Done with the checks!
A week ago, the hubby presented me with the much awaited news… from our agent. Yeap… finally we are asked to go for our medical checks… the final step.
This morning we woke up early as the hubby made a 10am appointment in one of the private hospital. We arrived early but it was already filled with people doing various checks. We waited almost 2 hours for our turns as our case is different from the rest since the admin needs to get all the documentation ready.
Finally we get our blood, urine and eyes checked and tested. Then we took our X-rays too except for our boy… he only had his weight, height and ears checked.
The results were ready by 3pm and we were requested to return to let the medical officer to have another body and eyes check… and we are done!
So happy now as this will be the final hurdle we need to cross… once the reports are reviewed, we should be getting our confirmation!
Our fingers are all crossed!!!! 
Trying another method
Looks like the traditional way is not really working as it is too taxing on both of us. The hubby said he felt too tired to have to work every alternate day.
So now, we are going to try another method. Taking of temperature and testing with OTS. Started the temperature monitoring this morning but has yet to start with the OTS. I have only 5 strips with me so will wait for another few days before I start using them unless the new batch came.
Today my temperature is 35.9C… can’t believe I’m that ‘cold’ hahahhaa!
Going for facial
I can’t remember when was the last time I went for a facial. It has definitely been more than a year ago. Normally my MIL will do for me since she has all the equipments with her as she was an ex-beautician before.
Then a couples of months back I bought some skin care products from a local beauty center in QBM and I was given a voucher for a basic facial with them. The voucher actually expired like end of last year but I explained to the lady that I really cannot find time to go for appointment so she helped me to get it renewed.
Supposed to go 2 weeks ago but I had work to do so has postponed it till tomorrow. Hope they don’t preach and try to con me to get more products! 
2nd Stage Cleared!
Ox year is looking good…
Hubby told me that our 2nd stage application has passed last night. It was a good news for us knowing that we did not waste our money for the process… since it cost us a bomb!
Now we will proceed to the next stage where we will be required to do medical check-up before they could grant us the full visa.
Keeping our fingers crossed again as this will be the most crucial part of the whole process… That reminded me to start my healthy lifestyle regime before we are to go for the medical! Urrgghh!
Trying the traditional way
Every month we are very hardworking for #2 and so far there isn’t any good news to share which is kinda sad for us. It is getting tiring and it is no fun at all when we have to ‘work’ rather than enjoying.
We were at my parents’ place and decided that we should seek other alternatives if it can give us even the slightest hope. My SIL’s aunt is a certified TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) practitioner so we thought no harm trying this method which is still cheaper as compared to the Western ways… IVF needs at least RM20K and also no guarantee of success.
We paid a visit to her last Friday and after checking our blood pressure and pulse she told us we are fine though my BP was a little high within the normal range. Hubby’s was perfect… so what is wrong?
The Dr told us that we need to increase the frequency of our intercourse as the little ’soldiers‘ needs to be around when my eggs come out. Therefore, she gave us a chart which indicated that we should be ‘at work’ at least every alternate day… 0_O
Before we leave, the Dr prescribed some herbal pills for both of us and wish us luck…
Well…. wish us luck!
Have I failed?
MIL’s birthday is tomorrow but she is leaving for Sandakan for a week long holiday later and won’t be back till next Sunday. Since she is celebrating her 60th birthday, I told my hubby we should treat her a neal before she leave.
We decided to go for Chilis @ G Hotel.
Everything was fine until the candle blowing session. My boy, who is ever so posessive and demanding refused to sing the birthday song and insist that he wanted to blow the candle. We told him it is his grandmother’s birthday so grandmother should be the one blowing the candle. Upon hearing this, he screamed even louder and attracted stares from neighboring tables.
We told him to go sit with his grandmother so he could blow the candle together but he cried even louder and this really provoked hubby. Feeling extremely annoyed, hubby pull the monkey up and took him out of the restaurant while the boy was screaming his lungs out. On the way out hubby slapped the boy… it looked like a forceful slap but I asked him later on he said it was just a slight one.
I felt bad as the scene was quite embarrassing since everyone was looking at our table and had a ’sly’ smile on their face. I know deep down inside they must be thinking what kind of parents to have brought up such a spoilt kid.
Have I really failed as a mom? or have we failed as parents?
Hubby blamed me for giving in to the boy all the time… which made him so possessive and demanding. I don’t think I gave in to the boy all the time but hubby does as he spoil the market most of the time by allowing the boy to do things which I disallowed.
*sigh*
Back to the plums again
I have not be deligently taking the Kenko Plums since I started them in late July after just 5 days. the reason I stopped was because hubby wanted to work on our ‘project’. It has been 5 months already and since nothing is happening, I thought I’ll just resume the session.
Last night I took 3 packets (one plum in one packet) again and see if the detox will works again. I had a slight tummy ache in the morning but the deposit was not as much as I’ve anticipated.
Anyway, will try to continue and see how it goes in the next 2 days.
A New Year A New Me?
Honestly, I don’t have any new year resolutions. Even if I have I’ve never stick to any! So, to save myself from thinking too much unnecessary things I rather put my brain and energy to good use… make more moolah! Yeah!
I am nutty and I think I’ll stay that way… it suits me well!
Coming soon will be my current ‘indulgence’ which I think I have done a fair bit to raise my morale… Someone said I have been indulging in my son more than myself so I should reward myself after working so hard…
Hope you have a good new year celebration and a great year ahead! Cheers~
Are graduates’ kids smarter?
I read a relatively interesting article today from AsiaOne.com. I do wonder if we are smart (if we as the parents has the smart genes) will our kids be smart too? I knew a lot of parents of today, trying to pack their poor kids with all kinds of activities with the hope that these extras could give their children a head start but could that works all the time?
Though I’m not a believer in anything but I do hope I have smart kids cause I married a smart husband!
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Educators, sociologist and psychologists have debated this topic for decades with varying emphasis. Most parents today are convinced that if they provide as many opportunities as possible for the child, they have done their duty and their children are destined to become “success stories”. But this may not be as simple as it seems.
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Schools in Malaysia for example, experience time and time again the extraordinary performance from children who come from poor, neglected and even broken homes. This proves that so much depends on a combination of factors both in the heritage and the environment in motivating and enabling children to be proficient in what they do and excel in what they undertake.
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As parents, we need to dismantle our mindsets on what we may think are advantages or opportunities. A grand home with the latest computers, or even an up-to-date library does not guarantee the making of a scholar or a genius. Fractured relationships in a home may act as a motivation for one child and completely discourage another. Similarly, good health and early training may make one child into an athlete but may prove futile with another.
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Enthusiastic parents can, with the best of intentions overload and completely exasperate the child with options for which he has no inclination or talent. Parents need to keep their ears close to the ground to hear what children are saying and they need to have their eyes up above recognizing that the Creator has given each child a special gift. To provide space, encourage, and cultivate that gift is really the way to success but too often parents have their own agendas for the child’s life and make a mess with their well-intended strategies to achieve their own ends in the life of their child.
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We need to take our cue from a certain country in which graduate parents were encouraged to have more children as it was assumed that they would produce more intelligent human beings. But it has never been that way. A humble clerk and a housewife have produced a string of brilliant children. How does one account for this?
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Talents and temperaments often seem to be inherited but given a different environment and circumstances; where the emotional climate is conducive to the flourishing of latent talent, a child can develop exceptional ability and character. Let us be sensitive to their leanings and help them to develop the uniqueness that is theirs.
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Question: Tell me why some kids with every advantage and opportunity seem to turn out bad, while others raised in terrible homes become pillars in the community. I know one young man who grew up in squalid circumstances, yet he is such a fine person today. How did his parents manage to raise such a responsible son when they didn’t even seem to care?
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~Merry Christmas~
