Wednesday 15 March 2006

2006 Baby Festival @ Expo

Baby Festival organize by Mediacorp started on Friday, I am not free on that day, so we went there on Saturday (11March2006) late afternoon after Wayne have his nap. We expect to buy some finger food or convenient food for him but we can’t find any. We walked around and glance through every booth, so that we won’t miss out any, but still can’t get anything worth of buying.

We end up with empty hand back.

Saturday 11 March 2006

Nostalgia of Malaysian 70's Babies

... ... really goes down the memory lane ... ... really miss those days a lot... ...

From a forwarded e-mail:

You grew up watching He-man, Transformers, Thundercats, Silver Hawk, Space Cop Gaban, Ultraman, and Mighty Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja Turtles, Mask and Smurfs too.

You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in primary school after recess time. You squatted by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brushed your teeth with a colourful mug. Remember the days when the school nurse comes with a list for the dentist appointments, the sound of the drilling when your friend has a fill in his tooth.

You remember the packets of milk (Projeck Susu Segar) and milo we get in primary school to encourage us to drink more milk. And when we had to line up just to get one cup, and some of us would line up again for another cup of cold milo. And remember we use to buy susu sekolah and get stomach-ache the next day.

During primary (some KBSR & 3M) school days, the teacher will punish you using a long ruler to hit your palm. A bowl of noodle soup cost only 40cents in primary school days. When you were in primary school, girls like to go to the bookshop to buy cute stuff such as animal erasers, sharpeners, notebook etc. Play with these paper doll... with all the paper clothes.. etc etc

In secondary (some KBSM) school, girls go to the library to borrow their favourite romance storybook. In secondary school, girls altered their school skirt to shorten it and guys will go to the school appointed school uniform tailor shop to tailor make their school trousers to the then fashionable "baggy pants", or the GQ one with all the 'batik' or buckle at the edge of the pocket! the straight cut jeans.. or codroy...

In secondary school days, you buy the Bata BM Turbo school shoes. Some guys like to wear those China made ankle high shoes. Some even like to wear those very thick socks with their school shoes. remember the panda, carefree or warrior shoes...

Internet? E-mail? What the hell is that? So you thought a decade or more ago. Your friends don't have pagers or handphones in school. CDs? What's that? Cassette tapes were the norm. Movie tickets used to cost less than RM5 last time. there is no KLCC.. Pertama or Bukit Bintang the only place we have..

The goodies from Mamak shop used to be Mamee, Ka ka, Kum Kum, Ding Dang choco balls (with toys in the box) + the mat sentul voices as a jingle, colourful hard "egg", "cigerette" chocolate, pink bottle of bubbles, and small tubes with yellow sticks to blow "more lasting" bubbles that you can pop more air in or slam it on.

You never forget 'Ti Kam'. When exams are over, the board games (eg: UNO, Monopoly, CLUEDO) & hand held video games will be all over the class room. Girls will start playing 'batu seremban'. guys with 'tudung botol oren' Your favourite sound is the bell! For it's the homemade ice cream man. The cream that tops Haagan Dazs! The pink colour ice-cream with eyes plus a wide smile.

Another bell is the recess bell, a time to get away from school work and to eat. Another time when there is no bell but all guys will anxiously wait for it...The PJ, PE time (time for football!!)

Your favourite childhood games were playing "guli"(marbles), five stones, zero-point, catching, and/or "Pepsi-Cola one two three"! The best thirst quencher of all times is the yummy colourful ice tubes you can buy from provision shops. To eat them, break the tab and suck while holding the freezing tube! All gals had barbie dolls, My Little Pony, pound puppy, Polly Pocket and etc, while all boys had star wars figurines or a rubber band catapult that shoots folded paper or eraser bits. Once was the era whereby ice-cream sticks were valueable items, than came the paper aircrafts, chalk fights.

Everyone envied the class monitor and his assitant, cos they were the ones who came up with the daily duty roster, giving names to teacher on who makes the most noise and who's running around the class. The elite group are the prefects, the one with license to move around, they consider themselves above the law when not many students actually listened to them, and that's when the PK Hem comes in.

Some boys made their own guns from wood,and used 'Bacali' as the bullets. Some even used matches to shoot and burn kids'lanterns during Latern Festival.. and you also rather to 'ponteng sekolah' juz to watch final episod of Moero Attack .. miss that much.. summersault berkembar... hehehe.. still remember this one..

Cheers to the 70's..80's babies... WE RULE THIS WORLD!

From Sunday onwards... ...

... ... I will be away from my computer. I am still in town, not going elsewhere. Promotion for 2 months free internet access ended on this Sunday, so I am not able to access to my MSN space frequently.

No more free access!!! I will miss all of you out there... especially my blogger friends...

Thursday 9 March 2006

Helen Rowland quotes - English-American writer, 1876-1950

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little
To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
A woman will always cherish the memory of the man who wanted to marry her.
A man will always cherish the memory of the women whom he didn't marry.

Wednesday 8 March 2006

In What Order Will Baby's Teeth Come In?

Wayne is having his 3rd teeth cutting through his upper front gum. I have no idea when exactly the teeth cutting through his gum, especially is difficult to open his mouth to see it. I can just only touch his gum by pushing my finger into his mouth to feel it.

I posted the following information into my blog is because I find it easy to refer and wanted to share it with you. It is just only a guideline to refer when and which teeth is going to cut through babies gum and I hope this information helps and is useful.

The ages given are averages and babies vary in their development.

teeth1

Between six and ten months.
The first teeth to appear are the two lower front teeth.

teeth2

Between eight and thirteen months.
The top four incisors are next.

teeth3

Between ten and sixteen months.
Two more incisors appear in the lower front and then, the first back teeth (first year molars).

teeth4

Between sixteen and twenty-three months.
The pointed side teeth (canines) are next.

teeth5

Between twenty-three and thirty-three months.
And lastly the remaining back teeth (second year molars). By the time your baby is three, he or she will have all twenty of his or her primary teeth.

Monday 6 March 2006

Photo Taken During Wayne's Swimming Lesson

Wayne is wearing his new swim diaper attending his swimming lesson. This photo taken before we put him in wetsuit.

Swimming Lesson

Sunday (05Mar2006) Wayne has his first swimming lesson but the weather seems not so good. We are looking forward to a sunny day but end up become windy day, even the swim diaper is too small to keep him warm.

When we went into the pool, with his swim diaper, he doesn't really feel comfortable, he start to frown his forehead, giving us a sign that he doesn't really like it. Is the weather too cold for him? Or the water in the pool is cold? Or he is not used to the environment? I am not too sure, but I feel cold while I am in the pool.

They provided a temporary wetsuits, so we try to put him into it. After patting some water onto him and give him a toy, then he enjoy playing with it. Can you imagine how he looks like when he is in a big swimming pool? My wife has taken some photo of us and posted into her photo album.

The lesson started at around 3:30pm. Instructor provides demonstrations and guide us (parent) throughout the lesson. As a father, I have more confidence on holding him and play with him in the pool. I enjoyed a lot.



As for Wayne, he enjoyed exploring his toy by putting it into his mouth rather then swimming.

Saturday 4 March 2006

At Last... ...

YEAH! His second teeth (bottom front teeth) have break through the gum surface.
This few days Wayne has struggle a lot, he has to bear with the uncomfortable, tender & swollen gum. He likes to chew on things and one of the his favourite, targeted object is my fingers.

Thursday 2 March 2006

这一生中, 你错过了什么?

当我阅读过这篇 '这一生中, 你错过了什么', 令我感受很深. 有谁真真会想过这个问题呢? 我也没想过. 为有一天过一天, 珍惜身边每一个亲人, 不错过每一件快乐的事, 尽量不让自己后悔.
我想要和你们分享以下的 '这一生中, 你错过了什么'.
這一生中,你錯過了什麼?
太太
在二十五歲時問丈夫,
丈夫沮喪的回答她
錯過一個新的工作機會。
三十五歲時,
丈夫生氣的告訴她
我剛錯過了一班公車。
四十五歲時,
丈夫傷心的說
錯過與親人見最後一面。
五十五歲時,
丈夫失望的回答
錯過了退休的好時機。
六十五歲時,
丈夫匆匆的答說
錯過了看牙醫的時間。

一如往常的,
太太總是回以微笑
微笑中總帶著落寞
七十五歲那年,
太太不再問先生了
此時,先生正跪坐在病危的太太面前,
想起太太每隔一段時間,
總要問他的問題,他反過來問太太
太太微笑中帶著解脫回答:
這一生,我沒有錯過你!
此時,先生早已淚流滿面,
原以為兩人可以永遠在一起,
所以,終日忙著工作與繁瑣的事,
卻從不曾用心體貼朝夕相處的另一半,
 
先生緊抱著太太說:
這輩子,我錯過妳五十年來的深情?
繁忙的都市裡,有著許多為工作打拚的人,
大家總習慣於把工作當成生活的重心,
為了滿足社會的價值,
不惜出賣自己的時間身體
捨不得多花時間投資健康,
以至於錯過陪同孩子成長的機會、
忽略了身旁關心自己的親友、輕忽 了自己的身體
珍惜,果真要在錯過後才能感受?
沒有人知道明年今日會怎麼?
人世無常,趕緊把握當下,把心中的感激告訴你的人、
用行動關心你的家人,把每一天都當成人生最後一段
即使走了,也能讓自己身旁的人無遺憾