Month: December 2009

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Merry Christmas

So Christmas came and went.. and nope.. i didn’t get any Grohe faucets from Santa.. hahahha!! guessed i wasn’t being really good eh. So how was your Christmas.. ? were you naughty or good..?? As I sit here .. and reflect on the things that went on this year.. i cannot help but thank God for all the good things.

I was chatting with my g/f just this morning .. and yes.. there are some stuff that didn’t make us really happy .. or went the way we wanted.. .but our lives is in our hand.. and it’s up to us .. to make even the bad things positive.

For example, what happened to Chloe in school – I’m not happy it happened.. but it’s good it did at this point.. when it is something we can control and stop immediately. Had this not happened.. it could have been worst.. when she was older.. and it might be a lot more devastating – but for now, we became more cautious and tell ourselves to be vigilant always. So yes, life is not all smooth sailing .. but heck, if you wanna stay and wallow .. and mopped around the house about it.. then you will be miserable… as for me.. we were mad.. but we got passed that stage.. and moved on. Life is too short for the nonsense – what about you?

That’s Grampie with Chloe – hard to get good pictures of both. But i’m happy that Chloe is willing to give even Uncle Richard a hug.

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Bring It On .. Winter..!

While someone I know is not having much success with his job search, we had our tires changed to winter tire this afternoon. The tire shop was darn busy – there was no short of work there. Yes..! they were darn expensive.. close to $700 for the 4 winter tires after taxes.. but not much one can do.. especially if you don’t know what winter is gonna be like from year to year.

We had to change it .. because the all seasons one that we’ve just put new this year – was skidding so back during the last snowfall a few days ago, i was really afraid. Plus, we are heading to the city for my eye doctor’s appt in the New Year – more so must make sure the tires are somewhat good ones. So .. i feel safe tonite.. when we were on the road. Bring it on Winter..!!!

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Happy 6th Birthday Chloe !

Dear Chloe,

You turned 6 years old today! a few minutes from now 6 yrs ago, you were born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – Canada. 6 years ago, mama never thought we had the ability to raise you to this age, you were so tiny – my princess. You brought tears to my eyes everytime i watched you sleep – because you are nothing less than a miracle, just like getting Blue Cross NC in the States.

We are continuously learning new things from you and also learning how to be better parents/person so that we can set good examples for you. You are a wonderful, sweet and thoughtful little gal but you can sometimes be a P.I.T.A – but we love you always.

This year, you started your school year in a new school, you are doing so well and if not for the lil’ boy who keeps bugging you – i think you love your new school too. Your home room teacher had to be on sabbatical because her father was really ill, so your relieve teacher who is new and a man don’t really know stuff about girls eh. But never mind we are constantly reminding him that girls are different from boys.

This year, we also had to let your babysitter of 4.5 yrs go because you are already old enough not to need one, plus mama needs to teach you more school stuff after you come home from school and during the weekends. Since mama don’t get to spend a lot of time with you during the weekdays because you are going to school now, it’s better mama look after you – and cook proper food for you.

You’ve changed so much, taller, more independent and can pretty much do a lot of things on your own. But you can get quite demanding at times, so we have to work on that more. We love you but we don’t want you to grow up to be a brat. You are still very thoughtful and never ask for presents or toys when we go shopping and most times you do behave yourself – it is only at the store and when there are customers that you get naughty at times.

Mama is just very happy to surround you with good play dates and friends and the many activities we’ve planned for you since this year. Hopefully, we can go back to swimming soon after the H1N1 thing blows over. You are still doing your dancing and next year you start Karate classes – which we think is essential because of how this town is.

You are our love and our life and all we want is for you to be happy and healthy. Mama

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Rudolph At Our Lawn

This year our lawn looks a lot brighter! as you all know, ours is a new house therefore, there is no huge tree or plants around. Thanks to Chloe’s Grampie – who made us our own Rudolph and gave some Christmas trees to stick out on our lawn to put on some lights. So yes, we pretty it up .. and it’s not even all lighted up .. because we still have yet to go out and buy more lights.

One of the rudolph even has a red nose – grampie put a red bulb onto it – hahhaha!! the photo doesn’t do it justice.. because it looked a lot nicer with snow .. and all.

PB putting on lights on the christmas tree, so yes .. i’m pretty happy with the lawn this year – because our moose didn’t stand up to the wind – the wind seems to be getting worst every year.

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New Doctor For Chloe & I

In late November, our family doctor left his practice here for Toronto. I saw him the last time during his last week in town and he was upset that I haven’t gone for my blood test and saw him sooner – so her refused to apply for subsidy for my diabetic medication. He said i was not serious about my health ! I didn’t wanna be rude – because the truth was – i didn’t wanna see him nor his secretary too much unless absolutely necessary. Not only is he blunt – he had bad bedside manners. He was not good with Chloe and didn’t say the appropriate thing to a kid at all – especially one that he saw only when she wasn’t feeling good. I guess it was his way of telling me off – that i didn’t kowtow to him .. while he was around..??

Anyhow, we didn’t think we would be getting a new family doctor so soon – but we did – today the clinic from around here called and took Chloe and I in immediately. You see – i was smart – even though his “awesome” secretary told us that we cannot call and register our names in on other clinics before he left his practice – i still went ahead and left name everywhere – as soon as we found out that he was leaving.

I don’t know if the new doctor will be any better but having a doctor is better than not having one eh..?? and with this new doctor, i am gonna try to stay as professional as possible – and not even acknowledge him in public. Because our ex doctor – can’t even show any compassion of any kind and his “awesome” secretary was so plastic – even my old toy doll beats her in facial expression.

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The Beauty Of The Game

The Beauty Of The Game

While helping my g/f do some paperwork , i started watching this new show from tvb. Leave a comment if you want to watch this show too. Setting out on their quest for fame and fortune, three female TV stars of different backgrounds are resolved to achieve their dreams at any price. But after so many ups and downs in their acting careers, they finally come to discover the secret of true beauty.

Driven by sheer vanity, KO CHING MAN (Kate Tsui) takes part in a beauty pageant despite the strong opposition of her mother, a long-retired actress named CHEUNG LAI HUNG (Yuen King Tan), and leaps to stardom soon after winning the championship. Rising actress TONG HO YEE (Sharon Chan) feels threatened by MAN and decides to join another TV station to look for a breakthrough, which is not supported by her production assistant friend DEACON CHONG (Lai Lok Yi). Leading actress KEUNG CHIN FUNG (Ng Wing Mei) used to be a bitter rival of HUNG. Realizing that MAN’s acting career is taking off at top speed, FUNG means to approach her as a mentor, through which she hopes to drag the girl into her moral downfall bit by bit. Desperate for everlasting beauty, FUNG injects herself with illegal substances in an attempt to slow the aging process. But things do not really go as planned and her face starts to change in shape. Her advertising deal with a cosmetics company is subsequently canceled and MAN has soon replaced her as the new product endorser. Even the Award of Best Actress, which she has won for years, is slipping out of her hands. To vent her anger, FUNG seeks to extract revenge on MAN, finally plunging her into a world of pain and trouble.

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New Boots

Chloe has a new boots this year – since the one last year didn’t fit her anymore. Winter boots are expensive here in Canada.. and raising a kid properly is definitely not cheap. I know of some parents who would buy used boots for their kids.. but we all know certain things cannot be second hand lah. The “ang moh” very particular about the shoes/boots. We found this winter boots at Zellers and even though it was on sale – it still cost us about $35 !! imagine that eh..! Winter boots are supposed to keep her warm up to – 30 degree Celsius.

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Chloe’s School Concert

Chloe had her school concert a few days ago, we enjoyed it tremendously, so did she but we didn’t enjoy losing our kid at the end of the concert. You see – when the concert was over – everyone was all over the place. Chloe was in the front of the church and we were behind, we walked on the same aisle but apparently, she was blocked and couldn’t see us and nor did we. When I reached the front and asked one of the PSA – she said Chloe was not with them and might have gone to the back to see Santa to get a candy cane *slap forehead*. I can understand that the older kids didn’t need supervision .. but Chloe was not even 6 yrs old yet and some were even younger if i am not wrong. So yes, we learned our lesson – that next year we have to remind chloe to sit put and wait for us to go get her. She was in tears by the time we reached her. We were not impressed at all..!

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Chloe’s Birthday Party

We successfully celebrated Chloe’s 6th birthday at the bowling alley with the help of family and friends who attended the party. Chloe had a blast – the weather wasn’t the best – but it could have been worst.

Quite a few people came – and those who didn’t .. didn’t even call to say they weren’t coming – even though they had say they were – but no worries we still had a good time.

Chloe’s cake – she chose it herself and a friend’s sister made the awesome cake for her. Thank you .. Crystal..!!!

And this year.. it was special because Aunt Helena was in town – so was able to attend her birthday party.