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I want a new bed
2007-03-17 01:31:00
妹妹 somehow managed to get the small tear in the playpen big enough for her legs to stretch out. I do suspect it was with 哥哥's help. This morning while making milk for 哥哥, he came to tell me 妹妹 is stuck. Guess what? She was trying to get out through the tear! I think it's about time to move the children's bed to the room for 妹妹.
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Oneeee, twoooo, treeee ...
2007-03-16 05:44:00
?? just love to see the numbers showing up on the lift (floor) display unit. But because we stay on the lower floors she never had the chance to count very much. Today, while using the lift, I press on the highest floor - 16 to let her have the chance to see and count. I think she was very happy because her counting became louder and louder. Luckily, there isn't anyone else except us. She could count to 13! The rest were all something teen. I couldn't understand them! 13 is not too bad!Ohh, I have always wanted to put this down. ?? can't prononuce the word 'open'. She kept saying p-pen! Hahaha! When I told her, it's Ooo-pen. She would say Oooo.... p-pen. Ai yo! P comes after O. That's why!
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Tricycle Fun
2007-03-16 02:20:00
Riding the tricycle (at home) has been one of the regular past time for the kids during this school holidays. They want to ride in the morning, afternoon and evening. They had fun but I'm tired because I had to help push them. It was too difficult for ?? to paddle when ?? is sitting on the tricycle too. Luckily, I didn't bring them downstairs to paddle because ?? didn't want to stop and she will scream her lungs out when I said stop. I think this activity will carry on till they either get bore or they find something more interesting.
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Tag: The A - Z of Myself
2007-03-15 05:54:00
Ai yo! I got another tag! This time it's from Angeleyes. And this tag is looong. It took me a while to complete this [A is for age]: This is my year and I'm not 24 so that makes me .... an auntie just don't call me Ah Soh. I'll ignore you![B is for booze of choice]: Chinese Cooking Wine and Mirin, can? Seriously, I haven't had any other than those 2 since I have kids. Hmm ... I would love a glass of Apricot Brandy neat! I don't mind 2 or 3 glasses.[C is for career]: CEO of the household[D is for your most dreaded]: Hot and wind-less day and rainy day!! Especially when school starts again because I have to send and fetch ?? to and from school with ??. The walks seems to take forever~[E is for essential item you use everyday]: My PC other than my pots and pans.[F is for favorite song at the moment]: Can't think of any now.[G is for favorite games]: Tickling my kids.[H is for Hometown]: Singapore ... need the area?[I is for indulgence]: Yummy Yogurt! [J is for favorite flavor of...
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Self Service
2007-03-14 08:27:00
We lunch out today. ?? wanted to eat roti prata and went ahead to order on his own. When the prata was ready, the prata-man gestured me to collect it. ?? offered to get it since I needed to take care of ??. I saw him walking slowing looking at the plate of gravy. He is worried the gravy will spill lah! The way he walked is so comical! Lucky, it wasn't crowded otherwise people will be cursing me for asking a kid to get his own food and blocking the traffic. I think it's good practice for him to prepare him for primary school. Now I have one thing lesser to worry.
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Tag: 6 weird or quirky things about me
2007-03-13 09:10:00
I was tagged by Irene, Wenzel's Mummy to name 6 weird or quirky things about myself. Wow! I think this is tough. Maybe I didn't think anything about myself is weird.I think these are weird enough:I eat durian and strawberry but I don't eat durian/strawberry ice creams, cakes, puffs and kuehs.I can bear to see my own writing (I think it's not straight), so everything got to be printed where possible.I need to have bags in bag. 1 big bag with smaller bags and even smaller bags in them. Everything has to be in bags!The food in my fridge must be in ziploc bags or tupperwares and put on plastic trays.I can't lean against a wall. I keep thinking the wall will collapse and I'll fall.I make desserts for the family but I don't eat it myself.I would love to know 'weird' stuff of MontessoriMum, Sean Our Pride Our Joy and Cutie Princess Mummy
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Cooking Joy and Woe
2007-03-13 08:10:00
the Skinny Cook featured one of my recipes, Sweet Chicken Wings, on his site again. This is the second time my recipes is being feature there. I was surprised on being asked to feature my recipes because I seriously don't think my recipes are that great to be featured in someone else's site. I have seen some really awesome recipes in the Net. Then Doris did that too. Wah ... these people really give me the booster to continue cooking. My family got to thank them for the dinner they are still having.Why did I say that? That's because sometimes, the way my family eat their dinner make me feel like giving up cooking all together. It's sad to sometimes having to throw away food. It's like throwing away my time, effort and money.My son said dinner is nice but he cannot finish his dinner (but at least I don't have to nag at him to take every bite now). My hubby said dinner is nice but cannot finish his dinner too. At times, he just gobble up his dinner. Eat like that can taste meh...
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Hugs some more
2007-03-09 08:47:00
Remember sometime back I said ?? loves to play the hugging game? Now she not only plays that but she also gives hugs as and when she feels like it, which is quite often. I can be cooking when ?? suddenly turned up, looking up at me with her arms up. And she will be chanting hug, hug, hug ... Of course I have to hug her lah, so sweet! And it's usually finished with a loud 'muak' from her!?? who doesn't want to lose out to ??, has been giving out hugs too! Good influence huh?I'm soooo busy lately ..... receiving hugs and kisses! *grin*
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I'm a big girl now!
2007-03-08 05:50:02
I didn?t make lunch today and we ate out. It was disastrous! This time it was ??. She insisted on eating on her own. Not that I mind, at least now I can have my lunch while it?s hot but it?s really messy. I just hoped that the cleaners don?t curse me when I leave. Well, I guess it?s about time I bring out ???s old bibs. I haven?t had to use them on ?? before. I hope I still can find them.When we leave, this girl refused to sit in the pram. Lucky ?? was around to push the pram. Instead of walking, she ran! Still can shout, ?Run!? as she ran! Then she fell and hurt her knees. She got up and continued running. Sigh! Guess what happened when I bathed her? She cried, ?Pain! Pain! There!? Pointing to her knees. What to do? Told you not to run already. Video of ?? having dinner on her own ...
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?? can read
2007-03-08 05:50:02
I am finally able to video ?? reading a word I scribble on a book. So happy to see the 'fruit' of my labour. ^_^
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?? knows her ABCs
2007-03-08 05:50:02
I was playing with ?? when she suddenly said "I". I thought she was babbling again. Then she walked to pick up something she saw on the floor. It's the letter "I"! Then she picked up some more and say it out as she picked them up.Oooo! It made me so happy! What a wonderful Anniversary present this is!
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?? the telephone operator
2007-03-06 17:48:02
My dear ?? has decided to be a telephone operator. Her favourite past time now is to crawl to the telephone and pick up the receiver as if the phone just rang. She will then say ?ah-o? which is hello to her, then continue to babble on the phone, press some buttons then hang up. Ha ha! Then, she will crawl back to the playroom to play again. After a while, she will be out again. So funny!!
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Ba, ba, ba
2007-03-06 17:48:02
It seems that ?? is learning all the ?B? words now. First, she calls her ??, ?ba-ba? but has now correctly called him ?pa-pa?. Then she uses ba-ba again but on bubbles. She calls bubbles, baaa-ba. Ha ha! After that, it was bird, bear and now, bye. She will wave and say bye to anyone who say it to her. Ha! Maybe, I should teach her how to sing Baa, baa, black sheep. I think she will like it.

New word for Trenyce
2007-03-06 17:48:02
?? has spoken a brand new word, 'UP'. Every time, I want to pick her up from her play-pen or bathtub, I would said, ???, come! Up, ??.? I guess this is how she learns the word. And the funny thing is, every time when she says ?Up?, she will lift up both her hands and lift up her head to look up. Haa! Just like waiting for me to lift her up. I just realised she can even remember the title of her storybooks. Last Friday, I left 3 books on the bed and I told her, ?Let's read, Get of my tail, Little Whale.? She excitedly crawled to where the books were and picked up the correct one! Hmmm ... I?ll try another one today.
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Time to teach
2007-03-06 17:48:02
1st July, first day of a new month. It shall be the day I start to teach ??. I have wasted too much time already. I?ll be using the flash cards method. I have prepared a few new sets of flash cards. Just can?t seem to locate the soft copies of some cards I did for ??. Maybe I just have to spend time redoing it again.Anyway, this is how I do it. I will start with 3 sets of 10 cards each (30 cards). Although, my friend said it should be at least 5 sets (50 cards). I can increase later.The sets are categoried by subjects, Shapes, Colours, etc. Each card has picture printed on one side and word on the back. I will flash the word, said the word and turn it around to show the picture. Once I am done with one set, I will mark on the schedule sheet so I can keep track of the no. of times I have shown my daughter. I will try to show the cards 2 times for 15 days. That means a total of 30 times for each set. Once I reach 30 times, I change to another set.You can test you child at the end of t...
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Big Business
2007-03-06 17:48:02
?? has this funny habit of doing her big business whilst standing. Maybe it?s because her poo is usually hard, so it?s easier. I started toilet training ?? when he was around ???s age now. I let him sit on the potty seat (on top of the adult W.C.) everyday at around the same time to let him try to poo.For ??, it?s a different case. She is reluctant to poo at specific timing. Maybe of her hard poo again. So I have to catch her while she is trying to ?force it out?. So far I have been successful twice but I have to sit with her!!Sigh! ?? now has a new role ? Poo Catcher!!!
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I want more cards!
2007-03-06 17:48:02
My little ?? wants more flash cards! I have showed her flash cards when she was about 6 months old. After 2 months, she could pick out the correct cards when asked. At the same time she also loses interest in it. Early this month, I showed her flash cards again. This time round, she seems interested again. Last weeks she just refuses to let me stop showing her the cards! I can show her 2 rounds of 5 sets of cards, which contain 10 to 15 cards per set, and she still wants to see them. If I stop she will be angry and she will start to pick up the stacks of cards and start to see it herself! I went to the Popular Bookshop to look at the flash cards they have. I found that either the cards too small or the words are too small. The topics are always the usual like colours, shapes, animals, body parts, etc, which I have already made. Seems I have no choice but to make some more on my own. There goes my beauty sleep again ?
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Free to roam ? finally
2007-03-06 17:48:02
It?s so difficult to bring the 2 kids out without ?? now. Even since ?? started walking 2 weeks ago, she refuses to sit in the pram. Neither does she want to be carried. She just wants to walk. It?s so difficult especially in crowded shopping centers. People walking behind me might be cursing me for being a slow tortoise.Lately she is worst. She now refuses to let me hold her hand too! Big girl now wants to roam on her own.
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?? the Graffitist
2007-03-06 17:48:02
I just realized there are purple lines on my sofa, courtesy of ??. To cover-up his crime, he uses cushions to cover it. Sigh! The furniture in the house has all his abstract artworks on it. Seems like he thinks drawing papers and white board are not good enough for him to showcase his talents. Wait till his father sees his artwork. I don?t think he will please with them.
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Under-aged Masseur
2007-03-06 17:48:02
?? has been complaining about body aches and has been visiting our neighbourhood Chinese physician for massages.The other day, ?? said he also know how to do it and he promptly gave his ?? a shoulder massage.Sigh! He can be quite a dear if he is not at his usual mischievous behaviour.
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?? the ??
2007-03-06 17:48:02
We met our new neighbour at the void deck at the ground level. The grandma was with QiQi ?? who?s 1 year younger than ??.?? was so excited to see her. She went to sayang her and even hugs her. All these, she did so gently. I?m so surprised because she has never did this to any of us before. Maybe she can differentiate that QiQi is a baby and she has to be gentle like how her ??treats her. But then again ?? can be quite tough with ??. Hmm. When I tried to carry her home, she got angry! She only 'moved'; when QiQi goes home too. Sigh!Before QiQi went in to her house, ?? didn?t forget to give her one last hug! Where did she learn to do all these?

???s first pair of shoes
2007-03-06 17:48:02
2 weeks ago, my ?? bought ?? a pair of shoes. She has never like to put on socks or soft shoes. Everytime I put on for her when we go out, she will pull it out and throw.As usual, when I put on the new pair of walking shoes for her, she immediately tried to pull it out. I let her stand on the ground and she still kept looking at her feet, kicking away. I think she got used to it now.Every morning, I?ll put on the shoes for her and we will send ?? to school together. When we reached the school, I?ll let her come down, holding her with one hand, she will walk ?? to his classroom, wave to him, then walk back to the door. She has been doing this since we got the shoes. The teachers there commented that she walks like a ballerina tip-toeing as she walks.She?s getting better now though she still prefers to crawl. Faster lah.
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Blink-Blink
2007-03-06 17:48:02
I'm not sure when ?? started to carry and hug her pillow whenever I tell her I'm going to carry her! Hmm. Even when I throw her pillow aside, she will promptly pick it up then comes to me with it. Haa! Anyway, today she was hugging her pillow (as usual) while I feed her milk. She suddenly blink to me when I looked at her. I thought it was just a coincidence. But no! She started blinking at me again, this time laughing with the bottle still in her mouth. Haaa! When I put her back to her cot after her feed, she was still blinking at me. Cheeky girl!
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Wow!
2007-03-06 17:48:02
Every time ?? says, ?Wow !? when we go out, it would mean that we have pass by a shop with toys or with colourful things. She will keep saying, ?Wow!? till we leave the shop. She is just so adorable!

??'s 1st Haircut by Hairdresser
2007-03-06 17:48:02
I brought ?? to a saloon for a hair cut. She has wavy thick hair and it's out of shaped. I'm going to miss tying hair but at least she will look neater. I was surprised she did not cry. I thought she will resist being 'wrap up' and with hair dropping all over her face, she will start making noise. It was not that bad. She only started to wriggle towards the end when she gets bored sitting quietly. I didn?t like the hairstyle. I don?t think she looks nice. Maybe that because I can't play with her hair now. It's ok. Her hair will grow.
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Who-wah Pie?
2007-03-06 17:48:02
Last night, while waiting for ?? to finish his dinner, I played with ??. I think she was trying to count the holes in ???s wooden toy. I counted with her. After I counted to four, she said ?pie?. I did a few times and each time she said ?pie?. So ?pie? is five ?. Hahaha!Then ?? started singing 'If you are happy and you know it'. When he reach the part ? if you?re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it? he couldn't remember the words and just make up some words to sing it through. ???s reaction to ???s singing was a boring ?who-wah? while playing with her stuff. It was so funny! Simply just entertaining her brother. Poor ??! He didn?t even notice it.

Ups and Downs
2007-03-06 17:48:02
We have to take a flight of stairs to go to ???s school, which is in a Church. Usually every morning I would carry ?? up and down the stairs before letting her down. Today, I thought I would let her try climbing up with me only holding one of her hands. She could do it quite well and was quite steady. She wasn?t as good when she climbed down. Maybe, the steps are a bit too high for her. She had to bend her knee so much just make sure that her other foot was flat on the lower step. And I could see that she is slightly scared and wanted to hold both my hands. Nevertheless, I think she has done very well and I proud of her!
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Shape Sorter
2007-03-06 17:48:02
Recently I realised ?? could actually sort shapes. ?? has a shape sorter, which I bought when he was a toddler. ?? will usually open the cover than throw the shapes inside but lately I could see an interest in her in putting the shapes accordingly. And she is quite spot on. Her favourite shape is circle. Each time she will pick up circle first. I guess that's because it's the easiest shape, no adjustment is needed. Smart girl!
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Baby talks
2007-03-06 17:48:02
I have heard ?? said quite a few words but I haven?t heard her repeating them for a while. Hmmm. It?s the same for ?? when he was a toddler.Today, when I was bathing ??, she said bubble again. She is telling me she wants to play with bubbles. Her ?regular? words are all about playing. ?Up? to carry her out of her playpen, ?go? to go out and ?there? to the direction she wants to go.What about the rest of the words, ???
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Flashy Results
2007-03-06 17:48:02
After showing ?? flash cards for almost 1½ months (I took a break in-between), I tested her today. She could point out the correct card when I asked her.My sister was around when I did it and she found it amazing. She doesn?t understand how ?? could remember the words on the cards when I?m flipping so fast. Hmm ... I?m considered slow. The recommended speed to flip the card is 1 second per card. I?m still have not managed to reached that speed yet.I must ask ?? to find a way to record this down for memory. I?m so proud of my dear ??. She makes me feels that I have not idled at home being a SAHM.
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