yoghurt, cos it plays an important role in nutrition.

(Important: do not give strawberry & kiwi to babies)

After doing much research whether I should give her now or after she recovers from her cough, I've decided to try it now.

Few moms have blog about how their children get better after consuming yoghurt, a few others stated that it's not good cos yoghurt will thicken the phlegm. But milk will also give the same effect, takkan I stop giving her milk right?

So I went to JUSCO to buy organic yoghurt, bananas, and sweet potato (and oh I also bought a light dessert for my hubby who needs to work til late tonite *wink*). And I just read that sweet potato is full of vitamin C and yoghurt is full of zinc, which are both good for health. *yay*

Anyway, I'll let you know if this works!

Keira @ 8 Months

2009-07-30T09:39:00.003+05:00

Keira sleeps at around 10pm, wakes up between 2am-4am for a 5-oz milk, then sleeps again until around 7am, she will then wake up, smile, talk a lil bit, ask me to carry... after that falls back asleep beside me (or when I carry her) until 8+ or 9 sometimes.

We send her to Auntie Linda's house around 10am, she will whine a lil bit cos she doesnt want to be separated from mommy n daddy. I pick her up around 7:30-8:30pm (what a loooong hour of separation), we go home... clean up and play until 10pm!

That's what we do from Tues to Fri, the days when I'm working!

Keira's New Toy

2009-07-27T18:24:00.008+05:00

We were invited to Dylan' birthday party last Satur. Dylan's mommy, Yen Fen, being a very nice and kind friend, let Keira play with Dylan's toys in his room!

And both Keith and I realized that Keira doesn't have much toys! Haha... all these while we thought she had enough... but seeing my lil baby enjoying Dylan's toys, both Keith's and my heart melted, so we decided to buy her another toy.

We went to Parkson, and checked what she liked! We passed to her Barney, Elmo, Mickey Mouse, toy laptops (cos she likes my laptop so much) and some other cute toys... she didn't seem interested until she saw...

She gets excited when playing it at home...

Instead of playing it with the mallet, she used her hands to hit the xylophone...

Never Leave Your Child In The Car For Goodness Sake!!!

2009-07-14T10:26:00.003+05:00

Car thief takes off with kids inside

2009/07/14
New Straits Times

MALACCA: Leaving his two children in his Toyota Camry with its engine still running proved to be a costly mistake for a businessman.

A man got behind the wheel and drove away with them. And for almost one hour, the businessman, in his 30s, could only pray for the safety of his 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.

The businessman, identified only as Khoo, had gone to see his new house in Taman Muzaffar Shah in Ayer Keroh with his three children at about 6pm on Sunday.

According to police, Khoo, who is from Ayer Keroh Heights, reached his new house and noticed that his two younger children were sleeping.

"He left the car engine running and took his other child to inspect the renovation works being carried out on his house.

"While in the house, Khoo heard his car being driven away. He tried to give chase on foot but the suspect sped off with the two children sound asleep in the back seat.

An hour later, Khoo received an anonymous call informing him that his children had been found in a housing estate in Seremban.

"Khoo and his family members then rushed to Seremban and were reunited with his children about 8pm.

"The children looked calm and were not crying when they were found," said the police spokesman, adding that the thief had fled with the car.

Keira's New Buddy

2009-07-09T19:29:00.004+05:00

She stared at him at first....

stunned..... didn't say anything...

as he played and showed her some expressions, she smiled...

Looked at me... smiled to me...

looked at him again...

started to pat him a bit...

talked to him using her own language...

grabbed his nose...

smiled...

when he went towards the TV, Keira followed him...

he sat down and watched TV...

Keira stayed beside him...

after a while, she asked him to carry her...

Buddies they have become...

But because Keira is too restless and ke-poh, in less than 10mins the buddy had to return her to her mommie...

My Smart Baby

2009-07-07T09:26:00.004+05:00

It's so fun to see little Keira learn things... And she learns fast too...

See how she tried to put the bottle cover back...

No Pic No Blog

2009-07-02T09:33:00.003+05:00

I know it's been quite a while I didn't post anything here...

Well... nothing much has happened, besides my happy baby has been cheering me and Keith up! Since she knows how to stand and crawl...she has been sooooooo HIGH and happy!!! The first "good-morning-smile" & greeting always energize me. :)

My mom and dad will be here for the weekend. I'm sure Keira will be super pampered.

I Wondered...

2009-06-25T09:34:00.002+05:00

Keira was giggling while sleeping. I wondered what she was dreaming about, was I in her dream? She's such an angel... :)

And this morning, she hardly moved for at least 15mins, just stared at the TV. And guess what channel was she watching?? No no... not disney clubhouse, nor cartoon network, nor Astro Ceria... She was watching MTV; Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, etc... Keith said she might have the voice of Macy Gray LOL...

Will you want your child to be a superstar in the future?

Mommie... Pls dont scold me

2009-06-24T09:38:00.004+05:00

for Keira's uncle that doesn't have an access to Facebook for the moment...

you can also watch from my facebook and put a comment there ;)

My FaCeBooK

2009-06-24T09:11:00.003+05:00

You can check out my facebook for more videos and pics of Keira :)

www.facebook.com/julijoe

.......................

2009-06-23T10:34:00.003+05:00

I slipped at the entrance of Carrefour yesterday and I WAS CARRYING KEIRA. Thank God I managed to find balance and I fell on my knee. Look at the o-che!

The last time I fell down (back in 2006), it was so terrible. I was running with my friend in Samosir Island back in Indo. I was bleeding until I got dizzy. LOL.

So this time round, it's really nothing. :P

7 Months Old

2009-06-23T10:32:00.001+05:00

At 7 months:

1. She will cry and say mamam when she is hungry

2. She can crawl slowly and stand with a support

3. She is very noisy at home... just keep talking loudly!

4. She likes to 'tap tap' my palms

5. I like to let her wear oversize t-shirts =D

6. She still doesnt have much hair

7. Whenever I scold her, she will show me a very "ke lian" and "pls sayang me" kinda look

8. She sticks out her tongue all the time

9. She fell down from my bed once (but thank God she landed on a pile of bedsheet on the floor)

10. She is 7.5kg the last time I check (abt a week ago), around 62cm (3 weeks ago)

11. She is ticklish

12. She loves to eat porridge, rice cereal, banana, steamed apple... hmm... basically everything I give her

13. She cries when she is alone with a total stranger

14. She prefers laptops, remote controllers and hand-phones to all her toys

15. She kisses me back (sometimes)

16. She shows consistent reaction to some games which her daddy plays with her

17. She likes gettings shocked when playing with me (Weird right?)

18. She will focus on the TV when there is music playing

19. She is learning to imitate us, and it's sooooooooo cute...

20. Have I ever told you that she knows how to put pacifier into her mouth?

3 Days to 7 Months

2009-06-20T17:31:00.006+05:00

Keira is almost 7 months now! :) Time flies!

She is progressing very well...

So watch the video then only see the pic ok!? (it's how the story goes)

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Taah Daaaahhh......

She stood up!!

Well done baby.... *clap clap*

Beautiful Actresses

2009-06-19T16:16:00.004+05:00

The prettiest actress ever...

One of the reasons I name my daughter Keira...

And I like Kate Hudson a lot too

Good Read "45 Life Lessons"

2009-06-19T15:04:00.007+05:00

Keith received this email from Yen Fen. I feel like sharing it to the rest of the world too. It's a good read!
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From: Keith Tay
Sent: Friday, 19 June, 2009 4:42 PM
Subject: life lessons

This is a good read for us all…..
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio.

“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons that life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more”:

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s,we’d grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”

He Made My Day

2009-06-19T13:40:00.003+05:00

After waking up every 2 hour, and got kicked by restless Keira in between my sleep... my hubby really made my day...

When I opened the door, ready to send Keira to Auntie Linda's house... I found a "look-like-brand-new" Crocs! Well, it was very dirty before that. My hubby cleaned it for me!!! Yay....

*a big hug and kiss for my hubby*

"It's Part of Growing Up"

2009-06-19T09:01:00.006+05:00

I keep telling myself "it's part of growing up... almost every baby goes thru this... she will be fine".

Keira was allergic to the antibiotic, she has rashes all over her body and face. It's heart-breaking to see her like this, but the doctor said the rashes will subside once we stop giving her the antibiotic. And she is having diarrhea too. It's also another effect of taking the antibiotic. The doctor said, normally babies will also have cough and flu once we stop giving her the med. I hope she will be alright!

But my darling baby didn't want her mommy & daddy to be panic and sad, so she was cheering us up!

I so love my baby!

*muacks*

P/S: Erin, maybe she needs Lancome too Hahaha... :P

It Costs Nothing to Dream

2009-06-17T14:26:00.007+05:00

I know I'm living in a fantasy now. But I can't help. Lately I'm very interested to look at nice interior designs! So, this is how my future house will look like (I should say, i hope my future house will look similar to these pics):

my master bedroom

(with white wall, black ceiling & black furnitures)

The living room

The kitchen

Keira's Room

Keira's Room when she is above 3 years old

The bathroom

(with black color door instead of wood)

Isn't it cool? I'll invite you to stay in my house for a day or two when I have it OK? *lol*

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I should put the pic of the guest room also right? :P

"Skinny Bitch"

2009-06-17T13:02:00.005+05:00

"Stop being a moron and start getting skinny!" say the authors, Rory and Kim. I scanned thru the book in MPH just now, it was quite interesting. I was half reading and half laughing like an idiot in the bookstore, all by myself. The words were quite rude; bitch, shit, garbage, moron, fat pig ... i can't cont the list any longer.

But after "reading" for few mins, I think the ways they recommended were too tough for me, basically no to everything but vege, fruits, complex carbs and exercise. I think I'll still find my own way to lose weights. *peace*

I do think it's a good book though. So if you have one, I dont mind borrowing from you :D

Today...

2009-06-17T09:15:00.003+05:00

Keira woke up at 3 for milk, then at 5:15 she was fully awake, wanted me to carry and sayang her until 6:15, I gave another 5oz of milk (even though she didn't ask for it), so she slept after drinking 4oz++. *well done mommie*. But after that she was quite restless until morning, woke up every hour to check if i'm there. She still has fever, milder than yesterday. Her eyes were a lil bit swollen cos she cried too much before she slept (poor baby). But again I want to say, she loves Auntie Linda, her babysitter. And it's a big relief for me.

So, today I woke up early hence showered early too, put on my moisturizer, eyeliner, contact lens... applied hand-cream, tied my hair, sprayed a lil bit of perfume, and went for my vocal lesson. Now I tried to love myself more... Hmm but I ate sausages (euwww..they are not good for health) and a mini chicken pie for bfast cum lunch.

Ready for the day... I guess... (even though I wish I have had more sleep)!

Teething Time Again

2009-06-16T18:58:00.002+05:00

I guess Keira is gonna have her 3rd and 4th teeth soon (upper teeth). She grumbled and cried a lot. So poor thing. Nothing much can be done!

I just pray this period will be over soon, just like the first teething that time.

I'm expecting a sleepless night tonight! So you might meet a living zombie tmrw! :(

Keith, My Hubby...

2009-06-16T14:54:00.010+05:00

We dated for more than 5 years before we got married. He always put much effort to be a better man to love me, to give me a happy life and now to both me and our baby, Keira.

I still remember how I used to be irrational to him. There was once, when I was still a student in Monash, he came to my hostel and we cooked indomie. That was the last few packets of noodle I had. And he cooked until too mushy/soggy. I got so upset and my face turned black the whole day. Ridiculous isn't it?

There was a time, he sprained his ankle after playing futsal, and I got upset and I felt embarrased cos he didn't walk properly. That time he asked the friends to drop him in front of my hostel so that he could accompany me to walk to a restaurant. I was really bad. I was 'heartless'.

There were also times when I was sarcastic to him in front of his friends. When I unreasonably criticized him. The only thing that I did was to judge him even when I had more weaknesses than him. But never even once, he criticized me. Not in public, not in private.

Of course there were also so many fun times we had together. Something that we still can laugh about until today.

He used to get angry with me whenever I didn't pick up his call or didn't reply his sms. Not because he didn't trust me, but he was worried what could have happened to me.

To sum it up, I have disappointed him many times, but he always showed me love and grace. Really, if he is not a committed and loving boyfriend, he would have dumped me.

My hubby is a lovely husband and a good daddy. He is also a godly and reliable leader, a powerful and anointed preacher. He is generous, in helping and blessing people. He is wise. He is fun to hang out with. He can play futsal well (I heard :P).

I love him with all my heart. He is one of the best gifts God has given me.

And I am glad that Keira has the eyes of her daddy.

Such A Privilege

2009-06-16T12:55:00.007+05:00

It was an awesome weekend with Rev. Dr. Kong Hee on May 22-24, 2009.

Everyone was so expectant and excited weeks before Pst Kong was in KL. And Indeed, he delivered great messages. On the first session, Pst Kong preached to us the 5 stones that might look small to us, but they are big to God; stone of the past, stone of prayer, stone of priority, stone of passion and stone of persistence (based on the story of King David defeating Goliath in 1 Samuel 17). The last 4 sessions was about the differences between men and women, with short dramas in between. It was very interesting and REAL.

The best part for me was the prophecy. Pst Kong prayed and prophesied over me. What else should I say. It's such a privilege. I'm thankful to God. He said I will compose songs and I will have my own ministry. Well, God knows that ministry that will be. As for now, I'll be faithful in the things I do. And yes, I'll try to write songs even though I gave up on it since 2006.

You can check out Pst Kong's facebook at http://www.facebook.com/konghee or visit his website konghee.com/blog to read interesting topics about tattoo, drinking, etc etc.

I Miss My Old Me

2009-06-16T09:17:00.003+05:00

*sob sob*

I realize, I haven't been taking care of my skin lately. If you look at my legs, gosh... the scars are really scaring me!!!! I wonder if I can do anything to remove all the scars!
And those stretch marks I have in "many places". I wish I was dilligent enough to apply those creams.

And my face!!! acnes and not to mention the blackheads that almost cover my whole nose! I bought products, but am too lazy to use!

My weight *faint* I ate quite little on weekdays, but not weekends. So how to lose weight ler? I also dont know!

Time to shape up and buck up man!!!

One of the Best Family

2009-06-14T20:34:00.001+05:00

This is my sister in law's family. The mommy, daddy, May Ann, Mei Si, and Chern Han.

My SIL really taught the children well. They behave so so well.

The children might quarrel, but they are never violent. They don't snatch. They don't yell at each other. They listen to their mama all the time (at least when

I'm with them, I've not seen them rebel). They are so smart and lovely.

May Ann is so smart! She loves books. She loves to play with Sudoku. And she is really fun to be with.

I think Mei Si is also very special. She loves to cook and she looks after the younger bro and Samantha well. She has the gift :)

Chern Han is the most cheeky one I think :) he is also very intelligent and adorable.

Honestly speaking, I want Keira to have their characteristics too, smart, fun. adorable, gifted and teachable. Of course if she is not, I'm still thankful to God. Hahaha...

Sarah's Birthday

2009-06-12T14:42:00.004+05:00

Celebrated Sarah's birthday in advance. This is the only company who dares to treat the boss like that. *lol*

A Lil About Myself

2009-06-12T13:41:00.009+05:00

Many people know me after I joined City Harvest Church, a wonderful church that has really impacted my life.

When I was still very young, from baby til primary school, *clear throat* my mum said... I was a crying baby. I think I brought much trouble to my mum (since I'm a mom now, I roughly know how it feels). But when I entered secondary high school, I changed from being a crying babe to a rebellious one. I skipped class a lot (btw chintia also :P). I used to lie to my mom that I'm going to tuition classes , but actually I went to hang out with my ex-boyfriend & friends *lol* Sometimes I went to Lake Toba (1hr drive from my hometown) with few of my buddies and told my mom that I was going to somewhere near. And then at night, I would be late for important dinners like my bro's birthday dinner (I can remember that very clearly). By the time I reached, everybody had finished eating. *sorry gor... i love u more than i love my friends, really* *lol*

I was the one who constantly went out with friends. Friends were my priority. I was the only daughter who dared to tell my parents that I dated this or that guy, no matter they agreed or not. *oopss* I never shared my real feelings to them even though they are good parents and they care for me more than anyone else in this world. Having said that, I always did very well in my studies during those days.*wink wink*

So, they never imagined that I would be the first child who would get married and settled down. And now, I even HAVE A DAUGHTER!!!! *lol*

I'm very proud to tell the world that I have the best family, my dad is well known for his generosity, my mom is very into details, they have never failed to provide love, finances, listening ears, wise advices (you name it) for all their 4 children. Not to mention my 2 sisters and brother, they are super caring and can be counted on. Always.

I pray that I will always be Keira's best friend. Now and forever. That she will be honest and true to me and I will never be judgmental.

Muacks!

Keira in JB

2009-06-12T09:57:00.007+05:00

She loved to be in my mother in law's house. She rarely cried (only when she was hungry). Even though the weather was so hot and she was sweating all the time, she just couldn't stop playing and running around with the walker. She loved to see Samantha Jie Jie and Joshua Gor Gor play too.

And my MIL cooked delicious porridge for her, with a lil bit of fish, carrot, potato and vege.

she loves to stick out her tongue =.="

From Avent to Dr.Brown's

2009-06-12T09:07:00.007+05:00

I've heard that baby bottles which contain Bisphenol-A (BPA) will cause some harm to the babies. After reading some pros and cons about this, I've decided to change Keira's bottles.

So I've shifted from Avent to Dr.Brown's. I can't wait to go home and let her try her new bottles.

Confessions of A Shopaholic

2009-03-04T11:53:00.002+05:00

When is this movie gonna be shown in the cinema? it looks interesting...

Tough Life Huh?

2009-03-03T14:59:00.004+05:00

Most of Monash students are now back in KL again. New semester has started. It makes me miss my uni time. How i wish I'm still studying Haha...

Well, it's too late now. So i better think of other things right?

Lately I've been thinking what else I can do to earn more income other than my current 4-days-a-week job. Coleen has offered to help me, so we are gonna sell some nice handmade jewelries (at least I can do it at home while looking after Keira during weekends n my off-day). Actually, I wasn't an arty person. I still remember I always asked my mom or my neighbour to help me with all those arty homework during my primary school. Go to http://www.baublesandbling.blogspot.com/ to check out those jewelries.

Other than that, I enjoy helping people with their weddings. I'm now the wedding coordinator in church. Maybe I can be a professional wedding planner in the future haha who knows... The only problem is: will I have time for Keira? If the answer is no or maybe, then I won't do it. Still praying about it.

While planning about my future, I'm still very committed to Culture Couture *wink* check out http://joejuli.multiply.com/photos/album/30/Culture_Couture_Stock_Clearance_50_Discount, we are having stock clearance now!!!

-::[M.Y L.O.V.E]::-

2009-03-03T12:45:00.005+05:00

I love you... You love me... We are happy family...