Cheeks to Cheeks

By this time next week, I will be enjoying a nice cuppa iced teh tarik. I can’t wait for this week to be over and it hasn’t been a pleasant one. Things went down the hill over the weekend and we’re recovering from it. These are the events that had happened over the week:

1) I woke up middle of the night finding Cass with a slight fever of 99.9 degree F. Luckily it subsided after one dose of Motrin.

2) Belle ate something bad and had the worse food poisoning in her life. She puked 3 times and had constant diarrhea. It was so bad that whenever she had to let out gas, poop came with it. We had to bring her in to the hospital (there are no private single clinics in Shanghai) the following morning. Luckily we didn’t go to the famous Pediatric/Children’s Hospital. Instead, we went to a General Hospital (which her daddy used to go to as a child) and visited the Pediatric department. Poor baby had to had IV inserted on her hand. The doctor said her electrolytes are imbalanced and if she doesn’t get the IV solution in, she would continue to puke whenever she eats or drinks. Poor girl gave a fight and all of us (both me and father-in-law and 3 nurses) had to pin her down just so the nurse could insert the IV needle into her. She had 2 bags of solution and it lasted almost 3 hours. Thankfully she felt a lot better at the end of the “treatment” and we were able to meet up with some relatives for lunch. She refused to go home to rest and we had no choice but to bring her along. She ran a slight fever when she came home but Motrin did the trick. She had to drink 2 doses of yucky medicine to stop her diarrhea. The girl went through the phobia of eating for few days but she is getting better now.

3) Just as Belle got better, Cass came down with fever again. This time it was about 100.9 degree F. Thank goodness I have Motrin with me and her fever subsided after one dose of it. As you can see why the title of this post is “Sleepless in Shanghai continues.”

4) Then the worse part happened, all three of us, my Father-in-law, Mother-in-law and I ate something bad and had food poisoning. MIL puked numerous times and had to take Belle’s anti-vomit med. I had a few runs of diarrhea and had to make myself puke once ‘cos my tummy was feeling uneasy the entire day. FIL puked once and had fever. He is still running a slight fever now. Luckily for me, my diarrhea lasted only for 2 days and I’m feeling back to my normal self. MIL is feeling better but doesn’t have much appetite.

So, now you can see why I want this week to be over with. With relatives flying in from Hong Kong and Australia, we can’t afford to be sick. We will just have to toughen up ourselves and hopefully by next week we can relax and enjoy the rest of the vacation. My in-laws have been a great help and they really deserve a child-free vacation. Hopefully with us in K.L. they get to relax a bit before they leave for U.S.

I will not be blogging till I get to K.L. So, I’ll see some of y’all soon! Adios!

This is what I got from the hubby. No flowers, no chocolates, just this…

Hmm, didn’t know the hubby’s writing skill has deteriorated so much but I get what you mean, hon. Oh, you’re getting 2 only. Note: Not 2 more. 

The hubby flipped thru the channel and 8mm (the movie) is showing on TV now.  I haven’t watched this before so I decided to catch the movie again as they will show it back to back. The movie is almost ending now. Then I told my hubby I wanna watch it. This was the conversation:

Me: I wanna watch this later.

Hub: What? Why you wanna watch this? I watched it already.

Me: Huh? You watched this without me?!

Hub: This movie is old leh…see..(clicked on the info button) It came out in 1999. I must’ve watched this before I met you.

Me: Are you sure?? *trying to test him* When did we first meet?

Hub: *thinking thinking thinking* 2000!

Me: What?! You sure??

Hub: Er…1999.

Me: Are you positive? What if you’re wrong..what will I get??

Hub: You will *censored* (only between us)

Me: You’re so dead wrong. We met at 1998!

Hub: Huh? That long meh? We’ve been together for 8 years?!

Me: Yeah!

Hub: Gee..you were 2x only at that time…and I was 2x only. I didn’t expect to marry you leh.

Me: What the?! *%&^#!!! *celaka!* *fuming*

Mommy got bored one weekend…

A friend of mine emailed this to me and I find this author (unknown) too hilarious. Just can’t help to share this with everyone.
I OWE MY MOTHER

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
 ”If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
 ”You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
 ”If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
 ” Because I said so, ! that’s why.”

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC .
 ”If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
 ”Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

7. My mother taught me IRONY
 ”Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.”

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
 ”Shut your mouth and eat your supper.”

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
 ”Will you look at tha t dirt on the back of your neck!”

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
 ”You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.”

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
 ”This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.”

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
 ”If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
 ”I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.”

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
 ”Stop acting like your father!”

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
 ”There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.”

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
 ”Just wait until we get home.”

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
 ”You are going to get it when you get home!”

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
 ”If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.”

19. My mother taught me ESP.
 ”Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?”

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
 ”When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
 ”If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
 ”You’re just like your father.”

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
 ”Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
 ”When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”

25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
 ”One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!”

I think my man is going through early mid-life crisis.

He called last night but couldn’t get hold of me ‘cos I was busy coaxing Belle to sleep. So, he left me a voicemail and it was the funniest I’ve heard from him.

Summary of what he left behind:

Hey babe, you sexy thing, i feel like…(Ok, ok, he didn’t say that..haha. Caught your attention huh?) Anyway, he rented a convertible Audi for this business trip. The wireless was down at the hotel and he decided to cruise around, top down, during the night. He claimed how he loved it, how he felt like he was 20-year old again. How rejuvenated he got from driving a convertible..blah..blah..

I was like, OH. MY. GAWD. He has been struck with early mid-life crisis syndrome! Die lor, now he is going to be so persistent. We just sold “his” M3. Now have to fork out money to buy a convertible? He has been eyeing the Mazda Miata but I kept denying him. Personally I think Miata is a girly car. Apparently my hunk doesn’t think so.

What should I do? O, What should I do? I guess I’ll just have to ignore his wish remark everytime the “M” brand is mentioned.

Life is like a highway which you think you know where you’re heading to but all of the sudden an open country road turns up along the way and throws you off course. This is the journey of a sleep deprieved mom and her chubby cheeks baby girl.

<–Belle loves Baths

To email this tired mom, leave a comment & she will email you.

I received this via email from a cousin-in-law. I do not wish to take credit for it. If anyone know of the original author(s) please let me know.

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (written by kids)

1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
- Alan, age 10

2) No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.
- Kristen, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
- Cammile, age 10

2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.
- Freddie, age 6

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
- Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
1) Both don’t want any more kids.
- Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
- Lynnette, age 8

2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
- Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
1) I’d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
- Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
1) When they’re rich.
- Pam, age 7

2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with that.
- Curt, age 7

3) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It’s the right thing to do.
- Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
1) I don’t know which is better, but I’ll tell you one thing. I’m never going to have sex with my wife. I don’t want to be all grossed out.
- Theodore, age 8

2) It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
- Anita, age 9 (LOL! How true!)

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN’T GET MARRIED>
1) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn’t there?
- Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favourite is……..

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
1) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
- Ricky, age 10

We’re shopping for a Cal King bed frame and the hubby was sending links with pics…

lotsa_cheeks: nope
lotsa_cheeks: like coffin..
lotsa_fat: hehe
lotsa_cheeks: not good fengshui
lotsa_fat: so damn picky
lotsa_cheeks: if not picky..wouldnt choose u, rite?
lotsa_fat: hehe

Like my reply leh?

I thought I was free from doing meme/tags. I thought if I keep my trap shut while reading other bloggers tags, they will not notice me. I was dead wrong.

I got this homework tag from the infamous Egghead. Hai, now I have to scratch my head on this…

Four jobs I would stink at:

Khong family – Since our kids are so close at age, would like to know more about you.