toys

I havent been updating my journal...I think blogging has been replaced by facebook, plus i dont spend that much time online no more..well except when im at work, my facebook will be on , almost all the time.

time flies, im 8 months pregnant now, 6 more weeks to go, and for some reason I had this strong feeling that she's gonna come early, we got everything ready, well everything that we could think of. I ve been in and out Toys R us so much! and because of xmas season, the checkout counters are always busy! and toys are not cheap!!! I stood in line watching hundreds and hundreds of dollars spent on just in toys!!

I know this make me sound so old but kids these days are freakin lucky!! thanks to technology, they hv the coolest stuff ever! even I was seriously amazed with that!!

for example : everyone's favourite muppet - Elmo with lively movements, 2 songs, 2 stories, 2 games, 5 jokes - going for 70$!! and they are the hot seller,
i watched this 4 years old kid stood infront of the display unit, tickle the elmo and it ll start singing, she was happy!jumping and clapping , in my heart was like "wow, it really make them this happy?", and once the music stopped she kept going for two more times, and walked away coz she was bored already...

wth? $70 to keep the kid amused for 15 mins? pssshhh!

ill just let my kids play with sand and mud in the garden

Final debate night

19 days before the election day and the polling pull the two presidential candidates more and more apart. 8%, 8 points! can McCain still catch up before the big day?The debate last night was intense, lots of accusations and I could really sense McCain's anger and desperation - attacking his opponent about his "spread the wealth" tax plan. That obviously didn't work!

you make more than $250,000 a year - an extra of $2000 you contribute to your "great" country wouldn't be such big deal, will it? none of this apply to me or my family but honestly if i could make that much a year, I seriously won't mind that, unless the it started out with insanely high tax bracket.

cute moments of my babies

Pictures update of my doggies...

Pooky did something bad and was being punished

haha i know is not exactly the picture moment but his body language just soooo cute that i had to take a picture! reminds me of a baby elephant in the circus, haha

doggies taking an afternoon nap with my pooh bear - i dont mind them snuggling up with it, as long as they are not chewing it or make it a victim of tuck-o- war.

awww mommy woke pooky up with the shutter clicks

guess i woke Lex too... my giant baby~

breathe..breathee

I am just entering my third trimester and already freaking out about the labor.

I know is not until 3 months from now, but a fren was in labor yesterday and i went to the hospital, her contraction started on wed morning 1am, and the baby didnt come out till thursday morning 3.45am!! thats like almost 27 hours!!! Poor thing...

we were there b4 the baby was born and b4 she got the epidural, the door was open and i was standing outside, i could hear her scream and moan! that freaks the hell out of me!!! her mom and sisters had to leave the labor room and sob outside coz it hurts them to see her in so much pain.

i know everybody is different but this seriously freak me out good, on the other side they were two women gave birth in the room next to hers, and the wall is pretty thin, so they could hear everything, one of them had the baby without a single moan, all they heard were whole bunch of talking - which i assume the doctors were giving instructions. and next thing you know they heard "yayyy!" big cheer to the new born.

I shouldn't have stood outside the door and listen... gotto pace myself now...Please god let it be an easy one for me...

The "Lekor" night

Last week darling was craving for keropok lekor, so i decided to google the recipe and turned out it wasn't hard at all! There were like 3 ingredients, fish, tapioca flour and salt!

making the fish paste was a bitch! pick the bones, slice the meat then mince them..urg! smelly!

When im done making the dough n boiled the lekor, while waiting for them to be dried in the low heat oven, I called home to speak to mom but she wasn't home, so i spoke to my little brother instead - so i proudly told him

" Im making keropok lekor lehhhhh"

and he replied
"ohhhh i bought those from pasar malam last night, wahhh so nice with the chili sauce, you got the chili sauce or nottttt????"

-_-

He loves to tease me with food that i love - but I felt like a donkey after spending all that effort n sweat and he told me cockily ohh i just bought it from pasar malam..........


well anyway....they turned out pretty good, erm back home u probably paid 3 or 4rm at pasar malam for the small portion we made.

cutting up the dried lekor ready to be deep fried

Darling did a pretty good job improvising the chili sauce using this super spicy vietnamese chili paste.

Piece of art~

We were super happy and satisfied that night, watched a movie while chewing on crunchy keropok lekor! Maybe because is self made, so it tasted better than the pasar malam ones.. teehee!

update from yours truly

Have been extremely inactive in keeping my journal. But everytime i came in here and tried to create a new post, i dont know what to write...is like nothing interesting is happening. Actually not true. Now that Facebook is becoming so big, I usually do my photos update there.

Anywayyy yesterday this came into my mail : Free Cruise Voucher for 2 plus 1300$ spending money!

No they did not randomly picked my address, but i got a call from Imperial majesty Cruise Line Vacation from Florida and they told me about this good deal! with alot of hesitation and more greed and kiasuness, i gave them my info (except credit card).





Looks legitimate right!? to claim my free cruise, i gotto call this tollfree number, which i havent done so.... hmmm should I?


Butch and his fiance Mayo visited us from Japan last week. Its sooo nice to see him again after two years! we really enjoy their company and too bad it was such a short trip :(


Anyway update on Baby Liu!

She's kicking harder and harder as she grows and sometimes it annoys me a little bit. Both our moms commented the same thing when they were pregnant with us, and of coz we both turned out to be hyper kids....I guess our baby is going to be Trouble with the capital T! Thanks to her us!

We started looking at baby stuff in Toys R us. and all i can say is "WOW" they are not cheap! cribs, stroller, crib bedding, mattress, diaper genie, baby carrier, receiving blankets, baby monitor etc etc!!! I cant even find an old school breast pump! they are all electric operated and cost more than $130! I called mom immediately after and give her list of things to bring, nothing big of coz, teehee!

Butch and Mayo got her these cute baby booty! is so soft and comfy and is pink!

Cute baby fleece hoodie and toque got from Roots Factory outlet, good bargain! I dont know why they look so big in the picture but they are actually tiny!!

man she's gonna be spoiiiiiiiiiiiillt!!

have to throw away whole pot of freshly make bah kut teh today because i accidentally dropped whole bag of silica gel in the dried mushroom pack into the pot :( sammm tong!!!

letting it out

Frustrated frustrated!!!

I wish i have the ability like them (ang moh) - talk like expert but work like crap!

like how we say it in Cantonese "kong zao tin har mou tik, zou zau mou lang wai lek"


The problem is, they are able to cover their ass by their mouth, and make ppls like us look like an idiot!

All I can do is say "nevermind" and bite my teeth so hard during the whole meeting and let me frustration out on the keyboard in my cubicle

feel like killing somebody now!


I think i should just "front stab" them right there and then infront of the bosses

23 weeks...

Im more than half way through my pregnancy, I gotto say is one hell of an experience, besides the fact that my second trimester is not as enjoyable as the first. (headache, back pain, fatigue) But Im still trying to keep some positive energy in me. well.....try...




Went for my second ultrasound for gender assessment last week, I told everybody that Im pretty sure is a boy......turn out I was wrong! we are having a baby girl! and She is such an angel, im amazed with the 3D technology, i could see her wiggle her face and she was showing us all her funny expression, it was amazing!!

Aint she an angel?? her cute little nose and lips

We gonna love you soooo much!

Amazing Antartica

I came across these pictures in my email, I couldnt help but gasped at the beautiful nature!
These stripes were formed by layer of snow that reacted to different conditions, read below:


"Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet
fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can
freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a
green stripe.

Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up

when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea."

Wave freeze instantly in the mid air.

the life in me

we gonna love you soo much, cant wait to see you in 5 months

Amazing opening

Two nights ago, I woke up about 4 in the morning - initially to the washroom, but then when i returned to bed i kept thinking about my interview in a few hours. I got nervous and couldnt go back to sleep.

I thought ill watch some TV just to relax myself and hopefully i could fall back to sleep.

But man turning on the TV got me all excited! It was the Olympic opening ceremony live from Beijing!!

My jaw dropped and i was soooooo impressed with the performances and the fireworks!

Is amazing how China kept their rich culture that was passed on even from hundred years ago, the authentic music instruments, wushu and water painting. Thousands of performers on the floor moving in unity, talking about team spirit eh?

Disciples of Confucius

I got goose bumps during the rise of the Olympic rings.

Im not a big sport fan, so I will probably be interested in the opening and closing ceremony :)

Enjoy the song by various artists

Random fun pictures

Kenny's birthday scooter ride

Kenny's birthday ribs night

Kenny's birthday cake

Pooky always ride at the front

aaaaaaaaand Lex stays at the back

Yummy Nasi Lemak by mom in law, mmmmmmm!!!

Everybody enjoyed it!

My baby bump :)

Keith and Jenene's going away party hoooplah!!

Long night!

WE had fun at Keith and Jenene's going away party, so this is what is like to stay sober and awake until the end of the party huh? but Im very glad I did. Because of all the good "fun" i got from rushing Pooky to the vet hospital.

Why?
he ate/drink something that affected his central nerve system.

What?
beer? special brownie? We dont know.

How?
We are bad parents for not keeping our eyes on the dogs.

He couldnt walk and shivering the whole night, had to stay over at the vet over night for fluid service to flush whatever it is off his system.

Exam/consultation $100
Admittance Fee $66
Prep Room Fee $24.15
Charcadote $9
Fluid service $86
Preanesthetic Blood screen $75
Tax $18.46
Total $387.61

I was told about the estimate before i approve them to proceed, but seriously when is you are dead worry, you'll say yes to anything.
Tears dropped down from my eyes when I said goodbye to him b4 i left, kills me looking at him being that sick.

We were suppose to pick him up early in the morning, but he wasnt ready to go yet coz he was still pretty weak and sick.

Extension stay and fluid cost extra $91.35

Total $478.96 = 2 iphones!!!!

overall, im so glad he's ok now. I sure hope none of this is cause by human action ie: somebody decided to feed the dogs special brownie or beer. We ll leave it as mystery......

the wonder of parenthood.

I was just looking back at Pooky's puppy pictures. Gosh I missed his puppy hood soooo much! yea he was pain in the butt, he chewed, hyperactive etc......and I remembered thinking "i cant wait for him to grow older and mellow down abit", I bet this is how our parents feel, when we are being rebellious and make them sad, they will be thinking about when we were just their babies. How sweet and obedient we used to be....

Spoke to mom on the phone yesterday and we were making plans for the baby, and she made this comment "you should really get rid of your dogs lah, they are playful, they gonna step on the baby by accident one day when you are not watching....etc" these are just dogs to her, but for us, they are our babies and big part of the family too!

Both of our dogs are pretty much grown up now, Lex still acts like a giant puppy and he always will, but he has grown out of his puppy hood, he stopped chewing, start giving abit of attitude. sighhhh teenager........ and i never took as many pictures of him when he was a puppy as opposed to Pooky, well u know .....first child... :)

I cant believe Im going to be a real parent soon! and as my tummy is growing bigger, i been stressing about who's is going to take care of our little baby, I dont want to leave a few months old to a day care and strangers. I wish I could stay home for a few years, but i had just gotten out of 7 years education and started my career. Well this is a big dilemma.... We need a better solution than day care.

Anyway here are some cute pictures of little rat Pooky when he was less than a year old.