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Tired

03 Jun 2011 by

Hubby is very very stubborn. At first impression, one might think that he’s such a nice guy and soft spoken. But actually, he’s as stubborn as a mule. Don’t worry, he never reads my blog. LOL!

I’ve been persuading him in getting a maid but he refuses. I know that the house is very small, and we don’t have an extra room. But I think it’s ok for Isabelle to share the room with the maid as she always comes to our bed after midnight. Or if it’s not a live in maid, I want the part time cleaner to come more often and do the ironing too.

But the stubborn mule thinks that he can handle the ironing part and he has to either sleep late or wakes up very early to do the ironing. Since it’s raining occasionally, the laundry is piling up and I’ve been suggesting that we send the clothes to my office maid for ironing. Again, proposal was rejected. Sigh…

My previous cleaner is heavily pregnant, so she can’t do the ironing for me now. Her sister is coming in for cleaning only as she has to do 2 jobs on the same day. She can’t come more often.

I can tell that hubby’s very exhausted lately. He’ll probably have  low testosterone symptom soon. And he still needs to coach Justin’s Thai homework, which I plan to outsource too. I will bring Justin back to the office after school and let the office staffs teach him. :P In the mean time, I’m looking for Thai tutor, we seriously need one now.

Oh my, this school’s standard is really tougher than the previous one. No play play anymore. :P

As for me, I can’t do much house chores either. I cook dinner early in the morning, while preparing bentos before leaving to work. Why? It’s because we are coming home lately than previous school year, and kids can’t wait too long for dinner. Yesterday, Justin fell asleep in the car on the way home. I stopped by a neighbor’s house to ta pau dinner for hubby and she saw how tired Justin was. She asked if she needed to cook for the kids but I said no. They had taken pasta at office and they were too tired for dinner anyway. She sort of like pitied the kids. Sigh…what to do la…

Maybe I will ask her to cook for me once in awhile. Order dishes in the morning and get them in the evening. Let’s see how.

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Hubby’s Birthday

21 Jan 2011 by

Hubby celebrated his 39th birthday days ago, and coincidentally, our neighbor shares the same birthday as him! What a small world.

We didn’t do anything special as he’s very busy, and he went outstation the next morning we came home from Sg. And he was home late on his birthday too, so I just cooked dinner as usual and we had cake later on. He’s not the kind who’s into celebration anyway, just like his family. Very boring la…

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Without feasting out, I save myself from extra calories and diet pills. But the blueberry cake is really yummy, I am so gonna eat the last piece stored in the fridge!

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Hubby’s Sick

29 Aug 2010 by

Hubby is down with fever, so we are not going anyway this weekend. Besides the usual classes, we are just rotting at home. :P

Yesterday, I drove him to the hospital since his fever was quite high, and the kids tagged along too. If I have a helper, I would prefer the kids not going to the hospital with us. As much as we can just go to the clinics, but we prefer the private hospital, don’t ask me why. :P

The queue was pretty long, and I even had time to do a simple medical check up for my work permit. After mine was done, hubby was still waiting for his turn!!! The kids were bored and started playing around already. Sigh…

The hospital was quite cold too, not by Hunter fans but the full blast air-con! Poor hubby felt even more sick with the cold. :P

The whole process of seeing the doctor to paying the bills took more than 2 hours. Sipeh long la…

But the good thing is, they gave hubby a jab and his fever subsided after a few hours. That’s good. He has to be fit as I’m having a very busy week starts from tomorrow. Itu la, no matter how sick you are as a parent, if you don’t have any helper, you can’t afford to be sick!

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When Mommy is Away…

23 Aug 2010 by

So, how’s things at home when mommy is away? Let’s see…

  • The house is messy, and it’s already expected.
  • Kids had more junks and pizzas, and that’s part of the “plan” too.
  • Kids did well at SIL’s place for 3 days, under the care of her maid while hubby was working and SIL was away in Mebourne. I am not sure what they did at her house, but they were bathed, fed, and well taken care off with the help of TV and a laptop. :P
  • Teachers helped to watch the kids too as I told them I won’t be around to pick them up on time, and hubby might be late. Indeed, he was very late one day in picking up the kids!
  • The school van is reliable. Thank god for that! We arranged for the school transport to send the kids back to SIL’s maid when hubby was too busy. There is a school assistant that goes along with the van driver, and the drivers are all hired by the school, so I feel more secure that way. After the news of a driver r*ping a school girl in M’sia, you really doubt the security of using a transport home!
  • No one stepped into the kitchen nor cleared out the food in the fridge. I came home not only to step on sticky floor and seeing clothes on the sofa, but also to a fridge with some super old leftover (the last meal before I left home) and a rice cooker of mold and acid which was left for almost 9 days.
  • The rack was full of biscuits, cereals and dunno what packed food. Obviously, those were my kids BENTO for school. :P
  • Kids are more attached to daddy. They want daddy to sleep with them even more, and that totally spoils my effort in training the kids to sleep by themselves FOREVER more. :P
  • Justin is very independent, he didn’t miss me much.
  • Isabelle cried for the first few nights, and called me a couple of times a day, complaining that daddy bullied her or korkor scolded her, or daddy bullied korkor and etc. As long as you raise your voice at her, she will complain that she’s being bullied. :P I guess hubby lost his patience over the days when I was not around. LOL!

Overall, I think hubby did a great job. So, is he complaining about the kids? NO. He ENJOYS it.

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Sick

28 Jul 2010 by

A few minutes after hubby left for work, he called me and asked me not to lock the door as he would take the half day off. Both of us have been pretty unwell for days, but it seems like hubby’s condition is worse than me. LOL! He’s been sleeping in another room with Isabelle, who can’t sleep well in air-conditioning too. But then, I don’t think it helps much for hubby.

I guess he will be alright after a few more days of good rest, and lots of water. He will always act like a baby whenever he’s not feeling well. On the other hand, the wife is still at work and doing everything. *Blekkkk*

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He Loves Ironing

25 Mar 2010 by

Does you husband help out in house chores? I must say that I’m one of the lucky ones who has a good helper at home. He has to help as he’s the one who doesn’t want to have a live in maid. He thinks that a maid will invade his privacy. Maybe he can’t walk around without a top anymore, or go to the bathroom without locking the door (you know, just in case someone bumps in?), or whatever reason it is.

Hubby helps in ironing, and I’ve mentioned this a million times in my blog. It’s not that he can do a good job in ironing. In fact, I iron quite well. I used to do it when we stayed in Ipoh, before having a maid. But since he volunteered, I would be glad to share some responsibilities with him. If he didn’t do a good job, and if I can’t “swallow his work”, I might redo it if time permits.

But with his limited time spent at home, he doesn’t really have much time in ironing. I can buy him a bundle of working shirts and pants, or get a few more sets of uniform for the kids, but he won’t agree to that. So, what he will do is…

  • He set the alarm clock to 6am or earlier and if he can get up that hour, he will do the ironing in the early morning. But most of the time, he will just let the clock buzz every 5 minutes until the wife wakes up and smashes the clock *ok, a bit dramatic*
  • He will put the kids to sleep (we do this together if he’s around). Take a short nap, and wake up around 11pm to do the ironing.

Most of the time, it’s me to wake him up as I don’t sleep that early. I would get up to prepare some bento, get online, or watch some movies, so I would ask him if he wants to get up or get back to sleep. So this poor thing will get up in blurry eyes, get downstairs and start ironing if he managed to push “chao gong” away. Sound very cham huh? Sleep also interrupted.

Thus, I came up with 2 solutions:

  • I found a laundry shop near my office and I can just send the clothes there for ironing. SIL has been doing this for some time, even if she has a live in maid. Her maid takes 2 hours to iron a shirt, thus it’s best to send to laundry. Since she highly recommended it, it should be good.
  • My part time cleaner has a friend who does ironing. She can come with her twice a week to iron my clothes, and I found that this is a better option due to my laziness of bringing a buckle of clothes and hangers out twice a week.

Hence, I arranged to get the part time “iron woman” in. BUT!!! The night before she came, hubby found out about my plan and he asked me to cancel it. He was away for days when I did the arrangement, and I thought it’s just a small matter that I can decide on my own. I have only thought of lightening his “burden”.

Manatau, hubby thinks that he will have another stranger in the house, and it’s a bad idea. *roll eyes* So, how about option 1 where the wife sends out the clothes?

He said “no”. So mah fan. O.o

This is something I must jot down. He said…”Ironing is quite fun.”

Yeap, FUN. LOL! He will only spend one or 2 hours every time for ironing so he can handle it.

First time I heard someone who actually enjoys ironing. What a dinosaur.

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Away again

17 Mar 2010 by

Hubby flew to Phuket this morning, and he will be back after 3 days. It’s his first week at his new work place, but the GM is handling over as quick as possible because he’s going back to his home country soon. Partly it’s also hubby’s fault la, the new boss offered him a job last month, but he was dilly-dally-dunno-why reluctant to accept earlier and also delayed in turning up. :P

So right now, he orr si also mein tak han. Busy tou sei. He probably needs colon cleansing soon. LOL!

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Hubby Needs Muscles

17 Mar 2010 by

Both our kids weigh at 20 and 16 kg respectively. But some times, they want daddy to carry both of them together, at the same time. Thus, hubby has to carry each of them in one arm and walk around for quite some time. By the end of the day, he might have a back ache. LOL!

I think he needs to build more muscle, if he’s going to continue carrying both kids at the same time. Maybe he will find these muscle milk reviews useful.

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Hubby’s Coming Back Soon

25 Feb 2010 by

Hubby didn’t get the deal which he’s going back for, but it’s ok. That work requires too much of traveling, so I’m kind of glad that he didn’t get it. :P

So, I guess he will be back this weekend. He has some things to settle in Ipoh now, like picking up my bento stuffs, paying for his life insurance, settling some banking needs and etc. I hope that things won’t get too bad tomorrow, especially since there are warnings about possible ISA in Bangkok again. Sigh… Politic sucks the max in Thailand.

Please don’t seize the airport of anything. I want my hub to be back home.

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Hubby’s Going Back

19 Feb 2010 by

Hubby is going away again, and I’m not sure how long will it take this time. He has a lot of things to do back home, so he haven’t decide on the day when he will be back either.

I am down with flu, and it’s such a bad timing. But what to do? I will still have to attend to the kids. Nonetheless, I’ve planned to get the cleaning helper to come in twice next week, so at least I don’t have to worry about the chores, except laundry and ironing. I don’t like to scrub the BathroomSuite especially, so it’s best to get her to help me. :P As long as both bathrooms are clean, I won’t be complaining much.

On the other hand, MIL is staying here in Bangkok, so I might drop by her place for dinner occasionally. That means I won’t be cooking much, so the kitchen will be less messy and oily. It’s another burden off my shoulder!

The only thing left is to watch the kids, and making sure that they are well taken care of, and they can do their homework. Justin has been questioning if I can coach him with his Thai homework, so that’s the major headache I’m facing now.

Another thing is, I will have to tolerate Isabelle’s screaming while washing her hair. She only loves daddy to wash her hair for her, and she will always freak out when I bathe her. I guess the whole neighborhood will know that hubby is away again, judging by the screams in the bathroom by my gal.

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