A Surprise Celebration by my Colleagues November 15, 2006

My colleagues have plan a surprise birthday celebration for me in office today. Well actually our office is doing renovation and is very very messy. I wanna express my deepest gratitute for giving me a chance to learn and thank you for guiding me and please forgive me, if i had said something or my actions somehow hurt u guys. Thank you so much everyone ... Now lets the picture do the talking yeah ....

A lovely and pretty birthday cake for me !!

Thank You everyone !!!

Messy issitnit ...

Dinner with Meiyen and Bob at Jack's Place @ Sunway Pyramid Saturday November 11, 2006

Meiyen and her beloved Bob

A big thank you and *HUGZ* to my beloved Meiyen and Bob for treating me and my family in Jack's Place for my birthday. She is such a sweetie pie. This best friend of mine is such a darling and very very precious to me. As she is my BESTEST friend … wanna know more about us then read this “A Little Tale About Meiyen and YeeTyng” Something for you my darling …

Friends do things for one another
They understand
They go a million miles out of their way
They hold your hand
They bring you smiles
When a smile is exactly what you needed.

They listen and they hear
What is said in the spaces between the words
They care and they let you know
You're in their prayers.

Friends always know the perfect thing to do
They can make your whole day
Just by saying something that no one else could have said.

Sometimes we feel like just the two of us
Share a secret language that others can't tune in to.

A friend can guide you, inspire you, comfort you, or light up your life with laughter.
A friend understands your moods and nurtures your needs.
A friend lovingly knows just what you're after.

When your feelings come from deep inside and they need to be spoken to someone
you don't have to hide from, you share them with a friend.

When good news comes a friend is the first one you turn to
When feelings overflow and tears need to fall friends help you through it all.

Friends bring sunlight into your life
They warm your life with their presence
whether they are far away or close by your side.

A friend is a gift that brings happiness
and a treasure that money can't buy.

And this special person is You. My dear friend, no one could replace u in my heart. U will always have a special place in me. I wish you and your family best of health, may all your dreams come true …and I thank God for sending you to me … :D

Lunch with Tiffany @ Genki Sushi 1Utama on Saturday November 11, 2006

Today was a very happy and excited day, as I will be having lunch with Tiffany. I knew Tiffany from Meiyen and Meiyen got to know Tiffany from friendster. Well, Meiyen introduce Tiffany to me as we are both pregnant and will due on the same month. So she thought we might share our views, comments and experiences.

We have been chatting online thru msn, telling each other our daily life incidents. Sharing my experiences with her, as this is her first pregnancy. Both of us are excited on meeting each other. We describe our feeling as our first date. Tiffany purposely gets her hair blow and I carefully pick a nice outfit just to meet her.

When I first see her, my first thought was “WOW” she is so thin even though she just give birth” .. my oh my when I look at myself .. I feel rather embarrassed. We give each other a big warm hug … So this is the lady that I have shared my experiences with, during my pregnancy, during my confinement month and now my daily life.

At first we thought of trying Shogun, but then Tiffany suggest we go Genki Sushi as she say she could not finish so much food at 1 time and another reason was we are on diet. Kekeke. So we had our lunch in Genki Sushi. I was very happy to see Tiffany. She comes all the way from Kuantan with her hubby. And we take this opportunity to meet up. Tiff something for u …

A friend is a friend forever.
They'll ignite a flame of love
And set your heart aglow,
And light up your life
From your head down to your toe.

A faithful friend is always there
To lend a helping hand.
They'll be there to defend your honor
And take a firm or gentle stand.

When you least expect it,
They may drop in to say,
"Hello, how have you been?
I love you with all my heart,
My true and special friend."

A friend will add beauty to your life,
Like a sweet scented flower.
A good conversation may last into the night
Or for many, many, hours.

They will take time to stop and listen,
When your life is in doubt.
That's what a good friend's love is all about.
A hug, a smile, a tear, or a gentle touch.

These are the things a
forever friend will say and do...
For, they love you forever
and always, so very very much.

Thank You for Being yourself … thank you my dear friend …

On Blog Break

Hello everyone i will be MIA for some time as i am busy tidying up da office, will be back soonest possible yeah !!

Confinement Month

I am thankful for having my MIL to cook for me during this month and look after Princess Janelle. Despite feeling thankful I also pity my MIL as she has to look after my FIL and Princess Janelle and in the mean time to cook for me.

Since this is my 2nd princess, so this will be my 2nd confinement. I can’t really remember much during my last time confinement month. So now I want to keep a note on this time. Both princesses are on breast feed exclusively during my confinement month.

Benefits of Breastfeeding To The Baby
1. Provide perfect nutrition, which constantly changes according to the babies need.
2. Contains protein, fat and Omega 3 fatty acids in the most digestible form, to ensure optimal physical and mental growth.
3. Develops the brain and nervous system and enhances IQ levels.
4. Protects baby against infection and illness like gastrointestinal (relating to the stomach and intestines) disturbances, respiratory problems and ear infection as it contains live cells and antibodies.
5. Lower the risk of juvenile diabetes and cancer.
6. Provides protection from allergic diseases.
7. Reduces the risk of Necrotising Enterocolitis (inflammation of the small intestine and the colon) in premature babies.
8. Reduce Dental cries, mal-occlusion (Faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed), speech defects and enhances jaw development.
9. Reduce the risk of heart disease in later life.
10. Reduces the risk of SID (Sudden Infant Death) syndrome.
11. Promotes mother and child bonding.

(I don’t know got so much benefit, I only know that is perfect nutrition and antibodies for baby and there is a special bond between baby and mummy. Hahaha)

Benefits of Breastfeeding To The Mummy
1. Protection against breast and ovarian cancer.
2. Help lose those extra pounds and makes abdomen flatter because the hormone oxytocin (A short polypeptide hormone that is released from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and stimulates the contraction of smooth muscle of the uterus during labor and facilitates release of milk from the breast during nursing) helps involution of the uterus.
3. Physical recuperation from child birth is faster.
4. Saves times and money. There is no need to prepare feeds or sterilize bottles.
5. Likelihood or osteoporosis and heart disease is reduced.
6. Breastfeeding fully on demand gives a sense of achievement to the mother as it is fulfilling and enjoyable.

(Well I also only know bout Physical recuperation from child birth is faster and saves times and money. hehehe)

My daily routine & menu;

9.00am - Milo and 2 half boiled eggs
Back to sleep after Breakfast (too sleepy)
12.00pm - Lunch (Sweat like nobody business)
a) Fried ginger rice with chicken/pork cook in wine
b) “Min Sin” cook in wine with chicken/pork
Sit awhile then back to sleep (drowsy maybe of the wine :p)
4.00pm - Milo and biscuit
Bath with ginger water or “dai fong ngai” but cannot wash hair until 30days (but I already wash on the 12th days surprisingly I can “tahan” not to wash hair for 30days during my 1st confinement) Yup Salute Me !!
6.00pm - Dinner (Sweat like nobody business)
a) Rice with chicken/pork cook in wine and vegetable
b) Rice with steam ginger fish and vegetable (can only eat fish after 12days)
c) Rice with steam “kei chi tong kwai” chicken
d) Rice with “char siu” and vegetable
e) Rice with steam ginger chicken (lotsa of GINGER)
Watch TV for awhile then back to sleep
9.00pm - Chicken Soup “den tong”
Watch movie then sleep

I find myself adjusting from daily life style to confinement pretty good. Maybe this is my 2nd confinement. I never like ginger but then now have take lots of ginger and is on DAILY basis gosh *faint*

Frankly speaking my mind is like reformat, cause I cant recall anything on how to look after a baby :s as Princess Jasmine is already 4 years old. I am so clumsy with Janelle. Luckily mummy and my MIL are around to help me. During my stay in hospital, I rest while I can and only up when Janelle’s feeding time. Other than that I will be sleeping all the time. While I am in hospital, I was treated with Ray Lamps. This is to dry up the wound and heal faster. It is kind of warm and quite comfortable also.

I have nearly forgotten about the pantang-larang during confinement month until I come across ShoppingMum - Tell Me Why

1. Uterus “drop”. My mummy and MIL say I must not walk around and have to lie down most of da time. Sit up only for feeding baby and taking meals. Say the uterus will “drop” wo. But then lie down too much my backache wan le :s
2. Bathing. Bout bathing, I can only bath ONCE a day (I usually bath twice daily, morning and night) and bath will the ginger water or “dai fong ngai” Anyway I did bath with clear water after bathing the ginger water or “dai fong ngai” Cause I am solely on breastfeeding ma then must be clean clean wan ..
3. Washing hair. I am not allowed to wash hair for 30 days. But I have washed my hair on the 2nd weeks already kekeke ….(shshsh ….)
4. No fan. I am not allowed to turn on then fan. Afraid that I might “zhui dou fung”. But mummy say can on air-cond hahahaha. Never listen also coz I have been sweating like NO BODY BUSINESS …
5. Red dates water. I drink red dates water and also plain water. Too thirsty leh … how to “tahan”

I was allowed to end my confinement earlier because hubby is going to have Full Moon Party for Janelle. So I am FREE kekeke … finally … I am “fong kam” jor kakaka …

J's Family

New family member .. Princess Janelle

Our very 1st Family Picture ...

Princess Janelle - Jaundice

What is Jaundice? Jaundice means the yellow appearance of the skin and whites of the eyes that occurs when the blood contains an excess of the pigment called bilirubin. Physiologic jaundice is a fairly normal newborn occurrence. You will usually see this between days two and five of your new baby's life. Typically it presents as a yellowish tinge to your baby's skin and eyes. Some babies may also be very sleepy and/or have feeding difficulties. Jaundice is caused by the inability of the baby's immature liver to break down red blood cells, leading to an increase in the levels of bilirubin in the baby's blood. This is fairly normal occurrence. To help speed up the process, you should be sure that your baby is taking in plenty of fluids, preferably breast milk. Breast milk is a laxitive, helping to move the meconium from your baby's bowels. This can help lessen the incidence of jaundice or decrease the amount of time that you deal with jaundice.

And due to this Jaundice my little princess could not discharge from hospital as her jaundice rate is quite high. So she is put under the phototheraphy lights. After staying 2 nights in hospital we are allow to go home. Finally, on Tuesday we are goin home. But then Dr Yong ask us to come back for appointment as he worried that Janelle's condition might change. So we made an appointment on Friday.

After the blood test, the result show that the jaundice rate has gone up from 128 to 218. Dr Yong suggest we rent the home phototheraphy lights for Janelle. She dislike to be put under lights as she have to be naked and only with nappy on. I guess she feel insecure without clothes on.

Hubby so "sam tung' to see his little princess suffer, as Janelle cried once she is put under lights. Poor baby :'(

My Princess Janelle

My 2nd Baby, Princess Janelle

Never cross my mind that I will deliver 2 weeks earlier than my EDD.

Sunday August 13, 2006
At about 3.30am, i feel the urge to go washroom. After that have a drink then went back to sleep. But i sense something is not right as my backache is getting weird. These same routines happen every hour. 4.30am, 5.30am and then 7.30am. And my backache is getting WORST.

At about 8.00am in the morning i just could not get myself lie down on bed. So i go for a walk around the living hall and sit down. It was ok for awhile. Then mum wake up and ask me why wake up so early since it is Sunday. So i tell her my condition. She says it might be contraction. But then it is still early. I am still 2 weeks ahead my due date. My due date is on the end of August. My condition is getting bad, and the pain continues every 15 minutes and last for about 9 seconds.

Inform hubby about my condition. He assures me that this is a false alarm. I just could not stand the pain anymore. I called hubby again and tell him to come over and fetch me to hospital. I think is contraction. So hubby quickly get prepare and come over. Supposing today we all will go for our "family portraits" photo taking session. But then i think Princess Janelle want to join as well. When Evon go out to attend her friend’s convo, I tell her that we have to postpone the appointment coz her "niece" wants to join along. My contraction is getting from bad to worst. I can’t stand up or sit or even lie down. I have a quick shower and change. Jasmine is still soundly asleep.

Hubby arrives at about 10.30am and sends me to Pantai Medical Centre. My Mum and Phoebe come along with me. My Dad helps to look after Jasmine. We reach at about 11.20am. I was send to delivery room, and the nurse asks me to change. Hubby assists me in changing my clothes as i can’t even stand on my own. Hubby goes down to register and drive back to office to take the camera charger. I am now being monitor by the nurse.

They check on my condition and say now is already 4cm dilated. It is now 11.55am and yet hubby is still not back yet. I am getting worried, and the contraction is getting worst. Mum ask if i want the Epidural injection or not, as she saw i was crying and of coz i say YES. So mum asks the nurse to come. The nurse come in n check on me and now is already 6cm dilated. Since this is the 2nd child, very fast will deliver within 2 hours time. So in the meantime the nurse asks me to take the gas. The gas that make me drowsy. After taking the gas, i feel much better for awhile.

I cried out loud when the gas just could not help. Hubby is back now, i know i can always trust him. Even the nurse also said that outside also can hear i cry.
The pain continue and I can feel that my baby want to come out. But then the nurse asks me to sleep sideway and the backache is WORST. Even hubby also lost in mind as he saw me in such a great pain. My mum was with me all along and she is so worried. I push away the gas and I could not hold any longer as I can feel my baby is coming out. The nurse kept asking my hubby to give me the gas.

Finally the doctor is in. And with 1 push my baby is out. At 1.19pm August 13, 2006 i have give birth to a healthy Princess Janelle. Janelle looks exactly like Jasmine.

I am exhausted. Too tired to even open up my eye to look at my Janelle. Bad news is i break my blood nerve. I lost a lot of blood but luckily it stop after a while. Another bad news is my blood pressure is at 170, very high indeed. I could not be send off to the ward as i have to be monitor. So i stay in the delivery room. And about 6.30pm my pressure reading is at 132, and the nurse says I will be send to ward. Before I was send up to ward, I have my dinner. I could not eat much as I am very tired.

The nurse allows Jasmine to come in to see me. She is so excited and i am so happy to see her. I miss her so much. My parents and sister have gone home. My daddy has been looking after Jasmine the whole day. I think after my mum dramatic story telling, i bet all will be very shock. And they are so worried about me as my blood pressure is still very high. Once settle down, we ask for Janelle from the nurse. Janelle really looks like her sister. I would give 100% rating hahaha. At about 9.00 hubby, Jasmine and my MIL go home.
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Evon's Convo in Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur, August 12, 2006 (Saturday)

Today is a very proud day for my family. My beloved sister have graduate early this year and today we are attending her convo. As usual this is a working Saturday, so after work we (hubby and Jasmine) go home to have our lunch and a short nap. About 3.30pm we off to collect the bouquet of flowers for my sister in Plaza Damas however cousin brother have forgetten to put in the bear. We reach Wisma MCA at about 4.30pm and after waited awhile the ceremony is over and is photo taking session. We and Jeffrey have to wait outside the hall as the hall only provide 2 seats for each students. We meet up with my parents outside the hall and is very very JAM packed. My parents are so proud of my sister. They are so happy and very proud. However we lost our main character EVON as she could not find us ... about 1/2 hour later finally she found us as she was lost and also stuck in da hall. So is the photo taking session time. We waited for Phoebe and her Bf. After that we go for dinner in Menjalara "Siong Hei". And guess what, we met with Meiyen's and her family there. What a coincidence. After a delicious dinner *psst i have CRABS keke, hubby off to his friends place and i follow my parents home. After shower and settle down, i realise my leg is so swollen and it is worst. Although Phoebe massage for quite some time the condition is still the same. Anyway i am too tired and zzZzZzZzz

Hello I am BACK !!

Hello EVERYONE I am back after MIA for more than 2 month, i was on maternity leave la. I give birth to a healthy princess, Janelle Kan on August 13, 2006.

Now i am back in ACTION hahaha ... anyone miss me ?? yeahyeah i know ALL MISS ME SO MUCH leh .. is story time kekeke ...