Monday, June 23, 2008

oh yes, forgot to mention.

am reading some articles

1) s'pore's inflation at 26 year high
2) ASEAN stocks at its lowest
3) DOW market also went down by dunno how many how many points
4) oil prices are creeping up US$136 per barrel again
5) China is thinking of strategies to stabilise its market.

not very good news to begin the week with
It's the first day of school today. engine overworked. miss Max so much when i'm in school. This one month holiday has certainly drawn me closer to the children. so i really miss when i'm the first person Max sees when he wakes up. You know, during the holidays, when Max woke up, he would pat me on the face to call me up. Once when he saw me open my eyes, he leaned over to kiss me. He's so cute. so I really miss that kind of bonding with him.

still a bit getting used to working after a break. Am already looking forward to the next break. but i know before a good break, we always have to work hard first. work hard, play hard. that's my motto. never work hard, cannot play hard.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

on saturday, brought the family to wild wild wet for some sun and fun. The two eldest one had a great time playing with their cousins and sliding down lots of slides. my, they sure have plenty of energy. As for Max, brought him to the toddler side. don't know why, he doesn't like to slide down. must had a unpleasant experience at explorer kids with the slide.

anyway, think the children enjoyed it a lot. It is a nice place, family friendly, children friendly.

am having sunburnt on my back.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

2 more things i realise about max:

1) he can say from letter A-Z repeating after you.
2) he is very sharp boy. he knows when you are going out and he will follow you very closely so that he won't lose you. very sharp and smart boy.

just now bring him to the barber. although he is 2 years old, but he can sit alone on the chair. he can sit very still and he look very serious. way cool.

Monday, June 16, 2008

over the weekend, i was at ubin (again!). when the teacher officers saw one another, we were happy. it's like an annual affair. i told them, going to ATC is like our reservist like that.

last week of holidays!!!! hmm, a lot of feelings, but dunno where to start. scared and excited. mentally preparing myself for a crazy semester.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

so what am i doing here, early in the morning blogging? it's Max's birthday. Happy birthday Max!!!! you are officially 2 years old.

so early in the morning at 4 plus, he decided to remind mummy of his birthday. his whole pyjamas was wet from his urine, so he started calling mama. changed for him, then he went back to sleep. but poor mummy, cannot sleep already.

went down to coffeeshop for an early breakfast, when i came back, the maid had already brought him downstairs to the cradle. think he woke up suddenly. i hope she didn't make max cry. i brought him up to the bedroom again and i doubt he is really fast asleep now. i think he is tossing and turning as i'm blogging.

we have given max a new nickname. 'chilli crab' chilli for being like a chilli padi, small small, but very fierce and his voice is very loud. crab, like chinese saying, 'heng xing ba dao' that is how he is, demanding and can be quite stubborn, or more stubborn than the brother. i'm sure serena and aunt sue can identify with this. remember marcus when he was younger? how he demanded to remain in the toy section when we wanted to leave the shopping centre already? yup, max is something like that, but his voice is 5x louder and maybe 2x as stubborn.

Monday, June 09, 2008

ah ma's 100 days

according to auntie sharon, today is ah ma's 100th day. yesterday, the family which is my mum, auntie sharon and uncle joe, (becos the rest are all in Dubai!!) went to the cemetry. i'll drop by later this afternoon.

btw, it has been raining in singapore these 2 days, how's the weather like in dubai?

anyway, as i'm typing my blog, max is sitting right in front of me and watching me type. that is how sticky he is when he is ill.
on saturday night, treat the whole family for dinner as this week would be max and my birthday. but perhaps the air con for that place was too cold, because on sunday, my mil and max fell ill. max is having a running nose and a slight fever. and he is very sticky to me.

this week, has big plans to spend the week with the children. promise the children to bring them to explorer kids on max birthday. and i'll just spend some quality time with them this week.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

summary of max

today sitting in the car, i've sort of summarised Max, who is turning 2 soon. seems like a long time, he grew exponentially esp from 1 year old till now. before his first birthday, you can say that he didn't developed as fast. but now, by 2 years old, he's quite good at jumping (which requires a lot of balancing skill) and running. his speech has improved tremendously. at least he is able to say more words now after he learnt how to say mama

his summary
1) he loves ball
2) he loves car
3) he loves to hum along with music
4) he loves to eat
5) he loves to disturb his brother and sister. he loves to play with them
6) he is very demanding
7) he is very drama. can win oscar for best actor
8) he is smart
9) he is very cheeky and he captures your heart
looking at my archives, i realised that 2005 i wrote the most, 188. i think my average is about 88 per year. this year, as at of june, already 43, so should be able to hit my average number.

i think this is considered less. some people blog everyday, that is 365 per year. well, i blog at least about twice or thrice a week

Thursday, June 05, 2008

School holidays is a bad time for my maids. This is the time where i am sitting at home, not much work to do, so what do i do? i go round the house for inspection.

as of last nite onwards, i've barred one of my maid to go near any of my children. When she is with my children, especially max and marcus, within 5 mins, either max will cry or shout at her. I think this is very unhealthy for the children. call me unreasonable, call me critical, i dun care.

today, for lunch, she just give max the gravy from the steam mince meat and just plain porridge. i ask her why there is no meat inside, she said that max dun like to eat the meat, so she didn't give. crazy, i ask her back, tonight she juz eat plain rice, see she like it or not. made her to put some meat inside. now, why didn't max like to eat meat? use the brain and think. 'chop' the mince meat into biteable size and mix with the porridge. when i feed max, he finish the whole bowl of porridge. then mabel's turn to eat porridge. fine, she took the porridge and feed mabel. when mabel was about to finish, it should be marcus turn. but all the mince meat is gone! she didn't leave any meat for marcus. is she stupid or wat? (i was thinking inside my heart, i juz didn't articulate) i cannot tahan so i ask her, did you forget that marcus didn't eat? she said no. because yesterday marcus didn't want to eat porridge and so she didn't leave any meat for marcus. what a stupiiiiiiiiiiiiiid excuse. scolded her, how can she assume that marcus didn't want to eat today? for the past few days, marcus is sick, yes, he got no appetite, but what makes you so sure that marcus didn't want to eat today? u didn't try to ask him, how can you assume again?

this is getting on my nerves. tonight i make sure she didn't have any vegetable or meat to go with her rice.

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

school holidays

school holidays is holiday for students, not teachers. in fact, students who are taking major exams, PSLE, O level, A level, is no holiday for them either. hence, if students have extra lessons during holidays, so who will conduct these lessons? teachers. so may i clarify for the profession, holidays are no holidays for teachers either.

They have to prepare exam papers, do their half year work review, tidy up the past half year's things, get ready for the next half a year. life and work is still as hectic. It's just a break from the students and teaching.

And holidays are for teachers to catch up with their family members.