Yesterday I took my son who had a bad cough to the doctor. He was wheezing very badly. Although I know what medicine to administer to him, I still need to get the MC for the school.

I took him to the usual Child Specialist Clinic but there is a new doctor. He kept speaking in Hokkien to me although I ask him nicely to speak in English. He was very soft spoken, my hubby and I could not hear him.

After checking Tim, he said he has bad wheezing.

Me: Does he need Pulmicort? *I will tried to avoid giving Tim unless he has bad wheezing.*

Doc: I will give him some Pulmicort.

After checking, no Pulmicort in the medicine bag. I asked the nurse.

Nurse: How many do you want?

Me: Better check with the doctor.

Nurse approached doctor and I followed.

Doc: How many do you want? *now suddenly I become the doctor*

Me: eh…. How many days should he take?

My hubby said to me in Cantonese, “Like buying dessert (toong sui). Better let us go into the medicine dispensing room and take it ourselves.” :giggles:

Tim is getting better now, no sign of wheezing. Emily is also having cough. She gave me a notice from her school asking me not to let her go to school. Well, it is also due to H1N1 scare.

My friend introduced me to these Crayola chalks. It is not just any chalk, the chalk can give a 3-D effect when you look through the special glasses. My children had fun drawing on the front porch with those chalks. After drawing, I just can water it away. It is hassle free. Good thing I didn’t tile my front porch.

The chalk is non-toxic and anti-dust which is good for small children.

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Yeap I am home and I missed the kids. They missed me too and the toys that I bought back from them. Emily has been planting many kisses and told me lots of time, she missed me. Funny, she told me that she still miss me even when I am back. She really brings me to cloud 9.

My hubby decided to repaint our bedroom while I was gone. He did a great job, not with the painting but turning the bedroom to be like a 5 star hotel room. He sawed one of the 3 slots book shelf into 2 and shellac it, turned it into 2 sides table. He put 2 gorgeous lamps, one on each side. It gave a very nice cozy comfy feeling. Next time I take a picture for you to see.

As for Tim, he did great in his exam, scoring 100 again in his Mathematics. I am so proud of him. I rewarded him with 2 transformers, Fallen and Rampage. He also got a Technic Lego set, Transformers underpants and a pair of Nike shoes.

Emily got lots of blouses, running Nike shoes, Spongebob Lego set, an Osh Kosh rain coat and lots of kisses from me.

See my new Corelle Dinnerware, $2.99 per piece isn’t it a bargain! I will talk about my new electronic broom in my next post. Stay tune!

Emily quit Junior Music Class with Yamaha last June. Basically I am not happy with the teacher because she is going way too fast for the children. Emily is also not enjoying the class. I believed lack of encouragement for her.

One thing that I do not like about the JMC Yamaha class is that the parent has to be there in the class. At this particular class, the time is also not right. It is right after Emily wakes up from her nap. She tends to cling on to me in the class and refuse to play at times. I had to do extra work during the work day to get her up to speed with her lessons. It was tiring for me and I decided to throw in the towel. By the way, the fees went up too for Yamaha.

Now, I have changed her to another music school. She will attend the class on her own with a few other children. Most important, the time slot is before her nap. Let’s hope the teacher is nicer and encourages her to play. In any music school, the teacher is very important. I wanted the teacher who taught my nephew. Imagine, my nephew takes very little time to practice and now he is playing so well.

I am not home and this is what daddy does in our living room. The children definitely are having too much fun.

By the way, Timothy had his exams while I am not around. I wonder how he did for his exams. He is doing fine in school. He loves Science and Maths and does well in it. He still got a little work to improve his Bahasa Malaysia. Let’s hope he does well and he will received surprises from me.

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Every Saturday, my hubby will ask the children to wash their school shoe. Well I am sure hubby got a good motivator after they clean their shoe.

What do you need to do to ensure the shoe is well clean?

Soap? Nope
Water? Nope
Brush? Nope
Whitener? Nope

There is one method to wash to ensure the school is clean. Let Emily show you how….

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I laugh my head out when I saw this picture. Let me go find a photo contest and send this great picture in. I am sure she will win a prize.

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One night I was chatting with Emily on the bed. It was her bed time but she couldn’t sleep so we chat.

Mummy: I will missed you when I go to US. So how?

Emily: Let me kiss you so you will not miss me. *kiss kiss*

Mummy: But I still miss you.

Emily: You hide me inside your bags. When I want to breath, you open your bag. *showing her actions*

Mummy: *laugh* Next time I bring you to US.

Emily: If you bring me to Legoland, my eyes will turn to heart shape eyes. Coz I love to go Legoland.

She can be very comical when she talks. Actually both Tim and Emily are funny. They are good in applying words in a very funny manner.

The other day I was told a child was cane because she is slow, her work is untidy, unable to finish her homework and others. This is just not only happening in her school but a lot of Chinese school. I really sympathize with the child as she is living in fear every day all because her development is not on par with the school’s expectation.

Please parents out there, if your child is in this category, do change him/her into another school. Don’t let your child suffer in such a manner. I am still very unsupportive of canning for petty things. It just takes out the fun in learning. Your child is going to school in fear. What character do you think she/he will grow up to be? It is really quite sad to hear this.

In addition if the child is lacking behind in the school syllabus, she/he will not magically turn into a bright student overnight. She will lose interest in her studies and maybe even drop out. If you see this red warning signal, it is better to let her/him go to a National school. I have seen parents do that and their children excel. Of course, they are happier too. Don’t allow your child to suffer silently over your expectations.

Tim: Mummy/Papa, look the caterpillar and the spider are having sports day outside. :giggles:

On another note, my hubby caught a toad last week. My children were having fun and they called it “A Science Project”. Poor toad. Tim wanted to feed it.

Tim: Mummy/Papa, lets cook some rice to attract the flies. We catch the flies and give it to the toad.

Yeah, he never caught a fly before. Anyway, papa caught a big worm for the toad. Later papa said that the toad decided to make friend with the worm. That’s the end of the Science project. Papa let it go. Good for the worm and the toad.

Lastly, today someone broke this, guess who but no prize for guessing. Sigh, there goes my precious Corelle. I need to stock up more soon.