2 hours later, he is jumping around and enjoying himself at the indoor playground . He was discharged sharply at 2pm.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Jo's surgery
The whole surgery is fast, takes less than an hour. But the registration process took up too much time. Should have started at 8am but someone who is supposed to be behind us somehow got in front of us and we have to wait until 9.30. Jo is starved by the time everything is over. When he was allowed to eat, he finished a bottle of milk and a doughnut.
2 hours later, he is jumping around and enjoying himself at the indoor playground . He was discharged sharply at 2pm.
2 hours later, he is jumping around and enjoying himself at the indoor playground . He was discharged sharply at 2pm.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee
...you will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil.. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. 'Which are you?' she asked her daughter.
'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil.. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. 'Which are you?' she asked her daughter.
'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Jon going for a surgery
Jon is going to have a minor surgery on Friday. The Registrar at KK diagnose it as Hydrocele while the Specialist at Gleneagles diagnose it as a Hernia. Hydrocele is the accumulation of fluids around a testicle while in Hernia, the hole is big enough that tissues and intestines can slipped into the scotum and causes the swell there. I have noticed before that they were slighly uneven in size but never have I thought that this is so serious that surgery is necessary. I even thought this is usual. I am now surprised that his PD has never noticed or even mention about it. I am quited pissed with that PD really....I should have gone to the same PD that Jayden used to go. Why does a trainee at KK can spot something unusal, while a private PD and a very experienced one at a private clinic cannot ??
Luckily, it is not a big surgery. Half an hour is all it takes. But he is going to need anesticia. This scares me off. He is only 2.5 years old plus him being a G6PD Deficient, there is going to be some pain relief medicine that he cannot take. I hope everything goes well and is going to be as simple and easy for the child as what I have read from the internet so far.
Luckily, it is not a big surgery. Half an hour is all it takes. But he is going to need anesticia. This scares me off. He is only 2.5 years old plus him being a G6PD Deficient, there is going to be some pain relief medicine that he cannot take. I hope everything goes well and is going to be as simple and easy for the child as what I have read from the internet so far.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Jay is diaperless
Jay has been diaperless during the day since last year. Today, I can officially declare him as totally diaperless , ie. includuding the night after testing him for a week. In fact, I tried to put him on diaper after he fall asleep. But he will wake up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and get really angry when he discover he is on diaper. Haha...Good job darling.
Jonas refusing to go 'po po' house
Jon will be 27 months next week. He is already very aware of what is going on to the surroundings. This morning when my hubby tries to carry him, he know he is due to go to 'po po' house. He pouted his lips and start to cry. It really break my heart. At 'po po' house when we return in the evening after work sometimes, he will keep saying go home".
I sometimes disturb him "do you want to go po po house?"
"Don't want"
"Do you want to go tai gong house?"
"Don't want"
"Do you want to go home?"
"YES!"
It makes me happy that he knows we are the parents and that he actually want to go home. But it always never fail to make me sad as this is still not the time for him to really come home with us on a daily basis. I hope he can understand and that I am already making plans. Jon will join Jay at the childcare in October and I am going to be super super busy then.
I sometimes disturb him "do you want to go po po house?"
"Don't want"
"Do you want to go tai gong house?"
"Don't want"
"Do you want to go home?"
"YES!"
It makes me happy that he knows we are the parents and that he actually want to go home. But it always never fail to make me sad as this is still not the time for him to really come home with us on a daily basis. I hope he can understand and that I am already making plans. Jon will join Jay at the childcare in October and I am going to be super super busy then.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Saturday at home
We stayed in today as both boys were down with flu early this week and they were just getting better. I do not want to get them infected again or vice versa. Today, I suddenly realised that my boys have grown up, in the sense that I can leave them by themselves and they can play or do colouring work without disturbing me too much. I even have time for the Internet. In the past, I always have to watch over them and have no time for myself until after 10pm when they fall asleep.
I am so caught up with doing 'my things' that Jay came by with some books in his hand and said "Mummy, can you read me 5 books?"
"So many!" I tried to brush him off without even taking my eyes from the PC.
"It's not one thou..sand books. Only 5 books"
uh oh....I feel so guilty
I am so caught up with doing 'my things' that Jay came by with some books in his hand and said "Mummy, can you read me 5 books?"
"So many!" I tried to brush him off without even taking my eyes from the PC.
"It's not one thou..sand books. Only 5 books"
uh oh....I feel so guilty
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Seagate FreeAgent Go Pink 320GB External Hard Drive
My new toy. I finally have backup for all my pictures and this is so ultra slim and cool. Best thing is this is so light and portable and all 320GB worth of memory at only $115. It is no wonder all memory companies are losing money.
At the pool
Year 2009
It has only been 3 months into year 2009 and a string of unpleasant things are already happening all around me. My grandma got a minor stroke and was hospitalised for about 2 weeks. She has been discharged and is undergoing therapy treatment now. I hope she will be able to start walking soon. She is a strong woman even at 85 and I am sure she will be well soon.
One of my uncles (my mum's brother) passed away. He had kidney failure for many years and 1 day just fainted and never get up. There was a bump on his head and it was believed that is the cause of the death.
Another of my uncle (my dad's bil) had a heart bypass done last week. It is going to take him quite a while to recover as he is also suffering from kidney failure.
My boss had a heart bypass done early this month. He is young and with no other complications, so he is doing well. He is even replying emails now , when he really should be resting haha.....
I just heard yesterday that one of my customers has breast cancer and had already resigned under the advise of the doctor.
2 of my fellow colleagues got retrenched.
The takeaway for me from all these episodes is to treasure all close families and friends and try to spend as much time as possible with them, especially our parents. We really cannot anticipate what is going to happen tomorrow. And why are there so many people having heart problems right now, I believe the food that we intake and the amount of stress that we are experiencing contribute a big part to it. How to not be stress in this society ? Hai....
One of my uncles (my mum's brother) passed away. He had kidney failure for many years and 1 day just fainted and never get up. There was a bump on his head and it was believed that is the cause of the death.
Another of my uncle (my dad's bil) had a heart bypass done last week. It is going to take him quite a while to recover as he is also suffering from kidney failure.
My boss had a heart bypass done early this month. He is young and with no other complications, so he is doing well. He is even replying emails now , when he really should be resting haha.....
I just heard yesterday that one of my customers has breast cancer and had already resigned under the advise of the doctor.
2 of my fellow colleagues got retrenched.
The takeaway for me from all these episodes is to treasure all close families and friends and try to spend as much time as possible with them, especially our parents. We really cannot anticipate what is going to happen tomorrow. And why are there so many people having heart problems right now, I believe the food that we intake and the amount of stress that we are experiencing contribute a big part to it. How to not be stress in this society ? Hai....
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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