Child Safety Harness Leash

Kid harness and handstrap leash is a common thing in foreign country. I remembered back in 20 years ago, my aunt has been using it on my little cousin (aged 1+), when they need to go on board to and fro UK, Libya and Malaysia. She was alone with the boy in those days and because of this harness strap, it keeps the boy safe in her hand all times.

That was the first time I came to know of this leash and I'm pretty impress of the benefits. It's really a great helping hand when the kid got leash on. My aunt got less worried of the boy will get lost when she check-in, boarding, transit, pick-up luggages, push trolley and walking up and down at the crowded airport.

Comes to now, I used one on Terry too when he was 2.5 years old as I helpless when I shop alone with the boy. He likes to walk by himself, without letting me to hold his hand, carry or pull me to anywhere he wants to reach. I hardly get my shopping done, just keep busy chasing and my eyes tailing after him. Sometimes when he really not behave, it really makes me like a mad woman scolding him in the public.

When I first introduced this to him, he finds it so interesting and very co-operate to let me put it on. Maybe because during our few shopping trips with Mummy Moon and Yan Yan, he saw Yan wearing a harness handstrap backpack before and he finds it fun. He is very happy when I got it for him. He even remind me to put on whenever we goes shopping. He called this a "school bag", LOL! cause it is something over his shoulder.

It is uncommon to leash our kids here. Many parents think that the kiddo looks like a pet after leash on and some disagree using it as it limits the kid's freedom to explore. My cousin SIL (who is a mummy too) even scolded me before for leashing on Terry. To me, his safety comes more important than he looks like a pet or what. The society here also makes me so insecure when bringing a kid out. With the harness strap, I got the better secure feel especially when walk in a crowded place. He can simply walk out of my sight, if he not allows me to hold him tight. Besides that, I can immediately pull him away from prohibit area or dangerous zone before I fast enough to stop/ reach him. If my hands full of carriage, I'm not worried too, as the strap will be hanging across my wrist. It gives me a peace of mind too if I want to check out something from the shelf and let go his hand. For the boy, he can walk slightly free within a few meters away from me.

I'll only use this when we're not going out with daddy. Normally when me and Mummy Moon go shopping with kids, we both will leash them up. It draws attention to many pairs of eye looking on us and the kiddo. Some looks so surprise on it and I even over heard people comment about us when walk pass them.

I got this The First Years Elmo 2-in-1 harness & handstrap at Pavillion Parkson's baby section. It cost RM32.90, if I'm not mistaken. It is very easy to wear on, self-fastener velcro strip closure on the back. Others leash design which can find are like keeper bag with strap*, plush toy harness & hand strap and wrist harness handstrap.


If you have an active curious toddler, this is your best choice for outing, shopping and travelling. What do you think?

* This is NOT a paid review

Blogger Mum & Kids Meet

Backdated @ 26/10/09 (Monday)

This is another overdue post to share, hope my readers still be on track with me :P


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It was our 2nd time having a meet up with blogger's friends. This round with Mummy Gwen and also Mummy Moon, apparently was my good friend since secondary school cum mummy blogger now. Since we known the same group of blogger mum, we wish to meet them up personally.

We late to for the meet up due to Yan Yan not feeling well on the way. She had a bad cough and thrown up in the car. We met at IOI Mall and had our lunch at Kenny Rogers. It was a real quick meet up for all of us, as seeing Yan getting more and more uncomfortable throughout the eating time, we not really got chance to chat and stayed on longer. Thanks Mummy Moon for the lovely meet-up gift.

Gwen is such a sweetie-pie and not shy to all the new faces she first met. She is a bubbly girl too through the way she talks and smiles. So do her mummy, a pretty and soft spoken mum. We will organise a Christmas meet up pretty soon and hope it is a fun one for all of us.

Related post:-
Bloggers Meet Up
Poor Yan Yan

Pan fried Chicken Chop

This is another favourite dish for Terry. Done this yesterday for our lunch and dinner. I got to cook once and eat twice as hubs not having dinner at home due to back home / work late.

I used 2 de-bone drumsticks. Marianted it with salt, pepper, light soya sause, teriyaki sauce, a dash of sugar and mix with ginger, small onion and garlic. The last 3 ingredients blend and squeeze the juice out of it. When the marinated work done, put it back to the fridge for 2 hours.

Pan fried it in low heat till it turn brown. Important to know that, put less sugar, else it turn black fast before it well cooked. Before dish up from pan, sprinkle some rice wine with water and simmer for 2 mins.

With this delicious chicken chop to go with rice, with hope that the boy will like it and can finish up his meal fast. Who knows it is the same too. Last night, he took 2.5 hours to eat, not even finish up all. I'm feeding him till I almost want to fall asleep. I really fuming mad and blood boiling, I raised my voice and started to scold then I off the hall light and TV, left him sit alone with the bowl of rice and I went to bed. He started to cry and vomit out the food. Sighhhh...why is it soooo hard to finish the food? I continue to scold and nag till he finish up his bedtime milk.

I don't really know what he is up to recently or I really hope this is just a phase (this is not the first time already). He chew the food till very fine, keep the food inside the mouth and don't want to swallow. Can he be no appetite? I don't think so, drinking milk, Yakult, biscuits all gone in seconds. It has been a week more he being this way during meal time. Everyday he is testing my patient and I pull hair feeding him for the average of 1.5 hours.

It is not that I'm not patient enough, hard and soft way to deal both I've tried.

Feeding with small spoonful
Switch on his favourite channel, program or VCD
Play toys and do whatever he likes while eating
Cook his favourite dish
Change to cook noodles or porridge, try to make varieties in meal
Pack outside food or eat out
Let him take his own time to finish (can take up to 3 hours still not finish!)
Tell him something fun to do after meal (like going out, go shopping and etc)
Start to eat beyond the actual mealtime (so that he gets more hungry and can eat up fast)
Reward him with Yakult/snacks after meal
By punishment, put him outside the balcony and shut the door
Scold and beat till cried and vomit

All this I've tried, and ...... H e-- still -- eat -- slow...

Next I'm going to prepare a cane. Or may be I should start getting him some Multivitamin for boosting appetite?

Everyday during meal time, I'm nag and nag, scold and scold for eating fast, chew and swallow but still no slight change. I'm really so tension facing the kid finish up his meal.

This afternoon, prepare his favourite dish again. ABC soup and chicken meat (the meat used to boil with the soup and dip soya sauce to eat with rice). Amazingly he took 30 minutes only to finish up. What a big different to the previous night. I really hope it is just a phase and plss..boy, don't torture mummy like this everyday.

Pls share with me, how long normally does your kid took to finish their meal? How do you deal with them if they take too long to finish the food? Any other way to encourage them to eat fast?

Books Shopping

Not too long to come, Terry will get to carry his first school bag and go to kindergarten, be alone at the school everyday for the good 3 hours. To get him more prepare for the study environment, lately I went to shop for some pre-schooler's books, so that he got the idea of what a writing and activities books like, which is different from the story books or objects book that he is reading now.

I got the tracing, alphabets and numbers writing book from Popular Bookstore.
Last Saturday, Mummy Moon saw road banner on MPH book fair at IMU College and invited me to go along. It is just 3 minutes drive away from my place.

It held from 24 Oct - 1 Nov 2009, 10am to 8pm @ Ground Floor, Annex Block. This fair is also open to the public. They are offering discount up to 50%.


Lots of pre-school’s book and cartoon VCDs on sales and value buy. Here are what I grab, total spend RM42.


Learners series activities book at RM4.50 each


This is like a picture dictionary at RM19.90 comes with 20% off


Floor puzzle at RM15.90 with 50% off

Thomas Train track toy

Thomas Train toys are famous on building railway tracks and building train island. These toys are normally suitable for age 3+ to play. So far in Terry's Thomas toy collection, he only has a very few toys for under 3 years old. Everytime when we pass by Thomas toy display, he was so interested in those big set of train track, but I never get that for him simply because it is not suitable for him to play yet. Even those die-cast train model also not getting.

Now he is 3.5 years have the "license" to play the big set. Since a few shopping trips ago I've been started to check out some track sets. Last 2 weeks during Isetan sales, after looking left, right, up, down on the Thomas toys, finally I found one that he'll likes to play. It's a Thomas & Bertie Take Along "The Great Race" Set. I'm sure this is up to his taste, since he likes slide and race so much.

This set so far I don't think I saw before in other department stores that I visited. Isetan is on 30% sales on selected Thomas's toy, this set is the last piece on the shelve. It was RM119.90 before less. I top up another die-cast metal train - ROSIE for him to race with the other 2. True enough he heart this new toy very much and no one can touch or play after the whole thing setup. I love the design of it too, it is less pieces to build up and the covered bridge also work as a storage case.

There goes to this Thomas fan, it was his first piece of expansive toy.

Kindergarten Hunt

Terry will starts his schooling days in year 2010. How times fly, this big baby of mine just growing up too fast and going to step into schooling age.

During the 2 weeks after Raya holiday, I was busy checking out for kindy in my living area and also have been puzzling what kind of kindy should I send Terry to. At the same time also busy asking around some pre-schooler's mummies on opinion and suggestion. Luckily my mum was working in 3 kindergarten before, at least she gave me some idea about kindergarten, teachers and students. So, from there roughly I know what should I look into, but not so into details on academic, cause she is not a teacher.


Roughly I have visited and enquired on 5-6 kindergarten including the famous one like Beaconhouse, Fungates and Q-Dees. I went checking out on what is the study system for an age 4 kids, the facilities and the environment of the school. So far, my measurement for a kindy I want are basically like these,

- Have a systematic learning method or programme
(Montessori method or own school learning program and see what they focus on)

- Less writing work for an age 4
(I don't expect him to do well in academic yet for the first year and mainly want him to have fun while learning and with minimum writing involve. First year of school is let him gets well with the schooling environment and mixing with people, which is not pushing him to read and write well. He got more to handle down in 15-20 years coming. In some school, I know there are many writing work to do and also homework to bring back. Think about this, if the kid cannot hold the pencil well yet, who going to do the homework, is us parent. I asked this question to one of the kindy principal and she speechless. I understand we are kiasu now to make sure our kid can do well in all areas, but I know pushing a kid goes beyond our expectation is not the right way to develop them. So I can say I'm pretty relax in first year schooling. As long as all area goes a balance way. Of cause the learning and study cannot fully depends on school and teachers, we need to do our part too.)

- Good interaction between teachers, students and parents
(Whereby we follow closely what is our child progress in school, not twice or thrice a year during report card day, but as frequent as possible for teacher and parent's talk)

- Shoe take off in the school
(For the purpose of cleaniness, kids wearing shoe into the class will directly bringing in lots of germs. They sit and play on the floor, touching here and there then they may put their hands into the mouth or eat with hands and etc..thus they may get sick easily)

- Airy environment
(Not fully air-con environment and good ventilation. Poor air circulation in a confined area also can makes one sick easily)

- Small scale school
(Teachers and students know everyone well and can mix with different age friends. Unlike big school, seldom got chance mix everyone together)

After bringing back some brocherus, discuss with some mommies and asking hubby which he preferred (he asked me to decide), finally I enrolled him into a Montessori school. This taska was recommended by my ex-colleague and later known from my church sister, whom her son also study there. With their opinion and heard some good recommendation, it actually support my decision to registered Terry in. Most important, this taska met 80% of what I want.

- It is a school focus on Montessori teaching and development of a child from the base and basic. As they proceed their learning will be on track with primary standard too, with still using the Montessori tools but in more an advance one later. I strongly believe the develop them from foundation on all area is very important. Although some may think that those Montessori method are extra thing, but what I see the foundation of shaping them and teaching them step by step is the right way. Another thing I like about it is the time table is very friendly enough. Knowing that Monday is the boring day of the week start, the class activity of the day comes more a relax one and not focus on the book. Everyday there will be reading program on sets English storybook.

- Writing work only at school with all guidance by teacher. From basic to diffcult, learning on English, Mandrin and Counting just like regular kindy too. Homework only comes on Friday. I'm still pretty fine with this. Even they not give any, I will also buy some books for him to write or colour on free time.

- Parents will get a weekly progress report and giving back us what they have done (worksheet, art work and etc). Report on what they have learn and what is their weakness area. If any of that mention and need attention, we parent can take immediate action to follow up and strengthen them.

- No shoe are allow inside the school, which I think is the best and clean.

- Many windows in the classroom with fan and air-con. AC turn on in the mid morning or when the weather is hot. The school is quite well maintained and clean, although the building outside and the playground equipment looks a bit old.

- The school building is a double story house. It is pretty small enough with the right amount of students in each class. Each class have an average 20-22 students with teachers and sufficient helpers.

As I slowly find out kindy years school fee and make comparison with other, it doesn't comes cheap at all. Anyway, I strike to give a balance one to Terry. The one I took is RM290/ month and the yearly school fee after sum up all others is around RM4350. Another thing I like about this school is no uniform needed, which I seldom see in other kindy.

It is 2 months aways before his school starts. I should slowly start to prepare him and brain wash him about going to school. He actually got the idea already, know what is teacher and school about. When asking him about it sometime he says want, sometime don't want, depends on his mood, but not sure on the actual day how he does. I got to prepare to change my SAHM schedule, prepare to teach him more things as possible before school starts like buy some pre-schooler books and practise go to bed earlier.

Can't wait for his schooling days to start, in fact I think I will get myself stress up on the night before of worrying this and that. But somehow he has grown up now and need to learn to be independant. What an exciting year to look forward!

Mid-Autumn

My boring blog is started to flood with paid posts if I'm still not updating it. So since yesterday my blog goes on diarrhea. Sorry for making you read a lot today, there are few more coming. I admit that in recent months the LAZY bugs did bitten me badly. Few days ago was my own domain (judelittle.com) 2nd Anniversary. I was having a personal blog there too actually, but I believe it is almost abandon now. When the webhost reminded me for renewal, I was thinking whether still want to keep it. Well, I tell myself, since I've started and I will give myself sometime to continue it. I don't want to waste my effort to let go that easy just because of lazy =P

OK, back to this back-dated (3/10) post topic.
Few days ago before the actual Mid-Autumn day, I was actually having a bad dream. I dreamt of Terry holding on a stick with a glass paper lantern and got his face badly burnt. So scary, I jumped up from my sleep, immediately open my eye and wipe cool sweat. Luckily it was just a dream. I was actually planned to buy a lantern for him if saw any. Since after I've that bad dream, I don’t want to buy anymore.

As usual, Mid-Autumn means family gathering. At night, back to FIL’s house to have dinner. After the dinner, SIL#1 invited us down to the condo’s pool side to play lantern. She bought a few Japanese paper lanterns. This year was Terry first time seeing a lantern. He knows it was something can play and he got no mood to finish his dinner before we get down. When we were down at poolside, he was full of thrill and can’t wait to play with it. When he saw the candle lit up, he said 'Happy Birthday' and wanted to blow off. LOL!

After SIL light up the lantern for him, they walked round and round the pool side for many times. Others we stayed at a round table and yak mooncake, tea and some fruits. I'm very full as we just after dinner and durians at home.

At first Terry was skeptical to hold the lantern's stick. When I slowly let go my hand and make sure he won't drop it then I let him hold by his own. He was happily giggles when holding it on his own.

When we almost wanted to end the session, we saw the moon appearing. It was not big and bright enough as there were thick clouds covering it. We headed home at 11pm+. That’s how my Mooncake day past.

Playing lantern...candles...makes me think back of my childhood days too. As an adult, I don’t seem enjoy playing it that much like how I used to play during those days. It was so much of fun playing with neighbor friends and cousins holding the lantern walk down the street and light up candles round the gate. I even enjoyed playing it alone for many days before and after the actual day. As for now, I try to not miss the fun playing with my young ones.

Back in a week before the actual day, we have mooncake celebration night at church too. We got game, children coloring contest, presentation by Sunday school’s children, sermon and some foods in the end of the night.


The game is to guess the answer from the clue given hanging under the paper lantern, up high from the ceiling. I’m not getting all correct, very poor in this kind of guessing game. Only able to get less than 8 out of 15 with some by help.

Thomas Collection II

Terry - the all time big fan to Thomas & Friends is still very loyal and hearted with it. I think at the moment, nothing can replace his love to Thomas trains although I kept introducing him other cartoon's characters like Lighting McQueen car, Bob the Builder, Barney, Winnie the Pooh and etc.

Not to say, the collection are expanding too.

Sticker set, bought at morning market. RM1 each. The stickers still well keep in the plastic and he is not taking it out to stick anywhere yet. Just look see and put back to his bookshelf.

Kikansha Thomas Choco Pretzel RM3.50 from Isetan supermarket. Found this during one of our shopping trip when he make fuss. Once he got this, he totally keep quiet and happy munching it.

Thomas underwear RM18, bought from a seller in Multiply. Actually there are cheaper one at night market. I only know that after I bought this first pack.

Thomas Tank Engine Quilt Fabric 4 fat quarters (1 meter). Got this from an eBay seller in Australia. I bought 3 fq and she is so kind gave me another fq free make up to 1 meter. Include delivery, it is AU$20.70. (AU$5.45 per fq). The fabric is very good and soft. I plan to make him pillow case and bolster case for him or may be a quilt blanket.

Am I spoiling Terry with so many Thomas stuff?

Karaoke on FIL Birthday

Backdated @ 22/9/09

FIL's birthday fall on the Raya Holiday. We took this opportunity to have family gathering as well. SIL#1 booked a karaoke room at Neway Times Square for celebration. It was our first time brought Terry to sing and also with ILs. I really worried that the boy was not comfortable with the environment plus we went at his nap hour. Anyway I still go ahead and just leave if he not ok with it.

The last I went to sing K was way back in year 2005. Haha, I also afraid if I'm still can sing, true enough when try to choose songs, many of the songs I used to like I have forgotten the song's name. Not to say those latest one, familiar with the lyrics and singer, but I got no idea what is the name of the song. Everyone was singing except hubby, he shy to sing among family members.

Each head entry is entitled for 2 drinks or 1 snack 1 drink. We ordered some food, snack and drinks to yak while singing. For Terry, he was not counted in the head count, but charged belongs to peanut/snack fee, so he got free drinks too. The boy was having all fun time eating snack and drinking juice. We selected some children songs by Twins like Old McDonald, London Bridge, ABC, If You Are Happy, Ten Little Indian Boys, Mary Had A Little Lamb and etc.



Everybody sang together for him too when the songs played, but he refused to sing holding the mic. He only clap his hands and asking for some songs again and again. He found the microphone is something new to him. He kept playing the power button switch when other was singing. He had forgotten his tiredness and last till the karaoke section end.

Before we leave Neway, SIL brought a Baskin Robin ice-cream cake for FIL and we sang him a birthday song. We were so full after the cake and snack before, but FIL still wants to go for dinner.

FIL brought us for steamboat dinner at Hakka Restaurant. On the way to the restaurant the boy knock off immediately for 10 mins cat nap. Thank goodness he was not making fuss and cranky when I wakes him up. He managed to eat a little and all he wants is juices only then go tour round the restaurant with SIL while all of us still eating. After the dinner about 8pm, he dozed off immediately too and he not wake till back home. He was extremely tired and flat by then. I woke him up for milk at 11pm, then brush up and he continue to sleep again till next morning.

Green Helps

Although the calling for saving mother earth is very encouraging now, but it still not comes to my concern of stop using plastic bags or take away food with own containers. It is because the convenient is still there whenever we pack outside food or shopping.

Last year, there were news saying the disposable food containers or CFC food box will be stop using and we were asked to get ourselve prepared with own container and bags when need to pack food or shop. But, I don't think this calling is a successful one and supported by many. The usage of disposable-ware are still remain everywhere and people are still keep disposing it. I think in Penang, there are stores practising on NO plastic bags day. Am I right?

Why I'm writing this is because lately during one of the shopping trip hubby makes in Village Grocer, he got charged of RM0.10 for storing his purchased item into their plastic bags. He came back and complain it and said from now on he will prepared his own reusable shopping bags.

I strongly support his move and I also started to do so. If those days I got less carriage when going out, I will bring my own food tiers container to take away food and always get ready some reusable shopping bag in car. But, I always have this doubt when carrying own bags to shopping. Some stores are not allow to bring big bags in, so how are we going to use our own reusable bag in this case to support NO-PLASTIC-BAGS?

Anyway, just want to know, so far have you start practising the act?

Page Boy Terry

Terry was getting his duty as a ring bearer cum page boy on my church sis's wedding on 20.09.2009. Finally, it all went on well and I really proud of my baby. This was his first time and I'm actually more nervous than him.

Way back in 3 weeks time I already start prepared him for the job, told him about it and keep pasturing the word PAGE BOY. Every night after our night prayer, I will practice the walk with him (sometimes with a small pillow representing the ring pillow) by humming the standard wedding prelude. At times, he refused to do it and cry, also when shopping for his attire, try fitting on him, he not really happy with it.

May be the color of the attire is not attractive to him as he was not wear on plain black and white outfit before. My mum even asked me to push away the job, since he cannot co-operate, but it is not too nice as the day was near and also I take this as a challenge for him to get him discipline and do something. I trusted Terry he can perform it and I submitted him and the job to God for his willingness to do this.

Besides that, I even created a playlist with 12 video clips in YouTube related to church wedding march, page boys and flower girls and get him to watch, like one of this.


He even laughed at some and say page boy, cute..LOL! I also brought out the Precious Moment doll for him to play, to show him the handsome attire and ask him to wear like the doll. Actually I'm not allow him to play all this while, just because of the job, I gave him the right permission to touch it. It was the wedding doll set put on my wedding car back then.

As the days draw near, he no longer showed his unwillingness and rejection. Whenever he saw his costume and shoe, he will happily say page boy, page boy. I’m much relieve when I hearing that. On the Friday rehearsal night, I got him to wear the full costume and also I prepared some sweets to bribe him just in case he gets cranky.

Full costume ring bearer

So far so good, on the rehearsal night he was quite co-operate with few times practice on the walking from the entrance to the front stage. I keep accompanied beside him and I got all kinds of thought, what if the actual day he not sees me, cry, refuse to walk or walk half way run towards to stage and shout for mummy. Well couldn’t care that much, just let him do it and put faith in God and trust that the boy can do it.

On the actual day, supposed he got 1 hour time to nap at home after lunch at 1.45pm, but he just couldn’t sleep and keep tossing. I was thinking that the short nap at least he can rest and regain his energy for the program later. When he couldn’t sleep, I started to get more nervous. Don’t care just go ahead and dress him up. In the car can see his tiredness already. The wedding ceremony delayed till 4pm to start. In those waiting time, he actually started to look for something, wants me to carry and pull me in and out. I know he wants his nap already, also he was just recovered from sick few days ago, still got a bit of running nose. I kept him inside the toy room, talk to him and kept bribe with sweets, just to stay put him till everything over.

The worst was the bow tie, passed to me just before the wedding march starts (long story, won't be sharing here). Almost end up with big fuss when putting it on the boy. Luckily he didn't and I kept distract him with more toys and sweets. So much after long waiting, it starts.

There were many cameras and camera flashes facing in front of him. As he walks towards the front, the camera-man still stand there to snap snap blocking his way to walk forward. I got to asked them to make way for the page boys and flower girls. It was actually a bit havoc down the aisle as there were narrow walk way and too many ppl standing in front and also in the march queue. I accompanied him walk in the beginning by standing besides the audience chair and ask my dad to continue guide him to the front half down the red carpet. He walked without looking back and very steady till to the front stage.

Phew~ I totally relieved by then for that 5 minutes job, it done really well. While waiting in the front seat for the couple to march in, Terry played with the ribbon on the ring pillow and he accidentally dropped one of the gold ring on the floor. Luckily I was there with him and I heard it was dropped, quickly I picked it up and pass it to the groom's relative to keep. When the couple comes up to front, I brought the boy back to the toy room knowing that he couldn’t sit still for the rest of the time. I kept him there till the ceremony over and when Pastor announced the newly wed, I brought him out again to the march leading by the couple. I don't have any video or more pics to show now during the march. I was just too busy managing the boy's march. Mostly are with the photographer. Hopefully I got a set later, just look out in my Facebook for updates.

I left the church at 5.10pm after the ceremony ended to give time for the boy to rest as the night 7.30pm was the wedding dinner. We not stay for the photo session later. The boy dozed off immediately once got in to the car. Once back home, quickly shower him and put him to nap. He managed to nap for 45 mins only then wake him up to go dinner.


He was all charged up by then and he was well-behave throughout the dinner. I brought along some stickers for him to play. The dinner was held in Thean Hou Temple's Hall with 88 tables. The dishes were great just the service was bad. The dinner last till 11pm.

Bella & Kent

This Saturday is the beginning of month 8th in Chinese lunar calendar, down the month from this weekend onwards; we will get busy attending wedding dinner. This Sunday (20/9) is my dear church sister got married and Terry got the opportunity to be one of their page boy cum ring bearer during the wedding march at church.

Here would like to send my heartily Congratulations to Bella & Kent, may God bless your marriage abundantly and may your life together filled with God's love more and more.

I known Bella & family very well for many years and her brother Andrew Tan is my primary classmate. Bella is a pianist in my church worship team, having a good voice and she also a capable event MC. She has followed her dad's footstep in learning on Chinese medication and she is now a certified Chinese medical doctor aka Sinseh. Her hubby also doing the same profession as her.

Shall see her happily, beautifully and gracefully walking down the church aisle on her wedding day. But, I'm very nervous now as my boy with another 2 pairs of page boys and flower girls take the lead of them walk down the red carpet. Will share more in next post about the page boy Terry.

All sick at home

Not sure if it is a sick season now, 3 of us at home took turn to fall sick. It was started from hubby. He was sick on last Friday, got sore throat, flu and fever. After he got recovered, on Monday Terry's turn. Immediately brought him to paed. Doctor first ask which kindy he attend. No, he was not schooling yet, but that day I did went to kindy hunt with him. Doctor said it was not possible catch sick from there. Doctor said he catch cold. Slight fever and nose block, throat not red. During the examination, he mention that so far no need to test on H1N1. I was thinking is that so serious yet need to do the test, cause only a small sick now. I was thinking this doctor might be mentioning the H1N1 test to all the patients. To me I never thought of that at all, since he was not on high fever.

That night, when we were at paed there, lots of patients. Bump into my friend WY, which her 2 sons got sick. She mentioned to me weeks ago, her 2 sons almost caught on H1N1. They were on high fever 41'C, went to paeds there took the H1N1 test (RM100 each test). Doctor took the mucus for testing. It was put on a test stick, just like pregnancy test. If it showed 2 lines means confirm. For her son case, 1 of them the result is not so clear on the 2nd line, then doc said need to send to the lab for further examination which cost RM500. Luckily the result turn out negative and it was a big relief for her. All in all she has spend almost near to thousand just on testing the H1N1.

Ok, back to us. After Terry took 2 days of med, he feels better. He was not too sick actually he still run around and play just like his usual self, just that he knock off for nap time more early and longer nap hour. On Wednesday, it was my turn. Starting with left nose block, then comes to night time the throat pain was killing and the nose block till I need to breath with mouth. I was just having 3-4 hours slept that night. The next morning, my whole body no energy, quickly settle the porridge for lunch and dinner, slept for an hour while waiting my dad fetch me to doc. Back home, feed the boy in speed then hit to the sack slept till evening. It was 3 quarter of the day spent with my pillow and tissue box. After a day med, today feels better, but still a bit dizzy (cause by the fever med) and nose blocking.

So I was not sure, was it a spread from the family or we caught sick separately from somewhere else. But anyway, Thank God we are recovering now.

Supper at Rajah Brooke

Night outing was always not complete without something goes into my stomach. Last Saturday, after went to my friend's optical shop at Kuchai Maju for a new pair of spec, really can't resist when I walked past lots of restaurant at almost every corner. Every restaurant there seems so special and serving different types of food. I have been there few times, but not tried out any of them before.

I remembered once Astro WLT - 1 day 5 meals introduce about Rajah Brooke Cafe before, they serve Kuching Sarawak's recipe food, like Tomato Mee, Kolo Mee, Sarawak Laksa, Curry Chicken rice and many more.. That night, me and my brother gave a tried on these.

Tomato Mee @ RM6.90 - Love the gravy
Mixed Ice (Rajah Brooke special) @ RM5.90
Otak-Otak @ RM4.90
Really too many restaurant at this area, the one next door selling Koong Poh Spicy pot chicken something is full house, the table placed till the road side. One day I must try that out too, it looks delicious.


Rajah Brooke Café
19, Jln Kuchai Maju 8,
Kuchai Entrepreneur's Park,
Off Jln Kuchai Lama,
Kuala Lumpur.

Try on Scar Cream

Terry has been putting on Cica-care silicone scar gel sheeting for 8 months time now. So far those red raised scars got flatten, but skin color is still far away to get recovery back to skin color. I’m yet to find another better solution for his bad scar.

Not long ago, after Vivian asked me about the doctor for burn (her baby got burn on cheek), I began to search more info on scar management when she found out that Egyptian Magic Cream works good for burn skin. At the same time, I also walk across all searched sites for Burn and Scar Creams, in hoping that I can use other product to speed up the scar appearance recovery.

Many good ones are only available in USA and I felt it was so hard for me to just buy and use it without any support from here. Finally I got ScarHeal.com, they offered a range of scar recovery products made in USA and what so good is that, there is distributor from Malaysia and many other countries too. This is also one of the few scar cream that I come across of the after use result which looks convincing to me.

Without further delay, after some correspondent with the Product Consultant here, I got the Scar Esthetique® Scar Crème for Terry to use for free (the first tube only). Since it is very new in Malaysia (3 months ago got government approval here), the company wanted to take Terry's scar case as its clinical sample, that is why they offer me the first tube to try and can get further discount on the rest. This range of scar products only available in hospital under recommendation of doctor and it is not going to sell elsewhere.

The Product Consultant was good enough to send me the tube by hand. For clinical test purpose, she took some of the photo of Terry's scar and gives me more info on their range products too. She further advised me that the cream got many tested on and used which the result is proven it works. Well, I really hope it can help Terry too.

On 22/7, right after I got the cream, I put it on a few area of scar on arm, shoulder and back for 3 times, 3-4 hours apart once. It not show any bad sign on the 3 times application. In the evening when I bath him, I found all those patches which I put on the cream got RED all over. His skin got irritation and it was hot chili red! I shouldn't have put it at more than one area when trying on new cream. Luckily it not appeared any major rashes and itchiness, as I don’t find him scratch on it. The redness on skin was burning hot too when touch on it. The scale redness is large as where the cream was rub on. Not only the redness appeared on scar skin, it also on good skin area.

Quickly after shower, I applied whatever soothing lotion, cream or gel on frequently. Terry's skin must be sensitive to some chemical ingredients or the skin is rejecting the new ingredients which he not tried before. I was so worried too if the redness will cause other reaction, I was planning for the worst to consult skin doc or paed, if the redness still remain for days. Glad that day by day, after applied Calamine lotion and Aloe Vera gel, the redness got reduce and I didn’t consult doctor at all. But all this after use result happened, I did report back to the Product Consultant and she make an effort to refer my problem to their local and US panel doctors and further advised me what to do.

On the following week, she advised me to put the scar cream once a day on arm only, to see if his skin got irritation again. By doing that way, it also take times to allow the skin to get used to the ingredients. Too bad, his skin appeared in red again in the end of the day for that 1 time used. But the skin is back to good again after Aloe Vera gel. So it was confirmed by then his skin cannot use the Scar Esthetique Cream anymore.

No choice I got to continue to use Cica-care gel sheet for the time being. The Product Consultant and Manager did concern Terry's scar problem a lot and wish that he can try on others, as there are new products coming in, might be laser machine or some other cream. After discuss with hub, we hold on for anything now and find out more about laser treatment first. The Product Consultant shows me on a real case and story who've been using laser for treating old bad scar.

The Story summary:

" It was triplets’ baby girl, 3 of them they caught in a house fire. The babies mum died in the accident. The burns leaving down lots of bad scars all over their bodies from face to leg. They were now aged 22 went through laser treatment using Lumenis’ UltraPulse CO2 TotalFX fractional laser treatment and the bad scar got reduced and faded tremendously. They were being interviewed on July’09 by ABC News 20/20 on their recovery and the laser technology. "

>> Click here for full story, video and more pics… <<

Although it was a one-time laser treatment, but I still not able to accept the boy needs to go through the skin pain again at this age. I will wait for few more years and see how his scar recovery first, see whether the soften scar skin area will get stretch up and eventually faded. If it is the case, I don’t think he needs to go for laser. Also, as he grows if he agrees to go for laser for better recovery, we will still make it for him.

After all, in my finding, the best non-surgical theraphy for scar is using silicone gel sheeting and pressure garment. Of cause, the result may appear better if can combine use with other treatment. At the moment, aside silicone gel sheeting, I’m more interested in trying scar cream, hopefully very soon I can find another good scar cream which suitable for Terry.

All Girls' Gathering

@ 26th July (Sunday)

A super back-dated post :P

It was another round of primary sch classmate gathering. This bunch of mates were same class with me since Standard 1. Actually prior to this gathering, we were planning to go for 2D1N PD trip. But, due to low response and many prefer gathering, so we cancel the trip plan and have a Hi-Tea gathering with teacher.

So there our gathering 7 of us with Teacher at The Curve, The Terrace. Sadly, only girls able to turn up. First time ever the attandance are all girls. We were on ladies talk, baby talk, marriage talk and mother talk. Teacher was so happy when we have gathering and she always looking forward to see her students who not ever turn up before.

Actually in the early trip plan, the organisers (I'm one of them) did make an effort to look out those lost contact one. Thanks to the existance of Facebook, we managed to get back some of them, now only left like 14 of them which we really couldn't locate them elsewhere. We got 46 in the class and it is not too bad we still keep in touch with majority of them. Hopefully as years come and gathering on, we can have more and more turn up on gathering day.

~ We were belongs to SRJK(C) Chen Moh, Petaling Jaya, Class of 1986-1991 (6J) ~