Great artist at home

Jayden got a drawing board from his 1 year old birthday. He didn't show much interest when we showed it to him. This became one of his favourites later when he found the fun of it.



We keep all toys in a box, and now he always pick this up first. He will drew something using the drawing stick, then move the round and square chops round the board. He is expert in handling those things. He normally doesn't spend much time on it, but once he is doing it, he is very serious until he completes the drawing.



This is one of his drawings... From a 1 year old boy, I think this is nice!

New jersey for little Kop

The Kop bought new jersey for little Kop after Liverpool's sponsor changed to Standard Chartered. Red striking jersey with name and number printed behind.



Kid jersey set comes with jersey, matching pants and socks. It is still a bit big for Jayden but should be fine after few months time. We can't wait to put it on him immediately upon receiving the parsel from UK. He seems excited too! I think Jo has successfully introduced him to football and Liverpool. He gets excited when he sees a ball, and able to pronounce ball clearly. He laughs out loud when Jo is doing heading and wants to be part of the play. He is able to sit with Jo to watch football match... And he is wearing Liverpool jersey. I'm not sure about future but at least he is a little Kop now... haha!



Jo was wondering what number to be printed behind the jersey and asked me for opinion. After thinking through, I suggested number 7. Mummy is number 10 for obvious reason given by daddy, and little Kop is number 7 because he was borned in July. Somehow I find number 7 suits Jayden a lot, for no reason. He is the number 7 boy to me.

Thanks Yaya!

I am finally convinced to get weekly cleaning service for our house. Jo prefers to spend more money in exchange of having more time for both of us. He made a right decision to convince me, and I made a right decision to be convinced!

My maid, Yaya will come every Sunday morning at around 6:30am. Jayden will normally wake up at around 10am. This means I have three and a half hours 'personal time'. For someone who has small kids will know what that means and how precious it is. Without the maid, I don't have the excuse and won't bother to wake up so early. Despite of waking up earlier than working days, I am still very happy and looking for it every week.

I will normally do laundry and prepare porridge for Jayden before the maid arrives. Then slowly enjoy my breakfast and get on to the net. If not, I can do some reading which I can never be able to do so if Jayden is around. By the time the little fellow wakes up, I have completed all I have to do and fully recharged. And that will last me for the following one week.

I insist of not having a maid that stays in the same house. But I don't mind to have a maid who comes weekly and go. Life is so much easier now and I have more time for myself!! Of course, the best part is day is still long after the maid goes. Everything is done and I have all day with my boys!!

Wild ass

I was reading the due diligence report provided by our external consultant one day and......

... the Project area is located near the Wild Ass Sanctuary... mainly harbours the endangered wild ass sub-species Indian Wild Ass...

Clearly enough it is a kind of animal, but what is it? I find the name owesome.

Checking out Wikipedia: The Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) also called khur, is a subspecies of the Onager native to Southern Asia. The coat is usually sandy, but varies from reddish grey, fawn, to pale chestnut. The animal possesses an erect, dark mane which runs from the back of the head and along the neck. The mane is then followed by a dark brown stripe running along the back, to the root of the tail...

I still can't quite figure out what is it...



Now I know... it actually looks like donkey / horse. Cute animal with an owesome name...... Didn't expect to pick up this by doing a wind power project, cool!

Lucky me

Nowadays are busy days... The past one month was the busiest time since I came back from maternity. My daily routine was reading contracts, mark up contracts, reading term sheets, mark up term sheets, updating financial model, conference calls, replying emails...... on and on and on, never ending~~~ Not only me, the whole project team is working like a dog, and everyday back home like a log!

There was one night when Jayden woke up at around 3am and refused to sleep. So we had a night talk, the first time! We both lied on the bed, face to face, and I started telling him what happened in the day and how tired I was. I didn't expect him to really listen to me, instead I expected him to fall asleep because I was telling him something happened in the adult world. I thought he may find it boring. But, he looked into my eyes quietly and listened to me. The entire conversation was nearly one hour, and he didn't show a single sign of sleepiness or boredom. He was really listening to me! And he came to sayang me at the end of the conversation! I was tired but happy to have such a nice talk with him. He is such a nice boy...

I am lucky because I have a great mum to take care of Jayden in the day, and have a great husband to take care of Jayden in the night before I came home. I also have an understanding boy in the midnight... ha!

子乐抓周

子乐已经满周岁了，是时候给他举行一个“抓周”仪式了！

抓周，顾名思义是在小孩满周岁时进行。抓周用的每项物品代表不同的职业和意义。以前的人都根据小孩抓周时所抓物品来了解小孩的未来。我们给子乐的抓周仪式准备了九样东西：



一、毛笔 代表书法家、艺术家、文人、文职工作
二、筷子 代表厨师、饭店业者
三、书本 代表会读书，适合做学者、专家
四、鞋子 代表旅行家、探险家
五、计算机代表商人、会计师
六、字典 代表文学家或律师
七、面霜 代表从事美容业
八、尺子 代表制定法律者、革命家、设计师、建筑师
九、钱币 代表将来会很富有



子乐对每一样东西都很感兴趣，每一样东西都要碰一下才开心。如果说抓周代表小孩的未来，那子乐应该会从事多种行业，哈哈！这样看来，他应该会读书，将来会做学者或专家。然后再改行做艺术家，接着做厨师或饭店业者，也有可能会开一下美容院或发廊。过后觉得生活太枯燥乏味，于是决定做个旅行家到处探险。



这一次抓周的重点是：子乐将来会很富有，因为钱是他抓得最久也研究得最认真的一项物品。哈哈。。。

抓周蛮好玩的！至于子乐的未来是否犹如抓周显示的那样，只能拭目以待了。。。

My botak head

Everyone got to see my botak head!! Jayden is botak now......

I remember we shaved him once when he was about 2 months old. He was very chubby and fat, and his face looked even rounder when he was without his hair. My friend said he looked like a little buddha, and I agreed!


My little buddha




Now my little buddha has grown up. A lot of people say he looks more like an european baby because he has soft, light brown and curly hair. He got the first two from Jo, and last one from me. Tomorrow will be his first birthday, I think today is a good day for a new image...

We were quite worry because Jayden is an active boy, and he doesn't like people touching his head. My plan was to make him sleep before the shave so that the hairdresser can do whatever she wants.

Jayden fall asleep in the car when we were on our way to the saloon. I was happy to see that and got the hairdresser to start work immediately. Jayden woke up when we were about 75% done, and he didn't create any trouble for the hairdresser to complete the remaining 25%. I guess we worried too much earlier. Jayden is a big boy now! And he was quite happy when he saw his new image in the mirror.


A closer look...



Jo and my mum can't stop laughing when they see him botak. He smiles when people around him laughing, that makes him looks cuter. And I enjoy looking at his new image, clean and nice.



I seriously think that he looks nicer with botak. My little buddha now turns into a handsome little boy.

Shah Alam Water Park

It is time for a great fun - the 2nd family outing! This time is Family Day organized by my company, at Shah Alam Water Park. It is much smaller than Sunway Lagoon Water Park, but I think it is more suitable for kids.


This was taken after the entrance. The photographer was good, caught the moment when Jayden raised his hand to say hi.


Jayden was in his slightly over sized swimming suit. He has never been to a big water pool like that before. He was excited and happy!


Look at his face... Maybe he was wondering why I could enjoy taking his photo so much while he enjoyed more in the water.


This was taken in another pool. He was holding Jo's hands. Instead of Jo leading him, he was leading Jo to places he wanted. I found him enjoying a lot, and we enjoyed too.


I was standing outside the pool, holding the camera. He took Jo's hands as support and walked towards me. He knew mummy was taking photo, and he wanted to have a shoot! Haha... and guess what? He fall asleep soon after this while still in the pool. He must be too tired...