(2006/12) December 2006 MTBs

och
my students juz dun ve any interest in chinese....mayb it is really much more difficult 2 learn....esp the writing part....

MBB
wow....u really taitai leh......spa woh.....
 


mbb,
wah, spa! so shiok!
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ya, i oso worry abt how my ger will cope with chinese in sch...really dun want her to suffer like me!! Malay have use, esp our neighbouring countries speak malay. I regret i cannot speak malay...u speak malay?
 
Bobianah,
relax relax....pat pat.
dun get your blood boiled.

Vanessa,
i am trying to finito my package be4 i pop lor.
felt very cheated since the original spa closed down so tis time dun wanna hv outstanding treatments.

wah, got one Nov mum pop within 1.5 hrs!!
 
Bobianah,
yeah, me from m'sia mah. so malay is a must during my school time.
if fail in malay, cannot advance in school.
tat is why i ended up giving up on chinese....
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mbb,
wah, can go for spa. i also want to go. :p

bobianah,
some pple r just more unmotivated than others. dun let her bother u too much.

just opened up the life section of straits times n saw my neighbour featured in the asian wine section. now i know why she always has so many bottles of wines in the house.
 
Hello all

Thanks for your concern. I'm ok now liao. No leh, I dun work at childcare centre.... till now I still haven't figured out how I got this strange disease. But thankfully baby not affected. Baby will only be affected during 1st trimester, and last month when abt to deliver, in case bb also contract the disease during delivery. Thank goodness everything is ok liao....
After the long MC, I also no mood to work liao... hahaha so good lah, everyday think of baby and count down to delivery only...
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Will take things easy now, and come and surf this forum more often
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Wah today's topic is on language... Hubby and I also agreed liao, I'll speak to my girl in Chinese and he will speak to her in English, cos my Chinese better than his!! The thing I don't like are the elders speaking to children in broken english... I've heard so many grandparents speak to their children in really broken English... my goodness... I'd much rather they speak to them in dialect!! I know my dad won't, but I think my in-laws might just try to do that... that is something I will try to stop!

Bobianah.. dun get angry lah.... Take things easy.... just think of bb and you should feel better
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i've got a friend who is rather unique actually. she is a chinese married to a german and living in germany right now. she speaks to her daughter only in Chinese, her daddy only speaks to her in German and between the parents, they speak in English.

and the girl although she understands all three languages, at the age of 3 is still not able to speak coherently in full sentences whereas other children are able to do so already.

so not sure if introducing too many languages all at one time is good or not?
 
Jackie,
You so funny, hhee making bb high
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Och,
Frankly i don't believe in cutting hair lah...the baby hair so nice..why cut ? So smooth, i thot shave oredi will make it more coarse, coz shave at the scalp mah, like pluck eyebrow like that.

Bobianah,
No angry ok. Haiz, me wish to find a job where it allows me to work partial from home. Pray for me ok.
 
MBB,
You can book online at her webbie..when r u going? Is it this sunday at 4pm again? I can book for u if u want...me going this sunday too.. can pass the book to u..
 
och,
i think is not the maid on diet lar.. I also got a new maid to look after my grandma on Wed lor. She up till now also dun dare to eat rice or our main meal lidat leh. Oni ate bicuit & coffee leh. We scare she wait too hungry no strenght to work no strenght to carry my ah ma ar. but when i call my agent say isit she not used to our dishes cos we are vegan? but agent call her she say she got eat. eat rice & porridge. Maybe din eat infront of employer lar. cos my dad ask her eat together with them, she din lor. So i tell my dad maid is lidat one, they where dare to eat with boss one. sure is boss leftover or eat finish liao then they dare to sit down eat one mah.
 
i dun think i will shave bb's head too.. can't imagine a bb monk at home.. :p hubby dun like too... maybe will juz yi4 si4 yi1 si4 cut abit lor... but still dun understand the significance for cutting hair on full mth leh.. :p

bobianah,
i oso speak english with accent.. think the onli style i noe is singlish.. haha.. :p

Vanessa,
i see i mix with who den i speak wat type of mandarin lor.. with colleagues, their mandarin all very powerful one (50% fr China).. so i got to speak properly oso.. but when with frens, i oso switch to "ah lian" mode liao.. somemore mix with singlish.. all the "leh lah lor" all come out.. no perfect mandarin too.. :p

MBB,
so nice.. got spa.. i oso wish to go leh.. :p but no money.. heee~ :p
 
doggiebb,
huh they child 3yrs still cant converse in full sentences ar? huh scare me leh. cos i wish to let my gal to go japanese sch learn abit jap leh. aahahah cos i am J-lover mah. so thot if since small foundation is there liao, can hv additional benefits or interest lor. In future future want to find job or what also added advatange. wow i seems to think bery far hor.
 
doggiebb,
really ah 3years still can't converse in full sentences ar ? My gal turning 2 this month end, she can, she will tells you what she wants in sentence liao. But we realise she is more to speaking english, even tho my MIL speaks to her in chinese and hainaese. Not that she doesn't knows how to speak, but she just reply in english whenever my MIL speaks to her in other languages leh. Now we trying to make chinese and hainaese more fun...hopefully she can grasp all these 3 languages well.
 
oO...jus back from lunch so 5 5 browse thru the postings...

topics on language ah, tink i will speak mandarin to my bb loo cos hor, i rem how my nephew cope wif his language last time when both english n mandarin cum abit of teochew were spoken to him. end up, he seem very powerful in all but hor in sch (nursery), he can't tell the shape eg like triangle, square, etc. n colours to his teachers in mandarin cos he only noes those "description" in english..then when come to english, certain things he only noes in mandarin..so i tink very cham loo~ tink dat time my sis got a veri hard time teaching him. i tik hor, it's better to concentrate on one language loo but it really depends on the bb's IQ olso lah~
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jackie,
i rem hor, dat time someone mentioned dat breast milk can help hair growth?? anyway, my nephew was shaved botak when he was 1 mth old due to tradition lah. then hor, his hair used to b smooth smooth n abit brownish de, when regrow hor, it becomes rough rough n black black...then his didi hor no shave, his hair still very smooth now. but i tink it depends lah...
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shihui,
oo..ur mandarin sounds good loo...tink mine is cham loo..both chinese n english all cham..hahaha...anyway, u all can understand can leow..
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doremi,
my mandarin not tt gd oso lah.. but when compared to my english, it's considered super gd... hahaha.. now can imagine my english std.. :p n hor, i use chinese to process thots in my brain lor.. so i'm very slow n less humorous in english environment.. if in chinese environment, i warm up faster.. heee~ :p
 
Hi ladies!

Just to share my experience on languages. I was brought up conversing to my dad in english and to my mum in mandarin. Not a deliberate move by my parents, but because my mum is chinese-ed while my dad learnt only english and malay in school.

Having gone through that, I think my grasp of english is still better than my mandarin because building up the foundation for mandarin is harder. My chinese was just not 'cheem' enough, although day-to-day conversation is fine. So, if you are keen to start your kids on mandarin, better make sure both spoken and written are given enough attention.
 
Hi Bloom

As long as yr bb is healthy...n other factors such as amniotic fluid n placenta r ok...dun worry too much abt the wt...my bb is on the small side too...as both my hb n I r small...my hb weighs oni abt 53kg after losin wt fm stress recently...when my hb asked my gynae the ways to hv a bigger bb...she told my hb to change his genes...whahaaaaaaaaa...on a more serious note...she recommended me to drink 3 cups of milk a day...I stil cant manage 3...so Im tryin 2...n eat an egg n fish everyday...fish is gd for depression...as I hv slight depression...

Hi Och...

Yr new maid is here ah...is yr maid an Indo...if so...u can actually train yr maid to converse in Bahasa Indo wif yr kiddo in the future...as a 3rd lang...as Bahasa Indo wil b quite useful...rather than pickin up broken Eng fm her...my maid is a Burmese leh...scully my kiddo uses Burmese to scold me in the future n I wil stil b blur blur...

Hi Ladies...

Wat kinda coconut do we drink...issit the big green type or the small brown type...

I wen to MIM yest...for those who hv small boobs like A cup...their B cups fits quite well...
 
Fizz,

It's the big Green type.... so glad to see u in here, cos at least someone with the same EDD as me, then our symptoms will be more or less the same.
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Fizz,
I just had my very first coconut last nite. The one which I bought is the small brown typ..i think those are young coconuts..
 
Vanessa,
Green color meh? The one i bought got no skin..only the husk..is that the correct type of coconut i am eating?
 
Vanessa n Dey...

Huh???...how come diff types of coconut???...
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Vanessa

Yr EDD is the same as mine???...

I stil hv no symptoms yet...not even BH...

I hv been so busy wif work...cos everyone is tryin to squeeze all the work to me b4 my m leave...sianzzz...
 
dey,
I'm not sure if that's works. U bought the hard husk, those Thailand coconuts rite? but what I understand it's the Green local coconuts lor, not sure if that works also :p
 
Fizz,

Ur edd 10 Dec rite? Then it's the same lor.... I've been experiencing lots of BH and contraction, so not sure if I will give birth early or not since this is my 3rd kids liao.....

I'm also stressed at work, stress cos no one is taking over my work, so I'm not sure what will happen to my dept, cos my job is to support the dept administration..... hahaha... I don't bother... but ppl just keep asking me what to do, how would I know wor.....
 
Vanessa...

Yup yup...tatz rite...I tink normally subsequent bbs wil b earlier...cos yr cervix is "experienced" liao...I prefer my bb to arrive in dec tho...
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Fizz,

Dunno leh, my 2nd one also nvr early... arrives on the EDD n still got to induce leh....

dey,
I think those fruit stalls should have.... supermarket got sell lah, but dunno nice or not only.... supermarket one is white in colour, cos they shave away the green skin and left the white skin... unless u r talking abt this one earlier and not the small hard brown husk kind...
 
Vanessa...

But I do feel tat my pelvic bones r loosenin...when I stand up fm my bed or the flr...I dun feel steady...like lego not bein stacked properly...
 
och, he is not macho lah! Gynae asking me to go doppler test tomorrow. Will see what she advise after the test. But scary when she suggested bringing forward delivery date to give birth to a small bb so that bb got a better chance outside the womb..so small and hapless.... What did your friend eat? I wana eat too! :p :p :p

bohbiahah..hehehahha.. be careful bb's bottom catch cold :p

I think the maid is also easily influence by media where 'thin is good'.

Jackie, dey, Geri,happens to my friend's bb too. Shave botak then now almost 2 yrs already still very little hair, and its a gal whatsmore... ahaha.. I don't think bb can get high via absorption of alcohol via the head lah... that is so funny!!!! ahhahaha

Jackie, choo, hahaha..don't worry. I don't show him our postings one... :p the only time I show him our table of birth, he parallex error thought my nickname is doremi (cos doremi's name is just above mine).ahahahah

doggiebb, thanks for the info!!!
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So at least I can feel abit more relieved... dont want to have pre-e!

Vanessa, I totally agree that nowadays very few kids know dialects. And hubby's grasp of language/dialects is pretty bad.. so kind of up to me and my sisters loh (one of my sis teaches Chinese).... now come and think of it..maybe should psycho my sis to teach Mandarin to little children ...then all of us attend :p

bohbiahah, don't worry. Alot of child care places are still predominantly Mandarin speaking so your kids can picked up from there, unless you are not placing your kids at childcare but with parents....

choo, I see... but even if I buy a cupboard will not have a place to place the cupboard so no choice
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Hope she don't mind....

Vanessa, how about getting Rogain (sp? the hair growing tonic) for your hb's ex colleague? :p

MBB, going SPA!!!!! Lucky you! Enjoy yourself!!!!

bohbiah, agree..some people like don't know really think lowly of themselves of what..but they really want to do minimal and don't want to learn in office... I got staff here too, same level as me but acting like fresh grad..very frustating...

MBB, this number is on her website.not sure if there is always someone to pick up the line - 6324 2728. Or you can send via her website www.lavidaloft.com I think its auto sent to her hp or something cos I can send on Sat PM and inform her that I am coming on Sunday AM and so far had not encounter any problem...

Fizz... your gynae is so funny@!!! But your bb size ok then good loh... Now I can only manage half a cup of milk everyday cos the multivits is making me puke..sighhh.....
 
Vanessa,
I think we are talking about the same kind..the one i bought is without the green skin but white in color...
 
bloom

keep us updated on your doppler test. that will see the blood flow to your placenta and see if bb is getting enough nutrients from the placenta. did your gynae say how much earlier she wants to bring forward?
 
Bloom,
u tried durian b4? there was a period of time where i kept eating durian.. both me n bb grow very fast.. :p

i oso dun let my hubby view the forum.. it's my outlet to vent any frustration.. so cannot let him see.. heee~ :p but dunnoe he got peek anot.. :p he work in IT sector while me IT idiot.. so it's so easy for him to "check" on me if he wants.. i sure leave alot of "clues" in the computer one.. :p
 
och, geri,
thanks...will try not to let my staff affect my mood too much. But, aiyoh, she very simpleton...from my posting abt her till now oredi do a few simpleton things liao. I think she too slow to catch up. SImple thing must explain many times. Haiz.
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must ren...ren...ren...
 
Hi Ladies,

Thanks for your concern.. i m better already.. now back at work although am still on MC.. but today accts closing.. so no choice got to come back...

busy till now then can come in and post...

doc did a varginal check yesterday and he say tat there's no more bleeding already and it did not show tat its dilating anytime now.. so we can rest our minds..
he just asked me to rest more..

Shihui, i also got our cot already... got a second hand one.. but nt as cheap as urs la.. we paid $130.. saw the cot, its looks veri new and the wood is good wood, so we confirm without much thought...

ladies, i remembered someone mentioned abt tiny love imitation musical mobile selling at kovan right?

tat day i went to buy liao.. on the box it looks like its almost identitical, except tat the hanging soft toys are diff... so we decided to buy la.. since its so much cheaper..

but after we got home, lucky me hand itchy went to open the box and play the music... realised that the music are nt as wat was indicated on the box.. no mozart nor bach... i dun remember mozart playing 'old macdonald' lor

lucky tat shop allows me to change.. so brought back to change..

ladies, someone mentioned tat they got their musical mobile from cheong choon.. how much har?
 
connie

that was me. aiyo! how can they then write bach and mozart on the box then!
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. the typical price for the 3 music one is $79 without remote and $99 for remote.
 
and for latex mattress.. are there any visible difference between baby safe and lollipop latex mattress?

winnie only has lollipop mattress lei
 
ya lor.. tats y i called back immediately asking for refund

i dun wanna my gal to grow up thinking tat mozat composed 'old macdonald'

and the 3 music is just 3 diff tones of the same music

so angry..
initially they din wanna let me change,.. but i insist tat the product tat i got is nt as per wat the box wrote.. think i bit fierce la.. so they allow me to change haha
 
connie,
haha! play "old macdonald"? so funny! Lucky u checked!
I bought my tiny love mobile over the weekend at the Taime warehouse sale. The one with remote was $83 after 30% discount. U might oso want to check if isetan/seiyu or any dept store have it on sale. As long as have at least 20% off, will be cheaper than cheong choon. =P
 
i heard from friends tat bb dun need to give them musical mobile so early. they cant see things when newly born and if introduce too early, it may affect their eyesight... heard its best to give after 3 mths.. is it true?
 
errr...but the box states 0 to 5 months. as soon as the bb can reach up and grab the hanging toys, must remove already. actually newborn eyesight quite bad in the first few weeks, but the music and the movement will stimulate them i guess.
 
connie,
yah, actually some books recommend that u can start stimulating bb's vision from birth. they can only see very close and contrasting colours, so the musical mobile is preferrably hung low and hv contrasting colours. The Tiny Love one looks ok. I've tested it out. Of course, not just musical mobile, other toys can also be used to stimulate bb vision...and yes, it starts from birth, not 3mths.

I think the latex mattresses are the same...regardless of brand? As long as they hv the size u want. I bot the baby safe one...
 
Bloom,
Really ah happen to your friend's bb too. Quite thankful we didn't shave our bb, sometimes those pantang thingy really get people into trouble leh. Somemore no give reason why cannot do.
 
doggiebb,
actually i thot it was such a waste, use up to 5 mths only.
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So i thot maybe lower the cot so that mobile hangs higher bb cannot reach can last a few more mths. hahaha! =P must get more use outta it cos quite exp...!
 
bobianah

yeah lor! that's a good suggestion!
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you know, hubby bought the development gym at the taime sale also and he was so pleased with himself when he set it up. really like a lot of activities for bb to play. and so colourful. at least that one is 0 to 12 mths!
 

doggiebb,
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my hb wanted to throw away the box and i stopped him cos i said its so exp, must store it properly! next time can either let other ppl use or if God decides we hv #2, can let #2 use!
U know ah, i never realised such mobiles can be so expensive. =P In fact, i never realised bb things are so exp! even tho have lots of hand me downs, still spend quite a bit of money leh...
haha! yah, the gym is a good buy for 12 mths of use!
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i didnt buy...thinking of asking pple to buy cos frens keep asking wat they can get...but we oredi bot most things during sales...=P
 

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