What’s The King’s Name?

Last night, dinner time at home. All of us, including JS were sitted at the dining table for our dinner, we left the TV on, tuned to CH63 – Stanley. Hubby and me were eating and chatting, JS eating and watching TV, then

JS: What’s the king’s name?
ME: *thought she asked about the TV character, gave the TV a glance. No King in sight* Don’t know
JS: Daddy, what’s the king’s name?
Hubby: Don’t know
JS: The king’s name is AGONG lah…haiye…like that also don’t know. *LTROF*

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Last night, got the maid to massage me in her room.

JS: Massage shop. I can come in or not?
Maid: Can
JS: What’s the name of your massage shop?
ME: Kakak massage shop
JS: I want a massage also
ME & Maid : Have to wait for your turn
JS: OK. I wait. *after a few second* Kakak, can massage me already or not.
ME: mummy not finish yet
JS: Quick lah. I cannot tahan already. Sakit lah. Pain lah
Maid: Why pain
JS: Because I “bao bao” didi alot. I carry him and walk walk walk until my shoulder so pain.
ME: Mummy’s the last customer. You come back tomorrow lah.
JS: No. Have to massage me first. I’m the last customer.
Maid: OK, wait

JS did get her massage finally. She loves imaginary role play and we are just happy to play along.

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Got JS settle for bed, it was way past 11pm and the next day will be first day of school. She still look very alert and refused to sleep. Hubby was watching TV outside, munching chips. JS finding excuses to go out.

JS: Mummy, I want to go say goodnight to daddy
ME: OK.
After a while, she never return to the room.
ME: JS
JS came to me, with a sorry and sad look
JS: Mummy, see, daddy give me eat chips. ( She said it in a way like she has been forced to it)
Later hubby told me that she has looked at him with this eagerness to eat in her eyes, but she never ask. But when hubby offers it to her, she never reject as well. That’s my cunning little girl.

Besides making me angry, my girl can really make me laugh as well. I love her as much as I love WH. But these past two weeks, I seldom show my love and affetionate to her. There were less kisses, hugging, cuddling and silly play. It has been replace with more stern, firm and angry face, alot of nagging and lecturing because there were alot of things she does that makes me mad and I just want to show her that certain things she does and behaves is out of tolerance and improper. Eventhough I always angry with her, but she’s constantly reminding me how much she loves me. She would tell me over and over again, many times a day “Mummy, I love you”. Hope we can get over this phase soon and I want to show her more physical love instead of nagging and scolding.

New Toy

We have got a new toy. No…not toy for the kids, but for us. Hubby bought himself a father’s day gift. ( I have bought myself a mother’s gift too…a Uzap. How pathetic, buying ourself gifts)

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Here’s what we’ve got. A video camcorder. JVC Everio GZ-MG50.

Instead of upgrading our digital cam, hubby decided to get a camcorder, cause we have never have one. Our good old Sony cybershot 2.0 mega pixels is actually still in good condition eventhough it’s 4 years old and has never given us problem. So gonna stick to it for a while more.

OK…since I’m the one home with the kids most of the time, I’m going to learn how to utilize this toy. No..I’m not abadoning my cybershot yet. I still love still-picture very much. In fact I like hard copy still-picture that I can store in the album. Haven’t been printing a lot of the pictures. A lot of lame excuses, expensive paper, expensive ink and the quality that printed out is not that good. We are using HP photosmart 130 printer. I’m half way through using PIXART compiling WH’s first year pictures, he’s in his 2nd year now, I havent’ started JS’s and our family pictures… and if I compile all into album… how much does that cost me??? Figure that out later…

A Good Weekend

Last weekend was a good, relaxing weekend for me. Thanks to my understanding and loving hubby, we stayed at the comfort of our own home this weekend, no rushing and going back to Subang despite it’s a non working Saturday for him. This is rare, really rare, a non working Saturday for him and yet we get to stay home and I get to spent a lot of time with him. I really needed this break so so much. A break from the extended family, just the 4 of us. Though it’s not much different from the weekdays, but what I treasure most is hubby’s presence in the house. There were no rushing in packing, unpacking, rushing from one place to another. There was no SOMEONE to boss everyone around. There was no SOMEONE that try to find fault in my maid and keep nagging and complaining. There was no SOMEONE that indirectly hinting loudly I’m a lazy boss that doesn’t wake up early to supervise, or stuck my nose behind my maid’s back whenever and whatever she does. (Hey, c’mon, my maid gets up at 5am to work, and she’s suppose to lessen my burden, not add on the burden to supervise her early in the morning). There’s no pre-arrange activities/meals gathering that we have to go until I got no time for my own parents. And MOST IMPORTANT, there were no TANTRUM throwing and ill-behaved kids (JS always ignore what I say when we are back in Subang). With weekends like that, I cannot find inner peace, the atmosphere always very “luan”. Hubby is usually out when back in Subang leaving me alone with the kids without maid at SIL’s place or Mil’s place. Last weekend was really a refreshing one for me and I get to be with hubby most hours. (hehe..in Sban, there isn’t much place that he can go)

We did something together, just the 4 of us leaving the maid back at home. We went to the cinema to watch CARS on Saturday afternoon. A good family outing, just the 4 of us. I really treasure this moment, just the 4 of us doing things together, because it’s really rare without any other people tag along. It was the kids first trip to the cinema and my first since year 2003. Yes, that was how long I didn’t step foot in the cinema, can’t even remember which was the last movie I watched in the cinema. The kids enjoy the show. They were quite good though WH fell asleep towards the end of the show and JS getting a little sleepy and restless. The first time I watched finish a movie without much interruption. Usually at home I don’t even get to watch finish the VCD at one go. After show, we did some shopping and then tar pau dinner home… Night time was some more quality family time at home.

Sunday morning, hubby did go back to Subang, reason being that FIL was not feeling well on Tuesday, he wants to visit his dad. (Make me a bit guilty, because of me, we didn’t go back) but he came back at noon. If the kids were less dependent on me, I would be glad to just let hubby bring them back to visit the old folks for a day trip. But I guess it’s not possible for him to drive long distant alone with 2 kids and both also very dependent on me.

Talk about me being wicked and selfish, but I can’t possible be thinking of other people and please other people only all the time. I needed this break so so much and don’t care being label selfish. It was a simple, quiet and yet very fulfilling weekend. Just a break that I needed so much to recharge. Sometimes need to be wicked and “cuckoo” to get what I want.