Mister and Missus +1

The end

2009-07-10T08:28:00.003+08:00

*sniff sniff

And now, the end is here
And so I face the final curtain
excerpt from Frank Sinatra's My Way

*sniff sniff

clydeandchel.blogspot.com is closing! Ending! Actually, more like moving.. TO a domain more fitting of the contents. http://aberryfamily.wordpress.com. More about Toby and family stuffs.. Come to think of it, might most probably be all about Toby. Everyone's more interested in the baby than the two people that worked hard in caring for the baby.. =P

Sigh.. Looking back to the first post. We've come a looong way. Buh bye blog! It was fun while it lasted..

water baby

2009-06-18T15:44:00.000+08:00

What a weekend.. I'm knackered. Took a few minutes off to JUST close my eyes. Woke myself up with a snore! haha! We spend a good part of Saturday at Serasa Yacht Club for a birthday. Beautiful balloons all over. I love going to the Yacht Club. The classic clubhouse and the sight of the sea a few steps away from civilisation.

There's a pool there and we brought Toby in the afternoon for a swim. My dear son simply loves the water.. loves it with a capital L. He would actually protest if his daily bath too 'short' of a time. Bought him a mini pool for home but we finally had the chance to put him into a big pool at the birthday bash. We were in the pool for a little more than an hour. He was getting tired and we could see from his eyes that he really wanted to sleep but with so much water to play with, who needs sleep?! hehe.. Usually, he would make lots of noise and get fidgetty when he's tired and ready for a nap.

getting ready to plunge into the pool

*note his big smile!

swimming in his baby float

Another year older, a little wiser maybe? =p

Happy birthday Ping!

Gmail

2009-06-16T16:57:00.001+08:00

Gtalking with a buddy and I realised that he's got his name for his email. Earlier this morning, Mr Friday Night was commenting about he would like to get an email add that's good for both personal and professional use. Basically something not too kiddy.. =P

I tried (again) today to see if I could get my name for my email. Then I remembered why I chose bisquit instead of my name.. Hey! It's been that long k???

Gmail Team's welcome email

28th June 2004! that's... *counting fingers* 12 more days to 5 years.

Interesting fact about Gmail. Started on April's Fool, 2004 AND now after 5 years, it's still in 'beta' mode.... Ah I remember those times. Before Gmail was released to the public. The only way you got a gmail account was by invite from someone else who had an existing account. Does anyone remember gmailswap.com? Hehe.. the things people were willing to give JUST for a gmail..

Kiasu mummy registered a gmail for Toby. Like Frankie said, he'll thank me in the future.. I hope! hehe..

Eyes tearing up...

2009-06-12T14:53:00.001+08:00

*Sniff sniff* So proud of her. Hehe...

Water baby

2009-06-08T21:28:00.000+08:00

Finally managed to get hold of a Bumbo seat for Toby. A relief off ourarms but of course we don't leave him in there too long as his spine isstill not that strong yet but he's most happy when in a sittingposition or when we're on the move.

munching on Greg's ear

Went to Caleb's party yesterday. (Happy 3rd birthday Caylupee!) So many people to see and carry him with the CONSTANT complain andexclamation about how heavy he is. Yes people! We know that he's a bigboy.. And to be honest, we're really happy about it. We prayed for astrong and healthy boy. God delivered as He promised in His word thatHe would. Trust Him to give more than what you ask for. A really strongand healthy boy.

Toby went for his monthly checkup today. He's officially 8.13kg and69cm long. According to the charts, he's on the 95th percentile forboth weight and length. Can't wait for him to grow older. I wonderwhich sports he would dabble in.. Basketball like his Ah Ku? Footballlike his daddy? Just pray that it's NOT rugby.. Don't get me wrong, Ilike watching rugby and think it's an awesome game but I don't think Ican stomach watching my son in such a contact sport. Maybe Toby wouldbe Brunei's answer to Yao Ming.. Ka Ching!! $$$ =D

The only person who didn't complain carrying him was Toby's Unc Nick. The word he used was "siok". It turns out that he's finally gotten himself a camera phone!

Practicing his skills snapping lil' Toby

All I can say is, "Great shots Nick!"

Unc Nick's SHOT OF THE YEAR of Toby

All Thumbs

2009-05-14T09:50:00.004+08:00

I've just discovered my fingers & they are *yummy*!

new parents

2009-05-13T23:38:00.001+08:00

Bear with us dear friends and family who check this blog to see what we're up to. Work and family (meaning our baby boy) are stretching us both thin. Whatever free time is used to just breathe and sleep! Lots of new posts coming soon.. (a few days hopefully)

Notes from Toby to Kung Kung George and Aunty Angie:

Hi Kung Kung George! I'm wearing my 6-12 mth old Baby Gapshoes that you bought for me now.. Mummy claimed that I outgrew my0-6mths old shoes in a month.

Hi Aunty Angie! Remember the 18-24mth old "I wanna rock" shirt that you put on the monkey to give me? Well.. As you can see below, I'm wearing it already! =D

Wassup!

2009-05-02T22:42:00.000+08:00

Mr Cool

hang loose!

ROCK ON!

Thanks Aunty Nikki! xoxo

Me, myself and Toby

2009-04-21T12:49:00.001+08:00

It was hard not having ck around when he went off to KL for a conference right after our honeymoon. It's even harder not having him around with Toby in our lives now. At least it's not at the same time everyone's not around (mum's going to away next week) plus Toby's a little older and not as demanding as he was in the first month or so.

Ck fills in the time when I really need my rest. My power naps. Feel bad about leaving Toby with my in-laws most of the time. Toby's very manja with me.. As my mil pointed out. He bullies me! hehe.. Even though it's not time for milk he tends to cry more often asking for a feed if he sees me around. Everyone else, you need to distract him when I'm around!!

Babe, missing you lots. Not seeing you during lunch time isn't so bad. It's the nights that's hard. One down, 4 more to go! Looking forward to the end of the week. xoxo

lookie...

2009-04-17T12:13:00.000+08:00

the more the better

2009-04-14T14:43:00.000+08:00

Only your baby can make you so happy to see poop. Especially one who doesn't seem to be able to go number 2 easily.

Words of praise everytime he poops! Even if it's a little.. but louder and more if there's heaps!
"Well done!", "Such a good boy!", "You poo poo? Good boy!", "I'm so proud of you"

See belly?

2009-04-07T22:12:00.003+08:00

little sleeping buddha pose

He's only 2 months+ and he's already outgrown his 3-6 months clothes. he's now wearing 6-9 months! Went for his monthly checkup yesterday. His data to date, compared to when he was born

Weight: Birth - 3.68kg ; Now - 6.5kg
Length: Birth - 54cm ; Now - 62cm

Boy is he growing.. And growing.. And growing.. Let's just say that it's a really good thing that he's fully breastfed. If on formula, he would be instructed to be put on a diet... You read it right! A baby on a diet!

where do the days go?

2009-04-04T13:51:00.003+08:00

I don't wish for more hours in a day but I do wish I can do things faster.. Am grateful for having family around to help out with Toby but I think we would have raised him up kind of differently if we weren't staying with my in-laws. First of all, Toby won't be used to being carried around sooo much! =P

Ck's complained that I work too much. I've even overheard my mum saying that! Which, by the way, is not usual. How long should maternity leave be? DO I really do too much? Am I taking in too much too soon? I really salute all the single mum's out there. Coping through life with a child all by themselves..

On another note, our baby boy's growing well.. Alot more heavier and longer. Lifting up his head well and turning from his chest to his back! Soon, it'll be rolling, creeping, crawling and walking. We're looking forward and at the same time feeling hesitant about his speech. Half way towards his 2 months old mark, you can already hear him babbling and cooing away plenty. And I mean plenty! Talkative little boy. More than che che Chloe?? Well.. we'll see

First of February

First of March

First of April

My men

2009-03-27T10:50:00.000+08:00

Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the handsomest of us all?

times of change

2009-03-27T09:21:00.001+08:00

Now you see

Now you don't

Poor baby.. was crying quite abit during the whole process. Not because of the haircut but because he wants to sleep! He was actually nodding off the whole time..

Earlier this evening

2009-03-18T20:29:00.001+08:00

Chel: "I want cake. Let's go to Coffeebean"

Clyde: (pointing to sleeping Toby) "How about him?"

Chel: pause.. "Can I leave my boobs here??"

Toby perks up his ears and lets out a string of farts.

Mummy, Toby and cheeky chops

2009-03-17T20:17:00.001+08:00

Taken with Photo Booth.

Time saver

2009-03-17T19:57:00.000+08:00

Oh Avent! How I love thee...

Ikea - Inspired by you

2009-03-11T22:12:00.000+08:00

What are you? Find out here..

to choot or not to choot

2009-03-11T16:04:00.000+08:00

chinese: choot choot
english: pacifier aka pacie
me: binkie

2 weeks after Toby was born, we had a debate as of whether he should get a binkie.. A few concerns like
a) nipple confusion
b) dependency on it for... MANY years??
c) if not binkie then thumb where the habit would be harder to break? Vy the way, he has attempted thumbsucking from time to time with great enthusiasm but has been quite unsuccessful as he hasn't come to the understanding as of how to fully control his hands
d) having to wear braces due to bad teeth formation contributed by binkie usage

Most of our concerns stem from experience. Namely.. me.

I loved sucking a binkie til I was.. 4-5? Not too sure of the age but I do remember my popo giving me 10c (or was it 20c) to buy the cheapo binkie from the indian shop (Uncle Samad!) at the bottom of our flat when my mum goes off to work. My uncles who live to tease me would sometimes suddenly shout, "Mummy's coming!" (even though she's not..) and laugh at me as I quickly pull my binkie out of my mouth and try to hide it somewhere. My dear mummy has thrown many binkies during my time..

Anyways, out of sheer desperation (on my part), we decided to get him his very own blue binkies! Just so that I can have time to actually go about doing things aside from being a walking, talking binkie.

One of his binkies

Two weeks into it, all worries (as stated above) were gone. He seems to dislike it very much but there have been a few occassions wherewe managed to get him to suckle on it. Briefly. He has even managed to whack it right into the trash can once. I can truly say that he knows the difference between his binkie and me very well. Am having very mixed feelings about his reaction. Half of me is upset that he rejected his binkie while the other half is very thankful. Oh well, I guess I just have to suck it up and be his walking, talking binkie, along with many other titles and just see how it goes.

being confined

2009-02-24T10:35:00.001+08:00

Motherhood has been a ride of ups and downs even though it's only been 22 days! Being in the hospital for 8 days then back, I've had to adjust my sleep patterns twice and I'm anticipating another time as I need to get back to work in a weeks time or so. Dry run with tuition starting today at home.

Confinement's no fun. Especially for a person like me who loves her independence to up and go whenever she wishes and eat WHATEVER she wants! Not that I can just up and go anytime now with Toby around. Oh how I miss my food... It's pretty interesting though how different cultures have their own ideas as of how one should 'heal' after childbirth. The Chinese confinement has so many rules! Not being allowed to shower.. Cannot wash up with tap water (then again all these depends on how strict your mum or in-laws are). A do and don't list of food items. *sarcastic whoopee!* Chicken for a month. Not any chicken by the way, it has to be kampong chicken! Being literally confined to the house for a whole month! Blech!

At least there's no rule of no visitors. It's a good distraction to have peeps around even though half the time I kinda have to disappear to breastfeed. =P

get together before Irene goes

Favourite visitor so far, lil' Caleb K. Toby was crying and this is what he said while patting Toby. "Don't cry Toby. Popo (his popo) here. Mummy here. Daddy here. Auntie Chel here. Uncle Clyde here. Popo Geline here. Che che here. Don't cry." How adorable! Will attempt to get it on video if and when he does it again.. Makes me impatient for Toby to start talking.

6 more days then I'm FREE! In a way.. Got a list of things to do and places to go already. Haha!!

Fun in the sun

2009-02-15T13:42:00.000+08:00

A boy after our own hearts.. Love for the sun

popo also getting a tan

sleeping soundly

Daddy's boy

2009-02-13T18:08:00.001+08:00

blowing 'raspberries' at 3am on a weekday

plus one

2009-02-11T16:27:00.083+08:00

First car ride

After 8 long days, we finally hear the words "You can go home". On Sunday, 8th of Jan, Toby had his first car ride, first look of the outside world, first feel of being in the comforts of home and family, first bath of 'essence of bitter gourd stalks' and first night in his bed. His popo was out of her seat to welcome him before we even got to park!

Jaundice has kept us for so long in the hospital. Poor boy had his hand pricked so many times over the days to have his blood drawn. We can hear his cry from the nurses station all the way from our room which is at the end of the hall. Poor Clyde had his heart pierced each time he hears the cry each day.. Phototherapy for almost 5 days has kind of turned him into a little brown indian.

In the light

His Nana's got a project to create a photo album of his first month on earth. Have printed a number of the photos already and proudly showing them off to anyone and everyone within arm's length! Plus all the pictures must be with his eyes open wide.. Very very wide.

wide awake

THANK YOU everyone for your well wishes, pressies/ang pows (yay! for Chinese New Year!) and for taking time out to visit us in and out of the hospital. Having a baby's no walk in the park but nevertheless a lovely one with the occasional (or should we say constant) need to rest all konked out horizontally.*grin*

ps: The carseat's safety straps were too long. Patrick's actually strapped in together with him to make it a perfect fit! =p

=D

2009-02-02T00:56:00.001+08:00

Hold your horses...

2009-01-25T14:56:00.005+08:00

Almost an outie

Any day now...

Patrick, waiting patiently

Exhaustion, thy name is Rachael!

2008-11-17T18:29:00.005+08:00

On behalf of the missus, I'd like to apologise to everybody for the lack of posts. Bloating plays havoc with the fingers, it's even painful to type. So she's holding off on blogging for awhile.

Baby's arriving late Jan - early Feb. 3 months to go. We can't wait...

woot woot!

2008-10-20T12:35:00.002+08:00

#1. To my freakishly tall and big feet cousin who has finally relinquished his teen years and is embarking on his soon to be legal adulthood. Who also has an unbelievable appetite for Japanese cuisine!

Happy 20th Birthday!

ps: Ko, this is what you've been missing out...

#2. Many smiles and joy knowing that these two have overcome so many hurdles for a love as great as theirs. Looking forward to the big day! *bling bling* Congratulations on your engagement. No pictures of the two of you together but I guess a lil' redirection here will do.

Note to self: Take picture of the sparkle!

Sweets for my tummy

2008-10-20T12:15:00.000+08:00

A surprise one Sunday morning in church..

Chloe: Auntie Chel, for you!

Chocolatey and nutty cookies

Too greedy wait for ck to take out the camera before gorging my face with it. It took a lot of self-control to have only half of it at a go! Before you jump to any conclusions, keep in mind, ck helped to eat them too k?? Can't possibly eat all of them in front of him without him having any.

They were GGOOOOOODDDDD!

Thank you Chloe! More please.. =)

2 weeks later,

Irene's super moist chocolate cake

Don't know if you can see what's on the cover but it says "For Rachael only!"

Unfortunately, it was the healthy version with less oil, eggs and one of the many magic ingredients.. Bailey's! The rest of the family got to have a tray of the original version ALL to themselves.

Oh well, at least I have my favourite chocolate cake and no, I didn't finish it all in one day even though it was tempting. Chocolate cake for brekkie, lunch and dinner.. hehe.. It's been more than 10 days and there's still about a quarter left. Shared by other people too! I'm not THAT greedy.. Just reaping the benefits of being preggy.

Thanks again Irene! Looking forward to the next batch..

Beraya Raya

2008-10-20T11:51:00.000+08:00

Being in BAG now which is a far cry from Folec a very Chinesey company, ck has even more Raya invites. At least 2 houses a day, almost every other day. Went along with him initiallly but let's just say, my tummy's not agreeing well with the rich Malay food plus I find myself unable to cope long car rides (to Lumut & Tutong) if it's not our car or if I'm not the driver.

For soooome reason, even though our dear lil' Toby's not out yet, he's already gotten his very first Duit Raya! =p

Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslim friends and family!

bermalu..

2008-10-16T14:32:00.000+08:00

I pulled a 'Tony' (my daddy). Brought my aunt and unc from Canada for lunch. Didn't bring my wallet! Brought my bag.. but smart me took out my cash and card wallet out to carry by hand the night before and usual me never put it back. Let's just say, it's a good thing I asked A.Adele along! =)

Needless to say, all had a good laugh at my expense..

Results

2008-09-26T23:54:00.001+08:00

Dear kung kungs, popos, aunties and uncles,

Meet our first child whose legs were opened wide for the doc and us to see.. who turned around so that we can take a good look to see two big eyes, a nose and waved at us to say 'hi' to mummy and daddy as a black and white portrait was captured.

Tobias Maximillian Keasberry

finally..

2008-09-26T10:37:00.002+08:00

Today's Friday the 26th of September! It's finally here. It's just another 8 - 9 hours before we (as just me and ck) will know whether we'll have a boy or a girl.. Been bombarded with the SAME question for the past 2 weeks and for some reason, it has intensified in the last week.

"Are you having a boy or a girl?"
"Do you know if it's a boy or girl?"

Getting myself armed with an answer, I'm actually contemplating on not telling ppl and just keeping the secret to myself! hehe... what do you think ck? Shall we do that?

Bear in mind! Baby K might not be cooperative with the scan later but I'll do what I can by drinking lots of water and holding in my pee as long as I can as indicated here as of how I can 'help get a better scan'.

A boy or a girl?? oo... exciting day!!

Inspiration

2008-09-24T13:12:00.000+08:00

Been hanging out online @ohdeedoh. Just hope ck will approve of these few ideas I like.. budget wise that is =D

Growing chart from Fern Living Kids. Probably can paint it on myself or I can just get Abi to do it for me!

Mobile from Flensted

Changing mat and shelvings from Ikea

Think...

2008-09-22T20:35:00.003+08:00

Have been subscribing to GCFL (Good Clean Fun Laughter) for years. Occasionally, they send God related stories but this articular one, is a reminder of God's never ending Grace and despite of our inadequacy, He's always there and you can get a lift in life by performing a simple act of talking to Him anytime, anywhere. It's a tough road to be on regardless... Both me and ck need a constant reminder of who we serve. A living almighty God that wants nothing but the best for us and with an unborn child on the way, our faith and trust can really be tested to the max. With such a problematic pregnancy initially, it has been a long 4 months of doctor visits, jabs, worries and high medical bills. But we're grabbing and holding the His words of promises and hope.

PSALMS 139
13 For you created my inmost being;
       you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
       your works are wonderful,
       I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
       when I was made in the secret place.
       When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
       All the days ordained for me
       were written in your book
       before one of them came to be.

25 things worth thinking about
Received from Rick Widdison through The Good, Clean Funnies List

1) Give God what's RIGHT -- not what's LEFT.

2) Man's way leads to hopeless end; God's way leads to endless hope.

3) A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.

4) He who kneels before God can stand before anyone.

5) In the sentence of life, the devil may be a comma, but never let him be the period.

6) Don't put a question mark where God puts a period.

7) Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to the church for a faith-lift.

8) When praying, don't give God instructions -- just report for duty.

9) Don't wait for six strong men to take you to the church.

10) We don't change God's message; His message changes us.

11) All churches should be prayer-conditioned.

12) When God ordains, He sustains.

13) WARNING: Exposure to the Son may prevent burning.

14) Plan ahead -- it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

15) Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory position.

16) Suffering from truth decay? Brush up with your Bible on a daily basis.

17) Exercise daily! Walk with the Lord.

18) Never give the devil a ride -- he will always want to drive.

19) Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.

20) Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.

21) He who angers you controls you.

22) Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.

23) Give Satan an inch, and he'll be a ruler.

24) Be ye fishers of men -- you catch them, and God will clean them.

25) God does not call the qualified; he qualifies the called.

Mister and Missus Lim

2008-09-20T09:58:00.001+08:00

Another name to add to the Mister & Missus list.

Congrats Ollie and Let!

Beauty

2008-09-19T11:06:00.004+08:00

Finally! Blog template's up and to satisfaction (many thanks to ches who helped get rid of the two sidebars that came along with it) and the composition of posts are working. =) Now Clyde can post his ramblings without me having to code it.

Love the header picture. Colours! So pretty.. Scroll all the way down to find all extra bits k? Links, recent comments, info, etc etc..

XX/XY

2008-09-17T20:26:00.009+08:00

Boy or girl? We'll find out 9 days! That's if baby's going to cooperate and open WIDE. =P

What do you think? Will we have a Toby Max or Charlie Meg?

I want a Toby.. first. Then a Charlie second. So that koko can look after his mei mei! Hehehe..

finally the good stuffs!

2008-09-15T13:42:00.006+08:00

Had a definite, for sure, 100% certain, "It's the baby" moment. Followed by 2 more hard bumps after lying down quietly for quite some time with my hands in ready position.

A couple nights later, it was ck's turn to experience it! I think this baby's going to be a daddy's kid. In just a matter of a few seconds after placing his hand on my tummy, it gave a hard jab! I can feel lots of movement inside whenever he talks and teases to the baby. Wish I could have captured ck's facial expression when he felt that very first bump. A face of utter surprise followed by a quick "Is that it?". An assurance from me caused a HUGE grin to form on his face.

Haven't had a good pregnancy with all the precautions, really expensive but necessary doctor's visits, jabs, medication and not to mention the horrors of first trimester like throwing up and wooziness. Way into the second one now where I'm suppose to feel better with more energy, I find myself really sleepy and tired most of the time. It's nice to be rewarded with some baby movements. (which mostly only I can feel! hehe..)

By the way, baby seems to love daddy's taste in music. Lots of rock.. lots and lots of it...

la la la..

2008-09-10T10:45:00.003+08:00

With a baby on the way, topics on our childhood songs and childhood books have dotted our conversations. Ck's got a weird memory for lyrics. He remembers the weirdest ones! On the other hand, he's baffled at how I remember all my lyrics. (KM does help in some ways.. =P)

Here's one that everyone knows, especially the chorus. Did you know that there are two verses with it??

Title: How much is that doggie in the window?

Chorus:

How much is that doggie in the window?

The one with the wagglely tail

How much is that doggie in the window?

I do hope that doggie's for sale

Verse One:

I must take a trip to California

And leave my poor sweetheart alone

If he has a dog, he won't be lonesome

And the doggie will have a good home

Verse Two:

I don't want a rabbit or a kitten

I don't want a parrot that talks

I don't want a bowl of little fishes

Cause you can't take a fish for a walk

Here's a song that I never knew existed! A new (new to me!) and great way to learn the alphabet.

Ck's hoping our baby, boy or girl, to be like me when I'm with him. Bursting into song out of the blue from time to time, entertaining him in the process. hehe..

leaving the nest

2008-09-04T14:42:00.008+08:00

He's going to miss the birth of his nephew/niece..

He's going to miss at least 5 years of Brunei

I'm going to miss having him around to disturb and push around (although he's way bigger than me physically).

They all have to grow up at one point anyways.. Another countdown to add to the list! 7 days to go

Enjoy AU!

Visual effect

2008-08-30T11:31:00.003+08:00

I'm at 16 weeks now but ultrasound is showing baby to be 17 so.. either ways, i'm carrying one of these.

baby the size of an avocado @16 weeks

baby the size of a turnip @17 weeks

pregnancy blues

2008-08-20T10:27:00.005+08:00

I have PLACENTA BRAIN

nicked 3% in this household.

my excuse for being not caring.. haha! Check here for more

coming to 15 weeks

2008-08-16T11:01:00.007+08:00

the reason why there have been no updates...

ALL DAY SICKNESS

* a BIG thank you for all who left such encouraging words and prayers on and offline regarding PCOS. It means so much to us knowing that there are friends and relatives out there who care so much for the well being of the both of us and our family to be. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as you are in ours.
Lots of love, Clyde and Chel

One in 10

2008-06-09T14:17:00.007+08:00

Closing in on our a year and half mark of marriage and I discovered that I'm suffering from PCOS. It's said to affect 10% of the women population in the world. Can't gamble but I could just land myself in that 10% window.. sigh..

Discovery of the syndrome was upsetting, insightful of what's going on in my body but at the same time interesting with it being my first experience of a vaginal ultrasound! The word here is 'vaginal'..

So there I am lying on the bed with the ultrasound machine to the right of my head. The doc slides herself up to the bed on her stool on wheels and holds up a probe which doesn't look anything like what I'm used to seeing(short and roundish). Puts some jelly on it. Bends down to open up a drawer and pull out a string of.. CONDOMS! Packed in gold foil, Trojan brand... Haha! Like I said.. the word here is 'vaginal'. *wink* Only then did it hit me what kind of ultrasound I was going to have exactly.. We (doc and me) had a good laugh over my look of surprise with the condom in play.. A light hearted moment just before the seriousness of the situation sinking in in the form of a black and white picture. Wished ck was with me then..

Been put on medication with Metformin as part of my daily diet. It first started as 500mg pills and within few weeks, it increased to 850mg portions, 3 times a day! I HATE PILLS! It coming in a 850mg size is a real pain in the ... throat! And the side effects! *swoon....* Daily nausea and 'never experienced before' grade 10 (on the scale of 1 - 10 with 10 being the worst!) diarrhea. On the bright side.. I lost some weight! That is if you think suffering through the side effects is a good and bright enough side to lose weight.

Overall, i feel that it's the psychological effect this disease has over me thats the hardest to handle. Not being an perfect optimal 'prime' partner to produce a child together with ck... Not being strong enough. Not being healthy enough. How do you tell family members and friends when they ask you when you're having a baby? By saying, I can't?

To all PCOS sufferers and couples who are trying to add on to their family, don't lose hope. I mean it when I say I know how you feel. The loneliness and ache in your heart when you hear of friends or even strangers getting pregnant with ease or when you see a child with his/her parents just bonding and being a family or in my case see parents every week share the many magical moments with their child in my KM class. Watching them grow mentally, physically and socially.. With some parents doubting my abilities to instruct and share with them the growth of their child just because I have none of my own.. Hang on ladies.. You're not alone. Your hubby's there for you. I'm here for you.. God's here for you. I know He is for me even though there are many times I doubt that. Sometimes, I find myself barely hanging to my thread of faith but I'm still hanging in there because I know my God is good God.. With faith like a child, I claim and sing.

My God is so big!

So strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do

For me

By the way, did I mention that when I do get pregnant, there's a 50% higher chance of miscarrying than those who do not have PCOS? Talk about trials..

On strike!

2008-05-05T09:56:00.002+08:00

Alright.. I suppose I need to at least inform readers that I'm alive and well.. =p

Have been on strike from the pc. Refusing to blog, email or even read my comics! except for checking on my downloads and uploading them to my baby drive to watch. Reason for strike, I was holding out for my expected arrival of this. But as everyone suspected.. Including yours truly, we got a call/msg a day before the expected date saying that it's been postponed.. AGAIN! New ETA, mid May. (We'll see how mid it would be huh?) The good news though is that we're expecting 2! instead of the originally said 1 as a compensation of the repeated delay to not only us but others as well.

Sooooo much has happened in the past month. Trip to Singapore and another to Kuala Lumpur for Cyril's wedding. Next on the agenda were birthdays! Tooonnnnsss of them. In chronological order (that I can remember) Unc Joseph, Matt, Ron, Ck, Wesley & me & my grandparent's anniversary & Aunty Bluela, Papa Reynold, Irene & Aunty Irene, Clara (up coming).. And even Ms Adeline C who turned sweet ol' 21 along with Matt. So have been keeping fingers working with our D50. Which has started a mob to hound me..

To the mob: It's coming!! I'm sitting down on my pc now to unload the pics! It's just going to take awhile... (=p this is what happens when the shooter is 'on strike' and possesses 2 big storage cards that enables you to take more than 500 pics each. They just sit there lying around in the cards and not in the hands of people whose faces were taken.)

Til the next blog.. Hopefully from my brand new Macbook!

*Reminder to self: Tell story of ck's first ever succesful surprise.

we know him!

2008-03-29T07:25:00.004+08:00

Remember this guy?

ck's best man.. He's famous! =)

How to

2008-03-28T20:05:00.008+08:00

be a good wife.. =) I like the second last point.. It's not your right to question him. sure.......... *rolls eyes

click on image for better laughs

fingers tapping

2008-03-24T07:53:00.003+08:00

Got a msg EARLY this morning. (note to self, turn phone to silent before sleeping) Got news that my precious is coming on at end of April! Yes.. all these while, I've been typing away and doing all my computer related work on my ol' faithful who got just got pimped up with a brand new itty bitty keyboard. hehe..

That aside, we've personally been swamped with work. My part especially. Kreativgarten is moving on nice and slowly. A little too slow for my liking but still moving along. =) Managed to do some catchup with the other Mrs K last night after some time of hiatus. Nice to see her belly rounding up and lots of fun watching how much BJK is indulging her right now. However we were warned that all the manja might actually stop when the baby pops out. Hmmm... what does it take for a woman to get some extra coated sayang? Make a baby. =p

to Joss: After your indian food comment, we went to have some the next day. Wanted to take pictures to show you but was too hungry to remember so we decided to go again but once more hunger overruled all other thoughts. So yummy!! hehe.. Miss you woman! Don't overdo the cheaper than water liquid.. save some brain cells for uni.

morning call

2008-03-17T08:33:00.005+08:00

One of the reasons for my darkening eye bags..

Yup, you counted right! 3 washing machines and they are all lined up right under our room window. Without fail every morning between 7.30 - 8.00am, I'll have my wakeup call with a prelude of beeps (in crotchet notes of C, D, E, F, G then semi quavers of C", B, A, G) followed by whirrrrr, splish splash; whirrrrrrr, splish splash.. with NO snooze button!

the loudest as it has no covers

monster blues

2008-03-15T12:32:00.004+08:00

bye...

keeping busy

2008-03-06T14:32:00.005+08:00

Took time out to bake. A reminder of my true love. It's been awhile since I've baked/cooked.. Enjoyed every minute of the 3 hours or so keeping busy with my mil's mixer and oven while John Mayer, Joss Stone, Renee Olstead and Herbie Hancock accompanied me through the speakers.

Recipes courtesy of the Domestic Goddess

Ultimate brownies

(my favorite recipe by far! Fudgy on the inside, crispy on the outside. Joeys are all reserved for ck)

Chocolate chip cookies - Neiman Marcus

(tweaked to my liking..)Mini cupcakes

(Vanilla flavoured with added bonus! Rummed raisins)

sip..

2008-03-06T08:26:00.008+08:00

It's a nice change of scenery and voice to listen to. Not one of the times where someone is just taking life apart. A time of talking about anything. It was a time where I didn't have to think too much about how I should keep the conversation flowing. It was a time where I was honestly at ease with someone else in a long time. Where I didn't have to be on alert to comfort or reassure the other that all will be well. A time where all is not rosy but everyone's still looking up. (Hehe.. and also a time for the naughty side of me to come out!) Hmm.. I think I should get out a little more. By myself.. as in without ck. Girly girl time. Keep myself busy with other people.. that way, I probably won't miss him as much. Besides, I think I'm losing the art of just plain and simple catching up. yikes!

It was good just chilling out with you girl. =)
(except for the smoke! =p Next time round, it will be indoors.. *wink*)

me and him

2008-02-28T23:50:00.007+08:00

I'm thankful and grateful for the one year that we had in our own home. If we had lived here from the start of our marriage, I don't think we would have much of a relationship in comparison of it now. We've been here for two months and for the two months, we've given up so much in terms of privacy and in terms of 'us'. I miss what we had and what we could do together. Living here may be helping in terms of finances but I think we're sacrificing lots (maybe too much) personally.

That one year of living by ourselves helps the situation though. Without that one year, that time spent being plain ol' Mister & Missus, I don't know how much I would be able to take all these past two months just going through the motions of togetherness. All we do get to do alone is sleep in the same bed and occasions of kai kai. Pretty much like dating except with sex and a little less talk. Sure hope things change soon.. Either that or I just have to be more patient and give life time to move things along.

I miss my husband.. I miss the Mister & Missus.. I miss Clyde & Chel. Trying to find ways to aid the situation. Then again, he's with a new job that drains him physically and mentally. I guess that adds to the diminishing 'us' time too. Patience.. Just patience.. Got to be the supportive wife! And find other ways to fill up what used to be us time.

Icon Buffet

2008-02-28T11:07:00.002+08:00

Buy?

2008-02-19T20:17:00.006+08:00

*click for larger image

*Updated

Garage sale didn't go so well especially my old shoes WHICH are in pretty good condition but apparently, my feet are too small in comparison to others in Brunei. However the main item was sold! So mil's happy. Saving all the stuffs now for the next ISB PTA carboot sale. Now that will be fun!

more bling?

2008-02-15T18:03:00.003+08:00

Call or sms or email me if interested!

*click on image for bigger view

my valentine's gift

2008-02-14T10:38:00.000+08:00

Thanks babe.. *kiss*

pitter patter

2008-02-13T21:29:00.005+08:00

The babies of my life.. (click on respective picture to access their picture folders on facebook. ps: you need facebook!)

Lil' Ashley, daughter of Nane Nick & Goh ee

Lil' Darius, son of Te Tek & Wendy

temporary

2008-02-13T10:25:00.004+08:00

Wish I could have captured all the faces most people portray when they hear me announce that we're moving back with the in-laws. One friend even asked if I was sure! (ps: we don't have a choice to change our minds..)

Truth be told, all those comments were not helping with my transition from my own home to a home which reminded me of home before. FULL of people. It's hard to be very calm about the whole process. It's hard to put on a brave face. Even now..

After almost 2 months of staying here, I have to say that it hasn't been that 'weird'. Tons of pros and cons obviously.

Major cons:

No absolute privacy. (can't walk around naked! hehe..)
No more kitchen of my own. (sure I can bake and cook in the kitchen here but it's just not the same! It's not the same..)
Chinese food everyday! I miss my 'banana' roots! Pasta was our staple in our home. Here, it's been rice with a few sporadic indulgences of non-chinesey food which is a total opposite of my kind of diet. I think I've only cooked chinese food 3-5 times in the whole year of our stay in our own home.
Chickens.. smell and sound. Roosters here have absolutely no sense of time!
Not enough parking space. We are ALMOST typical bruneians with a ratio of 1 car to 1 person. (Bruneian ratio is 1.5 cars to 1 person)
Not enough space. The bedroom's our room and everything. I swear that when we move next to our own home, there will be absolutely no telly in the room and I highly doubt that we will have cable.

Pros:

I have food cooked everyday.. =P
Don't have to worry about washing ck's clothes in time!(I wash clothes once a week or so.. Just need to check laundry basket. If it's piled up, it's time. Saves water and electricity)
Don't have to do much house cleaning anymore! woohoo!

I wonder how long we're going to stay here..

mister vs missus : the results

2008-01-29T10:45:00.001+08:00

The Y chromosome proved itself to be victorious.. (this time round)

The response we read from the smses were overwhelming! Especially for him. Majority voted for him! Once he told the proposal story, that was it.. Mr K is now Mr Romantic apparently.. So gentlemen (and even ladies) out there in need of ideas for a proposal or how to please a woman (or a man), email my hubby at clydeandchel@gmail.com! =)

Getting ready to answer a question.

Can't believe I lost! tsk tsk.. No matter as it was tons of FUN! Thanks to DJ Izan for the opportunity to be on air. Camera shy lady.. Scolded me when I attempted to point the camera at her! At least her assistant for the night managed to get a shot in with her..

Izan's lovely assistant

I'm still amazed at how Izan got ck to sing! Yup, you read it right. He sung on air. The 'family channel' hehe.. Am looking forward to another night with all four of us again.. Very loud! but lots of fun (esp with Izan dancing!)

Updated: Dapat permission!

Izan & Cy

mister vs missus

2008-01-18T21:00:00.000+08:00

Will man prevail or will the XX chromosome prove to be the champion once again? Tune in this 26th of January (change of date!), Saturday @8pm to 95.9FM as Mister K takes on Mrs K in a friendly marital competition!

*click on image for webpage where you can listen live

rain rain go away...

2008-01-11T12:12:00.000+08:00

My in-laws place is prone to floods as the other surrounding houses raised their land when building. Last Tuesday was my first experience with a flood. Unlike Ron, I was kinda 'afraid' to get in to the water in fear of the yucky stuffies that could be swimming in it! hehe.. (not the coconut la! other 'underwater' yuckies)

But never fear, my hubby's here to save the day! Well, it's more in terms of saving our car which is lowish.. good thing we've changed back the sports springs or it would have been 'flooded')

Even my mil got into the heroic act. =P

The poor chicken (who's in timeout for fighting) suffering from the wrath of the water.

A year ago today

2007-12-30T00:16:00.000+08:00

Season's greetings

2007-12-25T11:39:00.000+08:00

The Power Of The "XX" Chromosome pt2

2007-12-14T21:33:00.000+08:00

A husband and wife were fighting over something trivial.

However, both of them adhered to their own positions without
budging an inch, and since yelling at each other wasn't
about to solve the problem, they decided they would each ask
10 friends to come, and they would ask the 20 people to act
as a jury.

The husband got 10 of his best friends to come right away.

Meanwhile, the wife got all 10 of his friends' wives.

* From GCFL

Month long marriage pt3

2007-12-10T11:08:00.000+08:00

Reminded by Ron. hehe..

*Note to self* Make an effort to blog more often and not wait a whole month or +++++++ to put up a post.

When it rains, it pours!!

1. We're moving! Yup... you read it right. Good grief.. In past year and half, including this month, I would have moved 3 times! I don't like it.. Well, I do like a new environment. Changes and all. but this time round, it's different.

We're leaving this house and moving in with ck's parents. That's right! I'm going to be a typical Bruneian and live with 'the parents'. For how long? We'll see.. ;)

At the mean time, Kreativgarten got it's new digs too! A shoplot in Serusop. Renovations are at works right now. Should be moving furniture in and setting everything up end of this week; in time for estimated soft opening in January. So many phone calls and meetings to just get things started. Which reminds me, just got the paperwork from the landlord. Need to venture to the unknown (government land office) and get the 'rampaian' done. What's that? paperwork.. Lots of it!

Shout out to friends: No more coming over for home cooked meals.. No more places to crash.. No more places to hang til the wee hours of the morning.. (actually, i don't think ck's parents would mind peeps coming over but we'll see! hehe..)

2. Class of 97 reunion! 10 years..

A decade ago this time, I was drowning myself in the freedom from exams while working part time as a secretary with my Nane Nick where i met Cholette (a real sweetheart!) and Michelle W (the fun meanie who introduced me to something that changed my life =P).

Who would have thought 10 years after highschool, I have

married my best friend
my own business
moved 4 times! (with 3 in the past 18 months)
my lil sis trying to surpass my height and had her 1st bf!
seen my lil bro maturing and actually being able to sit with him and talk 'serious' stuffs. (no more fighting!)
2 more brothers
seen Cheng get married to a French and is now all the way across the world
Meng living out her life plan with 2 kids in tow!
Mum making her living from the food industry
the church renovated from the inside out (we're still waiting to get in..)
settled in Brunei despite all my wishes to be away

How much have you changed in 10 years??

Back to the reunion. It was at Empire Members and Grill Room. Foood was.. Empire standard which means it was not very good. The only things I can rave about is their deserts.. Especially the chocolate fudge brownies topped with even fudgyier chocolate frosting! mmm.. chocolate..

Big shoutout of Well Done! to Miss Lim and Miss Ip for organising it.

Especially with the fact that they are living far from Brunei. A big thank you for taking the responsibility to make the 8th Dec 2007 such a memorable night. All the little things and big effort you put into it was truly appreciated. I liked our 'pop quiz' and rewards! =)

We had a survey vote count too!

Best dazzling smile
Best personality
Had the most outrageous hairdo in school
First to be rich enough to buy his/her Premiership football team
First to have a dozen kids before 40!
Most likely to look 20 even at 70
Most likely to be mistaken as a superstar
Most likely to be a prime minister (of any country)
Most likely to be wanted by the FBI!
Best to organise our 25 year reunion - ME!!

As Lee wrote in FB: I got conned.. =P I know who to pick on too! Miss Yu instructed her whole table to put down my name! tsk tsk.... Make sure you are ALL there in 15 years. (Lani: Looking forward to see how Naomi would be like in 15 years! Take care girl. It was really good having you around)

PICTURES! Found here, here and here. (That's all so far. Will update with more links as I get them. +! you'll need FB to access the pictures). A special thanks to Rano for covering our reunion. (It great talking to you! ps: I know how he got his nick!) Find some of his pictures here.

3. Ck's got a new job. =) Effective 7th January 2008, he would be driving to work together with Cy!

4. We both had early Christmas pressies.. (i LOVE presents)

For me from him and him from me

5. Abrielle's gone to Canada for a couple of months. No more piano lessons every Tuesday mornings. I miss her..

6. No more tuition! My nights are freeeeeeeeeeee but for some reason, I've yet to spend it much at home with ck. There's always something that we have to go off to. Plus! With so many away during dec, both of us (more him) are serving double/triple duty to play in church almost every week.

7. Weddings. 2! in fact. Justin and Delwin. 2 down and err.. how many more to go? Next in target's Eunice. Bombarded by aunts and uncles about when her turn is. =P Each wedding was a week apart from each other. Very difference experiences but lots of fun. Going to weddings made me miss my wedding dinner especially the food! My big prawns and honeydew sago! =(

Anyways, congrats you two! To the wifes Sharon (Mrs Justin K) and Gillian (Mrs Delwin K), welcome to the club. =D Bah! bila beranak??

Key points to remember from the weddings.

Justin - His speech! Keasberry males.. tsk tsk..

Del- His shoes! Haiyoh..

8. 2 weeks to christmas. Can't believe the days have just gone by just like that.. The year's coming to an end!

Month long marriage pt2

2007-10-26T11:01:00.000+08:00

Seriously.. how busy can one get??

Let's see what has happened. A couple major decisions made which we'll divulge in due time. (Before you jump up and shout, no babies involved!). Lots of ups and downs.. the scariest part, in my feelings for ck. Finding time for each other 'alone' is hard. Far and few in between. Quality time that is.

Work's taking me into uncharted terrain that's terrifying me and at the same time I'm excited and impatient to dive right in.

Stress relief process: Bake.. till I drop. Even when I don't have the time. Just multi-task! Kitchen's getting way too hot with the oven going on strong most days. Sometimes I would bake up to 3 items at a go. Some pictures to make you drool (hopefully.. hehe..)

A variation of coffee and doughnuts

Cheesecake*

*Initially for my mil's birthday BUT she flew away last minute to KK so..., more for us! =D

Honing my baking and cooking skills as much as I can before I take the leap into my dream of owning a cafe. Sigh.. impatience is going to kill me one day.

A number of people have started their blogs. Welcome the the blogosphere noobs! Who are they? Just check our left clickies. However I must insist you check this blog first. (Hint: It's my mummy)

Here's a glimpse of what you'll see.

Life's tiring. I guess not sleeping well plus all the workload that's piling up from not just work but also church and family contributes to my sluggishness. Someone quick! Invent a sure guaranteed cloning machine. I'll definitely clone one to clean the house. The house.... Our house.. is way too big to clean. It's a workout that I hate! Vacuuming, mopping, wiping, clearing up.. EESH! You might be thinking. Two people. How dirty can it get right? I tell you, with all our unwanted housemateS, it can get really d.i.r.t.y.

Dear readers, I think it's high time we introduce you to our housemateS. The cicak family. Ranging from teeny tiny babies to big-ass ones as fat as two fingers span.

Here's a picture of the freaky cousin that came to visit.

They poop everywhere! Wet and dry ones.. Especially after a rainy night, after indulging on the all you can eat flies buffet they have, it's like as if they go through constipation and poop 'wet'. And who has to cleanup after them? ME! =(

*Word of advice to house buying/renting, check if there are cicak poo poos around. If there are, either be prepared to go to war or just don't buy/rent it. It's alot of work.

That's it! That's all the time I can spare to write. No time to even check so if there's any mistakes grammatically or spelling wise, just tell la... =P

Joel: Here's my updates. =)

Hair Willies

2007-10-24T17:03:00.000+08:00

A while back, I was reminded by a prank I used to pull on my 2 brothers. I like to call it the Hair Willy.

It's actually a variation on a Wet Willy where you wet your finger with lots of saliva before sticking it into your victim's ear.

This prank originally resulted from me not being able to get to sleep at night. What's a bored brother to do but play pranks on the younger ones?

Here's how it goes. I would run my hand through my hair to catch a stray hair that would have otherwise fallen out. I grab one end & proceed to insert the other end into the ear (or nose) of one of them. Hilarity then ensued!

A big advantage of the Hair Willy is that it does not leave any evidence behind. Imagine waking up with a wet ear, you would know that someone definitely played a prank on you.

With the Hair Willy, no wet orifices or any other tell-tale signs of a prank except one! This prank is infinitely funnier than a Wet Willy so you are guaranteed to be laughing uncontrollably leaving you unable to "fake-sleep". This will of course give you away because the awoken victim will see your uncontrollable laughter & proceed to pummel away at you.

I know because it happened to me.

who am i?

2007-10-06T23:56:00.000+08:00

My husband actually needs to tell me to 'be nice'. Am I really capable of being THE bitch?

Bling Bling

2007-10-02T09:29:00.000+08:00

Paid a fortune for these.. Went WAY overboard in buying them. (was like a kid in a candy store. Literally!) With so many still in their packs, the enthusiasm of someone and someone else, together with the nudging of ck, I'm going to *sniff sniff, relinquish all claims over them.

*click for larger image

give me a call, msg me, leave a comment or email if you want any!

Also! we're selling a brand new 29" JVC FlatTV ~ Musee line (FYI: Made in Japan.. not Thailand)

The Power Of The "XX" Chromosome

2007-09-22T16:08:00.000+08:00

This is a common story that we tell our friends, here it is regurgitated for your enjoyment & experimentation.

Quite awhile back, Chel got a new phone. I forget the make/model... I think it was an old (3G-capable) Sony Ericsson.

Anyway, we didn't check to make sure that the 3G MMS & Internet settings were correct & being new to SEs, we had no idea how to even enter or change any settings. So off we went to DeeJay at The Mall, Gadong (phone was from somewhere else, QQ I think). A female employee there says it'll cost $5. After I spew a few choice words, I storm away loudly while dragging my embarassed wife behind me. (Actually, we just said "No, thanks.")

We went to the other branch (which is a stone's throw away from The Mall, don't you just love Brunei) & I had a brilliant idea. I told my pretty wife to act innocent & coy about the whole thing. Bat your eyelashes kind of thing, you know. So the guy at the counter says "Wait ah" in all his Ah-Beng glory. Less than 5 minutes later, the settings were done & we were on our way, $5 richer!

Moral of the story, your hot wife/girlfriend/BFF can get you free stuff!

can you spot the difference?

2007-09-18T21:20:00.001+08:00

Reading Ping's comment made me realise lots of people don't know this..

Before wedding

After wedding

Fyi: Not stress related! =)

cheering up

2007-09-14T09:49:00.000+08:00

When you care for someone so much, it's difficult when you have to disappoint them. It's worse when you don't realise that they're just as disappointed as you are or even more! while you're moaning and groaning over the matter. To make it up, I'm going to make him doughnuts! (i've also craving for some doughnuts for the past week. =P)

Things seem to be starting to look up.. chockylit ma de so me. Got a good recipe and pictures to go along with it! I hope my doughnuts turns out well especially with all this help.. Cupcakes will come along some other day. Doughnuts, here I come!

Just one?

2007-09-07T10:55:00.000+08:00

What's your take on your life-partner?

Are you on the side of the fence where you believe that you have a soul-mate? Just one man/woman only made just for you? Or are you on the other side where you believe that there are a few men/women out there for you?

I started out believing that there's one only for me. My soulmate.. My one true love.. My other half who when joined together with me makes me one whole.. The romantic notion of being swept off my feet by my knight in shining armor.

In time by being more 'experienced' and matured (pre-Mister & Missus era), I started leaning on the other side of a few out there. Now in the Mister & Missus era, I'm glad that my notion has changed. I'm glad that my life and feelings are not limited by romanticism shown to us in vivid colours by television (movies, regular tv, 'made-up' reality tv..) and books.

Opposites attract. Humans, as creatures of habit, don't like changes and differences but we cannot deny the fact that opposites attract.. It takes work to make a relationship successful. Lots of work, time and effort.

ck is not my 'one'. No one can be.. Because there's no such thing! (to me anyways). Being in a relationship with him can be very trying at times but I won't trade it or him for anything else. Embarking on this journey of marriage with him has scared me numerous times. I even contemplated leaving him at the altar at one point! (pre-Mister & Missus era of course)

Our marriage vows are more than just words. They are our vows.. our promise to each other.

I, (...),

Take you, (...),
To be my wife/husband;
To have and to hold,
From this day forward,
For better, for worse,
For richer, for poorer,
In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish,
Til' death do us part

I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage.
With my body I honour you,
All that I am I give to you,
And all that I have I share with you,
Within the love of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

He's not the 'one' but he's the one I love and promised before him, God, our families and friends to have til death do us part.. Will we get our happy ending? Definitely! It's not just me working for the success of our relationship. The best part is, he's in it together with me. Together we'll rock each other's world.

On a separate note:
congratulations! to the new Mister & Missus BJK. The day's finally here. =)

are you a parent?

2007-08-31T14:50:00.000+08:00

Being in a business that involves little ones makes me feel really left out quite often. New parents converse like I'm a dumb ass who has ABSOLUTELY no idea what's going on because I don't have one. Hello?! My expertise in Kindermusik didn't exist out of the blue. I take pride in my work. I take pride and support KM fully with 100% of my being. I worked and am working hard to keep up with the latest research and exposing families to the beliefs and benefits of KM like:

Every parent is the child's most important teacher.
The home is the most important learning environment.
Every child is musical.
Music nurtures a child's cognitive, emotional, social, linguistic, and physical development.
Every child should experience the joy, fun, and learning which music brings to life.

Sadly, most parents can't even grasp #1. Most can't go about without their maids or nannies.

Ok ok, I'm just blowing off steam.. (Better state my disclaimer before parents who read this come around to shoot me) There's always two sides to a story. I'm just sick and tired of parents who show interest in KM then treat each week as a club meeting or competition. A chance to dress up their child and show him or her off to others. Compete on who smiled, sat up, crawled, walked, ran or climbed when.. Who has read up more on baby and/or parenting books.. Take sides and/or form clicks among yourselves. The better parent vs. the terrible parent. But there's no running away from that is there? Every daddy and mummy are proud of their offspring with the exception of the delusional ones which are not hard to find. Is this a natural course all new parents take? Arrgghh!!!

*Ck- this is one of the reasons we should take into account why we shouldn't have kids. Risking a chance of turning ourselves into one of 'those' parents..

I need a chocolate fix. Chocolate fudge cake and lots of frosting.. topped off with an ice cold super duper creamy chocolate milkshake! Or just a visit across the border for fatty deep fried wings and beer sounds great too. Adult conversations...

The in-laws

2007-08-26T11:05:00.000+08:00

Hanging out or bonding with the in-laws involves the usual fanfare of having meals together (out or in), 'lim-teh', shop for groceries, etc.. For us, we took it one step further and went bra shopping! hehe.. (fyi, us = me + ck + his mum + his dad)

Even my dad-in-law got into the act.. =P According to sources, he was digging for very 'special' looking ones. Sigh.. like father like son. =D

secrets

2007-08-13T17:45:00.000+08:00

see here.

There are two kinds of secrets: Those we keep from others, and those we hide from ourselves - Frank

Wii

2007-08-12T21:49:00.000+08:00

Irene's got herself one of these. Loads of fun! =) and laughs too..

As long as we don't end up anything like this. hehe...

wifely duties pt 2

2007-08-12T15:54:00.001+08:00

Aside from making food, I clean. Every thursday, almost without fail. With a house our size, it's a full body workout just by vacuuming and mopping alone. Not counting the toilet washing, housekeeping etc and laundry.

I hate housework but I'm reluctant to give in to the idea of having a maid. We do borrom maids from time to time to do a really thorough cleaning of the house ( window washing, tidying up all rooms, cleaning all floors including the one outside). Still on the lookout for a good recommended part time maid.

Anyways, found this today on techie diva.

Very cool slippers! Can't wait to get my hands on them but where?? Joel! Get me a pair! hehe..

oh Happy Day

2007-08-09T09:34:00.001+08:00

See this, check here periodically.. Getting Kindermusik stuffs are going to be easier now.. And cheaper too! Now, it's a matter of patience...

his and hers

2007-08-08T18:46:00.000+08:00

We have his and hers toothpaste and toilet paper.. Yeah I know. Toilet paper?? Oh well, better than this..

All marriages?

2007-07-25T11:22:00.000+08:00

This guy's got a funny take on the issue of marriage..

What is marriage to you?

rock on!

2007-07-24T11:55:00.000+08:00

Saw this. So now you see

Yup, that's me! Rockin' on... =)

I want to look like this though..

but I can't play a guitar so.. I guess I should aim for this instead!

*sob* I miss playing good music...

Extras..

Happy birthday little brother! No longer a teen no matter how you attempt to twist and turn the spelling. *grin*

Happy birthday to lilberry 1 too! Looking forward to your party this sunday.. (rumour down the great vine, there'll be a water bouncer! *woohoo!!)

away from home

2007-07-18T09:35:00.000+08:00

Of what fun! Getting to fly on an aeroplane.. Went off to Singapore on work related terms for 6 days. 6 days! Now how much fun does that sound to you?? 6 days worth of hanging out with friends, listening to bands, seeing new environments, shopping, eating, drinking... the works! Just fabulous..

Until, for some reason, I manage to get awfully sick on the 2nd day. This is MAJOR sick. Not just a plain ol' little cough or flu.. Let me put it this way. If I was home, I would be stuck in bed like so..

Didn't manage to see a doctor until I got back home. To make things worse, I was on the trip alone (Not entirely alone. Irene went along with me but we stayed in different places. Thank goodness.. Might have gotten her sick too!).

Ultimately, no ck. No manja! No one to hug, care or look out for me.. I missed him terribly. It's bad enough that I was on the trip without him, it felt worse being sick on the trip. I may sound really hopeless but we see each other every day and have been doing so from the day we went started dating.. That's 5 years! We've been away from each other only three other times. Me away on a trip with my sis. Him away to Singapore with his family and KL ( I think) for work. Those times didn't feel as trying as this time round though..

So much for a fun-filled trip! The illness made me feel COLD wherever I went regardless out in the sun or air-conditioned.. No appetite, high fever, sore throat, aching muscles, woozy. Still managed to trudge my way through many shops with Irene. (Poor girl, I think I was truly cramping her shopping style! hehe.. Stop here. Rest here. Sit some more..) I was really pushing myself to get out each day and get things done. Some of my highlights were observing Kindermusik classes and meeting up with the director to get some ideas to expand the business. Tasting black sesame ice cream, eating beef tongue, getting to just chat with the girls, tease SY and Shin whenever the opportunity arises and meeting Xander (who although lazy, is a really ladies man and kissed my arm pit! To the embarrassment of Shin and SY, he showed us how 'man' he was. hahaha!)

Finally met a little cousin of mine (Timothy). That 10 yr old boy TALKS! Are all Singaporean boys like that?? He seems to give me that impression. Yak yak yak.. with smart comebacks too. All I can say, like father, like son. Hehe..

Got to go Singapore again! in 3 months time.. This time, please God, help me keep healthy... ck, you're coming whether you get leave or not! I don't care.. I'm not going alone.

ps: will have some pictures up soon..

Career Options...

2007-07-05T16:31:00.000+08:00

So you've just finished studying & you're thinking of a suitable career path for yourself.

People say I.T. is good. Me? I'm not so sure...

Without further ado, here are the "Top 5 Reasons Not To Join The IT Industry"

#5 - You have to work funny hours.

#4 - You have to work on public holidays.

#3 - You have to take IT Support calls from hell. (E.g.- "I broke the cup holder on my computer!") This brings me to my next point...

#2 - Everybody & their friend will call you if they have PC problems.

#1 - It's useless to quit because any other IT job will have the same working hours doing the same thing for the same pay. The only thing different is the building...

ck is blogging???

2007-06-14T19:45:00.000+08:00

So the wife sez to me, "People want you to blog, you know?!!".

Why do people want me to blog?

I gots nothing to say. Especially on the Internets, which is a series of tubes which don't need to be filled by my intellectual babbling.

Being married

2007-06-12T19:38:00.000+08:00

When married, do 'married' stuffs! [If the following do qualify as 'married' stuffs.]

Celebrated our 5 year anniversary
Hold dinners and a luncheon in our home
Try out a 'family car'
Fix up 'little furniture'. (No! it's not exactly for us. It's for Kreativgarten. No baby in the making...)
Attend birthday celebrations of young and older
Attend a wedding. Congratulations Johan and Cheng (Didn't take any pictures so, see here for some pictures)
Get a super cheap deal on a technically 'brand new' computer system
All other usuals of loving and teasing each other with the occasional disagreements. *grin

On a personal note, we've been super busy and running around like crazy as well with the start of Kindermusik on the 25th of May. Have yet to take any pictures for my own album as I'm getting into the rhythm of holding the classes. Our Time classes started out as my most 'feared' class in comparison to Imagine That!. However after 3 classes, OT's turning out to be my most favourite class. The IT! kids are way too shy. I'm still in the process of getting out of their shells and interact more. Looking forward to the coming classes.

Marriage life's something we're getting a hang of. Love the fact that we don't have to send either of us back to our 'old' homes at the end of a night but instead go back to our own home and wake up to someone you love in the morning. Marriage has been and is really good..

change

2007-05-11T10:29:00.000+08:00

yeah yeah... I change templates quite often. Can't help it if I get bored easily. I like colours but on the other hand, i like it plain and simple too! Hopefully this one will be the one for a long(er) time. hehehe..

On the topic of change. Is change = Maturing?? A friend called this morning and commented that we all change! (Hi WS) Although at times I would rather think that we don't. If we do change, hopefully it's for the better..

Ck's still the same.. Isn't he, Mr.M in Aussie? Have I changed? More docile maybe? =P I definitely changed to be a better cook!

Hormonal wife

2007-05-07T14:56:00.000+08:00

I hate it when I feel this way...

Affects me but most of all, affects him...

wifely duties

2007-05-02T14:16:00.000+08:00

As a wife who can cook and bake, it's one of my duties in the household to make food for us. Baking is a stress relieving process for me. So being in stress lately with the registration and preparations for Kindermusik, I've been baking ALOT! Chocolate chip cookies, Marmalade nut brownies, plain ol' Chocolate Brownies, 'Death by Chocolate' Chocolate cake, Apple Crumble, Baked Alaska.. With many more recipes to come! (Pavlova bites, orange & carrot cookies, cherry cookies, experiments with Marzipan!)

My latest craze... Rummed raisins.

Added them to ck's birthday Baked Alaska and it turned out YUMMY!. Creamy vanilla ice cream with bursts of bitter rum accompanied by the sweetness of the raisin. Was wondering where else I could use my rummed raisins so here they are in action!

Oatmeal raisin cookies

Calling all alcohol enthusiasts! Tasters for my experiments wanted. (Vun, coming? Cy??) Hmmm.. Wonder what ck will rate these cookies..

*Note to self* Need more rummed raisins...

A decade

2007-05-01T14:25:00.000+08:00

Graduated from secondary school in 1997?
Studied in Saint Andrew's School, Brunei?

Have you got the old school magazines? dating back to 1985? Please contact me.

older! again...

2007-04-30T15:46:00.000+08:00

Our first birthdays as husband and wife. Born 4 yrs and 10 days apart, we're once again 'older'.

Ck fulfilled his wishes of being married before 30! among other things and I have 4 more years to check off the rest of my 'must do before 3-0' list. There were no big parties or celebrations this time round and for many birthdays to come I think. To me, birthdays MUST have at least some sort of cake, candles and a birthday song. For ck, he's a lucky man because he got it all! Provided by yours truly of course!

Breakfast in bed, a birthday lunch at his favourite restaurant, a birthday dinner/supper, a special birthday 'Baked Alaska' spiked with Rum & Raisins topped off with 'recycled' candles and Happy Birthday sign..

He even got to do a birthday treasure hunt for his 3rd gift! The only downside was that he had to work the whole day even though it was a Saturday...

I share my birthday with my grandparents' anniversary. They have been married for 55 years! Want to hear a scandal?!? My Ah Kong was my Popo's teacher! *eeks!*

Had to work that night so got to my grandparents place only after 9. Had plenty of cucur udang waiting for us. Anything with prawns is always good but to my horror.. NO CAKE! How can one have a birthday without cake?? There's this aunt of mine who's always baking some sort of cake for someone's birthday but this time round, NO CAKE!

"woe is me"

Mummy however had a surprise in store for me. No official birthday cake but she made a jelly cake instead! =) (by the way, her jelly products are for sale! call or email me)

Got my song, my cake but no candles.. My little cousin has the honour of blowing out everyone's candles til she's old enough to.. 'let others blow out their own candles!'

At 11.15pm.. 45 mins til my birthday was officially over, I finally got my candles! hehe.. Together with a proper birthday cake and song. (thanks I!)

So another birthday has passed and we both feel just the same.. except for the fact that we're older and perhaps wiser?? For ck, hitting the big 3-0, it actually signifies the start of life. (this applies only to men!) For me, *sigh*...

M asked, " So what's on your birthday list this year? Push up bra, eye cream n wrinkle cream? Multi-vitamins??"

me: "Eye cream, high metabolism and not so stretchy skin!"

M: "Welcome to the mid-20s". *grin*

Oh well...

two by two

2007-04-28T10:46:00.000+08:00

Now that we're married, does that mean we should be hanging out more with 'coupled' friends? Or even married friends?

"common interest" - talking to each other about the other half.. hehe!

Ka-ching!

2007-04-12T08:23:00.000+08:00

Money handling... who does it in your household? The 'man' of the house or the 'woman' who turns the neck of the 'man' of the house??

I never really got to see who did it among my parents. I know for sure with my maternal grandparents, it was my grandpa! Tyrant.. For a good cause too! 10 kids! I've got 9 aunts and uncles with the youngest two within my "hangout" group. In fact my unc married my ex-classmate! Making her my 'aunt'? Eeeek! Still have problems calling her auntie today.. Am being 'Ang Moh' and just call her by name! Hehehe..

Back to the topic. Money handling in a family. Should it be shared both ways? Or ultimately one person to handle all the bills?

Should the 'man' be taking full responsibility to provide even though the 'woman' works? Should it be shared out equally, right down the centre? Or 'man' takes some and 'woman' takes some regardless of cost? Surprisingly even in a modern age as this, tons of people don't see and don't like the idea of sharing.. Man = provider. Woman, what you earn is yours! I've seen quite a number of couples where both parties are earning and the equation above applies.

How about just plain ol' dates? Who pays 'most' of the time. When the non-usual paying partner pays, how does the usual paying partner feel?

I for one love my Independence. Love the feeling of earning my own money and spending my own money. Knowing how hard it is to earn money, I feel quite uncomfortable 'taking' ck's money. I'll go about finding ways to 'make up' for it! After all these years, I still feel that way. Unless! there's a

then I can do

What's your money solution??

baby in making

2007-03-25T19:56:00.000+08:00

The last post sparked off an interesting conversation of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and our genes. Which brings me to the thought of babies..

Remember this childhood tease that we used on our friends and they on us when we found out whom we liked?

Ck and Chel sitting on a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G,
First comes LOVE
Then comes MARRIAGE
Then comes a BABY in a baby carriage

The questions that we were bombarded with when we were dating, were all in the line of WHEN we would be tying the knot. Now that we're married, (and not even for a whole day!) we had people asking us when we were having a baby! Come on.. Can't we even enjoy being married first??

So people listen up! We are not having a baby. Well, at least not yet.. And not for a number of years to come. How many years? At most 10 years. (I've been given a deadline by my darling husband! hehe..) I do know for a fact that my in-laws would love to have a baby to dote over "now". Including Uncle Cy! Sorry guys... Got to wait for MY biological clock to start ticking loud. Not just any loud volume but eardrum splitting "please let it stop!!" loud.

How many babies will we have??

ck: 2! Period! No more... No less...
chel: Got names?
ck: Charlotte Megan K & Tobias Maximilian K! or Charlie & Toby in short.
*chel thinks*: I can see the "name-butchering" by school kids & government employees already...
chel: boy or girl first?
ck: Doesn't matter.. As long as they're healthy!
everyone: Awwwww........

Back to the topic of OCD, I wonder how much of each one of us will our children have.. Even their looks! Ck wants our children to have my nose and skin. I want them to have his brown eyes. With him being 1/8th Mat Salleh, 1/8th Dusun and 3/4 Chinese, will they in some ways have traits of being 'non-chinese'? Just not tooooooooooooo hairy! Especially for little Charlie..

Will they look like us as babies??

What about their characters? Calm and level headed like ck or quick and hot tempered like me? Musically inclined? Athletic? Studious? So many questions! So many 'I wonder's!..

All I do know though is that everything is God given.. to His perfection! No babies yet but I do pray that regardless of all traits, little Charlie and little Toby love God. And that we can be good parents by example and as teachers of their lives. We are 'in a way' making babies now. Just by preparing ourselves in the ways we live our lives..

6 weird things about ck...

2007-03-15T17:39:00.000+08:00

Without further ado...

1)
This is the first ever confirmation I am giving, & it will probably be the last too. I have to confess that I'm a geek. I enjoy all things Tech & Science! I wonder if I'm the only one who remembered & enjoyed the old 80s & 90s TV show, "Beyond 2000". When I was young & bored at home, I took things apart & I put them back together again (almost all of them successfully). I run Linux on the majority of my computers! I enjoy reading instruction manuals too... Did I just say that out loud???

2)
As previously stated, I enjoy reading. Not only instruction manuals, but blogs, newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias...
I read a lot when I was young, I hunted up & down the whole house to find something to read. If I had finished reading everything, I'd go back & re-read whatever I wanted or whatever I hadn't read in awhile. I loved reading so much I would bring a torchlight to bed so I could continue reading under the blanket after everyone had fallen asleep.

3)
Like my dear ol' bro, jadesimian, I can be a little OCD. Did he rub off on me? I dunno, maybe it runs in the family, I can see OCD traits in all the males in my family.
I like to do things in a proper order. Be it logical or even chronological, it's all about *order*.
E.g., Shopping List has 3 items, I go through it from top to bottom. Even if item 1 & 2 are on opposite ends of the store! I hope shopping malls don't get any bigger in Brunei...

4)
I also like to be efficient. E.g., "What's the fastest route to the store & how fast can I finish shopping there?" Just make sure that shopping list is in the proper order or my efficiency is screwed!

5)
I *LOVE* food (Eating it, not making it). All sorts of food too... Olives, "bahkuteh", lamb chops, rojak, mum's home-made spaghetti, Italian pizzas, ABC with everything in it, pork sausages, super-oily malay-style mee goreng, rum 'n' raisin ice cream, Roti John, wife's home-made cookies, Kuala Lurah (chicken wings & stingray), creamy pastas, snake soup, Belgian Chocolates, chinese herbal teas, Indian food, Spanakopita & more. Lots more. If it can clog your arteries, it's gooooooood!!! God bless the fantabulous cook who happens to be my wife! Only problem is my expanding midriff...

6)
Last but not least. When I was young, probably about 3 or 4 years old I think (too young to remember), I ran around the house in my underwear! And yes, there are or were pictures, but I honestly don't know where they are now. =D
'Nuff said!

Honourable mention & extra gem for those who know us:
According to sources, when chel & I were very young, we were both on the same plane going to Singapore! or was it Kuching?? =S

Ok, this tagging thing's gonna be killed here, I'm not tagging anybody! I'm weird like that...

The weird wife

2007-03-15T16:33:00.000+08:00

Got tagged.. For the first time too!

The rules are:
"Those who get tagged must post 6 weird things about themselves in their blog and state the rules clearly. At the end of the post, you must choose 6 other people to tag."

Oh well, better get cracking to figuring out how weird I am..

1. ... I can't think of anything weird!... *deep breath* Ok one more try!

Weird fact # 1
I need to wash my feet EVERYTIME before I go to bed. If I've already washed my feet and then suddenly realise that I've forgotten something somewhere like my mobile, I'll go get it, wash my feet THEN go to bed. No wash feet, no bed.

And that brings to weird fact #2.
My bed's the cleanest part of the house. I won't allow anyone to sit or lie on it unless you've just showered and/or have just put on freshly cleaned clothes. Otherwise, forget it. (By the way, pillows are off limits to everyone! Don't intend to lie my face on where you left your butt or feet imprint. Think of all the germs! Pimpleville....)

Weird fact #3
I can't sleep unless I have my little pillow covering my eyes and ears. Complete darkness and silence are 2 key ingredients to a good sleep for me but for some reason, I'm afraid of the dark! I bring that little pillow everywhere i go. So it has gone travelling more than anything else i own! IF I don't have it, (sadly this has happened a few times) a nice soft towel or t-shirt does the job but not anywhere as well as my little pillow..

Weird fact #4
I'm obsessed with the colour RED or any variants of it. Almost everything I own that can be red IS red. Except for my car and hair.

Weird fact #5
Prawns are number one on my list of favourite food. I love them so much that I would actually take time to peel all the prawns I want to eat at Chinese wedding dinners when other people will just have one or two as they're not bothered to peel them.
To peeps who went to our wedding dinner: Did you noticed that we had prawns and only prawns instead of the common seafood fare for Yam Basket? My doing!

Weird fact #6
I like the feeling of being totally clean after showering so... I also brush my teeth! Which means I brush my teeth on an average of 3 times a day. Wake up brush, shower brush and before bed brush. If I take more showers, I brush more!!

That's it! Woohoo!! I actually finished it and ALL in one sitting.... *pat on back*

Do I really have to tag others? Everyone seemed to have gotten tagged already one way or another. But seriously, WHO comes up with these tag ideas anyway?? Hmmm... maybe I should start one..

Month long marriage life

2007-03-07T17:48:00.000+08:00

Been MIA for almost a month! tsk tsk.. not good at all. It's not that marriage life has been keeping us sooo busy. (Also not saying that marriage life isn't good ) It's just been an eventful 'almost one' month.

Let's see, we had

Valentine's Day which happened in KK & Brunei. A special brekkie at Fleurdlys. It's rare to have breakfast together. It's nice not having to wash up after it too! No plans were made for the "usual Valentine's dinner" but we were in a way, forced by Ck's aunt to do so. Her words to me were quote & unquote "You HAVE to go and celebrate Valentine's Day! Do it now while you can before you get older like me!"

So.. after a couple hours of shopping, we ended up in an Italian fusion restaurant by the sea which left us waiting for over an hour just for dinner.. Let's just say that I rather had Burger King!

KK trip! 14th - 21st Feb. Spent V-day and Chinese New Year there. Lots of shopping to do but didn't get to go to the beach or do any "beachy" stuffs.. Oh well, at least we had a car to drive around and I didn't get motion sickness from the plane! If it was a longer flight, I think I would have been ..
Housewarming Party at our home where we had of tons of BBQ (chicken wings, sausages of all shape, size & flavour, prawn & cuttlefish balls and pork bellies..) and tons of pasta!

Big Big thank yous to John and Lorene for bbqing along side with me!

Lesson learnt from the party:
1. Should let others handle bbq and go mingle with guests.
2. Cleaning before and after a party all by ourselves ain't no piece of cake!

Chinese New Year! The year we have the right to give away 'ang pows'. The year which we also "technically" ran away (more like flew away) from having to give ang pows! Not that we don't want to give but we JUST had a wedding. No sense in killing our banking account just because it's Chinese New Year right? RIGHT

We came up with this rule for ang pows.
3 groups - Siblings, family and non-family..
Family: Students (no source of income)
Non- family: 12 and below

Didn't use the rule at all because we gave only to siblings and our parents so the rest of you, wait until next year k? When finances are more stable..

Highlight of Chinese New Year in KK, lion dances! These are not just nay lion dances, we actually got to see a group that competes nationwide and was in 2nd place. Also at the particular open house, there were suckling pigs and roast lambs! Fattening........

A little quiet on the fireworks but good enough to "humor" me. FYI, I LOVE fireworks. Every year, Sultan's birthday, it's a no miss for me to be at the field getting the best possible view to watch fireworks

Bitesized:
Our fondue set's no longer a virgin! It was meant to be an all-girls night but being the man of the house, ck was cordially invited by the girls to join us. Chocolate fondue.. YUMMY! More all-girls chocolate fondue nights coming up..

We're on our way to being our own bosses. At the mean time, we'll be starting up Kinderchef classes. Cooking for kids from 7 - 12 years old. If you know anyone interested, call 877 3012 or email kreativgarten@gmail.com for more details.

That's it I think. A whole month's worth of marriage life summarised into ... paragraphs. Hehe.. Will post up pictures soon when I find the time to downsize them to browser friendly sizes.

Just found out that we've been tagged by Ches. Am definitely going to do that in due time.. With Clyde's version too! (I'll TRY to make sure of it..)

Working out

2007-02-09T10:59:00.000+08:00

The main reason why I wanted a PS2. My form of exercise... DDR! ( DDR = Dance Dance Revolution )

( My trusty mat and Chester's DDR game which I've been holding captive for a looooooooonngg time! )

Exercise "was" DDR and my occasional run at the stadium with ck. We used to be so regular with our exercise regime. Now, it's more like "what exercise??"

Yesterday, was introduced to Pilates for the first time at Body Active Studio ( Thanks Vun! ) I was surprisingly nervous before class. Now, I'm not flexible.. Not very strong. Quite unfit with all the cakes and cookies that I've been baking.. I was quite nervous of making a GREAT BIG fool out of myself. Thankfully, it was a very small class.. Plus! It being the first time, all self-consciousness I initially had was vanished very quickly with me focusing VERY VERY hard trying to get all the positions correctly done!

We did this particular position..

It's not easy I tell you! My arm was wobbling quite a bit. The instructor got us first in a crouched up position then straighten out to that with the bottom arm as the support. Then, you have to weave your other arm down and up like "threading a needle". Boy am I going to get nice triceps and biceps... *grin* More Pilates tomorrow morning! A "fusion" class. Let's see how well I'll do then. Expecting more "wobbling"! hehe..

I want to be able to do all these by the end of the year! Without shaking!! or show any signs of wobbling.. ( If that's a reasonable goal.. )

What do you think ck?