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On living life's greatest adventureMoThEr, W i F e, dAuGhTeR December 01 My New BlogI have finally moved!
It was getting too troublesome to have 2 different sites and so I have moved to http://buzymum.blogspot.com
I hope you will pay me a visit soon. I promise to update my blog as much as possible. November 13 Ryan's milestonesRyan has started to be more verbal over the last 2 weeks.
Not only is he babbling more, he is also using a lot more "real" words and also more expressions.
Last week he made me proud by being able to put together 2 word sentences. He is showing that he is connecting thoughts and it just amazes me so much. How can somebody so tiny grow up so quickly and able to converse to me his needs?
Everytime he says "Pain pain", I will ask him where and he will point to let me know. He has this funny little "pain" on his right leg which he always points to me. After a while, I think he just said it to me to get my attention, so I will ask "Really?" He will then smile and proceed to bend over to kiss his little leg.
I was worried that as a boy Ryan will be all tough and insensitive, so from a very young age, I have taught him to be considerate. So, now, whenever he gets excited/ frustrated, he will start to hit whatever in his way (that includes me sometimes). So, instead of smacking him, I told him that it hurts (be it tables or chairs or mummy) and then ask him to "sayang" back and kiss it. So now, he will do this everytime he hits something. It is just so fulfilling that this is getting through to him. I hope that Ryan will grow to be a considerate person.
Ryan's daddy is always palying roughly with him and my heart skips a beat every time father and son rolls around. Sometimes Daddy Ryan will smack his little bum to play, and sometimes this little smack can be "to smack-y" and Ryan will show a face of pain. Every time I confront Daddy Ryan, he will deny and say that Ryan is fine. However, Ryan can now tell me about it and say "Mama .... daddy ... pain pain ... tock tock" so then I will know that Daddy Ryan has smacked his buttock till he is now in pain. Daddy Ryan watched out!!!
Ah .... having a kid is certainly fulfilling but it has not yet compensated for the worry I have about his future.
Anyway, I have not regretted one bit about having Ryan. He is now the love of my life (shh ... don't let Daddy Ryan know - he is already going green in envy!) Hehehe .... November 10 Money TalkFor people who know me, it is no secret that I am a HUGE money fan, then again who isn't right?
But I am a little obsessed with it so much so that friends actually say that I stressed them out talking about this topic. And actually, this includes my husband too.
This has lead to many disagreements and has gone to a degree that talking about money in the household will make one of us annoyed and the other sleepy. Both my husband and I have grown up in households which did not have the best of everything and money was always an issue. The result is that we have our own ideas about money - although it can be very different.
I tend to be very positive where money is concern, prefering to believe that money is everywhere and we just have to figure out how to get more of it. My dear husband on the other hand believes that money is a scare product, there is only so much in the market and one cannot possibly get more of it.
Yesterday, I sat my husband down and went through with him some financial questions from a Personal Finance Workbook (yeah, they really do exist!). Although it was a very short questionnaire, it helped revealed some eye-opening insights. One of it is that (assuming he has a windfall), his priority will be to repay all his debts before he invests anything. Yours trully here will choose instead to invest to the max while repaying the the minimum amount. Thus, the problem lies herein. No right or wrong way, just which way to max your current position. One is very conservative, one is just the opposite. One is very careful and the other very daring.
However, once we understood this, we had a chance to explain ech others viewpoint and hopefully, we will be having more "calm & less stressed" money talk in the household.
Either way, hubby still thinks I am a little nuts about this whole obsession with money. Woo-hoo!!
October 31 Kissing & huggingRyan has been able to kiss and hug us for some time now.
However, last Sunday, while playing with Ryan on the sofa, he looked me deep into the eyes and came up to me with his hands cupping my face and planted a kiss on my left cheek.
Talk about bliss man, I was so touched, I cried. I know, I am a softie, but I am also a proud mother.
Muak Muak!! AmazingSlightly over a month ago, as we were having dinner, Ryan suddenly called out "Jie Jie", "Gor Gor", "Poh Poh", "Goong Goong" - I was elated! After the delightful moment blew over, I wonder if Ryan really knows/ can differentiate who is who. Again, Ryan surprised me by actually being able to point to the right person and called out to them.
2 weeks ago, my parents were in town and decided to drop in at nanny's to see Ryan. That evening when I fetched Ryan, he told me "Poh Poh", "Goong Goong" .... repeatedly until I asked if "Poh Poh and Goong Goong came to see you?" ... to which he nodded in agreement.
Amazing.
And for the longest time that I can remember (which is quite a few months ago), Ryan has managed to let me know exactly what he wants by nodding in agreement or shaking his head in disagreement. Again, I wondered if he knows what I am saying. My thoughts were confirmed when one day I was asking if he wanted to change his nappies and he shook his head. I proceeded to change anyway and was met with a sudden burst of temper and cries and the harderst pry you ever encountered! So, I am convinced that he actually understands me.
Amazing.
October 12 S***** Bank!!!I am bloody mad right now!
I just got a call from A Bank - you know, the one with the camel sticking out. Up till now, my perception of the bank has never been in the top 50percentile. Well, as of today, it has no chance to surface above the lowest of the lowest scale!!!
A little background - I'd applied for a card sometime this year/ late last year cause they had this reading light up for grabs when you sign on. Being the Malaysian I am, I did just that. When the card arrived, I just tucked it away in my collection of credit cards and forgot all about it. Up till 2 months ago, I received a statement charging me annual fee. Pissed mad, I called and scolded and they gave me a form for me to cancel.....and I did, just that I had forgotten about that too. So .... fast forward to today.
Banker: Hello, itu Cik Chooi? Saya dari *****Bank. Saya mahu tahu kalau cik sudah tak mau guna kad kami?
Me: Yes, don't want it anymore.
Banker: Sudah Cik Chooi cancel itu kad?
Me: Huh? Sudah cakap bulan lalu ma. Apa lagi saya perlu buat???
Banker: Oh, you sudah isi itu borang untuk cancel?
Me (and I swaer I'd forgotten): Apa borang? Saya sudah cakap ma!!!
Banker: Tapi you perlu datang ke bank kami and sign itu borang.
Me: HUH?! You tak boleh faks ke?
Banker: Tak boleh faks sebab I dari Collections department, you kena call Customer Contact Centre untuk mereka faks itu borang.
Me (boilling mad): You dua tak same company ka? Apa sal you tak boleh terus cakap???
Banker: Memang satu company, tapi lain department, so tak boleh faks itu borang.
Wah at this point I was red in face, so....
Me: I think you all very mah fan la, buat ini buat itu.
Banker (some more want to question me): You ada ingat itu borang permohonan you sign? Ada cakap sana kalau tak guna cukup 12 kali satu tahun, kita akan charge.
Me: So?? Sekarang saya tak mau lagi.
Banker: You ada minta itu borang cancellation bulan lepas?
Me: Huh?!! Mana saya tahu ada itu borang? Patut you beritahu saya kan??
Banker: Ya ya ....
At this point, I slammed the phone, fumming, stupid bank.
Then I just October 11 My IQ is 122!I just spent 30 minutes online doing this IQ test. Long time never do this already, so it was quite fun.
The results?!
Congratulations, May!
Your IQ score is 122 This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.
Your Intellectual Type is Word Warrior. This means you have exceptional verbal skills. You can easily make sense of complex issues and take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. Your strengths also make you a visionary. Even without trying you're able to come up with lots of new and creative ideas. And that's just a small part of what we know about you from your test results. It was quite fun doing it although it seemed as if it would never end. |
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