Reflections

I like days like these. Makes me happy. Makes me feel that, in the midst of all chaos-ness, there are fleeting moments to cherish.

We were all up at the crack of dawn. Made bacon and eggs for breakfast. Kicked Daddy out the door by 7.30am with Ash crying her eyes out cos she wanted to follow him to work. But all was calm when I put on some clean clothes and promptly took her outside for a walk. Despite repeated warnings of haze and the hazardous environment we are currently experiencing, I thought “What harm can a 30 minute outdoor activity do?”. I was right. It did more good than harm.

Ash spent the entire 30 minutes playing with the pails and the gigantic water storage we have in our front-yard. She has seen me watering the plants and was determined to do it by herself. Not that she was actually getting any water onto the plants but she tried.

I “tricked” her back into the house with a basket of clothes-pegs and it works every time. She sat on the floor, with her clothes soaked, playing for 5 minutes before being ushered to the bathroom for her shower.

I've come to accept that I am now entering a new phase in this whole mommy-hood gig. And I thought I'd never last. For one thing, we've packed away her play-pan. Ash has no further need for it and frankly, so do we (more space for adult stuff). A sign for many more? I should think so cos next, will be replacing her cot with a toddler bed.

It's great to be part of this..part of such a transition in someone's life. I don't think I am the world's greatest mom but right now, I sure feel like the world's most contended mom.

A vodka would be perfect...

At this hour???

Between Friday night and yesterday, I've been pretty much bummed out. Been quite a busy weekend for the 3 of us.

Since I did say that I will tell you about my weekend plan and whether it worked out. It did and, I am glad. Got around to doing things we needed to do. I would say it was a pretty eventful and productive weekend.

In the midst of the running around, we went on a bird hunt...and I'm not talking about the 2 legged kind either. Oh, yes, crap. I am talking about the 2 legged kind but just the kind with real feathers...LOL...

We took lil' Ash to the KL BirdPark located in the city, about 15 to 20 minutes from where we live. The park is covered naturally and it's one of the nature attractions of the Lake Gardens, forming the city's green belt.

In total, we spent walking around for 2 hours. OK, not walking the entire stretch but crawled and stopped for ice-cream and to pee. Incidentally, we were having our ice-cream at the rest area where all the tables and chairs were. I did say it was covered so you would imagine certain harmless chirps roaming around that place right? Yeah, and they drove the kids crazy. Or should I say, the kids drove the birds crazy, chasing and scaring them away...As I was saying, we were seated at one of the tables with trees surrounding us, branches hovering over our heads.

We weren't the only ones but I think, we were the only ones who didn't realise that directly above us sat a huge bird, resting on the branches. The realisation only occurred when we finished our ice-cream and that means, we have been sitting under that humongous thing for at least 15 minutes!!! Imagine what had happened if it pooped on us? Or what if it fell on us? I would've just died! And to think, no one warned us about it. Talk about unfriendly people. I would've told them if it was them sitting under that damn bird.

Now, what's a story without photos eh? Besides, I'm running out of time. So, my dear internets, some photos to keep you company.

pondering

scawy owl

get outta my way!

corn on cob??

sleeping on the job

P.S : More tomorrow!

Me, Myself and 10 Thousand others...

Remember those scenes from movies where you have a guy (for some reasons, it's usually a guy that has these illusions) sitting in a room, his hair bent out of shape, seemingly lost in his thoughts and un-sure of what he should do with his life. Then, there appears before him, 2 "voices" telling him what he should or ought to be doing. One 'evil' and one 'good' contradicting each other..or rather, himself.

Well, that is exactly how I am feeling at the moment. I am dead tired, hair bent out of shape (just got off the shower) and there are voices around me. The clean clothes are telling me "fold me, keep me, I am everywhere and soon taking over the bed". The dirty dishes are telling me "clean me, wash me, I have uh...no..uh...space...uh...to...uh...move...around here!!!". I have another voice telling me "Oh man, this place stinks!!! Can you get that underwear off my back????". Yep, that was the dirty shirt calling out...

So, do I listen to them or do I just ignore and declare a "NO-CHORE" day/night? Decisions...decisions...*tap tap tap away on the desk*

Oh but wait...at a distance, I hear another voice calling out to me. Very faint but I can hear it..oh..oh, its coming louder and clearer...and..yeah...yup, it's saying - "Come to me. Its late. I am cool and fluffy. You'll love it here"..

Holly cow! I think I've just found the answer and my calling. I am going to listen to my bed!

Twice awarded, a meme and a bump on the head

I'm pretty excited about the weekend and its not because I've had a "few" either.

I will have or will be expecting to have what I term "a good time". So, if things go according to plan, you'd get to hear about it and if things don't, you get to hear about that too..LOL

Alright, lets get down to business, shall we?


THE AWARD

My wonderful blogging buddies have bestowed me with 2 awards but with a twist. They are both identical..hehehe..I puffy heart them nevertheless.



Thanks Tam and Sandra. You are indeed my BFF, da best!!! *muaks*


THE MEME

Wanna know what people are having for their breakfast? Thanks to this one hot mama, I can assure you, it's not all fries and burgers. Brace yourselves :

*Start copy here*

The Longest Breakfast Menu List

Everyone likes to start their day with a comfort food for breakfast. What kind of food do you take? This would be a good way to find out your blogger friend’s favourite food for breakfast.

All you need to do is to put your name down, the country you are in and your favourite breakfast meal. Let’s see how we can have this breakfast ‘menu’ travelled all around cyberspace and learn what each blogger living in different country and what do they eat for breakfast. This meme was created by a little lady with a penchant to spy around little baskets while marketing. Her favourite breakfast of the day is none other than Roti Prata, an indian flat bread. What about you? What is your favourite breakfast meal of the day?

1. Spymama, Singapore - Roti Prata 2. Yyun, Singapore - Wantan Mee 3. A Simple Life, Philippines - Tapsilog (tapa, garlic rice & egg) 4. It Is Nap Time, America, Biscuit with sausage gravy 5.Super Mae,Portugal-cappuccino and french toasts 6. Momsie Tales, eggs, coffee, banana, toast

*End copy here*

I won't be tagging anyone specifically but if you'd like to join in the fun, you are most welcomed and leave me a comment so I can come check you out....err, your breakfast out! LOL


THE BUMP

That was yesterday afternoon. I was lying in bed with Ash after her nap, goofy-ing around and suddenly...BOPPPP...a loud thud and followed by 2 wails. Why? Cos she hit her forehead on my mouth. Close to an about-to-pop acne (I may need treatments for acne) Naturally I gave out a loud yelp.

Thankfully my lips didn't bleed or suffered any major bruise but hers did. She had a bump and it swell from the impact. I rubbed the bruise and put on some ice. But she kept wanting to play with the ice cube and when it melted, she thought it fell on the floor and cried for it...O_O....Bummer...double bummer...

Took her a while to get over the disappearing ice cube. It wasn't only after I gave her, her lunch did she stop looking for it. So, all's well, ends well...

This is it. That's all from me (for now) folks. Take care and don't let the bed bugs bite...