Daddies Day

Its Daddies Day this Sun so I'm wishing all the fathers out there a very Happy Daddies Day!

While I was driving to work this morning, JJ & Ian at Hitz.fm was talking about how they're replacing Daddies Day with Mommies day because they think Mommies deserve two days instead of one which, I agree because i'm a mom myself and I deserved to be pampered ahahahha! but Daddies play a certain role in upbringing their kids so they do deserve a day in the year (Yes, it includes how they teach our sons to burp and fart like a man among other USEFUL lessons in life) .... So listening to them on the radio this morning got me to ponder on how my relationship was with my dad.

Dad has always been the "Tim The Tool Man Taylor" minus all the wrecking Tim used to do in the series ahahahha. Being the eldest, dad was always including me in doing all the minor repairs in the house (plumbing, wiring, etc), minor car repairs (mainly because I got small hands that can fit in small area in the engine) and his various woodwork and steel work projects. I spent most of my teenage life being the "jack of all trades" in the house mainly because dad was transferred to Tawau for a few years so all the minor repairs fell on my hands. I remembered feeling like I've accomplished something great everytime I managed to fix something without dad's help. I remembered that I loved getting black engine oil on my hands and face when helping dad fix our souped-up double cab we called 'BigFoot' and changing the all the normal tyres to the big-ass-up-to-my-waist type humongous tyres all by myself if dad's going hunting for wild boars. He also taught me how to cut up and clean the WHOLE wild boar with parang and blow torch.

When I was about 6 or 7, he taught me how to swim. During those days, my dad had a boat and almost twice a month we would go out to Pulau Sapi or Manukan or Mamutik for bbq with some family and friends. So this particular day, we went out with most of my cousins and uncles and aunties. When dad parked the boat at the jetty, all my cousins jump straight into the sea to swim to shore. I didnt know how to swim so I stayed in resting my chin at the side of the boat envying my cousins who was having so much fun. Guess what dad did? He picked me up from behind and threw me in the water! He was shouting "Branang! Branang!" from the boat. So within a split second, i taught myself how to swim in order to survive ahahahhaha, well, branang kampung style lah ikikikiki. I guess he wasnt too worried coz some of my older cousins were still swimming around the boat. All i can say is, his 'teknik' worked on me.

My dad took up diving when I was 9 and he signed me up for SSI Junior Open Water diver when i was 11/12. A year later, my dad became an instructor. We had 20 tanks, a huge amount of bcds, masks, fins, weight belts (some which me and my dad made ourself), regulators etc etc and even the compressor to fill up the tanks. We dived (either just the two of us but most of the time with students or other friends) almost every weekend and when we got home after the dives, there I am, cursing under my breath coz i have to soak and clean all the equipments and when its dry put it back in the store room. Then come next weekend, there I am again, packing all the stuff into our trailer and filling up the tanks the day before. Hmmm maybe thats why i was so slim last time ahahahahh! I remembered one incident when my dad went diving with Uncle Will Lai. We were then to mabuk laut to dive so we stayed in the boat. So there goes my dad in the water with Uncle Will. 5 minutes later he surfaced. I thought something might be wrong with his gear. He took out the regulator from his mouth and said "Patutlah galap...." while taking off his mask and took off his SUNGLASSES to hand it over to me MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH! On another incident, we went diving around Pulau Sapi, just the two of us. When we were in the water, I was busy trying to catch up with Dad coz he was wearing the black hard heavy flippers so he didnt have to flip/paddle hard but he went fast and i was wearing my pink and black soft flippers my dad bought for me for my bday (whole set of diving gear in pink and black!) so i had to really kick to catch up. Then he stopped at a drop off, the water in front of me looked dark blue. I was so happy he stopped coz i wasnt enjoying my dive at that point, not one bit! When i finally caught up with him, there right in front of my face a big shiny barracuda passed by inches from my mask. Nearly had a heart attack i tell you!!!!

Yeah, I had a lot of fond memories with dad. Too many to mention here. Yes, I've been a brat at times but dad's patience level can be quite amazing...

So Cheers to you Daddy!
(altho he dont drink anymore)
Happy Daddies Day Babe!
Happy Daddies Day to Daddy In Law!
Happy Daddies Day to Eriq too!

I LAP YOUS!!!!!! MUAKS!

28th May 2009

My bro Json had an accident on the 28th May while driving to Bintulu to visit Steph, his gf. He lost control of the car and it ended up doing a back flip twice and fortunately it didnt land turtle. My mom called me up that day to tell me and I was shaking when she told me. I thought both my bros was in the car coz I knew Bro JJ was suppose to join his. For some fortunate reason, Bro Json didnt wake Bro JJ up so he ended up leaving by himself. I'm very thankful to God for protecting him and he just suffered some cuts and bruises. He was even joking about it saying he felt like superman while the car flipped and "Starring mah sia!" with a big smile on his face (jeezzzzz! I felt like knocking his head when he said that! AHHAHHAHAHAHA)

Here are some pics...

So I guess we'll be having a road trip to Miri again when the car is done fixing....

My Weekend...

Last Friday, we had our Good Friday holiday so we had a long weekend off from work. So, here's how my weekend went...

Thurday night after putting Dylan to sleep, I finally watch Benjamin Button that has been sitting on top of my tv for the last 2 weeks. Loved the movie, SO SEDIH! Especially the part right at the end where the baby closed his eyes... HUAAAAAAHHHH! Thank god Hubby was downstairs watching tv, if not kena kasi malu lagi ikikikik...

anyway after drying my tears, I went downstairs to watch astro with Hubby. Its been awhile since we actually cuddled together to watch tv, so it was a treat. We watched 'WIPEOUT' and it was HILLARIOUS!!! Dont know if you've ever watched it but its an obstacle course game type program where the winner stands to win USD50k.

Friday morning, Hubby, Dylan and I went for Kon Lau Ikan breakfast with MIL and SIL in Sunny Garden. Then lepak at home for a little while before going to my parents house in Likas. Dylan took a nap so me and Hubby went to get the car washed. Then went to St Simon for mass. Tapao food the went home. At night after Dylan went to sleep. I went for drinks at The Loft with my boss and colleagues and two friends visiting from Singapore, Sol Foo and Vika.

Saturday morning and afternoon just stayed home and played with Dylan coz Hubby had to work. Showed Dylan some online baby games on Fisher-Price website so he was happilly banging away on my pc keyboard. Went for karaoke, drinks and pool at Le Face with my friends and colleagues. Tried to sing, but damn my voice didnt want to join the fun. Was croacking by the end of it ahahahha...

Sunday went for dim sum at our favorite place called SeaPark in Bornion. Will post some pics next time I go there ekekek... went home, all 3 of us took a nap. Then Dylan woke up so we played somemore. He is walking all by himself by now... here's a very short video of him walking...

After that he walked to my brother's room, knocked the door then when my brother open it he would quickly walk away laughing. Wished i had that on video ahahahah!

In the afternoon, went out with Mom, Dad and Dylan to Wawasan Plaza coz Dad wanted to get some new pants. Went to dinner then waited for Hubby who went to entertain some clients before going back to Menggatal.

That was my Easter weekend, how about yours?

Dad's been sick... again...

One of the reason why I've been lagging on my posts was because my dad got admitted to the hospital yet again the day after Dylan's birthday splash. I applied for leave the day after Dylan's bday to bring Dylan for his jab at the clinic but I was also thinking about bringing Dad to SMC coz he didn't looked too good the day before.

I was secretly plotting my plan to kidnap him after Dylan's jab ekekeke (coz he usually wouldnt go unless really necessary).... So that night, after putting Dylan to sleep, we played jimrami again as usual coz Kakak and family was still in KK. At 1am, we all stopped and went to bed la. But I couldnt sleep eventho was sooo sleepy so I watch an episode of House. When I finally got to sleep, I kept waking up every hour (macam tidak senang hati ni) til suddenly my mobile rang (set my mobile to say the name of the caller) at around 5am. True enough, my mom called to tell me that Dad is in SMC because he was complaining of chest pain and breathlessness. Right after I talked to mom, Dylan woke up. So me and hubby got dressed and left Dylan with MIL and DIL.

Arrived SMC at around 6am and Dad was in the ward. He was wearing the oxigen mask and complaining about his chest, so me and Mom massage his back, head and neck. After that the Dr Liew came to check on him and found out that he actually has water in the lungs because his kidney could no longer filter out the water. The tube in his arm (done in a small surgery to prepare for his dialysis two months ago) was not in good shape yet to use so they had to do a small surgery to insert another tube in the vein at the side of his neck for emergency dialysis. Right after that he was wheeled off to ICU. Had a chat with the doc and he said Dad should've gone for dialysis a month ago but you know la, Dad is very stubborn and all the while saying he will not go for it as long as he can survive without dialysis. But at last, doc said he came very very close to you know what and he really needs it now (that made my heart stopped for a little while).

For the next few days, alot of our family, his friends, staffs and colleagues came to visit him (until kena marah the nurse coz non-stop ppl come ekekek). He was happilly chatting away with them (I kept his mobiles with me so that he gets some rest tho I didn't (not complaining!) coz I had to entertain lots of his calls and replying smses). On Thurday, he was well enough to move to the normal ward and finally went home last Tuesday afternoon.

Many thanks to all the doctors and nurses of SMC who took great care of my Dad and also to all his friends, staffs and colleagues who took the time to see him while he was in SMC. I'm really touched and blessed to see that my Dad meant alot to many people. Thank you God from the bottom of my heart for keeping my Dad safe....

Sis in law and Family balik kampung and Dylan's 1st bday

Yahoooo! My sis in law (short formed to Kak), brother in law (short formed to BIL) and my sweet niece Wen Wen and nephew Orlando are coming back to KK tomorrow! I can't wait!!!! The house will be noisy with my niece saying "No Baby boy No! No Baby D No!", Orlando singing his alphabets but instead of the alphabets he goes "YA YA YA YA YA YA YA..." and so on until the song is finished, jimrami blocks knocking around (aaahhh music to my ears!) and Kak and I strapped to our seats at the jimrami table while keeping an eye on the kids.

Our daily routine would be like this... The hubbies would usually go off for a round of golf in the morning. Then us girls and the kids would go for breakfast and jalan jalan for a bit then come home. When the kids are having their afternoon nap (IF they go to sleep!), then the 3 of us minus SIL (but sometimes we have to coax her to play so that we have enough kaki) would quitely continue our round of jimrami while waiting for the kids to wake up. Kids wake up, jimrami on pause, kids makan. Hubbies come home, go mandi. Sambung play jimrami. by 6 or 7, jimrami on pause, everybody else go mandi then all go out for dinner. After dinner, come home, put the kids straight to bed, 4 kaki play jimrami. Between 12 to 3am (depending on how sleepy all the kaki are), jimrami on pause, everybody go to sleep then next morning repeat step 1...

ahahah best kan! But this time around they are coming back for Dylan's 1st Bday Splash this Sunday. I say splash because it will be a pool party for the kids, with a special performance by a clown and lots of balloons and cake! Oh My God! So cepat my Baby Dylan is going to be 1! The party is this Sun but his actual bday is on 26th March. Now am having a headache organising the guest lists, RSVPs, Maybes from FB, emails and smses. Some have not RSVP'd so Im not sure if they are coming or not so i guess i have to call them. Anyway, will post some pics of the party next week!