Choo choo

 

What an amazing cake! It was baked by LS’s sister for Zephy’s 2nd birthday. I’m inspired! Can’t wait to bake cake for Mojo. Ok that’s after we get an oven first :)

Gummy day

It’s Gummy day! Gummy is Mojo’s friend, ie WL’s daughter. She's nicked-name Gummy because she looked like one in her early sonograms. So, Gummy is scheduled to come out today! Thanks to the advancement of technology, I’ve been kept posted on the process since 7am :)

7:am - Mummy being induced
9.am – Epidural jab given to mummy
10.30 am – Doc broke water bag. Dilation : 1.5cm. Estimated delivery time:6pm
11.00 am – Mummy gobbled 2 cheese sandwich
12pm to 6pm - no news from mummy (SK checking her phone every 30 minutes)
7pm- Got a message from daddy : "Not much progress at dilation. So switching to C-sec now. Should be done by 9"
7.57pm- Another message from daddy: “Pleased to inform that our dearest daughter Caitlin was born at 7.25pm, today 24th Sept 09 Thurs. She is 50cm & 3.32kg"

Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

No more Gummy. It shall be Caitlin from now on :)

BST

This is the book for Mojo’s nightly BST (Bible Story Time), around 10-11pm read by Macho Daddy. It’s a combination of all-time favourites from old and new testaments. Each story is followed by a devotion and short prayer. I think I'm enjoying it more than Mojo as the stories serve as reminders to me and more importantly I love the fact that we are spending time in the word of God like doing daily devotion together as a family :)

Mojo Chocolate

TG sent me this picture – an ad by Sins Chocolate. Not sure if the promotion is still on :)

For those who are new, Mojo is the nick name of our baby.

Getting crafty

I'm proud of my latest project - rice socks. Homemade heat pack with own choice of design that molds into  body parts. I was inspired by a blog where rice sock was one of the items in the hospital bag for labour! 

What you need:-

• A pair of new socks (preferably knee length ). I used cute baby tights and cut them into 4
• Uncooked rice – as much as you want, depending on the size you want to create
• A couple of drops of essential oil

Scoop rice into sock, add a few drops of essential oil and tie a knot at the open end. DONE!

Heat the filled pack in the microwave for 1 minute or freeze for 45minute as cold packs.

I am using one for my back ache now .  Nice!

I think a few of my friends are getting this for Christmas this year!

A taste of childhood

Found these pictures that M took a couple of years ago. 615-F Tanjung Bunga, 11200 Penang was my childhood address @ granny’s. The house was torn down last year, together with the remaining kampong for development.

When I was living in the house 20+ years ago, there was no gate and no post box. The post man would drop the letters into one of the windows (can’t remember where the house number was though). The condition of the house was probably better and ‘warmer’ than the picture when we lived there but the green surrounding remain the same.

The house faced a mini fruit plantation (maintained by uncle 2) with starfruit, mangosteen, banana and sour sop trees. Trees seemed to be our invisible fence, separating us from our neighbours.

Though there was no gate, it was safe and anyone could just walk into our compound… Those were the days… Hopefully some day I may find more old pictures of the house’s interior to share…

Uncle 4

All of my childhood friends know uncle 4, whom I lived with together with my granny. He is called uncle 4 mainly because he's the 4th boy in the Ho family (mom's side).   Mind you, the numbering starts from the 2nd boy. So in my mom's  family, we have boys number 1 to number 11.   He was the smartest boy in the family who was sponsored to study law in the UK in the 60's but was sent home after a few years due to depression. To some, uncle 4 is ‘crazy’, because he talked to himself , he smiled to himself, he walked thousand miles a day... But to us, he is a special uncle whom all of us love.  He taught me lots of things , random things which I remember till now.

Today, uncle 4 can't walk anymore, he weights half of what is seen in the picture and can hardly talk because of a fall and side effects from the medication. Visited him over the weekend back home in Penang and he cried when he saw me.  I'm not sure if they were tears of joy or sadness.  But I'm glad I made the trip to see him and I know Jesus is watching over him.

Random things that I will always remember about uncle 4 :-

1. He walked miles with me to a public telephone to  call my friend to chat (during the days of zero technology)
2. He walked me to the bus stop every morning to ‘protect’ me from stray dogs
3. He wrote all my debate speeches
4. He was my walking English dictionary
5. He taught me the quotes from Julius Caesar – I came, I saw, I conquered
6. He told me who Martin Luther King was
7. He explained why Japanese did the Kamikaze
8. Uncle 4's own quote: “ Use your eyes and see things far far away”