Dumb Bells in Da House

We owned a set of dumb bell now which we confiscated from my rented apartment. Hubby has been using it to build his arm and shoulder muscle apart from attempting to take the best weight loss supplement. My first born son enjoys rolling them around the house. My 1.5yo baby still trying to lift it up and many times got his feet rolled by the dumb bell. He cried but he did not give up. He will try again to lift it up!

Happy Birthday Melody!

Today is my youngest sister first baby girl 1st birthday. She is my favorite niece; so far. :P I guess because she drank my breastmilk more than others. So there is a kinda bonding there. ;) She is so petite unlike her parents. :P I think she is more ngam to become my daughter instead of theirs. hehehehe. But then she is very much like her parents in her temperament! :P

She is also my youngest son’s favorite cousin. They share the same birth date. Both were born on the 16th which means my baby is 1.5 year old today! :D Yup, they are 6 months apart. When they meet, most of the time they will surely hug each other; so cute!

We are going to have a birthday for her tonight. It is going to be a catered buffet dinner with ABC. In this hot weather, I am sure ABC will be attacked by most guest. I am gonna eat till my heart’s content then later find diet pills that actually work. ;)

Oh ya! Still have not buy the birthday present for her!!!!

Go Invest in Gold!

To those that have not open a gold investment savings account, I really urge you to do so when you have the extra cash or just transfer from your savings account to this gold account. The returns is way, way higher than fix deposit. Don’t believe me, go ask
United States Gold Bureau. Lots of people have invested with them; buying gold bullion, gold coins and even silvers.

I started investing in gold like 3 years ago. At that time, I purchased 1g at a price lower that RM100! The price of gold today is almost reaching RM140/g. Can you imagine how much will I profit if I sell my gold now? But I am not going to do that since those for for my children’s education fund; another 10 more years. I hope the price of gold will continue to increase. ;)

Greens from Our Mini Farm

At my house, we have 2 types of farm; the real “dunno how many acres” of banana farm) and a mini farm started by our ex-maid and MIL before she (the maid) left us for good.

This is the fruit of their labor…

okra

We like them steamed. Since they are fresh from the farm; they tasted so sweet. :) MIL and hubby likes eating them with the light soy sauce and pounded chili padi. I like eating them with sambal belacan with some tamarind juice. Since we have plenty of them, we have steamed okra for lunch almost every other day!

baby okra

okra flower

Besides okra, we have a row of long beans too but they are not matured enough to be harvested. Maybe in a few days time. :)

long beans

How To Monitor Electricity Bill Online

This month we were left with a big “angpow” by my tenant, a foreign MMU student; it was a RM2.5k of unpaid electricity bills and RM50 of water bills (thank God the water bill is under the Apartment’s Management control. They cut the water supply after 3 months no payment from the tenant). The deposit with us is definitely insufficient to pay for the bills. :(

I wonder why TNB did not cut the electricity supply when no payment was made within that 3 months and the amount exceeded the deposit amount. I still remember when one of my BILs started living with us, our electricity bills shot up from merely RM50++ per month to almost RM200, TNB immediately increased the deposit amount.

I think arh, TNB purposely do that to certain housing area coz they know most are rented properties. So if the tenant does not pay, the landlord have to pay in order for them to rent it out to another tenant. TNB make money mah. Later I found out that there are other landlord that have to pay way much more than me! Almost 50K! TNB sleeping kah? Read it here: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=/2010/6/13/nation/6462448.

Due to this incident, I found out that we can actually check our electricity bill online at http://www.tnb.com.my/. First you have to sign up for their e-services than you can see your statement for the last 6 months including the place where payment was made. Am sure gonna monitor closely my apartment’s electricity from this month onwards.

Need Money To Buy More Milk

Thank God that my body started to produce breastmilk again that I can change from an expensive, branded milk; Enfagrow to just a normal and cheap milk like Dumex. I was very happy that my baby loves Dumex. If not, I will surely need to sell my gold bullion to buy Enfagrow for him again. With Dumex, he will drink till the last drop unlike Enfagrow; sometimes he left some behind. Now I can slowly save the difference between the price of Enfagrow and Dumex to invest in gold. This gold arh, when I don’t have money to buy, the price is stable (on the lower side) but then when I have the money to buy, the price shot up like crazy! Now, am waiting for the price to go down a lil bit. Will it?

Dr Sarah Smith

Has anyone received any order (those who sells product online) from Dr Sarah Smith before? I did! Dr Sarah Smith lives in Scotland and claimed to be a medical doctor. Dr Sarah Smith wanted to buy my reversible bag which I posted at Mudah. At the end of the day, I realised that my bag is not what she wanted to buy. It is just a gimmick to get me to buy more expensive item like iPhone 4, iPod Touch and Sony PSP for her kid who is living in Nigeria. According to her, those items are cheaper here compared to Scotland. Hmmm…why not get them from Thailand then? I’m sure they are much cheaper there. :P And she seems to need the items very urgently. I think her kid in Nigeria will not stop throwing tantrum until he gets what he wants eh. :P

When I told her to pay me first, she told me that she is a minister of God who goes from work to the church to preach the Gospel. So, you want me to trust you just because you claim to be a Christian? I told her that I am a Christian too, a SAHM of 4 and my husband is a minister of God too and is currently on a mission trip (at the time of correspondence). After that email, I received no reply from her anymore. I wonder why? She has no heart to con another Christian? or She got the idea that I really have no money. :lol:

I wanna buy the Xbox Controller also no money, let alone a new xbox, or PSP. I wonder who is the next victim after me. Maybe she will get her/him to buy Xbox games and xbox accessories too.

A few of my friends even taught me to just do what she wanted. Take pictures of the product while it is still at the shop of course and email to her then wait and see whether she actually pays. Haiya! What for con others. Do unto others what you want others to do unto you.

How To Know Whether Your Child’s Shoe Fits Comfortably

Most girls like pretty, pink or red shoes. Even when the shoe is not comfortable they will insist me to buy it for them coz it looks pretty. I still have a pair of shoes that my eldest never wear after she tried them at the shoe shop. At the shop, she told me that it is comfortable and fit her feet well. She really wanted it. I took her word without checking whether the shoe really fits her comfortably and bought it. It was supposed to be her Chinese New Year shoe. On the Chinese New Year’s day, she put on the shoe then removed them telling me that the shoes are hard and hurt her feet. Maybe her feet grew over the past 2 months before Chinese New Year. I should have bought one size bigger!

Anyway, I have learned my lesson and also found out the proper way to check whether the shoe fits from this very informative video from Start-Rite.

Start-rite sells girls slippers and shoes. Their shoes have soft uppers and cosy linings that keep little feet warm, with secure fastenings and sturdy soles to protect from trips and slips. There are different styles to choose from and available in a variety of styles including moccasins and booties. Most importantly, Start-rite slippers have pretty designs that girls will love.

Need Money To Buy More Books

Buying books are a very good investment. Buying gold bars are also a very good investment. With knowledge and wisdom that we gain through reading can surely bring us more money. Gold can also bring us more money when the value keeps on increasing. However, at this moment, I only have money to buy one of the above and that is storybooks. My girl has been bugging me to buy encyclopedia and science books but they are so costly! One book can fetch around $50! I can buy 5 Enid Blyton’s Popular Rewards with the same amount of money. I need to sell 1g of gold to buy 2 of such books!

Challenges in Breastfeeding – The Boobs Are Functional Again!

What are the function boobies? I shall not go into those details though. :P

As a mother, my boobies are to provide nutrition to my babies. They must produce milk to quench their thirst and satisfy their hunger for the first 2 years of their life. With my first 3 babies, I was not able to do that because I was working and I did not prepare my mind to fully breastfeed them.

With my 4th baby, I am determine to fully breastfeed him for at least 2 years and praise God my baby was never lack of breastmilk for the first 16 months. I was quite sad when my boobies stopped producing milk when Baby turns 16 months old.

However, we are not ready to wean yet. He must latch to sleep and I need his suckles to put me to sleep! :lol: So we continue our ritual every night and afternoon. It was tough on my part coz it hurts when baby suckles on empty boobs and he bites often due to frustration of no milk coming out.

For the past few nights, I noticed that Baby not only suckles but he swallows too and he wakes up later for his formula milk. Ei! Don’t tell me got milk again??? Out of curiosity, I squeeze just now and there is milk!!!

YES! My boobies are functional again!!! Praise The Lord! :D

I think my motherly instinct knows that the milk is back, I even downgraded my baby’s formula milk from Enfagrow to Dumex (bought it this afternoon before the squeezing). No need expensive milk anymore coz Mommy’s milk is the best. :D

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