Walking...

He walked a few steps now. His daddie really taught him well : )
He tried all kind of food. Pumpkin, apple, celery, carrot, potato, orange, papaya, jambu air, banana cake, carrot cake, wholemeal bread, porridge, fish......... so far so good, depends on his mood sometimes. But he doesn't look like he has grown heavier. Hmm...
Me? Am busy with bazaar. Try to save some money to visit America.
Tun? Stressed out from work. Can tell from his face. But he doesn't bring the stress back, he loves Gerald boy so much : )

What's Up December

Haven't been blogging for sometime.
Busy with new projects, new business plans, preparing more bazaars, crafting and of course, MY BABY!!

He had been quite difficult lately. Refused to sit in the high chair during meals, sometimes difficult to finish his food, and finally, 2 days ago, I lost it. I left him alone crying in the hall and I went up to calm myself down. When he stopped crying, I would just peeped at him and left him alone. Seriously stressed out. Hope he will grow out of it soon.

Business is slow online, offline was ok for November. The big break came from the wholesale order.
I have a new bazaar kaki, or I call her my bazaar partner. She is a designer and she sew her own clothing. She just started in June/July 2010 and her 1st bazaar was with me. So far our partnership has grown to friendship. She was my ex-colleague, but we were never really like talking colleague, not close at all. I don't think we converse in more than 10 sentences during those time in FJB. I got to know about her current business thru another ex-colleague, used to be quite close with her as we were in the same team, things change after she quit. Anyway, my new bazaar partner is Tasha, her brand is Mood Fashion Store and her business is slowly growing. She is getting more contacts from bazaar and had received some orders from there. At least now she can see the results. Hope our partnership can grow into business. Recently she received request to do bridesmaid dress and Tun suggested if we can work together, where we can suggest if the customer wants to order accessories as well. Well, brilliat Tasha didn't even thought about asking, she just asked what's my budget and incorporated that into the package : dress + accessorie. Brilliant!! If this order goes through then it is a start of Mood Fashion & TLH's collaboration. Yuhoo~~~~
Go go The Lollipop House !!

1st Big Order

I was recently contacted via Email for a request for wholesale.
It came as a surprise but was excited about it. A meeting was quickly set up and I have met with Mimmy, the owner of upcoming MIIF store.
The new store concept is very interesting as there aren't any around, not that I know of, in Klang Valley. The interior design of the boutique is clean, simple but very cozy. I hope this deal will go through and am working over time to complete my collection and meet up again for her final buy. Fingers crossed.

Another business plan is to look into expanding it to mall. Have tried a Cube Store in Skudai, Johor, but that is not working for me. The rental there is cheap but the crowd is wrong. Was at Mahkota Parade yesterday to check out The Rooms, another of the cube concept, rental is higher, location is not so impressing for me, and the interior of the shop doesn't impress me too. Was contemplating and finally decided that I will give it a pass right now. Well, if I am just selling to cover the rental of the cube, why bother? Moreover there's always a risk of making a loss, like Skudai's. Bottom line, go with my heart, if I don't feel confident, forget about it.
Gerald boy followed us to Melacca, Tun was there for business and we tag along. I initially planned to go on Sunday, and this opprtunity is just right.
Gerald boy is really difficult whenever we go to a mall, in the car and in the mall, what's up with him? I got real frustrated whenever he cried in the car. Can't even concentrate on driving. Now we know why Britney had her kids on her lap while driving, else she would have run her car into a tree, if she had not put her kid with her.... sigh........
This month am pack with Flea/Art Market.
7/11 Kaka Art Market @ Shaw Parade
13/11 POCC Charity Market @ Zouk KL
20/11 GLAM Street No.5 @ Lot 10
27/11 Crafty Art Market @ Jaya One
28/11 Kutu Market 3 @ Metropolitan Square
Phew.... work work work........ to earn enough to visit my little nephew Jonathan : )

Menu of The Day

7AM Breakfast : Milk 8 oz
10.30AM Brunch : 5scoops cereal, 4 oz milk
2PM Lunch : Pumpkin Puree
4PM Snack : Farley's Rusk x 1.5
6PM Dinner : 5 scoop cereal
9PM Supper : 8 oz milk

Oi Oi luuu

Night is a nightmare

Gerald boy is having difficulty sleeping.
Every night, 2 nights ago, he cried so hard, and wouldn't want to go to bed.
When he is in the room and the lights is off, he cried, when he is out of the room, he is ok.
Am not sure what is wrong.

Since he was like 1.5 - 2months old, he always wake up at night crying. We have been feeding him water only, most of the time he would go back to sleep, but this habit is taking a toll on us. Really hope he can grow out of it soon.

I think he enjoyed his baby cereal.
He dislike my fish porridge, which in the end I ate it.
Today, he likes the mashed milky banana that I prepared, as he had not poo for 2 days. Finally, soon after the banana, the poo is out, and texture is quite hard.

Our 1st Family Trip

Our very 1st Family Trip was to IPOH!!
Tun had to attend a wedding dinner, so Gerald boy and I tag along.
Was initially quite worried that he may not willing to sit in his car seat the whole journey, or he might fee sick, BUT, he slept, almost, thru the whole journey. We stopped once to stretch our legs and continue.
Very fun trip, even though short.
Start at 1.00PM arrive around 3PM.
Set out to Ipoh Old Town to have a coffee fix and I finally get to eat the toast with half boiled egg n sausage set, + of course the famous white coffee... so good, but because we were there quite late, we were the last customer. I had to stuff everything into my mouth quickly, so, I didn't really get to savour the coffee at my own sweet time.
We head back to hotel and Gerald boy refused to sleep. 7PM, sent Tun to his wedding dinner, using the not so dependable GPS (the map is out dated) but still manage to find our way and I manage to get out of the place too. Met up with Pei Yee n Yeng, my ex-guess-staff and we had Thai food. Gerald boy caught his short nap there. I think it must be the half boiled egg that caused my stomach discomfort, and again, I didn't manage to savour the Tom Yam Soup : (
Gerald boy was quite ok with Pei Yee n Yeng, he allowed them to carry and play with him : ) unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of them.
Gerald boy refused to sleep early, only fall asleep at 12am. He woke up crying again mid night and kept squeezing to his daddy's side till daddy had to sleep at the edge of the bed.
"I saw your side of the bed as if I saw HEAVEN~~~" thats what he told me in the morning. Poor man
Tun's colleague in Ipohh brought us out for dim sum at xin tai fung, then we head on to Toyota branch. As Gerald boy fell asleep in the car, I had to stay with him. After that, I dropped by a big shop, actually a whole row along the road were selling the same thing, but I think I chose the wrong shop, but I still bought something, plastic flowers and butterfly, to do some accessories.
Then we stopped by a Toyota dealer. Ben, the owner, brought us out for lunch, another Thai, food was good. Then Ben brought us to buy our Ayam Garam (Yim Kuk Gai) then went to get a taste of 1st "Drive Thru Tau Fu Fa", nothing special, just for the fun of it.
Basically, that's the end of our trip in Ipoh and again Gerald boy slept through the journey, almost, again.
Hope to do that again soon.
It was a memorable one.
Oh, Gerald boy bathe in hotel basin, haha...

In His Walker

Today

Gerald boy got his 3rd dose of Hep B.
Current weight 7.58kg.
He knows how to stand in the cot by pulling the railing as support.
He started eating cereal, I think he likes it.
We got a walker for him yesterday, actually YeYe got it for him, he didn't like it yesterday, but I think he likes it today.
He started to be more difficult and would cry, or should I say cry-scream....loud!! if he wants something..... stubborn, got it from me.

Me :
Another craft party, but a mini one.
Florence, is the organizer, and I got to know 2 new young friends, Alicia and Wen. They are all chinese speaking.
We learnt how to do "Kou Jing Bao" from Florence. Easy as she had already prepared all the materials for us, we just need to sew. But when she explained how to draft the pattern, I went nuts............ I don't think I remember.
I kinda "interviewed" Florence. She has a blogshop. She specialized in fabric products and occasionally does jewelry. She is a full time handcrafter from Ipoh. She came down specially for this party, of course with some other plans too. She started 5 years ago and was tough in the beginning. What I found our is that everyone will reach a "point", where they need to do something, when they finally, all of a sudden, have the courage or determination to do something, to take the 1st step. And from that 1st step, she made it.... Success doesn't land on you, you need to walk to it, and find your way there. I am inspired. I will work harder.

Oh, I was overwhelmed with so many surprises.
I got an email to be interviewed and featured by The Sun, a FREE paper in Malaysia.
Soo Wern Jun is the writer and we did the informal interviewed yesterday. I hope the write-up would be good. And most importantly, my pictures would be amazing!!!
Secondly, I received another email from CLEO magazine citing they wanna feature my Lollipops in their Nov issue. Sent them some pics and hope it comes out well. Writer is Deborah Raj.
Thirdly, Nixen Teoh called, My Ex Boss in Guess. Asked me out for lunch on Monday. I guess he just want to "test water" to see if I would go back to work for him..... Unless his offer is so so good that I cannot refuse, else, nah........
Fourth, I had a drink with Sylvia Lee, ex colleague from Guess too. She is not working and is working on her online shop too, focusing in baby apparels. Little Buttons. But I think she has not reach the "point" yet. Hope she will make the move.
Fifth, tomorrow is FAB!! Bazaar @ Solaris Dutamas. I have made special display with cartons. My theme is "Reuse and Recycle with TLH!"
Sixth, signed up with Chic Pop 5 . Hope I can get a spot this time.

End.

Progress

# 1 : suppose to bake Molten Choco Cake as a surprise for Tun's coming Birthday, but 2 attempts wasn't up to my expectation. My Sifu, Denise, had recommended me another simple recipe, Tim Tam truffles.... hehe... this is so much easier. Will try it out this week.
# 2 : Gerald boy has grown, in terms of behaviour, but not much on weight. He cried less, and we can carry him less as he can sit by himself quite steady and can play by himself. Started crawling, which means someone needs to watch him. He surprised me last Thurday when he suddenly stood up by holding on to the cot's railing. So surprised, happy and worried at the same time, immediately pull the railing up to highest, in case he climb out. Phew..... He seems to understand what we say, sometimes. He is currently 7.5kg.
# 3 : The Lollipop House had participated 4 bazaars/art market since August 2010. Sales from each events varied accordingly. Online sales was good last month before Raya. Wonder how will it be after that. I have a few more bazaar coming up, hence busy making more Lollipops to be sold. SOmetimes ideas just came flushing into my mind and I can't wait to start working but by the time I sat down in front of the work table, my mind is blank. I just do not have the habit of writing or jotting the ideas down. Another progress is that I have officially opened my 1st "Cube Store" @ Skudai Parade's Cube Cube Store. Started on 14/8/10 but till now only sold 1 unit. I guess I need to change the products there, to some cute stuff. Arghhh... so much to do with only so much time and 2 hands.
# 4 : Cooking. Still experiencing but the taste of dishes sometimes varies. I need to look into that.
# 5 : I need to EXERCISE!!!!!

G Boy can sit

He can officially sit quite steadily.
He is already 5 mths old. Time flies.

Tun is losing weight day by day.
Interrupted sleep can be fatal!!!
But he refuse to sleep in the other room by himself.

The Milk Toof Fella

Found this very cute site My Milk Toof. The funny acts of the Milk Toof Ickle and Lardee.
Check it out. Very entertaining. These can be stories to our children ; )

2nd Market - Glam Street @ MAP, Solaris Dutamas

Today's my 2nd flea market of the year.
Woke up very early. Got there very early, but couldn't find the entrance, and wasted 40 min of petrol going round n round, and no breakfast, so frustrated.
Set up and packing took quite long time. This is the process that I hate.
The process that I love, of course is "Selling", espeicallly when they like my handmade.
Today sale were mostly from imported accessories, was doing promo to quickly get rid of them to recover some cash.
Overall sale was ok, not Excellent as compare to last years "Lelong-Lelong" market.
Hope the coming Raya will help more.

Discover a new place in Skudai where you can rent a "Cubie Shop".
Rented a place there. Will start on 15/8/10.
After Glam Street, this is my next project.

And I managed to sell my new handmade headband that I sew ; )
No pics.

Updates

Hmm.. have not been updating for some time. Busy with lotsa things.
Last week : busy preparing for my 1st comeback to the bazaar scene. Like making more pendants and necklaces, display, signages, etc.
Well, the bazaar response wasn't fantastic but I didn't make a loss, so I suppose it's still ok. It was held at Royal Selangor Club Kiara, where they were holding the Youth Cricket Tournament. Well, those there are rich people, so......, not sure, just not a good crowd. I wasn't having high expectation anyway.
This Saturday is my 2nd bazaar at WhiteBox, MAP Solaris. I have high expectation over this. Am prepating for more pro looking and organised display.
I have been hand sewing hair scrunchies for the past 2 weeks and it really takes a long time. Finally, I can't stand it anymore, as I am making hairbands for this Sat bazaar, so I tried to check on the antique sewing machine that we have at home. Have been playing with it the whole afternoon, trying my hand on it, checking youtube for relevant video, slowly got it but just couldn't solve the problem of tangle thread. Finally, my saviour came home (Father In Law) and I asked him to teach me. And it's so simple. Hahaha, have made a bunch of bands but still need to improve on the quality.
Apart from that, Gerald boy again.
He had Eczema, rashes on skin most probably due to milk allergy towards milk, and had been applying cream, so far so good. Pretty common for babies.
BUT, this morning, I saw his head and neck with RED spots, heck, it's that stupid mosquito. Been trying to "Slap" him last night but it was too smart. Poor Gerald boy.
Also, he can sit without support for like 30 seconds. good progress but do not want to overdo it
: P

I think thats about it for now. Ooo, and my cooking, I think, has improved hoho.

MCG and Ultra Sound

Today's the MCG test and Ultra SOund check on G boy's kidney and bladder.
Tun and I were outside the X-Ray room while the doc and nurses perform MCG on him. They inserted the catheter thru his penis to insert dye, thereafter when he pees, x ray images will be taken to see if there's any reflux. We heard him made some noise but not crying. After a while, he started screaming. Tun said he heard the nurse "Shi Shi" him, I suppose he scream coz he wanted someone to carry him. When the nurse came out to call me, the other nurse was holding him up straight and he wasnt crying. And suddenly, he started "spraying" at the nurses and they panicked and the doc ran in, coz they need to capture the images when he pees. SO funny.
Result : VUR Grade 2 (mild reflux to left kidney but not dilated). Kidney and bladder size and shape are normal.
Dr. Paranjothy : No preventive measures will be taken as Grade 2 is mild and usually baby grows out of it. Just need to monitor his fever, if any, to do urine test immediately.
Phew~~~~ what a relieve. I hope UTI wont recur.
Will circumsize him soon.

Craft Party @ WonderMilk D'sara Utama

Group photo of participant @ Craft Party. This is just some of the participants. Some of them had already left.











Decoupage, thats what they call it.
Cut out desire image and paste it on anything that you like using ModPodge.
This is a tea light candle cup










The organizer, Murni on the 1st left. We had great fun.
Manage to distribute out my name cards haha

Today

Am suppose to collect my car registration card from Ambank in Jln Yap Kwan Seng but I can't (no car, Tun has to go to work at 12pm, initially I thought I can do it before 12PM BUT the bank said can only collect after 12PM :*(

Tough time with Gerald boy. He enjoys turning so much that he cannot stop.
Once, he was on the floor mat, rolling, but he lost his balance and fell to the other side and knock his head on our super hard marble floor, I couldn't save him on time. I was just next to him. Poor baby screaming away and phobia of the place for 1/2 an hour. Kelian.....

Couldn't sleep well last night. Guess I only fall asleep after 2am but heard Gerald boy "kek kek kek" and woke me up. After that I slept. Caffein has never has any effect on me but this time around, I suspect the white coffee I had at 6PM was the culprit. While I couldnt fall asleep, was thinking about TLH.

So, was thinking of trying to do scrunchie. Re-watch the youtube video and attempted. Failed on the 1st 2 attempts, 3rd was ok. Still can be better, but I would consider that 90% pass in terms of workmanship. Took me about 30 min (with some minor set-back, hehe)

Tun is off to Genting to attend their Toyota Conference. Will only be back tomorrow noon. I think I am not going to cook, lazy. The cooking is fun, but the cleaning is a big turn-off. So i will declare offday today.

It's a rainy day, so no laundry.

Basically, I didn't do much housework today. Good, cause I am lack of sleep. Hohoho!!!!

Failed Failed Failed!!! I am frustrated

Why? Cause i planned to complete a series of tile pendant today but this wasn't the day.
I wasted about 6+ pic cards as there were bubbles when i put the tile on. Heck!!!
For quality sacks, I rather lose a few cards then giving customers lousy stuff.....
Will try again tomorrow.
Calm~~ Umm~~~

He giggles

To everyone in wichita

Good mornin to yi zhang, da yi, xian yi and baby j : )

I Hold My Own Bottle

He Can Roll

Yay, today (8/7/10) Gerald Boy attempted to roll to the side and he was successful!!! So happy to see him did that. However, his hand was stuck there. He can lift his head up and smile lagi : ) Have a pic but yet to download to pc. Later.

9/7/10 Gerald boy attempted the same stunt and this time, he knows how to free his hand!!! Great. Even though it wasn't a 100% successful attempts But Good Job!!!
He always likes to lift his legs up and hands also up, like "shi jiao chao tien" (four legs facing the sky), so I taught him to hold his feet. He did it, repeatedly. So funny!!

His First Turn

Yay, he successfully rolled to the side, but his hand was stuck.
But the next day, he manage to free his hand, occasionally : )

Still Recording

Gerald Boy's feeding and pooping record since I took over in April 10.

Alive and Kicking

Phew.... it's over. Not so much : )
Went to Dr. Lam, Gerald Boy's paediatrician. He looked at the test results.
He said the subsequent MCU test is unneccessry as it won't make any difference. The chances of UTI occuring again may be low. As long as whenever he has fever, test the urine first and follow up with treatment. No need to circumsize too. Not necessary. He said the test MCU, is to insert a tube thru his penis and insert dye, which is very painful. If there's bacteria on his fore skin, the results won't be accurate anyway. SO he said the test is not necessary.
I am still thinking, and shall discuss with Tun. I don't want Gerald Boy to suffer pain, if can be avoided, but at the same time, I want him in best health. What should I do?


Poor Gerald Boy, at home d. But well. Look at his dirty shirt
: )

We Are Admitted to Assunta

30 June 2010

His fever was up and down. At 4Pm, he had his Paracetamol syrup and was sleeping soundly. Around 6.30PM, Ye Ye called me down to have a look at Gerald Boy, he thought Gerald boy was hungry as he was shivering. I saw him, I was shocked. I panicked. His limbs were purple-ish, cold. Immediately, I asked Ye Ye to bring us to the Peadiatrician, luckily they were open. The doc refer us to Assunta hospital as he suspect someething wrong with his blood, immediately without further delay, we rushed to the hospital. The Peadiatrician on duty that night was coincidnetally the doc who look after Baby G when he was born. He asked what happened, put baby g down and open his diaper to check. His urine stinks. He immediately diagnosed that baby g most likely has UTI (urinary tract infection). We were admitted. Urine sample collected and confirmed, E-coli, significant amount.
The nurses had to take blood sample as well. WHen they poke him and pinned him down on the bed, he was crying so hard and so loud, tears flowing out from his eyes. His eyes was opened when he cried and he looked at me, asking for help. I felt so sad and helpless, i can only do so much, i can only calm him. His dad almost had tears came out too.
He shivered again at 2am on 1/7/10. The nurse wrapped him and hold him until he stopped shivering. My Gosh!!! I was so worried.
2/7/10 He recovered. No fever. But due to the significant amount of E-Coli in his system, the doc kept us for another day to IV antibiotic to Gerald Boy. He feed less.
3/7/10 We were discharged. He was playful. Doc gave us oral antibiotics to be taken for 5 days.
We have to go back on 10/7/10 for another urine test. And 27/7/10 to do a VUR (Vesicoureteral Reflux) test (MUC), where we will know whether his kidney is functioning well, no urine reflux.
I pray hard.
















He had no mood to play.
I got Tun to bring all his fav toys.
They removed the tube.











1/7/10 he was shivering at 2am. I realised that when I heard some noise, when I looked at him, he was shakin. Immediately called the nurse and she wrapped him.










He was curious with the "dressing"













He was wearing sarung as there is a plastic bag attached to his wee wee to collect sample.

My Greenie

I have sold my Greenie. My beloved greenie.
Unfortunately I didn't manage to take a pic of him, the last day.
I will sure miss him. He was a great car. Been good to me for the past 5 years.
Bye bye greenie, hope you will be well treated by your new owner.
Hope to see you one day on the road, shining like never before.

First Time Fever

Gerald boy has been down with fever of 38.4 since yesterday.
Doc said to monitor for 7 days before bringing him to clinicm, unless:
# >40 degree, give him warm bath and slowly change to cold water to lower temp
# <40 degree, continue giving paracetamol syrup of 2ml every 6 hours after feed
# not feeding or feeling very uncomfortable

I suspect he may have caught the virus when we dropped by our neighbour's house who happened to down with fever too. We were there for like 5 min and were about 2 feet away from him. Or perhaps is the shopping mall and other outings. Who knows.

So, be careful next time. It is no fun when your precious is sick.
Pray he will recover soon.

My first handmade project

My first handmade project is a success!! Will be selling it on TLH.
It took about 2 hours to complete from designing and measuring and cutting and sewing.
Will look into more varieties soon.

Outing - Tappers Cafe, Bangsar South

Another outing.
Meeting with an ex-colleague of mine, named Jun Yin (sounds like Jhun Yean : ) )
Her baby is 1 month younger than Gerald boy.
Very cute and mature looking baby.
We met up at a new place in Bangsar South called The Square, at a cafe called Tappers Cafe.
Very nice environment and nice food too.
Shall bring Tun here the next time.

His ride in car seat



















He look happy playing with Aunty Jun Yin. But after that cried again.

















Baby Tze Xuan with his daddy

















Tappers Cafe in The Square, Bangsar South

I'm Loving Him

Gerald boy has grown so much, so fast.
Quiting my job to care for me is the right choice.
I love him so much. I love my husband so much.
He has been a truly wonderful person that I have never regret marrying so far.
He is not perfect, and neither am I. Nobody is.
I love my family.
I love my sisters and my dear bro in law and dear baby J.
LOVE you all!!!






























I feel bad for posting this photo, but it's just fun hahaha.....

Our MSN Chat (with CJ)

chai says:
Just tat he is tiny tiny lil human..tiny n cute
Mmm... Hav to pat very long, coz I also don't know he done burping or bot
Not
Christine says:
u know there r few ways to burp a baby
1) sit on your lap and pat or rub his back
2) put him on your shoulder, chest on your shoulder, do not put pressure on his belly, and pat or rub his back
3) have him sit on your lap, one hand hold his chest the other hold his back, slowly rock him back and forth (i usually use this as a second choice if no.1 doesnt work. I dont rock him, but i lay him down on the bed, either play with him or change diaper if needed, then put him sit up then wala, burrrrrppppppp loud loud ; )
4) hold him under his arm pit or let his sit on your palm, slowly raise him up (towards ceiling). I think this is a bit extreme la. SO i never try this

Nanta Kitchen, Here We Come

I have heard good reviews about their performance. So we would want to give it a shot.
23/7/2010 is the date. Excited!!!
If you are wondering who is going to take care of Gerald Boy, hmmm..... maybe pass him to a cousin of ours or pass to sis in law to play with yean yean hehehe

Oh No NO but Good Good Good

So, I have started my tile pendants project.
Still trying to perfect it. There're still bubbles in the image. Wonder whether it is possible to remove it 100%.















I just told my friend that if I stop buying materials, I could possibly recover my investment faster.
Well, speaking of that, I truly truly angry on myself but truly truly happy also.
I was at Daiso suppose to only get what I wanted but I saw these button making tools in packs. These are the one I have been scouting for on Etsy, they cost around USD 5 (include shipping) each set but Daiso is selling them at RM 5 per set. Heck!! Of course I have to get it. Was contemplating whether to just purchase 1 or 2 but WTH, just grab them all. It's such a bargain!!!!!
I was thinking perhaps I should just buy all of them and sell them on Etsy and make some small quick bucks hahahaha. Should I ?
I bought felt too, trying my hand to make some small accessories like pouches. WIll post up my work once done.
Christine, OUT~~ : )

The Lollipop House

I am so happy today.
Finally, I received my craft kits ordered from Sun and Moon on Etsy. The parcel finally arrived today from USA after 2 weeks of waiting. Luckily it was not held at KLIA custom that I have to go and collect.
I shall start work tomorrow, or perhaps immediately.
HAHAHAH






























haha, these are my newly printed name cards.
This is the most popular design voted amongst friends and family.
Designed by Christine Lee using the most basic software available on Microsoft.