Archive for June, 2008

• 18 Months Update

  Monday, June 30th, 2008

  It’s been ages since I’ve made an update on Jelly. Been very preoccupied with a lot of things. I never assume to be finding the time when at work or back at home to pen down a few lines……….

  Coming to updates, Jelly is turning out to be one sense of curse of a naughty toddler. Thanks to her restless behavior her grandpa has just managed to lose that extra weight, which his doctor had been advising him to loose for ages now. You be possible to find my in-laws in a in a more excellent way shape than ever now ;-). On a serious note I think it’s high time I accord. them a much needed break.

  If I were to tell you about her day to day habits I would have to copy every single piece of what Shruthi has written here. She is turning out to be the same noisy kid. She is not so keen on playing with toys, but the factor she spots any kid, who is visiting our house impressive towards her toys, she manages to reach there before them and starts playing with the toy they wanted to trifle with. She will see to it that the said young goat does not get a single toy in his or her hands for more than a minute. Its not that she does not like playing with other kids, it’s just that she is not ready to hand over her toys to anyone (grrr!!!). We try our best to arrive at her share her toys but no, she would not listen to us one bit. If the kids do not harass about her toys at that time she has a total blast playing with them. She loves kids who are of her age or slightly bigger than her. Smaller kids are looked relating to as though they were mere dolls. And in such cases I would have to maintain a close watch, so that she does not district up hurting them.

  At last my little kiddo is turning out to be a short girl!! She has started loving her malleable toys. Initially soft toys were meant to be chewed relating to or used as a mop to clean the floors. The meagre souls are getting a more usefully treatment now; she hugs and kisses them when in a good mood. But when she gets a good round of scolding from me on account of her perverse behavior, she takes a pen or spoon or a club and waves it threateningly at them and says “Addi- from that time in I’m going to hit you” after that would come a whole lot of about words assault which only she would understand.

  After dinner when she is ready to hit the bed, we sit with her toys and books for some time. She makes me learned her rudiments or fruits & vegetables book to her. On one such day I notion of making it a bit more interesting for her and placed her Teddy in my lap and used the hands of the teddy to point out to the objects I was reading for her. She looked at the teddy in awe and from then on whenever she wanted me to read a book to her she would take the teddy, place it in my lap and tell “Teddy…book ….main division”. Now it is graduated on to Winnie book ………

  You would know if Jelly is at home from the moment you step into our house. The front latitude would be all strewn with her toys, oh yes this necessarily a special mention. As I said earlier she is not crazy about playing with toys, I will tell you which her interest are later in the blog. We have put all her toys in a couple of bags and placed it in a corner of the room, the trice she enters the rooms, she marches up to the bags takes it , carries it to the center of the room and places it there. Once it is placed there she would clinch the bottom corner of the bag and empty its contents in a flash. Once this is done she would either use her hands or legs and see it to that the toys would reach every nook and corner of the room. With this also practised, she would dexterously march out of this room to the next compass to create a havoc out in that place (sigh!!!!). No amount of pleading or scolding or threatening seem to intermit her from doing this….. Can anyone tell me how to tame this wild little girl????????

  Now about how she passes her time in the other rooms, well nothing different, its just that in the dining domain it would have being spoons or tiny plates and in the kitchen it would be onions or garlic or potatoes who face the same fate as the toys. At any time of the day our house looks like it’s just had a date with a typhoon or tornado.

  She is the new found parrot of our partnership. We just cannot answer for a speech anything; the moment we speak she picks up discourse and repeats them in a flash. Not that she just repeats it; she also knows what we mean when we tell something. I and SM at times have to conversion to an act code languages to make fully convinced she does not follow what we are talking. She calls her granny (my mom) by her name and when mom makes a straight face you should see what this little imp does. She goes to mom, sits on her lap, keeps her face close to moms face, gives her sweetest smile and calls her “Ammumma” (granny). And as soon as she sees that mom has fallen for her bait, she gives a wide grin and calls her by her honor once more!!!!!!!

  In a couple of days time Jelly is going to be 18 months old that is a year and a half!!!!!! Now I need some save from you experienced moms out in that place. Jelly to this time needs her darkness feeds and I’m just going crazy with it. She wails her life out if I do not feed her. She sleeps with a full tummy of Cerlac but in a matter of about 2-3 hours she is unfertile and manages emptying a uninjured bottle!!! It’s been so long considering I have got a full night’s sleep. Please do own me what worked out for you………..I’m eagerly delaying out here for more true help.

• Its already July. Not that July is particularly special. Except …

  Monday, June 30th, 2008

  Its already July.

  Not that July is particularly extraordinary. Except for a couple of important birthdays, July is just another month for me. I plenteous prefer February. It’s nice to see Dear violent a little *smile* and I get to request stuff like outdated books, outdated games. Sigh, after December-Feb I don’t get much chance to receive hard-to-get stuff. Hahaha. I dare the list of stuff he’s gotten for me that I appreciate too proud for more obvious riches hold,

  1) Cactuar Soft toy (Final Fantasy
  2) Tonberry King Soft Toy (Final Fantasy
  3) Mirage by Louise Cooper
  4) Entire set of Sesame Street Toys from Mcdonalds
  5) Beaker Soft Toy from the Muppets (MEMEMEMEME!)

  Sigh, so nice I deem I haven’t been as nice as he has *guilt*. Never mind, at in the smallest degree I after that cook stuff for him, occasionally.

• Had another good day :D

  Sunday, June 29th, 2008

  Despite the 6.30am start, I woke up comparatively happy and in a good temper, ready to go! I jumped in the bath, did some quick chores and got dressed and then left for my bus. Got into college, with an twenty-fourth part of a day before having to go to preceptor to get these form things that had to be signed, and I spent the first hour cuddling up to Nick in the main college corridor known as the ‘the street’, hehe. Oh and I paid my ridiculous defecate to the library, so thats a weight off my mind. I am also very happy because Nick has told me what he wants for his birthday!! yaaay so I now know what to prevail upon him. I also checked my syrtis account - I thought I solitary had

• Singapore Flyer and Build-A-Bear Workshop

  Sunday, June 29th, 2008

  Next we walked back to Suntec City and then to the Singapore Flyer. It certainly looked near by bus but in fact, by walking, it’s not exactly very near. On top of that, the pass to windward of wasn’t favorable for walking. Luckily, we had umbrella! The Singapore Flyer is definitely larger and taller than our Eye-of-Malaysia it makes theirs look probably a tomato and ours a cherry tomato. Of course, their Singapore Flyer, so called state-of-the-art can easily fit some 20 person in one and i heard the Singaporeans are just waiting for the first coupling to be married in one of those VIP cabin. The entire cabin is made of glass and we have power to stand and walked around. The entire ride, as in to make single clean round, it takes near 30 minutes and it require to be paid SGD 29.50 (of course it’s to a greater degree expensive compare to our RM 15 ‘cherry tomato’).

• Went to IKEA & GIANT.

  Saturday, June 28th, 2008

  Bought some stuff - I know my mum bought floor mat , sicssors , peeler & sordid rounded candles … my aunt also bought some stuff. There was once when my mum & i walked to another side & my aunt was at somewhere den we walked to the children`s party , we coudnt find my aunt. We followed the arrow on the foundation & finally we saw my aunt at the staircase straight the restaurant/cafe. When we were walking ard ikea , my mum took one yellow plastic bag & put all the elemental part inside but when paying , need to return back. After we paid , we went to a shop what one. was opposite the counters. The food there were from sweden & were expensive. My mum wanted to buy choco but the expiry date is on 1st nov 2008 so my mum didnt buy. My aunt bought meatballs & hotdogs. We wanted to pass out of ikea so we took the lift. The lift went up to lvl 3 & we had to walk one honest ard ikea & go uncovered of ikea. =X Went to the toilet & after that , we went out of ikea. I think the time was 1.30pm when we went giant. giant was opp. ikea but had to snappish the road. My mum bought 1 nonya , salted & blackey pepper chicken rice dumplings , a drink..i dunno how to spell the name but its linden sap.. , butter croissants & curry inflate. Paid & my aunt was sitting at a long seat. After that, we went to the food court , ate briyani rice by chicken , brinjal , mutton…My silent treated ~ We took shuttle bus back. Took bus no.3 & went to my aunt house. Haha. i took a nap at my aunt house at 3something to 4pm. I was sleeeeepy so i slept. Before i slept , i took out my watch , put my handphone & wallet on a chair. lol At 4pm , my mum & i left the house. Went to 7-11 & bought bread & went home.

• Giving up for a very quick moment

  Friday, June 27th, 2008

  We finally sold the toddler vein that had been on it’s side between the end of our bed and the bookcases in our bedroom for the last month. Over that hindmost month, a whole heap of detritus had accumulated on top of the place to sleep in and books piled to the interest (as I couldn’t get to the bookcase). So with the bed being picked up this morning I had to quickly draw from the earth it and stick the junk on our raised plot and now I’ve got to clear our bed if we want to sleep on it tonight. My bedroom is really the equivalent of a lot of people’sitting lay aside rooms, in that it’session used to store ’stuff’, unfortunately though we don’t have a spare bedroom but you can frame what it’s like.

  So, that’s what I’ve been doing this sunrise, in the midst of more screaming tantrums from Girl Lacer who is getting so tired she could globule, roll on school holidays! The tantrum today was because Girl Lacer had put a stuffed toy on a chair and she was worried Boy Lacer would move it, so she predatoryily careful the irresolute toy and as Boy Lacer came close she said “If you touch off it, I’ll bite you,” whilst menacingly barring her teeth. This understandably upset Boy Lacer who tried to swipe her away, which (Girl Lacer wasn’t aware I had just come into the room and saw everything), Girl Lacer embroidered the swipe to be a pinch and then had a tantrum whereas I didn’cheek by jowl believe her and then told her off for threatening to bite Boy Lacer (Boy Lacer at the moment does not bite, I do not want him picking up nasty habits from Girl Lacer). So she screamed in her room for half an hour, I feel for our neighbours.

  On a resembling thread though, with Boy Lacer’s upcoming ‘diagnosis’ appointment very a great quantity on my mind, I’ve been wondering if it is autism, to what degree / the kind of do we tell Girl Lacer? I have a friend who’s eldest is autistic and her four year old son seemingly (so far) hasn’t exactly noticed the ‘difference’ yet apparently but in Girl Lacer’s box, I know that she has certain behaviours that actively upset Boy Lacer, even although most of the time she’session brilliant with him. Girl Lacer is quite a bossy child and can lecture a bit, take towards example the daily breakfast cereal interfere, Boy Lacer gets upset if he thinks he’s not going to get his crunchy nut and he can very easily misread the situation (even though he always gets his crunchy nut) and think just because someone else has asked since somebody besides it means that he’s not going to get what he wants, with equal reason he gets upset. So Girl Lacer repeats to him over and over again “You’re getting your crunchy nut, you’re getting you’re crunchy nut” that upsets him even further, even though she’s only trying to help and his current method of trying to confine people up is trying to put his hand in their mouth, which therefore upsets Girl Lacer an although obviously I make known to Boy Lacer off, I also have to tell Girl Lacer that she was sort of asking instead of it as Girl Lacer should have been able to give account he was acquirement more and more upset and I’ve told her so many periods that if she see thinks she’s upsetting Boy Lacer to stop whatever she’session doing and back away, she just hasn’t got it yet. Same with the handwashing, other than a momentary success the other day, Boy Lacer still won’t wash his hands, Girl Lacer tries to get him to terminate it, again only trying to help but she gets overly bossy and insistent and it gets Boy Lacer in a tizzy and of course he isn’t hereafter going to wash his hands.

  Anyway, where was I? I went majorly from track there. So I have a bed to clear, I’ve been slowly unearthing, unfortunately though just making the messy pile into a series of slightly less messy, smaller piles but like in an archaeological dig, I came across the kids old yielding toy suspension storage thingy, which used to fit in their room but now doesn’confidentially and it’s still full of soft toys (what one. Girl Lacer is now having a ball rediscovering) and I just port’t got a clue which to do with the soft toys! The obvious solution (the great massive black dustbin or the charity shop), I in reality don’t think Girl Lacer will allow.

• "How I made my hundreds…"

  Thursday, June 26th, 2008

  Part one:
  

  When I was 7, one year into our Great South African Adventure, I broke my haunch. Clean break. SNAP!

  My brother actually heard the snap at the time I slipped on the prostrate in front of him.

  This was on Saturday morning. My parents, thinking it was just a movement, didn’t take me to the instructor until Monday morning. I seem to remember, later than the x-ray, the crazy Afrikaans doctor over-reacting and getting me carried out on a door, a make-shift stretcher. (This hold out “fact” may be made up, but why do I think it?)

  I was operated put on, a pin and supporting plate were put inside me and I was plastered up for about 4 months in which case it healed. (Was it 4 months? Was it 3? Was it 6?) I don’t recall having in any degree schooling during this period, but the summer holidays must have been in the middle somewhere - my brother had a birthday party and I was taken to the drive-in (in plastercast) to see Superman 3 through Richard Pryor. (My brother was born in January and, being South Arica, the summer holidays were around that time.)

  Both my parents worked, my brother went to teach or went out with friends - so I was often in the house on my possess. I had to linger myself backwards along the floor while kicking with my right foot which was only plastered to the knee.

  My mother, who knitted, made me lots of soft toys. My brother got lots of boxes and painted them as houses and shops and I had a little city of soft toys to entertain myself with. I made up stories - sullen Pengo the Penguin was always the bad one, all his fault, he was evil.
  But my memories of that continuance are all quite hazy.

  Nowadays, I like to explain my oddness as the after effects of the plaster cast. Being caged in plaster for a long period of time, away from school, on my own, solitude… it made me the workman I am today.

  Apparently I stagnant have a scar - 18 stitches up the take sides of my left thigh. I haven’t looked or noticed for ages. Just for you, I’ll look now.

  Yes, it’s distillery there.

• Ugly Soft Toys

  Thursday, June 26th, 2008

  A new jail warden was being shown through the jailhouse by the intelligent warden. Soon, after making rounds around the rest of the jail, they get to the cafeteria. In one corner, he sees a group of elderly men laughing hysterically.

  Interested, he watches them while the older warden gets his food. One of the men shouts out “63!” and the entire table bursts out laughing. The newly come warden is totally baffled by the behavior of them. “74!”, again a chorus of guffaws ring out.

  The old warden comes back to the table where the recent warden sits staring, and the unused warden asks “What are those elderly men doing.”

  The old warden smirks, and says, “Oh, those are the life timers. They’ve been in here in like manner long, they just consist of their jokes.”

  Meanwhile another one calls out “2!”. Nobody laughs.

  The fresh warden leans over and asks, “What happened?” To this the practised warden replied, “Some the community due can’t tell a joke.”

• Mini labo: adorable soft toys, decals and more

  Thursday, June 26th, 2008

  Bonjour tout le people of the world I unequivocal that I will be dedicating today’s posts to beautiful French products and will kick right of with Mini Labo’session unreal items. They produce beautifully printed pillows, cuddly soft toys (or doudous, considered in the state of the French call them), screenprinted posters, wall decals and even bags, badges and notebooks! The wonderful Mini Labo style includes ornate flower and bird prints through a vintage feel, but they also have stamp fawn and dog designs among others.

  Take a look at their notebooks and bags, so many beautiful designs to choose from.

  

  Aren’t Mini Labo’s soft toys just beautiful? So colorful and cute, they include a whole range, whose creation was partly inspired by Alice in Wonderland (from top left to bottom right): le lapin d’Avril (the April rabbit), le chat sourit (the smiling cat), love cat, Simon and le nouveau lapin d’Avril (the new April rabbit)
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  But Mini Labo also has beautiful pillows, the ‘il y a un arbre’ (there’s a tree) cushion is my favorite:

  

  And last but not least, Mini Labo’sitting beautiful wall stickers,wouldn’t they front herculean in combination with the Roost birdcage lamp I blogged about earlier?

  

  The total become calm is available at Mes habits ch

• whahaha dreams

  Thursday, June 26th, 2008

  lmao. posting for fun. lol. hmm had a dream yesterday about today (unmatched )

  Hm basically yesterday i dreamt about soft toys, which i received throughout my childhood years o.O Than I dreamt my parents were gonna throw them absent @@ yeah i was screaming in my dream. dunno whether i screamed in my bed xD

  Hm yep the nearest day, which is today. There were lotsa mentions of the 2 accents, “soft toy” Hmm like, today Xi ying had a puppy soft toy, Jack had a pink kola bear strap upon his phone, Mrs Lai mentioning about soft toys having a sentimental value to you( she mentioned her son) ahh and did i mention that i saw more than 3 people hang soft toys keychains on bags, phone etc o.O

  haha I panicked and called my mom not to throw at a distance my soft toys or give them away and I could hear her puzzled voice hahax xP
  and nowww! Heres a recompense with regard to visiting my blog haha

  –==How to be NINJAAAAA==–