Filed under Rants
Lick Boot Jane is a typical TVB Series Gucci Mama. Unless you're one yourself, you'll probably loathe to experience the sight of her. Jane's great expertise and skill in life is licking the boots of the powers that currently be. The conversational style is easily distinguishable.
'Ah yes, boss, yes, you are so right. Correct. Those were my thoughts exactly. Correct. I agree so much with you sir. Yes. Ah yes, I think so too. '
Like, kak, you ni tak de otak ke? You got nothing better to say than 'yes sir is it?'
Unfortunately for the rest of us idiotic minions who happen to have to use our brains to earn our dough, Lick-Boot Janes pepper the interesting atmosphere of the rat race, and if you're supremely to cross pathes with a Jane, pray to your Gods that you do not report to her. Otherwise, if she reports to another boss, then you may want to considerleveraging on her puff-them-up skills to move around in your battlefield.
If a Jane happens to realize that you've caught her bluff, then be warned. Her tentacles may be spread out wide and that poisonous venom is out to strike.
Alas. Alas.
No offence meant to people whose name is Jane, yah?
Filed under Just Me
What a year it has been so far. The baby decided to come a-knocking, I finally experienced labour and survived to tell the story, I have a cuddly little chubby boy who goes 'meh-meh-meh' everytime he wants milk, and cramps up his lips and goes, 'hrrrrrmmmm… hrrrmmm…' everytime he passes a motion, I'm busy in the office once more, I'm now significantly bigger and auntier-looking, and I hardly speak about anything else except my son nowadays.
To think that just a few years back I used to be totally puzzled as to why those 'mommy blogs' just talk about NOTHING but their kids.
I noticed that in the past few months I've less of an opinion about everything under the sun, I'm less passionate about voicing my two-sen on how religion should be practised, I'm more introverted about my political leanings, I hardly have a social life, and suddenly I'm no longer media savvy – which tells you a lot about how fast things change in this community. I took a mini-leave of about 4 months and suddenly I have SO MUCH to do in order to catch up. URGH!
The post partum depression modes threatened to turn my life upside down, and at times, I swear I was thisclose to telling Eric 'I have had enough of this shit'. But thankfully, the experts and been-there-done-thats also tell me it is totally normal to be extremely hormonal as long as I am breast feeding or as long as my period doesn't return (my period came back consistently for 3 months and then suddenly it stopped. Thank God also, that Eric loves me tremendously and incredibly, so it is in experiencing the past one year and experiencing life with Eric since marriage, that I can truly look at my life, look towards the sky (because I believe God is up there the most), look around myself and say 'oh my gosh I am so blessed.'
I'm reflective today, just for a bit. I think tomorrow I"ll be back to blogging about my kid again. Lalala.
Filed under Just Me, Parenting & kids, Religion
We got Paul baptised a month back! My colleague Siew Yen came with her nifty photog's gear and took some really cool photos. Thanks to her Paul has had his very first professional photo shoot!
Check these out:
Siew Yen freelances during the weekends. Do visit her blog!
Filed under Just Me, Parenting & kids
And then every other day I get someone bugging me to update the site. I promise them yes, but then I get online, I get distracted, and the whole business of keeping this place spick and span and relevant to the times totally zooms past my head.
This is the update that I forgot to post last week.
Today is Eric's birthday.
Two days from now Paul is going to be four months old.
Before Paul came into my life I would be looking at pretty clothes and planning when and how to buy them.
Now I get out, with the intention to buy somethings to add to my wardrobe, because my mom and my aunt are bugging me to dress up and be pretty again 'Choo Ki, you look so aunty these days! Don't turn baby into an excuse to become a housewifey motherly person.'
And then I get out, I walk past Mothercare or Mom's Care or FOS Kids or Osh Kosh and all the plans to buy clothes to keep my own wardrobe updated dissipate and I'm walking around the aisles, looking at prams, and bottles and teats and feeding bowls and spoons, and those cutesy little T-shirts with smart one liners. Or cute little young-boy pants that can make him look cute. And PAUL IS A BOY! OMG… imagine if we had had a Pauline instead, I think I'd be going crazy with all those cute little lacey rompers and pretty flowery dresses.
But, here's Paul at 3 Months ++.
And Paul having some father-son time with today's birthday boy, Eric!
I so love my two boys!!
Filed under Just Me, Love & relationships, Parenting & kids
Well, Eric and I made it back to the movies after a good four months of hiatus from cinema-going. The last time I visited a GSC or Cineleisure or TGV was for Avatar (or was it Sherlock Holmes? – can't recall). We left the kid at our house, and my mom came over to babysit him with the maid. By the time I returned home, it was about 9 pm, and from the gate I could see my mom prancing up and down the living room with a wailing Paul who refused any milk or other pacifying efforts. Rushing in, my mom promptly plunked baby into my laps who immediately stopped crying and started to grin toothlessly from ear to ear.
SO NOW HE KNOWS WHO I AM!
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But hey, at least now Eric and I can still have our pakthor moments.
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Now, dear God, about my weight and the additional 10+ kgs that's still gathering in folds around my shoulders, belly and thighs, can You, please, like intervene, and help me melt those fats soon? Please? I don't want to go shopping for Plus-Size stuff yet, and please please please melt them fast, can?
