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I started to eat kway teow (aka white rice noodles) soup few weeks ago. It happened on one of the fateful days... when Por-por bought some Kway Teow from wet market and started cooking lunch for me. Together with my greediness; Dad & Mom can see that I really enjoyed eating this nice noodles.. Por por said; Mien (yellow Noodles) not so good since apparently its more "oily". Well, guess she should be right since she has more experience than Mom! No doubt its just a simple dish with some carrots & minced pork; but I can feel Por-por's love & efforts in the making. Im thankful to have a supportive grandmother afterall. But uhm, when can I eat this huh?? **Char Kway Teow**

That fateful day, I was snatching some toys with the other boy named Jordan. Since he is older, I expect him to give in. As he did not, I slapped his face & pull his hair.. He retaliated by scratching my neck.. Evidence below... Past few weeks; Mom has been receiving complaints from teachers on my mischievious acts. ~ I snatched other babies' milk & drink directly ~ I dripped the water down from my bottle to wet the floor ~ I took other kids' food during breakfast, lunch & teatime ~ I made a hell lot of noise before & during my bathtime at about 11am Supposingly to learn & be independent... but seems like am also getting haywire nowadays. As I inherit Mom & Dad's bad temper; I guess its hard for me to be 1 of those soft-spoken guy. Glad to say; am not someone to be trifled with... Hahahahaha...

Well, I missed this on my last post. Yesterday evening, we went to Daddy's Yeema house for dinner. As I am not familiar with the place; I have the tendency to walk to the door and get out of the place instead. Best part of it is, they have a swing just outside their corridor. That makes me more yearn to go out of the house to play. Hence, Dad's Yee Ma decided to give the swing to me when they move house. The next problem is ~ where's the place to put?

Yes, we went to Por-por house today... Por-por prepared my fav Kway Teow Soup for my lunch. Daddy could see the tinge of satisfaction on face as I was muching away. Right after I finished; Dad & Mom had their steamboat cum BBQ lunch with Por & Yee. Nice sumptuous lunch as usual. Thanks to Yee; whom had prepared so much nice food for my 2 dearies. We stayed for awhile more & left at 3.30PM.

This is what I wore today; she didnt have much time to shoot me as we were rushing in the morning to Ma-ma house and so on so forth.. Whats more; am sick. So, it was a rather hectic day today for Mom since Im grouchy most of the time. Anyway, GONG HENG FATT CHOY to everyone! Wishing you guys a good Lunar New Year ahead filled with Happiness, Prosperity & Good Health!

Yes, as usual; we had went to Mama's house for Reunion Dinner. This time; I started to eat as well since am able to digest rice well. Mom mixed in some of the food, with rice & soup. Here was my bowl.. I finished them all since its "salty"... Kinda regretful; Mom felt. But since its only once in a year; she let go.. I was still coughing away and with running nose; no one will feed any soft drinks nor heaty foodstuffs to me.. which is a good thing afterall. Not good to fall sick during this time... but seems inevitable as this running nose seems to be very long... Mom decided to bring me to the doc by Wed for a course of antibiotics. Some pose at Ma-ma's place.. Ang Pow (Red-packet) from Ma-ma... With my cousins..

For a better start of Lunar New Year, Mom bought new bedsheet & bolster case for me. This time round, I didnt whine. Instead, I stared hard while she changed my bedsheet. The other 2 small bolsters - Mom decided to keep them away since I do not use it. So am left with a small pillow & my dearest bolster... A simple sheet though.. Very soon; a cot will be useless for me as I already started crying to sleep beside Mommy in some of the nights...

Quite a number of friends sms Mommy during this special day! And she is glad to receive some; namely Helen & Aleen whom had remembered this day specifically though not in constant contact. A big thank you to both! Dad took half a day to bring Mom out for lunch. Uhmm, they had Noodles at Simpang Bedok.. DUH... Well, thats vert unromantic of Daddy, but Mom enjoyed it as it the companion that counts afterall. They bought Mom's fav cake back home to have a mini celebration.. Im still babbling in my own world, so Dad did the birthday singing... Next year, I will sing for you, Mom! Meantime, I will give you this gift... Daddy-alike Chest .. uhm, and Muscles... with my pix in.

Finally gotten the bath toy from Safety 1st... Okay; it did distract me for a short while but I still prefer to play with my rinse cup... Best part is - I will scoop up the water (from my bathtub) & drink it!!! OMG; Mom has to stop me several times.

Im still unwell, but Daddy still feeds me cookies... Well, he didnt have a choice as I kept bugging him for one. Its hard to reject me as I will scream and shout to get what I want as usual... Actually, such behaviour is really unwanted but he just cant resist to spoil me once in a blue moon.. And good cookies - of course I will not let go.

As long as there is a couch or a sandbag; I will lie on it or laze around with it. But that does not mean I am able to sleep in other people's house still. So far, I only slept at Por por house; about close to 2 hours... Others; I cant sleep unless Mommy hugs me to sleep. It should be her smell which is drawing the security to my heart... "Now that am sticky to her at a young age; perhaps when am much older, I may not want to tag with her..." ~~ this is what's been said to Mom among the gossipers... But Mom is confident that I may be different though. Crossing fingers, dude

I just cannot stand water dripping into my eyes and sometimes even my nose. Especially so, since Im still down with flu. Well, Mom decided to buy a bath toy to distract my attention this week.. Hopefully, it works. Mom does not want to look at it as a chore but somehow, every bath session makes her blood boil as it is so difficult for me to step into the bathroom, let alone be the actual bathtime.

It has been a long time since Mom had Delifrance breakfast... Since, she is getting my CNY (Chinese New Year) shoes for me on this day, we got up rather early to have it at Metro Paragon. Not too crowded but we arrived at about 10+am. Mom grabbed some muffins, sausages & scrambled egg for me. As results shown; Im not only a Chinese eater but I love English food huh... English ~ I am looking forward to our next English Hi-Tea at Goodwood, Mommy!

Finally, I get to use my Avent Magic Cup since Mom bought it a year plus ago at Taka Baby Fair. Since I had broke almost all my teats, left the one & only teat specially for my milk, Im being coerced to drink water from spout instead. All thanks to my Form Teacher. From a tiny little baby; growing up day by day... Mom cannot believe that am really a young toddler now...

I bit & broke 3 of my teats at CC today... Besides these 3; I even grabbed my friend's bottle to bite its teat... Well, Poor Mom had to apologise to Teacher, my friend's Mom as well. What a shame! Anyway, she came to realise the other teats at home were broken as well.. Sometimes she wonders, whats the maid doing??? Didnt she realise it while washing & cleaning them... Urgh, anyway, enough of the maid. These are the teat-less tops... Seems like am gonna upgrade very soon.

This is exactly how I look like every weekday morning before Mom leaves... for work. Well, she would always say, "Okay Ray, Mommy gotta leave for work. you be good yeah." Before she can finish, I started to hold her tight and refused to let her go. My form teacher will say, "Ok, Mommy must go"... What a sad scene. Mommy does hold back her tears at times but no choice. Its better than to leave me with a maid though; Mom & Dad's sentiments..

As I said, going to childcare may not be a good or a bad thing afterall. Glad to say, am able to eat fruits by myself - when a bowl of papaya with a mini fork are placed right before me. Mom is not really that surprised but she had expected it to happen since there are teachers around to teach & thats how independence is developed as time goes by.

Ever since I join childcare, I am "yearning" more warmth from Mommy. Mommy's bed becomes my bed... She usually has no problems putting me to sleep. But recently, I want to be hugged (upright) by Mommy to sleep. Within 5mins, I will doze off. Several attempts had been made to put me to bed right after I doze off, but failed as I will open my eyes and bawl as loud as I can. Well, I just do not want to be "left alone" by Mommy again... Now, she had found a tactic.. is to hold me to sleep as usual but wait for another 5 more mins, then she will sit on her own bed and cradle me... My eyes remain closed... peacefully so long I can smell her. Well, Mom has to wait for another good 15mins to ensure am already sound asleep before putting me onto my own bed. Long process but worthwhile since no more screaming & distractions.

Nowadays, I seem to have a thing towards Dad & Mom's footwear... Daddy's Teva, Mommy's Elle, Kor-kor's Billabong, Mommy's heels... Sometimes, Mommy cannot decide to laugh or to get pissed at my actions... The most hilarious part is, in that over-sized shoes, I walk as though nobody's business and enjoying it well. Perhaps its another milestone to wearing my own shoes by myself, which am able to do so now.

Haw flakes 山楂饼 are Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn. The dark pink candy is packaged using twenty-two one millimeter-thick candy discs and sold in packs of ten. Mom lets me try for fun... Of course its not really good for young toddlers since they apparently has some artificial colouring. Well, as long as its something sweet, I will love it and eat it. Good experience but not gonna fall into my snack category though.

After attending childcare for a day, I am able to drink milk & water by myself! Thats amazing because I am too lazy to learn and do it despite Mom's several teachings. Well, a good start though. Seeing me cry - does makes Mommy cry as well. Her legs seem to be heavier each time she leaves for work from the Childcare Centre. On the other hand, knowing that Im learning well and are in good hands, she definitely has no regrets.

Mom had not been posting for days as she's too tired to do so. Since the day I started my childcare, she wakes up 5.30am to send me to the Centre before she leaves to catch the bus to work. And she will fetch me after her work. This has fatigued her. Some of her friends & colleagues asked - "Did he cry?"... But of course, I do and still. Here are a re-cap of what happened from Day 1... Day 1: Mom left secretly while I was playing blocks by myself.. It works! Day 2: Cant use Day 1 trick as I clinged onto Mom like glue.. So Mom brought my favourite cake to trick me... Asked teacher to feed me while she left quietly. It works! Day 3: Same "Cake Trick" but doesnt work anymore. I took the cake from Teacher's hands & passed to Mom instead. Next consecutive days onwards, I will just bawl when Mom leaves for work...

While Mommy prepares my bath, I help to place the bath mat into the tub.. Non-slip mat; which am still using once awhile since now I need to bath in some purple solution for my rashes... This is a good solution which Mom uses as well for rash & wounds. She uses it on my nappy rash as well at times.. Just a few drops into a pool of water, said to disinfect.

Learning to unbuckle & buckle - something which Mommy & my maid have to do everyday. Im learning to unbuckle the forthmost important part so that I can set myself free from the highchair & car seat... Well, of course its not safe for me since am only a toddler, no sense of danger around me. All I want is to have fun and of course to be carefree from any bundles..

Poor Mom - Took urgent leave again this afternoon as I had rashes all over my body, front & back, neck, behind my ears... My maid is even more exaggerating - told mom my rashes looked like Dengue Fever!!! Anyway, its not but the rashes looked more like heat rash... As her colleagues - Joycelyn & Joanne told her not to worry as its normal to have rashes after some high fever. Mom bathed me, dust some prickly heat powder all over & put me to sleep. After an afternoon nap, I felt better but after perspiring (from running up & down of the house), I became sweaty and started my crankiness again. So, Mom & Dad decided to bring me back to Dr Sim to have a look. So Dr Sim deduced its known as fake measles as what Joycelyn & Joanne had told her earlier this morning. Thats the good thing about Dr Sim, he said - its unfair to blame it on the other doc's antibiotics (well, Dr Sim was closed since last week Xmas Eve till yesterday, so Mom gotta bring me to a GP..). So he

B a by R a y' s New Year Greetings - May this blissful New Year 2009 bring good health, happiness & prosperity to everyone! Back to my grumbles.... below Its started with a mineral bottle (last Sat) - that led to my viral fever... As u can see, I was licking & biting the bottle. It wasnt that serious until I dropped the bottle on the floor; I picked it up & continue to put into my mouth. The moment Mom saw it, she confiscated the bottle, wiped my mouth & hands with pigeon wetties... Believed I had caught some germs from the "floor"...