now I know ..

I must admit that I'm not one who really take note & care about what I eat.

I used to almost always eat everything edible without paying much attention to GI / calories / content of the food.

It wasn't until a few days ago that I was to deal with a blow right in my face. I could not longer eat as I used to. Now I have to be very careful with what I put inside my mouth and swallow.

Now I know how it feels like when we feel like eating something but we can't.

To tell you I'm not sad, it's not true.

To tell you that it didn't affect me, it's not true.

But it's not the end, it's only the beginning.

I'm learning to deal with it.

I'm aware that I still have a long long way to go.

ps. and to a friend who went all the way to give me a booklet on foods & calories guide. Thank you so much for lending me your support and listening ears. Hopefully my results are ok.

thank you gals for the night

Thank you to my friends for taking time for the night. You may not know how much it meant to me =) All I can say is : it is ALOT =)

drug addict?

save junior save

Some 20 over years ago, I still remember those times when I fill up my piggy banks as soon as I possibly could just because I wanted to have more lines in my passbooks ... I thought the more lines I have, the more money I have (without realising that more lines could mean more withdrawal / debits..haha),

because I wanted to get more freebies when I go to the banks. Banks during that era were generous to their junior savers.

I remember not only getting free piggy banks various edition, quarterly children magazines, some stationeries, some drawstring bags, some other goodies.

Fast forward, we opened junior savings account for our children ... I'm secretly waiting for the day when I can bring them with their filled piggy banks to the bank and teach them the benefits of saving (even a dollar a day ... yes, it has to be at least a dollar a day cause a cent a day doesn't really work anymore).

Although I've introduced ah bi to piggy bank and putting coins inside, but I think this is more of a practice of fine motor skills development rather than inculcate savings...don't think can understand yet.

meanwhile, while waiting for ah bi to grasp the understanding of savings, this mother is adding more lines to ah bi's junior account=p

This mother is parking some of her monthly cashflow (pending to pay bills) in ah bi's account to earn a little more interest. Yes, this mother can be this 'calculative' in this sense ... but like I always say a penny earned is a penny earned.

Note that : a junior savings account can offer interest return as competitive as FD rates (2.5%pa - 3.0%pa) whereas a normal adult savings account offer only (0.1%pa - 1%pa).

Now if you are me, where would you put your money?

freeeeee gifts....

Lately, I feel I'm lucky.

Last Thursday, receive a blue storage box from the milk powder company that ah bi drink.

Last Saturday, receive this cute cuddly bunny rabbit from another milk powder company that mama didn't drink.

Milk powder companies today are good at making us mother & children happy =p

Btw, in malaysia, in effort to encourage breastfeeding, milk powder companies are not allowed to give free gift / gift redemption for infant milk powder & milk powder for babies up to 12 months.

falling in love = 走火入魔? =p

阿信与丁当-走火入魔

i like the way the lyricist put it...

falling in love to me is really like 走火入魔 ... hahaha