Supermum Day 12: Cooking a mini storm; for her sick children

This early morning, I received two bad news. 

James was rejected by school due to suspected HFMD. I do not blame them though James did not have a fever nor any symptoms for being sick. I was told there was spots in throat but doctor clarified there was nothing in James' throat and issued him a letter of fitness. We were in a dilemma if we should send him to school still since Jamie was down with high fever since last night and I had eye infection. In the end, I decided to sacrifice my rest and keep both kids at home. 

It was not difficult to get them to nap after their first round of medication. 

And I used the "peaceful" time I bought to prepare lunch and soup for dinner. I decided to cook their favorite dishes during lunch to encourage them to eat as I know sick children usually have bad appetite. It was also a good choice to cook porridge instead of rice for lunch because both children complained of sore throats and unable to swallow hard food. 

Simple recipe to share for this lunch coz the dishes are pretty simple to cook:

Cauliflowers with fried eggs

1. Beat two eggs

2. Cut the califlowers

3. Add some oil and heat the cooking pot. I prefer using cooking pot than frying pan or wok to fry small amount of food. 

4. Fry cut califlowers, Add corn starch dissolved in hot water. Cover the Lid for 3-5 min. Califlowers will be cooked to soft texture.

5. Add the beated eggs and stir fry

6. Done. But if you don't want to end hp with starch/scamble eggs alike texture then use one egg instead.

Steam Salmon 

1. Dethaw a slice of salmon. I prefer thin slices than the thick ones so easier to gauge the time taken to ensure the salomon is not overcooked.

2. Marinate with soya sauce for 30min

3. Place fish in steamer with some water

4. Wa-Lah in 10-15minutes

Note: for thick slices of Salmon, I will usually sliced the salmon halfway through the steaming to ensure the inside is cooked thoroughly but not overcooked.

Airfry Nuggets

1. Dethaw the frozen nuggets

2. Cut them into two. Laogong likes them cooked till crispy.

3. Put them in airfryer for 15 minutes (constantly stir them every 5 minutes)

When the kids were sleeping I also managed to put the soup for tonight to boil and simmer at low fire for 45-60minutes before placing the pot into the multi-thermal pot to continue to simmer till dinner time.

The soup I prepared only need 4 ingredients. Mini chicken drumsticks slices mushrooms, ready-packed soup ingredients and white fungus. Please note that I marinated the mini chicken drumsticks and sliced mushrooms with soya sauce. The soup can also be cooked as a hot or cold desserts. You can prepare this easy-to-do desserts by just adding rock sugar and white fungus together with the ready-packed ingredients into the pot.

Wa-Lah! Dinner is that easy :) Try the recipes when you have time :)

Blissful...

Ironically, it was the month of sicknesses that created the opportunity for me to appreciate all the extra time I have now.

It was all the extra time that allowed me to be there for Jamie when she needed to go for her psych review and to check out her injured gum. It was all the extra time that allowed me to be there for James when his fever remained sky high. 

It was my bedridden weeks that stopped me from feeling bored and always going out, and to appreciate lying in bed with my two little darlings. 

I now feel blissful for all the extra time now I now have with my children. All the extra time had grown us closer to each other...

Jamie was at first not very happy that I was not working because I was hardly at home still and yet unable to spurge on her like before. But after weeks with her lately due to my illnesses, she just asked if I would still have time for her when I start work again.

I now know what to focus on when I look for my next job. It is not how much it can pay me or how fast my career progression can be. What really matter to me now is my family. I really am happy now that I am spending more time with my children and hubby. It was really not worth it to work so hard for people who didn't appreciate me. I should even thank them for pushing me to the edge so that I gave up on them. So that I now have the extra time for people who care for/need me...

I have really learnt to count my blessings everyday now... ^^ 

10-Day Supermum - Day 5 and I am addicted!

Day 5 and I think I am addicted to the SAHM life I am enjoying now...

Seriously I am worried the 10 days of SAHM life will end soon. Not only my kids got attached to me, I got attached to them too! We all gonna have separation anxiety, at the end of the 10 days. 

I am blessed to have a very helpful mother-in-law who helps with the housework and children, with or without my helper around. Hence though my helper is enjoying her two-yearly paid home visit now, I still feel the housework and kids manageable. 

We had great fun too since my helper board her plane on 30 May :) Really grateful to the many thoughtful and helpful friends, whom my children and I met and will be meeting throughout these ten days. 

I remember I kept telling myself I cannot cope without my helper. I even told her I may cry for help after day 1. But a friend of mine reminded me that sometimes it's all about conditioning myself. She assured me that it's totally normal to want to rely on any person, who can lend me a helping hand. But when we condition ourselves that we will have no help and we MUST survive alone, anything can be done alone. 

I had braved rains and shine with my kids. I had supervised two children at play. I had driven two children out alone even! It's not easy but it's not impossible. My mum used to tell me how she managed two children on her own because dad worked almost 24/7. She said the house would be in a mess, we would have no food to eat and she would have bored to death being stuck at home, if she did condition herself to believe she was able to do anything with two children. Eventually she could even babysit neighbours' and relatives' children and sewed clothes for a living. She was really a supermum. I told myself if my mum can, so can I. And I really can :) 

Of coz, there were times I was a little frustrated. I would have been a saint if I don't even have such emotions. But I am no saint. Haha! 

But what's importance is I need to keep reminding myself to manage my high expectations of myself. I had hope to see miracles or do wonders and my kids won't even feel a difference without my helper. But well, I don't cook as well as her for sure. She is a helper so she doesn't lose her temper on them too.  And she is better at house works than me for sure coz she was a housewife for 13 years before she came to Singapore to work for me. I need to accumulate enough experiences to be as good as her, I think. Anyhow, I am happy I have this chance to step up on my mummy role and so far Didi seems okay with it. Only Jamie seems a bit unhappy. Coz without Aunty, even mummy has no time for her. She has been feeling neglected even before my helper goes on her vacation. I think moving back to my mother-in-law place was a good move. At least, she has my mother-in-law to spend time with her at night when I am busy with Didi. But sometimes I feel sad and wonder whether I made the right choice to have Didi. Didi was meant to be Jamie's playmate. End up Didi took away all the attention which was on Jamie. Yes, all the attention. It's normal old folks like boys I guess. Maybe it could have been better if Didi is a Meimei. I tried to give Jamie what I can but I am just too tired after work :( Sorry Jamie.. Mummy, just need to try hard enough or to sacrifice something to give you what you need.

Today, Jamie is staying home with us. Laogong was free until evening and we had wanted to go Sentosa or East Coast Park. But the weather was not on our side and it had started to rain. Laogong said we can go IKEA instead and buy the wooden kitchen to cheer Jamie up. She told me she dreamt about my helper left night and she missed her a lot. No, I am not jealous because not for my helper, I won't have been able to work and regain our financial stability. She had been a very trustworthy and reliable helper all these years. For those mummies who tried to poison me that helpers are no good and they take away your children's love, I will just retort "You are just jealous of the helper, because you are not as capable as her!" So what you should do is to step up on your mummy role and stop blaming the whole world and your helper. 

Yes, Didi! 

My lovely prince is calling for me now! I have to go...

Will share more about what we had done and what you can do with your children when you are on leave or if you are a SAHM! 

Ciao~~~

Botak James

Took James for his shaving a while ago. Kinda of 舍不得 his golden brown hair and dragged the shave until today. Thought will be good to finish all my 'errands' before my Beijing Trip. Coz once I come back from the trip, I need to prepare for start of work...

Took more photos of James with his hair before we left home. He was in a sleepy daze and looked rather emo. Guess he must be trying to figure out what do I mean by 'shaving' his hair...

He was very cooperative during the shave. He sat still but looked troubled. When it was time to shave the brows and lashes, he moved a bit becoz it was not a pleasant feeling having shave knife gg across his thin facial skin. We held him by the head and told him to close his eyes. The hairdresser was fascinated that James closed his eyes as instructed.

James continued to look emo but dozed off as we headed home.

Glad that he has a very oval shaped head like Laogong, hence he looks very cute without his 三千烦恼丝!

Looking forward to see him in his thick hair, defined brows and long lashes soon!!!

I am Sorry, my darling James

It was weird and sudden but the emo-ness just struck me off-handed.

It all happened after I returned from my JB cum Legoland trip on 20/3. I suddenly feel very suffocated and unhappy. By Friday (22/3), I was feeling v upset and extremely emo. I was shocked when I told my hubby that I felt like throwing James into the dustbin when I heard his crying. I knew I need a break.

A break from the children and from my role as a mother. I can't say I am not ready to have a second child because I spent months and months listing out and self-battling with the push and pull factors. We knew one is not enough but we hope we chose a Gd time to have another. We knew now is the best time when we have settled down in the new house, stable income, a Gd helper and the Gd age gap between Jamie and the baby.

I knew I need to sacrifice some of my personal time for the new baby. I knew we cannot be as mobile as before, at least for the first 6 months. I knew I will have to assist part of the routine care for both children.

I even knew James will b different from Jamie when I was pregnant. But I wasn't prepared for a new baby with a totally different personality and development pace, compared with Jamie.

I know it's wrong to compare but which parents don't compare. It's normal for parents to wonder when the new baby doesn't reach the benchmark hit by the older sibling. It's normal for parents to wonder what's wrong with the baby and when is he so different.

Though all prepared, I was still caught helpless when it happened. I didn't know what's wrong with James When he can't self-entertain himself and be highly adaptable like Jamie.

It was a good break from all these emo thoughts I had. I have great support from my friends too, ESP those with children. I really grateful to have them standing by me.

I feel much better now. I told myself to accept James as he is. He may be different from Jamie or even slower in development than Jamie. But I should be thankful as long as he is healthy and strong. He can always catch up later if he has the abilities. Otherwise we can teach him how to make the best of what he has :)

I am sorry, my darling James... Mummy really loves u as who you are.

Siblings look alike

I was looking at James today and noticed he really looks a lot like Jamie now. To confirm my guess, I started to dig out Jamie old photos. Found this one that really look like James!

Omg! Other the size of their eyes and cheeks, they really look like the same mould ^^ I guess James will look a Lot like Jamie when he grows up too :)

Really love the two cuties! Thought for a long time and decided to buy the double stroller!!! This will solve a lot of problems when bringing both kids out together!

And they both looked like its really comfy and they liked it a lot :) I think I going to miss them when I travel!

我的小胖子！

时间过得好快！还有两个月就回去上班了！我想有很多人都认为我疯了。因为大家都希望可以无止境地休息，可是我却时常嚷着我闷。

可能是我的女佣太能干了，所以我大多数的时间都花在发呆和追不同的电视剧。生产前与坐月时追的大多是旧的戏，如：＜恶作剧之吻1与2＞, ＜宫 （韩剧）＞，＜下一站幸福＞。当然还包括我百看不厌的＜步步惊心＞！接下来的posts我会与您分享我观看后的观察与感想。

说回我的小胖子吧！刚开始其实很妒忌我的女佣，因为James 似乎比较喜欢她。但是后来我看开了。如果James 太念我，对我的工作就会有影响。现在他习惯了Pyone 就代表我可以安心地回去上班了！

一眨眼 小胖子就快两个月了！来看看他现在的样子吧！

Buzzing Bee...

Hihi! Was really busy lately because the end of my confinement marked the beginning of Lunar New Year. With all the visiting and preparing for James' full month celebration, I really have no time to catch up on my blog posts. Lots to share because I had been super engrossed in China history related HK and China dramas since my confinement. So engrossed that I already made up my mind to plan another visit to China after my Beijing trip this April. Apart from these great shows, I also have lots of photos to share about James too ^^ Though 'torturing' because he hardly sleeps, but I really cannot help but love my pretty prince more and more everyday :) Please bear with the possible messiness of my blog because I will be sorting out the blog labels on and off these few days. Will share more after James' full month party this Sunday :D Got to zoom off now because my friends are coming over for steamboat dinner and lou hei this evening. After preparing for the dinner items, I need to zoom off to fetch Jamie and my hubby :) Haha! I feel as busy now as when I was working :P Seeya soon :)

Jamie is a big girl now... Happy 8mths old to Jamie ^^

Yes, Jamie is a BIG girl now. She can now sit upright on her own and she had tried many new food. She is a very adventurous girl when it comes to new food and she never hesitate to have a taste of the new food if she is given the choice.

She had tried the following for the last 1 mth.
- cheese
- grapes
- strawberries
- kiwi
- honeydew
- baby yogurt

And she is having a balance diet with two solid food meals a day and milk 3-4 times a day. She gets to eat fruits after each meal too. Wow... She really can eat quite a bit.

Occasionally she gets to steal some rice, some bread (wholemeal white bread), some baby biscuits too... We didn't really control what she can or cannot eat, but simply just let her try. And if there was no sign of allegy, then we will continue with the food.

Tomorrow we are going to let her try egg yolk. Lets hope she doesn't have allergies to egg.

Let's take a look at how mature she has become...











Went shopping with Jamie last Sunday and bought the high chair in the photo, and a playpen mattress which made Jamie's playpen very much more comfy. Now she can sit and sleep in the playpen for a longer period of time.

Noticed her cute little sunglasses? I forgot to bring out her hat and hence bought the sunglasses for her when she had to be under the sun for a while. Isn't it cute?!!

Shopping Dayout with Jamie on eve of new job start...

Sounds so sad right :P

I believe I will still have the chance to bring Jamie for shopping on weekdays :) But then I guess today is a special day. Because it marks the end of my Stay-at-Home-Mum or Work-from-Home-Mum Days...

From Tomorrow onwards, I will be a Working Mother...

I already know that I will definitely miss Jamie a lot at work tomorrow. I may even wish to call home at lunch time to 'talk' to Jamie. However, I am sure Jamie will be in good hands and will be well-take care of.

Hence I will keep reminding myself that I will work hard and bow low for the sake of Jamie. I want to buy her more pretty dresses and more toys. I want to give the best I can to Jamie. I want her to have a no-worries childhood. I want her to be a happy child. Jamie will be my motivation and aspiration to work hard and jiayou in my new job.

But of coz other than for the sake of my child, there are many other reasons for me to wish to work for my former boss again. And one thing for sure (at least for now), I want to retire in this job. It has always been my dream to find the right job so I can retire in it, just like my dad. He has been working 30+ yrs for the same company and he is retiring from the job soon. I wish I can be like my father....It's very tiring to keep finding the right job and the right boss...and the right colleague(s)...

So All the Way for this new job :D

Since I was worried that I may not have the time to bring Jamie for a shopping trip before the Lucius' BIG DAY, I brought Jamie to Kiddy Palace in TPY to choose her a pretty dress for her favourite korkor :D

See Jamie's pretty dress for Lucius Korkor's First Year BIRTHDAY~!!!



Other than that, since it is the last day of the GSS for Kiddy Palace Members, hence I also bought Jamie's supply of diapers and wet tissues.

Am really curious whether Pureen Diapers is good or not, and since it is selling at only $15.95 for 84pc (M size), hence I bought a packet to try. Won't mind changing to Pureen from Huggies if it's good. However, Huggies is still my favourite :P

Heehee, take a look at Jamie new loots...

Had been using Laogong's haversack as diaper bag since Jamie was born. So specially bought a new haversack for Jamie (and her caretakers - Me and Pyone) so Laogong can have his haversack back :D

OH YA.. Not forgetting the fun learning tool complimentary from Aunty Joey and Uncle Desmond I met up for tea time after our shopping!





Actually I had tried to avoid walking into any kiddy palace shop for sometime because I know I definitely will want to buy something for Jamie. But since financially we may not be able to sustain anymore if I continue to have no fixed pay, hence I had to force myself to stop buying things for Jamie. Now that I know I can have a fixed pay job, I thought it will be nice to buy Jamie something again to mark the start of Looking forward to buy more loots for Jamie soon ^^

Hahaha... What an excuse to shop for Jamie :P

Love you Jamie!!! Mummy Loves You SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH~!!! So Much till I only want to have one child so I can LOVE U AND YOU ONLY :D

Jamie has 2 teeth now~~~

Been some time since I last blogged. Was pretty busy with my sick Jamie... who ended up coughing and sneezing.

Took her a week to recover. And was so happy the recovery welcomes 2 new teeth too :D She now has her two bottom front teeth :D

Yea, she bites. So have to be careful these days...

Nowadays she is kinda of spoilt too, always insisted to have what she wants. But well, I guess I can't do much about it too if I need time to do my own things too. And yes, she has grown more independent now and can make do with just my helper these days.

I guess it will soon be time to go to full time working.

But I believe I will really miss her :( But I wonder if she will miss me as much too. Nowadays she is back to calling for 'Mama' and 'Baba' again. I wonder why do infants kept changing their habits. I guess she now know that calling my Laogong 'Baba' can get ilhim to turn around and response to her. And hence she really enjoys calling him that :) And I am happy to see Laogong more engaged with Jamie now too :)

Now uploading photos for the 2N2D trip we had in Genting/KL/JB. Quite amazing to visit so many places in such a short time right? I really enjoy the impromtu trips we had... And I feel more at ease on a roadtrip to Msia than on public transport... Coz I can sleep with ease and bring everything I want along too LOLz... I even brought a lot of pillows and my softoy dog with me too :D And yaa, I can sleep in peace when Laogong is driving too coz I have faith in his driving :D

Pity we couldnt find any baby clothes from the trip. But I compensated it by buying yesterday for Jamie instead ^^ Hahaha... Stay tune for my short trip journal in the next entry :D

Jamie is still Sick :(

Finally I decided to get a digital thermometer for Jamie...

Realized the scanner thermometer is not accurate :( haizzz.. Jamie had been running a fever the whole day and it was only until evening time when I went to Thomson Plaza to get the digital thermometer then I realized it.

My poor Jamie.. I hope not too many brain cells had died coz of it :( haizzz.. Luckily at least I kept her on the cooler plaster for the whole day...

Laogong suggested giving Jamie a cold bath at night. Really worried about her body temperature and so had to do it. It's already a torment to watch her struggling during each medicine feed. And to watch her struggle in the cold water, I felt that we were really heartless to her.

But then, we had no choice :(

Her fever went down after the cold bath.

She was even enjoying her new toy car. She got really exciting watching the wind-up toy car moved from Me to Pyone and then from Pyone to Me. She would whine when the car stopped moving.

I guess this means she is still conscious... Phew...

Really pray that Jamie gets well soon...

Take a look at Jamie having her cold head treatment + her new loots I got from Thomson Plaza this evening... And most importantly, her new toy car :D

Guess I can don't eat when I am broke. But I can't help it but still wish to buy toys for Jamie when I don't even have enough to buy bread (food) home...

Jamie has her first tooth~!!!

Was so worried when Jamie was suddenly down with a slight fever this afternoon. I was glad I decided to cancel my appointment and stayed home for her.

I gave her panadol and she finally get some sleep in the evening.

She had rejected her afternoon milk. And I didn't understand why. I decided to feed her from a spoon instead and she drank it.

Hmmm.. I wonder if it had anything to do with her teething then.

At night, she woke up and finished up her porridge as usual. Played a while before it was time to rest again. I gave her medicine in case her fever came back during the night.

Then out of curiosity, I rubbed my finger on her gum and felt... something SHARP..

OMG~!!! That's Jamie first tooth?!!

I got really excited and showed Jamie my teeth and told her she now has a tooth too. She started to chew her toy rabbit furiously as if in rejoice...

But then after a while, she got really uncomfy and cried.

I let her played awhile on my lap before patted her to sleep again.

Poor Jamie struggled on the bed for a while before she finally dozed off...

I really hope this is not the beginning of more teething discomfort :(

Nevertheless, I am proud that Jamie has her first tooth now :D

Jamie hates Broccoli...

Jamie had her first greens yesterday.

I was wondering which to try first and decided on broccoli. Guess I made the wrong choice because I realized only after I attempted giving Jamie broccoli, that it is one of the most hated vegetables by babies :P

Hahaha...

Guess Jamie is just a normal baby too who hates Broccoli...

I blended broccoli and added into her porridge with her other favourites like salon and potato... And my smart little girl could spot that tingling taste of the greens.

At first, I did not know what was she trying to do by waving her hands in the air and giving me that 'Yucks' look, yet eating more of the porridge.

After a while, I finally understand that she loves the fish and potato but could not comprehend that additional 'weird' taste in her food. She started to wave more angrily at her food...

I decided to negotiate with her to finish her porridge by showing her a piece of her favourite carrot-favoured baby bites and saying that if she finished her porridge, she can have her biscuits for being a good girl... She took the deal and finished 3/4 of her food but no more than that. I had to reward her anyhow because she did kept majority of her 'promise'. She looked really happy as she ate her biscuit.

But things were abit wrong at night. I was not around due to work when Pyone fed Jamie her porridge with broccoli.

And no one seems to know what Jamie wants to. I guess she will eat her food if we gave her another biscuit. But then she may not give in this time either.

When I reached home, I was shocked to know that Jamie vomited all her dinner out in protest, dirtying the rocker. It showed how angry she was.

I had to give her a talk and counsel session when I got home. She had refused to drink her milk too after her vomit tantrum... No one else could get her to do anything they want her to do.

But my little girl was such a dear when she saw Mummy is home and wanted Mummy to sayang her. I decided to coax Jamie to have her dinner. I asked Pyone to warm up the porridge and put in her favourite pumpkin, potato and fish. While Pyone was warming up the food, I carried Jamie and stood and watched. I told her she was going to have her favourite food and she has to eat before she gets hungry later at night.

She did. She finished the huge bowl of porridge.

I guess as Jamie grows up, she showed not only preference in her food, but also seems to be understand more human language.

I remember I was at the zoo and Pyone was feeding Jamie milk when it was time for her lunch porridge. Jamie showed signs of her preference in having her porridge instead of milk. I told her we are outside so we can't have porridge now but she can have her porridge when we go home later. But first she must finish her milk so she won't go hungry before she gets home. After the negotiation session, Jamie finished the bottle of milk.

I think I really love being a mother ^^

And I hope Jamie loves having a Mummy who 'understands' what she was trying to 'say'...

Jamie goes to the Zoo...

Guess I may end up blogging once a week, but then I will try my best to blog more regularly. Anyhow, I will still at least blog once a week.

It was a busy weekend for me.

On Saturday, we brought Jamie to the zoo. It was MOE family day so laogong managed to get $10/pax tickets to the zoo. He got 3 for ourselves and Pyone + 3 more for Yeewen, Yeepey and her bf...

It was a tiring but fun day for all of us :D And we were really lucky. It was drizzling when we reached the zoo and stopped when we started touring ard, and started to pour at 11am+. But we managed to hide at the elephant show sheltered area when it poured. So we had the free KFC lunch there as we watched the show. When the show ended, the rain stopped too. So Lucky right?

But hor, Jamie is still too young to appreciate the zoo and the animals. She was sleeping half the time too. I realized she likes to sleep when she is out on a warm day :P hahaha...

But I think she has her own fun that day coz it's a family day after all with Daddy and Mummy :D



Think will really like to bring her and my niece to the zoo after she learns how to walk :D Will be so cute to watch the two girls holding hands and looking at animals together :D Heehee...

And I can't wait to know which animal Jamie loves most!!!

Weekly Dates with Ivy

Really enjoy the weekly dates I am having with Ivy these days :D

It was always hard to catch up with each other due to our baby commitments. Now that our little ones are older, we can actually have more time for ourselves.

At this modern age, there are not that many Stay at Home Mummies already and hence it's a blessing that we have each other as a mini support group. I still remember the days when we spent together waiting for our partners to come back home from work. If not for her, I will be bored to death at home alone during pregnancy and before I started working. If not for her, I will have an emotional breakdown after feeling so burnt out with the baby, before my helper arrived. Thanks to her, I learnt about how to plan my wedding, how to plan my baby and how to apply for my helper. She has always been my 'mentor' in many ways. And she has always been so independent and helpful.

Now I wish to be there for her always :)

Looking forward to our next weekly date.

And many many more weekly dates together :D

Happy 6 months Jamie!!!

Anyone miss me? I think it's some time since I last blogged.

Had started working, lotsa homework to do everyday.

Hate cold calling but still got to do it. Ok la, it helps to build up my vocal confidence too ^^ And most importantly, learn to be more thick-skinned. I always think I have very thin skin coz I get very upset with others' comments sometimes. I guess in sales, we cannot take all comments too personally.

Sometimes I wonder if I ever be able to catch up with the many already successful sales-friends. I really wonder. I was never from the sales line. Customer Service yes, marketing yes but not sales. Kinda of tough to learn to read gestures, facial expressions and non-verbal communication...

But I always love challenges and I wish to try whatever job I had not tried before or never thought I will try.

Yaa.. Frankly, Sales was the last job I will want to do. Not that I am a shy person. I am from drama and I can be quite vocal if I want to. But then, I feel selling something to someone is like a big responsibility. Unless I am convinced that this product is good and value for money, I won't sell it to another person.

Yea, that's my attitude to my sales job and biz now. I want to make sure those products I put on Ministry of Babies and Jolene's Fashion Buffet is value for money before I sell to others. And I want to make sure the house I sell to others have no major problem before I can hand it over to the buyers...

I always enjoy adding value to others' lives. Sounds very noble? It was my motto in life. To add value in all my friends' and family members' lives. And now it's my motto and promise to all my clients.

I am treating my property work as a goodwill job. A job that helps others to find their dream homes or offices. A job that helps others buy properties with good investment values. A job that helps tenants to rent the right house and to help the landlords find the right landlords to take good care of the house.

Frankly, I don't understand why there are so many black sheeps in the industry. And how can they possibly sleep well at night after cheating their customers? Don't they feel guilty about it? Or they just feel it's the clients' fault for being so easily cheated by them? Because of these black sheeps, property agents have very bad name in the market. And it's harder to gain trust and faith from the clients nowadays. However, I believe as long as the other parties know that u are truly sincere in helping them solve their property issues/matters, they will still be willing to engage our services.

I truly hope not to disappoint my clients and my friend, Charleen who has so much faith and trust in me. I will work very hard!!!

Happy 6 months old Jamie :D Mummy will not disappoint you too :D U have been very understanding to mummy lately since mummy started working. U have been a good girl and mummy will work hard for u k? So mummy can buy many more pretty dresses and fun toys for u :D But don't worry too :) Mummy will still try to spend as much time with you as mummy can k? :D Love you so much, my little angel :D

Sometimes I feel so lousy as a mother who has to think so hard and so long before I decided to buy a toy or some clothes for Jamie. I really hope I will stop feeling so lousy soon...

Catch a glimpse of Jamie now that she is 6 months old :D

Jamie started her Porridge Diet

Started Jamie's Porridge diet on 9 May 2010.

My nice MIL had made corn soup specially so that we can use the corn soup in Jamie's porridge. So Jamie had Corn Soup-based Porridge with Carrot and Potato for Lunch on Sunday.

On Monday I used Pork for the soup base instead. And added fish in too. Realized there is this fishy smell in the porridge. Wonder if it's normal. Any advice to remove this fishy smell? Anyway Jamie still finished a bowl at Lunch and 3/4 of a bowl for Dinner.

She also had a new snack in the afternoon. She finished two pieces of Baby Bites - Carrot Favour. Wow... She must have gotten used to the taste of carrots because I added carrots in almost all her meals.

Why ah? Frankly, I am very worried she become a Da4 Jing4 Shi4 like me. Hence I hope by eating more carrots will reduce the possibility of her ending up with thick glasses.

Ohh, I let Jamie tried the Teething Rusks from Heinz too but I guess maybe it's coz she hadnt had teeth yet hence she don't really enjoy sucking or chewing the teething rusks.

She tried the Apple and Cranberry Cereals the other day too. It was kinda of sweet, but she didn't like it that much. I realized she prefers brown rice cereals to white rice cereals. Maybe that's the reason, other than being too sweet. I guess I can introduce this fruity favoured cereals for snack time or breakfast next time.







Tried my new slow cooker today and find it really easy to cook for Jamie :) Think I am quite inspired to introduce new things into her diet slowly :)

Jamie many first times day...

Heehee, 04 May 2010 was Jamie many first times day.

Not only she had her first bus ride, her first skytrain ride. She also had her first Teething rice husk and her first sip from the sipping cup! Kekeke.. It's so fun these days introducing new food and new ways of eating food to Jamie. And also exposing Jamie to more things too like the various types of transport other than cab and car. At the same time it was something new for my helper as well. She seemed to be amused by the extra long bus. And it seemed that in Myanmar, they can get up the bus from the back as well. Sounds interesting to me.










Frankly, I am looking forward to visit Myanmar with my helper one day :D

Jamie loves her new varieties of food...

Had started to introduce new varieties of food into Jamie's menu.

Started with fruity puree like apple, then papaya on 21 April. She seems okay with them. And went on with Pumpkin puree which she loves very much!







Gave her ground fish into her brown cereals last night and she looks so happy!!! It's not hard to prepare the food and I am thankful I have my helper to help clean them up after the feeding too. I really salute those Mummies who prepared the food and cleaned up all by themselves!!!







Decided to be even more adventurous today. Took away her normal milk base and gave her corn soup base with her brown rice cereals instead. Added ground fish, potato and carrots too. And she finished 90% of her food. She looked like she really enjoyed the food but I think I put in too much cereals for her to finish. She started with 3 tbs and yest was 5tbs and today i tried 8tbs... hmmmm think 5tbs is just nice, she can have more of the other food in her cereals instead. Look at how I prepared her yummy lunch today...