Starf*cks!

It's so weird cos I'm like sitting here, in Starbucks, for the past 4 hours, trying to do work, but instead of using their Internet connection, I'm stuck using my pathetic Maxis broadband.

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WHY???

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Because their f*cking server is down and they didn't bother informing me about it even though they saw me walk in with my laptop!!! Like HELLO, walk in with laptop means want to use your connection la stupid!

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If I knew, I wouldn't have bought a drink and my lunch.

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Why spend an extra RM25 to sit in your stupid outlet when I could have saved the money and ate at home if I was gonna end up using my broadband anyways???

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I know you guys wanna make money la...but sometimes, being honest to your customers is good too okay. Then at least your customers have a choice of walking out or to stay.

Off to 'school'

Renee officially started school on Sept 1st. Of course, she's only just turned 2, so 'school' here actually means daycare.

They feed her, bathe her, change her and even put her down for her nap. They also have 'lessons' like maths, languages, arts & crafts and music & songs.

Most importantly, when Renee is there, she gets to interact with other kids her age, and to me, that's very important.

Because I want her to learn to share and communicate with other kids. Just being alone with me for the pass 2 years, she has had all the attention to herself, all the toys to herself and had nobody else to talk to except me and sk.




And i've seen kids who grew up alone without being around other kids. They are loners and selfish and always keep to themselves as they are not used to being around others.

I do not want Renee to grow up to become like that.

Even though it was, and still is, hard to let her go, it also helps that I get some 'me' time to myself when Renee is away at school, and I've come to realise that it actually plays a very important role.

I'm less mang chang and more patient and I do not take out my frustrations on Renee and SK as much as i used to.




The first 3 days, I cried as much as Renee did, perhaps even more, but as the days wore on, I've learnt to actually enjoy this new found freedom. The freedom of not having to worry about feeding Renee, or watching her while I try to do my things, or whether or not she's watching too much or too little tv.

Of course, it also helps alot to know that Renee is settling down in school as well, and does not cry for as long as she did the first few times.

But the pass 2 days marked a GREAT improvement because the teacher successfully managed to put Renee down for her naps!

Even SK has problems putting her down to sleep because Renee is so used to having me put her to sleep (not to mention her need to suckle me to sleep), that he sometimes had to purposely take her for a drive just so that she will fall asleep!




So I was quite worried about that. And it really didn't help with the fact that for the first few days of starting school, Renee fought to stay awake pass her nap time to wait for me to pick her up only to fall asleep upon reaching home. And that would usually already be about 6.30 pm 7pm, and she won't wake till about 8.30pm 9pm, only to fall back asleep at 2am.

So you can imagine just how it screwed up her timing.

And I wasn't sure how long this would last for and it worried me beyond words because I definitely did not want her sleeping at 2am everyday.

So when the teacher called me up 2 days ago to inform me that she has finally managed to put Renee down for her nap (and she slept for 1.5hrs at that!), I was overjoyed!

It also comforted me in a way that Renee actually trusted her teacher enough to allow her to put her to sleep because to me, that meant that the teacher was treating her well and not abusing her - and kids don't lie about these things.




Overall, Project Daycare went better than I expected and I'm really glad to have found a place that both Renee and I are so comfortable with.

I only pray that I don't cry on the day when she can say "Bye mummy" and walk in on her own without a backward glance at me.

The month that was

Okay, I actually wrote something else before this but thanks to BlogPress and it eff-ing up on me all the time, I ter-deleted it. Too lazy to rewrite what it was. And this was suppose to be posted up last week but I don't know what's wrong with BlogPress so I'm now actually retyping this using my laptop.

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Basically, something about me starting work based from home and of Renee starting daycare, which I will blog about in another entry cos its damn emo and this blog is suppose to be about happy clappy things.

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And of course, also about all the things that happened since my last post on HFM.

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First up, Renee turned TWO on August 22nd! My little baby is not so little anymore *sniffsniff*

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The theme, as you can see on her birthday cake, was Elephants & Penguins, so we had a two-layered cake, the bottom layer being jungle themed for the elephants and the top layer snow themed for the penguins!

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Everyone enjoyed the cake because it wasn't too sweet nor rich so yes, money well spent! Haha!

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The cake was from www.heavenlyonearth.blogspot.com and you can get them to customize any kindda cake you want. Damn nice. Go check out this Burberry bag they made. Looked so real!

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Anyways, we celebrated her birthday with friends and family one day before her actual day at KFC Subang Parade and it was HAVOC!!!

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All the kids everywhere!!!

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Sorry la but this was the first kids party I ever organised and it seriously almost made me swore NEVER to throw another one ever!

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And the worse part was the stupid mascot.

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Dah la Renee scared of it right. But the stupid chicken was just standing there during the cake cutting session and did not wanna move. I tried telling it to get out of the way so that we can have a proper family picture taken without it's beak in the way but either his costume was too thick or he pekak, he didn't lor. So Renee was crying throughout the cake cutting session.

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And even then, I had to snatch the knife out of the damn mascot's hands/wings because it didn't wanna give it to me.

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Hello! Your birthday or my daughter's birthday? Stupid chicken.

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(ok...ok...think happy clappy thoughts.....happy clappy happy clappy....)

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One week later, we celebrated SK's 32nd birthday!

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I decided to bring him to Sunway Resort's Sun & Surf Cafe because I remember how much I loved it when I was there a few years back.

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We used to go there for like every occasion we could think of. Grandpa's birthday. Family dinner. Parent's anniversary. Just for fun. So to me, it was a place that brings happy memories and laughter to me and I wanted to share that with SK as he has never been there before.

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SIGH....

BIG disappointment.

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The spread was only so-so.

The oysters weren't even fresh!

The place was dirty.

I don't even know what the hundreds of waiters and waitresses do there but they sure did not do what they were suppose to do lor.

And.....wait for it...

THEY WERE OUT OF BABY CHAIRS!!!

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Excuse me but I called up a few days in advance, made reservations and informed you that I will be bringing a toddler with me and that I would need a baby chair.

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So why was it when I arrived that not only did I have to wait for my table when your restaurant was PRACTICALLY EMPTY but was also told there were no more baby chairs for me???

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FAIL BIG TIME!!!

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Imagine when I tweeted about this, I wasn't surprised from the response I got back. All was about their own personal experience dining there and all NEGATIVE feedback!

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You should just CLOSE SHOP.

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And to think that you charge RM98++ per person. What a shitload waste of our time and money.

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Sigh...sorry b, shall let you decide on the venue next year. Don't wanna disappoint you again.

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Omg, this post is suppose to be a happy post, why am I so angry?

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Anyways, our birthday present to Renee was this...

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We brought her for Sesame Street Live presenting When Elmo Grows Up in Bukit Jalil Stadium and she absolutely loved it!!!

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Even I enjoyed it!

Brought me back down memory lane...

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"Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away,

On our way, to where the air is sweet!

Can you tell me how to get

How to get to Sesame Street"

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Only thing I regretted was not buying front row tix.

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Because judging from the way Renee reacted to the KFC mascot at her birthday party, we didn;t think it would be wise to get seats too near the stage.

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But I would have enjoyed being up close and in their face =)

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The whole show lasted about an hour plus and it was fantastic!

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The lightings & sounds were perfect and the props....fabulous!!!

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The three of us enjoyed it thoroughly!

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The only thing that I was a bit upset about was that the cast did not come out for a meet and greet session.

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It would have been nice to take some pictures with them.

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And finally, we went up to Frasers again!

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But this will come in it's own seperate post as well. Soon. I hope.