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New Year starts tomorrow with new year wishes and resolutions!

It has been a month plus since the new maid joined us. I would say, this maid is not bad afterall. No doubt it is still to early to tell. She follows the timetable faithfully and do all work with good initiative. Hopefully she will be consistent throughout the next 2 years though, we all know it is quite impossible. She plays with me quite often... I do enjoy because she always gives in to me. Mom feels that this maid "pampers" me to a certain extent. When questioned; Daddy said - all these Indonesian maids are such. They usually give in to children and of course being employers' kids, these care-givers will not be fierce to children. So, good and bad. At least, Mommy knows that this maid will not "ill-treat" me. Surprising part is, I will ask the maid to feed me, play with me...but not with the previous maids..

Im so fascinated by the bubbles on the bubble wrap. So nice to touch.. Anyone touches my bubble wrap, I get frustrated and scold them.. including Mommy & Daddy... At this age (i.e. 2.5 yrs old), we are fond of exploring new things, interesting and yet fun to play with. Of course safety precautions need to be exercised correctly. Right now, I also like to climb up to the chair/stool and even over the table. With the cane beside me, I am not really terrified unless Daddy steps in.

B e s t W i s h e s f r B a b y R a y & M o m m y

Wooh!! This is my 2nd Xmas Dinner - cooked by Mommy. Officially this is my 3rd Xmas since my 1st cry. I didnt eat the Chicken Steak but I loved the sausages Y crispy french fries.. Probably because they are kind of "salty" and tasty, so I kept asking for more. Somehow, I love to eat crispy deep fried foods. Its not healthy though so Mom tries to "fry" the healthier choices like "Fried Cod Fish", those Premium (more expensive) Fried Nuggets. Luckily, I love veggies on the other hand like beansprouts, cabbage, spinach and french beans. Harder or more difficult to chew veggie, NO thanks...

Today, I had gotten some Xmas goodies from school. We had a mini party at school as well. Parents are invited but Mom didnt make it as she has some things to settle. I brought back some sweets and biscuits as well. Mommy prepared 2 Xmas gifts to my teachers - namely the form teacher and Chinese teacher. Form teacher even thanked her again through Handphone sms. Next year, another new Chinese teacher will take over to teach me. No doubt, present teacher will still look after me somehow - according to her. Well, Mom feels that I am kind of popular in school, probably because I am too mischievous. Just like one of the teachers said, Ray (myself) and another boy are the only two whom are always "in and out" of the Principle Room. This means to say, I am always being asked to stand in the Office (Principle Room) since I always do naughty acts and misbehave.

This day, we went to Orchard Road to view some nice lightings during this festive season. As I am always very fascinated by coloured lightings, Daddy brought us to various points at Orchard thru driving.. I was so excited that I kept mumbling to myself. At about 9plus in the night, I dozed off in the car unknowingly. Nice shots to share with...

I begin to be rather picky about food nowadays. Foods that doesnt look appealing turn me off. I will shake my head or shows a disguested look no matter how hard Mom tried to convince me. Well, to a certain extent - I am still willing to try new foods if 1 or 2 of the "ingredients" look familiar to me. Salad is one of them as I love cabbage. So today at Cafe Cartel, we had some salad starters. Not bad I would say, I tried a few mouths and finish my share. Salads are indeed healthy and of course the taste of salad dressings hook me up. Most of the dressings even mayonnaise, seems to boost my appetite.

As I become more vocal, I started to hum and sing along songs which I am familiar with. Sings Like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars", "London Bridge", "Old Macdonald", "Humpty Dumpty", "ABC"... etc, even in Mandarin 1, 2, 3 (numbers), I will play by talking to myself, "Days of the week", "Colours". Recently, I had learnt one new song, something about "...swimming in the water..."because I kept singing - "All the fishes, swimming in the water..." and after that, I will sing - "All the penguins swimming the water..." and the next I will sing, "All the fishes swimming in the Mommy..." DUH... Just now before I sleep; as I looked at my bolster, I saw some pictures of fishes and started to say again, "all the fishes....swimming in the water."

My favourite meal is rice with simple dishes like chicken or some cabbage will do. Sometimes, I dun even mind if its just gravy over rice, without any veg or meat. I can finish about 3/4 of Mom's usual portion. Recently, I was introduced "Noodles" by Mom since I was started off with Bee Hoon in school. Mom had Duck Noodles for her dinner and she portioned out 1/3 for me to try. Well, I seemed to love it though probably because of its thick gravy. Duck meat was minced into smaller pieces for me to try. To me, its just another piece of meat. As long as its soft and doesnt give the kind of "rubbery" or elastic feeling, I will swallow it and ask for more. More dishes to experiment!!

We went to buy some carpet and an art abstract for our living room at Ikea today; since we had bought a new sofa set for the new year 2010. Throughout the whole journey, I kept asking for biscuits (as usual)... Mom has no choice but to get some off the shelf at Ikea store - just beside the customer service counter.

Weird thing - a corn-look-alike PIMPLE appear out of the blue on my left hand finger... too painful which makes me fuss the whole day today. It has a "white eye" instead on the wound that makes Mom suspects it as a corn. She went to buy some kind of corn plaster; apparently will help to remove this "corn" in the next 3 days if this plasters were diligently put on for the next consecutive 3 days. Shall see how the condition progress then. Looks gross though...

Sometimes bringing me outdoors can be a chore. If my mood is good for the day, thats fine. Otherwise, Mom's blood pressure will shoot up man! A stroller comes in very handy as I can rest and sleep if Im tired in the middle of any outdoor trips. The worst place; which Mom really dreads is Supermarket (since I have to tag along every time). A word to describe - disastrous. Recently, Por-por asked Mommy - "Do u remember watching any shows/video of mischievious kids during your pregnancy since your boy is so extreme..." Mom said that she didnt watch anything out of the norm but enjoys ShinChan very much during her pregnancy...Por-Por shook her head - That explains my behaviour.

A Two-and-a-half Year old toddler like me; getting very talkative. I talk to Mommywhen we are on the way to school; on the way back from school to home, when Mommy is cooking... before we (mommy & I) sleep especially, I will chirp non-stop like a bird. Sometimes, I will sing and give "instructions" to me, tell Mommy to buy cake on the next day, etc. Or sometimes even relate incidents to Mommy about my classmates, the food I've taken during lunch. Sometimes, the things I speak do spells some disbeliefs to Mom because irregardless, am not even 3 years old yet, am I really that conscious of the things happening around myself? Or am I really that expressive? These are some of the questions popping in and out of Mommy's mind. Some kids are really born smart.. But as for me, Mom didnt want to think further. Being smart at a young age is an asset but she is more concerned on my well-being and character wise. My temper is getting from bad to worse. I get more canings for

Knowing our own limits - very important in whatever we do in life. Mommy always "preached" this to the kids around her; even to Daddy. She tries to inject this preach into my brain as well. So, when I do certain things at home, I will tell myself - "Ok, enough already" So even when am outdoors - Mom always reminds me - Okay Ray, enough. Sometimes, I will tell myself ENOUGH as well. Check out the video below.

I am akmost 99% toilet-trained now. Honestly, Mom didnt invest much time to toilet-train me so, she assumed the credit goes to the school and perhaps the peers as well since some of my my classmates already fully toilet-trained since 18months old. So, whenever I want to pee or poo, I will tell Mommy. "Mommy, I wan Shhh-Shhh" "Mommy, I want to Poo-Poo" I will take out my underwear and shorts and sit on the toilet bowl to do my business. I really dread wearing diapers for now. Its just kinda warm for me now probably as I grow older, I tend to perspire more. My nappy area would get sensitive and redness will come. Since I've started to wear underwear to school and even at home (during the weekends), I only wear diapers during my afternoon nap & nightie sleeping time. So, its very cost-savings for Mom now as she dun need to spend alot on disposable diapers now. According to my teachers; my milk intake decrease quite alot too. During the day, I will ask for milk