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Lottery / Gambling

29 May 2005 by

I have only bought lottery a few times in my life, normally I bought those ticket lottery that sold by men/women who approached us at coffee shop. It’s not that I want to win anything, but I pity those ah poh, ah pek, or disable people who sell the lottery. They told me they earn a bit only from selling and there’s no other job they can do. Very kesian them, so I’ll buy a bit, and I’ll lose the tickets without checking out if I win or not. Maybe I won, but didn’t know lah.

So, I’ve never won fast cash, even if gambling at casino, always no luck. Maybe there’re lots of people like me out there who don’t have money luck. All our money is hard-sweat-earned money! Too bad lah, no chance to get millionare husband too! (Hubby will kill me or not if he reads this?)

Nowadays, whenever I go to casino with friends / relatives, I’ll just watch them play. It’s quite boring though, but at least my money is not wasted, or “donated” to Uncle Lim. Even hubby also has no money luck, so both of us are “aliens” at casinos, and better still spend time “pat toh” or golfing.

My father-in-law has money luck. He said he can easily win money from lottery. Sometimes he can really spend on lottery, and if he wins, he’ll be so thrilled about it. But I think he didn’t think about the money he has “invested”, and if my calculation is right, he hasn’t win much.

Same goes to my friend’s family. Her mum and dad also buy numbers whenever they have the “instinct”. Her husband also collects numbers (illegal right?), and buy a lot too. So far, they’re doing well, always have extra cash to flash around.

I don’t know, I really don’t wish Justin will learn that money can be gained in a faster way, and there’s no hard work involved. I don’t know if I should tell him that we should work hard to get money, since lots of youngsters these days are only interested to get money fast. How should we educate our children on money / gambling?

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Shopping!!!

26 May 2005 by

I’ve just came back from my shopping at Jusco Ipoh. It’s extremely crowded and trying to get a parking space is impossible! Luckily my friend’s husband could give us a ride, so we three ladies can have less havoc and start shopping straight away.

First, we go to cosmetic counters to get our skincare products. There’re freebies and free facial everywhere, so have to grab fast! Then to baby department to get out babies’ stuffs. After that, we realised that we have nothing to get already!

It’s true, with so many things on sales, I’m just clueless of what to get. And the queue at the cashier was very long everywhere, after paying for my stuffs, I was so relunctant to queue again. So all of us went to get our cash vouchers.

That’s it. The end of my shopping spree at Jusco. Doesn’t sound so much like a shopping queen huh?

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Milk Leave

26 May 2005 by

To non-breastfeeding mums out there, you might not know what “milk leave” means. To shopping mum, the definition of milk leave is taking day off to direct-nurse your baby in order to boast milk production and it’s every breastfeeding mother’s right. Chey, sounds great huh?
I’m on milk leave today. I called and told my principal I won’t tbe going to work, for two reason: Firstly, to breastfeed my baby, and secondly, it’s Jusco member’s day. I know the second reason sounds ridiculous, but there’re so many of my ex-colleages whom I bumped into today, taking day off to shop!
Ok, back to milk leave. I woke up at 7am with Justin, and my mother-in-law took him out for his morning walk. Normally I’ll quickly sterilize his bottles, prepare his expressed milk, change and go to work. But today, I was so relax and could go back to sleep until 8am. Then it’s time to nurse Justin. Normally Justin will take a nap after the feed, but today I think he sensed that mummy’s not working, so he was awake and we had a mum-baby play time. I felt really good about this as I sometimes feel guilty of not spending enough time with him.
After breakfast, I drove mother-in-law, Justin, maid and niece to the morning market. I haven’t done this for some time. When MIL was busy shopping, Justin and I spent some time waiting in the car. He’s so energetic this morning, it’s so unusual. I think he knows I’m not working today, and trying hard to stay awake. Maybe babies have instinct on this?
When we got home, Justin’s really sleepy already, and I nursed him to sleep. After he wakes up at noon, I quickly prepare his puree and feed him. He’s so happy to see me when he wakes up! I suddenly realised I only feed him once a week at lunch. My heart sank a bit knowing that I’m not spending enough time with him….
I nursed him again before and after his afternoon nap, then I went shopping with friends. I told MIL I’ll be back in time to nurse him before he sleeps at night, but MIL already feed him at 8pm and he fell asleep early. So I pumped the milk out for him tomorrow. And I got 5 oz of milk! It’s the first time this month, and I felt really great about my milk production which increased because I’m so relax today! And maybe it’s also due to the papaya soup my MIL had prepared.
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I’ll have to go to work and things will back to normal again tomorrow. Hopefully I can get more milk leave like this. Or maybe I can just stop working and stay at home with Justin….I really miss my confinement days when I can just spend 24 hours with him. All working mums also feel like this, I think.

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J-Card Day – Tomorrow!!!

25 May 2005 by

I’ve wickedly told my colleage I won’t be coming to work tomorrow. Why? It’s Jusco member day!!! So I’m going to shop, shop, shop like a shopping queen! Of coz, I’m The Shopping Mum!!!!
My plan is to get there early in the morning, since it’s open at 8am. Then it’s easier for me to get a parking space. So, I’ll see what I can get from the sales tomorrow!
I’m really excited about this!

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Genting Trip

24 May 2005 by

I thought of recharging myself during my trip to Genting Highlands last weekend, but I ended feeling even more tiring than before. It’s really crowded there, probably due to public holiday and long weekend.
We went to the temple first.

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I did a prayer here, hopefully my work is blessed and my stress level will be reduced, and thus increase my milk productivity! Justin was not smiling as the it’s really sunny and he hates staying under the sun. So, we quickly made our way up to the hotel.

We spent the first day at outdoor theme park. Since Justin’s too young for anything, we spent most time at outdoor theme park sitting on the bench while watching Justin’s cousins having fun. See how happy the Wei wei (boy) and Xin Yi (girl)were?

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The weather was windy and less sunny in the afternoon. Justin’s having fun looking at all the people and games that fasinated him. Too bad he’s still to young to join, so next time mommy will bring you there again when you’re older, ok? BTW, baby, you looked cute in that tweetie cap!

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There’s only one thing that’s bothering me. I just don’t understand why escalators are the only convenient way of getting from one place to another. Ex: We’re staying at Theme Park Hotel and to go to First World Hotel, we can either go through endless of escalators, or go through the outdoor theme park. Since we’re going with Justin, we thought it’s more convenient to bring along the stroller. But too bad, he can’t even sit in it most of the time due to the escalators. So most of the time I’d carry him while my maid and DH will managed with the stroller. After carrying for a while, Justin also refused to sit on the stroller and my arms and back were ache from craddling him. See how sour his face is whenever I placed him back on?

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Anyway, all of us are having a great and tiring trip. Wei wei’s down with fever and Xin Yi’s having bad coughing. Of coz lah, they spent 9 hours straight playing at the thme park!

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Handling Complaints

19 May 2005 by
Have you ever raise a complain to anyone / department / agencies etc about anything? Do you like the way those people on duty handling your complaints?
I used to receive complaints once in a while from parents about my teachers, their children’s progess, my books, well basically parents can complain about everything they don’t like. If I am feeling great that day, I’ll handle the complaints with a smile, and say “yes, yes, yes, I agree with you and I’ll check it out, ok?”. If I’m moody that day, I’ll normally ask one of my staffs to handle it, if it’s not serious. I really can’t get angry and “fight” back with the parents. So, I rather walk away and handle it later.
But lately, my problematic ex-principal of my kindergarden has left me with lots of complaints until I also feel like “pengsan” and really want to run away from things. But I can’t. I’ve just employ a new principal and being a devoted Christian, she said once she’s committed, she is. So I take her word for that. I just can’t let her handle all the previous “shits” by herself. I really admire her courage and boldness in accepting this job since I told her I’ve tonnes of problems and complaints to be solved.
She can really listens and talks to parents as well as teachers. I think she works too hard and got sick already 2 days ago, but still turned up to work yesterday. Hopefully these parents can really give her a chance and just keep in mind that changes can’t be made overnight. As a parent, if you complain or comment to any kindergarden nicely, the principal or person in charged will surely take a note. But don’t expect things to change overnight.
BTW, I really don’t understand why parents like to shout to teachers or principal. Don’t you think this is rude? If your own child saw what you did, I don’t think he/she will respect the teacher / principal anymore. Why can’t they talk politely, maturely, and nicely? And please don’t threaten the principal that you’re so and so, and can ask all the children to leave. If you have problems, talk to the principal, but don’t go looking for gang members. Arghhhh!!!
No wonder there’re insufficient of teachers in kindergardens and schools. So stressful to handle the parents, especially rude and unreasonable parents.
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I Need a Vacation!

17 May 2005 by

I’ve been extremely busy lately. And my milk production has gone down hill that Justin has just finished almost all of my frozen milk I kept for my outstation training in 2 weeks.

So, I really need a break! I can’t sleep well at night and keep thinking about my work, maybe I’ve been too worried and tensed. This coming weekend, I’m going to Genting for a short break. But since it’s Wesak Day, all the hotels are fully booked, but we’re lucky to get rooms. Hai ya, hopefully I can relax a bit this weekend, and recharge myself before returning to work next week.

 However, going to famous vacation spot during public holiday is not such a good idea. We may have a hard time getting parking space, long queue at theme park, over-crowded restaurant, etc. So, if I can just stay in the room with my baby for 2 days, doing nothing but eat, sleep, breastfeed, and watch TV (haven’t done this a long time) that should be enough.

Why can’t I stay at home to rest? I just can’t. I’ll still do my work at home. Maybe I just don’t know how to relax already. Maybe I should start booking for facial, body massage, go shopping, and see my hubby’s money goes down the drain with these indulgences like a sui lai lai! Then, it’s my hubby’s turn to get all tensed up and needs a vacation!

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Cooking

11 May 2005 by

I can’t cook. I can only cook Maggi mee and fry eggs, but not “Ho Bao Tan”, just normal ugly looking fried eggs. I have always wanted to impress my hubby with warm-homecooked dishes, but that has yet to happen. I remembered when we were dating and I tried to cook for him once or twice. But it turned out he’s cooking since I was screaming when I placed the fish in hot oil and got scared by the sizzling oil. Luckily, I can still cook rice with rice cooker, but that’s nothing to be proud of. Gee, I’m really embarrassed about my cooking skill now. Since Justin has started on solid at 4 months old, I began to boil or steam potatoes and carrots for him. But after a few days, my mother-in-law cook for him since I’ve to go to work earlier nowadays. So, that’s all I did for cooking. If I was born maybe 50 years ago, I think I won’t be able to get married. Will there be a guy who will marry a girl who can’t cook? Luckily I stay with my in-laws, if not, my hubby will have a hard time with my food, if I don’t burn the dish!

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Doing Charity

08 May 2005 by

Today is Mother’s Day. And some mothers of www.mymomsbest.com will be vising UMMC hospital and distributing gifts to the mothers whose babies or toddlers are staying at the hospital. It’s so touching to me, even though I personally can’t be there to help out. I really hope I can volunteer, but then, I can’t make it to KL this Sunday.

Lots of members from mymomsbest donated gifts and cash to make this project successful. And the committees have helped to buy and wrapped the gifts as well, so it’s really one hard work. Some of the mothers are working mums, and have their families matters to attend to, but still managed to find some time for this project. Even stay-at-home mums are also busy, but still helping out as well. I’m truly grateful to know these mums although we only meet online most of the time.

While most of these mothers are contributing without getting all their names published (the project will be published though), a minority of people would like to make their effort in charity known to the public.

I’ve been to some wedding banquets of some rich businessmen’s sons or daughters. Half way through the dinner, they’ll announce to the guests that all “ang-pao” money will be donated to xxx school, xxx society and etc. One wedding dinner I attended even donated a total of RM100,000 to some schools and societies, as announced by both of the bride’s and groom’s families.

I appreciate the rich and famous for donating to the poor, but sometimes I doubt they are doing it for their own popularity only. Why can’t they just donate silently, but have to make a big fuss and even get the act on newspapers? Of coz by getting on papers will encourage other rich guys to donate as well (maybe just to jaga muka), but is that the real purpose of doing charity?

Since I’m not mega-rich, I can only donate a few gifts or some money like RM 1 to RM50 only, so no chance to get “popular” by doing charity. But I’m doing it because I really want to help, within my ability of coz.

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Taking Own’s Life

04 May 2005 by

I read about 5xmom’s blog about death, and thought about my distant uncle’s condition.

He was diagnosed with nose cancer a few years ago, and has recovered from it, but his is not as healthy as before. He used to have insurance coverage, but cancelled it just before the cancer, probably due to financial difficulties. So I think he spent quite a lot of his saving on medication, even though his company was paying some too. BTW, he has 2 young sons in primary, and also the sole bread-winner of the family.

Months ago, he was diagnosed with TB. Correct me if I’m wrong, I thought TB is not a deadly disease anymore, and early treatment will help. I think he was really depressed with his health, and how his family is going to cope with his condition. He wrote a letter to his family, saying that he’s going to die. Then left his family in the middle of the night and drove to a deserted area to commit suicide with carbon monokside. His dad called my dad to help searching for him, but my dad couldn’t find him anywhere. Luckily, there were some Malay men passed by and saw him sleeping in the car with the engine on and tried to break up the glass to get him. He was rescued.

My parents are not so sure about his condition now because my uncle’s family would like to settle this matter within close family members. I really hope that he’s doing fine now, and has not giving up on himself.

When I heard about people killing themselves, I always thought that they are just being selfish, and try to settle things the “easy” way out. But what if that person doesn’t feel like living on anymore? Does he have the right? Legally, I know he’s not.

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