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I don’t want to travel like this if I could. Every time before I leave home, I really feel bitter. I always remember this colleague’s story.

She is also a frequent traveler. Her children have developed a luggage phobia. Whenever she takes out her luggage, her children would cry and pull he luggage, beg her not to leave them behind.

Can you imagine at the sight of those scenes every time before her trips? It was so daunting for her. She finally quit her job few months ago.

I called home nearly twice a day from Houston: once in the morning, and once in the evening. But Ian refused to get the phone.

Even when my MIL forced him to the phone, he just cried, pushed away the phone, and continues playing whatever he was occupied with earlier.

I am not sure whether he was angry with me, or was he just purely too occupied with his game. Whatever it is, I just feel so bitter. Being away from my son, so far and so long, I just missed him.

Probably because I have been grounded for a while before this trip, and get so used to seeing my son, this trip is so daunting to me.

When I told my colleague (a slip of my tongue) that I really missed Ian, he said “Oh, really? It is just a few days and you already missed him? How can it be? Is it because you are a woman?”

I wonder is it true that only women miss their children when they are away? Fathers out there, won’t you miss your children?

我其实一点也不想到处飞. 每次将要离开时, 我的心就非常苦.
弈恒本来就于我不亲. 我一离开, 就要很费劲的修补我们之间的关系.

自他出世以来, 他就比较倾向我丈夫, 婆婆, 及小姑. 就算两个星期没见, 他也不会对他们陌生. 见到面, 也一样那么兴奋.

可是对我, 他可没那么好了. 平时在家, 他不会在我身边. 他总爱在他们身边转, 或要他们抱抱/亲亲. 如果我要他靠过来或亲亲我, 除非我假装哭泣, 他决不会主动的那么做.

他们如果抱其他孩子, 弈恒肯定回大哭. 如果换着是我, 他可一点反应都没有.

在国外, 拨个电话回家给他, 不肯听. 如果强迫他, 他可不妥协, 会尖叫和哭泣.
但是, 别人, 就算不熟悉的人, 他可会抱着话筒, 听得津津有味, 还抱着亲吻.
叫我这作为母亲的如何感受呢?

我还以为喝母乳的孩子会比较亲妈妈. 我实在不敢想象, 如果我没授乳孩子对我又如何呢?

In my last Houston trip in Feb this year, by boss told me they also serve instant noodle on the plane. She intended to eat the instant noodle as her breakfast instead of getting the ones in the menu, while we were on our way home.

Half way through, I got so hungry and it was 4 hours before they would serve any breakfast. So, I requested a bowl of instant noodle.

Woo hoo! The noodle was so properly done, and they added quite a lot of ingredients. It was full with veggies, crabsticks, fish balls, etc. It was so delicious and smelled so good that it woke up some passengers, who also ordered the same later. And all these happened when my boss was still sleeping.

By the time she woke up for breakfast, the crew told her all instant noodles were gone, no more left for her! I dare not to tell her I started it, hehehe! :p

This trip, I also took the instant noodle, also around 4 hours before they served breakfast. However, this time it wasn’t as delicious as last time. It has less ingredient and no veggies. But overall still tasted good!

I don’t take instant noodles at home, ever since I returned from my secondment to Singapore in Y2K. When I was there, I lived a very simple (or stingy?) lifestyle. I almost ate instant noodles everyday, until I got so sick with it.

But when I was so hungry on the plane, in between hot instant noodles and cold cereal bar, which one would you choose if you were I?

After being grounded for 2 months, the long waited Houston meeting finally took place last week. This is a much pleasant trip than the previous two.

This time, although I traveled with my boss, we didn’t work through the whole journey like last times. I slept through the trip, though not soundly, but I had enough rest. And we parked ourselves at the Hilton Hotel in LA Airport for a night, instead of waiting 8 hours in the airport for transit as we did previously. This really helps a lot. When I arrived at Houston I was so refreshed and I didn’t have any jet lag this time.

In the previous trips, I always entered meetings like a zombie, with panda eyes and yawning all the way through, or even falling asleep when the big bosses giving speeches. :p

But what I don’t understand is, why I was still so tired when the meeting ended on Friday? I left Houston at 5pm local time, slept all the way through to LA. I even slept during take-off and landing!

It was so obvious that when I disembarked at LA, one stewardess said to me, ‘Goodbye mam, get some rest!’ and smiled meaningfully at me.

Between LA and KL, I also slept all the way through. I hope tonight I can sleep at home…

Coming up next:

Lately we bought a few VCDs of Barney and Friends, and let Ian watch.

Here are a couple of interesting scenes after he watched the movies…
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When he first watched the VCD, he cried and pointed at the screen. DH later found out that Ian wanted Barney to COME OUT from the TV and play with him!
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Don’t know for what reasons, he now points at Barney and calls it ‘Mama’. Do I look like Barney? *Puzzled*