I just watched this MTV for SATC on You Tube and of course I enjoyed it tremendously. Not cos it was a great MTV but because it brought back such great memories of the show. The amazing thing is that for each part of the MTV, I can actually remember the episode which it was referring to and for some of them I actually remember the dialogue. Hmm..shows what sort of things my mind retains. But back to SATC, it is definitely my all time favourite in terms of English serials… I love the wit, the characters , the nice clothes , the Manolo Blahniks. i love Sarah Jessica Parker, the fashion chameleon she is and also for her versatility of character. Hmm…I have watched each episoode of the 6 seasons to death already but maybe I should watch it just once more. Just as shopping is to retail therapy , SATC is to telly therapy!

Posted: November 30th, 2006 under My raves, Sex and the City.
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Hmm…such a outer-spacey title huh? But nothing galatic for me. My quest is more shallow…more me-centred For the past 6 weeks, I have embarked on a weight loss plan. Never been really skinny and though I would like to be (slim not skinny), my initial aim is to lose all my pregnancy weight. Put on quite a bit during the entire pregnancy and never did lose it though people say breastfeeding is supposed to help. Guess as much as I breastfed, I ate too Anyway…back to my quest….I am now cutting back on carbo. So that means no rice, no noodles and no bread. I initially thought it was going to be difficult but surprisely it has been easier than I expected. I dun really miss rice or noodles though I do miss bread sometimes. And of course I miss chocolates. But well…for the sake of vanity and health …I will persist. I reckon at a lot of times, it is willpower that helps as well. So for the easily tempted and self-indulgent me, that is quite a challenge. But I must say I have been quite good, been quite disciplined except for the occasional break. Statistics have been quite encouraging…I have lost 6 kgs in 6 weeks. Now i am just willing myself to lose more so that I will look nice for Christmas. I know…shallow me…but that is now my motivation. Afterall, who wants to look like an aunty and be a fat wife and mother? I also want I to feel proud of his wife. I reckon that exercise would help to that either means I have to wake up really early to exercise and be back home before 7 when the little fella wakes up or exercise after work which means sacrificing family time. Neither which I am really willing to do so for now we are just making do with evening walks after dinner.

Hmm…wish me luck…slightly less than a month to Christmas…how much more will I lose?

Posted: November 30th, 2006 under health.
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The cold virus has hit our household. It started with the little fella and went on to us, the big fellas. I was telling colleagues that he was a little one but with a big or rather strong virus. Whilst the little one’s cold came and went…ours came and still is here to stay. I is resting at home today whilst I am at work cos I do need to finish up some stuff in preparation of class tomorrow. I enjoy the classes and the preps , just not when I am having a stuffy nose!

I was telling I that we really need more vitamins to boost our health. We are falling ill far too often and it is really not good. A rest once in a while is good but definitely not when it happens ever so often. Time to go make use of my GNC card. Been reading up too on the sort of supplement the little fella can take to boost his immunity. Guess it is important for him as he is susceptible to all sorts of stuff when in school. On the one hand, I dun want to over protect/insulate him but on the other hand, I do reckon he needs a shield of some sort esp since he is in school. Again today, we heard that there has been another case of HFMD in the toddlers’ class. Must pray really hard that his is just a cold and nothing else develops. Really horrid to see him feeling under the weather…gets all grumpy and uncomfortable. But the consolation is that he is still sleeping throught the nite and gets the rest he needs.

 Cold bug…disappear!!!

Posted: November 22nd, 2006 under Family, Parenting, health.
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Heh..finally I started blogging again..something I have been meaning to do for ages but somehow kept procrastinating. I have/had great ideas about starting a blog for Matthew to journal his growing up , doing a scrapbook etc etc. But just need to find the energy/time to do them. Now that M is already 14 month plus. i guess this can not only be a blog on his developments but also a parenting one. One of the many things I have learnt as a mum over the past year. It is funny actually….before M came along, I was worried about I would cope, about whether I would make a good mum or not and even if he would look too cheena-fied…the list of what-ifs went on and on. But now…I wun say I am expert but I would say I learn to cope by learning along the way and of course the reassurances and help from I. helps a lot too. And as for looking cheena-fied, to me…he is the cutest kid ever

Now that he is older, it is no longer basic child minding but teaching him and also starting to instil in him the right values. He sure has a temper of his own and likes his own way most if not all of the time…so it is learning how to say No without getting him too agitated. I have learnt that distracting him works , most of the time anyway. I like the distraction method cos it keeps him away from what we want him to be kept away from and because he is distracted by something else, he does not get agitated. Though I know it is a necessary evil, I still cannot bear to see him cry. I always say that I am too nice and too giving..But when u see the cute little him, how not to give in ?!?! Guess this is one skill I have to learn more and refine….

Posted: November 15th, 2006 under Family, Parenting.
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