5xmom’s number two son, the handsome and very entau, Mikey.

He is 16 years old today.

Everyone faster say, Awww…so cute!

And don’t pinch his cheeks when you see him, you hear?

This is camwhoring session in EQ this afternoon. (more like ‘I have to accompany my poor, headless mother or else she will probably get lost in the jungle. So, here I am standing, looking bored and she took a photo of me when I wasn’t aware.’)

Well, happy birthday to myself because I give birth to you mah. So, I should be the one celebrating, ok?

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5xmom’s number two son, the handsome and very entau, Mikey.

He is 16 years old today.

Everyone faster say, Awww…so cute!

And don’t pinch his cheeks when you see him, you hear?

This is camwhoring session in EQ this afternoon. (more like ‘I have to accompany my poor, headless mother or else she will probably get lost in the jungle. So, here I am standing, looking bored and she took a photo of me when I wasn’t aware.’)

Well, happy birthday to myself because I give birth to you mah. So, I should be the one celebrating, ok?

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I am a bit lazy to reply comments today so you chewren go play with yourself, don’t disturb me.

So, when I am not blogging, I go taking pictures. I went out for a while today and took 2GB photos. I am not sure what I find interesting in green leaves and grasses. I only use my Nikon D40 and the kit lens.

So, this photo is taken by my son with his Nikon P4 which is a good point and shoot camera. He was actually trying to take photo to show me how big my butt is. Sometimes, I don’t know to cry with joy or sadness because I don’t have daughters. I think I should be happy because if I treat my daughters like I treat my sons, they will end up tomboy like me too.

I have four sons and the #2 is the only one who looks so undernourished. He was so thin, his doctor even got him to monitor his food intake. Since #2 is very, very thin with ribs like Darfur starving children, he thinks every one is fat. To him big bro #1 is fat, third bro #3 is fatter and #5 is fat too.

And to him, the fattest is his mom. He will tell me, “Ma….your son is fat like his mader already..OMiGAWDDDD, just look at how he eats! Ammah….take him exercise NOW NOW NOW.”

I was squatting in the grass to take a photo of this blue butterfly whom I shall name BN butterfly. You know why? Because the butterfly has two heads. Look closely? BN people all talk with their arses mah….No same meh? The butt has a bigger head than the real head.

Anyway, while we were in the car, going to Equatorial, we heard some phone call-in show on radio. A silai housewife won a car and said she is going to give to her husband for their 10th year wedding anniversary.

So, spontaneously, I mimic the call…”Me ah? I think I will sell the car, hire a toyboy and go for a cruise for my 20th wedding anniversary (which is in Nov 08).”

That gave my #2 son the ‘WTF face’ while he didn’t know to laugh at my joke or die in horrors because the father is sitting next to him (he was in the passenger seat while I was behind and I could see the expression in the vanity mirror).

#2 son’s friends who read my blog asked why they hardly see me blogging about him. Actually, I have respect for his privacy so I don’t put his handsome face online. He told me if I do it, girls will be queuing in Facebook, on my blog, Friendster and etc, from Penang to KL and down to Johor to get his phone number. See? He got his mader’s vain genes.

Anyway, back to our jokes, we can talk about anything. If I wear something to go to church (which is deem to be the conservative domain), he will be standing behind me and ‘tsk, tsk, tsk….Ma…can see through wei, ma….your bra strap is showing wei….ma, your butt looks huge in the jeans…ma…” So much so, that I will scream, “Shaddap already, my butt big is because of your fault. If it is not big, you think you can managed to crawl through it? Somemore, if you do not know, it is not big but curvy. Don’t believe? Next time you walk behind me and see how many old uncles ogle? Even the bi…….. also will ogle lah. Tiu.”

Anyway…his birthday is coming up soon, so I am giving him some airtime on my blog.

I love this picture of the fern. The Nikon D40 kit lens take pretty good photo.

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Let’s see what has happened in the last twelve years….

Your eldest daughter is now a grandma and your favourite eldest grandson is also a father now. Your second grand-daughter is a mommy too. And the other grand-daughter too is going to have her baby soon. Of course, you missed out on their graduations but I believe you are smiling from up above all the time whenever there are celebrations in our house. Well, not bad, huh? 12 years, 3 great-grandchildren.

Your eldest son’s daughter too just graduated from USM. Not just any course but a male dominated electrical engineering course. Pride to the Chan.

Your other son Chan grandkids are studying for a law degree and in college. Oh ya, your daughter-in-law wants to learn to cook perut ikan just like you! See how influential your cooking is?

Then, the second daughter too is now a nai-nai. Your grandson has gotten married! So young but doing well with big house and a good wife. Not long, I think the sister will do the same. And the other two grandsons are either graduated or about to.

Wuah..I think if you are around, you will be the envy of the whole kampung folks for having so many grandchildren, all study high-high and marry nice-nice. It must be your magical touch when they were babies.

And then, it’s my turn. Since you left, I have gotten myself a baby, my #3 son whom you know is “Haiyor, another boy ah? ” but you died before he was born. In fact, he was born 100 days after you died. Then, not wanting to lose out to my sisters, I too have four boys, though one of them must be with you. So, I had three sons after your death. Very productive.

Eldest bro told me that you were mumbling Jeff and Michael’s names when you lapsed into coma and died just after that. I suppose at that point, they were your favourite grandsons (since the rest were much older already). I believed that you did ‘come back’ for a last look by the signs of the things we heard in each of our (me and my sister’s) houses.

12 years now. I don’t think I can say I miss you anymore. But then, my children have you in their childhood memories. They still remember the barley (ab-choo) you cooked. Or the bak moey. Oh ya, your eldest grandson is going to be a cook. Maybe he got the influence from you.

Oh ya, did I tell you that I have turned to Jesus Christ? And so many of your grandsons too? In fact, each of your grandchildren from each of your children, except eldest bro (but I believe it won’t be long) have turned to Jesus Christ too. It is funny how we ended up this way but I believe, with God’s blessings, you are somewhere out there enjoying a good time.

I think the best legacy a person can leave behind is their heirs. And I suppose all of us have done you proud, in one way or another.

So, keep smiling, ma! We can do without you now.

Some posts from previous years…
2005 - My mom and Mr. Bean (about how she died)

2005 - On her last day

2005 - Spooky experience of her ‘return’

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My nephew’s wife, Mich just uploaded photos of her new baby on her Facebook. Oh boy, have all babies gone smarter and brainier or what? You are looking at days old baby here. The eyes are already opened and looking so smart.

So, everybody, please welcome baby G! Born 3.01 kg. Huge baby.

I was about 10 years old when my nephew (father of this baby) was born. I still can remember the face and baby apparently doesn’t look like my nephew. More like the mommy. You notice the photo next to the baby? That’s the baby’s mommy.

One feature I noted about the baby’s mouth. He has this sharp curve, which I know my mom would say, “Very clever to ‘teng chui’ or in Hokkien, ‘in ua’ like a lawyer.” Hahaha.

Again, welcome to the family, Baby Adriel!

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I forgot if I have mentioned how jinjang I am? When we were in Singapore, they have these traffic lights for those in wheelchairs. So, it is placed very low and I went, “OMG, look! Baby traffic lights, let’s take a picture! So cuteeeee!”

And the boys willingly posed for me. I wonder if the Singaporeans wonder ‘Eh, mana kampung mari ah?’

Then, on one of our highway trips, we found this FUK-i jelly. I actually wanted to photoshop the F to P but just too lazy. But mother and sons did laugh so hard at the PUKI jelly.

Did I tell you my two older sons bought some Nokia handphones? A while back already but I dare not put up this photo. Then, I thought, what the heck. It wasn’t my fault. One of them asked the little monster to do the middle finger pose and then, they bluetooth the photo to each other and to the father’s phone as well. They use it as their wallpaper. My phone is the one on the left.

A couple of weeks back, my sons’ doctor, another parent and I were talking about phones and the two of them showed their kid’s photo wallpaper. Wuah….I dare not show ler. (anyway, no I didn’t use the photo lah)

Talking about bluetooth, my eldest son just sent me the above photo. One look only I already started laughing hard. You all get the joke ah?

I have just came back from mamak-ing. I ate a whole plate of rice at 12 midnight. And drank Fart Tea. So, I think I can stay awake till 7 am already. (Fart Tea = any drinks with ginger in it, sure to make you fart)

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Life is about seizing the moment so that we catch the beautiful things that pass by. This is one of the seize the moment photo of complete bliss and happiness. The joy of watching two kids cosily tucked into their ‘library’, reading. Grab the camera, took the picture and it is etched in my mind forever.

I just watched the 100m in the Olympics. It is also the seize the moment in our lives. One day, we will look back and remember the tall, tall chap from Jamaica who strolls through a world record. He made a dash and when he knows he is ahead, he just relaxed till the finishing line.

Don’t forget to seize the moment, always.

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I know I haven’t been writing any deep-deep, profound posts for a while. Usually, I just crap whatever I find in the papers. Sort of scratching on the surface kind of post. I am not PMS-ing yet so you just have to wait till I PMS-ing or Men-O-pausing, whichever comes first before you can find any oomph posts. And I don’t particularly feel emo so no emo posts either. BTW, I am not going to Singapore so soon. Cos they don’t allow me to deal with my online work (the price of me being too truthful) and I have to pay for the first unit (costs close to RM5K not inclusive of expenses) and to be reimbursed after I have ‘prove I have the material’. I cannot agree with the ‘prove’ part because I know my Lord doesn’t need me to prove to anyone if I have said ‘yes Lord’ and I won’t do it to prove to any corporation. Ok, I am obnoxious. So the deal is off for the time being.

Now, lately, I am getting pissy because I cannot understand why politicians with their maturity cannot see that politics and parenting are no different.

We do not apply two sets of rules.

We have to mete out discipline with principles and not with our feelings.

We have to set good examples and it is sometimes not easy to be good all the time but we have to do it anyway.

We have to act civilised even when we do not agree with each other.

We have our own strengths and weaknesses and we know when to let the other party leads and we stay behind and shut up (even when we do not agree with the other party’s decision) and vice versa.

We do not do things that are deemed sinful, e.g. stealing, taking bribes, taking shortcuts due to laziness, telling lies and etc because we know we are responsible people that children (or the nation) look up to.

We openly admit to our kids that yeah, we are not angels and that’s the best we can do. So, sorry, yeah, I fucked up and we just have to deal with it together and hope it won’t happen again.

We allow our kids to criticise, shout, show temper, express their real feelings, call each other names and etc because we know ultimately, we are family and we accept each other shortcomings.

We listen and we are not afraid of being threatened by their need for freedom.

Now, tell me. Those people who are politicians. I bet they are mostly parents. Why the hell they cannot just stick to simple guides like how they bring up their children and use it to drive our nation forward with the same principles? Or are they really bad parents in the first place?

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I didn’t mention that I was once again, made a grand-auntie on August 6th (I think?). Oh dear, the name gives me the image of a white hair, high bun held with hair pins, a batman style glasses, knitting little booties and maybe toothless grand auntie like Eliza Clark or Mrs. Santa Claus. But that’s what I am now. Grand aunt. And the best thing is I am going to be grand aunt again in October. My eldest sister’s three children decided to make her a grandma three time within four months.

My nephew’s wife, Mich gave birth to a baby boy a few days ago but I only managed to get hold of Baby G’s photo today because the handsome little boy was undergoing phototherapy treatment in the hospital and both the new mommy and daddy were too busy with him to upload the pictures. The photo is in Facebook if you wish to see the handsome little boy.

Congrats HM and Mich! Thank God and Praise Him.

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I know it is too early to be talking about Santa Claus and Christmas. After all, it is only August, man! But I wonder if other parents indulge their children with tales like Santa Claus and Tooth Fairy? I do. I even have Fairy Godmother as well.

Some parents may say it is not healthy to indulge our kids with make belief figures like these and they may insist to teach them about reality of life. But then, the innocence of childhood only last like six to seven years and if you missed out that precious moments, you won’t be able to capture it back.

When I was working and was the harried parent with little time to spend with my kids, both hubby and I used to buy them gifts and leave them under their pillows and said it is from Fairy Godmother. Then, when they drop their milk teeth, Tooth Fairy will give them money.

After some years, they do know where these come from. And they do not mind it at all. But the most wonderful time is of course during Christmas when they wait for Santa Claus to bring them presents. We would help them hang stockings and pillow cases (because it is larger and takes in more toys) by the window sills.

Now, I cannot wait for Christmas to arrive so that’s why I can once again play Santa to my little five years old.

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