Saturday, October 31, 2009

Someone flirted with me

Went to upgrade the software on my Maxis Broadband yesterday in Pyramid and the guy that serviced me FLIRTED with me!
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Since I've given birth to Renee, I haven't gone anywhere without her so naturally, people knew that I was married and that I was already a mum.
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But last night, hubby was at Fridays with Renee and so, I was alone when I walked into the Maxis shop.
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The guy was already smiling at me even before I got to his counter but he was polite enough to proceed according to procedure, asking me the right questions until he got to the part about payment method.
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"Oh, no worries about that, it's autodebit from my husband's credit card"
"You're married???!!!" he stares at me with shock, hands in sudden pause motion above his keypad.
"Erm...yes, I am. Is that a problem?"
"You don't look married. Are you sure you're married?"
"Yes, I'm very sure. I even have a daughter"
"How OLD are you? You look so young!"
"Old enough to be your mother"
"But you MUST be only 24??!!!"
"Well, no, I'm actually 30"
"Aiseh, then no chance dy lah...."
"Excuse me???"
There was a pause. Then...
"...aiyah, nevermind la, I still give you my number. Any problems, you can call me personally"
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Bought this from Diva and am totally in love with it.
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It can be used as a bracelet...
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...and anklet....
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...and even a necklace!
LOVE LOVE!
And the best thing, it's so soft that I can wear it and STILL carry Renee without feeling uncomfortable or anything.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

My little fussy eater

Renee's been acting really weird the pass few days. She's not eating as much as she used to. In fact, she's hardly eating at all.
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Usually, she finishes a whole bowl of porridge/rice and has second helpings even. The pass few days though, she's been taking in only like 3 - 4 spoonfulls of whatever it is I'm feeding her, and then she starts screaming, or pushing the spoon away, or fidgeting in her chair. She just refuses to eat.
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So, at first, I thought maybe she isn't hungry.
But the minute I take the bowl away, she demands for biscuits.
And she can eat up to 10 pieces of biscuits in a go. Just like that.
So how could that mean that she isn't hungry, right?
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And this went on for 2 days and so I decided enough is enough.
Afterall, she cannot be just eating biscuits and nothing else.
And what kind of mummy would I be if I allowed this to continue?
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So today, when she started her nonsense again, I refused to give in to her and I forced the food down her throat. She started screaming and crying but I held down both her arms with one hand, and forced her mouth open with the spoonful of whatever I was feeding her with with the other.
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Her tears and mucus and whateverelse body fluids that could come out of her came out and spilt into her bowl but I still continued scooping and feeding, scooping and feeding, scooping and feeding. In the end, she finished the entire bowl and that was when I released her arms and took her off her high-chair.
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And I had to do this like at both lunch and dinner time.
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I felt so bad, seeing her crying and screaming but I just had to make her finish her food instead of just getting full on biscuits.
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Is this considered child abuse?
Sigh....
I'm trying to be the best mummy I can be but sometimes, she makes it so hard for me.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fashion on you, Fashion on me

A whole load of 'paid-for' merchandise came in the post for me yesterday and I was so excited! I've been waiting like forever for package number 1 to arrive and about a week for package number 2 and they both arrived on the same day so it was like a double-happy-clappy day for me.
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Package No. 1
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My Dell Inspiron Mini 10v in Passion Purple!
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It's a super sleek 10 inch netbook and it's so small that I can practically pop it into my handbag and carry it around with me everywhere I go.
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Of course, I'll be totally unsociable and a bore to hang out with now that I don't need you to entertain me anymore. I've got a new Mini to entertain myself with! (Okay, that sounded wrong).
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I chose a cool purple color but decided that I didn't like all my finger prints being plastered all over it, so......
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.....I 'zing-ed' it!
Doesn't it look absolutely cool now?!
Love!
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Package No. 2
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My purchase from BaciBoutique.
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One pair of skinny, super skinny, ripped jeans....in white.
And I'm totally in love with it because...I don't know....I just love it! It fits me just nice, like a second skin and I absolutely love the ripped out parts because it gives such a rough edge to the whole look.
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I also bought the retro looking tank/dress top because it was so RETRO!
And since mummy bought me like so many colorful leggings from London, I needed more long tops to go with them and this was just right. Love the whole black and white theme going on.
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It's a bit lose for me though, so I'd need to either wear a tube top inside, or a funkier bra. Whichever. Hahaha! I don't care. I love it still.
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By the way, can anyone spot my daughter in the two pictures above?
*Hint* She was digging through my drawer of undergarments.
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Hung out at Pearly's last Friday and she made these DEEEEEELICIOUS cuppacakes for me. Absolutely yummy, not too sweet and the texture was just perfect.
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So, anyone interested, do let me know and I'll pass on the good news to her.
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And yes, Pearly, am doing free advertising for you *winks*

Thursday, October 8, 2009

A Day out

So, there was this one day when hubby and I decided to bring Renee to the zoo. Yah, I know right. Like the zoo? But anyways, we went, thinking that maybe it was a public holiday and it was Raya, that everyone would be out of town, like back in their own hometown, you know.
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I should have known better.
In fact, I should have read all the signs that pointed to impending doom the minute we started our journey.
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The first sign. The Fillet-O-Fish we bought from the McD's drive-through on PLUS highway. I opened the box, looking forward to sinking my teeth down into the yummy warm burger, feeling the melted cheese wrap itself onto my upper jaw, but this was what I got.

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HALF of my 'warm, melted cheese' was STUCK onto the damn box.
Like HALF!!!
And tried as I could to dig it up, it just wouldn't.
So stupid.
I cannot believe that idiot McD workers don't even know how to slap a cheese on a bun properly. It doesn't take a genius to do it.
Even a cock-eyed person can do it.
I don't even know what kind of people McD's have working for them.
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Sheesh!
So THAT itself spoilt the start of my day.
And the burger wasn't even delicious.
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The second sign was the wrong turn hubby took and we had to make a HUGE-ASS circle around the whole of KL before getting back onto the right track. I should have asked him to just go straight home.
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The third sign.
The THRONG of people crowded at the entrance to the zoo.
The THRONG of cars crowded at the entrance of the entrance to the zoo.
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Sigh...
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Stupid stupid stupid.
Should have just gone home.
Save the RM45 entrance tickets for something better.
But nooooo, I was adamant on showing Renee the giraffes.

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...and the camels...
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...and the bears, and orangutans and what not.
In the end, she saw the giraffes. And the elephants. And the bears, orangutans, camels, flamingos, deers, kangaroos, lions, tigers....
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She fell asleep the minute we got to the monkey cages. Which was only a QUARTER of the zoo, by the way.
And missed out on the sea-lions performance. And the reptiles section. And the aquarium section. She didn't even get to see her favourite horses.
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So much for bringing her to the zoo and paying RM45 for entrance tickets.
Even my maid wasn't impressed with the way our 'national' zoo looked.
The animals all looked half-starved and depressed.
The were huge signs telling people NOT TO FEED the animals but you could still see everyone throwing popcorn and bread at the animals.
It's just so sad that Malaysians are so stupid. They don't know how to read. Or maybe, they're just blind.
But ALL of them? Blind?
I'm so thankful my parents brought me up well and taught me how to read.
Because I think my family was the MOST CIVILIZED and intelligent people at the zoo.
1# We didn't push and shove
2# We didn't feed the animals
3# We aren't blind
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But seriously, everyone at the zoo were pretty much uneducated.
Feeding pop-corn to bears for heaven's sake!
How much more stupid can one get?!
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At the lions' and tigers' enclosement, there was a wide stretch of river to seperate the animals from the railings where people stand to stare. Hubby asked me if the water was deep enough to keep the animals at a safe distance from the people.
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I stared at him and said, "Looking at the way people here are behaving, I think the reason for the water is not to keep the animals away from the people, but more for PROTECTING the animals from the people".
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After all, which idiot would jump in and swim across to take a closer look?
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In the end, we spent only about an hour - an hour and a half (at the most) at the zoo.
We ain't going back.