Present From Heaven

Our New Blog - www.xuan-jie.blogspot.com

2007-11-02T10:48:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone,
I've created another new blog for Bernice and Isaac.
Please do visit us at http://xuan-jie.blogspot.com
by clicking on the header of this post.
See you there......

Lots of Love....

Bernice Is A Great Sister to Isaac

2007-09-10T16:22:00.000+08:00

My little bernice has grown up. She is "cheah cheach" to her little brother Isaac. Mummy, daddy are so proud of bernice. When Isaac cry, bernice will help to take Isaac's pacifier and put it in his mouth and rock the bassenet while saying "Isaac, eat properly, no cry..." It's so sweet and touching to see my little bernice taking good care of her little brother. My little princess, you will always be our darling princess.

Little Princess With New Hair Style

2007-06-22T12:12:00.000+08:00

Look at my little princess, doesn't she look pretty?

Bernice Art

2007-06-22T11:40:00.000+08:00

Two weeks ago we went for tumble tots free trial session and bernice surprise me with her skills in making the apple print using 1/2 apple and some water colour. So I decided to buy her some water colour and we can do more water colour painting at home. See what we did. She loved the hand printing. She proudly showed her master piece to Daddy and Uncle David when the came home from work.

Shopping Angel

2007-05-12T23:26:00.000+08:00

It's Mother's Day; we went shopping in The Curve. Mummy went into FOC and I found some interesting things there too. Don't I look great? While I try on some accessories, lots of people were staring at me.

Red Bean Soup For Tea

2007-05-12T16:43:00.000+08:00

Yummy, mummy made red bean soup today and I had it for tea time. Mummy disallows me to drink soup this way, she always asks me to use a soup spoon but I still find it tastier when I drink it this way. Do I look like the Maggie Mee advertisement? hehehe....

I'm Loosing My Temper

2007-05-08T13:13:00.000+08:00

Since Bernice was sick on Friday, she has been very "manja". Today she seems to be recovering, the running nose has lessen and she looks more alive. But she is still so cry baby. Everything got to go her way else she will cry and her tears just can't stop. She seems to be crying so much nowadays and stubborn too.

I'm at my 32 weeks pregnant now, with a big belly and bad temper too. I just can't stand hearing her cry and cry and cry. I worry I might loss temper and give a big slap! As I'm writing this post, she is crying outside I wonder what she is crying again this time. Called my hubby telling him Bernice crying all day long and I'm getting crazy. Hubby suggested me to take some chocolate to relax. That's a good idea; I'll go enjoy a piece of chocolate.

Sick Angel

2007-05-08T13:07:00.000+08:00

Bernice has been sick since Friday morning. She had mild fever 37.8 Celsius, cough and running nose. This is the first time she has been so sick since birth. Hubby and I didn't get to sleep well as bernice would wake up almost every hour crying cause by her phlegm and difficulty in breathing cause by nose block. Even day time she can't sleep, her eyes are always watery and she really look sick. Took her to homeopathy on Sat and she is still on the medication.

Rabbit Rabbit .....

2007-05-03T15:39:00.000+08:00

Yesterday we went to Bukit Tinggi again. Mummy and Daddy's intention was to bring me to rabbit farm for me to chase, feed and have fun with those rabbits.

Mummy woke me and daddy at 9:15 am, we started our journey at 10:15am. We reach Bukit Tinggi at 11am. We were disappointed as there we no show or event for the day, no clown, no balloons! We can't even find nice food to eat, so we decided to go to rabbit farm and later go for Mc Donald’s on our way home.

I fed a few rabbits with carrots that we bought from home. It was fun. After chasing and feeding rabbits for 1 1/2 hours we decided to leave. I slept on the way home, I was so tired, feeding rabbits was a tiring task and I had sunburn on my hands too. We had Mc Donald’s on our way back. I had a wonderful time.

Little Shoppers Weekend Outing

2007-04-24T12:21:00.000+08:00

22nd April 2007, Sunday.

We went window shopping. I had a great time walking around. Mummy told daddy to let me walk so today is "no stroller day" yippy! NTV 7 was having a road show and I got a balloon and a ball. Daddy got a car sticker and a pen.

I walk for 2 hours, looking at nice clothings, toys and people staring at me as a walk pass them. Mummy went to FOC to get some long sleeves shirt and 2 tiny rompers for Isaac. The casher in FOC gave me a sweet but I gave it to a cheah cheah that keep staring at my sweet. Mummy and daddy say they were so proud of me for being so generous.

For teatime, we went to Ikea for curry puff and coffee, mummy ordered an ice cream for me but I prefer the curry puff. It was tiring but I had fun.

Chocolate Flavour + Raisin Cupcakes

2007-04-20T17:25:00.000+08:00

Bernice asking for cake again on Wednesday morning. So I decided to make some cupcakes for her. This time, I mix some cocoa powder into the "kai tan kou" to make it chocolate flovour cupcake. I put 1 organic raisin in the middle of every cupcake. It turn out nice and bernice love the raisin. She will do the tumb up sign to say nice!

Bernice Say Issac

2007-04-15T17:18:00.000+08:00

Bernice can understand lots of things but she just refuse to speak. She only say a few words till now but to our surprise she said "Ai Check" when I ask her to call her little bernice's name Isaac. I was so happy and proud, my little princess call her brother's name.

CupCakes To Cheer Me Up

2007-04-09T14:55:00.000+08:00

Mummy made lots of cupcakes for me to eat. It was actually "Kai Tan Kou" but mummy stim the cake in tini cups and mummy springkle some cocoa powder on surface. It was yummy, I had the cakes for my breakfast, teatime and also my supper. I love cakes.

I had 8 teeth coming out and I refuse to take rice, water and I was moody too. Mummy's cupcakes manage to cheer me up. Thanks mummy.

Fun Time Washing Daddy's Car

2007-03-18T14:21:00.000+08:00

17th March 2007, Saturday

Daddy was outside washing mummy's car while kakak helping daddy to wash his car. Mummy decided to let me help too. Mummy gave me a piece of cloth, a bucket and some water. Woh... it was fun playing with water, I was wet from face to toe, my shoes were soaking wet but mummy says nevermind, have fun.

After washing daddy car,I got bored so i decided to wash wipe the floor, I wet the cloth mummy gave me and start scrubbing the floor using the wet cloth, it was fun too.This weekend I didn't get to go playground instead i play car washing, nice !

Yummy Cake Session at Coffee Bean

2007-03-10T11:24:00.000+08:00

9th March 2007 , 10pm

It was my bed time but kakak change me into nice clothing, hmmm I wonder where we are going. Later daddy asks if I want to go to bed, I shock my head, then mummy laugh. Daddy asks if I want to eat cake, I nod my head. Daddy teaches me to say "Eat Cake" but i kept silence. We went to coffee bean and once daddy let me sit on the chair, I keep knocking at the table with my 2 little fingers and say "eat cake!", "eat cake!", "eat cake!" which gave mummy and daddy a surprise. hahahaha....... I shared a piece of blueberry cake with mummy, yummy. See how good I am in handling my fork. It was a great night outing.

Bernice Expression From Birth to 1 Year Old

2007-03-06T12:11:00.000+08:00

Finally I manage to compile bernice pictures. Look at those expression. She look so adorable.

Chap Goh Mei Lunch

2007-03-05T11:53:00.000+08:00

4th March 2007, Sun

We had lunch at Sin Lock with Tua Eee, Uncle EH family and 3rd Ee, Uncle Tom and family. It was a great lunch, food was nice and everyone was happy.

I wore an old cheongsam (15 yrs old) belongs to sis Rho Fei. I think I look very pretty in it as lots of people look at me when I was walking around the ampang park.

I love the food and all Ee was laughing looking at me eating non stop. I love the sharksfin soup, mummy say I had sharksfin sticking on my face and my bib. Daddy fed me some fish and prawn. I practically eat everything that was served to the adults, yum yum... adults food are yummy.

Posing Before Going Shopping

2007-03-03T11:46:00.000+08:00

We are going shopping at Metrojaya. Mummy want to get me more new t-shirt and dresses. Mummy says we will have a busy weekend as we will go shopping today, tonight we will go for gathering at daddy's friend house and tomorrow we will have a Chap Goh Mei lunch with Tua Ee and Uncle EH family.

Falling Asleep While Eating Koko Crunch

2007-03-02T16:33:00.000+08:00

This little angel has so much to play and explore till she has no time for sleep. Today the maid bring bernice upstairs for her usual nap at 1:30pm but came down as the little angel was crying; refusing to sleep. As the maid was folding clothing, bernice almost felt asleep while helping. Once the maid carries her upstairs, she woke up crying again; refusing to sleep.

Finally after her milk at 4pm, as she was eating some koko crunch, bernice fall asleep on the high chair. This time I guest she really "pengsan" already. kakakaka.....

Finally Calling Daddy as DaDa

2007-02-28T16:22:00.000+08:00

Bernice finally gave daddy an early birthday present by calling daddy "DaDa". Our chubby little pumpkin has grown up to be a very active mischievous girl. She has learned to speak a few more simple words this few weeks.

Mummy --> Min
Daddy --> DaDa
Bear --> Beear
Auntie (Ee) --> Ehh Ehh

Other words she mastered are Cheah-cheach, Ko-Ko, and eat.

My New TV and Rocking Chair

2007-02-27T12:22:00.000+08:00

25th Feb 2007, Mummy, Daddy and me went to look for rattan chair. Currently I always sit on the floor while I watch Barney that's why Mummy and Daddy want to buy me a chair.

With the help of Kong-Kong's map, we found the rattan shop. Daddy instantly falls in love with a rocking chair. I like the rocking chair too. So finally daddy decided to buy me a TV chair and a rocking chair.

Wonderful Treats During CNY

2007-02-27T12:07:00.000+08:00

22 fEB 2007, 5th day of CNY.

For the first time I get to hold an ice-cream. 3rd Ee shared her ice-cream with me, yummy. It tastes great, sweet and cold, yummy.

I just Love CNY, mummy seems to say ok for most of the things. I get to eat adults' food, like chicken rice, teochew duck, ketupat, prawn cracker, lots of cookies and best of all ice-cream.

How I wish everyday is CNY.

CNY In Mah-Mah Kong Kong House Was Fabulous

2007-02-27T11:23:00.000+08:00

20th Feb 2007, 3rd day of CNY. Mummy woke me up at 7pm. I was too tired so cried. We started our journey very early in the morning. Reach Kong-Kong's house at about 9:30am. I immediately went to play with chyi-chyi and harn-harn but still prefer to stay away from all the adults.

In the afternoon, lots of ppl started to arrive. Lau Ko from Batu Pahat, 3rd Ee and Tua Ee reach about the same time. Woh... kong kong's house started to filled up. Henry Ku-Ku arrive about noon with few pots of Kurma, Rendang Ayam and Ketupat. Mummy let me eat 1/2 ketupat with some Kurma and potatoe, yummy.

As for dinner we had "Yee Sang" made by mummy and stimboat. Everything was sooo delicious. Daddy let me try "Yee Sang" and I had stimboat with meehoon for my dinner.

Chinese New Year Morning.

2007-02-26T11:33:00.000+08:00

18th Feb 2007, First Day of the Piggy Year.
This will be my second time celebrating cny. Mummy seems to be very excited too. Mummy makes sure kakak iron all my new clothing and hang them properly in the closet. I've got 4 brand new dresses and an old cheong sam pass down my sis Rho Fei. I have a pair of nice hair clips and a beautiful hat. Everything is pink in colour.

I saw mummy painting her nails pink. I ask mummy to apply on me too and mummy did as daddy laugh happily and took some pictures of my fingers. Mummy let me wear a gold necklace with hello kitty pendant and a new bracelet too. I love the bracelet as it has a bell that makes "ting ting" sound when i wave my hand.

Can you see ms piggy with a red ribbon? Mummy say it's piggy year so we put a ribbon on ms piggy and ask her to take a picture with us.

Mummy's Birthday on CNY Eve

2007-02-17T14:21:00.000+08:00

17 Feb 2007, Today is mummy's birthday and it's also cny eve. Daddy plan to bring mummy and me out for lunch rather than dinner because according to daddy we got to go back to Ah Mah's house for reunion dinner.

We had a wonderful lunch at Nanxiang Mantou Dian. The serve delicious Shanghai delicacy. The "Siau Long Pau" was nice. We also had "Fried Nian Kau" and mummy ordered a "Pork Ribs + Mushroom Soup Noodles". I love the noodles and the soup was yummy. I saw mummy biting the big huge mushroom but i didn't get to taste it cause mummy was telling daddy it's too hard for me.

Everything was just great. Daddy , mummy and me was nicely dressed but the sad part was daddy forgot to bring the camera. Anyway we still had a great time.

Barney Songs With Mummy At The Piano

2007-02-08T11:51:00.000+08:00

Piano time with bernice is always fun. Once I started playing the "I LOVE YOU" song from Barney, bernice will come and hug and kiss me. The other song she love is "THE WHEELS ON THE BUS" also from Barney. Check out the lyrics below and see how bernice do the action dance.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round,
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All through the town.

The door on the bus go open and shut,
Open and shut, open and shut,
The door on the bus go open and shut,
All through the town.

The people on the bus go up and down,
Up and down, up and down,
The people on the bus go up and down,
All through the town.

The baby on the bus go nyea nyea nyea,
Nyea nyea nyea, Nyea nyea nyea,
The baby on the bus go nyea nyea nyea,
All through the town.

The mummy on the bus go shu shu shu
shu shu shu, shu shu shu.
The mummy on the bus go shu shu shu
All through the town.

Bernice Call Mummy at 18months Old

2007-02-08T10:40:00.000+08:00

At 18th months, bernice decided to call mummy as "Mmmin". The first time she called me was on the 29th Jan (Last Monday). It was 9.05am, I was sitting at my dinning table logging on the computer. Bernice came and she try to climb up to sit on my lap. I ask her to call mummy and surprisingly she say "Min!". I ask her for about 4-5 times and she says "Min" "AMin". I was so happy!

Wei's 17th Birthday Party

2007-01-23T15:04:00.000+08:00

Wei is my 1st niece. She stayed with us (me and my parents) when she was a baby till age 2+. I used to take care of her and rock her to sleep in her bassinet using my feet under the dinning table while I do my homework.

Now she is already 17 years old. My little niece that used to cry clinging to me when I want to go out to town is now 17th years old princess. She celebrated her 17th B'day in Modesto last Saturday. We love you, Wei.... With all our love we wish you all the best and may your wish come true.

Second Pair of Shoes

2007-01-23T11:19:00.000+08:00

After looking and trying out many different kind of shoes we finally decided to buy this pair of clarks for bernice last saturday. This pair of shoes fit nicely into her tiny feet. She can walk and walk and walk without any problem. When she takes a step forward, the shoes does not slide to the side. When she tries to run, the shoes do not fall off.

Cheese...Posing For Picture or Eatable Cheese?

2007-01-17T11:16:00.000+08:00

My darling bernice gave us a surprise again yesterday morning. We were all having breakfast, and Bernice was enjoying 1/2 a piece of cheese. After she finished the cheese she put her finger on her right cheek then points the finger to the fridge. Did you get what she was trying to say? hahaha.... She was asking for more cheese. This morning she walk to the fridge and did the same hand sign to ask for cheese.

Previously I taught her to do the cheese smile and we will snap pictures with the digital camera. Now she use it to tell us she want more cheese (eatable cheese in the fridge).

Wonderful Christmas Eve

2006-12-26T11:28:00.000+08:00

We had a very busy Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve, we reach megamall about 10:45am, the crowd already started, we got to queue into the parking lot but luckily the queue was still ok. We got to look for presents for Bernice's cousin sister and brother, Chloe and Daryl. We shop around from 11am till 4pm and finally we decided to buy a set of astronauts toy for Daryl and some beautiful hair clips and a bracelet from Girls for Chloe.

We reach home and I started to wrap the presents and with the help from Bernice it took even longer cause mummy wrap, she unwrap. hehe...

We bought a Santa hat for Bernice but she doesn't like to wear it. But I explain to her that it's Christmas and Bernice look beautiful in that hat, so she agree to wear it for a few minutes just to show Liana Ee, Uncle Tom , Chloe cheah-cheah and Daryl ko-ko.

At 7:30pm off we go to Liana Ee-Ee's house. From far they saw Bernice in that blinking santa hat. She look so adorable. Wah ! Liana Ee prepared so many delicious food. We has wild mushroom soup as delicious as those served in Chinoz. We had fettuccine (italian type of 'kuaw tiau') very yummy. There were mashed potatoes, coleslaw and a big huge turkey just like Mr Beans's turkey.

Bernice enjoy her bread, soup, fettuccine and the roast turkey. She loves the fettuccine and turkey. Presents opening session was fun. Bernice got a xylophone toy from uncle Tom and Liana Ee.

Bernice Achievements

2006-12-21T10:42:00.000+08:00

Yesterday evening, as usually the maid wash-up for bernice and let her wear her pajamas. I saw bernice in her birthday suit so I started to ask her "Where is bernice tummy?" She say "arrkk" while poking her own tummy, I continue to ask her other parts of her body like head, face, hair, eyes, mouth, nose, ear, teeth, hand, fingers, thumb, leg, toe and bum.
To my surprise she was able to point it to me. My little angle is a big girl now. She doesn't speak many words but she knew a lot of things. Grow well my little angel.

Bernice First Holiday -Cameron Highlands

2006-12-19T16:31:00.000+08:00

22nd Nov 2006, we all met at Sungai Buluh toll. As usual everyone was late. We arrived at 9:00am, bernice couldn't see any Ee or cheah-cheah. About 9:45, Sis Irene, Susan, Mom, Dad, Liana and Chai family arrived. After having breakfast we started our journey at about 10:30am. It was a long journey, we finally arrived in Tringkap at about 12pm, had lunch in a restaurant full of flies. The food was nice but you got to bear with those flies.

We stayed in Cameron Green Apartment, About 24 of us stayed in 2 apartments. Kids enjoy themselves running around, singing songs to entertain bernice as she request barney songs. Adults enjoy the food and chatting session. We ate and chat most of the time.

On the second day we went to an organic farm. We learn about organic farming and tasted raw sawi and raw beans, they were sweet and tasty.

The best of all was the food prepared and cook by sis Liana. We had 4 maids there so sis Liana organized the kitchen and we had wonderful food like 'bak chang' and pau for second day breakfast, stimboat on second night, scallop peanut porridge on the 3rd day breakfast, western bacon, sausages, ham and egg breakfast and many more.

Another thing not to miss is the strawberry juice. We found a shop near Equitorial Hotel that sell strawberry juice, very thick and pure, yum yum... the strawberry sold there are huge too, bernice love the strawberries.

We had a wonderful family trip this year. Looking forward for more family trips.

Bernice wearing Mummy's Baju

2006-11-22T15:11:00.000+08:00

11th Nov 2006, We went back to malacca for my best friend's wedding. Ida had church wedding. While the priest was saying prayers, bernice dance standing on the chair.

On Sunday, I went to look for my baby clothing. I kept 2 of my clothing I wore when I was a toddler. Surprisingly Bernice fit into them nicely, not to big , not too small. The pants were bought by my daddy when he was in Thailand in year 1976.

Wholemeal Bread With Organic Strawberry Jam

2006-11-01T16:14:00.000+08:00

Bernice is enjoying her tea time. You should see her sucking the strawberry jam kakak spread on the bread. hahaha she enjoyed it so much.

Yesterday night I made a loaf of wholemeal bread and it turns out very soft and fluffy. This morning bernice took 2 pieces of bread to our neighbour's house to give to her little friend Hong Sern. They play and eat the bread together.

Arrrgggggg...... I'm SO ANGRY

2006-10-23T09:28:00.000+08:00

I had introduce teeth, gum and tongue cleaning to bernice since she was 6 months old. Every morning the maid or me will brush her teeth and gums with a two headed tooth brush (one side is normal brush and another side is rubber type for the gum), then we will use a white cloth to wipe her tongue. Everything was ok till this 2 months. She just refuses to open her mouth! When I try to clean for her she just scream as if I'm giving her medication. Oh what should I do? I tried stopping for 1-2 weeks then reintroduce it to her but failed. I tried having the teeth brushing together with her, failed, I tried using the natural enzyme tooth paste , she want to eat the tooth paste but refuse to brush! Everything doesn't seems to work.

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO CALL?

2006-10-18T18:02:00.000+08:00

Who do you think bernice learn to call? Mummy or Daddy, MAH-MAH (GRANMA)? hahaha.... She actually call "KAKAK" . She just love calling kakak, enjoying and showing off her new skill, "KAKAK", KAKAK" "KA KAK" all day long.

SPECTRA Into Store Room

2006-10-18T13:53:00.000+08:00

I've finally stop producing milk for bernice. The lastime I express was about a week ago. In the freezer there are only 4 bottles of ebm. Four more days and bernice will be 100% on formula.

10 MONTHS exclusively breastfeed and 4 months on mixture. I've done my best for my little angel.

Taking A Few Steps Forward

2006-10-12T23:06:00.000+08:00

Another great achievement. Finally, Bernice is confident to take more steps. She actually walk 10 steps today! She is a very cautious child, every step was taken only after serious thinking, balancing and carefully moving a foot forward. Bravo Bernice!

We are so proud of you!

2006-10-11T13:12:00.000+08:00

Bernice can recognize images and point to us when we ask her to show us. I did a count on them and it amazed me on how much she knew by now.
01) Cow
02) Horse
03) Duck
04) Frog
05) Pig
06) Bee
07) Butterfly
08) Dog
09) Cat
10) Rooster
11) Rabbit
12) Spider
13) Apple
14) Key
15) Egg
16) Sun
18) Grapes
19) Sheep
20) Deer
21) Ball
These are just some of the images found in books and cards. She could recognize them in different books or magazine.

Bernice Natural Talent

2006-10-09T16:14:00.000+08:00

Mid-Autumn Festival

2006-10-06T15:21:00.000+08:00

Me and dd couldn't decided to buy or not to buy a lantern for bernice. Should we get her a nice traditional paper type or battery operated type? We ended up buying those paper pull up type to decorate the garden.

On evening, bernice friend came with his granma carrying 2 battery operated lantern; a doramon and a hello kitty lantern. The boy's mum has bought the lantern for bernice. Nice neighbour huh.... Bernice hold on to the hello kitty lantern and we went out for a walk with the boy and his granma.

Her Shoes + First 3 Steps

2006-10-05T17:55:00.000+08:00

My little angel's shoes. She has been wearing it for 2 months. It's a good buy and it's worth the money. It's very soft and it fits well. She can cruise, crawl and climb without any problem.

We are so proud to see her took her first 3 steps two days ago. Bravo bernice, keep it up!

Attending A wedding Dinner At Concorde Hotel

2006-09-30T22:00:00.000+08:00

At about 6pm we were busy getting ready. Bernice took an evening shower and had an early dinner at 6:30pm. She was ready by 6:45pm, beautifully dress just like a princess. Off we go to concorde.

Bernice was scared when we first reach the hotel, I sang barney songs and soon she felt relax. Dinner was served at about 9pm. Bernice had some fish, sharkfin soup, crab meat, lobster meat ball and some chestnut cooked with chicken. It was a wonderful night and first wedding dinner bernice attended.

Yummy Breakfast

2006-09-28T12:14:00.000+08:00

See how bernice enjoy mummy's bread. hehe... I'm so happy and proud. Bernice had a bowl of mashed potato + ebm but she still ask for a piece of bread when mummy was having breakfast. I guess mummy's bread is too delicious to resist kakakaka... puji sendiri.

Bernice has been rejecting milk and porridge. Sometimes she finish 3/4 or sometimes even worst she refuse to eat after finishing only 1/2 of the serving. When daddy ask what you want to eat, she will point to a tupperware containing cornflakes on the kitchen cabinet.

My Freshly Baked Bread.

2006-09-25T23:20:00.000+08:00

Tiit tiit tiit…. That’s the sound from my bread machine. My bread is ready. I cross my fingers and went to peep at the small window located at the top of the machine. Hmm… this time it looks nice. Hope it taste nice too. It’s ‘Egg Enriched White Bread’ and tomorrow Bernice will get to eat this home made bread for her breakfast.

Nodding Means YES

2006-09-11T17:29:00.000+08:00

My dear angel learn another new trick. She will nod her head when i ask her "Do you want your book, YES? NO?" I only taught her yesterday and today she did it. What a great achievement.

Making A Phone Call

2006-09-05T16:23:00.000+08:00

As usual I was in my dry kitchen doing my work. My maid came smiling and ask me to quickly take picture for bernice. I wonder what is bernice doing this time.

I went to the living room and I saw my daughter making some very important phone call. I wonder who she is talking too but she seem very professional. Maybe it's a very important client kakakaka.....

EQ Parenting Talk by Professor Lee

2006-09-04T13:08:00.000+08:00

Yesterday night I went for a parenting talk with my neighbour.
It's about how to communicate with our kids and how to treat our kids without scolding, shouting and canning. The professor gave us a method consisting of 3 simple steps. But these 3 steps can not be separated.

1) Love, we got to hug and kiss and tell them how much we love them (unconditional) everyday.
2) Punishing, pushing when they are at fault, punishes by making them uncomfortable and not scares them.
3) Encouragement, after every punishment we got to encourage them. Thank them for cooperating in the punishment.

I found that it's very interesting and i hope i can use this method to bring up my little angel.

Day Trip To Bukit Tinggi.

2006-09-01T10:46:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was Merdeka Day, we decided to spend it in Bukit Tinggi. Big Ee and family decided to come a long too. We reach at about 11am. Benice pat a donkey and sat on it too. The deer were beautiful but smelly. Bernice saw rabbits running around. She keep pointing to the rabbit and say 'ahhk' 'ahhkkk'.

Lunch at the Colmar Tropicale was great, the food was just ok but we had a wonderful time enjoying the cold breeze, music and chatting happily with Big sis and brother EH while the kids disappear into game rooms. Bernice enjoy cakes, bread and playing with 2 pieces of butter.

We ride on a shutter bus (converted from a lorry) which make a very loud noise to the japanese garden, but bernice was too tired so she sleep soundly in my arms. We went back to the rabbit farm and bernice pat a few rabbits. I carry bernice and we chase the rabbits as the rabbits hop around. Bernice enjoyed it so much.

MMR Injection Done Without Noticing.

2006-08-24T14:12:00.000+08:00

Bernice went for her MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella). Wonder it was Doc. Lam's magical hands or the nurse and mummy's great entertaining skill that the shot went unnoticed. kakaka.....

Benice current weight is 8.3kg and doc say she is ok slightly on the smaller side but not underweight as normal 1 year old should be around 7-11kg. So... no more worries... As for her yellowish skin, doc confirms it was overdose of vitamin A from food like carrot, papaya, sweet potatoes. Again doc says it is just "not so pretty lah" but no harm.

Menstrual Back After 2 Years!

2006-08-23T14:53:00.000+08:00

My menstrual just came after a loooong break. It has almost been two years since I last had my menstrual on Oct 2004. Pregnancy and breastfeeding was the reason I manage to stay pad free.

I'm still breastfeeding bernice, is just that the amount of milk I express per day has reduce to about 9oz compared to 35oz when she was about 2-3months old.

My First Yoga Lesson

2006-08-18T10:43:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was my first yoga trial lesson. I'm glad I finally made a move to a healthier life. Always heard how good yoga is and always been telling myself to join yoga but never make an afford to do it.

Yesterday yoga was ok. This morning I have very mild muscle ache near my armpit and tummy.

Bernice's phone call

2006-08-17T16:40:00.001+08:00

My mom is going back to M'cc today. Before leaving she actually called bernice. Mom talk to bernice on the phone. Bernice listen and when grandma say good bye, bernice wave her hand and say ' ah tok' , 'thi tau' and many more baby talk which we still don't understand.

I'm happy as my mom love bernice so dearly. Bye mom, we will try to go home as frequent as possible.

Weekend in Subang (12th-13th August 06)

2006-08-17T14:56:00.000+08:00

My mom and dad came to kl for a week. Dad have an appointment for his heart checkup in IJN. I've decided to go to Subang to meet them and spend our weekends together.

Our weekend was wonderful, kong-kong gave bernice 6 boxes of cereal (conflakes,honey star, koko crunch and many more) and bernice gave kong-kong a kiss in return. Mah-Mah on the other hand feed bernice yam cake and dates for breakfast. 2nd yee-yee feed bernice honey star for tea break. As for dinner mah-mah feed bernice stim toufo, fish and soup. 3rd yee-yee feed bernice chocolate cake for desert.

Bernice enjoyed every moment. She would play by herself or play with sis Rho Fei (play fridge magnet at 2nd yee-yee's kitchen) and talk in her baby language. Mah-mah say this is the first time she hear bernice talking. Bernice keep saying "da da tou...", "da da tou..." we wonder what she is saying :)

A day full of memories

2006-08-03T13:12:00.000+08:00

Today is exactly 1 year since bernice was born. It was a painful but happiest day of my life. The memories of me checking into the labor ward, the moment of dd and I spend in the labor room listening to So Smart classical music and 988 while waiting for my cervix to dilate to 10cm, the pain and the moment bernice was born.

My little angel has been down with fever since Tuesday night. Till now she is still having slight fever, her temperature is about 37.49 It's raining now and she is sleeping soundly in her playpen. Get well soon and happy birthday to my dear pumpkin.

A trip to grandpa-ma house.

2006-07-31T12:08:00.000+08:00

Friday 28th July 2006
I miss my hometown, so I went upstairs to wake up my hubby. My hubby still snoring woke up as I shake him and told him "I want to go back to Malacca". We went back on Friday evening. My mom and Dad were happy to see us.

Saturday morning we went for Tim Sum breakfast. Cheap and yummy. Bernice sit next to granma and grandma keep feeding benice with 'pau'. Bernice tasted some 'chee cheong fun' and some century egg porridge too.

Kong-kong's manggo tree bears lots of fruits. Bernice was exploring the mangoes as kong-kong plug some ripe mangoes for us to bring back home. We also had durian bought by Big ku-ku. Surprisingly bernice like the durian and ate quite a lot too.

Bernice had lots of fun in the playground near Big ku-ku house. It is the first time she sat on a swing all by herself.

Overall we had a great weekend back in my hometown.

Slide Show of Bernice's Party

2006-07-31T11:46:00.000+08:00

Bernice Birthday Party

2006-07-26T10:16:00.000+08:00

Saturday 22nd July 2006
After a busy week making arrangement and plans for the big day, finally it's time to party. Ah Mah and AH Kong came yesterday night. This morning bernice woke up and as usual I bring her downstairs, put her in the living room. Ah Kong was sitting on the sofa, bernice stared at Ah Kong for minutes wondering what is Ah Kong doing in our hourse so early in the morning.

I personally made a birthday party banner for bernice. DD and I hang the banner infront of our house and DD want to blow the balloons to decorate the house. I got to put a stop as it's still early, only 10:30am.

Bernice's Mah-Mah, Kong Kong, Big Ku-Ku and Ling Ee arrived about 1pm. Woh they bought lots of things and present for bernice. As usual, bernice cry when they try to carry her. After lunch we started to prepare food for the party like fried chicken (by Ah Mah), fried wantan (Mah-Mah and me), Fruit Salad.

Guest started arriving at about 5:30pm, and the best thing is I forgot to express my milk hehehe... I ran upstairs to express milk.

Party started at about 6:30pm, we have got lots of delicious food like ketupat and kurma chicken, mutton rendang, fried meehon, satay, toufo sumbat, fried chicken, fried wantan, fruit salad and guiling kou. yum...yum....

As for birthday cake, I bought a coffee almond from secret recipy and bernice Big Ee bought her a winnie the pooh jelly cake. Everyone sang birthday song to bernice in english, bahasa and mandarin. Bernice keep staring at everyone in amazed.

I decided to let bernice open her presents before she is too tired. At the beginning she was not good at it but after 2-3 presents woh.... you should see how she tear the present papers! Bernice got a nice activity table from Big Ee, a magnetic drawing board from 2nd & 3rd Ee, a nice posh potty from Kim-Kim, lots of clothings and angpow too. Last but not least a pair of clark shoe from mummy.

Bernice wished everyone good night at 9:30pm and off she goes to bed after a bottle of emb. As for the adults we party till 1am. What a great party. Thanks to everyone that came and also help make the party a wonderful and memorable event.