Dream 071008 (Nightmare Version)

I had a strange dream, it goes like this.......

Me and my wife was stranded in a small town, somehow we can't locate our car and we were taking a break in a restaurant. After our meal, another couple from the restaurant join us and take a bus ride. We follow the couple in the bus and after some distance, we realised we were on the wrong bus!

Rang the bell and the bus drop us at nowhere (Hmmm....i am beginning to get restless in real-life). Started walking until we reach a bus station. While waiting for the bus, a hooligan started to disturb my wife. I stop him immediately telling him politely that the person he is disturbing is my wife. Being a hooligan, he said "So what?" and continue to disturb my wife in front of me and the crowd.

In order to protect her, i grab hold of the hooligan's hand. He stare at me and presses his cigarette onto my spec lens (Obviously he is picking a fight). So i grab hold of his arm and throwing him off the balance twice (Judo style). He stood up, throw his cigarette butt at me and wanted to fight back. Before he throw the first punch, i called out to the public and ask for their help "Please help us, my wife is being disturb, please help us to fend of such hooligan. Don't let such type of people continue his action". A crowd start coming to our help (Relief a bit).

But the hooligan happens to have his supporters too :( . Then, when i look back, my supporters beginning to step back. I got panic and tried to look for my wife and pray that she is at the right mind (Cool enough) to make calls to the police to ask for backup. Things getting intense, i woke up from the nightmare and dying for a pee.

If you were to face such situation, what would you do? Can you rely on people to back you up? Will the police able to reach you on time to save you?

Malacca Trip 250908

My birthday, the best way to celebrate is to be with my family and go for a trip, that way i can get away to de-stress, at the same time to used up some of accumulated Legend Worldwide Holidays time-sharing entitlement.

So, off we went and stay at this hotel called Everly Resort (Formerly known as Riviera Beach Resort) located at Tanjung Kling, Klebang Beach Malacca.

First look we walk to the reception, my impression is that it is quite a nice grand hotel but the facilities a bit wear and tear already. I remember many years back, i used to drop by once to this hotel and during that time, it really impresses me a lot then.

So off we walk to our rooms with our luggage, reached our room and wow! we were impressed with the "Touch n Go" key pad. Nice!

Walked inside the room and first thing i check out was the balcony view. Nice view too with seafront and Kampung view.

The room setup is a simple one, just like a studio suite (One room with a queen size bed, detached toilet, one small living room with 3+2 sofa and TV, kitchen w table and a balcony). Suitable to cater for 5-6 people if you are planning for a family trip, of course you need to bring some extra sleeping bag to do so.



Now the setback is that the room condition is quite wear and tear, the walls condition are quite dirty and the worst part is the bed. The bed basically slump down in the middle and very soft. It is not suitable to cater for 2 adults and one small baby who will spread his arms when sleeping. Tried sleeping for the first night for all 3 of us, ended up having backache for mummy and daddy and sleepless nite too. So, we did ask for a bed on the 2nd nite. Ha! only then everyone can sleep better.

We went there on the weekday (Thursday) and the place is practically dead and we had the pool are by ourselves. BB Zen had a great time playing in the pool with mummy and dada. It was the first pool experience for BB Zen.



The people working at Everly is very friendly especially the pool side team. BB Zen loves to wave to them and they will also wave back at BB Zen too :)

Bottomline, if you are looking for a place to rest your soul......Everly is a nice place, faraway from the hustle and bustle of the city, a tiny sandy beach for you to dip your feet and build sand castle with your love ones.

But if you are looking for a place to catch up on your sleep, not suitable for 3 person on the bed PLEASE! (Don't jump to conclusion that i am proposing for any threesome action here).

Passing Of A Love One - My FIL

It's difficult when we face the fact that we have lost someone dearest to us.

Last Sunday @ 3rd August 08, my father-in-law (FIL) have passed away in the morning. We receive a call from the hospital early in morning but they didn't mentioned anything during that time, they only requested our presence as soon as possible. Possible, they wanted us to be in a stable and calm condition to drive to the hospital. Upon arrival, only then they break the news to my wife that her father have moved on.

My FIL have been admitted in the hospital almost a month now due to stomach & liver cancer (Same case as my late mother-in-law a year ago+). Due to the cancer, he also lived through a stroke but were paralysed.

When i heard the news, my immediate reaction was not sad but a sense of relief for my FIL, for i know he doesn't need to suffer anymore, no more Morphine injections, no more self-frustration and no more pain.

My FIL is now resting in peace now in Setiawan where he is buried close to his parents and siblings. Back to the place where he grew up, the place where he is known to all and love by all.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the friends and family members who contribute and attend the funeral service.

But most important of all, this post is dedicated to both my late MIL and FIL who approved the hand in marriage to my precious wife who in return gave me a precious son, Zen.

Gundam Model Kit Mid year Competition @ Sg Wang Plaza

Recently i went to a Gundam Model Kit competition at Sg Wang to check out all the entries and i manage to took some shots. It was kind of difficult to take good angle shots since the place was jam-packed and everyone was trying hard to get a piece of the action. This is the best that i manage to shoot.

The Winners are .........


I didn't manage to pen-down the winners name coz the whole place was kind of crowdy and noisy at the same time.

Congrats to my buddy for winning the 2nd Runner Up prize, yo! Ray, can you give me some pointers on how to improve my skills?

Check out this 2 latest Gundam model kits being featured.

1/100 Gundam Unicorn - I bought it already (^o^)v

This baby can expand its shape and size, a really cool unit.



1/100 Gundam Shin Musha


This unit already in my "To Buy" list. I love the details on the armour and the weapons the Shin Musha Gundam carried.

Here's more pics i took on the event.



I wish someday, i have the guts to submit one of my models in one of the competition.

Stand By Me!

I had a bad bad day at work! Things are not coming thru smoothly and was lectured by my boss. The saddest part is when he asked me "Are You Looking For A Way Out!!!".....How demotivating! The best part is, we just went for a training recently to groom ourselves to be a better manager/superior in handling our staff - showing empathy and be careful with our words when we manage our staff. Well, with the remark coming out from his mouth yesterday, it only shows that he's not a good listener, not a good preacher and definitely not a motivating leader!

So, feeling lousy and demotivated, i drove back to my home-sweet-home, worn out in terms of physical and mentally. I open the door and i can hear little tip toe-ing that my darling wife is trying to give me a surprise (Earlier, i send her a sms that i had a bad day at work, so i guess she wanted to cheer me up - I LOVE YOU, MY "TLOML" & THANK YOU FOR STANDING BY ME.
But halfway down the stairs, my baby started to giggle and it blow away the surprises. My wife walk up close to me, place baby down and the "REAL SURPRISE" hit me..........OMG, my baby WALK to me, he practically WALK TO ME! He reached my arms, STANDING NEXT TO ME, starred at my face, gave a lil' cheeky smile. The feeling is so great and happy. My boy, he's reached a new level again.

This blog is dedicated to my wife and baby......Thank you so much, you are the source of my life and energy.

We declare 29th May 08, Baby's Official Walking Day.......10 months, 3 weeks and 1 day old.

Litterbugs Everywhere. Arghhhhh

I have been meaning to write about this issue for the longest time. Basically, i hate litterbugs. I meant, people simply think that this world belongs to them and just throw rubbish everywhere. OMFG (Oh My "Freaking" God, don't mind my language), come on people; teach yourself and your kids to respect earth and mother nature, and stop throwing rubbish around. I see people throwing rubbish when driving, kids throwing rubbish after eating their food and the general public throwing things everywhere.

What gives you to right to throw rubbish everywhere? Do you like it if i throw rubbish inside your house. You won't like it, right?

We need to start cultivating the mentality ourselves to keep the earth clean, and then teach our children and peers to do so. If you're a driver, you can either get a mini rubbish bin or at least place a plastic bag to keep your rubbish. And if you're a student, at least have the decency to go find a rubbish bin.

Teacher and the government have to do their part too in guiding the students and the public the importance of keeping the earth clean. I know, I know, The MPs (Majlis Perbandaran) are not doing their part too. I meant, sometimes it is kinda difficult to find a rubbish bin when you needed one. But that shouldn't be an excuse for not doing our part to keep the earth clean.

Let's do our part, start off with ourselves and only then to guide our own children to walk the right/clean path.

Punk In Da House

Checkout this 2 pictures i took quite some time back....rude but cool huh!

Baby Zen Almost 10 Months Old.

Time passes by so fast. First, i was single, then i was married, and then i had a nervous breakdown during my wife's labour and now my kid is already coming 10 months old.......Wooooa.

He's been growing up healthily, thank god for that. Hope it stays that way without any complications. He's already surpassed the stage on crawling and working on his "Standing Kung Fu" now.

But as for dada here, well.....things aren't that good for me. Zen Zen has been gaining weight and so does dada too :)

So, when ever he crawl over to me asking me to pick him up, well the knees will hurt. I think i got to do something about this problem.

Oh yeah! Whenever we let Zen crawl around, i would go to the kitchen to take a drink, Zen would crawl and follow me....so cute and sweet. And when i come out from the kitchen to go to the living room, Zen would follow too......Wow! that would really melt your heart and makes you want to pick him up and give him lots and lots of kisses.

Dada signing off.

Tips For The Father-To-Be

Firstly congrats......you're gonna be a dad.

I had fun with mine lil Baby Zen, my son is already 7 months old now and i am so happy and proud to be his dad. He's definitely the apple of my eye and a real bundle of joy to be with. Of course, he's also the lil precious angel for both me and my darling wife too :)

Ok, here's a post where i hope it can help all those who need advice and information on what to do and what to prepare before the stork left a lil angel to our doorstep!

Things to do when you found out your wife is pregnant!

1. Go for regular check-up with her. Hey! you're the reason she's pregnant...be there for her and share the worries and joy together.
   
2. Constantly keep her reminded on taking her FOLIC ACID pills. It is important.
3. You want a healthy and intelligent baby? Go to the pharmarcy and get "Neurogain" pills, it is suppose help baby's brain development inside the womb. Not sure it works or not, but my baby started to hold the bottle on his own at 6 months old, and start to sit, crawl and stand on the play-pen at 7 months old.
   

Food & Beverage To Avoid During Pregnancy!

1. No smoking please! Don't start Em-Young program. Imagine your kid smoke cigar when turn 1 year old.....HORROR!
   
2. No alcohol please! If you insist, please drink minimum. Jolly Shandy please.
   
3. No watermelon and pineapple - Don't know why, but old folks tale say so. People say, we listen lo.
   
4. No food with coloring - You don't want your kid to turn up purple or green right like an Alien? Hehehe.

First Step To Independence

The cutest thing happened last night. After the usual dinner at mom's place and coming back to my own place, "The Chosen One" (My wifey) wanted to take a shower first before attending to "The Wise One"(BB Zen) to put him to sleep.

So, "The Great Wise One" have to temporary take care of "The Wise One" first. "The Chosen One" prepared some milk for me to feed "The Wise One". So, i happily played with him first and then started placing him on the bed and feeding him the milk.

As usual, i need to help him (Holding the bottle) to feed him the milk...... he manage to hold the bottle on his own and started to "Whallop" the milk. Wow! i am really impressed. 70% of the time, he is holding the bottle on his own, to my surprise, hey 30% of the time i need to help to adjust his posture and bottle angle to ensure he doesn't choke. He completed the last drop of the milk on his own.

Tears nearly run down my cheek, for during that moment........my son have started his first step of independence.

These are one of those moments that i looked forward to, whenever i came back from a long day at work to see my darling wife and precious lil BB Zen and proud to be his dada.

First Posting In Da House

Ok, i am in a dilema.......it's been officially six months i had my kid (Ok, i am a bit slow and been procastinating about setting my blog) and only now i decided to share with you all my joys and pain (Headache and body pain) for having my first born.

To kick-start and introducing myself first, i am a 34 year old whacky character guy who is an optimistic, happy go-lucky guy who use to flirt with all girls, be they young or old, beauty or beast, vision 20-20 or the blind (Some friends can attest to this statement, really.....). Used to be known as the "Aunty Killer" as well. But nowadays, i am been downgraded to "Mossie-Killer" and shove aside to the cold storage, while my lil bundle of joy have overthrown me to the throne, being the "Lui Sat Saou" or better known as "Lady Killer".

Well, i am proud to be a dad especially when my kid was born on 7th-July-07 (070707). I can still remember clearly that the doctor have projected that our son will be born on the 13th July 07 (Friday Da 13th...horrors!). But on the early mornings of 7th July, my wife began to have signs of bleeding and minor contractions. Since we attended the pre-natal class, we had the knowledge to keep cool and start preparing my "Dahling" wife to go for medical checkup. First, she took a good and long shower, then we went for a good breakfast, follow with driving to the petrol kiosk to pump full tank, went to a bakery to buy some breads and cakes and send her to the clinic at 3.40pm.

When the doctor conducted his check on my wife (With the blinds closed), i suddenly heard a "Pop" sound and saw a lot of water flowing down to the floor. The nurse were rushing to get a lot of tissues to wipe of the liquid. Then, the doctor walked to me and advise me to send my wife to the hospital (SJMC) immediately.

Since, we have pre-registered to SJMC, we have skipped the hassle of the queeing up for registration of admission. Wifey was admitted around 4.20pm.

So, wifey was admitted to a labour room and strap on some tracking gadgets to monitor baby's heartbeat. Whenever my wife have a contraction, the baby's heartbeat will drop to an abnormal rate (Less than "90" rate, normal is around 125) and this continues.

I tried to be strong infront of my wife all the time, trying to crack jokes and tried to cheer her up, knowing that she is very worried over the heartbeat problem. In actual fact, i was also very worried myself and panicked too. Luckily, Star Wars was on the telly and i manage to pull some jokes and divert some of the worries.

I waited till around 8.40pm and i can't control my panic state anymore and excuse myself from the room giving the excuse that i need to have my dinner. So, i went to a nearby mamak store and try to keep my composure. During this time, i really needed someone to talk to and release my stress. I called up a close friend and told my friend my worries and cried at my table (I think i scared some people who sit infront of my table). I told myself to keep cool but i just can't caused i was so worried for both my wife and my baby's condition. After the emotional conversation, i felt much better. So, i went back to my wife's room and continue to stay with her, in a fresh state and in a cheerful mood.

Time really passes by really slow during that moment and each tickling of the clock makes us more worried. I saw my wife in pain, and whenever she has a contraction, baby's heartbeat still remain the same..........still drop to "90". I prayed in my heart for the safety for mummy and baby.

At 11.00pm, doctor came in (Since afternoon to 10pm, the doctor did called up frequently to the nurses to check on my wife to keep him inform of the status) and told us that it is not normal for the drop of the baby's heartbeat for every contraction. Furthermore my wife's dilation still remain at 3cm and not suitable for natural labour. Our doctor gave us 2 options, one is to go for cesaerion and immediately check on baby's condition and should there be any complication, they can work out something as soon as possible. Second option is to continue to wait and continue to monitor the condition on both mummy and baby. We made a quick decision for cesaerion, fearing for our unborn child's health and safety. I was also very worried for my wife's safety as well and wanted to reduce her pain and mental torture on both of us.

Doctor immediately made the arrangement for the operation room. My wife was taken in, i wanted to join her to give her the support that she desperately need from a husband and father of our child. Doctor declined my request fearing that i may not be able to take it when he start "cutting open" my wife. So, he advice me to wait patiently at the waiting room.

Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!!.................

To be continue in the post "The Birth Of Baby Zen"