Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Taking a Break From the Kids!
29-July-2010:
Tomorrow morning, I will be flying off to Kuching for a weekend break with my colleagues, leaving the kids behind with Saimun for 3 days. My heart feels so heavy. I've never been away from them since Dominic was born more than 4 years ago.
I am not worried about Dom. He is independent enough and knows what he wants and will ask for it. I'm not worried that he might get hungry, hurt, cold, bored, sad (probably) or whatever. I told him that mummy is going for a holiday for a few days and he is to stay home with daddy. His first question was, "After that, are you coming back?". Of course, of course, my dear boy! Don't forget to pray when mummy is not around.
With Emily, I think that's where my concern is. My prediction is that she will not get breakfast. Lunch will be bits and pieces from daddy's plate. She will not get milk until she's crying for it. Her nappies will be changed every 6-8 hours. Nobody will notice that she has done a poo until hours later. Maybe she will skip a bath on Friday or Saturday. She might bump her head once or twice, or put something horrible into her mouth. Sigh ... I think I need to pray really hard when I'm away.
With Saimun, I have an inkling that he is less laid back when I'm not around. Let's hope that I am right. I might come home on Sunday and find that the house is all cleaned up and the kids well taken care of. Or he might forget to throw out the garbage and attract cockroaches into the house.
Whatever happens, I can be sure that MIL will spend a lot of time at our house. She has already planned to spend Saturday afternoon there and cook porridge for Em. I think she is more worried than I am.
Getting Back into the Fun!
28-JULY-2010:
Now that I have my own kitchen again, life is more fulfilled. First of all, we have a new oven. We first tested out the oven with a frozen store-bought pizza and then the following week (or the week after) I proceeded in making my own pizza from scratch. It turned out ... well ... not perfect - the bread is little too crispy, but to Dom, a pizza is a pizza. :-D
Here are some pictures, including some pictures taken by Dom while I was too busy to notice.
I have also just received a new breadmaker (housewarming gift) from a relative. I've yet to try it but will make sure I put it to good use. :-)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Dominic - Add-On
23-July-2010:
As an afterthought, there is something that I'd like record down about Dominic. We had many conversations and I enjoyed them very much and often found him amusing. Due to my aging, I can't remember them all. They lurk around at the back of my mind, telling me that there was something amusing and interesting that he said, which I have to relate to his daddy, but I can't remember what it was. One incident I remember though, happened some time last week, and I only remembered it this morning (it's a Friday) because he reminded me so.
As a rule (since we moved in to our own home), Dom is not allowed to watch any TV except on Friday. He accepted that without any argument. However, he does not know it when Friday comes. Sometimes, he will ask if it's Friday yet (when it isn't a Friday), and I'll say no. One Friday evening, his daddy was home early and saw me unpacking the shopping (I also have the habit of doing my groceries on Friday, during lunch). He asked casually if I went shopping. I replied, yes, I go shopping every Friday. Dom, who was minding his own business nearby overheard and he got all excited. Suddenly, realization dawned on his face, and he gave a gasp before asking, "Is it Friday, mummy?". Yes, I said. "Gasp! Oh ... can I watch TV?". Haha.
This morning, it happened again (that is why I remember the incident now). From the car mirror, he saw his PE uniform hanging at the back. "Gasp! Is it PE today?". "Yes". "Is it Friday today?". "Yes". "Yeah ... means I can watch DVD today!". (Note: He only watches DVD now because we haven't got the TV aerial connected and we don't subscribe to any pay TV).
What is so attractive about the TV?
Father's Day Crafts
22-July-2010:
This is another extremely outdated post but I realized I've not been mentioning enough of Dom and he seems to be somewhat neglected from my blog since Em arrived. Truth to be said, he is not as "interesting" as his sister at the moment and there isn't much to write about him.
Anyway, about a week or two before Father's Day, it was the semester break and he told me that he had a "prize" for daddy because it was going to be Father's Day soon. I promptly corrected him that it was a "gift", not a "prize", for you only give somebody a prize if he wins it and daddy didn't win anything. He insisted that it was a "prize" anyhow. After the term break though, he came home with this, and indeed, I was wrong. It was a prize!
Apart from that, he also made several Father's Day crafts in church. The pen holder is by far the most useful thing he had ever made and we've put it to good use.
Next, there's the notebook that he made during Emily's baptism.
Finally, here's a photo of him at the church "choir" during practice. He looked rather shy in the photo but boy, he brought the whole place down with applause when he sang right into the mic, "Thank you, Daddy. Daddy, I love you!" during the actual performance.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Emily's Baptism
20-July-2010:
Emily was baptised on June 13, 2010 (this post is very outdated, however I think I've briefly mentioned about this event in a previous post). I suppose I've said everything I wanted to say in that previous post. The purpose of this post is to show you some photos of Emily on that day and also some photos of the church. Unfortunately, I do not have any photos of Emily while she was being baptised since I was out there with her and her daddy had disappeared amongst the crowd somewhere.
Emily was baptised in St. Paul's Anglican church in PJ. It is about 15 minutes drive from our new home. The people are mostly Indians or English-speaking Chinese, i.e. most of the Chinese there probably can't speak very good Chinese. There are also foreigners, mostly from Myanmar, and particularly one rather good-looking Burmese priest. :-D The church runs a lot of activities - missionary trips to here and there, classes and discussion groups, movie nights, bible studies and lots more but I'm not involved in any of them. Here are some photos of the church compound.
This is the main building where services are conducted. There is a bell tower in front of it which rings everyone in when service starts. It is not automatic. Somebody has to ring it by pulling a string. Dominic had requested to ring it a few times but so far did not have the privilege to do it yet.
This is the church hall. The children's service is conducted here before they break out for their classes. Classes (for the adults & youth, not Sunday school classes) are conducted upstairs.
Attached to the church, behind the hall, is a kindy. Sunday school classes are conducted in the kindy.
There is also a children's playground. This is where Dom will be every Sunday before the bell rings. At first, it was his incentive for coming to church, but now he enjoys his classes very much and has made some friends.
On the day of Emily's baptism, at first before the event, she was crying because a stranger (aunty Ellen) said hi. Haha.
And then she stopped crying when given the pacifier but still looked warily at Ellen.
She had a buddy that day, i.e. baby Esther who is only one month younger than her. To me, they both behave exactly the same way!
During the service, Dom was in Sunday school class, making Father's Day craft. Will blog about that later.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Mad Twilight Fans Paying US$200 for Fake Vampire Fangs
