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Help your baby stand up on her own
2008-03-17 17:36:00 About two or three weeks ago, my baby Clarisse showed me she was capable and strong enough to grab hold of my hand and pull herself up to standing position. And a week later, she could even release one hand and balance herself with just one hand holding onto mine. That’s when I thought I ... More About: Baby , Parenting , Babies , Stand Up , Stand
Is drug rehab the new black?
2008-03-17 06:32:00 “Is drug rehab the new black?” - This phrase cracked me up. It seems that being exposed for drug abuse, addiction, mental issues and sex scandals are among the best ways to gain publicity and revive a lagging Hollywood career these days. Amy Winehouse won five Grammy awards recently. During the awards show, she did a ... More About: Personal , Rehab , Drug Rehab , Black , Drug
Memory foam mattress
2008-03-16 13:34:00 While browsing the internet on my bed last night, I suddenly feel the urge to splurge and indulge when I bumped into this - memory foam mattress. It says: “Imagine a place where you can renew your mind and body every night. Where pain and stress melt away. Where pleasure and comfort greet you every ... More About: Personal , Memory , Mattress , Foam
Baby needs fibre to prevent constipation
2008-03-15 15:09:00 Baby Clarisse had problems with constipation last week. Her stool was very hard and dry she cried when passing motion. There are two things which led to this I suspect. First of all, since I’m breastfeeding her, it could be that I’ve been avoiding fruits and vegetables when I had a cough last week. That ... More About: Personal , Baby , Health , Babies , Constipation
We are Wi-Fi enabled
2008-03-15 14:56:00 Do wires and cables annoy you? My husband bought a Belkin wireless router and modem yesterday and he managed to set it up this evening. Both our desktop PCs and one notebook is connected to the internet wirelessly. Including the printer and wi-fi external storage drive. Therefore, our home office area is finally free ... More About: Personal
Backup my baby photos
2008-03-15 13:31:00 From the day our baby Clarisse was born, we have shot about 500 pictures and tens of video clips of her so far. These photographs and video clips are our treasure. Shot in digital format, we do backups every week and store them in several places: 2 DVD-Rewritable discs a 4GB Thumbdrive 2 external hard drives my online Flickr! ... More About: Personal , Baby , Photos , Backup , Computing
I want ventshades on my car windows
2008-03-14 15:27:00 Today has been a wet and cold day. It was raining while driving home from my mom’s house. The air-conditioner inside the car felt too cold even at the lowest setting. Baby Clarisse caught the flu again and has been suffering from running nose for 3 days now so I switched the air-conditioner off and ... More About: Personal , Windows
Baby Clarisse?s first trip to Kuala Lumpur
2008-03-14 14:43:00 Just came back from Kuala Lumpur today. I’m relieved it was a pleasant and smooth trip as this is the first time I’m travelling outstation without my mother’s help to take care of baby Clarisse. We planned to stay for one night initially but ended up staying for two nights instead. I was expecting baby ... More About: Personal , Baby , Trip
PlaySkool
2008-03-14 06:05:00 Baby Clarisse got to take back something fun and big yesterday. My husband’s aunty gave her another hand-me-down toy, PlaySkool. It is a battery-operated play bench toy set which has several canisters on top. And inside these canisters there are components that bounces up and down, swirling balls, spinning flaps and make funny sounds. Needless to ... More About: Personal , Toys
EatLime - One of the more pleasant file transfer websites I?ve used
2008-03-13 16:03:00 Sharing photos online with friends and family is easy. You just need an image editor to scale it down, save it to compressed jpeg format and attach it to your email. But when it comes to sharing video files, things are not that straightforward. Obviously the main problem is the file size. On average, a 2-minute ... More About: Videos , Personal , File , Websites , File Transfer
Malaysians have spoken
2008-03-09 08:45:00 What a shocking General Election it has been for Malaysians! In a good way that is. Last night, at 9pm, when my husband and I checked the unofficial results on MalaysiaKini website, news has it that Penang has fallen to the opposition with DAP taking significant number of seats. That was enough to send our adrenaline ... More About: Personal , Spoken
Vote wisely, my fellow Malaysians
2008-03-07 19:31:00 In less than 12 hours I will be casting my vote in Malaysia’s General Election. There’s no hiding where my sentiment lies for those who know me. My ‘X’ will be marked in any opposition’s box, be it PAS, PKR or DAP. I hate monopoly. It brings out the worst in anything. I vote in hope ... More About: Personal , Vote
My husband has never seen me with straight hair
2008-03-06 14:29:00 While the latest trend these days is flowing curls, I’ve been curly haired since I was born. And I remember the only time I messed around and gotten my hair straightened was when I was 25. I was young and with too much time on my hands perhaps but the deadpan straight flat hair look ... More About: Personal , Hair , Straight , Husband
My baby is crawling and trying to stand up
2008-03-03 15:06:00 My baby Clarisse has managed to crawl a few steps. It has been weeks since she started to position herself on all fours but somehow reluctant to move forward. She’s now 9 months old so it’s pretty normal for her to be crawling by now. She’s been quite active lately. Apart from crawling, she’s also trying ... More About: Personal , Baby , Crawling , Stand Up , Stand
Go camping
2008-03-02 04:02:00 While out in my garden taking in the fresh morning air, I had a chat with my neighbour seeing her busy packing up for a camping trip with her family. She’s be camping with her family at a tea plantation estate up in the highlands. It will be the first time her youngest son, now ... More About: Personal , Camping
Blog about going green and eco-friendly, if I can find the time
2008-03-01 14:32:00 Global warming is a hot topic these days. We’ve even got politicians making political campaigns out of it. As for me, I find pleasure in reading about the latest developments on environmental issues. Particularly how science and technology is making our life’s more eco-friendly, and ultimately, helping the environment. So much so, that I’ve been ... More About: Personal , Time , Green , Blog , Find
Friday?s day out with my girlfriends and family
2008-03-01 04:29:00 I managed to steal some time off from parenting duties this afternoon. My mom took care of my baby Clarisse while I went out for a drink with my girlfriends. It’s good that she won’t mind spending time alone with her grandparents without mommy by her side. Having a time out from parenting, relax and a ... More About: Personal , Family , Girlfriends , Friday
Flu bug is in the house
2008-02-23 06:38:00 I’m writing this from my mom’s house where I’ll be staying until my husband and his family recovers from the flu. My father-in-law caught the flu bug last week and spread it to the entire family. My brother-in-law who flew back to Perth last Sunday took the flu virus back with him as he’s been sick ... More About: Personal , House , The House
Our TV room
2008-02-23 03:47:00 Eventhough I’m an early adopter of flat panel LCD monitor for the PC, I’m one of those people who have yet to step up from the old CRT telly to the LCD flat panel TV. And if you wonder why I’m still using that old National brand TV we bought 25 years ago in our ... More About: Personal , Room
My baby is trying to stand up on her own
2008-02-21 20:08:00 Today, my baby Clarisse managed to hold my hands and pull herself up to a standing position. Like always, having discovered a new physical prowess, she gets very excited to try it out and she certainly did countless of times tonight. Of course I’m happy with that but when she kept doing it during bedtime, ... More About: Personal , Baby , Babies , Stand Up , Stand
Birthday present for Nicky
2008-02-21 03:57:00 My husband’s 12-year-old nephew will be turning 13 next month. When it comes to his birthday presents, it’s a no-brainer. We have been getting him PlayStation video games for the past several years. And the fact that his dad recently bought him a brand new PlayStation 3, I think he won’t quit gaming anytime soon. ... More About: Personal , Birthday , Present , Nicky
Chinese New Year mood has faded
2008-02-18 16:39:00 The mood and celebration of Chinese New Year is fading fast. In fact, to most people, Chinese New Year s celebration ends when it’s time to leave their hometown, drive back to the big city and their jobs. As for our family, the air of Chinese New Year ended when my brother-in-law flew back to Australia and ... More About: Personal
Baby room
2008-02-17 15:01:00 My husband and I has been planning to renovate our guest room and turn it into our baby room. Baby Clarisse has been sleeping with mommy and daddy since the day she’s born. Now at 8 months old, she’s starting to crawl and we have yet to start put a finger on it. It’s high ... More About: Personal , Room
How was Valentine?s day?
2008-02-16 17:05:00 So ladies, what Valentine gift did your husband or boyfriend get you this year? Something romantic? Roses and a candle-lit dinner … Something expensive? Things with diamonds in it … Something sexy and erotic? Sexy nighty or kinky leather lingerie … Something delicious? Chocolates and sweets … As for me, I received a nice leather handbag from my husband. It’s ... More About: Personal
Baby feeding ordeal
2008-02-16 16:08:00 For the past few days, feeding my baby Clarisse turned into such an ordeal. Not that feeding sessions in the past is smooth sailing but lately, with all her might, she would twist, turn, yank, mouth tightly shut, blocking the spoon with her tougue and scream her lungs out with every spoonful of oats cereal. ... More About: Personal , Baby , Parenting , Babies , Feeding
Educational animation created by a charity organisation
2008-02-16 15:07:00 My niece and nephew were glued to the TV pretty much all the time at their grandpa’s house during their Chinese New Year break. They’ve got DVDs of Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Tom and Jerry to Doraemon, Spongebob Squarepants and literally any cartoon stuff I’ve ever heard of. Except one, Donkey Ollie, which they ... More About: Personal , Animation , Charity , Educational , Organisation
Natural cure for milk rash/saliva rash
2008-02-15 06:03:00 Three weeks ago, some rashes started to show on my baby Clarisse’s cheeks and around the mouth. I took her to see her paediatrician. She told me it is milk rash and prescribed a mild steroid cream hydrocortisone for baby Clarisse. However, I declined the prescription as I do not wish to apply anything that ... More About: Parenting , Babies , Natural , Milk , Cure
It?s high time to keep track of our family spending
2008-02-15 05:44:00 Life changed since we had baby Clarisse. Both of us do not enjoy the freedom, especially financial wise, we once had when we were just married. Before I got pregnant, we could just spend our money without thinking about it. We could just go for an expensive meal or drive outstation to do ... More About: Personal , Family , Time , Spending , High
More hand-me-down books from my sister
2008-02-14 15:15:00 My baby Clarisse received a few more story books yesterday. They are hand-me-downs from my sister’s children. Looks to be suitable for one or two year old toddlers so I guess I’ll be keeping them until baby Clarisse is matured enough to appreciate them. Thanks to family and friends, I now have roughly thirty hand-me-down story ... More About: Personal , Books , Hand , Sister
Is that wood varnish toxic?
More articles from this author:2008-02-14 14:18:00 No matter how many teethers are in the crib, baby Clarisse has a habit of chewing the rails instead. Today, my husband and I were out nearly the entire day. When we came home, my father-in-law painted baby Clarisse’s whole crib with wood varnish! He said it looks much better now with a darker and ... More About: Personal , Wood , Toxic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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