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I just couldn’t find the rhythm last week, towards the weekend… that was so unproductive of myself

He likes walking like this now; can you see him so naughty?…

Shopped at 1U like without directions coupled with XJ was quite difficult to handle recently, he always wanted things going his way… I would like to relax my mind and take a breath before heading for some inspirations. I was caught by the colorful lanterns (the decors for Mid Autumn Festival) so I stopped-by for a while. Dinner time was another headache because many restaurants were full. What’s worse than you can’t find a place to stuff your stomach when you’re dying for food?!… The little guy throwing tantrum, throwing things on the floor… I don’t need opus x to calm myself. How I wish I can jump into the swimming pool to swim a few rounds leaving one big guy and one little guy doing whatever they prefer but leave me alone! …

I truly enjoyed your music. It heals my soul… Thank you!

I was lucky at the end as there was this going on my side at least ~ A sweet voice from a young lady singing one of my fav songs from Shunza. They are 4 members lifeband. That was magical, the tense in my head slowly released with the beautiful flow of rhythm in the air… The best part was when hubby brought XJ to walk (he enjoys walking by holding our hands now) so that I could enjoyed thoroughly. The guys can play the instruments excellently but the one can play both modern & traditional I admired the most. I totally melt in one Mandarin song (a duet by Han Hong & Sun Nan in The Myth, a Jackie Chan’s movie). I went down to have an “upclose”. I was moved by the beautiful pieces of music. I could feel my tears scrolling down at any second & I hold it but I couldn’t prevent the “sentimental-side” of me take charge at that special moment! “I’m like that one”…

Another 35-min for another brand new day, a late greeting “Happy Merdeka” !

You will regret sitting close to this little guy if you’re having something very precious to you in your hands! He has the ever-innocent looking on his face so this wins people’s heart to touch him. But they never know all his monkey-cum-stunt acts at home with only his parents If I want to get the house chores sorted out, I’ll put him into his cot and let him watch some educational DVDs or cartoons plus many toys and other non-toy grab-able stuff (no sharp edges & no small parts) so that he won’t feel bored. But everything just gotta be speed up because the little monster doesn’t want to be alone (during the time papa was out in the weekend) or he will yell ’til the uncle next door telling me “your son could be a saprano next time!”

See his naughty hand and leg there! Maybe he wanted to share his excitement too in my Sherlock Holmes?…

This little monster would be very selfish most of the time, he shouts to interrupt when me & hubby is talking. When he get attended, he smiles… From very early about 4 or 5 months old, he cried for someone although I was going to the kitchen to wash his feeding bottle. Never think and no chance to dump him alone! And even reading my book I have to sit near him. But he will extend his leg or hand to touch or even squeeze it! The room is almost ready for him (it serves as store room temporarily before his arrival) and we’re planning for a number of preschool furniture so all his books, toys and others can nicely stored. But I wondered he can sit still for a book next time…

 learn wearing your shoes on your own next time ok?

Nasi Ayam Merah ~ love the strong fragrance in it. Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng ~ can you see the fried chicken are big? Both are GOOD with its price

“Weekend means going out”, that’s in XJ’s mind these days I’m sure as he really excited everytime we dressed up & take out his stroller. He will raise both hands up & shouts with delight! Can you imagine that? this cheeky little guy…A typical Saturday spent at 1U and a slow-pace Sunday at Ikano. I kind of love Sunday as it tends to be lazy but relax! Actually I was searching for a Hillary Clinton’s book (but failed after an aggressive search at some Major bookstores) so I’ll put a full stop at the moment and hope it’ll pop out next time ‘coz things always work in this way for me We headed towards our favorite tea place ~ Kluang Station for lunch. Firstly we thought wanted to try their buffet but after some consideration with a glance at the food offer, we decided not but ordered what had in mind. I had Nasi Ayam Merah (RM 8.90) + Barley ice (RM2.40) and hubby had Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng (RM9.90) + Cham hot (RM2.60). The total is only RM26.20 (inclusive of tax). A very satisfied meal yet cheaper here, a total opposite of THIS !

I like this Singaporean comedian, he is a very hilarious guy (the center one) who never fails to cheer me

There were NTV7 artistes doing the publicity of a new local movie (co-star with Singaporean) and some activities going on the stage. I top-up some groceries@Cold Storage while hubby enjoyed the events outside with little guy. When I was done with the stuff and joined them, hubby was grinning and he told me something silly just happened while I was queuing at the cashier. You know what? An ugly (not his look but his manner) elderly man stole a handful of fried spring-rolls  from the food platter at the events area. Not many people saw but for those who did, get stunned while him munching, walked away slowly…

they are NOT good! 

Normally I’ll never easily “trust” others when they recommend a particular restaurant is good but my mind was swayed a little everytime I pass-by the pan mee stall in Ikano. From a small outlet to a larger two-shop adjacent outlet plus always full house so there must be reasons to justify it. It’s either the prices are cheap or they have very good food. I decided to check it out last Saturday. I can tell you now, it was a WRONG choice (for us). I just felt rather silly to spend about RM30.00 for nothing special but pan mee! My Spinach-pan mee (RM9.90) while hubby’s Veggies & Mushroom-pan mee (RM7.90) so we would have high expectations… The thing is too blunt & flat esp the soup and the bowl of homemade fishball (RM6.90) is disastrous… you know how it feels when chewing a fresh one right? So it’s the opposite here! We shared one herb tea (RM2.80). I was really surprise that why it’s always packed with customers while such quality & price?! I don’t mind paying a big FAT bill (as we used to & still doing from time to time in food hunt) if the food is good. Anyway, how do I know if I do not try in the first place?…

That’s the Ben 10 ball; Standing on Chuggington; A touch at Thomas…

Spend almost 45-min at the newly opened ToysRus@Ikano. It’s very spacious than those in 1U, MV, BV & KLCC. I was glued to The Sylvanian Families. Hubby brought XJ searching around. XJ kept raising his hands (this means he is excited) & shouted when he saw a pool of balls (he loves to kick & pat). He just couldn’t let us leave the area even by an-inch so papa can’t escape to buy him the BEN10 ball. Problem after that was he wanted to play immediately when we shopped along… We gotta distracted him with something else quickly before he yelled…

Brought it home ~ RM978.00 after 40%, it’s worth…

After snack & tea time@Kluang Station (my fav tea place), we headed to Samsonite store@Jalan Universiti. It’s not too early to get things prepared for our 1st overseas vacation with XJ next year. A durable luggage is vital among others. Although I’ve been studying some camcorder reviews, it may be crossed on the list because I’ll just bring along something handy. Actually I don’t know the different between a camcorder and a handycam. A digital camera for me is enough for travel purpose. What I’ll do is to upgrade the memory card, that’s it. A big discount up to 50% is very rare at Samsonite so we can’t missed the deal. And the 10 years warranty gives me some sense of assurance… We took the strong one instead of the stylish looking one which is not as tough as the one we chose.

~ no guilty at all… ~

I made myself from moderately to very seldom, oh I mean eating fast food. I guess it’s normal that a food may suddenly tasted so well to you when you stopped eating it for some time! The previous Sunday (a very lazy late afternoon), we went to McD at Sunrise, Mount Kiara. I freed myself to eat 6 pieces of nuggets & french fries without feeling guilty. The nuggets are so crispy & dipping with my fav BBQ sauce seems perfect ;-)  I never go with french fries without chili cause/ketchup… while hubby enjoyed his cheese burger & coke. XJ had a few spoonful of Strawberry sundae which made him so glad that he can share our food whenever we eat together

~ XJ is so glad to tear the tissue without me nagging ‘coz I’m lazy on lazy Sunday… ice-cream, slurrrrp… ~

~ lovely walk, isn’t it? ~

Sunrise is always our place back then especially after married but before the “biggest intruder” (who else if not XJ!) came into picture. Yeah unlike those hippee places but we like it for not so packed with people and prefer less human-pollution esp noises & quality of air… caffeinated drinks@Coffee Bean, light meal@Secret Recipe, ice-cream@Lecka Lecka/Baskin Robbins, we usually hang out there. And a stroll around the fountain area is simply relaxing (but not the flea market). Normally the last stop would be the Korean mini market for some snacks. Hopefully XJ will familiarize with our lifestyle but no rush… How nice if we can stay in Mt Kiara… too early to dream… back to reality!

~ Hope u always cheerful, Happy 13-month old! ~

Do not blame the kids for being naughty, rude, disrespectful and so forth. As parents especially we need to evaluate what we’ve done because those are most probably the outcome of us spoiling our kids from the very beginning. I guess all parents doing it but they just do not realize. “To what degree we’ve spoilt our kids?” this is important. Very often, we wish our kids happy so we give in for what they wanted or they will be upset (coupled with the fact that kids today are highly demanding) Gotcha, this is the one! If we continue to be like this, the kids will take advantage undoubtedly and it becomes a practice in the routine. They hardly accept what we tell them if we only correct them at a later stage…

Some live examples:-

 ~> My mom bought this Mickey bolster for XJ ‘coz she knew XJ loves Mickey although he already had many of this mousey toys…

~> Hubby let XJ plays the joystick (this is quite an expensive gadget) ‘coz he keeps wanting to touch it…

~> Myself? hehehe… I let him hold my digital camera after doing some recording of him ‘coz he shouted to see the replay with the risk of the camera may fall down anytime...

~ I try to limit to only something like these & don’t go overboard + keep it to the minimal… ~

And very common people will tell me your XJ is still too young to understand when I said I scold him for this & that. In more serious events, I’ll beat his palm for him to remember that’s not meant to play. (All these combined with explanation) I think it’s better to guide them as young as possible. If not when do you think it’s the right time as a child is always a “small kid” in the eyes of a parent. Of course I’ll cheer him too or he may think I’m the dictator! I hope my rational will trigger in every situation so it strikes a balance… I see the population in spoilt children is growing large and I don’t want to be one of the contributors.

My little monster has showed some serious interest at “various fields” recently… From tearing tissue into tiny pieces and let it “fly in the air” (normally at restaurant & I have to apologize to the staff who get the place cleaned every time he did that could be rather boring for him now. He is moving forward and found something new which please his curiosity (at this moment). He wants to READ?! ok “reading” is not new to him because he has been exposed to flash cards and baby books as early as 3 months old. He wants to”read” independently without sitting on my lap and flipping for him. Hey, this little guy can flip pages very well…

  ~ XJ reading independently… ~

 ~ Squeezed & tore ~

~… into pieces …~

I’m very glad if he is learning to be independent but I’m sure he is more into making trouble for his mommy whenever he sees me reading in the couch. Most probably he is thinking I’m too relax enjoying a book with coffee there So he squeezes & tears the pages of the very lovely book! I guess he enjoys the sound when tearing… You know to people love collecting books this is a guilty. I’m quite heartache when a very nice pop-up book got spoilt by him too. My mom said we never did that when we were little even without telling not to do so. With him breaking this, tearing that it definitely burn a hole in my pocket gradually. Thus, I start keeping home everything coupons for saving a bit here and there. In the meantime, I hope XJ will listen to me not to spoil anymore books…

The little guy had his 4-in-1 (Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) + Chickenpox) vaccination on his actual birthday. Since he is as strong as an ox, he never cry for injections from 4 months old. But he cries when he sees the Pead so I assume he recognizes the person who get him “a little uncomfortable”! The Pead remembered I told him before about XJ hardly sleep throughout the afternoon & sleep late at night + bouncy all day & night (sometimes fall asleep ard 12am or above if he had afternoon nap although a short one!) So Pead asked me is XJ still the same… & he commented his weight is slightly underweight (the rest are average) but no worry as super active baby tends to be lighter! His growth @12 months~Weight: 8.5kg Height: 73.5cm Head Circumference: 48cm. I have no idea why he has this much of energy… just like the Energiser Bunny.

~ XJ’s 1st teeth@11months 3rd week. This is the best I managed to capture ‘coz he kept pushing away my hands ~

Oh this mustn’t be left out, he is just like the cute Bugs Bunny now! He is real late in growing teeth ok. I guess he breaks the record as his first teeth came out@11 months 3rd week, just before his birthday celebration@CitiCafe. But the others are coming out real fast after that. I presume his gum must be quite uneasy/painful & I guess that’s the reason he easily get moody at first but he is alright like after a few days. If those super duper crankiness prolong, I may have a dozen of wrinkle cream standby in my closet!

~ at Manhattan Fish Market ~

We switched to the alternative plan. We didn’t take leave on Friday due to the unforeseen circumstances in hubby’s work. Initially I wished not to bring XJ for injection on his actual birthday ‘coz I want him to happy throughout the day but my idea didn’t work out… So I hope he is delighted or satisfied at least after a visit to Aquaria KLCC on Saturday! Yes I’ve been wanted to go there long time ago but many reasons delay my visit ’til recently.

 ~ wanna join them swimming… ~

Reached KLCC around 11am so had our breakfast@MFM. Just with a simple one ~ their signature Fish N Chips (mine) & Creamy Seafood Pasta (hubby) + Iced Lemon Tea. You know XJ got tasted our food this time & he was happy that he can shared our food as he always staring at us when we are eating. He fell asleep soon after the meal so we walked a while@Isetan & checked out the luggage bags too. We headed to Aquaria right after he awake. I guess ticket price has gone up ~ RM35.00 for adults (with Mykad).

 ~ can see what my cheeky boy doing? ~

I was a bit worried that XJ might scared seeing huge fishes swimming & you know it’s dark inside Aquaria. I knew I was wrong not much later & I was glad! XJ was so excited to see here & there… I’ve expected that we both couldn’t really see & explore the fishes while bringing along XJ but never mind if he enjoyed ‘coz I want him to expose to more new things from now onwards. I was pretty surprised to see his gestures ~ he must be thinking “how come these fishes can swim above my head…” & he tried to touch & catch it!!! Ok my experience in Aquaria KLCC is nothing much to explore actually but it’s exciting to see little Sharks & Stingrays so close! Oh the Piranhas are fierce looking & Sea Horses are cute Luckily XJ poo-ed right after we stepped out from there. Relax & had a cuppa@Coffee Bean, hey XJ shared my banana muffin too after milk! Straight back home, bath & dozed off for 1 hr & XJ 2 hrs at least!

~Souvenirs bought ~ family portrait with frame, photo frame magnet & rubber magnet~

It was just like yesterday & all those moments still very fresh playing in my mind from 08th July 2009 which my labor started ’til this little handsome guy safely delivered on early morning of 09th July 2009. It’s the sweetest date to remember So I’m doing some brief flashback on the photos taken, let’s see together…

New Born ~ pinkish healthy baby, oh look at the cute little hand!
1 Month Old ~ he is a crying machine ok, how glad I see him sleep like this
2 Months Old ~ less crying, more smiling, hahaha…
3 Months Old ~ this little robot is getting more energetic.

4 Months Old ~ flip his body & learn a bit of crawling.
5 Months Old ~ enjoy bouncing like exercising his legs.
6 Months Old ~ first time on baby solid & going very well.
7 Months Old ~ don’t like to sit long in the stroller, want to carry!!!

8 Months Old ~ get to know Mickey Mouse & become his best friend ’til now.
9 Months Old ~ all sorts of “acrobatics” in baby cot but no fear…
10 Months Old ~ he likes naked!
11 Months Old ~ poo in the potty & love clapping hand + curious towards everything

Today he turns 1 year old ~ master in expressing like & don’t like and he learns anytime, anywhere for anything. Hope it’s good to start thinking…
Dear XJ,

Wishing you Happy 1 Year Old Birthday, Stay Healthy & Many Happy Returns!
Regards,
Papa & Mama