20mths - The Very First Cough

28th Sept, we came back KL from Perlis at midnight (29th Sept), Kiyo never sleep well during the whole 4.5hrs journey, she woke up with big shout and big cry for 3-4times until i have to squeeze my huge body and slept with her on the 'bed' i special make for her!

29th Sept, Kiyo woke up with slight flu & few cough, these cough are no more cough for fun, it's real cough, with phlegm, as Enan said, luckily is not dry cough, else she will be more suffering... Sorry to say, she actually started coughing 2 nights before, only few cough so i thought she might just again copycat and simply cough for laugh, until this morning only i can confirmed that she is really sick, her body temperature turned 36.8degree, wet nose & few cough with phlegm... Quickly, i get Enan to buy some vitagen and added in the medication. Sadly, same old trick cannot practise often, this time she realised the taste and rejected it, she requested me to throw the vitagen! OMG... At last, i managed to add little flu med with spoonfull of cod liver oil, she actually tasted it but slow response. In the afternoon, suprised me she fall sleep with her favourite Brainy Baby on, i guess she is really tired or maybe the medicine make her sleepy. After a 3hrs nap, she woke up with her voice changed. I decided to boil her bird nest since it's good for lung and cough. But, she dont really like the 'honey dates' i added in.

30th Sept, Kiyo woke up with quite a good mood after 12hrs sleep, no more wet nose but still slight cough. Again, i cooked her a bird nest porridge with oli red dates, this time she really finished it with lick-the-bowl. Hahahaha....

I wonder what i can cook for her tomolo? how to cure her cough with phlegm? i asked chinese drug store, they asked me to give her '猴枣散'. Headache headache...

Sweetie, sorry for mummy's careless in taking care of you.

Dance Dance Ah Chew Dance

28 Sept 2009, Ah Chew & friends on Yong's wedding reception...

Astro Hua Hei Dai on action at Kuala Perlis

Yest night, we went to Kou Liu Siang Seafood Restaurant to tabao crab for Enan's grandma, coinsidentally Astro Hua Hei Dai team was there for shooting... i oli managed to take few second of video...

Anyone can share what programme are they on? Sorry for i don have Astro at home for yrs....

20mths - Old stunt - M16

This is a very old stunt of Kiyo & Daddy, they used to play M16 since she was very young. As she is very co-operative with daddy, so they used to 'rompak' in front bank (I'm serious, and it was 10pm), 'rompak' many frens & family members & oso multiply mummies...



You can see from the video how much 'ngan key' are they, kiyo can really sleep flat and act as a gun for daddy... Pengsan? oh no, don pengsan... Guess where they 'rompak' today? It's digital mall, SS14, while we were deciding which DSLR to buy...

Obviously everyone is looking at us & oso laughing at us... they must be scratching head wat are we doing & saying 'crazy family'... hahhahahahahaa.... Well, life is short, enjoy while u can...

A New Family Member

Think Think Think, after thinking so long, after months postponed, after we settled most debts, after asking so many ppl around & after we changed those small notes in the piggy bank to big notes, we finally bring 'her' home... Who is she? She is the newest member in the family, Nikon D5000





Initially we were thought of getting Canxn 500D but after comparing both, we still go for Nikon...

20mths - Stunt n Dance

20mths - Kiyo is now 10.5kgs

Actually Enan has been practising the stunt with Kiyo since she is oli few mths old till now, but recently Enan is unable to do it for long as Kiyo is much heavier and sometimes she is not co-operative enough...

Let's see wat stunt is that...

Opsss.... Crazy daddy & daughter isnt it? Scary? No No No... You can see how much Kiyo enjoying it and she is actually 'dancing' on daddy's palm...

20mths - Astro AEC -

15th Sept - After reading mummy Angie's blog abt this Astro AEC - Face of Collection, i decided to summit few photo for Kiyo too... This is only the 2nd time i sent out Kiyo's photo, (1st time was Genius Baby Contest by Baiboo) and suprised me that she has 14 photo, out of 1000 photo in that FLAG... very happy...




These are the photo i sent....

20mths - First Try On Petai

16 Sept - as usual, we went to the same cafe to have ours brunch. Today Enan is having the petai in his economic rice, Kiyo shared some of the rice & steamed eggs... Half way eating, Kiyo pointed at the PETAI in daddy's plate, we both looked at Kiyo with big eyes, but little gal is insisted to have it, HOW? hmn, daddy washed the petai with soup then oli gave it to her... Guess how's the reaction from Kiyo???

This is one of the articles i found from net....

Benefits of Petai - Advice From UKM Medical Doctor
ADVICE FROM UKM MEDICAL DOCTOR

Little did you know ...... after reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at petai in the same way again!

Petai contains three natural sugars -sucrose, fructose and glucose. Combined with fiber, petai gives an
instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proved that just two servings of petai
provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder petai is the number one fruit with
the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way petai can help us keep fit. It can also help
overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND among people suffering from depression, many felt
much better after eating petai. This is because petai contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body
converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS(premenstrual syndrome):
Forget the pills - eat petai.. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect
your mood.

Anaemia:
High in iron, petai can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the petai industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power :
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating petai at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert. Understand that bananas contain lot of potassium too so eat more bananas. Just look at those monkeys, they are really active, alert, smart and funny too!!

Constipation:
High in fiber, including petai in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a petai milkshake, sweetened with honey.
The petai calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:
Petai has a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating petai for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness :
Snacking on petai between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites :
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of the petai skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:
Petai is high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight:
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:
Petai is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness.
It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases.. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:
Many other cultures see petai as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional
temperature of expectant mothers. In Holland, for example, pregnant women eat petai to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) :
Petai can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.

Smoking:
Petai can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium petai snack.

Strokes:
According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating petai as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%".

Warts:
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of petai and place it on the wart. Carefully hold the petai in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, as you can see, petai really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A Petai a day keeps the doctor away"


The answer :

Yes, Kiyo bite it & chewed it, she seems no special reaction on it.....
OMG... this must be the genetic from Enan & family, they all loves it, except me!

Good Mate in the Kitchen

To avoid me from burning down the kitchen, Enan finally decided to buy me this Magic Saver Cooker, a very useful & many recommendation from mummies! Actually my mum owes wanted to get me this after she had one but we just couldnt find a cheaper & good 1... Later, my aunt introduced me this cooker from Cosway, still we haven move on to check it up until we saw 2 cooker at Alyse's house, her mother kept on compliment on it & Enan heard it... hahahaha... We then went to Cosway & signed up as member, the lady there again compliment on this cooker, sadly, we cant decide & never buy at that time! So, wat pushed us to buy? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... The way i laugh doesnt sound good huh? YES, i nearly burn down the house last few weeks, i was actually boiling some water to pour into Kiyo's flask for going out, sorry to tell that i forgotten of it & we went out to fil's place at Rawang, we reached home after 3hrs, i smelled some 'coffee' & i can even asked Enan 'who make coffee', OMG, when we looked at the stove, the pot is in black & still keep boiling, quickly Enan off the gas & cover the pot up! furrhhhhhhhhh....... Luckily we just went out for awhile, else i dono wat is gonna happen?!

Yest morning, ours first conversation of the day is "buying Magic Cooker"! RM199 with 1 coupon (u can get 1 coupon with evry RM 30 spent)

 

 

 

19mths - Investment on Toys

Hmn.... After reading Aipeng's blog on her investment in Kid's toys, my hand & feet started itchy... Yest morning (fri) i told hubby & oso called Leann that i wanted to go Toy'R Us in Midvalley, as i believed less ppl at that hours, but both of them seems not interested with! Grrhhhh, rain fall half an hrs later, so? No Choice lo i gotto stay at home playing the Mechanic Tool Set with Kiyo, then we went for a long long nap...

We woke up at 5pm, suprised me that Enan asked me whether wan to go Midvalley for a quick one onot? since we need to buy the Rubbermaid water bottle for Kiyo... He actually very super duper scare of H1N1, he bring along the sanitizer spray (DIY) to evrywhere & sprayed evrywhere....  

Kikikiki... We departed from home ard 8pm, straight we headed to Car4 to search for the bottle, then oli Toy'R Us (my plan)... Half way to the entrance of Car4, we were stopped by this very attractive educational toy (actually we seems this b4 but nvr buy).... Guess wat is that? Check it up http://www.tiktaktoyz.com/ Don ask me how much we paid for it, we nvr compared price we never do survey at any other shop & we just bought it on the spot...

For us, we think it's really well worth toy for Kiyo & of cox for us since we like the concept of that toy... What do u think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, is someone noticed that this toy is actually for Age 3+, yet Kiyo is oli 19mths now... The salesperson said 'actually we can start giving this for her to learn the color & slowly pick up the skill by doing some simple 'building'...

Dr Maria Montessori said 'Whatever toys we choose, we must remember that the most important element is to be certain that they engage the child mentally for long periods of time, combining both hand/muscle movement with brain activity'

The Safety of this toy

• strong construction
  
• not fragile
  
• non-toxic paints
  
• not cloth & stuffing
  
• stabile sitting toy
  
• not electrical
  
• sharpless
  
• noiseless
  
• safety parts
  
• strangulation safety

The salesperson seriously demo how strong & stabile is this toy by making a piramid using 4 triangle part, then she used her palm to mash that piramid, all 4 pcs triangle nice sleep flat on the table without any damage/hurt to the palm.... i personally like this demo as i have a bull at home so i need a safe but strong toy...

Ok now back to top, we spent oli 1hour in midvalley, YES OF COX, we never go up to Toy'R Us, maybe next time... sob sob sob...

 

 

 

20mths - New Hair Cut

This week is ours family hair cut week, it's just happen so coincidentally that 3 of us need a hair do... Hmn, as usual Enan & i will go separately to the salon nearby, and Kiyo will go to the Mama Salon, specially for her oli... hihihihi...

For this 20mths, i owes wanted to keep her hair long, i hardly shorten her hair except the fringe, but Enan has the opposite mind from me, he just never like Kiyo's hair to be tight up & never like to keep her hair long... Initially we quarrel on it but later i just ignored him, do as wat i wan!

This time, i dono wat make me to shorten & trimmed her hair, after few complaint from Enan lately or pity her when i see her sweat or those annoying baby hair dropped & disturbed her when she eating & playing (althought her hair is tighten up), her hair was actually shoulder lenght & growing thicker! Sometimes Kiyo's hair really looked messy after sweat or no hair wash on previous day!

09 Sept, i finally make a hard decision & lifted up my heaviest in ever hand & took up the scisssor, start thinning her hair, shorten abt an inch, so heart pain! Suprisingly, i loves the outcome, she looks cuter & fresh with this new hair style, i can feel the relax in her oso... lighter head now! hahahaha....

How to keep her sit still for so long for the whole session? hahahha.... Guess from the video below... A very good idea, isnt it? i think i took abt 30mins for that hair do, later at night, i did another minor trimming again in lenght...

Before the hair cut....






After the hair cut.....

And here is mummy's new hair style, SUPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice? i personally like it, fresh & light & easy.... But, Enan said my face looks wider (fatter), sob sob! kakakaka... time to diet oso, gaining so much weight after i stopped the birth control pill, been eating non-stop! grrrhhhhhh.... gain is easier, lose is so much harder!

For Enan's hair, nothing special, same old style! hahahaha

Another Crazy Mama in Multiply

No woman will reject shopping, am i right? Yes, we are recently addicted to shop for toys & now Enfagrow, smart Mead Johnson introducing these 6 sets 'Cut, Count & Learn' at the right time. Hmn, this sunday morning, a very good Q from Enan & a super good answer from me, he asked me where to go after breakfast, wo wo wo, for sure my answer is GIA*T! He got shocked when i told him i wanna bought 6tins Enfagrow just to collect the 6sets of toys! While the Enfa Sales Personel was loading the 6tins into trolley for me, Enan again said 'Kiyo, see mummy buy so many milk for 'zhao lou' （走路）. The evil in me saw the hidden toy set at the rack, i requested extra free gift from the sales personnel, end up she gave me the free gift from Sustag*n since i have all 6sets from Enfagr*w. Super Satisfied i am.

爽

Owh.... Poor daddy, he said 'the total amount is killing old poor me (要了我的老命）!' at the cashier! We got 27pcs of stamp, which can use to exchange/purchase the Italian Fry Pan/Wok.

The 6 sets 'Cut, Count & Learn', Nest*e Rice Cereal (RM8.99 - normal price RM 10.50, but the cheapest i got at T*sco was RM 7.99) & the free gift from S*stagen

I only opened up 1 set for Kiyo, kept the rest of 6sets!

Kiyo : Dear 'beh beh' (bear), let me feed you this nice 'na na' (banana)

She fed her bear the banana after she peeled off the skin... *pengsan* Later she fed herself & daddy too

* Those with ' ' are the only words that Kiyo said

Let's see the video taken on her very 1st time playing these 'Cut, Count & Learn' playset. She needs more practise on holding knife & adjust the cutting line.

The little girl is playing shortcut & i think she found interesting with the 'zip zap' sound from the velcro

That night, we went to Pappa Rich with a supplier friend, this is the toy i bringing along recently to keep her quiet.

19mths - Guess wat she made tonight? She is making a 'gun' (L shape) then she hold it with 1eyes close & 'boom boom'! *pengsan* All daddy's fault by teaching a girl playing gun! My mil also making noise on this.