Gar Gar 1st day of Kinderland

4th Jan 2010 - My Julian and Garwyn 1st day of the year but especially for my Gar Gar as it is his official 1st day of school without Mommy! Gar Gar is joining Julian in Kinderland for a half day class.

I was feel with excitment and anxiety. Packed their bags and bought whatever they needed for the big day. Check and check their bag several time to make sure I didn't leave out any important items.

I woke before 7am in the morning to help prepare them for school. After they left with the school transport, I hurried into my car and followed behind to the school.

To my surprise, GaR GaR was not crying when he board the van with gor gor. When I reached the school, he was playing happily in the classroom. But that was not for long and he started to cry for gor gor. Julian was then summoned by the teachers to appease his little brother. He went into the classroom and played blocks with Gar Gar. Gar Gar felt more secured with gor gor around but soon it was the shame shame gor gor started crying so teacher had to bring him back to his class and Gar Gar started to cry...

I went to pick Gar Gar up at 12.30pm.

Intelligence

Today i read an article pasted on the notice board of Shichida school. The subject of this article is about whether intelligence is born or made. I find it really interesting so i stood there to read and ponder about it. Then my maid asked Gar Gar if his intelligence is born or made. Gar Gar replied "home made" and that reply really made me laughed. Nevertheless, it's quite true cos i did put in alot of time and efforts to "home school" them. Gar Gar is always attentive when comes to learning and he is always hungry for books and puzzles. As for Julian, I believe he is born gifted with intelligence but he is a super attention seeker and thus spend most of time catching the attention of others rather to focus on learning. That's what I call attitude problem, so what if he is clever? If his attitude problem persist, he would have wasted his god gift intelligence.

"Gar Gar, it is ok to be home made....dun learn from gor gor ok?"

Our Anniversary

this photo is taken by Julian

It's our 7 + 14 years anniversary. Why 7 + 14? Cos it's 7 years of courtship and 14 years of marriage (24th Nov). Instead of a candle light dinner, I decided that it should be a family occasion so we took the kids to their long awaited excursion - MERLION PARK! and that was how we celebrated our anniversary.

For 21 years together, it resulted in these 2 adorable monsters produced. Life is now complete with them. Our joy and pride...

Sleeping Beauty

I was so so so angry with Gar Gar Tung on 17.11.2009! He woke up basically every hour after 2am. He cried and cried till even Julian woke up and stared at him. Finally Daddy came back at 5am and said he would pat him to sleep but before Gar Gar was asleep, he dosed off as usual. I was so pissed off by this rascal that I finally pull him out of the bed and put him infront a TV and made him sat there to watch TV. Then our helper woke up around 6am and asked me what happened. I instructed her to take care of him and dun let him sleep! My revenge! I went back to sleep.

Finally at 10am, Gar Gar was too tired and fallen asleep. My helper put him back in bed beside me. After all these wakings throughout the night, I finally woke up around 11am and saw him next to me. He was so tired that he was actually drooling in his sleep with his mouth wide open. I carried him up and trying to wake him up. This time, my turn to "tekan" him. No matter how, just couldn't wake him up and I decided to put him in the wagon and lay him in the patio.

Wagon

After so much waiting, our wagon finally shipped to Singapore - in time as a xmas present for the 2! Many thanks to Eric and Martha!

They just fall in love with this 4 wheelers after visiting the zoo!

A A Apple

We were watching TV in the room as usual after dinner when the maid walked into the room to bring in the milk for the night feed later. She sat there with us for a while to watch the korean movie - Host.

Then Gar Gar went over and sat on her lap and said "Aunty, A A Apple." Nothing unusual but look at where he placed his hands. While he kept saying A A Apple, he kept putting his hands on her big breasts.

I guess all men will wish that they can be babies again...

RA photos

Another RA photo taken in the bath tub

Gar Gar said "NO NEED"

My Gar Gar has officially wean off mommy's "nan nan" at around 21 months old. My breasts finally can retire.

I realised Gar Gar has not been asking for "nan nan" for a few days so one night I lifted up my tee and asked him if he wanted "nan nan". He gave me a serious look and said "no need". I am so glad that I could eat anything and drink beer now! Ha Ha ... but I do feel a sudden loss - I miss those days that Julian and Gar Gar latching on my breasts falling asleep. Nobody can understand that kinda of sleeping unless u are a BF mom too!

The naughty mommy still teases them by bringing my breast near their mouths and seeing them running away with disgusting looks.

P.S: O! sons, so ungrateful! U used to love them so much. Now I must check with Daddy if he still wants it!

Halloween Party

See how these kids have grown? They are ex My Gym classmates since they were 18months old. Now they are past 3. I organised a BBQ on 30th October 2009 to have a gathering with the teachers and parents. Really miss them so much! Too bad! It was raining but we still managed to cook all the food and ate it! Ha Ha...

Just dunno why?! We have a strong bonding with the mommies and teachers of MY GYM!

Lesson on eating Vegetables

Julian does not like eating vegetables like any other kids but I insisted that nobody can be picky with food in my household! I will cut the veggies and mix them in the rice so he can't pick. Nevertheless, he will still give me 1001 excuses not to eat it like he will say I eat veggies in school, I love the veggies in school but not at home. So mommy comes up with funny reasons for him to eat his veggies.

Lesson 1
I told him trees are tall, Giraffe are tall cos trees have leaves on it and giraffe eats lots of leaves. If he doesn't eat veggies like Gar Gar does, he will soon become a dwarf and all his younger cousins and Gar Gar will outgrow him and bully him.

Lesson 2
He always got bitten by mosquito cos he loves sweet stuff I guess. So I told him why we are not bitten by mosquito cos we eat veggies. And as veggies have lots of pesticide and we eat it, we can repel mosquito. So he must eat lots of veggies. (What a way to teach Julian! Ha Ha..)

Silly Julian

My Julian will be performing in his year end concert soon and he needs a pair of black shoes for the performance. Yesterday, I brought Julian to find his black shoes.

We walked into BATA, we couldn't find the black shoes that we wanted cos it's either too expensive or very ugly... but we saw a pair of slippers and Julian likes it very much. He tried on it and paraded one round for mommy. As I know this monster well, he wants everything and later if he sees another pair in another shop, he will ask for it again. So I told the sales lady that we'll walk around and decide later. Then I signalled Julian to go. Julian overheard my conversation with the sales lady and replied, " Ok. So mommy, u want me to walk here or there?" (pointing to the BATA shop, left side or right side). He thought we were going to walk A ROUND in BATA.

PS: Julian, dun act cute hah!

Julian and his magic wand

Julian and Gar Gar love to watch any monsters, dino movies not cartoon but real fantasy movies! They are now very addicted to Harry Potter. Julian always imagine himself as Julian Potter and slaying monsters...

One day, we passed SKP and he insisted me buying him a magic wand. I said NO cos I was sure he would use it to hit Gar Gar, terrorise Nicole and hitting my walls and painting. And Finally the wand will be into pieces. So we started arguing in the shop and he promised me he won't hit Gar Gar, won't hit the walls and my painting, won't hit jie jie and the wand is really for slaying monsters. We argued for so long and since we are having a Halloween Party soon so I decided to buy 1 for him and 1 for Gar Gar. He was so happy and kept thanking me.

On our way home, he kept repeating all those magic spells in Harry Potter's movies like "Expecto Patronum", "Ridiculus", "Aresto Momentum"... then I turned to him while driving and asked which monster he intended to kill with his wand. Guess what was his answer...




"Gar Gar! He is Frankenstein!"

Gar Gar's Nodding

TOday Gar Gar said "gor gor car car too bash." I said "ya, mommy bought gor gor a car car tooth brush, do u want one too? If yes, nod your head."

Poor Gar Gar, he knocked his head against the wall and said "Gar Gar's too bash."

Mama's love

Emotionally, physically n mentally, I'm exhausted. They keep falling ill... ...

Some mommies said "dun use painkiller during deliveries cos u need to experience labor pain to be a real mother."

Mine is a less hassle & non messy induced birth with epidural. I didn't experience labor pain but that didn't mean i'm not a real mother. I take care of my kids 7-11. I shower, feed and cook their favorite dished personally for them. I sleep with them and wake up in the middle as many times as they do especially when they are ill. I am also their driver and drives them to and fro classes. I also prepare materials for them to play and learn.

People call me crazy or silly cos I am doing a maid's job BUT to take care of someone u dearly love, it is not a burden or hassle. I'm happy to do it all. YES! and all in the name of LOVE.

The making of Ideal Hubby

Gar Gar cooking day

Gar Gar housekeeping day

Sleeping Style

This is Julian and Gar Gar sleeping arrangement. From the sleeping style, u can tell who is the domineering type!

Gar Gar "fatal" Dive

12th September 2009 - It was an evening.

Gar Gar had not been swimming for quite some time so I decided to bring him for a swim. We went to the 1m pool and wag water near the edge cos mommy is a lousy swimmer. We were having a good time. Suddenly, a Monster appeared out of nowhere and carried Gar Gar up and threw him into the pool. Gar Gar submerged into the pool and emerged again. I was shock and all I could do was hug him closed to me. He was a brave boy and never cried (or maybe he was all choked and no time to cry).

The next day, he was having a runny nose and coughing. By Monday night, he was already developing a fever and his nose was all blocked. He couldn't sleep and was struggling to breathe the whole night. I tried several remedies for him to ease his congested nose and fever with the limited medical knowledge that I have gained from Dr Rhonda Watt and even Euclaplytus oil. Daddy came back at around 4am and told me he would take over to make Gar Gar sleep. while drifting into my sleep, I heard Daddy telling Gar Gar stories. After 2 stories, there was a total silence then followed by Gar Gar calling me, "Ma Ma..." Guess what? Daddy was already snoring away...! So I couldn't sleep again and took over to pat Gar Gar to sleep.

The next day, I brought Julian (who is also having a runny nose and cough) and Gar Gar to the lovely Dr Rhonda Watt. Dr Watt told me my poor Gar Gar is having a bronchiolities and needed Nebuliser immediately. He throat is imflammed, Ears are dull and blocked, his nose is stuffy too! The total damage is $200+ just for Gar Gar. He still needs to go back for review in 1 or 2 weeks time!

Now Gar Gar is still feverish on and off. Let's hope that he could fight off the bacteria without Anti-biotic.

P.S.: Now Gar Gar, guess who is the monster? Mommy already sms the monster that she will be kicked into the swimming pool if she ever come here, Ok?

The Cheeky Julian

Julian's kinderland class photo - PN2

Julian is very smart and cheeky. In school, he is always trying to outwit his very sweet and innocent chinese teacher...

Cheeky Moment 1

He doesn't like veggy so teacher cut it into smaller pieces so he can't pick. But nowadays, he feed himself and the teacher will observe him. She found it funny that Julian didn't pick the veggy but suspected he never eat it. They looked everywhere and cannot find it. Where can he hide? Guess what? After he finished his food and put his plate into the pail, teachers realised that he has hidden the veggy under his foot. So when he walked, a trail of veggy follows..

Cheeky Moment 2

Normally we dun let kids drink cold water, fearing they will cough. So Julian has his way of getting his favorite cold drink. In the afternoon, the teacher will refill his water bottle and he'll try not to drink it. His school air con system is centralised and very cold, so by the time I fetch him at 5pm, his "room temperature" water is icy cold. He will finish off his water in my car. Teacher keeps complaining to me that he didn't drink much in the afternoon. He couldn't outsmart me. I found it out but a bit too late, he's coughing now.

Brain Olympic!

Julian's Linking Memory

I'm so proud of Julian today! He got a PERFECT score in less than 3 minutes (time limit is 3 min) in his SHICHIDA Brain Olympic today!

He is required to memorise 40 cards in sequence using a story that links the 40 cards together.

Good Work! Julian.

Julian's touching moment

Julian is always the jealous boy and will bully his little brother all the time but this time, he displayed the bravery of a GOR GOR (little BIG brother)...

It was Sunday evening, I decided to bring them to a coffeeshop for their favourite crispy pancakes. We were walking Nicole around in the garden before we settled for food. Julian and Gar Gar were walking and wondering on their own in the garden. The "naughty" genes in me decided to play a punk on them. I told my maid to hide in a corner and observe how would they react. We were watching behind the pillars.

Finally Julian noticed mommy and aunty were MIA. He still walked around with Gar Gar and shouting "Mommy, mommy, where are u?" I just stood behind and giggled. Finally, he walked with Gar Gar to a stone table nearby to sit down. Looking at him sitting there quietly with Gar Gar really made me laugh... After a while, he continued to shout, "mommy, mommy, where are u? We are sitting here waiting for u." Then Gar Gar loses his patience and climbed down from the stone chair and walked away. At this moment, Julian panicked and quickly chased after Gar Gar. He was trying hard to hold Gar Gar's hand and said... "NO! NO! Gar Gar come back... We must sit there and wait for mommy." Seeing this moment, I couldn't control myself anymore, I dashed out, carried Julian and hug him tightly and said, "Julian, u are a good and responsible gor gor. Mommy love you so much!"