Suzette's Parenting and Breastfeeding Blog

Yesterday morning, Ian poo-poo in his potty.  He was passing hard stool, which hit the potty with ‘TUNG!’

Ian said: “Mama!  Firework inside tamtong (potty)!”

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I sent Ian to my mom’s house in one morning.  My mom was bathing in the bath room, Ian didn’t know.

Ian ran in and out of the house calling ‘外婆!’ (grandma)

Then, he walked out and told me: “外婆不见了!” (grandma lost already)

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Last night we asked him to sing songs that he learnt in school.  He sang the Fifi Song (using ‘Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, brother John…’ tune)

Ian sang:
Where is Fifi, Where is Fifi
It’s not here, It’s not here
Wanna look for Fifi, Wanna look for Fifi (or something like that)
Where is Fifi, Where is Fifi

Then I asked him: “Is there any Mommy Song?”
Ian: “No!”

Suz: “What about Daddy Song?”
Ian: “No!”

And then, he thought for a moment and sang with the same tune:”

Where is Daddy, Where is Daddy
Xxx  Yyy Zzz (DH’s name), Xxx Yyy Zzz (DH’s name)
Wanna look for Daddy, Wanna look for Daddy
Where is Daddy, Where is Daddy

My uni-friend is in KL for a week of assignment.  We met on Wed night, had dinner and then moved to MIL’s house to see my children.

This friend of mine has an elephant memory.  When we talked about the old uni life, is like reviewing from a movie or recorder – she can remember things so well, including what I said at what occasions.  Some of which I have almost forgotten!

It is very nice to meet with old friends like this.  When we talked about the past, we feel that the life is not wasted.  Uh oh!  A sign of old age – a bit like ‘想当年’. 

I also found out that she is my blog’s loyal reader.  She said she checks everyday, kind of a routine for her start of the day “三部曲”.

Actually, I was very busy past few weeks and started to have the thought of closing this blog.  Knowing there are ‘loyal readers’ out there changed my mind.    At least some encouragements…

This morning, Isabel rolled over for the first time without assistant!

She doesn’t know how to turn back yet, so screamed for help whenever she rolled over on her tummy.  She keeps on rolling over and crying for help – repeating so many times. 

When I look at the Taylors’ fuel economy driving tips, I find that the difficult ones are really points 5 and 8, i.e. maximum use of momentum and use highest gear as fast as possible.  These require skills and it makes you and me different from the Taylors.

As I am driving an auto car, point 8 is not relevant.  So, what I have to do is really focusing on the max usage of momentum.  What does it mean?  Hoo-hoo, a lot!

First, I must look far ahead when I drive to anticipate the traffic condition in front.  Well, this is one of the safety tips that my company always enforce anyway.  Usually when you are having conversation, it is hard to achieve.  We tend to be short sighted and only observe the car just in front.

Then, I must not be too closed to the car in front, so I don’t have to break hard – a waste of energy.  At the same time, I must keep to a smooth and consistent speed, not too high.

When I need to slow down my car, I should start from a good distance away, by releasing my fuel pedal first, not hentam the brake pedal kao-kao when it is closed.  If I have to use the brake too much, meaning I’ve been driving too fast earlier and/or slowinng too late.

When approaching traffic light from a distance, should release fuel pedal and let the car glide slowly with the hope that it will turn green by the time you reach.  This is also for safety reason coz you don’t have to stop your car, especially late at night (can be quite dangerious as bad guy can approach you).

Bla, bla, bla… all about avoiding stop+go, all about not accelerate too much, all about avoid using too much brake (which means too much energy wasted), etc.

Seriously, I find it extremely difficult to do.  That’s why there are people like the Taylors exist – to do this kind of world record challenge.

I am just hoping I can slowly make this as a habit – at least the part about look far and avoid stop/go, coz these are also about safety in driving.

I am telling myself I can do it.  Brainwashing myself. 

Yes, I can, I can, I can.  I am aiming for 15km/l only.  Circa 2.5km from my usual record, i.e. driving additional 100km per tank.  Ganbate Kudasai!

This is not about the bread store, but trully a story about bread…

Few months ago, I bought this white bread H***-5.  Been buying a few times, and suddenly one morning when I wanted to eat it, I got a piece like this:

I thought, who pinched the bread?  This is so disgusting.  Asked maid, she didn’t know, so I thought it was DH or MIL or even Ian.

Then, few weeks later, I found this again.  This time, I asked EVERYONE, and realized that the ‘thief’ is not from our family.  It is from the bread company itself.

I stopped buying it since then.

And today, I received an email about this H***-5 factory got complaint and visited by media and kementerian etc.  It was revealed that the factory is operating in a very disgusting dirty and smelly environment.  There were a lot of photos attached in that email, including the media conferencing and the kementerian people’s faces etc.  That happened last month, I don’t know whether it was reported or not.

I really want to puke lah.  I’d not buy this brand any more, including all the other bread products.  Ptui!