Oh no, Timothy got chicken pox. He took the jab when he is 1. The paed said he is not responding to the vaccine or he didn’t produce any antibody. The paed also gave him a anti-viral medicine so that he will not get a full blown chicken pox that may take longer to heal. He got it from his school mates. What a timing? My hubby is away and MIL is going on vacation. I have to take care of him until MIL returns. Fortunately I can work from home and take care of him.

The funny thing is I discover the spots yesterday. I thought it was bed bugs’ bites. I change all my bed sheets and clean the room. I burned LB to get rid of any bed bugs. Now I know it is not bed bugs.

Tomorrow I have to coax Emily to go to school without his brother. Emily was asking for the brother in school when I took him to see the doctor. Pray that Emily will not get Chicken Pox and she have immunity. :pray:

I got these towels for my children when I was in Singapore. Both my children loved it. Every bath time, they want to be mermaid or buzz. Sometimes they exchange. At least now, they don’t run around naked after bath time.

I had to fast the night before, no food after 12 midnight. First test was to get morning stool, was a yeaky process. Anyway, I don’t do big business in the morning, so that was unsuccessful. Second test was to do the Xray. Next was the ultrasound to check my liver, kidney and womb. Later I had to proceed to the lab for lab for blood test, and urine test.

After which, I was served with breakfast at a nice room, with tea and water. I did the blood pressure check, colour-blind test, take weight, height and chest measurement. The doctor arrived, he proceed with some health questions on my health history and family history. He took out his tools, check my eye, ear and reflex. He also did the breast examination to ensure no lumps.

The nurse came in and wired me up for ECG and stress test. I have to walk on the treadmill. It was slow at first, later it become faster and faster. At each interval, the doc will check my blood pressure and the heartbeat rate is shown on the computer. I completed all levels and the doc said “well done”. I was happy to hear that. I didn’t do much exercise since becoming a mom. The only exercise I do is housework and taking care of the children. However, every morning I made it a point to climb 3 flights of stairs, rather than taking the lift. After the treadmill, I had to rest on the bed till my heartbeat returned back to normal. The nurse did a pressure check and I can proceed to the next test.

Next test was a hearing test. I was put in a sound proof room and different tone of sound were played. If I hear it, I press a button. I find that sometimes the sound still stay in the brain memory and not the actual hearing.

The last test was my most feared, pap smear. I have to see the gynae to do that. He also did an ultrasound to check my womb. He told me that the pap smear test was just uncomfortable but not painful. I was all tensed up and wasn’t cooperating very well. I tried but it was painful for me. That minute was the longest minute that I ever felt. I am glad that was over.

Results:

The good news, I passed everything with flying colours. My heart, liver, kidney, cervix, lungs, ear, and eye are all normal. My cholesterol was superb. :dance:

Cholesterol (Total) 3.7 mmol/L (Desirable < 5.2)
HDL-Cholesterol 1.96 mmol/L (Normal > 1.03)
HDL-Cholesterol (Calculated) 1.3 mmol/L (< 2.58 Optimal)
Cholesterol/HDL-Cholesterol 1.89

The chance of developing a coronary heart disease within 10 years < 1%. :dance:

The bad news I am underweight and anemia. As for the anemia part, I need to go for more tests to see whether I have iron deficiency.

The doc made a remark saying “Your cholesterol result is very good, that because you are not eating anything.” I told him, you should see the way I eat, it will frighten him. Once I was in US, my counterpart was amazed of how much food I took on my tray. I had soup, main course and dessert. I even ate more than the US guys. Anyway I am under by 3kg. You know any good buffet in town?

It was a great experience and happy to know that I am 99% healthy. :dance:

I was too lazy to cook over the weekend, so I took my children out for dinner. It is easy for me too as they can dirty the floor and I do not have to mop it. Tim love to eat at Sushi King because of the Edamame. We went there on Sat.

On Sunday, we went to another Japanese Restaurant called ICHIYO. What I love about this place is that it is a Children Friendly Restaurant. They have a small TV screen at the side for children to watch cartoons. They have special bowls for them and they give out stickers. My children are well entertained where I can have a quiet dinner.

Both trying to be Japanese:

I woke up this morning and I thought it was Thursday. Hubby is away on business trip for a week. 😥 Now every morning, I have to prepare the 2 children for school. Tim has 4 uniforms and Friday he wears a school t-shirt. I kept looking for his uniform today. I was wondering why I have a missing uniform. I didn’t bother much, I just let him wear a t-shirt and will tell the teacher, mummy cannot find his uniform. :giggles:

I was about to step out of the house. I saw my part time maid came, she comes every Friday to clean my house. Then only I realized it was Friday. I had to run back upstairs to get the school t-shirt and change Tim. What a blur day.

I never invested in local shares before and I never knew how. I do have an account in US to invest in US shares. That was because my company has a benefit share plan for us to purchase our company shares at discounted rates.

Anyway, last Friday, a courier package came and it was from StemLife. The company is going public listed. Cool. 😎 I didn’t read the prospectus, it was as thick as my programming books. I read the form and was tempted to invest. It was a 2 pages form, but the things I have to do, to successfully apply for the shares, is exhausting. I received the package on 29 Sept, the dateline is 5th Oct. Not much time to work with.

Things to do:

1. I have to apply for a CDS account to be able to buy any local shares. Fortunately I know a friend who works in the share trading company. I got her help to get me the CDS account on the same day. 1 obstacle done.

2. I have to make a copy of my IC, front and back on the same page.

3. I have to fill in the form carefully. No liquid paper can be use on the form.

4. I have to get a banker’s cheque. Personal cheques are not allowed. I blog about it yesterday, it was done too.

5. I have to buy two 50sen stamp, one for A envelope and one for B envelope. They will send you back the A envelope with your cheque if it is not successful.

6. I need to send it, it says using Ordinary mail. You can opt to drop it into their office if you are staying in KL. It is really impossible for people outstation to send ordinary mail and reach the destination before date due. I send it using Express Mail, not sure whether they will reject my application. By the way, register mail is a no no because PO box cannot sign when receive. :giggles:

7. Mail it and wait for response. Phew.

Now all I have to sit back and wait for them to tell me if it is successful. By the way, the company will ballot, if you get pick, the shares will be sold to you. If I don’t I need to go back to the bank, to claim back the money.

I just learn that you can do all the above except for number 1, using Internet banking. In order to do that, you need to setup the account first by submitting a physical form. For Maybank, you can use ATM or Internet Banking. Somehow, I don’t know why StemLife was not listed.

It was a great experience though to beat the deadline. If it was from some company that I don’t know, it will probably end up in the bin.

Anyone want to know how to invest in US share?

Hubby is into photography, most of the pictures taken in this blog are done by him. I have to buy a separate theft insurance to cover his photography gadgets. He has won a couple of prizes from his award winning pictures. I am proud of him.

Now he is teaching his son to follow his interest. Oh, previously he had a different interest, diving. However because he wants to spend more time with the children, he put that on hold. As for Tim, I think he prefers to be in front of the camera then behind. He only wants to get behind after a shot, to see himself. :giggles:

As your child grows up to an age of 2-4, it is easier to feed them food. You must think I am crazy but it is true. Many parents have difficulty in telling the children to eat vegetables, meat or any kind of food. They worry about their weight gain. However you will find children have no problem eating candy, chocolate and ice cream. Sweet and colourful.

What is my secret? When a child is above 2, he or she will understand what you say to them. You have to speak in their language. You want them to eat green vegetables, introduce POPEYE. POPEYE eats spinach. Associate all green vegetables with spinach. You want them to eat chicken, introduce them to Chicken Little. Fish, Nemo. Pork, Piglet. Sometimes you don’t even have to find cartoon that is similar to the food.

I tell my gal, you want Tigger milk tonight? She recognized Tigger and she will be happy to finish all her Tigger milk. So be creative and cook your child, Mickey Pasta, Donald Rice, Mermaid Noodle, Barney Soup and Piglet Sausage. Besides naming your food, the food also have to be tasty & colourful. It works, try it! :good:

Last time I did a project to put all my children expression pictures into 1 page. Click here to view.

I have done up another one to show how my children have grown. As I was scanning through their photos by month, it was like yesterday I delivered them. It really brought back lots of good memories. Enjoy the Canon moments:

Emily has dual F character. Today while Tim was wailing, she went up to him.

Emily: Kor Kor don’t cry yeah. *pat him*
Emily: Come, mei mei give you food. *takes food and put near Tim’s mouth*
Emily: Mei Mei sayang. *kiss kor kor forehead*
Emily: Stop crying yeah.

As I was preparing both of them to bed, Emily helped me to put back the Vicks and talcum powder. However she has no hands to put her worn clothes into the laundry basket. She wanted to do all at once.

Emily: Mummy put down the clothes. *she was halfway walking towards the cupboard, she turned back*
Emily: Put there, don’t touch. *raised her voice* 😡
Emily: Put there! Mei mei will put into the basket. *gave a fierce look* :naughty:
Mummy: Ok, you put back the powder first. 😯
Emily: No, you put the clothes down. Mei mei wants to put in the basket.

Mummy gave in, put the clothes down. Who knows what she will do if I don’t. Probably takes a toy gun and shoot me down. :giggles: