a fascinating email

from: jordan's mommy
sent: wednesday, january 31, 2007 9:16 am
to: mommy ta66y
subject: interesting things you find out when you have sons

1. a king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.

2. if you spray hair spray on dust bunnies & run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

3. a 3-year old boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

4. if you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor isn't strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing batman underwear & a superman cape. it's strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 x 20 ft. room.

5. you shouldn't throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. when using a ceiling fan as a bat, you've to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. a ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.

6. the glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

7. when you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late.

8. brake fluid mixed with clorox makes smoke, & lots of it.

9. a six-year old boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old man says they can only do it in the movies.

10. certain lego will pass through the digestive tract of a 4- year old boy.

11. play dough & microwave shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

12. super glue is forever.

13. no matter how much jell-o you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

14. pool filters don't like jell-o.

15. VCRs don't eject "PB & J" sandwiches even though tv commercials show they do. (not applicable here though ~ definitely a US commercial)

16. garbage bags don't make good parachutes.

17. marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.

18. you probably DON'T want to know what that odor is.

19. always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys don't like ovens.

20. the fire department in austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.

21. the spin cycle on the washing machine doesn't make earthworms dizzy.

22. it'll however, make cats dizzy.

23. cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

24. 80% of women will pass this (email) on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.

25. 80% of men who read this will try mixing the clorox & brake fluid. (boys will be boys & men will still be boys!)

*** i've exprienced 3 & 18. i pray that that'll be all...

lunch ad

hubs would normally fetch an from school, then take me from work & we'll head for a quick lunch after that. an wanted to have mcD today & daddy okay-ed his suggestion. we're not in favour of fast food when it comes to the kids but we'll take an upon his request as a treat once in a blue moon & he knows it.

off to mcD it was! as an approaches 5 in may this year, i've noticed that he doesn't really fancy having pictures of him taken, thus the face he pulled in the one below. it used to be different when he was younger, he'd smiled naturally at the camera ~ miss those moments!

despite the resistant look on his face, i enjoyed editing this picture of his & turned it into the latest KFC ad. wonder how many free KFC lunches would the management give me for this ad & if mcD will double the lunches to have me change it? wishful thinking ~ haha!

a fun ad just for laughs
model: an

mommy ta66y going native

a momentous picture of moi taken on a rather cultural night during the recent company's annual dinner with international night being the theme. my beautiful colleague (on the right) & i were dressed in 2 of sabah's traditional attires.

agnes dressed as a lotud

it was momentous for me because i wore mom's murut costume for the very first time & with much pride. i felt i was part of history as the gold, bell-like buttons adorning the front of mom's blouse belonged to my great grandma as well as the bronze buttons on my sleeves. these valuable pieces are being passed down through succeeding generations & one day i'll own them.

collar & top front of blouse

heirloom

traditional bronze buttons on sleeve

it'll be precious to have something of importance to me be passed down to my boys & their generations to come. then it'd become my own history...

our miniature lion

i spotted this lil lion during the weekend & thought it'd be great for the boys especially han since this cny is only his 2nd & he has begun to take notice of the chinese lanterns hung in malls & restaurants. i'm sure he knows by now that christmas is well over with all the decorations packed & stored, so our lil lion friend here can make way for the next festival.

big bro an doesn't mind watching a lion dance from a distance. he's just not into loud noises coming from the ignited firecrackers during the performance. as for han, he was only 10 months plus when he experienced his 1st cny. i'm sure he'll be more alert this year with the rumbling & rhythmical sound of the chinese drum combined with the sharp clanging sound of the cymbals. our miniature lion only measures about 12 inches & han has been making it dance. hopefully during cny, he won't be taken aback when he sees the real thing :o)



my bro & i used to have a medium size lion. he'd be the head & i, the tail. it was definitely fun having our very own lion dance performances at home. i wish i knew where that lion is now. i believed it was given away but the strangest thing is i don't remember being there. so dad & mom must've given it away when bro & i went abroad for a couple of years. did you not dad? did you not mom?

41 degrees celsius

han suffered from bad tonsillitis & a burning fever of 41 degrees celsius last week! i thought it was just the common viral fever he normally gets & have been inserting suppository (paracetamol 125mg) into him every 4 hours but his fever hardly subsided. ah kong & ah ma did cold compress on him while we were at work & that didn't help much.

about 9pm last thursday night, hubs & i rushed him to the clinic. doc was very surprised by his high temperature, immediately checked his throat & confirmed it as inflamed tonsils. nurse was asked to insert a double dose of suppository (paracetamol 250mg) into him right away. doc asked us if we'd a wet towel so that we can keep him cool on our way home. she was afraid that the extreme heat in his body could cause fits. doc also prescribed han with 5 types of medication, 1 being the antibiotic.

the moment we reached home, upon doc's advise, we gave him his medicated syrups which made him cry inconsolably, then took off all his clothes, got a big damp towel to cover him & a bigger but dry towel on top of the wet one ~ this lasted til 1am before his body temperature reduced to almost room temperature. lil han slept like he has never slept in days after that. poor baby!

a recovering & happier han ~ playfully kicking a basketball

what an ordeal we all went through! i thank GOD for protecting him...

mommy's new year resolutions

i reckon resolutions are tricky biz. i make them with much enthusiasm & lose it before middle of the year whether i wrote them down or not. bravo to those who have successfully fulfilled their 2006 resolution/s! * give yourself a pat on the back *

after going through 4 years of motherhood, i know i lack pretty much a lot of areas in parenting & still need to fine-tune them. i'd say that since entering into motherhood & going through parenting 101 briefly & quickly with major hiccups along the way, my resolutions for the past years revolve around becoming a better parent especially in the department of...

PATIENCE
yup, the virtue of patience is the hardest one for me. in the beginning i'm like, 'yeah, i can do this. i'm rather patient. piece of cake.' but hey no, with kids it's totally different, the minute i lose my cool & that includes counting up to 10, if nicer, i'd count more ~ agitation, annoyance, edginess, intolerance, irritability, snappiness start creeping in & get the better of me! so yeah, i'm stuck with refining this virtue forever!

i notice that grandparents have the most patience with their grandkids. i've seen dad potty train an when he was younger. he'd sit there supporting an (when an was still rather wobbly with the sitting position i.e.), waiting patiently for him to do or finish up his lil biz. i sure hope when i get to my golden age, i'd have obtained a higher level of patience :o)

& having a BIGGER HEART
i need a heart enlargement & enhancement for all the many unexpected roller coaster rides i've been getting as a parent & the many more to come. bless my heart!

i think it'd be awesome if mtv boiling points could do one of their shows on parent & child in a given scenario to test the tolerance level of either parent. that'd be tough huh (on the parent) since it'd be aired on national tv one time or the other. anyway, just a humourous thought ~ hehe!