A matter of hours ...

It is just a matter of hours away before I check in Jaden's and my luggage, waiting to board the big bird home to my beloved island.

This would be Jaden's third trip on a plane on his first year of flying. Can you imagine that? 3 times in a year for a 1-2year old. From a non-paying passenger to one. Luckily, this trip back will only costs both of us plus luggage fees, to and fro -RM50. Yes. You read it right. ONLY RM50 for both of us, including the luggage fees. That is like even cheaper than taking the bus for once. It is the trip to the airport and back that will be costing more than the flight ticket, if you take into account the petrol, toll and cab (when we come back). The good samaritan Iz has agreed to sacrifice his public holiday sleep to fetch us mother and son to the airport. Thus, which means Hubby will be tagging along to wave bon voyage to his son for a week.

Well, all my bags are packed now. Nothing to insert in anymore. I hope. Its already 11 and in about 1 1/2 hr's time, we will be leaving.. so yah, crossing my fingers hard I did not leave anything out. Hubby was complaining last night that how am I supposed to handle two luggages and a baby stroller all at once. Simple I told him. Check in those two luggages and I have only the baby stroller to worry about. Can't survive without the baby stroller. I would be zonked out before the plane even takes off. Its much more a controlled situation when Jaden is seated and tied down to his baby stroller.

Last night, 1st batch of Hubby's laundry were washed and hung dry. Now, I am waiting for the 2nd batch to be done, which includes bath towels and a few of my clothes too. So I don't have to worry that he runs out of clothes to wear out when I am not home. Drinking water stored up, another is seating in the kettle waiting to be cooled. Work shirts are ironed. At least 3 to last him for the 4 working days. *gRin* Rabbits's pellets are put up on higher ground so he don't have to bend to pick up the heavy load. The only thing I didn't store up for him is food in the fridge but the big boy will figure it all out once the tummy growls. I am sure he manages his hunger way better off than me. =)

Alright, guess I better get going to folding the 1st batch of sun-dried laundry and wait for Mr Toshiba washing machine to be done with the 2nd batch which is like 2 minutes away. So toodles, have a great great weekend everybody and a great week ahead!

I love Penang! WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO~

Tomorrow =)

I am so excited. Its exactly in 24 hours where Jaden and I will be happily be boarding the plane, unless they delay again (which they always do, never fail to surprise me) and we will soon be on our way to my beloved island. My home sweet home.

One bag is packed full to the brim, Jaden's 5 days full of clothes for a week long stay, his diapers, baby wipes, my clothes for a week long, with extra tees here and there. I mean, a girl can't make her mind up instantly what she is going to wear depending on places she will go so I packed a little extra just to be wardrobe safe.

I have yet to packed my shoes, my makeup bag, hairdryer and bag yet. OMG! Luckily this time, its two bags back instead of just one. If not, I am sure going to have a headache trying to figure out how to stuff everything into ONE. Since the airflight company is charging me for luggage fees, and that includes Jaden's -another 15kg extra to pay for.. so why not lug back two bags instead of one?

Went out with XY for lunch yesterday and ended up at One U looking for accessories / clutch bags to see if I could find a perfect match to go with my dinner dress. Alas, none caught my eye, except for two bracelets -one costing RM77, the other RM69. Bullshit! and then least expected, a really really nice sweet dress in Miss Selfridge. I didn't even check the price out but if I am not mistaken, should be RM300++. Its that nice the dress. Instead of checking out the price, I checked out the size first. As if lah, got size sure buy! BUT BUT BUT.. will keep my options opened.. maybe I just will if I happen to come across it in size 6 or is there even a smaller size? size 4? *gRin*

I am doing Hubby's laundry now, that will be sufficient enough to last him through one week, will iron his work clothes tonight for next week. Store up on water in the fridge so he will have enough to drink.. and what else? o.Oh wash all the towels so he can change whenever he likes.

There is so many things I want to do in Penang. To go eat, to go meet up with relatives and friends. Just to stay home and look at my old stuff... *sigh* It is going to be a wonderful wonderful week for Jaden and I in Penang. o.Oh oooooh I just can't wait! =)

Fav among the girls

Another Sunday where Jaden gets to go for class. Today, the class had 5 students. 3 girls and 2 boys. Wen Jie and Olivia came, two new people which we have never seen before, Natalie and Marcus.

The difference between the girls and boys is that the girls will sit around with their mummies, or be in the circle when music is played and movements are taught. The two boys, they were running around with a ball each in their hands, running different directions till both Marcus's mum and I got tired of asking them to be careful and "Come Here!"

Olivia is so sweet. Each time she catches Jaden's ball, she will not hesitate to give him back the ball. Jaden, well, didn't snatch back the ball like what other kids would usually do but just waits there behind the kid that got his ball or stand in front and look at him.

Wen Jie is also very sweet. At the end of the class, she came and hug me goodbye. Soooo cute I tell you. *sigh* children! =)

The two girls are rather fond of Jaden. It might be because they are used to him by now and Marcus, wow! Hes like some energizer bunny. I thought Jaden was hyper.. Marcus, hes like x5 of Jaden's hyperness. Boys would be boys.

Jaden was already yawning before the class started and by the time it ended, he was more or less zapped out and just sat still in the car while I quickly drove home to put him down for nap. He fell asleep after a while tossing and turning, sitting up and babytalking because no one else entertained him. I, too fell asleep for almost an hour before I woke up to quickly go prepare ingredients for dinner.

While the two boys were snoring away, happily facing each other, I quickly put the rice to cook, diced the garlic and chilli padi. I also cut the potatos into wedges and deep-fried them while cutting up the brocolli. Killing two birds with a stone.

So whats on the dinner menu? Nothing creative. The usual brocolli dish and sweet sour pork. By the time the sweet sour pork dish was done, so was Jaden's plain white porridge with a few brocolli in it. Jaden was hungry by then, so he got to eat first while Hubby made an extra dish -fried luncheon meat.

Jaden finished everything on his plate -the last few mouths were forced because I didn't want him to have the habit of wasting food like that. It was only like 5 mouthfuls left. Hey, pork is expensive!

Hubby and I ate after Jaden and right after Hubby finished his food, I carried Jaden down his babychair and the small one instantly went into poo poo mode. How right-lah the timing. With food still full till our neck and the heavenly smell of his poo. Hubby had to run into the toilet, take a sniff of his cigarette and a spray or two of Dettol.

Took the opportunity to bathe Jaden and then, setlle down to watch some MTV/Channel V.. wash the dishes, put the boy down for second round nap, which its almost time for him to wake up now, hung Jaden's laundry... and well sit down and blog.

Speaking of which, Jaden took out tissues from the tissue box and had them strewn all over the floor. When I was picking up piece by piece fo put it back in, I asked Jaden to help me but all he did was just look at me, stand on them when I pick them up and when I reached the last two piece, only did he offer to pick them up and give it to me. GGrrrrrrrr...




Well, its kind of relaxing to be staying home during weekends. *sigh* got to go now tho, Hubby's turn to use the comp back.

p/s: Giant was having some coupon sale on MamyPoko and we bought 6 packets of it for Jaden. Some passer-by thought I had like ten kids or something to put diapers on. Rm31 for a pack of 28. Its cheaper than the usual RM39.90.

Our Meal Today

Woke up earlier than both the boys today because I had an errand to run early in the morning. There goes another good day of sleep for me. *gRin* When I came home, Hubby was already up from bed. Thankfully I bought breakfast/lunch back for both of us. We ate, he went and showered and after ironing his shirt, I thought I wanted to lie down. I did not even hear him come out from the shower or leave the house. I was already deep in slumber dreaming away beside Jaden.

Jaden woke up at 1230pm, which also means that it is time for me to wake up together with Jaden. I only got about 45 minutes of sleep then... * y a w n **

After feeding Jaden his cereals, I went on about to prepare the ingredients to cook for dinner. The pork and the minced chicken was defrosted earlier so I just have to marinate both the spareribs and minced chicken. Then I cooked the chicken stock with carrots on the side to sweeten the stock to pour into the slow cooker together with the rice and marinated minced chicken with bits of corn here and there (the boy loves it).

After settling the boy's porridge, I went on to prepare ours. Washed thoroughly the spareribs and marinated them with soya sauce and pepper, cut up the lotus root and put the pot of water to a boil. On the dinner menu today was lotus roots spareribs soup with red dates. The soup turned out not too salty, not too bland. The red dates really compliment the taste of the soup.


While waiting for the soup to cook, I washed the four angled beans carefully, stripped them off whatever that is not supposed to be there and then cut them into small strips. Diced up some garlic and chilli padi.


I stir-fried the four angled beans in belachan, some dried shrimps to go with it. It was good.. It sure did taste better than the first time I attempted this dish.

Hubby came home in time to cook his tauki-taufupok dish in oyster sauce and garlic. That is also one yummy dish, which I cleaned the plate empty.


So there, the three dishes for dinner tonight.

Jaden finished his whole bowl of porridge as well. Thinking if tomorrow he is feeling better, prolly will try pasta for him instead of porridge in case he gets bored or eek-ed out with it. Got to change the menu every now and then for kids.



As for his health, he is getting better. He is still sweating out lots, runny nose not that bad anymore. It is still there but it has recovered quite a bit. Just that when he coughs, I can still hear the phlegm in there. The wheezing however is out of the system. GOOD! *phew* Still keeping him in the house though so that he can recover 100%.

Will start on The Time Traveller's Wife soon, maybe in Penang... and speaking of Penang, I must start planning for the packing for a week long of clothes -both Jaden and mine. BAH and the diapers! Am thinking whether if I could start to toilet train him back in Penang.. maybe I will just do that. *gRin*

I have just finished reading My Sister's Keeper and I totally hate it. I hate it because it made me cry like a girl got dumped by her first love. I hate it that the book had me 'living' with it, breathing the same air as the characters and then suddenly it toyed with your emotions leaving you dissatisfied. Aarrrgghh... but c'est la vie.

My Wheezing Boy

I woke up at 830a this morning. Slept at about 415am after chatting nonsense with Hubby, Iz and Gynnette in our living room the night before. The boys were having some football watching marathon and I could not fall asleep, so might as well.

Ok, back to 830am.. It was Jaden who woke me up. The heavy breathing, with wheezing sound that sounded bad to my ears, and those phlegm sounds when he coughs. The boy was in tears, and the runny nose, was dripping like waterworks with the drips dripping down on me when I carried him out of the room. That was when I decided to get him to Dr Altaf without waiting for a day or two to see recovery. Getting my son back to his pink of health was more important at the moment or at least, after consulting the doctor, I would know what is going on with my son.

Made a call to the clinic to confirm Dr Altaf is in and voila, after washing my face, and changing the boy's diapers and clothes, off we went to the clinic. There was 7 children waiting before us, and well, that took up nearly 45 minutes of waiting time. Yes! Dr Altaf is very popular among parents and their children. He is a good paedaetrician after all.

Dr Altaf listened to Jaden's breathing and found that his wheezing is quite bad. It was very noisy and heavy inside and suggested for nebulizer treatment. Alas, the 45 minutes wait was already tiring for the little boy, who woke up at 830am so Dr suggested to give meds orally first but if the condition does not improve in 48 hours, we would have to bring Jaden back for the nebulizer.

While I was there at the clinic, I took the opportunity to ask Dr about Jaden's speech milestones and he told me that Jaden is still too young to tell but I need to do repetitive 20 words with him and see if there are any improvement in 6 months. Pictures and repetitions till the boy recognizes and say it out loud. Praying hard that there will at least be 3-5 words at least when 6 months come.. shall start with

1. BALL
2. EYES
3. APPLE
4. SHOE
5. CAR

Feeding meds orally to Jaden requires a two man job. One to hold him down and one to inject the 3.5ml dosage into the mouth. 3 x 3.5ml (twice daily for two and three times for another one). All together three med syrups to take.

The look Jaden gave both Hubby and I. One word = BETRAYAL *sigh* All the things we'd do to get him well again.

So now, its more of a rest at home time for both Jaden and I till he recovers. Letting him sweat it all out, which I noticed hes been sweating a lot out since taking the meds, the runny nose not so runny anymore.. phlegm is still there, hoping for the med to do its course by breaking down the phlegm and yea, making him drink lots of fluids too.

I really hate to see Jaden fall sick or feel unwell. Its heartbreaking.. So well, girlfriends, no outings of anykind till the boy recovers and by then, I am sure both he and I will be enjoying our break back in Penang. =)

Ada Apa Dengan Cinta?

its been ages since I last remembered about this song... Gwenny used to love it.. =)

Alone on a Sunday

We thought we were late for class, but there were no one in sight playing in the class when we got there. Jaden was the only student there today and he got 100% attention from Teacher Siew Ming.

Sean, the boy joined the class yesterday instead of today, Olivia is away on vacation with her family, Wen Jie was still sleeping and Ashraf will only be joining in January after the whole month wedding weekends in December.

He was a happy boy today running around, teacher helping me out making him complete the obstacles two rounds. To make him finish the whole obstacle activity, I have to hold the colourful balls in front of him, just out of reach so he is driven to go over up, down, in and out to get to the balls. *tiring*

Since there weren't any kids today, Teacher Siew Ming told me to bring him again next Saturday for replacement so he can also interact with other kids. So it will be like an extra class for him. Yay! I am sure Jaden would enjoy it. So that could only mean Jaden will be attending two classes two weeks in a row as in the middle of the month, he would be going back to Penang with me so class would be pushed forward -19th Dec and then 20th Dec.

Jaden turned 26 months old yesterday but he has not achieve much in terms of vocabulary milestone. He refuses to speak or follow what we are saying. He still babytalks and that worries us. The teacher told me by 2 years, the kids should have at least have a 3 syllabus vocab such as "I don't want!" but Jaden is still going nen nen nen nen da da da da ta ta ta and occasionally if hes in the mood, bye or daddy. Thats all. No much change from months ago.

Jaden do understand what we are saying to him but he just refuse to talk. Is there anyway to make him talk or at least want to talk? Going to give him till three years old to pick up more words and hopefully in a month or so, he will at least say one new word.


The little boy is down with a bad runny nose and cough. His body was feeling a little warm after class today and I am on a lookout for any fever signs. At the moment, just making sure he downs lots of fluids into the body and will be cooking him minced chicken porridge after posting this up. Got to keep him rested at home, at least for the whole week till he recovers, which also mean me being locked up in the house with him. Well, its ok for me as long as he gets well.

Last night, we went to Carnaval Churrascaria for dinner. This time round, I made reservations and since its a public holiday weekend, nobody around in the city, there were lots of empty tables around. Anyway, got to try out that place which well, serves lots of meat. You have got to be a meat eater to go there and enjoy the rump steak, garlic beef, lamb shoulder, chicken, dory fish, prawns, pineapple and chicken ham. I love the garlic beef best.. followed by the rump steak, pineapple , chicken ham. The garlic bread was so so only but well, with the two accompanying sauce on the table, everything is good. =) Drinks of course do not come cheap. Its a buffet place, and if I am not mistaken, is RM55++ per person.

Wondering about the place? Its at Damansara Jaya -Atria there the same row as Maybank. Its a corner shop.


My tummy must not have got used to the medium rare rump steak and it got me going to the toilet at about 7 in the morning after. I remember feeling the exact way when I first had my beef steak and lamb. My tummy is somehow funny. It has to like register a certain meal for me more than once or I will suffer the churning tummyache. Same went for Shogun the last time.. That is why I always eat my steak well-done no matter what. I just can't stomach medium or rare. I like my things cooked! =) So that also means no sashimi for me. I am not a raw food person.

Parking in One U was horrendous when we left for home today after Jaden's class. I guess its a weekend ritual thing to happen in shopping malls. Thankfully we were leaving that place and not just going there.

Jaden came home and fell asleep for about 2 1/2 hours while I cleaned up the long procrastinated rabbits' room floor. *phew* So now whats left is to do the dishes, and then prepare dinner, then fold the clothes and wash another set of dirty laundry.

Soon, it will be time to start packing up some stuff to be thrown or donated away. There is just too many rubbish on my side. *must not be a hoarder!* right.. easier said than done but will be done. Well, better get my arse going now before I start to slack in whatever I must do...

Have a good weekend peeps!