of photos and work out...

Here are some pics of Sue Yi doing her work out.

of haircut and boyish look...

We took Sue Yi to her first haircutlast Saturday. Folks have suggested that ver shave her head on her first month, but we did not do that as her scar from the vacumn procedure during her birth have not fullly healed yet. So after much procrastination we finally took her to a hair dressing saloon our babysitter recommended to have her hair cut.
We were initially quite apprehensive as we don't know how she will react to her hair being cut so we were kinda prepared. As soon as we entered the saloon, she was like her normal self in new environment. She looked everywhere and was very quiet. Then the moment came. She was initially oblivious of things, but when the hair trimmer came and made contact with her head, she cried and cried and cried. Even the lau ees who were dyeing and perming their hair laughed at her. Poor Sue Yi. But 10 minutes later, it's all done.
Check out the results:

Before

After

I think she looks a bit boyish after the cut, but in retrospec, you don't see many bald girls ddo you.

Anyway, to mark the occasion and just for fun, i shaved my head too.

of letters and boring places...

Dear Sue Yi,
We took you to the absolutely without a doubt most horrendously boring place in the world last Saturday. Mommy and I have been talking bout this for the past few weeks and we have decided that last week was probably the right time to take you out for an excursion. I have always thought that probably we can go to a cool place like Youth Park or the Botanical Gardens but mommy was skeptical as she is worried about what viruses those promiscuous monkeys might be carrying and if they will infect you. Besides, mommy also worried that the smell of monkey poo might overwhelm you.
Since we can’t go to the coolest place, we decided to go to the most boring place, specifically the shopping mall. In this case Queensbay mall. I have the faintest idea on why people would want to go there. People just walk around aimlessly stopping from one shop to another. Some of the weaker ones also got voodoo’ed into parting with their money in exchange for stuff that they don’t really need and have a use for. Then there is the pesky people who walk up to you and say that you absolutely need to have a credit card to compensate for something missing in your life. Or young chiku sales man with too much gel on his hair that run up to you yelling “Free for life, Free for life”. Trust me, you don’t need all those la. So that’s why till today I still dunno why people go to shopping malls (except to see what humiliation teenagers incur on themselves by dressing weirdly, but that’s another story).
Mommy got this tip from one of the mommies that she met in the confinement center. Her friend mentioned that she took her baby to the mall early in the morning as there are not that many people there. We thought that that is a good idea because with lesser people, it will mean less people will laugh at us if you decide to cry and make us manic like headless chicken.
So, early Saturday morning, we got you all prep up. Make sure that you have poot poot’ed. Bathe you, fed you and put you to nap for a while. But I guess you must have had a premonition of the impending boredom that you kinda overslept (I wonder if there is such a thing for babies). Anyway, we only got to leave the house at 11.30am.
Anyway, as it turns out, the whole outing was pretty uneventful. You slept throughout and was not bothered by the noise at all. We were able to go and shop for things without much worries and disruptions at all. Some over zealous promoter came over to play kuci kuci with you and say how cute you were. I guess she must be wondering how can a baby as cute as you come from two fugly parents. Must be some recessive gene. You just seem to be in your own sweet dreams while we went about shopping. I mean it’s no surprise that you fell asleep right, after all it’s just the most boring place in the world.
The only glitch that we encountered was that you woke up as we were about to leave and was asking for your milk and to compound to the situation, we totally forgot which floor we parked the car. So your presence and you feeling about the boredom of the place was announced through your cries on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors.

So I guess that’s it. We have suspected that you will not like the shopping mall and it will bore you to sleep. This weekend have definitely proven that. So next time, we promise that we will only take you to the shopping mall if we absolutely need to ok? (exception: maybe once in a while to show off to people that we got a cute baby la)

So after reading this letter, why not show your appreciation to your daddy for saving you from that boring place with a hug.

Love
pops

of jabs and the empress...

We went for Sue Yi’s 2nd month jab last Monday. For us, it was pretty convenient as the clinic is just a 5 mins drive from our apartment. First thing they did at the clinic is to weigh and measure Sue Yi. Then wifey and Sue Yi went for the consultation with the nurse. I was not allowed to go in as the nursed see 2 patients at the same room. Anyway, wifey told me that the nurse told her to not to make Sue Yi wear booties and mittens all the time. According to her, this is the time when babies start exploring and we should let her explore. I think that advise could not come sooner as we have been noticing that Sue Yi is beginning to pick up the freaky fascination to her mittens. She will sometimes look at her mittens until she get cross eyed. Then she will start to smell them. I think she somehow like the scent and probably that comfort her. She will smell her mittens and go to sleep. Then there were times that she will try to eat them. (Oi Sue Yi, too early for solids la!). Anyway, we have started to let her hands go naked but that brought about a new hobby for her, eating her hands.
Anyway, back to the clinic. After the consultation is the moment of truth. We were told to go to another room, and that is the you-know-what room. The nurse asked wifey to hold Sue Yi while she prepare the medication. First it’s the oral thing, no problem there, but Sue Yi, being the Empress that she is still managed to protest and cried out. Then came the jab. It’s suppose to go to the thigh but the needle was really long. It was as though it can poke thru Sue Yi’s thigh and come out the other end!! Anyway, it didn’t poke through the other side. And like any baby, Sue Yi let out the most heart wrenching rendition of her portfolio of cries. Wifey were all paled up but have to toughen up so that she can comfort Sue Yi. But surprisingly, her crying did not last long. By the time I got back from the pharmacy next door, she has stopped crying. I guess Diva Sue Yi, wants to protect her image. Musn’t be over flamboyant.

Anyway, her fever from the jab was mild and it passed it’s course smoothly so thanks everyone for your prayers.

of Mobster look and right hand...

Some photos of Sue Yi

Mobster look Sue Yi

caterpillar

Dopey faced Sue Yi

I think she is dreaming of doing one of those Madonna 'Vogue' pose

For some strange reason, she likes to raise her right hand as if to answer soem question...

"Bye Folks!"

of Easter Sunday and that "i got time" guy in astro...

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. Last Friday was Good Friday. If you are not a Christian and not exposed to it then probably it’ll just be a normal day for you, but if you are interested to know what is the significance of these days then do read on. Who knows, this knowledge might make you look smart like that Indian guy in astro who keep saying “I got time”. Well, let me not belittle your intelligence and go long winded and tell you who Jesus Christ is and skip straight to my points here. (but then again if you really don’t know who He is then pop question in the comment and I will get back to you). Anyways, these are the basics, Jesus Christ as we all know came down to earth and spread the good news of Salvation from sin. Not only did he do that he is more importantly the solution or some people might call it payment for our sins. Christmas day is the day He was born and Good Friday was the day he died. By now some of you might be thinking that Christians are a bunch of fruitcakes, I mean who in the right mind celebrates the death of a person, especially one that they believe is a Son of God. Well the thing is, I do agree that one will be out of their mind to celebrate the death of a person, but if the death is a willful act to save you from (let’s just say) a very icky situation for a very very long time, wouldn’t you be celebrating it? I mean if you play monopoly and happens to land in jail, then the fella sitting opposite of you gives you the “get out of jail” card at the expense of his game, wouldn’t you be thinking that this fella must be the coolest guy in the world (if not the universe). So in a sense, Good Friday is the day that we got the card to get out of jail and the person who did it gave up his monopoly game so that we can have it. Now isn’t that a cause for celebration. So let’s celebrate this day, not with firecrackers but with the simple act of remembering that ‘Get out of jail’ care that we got.
OK now that we got some idea of what Good Friday is, let’s see what’s Easter Sunday means. Easter Sunday is basically the day Jesus Christ was resurrected (rose from the dead). Yes, for real, he died and came back. Now tell me how many people you know that can do that? So what is the significance you might ask. Well, quite a lot. In fact some folks believe this is as important (if not more ) than Christmas day itself. The resurrection proves that Jesus Christ is no ordinary dude. He is the real mc coy. He da man. It proves that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that he has power over all. So there you have it. Now you can go out and sit with your buddies in the cafeteria and show off your new found knowledge.

of busy and updates...

I have been busy for obvious reasons, so here is a potpourri of updates.
Wifey and I went for our last appointment with Dr Tan last Monday. It’s a normal standard checkup and wifey is Dr Tan said that everything is ok. So I guess that means that We have reach a milestone of sorts i.e., the end of wifey’s pregnancy phase. Something interesting that I heard from Dr Tan is that we have to be careful as the first 6 months, wifey will be very fertile else we will be seeing him sooner that we think. I find the word fertile interesting because I always associate it with agriculture and that sort of thing. So having it used in this context is kinda new to me. Something ran thru my mind was that, does he mean that if I get a changkul and throw in a mango seed, I can expect a mango tree to grow out of wifey in a few weeks?

Leader and Isaac’s mommy (my friends from work) came and visit Sue Yi today. I must say that Sue Yi is such a pretender. She behaved so well, smiled on cue and coo and make all the right baby moves at all the right time. She did it so well that they commented that she is so behaved. Im my mind, I was just thinking “just you wait until she starts crying in the evening and let me hear your opinion again”. In any case I guess probably Sue Yi has her PR skills in good shape.

Today I logged in and checked my bank account and I am proud to announce that my apartment is all mine now. I have finally fully cleared my house loan. It’s such big burden lifted off my shoulder. Something akin to that first bowel movement after a few days of constipation. It’s as if something have been taken off from me and I am now free. This reminds me to an IM conversation I had with Zowiy a few years ago. I was telling her jokingly that I will be bankrupt after my wedding as there are so many things that needs money. Her respond was pretty interesting. She mentioned that “Tak tau kenapa, tapi biasanya orang lepas kahwin atau lepas beranak, rezeki depa akan datang.” I don’t quite believe her at that time but ir seems to work out that way for me. I can’t say that after our wedding I got suddenly rich, but somehow or another, things seems to work itself out. Then I was chatting with her again the other day on the cost of having a baby, and I was reminded of that phrase. Again I wouldn’t say that I hit jackpot or anything, but it seems like things will work out too. I got a little bit of raise in salary starting this month and now the house loan is cleared. So my advise to all is that if you want it made, go get married and have a kid (or maybe two). I can’t guarantee that you will be rich financially, but I am pretty sure you will be rich emotionally.

of letters and two months...

Dear Sue Yi,
Today you are officially two months old.
Mommy is out in the living room sorting out some photos to bring to the kedai photo to be printed. Looking back at the photos, it’s pretty amazing to note how much you have grown.
Your face is much rounder now, the patch of skin on your head have healed completely and hair have started to grow. Your forehead has more hair now (much to the relief of poh poh).
Let’s see what else:
You are starting to practice your facial expression and needless to say, you have the sweetest smile that will send the unsuspecting straight to the dentist’s chair. And talking about your smile, you will sometimes smile at the oddest times, sometimes halfway through drinking your milk you will stop and smile. I’ll shake my head coz I dunno to be happy or tell you to stop and continue drinking.
You can follow the movements of objects in front of you with your eyes and turn your head to follow through but your attention span is still pretty short as you will lose focus if the object moves out of your field of vision.
You can recognize voices, especially especially of mommy’s. Even when sometimes when you are about to fall asleep, if you were to hear mommy outside, your eyes will open up and your expression will be as if you are trying to listen to what mommy is saying.
You are taking 3 1/2oz of milk now but still have that bad habit of stopping right before it finishes and leaving just a little bit in the end.
You truly enjoys your bathtime. Mommy says that every time she tells you that it’s pom pom time, you will smile and get all excited.
You still have issues with gas (colic) and your worst times are between 6.30 to 9pm every night. You will cry and cry and won’t be comforted. You will ‘kek’ or push so much that your face will turn red. By now, it’s a miracle that our neighbours still have not called the jabatan Kebajikan and report us for abuse.
You like to kick into the air when you get excited. I call it cycling and you can do that for up to an hour. Sometimes it just seems that you are ‘kan cheong’ about something and will be like kicking and breathing heavily. Maybe you are in a rush to go somewhere, but for the time being (or at least until you can earn your own income) I will be dictating where you will go ;)

We will be taking you to the govt clinic for the 2nd month shots next Monday. We went last Monday as it was a replacement holiday but the nurses there told us that it’s still too early and they can’t give you your shots. I am a bit concern on how we will handle the fever that normally associates with the shots. Let’s hope and pray that it will be a mild and fast one for you.

These two months have been nothing less than an emotional roller coaster and it has been a good ride. I’ll be looking forward to continue on this ride with you and experience every dips and peaks with you.

Come over for a hug will ya?

Love
pops

Met up with 2 of my old schoolmates last Sunday. Adam have been in the US for more than 10 year was was back for vacation, while Steven works in the same company as I am in now. I think we have not seen each other for more than 9 years and it was actually quite fun talking about school days. There is the occasional email jokes and updates, but that’s basically about it.
Both of them have not change much and they also mentioned that I have not change. I guess they were probably telling half truths as I recall having hair during my secondary school days. I have not seen Adam for obvious reasons (distance) but both Steven and I think that it’s peculiar that although we worked in the same company, we don’t really see each other. I guess it’s probably because our office were in different buildings but I guess it also says a lot about working in a big company and how it affects the interaction between employees.
I think actually it also says something about me as well. I kinda realize that I am not really the kind of person who is able to sustain long friendship with ex schoolmates or varsity mates. I think it’s more to that ‘Out of sight’ kinda thing. Not that I deliberately chose not to maintain contacts, but I guess sometimes when you don’t see each other and when we are all doing different things, the conversation topics seem to wear thin. So I guess these kind of meetings that we had last Sunday became more fun for me in a way and in fact there are lots of things that we can talk about. We still hate our school, we still wish we can maim or at least kill some of our seniors, we still think the basketball team is a joke and we still think that our school's HM is a HM (as in Horse Manure).
Therefore, I think I do value friends and the friendships that I have but I guess there is a flaw where I don’t seem to be able to maintain those that I seldom meet with, but I guess no one is perfect.

of sushi and shopping...

We took Sue Yi out on her first excursion to the shopping mall last Saturday. I guess probably to take her mind off from the pain after the fingernail incident. Well, actually we did not really got into a shopping mall, but I think, technically it still qualifies as an excursion to the mall. Wifey was feeling lazy to cook and we were wondering on what to eat for dinner. Since, we have not has Japanese food for quite a while oredi I suggested to wifey that we can ta pau the Jusco Sushi. Besides, wifey have not tried their sushi yet. So we decided to go to Queensbay mall to tap pau. Wifey and Sue Yi just waited in the car while I parked at the roadside and ran in to tap pau. So like I said, technically Sue Yi, did not really go shopping at the mall, but I guess it qualifies as a visit.

Btw, Sue Yi, if you are reading this, I just want to inform you that actually shopping malls are not what they cracked up to be. It is just a place where they pump in cold air while people walk around from one shop to another. It is pretty much a boring place with crowds and people everywhere. Besides, you might be tempted to buy something that you like, which you will ask me for money, which I will most probably say no, which will make you not happy, which will be awkward because I am the best daddy in the world (at least to you). So let’s save all the emotional trauma and take my word for it ok? No point wasting your time (and my money) on shopping la.

of fingernails and cannot tahan...

Looks like my blog entries are now beginning to slow down, but I guess probably that is pretty much expected. In any case it does not mean that there are no updates on what’s been happening.
We* tried to cut Sue Yi’s finger nails last Saturday. We have noticed that her nails are getting longer and longer and quite pointy too. Sue Yi also has the habit (I guess like all babies) of scratching her face and also grabbing to us when we feed her. So the long fingernails is becoming an issue as she will easily scratch her face. Now we don’t want her to grow up with scarred face, do we?
So after cannot tahan anymore, we* decided that something had to be done and we* took the nail clipper and do it. First to go is the thumbnail on her right hand. Wifey distracted her while I went in for the cut. Prior to this I have did her left hand without incident, so I was feeling a bit cocky confident. But on the very first cut, she suddenly cried. Then I saw it, I have accidentally cut into a bit of her thumb and it is beginning to bleed. My heart just broke into pieces and Sue Yi just blasted out her pain through the most heart wrenching cry. Her thumb bled quite a bit and she was gripping it tightly. After what seemed like an eternity, she calmed down and went back to sleep. Shaken, both wifey and I vowed not to cut her nails again. Sue Yi can attempt to put herself in the Guiness book of world record for having the longest fingernails and we’ll support her. She will be famous and we will write her biography and we will retire as millionaires…