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Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary! Yayy!

Yesterday, we attended a little gathering organised by a close friend. It was not an official one, just started in MSN. Hubby and me was a little doubtful at first that there would be a good turn up, since we have not seen each other for a long time.

We drag our lazy and tired ass to the gathering anyway. I was thinking, if we don’t turn up as well, we would just contribute to the number of "fong fei kei yau" (like AWOL, i think). The place is near our house and we need dinner anyway.

Surprise! Surprise! The turn up was good, all of us occupied 2 large table and 1 small table. Seeing everyone brings back a lot of past memories…

We all worked and studied in a local higher institution. Those who turned up are mainly students that have worked under our supervision as part-timers. I am glad to see that they are all bright young working adults now. I guess this feeling only comes since I am a mother now.

During our times in the institution, I believe I have offended some of them in many ways. The perfectionist in me, my hard headed views of how things should be done and also being proud of being their senior overtaken me that time. I still remember, some of them had a hard time convincing me about their work and claims. Some of them must have hated me…..a lot…

When I see them yesterday, I remember. It gives a fresh new feeling now and they do not seem to remember me as the "difficult" staff in T&I. Probably its because I am holding baby Zoe, and no one wants to offend a mommy…hahaha

Some of them were very curious about the topic of pregnancy and child birth, and mostly are guys. I told them my experince and that they would make good daddies…hahaha. (I hope they don’t get scared by me!)

A few of them had the chance to carry Zoe like passing the parcel. I can see the delight on their face when she kicks and babbles at them. Some of them are quite good in handling baby and I can see Zoe is very delighted as well.

A bubbling baby can really breaks the ice in everyone.

Some of them remarked that we have progress to another level of adulthood - parents. I also see that they have also progress to the level of working adults. Its good to know that none of us have been left out, but we have progressed.

Thanks to Jon Jon for organising the gathering

Okay, this is like getting really stale…but Mom always advised not to leave anything half way done…so, here you go again…

Rabbits are very adorable and I could not stop telling my Dad how adorable they are. Finally, my Dad bought a pair of rabbits for me from the neighbour. It was a pair of snowy white rabbits, the female is chubby and more cuddly while the male is strong and tends to hop away when held.

I remembered that my neighbour told me to feed them only vegetables and not to give any water to the rabbit. The moisture from the vegetables would be enough liquid for the rabbit. My mom bought kang kung, long beans and carrot for me to feed the rabbits. They were placed in a big plastic basket - again.

The rabbits love the beans I peeled out from the long beans. My mom said its a waste to feed them that way and so I just hold the long beans and let the rabbit munch till they bite my finger…ouch!

The thing about rabbit is they tend to poo poo everywhere when they are let out to hop around the house. We stayed in a town house that time (upstairs unit) and so there are not much open space for the rabbits to hop around. My mom get upset when the rabbit poo poo on the floor….kekeke

One fine day, my younger cousins, aunts and uncles came to visit us at our house. My cousins was very excited to see the pair of rabbits and was having so much fun playing and feeding the rabbits. By the time came for them to go home, the younger cousin was crying as she wanted the rabbits so much. My aunt and uncle tried to explain to her and told her that the rabbits are mine. I guess she is too young to understand and was crying buckets. My Dad took pity of her and asked me whether I would give the rabbits to them. He also said that since I am the older one, I should be more generous and understanding of the situation. I was very very reluctant, it took me quite some effort to have the rabbits. I am also worried that they might not be able to take good care of the rabbits…

Anyway, they took home the rabbits. I was heartbroken but I just have to be more grown up at that time and let it be. I cried at night when nobody can see me.

Not long after that, I found out that the rabbits are dead. My cousins stayed in a bungalow and they let the rabbits out to play at the wet lawn. When the rabbits get wets, its feets and body start to decay and got infected. I guess they musht have died in an ugly state. Somehow, I knew they would end up that way as my cousins are too young to understand how to take care of the rabbits and their parents are busy.

What is gone is gone and I get on with my life…

I usually walked to school everyday by myself as the school is nearby about 20 minutes walk from home. During one of the journey back from school, I spotted a small kitten meowing by the road side. It was drizzling that day and the kitten was wet. It looked so pitiful and unable to walk far. I knew at that time that my mom do not like cat but I just cannot tolerate leaving the kitten like that. I found some newspaper and wrap it in the newspaper and took the kitten home….

…to be contiued….

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This morning while hubby was busy locking our main door and gate, Zoe called out to hubby..errr…err…err…. Looking at hubby intently and called out to him and body twisting and arch towards him. Suddenly, I realised that Zoe has grown a lot these days…

She no longer cry when she need us, she just call us….ehh..ehhh…ehhhh…..

She tried to stand in her bathtub while I was bathing her, using her hands to hold on to the sides and tilt her butt up and leg straighten….very funny and she was trying very hard to stay that way…

In the playpen, she would try to climb out of it…she would support herself at the side…gather all her energy to climb, but fall back into play pen panting…

She can sit at her play mat and play with her toys for quite a long period of time. When we pass by, she would look but will be back to her toys and concentrating on them.

She can hold a toy, concentrate on it, flip it around with her fingers and looking at it from all angle for a while before chewing on the toy….lol

When my frens carry her (especially in church), she would slowly hold their fingers and try to stuff the finger into her mouth. She usually lick first to have a taste….hahaha

She finally made me buy her a bigger toddler car seat cause she has been very whiney sitting in her infant car seat as she almost outgrown it. Even when she is seated properly (in the infant seat), she would sit in a distorted manner as if the whole body is twisted, so no choice….gotta part with the $$$. I am quite happy with the new car seat thou pricey, cause she can sit properly in it and Zzzz within minutes…halleluia…(fingers crossed)

Hubby remark that she is a lot like me at night…yea…sometimes we talked in our sleep…she babbles in her sleep. I have seen it myself once and she looks so funny and cute. However, its giving hubby sleepless nights  He threaten to sleep in the living room soon as he cannot tolerate 2 sleep talker…lol

She would smile and laugh when she sees flowers, her colorful clothes and anything colorful and pretty. She can have this long stare at the skies like in a deep thot….

Her cries seems very different compared to when she is younger, she only cry when something is taken away from her or when she refused her milk

She pinch us on our neck with her fingers sometimes when we carry her…ouch!

When I put my face near her, she would hold my face with both her palm and smile and babbles at me. If I make funny face, she would laugh at me…melts…

She can tolerate the jab from the paed and would usually just let out a cry, very fast calmed down but would be complaning to the paed…wuu..aaa..uuuu..aaa….till the paed said, okay Zoe…sayang…see you again….hahaha

She love it when I sing to her with action, like twinkle twinkle little star or babyland, her hands would try to follow my gestures. When she wants to sleep or drink her milk, she would want us to hum her favourite songs - Jesus loves me. If we dun do it, we sometimes notice she hum to herself while doozing off….

When she concentrate very hard, her tongue sticks out a little and start to drool…hahaha

We have yet to see her 2 front bottom teeth althou she’s been teething for a while…its getting more suspense when those younger than her oledi got their tooth…lol

She gave me this contented smile this morning when I lean over in the car to look at her and smile, then look away and have this long stare at the sky from the window. When she do that, she seems like a big girl to me…

There are so much about Zoe nowadays, she has grown so much over the past 7 months. I thank God for her…

Angeleyes tagged me this…hehehe

Okay la, here you go…eight boring facts about me:

1. I am born in January, so is my daughter and my hubby….coincidence!?
2. Shopping is my hobby
3. I love spa
4. I’ve climbed Mount Kinabalu and went white water rafting
5. I am a pure Hokkien kia
6. Durian is still my favorite fruit
7. Seven is my lucky number
8. I am having a brain freeze now…

Because of the brain freeze, I cannot think of anybody to tag, please consider yourself tag, when you read this

I still remember, my mom bought 4 little green tortoise at the pet shop - 2 male and 2 female. The way to identify the male from the female is from the pattern formed at the underside of the tortoise. The pet shop uncle identify it for us. I only have very vague idea how to identify them and could not care so much as they were all so cute.

My mom gave me a big and round glass container, where she used to put money plant in it to rare the tortoises. I put a few big pebbles, colorful marbles and some water into the container for the tortoise. I fed the tortoise with dried shrimps - those tiny ones.

Initially, the tortoises do not seem to get tired crawling around in the container and when they got stuck at the sides, they just kept crawling like wanna dig a hole thru the container…hahaha…

Sometimes, they like to crawl up to the pebbles and just sat there taking air. Their legs would be stretched, and it seems like they were posing for a photo session. Too bad I do not have a camera then, else I could have taken some photos of my tortoises.

I loved to pick one out from the container, place them on my palm and just let them crawl up - feels very ticklish as they crawl. Sometimes, I like to fed them by holding the little prawns with my finger. When they are hungry, they would come and snatch the prawn away. There are times when I got bitten feeding them that way and it feels like putting a cloth peg on the finger. My mom also got bitten before when she helped me to clean the container  If the container is not cleaned regularly, the stench can really kill…hahaha

One fine morning, I found that one of the tortoise was missing. I searched high and low for it but could not locate the tortoise. It has crawled out from the container as I put the big pebble too near to the side of the container. I told everyone in the family about the missing tortoise and they helped me to search, but it was not found.

Several days later, my mom asked me to help her clean her wardrobe. As I was taking the drawer out to clean the bottom, I saw a dark round thing hiding at the inner corner of the drawer compartment. I took a torch light to see what it is as I am afraid, and after a short while, I realised that it is the missing tortoise!! I quickly took it out and showed it to my mom. It was still alive!!! How it got into my mom’s wardrobe and survived for so many days is still a mystery until today!

I remembered that the tortoises was with me for a long time until one of them grew as big as the size of my palm. The other three remain the same size - small.

One day as usual, I was throwing in some dried shrimps to feed the tortoise. I noticed that the big tortoise was laying on the big pebble and did not go into the water to get the shrimps. I tried to move the tortoise, and suddenly, its head just drop out lifelessly. I was shocked and scared at that moment, I dare not touch the tortoise and quickly run to inform my Dad.

The tortoise was dead and we don’t know what was the reason. I felt desperate and told my Dad to bring the tortoise to a vet, but we do not know of any vet and doubt that the vet can treat a tortoise!?

I think my Dad was quite dissapointed that time and as Chinese, we believe that tortoises symbolizes longevity. Since one is dead under our care, he told me it just doesn’t felt right. He said it was better for us to release the rest of the tortoise into the nearby river. Maybe they are meant to be in their natural habitat and could survived longer.

I agreed with my Dad’s suggestion as I am afraid to see another dead tortoise and also seeing my Dad’s dissapointment. We brought the tortoise to a nearby river and released them. As I see them go, I felt a little lost and just hoped that they would survived on their own.

I go on with my usual business as a child, playing around at the neighbourhood. I often play at my close friend’s place, which is actually a shop house. Next to her shop house, there live a family that sell cooking gas container. It was a very close knitted neaighbourhood, and everyone knows each another pretty well. One day, my friend called me and told me that her neighbour just came back with a big basket full of rabbits! She asked me to go over to have a look as they were so so cute. It was the first time I saw so many rabbits and the uncle allowed us to cuddle and play with them. After that, I quickly got home and told my Dad about the latest addition to our neighbourhood - Rabbits!!

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