~* "Non-Professional" Private Investigator *~

With the advice of my hubby's friend, we have installed CCTV at a few points in the house to monitor the maid. At the beginning I feel quite funny with these equipments at home. Feel like I am being monitor also :p
Is the CCTV helpful? I think to some point kua. If I wanted to go out or take a nap, my hubby will just sit in front of the computer surfing and monitor from upstairs. Yesterday, I was home late and my hubby had an emergency at his factory. He left the baby with the maid for about an hour. Guess what we do before we go to bed? Both of us watched back the video of that 1hour. Really funny though. Like private investigator trying to find out something :D The maid was ok except she trying to do something which was not suppose to - switching on the TV. But she did not manage to watch as our TV remote has spoilt and she did not know how to manage the TV manually :D

~* Stroller *~

This is how the Primo Viaggio Tri-Fix car seat looks like on the Peg Perego Skate's frame. I bought Skate as I like the look of it. My hubby has been complaining to me that I am not practical as the frame itself weights 13.7kg :p I have been using it for a few times and still loving it. May be I have been using valet park each time I go to the mall :p But with a stroller, I need to wait for the lift in the mall. Quite ma fan as the lift always full if it is a peak time :(

~* 小宝贝 & His Little Aunt *~

This is my 小宝贝 and his little aunt. They are born only 1 day apart :)
She is my youngest uncle's (who is younger than me) daughter. She call me "jie jie". Feel so young again when here this :D

~* Belated Christmas Wish *~

Merry Christmas everyone :)
My mommy bought a Christmas hat and have it altered. But mommy didn't measure correctly. The Christmas hat cannot fit in nicely to my head. A few pictures still ok. Nice or not? :)

~* Holiday *~

I am in a holiday mood now. But I can't take leave anymore as I just came back from my extended confinement break :( To comfort myself, I'm looking for hotels in Sydney. I would like to plan a family holiday to HK or Sydney next year end. After looking through the pictures of stunning fireworks at Harbour Bridge, I prefer Sydney to HK now :p Love this Grand Mercure Darling Harbour. If the holiday plan is confirmed, I hope I can secure a 3-room apartment at this hotel :) Nice location and nice view :)

~* Furry Slippers *~

I have changed to a new work station since I came back to work. It is colder and my legs are so cold at the end of the day. To make my legs warmer, I bought a furry slippers with pom pom from La Senza. It is so comfy and cute :) I wanted to get the pink colour. But I drop the idea as it will get dirty easier.

~* Cloth Diaper *~

I would like to try my 小宝贝 on cloth diaper. The other day, I pass by one new shop in Bangsar Village and decided to buy one to try out. I choose Pro Baby because it is made from 100% organic cotton. But, it only has 4 colours to choose from. I will try out this Friday as it is still in the washing as it needs to be washed 3 times before use. I hope my 小宝贝 will like it as it is quite expensive for just to try out once :p

Some recent pictures of my 小宝贝 :)
Does he look like a big boss sitting on his high chair? :D




小宝贝 is playing with his little duckling while his Kakak preparing to bath him.

Does he looks like a sumo wrestler? :D

~* Little Fashion Blog *~

I always love the little dresses and ballet flats worn by Suri Cruise. Now, I have found a blog about Suri Cruise fashion and where to get those clothes. Really can't believe it.

http://suricruisefashion.blogspot.com/

~* High Chair *~

My mom was complaining that 小宝贝 is not comfortable on the bouncer as the head always look up. So, we bought this Combi high chair for him so that he can move around. Love the seat materials. So so comfortable.

But ah ... I think 25% of the price is because of logistic. When I collected it yesterday, the sales person told me that it just arrived from SG as they don't keep stock here. The logistic flow goes like this - Made in China -> Japan -> SG -> MY. No wonder all the children stuff so expensive.

Picture Source: www.combi.co.jp

~* My 小宝贝 @ 3-Mth Old *~

My baby is already 3-mth old. He looks quite mature and most people think he is already 6-mth old. He is very active now as his hands and legs are non-stop :) Missing him a lot while I am at work :p

~* My "ka chong" *~

When my dad bought this piano for me, he always said that this is suppose to be my "ka chong" :D After going to college, I didn't touch it at all. We are suppose to transfer this piano to my house when my parents moved into the new house. But it still ended up at my parents house as I was pregnant during that time. I tried to play some of the songs the other day. My fingers are so hard and I can't even play the simple scale :( There goes the 10-year of learning and expensive learning fees :p

~* My Mom's Little Princess *~

This is my favourite childhood picture :)

~* My Little Precious @ 2-Mth Old *~

~* Maid ~*

Although my maid is a bit blur, but with her presence, it really help a lot.

- She helps to look after my baby while I wash up or pumping milk
- I don't have to worry about the laundry
- After each feed, I just leave the bottle at the sink and she will clean it
- She helps my mum in the kitchen (My maid and my mum seem to get along very well. She even watch Korean drama with my mum almost every night :D)
- She will clean the table/plates after each meal
- She will bring the bottles and hot water to my room every night

Do we really can't live without a maid now?

At My Hometown

I have been back to my hometown for almost a week now. But only able to get connected today as the computer back here is really slow. Have to negotiate with my brother to have it changed.
Feel better back here as my hubby is currently busy with his factory and I am always alone at home till almost 8-9pm at night. Back here, I have my parents to talk to and not eating alone at home. I feel so down the few days after my confinement lady has left (before coming back) but feel much better after coming back home :)
I am now the fulltime babysitter to my baby and my main task is to provide milk for him. I am still trying to adjust my timing around his schedule and take care of his needs myself. I still not "fong sam" to leave it to my maid as she is quite blur sometime eg. the bathing water can be quite hot or the drinking water is not warm enough. I am actually looking for a stay-at-home babysitter. One of my hubby friend has recommended one but she later found out the lady is not really good. So I am now still tyring hard to find one.

New Korean Drama

I am currently in love with this new Korean drama which is shown in KBS every Wed and Thurs at 9pm - Take Care of the Young Lady. Love the male lead character - Seo Dong Chan :p I am also very impress with the dresses worn by the lead actress. All are so pretty. Here's the synopsis.


Kang Hye Na, the only successor of Kang-san Group, is the owner of the ‘Lady Castle’ and lives a ‘princess-like’ life with her servants. Hye-na’s parents died from a plane accident and her grandfather brought her up. Hye-na is strong-headed, selfish and world revolves around her; it is because she could not experience the warmth of family when she grew up.One day, she comes across Dong-chan. He makes Hye-na to do community service, kidnaps her, and now appears in front of her as the new household manager! Hye-na makes every effort to throw him out from the Castle, but this guy has tenacity in him!

Source: http://www.koreandrama.org

"A Simple 2 Employees Organization" (An Update)

An update on my small organization. After the first day of not talking to each other, it seem like my 2 employees are getting along quite well now. I have no idea who has give in as I just pretend nothing happen. They have been complaining each other to different people and those people has report back to me :D I would assume both also did something wrong and they will have to settle among themself.
But, I really cannot stand the speed of my maid doing the housework. I have used to my parttime maid who is so efficient. My maid now is super slow compared to them and the quality is out. I will have to close one eye so that I will not stress myself out. I am really no confident yet leaving her taking care of my baby and I always by her side when she is with my baby. May be it is her character that made me have no confident in her. She looks blur to me and her sense of cleaniness still need to be educated strictly. Sigh ...

My Baby @ 1-Month Old

A Simple 2 Employees Organization

During my confinement, I have created a simple "2 employees organization" which comprise of a confinement lady (CL) and a maid. And this company is now in crisis because both of them are not in good term :( They are not talking to each other since my CL coming back from her break yesterday. This small company is so difficult to manage than I think.
My CL is a bit loud when talking and I think my maid some how misunderstood the tone. I will see how the situation these 2-day and will have to talk to both of them. Really sien have to deal with these at this time :( Sigh ...

Cooking

During my confinement, I found out (actually it's my CL who found out) that my neighbour who has 3 primary school kids never cook at home (she ordered delivery service) although she is not working. Very "pat" right? :p
With this finding, the discussion begin and the group has a conclusion that they think this is not right. Do you think so? A stay at home mom must cook?

Nervous

I'm a bit nervous now. My confinement lady (CL) will be on leave for 6-day starting tomorrow. I will be handling the baby alone for the first time. My mum will be here but I still feel nervous as well especially when my baby is crying. Earlier, my mum won't be staying over but my CL said it is better as she said she scared I will cry with the baby :D

My Confinement Period So Far

My confinement period so far so good (as long as I closed one eye :p).

Let me start with my confinement lady (CL). The CL that I have currently is not the one that I have booked. She is a replacement as the CL that I booked can't make it as her previous employer also deliver late. The first impression on her - she is very young. She is the 2nd generation of CL and she is only 40 years old. She is also very loud. My house has not been so "noisy" since we have moved in :D

The first day she is here, she ransack my whole kitchen (I think is their practise kua). So, she know where all the things are. I quite not used to her presence the first few days. I let her do things her way. If I were to put in comments, both of us will not be happy. My hubby comment on the kitchen - it looks more like a kitchen now :p But I think it is messy. And my fridge, I need to double clean when my confinement is over.

Food wise, breakfast is standard - "min sin" with ginger wine chicken. While lunch and dinner, she will cook different dishes. So far, I like the pork ribs with potato as well as the Bovril pork ribs. Yummy :p

On taking care of baby, I will comment from time to time if I think I'm right la. I will need to start to learn to take care of my baby now as she will be on leave for 5-day (starting end of next week) before coming back for extention of another 2-week. Why extention? Long story but the main purpose is to train the maid on baby care.

With a maid, a lot of things I can instruct her to do but I still getting used to having someone assisting me doing my housework. Luckily she is trained in housework and I will just have to train her on taking care of baby. She seem like scared to talk to me. A lot of things she told the CL but not me. Do I look fierce? :p

My Hubby B'day in August

We celebrated my hubby b'day in mid August. He celebrated twice this year where one dinner was at his home and another time was celebrated together with his mom at J&R. We went there because of the pork knuckle but it was sold out that night. What a let down :(

For cake, I got him cupcakes from Delactable and the kids just love it :) They just can't bear to eat it.

What present did he get? A book - A Dad's Guide to Babycare :D

The nieces and nephews hand made b'day cards to him and I especially like the one with the picture of a man carrying a baby while blowing the candles. So cute :)

My Labour Experience

Well ... This is my first baby and as the due date getting closer, I am actually a bit nervous as I don't know what to expect. The expected due date given by my gynae is 1 Sep but nothing happen until the early morning of 7 Sep. The contraction came around 1am and by 2.30pm, when I go to the toilet, I found blood. So, we quickly getting ready for hospital.

I was at the delivery suite until 8am when my gynae came to check on me. I was only dilated 4cm and need to be induced. She also mentioned that the baby head was not at the right position and will advise again by noon. As 7Sep is a public holiday in Selangor, my gynae left after that.

After half an hour, the nurse came to check on me and found that baby heartbeat was not stable. She said need to go for operation immediately. The head nurse also came to check and they called the doctor immediately. After which, everything happen so fast and I was at the operation theather by 10am.

Luckily the operation was on time as the baby already starting to poo and need to be kept under observation for 4hours. I saw my baby first time at 2pm and so relieve that he is fine :)

My baby name is still in progress as the "si fu" that my in law wanted to get the name is on holiday and will only be back this week. At the moment, I call him "bao bao" :)

My Bundle of Joy

Here's a photo of my baby boy :)

This was taken when he is 3-day old. Look like me or not?

A New Blog for the New Phase of Life

I'm starting this new blog as I started a new phase of life and also I am facing problem in uploading pictures to MSN Spaces.

I am using back the same blog name as I am still a DayDreamer although I am a mom now :p Hope I will keep this blog as active as possible :) Please bear with me on the setting as I am still trying to familiarise with this new blog.