Taken For Granted? Part I
This actually happened more than a week ago, but i didn’t wanna write about it then.. because obviously i wasn’t pleased at all when it happened.
2 weeks ago.. on a Friday.. the usual day .. that was my free day at the store.. since i had Keegan to babysit… i ordered chinese food with dear Mr Choo from the new restaurant at 5.30pm, since i was already getting hungry. At 5.45pm, the girl at the restaurant .. called to say.. that she didn’t know what i had ordered “beef hor fun” .. so she wanted me to speak directly to Mr Choo, which i did. Being a Friday and all.. i can understand that he was very busy.. so when he said.. food would be ready at 6.15pm.. i readily agreed.
6.15pm came and went.. i sent PB to collect the food at the chinese restaurant.. which was about 5 mins walk from our store. PB came back.. without the food.. citing that Mr Choo had waved him off.. saying “busy, busy now..!!”
Playing Tai-Chi.. NOT!
One thing good about the ang moh hor.. is that they never blame the wife.. if the child is naughty. Most chinese man i know.. like my father lah.. and my grandfather.. and even my brothers.. they blame the woman/wife.. if the kid/s is naughty.
This morning.. the brat of ours.. was cranking up.. and wanting her own way.. like the way she bullies me. I just got up.. and was in the washroom.. and heard PB tell chloe.. “no chloe.. you are not getting your way .. because everytime.. mummy let you eat elsewhere .. you don’t eat and you bully her, so you are not eating anywhere else except the high chair”
Actually truth be told hor.. i let chloe get away with murder.. i do scream at her.. once she pushes me too far. But most times.. i’m quite patient and let her do whatever she wants. Like eating in the TV room lah.. or eating on her bed in the puter room lah.. or even let her watch tv.. when she wakes up first thing in the morning.. just to keep her quiet. The only time i loose my cool.. is when i am hungry.. and she is still fussing.. and refuses to let me cook or eat.. NOW..!! that’s when i give up.. and either spanked her.. or scream my lungs out at her. I digress.
Just a little Obsessed
Yah.. i’m pretty obsessed…!! Obsessed with what..?? with chinese things.. anything chinese..! like now .. i am listening to Anita Mui’s song while i am typing this. And most times..i play chinese/cantonese music .. at the store.
I love my chinese shows.. more than “ang moh” shows. Love chinese food more than “ang moh” food. I donch remember being so obsessed before.. when i was in Asia. Even when i was travelling for work hor.. i rarely pick chinese food to eat.. i always wanna try some “ang moh” food. But these days hor.. no amount of cajoling would make me like “ang moh” food.
Like my mum would have said.. “huan siong” .. yup.. and quite so..! At one point hor.. everytime we have the store open, i play George Lam’s “Choy Sun Dou” ..! Yup..!! I’m just surprised .. PB hasn’t said anything about it yet..! i bet he must be thinking.. “there we go again.. the crazy chinese song” .. muahhahahhahahaha!!
Hard To Please .. eh..?
Yup.. PB is making beef stew for tomorrow at 12.30am. All the cutting and cleaning up..and boiling water.. and sauces.. he is doing it all.
I’m just too sick.. to do anything..! i lost my voice.. ! and i’m super pissed..!! Plus PPP got no good opp the whole day..!! the day .. i am free to do whatever i want.. since i have a babysitter. Tuesday.. i had a good opp.. but blogsome was done…!! KILL ME..!! i digress.
Yup.. i very lucky hor.. no need to cook..?? yah.. coz’ i’m punishing PB for not getting me ice to eat for the whole day.. and now.. when i wanna cook for myself.. i kenna have to wait for him to finish cooking. He better wash all the “ka-chang” or else.. the lightning God..!!
Ya.. ya..! i’m a B.I.T.C.H .. when i am sick..! and I wanna eat pei tan chook !!!! No pei tan .. and no maggie instant porridge.. so how..?? eat sandwich with a cup of tea lah..!! then take medication .. and go to bed lor..!! the joy of living in ulu, ulu Canada..!! all in the name of LOVE..!! very costly hor..??
Backfired
My MIL has the same sense of humour as PB. When i told her.. that i lost my voice today.. she said.. “must be very quiet over there today” ..! Muahahhahhaa!! Very funny…!!
And my reply was .. NO..!! far from it..! i was even louder.. to get heard..!! hahahha!! Nothing can stop this “Bili Bala” .. if i claimed to be #2 Kaypoh Queen.. no one would dare to claim that they are #1 ..!! hahahhahaha!!
I Thought I’m Stronger
Arrrghhhh..!! i’m freaking sick..!! yup.. ! and i thought i wasn’t getting it .. when PB and chloe got ill during the weekend. But yesterday came.. and i was so damn sick..!!!
Running nose.. headache.. sore throat..!! i hate the sore throat part though..!
And then this morning.. i woke up with a really, really bad headache.. and boy .. was i feeling lousy..!! i didn’t think i was able to go into the store.. at all today.. but i took a shower.. and took some tylenol.. and came into the store.
I do feel alot better now though.. i took more medication after coming into work and my throat donch hurt so much. I just wished PB would get me some ice.. to crunch on.. and not look disgusted when i am doing it. Sometimes.. i wished i can stay home.. just because i wanna crunch my ice.. because my throat just is a bitch to take care of.. and crunching ice .. keeps my sore throat at bay.
One Advantage At Last
Yup..! i finally realised.. that there is an advantage living in this town.. since moving to Canada.
Now donch laugh.. it’s true.. and for those who have trouble losing weight.. and can never seems to maintain a decent weight.. move to my town here.. in Canada.. and i assure you .. you wouldn’t put on any weight.. even when you are pregnant.. and in fact .. like me lost weight..!
Yup.. when i first came to Canada.. i was much heavier than now.. !! after having Chloe.. my weight was all time low.. and i didn’t even have to diet.. !! and a few years later.. i did put on some weight.. but not nearly as i was .. when i first came.. and yes.. i know i’ve lost weight.. coz’ the clothes that i first bought when i first arrived.. that was quite fitting.. i can wear them now. And my rings.. they keep falling out..! from my fingers.
So anyone cannot lose weight.. or wanna have a baby.. and every doctor say you cannot have one.. because of whatever the reason.. just move to my town.. and you will both lose weight .. and have a baby.
Motivated Blissfulness
This year’s Seafest is just round the corner. Now if you remembered.. we had made a big deal about it.. and tried our best to give the best back to the town.
This year we’ve decided not to do much.. because we have so many things lined up that needs our constant attention. PB and I are constantly kept busy beyond what we can handle.. now that we have corporate clients to take care of. Even though we are busier this year, we’ve decided not to hire anymore help.. and try to work harder on our own..due to the fact that we’ve never been lucky with our employees. For the past 6 months.. PB and I experienced nothing but bliss..! We were able to work out a schedule that fitted everyone.. and the customer/s and we saved alot of money from not hiring anyone additional. Best of all.. we just have to be nice to ourselves. Bliss..!
Sure we worked alot harder.. but nothing beats keeping all the money to yourself.. muahahahhahahhahaa!! an no more headaches..!
Good Neighbours At Arms-Length
A few days ago, after coming back from the store, and chloe was out playing with her Papa, she came in to let me know that baby was outside.
My good neighbour whom we rarely see happened to be out there with their baby boy. I haven’t seen him alot because they are very busy people and the child is already more than a year old. The last i’ve seen him, he was just a baby. So you see how busy both our families are..?? and we are just staying beside each other.
Like i’ve said many a times.. good neighbours .. they leave us alone.. and they go about their own thing. Should they be outside the house.. when we drive into our driveway, we just nod.. and go our own way. That’s the way we like it. What about you ..?? Do you have neighbours like us..?? or do you visit and become close friends with your neighbours.. and visit each other .. everyday for coffee and tea..???
Not the Strongest Worker
The truth is sometimes very hard to listen to .. and at times.. it might even hurt you. But we tell the truth as it is.. to most of our ex-workers and the truth is.. ppl donch change eh..?? even after many years later.. you still hear ppl talk about your ex-workers.
And guess what they say..?? “not the strongest worker” or even “mediocre worker” as we had talked among ourselves when they were working for us.
Truth be told.. we’ve gone thru’ so many employees.. and tried so hard to give everyone a chance .. and in the end.. it is usually not in our favour .. which makes us realized.. how fortunate we are .. that we do not have to depend on anyone now, coz’ just a few days ago.. a customer was in .. and is currently working with one of our ex-workers.. and he had said.. to us.. that he cannot wait to fire him because that person is just plain lazy. And about a week ago, a collection agency was calling high and low.. for one of our ex-worker who haven’t worked here for about a year now. Ppl donch changed.. more than a year ago.. we already predicted.. this was gonna happen.. and it did.
Sad as it may be.. some ppl just isn’t worth our time… especially those .. who thinks the whole world is against them.. or those who is just plain weird.
Hurray, No TB!
Sorry to disappoint .. but i was told this afternoon .. by the immigration doctor .. that i donch have TB..!! muahhahahhahahaha!!
Yup.. it was a real relieved eh..! and thank you all for your prayers.. and good wishes.
All my papers are in order.. and it looks like i’m all set for immigration.. just waiting now. Everything seems cleared.. well except for my damn fibroids.. but we won’t tell anyone eh..! Yup.. this time…round.. they compared my chest x-ray with those taken in 2005 and then a month ago.. in Halifax.. and now .. the ones taken here in Yarmouth. Yup.. i’m in the clear..! can’t be happier.. i tell ya..!!
Good health is so important..!! now i can gorged myself.. with more chinese food.. muahahhahaha!! and reward myself…. 
Daddy & Daughter Sick
Yup..! poor PB and chloe.. both came down with a cold.. and sniffing.. and sneezing alot..!!
Chloe was a great spot today though at the store.. albeit wanting to ride her bike outside the store.. ever so often. She kept saying she wasn’t sick anymore.. but the running nose sure.. doesn’t say otherwise though. No fever or anything at the moment.. hopefully she sleeps the whole nite.. and not wake up like she did yesterday. She did wake up at 2 something.. but went back to sleep in no time.
As for PB .. well… you can see he is tired.. but he is still helping out with dishes and bottles. He claims that he is not THAT sick. Well.. i’m kinda feeling like i’m coming down with something..and nope.. it’s not good at all..!
PS : No such luck.. she woke up at 1.20am.. looking for milky.. and sniffing bad..!
Miracle Worker We Are Not
Received a phone call just a few minutes ago.. at the store. Caller asked PB if he fixes games..?? We do have a machine that we had paid 600 bucks for to repair scratch disk .. be it PS2 games.. Xbox games.. or even movies. But caller seems to want a miracle.. he asked PB if he can do anything.. if a chunk of the disk is missing..! Hahahhahahaahahahahahahahah!!!
OMG..!!! how retarded can ppl be.. ??? I told PB .. that he should have told them.. “he is no Miracle Worker!” You tell me lah.. how to repair anything if a chunk has come off..??
Ppl are so smart here.. eh..??
Crook R’ Us
When you have a toddler.. you know for sure.. you have to have alot of tricks up your sleeves for any kinda of situation.
Chloe had hives this morning.. but she refused to drink her allergy medication.. and we couldn’t let her have another bottle of milk.. because that was all she had .. the whole nite.. with her cold and cough medication. No matter what we promised.. or threatened.. she just wouldn’t have anything to do with her allergy medication.
So what do sneaky parents like us do..??? We gave her some chips.. and pepsi.. and guess what was in the pepsi..?? Kekekkekeke!! yup.. no prizes for guessing.. hahha!! she finished her pepsi.. but was a wee bit skeptical that we were giving her pepsi.. because we rarely do it. But she watched her Toopee and Binoo .. and had her pepsi.. but didn’t finished her chips.. since it wasn’t the one she liked.
Saying the Funniest Things
“I’m having a badddd day!” is one of them..!
“I’m mad now!” .. is another one.. if a customer blocks her way.. while she is riding her bike.
“OK .. Mum..!!” when she wants to do something naughty.
“I’m gonna be VERRRY careful .. Mom..!” when she is climbing onto something high that she isn’t supposed to.
I’ll add more.. when i hear or think of something else.
Freaking Signatures Are Expensive Here..!
As you all know.. i had to take another x-ray .. here in town.. because my previous one in Halifax showed a certain shadow they can’t identify. So after making the appt to do it last week, i was told to come back the next day.. as the x-ray machine was out of order.
Nevermind.. i’m at their mercy.. so i didn’t say too much.. and came back the next day.. and was a good sport too. The next day.. got a call from our dear hospital here.. in this town.. and was told that the radiologist gotta see me.. before he would sign the papers for me. So the technician who took my x-ray.. cannot vouch for me..?? so the tech didn’t see my face..??
Anyways.. as a good sport.. i went to the hospital to collect the x-ray disk… and let the radiologist see that it’s truly me. And when i arrived at the hospital.. the paper came back unsigned because he claimed no need to sign.. coz’ it was to IWK hospital. Then why asked me to go ..?? And then i got the nurses there to call Halifax.. and Halifax told them must sign.. and you know what.. ??? i didn’t even get to see the darn radiologist.. at all..!! he was inside one of the rooms.. only the receptionist/nurse spoke to me all this time.
Ya..she was very nice and all.. but that’s not the point right..?? you asked me to come.. then you donch wanna sign the paper..and then didn’t even see me..?? WTCHECK..! Plus i paid 99 bucks for the x-ray you know.. !! not free you know..!! KNNCCB..!!
PB said.. these days.. no one wants to put their signature on anything..! Wah Lau Oiiii..!! like dat also can ka..??
Donch Say Tat, Mummy..!
We were getting ready to get outta the house this morning.. to go to the store.. and i had gone into the bedroom to get changed. And then i went “Ahhhhhhh..!!” screaming like..! because the bed wasn’t made.. ! ya.. i am anal that way.
So i said.. “lousy papa” ..!! i even told chloe to say.. “lousy papa” .. and chloe said.. to me.. “donch say that.. mummy..!” “that’s not very nice..!” .. hahahhah!!
Papa’s defender.. ?? Ya.. she can be sweet like that.. but at times.. arrrrghhh..!! she is just beyond reasoning.
Summery Day At Last..?
What a nice and warm day it was today..! very summery like.. but the wind was cool.. but that’s alright.. it was still warmer than most days.
If you all donch know by now.. even summer here can be really chilly. We donch get very much warm days. But the house was really hot.. and the store.. was cool.. just nice.. kinda cool.
Chloe did good playing by herself.. alot.. and also went out on bike rides just outside the store. She was quite relentless when asking to go out for rides..and insisted and said.. “please.. please.. please.. please..” till we said.. ok. But really how to say no .. to her.. if only we had more time to play with her.. instead of working.. and trying to make a living.
New Venture/New Leads
PB and I have been approached by someone locally to work on something together.. for a few months now.. and we are prepping ourselves up for it. Unfortunately, we are unable to disclose what it is right now.. outta international patent issues.
But today.. i am unable to contain my excitement.. because i’ve seen this product work miraculously on my brat..! yes.. on my brat..! i donch know if it was instantly or not.. but it worked.
My brat was out playing in the front yard .. and PB had just mowed the lawn yesterday.. so with the newly mowed lawn.. there were lots of mosquitoes.. and of course.. who did those insects go for..?? THE BRAT..! yup.. she had a good few bites on her hands and legs.. and it was itching alright when she got into the house. PB took the new “venture” out.. and used it on her.. and no it is not a mosquito product or an insect product or any kinda cream… this is a totally organic thing we are talking about.. and not meant for insect bites or mosquito bites.. but because this organic thing/new venture that we had in hand as sample contact an organic mineral in it.. that can take care of insect bites.. PB used it on Chloe because he used it on himself .. a few weeks ago.. when he was bitten by a tick.
During dinner time at 7pm.. i checked chloe’s arms and legs.. and they were GONE..! yes gone..!! Absolutely no sign of it..!! Miraculous right..?? I think alot of ppl in Malaysia can use it .. for their kids.. because look at poor Jayden.. Sasha’s son..! and Papa Joneh’s son who had chicken pox recently. This organic thing can be used to eliminate itch and spots and all. No need to put calamine lotion .. and turn your kid into a white looking monster.. hahhahahha!! this is transparent.. no smell.. no taste.. not poisonous.. !! you can drink it.. and you won’t die.
I am very excited .. now that i’ve seen it worked on Chloe. Are you excited for me..?? wait for our announcement ok..
Failure Mummy Is My Name
Yah..!! i’m talking about ME.. yours truly..!! Yup.. ! i’m very sure..!! Every morning.. PB would wake up with the brat.. and give her milky.. feed her breakfast.. and sometimes.. already changed her poopie.. and outta her PJs .. and all… and i sleep till 11am.. sometimes earlier.. if i had to cook for the brat.. for lunch.. or need to take a shower.. before going to the store. But you get the idea.. PB does the morning thingie with Chloe.. waking up sometimes.. as early as 7am.
Today.. again .. the brat woke up at 7am.. and PB woke up with her first.. and when she woke up at 9am.. she looked for me.. so i woke up with her.. hoping to give PB a chance to sleep in .. at least once every couple of weeks.. lah..! You know lah.. ! gotta be kind right..?? hahaha!! Well.. ! as soon as the brat had her milky.. she wanted her waffles.. like NOW..!! ok.. so i did the waffle for her.. and all.. and then started feeding her.. and all.
Next she wanted .. to get outta her high chair.. so she can change into her regular clothings.. and then come back to eat. I said .. “no” .. and guess what.. !! she started screaming and crying..!! And cried she did.. !! big tears.. and screaming.. to WAKE HER PAPA UP..!!! OMG..!!!! I tried to ignore her.. but since she insist on waking her Papa up.. i slapped her on her hand..!! and let her down.. from her high chair. But of course .. not without losing it myself. Yup.. with all the screaming.. from both me and Chloe… PB woke up lah.. of course..! and then kenna spanked some more from PB.
Yup..! what a complete failure right..?? cannot even keep the brat in line.. just for one morning!! After PB woke up and all.. she quieten down.. and didn’t fuss about a change of clothes.. or anything.. because PB said.. to the brat. “We never changed your PJs before breakfast..??” …”why do you always do this to mummy..?? ” Yah.. complete failure.. “hang head down”.
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