Classic Video - Like Father Like Daughter

This video was taken when Yuxin was one month & one week old. She has a lot of facial expression even when she's sleeping. Do you feel Father & Daughter look alike? :P

Haha... Yuxin's daddy sure will complain to me. Why you load this video?!

Yuxin singing and making funny faces

Last night, I managed to capture Yuxin on video using my webcam for the very first time. Enjoy viewing and have a good laugh!

Watch out for Van 5047!!!

Today, as usual, I fetch Yuxin back from school and on the way back we met a terrible van driver. Every time before I cross the car park road, I always tell Yuxin to make sure there is no car then we cross. Today, as usual I was holding Yuxin's hand and cross the road. Suddenly, this van driver drove very very fast into the car park. We were only half way cross the road. My very first instinct is either to quickly carry Yuxin cross the road or I pull Yuxin quickly to cross the road. I decided on the 2nd option because the first one is too late to react.

Luckily we managed to cross the road safely without any harm. This horrible, terrible, bastard young man van driver (car plate no. 5047) drove so fast into the car park and worse still he didn't even bother to slow down when he saw a child crossing the road. We were so near the van when he drove passed us. Another mother who is Yuxin's classmate's mummy also witness this incident.

Hello! Young man, this is a car park not racing car circuit! And who you think you are, "the son of 'dou fu' shop owner", ah! Nowadays, young people drive without manner and consideration. This is not your grandfather's road! Pandon my 'bad' words but I am really really very very furious and angry. This man has put my precious daughter in risk and harm.

If I have super power and how I wish I have super power, I will DEFINITELY PUNISH that man badly WITHOUT ANY MERCY!!!

Few days ago, I also encounter a 'no manner' young man. Sigh... That day I went out with Yuxin and on the way to MRT, she saw her favourite - 'Child Ride' (those 20 or 50 cents car ride for kids). All out of a sudden, she let go of my hand and dashed out toward the 'car ride'. At that moment, there was a young couple wearing school uniforms walking towards us. Bang! Yuxin fell down! The young man knocked her down. It happened so fast that I was unable to catch hold of Yuxin and I don't blame the young man. What made me unhappy is that, Yuxin cried very loudly after falling down and the couple just walked away without showing any concern. Are they rude? Or am I too fussy? What had happened to our society? No more consideration, grace, thoughtful, kind, concern, polite, etc....

Playing Pretend Games

Last Friday, Yuxin played pretend game with me all out of a sudden. In the afternoon, while playing with her toys, she suddenly took a toy container and walked towards the door. Then she said "去买菜! (Means go buy vegetables/food)". Hahaha... I was caught in surprise. She was playing pretend game with me! Of course, I played with her too. So then I said bye bye to her. Yuxin replied "回来了! (Means I came back)". I asked her "买了什么菜? (what food did you bought)".

The first time I asked her she couldn't reply me immediately. She was thinking what to say. So I helped her by asking "Did you buy fish or chicken or papaya....?" (Why I asked papaya, it's because recently Yuxin learnt this word through a TV movie commercial. Last time I did teach her but she couldn't remember. So can imagine how powerful TV commercial can be) Then she played this game with me for many times. Keep repeating 去买菜, bye bye, 回来了, 买了什么菜... Each time she told me she bought different items like papaya, fish, chicken, vegetables, carrot.

Then at night, she played pretend game again but this time is a different one. We were in our room and suddenly she wanted me to stand at one side. Then she said "罚站! 妈妈 naughty! 罚站! 打打! (Means Mummy naughty, beat beat, standing punishment)" She was pretending to be fierce and said it in an angry tone. Then she really came and beat me. Hahaha... can you imagine a Mummy being 'punished' by her 2 year old daughter... In the end, Yuxin came to me and said "疼疼! Sayang! (Means Loving you)" and gently pat on me. Hahaha... This day was full of fun and really unforgetable!

Yuxin's Handicrafts

Here are 2 handicrafts that Yuxin made in school. Of course with the help from her teacher. I suppose the 'Right Hand' one is the actual size of Yuxin's right hand.

Yuxin's 'Right Hand' made in July 2007

National Day Drawing made in August 2007

Excuses for not sleeping... Part 3

Yesterday (Monday) night, Yuxin repeat her 'trick' again. As usual, after watching show and drinking milk, we switch off the lights to sleep. Only for a while, Yuxin climbed up onto our bed and asked for her 'baby'. This time I said 'NO, the baby was already sleeping, you should be sleeping too'.

Since she could not get her 'baby', she climbed back down to her mattress. Then she asked for milk. 'NO' was my answer. I told Yuxin that she just finished a bottle of milk so don't make any more noise and go to sleep. Then she kept on asking for milk a few more time but I still insist not giving her. So after a while, she slowly quiet down and willingly go to sleep. Why Yuxin just don't want to sleep early? Every night, she will only sleep after 12am. Yuxin, do you know Mummy and Daddy are very tired?

Excuses for not sleeping... Part 2

Yesterday night (It's a Sunday too), Yuxin tried to find excuses for not sleeping again. This night, I already expected Yuxin would not sleep early because she had a very late nap. However, I didn't expect her to repeat this 'excuse' pattern again.

Well, as usual, I asked Yuxin to promise me to sleep after drinking milk and watching her favourite Hi5 show. So everything went smoothly initially, she followed my instructions to off TV and lights and lay down to sleep after the show finished. After a short while, she suddenly said "Baby 在哪里?(Where is the baby?)" Just after finished saying this, she opened the door and dashed into the living room to look for her baby. This 'baby' is Yuxin's new and favourite toy baby. I bought it to help Yuxin on her potty training.

After getting her 'baby', she returned to lie down on her mattress. However, only after a short while, she asked for something again. This time she asked for milk. She had drunk a whole bottle of milk for less than half hour and she was asking for it again. So I asked her again to confirm whether she really wanted milk. In the end, I prepared half bottle of milk for her.

I was hoping she could fall asleep while drinking milk. Hahaha... Again wishful thinking... She finished the milk very fast and passed me the bottle. As usual, I put the bottle beside her mattress and our bed. Yuxin was very restless and could not sleep, turning here and there on her mattress.

Then she did something purposely for around 8-10 times (in fact, I lost count how many times). I think she did this purposely to make me angry and come down from my bed and asked her why you don't want to sleep. Then she could said she want to play. Of course, I didn't fell into her trap. Hahaha :P

So, what did she done actually? Yuxin got up, took her milk bottle, asked me to open the cap for her and she lay down to drink. Actually, she had already finished the milk and the bottle was emptied (Leftover maybe 3-5 ml only). Then after a while, she passed me the bottle and I capped it and placed it on the usual place. Then she got up and took her bottle to drink again and then returned to me. So this repeat for I don't know how many times.

Finally, I think she was unable to get my attention to get down from my bed, so she stopped her 'trick' and went to sleep. I was happy that I could control my temper and ignored her. If not, I would have scolded her and Yuxin might cry and make noise and we ended up with a sleepless night.