6 Feb - 7 Feb (ma' Duty as a grandson / son)

Grandpa Yap & I

Daddy Yap & I

Peace, Love & MORE Angpows

Grandma Diana & I

Grandma Lin & I

Mommy & I

After a hard day's work.. time for bed now..



HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR
UNCLES & AUNTIES!!!

xoxo
Jaden Simon Yap

Guess who is in town?

He told me he would be in town from 2 Feb till 12 Feb. Got so excited to see him again, that I quickly showed Joy the mail he sent. A few days after he touchdown in M'sia, Joy and I made dinner plans with him yesterday. I also wanted to show him my family.

Joy picked him up and we met up at The Curve @ Fridays for dinner. *sigh* The food standard is just going down down down. No longer worth the money we paid for the food. Anyway, we chatted away and oh boy, how good it feels to see him and know about other friends that have gone back to their motherland and what they are doing now. Last night was just perfect.

Want to know who he is?

Its been 3 years since he left M'sia after graduation and its good to know that he misses M'sia. His actual plans were to kidnap Joy back as his bride but guess after seeing Joy, she just didn't meet up to his expectations. Old and Dying and RICH.. =)

I am so hoping that one day Kemiso would come back too..

Happy Chinese New Year!!

(RED) product

if only I could get my hands on this Baby GAP... and its only $4.99 in UK... aarrgghh.. why don't they sell it here in Malaysia?

Rambling away as usual

The weather is crazy isn't it for these past one month. Its been really hot like in the afternoon, and come 4pm onwards, it starts to rain heavily. The type with loud thunder that can rock you. Maybe I am just exaggerating about the rocking you part but you do get what I mean. I wonder how those that are doing business at The Curve's flea market is doing with all these rain.

Was in the mood of house-cleaning earlier today. So, decided to climb up high to wash the dirt and dust off the fans in the house. Actually just two. The one in the living room and also the stand fan that I have in my room. Next, I think I would clean up the 'guest' room for a while so that my parents could come and sleep comfortably when they are down for CNY.

My sister's wedding is just a week away. I wonder how is she doing. My mom have decided not to go down to Perlis until the 3rd day but dad wants to go down on the first day just because of .. anyway, none of my business that I am tied down here in KL. Maybe next year, I shall take Jaden back there for his first CNY celebrations with the Loos and Tans. This year, he shall celebrate it with the Yaps.

On Thursday, we took Jaden to buy his CNY shirt. Looked around for some bright red bodysuits or baby clothes. Saw one at Baby GAP but it was a size too small for the little boy. *sigh* and there aren't many choices here in Malaysia to choose from.. so **hint hint** the godfather in UK to look out for Baby GAP clothes.. (so feeling not shy about HINTING TO THE GODFATHER) but seriously the clothes here are so limited in terms of sizes / fashion style. Even clothes for me is kind of limited. I myself can't seem to find one that I really like and fall in love with. Even if I did fall in love with the clothes in the catalogue, it prolly will disappoint me when I see the real thing. Just like the dress featured in FEMALE December issue. Pricing pun salah gila babi and the cloth of that dress, lets just say you can buy better dresses for that price. Sucks!

Got to get hold of a few dresses and shoes. Don't have enough shoes... dresses too.. but what girl will say that she has enough clothes anyway? *gRin*

Rubber Ducky

(From Sesame Street)

Rubber Ducky, you're the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Ducky, I'm awfully fond of you;

Woo woo be doo

Rubber Ducky, joy of joys,
When I squeeze you, you make noise!
Rubber Ducky, you're my very best friend, it's true!

Doo doo doo doo, doo doo

Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby

Rub-a-dub-a-dubby!

Rubber Ducky, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you.

Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby

Rubber Ducky, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of -
Rubber ducky, I'd like a whole pond of -
Rubber ducky I'm awfully fond of you!

Doo doo, be doo

Ki Siao-ing on the road

Have you guys living in PJ seen the jam today? Its total madness I tell you! To get to Sunway, even by using the highway, it took me one hour! Padahal, with my driving, usually its only 20minutes top and today is just exceptionally a bad day for people to go anywhere in PJ because you will get stuck in all directions! From my place to the shophouses in Kota Damansara also took like half an hour just to get into the area and another half an hour to get out from there. Its crazy I tell you! CRAZY! Took the LDP back from Sunway, also very bad! The cars are just bumper to bumper.. so frustrating to drive in such a situation. Gets you boiling and then there are inconsiderate and stupid drivers who makes you want to erupt there and then! Just because its Federal Day in KL and CNY is drawing near. People are on their mad rush to shop and shop and shop... *sigh* Life...

anyway,

Hubby and I took baby for his third massage class. Learnt how to massage his arms, chest and head this time. Jaden was a happy baby when I massaged his legs and tummy. Just babbling away while I massaged him. So cute.. should have seen him then. He knows how to enjoy his massages now. He just fell asleep for a while. His nap before his bath.. Don't think the nap is going to last more than half an hour before Hubby shouts for me.

Finally, I returned my lactation consultant her electric breast pump. Not doing much good to me as Jaden still refuses the left breast most of the time. Only when hes desperate for it then only will he suckle on. I guess breastfeeding has its pros and cons. More pros tho I think. I am very much pro when it comes to encouraging new mothers-to-be to breastfeed because I saw the beauty in it..

Pros

• The baby and you share a special bond.
• You save a lot of money by not needing to buy formula milk powder. (They are expensive you know, and with the little one wanting his milk every two hours when he is still a newborn and then four hours each after hes grown up a little like me will make you go running to buy formula milk every two weeks or three weeks.)
• You save on the time getting up and making sure water temperature is right, sterilize the bottles after use.
• Baby gets the nutrients and is more protected against atopic diseases. (allergies etc.)

Cons

• If you don't feed regularly, you get breast engorgement. (but can be helped with breast pump to pump it out)
• Baby don't get the rich milk from you.
• Baby might get obese from the formula milk.
• Its just not healthy compared to human breastmilk.
• Some babies are lactose intolerant.

I told a certain someone (B) that I am breastfeeding even until now and I plan to do so until Jaden is about 1 years old. B then tells me that how is it possible that I still have milk production whereas her friends has all run out of breastmilk. But if you feed regularly and religiously like me, there will be no such thing as running out of breastmilk. So see? Myth #1 is so wrong. Then B tells me, should feed with formula too because if I breastfeed for long, my breast will sag. I understand that the milk inside will definitely make the breast feel heavy but once the baby suckle on it, it will go away until it fills up again. Nobody escapes gravity, Hubby says but still the breasts will go back to its shape after you weaned your baby off breastmilk. It won't be an instant overnight change but it will grow back normal as how it was before you were pregnant so Myth #2 also salah! Guess you can tell me anything but I won't be discourage from breastfeeding my baby because I know its the best for him and I only want the best for him.. so there! bLek! =p

I realized that when you have a child at home and to have the opportunity like Hubby and I to observe every development that Jaden makes is so wonderful. Happiflyings thats what Jojie and Hubby would say. To watch him smile his first smile at you and curling his little fingers around your fat fingers, cooing and talking to you... laughs at anything you play with him.. aarrgghh.. wanna know a secret? I missed being pregnant too. Its one of the best thing to happen to me to be pregnant with Hubby's child and giving birth to Jaden. Love them both! So I totally don't get it why some married couple don't want to have children. Not those couple that still wants to have children but is still waiting for the right time. I mean those couple that absolutely makes it clear that they do not want to have any children at all.. if only they know the beauty, happiness and pride of having kids around them.. =)