Quick trim

March 6th, 2010  |  Uncategorized  |   1 Comment

Quick Trim is one of the more popular weight loss product in the market. I’ve been hearing about it more and more lately. A friend of mine is even considering buying it. But having read about its reviews on the web, she’s having second thoughts. She forwarded a not-so-glowing review of Quick Trim to me, click here to read it if you’re interested.

Sorethroat, runny nose and cough

March 3rd, 2010  |  Personal  |   No comments

I’m sick. It started with a sore throat three days ago. Then came the coughing and slightly runny nose.

Unlike most people, I really hate coughing because it can get very serious and takes a long time to go away. Having coughed for two days, my chest hurts and I feel exhausted by the end of the day. I could barely talk out loud whenever Clarisse turn a deaf ear to my instructions. And I dread coughing the entire night I may not be able to sleep well and get enough rest.

My mood is terrible. Baby Edward is still crying now refusing to sleep. My god, its nearly 1am and Clarisse is already asleep but baby Edward is still being fussy.

My sorethroat has healed. Runny nose wasn’t bad enough to irritate me much. As for the cough, I’m taking cough syrup and I hope it helps. I pray my cough won’t take a turn for the worst like taking several months to stop. Oh yes, it did happen to me a few times. Enough to make me cough phobic.

Lost another earring

March 3rd, 2010  |  Uncategorized  |   No comments

I’ve been cursing myself the entire day for being so clumsy. I just lost another earring this morning, my second pair of earrings wasted in less than 3 months. But the most expensive loss was 3 months ago when one of the six diamonds in a platinum ring got loose and dropped off. When and where? I had no idea. So I immediately had the ring sent back to the shop and check for loose diamonds. The earring I lost this morning belongs to a new pair I bought just a week ago. I’m so disappointed.

Barcode scanner tantrum

March 2nd, 2010  |  Uncategorized  |   1 Comment

Clarisse drove me nuts at Tesco today. She saw daddy using the barcode scanner to scan some product prices and wanted in on the fun. We carried and put her standing inside the trolley. She scanned her block of Kit Kat repeated for a good 5 mins just to amuse herself with the audible response. Luckily no one wanted to use the device but enough is enough and insisted we move away. Clarisse burst into a huge tantrum and wouldn’t stop crying for the next 10 minutes. We quickly pick up the remaining few items on our shopping list and left. It was really embarassing when people several aisles away can hear your kid bawling.

A maid is a luxury

March 2nd, 2010  |  Personal  |   No comments

Parenting is a 24/7 non-stop responsibility. Ever since my mother-in-law’s maid, who stayed and helped in my house from the first month baby Edward was born, ran away two months ago, I’ve been extremely busy around the house all the day long. Caring for baby Edward takes up a huge chunk of my time and energy. Everything the maid does before she left, is now my husband’s duties.

My mom-in-law rang us about 3 days ago informing us that she has hired a new maid and asked if we would need a maid’s help around the house. She offered to let the maid stay at our house 3 or 4 days at a strech per week to help us out. But we declined such arrangement and told her we would be grateful if the maid comes around once every week or fortnightly to clean the house thoroughly. That would be enough.

We would be lying if we tell you we didn’t jump with joy when my mom-in-law offered her maid to help us. There are two reasons why we declined. First, my father-in-law didn’t like what she was doing. Of course who would want to hire a maid, have his wife sent her to another house and spend half the time helping out there. We can’t blame him. Secondly, it took us a while to adapt to life without a maid’s help. Mind you, I didn’t need a maid before baby Edward was born. But with a new baby in the house, busy took on another level of intensity and having a maid around is so tempting. Like I said, we adapted after suddenly left without a maid. And now somehow, we wish to stay that way and get used to it, no matter how tough. Having an extra pair of helping hand is great no doubt, a luxury I would say. But until we can afford such luxury in our life, it’s best not to spoil ourselves.