As busy as a bee

I was really busy lately and therefore this blog is lying silently.

Weekdays, was really tired after came back from work. The whole day in office, working, working n working. Ask me, what do u do? So much work meh? Haha, yes. Sekejap ini, sekejap itu... coding, scheduling, documenting, emailing, bla bla bla... all requires high attention. If u r not careful and did something wrongly, kena M16 shoothing. hahaha!

Weekends, take care of bb lor. Don't be surprised that with a bb at home, she can keep me busy for the whole day. Milk time, shower time, poo poo time, change diapers time and most of the time 'pau pau'! hahahahaha! but now weekends is full of fun...

Nowadays, once I lie down I will be asleep immediately...

Lotsa clothes and toys for Hsuen Wern

Papa just came back from US on Monday and brought Hsuen Wern lotsa nice clothes and toys. It is rather cheap to get clothes from Carters, Baby GAP, Osh Kosh, etc in US... So, papa did a lot of shopping for Hsuen Wern. Besides clothes, papa also bought toys for Hsuen Wern... Mostly from fisher-price... A tricycle, laughing Elmo, learning bunny, main street village (firehouse), roll-along snail and trumpet. Of course, papa's wallet also empty after the US trip.

All the toysAll the clothes
From Carters...
From Osh Kosh...
The lovely bips...

From Baby Gap...

Put yourself in someone else's shoes

The above phrase... how many of us do apply this in our daily life? I tried to... Every time when something happens, I will try not to jump to conclusion and blame on anyone. I tried to think that probably there could be many reasons that certain wrong doings or decision made which cause s unhappiness.

However, sometimes i wondered how many of us that really do that? I think most people are very selfish and take care of their own needs or satisfaction. At times, I really get frustrated... why I need to understand how people achieve certain decision or action and yet nobody understands me.

I guess, to certain extend I can apply this but not all the time. Hahaha!

Petrol price increase!

Yes, it's true. I was anxiously waiting for the new price as on Tuesday there was a news saying that the PM will announce the new petrol subsidise scheme today. Well, at last by 6pm I got the news... RM2.70 per litre. That is 78 cents of increase, 40% increment. WOW! This is a very big difference for us.... normally we pump RM60 for full tank, and now we need to pump almost RM90. With this, it will definitely be a chain effect. Cost of living will increase as all the business wants to make more $ with the rising cost.

On my way back, the radio DJs are all discussing this topic. I guess once everyone knew this, the first thing to do is heading to the gas station to have their car pump in full tank. With heavy rain this evening, and queues on gas stations... it was really a terrible jam!

I even got some sms from friends asking me to go grab some groceries before price increase. Also, I think they are worried if there will be protest in town and it would not be safe for us to go out. I hope the situation will not be that bad.

Oh boss... can I have 30% increment? pls pls pls... haha!

Talking to papa

Mr. Ha has to fly to US for 3 weeks due to a project. He is there for about a week already and of coz he misses our dotter. We normally communicate through a call in Gtalk. Too bad that it is a quite rush trip, we din manage to get webcam. Otherwise, he will be able to see Hsuen Wern. Anyhow, since Hsuen Wern is able to make sounds, eee iiikk aaarrhh arrhh... Mr. Ha is able to listen to the noises she made. Quite fun tho... She is telling her papa to bring more stuff for her from US. I think Mr. Ha has already bought many things for her. 1 big luggage... enough or not? :D



Can you see the little gal is sitting in front of the laptop n talking to her papa? Isn't it cute... ;) Well, even during the days in my tummy, Hsuen Wern is already used to computer cause I do programming everyday. That's how mummy earning $ to buy susu tepung for her ya :D

Am I tired?

YES! I am extremely tired. Probably due to lack of good rest for the past few weeks... Everyday, I would just hope that I have a little longer time to sleep. Due to this, my mind has become slow and not able to response fast. Haha, this will be the best time to cheat me ya!

Life and Death

Life is always ended with death, but different people will be fated to end their life differently. Death could be due to old age, sickness, accident or even suicide. Eventhough we know that one final day we will die, we still feel fear to death, aren't we? Yes. With multiple encounter of my close family members that get to know about their illness and walking towards the end of their journey, they have fear. Feeling lost and confused, how are they suppose to face the fact that their life is almost towards the end, how long? They do not know.

Battling with critical illness is really not easy. Easy to be uttered in words that they have to be strong, look at things at the positive side, and rest more. The pain they suffer, the discomfort when they are admitted and all the needle poking they need to go through to diagnose the illness, nobody will understand. Emotion is unstable and lots of questions pops up in mind, 'Why me??', 'What causes this disease', etc... Instead of asking why, what, how, we should try to strengthen our mind and cooperate with doctor for treatment plans. I know it is hard, but as long as there is a survival chance, we should try.

Life is short, anything can happen when you wake up in the next morning. Something that might change your entire life. So, do care for your health so that you will be able to live longer with your loved ones and appreciate each and everyone around you as you wouldn't know how much time you will have with them.

For those who are still single, love yourself so that you can take care of your parents. For those who are married, love yourself so that you can take care of your parents, other half and also your young ones (if you have any).

An outing with Hsuen Wern

Since 1st May was a holiday, Mr. Ha and myself decided to bring Hsuen Wern out to a mall, The Curve in Damansara. As usual, it was quite jammed entering the parking due to holiday.

We spent a few hours in the mall without buying anything. Just let Hsuen Wern curiously looking around, enjoying the view of the mall...

Managed to snap a few photos of mummy and Hsuen Wern.

Ok, another photo with papa when we reached home.

Nowadays, Hsuen Wern likes to be cuddle... Once we put her down on her bed, she will start crying. Well, no tears... just shouting for attention. See her 'crying' face here...


Alright, it was a tiring day for all of us. Once Hsuen Wern reached home in the evening, she is extremely tired and slept for few hours. It is a nice experience but having an infant in a stroller, it's kinda troublesome to walk in a mall. Each time we need to go to another floor, we'll need to find the lift, instead of using the escalator. Another trouble is we need to feed her milk every few hours when she is hungry.

Anyhow, we will try to bring her out often so that she will get used to crowded environment.

A family photo

Presenting to you our first family photo :D
We did not plan for this and therefore, our attire was just quite lousy.. hahaha!

Shower time

It's shower time for my little girl... She loves to be bath, never cries. Enjoying the shower time so much. Let see some of her poses during shower. As I am working on weekdays, I will only shower her during weekends. For the first few times, I would need extra hands to help out but I can handle her by myself after a few times practicing.

Me, showering Hsuen Wern

Cleaning her back...

Ok, it's done... on the bed waiting for lotion, powder and wearing nice clothes

Capture another photo first :)

Alright, it's done. She is in her baby jumper suit now :D

After shower, Hsuen Wern is so clean and smells good... Of course a very refreshing look. Ok, can go kai kai now :D

Hsuen Wern - 1 month+

Baby Hsuen Wern is now 1month+... She is now more responsive compared to the first few weeks old. She starts smiling to everyone in the family and we can't wait to play 'ang gu gu' (baby language) with her.. Look at her photos.. Well, its difficult to capture her smiling faces.. Out of 10 photos, I am lucky enough to be able to capture 1 smiling face :D

Looking at her growth is very interesting. As we know baby's look will change in every week, therefore I tried to capture her look quite often to keep as memory in the future. Oh well, growth is not only changes on her look, but also on her size ya ;) So, I will also always keep in mind to prepare bigger size clothes for her in few months time. Every time I was in shopping mall, I can't resist to shop something for her, be it clothes, toys or any cute stuff for baby. Very lucky of her! I still have not buy enough clothes for myself as my size is now bigger and I can't wear most of my pants after delivery.

Thank You!

A very big THANK YOU to our relatives, friends and colleagues who sent well wishes, gifts and generous angpows to welcome our newborn, baby Hsuen Wern. We felt very touched with it and really do not know how to express our appreciation.

Now that we have a lot of pampers and baby toiletries that can last for at least few months :D Also with the angpows, we can start saving for our baby.

Election 2008

For the past few weeks, this is the hottest topic being discussed by the whole nation including myself. I was on the confinement period and was following up the election campaign or news from newspaper and tv only. Did not have the chance to be out there and look at the posters and other interesting stuff that the people did for campaigning for their party.

Well, this year I did cast my vote and even got the chance to meet and shake hand with Datuk Sharizat contestant for Lembah Pantai at the election center. So coincident that she was there... Was quite excited with this year's election as the results were really unexpected which they called it political tsunami.

2008 election has marked the Malaysia history as this is the biggest win for the oppositions, when they managed to conquer 5 states. Since they are given a very big chance this time, I hope they will perform well and bring changes that we will be happy with.

Baby Hsuen Wern

Finally after 9months+, baby Hsuen Wern has arrived. She decided to come out from mummy's tummy on 10.02.08 or the fourth day of CNY. At least, I got the chance to have the CNY reunion dinner and some CNY cookies :) She was weighing 3.17kg when she was born.

Some different poses by Hsuen Wern...

Last post of year 2007

It is already year end of 2007. So many things happened and changed during this whole year. That's why I did not update my blog for few months...

As for now, I am 8 months pregnant and me and Mr. Ha are looking for our new born next year, Feb 2008. We hope that our baby girl will be healthy and cute :)

For 2008, I am hoping that everything goes well and smooth. Together we pray that each and everyone of us will have good fortune.

Happy New Year to everyone!

Happy Birthday

It is not someone's birthday ocassion that I wanna blog. It is the chinese movie by Rene Liu and Louis Koo that I watched during my flight back to KL recently. Since it was a long journey flight, tried to kill the time on the plane by watching movies.

Hmm, this is a simple yet very true that this situation really happens in life. At first I thought this could be a really bored movie but at the end, just a few hrs before reaching S'pore, I decided to watch it. Well, the story is about the girl, Mi (Rene Liu) who was in love with Nam (Louis Koo) but she decided not to proceed with the relationship as she do not have the sense of security. Nam is handsome and popular among the girls and therefore Mi worried that Nam is not serious with her. So, she choosed to be just best friend to him. They both loved each other very much but it was just burried till Nam was dead due to cancer (if not mistaken, hehe...)

The decision to stay away from the man you love due to insecured is not so acceptable when her heart is still reserved for the man.... to me, if she choosed to be just best friends, she should let go the feeling and move forward. Why wanna suffer seeing him going out with other girls and deep in the heart waiting for him to be able to love her fully.

Hahaha, in life many things are always a gamble. If you never try, you will never know the result. Either it is bad or good, most important is we must learn from mistake and improve. There is no right or wrong :)

4th Weekend - Schwarzwald

It was very nice of my colleague in Ulm who drove all the way to Stuttgart to bring us to Schwarzwald or call it Black Forest. The Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. Here, it is known for its cuckoo clocks, honey, Black Forest ham, Pork Knuckle and Black Forest gateau (Black Forest cake). Too bad that we are too full to try their black forest cake.

We went to the largest cuckoo clock in the world and waited for the cuckoo bird to come out to cheer our day, hahaha! Well, it was really a huge one. Losta cuckoo clock sold as souvenier at this town.

Next, head to Triberg for the Germany's highest waterfall. Climbed up all the way and it was tiring. Anyway, in such a weather, we don't complain much because it was breezy and I bet it will not get you sweat. Nice scenery... and if have time, shall try hiking at this place.

Then, we drove to Titisee-Neustadt which is popular for winter sport. Here, there is a lake.. and we have lunch at one of the restaurant here. Wow, such a nice environment... cause the wind blows gently while you have your food. A little cold for me...

Well, last destination for the day... Freiburg. Popular opinion has it that Freiburg is the warmest city in Germany. Went in to a very old church which stands strong during world war II even the whole town was destroyed. Lastly, had a cup of coffee under the sun and drove back to Stuttgart.

Schwarzwald (Black Forest)

4th Weekend - Heidelberg

Fourth weekend in Germany... This time just go to a nearby place. Feel lazy to drive so far as work are quite tiring. So, tried to catch some rest during the weekends and decided to go to Heidelberg and went to the Heidelberg castle.

Heidelberg castle is a famous ruin in Germany and is the symbol of the city of Heidelberg. The castle has only been partially restored since its destruction in the 17th century. The first “big barrel” in the cellar of Heidelberg Castle was built in 1591.

After the castle visit, we just hang around in the nearby town...

Heidelberg

3rd Weekend - Neuschwanstein Castle & Munich

It is already the 3rd weekend in Germany and next destination is the Neuschwanstein castle and Munich city within 1 day... hahaha!

ok, what's there in Neuschwanstein castle? It is the most famous 19th century neo-romantic castle in the world built by Ludwig II, King of Bavaria. Heard from my colik that the castles in Disneyland look alike to this castle and this place is nominated as one of the NEW 7 wonders of the world.

After visit to castle, went to Munich city the 3rd largest city in Germany. Tried their popular dish, white sausage.. Hang around at the center of the city, Marienplatz a large open square. There are old church where you can climb up and enjoy the city view. Hmm... not my choice, so I headed to shopping complexes and 'window shopping'... :)

Neuschwanstein & Munich

2nd Weekend - Switzerland

Today came back early to hotel and decided to do some write up on my 2nd weekend trip to Switzerland. Since it was a long weekend (good friday + easther holiday), we decided to drive to Switzerland... We heard that this is a wonderful place to visit and once we reached, we really do believe it.

First we went to the Rheinfall (near to the border between Germany and Switzerland) to see a waterfall. I only saw this kind of nice waterfalls in the postcards... but now, I see it with my own eyes.

Next, we headed to Lake Lucerne. This is a small town around a lake which has very very nice sceneries. You will feel extremely comfortable being at this place. We hang around the city area... and was quite unlucky cause we reached city around 3+pm and the shops closes at 4+... Could not really shop... Anyhow, things were quite expensive over here.. and food as well.

The next day, we drove to Interlaken... a smaller town in Switz. Staying there, you will feel so healthy and relaxing. wow, how I wished my retired life is at this place... day dreaming ;)

Next, head to Zurich... a big city. Well, just hang around here 'window shopping' as all the shops were closed, we just look from the windows. However, restaurants were open at night. Lots of people were out for dinner.

The next destination was Stein and Rhein. Here, the buildings were painted with images. I don't know if the images represent some historic info or not :P But I would say this is a nice place, beautiful. And by the way, lost of cafe/restaurant here... The european likes to sit under the sun and have a cup of espresso. My colleague told me that the colmar tropicale in malaysia tries to imitate this place.

That's all for Switz trip. Overall, nice sceneries and very relaxing trip. However, the cost of livin in this country is quite high. So, food etc were kinda expensive for us... Check out the photos...

Switzerland