daniel's walking

must jot this down before i forget

daniel has been learning to walk for the past month and two days ago, i saw he can walk on his own without any aid... 10 steps!!!!! another milestone for him

proud of my baby.......

at 11 mths old soon, he oledi start walking.... my mum told me i onli started to take my first step when i exactly turned 1 yr old... and now my baby can walk earlier than me

these days, you can see him walk more than crawl........ not that he can walk very steadily...... but he can walk from one point to another point.... for those distance which is far e.g. from living hall to the kitchen, he will still crawl....

what' next? running around the house and shopping centre??? which means more chasing to do.....

23 weeks pregnant

first time blogging about lam junior no.2

due date june 26th but plan for a c-section at week 39... hopefully june 19th then.....

compare to first pregnancy, nothing much different
- touch wood, no morning sickness/ vomitting from day one... just a bit nausea for the first two weeks....
- but seems to be eating less compare to first time when i was pregnant with daniel... not much appettite...
- tummy now looks big as many ppl commented.... most probably because i have not loose the first pregnancy weight yet...so, some ppl thought my bb is almost due soon.... hehehehe
- weight gain wise, slower than first preganancy... as i enter 6th month soon, onli gained about 3kg but still, the tummy looks super big

feelings: worry at the initial stage.... because of the short gap from the first ceasarean.... but happy that hubby and i will have another child soon.... know that he wants a daughter and as gynae said, this time is 95% baby girl for us.... he said another 5% to confirm is to see the baby when she is born... true oso... nothing is 100%

annabelle lam......

daniel @ 10 months plus

weight: last mth's weight was 9.7kg
height: dunno
teeth: two upper rabbit teeth + three lower ones(he's been biting almost everything e.g. sofa, baby cot, our shirts, our knees, toys etc.....)
vocabulary: da da da, yes
loves to: crawl around the house, ransack cabinets, throw things everywhere, go kai kai, shout when not happy
hates to: sit on potty
able to: walk a few steps without aid
meals: milk + cereal + porridge + bread + fish + chicken + potato + carrot + egg yolk + taufu + brocolli + spinach + pumpkin + corn + apple + orange + papaya

financial planning $$$

some of my collegues and i recently attended a grooming & business etiquette class... one part of the training was on financial planning

do you agree with this???

from you salary,

55% goes to necessities (loans, , bills, petrol, meals etc..)
10% --> playing (entertainment e.g. karaoke, cinema etc..)
10% --> learning (attend baking, sewing, make-up class etc...)
10% --> financial freedom accounts (for retirement purposes)
10% --> long term investments
5% --> charity(for parents, to donate)

sick cats

blame it on the weather.... that is the best excuse

yup.. it is the flu season

the weak ones namely me and daniel boy has been sick for days

for daniel case, last sunday note was the first time he got fever... it was already 10pm but hubby & i decided it is best to see paed... however, no paed/ doc is available at the medical centre for night treatment unless for emergency case, only a medical officer attended to us...

first, the nurse took daniel's temperature... 39 celcius... poor baby
the medical officer said not to worry... daniel was given a pill to reduce fever and fever medicine to bring home....

luckily after one nite, his fever reduced bit by bit.... and by monday evening, he was already jumping as normal... however, during daytime, he was super clining to his Mah Mah....

and two days ago, daniel started to cough and got phlegm plus running nose.... took him to see paed... given 3 types of medicine which he HATES... each time feed him with the medicine, he will scream, cry and kick his legs and tried to push away our hands with all his might.... no choice.... we still have to force it down his throat.. if the phlegm get worse, will have to send him to see paed again...

as for me, sore throat and cough and a bit of running nose..... was on MC yesterday.... and today still coughing... tried to wear the face mask to reduce the germs that i am spreading around... but it make me breathless... onli wear it once a while....

so, i just tried to limit close contacts with daniel boy....

hopefully me and daniel will get well soon...

the 4 generations
we just came back from a short x'mas trip to singapore with my parents, daniel boy and my MIL... this is the first time that daniel travels so far away from home.... yup! he got his own passport now... sponsored by his daddy.... hehehe

this picture was taken before we leave singapore.... four generations here.... my grandma, my mummy & MIL, myself and daniel boy.... he is the youngest generation now...

Y 2008 x'mas gift exchange at my parents' home

as usual every year we will have a x'mas gift exchange at my parents's home.... this year is the first time that my PIL joined us.....

the 3 kids....

for the 1st time, this year we had a small potluck gathering at my home to celebrate x'mas with our good frens....... this is the group of frens whom we had known since primary & secondary school days.... yup... some i hv known for about 20 years....

we adults get to chit chat & gamble a bit... while the kids get x'mas presents....

as u can see from the pic, we had 35 months old mini Yeoh joo yee, 10 months old mini Ha hsuen wern and 8 months old mini Lam daniel... will they be good frens in the near future just like us adults?

human who is so in-considerate

one fine evening as we(me, sis & colleague) were walking towards my car after a hard day at work... oops... just a few feet away i noticed that the car on my right parked so near to my car until i cannot open the door to get into my driver's seat

in this situation, what to do but to call the driver to come down and remove the car "a bit" for me to get in.... got one of my colleague who is still in office to call and inform the driver about it... we shall call her Madam U

after a wait of 10 minutes, she walked towards us... and her face expressions was "blank"... as in no emotion.... no sad face, no happy face and most importantly no sorry face....

fine.... as i have expected Madam U to be a very cool person.... as everyone of us at work knows her......

as she almost reached her car, she looked at me with a very "I DO NOTHING WRONG HERE" face and asked me

"why? you cannot climb in from the front passenger seat to get into your driver's seat???"

what was my answer? I WISH I CAN DO IT THAT WAY

but hey! in my heart: i am not one small frame person.... plus i am wearing skirts! how to climb lah?

my dissatisfaction is IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG & DON'T WANT TO APOLOGIZE, PLEASE DON'T BLAME THE OTHER PARTY FOR GIVING YOU TROUBLE INSTEAD...

and in my case, Madam U feels that we need not call her to remove her car for me to get into my car as i could have climb in from the front passenger's seat... which means i am the one giving trouble and i am the one in the wrong

VERY CLEVER OF HER!

sis joyce's 21st birthday @ restoran bei ping, seksyen 15, shah alam

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* daniel with Gong Gong & Por Por *

* curry prawn *

* stir fried choy sum *

* braised taufu *

* two varieties peking duck(need to pre order) *

* tomato egg *
* our must have assam fish *
* thai style fried chicken *

* deep fried dessert- sweet potato ** complimentary fruits *

daniel boy@ 6+ months old

daniel boy can now sits on baby chair which makes going out much easier

daniel boy turns 6 mth old

today is daniel's 6th month old birthday.... which means he can start taking solid food... no need to depend just on milk....

according to the baby's diet list as recommended by our paed, at 6th mth old we can try introducing rice, pear, prune, carrot, apple, barley, apricot, beef, wheat, plum, spinach, cabbage, oat, banana, chicken, peach, broccoli, lamb, turnip, potato, cherry, corn....

my daniel boy is very "wai seik"(likes to eat).... coz each time he sees anyone of us eating, he will be drooling with salivas dropping non-stop from his mouth.... and when u let him lick the spoon/ fruits, he will be stucking out his tongue, trying his best to lick as much as he can..... else he will use his hand trying to grab the spoon nearer to him.... hehehe

i wonder when he grows up later, will he be a picky eater? coz it is so common for kids being a picky eater especially when it comes to vegetables....

too bad today is a weekday.... i will onli let him try the solid food which is cereal on this coming friday as i will be on leave then..... i wanna be there when he takes his first solid food.... i wanna be there in whatever he does for the first time..... but i know, it is not possible as i am not a SAHM....

happy 6th mth old, daniel boy.... mummy & daddy loves you so much.... you are our sunshine...

hubby's 29th birthday

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celebrated hubby's birthday last weekend.... this time round, daniel looks so blur seeing the candles... nx year i guess he will wanna blow the candles for his daddy

Italiannies @ the Gardens, MidValley

had dinner yesterday at Italiannies... treated by my daddy to celebrate my mummy's 50th birthday... PIL joined us too...... too bad that bro Melvin too tight up with work and could not join us....

the dinner was great... nice food... nice service.... nice environment.... even little daniel enjoyed himself coz everyone of us takes turn to carry him in our arms... he is one lucky baby to have so many ppl "sayang" him......

thanks daddy for the meal!

* daniel boy with Gong Gong & Por Por *

* daniel boy with Kam Moh, Uncle KJ & Yee Yee *

* daniel boy with Yeh Yeh, Mah Mah, daddy & mummy *

with 9 adults + 1 baby, we ordered two sets of their current promo value meal RM 89++..... each set consists of one appetizer, 3 main dishes & 1 dessert..... we also ordered a big plate of fried calamari

happy 3rd anniversary

today, three years ago, hubby & i got married

today, now, hubby & i have little daniel with us

today, many more years to come, may we have many more happy days!

dinner- E&E Cuisine@ Green Canopy, Setia Eco Park

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* sambal udang petai *

* stir fried pak choy *

* claypot curry fish head *

* claypot mutton *

* crispy fried chicken wings *

review

- nice environment
- service : good
- food : love the curry fish head and chicken wings
- price : slightly higher than normal chinese restaurant

mid-autumn festival

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bought this 4 pcs of agar-agar mooncake from a colleague's aunt..

RM 20 per box.. flavor: cendol, mango, red bean & yam, red bean & yam

then i oso made some soyabean agar-agar mooncake for family and frens... result: so-so

the wedding of our good fren Teh Teong Beng and his beautiful wife Vivian.....




congrats to you both!
may both of you have a blissful life ahead and blessed with many many healthy children!

back from penang

yup...last weekend hubby and i went with our gang to attend our good fren Teh's wedding dinner in Prai, Penang..... it was a nice 3 days 2 nites trip....

our trip mainly involves food... but sad to say, we did not get to eat much of the nice Penang hawker fare mainly due to the reason we were staying at Prai rather than in the island.....

wai hoe was our food guide for a sumptious dim sum breakfast at Ipoh... we got to wait for a table seating as the number of customers there is so the MANY...... how was the dim sum? i would say FRESH & YUMMY.... let the picture speaks it words:


When we arrived at Prai, the groom-to-be, Teh and the bride-to-be, Vivian treated us for nice lunch at one of the restaurants for a nice chinese lunch.....
and while on our back to KL, again we stopped by at Ipoh for supposedly famous chicken which has smooth meat...... but unfortunately it was sold off.... i had Lam Mee which tasted very good as i finish off the soup that accompanies it.... (initially i thought the Lam Mee has black gravy as in those sold in KL)

sad case

me not blogging from krabi.... yeah... trip cancelled.... the other two friends went to krabi without me and my sis... reason: my hubby and parents are worried about our safety due to the recent unstable political situation in thailand....

there goes the RM 705 per person we paid for our trip......

SaD CaSe