tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67967818157783651112024-02-19T10:29:59.288+08:00Footsteps With HimA site contains all my adventures, experience, feelings, emotions and imaginations.meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-89173306310084353192011-11-04T17:07:00.004+08:002011-11-04T17:32:05.417+08:00While daddy was awayDaddy was away for biz trip for a total of 13 days. Thank God he is coming back tonight :P<br /><br />We've been telling Clement that daddy will be back today. Early morning when he awakes, and it was still dark, he sat up on the bed and turn around looking on our King size bed. No sign of daddy. Only the sleepy "pretend sleeping" mom.<br /><br />"Mama, 爸爸。。。没有。。。回来。。。(daddy did not come back)." That was his first sentence of the day. Gosh. Did he feel cheated?? <br /><br />"爸爸... aeroplane...没有。。。回来。。。(he actually mean Papa is still on biz trip, not home yet, in case you think that he says daddy fly kite, that's why not home yet)" Guess that is the most logical reason for him why he did not see papa on the bed when everyone tells him that daddy will be back TODAY!!<br /><br />Haha... Guess that time I should set 'precise' expectation for him -> Papa is coming back TOMORROW NIGHT instead of TOMORROW. <br /><br />Feeling so relieved that daddy is finally coming home, though 'home alone' with Clement is still bearable for this heavily pregnant lady, with help from my in-laws. Only thing I regreted was that I dare not remind him of "Sunday School" on weekends. Because if I talk about it, he will start looking forward and I'm not sure if I'm able to handle him alone outside with the big belly and slight lower backache coming on and off. <br /><br />Anyway, glad that he was happy with the weekend activities we been through together while daddy was away - walking to and fro the beach nearby, playing Play-Doh, drawing with fingers using washable paints and so on. Besides, am more pro in blowing bubbles through Clement's fist during bath time. I used to be so bad in this skill that everytime Clement gives me a disappointed face :(<br /><br />Daddy, you need to work harder to bond back to Clement lo. He is very sticky to mommy now since you were away.... :)meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-47724076391404660922011-10-27T13:14:00.001+08:002011-10-27T13:16:17.635+08:00Sharing on ParentingSaw this in friend's blog, which she referred to from other blogs. Nice. <br /><br /><br />http://parenting.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5020390&page=3<br />清晨七點十分,先拉開嗓門叫孩子起床,再急忙準備早餐。十五分鐘過去了,還沒聽到有任何動靜,眼看上學快遲到了,只好一個箭步衝進孩子房間大吼:「趕緊去刷牙!」「還不換衣服!」「快點吃早餐!」 <br /> <br />面對一連串「快點」的指令,孩子的動作卻更加磨蹭:「我想再睡一下。」「我找不到運動服……」「聯絡簿呢?」場面完全失控,惹得媽媽氣急敗壞,忍不住發火。對許多小學生媽媽來說,上學日早晨,家裡彷彿成了戰場。為了排除萬難,準時送孩子出門上學,做媽媽的不得不繃緊神經,言語間不知不覺充滿了肅殺的氣息。 <br /> <br />其實,只要把握五大黃金守則,適度運用組織管理技巧,媽媽就可以給自己一個從容的開始,孩子也能踏實展開每一天的生活。 <br /> <br />守則一:完善的事前準備 <br /> <br />「最讓我感到疲倦的原因,是自己沒有為生活做好足夠的準備。」蔡穎卿在《我的工作是母親》一書強調在照料一家人時,做母親的心會因為提前的準備而安定下來。 <br /> <br />天下雜誌教育基金會祕書長凌爾祥很重視孩子的早餐,充分的準備讓她的早晨有著從容不迫的餘裕。前晚她會用大同電鍋煮好五穀飯,隔早不消兩分鐘就能捏出飯糰。「前晚先想好早餐要吃什麼並做好準備,可減少出錯的機會。」任職於貿易進口公司的楊玟莉會事先切好水果放進冰箱,隔天起床馬上就能現打新鮮果汁。 <br /> <br />不同年齡的孩子,能做的事也不一樣。了解孩子能做好哪些準備工作,譬如挑選隔天要穿的衣服,或準備該帶的物品。製作一份檢查清單,列出書包、課本、餐袋、作業簿等項目,並讓助孩子養成睡前確認的習慣。 <br /> <br />專家建議,在玄關處放張小桌子、椅子或收納櫃,規劃一處「發射台」,要求孩子前一晚將隔天上學所需的物品,統一放置在該處。出門「拿了就走」,就不會丟三落四。 <br /> <br />守則二:把起床責任交還給孩子 <br /> <br />不停催促孩子「快點」的媽媽,只會讓自己筋疲力盡,孩子也無從培養自理能力。「經驗是最好的老師,」某私立女中老師張心怡(化名)指出,孩子都不喜歡遲到的感覺,與其使出「媽媽牌鬧鐘」,不如讓孩子明白「起床是自己的責任」。她跟小六的兒子約定:如果鬧鐘響了,你沒起床,媽媽只叫你一次;要是繼續賴床,就得自己承受遲到的後果。 <br /> <br />「孩子終究是孩子,有時就是會失序,重要的是,要找到把孩子拉回來的方法。」張心怡會跟兒子分析:「如果你一直要人催,我只好提前半小時叫你,這樣算起來,你反而少睡了半小時。」孩子覺得有道理,隔天就能調回正常狀態。 <br /> <br />實施獎勵制度,也有助於養成早睡的習慣。家有兩個小學生的楊玟莉會準備月曆,讓孩子每天記錄自己睡覺和起床時間,發零用錢時順便檢討,很快就能看出成效 如果孩子的起床問題仍沒改善,應設法找出原因:是否太晚睡?睡眠量夠不夠?每個人所需的睡眠時間不同,除了滿足孩子的睡眠需求,父母也要先以身作則,養成規律的作息。 <br /> <br />守則三:建立標準化的出門流程 <br /> <br />「有些孩子不是不肯做,而是需要大人幫忙建立一套流程,」楊玟莉分享,她小三的女兒是個「需要軌道的孩子」,經常搞不清楚狀況。為了減輕工作日的負擔,楊玟莉利用週末將孩子上學前該做的事,規劃出一套有效的流程,透過遊戲活動,和女兒一同練習。漸漸地,女兒就能知道自己接下來該進行哪個步驟。如果孩子漏了某步驟,媽媽只需心平氣和請她去補,不必在孩子後面趕鴨子,也免去親子間的拉鋸戰。久而久之,孩子也從規律的流程中,建立對生活的掌握感和信心。 <br /> <br />為了能準時出門,拿捏孩子的起床時間更是成敗的關鍵:先設定出門的時間,並問孩子需要多少時間跑完整個流程,往前推時要多留十五分鐘的緩衝時間。如果孩子動作溫吞,建議孩子把起床時間再調前一些。 <br /> <br />動線的安排也不能輕忽。楊玟莉回憶,以前小孩總是出門前一刻才上樓找襪子,爬上爬下很耗時,而且往往跑到二樓又忘了自己要做什麼。後來她把孩子的襪子改放在樓下房間,孩子起床下樓,先穿妥襪子再吃早餐,可減少出門前的混亂。 <br /> <br />守則四:早餐力求營養,但從簡 <br /> 早餐,開啟一天的能量。中央大學研究員周育如專研兒童發展,深諳早餐對兒童生理和腦部發展的重要。在一切從簡的堅持下,周育如將早餐模式化,分成主食、飲品、水果三類,各選定幾種食物換來搭去,兼顧營養和效率。以主食為例,前晚多煮些白飯,早上微波一下,用冰淇淋挖勺挖兩球,灑些香鬆即可;或請孩子幫忙在土司上加肉鬆、玉米粒,放片起司放入烤箱烤,幾分鐘就可搞定;或把蛋加點水攪拌放進電鍋蒸,再淋點日式醬油做成蒸蛋。 <br /> <br />有時,混搭也是種方便的選擇。先篩選幾項有健康概念的外食,搭配自己做的早餐,可減輕準備上的負擔。凌爾祥會用五穀米粥搭配7-11的茶葉蛋,或現打生鮮果汁配全麥麵包。即使材料再少,媽媽依然可發揮「窮則變,變則通」的創意本領。有回凌爾祥突發奇想,在五穀飯糰裡包入碎餅乾增加口感,竟讓女兒讚不絕口。 <br /> <br />排定優先順序有助於提升效率。凌爾祥建議媽媽,衡量每件事所需的時間並善用零碎時間,做有效的排序,可簡化早餐的準備程序。 <br /> <br />守則五:比孩子早起 <br /> <br />楊玟莉回憶,每當和孩子一起睡過頭,全家就會陷入兵荒馬亂的局面。後來,她提前十五分鐘起床,先完成份內的事,等孩子起床,就能把重心放在確認出門的進度上。 <br /> <br />日本人氣專欄作家成田奈緒子,也是兒童精神科醫師。她說,每天比小五的女兒早起一小時享受獨處的寧靜,是她忙碌生活的能量來源。 <br /><br /><br />=====================================================================================孩子拒絕管教,該怎麼辦? <br />女兒今年六歲,她兩歲多時,我跟她講話,她就回我:「不要說了。」讓我感到很訝異。現在我告訴她一些道理,她竟然回答:「不要說了,不要每次都說是關心我什麼的!」而且她不喜歡別人教她,我告訴她:「這樣永遠沒辦法學到東西。」她又會叫我:「不要吵!」我這當媽的都不知道該怎麼教了。她才六歲就這樣,長大以後怎麼辦? <br /> <br />您為孩子的付出及認真、不斷思索如何幫孩子的精神,讓人佩服。但每當方法不彰,您可能會想:「是否我的方法不適用?」「什麼方式才是有效的?」當孩子回應您:「不要說了」、「不要吵」時,您腦海裡可能會馬上閃出「沒大沒小」、「孩子怎麼這麼叛逆」……等念頭。而這的確會讓您更想透過教育,幫助孩子,避免她誤入歧途。 <br />其實您的孩子很有生命力,能勇敢說出她的心情,是未來很好的社會適應力。當孩子說:「你不要……」時,是有「自主」的需要,表示「我長大了,我想要自己嘗試。」人的自主語言表達,是從「你不要如何」到「我要如何」,最後在適當時間提出需要,和對方「相互協商」。為了幫孩子邁向自主語言表達的下個階段,當孩子說:「你不要如何」時,您可以緩和回應:「那你想要什麼呢?」聽聽孩子,讓她學習表達「我想要如何」的自主語言。 <br />您真的是很關心孩子的母親,不過目前孩子可以接收到您的關心嗎?我相信若您能從自主的角度來關心,將教育工作交給「實際的自然經驗」,讓孩子從經驗中學習。在孩子有成功經驗時,多鼓勵孩子「已經做到」及「具體的好行為」,陪孩子享受成就的喜悅;若結果不如孩子所想,陪伴孩子的失望,讓她了解自己正處於嘗試及學習的過程,沒有成功不代表她做錯了或是她不好。這能讓孩子真切感受到您的關心,進而成為孩子繼續接受成長挑戰的泉源!(黃美淇 友緣基金會專任諮商心理師) <br /> <br /> http://parenting.cw.com.tw/QA/QATopic.action?id=322&idType=1meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-55711737077074886712011-09-29T13:20:00.008+08:002011-09-29T14:54:43.637+08:00My dear toddler (22months)It's been a wonderful journey witnessing the growth of my lil toddler. He has turned from a child who loves seeing you dance, listening you sing, following your story tellings, to an active bubbly boy who will dance, sing and even tell you stories to cheer you up :) How amazing! I still remember he loves the song "拔萝卜" where you have to keep thinking of which additional person to called to come help you pull the giant raddish. This was his favourite for many months till later on he liked "old Mac Donald" until now. This is a normal song that we sang till bored and decided to add new 'features' in the song, changing new lyrics, but still, everytime you repeat the song, it's different animals/sounds or theme. Challenging har. But lately he will tell you ahead what animal he wants. Even funnier, he'll tell you horses don't go "neigh neigh", but "tik tok tik tok"... haha. And he insist you to sing his version. Occasionally we will ask him to sing, he might or might not. But if he does, it's really very cute and entertaining. <br /><br />Story time has also been a good bonding time for us, especially before bedtime and while we travel in the car. "Noah's Ark" is still his favourite, besides "Daniel in the Lions Den", "David and Goliath" and also "God called little Samuel". When we asked him to tell us Noah's story, his version will sounds like this: Noah - good man - God - build big big boat - rain... (and then we will remind him that he forgot the animals, and he will recap as follows) two elephants - 2 giraffes - 2 birds - 2 bear bear - 2 moo moo cows - 2 eagles (until he run out of animals) - rain - dove - olive leave - rainbow. If you interrupt and ask how long it rained? He will tell you "forty days". And you ask forty days and...? He will continue "forty nights". Cute! <br /><br />As he likes stickers a lot and we found this at the Baptist Bookstore. It was his BIGGEST sticker project (8 A4 size). <br /><br />Before:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJ5tpdKRd_3oDxSl4qXbVAshyphenhyphen6YhhNdcimdGm9IisDY5ymSUd7YpVIwWSSS5L07BJDeYyCvtDAGDbOfR5ETNyihmb0p4AH9_swuektf18GY55MdpysGsQ4QTlJCrJzhJkTTxWV8X1EG4/s1600/Before.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJ5tpdKRd_3oDxSl4qXbVAshyphenhyphen6YhhNdcimdGm9IisDY5ymSUd7YpVIwWSSS5L07BJDeYyCvtDAGDbOfR5ETNyihmb0p4AH9_swuektf18GY55MdpysGsQ4QTlJCrJzhJkTTxWV8X1EG4/s320/Before.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657648027331863730" /></a><br /><br />After:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEyVQRhhsvwqa0uVB2nDVssuTZqKLpkvzIf_z_mVolc8YaCkLhNGkF1bKwJCn1EQxSHLhRQTvsnmdgf1u1AxYK1KF1q6ZmebnMf9Pz_WErpJdgzRc7rcvQkFTdXeD-W5VV95qlecdRlQ/s1600/After.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEyVQRhhsvwqa0uVB2nDVssuTZqKLpkvzIf_z_mVolc8YaCkLhNGkF1bKwJCn1EQxSHLhRQTvsnmdgf1u1AxYK1KF1q6ZmebnMf9Pz_WErpJdgzRc7rcvQkFTdXeD-W5VV95qlecdRlQ/s320/After.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657648019203155298" /></a><br /><br /><br />However, this sticker project is different from his previous sticker project, which we bought with RM10 from Daiso: <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2t8Aoi_J2AmQFA0j-HCYpjiC0KpzTAwUidHMNzHHfwXsoWRNXISI_eQqQmVoqKN2EUGd1RcaMK7YU6c9qobKJzPgC1bmcyKrQ5WJQ0KJ7kS4ZaTXks-yFUE86Ycubp3CNzmweK6uW-0/s1600/stickerHobby.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2t8Aoi_J2AmQFA0j-HCYpjiC0KpzTAwUidHMNzHHfwXsoWRNXISI_eQqQmVoqKN2EUGd1RcaMK7YU6c9qobKJzPgC1bmcyKrQ5WJQ0KJ7kS4ZaTXks-yFUE86Ycubp3CNzmweK6uW-0/s320/stickerHobby.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657665362011136242" /></a><br /> <br />This one is re-attachable stickers which you can stick on flat surfaces like wood or wall. When it is less sticky, you can wash it and it is sticky again. Clement is so used to this re-attachable version that he thought that his Noah's project works the same way. He started peeling off some of the stickers. We tried explaining the differences but he couldn't understand. No choice, am currently keeping it at a safe place. Will have to gather at least 6 pcs of similar sizes poster to laminate them since the min cost the shop will charge me is RM16. Guess it is related to their machine set up cost. Therefore, we'll wait to see if any parents having the similar Mega Sticker project as this and would like to combine with us to meet the MOQ 6pcs, or we'll buy more Mega Poster Sized Sticker Projects for Clement (I think he will smile ear to ear if he hears this). haha..... <br /><br />Recently I had my first online shopping at Fabulous Mom. Got this RM10 Little Bat bag for the little boy, and also a pink Little Angel one for his mei mei. His first reaction was - he can now fly like angel! Haha.... <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMcsqzUEsOIUjyCasMFEHhKslNDEsY1r3iKjzSPxdVEwFi9Jae50gwAbQwbgCYVnQfvRCMTgGYVssyEtVxVxEP3jzS5BDBAWsoiF_wNxtUKV_NUJ6oY6YSL_Xdy2XJZwFJsrBjZrXYbg/s1600/LittleAngel.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMcsqzUEsOIUjyCasMFEHhKslNDEsY1r3iKjzSPxdVEwFi9Jae50gwAbQwbgCYVnQfvRCMTgGYVssyEtVxVxEP3jzS5BDBAWsoiF_wNxtUKV_NUJ6oY6YSL_Xdy2XJZwFJsrBjZrXYbg/s320/LittleAngel.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657671152772733874" /></a><br /><br />Check out his favourite expressions lately when you take out the camera phone to take his photo:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJmGm9WI6GO2b0i7ZQu3VJc-MDLgxryXcsBT3PV-x3OTEvd9dd_VTx2T0VKUhVnW_u3NbUKTN8lf77BsWah_9_PHE9U68VwMtGCoDLJad0m_iQk-xJqgjBOFKS8vWzDRUXaxuFmFpzAk/s1600/FacialExpression.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJmGm9WI6GO2b0i7ZQu3VJc-MDLgxryXcsBT3PV-x3OTEvd9dd_VTx2T0VKUhVnW_u3NbUKTN8lf77BsWah_9_PHE9U68VwMtGCoDLJad0m_iQk-xJqgjBOFKS8vWzDRUXaxuFmFpzAk/s320/FacialExpression.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657648035131175826" /></a><br /><br />This was after he feed himself daddy's ice cream 'cake' (actually we bought daddy a tub of Nestle Ice Cream, lit some candles on it as replacement of a real cake). happy birthday daddy! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkcdBkewuJFD7jKGCqXZAuTnh-Rrl8E693Oba-0nrcMwjnkWKHPBLiHY2_pMdsQLuEBdzUwsJ67d10Y1jW6znkzQ3YfbDo3qZRzcHkl7E9P9eWq9FttGIA3jejHYIC1d_q1EbIhm7GcU/s1600/IceCreamBoy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkcdBkewuJFD7jKGCqXZAuTnh-Rrl8E693Oba-0nrcMwjnkWKHPBLiHY2_pMdsQLuEBdzUwsJ67d10Y1jW6znkzQ3YfbDo3qZRzcHkl7E9P9eWq9FttGIA3jejHYIC1d_q1EbIhm7GcU/s320/IceCreamBoy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657648037266526098" /></a><br /><br />Drawing has no boundary, even on your face. Haha.... <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1mHbhI54bOVnzdPuujO36Fm6G51wHM1McAH4EeTXdRLu2UHHMw_e1UrN2GUmv7zI6y5eupk1c492Y-WicKIcyS-kY-7Lw0R_nZMN0BkGTCfX9z95oSorbtZegvubgAfs_9j_Cs7EbOI/s1600/DrawingFace.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1mHbhI54bOVnzdPuujO36Fm6G51wHM1McAH4EeTXdRLu2UHHMw_e1UrN2GUmv7zI6y5eupk1c492Y-WicKIcyS-kY-7Lw0R_nZMN0BkGTCfX9z95oSorbtZegvubgAfs_9j_Cs7EbOI/s320/DrawingFace.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657671146332617634" /></a><br /><br />That's my little boy, 2 years old to be in less than 2 months time...meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-34426328316929081162011-09-19T13:14:00.003+08:002011-09-19T13:40:59.962+08:00Getting more expressiveClement is growing up so fast day after day. Am so happy that God blessed me with a job that require no travelling at all, and can have more time with Clement after work and during weekends. <br /><br />Occasionally when we were rushing off to work in the morning, Clement would want to help carry my tumbler and handbag. Good that he has not attempt to carry daddy's heavy laptop bag. There were two occasions where he actually shouted at us when we were approaching the car. He ran into the house and showed up holding a food carrier at the gate later on, trying to remind us to take it to work as we've forgotten to. What a nice gesture and attentive boy. He really take notes of details, which surprised both YS and me. The caring character really touches our heart. <br /><br />On Sunday, I went to have a haircut, after almost half a year of messy hair. To cut short the time, I prewashed my hair before I went there. Since there was not many customers in the shop, the hairdresser told me that it's going to be my turn in few minutes and my family member can just wait for a while. As Clement is in the stage of 'stranger anxiety' recently, he cried refusing to leave the car nor to enter the shop. Thus daddy and him stayed in the car while I went in for a 'quick' cut.<br /><br />When done, I only realised that it was raining outside. Since it was not raining when I left the car, I did not bring an umbrella with me. After I entered the car with the hairdresser and her umbrella, Clement welcomed me with a big smile and hug. <br /><br />On the way back, he said, "Mama forgot...." <br /><br />He repeated that several times as I couldn't catch it the first two times. When finally it rings the bell, I asked him, "Mama forgot what?"<br /><br />"Mama forgot um-bre-la... raining... Noah's ark..." <br /><br />I asked if it has been raining for some time. YS said yes. And I asked if he mentioned umbrella to Clement in the car before I came in. YS said no, which he was also surprised at Clement's ability to express himself in words he knows.<br /><br />At night when Clement was tossing in the bed trying to sleep, he hugged his Mickey Mouse. Recently he is very buddy with Mickey. (He even play wrestling with Mickey. He would free fall on Mickey and then tell us sympatically that Mickey stomach pain-pain, while rubbing on Mickey's tummy and say sorry to Mickey.....) Then we heard him saying, "Thank you, Mickey Mou... Mickey Mou, 谢谢你..." before he went to sleep. May God continue to nurture the loving and caring character in you, as gentle and merciful as what Clement means...<br /><br />Thanks God for teaching us to love, through this little boy. May mei mei be as loving and kind as her ko ko too.meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-60174011355461425692011-09-06T13:01:00.002+08:002011-09-06T13:12:53.199+08:00The Visit to Logos Hope ShipYong Sheng, Clement and I visited the Logos Hope ship on 3 Sept, at Port Swettenham, Penang. On Friday night, we told Clement that we will be visiting the ship the next day. He happily sang "baa baa black sheep.... wooooo...." in response. Oh, how to explain that both "ship" and "sheep" are different thing though they sound similar?<br /><br />So I started using "big big boat" instead of "ship", but on and off will keep repeating that "big big boat = ship". We had great time fellowshiping with some friends and their kids during the ship tour, followed by the book fair. I was happy to grab some kids bibles with CDs which are so cheap and nice! The songs are so lovely too. There were many other kids books and we bought some for Clement, not forgetting his latest favourites - the sticker books and some "Bob The Builder" fridge magnets :) <br /><br />After a long day, Clement had a 4hours afternoon nap on that day. When grandpa asked how him how was his day when he finally woke up for dinner, he stretched out his hands wide saying, "Big big ship"! Haha.... Kids learns fast. Why was I so paranoid? :p He can now differentiate the "ship" and "sheep". Good boy!meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-20031390282453342752011-08-10T12:03:00.016+08:002011-08-12T17:31:54.821+08:00Missing in action for more than half a year...Well, looks like I've disappeared for pretty long time. 8 long months without any post!!! Aiyo. Actually I composed a long one 2 months ago, but when I return to continue, only 10% of the entire draft was saved! Demotivated till now...
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<br />Probably have been really tied up with my 3M job as lots of traveling was required especially when I'm required to cover Ipoh as well since Jan. It was really consuming much of my time and energy travelling on plane or car EVERY WEEK for a total of five long months. Then, remaining time will be for a lot a lot a lot of rest to rejuvenate. Excuses... :p
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<br />Jan - it was my first 3M Sales Convention and Annual Dinner. Both took place in KL, Sime Darby Convention Centre and Le Meredien Hotel respectively. Nice. Thye actually hired event planner (The Jungle People if I remember correctly) which was not too bad. So glad am able to fit into the Cheong Sam I bought for the annual dinner. People told me that KL people will really dress up for events, and indeed I witnessed it, a huge difference compared to those few in Penang which I attended before. Imagine that, even guys also spent to rent costumes which suits the theme - Shanghai Night. There were few Malay colleagues who dress up as Monkey King (孙悟空), Na Za (吶咤), Huan Zhu Ge Ge (还珠格格)and so on (which not really matching the theme, but they were sporting enough to wear those costumes through the night!!)
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<br />My lucky draw prize, woth RM280 if not mistaken... They told me that usually the new hires will SURE win lucky draw prizes and I didn't really believe it. But it did happened to 60% of my dept new hires...
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<br />I think I have the most mother's chat with her...
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<br />The Technical Services Team Photo...
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<br />Feb - Chinese New Year, Wedding 3rd anniversary (wah so fast!!), and Valentines. Clement gets to wear several chinese costumes which were given by relatives. He looks so cute in those outfit - little chinese boy...
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<br />Apr - It was really rare to have a senior manager to organise trainings to the staffs. But in 3M, we were so blessed to have one who was willing to allocate his time to teach us how to use Microsoft Movie Maker as it seems useful to impress customers with the information, photos and videos we have. Nowadays power point is not sufficient or impressive enough. Short quality video speaks more than a thousand words in a short and interactive way, don't you think so? He is really up-to-date and techy though he's not from IT or engineering background. All he taught us was what he self learned during his free time. Salute! Well, free trainings don't come free. Our 'homework' was to submit a 2 minutes movie of any topic in 3 days time. Sweat... But it was a good practice. This is my first movie....
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<br />June - This is a special month. As it marks my last month in 3M. Till today I did not regret joining this great company with wonderful and talented people. However, the job was not really suitable for me for long run as it requires tonnes of outstation travelling, driving, flying (which majority are ad-hoc), and also the consistent fear of the need to stay overnight out of Penang for unresolved issues (again, adhoc). If I were not married, with no children, or if I am a guy, probably it would really fit me well :) Anyway, I do really enjoy all the friendships built within this 1 year.
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<br />The pantry room which turned into my lactation room for <1 hour daily. The mini bar was specially arrange for milk and food storage since the other existing refrigerator has some chemical stored inside.
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<br />The team of people whom I work most closely while I was in 3M. My 'travel' partners.
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<br />This was also the month where little brother graduates as a medical student. And also Clement's first flight experience. We went to Langkawi for a family retreat :) <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UcUFAirXLSybhoDtJUZ8QeGOaK150OrJPT-8MPSrM8iC1Upod9kMrRn9_jX0s2b7FF4-SGUUPL8oyzNs6rw2pS0p4ZiewL6NKoUdTNV9yC4nG-iFxMbhbXhaxUzwVdNAyrrITq4zz0Q/s1600/IMG_0233%255B1%255D.JPG"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639085943712589890 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UcUFAirXLSybhoDtJUZ8QeGOaK150OrJPT-8MPSrM8iC1Upod9kMrRn9_jX0s2b7FF4-SGUUPL8oyzNs6rw2pS0p4ZiewL6NKoUdTNV9yC4nG-iFxMbhbXhaxUzwVdNAyrrITq4zz0Q/s320/IMG_0233%255B1%255D.JPG"></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUz7NBfF_EFBkCT-gNQK-Zx4_JoOQLWqBy9jO5RT0GX7MRnATNa8k36mbWTDgBc66aVYY35lhtDKhhH8eLFVL12DAoivvODLGmIY3eGsF0YREN-yLelmFqJKRxMei0iYuDx2EE7jmp88/s1600/IMG_0228%255B1%255D.JPG"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639085602581930882 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUz7NBfF_EFBkCT-gNQK-Zx4_JoOQLWqBy9jO5RT0GX7MRnATNa8k36mbWTDgBc66aVYY35lhtDKhhH8eLFVL12DAoivvODLGmIY3eGsF0YREN-yLelmFqJKRxMei0iYuDx2EE7jmp88/s320/IMG_0228%255B1%255D.JPG"></A>
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<br />July - This is another important month which I joined Altera, back to the company which paid for my tertiary education. Haha, the old scholars said, "Welcome back!" In fact, all UTM ex-scholars are now back with Altera, except for CCL. Everyone was 'waiting' for the Reunion Day if she does come back someday, and if all of us are still here. I really thank God for blessing me with this job, in this comapny which does not discreminate, at the right and perfect timing.
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<br />Below is a video I like. I'm not a crab person as I'm timid in heart one. Haha... When I introduced the little crab to Clement, I was also afraid that it might bite him. Thus I did not really let him touch it, just in case. As a result, he was also a little fearful at first. Then brave MIL teach him how to play with the crab...
<br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-d141796e1b413ddc class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="d141796e1b413ddc"></OBJECT>meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-71689087707937434542010-12-29T14:49:00.004+08:002010-12-29T15:46:56.753+08:00Wrapping up for 2010Gosh. My last blog was in early Nov. And worse still, it was a copy and paste material, not pure TCM works.... The REAL last blog dated 13Sept. Imagine that...<br /><br />What have I done these many many months? Hmmm... Since Malaysia Day, I've been restarting my baking engine, which target was to bake Clement's birthday cake. Those few weekends in Sept through Nov was pretty busy as once Clement sleep around 8+ or 9pm, my baking task will resume. YS called it midnight baking. Tried several items like carrot cake, steamed pumpkin cake (supposed to be pumpkin cake but oven was on Emergency Medical Leave for 1 week), custard cream puff, almond mango cake, banana bread, and finally New York Cheese Cake and banana muffin for Clement's birthday. After that I got a little slack since I have to deplete all the cakes since my in-laws are not cake lovers, and the cakes may not meet their expectation. Too much carbo-loading. Let's take a short break for now till I'm motivated to restart the baking engine again, maybe sometime next year.<br /><br />This is one of the giant cream puff I baked. This was room delivered to YS who was babysitting upstairs in the midnight, fresh from the oven. It tasted so good that night, but in the morning it's not as good as this, when it was hot and fresh.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaILoJkTt3FRV4W8nkLn5OnZGHuI89LslaqZpp57GrDhewD7zY9LxR6wIn9UdbFBpnCuQkf7ctsKJV1Nt1OkeojHRDoaoD_tWbdfLyb1cAPUAPXsPHVtv3T3Ron9HCbVp0F978yAeZv4/s1600/Creampuff.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaILoJkTt3FRV4W8nkLn5OnZGHuI89LslaqZpp57GrDhewD7zY9LxR6wIn9UdbFBpnCuQkf7ctsKJV1Nt1OkeojHRDoaoD_tWbdfLyb1cAPUAPXsPHVtv3T3Ron9HCbVp0F978yAeZv4/s320/Creampuff.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556006387253631330" /></a><br /><br />During the baking season, there were always few hundred of minutes where you stay idle doing nothing in the midnight waiting for the oven to "ting". One of those days I was introduced to PPStream. And my short term hobby started. Hahah... Covered 2 famous Taiwanese movies: 幸福下一站 and 命中注定我爱你. These 2 dramas I really like them. You may watch if you have free time. Anyway, as I don't wish to turn into a potato who quit doing anything but staying in front of the laptop every night, I stopped downloading movies and went back to my normal cow routine.<br /><br />Talking about cow routine, am pretty relieved that I am able to fully breastfeed Clement till he turns one. Wanted to quit when he turns one to resume to normal human lifestyle without counting the hours daily, choosing selected 'suitable' oversized blouse to wear, carrying 2 backpack to office and business trips during weekdays, popping in multivitamins and calcium pills everyday..... But felt it's a waste since my breastfeeding process is so smooth and supply is still sufficient. In fact, turning back to 6 months ago, I was so worried my new job will affect my milk supply. But HE has provided, and more than enough for Clement. And my routines, HE has taken care, all of them. I always tell Yong Sheng that things always changed to be favouable to me, which I really thanks God HE continue to test and build my faith. Well, after all 1-2 years of cow years for now, is still very short compared to number of years I've lived. Besides, till today I still enjoy the bonding time we have during nursing, really. It is a rewarding journey and sacrifice.<br /><br />This year is a precious year, some may not understand. Haha... If you guessed it correctly, BINGO!! Yeah, this is the final birthday which my age starts with a number 2. It's as if I have not celebrated my birthday for long long time. 2008 I was in Shanghai alone during my birthday, last year was just after my confinement and all focus was on baby Clement. This year am glad we went back to Malacca, had a birthday cake with candles on to blow :) Really felt very warm and no regret travelling back there despite the tiring journey.<br /><br />Updates on Clement? He has now 8 teeth, 4 upper and 4 lower. Able to walk on his own just before his birthday. Now he likes to walk without people supporting him. We don't really mind him 'running' around on carperted floor but when on cemented ground, our heart pumps faster. He can do relevant actions when you ask him, "Where is your ear?", "high-5", "bye bye", "friend kiss", "one-two-tali-zom", and lately I teach him "gong-xi gong-xi" which will be pretty useful in 1 month+ time. <br /><br />Does Clement looks like older than his age in this picture? haha... It's just illusion coz I strap him with adult seat belt on normal seat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2Bt8d__TH7Xbk8YHoHbXfuTz4tRS4RI-gJLkWqV2BUSdJ5i55W9MZk2BMyZyP9tSgThA3VBl3MygerYkSah0kAp6nI1KeyCvQn_VBO-SlXpoKUT8LO_JvcLIpViZz76OjFnH5iMxsaI/s1600/Car2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2Bt8d__TH7Xbk8YHoHbXfuTz4tRS4RI-gJLkWqV2BUSdJ5i55W9MZk2BMyZyP9tSgThA3VBl3MygerYkSah0kAp6nI1KeyCvQn_VBO-SlXpoKUT8LO_JvcLIpViZz76OjFnH5iMxsaI/s320/Car2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556006381161955986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwBvoWcOEgSrV9Yf2MNcqNLuTWLn328Xlgc2QltuduSSTiwRcD3roayXdri8c4SXRMVHDzR9G_66ME4X204cRT6nCudoPwcUO-7YJCoOFDX931WvI2J16o-Hkf5UUig7WGo9IiXMzcUE/s1600/Car1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwBvoWcOEgSrV9Yf2MNcqNLuTWLn328Xlgc2QltuduSSTiwRcD3roayXdri8c4SXRMVHDzR9G_66ME4X204cRT6nCudoPwcUO-7YJCoOFDX931WvI2J16o-Hkf5UUig7WGo9IiXMzcUE/s320/Car1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556006374167276914" /></a><br /><br />We are trying to instill in him the habit of brushing teeth in the morning and night before bed. These was his 1-year old official present from daddy and mummy. Cheap but practical leh? :p<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_mpEy927GiiUvLPITouDJgmKWrhlc59AsE-lasnO-7T9qExZrNhcMs4Kro9g850aEER-9YorbvhchsPdlUEcGX0HN4fA4D_OXkQLFZ12FBZCVeO3jHQpTQVgZqUult7QWyvDpR3-Iw8/s1600/Gift.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_mpEy927GiiUvLPITouDJgmKWrhlc59AsE-lasnO-7T9qExZrNhcMs4Kro9g850aEER-9YorbvhchsPdlUEcGX0HN4fA4D_OXkQLFZ12FBZCVeO3jHQpTQVgZqUult7QWyvDpR3-Iw8/s320/Gift.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556006403511752866" /></a><br /><br />My sister flew in all the way from Singapore for his first birthday and bought him this lego set for bath time. He really likes this and insist of playing it everytime he have his bath. Good buy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J2reCrvfAQ5FngmGQpuvOLiVF5QGMY53e_bsz7utz7BHlGZxa-Wr020A6vNbRe5PTtiIXnYOj1htCh938RZQMD6opuhHlIKMj_UTTOUVzS0OarUawV5_1ovgXp01Z35JJsxMxWpCozc/s1600/Gift2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J2reCrvfAQ5FngmGQpuvOLiVF5QGMY53e_bsz7utz7BHlGZxa-Wr020A6vNbRe5PTtiIXnYOj1htCh938RZQMD6opuhHlIKMj_UTTOUVzS0OarUawV5_1ovgXp01Z35JJsxMxWpCozc/s320/Gift2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556006391481591298" /></a><br /><br /><br />How bout YS? He has been a fabulous dad. In this 6 months, I've been to Spore twice, 1 week each, and KL or Seremban (3 days 2 nights) trips almost every month or every other month. Daddy has been coping well and really proud of him. Good job!! Previously pacifier was daddy's "saviour" to put Clement to sleep but recent months he could just pat and sing Clement to dreamland. Really thank God for loving and caring husband.meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-4777894652968975982010-11-04T09:40:00.001+08:002010-11-04T09:42:09.835+08:00Pencil & eraser storyIt's inspiring. A story which reminds me of my parents love, and also the commitment I have for my loved ones. Enjoy!<br /><br /><br />Pencil: I'm sorry.... <br />Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong. <br />Pencil: I'm sorry cos you get hurt bcos of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time. <br />Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad. :) <br /><br /><br />I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on). Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad. <br /><br />This is for all parents out there..... <br />Hang in there!meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-38474685382611222492010-09-13T22:45:00.003+08:002010-09-13T23:19:07.768+08:0010 months oldClement is now 10 months old. Phew. He looks like a big boy now, though he is not yet one year old. But everytime he stands beside Shanna, Caris or Gabriel, he looks so tiny. Yeah, he's still a young baby :) So daddy and mummy needs to be MORE patience. Have to always reminds ourselves that we should not scold or beat to "discipline" a child below 1 year old as he does not understand yet. Haha. <sounds like after he blow his 1st birthday candle, life will be tougher huh?><br /><br />Clement still have 4 teeth, 2 upper and 2 lower. Lately he likes to bite everything he finds interesting, esp the buttons on your shirt. Must be very cautious. Did I mention that we find his teeth marks on the headboard of our bed? Once I found a 'crack' on the plastic teething railing on his baby cot. Hope it's a cosmetic defect from the factory and not resulted from the 4 teeth :p <br /><br />Clement had his first visit to Youth park on Merdeka Day. We let him tried the slides, monkey bars, see-saw, and the swing. He was pretty tired by that time, so not so smiley face. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjTQS2RjLdNYzLaCAu8mOcONJjeTrZPuCjOi1V406v2l-JRx9STHVimup4cXHCuhTDnuhVbzSKiulDPG7nJm7-vNLYhChrE5YKmC01vy7fYpMuUxyF97aWm6fsPNGgmMQgYRLH5nA7o4/s1600/youthpark.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjTQS2RjLdNYzLaCAu8mOcONJjeTrZPuCjOi1V406v2l-JRx9STHVimup4cXHCuhTDnuhVbzSKiulDPG7nJm7-vNLYhChrE5YKmC01vy7fYpMuUxyF97aWm6fsPNGgmMQgYRLH5nA7o4/s320/youthpark.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516417320288784178" /></a><br /><br />Lately we found him quite adorable when being seated on the supermarket trolley. He really hold tight to the bars to make sure he won't fall out of it. So cute!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLhGh3LZACBEsC-YeAzKMEBOGi18qgM08ZAAvjUhnimKJg3xPWUl9t6AVRnx9tQQ7PS8fwmoubrsnM6wrHBn0JWXvHntQ6vvRfbxHD2rAu9pwa3WqZShXCqe6toxkZOckz0tIHE3bjwY/s1600/tesco2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLhGh3LZACBEsC-YeAzKMEBOGi18qgM08ZAAvjUhnimKJg3xPWUl9t6AVRnx9tQQ7PS8fwmoubrsnM6wrHBn0JWXvHntQ6vvRfbxHD2rAu9pwa3WqZShXCqe6toxkZOckz0tIHE3bjwY/s320/tesco2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516417307470598962" /></a><br /><br />Nowadays Clement can crawl pretty fast. Too bad lately no baby crawling contest, else Clement can enter as "experienced" participant and maybe help daddy and mummy 'break-even' for the competition 'fees' paid earlier. Besides crawling very fast, walking by holding on to items he can reach, standing hands-free for few seconds before sitting on his buttock, late he learnt to climb. Yes, hold on the the passenger car seat at the back, and use his little legs climb up the seat like spiderman or lizard. Daddy caught him doing the samething twice today, but in the playpen. The little boy is strategizing how to escape from that little jail. Sweat. <br /><br />Mum and dad bought Clement a Baby Mickey mouse on Hari Raya. Mummy measured and found that Baby Mickey's palm and foot size is same as Clement. Height wise Clement is slightly taller, and thank God Clement has smaller head :p <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUVkNXNST1l8RkWMQxXxHT1vRjMJdcJ-TC7gMivmEGh811_izFux4ug1KyaDK5Z7u8z1i_eCTNOgtOb2WbS2bSlfFRy6y0cIb4Vj-lwW4NNB-_TAp0L38fJSm9O30CzRJslZ4li7XPbg/s1600/mickey.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUVkNXNST1l8RkWMQxXxHT1vRjMJdcJ-TC7gMivmEGh811_izFux4ug1KyaDK5Z7u8z1i_eCTNOgtOb2WbS2bSlfFRy6y0cIb4Vj-lwW4NNB-_TAp0L38fJSm9O30CzRJslZ4li7XPbg/s320/mickey.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516417324903176754" /></a><br /><br />From some minor test, Clement proves that he can recognise Mickey, penguin, bear bear and other "friend-friend" he has. He confused "daddy" and "teddy" sometimes when you ask him where is "daddy" and he was busy looking for "teddy" in the baby cot.<br /><br />Yesterday was daddy's 3x's birthday. Clement gave daddy and morning kiss early in the morning, which melt daddy's heart a lot a lot since Clement usually only kiss mummy :p at night before Clement sleep, he gave daddy another surprise (which surprised mummy too). Guess what? 2 pieces of 'home-made chocolate cake' from Clement!! It's a very meaningful gift since it was Clement's 2nd no-poo-day. So now reset back to 0 no-poo-day and everyone is so relieved.meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-7741903758462646802010-09-13T22:30:00.002+08:002010-09-13T22:45:11.241+08:00All the best, my dear sisIt's 10.30pm on 13Sept. I was supposed to be in KLIA, bidding my little sis farewell but due to some reasons, I'm trapped in Penang. Sent her a blessing sms, and managed to call her before she checked-in. She told me she cried the most among her friends. Well, it's a growing process you need to go through. To leave your family, study somewhere locally (like me and Hoon), or abroad (like Yen, Wen and herself). But she is going to the furthest geographical location than any of us. After hanging up the phone, i also cry. Will miss you a lot, my dear sis. <br /><br />Among all my siblings, I spent the least time with this youngest sis, due to the age gap. And also because when she;s still in primary school, I'm already in uni in Johor and after that 'partially settled' in Penang since it's so far from home and I only go back once a month while I was still single. Don't mention after married or having a child. I never have 'complete' CNY reunion dinner after married to Penang since the day I can go home is the day other siblings need to go back to their 'states' or 'country'. The earliest 'complete' CNY reunion dinner we'll have will be 3 years later when little sis comes back for her final year.<br /><br />Dear sis, may the Lord continue to show you His plan for your life, as you continue to seek Him, find Him and follow Him through the years to come. As He has blessed each and everyone of us in His unique way, He will bless you too. Continue to serve Him with the talent He granted you, and also the love and patience you have for others, esp the elderly and the children. May His will be fulfilled in your life, as He grant the desire of your heart. Love you sis. All of us are proud of you. Enjoy this stage of life, as you grow to be more independent, and learn to know who and what to trust. <br /><br />God bless you and keep in touch.meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-24399022242697692092010-07-29T10:06:00.002+08:002010-07-29T10:15:01.313+08:00~~ THE SEED ~~Got this forwarded email from a friend. Nice one. Sometimes life is just so weird, but you got to stand firm on your principals and God's value.<br /><br /><br />A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.<br /><br />Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different.<br /><br />He called all the young executives in his company together.<br /><br />He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. "I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."<br /><br />One man, named Jim, was there that day and he like the others, received a seed.<br /><br />He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed.<br /><br />Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.<br /><br />Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing.<br /><br />By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure.<br /><br />Six months went by -- still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however. He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil -He so wanted the seed to grow.<br /><br />A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right.<br /><br />He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful -- in all shapes and sizes.<br /> <br />Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!<br /><br />When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.<br /><br />Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"<br /><br />All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"<br /><br />When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story.<br /><br />The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive Officer! His name is Jim!"<br /><br />Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed.<br /><br />"How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.<br /><br />Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the New Chief Executive Officer!"<br /><br /> * If you plant honesty, you will reap trust<br /><br /> * If you plant goodness, you will reap friends<br /><br /> * If you plant humility, you will reap greatness<br /><br /> * If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment<br /><br /> * If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective<br /><br /> * If you plant hard work, you will reap success<br /><br /> * If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation<br /><br /> * If you plant faith in God, you will reap a harvest<br /><br />So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later..<br /><br />"Whatever You Give To Life, Life Will Give Back To You"meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-20051712565398128152010-07-26T13:44:00.002+08:002010-07-26T13:49:30.207+08:00God's favourI just finished reading the book of Esther several weeks back, a book I really like. A book which encourages me most when you are surrounded by not so friendly people or circumstances. This morning devotion is on this book again. Would like to share with you all. God's favour, that's one of the best gift I really thank God for. Let's strive to be man/woman after God's own heart each day we live.<br /><br /><br /><strong><br />Finding Favor with the King - Never Underestimate the Power of Favor</strong><br /><br />The enemies of God and of the people of His purpose should never forget—it is dangerous to attack those who have favor with the King. Haman was about to experience the unmatched pain of God's justice: a complete reversal of fortunes in the time it takes for the king to utter one fateful command.<br />Finding Favor with the King, p. 169 <br /><br />Scripture Reading<br />Esther 6:4-9: God turns the tables on Haman's schemes after the sleepless King Xerxes is compelled to “check the records” and discovers Moredecai's unrewarded deed.<br /><br /><br />Favor often seems to work unseen, behind the scenes and silently in the realm of the human heart, thought processes, and emotions. Neither Esther nor Mordecai realized that God's favor was at work on “that night.” In fact, everything appeared to be going Haman's way! <br /><br />“Perhaps, unknown to you, a divine reversal has begun in the court of heaven. Take this lesson from Esther: Never underestimate the power of favor ” (p. 169). <br /><br />If we are honest with one another, most of us will admit that we are continually surprised by God's faithfulness and favor in our lives. Perhaps that is because we habitually underestimate the power of favor, and of God's willingness to grant heavenly favor to people on earth. <br /><br />In Esther's day and for centuries afterward, a king's favor was the most powerful earthly force available. A king's favor could actually cover and pardon a convicted criminal from all criminal charges and punishments. It could countermand the rulings of the highest court, and set aside the most ancient of laws. <br /><br />The king's favor simultaneously deals a death blow to the evil designs of enemies while distributing blessings and abundant provision to “those the king wishes to honor.” <br /><br />Are you facing an impossible situation right now? Do you feel unjust persecution and false accusation have positioned you for misunderstanding, separation, or outright persecution? <br /><br />“Most of us will encounter difficult days or overwhelming crises when we need a ‘that night.' Not just any day will do; we need a ‘that night' or a ‘that day' to set in motion the intervening favor of a King who never forgets ” (p. 169). <br /><br />Our heavenly King really doesn't forget the good things we've done, and He actually says so in His Word: “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” <br /><br />Will you set your eyes and your faith upon Him? Believe God, and never underestimate the power of favor!<br /><br />Prayer: Father, You know what I face each day. You also know about my failures and fears—even though I sometimes try to hide them. Many times in the past, I actually underestimated the power of Your favor in my life and I feel missed out because of it. But today is a new day, with new hope and new faith.<br />I thank You that divine favor is at work on my behalf at this very moment, moving and shifting resources, obstacles, and even the hearts of people. Thank You.meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-81167103070976055082010-07-13T08:43:00.005+08:002010-07-14T22:31:14.853+08:00A week of Mum and Baby Bonding (part 1)Daddy is finally on biz trip (1st time since we got married in 2008). 1 week trip might not sound long during our single days, but now with baby around, I guess daddy starts to miss us the moment he step into Penang International Airport. <br /><br />Mummy thus keeps a week journal recording all big and small events happened when daddy is away. This is just half of the journal, just in case mummy fail her memory test again...<br /><br />Day 1 10Jul10<br />- daddy took a super early flight at 6+am and left when Clement was still sleeping. When Clement wakes up, only mummy is seen but I think he's ok since mummy is his main source of food. Mummy kept telling Clement that daddy is away and will be back after a week. Actually mummy already missed daddy... Since MIL left for her Spore trip yesterday and FIL is out working, left mummy, Clement and maid at home. Clement is pretty cooperative today, poo poo before lunch and willing to open mouth mam mam during lunch. Mummy introduced potato for the first time and Clement seems to like it. Look at Clement waiting patiently in his baby cot... Mummy think this photo can convience daddy that Clement is really waiting for his return this saturday. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoOZK7G2SAGL-3NlBAj1DRoC6zCXX3kA1QsSYe1ynh1KPlXrRUfTWfDF7JASYex36EkOvCQvsrWa69zb6QgpQCd8RH-nBF6S9TbWkZTDUPT5qpW8ekYPCjZlu8AZkzsVFbvK0qYXWeV8/s1600/DSC02028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoOZK7G2SAGL-3NlBAj1DRoC6zCXX3kA1QsSYe1ynh1KPlXrRUfTWfDF7JASYex36EkOvCQvsrWa69zb6QgpQCd8RH-nBF6S9TbWkZTDUPT5qpW8ekYPCjZlu8AZkzsVFbvK0qYXWeV8/s320/DSC02028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493763288827500882" /></a><br /><br />Clement's favourite past time in the baby cot is too stand up holding on to the side rail and try to pull his mobile friend. Mummy thought that baby cot is a safe place to play since Clement can sit there for minutes playing with his penguin, books and other toys, and sometimes holding on the the rails doing some stretching and leg exercise, until this happened....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV6HUv5TfTXi9KHM78Pl6XCpXA40zWhPDN-KWeFDwsrBd1XMstEt3NR_6rpjsd2xoi5YGKltFeKvWezDfdJEAbBx5XC4uhFk9ajDdeBf6hcDbPdHrxYN8jzAclj9cZypbgNpaipHnCoc/s1600/DSC02029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV6HUv5TfTXi9KHM78Pl6XCpXA40zWhPDN-KWeFDwsrBd1XMstEt3NR_6rpjsd2xoi5YGKltFeKvWezDfdJEAbBx5XC4uhFk9ajDdeBf6hcDbPdHrxYN8jzAclj9cZypbgNpaipHnCoc/s320/DSC02029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493763294460596450" /></a><br /><br />Let's see the innocent face....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyMxe-8cQ3MV3X5INOV6yi5ickhYKGXUlIUG9SPw1DfZQGEZB3Qeh8nsLkGk4NkXnu7mTdePAC8VNWJ_hC0dVTa0AbJWfHxK9-4STS3zW0P2Zr7233lB5J0NhS3nx4qlBi0jJ7TkkeHo/s1600/DSC02032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyMxe-8cQ3MV3X5INOV6yi5ickhYKGXUlIUG9SPw1DfZQGEZB3Qeh8nsLkGk4NkXnu7mTdePAC8VNWJ_hC0dVTa0AbJWfHxK9-4STS3zW0P2Zr7233lB5J0NhS3nx4qlBi0jJ7TkkeHo/s320/DSC02032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493763304023874786" /></a><br /> <br />Day 2<br />- mummy introduced breakfast time with Clement. Haha... actually is because mummy is short handed but still cannot skip breakfast. Thus by putting Clement in high chair next to the dining table mummy can enjoy her milk and bread and cheese while Clement gets some tiny bites of the whole meal bread and water. Mummy was so happy that so far the home alone experience is pretty good. Unfortunately in the afternoon while Clement was having nap and mummy rushed down to store EBM, mummy heard Clement crying while she's rushing upstairs. Oh no... Mummy saw Cement in sitting position in the floor next to the bed. Clement fell down from the bed for the second time in his life... Mummy felt so bad. We apply ice on his head hoping no blueblack or swollen... <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNNSN0it5sJHzU_xDZAMnJun8Lq8vqZA8uzrWyP6K4yLgnnRb2i5jpw7oVq0KELImGJiS-BN9T3SjMUEVeIn3P1_OSp1HD-IZ7f8tk62KYeqBO3SLCdWL8XGrzNfCaP55S71K7z00X1A/s1600/DSC02034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNNSN0it5sJHzU_xDZAMnJun8Lq8vqZA8uzrWyP6K4yLgnnRb2i5jpw7oVq0KELImGJiS-BN9T3SjMUEVeIn3P1_OSp1HD-IZ7f8tk62KYeqBO3SLCdWL8XGrzNfCaP55S71K7z00X1A/s320/DSC02034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493765749705392098" /></a><br /><br />Day 3<br />- today is a super careful day. everything mummy also play safe, esp when Clement is sleeping. Thanks God Clement's head bump disappeared. When I was so glad today is not an eventful day as yesterday, in the evening I was so shocked to see a visiting awaiting in my room. A BLACK AND GRAY CAT!!! argh... the cat bang through our magnetic mosquito net and entered our 3rd floor room. Worse still, he was panicked and could not get out the same way since the net dropped and covered the "path". I screamed and ran downstairs. Argh.... That was the worst night I ever have, cant really sleep since am worried there is more than one cat entered my room, and if is stil in my room!!<br /><br /><br />Day 4 <br />- first day manage Clement alone without daddy in the morning. It was pretty efficient and was glad everything was done as per planned. first time drive to work on my own since i join this company. first time using the seasonal pass since I apply it. 1st time customer visit too today.... wow... Is it an eventful day today? I thought I escaped until the car key slipped from my palm and dropped into the drain while trying to open the gate lock when i arrived home. Yes, still an eventful day. <br /><br /><br />Day 5<br />- this morning i guess i can see 2 top front teeth popping out. Haha... happy 8th month, Clement :) Hope you'll stop doing this,<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbP321joSLfNwJ11iccPFNGaal_tZ1c9sMRtmCcXMVcGOQlk-b7tUWIsiZIrNChDyGkMz4r1ubMjzW2Ptqk0GiFpxe1m05Vb0zO4sk5DnCTAaOzZq88Cqzw7BCq6ys9YThEgG38JtjDxo/s1600/DSC02012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbP321joSLfNwJ11iccPFNGaal_tZ1c9sMRtmCcXMVcGOQlk-b7tUWIsiZIrNChDyGkMz4r1ubMjzW2Ptqk0GiFpxe1m05Vb0zO4sk5DnCTAaOzZq88Cqzw7BCq6ys9YThEgG38JtjDxo/s320/DSC02012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493767688891964690" /></a><br /><br />But more of this in coming days ya, since those are not for your teeth but your eyes and hands and brains....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByqB7zr_-QHOh2aFtDT0e0EWbRBkenavsKieqffhR-Zccdh2ayGI_GFr1IdLIPgOA8caAE0DPVzm10PhYGjiLd4DixGOUXaGhh904RK5AjX7u76x-5O0_nweD5FlgJ48YqtfS9ZKwpTs/s1600/DSC02006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByqB7zr_-QHOh2aFtDT0e0EWbRBkenavsKieqffhR-Zccdh2ayGI_GFr1IdLIPgOA8caAE0DPVzm10PhYGjiLd4DixGOUXaGhh904RK5AjX7u76x-5O0_nweD5FlgJ48YqtfS9ZKwpTs/s320/DSC02006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493767697582094482" /></a><br /><br />Was raining heavily in the morning and went it turned to drizzling, I quickly left home to avoid being late. Still an eventful day - car key rosak cos kena air longkang the day before... and I couldnt start the car thanks to Honda's safety feature. Called international call to daddy asking for help. Most expensive helpline I ever called. However, I was cheered up by my little darling sleeping pattern tonight. Like daddy like son. He had a very quiet baby snore when he first fall asleep. haha... so cute!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-TQbSzbteBIT4dPVxkf-4YsxtFxKng56ueJ60_jLD6ifDejgW2VH8-nGkMUJXHa5FuLP2OQNIaKQRAJKSkjEwT1t8I2pISveh_vKt1DUKrqCNlcveWo0-i_VPYVD4UqaKjCzOr-RJPA/s1600/DSC02044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-TQbSzbteBIT4dPVxkf-4YsxtFxKng56ueJ60_jLD6ifDejgW2VH8-nGkMUJXHa5FuLP2OQNIaKQRAJKSkjEwT1t8I2pISveh_vKt1DUKrqCNlcveWo0-i_VPYVD4UqaKjCzOr-RJPA/s320/DSC02044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493763317384101970" /></a><br /><br />3 more days left and daddy is coming home!!! yeah!!!meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-39697246341221581442010-07-07T09:23:00.002+08:002010-07-07T10:30:38.995+08:00Clearing the mushroomsIt's been sometime since I last visited this blog... Ehm, sorry, I mean, manage this blog.... It's time to clean up the cendawan, wild grass and fungus here, and to bring some updates through these few MONTHS!!<br /><br />Daddy's first tears: Clement felt down from the bed when he was 5months+ old. It happended in the midnight around 12.30am when daddy and mummy were sleeping soundly. BANG!!! "Oh, Clement leh?" followed by daddy picking up Clement from the wooden floor and Clement crying in high pitch. While mummy took over Clement to pacify him, mummy see daddy's first tears and cracking voice asking how could that happen since we still could not figure out how he felt down the bed till today. From that day onwards, there is a noisy rattles near the edge of the bed, nearby to where Clement sleeps. We even did some minor reorganising of the bed and baby cot to reduce the chance of history happen again. Mummy remembered the "bad memory" red and white t- shirt Clement wore that night and did not let him wear that again so that won't remind her of the sad event. <br /><br />Starting solid: Clement started on solid on 14 May, the day he turns 6 months nett. We had him started with Neslac (green packaging) + breast milk only as his first solid. He had that for a week and we were so glad he is so ready to mam mam. So week after week we add in pear, apple, carrot, apricot, spinach, pumpkin etc into his food vocabulary. Due to his teething milestone, there were times he refused to eat and just close his mouth tight. You can really see the determination he has there. However, I really salute the creativity my MIL has which can trick him to open his mouth so that she can feed him food. Lately we pinch some whole meal bread and let him taste. Haha he's so happy :) Oh ya, he has his first two bottom front teeth on his 6th month 4th week. And the two upper front teeth gonna say HELLO WORLD anytime soon...<br /><br />Being more mobile: Old people says, 7th month can sit, 8th month can crawl, 9th month grow teeth. But nowadays the milestones are achieved at earlier age, based on some data collected from friends around. Clement is able to sit around 5-6th months. And 6-7th months he can crawl caterpillar style. Lately his crawling is more profesional and steady, even on hard floors. 7th months onwards he has been trying to pull to stand. He likes to do it with his baby cot bars. His latest hobby is to stand on our bed, holding on to his baby cot bars, trying to catch his mobile's butterfly, snail, frog or bee. Haha... During his 7th month 2nd week, he started to transit around holding on to our bed headboard and his baby cot handles. Occasionally he will let go his hand and try to reach you if you are sitting nearby. Yo, dangerous lo... He enjoy most while holding both your hands walking towards you. On 20 June Clement participated in Sunshine Farlim's Baby Crawling Competition. It was a good experince for Clement and daddy and mummy were able to witness the steady, confidence, determined youngest baby in action. Hahha... probably he didn't even know he's in a competition and might not understand the discouraging words some aunty spoke while he was on his ABC mats. Life should be like that, I learnt. Aim for the goal, complete the race, keep the faith. There's one more coming up in Sunshine Square on 17 Jul. Not sure if Clement can go since daddy won't be around on that day. Haha... Babies 6-14months out there, go while you are still eligible. Just for the fun and memory :)<br /><br />Updates on mummy: Mummy made a big change recently. A leap of faith. haha.... Mummy change job. Is now officially an Avagone and renamed 3Mer. It was a great 7 years journey in my official first company, a place where I grew from a fresh grad, to YS girlfriend, to YS wife, and then Clement's mummy. VinM says that so far he has not met someone who fulfill so many milestones in the first company. A place I've met a lot nice friends and colleagues too. It's not a bad place to work, just some new challenges and ventures I'm looking for. Moving on in the new company, so far still ok. It's a new beginning with new faces, new culture, new working style. I'm glad I'm still committed in pumping sessions and brave enough to make known the needs. And I really thank God for His favour and understanding colleagues so far. Guess what, 7 Jul is a public holiday in new company. So nice....<br /><br />Signing off for now. Will post some photos next round. Hopefully soon.meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-65197296490644523662010-04-22T22:06:00.002+08:002010-04-22T22:11:09.402+08:00Kids eat for freeA friend of mine told me that we can actually benefit from Kids Eat For Free program. One paying adult and one free kids meal. <br /><br />"Huh, why? Can my baby eat?" <br /> <br />"Err, you are your baby's 'main course' right? You eat on his behalf. He'll claim from you later.... "<br /><br />I haven't really benefit from this program so far. Haha... does it sound embarassing? Have you tried it my dear Malaysians with babies?meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-64378015838891950222010-04-22T21:42:00.007+08:002010-04-22T23:33:22.367+08:00My latest "teddy bear" and "koala bear"I've always like to hug soft toys, esp the big ones. But since they are so pricey, prone to collect dust and space consuming, I settled with bolsters. haha.... (maybe just some sour grapes excuse for not having one)<br /><br />Lately our little Clement reminds me of koala bears. Though I never hold one before, but I like the feeling of him clinging onto you, holding on your shoulders and sometimes wanna climb up your body when you are carrying him. The warmth when he hugs you, is so nice and close to your heart.<br /><br />Last few nights when he cried in the midnight, I found a way to hug him close to my heart while patting him to sleep. very bahagia feeling :) so much better than hugging a bolster :p Not sure how long he'll stay in this huggable size and feel. Ah, I gonna miss it when he grows up. Better treasure each moment I have now.<br /><br />Last weekend after our lunch at a super expensive Japanese restaurant (we got conned by the banner since we did not notice that you are entitled to the 15% discount ONLY IF you spend RM300 and above), I suggested to have Clement posing next to some soft toys on display at the restaurant. Well, since this restaurant is so nicely decorated and I don't think I'll step in there again... ahha. I was carrying Clement and YS supposed to take our photos. But somehow he was not attracted to daddy and refused to look at the handphone camera. So after that I decided to switch with him since I'm the one always taking Clement's photos using handphone camera. Ta-dah........ Easy job. 3 clicks and done.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi469oSWNTUoXqkHWMLfba0A-uq_3FrItJDwVsYL7mHHlte0_KTlj43DnSH7dzGCxFkvT-3J4YVHiz_kSPtJZddh2wlA6U8ZtYahi5wfUA17UWy2C_sKLkqmHhYvfUD1OieFowR8rfni5Y/s1600/bear.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi469oSWNTUoXqkHWMLfba0A-uq_3FrItJDwVsYL7mHHlte0_KTlj43DnSH7dzGCxFkvT-3J4YVHiz_kSPtJZddh2wlA6U8ZtYahi5wfUA17UWy2C_sKLkqmHhYvfUD1OieFowR8rfni5Y/s320/bear.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462985140948227362" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UjLlk9lfiaXwyvKm8J-sIkHUDdYDonp7zubc9LPJaWZfGqIUhnFPu6t4Fi__JUffWUN_GElW16t7U7LLuKQBJ1sq0IlPHX-lq8sBymAZppwx8lnOWQ03mAgVKgOi3i6soFdjS6YeL8A/s1600/doggie.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UjLlk9lfiaXwyvKm8J-sIkHUDdYDonp7zubc9LPJaWZfGqIUhnFPu6t4Fi__JUffWUN_GElW16t7U7LLuKQBJ1sq0IlPHX-lq8sBymAZppwx8lnOWQ03mAgVKgOi3i6soFdjS6YeL8A/s320/doggie.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462961378243604466" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF65q8b5JWi3ffaqtu5DPBHyzK7EYqFKqitiuCW-IrlUkeKV6tzdOIWWDI9K4MVRHMOrClYraid6g5i8pXRldaJ5nNc-6ci0aUSnAsja43vgRG1BTK3xl9-7iMweoGtBnkHPLoYvLxffc/s1600/doraemon_cute.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF65q8b5JWi3ffaqtu5DPBHyzK7EYqFKqitiuCW-IrlUkeKV6tzdOIWWDI9K4MVRHMOrClYraid6g5i8pXRldaJ5nNc-6ci0aUSnAsja43vgRG1BTK3xl9-7iMweoGtBnkHPLoYvLxffc/s320/doraemon_cute.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462961711015940354" /></a><br /><br /><br />YS felt funny why I insisted to take those photos since the teddy, doggie and doraemon are not really special. Well, at first I wanted to take the photo of Doraemon with Clement only since this stage he still has the Doraemon look (teethless and cutie tongue when laughing). But I also noticed that at this stage Clement is so small size compared to the big teddy, and he's almost same size as the small doggie. He won't be this size in few weeks or months time. ahha. In case this restaurant still exists when he grows up, probably he'll appreciate his growth rate especially through these first few weeks and months :p <br /><br />"You know, last time i can sit on THIS teddy's lap..."<br /><br />"You know, last time I was as big as THIS teddy and doraemon.... you see...."<br /><br />I can imagine his cheeky face... :)meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-63621006355301325902010-04-14T22:24:00.004+08:002010-04-14T22:37:13.189+08:00Sesame Street Cookie MonsterCookie Monster in Sesame Street has never been my favourites. I used to like Ernie but now I find Elmo more adorable :) haha... Maybe because I like red...<br /><br />Clement started mouthing since he was 3+months. He started by discovering the back of his hand, then the fists, then the fingers and recently the thumbs. I like his expression of putting his whole fist into his mouth, so cute... but I usually tell him, "Clement, your mouth not so big la... cannot fit in one..." And that really reminds me of cookie monster. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Cookie Monster is a voracious monster and one of the main characters on Sesame Street. Covered with blue fur and possessing a pair of googly eyes, Cookie Monster has an insatiable appetite. As his name implies, his primary craving is cookies, but he can (and often does) consume anything and everything, from apples and pie to letters, flatware, and hubcaps. Usually when he eats something, he makes loud munching noises, usually like "AWWWWM-num-num-num-num..." (http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TzQ85gUhXIVx-K7KR1WvisozQWqraT8X1ZssE9c_ZAVjXjaldJyDAHxD2RHUhYOCvCdpRlghdvrsk2rMiqwvUNuFbC0yRRUZwOn6Oem3lXj8glGDW0_L0SRp8F_0DlTcim69zkt0KJY/s1600/cookie_cookiemonster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TzQ85gUhXIVx-K7KR1WvisozQWqraT8X1ZssE9c_ZAVjXjaldJyDAHxD2RHUhYOCvCdpRlghdvrsk2rMiqwvUNuFbC0yRRUZwOn6Oem3lXj8glGDW0_L0SRp8F_0DlTcim69zkt0KJY/s320/cookie_cookiemonster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460001684628399954" /></a><br />www.coolchaser.com/graphics/3054<br /><br /><br />Am wondering if one day I find cookie monster pajamas, will I buy for him? wahahah....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNObm7Yk78GbXr3UjeXkSJYF0yfY3fJhQmfzF9pBhQxhsTxiaWuvPLucManP0HmMydQKyXRiSO5veqMwz59GzT2HdvWzgAPvfxfBJIVqAc6X9wChIDBU4uMPHRSc4vEBDU6AeVar2OXE8/s1600/cookie+monster.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNObm7Yk78GbXr3UjeXkSJYF0yfY3fJhQmfzF9pBhQxhsTxiaWuvPLucManP0HmMydQKyXRiSO5veqMwz59GzT2HdvWzgAPvfxfBJIVqAc6X9wChIDBU4uMPHRSc4vEBDU6AeVar2OXE8/s320/cookie+monster.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460000894897912194" /></a>meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-75497600137854913512010-04-14T13:01:00.007+08:002010-04-14T22:24:27.640+08:00Happy 5 months old, ClementToday Clement is officially 5 months old. Clement was so blur when daddy and mummy kept telling Clement that he is now 5 months old, so fast hor he has been with us for almost half a year, last time when born he was so tiny and now he so big boy de, bla bla bla.... haha. Next month must be more excited since he can start eating soled by then :) Mummy weight him this morning and he's slightly above 8kg. Good growth though we are still maintaining his milk to 5oz every 3-4 hourly. <br /><br />Daddy and mummy felt very blessed that God has granted them baby Clement. We prayed for a healthy, happy baby who bring joy to people around him, and to be man after God's own heart someday. We thank God for answering our prayers and Clement has started smiling and baby talking everyday since he was 1 month old, and brought much happiness to our family members, even strangers. <br /><br />Baby Clement is able to sit more firmly now, and likes to move his legs. Haha, guess he really wants to crawl. Everytime we put him on the bed, he'll turn to tummy position and start lifting up his little butt and moving his legs forward. Daddy and mummy cheer him every morning and he's showing little progress now - at least not giving up so soon :p You can see him smiling with mouth open wide (like doraemon) when we hold him to walk on our bed, or even harder surfaces like table. He likes to feel mobile :) hehe... daddy and mummy better treasure this period when Clement is still not so mobile. Later on when Clement can crawl and climb, we'll be on FOC intensive slimming program. In fact, now that he can only turn one side (180degrees), we should be glad that one pillow at each side of the bed is sufficient. Later on might have to fill the whole room with pillows :p <br /><br />So far besides 2 caps and 2 sweaters for the recent Cameron Highland trip, daddy and mummy only bought 2 more pajamas for Clement. One is with Doraemon since sis-in-law says he looks like Doraemon when he laughs with mouth open wide, teethless and can see his little tongue :p<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBRXnw0-P1M8GpBqsWwsjZwOowq8hM7k5S5RfWq5U7Dzov6adm4_fG8jODhUq8YCo21VhQtno1L6fueFC5lklsRaf7j5kQQMSxIz_0XkKIQXpv5y1HG28QeUqcrCzNyvTntX2Ea0W7ew/s1600/doraemon.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBRXnw0-P1M8GpBqsWwsjZwOowq8hM7k5S5RfWq5U7Dzov6adm4_fG8jODhUq8YCo21VhQtno1L6fueFC5lklsRaf7j5kQQMSxIz_0XkKIQXpv5y1HG28QeUqcrCzNyvTntX2Ea0W7ew/s320/doraemon.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459998426521015026" /></a><br /><br />Another one was bought in conjunction with this lunar tiger year (no la.... ). Mummy always like to describe baby boys suck milk like "harimau" since almost all her friends with baby boys (and some with girls) report the same observation. They say baby girls are more gentle, and boys are more aggressive while latched on. Daddy and mummy spotted this pajamas at Jusco over the weekend and bought one for Clement. We bought 12-18months one this time since we bought 6-12months Doraemon pajamas for him last 3 weeks, and it is just fitting for him now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgintSRg9vGOwa8UZM5NFbZELwT-owfuPkuIUNhn5BlEKeRiIUG9zylNA_tjTPzjxLgwdpE5HrA_ns2clC3Mc7knnY24FxGPfyWVJK_d5gHFD4dPCRdA32MG9WlBfnH9tfvBBcvtMYs-Cg/s1600/tigger.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgintSRg9vGOwa8UZM5NFbZELwT-owfuPkuIUNhn5BlEKeRiIUG9zylNA_tjTPzjxLgwdpE5HrA_ns2clC3Mc7knnY24FxGPfyWVJK_d5gHFD4dPCRdA32MG9WlBfnH9tfvBBcvtMYs-Cg/s320/tigger.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459998779479276690" /></a>meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-64851933662115590472010-04-14T09:47:00.001+08:002010-04-14T10:15:54.903+08:00快意享受B级人生,走出 A+成就迷思Something that I've been thinking also lately. What you really want in life? An example, I told YS that the child is growing so quickly that you actually only have few years to spend quality time with him, growing up with him. Especially now that he spends most of his time sleeping when we are back from work. Time when he's wide awake and ready to play and learn, we are busy making money at workplace.... After school days, college days and working days, you won't be able to have him by your side all the time as now. Thus there first 6 years are actually so precious... <br /><br /><br />http://www.sjtumba.org/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1771<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">快意享受B级人生,走出 A+成就迷思</span><br /><br />你想要过A级人生,事业有成薪水顶尖,却牺牲掉其它全部人生,还是想过 B 级人生,宁可降格赚次级收入,却能享受精采人生?<br />这取决于你如何衡量「人生投资报酬率」。<br /><br />若是成绩单上出现B ,大部分人联想到的,绝对不是「 Better 」,而是「Bad」。<br /><br />B 这个字母,长期以来被认为是「次等」的表现,每个人都奋力想达到A,甚至A+ ,彷佛若不能达到 A的成绩,就是不够努力与称职。<br />但人生凡事都追求A,一定能获得满足感吗?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">享受生命的充实感</span><br /><br />最近「 B级人生」的话题,在日本引起不少讨论。<br />起因于经济专家森永卓郎,把人生分成三级: A 级人生是「有钱没闲」; B级人生的「钱少一点,但是有闲」,可算是「有钱有闲」。<br />至于 C级人生则是经济困窘,可能是「有闲没钱」(如失业者 ),也可能「没钱没闲」 ( 如底层劳动者)。<br /><br />森永卓郎认为,B级人生是最有满足感的生活。<br />若每天工作10 几小时,牺牲家庭与休闲,不惜一切代价追求 A级人生,即使赚到A级财富,没时间享受也是枉费。<br />B级虽然收入次一等,但还是能维持在一定生活水准之上,反而因为付出较少的代价,有时间去做自己想做的事,享受生命的充实感,<br />所以整体生活绝不输A级。<br /><br />因此,森永卓郎特别强调「B is Beautiful」,认为「B is Better Than A 」。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">精算人生投资报酬率</span><br /><br />B级人生这种价值观的出现,有其社会渊源。<br />作家刘黎儿指出,日本经过长年经济不景气,原本「 1亿国民都是中产阶级」的社会,已经不再回头,<br />转成「 1%超级精英+99 %平庸上班族」的结构,除了极少数A+超级精英之外, 99%工作者的薪水都在递减,再怎么努力也是枉然。<br /><br />在这种社会结构下,「一分耕耘、一分收获」的正比例关系被打破,打拚不再保证出头天,「努力必有回报」也成为一种欺瞒的说法。<br />因此,许多日本上班族,开始思考「人生投资报酬率」的问题。<br />当付出无法获得回报,他们不想再无条件卖命给公司,宁可将更多时间用来享受家庭生活,或是经营个人兴趣休闲。<br /><br />B级上班族虽不是高薪族,但还是有一定生活水准,也还买得起车子等用品。<br />比起将人生全部送给公司的 A +超级精英,谁的人生比较划算,答案不言可喻。<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />赢了事业,输了人生</span><br /><br />有人用古玛雅文化的活人献祭,来形容追求 A级人生的工作者。<br />玛雅皇宫贵族居住的中心地带都有一个球场,凡是赢得球赛的人,就会被当作被神所选中的神圣的人,由祭司血祭给神;<br />而赢家被砍头祭给神明,被看成是件很光荣的事。<br />超级精英不惜一切赢得 A 级人生,就好象在玛雅球赛最后赢得胜利的人,所换到的不过是过劳死。<br /><br />根据统计,日本每年死于心脏病的 21万人,至少有 20%是肇因于过劳,其中多半是中壮年上班族。<br />追求 A级人生本身没错,只是若只把人生当成是一场竞技,就算赢得了胜利,却输掉了身体、输掉家庭、也输掉人生,这样划算吗?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">事业高度Vs.生命广度</span><br /><br />但追求B级人生,是否太消极呢?<br /><br />一位在媒体任职的刘小姐认为,B级人生重视「人生投资报酬率」,从追求工作表现的「高度」,转为追求人生多采多姿的「广度」,<br />这是一种价值选择的问题,与人生是否积极进取无关。<br /><br />她以研究所成绩为例,一般研究生表现普普大约有85分,稍微认真一点有86 分,一定要表现很亮眼才能拿到 90分。<br />她自己每天不眠不休,念完所有原文papers才得到 89 分,但其实只要稍微多花点心力念书,已经可以得到86分。<br />为了多得那3分,刘小姐舍弃了社团活动与假日休闲。<br />「一学期 120天,每天多念3小时书, 360小时只换来 3分,想想真是划不来;若是拿360小时做其它有意义的事,人生想必更精采。」<br /><br />刘小姐认为,不论是课业或工作,都适用80 ╱ 20 法则,亦即80%的成绩,来自于 20%的付出。<br />假设你有 100小时,只要花20小时做 A工作,就能拿到 80分,剩下的80 小时,你有两种选择:<br /><br />1精益求精在 A工作下苦工,最后拿到满分 100分;<br /><br />2去做BCDE四件工作,每件工作投注 20小时,各拿到 80分,最后总分是5×80 =400 分。<br /><br />哪一种时间运用方式,投资报酬率较高,可带给你更大的满足感?这就是 B级人生所要思考的问题。<br /><br />从连续2年蝉联年终奖金第一名的理财专员工作引退,宁可在银行柜台当一般行员的安小姐,就是选择 B 级人生的例子。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">工作乐趣荡然无存</span><br /><br />大学毕业后,安小姐就在老字号的三商银担任临柜行员,办理一般存款工作,5 年前银行民营化,她在组织重整后,被调到贵宾理财部门。<br /><br />刚转换跑道时,她相当满意理专的生活,「可以说是虚荣吧!」安小姐说,<br />这几年理专俨然是当红炸子鸡,金控为训练理专「伺候」金字塔顶端客层,安排许多缤纷的课程,安小姐转跑道第一年学到很多新鲜事,<br />包括高尔夫、品酒品茗、艺术鉴赏、插花、命理星座等。<br />课程的多采多姿,让她学到许多人际应对技巧,而且第一年就考上多张证照,还幸运地拉到几位「 VIP 大户」(资产超过 300万元) ,<br />使她从工作中获得不少成就感。<br /><br />每想到,第一年的一帆风顺后,银行开始调高安小姐的绩效指针。<br />「公司把我的业务目标订得『比山高比海深』,高不可攀的业绩压力,令我深感挫折,工作乐趣也荡然无存。」安小姐说,<br />当时每天加班到晚上 10点是常态,甚至周末假日也不得闲。<br /><br />「我不怕累,但我最怕客户赔钱。如何在业绩与顾客权益取得一个平衡点,令我饱受煎熬」安小姐说。<br /><br />安小姐去年决心向公司递出辞呈,但公司基于爱才,强力慰留她当银行行员。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">人生,要学习「减法」</span><br /><br />挥别年薪百万的工作,安小姐没有后悔。<br />她说,人生前半段的职涯规画,是一种「加法选择」,所以担任理专时,她不断寻求各种可能性,为自己的职涯资本增值,<br />包括薪水、职位等等。现在她则把人生当成「减法选择」。<br />她说,减法管理其实非常简单︰在人生诸多追求的目标中,如金钱、地位、家庭、爱情、享受生活等等,一项一项删除不是最重要的东西,最终留下一两项,就是自己的人生目标。<br /><br />33岁的李勇毅过去一直是个众人称羡的电子新贵。<br />担任芯片设计研发工程师期间,李勇毅形容说,自己每天至少12 小时和计算机相亲相爱,忙碌一天后,再也提不起力气做任何事,<br />下班就直接打道回府,顶多倒在沙发前看电视,洗个澡,睡个觉,又是另一天的开始。<br />他表示,大部分工程师的生活乏善可陈,根本没时间参加联谊活动结识异性,所以旷男怨女一堆。<br />「工程师最大的座右铭就是努力工作、赶快赚钱、尽快退休。」<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">再见!电子新贵</span><br /><br />刚开始李勇毅也是抱着这种看法,但3年前他找到人生挚爱的伴侣,婚后生活有了重心,他开始无法忍受一天工作 12 小时的生活。<br /><br />「4 月结婚、 5月就决定考公职、7月如愿考上高考第一志愿电力工程,分发到民航局上班。」<br />从电子新贵到小公务员,李勇毅的薪水足足缩水一半,但他毫不后悔。<br />「以前我用时间换金钱,现在我用金钱买时间,把过去加班的时间,用来享受天伦之乐。<br /><br />作家吴淡如说,「赚钱也赚到人生,才是最大幸福的人。」人生和金钱的关系有四种可能状况:<br />赚钱也赚到人生、不赚钱却赚到人生、赚钱却赔上人生、不赚钱也赔上人生。<br />前两者都是成功者,后两者则为失败者。<br />赚钱也赚到人生,其实就是 B级人生的真义,拥有一定水准的金钱,做自己想做的事情,才是人生的赢家。<br /><br />( 本文由《Career 职场情报志》提供 )meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-34666432984730167532010-03-28T21:09:00.003+08:002010-03-28T21:21:38.684+08:00Clement26 Mar 2010<br /><br />It was a special day. <br /><br />Mum sent an sms, "In which book of the bible is the name Clement mentioned?"<br /><br />I told them many time already since the day we named him Clement, so forgetful... "None." I replied the sms.<br /><br />"Wrong. It's in Phil 4:3. HA HA!" Mum replied the sms. Sounds like I failed a quiz???<br /><br />Doubtfully, I turned to my e-bible. And Yong Sheng too. <br /><br />Philippians 4:3<br />Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement* and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.<br /><br />Surprised and embarrassed :p opps... Clement, congrats your name is in the Bible, and even Book of Life! :) Daddy and Mummy should read Bible more de...<br /><br />*In chinese, Clement is translated as 革 利 免。meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-71594466671760719232010-03-08T19:24:00.003+08:002010-03-08T19:28:23.829+08:00Fake CryingIt was not easy to introduce car seat to Clement. But we were glad that he is able to adapt to it after the CNY trip back to Malacca. At times, mummy is still a better car seat, got people to cuddle mar... haha... This was what happened when he got real bored one day at 3month 1week old. <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzhrW_b71RxeP0dQi8n_0-0c0e_NQS-mzmUJ_38wS3xXY0IOFcM_vBHLITlWiEHimBYCnOaQlY14wXGcXJBCQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-13227325415060760182010-03-08T18:49:00.006+08:002010-03-10T21:22:38.887+08:00FIRSTsToday (7Mar2010), three FIRSTS happened.<br /><br />First First, Mum attended Sunday service from beginning to the end with Clement. Daddy was on ad-hoc video duty. Thank God it was still manageable :) Mum brought Clement to the front row for few minutes to look at the flaggers and tambourinese. Mum was wondering if Clement like the movements of colours. Out of mum's expectation, Clement turned his head every few seconds to check on his daddy, who is on video duty right at the back of the hall. Haha.... We did not stay in front there there for long due to the loud music and also the short exposure was good enough :) <br /><br />Second First, Mum and Clement spent about an hour and a half in Gurney Plaza while daddy went back to church for his ministry. At first mum planned to read some books to Clement in MPH since Clement was on baby carrier, facing front. Apparently Clement is more of an activity person and like to walk around, look around. Poor mum had to keep walking since Clement did not like mum to sit down for long... Mum managed to find his favourite Alphabet Bug in Mum's Care and she held the toy in her hand, kept playing the ABC song while she walk around checking out the products there. Most products are nice, but the price is 'nice' too. After that mum brought Clement to Toy-R-Us to look at the high tech toys nowadays. Kids nowadays really have a lot of interesting toys to play. A dad and a child was playing fencing in the store... Dangerous as they were not paying attention to surrounding. Great that mum was able to find a seat near the Toy-R-Us entrance later on and Clement had his nap in mum's arm. So nice to see him sleep. Mummy's legs and shoulders managed to get some rest too (hehe, it was a no-stroller session since Gurney is not stroller friendly. Besides, it was Clement's first time to sit in the baby carrier, need to standby my only 2 hands to carry him in case he get bored of the carrier). I was carrying everything on my shoulder - Good muscle training. Hope mummy wont become sumo or Hercules :p <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFwdEBflfLpY503lD4gu_nF8OkPFctE5Z4JNKd6G53pWrnhUPqX84IjvRRLTWdWOuJD1EcmTwIpi9IKuc6YLq3DvfgvQohiLs2kWGEdgPWVB09KBcuhAB169AidQa5xsOTA03OLDkCX4/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFwdEBflfLpY503lD4gu_nF8OkPFctE5Z4JNKd6G53pWrnhUPqX84IjvRRLTWdWOuJD1EcmTwIpi9IKuc6YLq3DvfgvQohiLs2kWGEdgPWVB09KBcuhAB169AidQa5xsOTA03OLDkCX4/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446994765226579618" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWzIZRxaKL52moWy1gvQYjjbAWIVVenAUjTx7jNiCQ4BauV3LMYTkwvGbHO_bfYtIH-YKqRSuq77T3EDCRyM-qReeKPeyuIC5l8EIqX3kdOaiNBv5-N1H9KiHcwwFDngiF03fnD2H6sA/s1600-h/DSC01736.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWzIZRxaKL52moWy1gvQYjjbAWIVVenAUjTx7jNiCQ4BauV3LMYTkwvGbHO_bfYtIH-YKqRSuq77T3EDCRyM-qReeKPeyuIC5l8EIqX3kdOaiNBv5-N1H9KiHcwwFDngiF03fnD2H6sA/s320/DSC01736.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446219847796613154" /></a><br /><br />Third First, Clement laughed out loud for many many times before he went to bed. Mum was so excited and she also ketawa terbahak-bahak with him. Too bad when mum wanted to record it, Clement stop laughing that way :p Daddy saw this laughter once few days ago during their bonding time. That time mummy was standing behind Clement and did not see his face with that big laughter. Today mummy saw it, and heard it, and it was really really amazing!! Wahahahaha....meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-13265794444253631102010-02-04T18:23:00.007+08:002010-03-08T18:49:03.547+08:00Thaipusam Replacement HolidayAgain... stucked in my "Edit Posts" for weeks....<br /><br />Last Monday (1Feb) was Thaipusam Replacement Holiday. We decided to bring Clement for a real outdoor activity, since all the while we only brought him to Queensbay Mall... We were hoping he'll like the nature, fresh air, trees, birds and monkey. haha.. I kept telling him that we are going to show him monkey. Little creature maybe same size as him, but already able to walk and crawl and run and climb :p (bad description)<br /><br />As usual weekends, we dress him up first before grooming ourselves. He resist not to fall asleep to make sure we bring him out as per promised. He was already quite restless when I put on his shoes. He was very happy when he has his shoes on, since it means he gets to go kai kai. That settled him and he was not so cranky anymore. By the time we were ready, he was already too tired and was found sleeping by his own in the playpen. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPr0SPJyd6xSqoP_PU6XRglEhkKnIxiRH-oIqyS612HyA-Yp3BC-g_iLUA-C02mTsvZWin0rLmIOagpq2ePGIBI_RQh-tGqJHSIEjcHOQKh_xg1LanGP3cZ9BcXLQ-AHJB9YHtIYYIQU/s1600-h/first.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPr0SPJyd6xSqoP_PU6XRglEhkKnIxiRH-oIqyS612HyA-Yp3BC-g_iLUA-C02mTsvZWin0rLmIOagpq2ePGIBI_RQh-tGqJHSIEjcHOQKh_xg1LanGP3cZ9BcXLQ-AHJB9YHtIYYIQU/s320/first.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446210350459417138" /></a><br /><br />After I transfer him from the playpen to the car's bassinet, he was still peacefully sleeping. Wow, he must be really tired as sometimes he will wakes up when I transfer him from bassinet to stroller or stroller to bassinet. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafNHaXsmxqv2JKKFICViamXijztrmaE2VVRcD-IT7ywkLY6lNcqjRsln7H0WzMToECUVG9_wdh6fyt-W96yy6FrdmYsuwxy-4QOXI0RE_teNIgoXFXhffmMGr107jKWSnX29Jx7zZRWM/s1600-h/car.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafNHaXsmxqv2JKKFICViamXijztrmaE2VVRcD-IT7ywkLY6lNcqjRsln7H0WzMToECUVG9_wdh6fyt-W96yy6FrdmYsuwxy-4QOXI0RE_teNIgoXFXhffmMGr107jKWSnX29Jx7zZRWM/s320/car.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446210693246109394" /></a><br /><br />A quarter through the car journey, Clement woke up. I told him he should sleep and reserve energy since it's still quite a distance from Botanical Garden. However, he loves looking at moving cars and buildings and refused to sleep. I supported him in sitting position so he can see more things in the "normal" angle :p Thank God we managed to find a free carpark. Daddy was trying to make things simple and decided to just carry Clement. No stroller, no umbrella. Mum had some concern but daddy said it's going to be ok. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYy3bVU4-U3ba2hwMoitJBG5Twn4asaeA30UytxyVl9e7MXN1WHjPo21YkoQa6J6zmr_QpPWgqsOF6DYFfku0BUr-3gk2486P2zco1ZKOMcDPdqSNiCiUdx2HuCT8hiRhjEyNKUb59DI/s1600-h/dad.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYy3bVU4-U3ba2hwMoitJBG5Twn4asaeA30UytxyVl9e7MXN1WHjPo21YkoQa6J6zmr_QpPWgqsOF6DYFfku0BUr-3gk2486P2zco1ZKOMcDPdqSNiCiUdx2HuCT8hiRhjEyNKUb59DI/s320/dad.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446213001631272066" /></a><br /><br />After walking 300meter, not even arrived at Botanical Garden main entrance, daddy gave up. Clement was too heavy for such 'long' walk. Haha.. So mummy carried Clement while dad walked back to the car to get the stroller and umbrella. That was a correct decision :) We also saw another 4 mom+dad+baby when we arrived there. Looks like it's a good day for babies outing. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN1Pz5ixDcTbAbgYNq2XUv1HxjXxnFSFCTaKN7dVn9GiSbxijeq1nQSAeuxZWjmsOKSO_BGRdZGrTfQHQhbOWL0uRCaCUYnCKUdJsl-DvygCvdSmxbkzuxw4_ab2l6LX4k76pzt_LLSY/s1600-h/dad2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN1Pz5ixDcTbAbgYNq2XUv1HxjXxnFSFCTaKN7dVn9GiSbxijeq1nQSAeuxZWjmsOKSO_BGRdZGrTfQHQhbOWL0uRCaCUYnCKUdJsl-DvygCvdSmxbkzuxw4_ab2l6LX4k76pzt_LLSY/s320/dad2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446213011256075202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0PLx6LNSEpqjLDafDyn8h7Eh43wCslvWll19MKobzTKs28K_s_yXIW-nokLLKIiWBweyaehzk_BOxn9_0XoCVbsUDyC1F3OgDVfr0kNtWB8wGjukGdBhrMoPfc9_32pSwhnmEj0dSqU/s1600-h/mum.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0PLx6LNSEpqjLDafDyn8h7Eh43wCslvWll19MKobzTKs28K_s_yXIW-nokLLKIiWBweyaehzk_BOxn9_0XoCVbsUDyC1F3OgDVfr0kNtWB8wGjukGdBhrMoPfc9_32pSwhnmEj0dSqU/s320/mum.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446213015808257874" /></a><br /><br />Clement was still very awake at that time. He enjoyed the stroll so much that when we stopped to show him monkeys, he got cranky and started crying. Mummy and daddy kept pointing and telling him, "Nah, monkey... see, monkey.... neh, those moving ones ar, those are monkey...." But he simply not interested. haha. Maybe out of his expectations :p And also he was sleepy already I guess. Never leave home without "chut-chut" (pacifier). And it did work to silent him :p But when mummy took out her handphone camera wanted to take Clement's photo, he was quick. See....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZWD6D6_WfrFMRfGRnrZA87K03f8SjVv21tzYymtx-jYe8LQhqjA9FDAFSDc_jE0XjgAeRSTuKKBWDww-K_wYNwUEgifN0Ix1RU8CRP8unp2vbMIUad-qH7rt9IeEuSW2jDs-TvVH3vA/s1600-h/dropchut.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZWD6D6_WfrFMRfGRnrZA87K03f8SjVv21tzYymtx-jYe8LQhqjA9FDAFSDc_jE0XjgAeRSTuKKBWDww-K_wYNwUEgifN0Ix1RU8CRP8unp2vbMIUad-qH7rt9IeEuSW2jDs-TvVH3vA/s320/dropchut.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446213023028503586" /></a><br /><br />Thank God again for the umbrella. On the way back to the car, the sun was shining so bright that mummy had to walk in front, blocking the sun so that Clement can be in the shade (mummy's shadow). Mummy told daddy that Clement was like an emperor. Haha... By the time we reach our car, he was already sleeping. Good. <br /><br />Hopefully next outing to Botanical Garden, we can walk more than one big round. Haha...meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-6240590880042654532010-01-30T23:26:00.003+08:002010-01-30T23:38:48.766+08:00Happy Clement (2nd Month)When I told friends that I rarely log on to PC during my confinement and remaining of my maternity leaves, some of wondering why is the baby occupying so much of my time. Well, it was pretty routine of feeding the baby, entertaining the baby, bathing him, help him poo poo, changing the lampin, soothing the baby when he awakes halfway in his dreams. Well, I miss the 1-1 time with him after started working. I especially miss the talking time with him during the weekdays. Am glad still have weekends to accompany him.<br /><br />Clement is an adorable baby, and will always be, in my heart :)<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyPHLD0vjDMwNBNwIK5NxXgzRbMcf6azq6OLjUFBquzzkikHNjhx7EJtKOYQA370hSYoISSd_WcI6uNVF5L7A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>meigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796781815778365111.post-24133090705219527392010-01-30T22:53:00.016+08:002010-01-30T23:17:42.761+08:00My favourite photos of Clement (1st month)Family photo in Nov2009<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgoGcB8pouTTdTI0D2AVtdXDCoHapI05Rq7v9D78tpSOj05Xssc2Zv_Ofz8fACCgK7x0TAFbRYhB9Kdx8D-xTgVJP5zcJAmKEplbHnXm0sL2rxApmkbZKc23bYfwagqGcQxy6rDhKfIo/s1600-h/familyPhoto.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgoGcB8pouTTdTI0D2AVtdXDCoHapI05Rq7v9D78tpSOj05Xssc2Zv_Ofz8fACCgK7x0TAFbRYhB9Kdx8D-xTgVJP5zcJAmKEplbHnXm0sL2rxApmkbZKc23bYfwagqGcQxy6rDhKfIo/s320/familyPhoto.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432549992557351330" /></a><br /><br />Many people were surprised to see Clement's dimple, which he has on both side of his cheeks. His mummy only has one her her right cheek... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZ9el-hYP9QT94FF5BeVWCzd4NVT6HKeoJDDEbiW1wYAj1ydDrajANkNeDg1zWFmB7xan9T091vjzq69i4mQZU47833Ip4Em_YeFjVUZVAsifUFFV6WbSLaLM7YQXY5vGWp36HNAP7s0/s1600-h/dimple.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZ9el-hYP9QT94FF5BeVWCzd4NVT6HKeoJDDEbiW1wYAj1ydDrajANkNeDg1zWFmB7xan9T091vjzq69i4mQZU47833Ip4Em_YeFjVUZVAsifUFFV6WbSLaLM7YQXY5vGWp36HNAP7s0/s320/dimple.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432550407084152114" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRoF3VvtduQtAlfqRVznDr8Lmj5ri0RP0AOFoeH-iIcYsaJ2eCpQ08mrmbd7Wi3T2XtatYB_xSWXU2lt1kdWP4YIoQOYHSZ-fLWRbZJzpTDzpdd50JdhXNYrGx6l_s49sY1xcPWagweA/s1600-h/CLem1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRoF3VvtduQtAlfqRVznDr8Lmj5ri0RP0AOFoeH-iIcYsaJ2eCpQ08mrmbd7Wi3T2XtatYB_xSWXU2lt1kdWP4YIoQOYHSZ-fLWRbZJzpTDzpdd50JdhXNYrGx6l_s49sY1xcPWagweA/s320/CLem1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432550501425443826" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-WiJ225M3w7eJpePUZa3zxV18_5wATFCinnpBOhy4UuJgjseKT3tzSYeG_NrOz03JlVEBsieYD64nZIXTFUwBXJSV5mtNYH_bX8IfrPgOuIn9rpL-gTij3Wpn_dfTyvAsSV6q8hF4DQ/s1600-h/Clem2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-WiJ225M3w7eJpePUZa3zxV18_5wATFCinnpBOhy4UuJgjseKT3tzSYeG_NrOz03JlVEBsieYD64nZIXTFUwBXJSV5mtNYH_bX8IfrPgOuIn9rpL-gTij3Wpn_dfTyvAsSV6q8hF4DQ/s320/Clem2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432550630431389314" /></a><br /><br />Little Clement with little arm, little thigh, little feet, little face... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM-paRlK8A9Jr9esRbElh1-KZOtwWnbE6u6irt2WwU3CYInqtWdvd9CTw1bs2bVevjUbY8abKTzNWoHYf3ZvK8NMHQBkTR1tu5Y2RxPy0Zla04sjpDJSmJzJJ4UHRQ7w6Wu0f5ublo6c/s1600-h/sleep1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM-paRlK8A9Jr9esRbElh1-KZOtwWnbE6u6irt2WwU3CYInqtWdvd9CTw1bs2bVevjUbY8abKTzNWoHYf3ZvK8NMHQBkTR1tu5Y2RxPy0Zla04sjpDJSmJzJJ4UHRQ7w6Wu0f5ublo6c/s320/sleep1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432550733884418306" /></a><br /><br />Notice the skin peeling off on some part of his body. Dr says it's due to he is overdue, but some says it's due to the water bag residue.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZCFF_YRgiY35esMV1g1FgnaStXMenXBeh87kmhLQsrkiSZ5RnFx4QG7sDCMZIR2NlubZoco1yw12YaO3JEaWE9hcUqlGLkDE4XFzKLBWykYNMi-vUqvQw4T3VytAiwlbmolj66yu7Ac/s1600-h/sleep2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZCFF_YRgiY35esMV1g1FgnaStXMenXBeh87kmhLQsrkiSZ5RnFx4QG7sDCMZIR2NlubZoco1yw12YaO3JEaWE9hcUqlGLkDE4XFzKLBWykYNMi-vUqvQw4T3VytAiwlbmolj66yu7Ac/s320/sleep2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432550797891614098" /></a><br /><br />This is one of his sleeping pattern. He likes to have a feet stepping on the mattress when sleeping. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ3_uQ_sRmO8iz3gA0RGKY0VpP6BhyphenhyphenRvjoVV_Obw6GwfGXUcrBLDI3kLaKMnU9_NR0tslGCzJgr0QZqGkHjy8Q4whzCNZ0DjTk-3x3R-rc8N_CKQwVhipgznBASO1XneHAFfRtiYOzkM/s1600-h/sleep3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ3_uQ_sRmO8iz3gA0RGKY0VpP6BhyphenhyphenRvjoVV_Obw6GwfGXUcrBLDI3kLaKMnU9_NR0tslGCzJgr0QZqGkHjy8Q4whzCNZ0DjTk-3x3R-rc8N_CKQwVhipgznBASO1XneHAFfRtiYOzkM/s320/sleep3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432550887289566914" /></a><br /><br />Daddy's favourite burping position, Trust me, he is not strangling Clement.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMRvXL6JsHxHSbFe6vSGCv-ktLyGn_JR7DPrNRzrqoLAacnC9IPheZq1wySCZUsfz_4U-4ATlXgS8RfybjDdplde7MqpqifqFfIK7xJD6jbUbWEREzGcT-cOxAxiS4wrhwRNuxm-nl-s/s1600-h/dad.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMRvXL6JsHxHSbFe6vSGCv-ktLyGn_JR7DPrNRzrqoLAacnC9IPheZq1wySCZUsfz_4U-4ATlXgS8RfybjDdplde7MqpqifqFfIK7xJD6jbUbWEREzGcT-cOxAxiS4wrhwRNuxm-nl-s/s320/dad.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432548513294632626" /></a><br /><br /><br />Mummy's favourite burping position is above the shoulder, then will follow this "koala" position which Clement likes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFpmwDvJ8yiQ-UsUA6UL8v501nU-0mAjHBUCQUEibGmPabqO6NTd24DgLYlHZiLPdpufDL2zNKrp_aU2oiJIMb-DJYUI8f_SdcvbEB2OTL_X2o1Pv_uGTfPKPsRM1DmzM4pcXA97n-MA/s1600-h/mummy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFpmwDvJ8yiQ-UsUA6UL8v501nU-0mAjHBUCQUEibGmPabqO6NTd24DgLYlHZiLPdpufDL2zNKrp_aU2oiJIMb-DJYUI8f_SdcvbEB2OTL_X2o1Pv_uGTfPKPsRM1DmzM4pcXA97n-MA/s320/mummy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432548821374580674" /></a><br /><br /><br />This was Clement's favourite expression when he was 1month old. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYP1v6BCdGSc9lneyBDkPGgWuFykgsr7G3YdJpxLvwgW1V9bbiC7PqhyphenhyphenUty402jZ8RGGGR6TG6gTJLeVXV3u0bkxdMQGZSW6xdLXFBzTUNrJCH9udrPtR7iyR6kCRP8K1uhAUUTKXGvPk/s1600-h/fav_expression.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYP1v6BCdGSc9lneyBDkPGgWuFykgsr7G3YdJpxLvwgW1V9bbiC7PqhyphenhyphenUty402jZ8RGGGR6TG6gTJLeVXV3u0bkxdMQGZSW6xdLXFBzTUNrJCH9udrPtR7iyR6kCRP8K1uhAUUTKXGvPk/s320/fav_expression.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432548093597688722" /></a><br /><br />Space Discovery Gym by Lamaze. Guess Clement wasn't really know how to enjoy it yet. How daddy and mummy wished we have such lovely toys and playland while we were young...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKwJifc2ZyPJJYF0YwrgaC8PHi-BUQWrJ2VcR8n7QCDrJhN2sgykgnsOz0iyc89SBWxonFXvUqOOVO3Yi7bn1aZMFTQR4xx2I7FaGS36NKpgcmozOOecwp-pu8pscViP18AcrbqCikDc/s1600-h/gym2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKwJifc2ZyPJJYF0YwrgaC8PHi-BUQWrJ2VcR8n7QCDrJhN2sgykgnsOz0iyc89SBWxonFXvUqOOVO3Yi7bn1aZMFTQR4xx2I7FaGS36NKpgcmozOOecwp-pu8pscViP18AcrbqCikDc/s320/gym2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432549834809996546" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6SaFqIGTmrVaTfcT9AQVIttRpKOx0D-jvg4_xAvkhP6urCzYfbib07bzF710Mw2ecMjWYG0rm_X53igc3cFuu1uyXX-vNGScHBuEIx_uJ9bYyt-KJEaIJSKQYH65-is6pPxvuho9Pbo/s1600-h/gym1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6SaFqIGTmrVaTfcT9AQVIttRpKOx0D-jvg4_xAvkhP6urCzYfbib07bzF710Mw2ecMjWYG0rm_X53igc3cFuu1uyXX-vNGScHBuEIx_uJ9bYyt-KJEaIJSKQYH65-is6pPxvuho9Pbo/s320/gym1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432549615635255154" /></a>nymeigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077154324974470556noreply@blogger.com0