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I will be home alone with Zoe from tomorrow onwards for about 11 days as hubby will be away on a biz trip. Actually, not really that alone as my Dad has agreed to stay with us for the duration that hubby is away.

Zoe just recovered from a bad case of flu, cough and phlegm now its my turn to be down with the same terrible bugs. I have been coughing like mad for past few days. I gotta get well soon really fast and hope that Zoe will not catch this bugs again…fingers crossed!!

Zoe has grown to be very attached to hubby and I hope this separation (for the 1st time since she was conceived!!) is not too hard for her to bear. I hope she will just sail thru this period without even noticing it! I hope! I really really hope eventhou the chances is slim as she is really very aware of her surroundings and people around her now. I pray for pleasant nights and no crying till Daddy comes home.

Zoe has started to said "PaPaPaPaPa.." non stop since last week. Thou it sometimes sounds involuntarily, I know she is actually referring to her Daddy as I have spotted a few moments when Hubby is sleeping on the bed and she was sitting beside hubby leaning over to look at him and saying "PaPa..PaPa.." in a very soft angelic tone…that was so sweet till it bring tears to my eyes. We actually teach her to say "Daddy" and "Mommy" for so long but instead she pick up the word PaPa. That just shows that she is purely a "Hokkien kia".

Nowadays, if she see Hubby in sight and he did not came to sit beside her or carry her, she would cry for him. Her cries become louder if Hubby suddenly is out of her sight. She would chase after hubby crawling and crying half way and losing her energy and breathe. She rarely have this sort of response with my presence. I believe that it is true that baby girl are more attached to their Daddy then Mommy. I am one too, I am very close to my PaPa.

I know Hubby is gonna miss her little baby girl a lot too. He took bath for Zoe during the weekends (never or at least rare) and told me he might miss Zoe’s first step. I told him Zoe would not be making such a big progress so fast althou she is really trying all sort of stunts to walk. Some makes her look really funny.

Anyway, this is not something we can avoid at this time and Mommy and Zoe at home is already eagerly waiting for Daddy to bring home some goodies from Down Under yea!?

Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx, from YouTube

Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesnt stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you….

HaHaHa…I always seems to have a song for every occassion…

Today is my 3rd day of work at my new company. Everything is so new here…new floor, new cubicle, new carpet, new seat and a brand new spanking Dell Latitude D630. This is the first time I am given a laptop for work instead of a PC - it felt different as if I own the laptop. But now I understand that carrying this baby around is a heavy task….tsk tsk tsk…not complaining, just heavy la. Thank God I am no longer using the LRT to go to work, I might accidentally squashed a few poor school kids with this….hahaha!

The environment is good so far, colleagues are generally nice and friendly. I got a buddy with me, so he showed me all the stuff I need to know. A friendly and fun loving fella. Thank God for that as I have been praying for friendly and helpful colleagues. My boss is not back yet for his weeklong vacation back to his hometown. So, I will keep my fingers crossed. Pray for a good Boss.

As the company is expanding rapidly, they have acquired a new floor to place all the resources, including me. The new floor comes with a really nice lounge area and pantry with 3 dining tables, all furnised by Ikea. I have yet to have tea and laze there, maybe later once I am more settled down. I really don’t want to be seen as a "tan pok yau" (in Cantonese means lazy) so early into my employment rite!?

The funiture and fittings here are mostly in red color. I have been seeing quite a number of this sorta setting ever since Air Asia became so incredibly famous and indispensable (at least to me la). Red is bold and stunning and sexy…I am not complaining la…

Ooh, another plus point is they also pratice smart casual dressing here. So, it means it is okay to wear jeans and polo-T to work everyday, just like my previous company. I was thinking I gotta let go of that flexibility earlier and was taking out all my so called professional work attires and ironing all of them during my break…hahaha…so much for singing, "I’m gonna get dressed, for success!". I like the flexibility, another note to thank God for this, He see it thru for me even up to this small detail. God is Awesome!

Commuting to/fro work now is much better, no more LRT battles and hours long journey. However, hubby gotta chauffer me around until we get our new ride. I need to settle down and get steady here before we could decide to take on the new ride - new liability. Another 7 years!? **try not to think too hard again…**

Lunch hour is pretty okay, colleagues will hunt around for nice PJ food, so I tag along. Hope when I start driving, I can offer them a ride as well - to be fair lor. Anyway, there is a canteen in the building with simple food there. Definitely, I will not die of hunger here. To think positively, I can really save on lunch and my waistline…hehehe

That’s all I could say for now since I am barely a week here. While it is still a slow start and I have the time, I better just learn as much as I can before the wave of works drown me. Do all I could now and the rest, I will pray and seek for God’s hand to be with me. Amen!

Today is my last working day in my company located in KLCC. It has been 2 years plus - 2 years plus of ups and down.

Let’s forget about the downs and just focus on the good memories…hee hee

I must say working in KLCC is a luxury. These are the things I have enjoyed for the past 2 years plus:

• Working in a posh office located in the tallest building in the region!?
• Working above the most happening shopping complex (Suria KLCC)
• The never ending sales (Isetan sale!!)
• The food haven…you name it, they have it here
• Shopping during lunch hour (almost everyday)
• Toilet with automatic flush and automatic water tap. It never really run out of toilet rolls or paper napkins.
• Unlimited supply of soft drinks and a few varieties of biscuit to staff.
• Walking down 34 floors when there is a fire drill ….opps!!
• Abundant public transports with the fastest mode available too (P**** L**) - but that doesn’t mean it’ll get u where u wanna go…hahaha)
• Simple workload and I rarely have to stay back at work.

Hmm…at times, I still wonder whether I will ever regret leaving here but I got to move on. I have made the decision in the first place - for good or for bad, I will face it.

The song Take a bow by Madonna just keep going on in my brain as I sit at my cubicle for the last few hours…

Take a bow from YouTube

Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Light are low, the curtains down
There’s no one here
[There’s no one here, there’s no one in the crowd]
Say your lines but do you feel them
Do you mean what you say when there’s no one around [no one around]
Watching you, watching me, one lonely star
[One lonely star you don’t know who you are]

Chorus:

I’ve always been in love with you [always with you]
I guess you’ve always known it’s true [you know it’s true]
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye

Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye

Make them laugh, it comes so easy
When you get to the part
Where you’re breaking my heart [breaking my heart]
Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown
[Just make ‘em smile the whole world loves a clown]
Wish you well, I cannot stay
You deserve an award for the role that you played [role that you played]
No more masquerade, you’re one lonely star
[One lonely star and you don’t know who you are]

(chorus, repeat)

Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye

All the world is a stage [world is a stage]
And everyone has their part [has their part]
But how was I to know which way the story’d go
How was I to know you’d break
[You’d break, you’d break, you’d break]
You’d break my heart

I’ve always been in love with you
[I’ve always been in love with you]
Guess you’ve always known
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye

(chorus)

Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye
Say good-bye

I’ll Miss the Shoppingggggg!!!!

Zoe is 9 months old today. So, I thought I want to write something about her.

She is weighing at 8Kg now. I found this out during our last visit to the paed for her pneumococcal booster jab.

Over the weekend, I had the privilege of taking care of her alone, at home as Daddy was away on a whole day seminar. I enjoyed the 2 days we were at home and I can see how much she has grown and learned. I remembered telling her how she was such a small baby and I swaddle her so tiny when she show me her cheeky face.

She is so active nowadays, I am beginning to miss the time when she lie down there all day, just feeding, pooing, sightseeing and sleeping…haha

Actually, I am glad to see her growing and every achievement thou it directly translated to more work and exercise for me trying to keep her clean and safe.

About 2 weeks ago, she manage to pull herself up standing by supporting on furniture. Not long after, she started cruising still supporting on furniture and sat down by herself. This morning, she pull herself to stand and was holding her toy with both hands while standing. "Look Ma! No hands!"…

I was cooking dinner in the kitchen yesterday, and she was busy crawling around. She called for me and crawl to me in the kitchen, hanging on to my legs and stand beside me while I cook. I think I gotta get used to this…and get more ideas to distract her

Opening and closing the TV or kitchen cabinet doors repeatedly is one of her favourite past times. Occasionally, she would take out the stuffs inside to examine. When I warned her, she would stop sometimes and this really depends on her mood. Most of the time, she just look at me for 5 seconds and resume back her activity.

She baby talk to me, hubby and other babies. Last weekend cell group, both she and baby Isaac was busy doing baby talks, it really amuses us, the moms. Zoe seems to be complaining that Isaac was holding the coasters she wanted and Isaac seems to be saying that the coasters are his. The expression and sometimes high pitched voice used showed us how intense they can get when they want to communicate…Ha Ha Ha!!!

She learned clapping about 1.5 weeks back and now she uses that effectively. For example, when I use my stern voice to warn her for chewing the table, she claps her hand. When I sing song to her, she claps her hand. When I did nothing and just laze there, she claps her hand. When I want to dress her up after her bath, she claps her hand.

She blows and make the phhuuttt, phuuttt sound with saliva if she dislikes certain things or just for the fun of it. She does this especially at the porridge I cooked for her. I was just thinking, "I know, I know, there porridge are bland, no salt and all, but is it really that bad!?" As a show of encouragement, I ate some of her porridge to show her how good it was, but she bless me with more of her phuuuttt…phuuuttt..phutttt….
When she sees Daddy laze around, that is what she did also.

She loves to eat bread and pao (Chinese steam bun). When she sees me holding a piece of bread, she would chase me and call out till she gets the bread.

She loves the remote controls (anyone of it) more than her toys. If we need to take back the remote control that she took, we need to find something else that she is interested to exchange or she will cry and scold us with her baby language. I wonder how she learn to barter things at this young age

Even when she can utter some really complicated baby language, she has yet to say ma ma or da da or pa pa. She goes yeay yeay or amm amm more. When she baby talk, she seems to be saying something very meaningful to me, but it is really high level baby talk and I ended up getting her high pitched scolding…

She only got 1 bottom tooth sprouted out so far and it is not really straight. I wonder when the next one is coming out and I thought they come out in pairs!?

When we were back in KB hometown, she was baby talking and clapping her hands when she was with my MIL. Grandma thinks she is talkative whereas Grandma is someone very soft spoken and a women of few words…guess she inherited the talking from my side!?

Aaahhh…it is getting really interesting, busy and fun to have Zoe around. She is slowly growing to be an individual that have her own thoughts and habit. Just 9 months ago, she was born so tiny and looking fragile and all mine. Now, she is the little princess of the house