On the second day of Hari Raya, hubby’s younger brother brought his wife and his son back from Port Dickson. Of course, with this kind of mini reunion for the children and us, we didn’t eat in but we eat out. This time, we chose a restaurant called Fish Valley. This restaurant is surrounded by […]

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During the first day of Hari Raya, hubby took us to a restaurant in a remote area by a pond side to eat grilled fish. We ate fresh fish and De’Little Ones enjoyed seeing fish swimming in the pond.
We ordered three different styles of grilled fish. They were Tomyam grilled fish, salted grilled fish, and […]

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31 August 2010 was an independent day (Merdeka Day) for Malaysia. We didn’t have any great plan on this public holiday. We just went to a nearby hypermarket to do our routine shopping. The hypermarket was having promotion for the coming Hari Raya. So there were big crowds everywhere. It is like Black Friday sales […]

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A day before Kylie’s actual birth day, I received a call from her late in the evening. She wanted to remind me to buy a birthday cake with a Merdaka flag and some nice pictures on top of the cake. She also wanted to prepare some birthday party packs to give to her friends.
So after […]

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My milk supply will increase a day after I drink the papaya soup. At each pumping session, my breast milk will increase an average of 2-3 ounces. At times, when I drank more water in the morning (> 1 liter), I can collect 11-12 ounces during the mid-day pumping session as compared to 6-8 ounces […]

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Only recently I learned from my 3rd confinement lady how to cook papaya soup. Papaya soup is my magic soup because of it effectiveness on increasing my breast milk quantity. Every time I experienced low breast milk production, I will buy half raw half ripe papaya and boil the papaya with kampong chicken, peanuts, kei […]

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I have read that eating/drinking papaya soup will boost breast milk production after I had my first child, Kylie. But I had no idea how this dish is prepared or cooked and I never bother to find out how. My first confinement lady was non-other than my belated mother-in-law. She knew how to cook only […]

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Since the past two weeks, I had started working late on every working day. I’m not really sure when this will be over. Besides tiring, I’m actually bored with the food around my working area at night. I have tried most of foods here and there are no foods that burn fat. I can’t be […]

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I am happy that I have lost all my pregnancy weight after seven plus months of breastfeeding Kyson. I should be celebrating and the first thing I wanted to do is to buy new clothes for myself. But hubby asked me to wait a little longer as I may slim down further. I couldn’t “fit” […]

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Since last week, my second daughter, Kylin, have been asking me this question “You eat rice already or not?” the moment I sat down on the sofa after reaching home from work. I needed a break from the hectic day I had in the office, as I had been working up until 10 pm in […]

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Last Saturday, I woke up very early in the morning and started thinking and planning what to eat for breakfast and lunch on the weekends. I guessed I am a blessed lady, as I don’t have to worry about food on weekdays. Hubby will take care of my breakfast and lunch while my sister/brother-in-law will […]

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Kyson is going to be 6 months old in 12 days time. What can he do now? His weight is 7.9 kg - didn’t increase for the past one month due to him coughing and feverish. At times it was so easy to feed him medicine while at times I had to force the medicine […]

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Some people say that we use our mouth most during Chinese New Year. I think this is true. From morning till night, I have been using my mouth non-stop to talk and eat. Recently my weight gained around 2 kgs even without me taking my supplements.
Never mind, my new year’s resolution is still very […]

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It was party time again for me today in the office. Lunch was on company but we could not celebrate like what we did on New Year’s Eve. Only 1 glass of red wine is allowed. No more free flow of red wine, beer and ‘Yam Seng’.
This party/lunch was a memorable one, even though short […]

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Happy New Year. Another ordinary year for hubby but I want to make this year a great year for me and my family. A year where a new “me” will begin.
My new year resolutions are: -
No. 1 - To slim down to 52 kg. If unachievable, I am fine with 55 kg also.
No. 2 - […]

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Last week, Kylie and Kylin, together with their daddy attended a relative’s wedding dinner. Kyson and me stayed at home because Kyson is still young and needed my full attention. After all, breastfeeding in the fully packed restaurant would be troublesome to me.
After they came back from the wedding dinner, Kylie told me many things […]

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Last Sunday morning, we all got up early and went to a restaurant in a small town for breakfast. This is my favorite restaurant for breakfast and I haven’t visited it for quite some time (way before I delivered Kyson). We didn’t bring Kyson along, as he is still young and we prefer not to […]

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Today I went for Kyson’s 1st jab of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) at 2 months old. He cried a little while the training nurse injected on his right thigh. The training nurse was guided by an experienced nurse and I was worried when I saw how inexperienced […]

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Today is my confinement lady’s last working day. In total, she has helped me for 30 days. She came on the 3rd day postpartum delivery and I really appreciate her service. She is a good cook, efficient, knows how to soothe a crying baby and a good companion too. She is an easy going auntie […]

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I am now 16 weeks pregnant. My belly has started to show (a lot in fact) and I have switched from wearing my tight jeans and shirt to maternity pants and shirt since the beginning of second trimester.
I can now eat to my heart contents (less craving though) and I can proudly say goodbye to […]

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