'Natural' remedy for sniffles : wasabi peas

these little devils will clear your nose,throat, sinuses, tear ducts, hell, you will excrete something from all of your orifices!


yes, it should be wasabi flavour
no, it doesn't have to be that specific brand
no, it's not scientifically proven, just our personal experience

iStitch

them : (a pillowcase, and 2 tank tops)



I know, i know..., they doesn't look too hard to make, or they don't look too neat but..keep in mind that I don't have a single crafty bone inside me. I'm so proud of myself. Oh, by the way, it's not a typo, I just ran out of thread, and couldn't be bothered to finish it. Just lost interest. I felt like an old lady after I finished stitching them, blurry eyes, and sore back. ouch..
I'm much better at cooking though..

fingers crossed...

-we will find a new house soon..
-my exam will be a success tomorrow and the next day!

XXX

what I learned today

check out this cool-unnecessary-pregnancy-test gadget ! :) (just imagine, plugging it in your computer, after you wee on it..ewww, I can see something dripping on the table..)

I supposed to study for my exam, and this will be really boring post about my exam revision. I read pregnancy, lactation, and infant feeding today, for the sake of refreshing and recalling my memories, here's some 'fun facts' :

on pregnancy - you don't have to eat for two! just eat normal portion of food, choose good quality food. pregnant women will have a natural aversion to food with strong smell, alcohol, and coffee. (God, I hope when I'm pregnant, this fun fact is true!).

on lactation - it just as good as far as the mother nutritional status. If the mother eats crappy food, the breast milk quality wouldn't be so good, your breasts are not miracle workers. If you eat too much garlic, your breast milk will too. DHA and ARA fortified formula hasn't been proved to be beneficial, it just marketing strategies I guess, and generally, brestfeeding can reduce weight ~0.5kg/month, therefore, after 6 month of breastfeeding, you will used up all your fat gain during pregnancy. So, just relax, you will lose al your baby weight in 6 month, if not, maybe you should make an apoinment with me? hehe..

on infant feeding - introducing fruit in the beginning of weaning can lead to a sweet tooth toddlers. Introduce root pureed root vegies first, and iron fortified brown rice cereal, always introduce one food at a time. Biscuits are no good, will create a sweet tooth too. cow's milk has been linked to type 1 Diabetes. A 2 years old should have a complete variety of food, thus milk are not really necessary anymore (only if they had a balanced diet). Giving sweet food as a treat doesn't teach children healthy eating habit.

don't bother..

to wear 'invisible' bra straps.. they're not invisible, we can still see it, especially with halter.ugh. Trust me, someone even write a blog dedicated to this.

does it make me less than a human...

If I don't have a facebook account?
If I don't read twilight series or watch the movie?
If I don't have any interest at all in 2012 movie everyone rave about?
If I don't know how to drive, and don't intend to learn at all?
If I think the last Harry Potter movie was great, and -contrary to what people think- not crappy at all?
If I hate unecessary small talk?
If I think raising my eyebrows are equal to smiling?
If my 'maternal instinct' appear when I see cute baby clothes, and vanished when I hear 3 years old having a tantrum?
If I don't have a blackberry phone?
If sometime I feel I connect better with my dog than with people?

mess..

our house / room IS always a mess!
I feel like a house-elf sometimes..

bedtime stories

I stumbled upon this illustration at meetmeatmikes page. I thought, 'hmmm, this looks really familiar..' It was taken from vintage children's book, illustrated by Marcel Marlier. I remember I used to have those books when I was a kid, and my dad always read them to me before bed time, he would read 3 books to me every night, yup,it had to be 3 books, no less. So I googled mr Marlier, and came up with these illustrations :






I wonder what happened to my books now? I WANT THEM..!! so, I searched on ebay, and watch on couple books, hopefully no one bid on them.. (fingers cross tightly, it hurt!)

Brother Baba budan

Sometime, I wonder..'what if one of those chairs in the ceiling fall on my head while I'm waiting for my coffee?'

before I got my answer, someone called out my name and gave me this :


mmmmmmmmmmm...this is the best!

3rd day. drama drama drama!

I couldn't find the stupid bonsoy in the cupboard to make my coffee! This lead to a tantrum, a storming-out-of-door-to-the- grocery-to-get-a-bonsoy... Hmmmpphhh....! What a grumpy morning! MUST HAVE COFFEE SOON..!!
Yes. I'm a coffee addict too..maybe I should give that up too??