is playing in the pool, soaking up the sun (not by choice), run around the garden, playing sand on the beach, watch dvds.... i guess i don't have much to blog about. that's basically what we do everyday, with the exception of rainy days (when that happens, we just sit in the room amusing ourselves, usually peanuts will be in the tub). and every nite, we'd be jumping around in anticipation when lof comes back (which is around 7 or 8 pm) all happy. :)

so far, since we arrived on june 10, we've been to bowling alley, gurney drive to eat, gurney plaza to window shop, there was another food centre we went to eat before we went bowling the 2nd time but i forget whats the name, queensbay mall, and last week, one of lof's staff went back to kl and left his car, so on sunday we managed to go to church in Pulau Tikus called The Immaculate Conception (yes, yes... ). almost every nite, we'd eat at long beach which is less than 10 minutes walk from the hotel. peanuts and i will walk to ferringhi plaza opposite the hotel for our lunch and sometimes dinner. they have nice chinese cook food and ramly burger. those are the ones we usually go for, we're so regular, when we sit down at the table, the drinks stall people will bring our drink (jasmine green tea with ice) without asking. hehe.

oh, i found out from the burger guy a few days ago that the tattoists are from the kk. there's a tattoo shop at ferringhi plaza. and on friday to sunday nites, there's live band. well, a couple really. and the drinks guy said the guy is from KK too. bah, KK bukan jauh bah kan. hehe.

this wednesday, lof will be leaving for HKG for training till saturday, so i decided to go KL instead of hanging around the hotel with no lof be around with. haha. at least i get to spend time with bulagui and see baby alyssa! AND at least peanuts will have koko jonathan to play with too. :)

so alrity then people. luslus, see you then!

couldn't get my mind of the clutters of photos and videos waiting to be uploaded. so i had to come back. hehe. plus, i'm missing my lof lof to bits and my lof is missing us to bits too despite being soooooo busy with work. so, i know he needs his doses of peanuts to look at. :)

(but it's addictive! once i sit in front of the pc i can't get off and i have chores and a kid to look after! so i'm gonna continue my "sabbatical")

anyway. now that i've uploaded and rearranged the photos into folders, i feel much better.

i watched p.s. i love you again today. my third time in 3 days. cannot. take. it. so yummy. and i cried buckets watching it the first time! the second and third time, i woulda done the same thing, 'cept i was watching with other people. heh. but i can't get past the fact that casted hillary swank as holly. come on, man! so NOT ngam. ee-yer. kakak said to just imagine that i am holly when i watch the movie. i can SOOO do that!

so anyway, after watching p.s. i love you, i felt like watching 300 again. and i did.

am i too old to lust over celebrities? oh my god. i can practically see and hear uncle C rolling his eyes heavenward going: "aiyo! ah soh... remember hor, you're now a mother!"

he..he..he... (that's lusty laugh for ya, uncle C!)

is this yummy or is this yummy? i was watching Sugar on Asian Food Channel while blogging and she made this kind of cake and it made me soooooo hungry. i'm gonna try it one of these days. really, i am. *looks away*

okay, gonna be away again for a while (i think). g'nite people!

... from the PC.

that's what uncle C said i am suffering from. hence the absence from the blogworld. thanks, (or maybe no thanks?) to toy, i've been obsessed with The L Word show. there was a time when i slept at 5 am for two mornings in a row! u can imagine how zombified i was those days. hehe. i usually watch it late at night when peanuts is already in bed. and i keep telling myself after each episode ends "one more episode, just one more". the next thing i now... bam! it's 4:45 am.  that was how i looked like. (i know, i know.. thats the emoticon for disappointed look, ut i pretty much looked like that lah)

it's 4:00 pm now and peanuts is asleep, and i was contemplating whether i should watch or update my blog. thought i'd better take the chance to use the pc since youngest bro in law in not around, he usually hogs the pc too playing online game.

anyway, i don't have any new photos to upload, the trusty olympus is with my lofliness in hongkong, couple of weeks ago, a friend of his went to hong kong. so he asked to "tapau" the camera over. i have only these old ones, from my last minute kopi session with B a few weeks ago (he's camera shy, or rather, internet shy, so i've only taken a pic of his hand. macam celebrity like dat!)

so boring lah my post. sorries. haven't been up to anything.

but our peanuts? oh man... that kids grows too fast.

random conversation with MIL and peanuts on the way to have tea at nearby coffee shop:

MIL: peanut, how come you are called peanut?

peanuts: (not understanding) i am koko! (i am a big brother)

me: nut! if mummy has another baby, you will be a koko. you are called peanuts. what will baby be called?

peanuts: (without skipping a beat) aniwana! (ariwana - that's jedi's most prized pet fish. it's actually called arowana, but all the time i thought it was called ariwana and taught peanuts that)

MIL and me: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

at 2 years 6 months:

he can put on his own socks & pants

he can step on a chair to switch on the light, pull up the toilet seat to pee pee (and aaah.. this is for women everywhere, he will promptly put in back down again. eheheh, i didn't even have to teach him that!), sit up on the toilet seat to poo and calls me when he's done.

he can count from one to ten (i'm guessing he can actually say the alphabets from A to Z but he's usually too lazy and goes A, B, C... eh... tung tung chang and changes the subject)

he can put on the dvd (but he doesn't yet know how to press enter, so this is a work in progress. hahaha, okay, putting on the dvd is nothing to be proud of, coz what is he doing watching dvds when he could be doing other contributional stuff, right? err.. like painting? or watering the plants? i dunno....) he LOVES watching the lion dance dvd jedi got for him and i am going crazy having to watch it 3 times a day! arrrghhhhh how much can a person take listening to "tung tung tung tung.... chang! chang!" oh, for the love of...... anyway, i'm keeping my fingers crossed, it's just a phase. few weeks ago, we had to watch Shrek the Third over and over and over again.

i actually have a video to post, but i am waiting for it from kakak, coz i took it from her camera. so until then... maybe i'll disappear again for a while. i have season 4 of The L Word to finish.. unless toy passes me the season 5 when she's done? "hint hint" or.. even brothers and sisters? "double hint"

can't wait for my hubbilicious to come home! 24 days to go! (lof! do you know that a couple of nights ago, i told peanuts that when papa come home, he will buy you toys, he will take you to the beach, bring you jalan jalan.... his mouth actually trembled and he was in tears?? he said he's sad oh! you come home quick quick! i asked him when you come home, where will he take you. he said city mall. haha.

loflof, our little artist at work for the first time. :)

his "artwork"

wish you were here to see this lof, he was so happy to be able to play paint after watching the kids in Barney show do it. :)

i managed to do two things in one week. one, get our two years and five months old son to bed on his own (before this, he couldn't be left alone in the room, i have to be in bed with him till he falls asleep and i'd go out and watch tv or surf the net). i started with afternoon nap and it actually went pretty well. two weeks ago, he started having this insane interest in going to school like his two che ches (H and T, especially T since she is his playmate cum babysitter.. ehheh), so i'd tell him that since he was almost going to school then he must be a big boy and be able to go to sleep on his own. i told him that i'd leave the door open and that i had to tidy up his toys. he called me in a few times, but after about less than 15 minutes, he fell asleep. then i started with nites. same reasons.

but you know what's the cutest thing? he'd insist on a hug, just to keep me a little longer in the room, but after he lets go, he'll say "have fun outside, okay?" awww. i'll say "okay, you have fun sleeping, okay?" and he'll sleepily say "okay".

it's nearly 3 am. i couldn't sleep, so i came out to post these pics for the hubbilicious. a few minutes ago, he cried out. tink he had a bad dream or something. i went in to soothe him and told him i'm going out to tidy up the living room and as i walked away, he mumbled something. i went back closer and asked him what, he mumbled "have fun outside, okay?"

he makes me all mushy inside and i tell myself to remember moments like these when i start to lose my temper when he misbehaves or when i have a bad day or something. coz he's such a sweet and clever boy, he makes me want to cry in delight at the things he says or do.

yesterday, i got him off the bottle. he has his bottle of 7 ounces milo (i add one teaspoon of milo in his milk) 3 times a day. one in morning when he wakes up, one before his afternoon nap and last one in bed before he sleeps. yesterday, before going to bed at night, i decided i'd try and give him in the cup and he was okay with it.  plus, i added the "if you are going to school, you don't need to drink from the bottle anymore". worked like a charm. after reading a story, lights off. then after a bit of tossing and turning, he said "can i have milo, please?" tink he was having bottle withdrawal. heheh. so i said, no, you had your milo, your tummy is going to explode if you drink any more. (drastic, i know. haha) so i gave him his water and he went to sleep after that. and when he woke up this morning, instead of plonking him on the couch in front of the tv with a bottle, i dragged his tiny table and chair in front of the tv and gave him a cup. took a while, but he finished it. i'm so proud of our boy. :)

sometimes, when he asks for his bottle he'll say "milo satu please" in those exact words. heh.

a couple of days ago, i chanced upon a blogger who took her daughter to the dentist and had photos to show and i showed peanuts the photos and told him "see? che che didn't cry right? would you like to go see doctor to clean your teeth?" he says yes. i've already asked kakak if she could schedule and appointment for T as well, since peanuts would do almost anything T does (see how we managed to get his haircut cry free? all thanks to che che H and T) so i'll update on that when that happens. keeping my fingers crossed that it'll go well.

(he's so big oredi oh! that's mear's first words when we saw him at the airport)

i dunno what to blog about. i just mop around listlessly. missing my hubby. wishing i was back in hongkong. not having to be "monica". haha. i didn't have to worry about whether the house is dirty, clothes are washed and hang, well i did wash clothes, but i didn't fret about it. i didn't have to worry that i slept in the same clothes i wore while i sat on the sofa (i never sleep in my bed with the clothes that i wear sitting outside in the living room.. it's just unimaginable) but whilst on holiday and the bed was not my actual bed... ahhh, all is okay. haha. and i get to get up anytime i want (read: 11am). in fact, when we got back, we were still on "hong kong" time. sleeping late, waking up late. took us a while to get back to our routine.

finally go the photos uploaded. well, some anyway. i still can't get the photos from the new camera transferred to the pc. will have to wait for lus maybe this. uhm, by the way, celine... i just realised kan, even if i managed to upload my photos kan, mostly of food that i think. i cant really show u where i went. hahaha. godoot bah, so ambil food only lah!

he finally fell asleep after much running around. i was hoping to sleep (though i know that would have been wishful thinking. i can never sleep on flights no matter how tired i am. unless of course i am on meds, which was what i did when we came back from macau to kk. i took peanuts' flu medicine while MIL watched over him). luckily the flight wasn't so bad. i really really am afraid of flying. i hate when the plane hits the clouds and there's that turbulence. i had a really bad experience with kakak once about three years ago and until now, i am afraid of almost anything. i mean, like roller coaster rides, boat rides ... you name it. everyone kept joking about how i was really determined to lose weight to look good for lof and all. ahahah. tau tau, i was nauseous about my flight! doi...

and that is how i got to be this:

i just HAD to capture this lah okay. i know i will NEVER be that weight again no matter how much i "diet". hahah. this was taken on the 2nd or 3rd day i arrived. that weighing scale was like an addiction. everyday i stepped on it. and after the first week, i can slowly see the number 3 appearing next to number 5. and now... i'm pretty sure a number 5 is happily hugging its' twin. coz when i came back... Big Apple Donuts is all the rage!!! and i just ate like, 3 earlier. i lurve the peanut butter one. but since i ate 2 of that just now.. now i feel kinda bleargh. so maybe after this that wont be my fav anymore.

uhm, oh, you must be wondering why i didn't lose any weight a week before i left for kk? well, i was too busy shopping and squeezing every minute with lof that i managed to block it out of my mind. plus, i knew MIL was around, so i knew i could take peanuts' meds to knock me off. but it knock me off only half an hour! but thank GOD the flight was SUPER SMOOTH. it didn't bump at all. well, maybe while i was sleeping. but not while i was awake. otherwise, MIL would be treated to a very hyperventilating abelle!

anyway, i'm glad to be back home again but i also wish i didn't have to leave my malingness. i guess  i could occupy myself with my upcoming project with lus and oh, maybe a few rounds of gin. maybe? oh and, my best friend is back in town again and i can't wait to see her baby bump! :)

by the way, so many kinds of chocolates in hongkong. how did i not eat all of them? i wasn't in the mood. but man, how do they live?

p.s. forgot to mention that we were 22kgs overweight. between the two of us, MIL and i bought 5 quilt cover and bedsheet sets from shenzen, few pairs of sandals and shoes, clothes and chocolates. hehe. oh, and we went to toys' r us 4 times while we were there. his toys actually weigh nearly 5 kgs. i think. why did we buy such big toys, u ask? beats me. haha, it was "the moment". yeah. MOMENTary insanity. haha.

first batch of photos left in lof's laptop in hongkong. second batch of photos with new olympus camera (yes, dee, we finally got a new camera! hehe) cannot be copied to the pc. urgh. must read up the manual again, but not tonite. just wanna say i'm baaaack!!! :)

i miss you so much my smiaulingness. :(

imagine this was me holding the nutella with the same goofy looklah. didn't want to take pic of myself just now coz baru bangun trus i hear the poslaju van going toot toot at our gate, then after a while, MIL went "isabelle yapp, you have a package!" wooooohooooooooo!

oh, what bliss. oh, what a way to start my day... sigh sigh... (don't worry, babe.. dah i "distribute" to the right people. hehe. i called kakak and cikgu after i got them, just haven't pass to them yet)

BUT THE NUTELLA'S ALL MINE!!! MWAHAHAHHAAH!

it began with a phone call from cigu on thursday afternoon. actually, it began a month ago with a message to loflof i think, but i was only in the scene on thursday.

so.

cigu said she had free TATU vouchers for lunch, so why not we go on saturday, sort of to belanja me for my birthday lah. i thought it was a bit weird since we had my early birthday dinner the nite before, what's with this one on one? some more she said i can bring peanuts lah. ??? walauuuu eh, like that no need to eat lah! anyway. i was all for free lunch. heh. little did i know.

on friday nite, while webcamming with lof, he asked me what i was doing on sunday. i was like "i have a 1 year old birthday party to attend in the afternoon". and he went "and then after that?" "i dunno. jalan-jalan with peanuts if your mum's not working i guess..." and again he went "and after that...?" i'm like....  weird oso this guy this. "i dunno..."

at the same time, kakak sms-ed me "don't forget to bring your TRIO card tomorrow to pass to cigu. i'll be meeting her in the evening. B wants to borrow it"

it was weird that B wanted to borrow it, but what the heck lor.

i thought all these little things were weird but i didn't put two and two together. when we got to STAR, cigu said we had to go to her friend's room to get the voucher. i still didn't suspect anything! (though mum and kakak thought i did but kept quiet about it... ahhahahah) for a split second before we got to the room i did think that was loflof giving me a suprise by coming back? but i got distracted when cigu said to a trotting peanuts "peanuts, when u see my friend's baby, don't squeeze squeeze him ah... okay? don't ah!" and i went "hah?? your friend got anak??" matilah i this have to control him.

fyi, peanuts did "squeeze squeeze" hadif, okay. he pulled his legs, pinched him and thump his head on the chair during lunch until he cried. tsk tsk. (hence, at today's outing he was not present..hehehe)

ting-tong! peanuts presses the doorbell. door opens....

EEEEEEEEKKKKSS!!!!!

my "former landlady" is heeeereeeeeeee! aahaahhaha.

gave me a suprise they did. apparently she planned it a month ago. lof even helped her book the room. haiyoooooooooo. 

anyway. i wanna go play with peanuts for a while before he goes to bed. i just wanted to post this quick entry.

and thanks ayu for the hooded jumper. he can soooooooo wear it in december. :) lurve it!

will have pics and more stories later. hopefully i can steal some photos from dee too. hahahah.

(yes, yes.. i KNOW my eyes kici!)

(all photos taken from kakak's multiply. hehe. her camera better quality than mine lor. more photos from my camera here)

so i didn't lose the 2 kilos i told myself to lose before my 31st birthday (okay, i know, it's not my birthday yet. but at the rate i'm going pigging out at every opportunity... *shakes head* even as i type, i have oreo cheesecake cooling in the oven. nope, no one ordered it, i just felt like baking it. eversince that day i made it for tierney's birthday, i keep thinking about it and i keep telling people that HANDS DOWN, oreo cheesecake is now my favourite cheesecake! yes, in that tone exactly. uhm... sounds like a hint oh kan....)anyway. i digress. the good news is ... i managed to "look" like i didn't gain them in some photos. tee hee hee..... 

*pause*

31st??? I can't believe i am 31 this year. I don't feel it. Cheh. I'm not sure exactly how old do i feel, but not 31. you know kah what i'm trying to say? it's just a surreal feeling.

like when i say to peanuts "kiss mummy" and i go "wow, i am a mummy. when did that happen?"

anyway, so i know it's gonna sound corny.. but i feel like it was just a couple of years ago that i thought i was .. i dunno... 20? 22? see, that's what i mean, i don't feel 31 but i can't exactly pinpoint how old i ... feel. oh god. i am repeating.

is it like, some strong memories/feelings are stored and keeps repeating in your mind/heart all the time? is it like that? am i making sense?

heh.

okay, so turning 31 makes me talk nonsense. brilliant.

okay, bon bon, to answer your question further in kakak's multiply about peanuts' weight. nah, this is how he looked like when he was about 2 or 3 days old. i'm not sure how much he weighed already at that timelah, but he was born 2.9 kg, 50cm long. :) aaahhh, how i miss those baby days. how fast 2 years go by! (actually ada another photo i want to put up, tapi pikir2 maciam terlampau "exposed" pulak. coz in that photo he was lying flat on his back, his kaki kangkang for all the world to see his booboo. ahhahahah. sunbathing him bah that time, ada jaundice kan.