my little-big-boss

Lunchbox for Little-big-boss Uto yesterday! 

Pokemon Snorlax! カビゴン
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It was parents-visit day, so I got a chance to see and to snap a picture of this 

Little-big-boss Uto 
 20170221
 4years 5months 19day
 4歳 5か月 19日

I started my Valentine’s Day making lunchbox!!

I woke up late and just had time making this lunchbox for Little-big-boss Uto, but nothing for Big-boss..
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Well, instead of the Valentine’s lunchbox..

I made gateau chocolat for him 
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And then,

I received this stunning chocolates from my Big-boss! 
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While on the other hand,

Little-big-boss received a cute homemade rabbit chocolate from a friend. 

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone 

Little-big-boss Uto 
20170214
4years 5months 12days
4歳 5か月 12日

Previous post on Setsubun 
 Setsubun 節分 

The song for Setsubun 

Oni wa soto
(Demons out you go)
Fuku wa uchi
(God of luck in you come)
Parap parap parap parap, mame no oto
(Parap parap parap parap, the sound of the beans)
Oni wa kossori nigete yuku
(The demons running away quietly)

おにはそと
ふくわうち
ぱらっぱらっぱらっぱらっ、まめのおと
おにはこっそりにげてゆく～

While most of my friends were celebrating Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year), getting fat eating New year’s feast and snacks with all their might, I was here with my boys were having peaceful days…wondering when can we too getting fat with mom’s cooking, lousang, kuih kapek, etc!!

Anyways, in Japan, we had Setsubun 節分 on the 3rd Feb, literally means a  seasonal division, which also means winter is ending and spring is coming!!
People here usually celebrate this day by performing “mamemaki” 豆まき, throwing beans to cleanse away all the evil spirits (bad luck or so) from the former year, inviting good lucks to the coming year!

It’s like a new start! A festival that was thought of as a sort of New Year’s Eve previously in the Lunar calendar.

The familiar characters during this festival.
Left: 福の神 Fuku, the God that brings luck
Right: 鬼 Oni, the Devil that brings bad luck.

And so, everywhere was playing their role on throwing beans! 
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In the kindergarten, they made an ‘Oni’ mask, and did the ‘beans throwing’!

At home, we made a beans box from a milk pack..

Tadah~!
The Oni box!
We put in some paper-made beans..

And GO~ GO~ AWAY~ evil spirits~! Evil spirits and bad luck far far away you go~!
GOOD GOOD LUCK please cooooome to us~!
(Singing the Setsubun song  while throwing the beans at the house)

The video for this 
 The song for Setsubun 節分の歌 

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Then, we joined a nearby temple for the beans throwing event~

Surprisingly, met some friends there! 

All the kids coming here to aim for the snacks throwing event after the beans 

Imitating the Oni 

Ehem, you see, there was no chance at all for a small kid to be able to catch any goodies from this crowd..

Luckily the mommy carrying Little-big-boss Kta is tall enough to get him some 
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In that night,

I made Ehou Maki, lucky sushi roll for our Setsubun dinner 
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For Littie-big-boss Uto kindergarten lunchbox,

The Oni bento 

The Oni and Fuku bento 

Happy Spring everyone~
(Though it is still so cold outside..)

I felt my pregnancy with Little-big-boss Kta was fast.

I was so busy with our moving to a new place and all the preparation for Little-big-boss Uto kindergarten admission that I felt like I didn’t have enough time to enjoy my maternity period or feeling the wonders of my moving tummy..

Somehow, Little-big-boss Uto enjoyed mommy’s baby bump 

He would kiss and pat my baby bump every now and then

Every night before sleep, he would for sure rolled up my shirt, greet my baby bump and touch it to sleep 

When I ask Little-big-boss Uto, “There would be no more baby bump when baby is out.”
He would then say, “Mommy, get back the baby bump again!, I want 10 babies!” (counting fingers..) 

Us three is going to be us four 
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Us No.4 added to the world 
Weight: 3618g
Length: 50cm

Little-big-boss Kta 

Another one looking like the first 2 bosses!

How joyous it would be again to have a baby all over again 

They are just so cute and tiny!!

The bubbly toes! Small and big, still bubbly!! 
(3 years old  newborn)

The fondest moment  milk time 

Another 2 years plus of no alcohol though…
Still worth it just to get to see this lovely after-milk-face  

This is my newborn  Little-big-boss Kta 




 Kta 
 20160424~20160428
 0 day ~ 4 days old
 0日~ 4日歳

When I knew that I was pregnant, needless to say, I was super excited   

How I wished to tell everyone the good news, just like anyone would do.

Even after I’ve got through my first trimester, a stable stage during pregnancy, I was still reluctant to get this news to public.., even to my friends..

Unlike my first pregnancy, which went all public with overly excitement us, who did not think much of any circumstances that might occurred..

What I wanted to reveal is, exactly one year before I knew I was pregnant with my new Little-big-boss, I was pregnant

A pic from year 2014 September

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But a miscarriage..
I felt like I was brought up high to the sky when I got a “line” on the pregnancy test, and being slammed back down to the bottom of the earth  when the doc told me that this baby is not likely to be growing inside my tummy..

There was no heartbeat detected on my 7 weeks checkup..

This miscarriage was really an experience for me. A valued one.

I was shocked and sad, but not extremely.

I did my research and knew that, especially for an early miscarriage, it was not an accident, nor a fault from the outside or inside. It was a coincidence.

It was due to chromosomal abnormality. A cause that is biologically natural that would occurred to anyone, even if you are a completely healthy person.

It was said that in 10 pregnancies, there is a very high percentage that one pregnancy will end up on a miscarriage of chromosomal abnormality..
Just that I got it on my second pregnancy.. (kinda? )

It is not a rare case.

To think of me myself is a living being, this miscarriage is just a natural occurrence. Not a thing that can be prevented.
In fact, I considered this as lucky, where I didn’t carry this  abnormality to a further stage..
Most of the time, the nature is all made up very fine itself. The body knows something is wrong and tried to terminate it.

This fact balanced up my shattered feeling a lot.

Though sad and confused, I was kinda ok with my feeling.

Just that, I was afraid to face the upcoming pain.

I chose not to have a D & C surgery (Dilation and Curettage). I chose to wait for the fetus to come out by itself.

I was told that I shouldn’t wait for too long for it might cause an infection.

Yeah, I can’t deny that I was still carrying a slight hope that this baby is growing inside.. maybe the doc missed out something, or maybe the heart hasn’t start beating yet only?, lost counting cz of my irregular menstruation? 

I had a time limit of 4 weeks, if nothing miracle or the not-growing fetus is not coming out naturally, I will have to undergo the D & C procedure..

Obviously, there was no miracle.

I waited without any signs but knowing that my baby is not growing inside me..for like more than 3 weeks.
-It was dreadful..

A few days before my D & C appointment, I started bleeding.

At last some sign!

Bleeding from really light to heavy with lots of clots. One of this clots is supposedly the fetus..

I was still bleeding until the day of my appointment..

I was hoping that my tummy is cleared but no.. fetus still there..
But doc said it will come out soon, so we decided not to perform the surgery yet.

True enough, at night on the same day, I felt like my womb was going to tear off! Felt so heavy and pain. Much bleeding and with more clots! Big one!

Some people said this felt like a mini labor, and I couldn’t agree more.

The pain came very gradually.

Felt so much pain at one point and so much was coming out that I need to get rid of them in the toilet..

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The great pain subsided on the same night..

Went to the doc the next day, and as expected, all is gone.

I was relieved.
Studies and researchers revealed that early miscarriage (due to chromosomal abnormality) is not all a bad news. It also proved that we can conceive normally, and most likely the next pregnancies are going to be good one with a healthy baby  Most of the time, miscarriage is a one-time occurrence.

So if anyone is experiencing the same case, don’t worry too much!
This is also an episode of life  which still not a bad one, just a coincidence.
(If this is hard for you to accept, maybe try to think that your baby forgot something and he just went back to God to get it )

My only concern after that was, I couldn’t made it to give a look on my not-growing fetus..

2-3 months of rest, we tried to conceive again. I wish that my baby comes back to me as soon as possible to fill my lost.

And he did! -exactly 1 year after that
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Once again, meet Kta, my new Little-big-boss! Freshly out from the oven

Time flies~

Little-big-boss is getting into kindergarten, his first step to the social world,
a new everyday without mommy and daddy~

I’ve been telling him things about Kindergarten,
bringing him to events organised by different kindergartens nearby,
getting him well prepared mentally sort of .
So, he was actually quite looking forward to join in since months ago 
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He has little friends in the same kindergarten 

Friends he knows from swimming school 

Yeah, he looked pretty confident during the ceremony day~
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On the first day,
I thought he would at least nag a bit..

But, he just hold the teacher hand and went in together nervously that he forgot to say bye-bye to mommy 

During pick-up time, the class teacher said Little-big-boss was a little bit nervous but was having fun doing all the activities in the class 
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Nothing is more relieving seeing your precious is happy joining in the group without the tearing sniffing part 

 Happy Kindergarten Life my Little-big-boss  

 20160409
 3years 7months 22days
 3歳 7か月 22日

Wanna have a piece of pizza specially made by a 3 years old boy  

Totally supervised and hygienic
Apron on
Cap on
Hand washed before touching any food

What do you say   
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Let’s see how Little-big-boss did it to gain your trust on a 3 years old kid 

Start with a pizza dough which was already made before hand.

Put the dough on the counter and knead.

Try to make it flat and round to it’s size!

Next, spread pizza sauce on top thoroughly.

Now this is the most important part for me 
No cheese no pizza.
So more CHEESE

Different ingredients make all types of pizza
What do you prefer? 

Looks yummy already~

Almost there,
raw pizza is ready to go through the stove~
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In just a few minutes,
Here it is A well cooked yummy pizza 
Final step, roll-cut the pizza into pieces 

All DONE 

How was it? 
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Just to gain your trust more,

He is a fully-trained staff by the manager 

He even got his certificate from Kids Pizza Academy certifying his ability as a pizza maker at Domino’s Pizza 

So, so, so what d’ya say  

Haha~
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After work,

Little-big-boss and his little-colleagues went to the park to have their lunch 

Yes, a picnic pizza lunch! 

To master in pizza-making, they make their own pizza pretty often – for test tasting! 
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Pizza is high in calories 

So they usually go on to a few runs on their respective bikes after meal 

Enjoying the nature of the park, freeing all the stress from work, or maybe life itself  

Little-big-boss talks a lot, but sometimes his friends were just not listening..
so he gets a bit emotional at times 
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Anyways,

Pizza by the next generation 






     
*This was just a program for kids to experience pizza-making by Domino’s Pizza*
     






 20160120
 3years 4months 18days
 3歳 4か月 18日

My Little-big-boss is THREE  (this year  yeah, it was from last September )
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Been very busy with moving the house, cleaning the new house and some sicknesses..
Found no time and the mood to blog until lately 

I guess I need to get this up before the year end..
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Like the previous years, we celebrated Little-big-boss 3rd birthday with some DIY decoration with a little help from Little-big-boss , some party-like food , and mommy handmade birthday cake  

Yes, a family birthday party, only the three of us

Simple birthday meal for the night 

Sharing with daddy~
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Next, the birthday cake 
I’m not so good with cakes making yet..
This may consider not too bad I guess  I mean the taste 
A banana sponge cake with choco flakes

After the birthday song, the candle blowing,
the cake monster is getting ready to munch the CAKE

Munch, munch, munch..
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Next, pressie time~
Instead of toys, he got a Ripstik braveboard 
It’s a rolling board with 2 wheels instead 4 wheels 
(Might be still too early for a 3 year old..)
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Lastly, family picture time  
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On a different day,

Little-big-boss celebrated birthday with his little friends 

Every friend bring some food and we shared 

Birthday lunch with friends 
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Some play-time with the girl friends

And of course, the boy friends too
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Birthday donuts time 
Yes! Instead of a birthday cake, we had birthday animal donuts to celebrate

Everyone was going to decide which one they want to munch 

All 3 years old blowing the candles together 
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Little-big-boss happy getting pressie from his little friends 

Obviously more happy after opening all the pressie 

He was very excited with the balloon pressie too 

Kept playing non-stop for quite long
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Happy 3rd birthday~!






In fact,

I think it’s time to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR haha

Have a GREAT YEAR ahead 

On hot hot weather in Malaysia,

Yes, water playing days non-stop

At PJ Palms Sports Centre in Petaling Jaya

The water slide

SPLASSSSSSH

He was having so much fun and like so familiar on the slide with lots of stances sliding down until he got to an accident bumping on to a kid who kept blocking the way down at the exit of the slide..

His parents were no where to be seen! He was a foreigner who doesn’t speak English, which he didn’t seem to care for my warning till the unfortunate accident resulting Little-big-boss got hurt and bleed on the his lips..

I was trying to avoid this and been very careful guarding Little-big-boss and my nephew, making sure nobody was down at the exit again trying to climb up from the slide..

The slide was a curved slide where you can’t see actually if anybody was blocking when you are up the slide.
I warned and made sure the kid was not near there.
I can’t watch 2 ways up and down at the same time.

And there when the accident happened The kid was back at the exit!

I know it was also my responsibility to let this happened!

But I still need to make this statement!

Parents out there, please do look after your children, especially when they are in the pool and watch over them not only for their own safety but also others. And plus, so that they don’t break the rules and disturb other children playing at the same place

My case here,
he is your child, he doesn’t understand English, Malay and Chinese in Malaysia and doesn’t seem to listen to me. Do all these make enough reasons for you to even have to guard and guide them

Other than that, we had fun
This place was quite nice with restaurants surrounding the pool.

Website: http://www.pjpalms.com/
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Next,
At LOST WORLD of TAMBUN in Ipoh

I went back to my hometown, Ipoh!
The town, a valley that surrounded by mountains!

We went to the LOST WORLD,
a theme park with water
which located just under the mountains

Yay! Under the big raining mushroom

With his big cousin brother, Yang gorgor

On a big float

The warm water pool

My sexy little man






This was actually quite a fun place especially with small kids

They have a big water park area
They have a big dry theme park
They have a petting zoo park
They have a tiger valley
They have a hot spring spa 
etc, etc, etc~

Though we ended up the whole day just in the water park.. (a few rides in the dry park..)

Would love to explore more the next round

Website: http://sunwaylostworldoftambun.com/

 20150720
 1051 days old
 2歳10か月18日 / 2 yrs-10 mths-18 days