Little mind games

My boy is getting smarter and smarter each day.

He talks back, learns quick, act silly and demands. And when I don't allow him to do something,

You don't love me, Mama.

Amboi! Where did he get THAT from?!

New insurance scheme

While I was back to my home country I terminated my term insurance. I don't see a point in continuing any payment while I am here in another country. The surrender value was little, but expected. Still, at least I get some of my money back.

And with that money, I am thinking to get a new insurance scheme here. Better get it here where I belong now. It's funny now how we can go insurance shopping. For people, cars, house, contents, even individual parts of the body for the famous people. As for me, the best term life insurance rates will do just fine.

Locked out

I think I have been cleaning up too much. I even cleaned my brain.

This morning after sending Aidan to school, I came back home for a while, and then headed off to the city for my eye check-up, post Lasik. I have reached 20-20 vision, but unfortunately, as they have already told me before the surgery, they can't fix 'lou far'. Nevertheless, I am glad I do not have to use those blek eye drops again. Yucks.

I went grocery shopping to make Bak kut teh for dinner, and headed home to do more cleaning. Cooking, cleaning, washing, and by the time I sat down, it was already 3pm. Time to pick Aidan up from school. Left the house, picked him up, went to another grocer to get some fresh chillies. Then I remembered I didn't turn off the gas when I left home, although I left my Bak kut teh simmering. Oh well, I thought, going home anyway.

That was when I found out I didn't have my house key with me. Cut the long story short, had to call hubby to the rescue, and prayed he could be as fast as possible, not because Aidan and myself was stranded at our backyard, but I can smell my Bak kut teh already.

In the end, the liquid was just about to dry up. Nasib baik didn't burn out. Phew.

Hubby shook his head at me. Why? Because I left my purse outside.

I need more sleep.

Ouch!

Now that Aidan knows how to ride a bicycle, I brought him on a very easy trail, and told him to watch out for cars.

One car came along, and I told him to watch out. Him being him, went too fast and straight up the kerb, stopped. Back facing me. Silence. I was already halfway running towards him.

I looked at him and his eyes were all squinty, with tears. I asked him if he was alright, he just cried and buried his face into my jacket.

Did you hurt yourself?

Nodded.

Where?

Touched his groin.

I hurt my testicles.

Ooooo.... ouch. But soon after some cuddles, he was riding fast again.

The wonders of GPS

My niece, her husband, with two daughters and my sister, will be here for a short holiday next month. All living under my roof of a tiny two rooms unit. That will be fun. We have done this before when I was about to deliver my little one, but am sure it will be more fun this time with three kids tripping around stuff in the house.

I can't believe they booked a flight which arrives near midnight though, therefore we won't be able to pick them up, because I will be still at work, and it will be cruel to drag my son out of his bed to the airport.

Lucky thing, another niece of mine has rented a large car from the airport, from a company which has plenty of gps systems for hire as well. That will be great, because it will be terrible fumbling through the road maps in the middle of the night.

Aahhh..... the wonders of technology.

Car savvy

Ever since my little boy has been hooked on the PS2 game Grand Turismo, he is always looking at good looking cars and naming them, or asking for the names, if he doesn't know them already.

When we were on our holidays, he was always on the lookout on the roads and the highways. We spotted a Spider, some Skylines, other Porsches and a few Ferraris. Gee, some people sure have lots of money! Even if I was given a Ferrari, I don't think I can even earn enough to buy Ferrari parts if it needs fixing.

Aahhh.... how wonderful to be rich. Can't buy all the happiness, but sure can buy most anything!

We're back, we're back, we're back!

Before I forget, I would like to announce to the whole world that Aidan knows how to ride a bike!

Nope, didn't learn it in Malaysia. Wilkin took the trainer wheels off a couple of months back and Aidan had been scooting around the backyard ever since, but there was never enough space for him to actually ride the bike, although we did notice that he could actually balance quite well for a short distance.

This morning, we took him to his school compound for him to have more space to learn. Imagine my utter surprise, or rather, OUR surprise, when Wilkin and I watched him cycled off with ease, as if he had been riding that way for ages! Hubby immediately whipped out his mobile and filmed it.

Woohooooo!!

Not a bad vacation

Our trip to the local resort last week was okay. Just okay, let's just say it was good for its money's worth. Cheap, very basic, and service was nothing to shout about, apart from the friendly staff at the restaurant. The highlight of our trip was a very hungry monkey which climbed onto our table and snatched my sister-in-law's toast from her hand. Fortunately, it was the great company and ultimate relaxation that counts.

At the same time, I have another friend who was taking her holidays at the Riviera hotel and Casino. Needless to say, she had the time of her life. I guess I had better save up again, and hopefully be able to go to the same place as hers next year. So,

Las Vegas, wait for me!

Eat eat eat

That is all we do here so far.

My SIL is just amazed and shocked at the frequency of wanting to eat all the time. She is also just getting over the family culture shock. Her family is so quiet, where as mine is boisterous as, not forgetting the colourful profanities that comes out from the adults, minus myself and my nieces.

As for my little one, welcome back to second home. The mozzies are most delighted to see him again, with many welcome bites on his legs and one on his hand. So far. And this is KL. Let's just hope Ipoh stays the same way, if not better. Which I doubt. I am already dreading for his face. Somehow the mozzies there like his face better.

I don't think Aidan is liking the idea that we are leaving tomorrow. He had so much fun with his nieces. But we have things to do, and school holidays are over as of tonight.

Let's just hope Pangkor trip will perk him up. Water always does.

Help me stop eating!

I have been back to my hometown for less than a week and I am already eating like nobody's business. How am I supposed to continue avoiding all the delicious local food for another three weeks?!

I had better go get some extra help, that is, diet pills, to help suppress my appetite. I know myself best. I am usually not hungry, but an excellent binger, which doesn't help at all if I want to fit into that evening frock for the next weekend at my nephew's wedding.

I will stop bingeing tomorrow. I will stop bingeing tomorrow...

A rare bloom

We had this spiky plant right in front of our windows when we moved in, and I considered pulling it out because it did pook me many times. Itchy and painful! Then I thought of the reason it was planted there by the many previous owners. So strangers won't walk up to the window and peek at us? And that was why I let it survive.

For the six years we have lived here, it was just 'the plant'. But last month something happened. A long stem grew straight a tall. Then it branched out budding like this:



Then came the pretty white flowers:



And now the full bloom!



It has been like this for almost two weeks now. I wonder how long before the flowers wilt. But this is lovely. I hope it will last longer, because we may not be seeing another one till six years later.

Our water, our future

A friend from Noosa stayed with another friend of ours in Melbourne over the weekend. Not consciously realizing that Melbourne is facing the on-going water shortage problem, she had the taps on full blast for washing the dishes and showering the kids.

And since our Melbourne friend have quite a lot of guests coming and going, I suggested that it would be a good idea to switch her shower faucet in the guest bathroom to a water-saving one. Not only will that save her on her water bill, but it is very important that all of us do our part in keeping the reservoirs 'healthy'.

And as I will be away for almost a month, that will be helping out a lot, no?