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More on my speech (before we all forget over here):-


Giving excuses...

Mummy: Rye Li big girl already, Rye Li can go make your own milk now.
Rye Li: After (wards) my baju (malay: clothes) all wet how?


When I'm feeling generous...

"After (wards) I finish watch my Barney, I watch Mummy('s) show ok?"

"Mummy/Papa, you want?"


Being Commanding

"Mummy switch on the light, so dark ady (already)"

"Help me open, I cannot open"

Rye Li: Mummy, I want (to) go Giant, shoping-shoping.

Mummy: It's late Rye Li, we will go another day ok?

Rye Li: *sulking and whining* I want!

Mummy: Ok, Mummy give you my car keys, you go and drive yourself there ok?

Rye Li: I cannot drive-la

Mummy: Ok, then you drive your own car (indicating her toy car).

Rye Li: Cannot!

Mummy: It's so late at night, all the people at Giant also go home already to oi-oi (sleep).

Rye Li: Mmmm (indicating ok)

Being Lovey-Dovey

Rye Li: I love you mummy

Mummy: I love you Rye Li

Mummy: How much?

Rye Li: Soooo much!

Mummy: You love papa or not?

Rye Li: I love papa, I love mummy

Mummy: How much?

Rye Li: Sooo much!

Mummy says it is ok if your kid don't talk that soon!

This is what she has been telling people with kids and without kids. And she quoted me as an example! She tells people that I spoke too soon. I don't see what's her problem but she likes telling people of incidents of me answering her back...

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The other day, we were having lunch and Mummy was having mee-hoon and Papa was having fried rice. She fed me with her mee-hoon first and along the way, I wanted fried rice so she took some from Papa's plate and I went:-

"No, papa feed, papa feed!"

And Mummy started scolding me and I didn't like it and I pointed at her and told her "eat your mee". She was dumbfounded after that but she went "You getting very smart these days huh?!" and I smiled back.

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When Mummy needs to pee and I don't want her to especially when we are in the middle of doing something, I will tell her "Mummy wee-wee adi (already)!"

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When I don't agree with Mummy on certain things, I like saying "No-lah, like this, like this!"

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When I am not happy with Mummy, I will say " I don't friend you"

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I always interrupt Mummy or Papa when they are talking on the phone. I will go "What (who) is that?, I want (to) talk, I want (to say) hello"

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I'm also pretty anal about doing things my way. And how 'anal' I am? Well, it has been a habit whereby when it is time for my Vitamin C, Mummy will let me open the cover and she will put in my Vitamin on the cover for me to put it in my mouth. The other day, she was rushing and just opened it herself and gave me the Vitamin C. I protested but she ignored me, carrying me outside to greet our guest. After that, when we got back home, with the Vitamin still in my hands, I went to get the bottle and opened it with the help of Papa and put the vitamin on the cover itself and fed myself with it.

The same goes for when I want to put things back myself. When I'm in the mood, I don't like Mummy to help me so when she does it, I will undo whatever she has done and redo it myself!

So if you're worried about your child not talking that soon, it is alright, eventually they will and Mummy thinks you should enjoy it while it last!

Mummy's entry - She remembers

When it's bed time and I'm trying to get the girl to go to sleep, I will pretend that I'm sleeping. Lately, this girl has been pointing to my face and go "nose, mouth, eyes, eyebrow, forehead, ears, cheek, chin,etc" while pointing to the respective parts.

I didn't think too much about this until I realised that when she was much younger and not talking then, I used to do this too to her while getting her to sleep at nights. I will go "this is your hair, this is your head, this is your forehead, this is your eyebrow and so on". It's been a while since I've done this and when I realised this, I was praising her that she actually remembers me doing this to her and did it again at her while she was smiling.

I also realized now that I do not talk to her as much as I used to when she was a baby because this girl can talk so much now and love asking me questions. At least I'm still singing to her but it is irritating when the girl interrupts and say "no, no, like this"...and she goes on singing herself or she ask me to sing a song she likes instead. I'm just thinking how fast these new phases come up and I sure do miss my baby. The only time I get to go back to those days is when she's sleeping! LOL.

And since we're on the topic of her remembering stuff, she just told her papa "I got so many toys, Mummy didn't buy me toy" (indicating that I didn't buy her a toy from my Bangkok trip!). What do I do with this girl?!

Mummy's update - My girl bullies me!

We're back from Bangkok late Sunday night and I went to pick the girl up on Monday afternoon from my sister's. I found out :-

• the girl didn't ask for us at all
• she slept throughout the 3 nights she was there
• she was happy being with her cousins although she bullied the boy to tears as well (she informed me that "I beat JT kor kor")
• my sister and her maid reported that she was so well behaved (unlike how I complained to them on how naughty she is at home, made me look like the guilty one! sigh!)

When I picked her up, she was happy to see me and happier to see the new Minnie Mouse bag we got her (I only brought along one of the bags we bought her, the mickey mouse watch and a minnie mouse t-shirt which I also got the same one for my niece, the rest of her new clothes and stuff were left at home). So when she saw me taking out the stuff I bought for my sister's family and my parents, the girl got upset and I had to remind her that she got a whole lot more at home. When she saw the princesses dress I got for my niece, she showed her face and went "I also want like RW cher-cher's dress!".

She became more like a baby in my presence and both the maid and my mom noticed this and said she wasn't like this at all in the last 4 days she was there. When I didn't give in to her, she started crying.

Later at home, we showed her the rest of the things that we bought her. She was really happy but she remembered one thing which she kept reminding me to buy for her before the trip and she brought it up after she saw all her clothes "Where's my toy?". I had to apologize to her and told her that I couldn't find any nice toys so I bought her alot of nice clothes instead and 2 Minnie Mouse bags. She accepted this explanation.

That night, she woke up at 4am asking me for milk. When she did this, I was cursing inside as I know she's bullying me. She has been sleeping throughout the night for more than a month now unless if she is in a foreign place. She did not do this to her papa when he looked after her nor did she do this when she was at my sister's! And if you're wondering why I had to give in to her, the thing is if I ignore her, she will get louder and louder and will disrupt the rest of our sleep. What am I going to do with this girl?! At least she slept through last night and I hope this will stay forever!

Mummy's entry - Being away from the girl

I'm typing this from Bangkok, having to be here for a sales training since Tuesday and this means I've been away from the girl for 3 nights so far. Did I miss her? Seriously, no. Ok, well a little bit. This is only coz I've been yearning to have a break (my "me" time) and one of the getaways I wanted to be at is Bangkok. So it is a blessing in disguise when I found out the venue of this training.

I guess I didn't really miss her all that much too as there's so much to do for this training and also my personal activities after training (shopping!!!). And the real fact is that hubby is around in KL to look after her.

Well, hubby is in Bangkok now to join me for the weekend and tonight is the first time that the girl will not be with either one of her parents. And this is where I'm getting worried and I'm starting to miss her badly!

Hubby dropped her off at my sis' place this morning before heading to the airport and it seems that she was alright. We have prepared her for this since last month and have been reminding her constantly. At times, she resisted by saying "I don't want, I want follow Mummy" but most of the times she said ok and continued with "I want toys, I want Mickey Mouse/Tweety bird baju (malay: clothes)" (This was how I motivated her and I'm willing to do this coz I rarely get to be away from her. As for hubby, I forbid him to buy alot of things for her when he's away on his business trips although he has his occasional shopping spree habit).

I called home when my training ended and my sister's maid (the girl only sticks to her) updated that she was alright through out, ate her meals, watched tv and poo-ed in the toilet although she wanted to poo in her diaper. She is still not potty trained for poo since her constipation days as she has the fear of the toilet bowl but she is alright for pee-ing in it or in her potty. But with this update (First round, she took a diaper to her kakak and said "Kakak, I want to poo-poo" but her Kakak took her to the toilet instead and she refused to poo. Second round, she told her Kakak again that she wanted to poo and she gave in to her Kakak's request to poo in the bowl and she did it), I find that the girl bullies her parents at home! Either this or her Mummy do not have enough patience with her. ;)

I called home again tonight and was informed by my sister that the girl was already asleep (this was like 9-30pm Malaysian time). She sleeps around 11pm these days and I guess she slept early coz she didn't nap this afternoon, she was too happy when her cousins came back from school and played with them throughout. Her cousins (RW and JT) were fighting for her attention and too bad for JT, the girl prefers her cher cher (chinese: elder sister), RW! My sis told me that the girl kept saying no to JT when he wanted the girl to sleep next to him. She said she wants her RW cher cher, making the boy cried! Hehe, this girl knows who she can bully.

The girl didn't ask for us it seems, guess she understands the situation. But my sis said she looks a little left out when it came to bed time. I only hope she will sleep throughout the night and don't have an episode. Will update later on this....as for me and hubby, we will enjoy Bangkok to the max for sure! But we are missing the girl like crazy. ;)

CNY 2008

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all!

Another round of Chinese New Year for me and we spent it at the same 2 places again like last year's except that we went to Penang first and then to Cameron Highlands after that.

Mummy made a comparison of last year's and this year's in terms of my behaviour and it goes according to the good, the bad and the ugly (so-so).



The good

• They don't need to bring the slow cooker and stuff to cook my food. I eat whatever they eat.
  
• I'm easier to manage now. I'm not glued all the time to Mummy (can't say the same when I'm cranky though)
  
• I love to "gong xi-gong xi" with my hands now to all and will say "gong xi fa cai" especially when I'm in a good mood

The bad

• I'm bossy now so I demand for things (most of the time I don't get it my way)


• And since I'm bossy, I will refuse to wear whatever Mummy wants me to and chose them myself (so Mummy's plans for me in wearing what clothes on what days were all gone to waste!)


• I bully people now. Ok, not so much bully but boss people around and when you get on my nerves, I will scold you! I did this mostly to my cousin brother, JT when we were in Camerons.
  
• I like testing the limits with Mummy and Papa even after they have scolded me or threatened or warned me.


• I change topic easily after I'm being told off for being naughty. One of the nights, Mummy was scolding me and I didn't like her scolding me so I lifted up my right hand, preparing to hit her. She warned me on this and stared at me. I stared right back at her contemplating to hit her or not but since she threatened me, I decided to smile at her and counted "1, 2, 3" while showing her my fingers for 1,2 and 3. I was telling her that I can count.
  
• Only reason I like to do the "gong xi-gong xi" with my hands to people I don't know coz I love to receive the Ang Pows! And initially, I wanted to open them to see the money inside but I've been told that it is rude to do so. So later when we're at home, I would ask Mummy "Where's my money? I want my money!" (at least I understand the concept of money and if you ask me now where's all my money, I will reply "I got so many angpows, all my money in the bank."
  
• I must have the last say in anything and everything so when I'm being told off, I will scold them back (Of course Mummy will not let me get away with this so I get punished for being rude!)
  

The so-so

• Although I'm easier to manage now compared to last year, I still glue to Mummy at times. Only wanting her to shower me, etc. But at least I allow my Por Por to feed me or carry me.
  
• You would think by now that I'm used to my car seats with the way I travel around (I'm hardly at home). I am most of the times, but there are times when I'm just cranky and refused to be in it. I was slightly cranky when we were on the way up to Penang. I was more cranky when we were on the way up to Camerons. Luckily, on the way back, I was very well behaved (guess coz I slept for most of the journey).
  
• After being really naughty and punished, I will apologize (Mummy wonders whether I actually understand this or just doing it for the sake of doing it)

Guess you would noticed the more bads than the goods or so-so's...Mummy believes it is part of the terrible two phase.

What are holidays or celebrations without photos....Below are pictures from Penang:-

hanging out at the balcony of Ah Por's and Ah Kong's house drinking my milk, this nearly became a routine

all dolled up, ready to go for the reunion dinner

getting ready to go collect more ang pows on 2nd day of CNY

managed to swim at Peh Deh's (papa's brother) after collecting all my ang pows

this was how i had my bath at Ah Por's place, actually it was just showers, i just wanted to play in this pail

Below are pictures from Cameron Highlands :-

posing with the little flowers

making funny faces with my cousins, JT and RW

at the flower farm of papa's relatives, we were checking out their little pond up on a hill

posing in my new Chinese New Year clothes (Mummy had to bribe me in wearing this stating that my cousins were wearing theirs too)

as you can tell, i wasn't happy that my cousin, JT was also posing for my camera so i was protesting! I was bullying him most of the time I was there. i like RW cher cher more

The below shots were taken after my meltdown of the above picture, Mummy had a time-out session with me before I agreed to take pictures with my cousin but this time I chose to be next to RW cher cher. After these shots, I changed my clothes.

this was how we entertained ourselves one of the nights, all 3 of us sharing the ipod nano

Below were pictures when we got back to KL from Cameron Highlands (I love posing for the camera now) :-





Hope you had a good Chinese New Year as well!