Saturday, June 30

This Is Your Life

When I got home from duty today, I saw on the table a new t-shirt that Angie has gotten for me. It is a Giordano t-shirt which, curiously, has prints of quotes from the movie Fight Club.

Upon closer inspection, the t-shirt carries a label that indicates it to be from the "Hong Kong International Film Festival" series.

Fight Club is a feature film adaptation of the similarly named novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The 1999 movie was directed by David Fincher and starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton as the main protagonists.

Now Fight Club is one of my all time fav movies. What is it about? Sorry, can't tell you that.

The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.


Tuesday, June 26

3, 2, 1...Showtime!

Jae is such an 浩恋 baby (Angie will claim it is me Jae takes after in this aspect).

Jae goes full-throttle into her showbiz mode whenever she visits her paternal grandparents (her 爷爷 & 奶奶). For one, she relishes being the centre of attention of everyone present, which sometimes include her 叔叔 & 婶婶. Also, she enjoys the opportunity to be able to perform her newly learnt skills, knowing full well that be them spills or thrills, she'd still be getting full praises from 爷爷 & 奶奶. Furthermore, there'd frequently be new stuff that 爷爷 & 奶奶 will get for Jae (e.g. dolls, drawing board, balls) that becomes props that she uses to hone her "performing skills".

And yes, the 浩恋 Papa of he 浩恋 baby will then shamelessly post video clips of her little antics onto YouTube...

Sunday, June 24

Little Tot, Big Splashes

We were blessed with great weather this morning. So, as promised to our little girl last week, we brought her back to the newly opened outdoor playground at IMM, for some fun splashing time.

We had assumed that the splash area already be in operation when we reached the playground at 0920hrs. Nope, it wasn't. The water systems were not turned on yet. We quickly found out (with some eavesdropping from the other aunties present) that the water would only come in at 10am. Not an issue. We'd just enjoy the regular playground first.

When the fountains came alive and the water jets started spraying, they were greeted by cheers and exclamations of joy from those children who, like Jaimie, had been waiting for this moment. For warm up, Jaimie started playing with those little nozzle fountains, but quickly moved towards the larger, wetter ones.

It was great fun. Only drawback was, one of us had to get wet with Jaimie. Angie got to get me a fresh change of T-shirt from the shops afterwards.

Jae having fun getting wet.

The IT Family were there too (They had immaculate timing - arriving almost immediately after the water sprays kicked in). The mommies share a kodak moment.

So did the daddies.
It's not often that we get to take a 全家福 shot. And this is one that we like a lot. Thanks, Idy.

Saturday, June 23

喝益多,益处多

The cultured drink in the famous little bottle is something that we've been drinking since we were kids. And we are still drinking it now. It's one of those beverages that seems to have been around for as long as we can remember. Like Milo, Horlicks and Ribena.

Yakult is full of the good bacteria strain L. Casei Shirota, which aids in digestion and can lead to better natural defences. Or so says the advert that we've watched since childhood.

There is now yet another benefit of drinking this tiny bottled milk drink.

Behold, the Yakult Catepillar - crude looking improvised toy fabricated by Angie, by stringing together empty Yakult bottles. Jae seems to like it, though...


Wednesday, June 20

A Million Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart

For the longest time (err...well...I guess it's more like a week or so), Jaimie has refused to have me put her to bed for her nighttime sleep. Each night she'd demand for mommy, and mommy alone, to sing her lullabies, to pat her into slumberland.

My bad, actually.

I'd underestimated a child's ability to remember unhappy experiences.

About a week ago, that was the last night I accompanied Jae as she went to bed. She was slightly cranky and kept sitting up or even getting to her feet. Each time I lay her down on her pillow, she'd very quickly get back up again. Having had a tiring day in the office, and expecting a rough day at work the next day, it didn't take long before my patience ran short. Not wanting to enter into yet another bout of attrition, I imposed the most obvious advantage I possess over the little one - size and strength.

I held her up by the armpits and sternly told her that she had to listen to Papa, stop being naughty and quickly go to sleep. Then I held her down on the mattress, restraining her struggles to get up, and ignoring her cries of objection. She soon got tired and eventually relented, quitening down to my rhythmic patting and humming, and fell asleep. Job well done, I thought.

Well done, my foot!

It didn't take long for me to realise that this little episode wasn't without repurcussions. The very next night, she left no room for doubt who she didn't want singing her lullabies. My usual line of "It's ok dear...Papa is here...", which used to work well whenever she cries, now sounded more like a threat rather than a reassurance.

I was rejected by my baby. Completely and utterly.

And this went on night, after night, after night. I had no chance to redeem myself at all.

Until tonight.

There was something different in the way she looked at me when I asked her "Papa pat-pat 你睡觉, ok?". She still appeared to be somewhat uncomfortable, but did not go into her vigourous head-shaking-hands-waving routine. Anything different is good, I thought. So I signalled to Angie that I'd take it from here. When mommy left the room, Jae cried and wanted to get out of the mattress to look for mommy. Fortunately, she wasn't totally unconsolable tonight. With much cajoling and trial-and-error humming of lullabies, I managed to hit jackpot with "End of The World". Not sure why I picked that song, and I couldn't recall the lyrics properly, so I ended up humming the tune instead. In any case, that was the turning point, when Jae really calmed down and became receptive to my half-baked hum-singing, my gentle scratching on her back, my light patting on her arms...my presence besides her.

I feel like I have crossed a hurdle, reached a milestone and learnt a lesson, in the journey of Fatherhood. It's not a lesson I'd readily forget anytime soon, for sure.

As I gaze upon her lightly shut eyes and tiny movements of her tummy rising and falling, I thought of how people always say to count your blessings. And I realised that I couldn't do it.

For how does one count something that is so bountiful that it sees no boundaries?

Tuesday, June 19

媛媛有个好爸爸


这个post绝对是出自于真心的,完全没有阿谀奉承的意思。

自从有了孩子之后,我看到了舒珩特别温柔、慈爱、耐心的一面。有一段日子,当我们很彷徨、很生气、很无奈的时候,舒珩的脾气是明显的暴躁,而且思想极端,言语偏激。那时,我有一度想:“放弃领养孩子吧!这样的爸爸给孩子怎样的影响啊?”但是,事情是冥冥中注定的。孩子给我们带来的快乐是无与伦比的,孩子对我们的影响,也是我们始料不及的。

看着孩子一天天的成长,我也看到孩子的爸爸一天天地变成一个更好的人。我看见他温柔地给孩子讲故事;我看见他热心地参与网络的讨论区来学习育婴的知识;我看见他耐心地教孩子各种各样的知识;我看见他兴致勃勃地带孩子出门玩乐;我看见他在我很累或很忙的时候,体贴地帮我带孩子,让我休息;我看见平时相当节俭的他慷慨地买玩具给媛媛;我看见他俯首甘为孺子牛;我看见他扮演严父,培养孩子的好习惯;我看见他慈爱地抱着孩子,教他唱歌;我看见他从零开始地学习如何泡奶、换尿片、给孩子洗澡;我看见他积极地要做一个好爸爸;我看见他脸上无限的感恩;我看见他心中满满的都是爱。这些改变,都让他成为了一个更好的人。他在很努力地改变自己的一些坏习惯,做一个好榜样给媛媛。我真心觉得,媛媛有一个很好的爸爸。

因为有了媛媛,我们的家庭变得更加快乐和圆满。有不少朋友说我们给媛媛带来了幸福的生活。我纠正他们说,我们和媛媛给彼此带来了幸福的生活!为了媛媛,我们决定领养第二个孩子。我们一直都觉得我们会是两个孩子的父母。虽然有第二个孩子会带来更多的挑战,我们也会更忙,但是我有信心,有了第二个孩子,我们会成为更好的父母。

孩子是上天赐给我们的宝贝。孩子通过不同的管道来到不同的家庭。我们都很珍惜这前世修来的缘分。更感谢孩子让我们成为更好的人。

Sunday, June 17

亲亲我的宝贝

昨天,我坐在地上把一些益多饮料的空瓶子打洞、用绳子串起来,想做一个玩具给媛媛。就在我全神贯注地用螺丝起子在瓶子上穿洞的时候,冷不防脚上一股刺痛!原来媛媛坐在我的脚边,好奇地用她的小手指刮我脚上被我抓伤的疖子。

我看了她一眼,一边继续低下头用力穿洞,一边说:“媛媛!妈妈的脚痛痛了!你抓到痛痛了啦!”

媛媛的下一个动作是出乎我的意料之外的。她竟然俯下身子,去亲亲我的伤口。

媛媛啊,亲亲的我宝贝!但愿你心中永远都充满爱,并且把你心中的爱散播出去给所有你爱的人,还有爱你的人。

Saturday, June 16

左拥右抱


Papa: Come come, take a picture with Papa, my precious...

Mama: Oooh...let's get a nice shot taken together, my princess...

Jae: Where're my fries?


Being the only child in the family, Jaimie has never had any issues with getting the attention she desires. From parents to grandparents to uncles and aunts, she is always at the centre of attention, and has always been spoilt for choice.

Too much of a thing is never good.

For sometime now, we've been thinking about adopting Number 2. To provide sisterly companionship to Jaimie. To develop an environment where the values of sharing and caring can be readily inculcated. And to naturally moderate the level of attention that is currently converging onto Jaimie, so she doesn't grow up to be a spoilt, tyrant Princess.

泡汤

今天原本有两大计划,但是都泡汤了。

今早,我们原本要带媛媛到夏氏农场去看挤羊奶,还约了阿敏一家人。但是阿敏昨晚发简讯告诉我他们恐怕不能去了,因为她老公生病了。没关系,我们还是可以继续我们的郊游的。但是昨晚媛媛不知搞什么,起来哭了好几次,一直爬到我身上来要我抱,好象做了什么恶梦那样。而我也莫名其妙地失眠,一直到了凌晨4点多才朦朦胧胧地入睡。今天我的黑眼圈比熊猫还美丽,媛媛也频频打呵欠。挤羊奶的时间是早上9-11点,是媛媛早睡的时间。因为下午还有一个聚会,所以我们就取消了到农场的行程,让媛媛好好睡觉。结果她从早上9点30分,一直睡到11点30分。

中午,我们到delifrance吃午餐。天色很暗,随时都会倾盆大雨。我回到家后,便忙着解冻食物,因为原本今天下午4点在植物园有 Bayb Supplies Forum 网络妈妈的聚会。大家都会带一些食物去野餐。相当期待看见 WolfieIdy 的小宝贝。但是天色越来越不对劲。最后收到 Idy的简讯,说聚会取消了。

唉,今天真是没有选择好黄道吉日安排聚会咧。

Wednesday, June 13

最重要的小事 之三

我们在KBox群英会上,第一次看到《最重要的小事》的音乐录影。MV一开始,大家都不约而同地问:“什么来的?谁点的?”因为荧幕上出现的是京剧《霸王别姬》的片段。

我没有看过京剧《霸王别姬》,只有看过陈凯歌导演的同名电影,当然还有李碧华写的这部电影的原著小说。

我思索了很久,就是不能明白为什么这个MV的导演周格泰要用京剧《霸王别姬》作为开场和结束。楚霸王也没有为虞姬买果汁或提哈罗吉蒂的袋子嘛。我的意思是说,项羽忙着和刘邦争天下,他根本没有空啦。虞姬最后为楚霸王殉情吔,这不是什么小事吧?这是很大的事。唯一和歌词有点关系的,是“动荡日子”,还有虞小姐对她阿老从一而终的爱情。项羽有很爱虞姬吗?我不是很清楚。但是虞姬很爱项羽倒是真的。项羽不爱江山爱美人吗?Sorry,不是。项羽如果不爱江山,干嘛去和刘邦争天下?项羽爱死了锦绣山河。是虞姬死心塌地地爱项羽,到最后项羽狼狈地只剩下一匹马和一个女人,马不肯离去,女人也不肯离去。最后都为他自杀,给了他最后的尊严。我看来看去,真的想不透这和《最重要的小事》有什么关系。要传达“不爱江山爱美人”的意思,有好多段子可以用吧。如杨贵妃与唐玄宗。杨贵妃爱吃荔枝,唐玄宗就把这个小事看成是很重要的事,跑死了几十匹马把新鲜的荔枝从岭南送到长安…。

《霸王别姬》这个段子,用得不是很贴切吧?还是我没看的太深入?

Monday, June 11

最重要的小事 之二

今晚一打开这个部落格,就看到老公写的这一篇感想。我其实这几天都在构思要写关于这首歌,谁知道被他捷足先登了。我想,我们都在五月天的《Jump!离开地球表面》演唱会被玛莎自弹自唱的《最重要的小事》深深感动了。记得那时听到玛莎的演唱时,我的喉咙硬了。

没错,孩子的每一件小事对父母来说都是很重要的。但是,听这首歌的时候,我没有想到孩子。我想到的是婚姻的经营。

很多人大概都会在不同是时候做梦,希望自己能有轰轰烈烈的爱情故事。做梦归做梦,在现实生活中,没有多少人需要他的伴侣割肝、送眼角膜、为对方壮烈牺牲。一对夫妻要能白头偕老、举案齐眉,其实就是建立在互相尊重、互相敬重。每一件小事,都看成的重要的事,贴心而温馨地为对方去做。很多人的婚姻生活不愉快的原因之一,就是大家都把这些生活上的小事完全忽略了。忽略对方的感受、忽略对方的心情、忽略对方的重要性。大家在庸庸碌碌讨生活的时候,也许是被生活的压力压得透不过气而不再有精力去在乎彼此生活中的小事。生活,就是由小事构成的。没有任何一件事,比小事还要重要了。

老公,谢谢你为我做的每一件小事。我觉得自己是非常幸福的。因为你从来没有把事业放在第一位,并且非常非常用心地经营我们的婚姻。有一些小事,是我不会忘记的。像你第一次在我生日时秘密烘蛋糕给我,像你在一次的情人节时在我们买来玩的magnetic doodle board写的话,像你在我们的感情出现风浪时的包容和忍耐,像你在BOC时写给我的信,像你买Bert and Ernie的娃娃给我,像你特地跑到IMM买我爱吃的薄饼给我……太多太多了。

我们彼此都有缺点,彼此都有看不顺眼对方的时候。但是,就是“最重要的小事”,使我们14年的感情,还是有新婚一样的感觉。

我不想在部落格里说,但是觉得不说不能为这篇感想做一个总结……。

“老公,love you!”

最重要的小事

好喜欢五月天“为爱而生”专辑里的那首由玛莎作曲,阿信作词的 《最重要的小事》。在歌里,五月天传达了“只爱美人不爱江山”的一种情怀。歌词写道,无论你是多么大牌的一号人物,都会渴望有个深爱的人,来疼,来照顾。通过平凡的事件也能找到不平凡的感动。

我想,为人父母对于孩子们,也何尝不是如此这般的心情?发生在孩子身上的点点滴滴,即使再平凡,无论多琐碎,都觉得是最最重要的!

最重要的小事 (曲:玛莎词:阿信)

我 走過動盪日子 追過夢的放肆 穿過多少生死
卻 假裝若無其事 穿過半個城市 只想看你樣子
這一刻 最重要的事 是屬於你 最小的事

世界紛紛擾擾喧喧鬧鬧 什麼是真實
為你跌跌撞撞傻傻笑笑 買一杯果汁
就算庸庸碌碌匆匆忙忙 活過一輩子
也要分分秒秒年年日日 全心守護你
最小的事

我 就算壯烈前世 征服滾滾亂世 萬人為我寫詩
而 幸福卻是此時 靜靜幫你提著 哈囉凱蒂袋子
這一刻 最重要的事 是屬於你 最小的事

世界紛紛擾擾喧喧鬧鬧 什麼是真實
為你跌跌撞撞傻傻笑笑 買一杯果汁
就算庸庸碌碌匆匆忙忙 活過一輩子
也要分分秒秒年年日日 全心守護你
最小的事 (最重要的事)

你笑得像個孩子 每個平凡小事 變成永恆故事

Sunday, June 10

终于办了国家图书馆借书卡!

我从半前就说我要帮媛媛办图书馆借书卡了。但是,迟迟没有行动。为什么呢?主要是每次都忘记带媛媛的出生证出门。

今天,我终于心血来潮,把媛媛的出生证带出去了,给她办了借书卡。我这个懒妈妈心里想:“嘿,不能再拖了!”

会心血来潮的原因,是媛媛最近很爱她爸爸读书给她听,陪她看书。这又是令我感到十分汗颜的。我一直以为身为教师的我,会比老公更有方法和耐心教媛媛。但是令我自己也觉得惊讶的是面对一岁多两个月的小不点,我竟然很容易毛躁和失去耐心,反而是老公不厌其烦地陪媛媛玩玩具、读故事书、教她认识颜色、教她纪律!惭愧啊…

2007年6月10日,黄靖媛成了国家图书馆的会员了!恭喜妳,小朋友!希望妳会和爸爸妈妈一样,在书的海洋中寻找到无尽的宝藏和快乐!

妈妈的心得 之三

女儿一天一天的成长。所能够掌握的技能和词汇可以说是“与日俱增”。我和舒珩心里充满了喜悦和骄傲。真的。除了为人父母者,没有人可以理解孩子的每一个动作和话语所带来的快乐和满足。

有些人整天把自己的孩子挂在嘴边,觉得自己的孩子是最棒、最可爱、最逗趣、最聪明…心中有骄傲是无可厚非的,但是对孩子的爱溢了出来,变成炫耀,泛滥成灾,并不是一件好事。所以,当媛媛学会了一些新的事物时,我反而很压抑自己,常常说:“每个孩子都是这样的,没什么特别啦!”

舒珩却告诉我:“我们是为孩子学会了一个新技能而高兴、为她能到达一个新的里程碑而高兴。不是因为她很聪明而感到高兴。”这番话,犹如当头棒喝。我感到十分汗颜。是啊,我的焦点放错了!我说我不是要栽培孩子成为天才,可是,我的刻意压抑情感,却间接抹煞了她学习的快乐!我不需要她与众不同,但是当媛媛和别的小朋友一样的时候我却在她背后吝于给她很多的肯定。我把焦点放错位置了。

孩子,妈妈从现在开始将为妳抵达的每一个大大小小的里程碑而大声喝彩!加油,我的宝贝!

Jae & Billy Goat Gruff

鸟 人

That's what Jurong Bird Park (JBP) really is all about - lotsa birds (鸟) and lotsa people (人). I shall not dwell into discussions concerning a specific kind of people termed '鸟人' right now...

7 Jun 07 marked Jae's very first visit to the JBP. We'd originally intended to make the trip in the morning, just as we had done for the zoo trip. However, the little one decided to wake up exceptionally early that day, so mommy projected that her battery would need recharging not long after the park's opening hours @ 0900hrs. So, we decided to let Jae have an earlier morning nap, and make the journey to the west about noon time.

At the park, we noticed (with some amusement on my part) that there were many many Indian and Japanese tourists (what is it with Indians and Japanese and birds? I mean, we didn't see that many of them at the zoo the other day...). While Jae had her porridge lunch that Angie tar-pao'd for her, I went to a snack counter near the entrance to grab our lunch. Not much choices...so ended up paying 10 bucks for a hotdog and a chicken pie. Damn steep. JBP is really into ripping off these Indian and Japanese tourists big time.

In that 2+ hours that we spent at the JBP, we:

(1) Had lunch
(2) Watched the "Children's Parrot Show" at the Pools Amphitheatre
(3) Saw many many birds and uttered the phrase "Look! Birdbird!" many many times
(4) Took many many photos (some of which are not featured in the slideshow below)
(5) Spent a short while at the park's "Splash and Play" area.

At half past two, it got too frakking hot and Jae started to display signs of tiredness (Angie started to display signs of tiredness way before halfpast two), so we headed home.

Saturday, June 9

Zoo, Reloaded

Jaimie went on her second visit to the Singapore Zoological Gardens on Tuesday. This blog entry is all about this trip.

A picture says a thousand words, right?*. So a slideshow comprising 48 pictures would say, well...48,000 words. That's a lot of words.


(* True sometimes. Other^ times, it's just plain laziness on the blogger's part)

(^ This blog entry, for instance)

Friday, June 8

Tag:我们最爱吃的食物

我们被 Mama Tang 带(tagged)入这个话题。老公迟迟没有动笔。当被 Idy 问为什么这么久还没有写的时候,老公就马上把这种“小事”丢给我处理,叫我代劳。

好吧!反正我写的文章也蛮精彩的嘛。嘻嘻!

我们两公婆都超爱吃卤面。只要听说哪里有好吃的卤面,我们就会不远千里地去品尝。最后,只有一摊卤面是我们固定光顾的,那就是中峇鲁小贩中心178号摊位的鲨鱼肉卤面!

一碗三块钱新币的卤面,卤汁浓稠又带着八角香,配上4、5大块炸得黄灿灿、香喷喷的鲨鱼肉,已经是物超所值了!吃卤面,当然少不了黑醋、蒜泥、小辣椒还有辣椒泥。蒜头的味道混合着卤汁的芳香配合着辣椒的刺激,送进口中的每一口卤面,都在你的口里热情地爆发着自己的香味,好象是在争妍斗丽的妃子,竭尽所能地讨舌头上味蕾的欢心。

最后,来一杯鸳鸯(豆花水加凉粉)为这碗卤面写上一个完美的句号……我们两人立刻觉得此生无憾了。

Thursday, June 7

KBox群英会

2007年6月6日是我、IdyWolfgirl 订下的战期。我们要在这一天来个KBox群英会,一较高低。我们在网络上已经先温习了好几次的在线卡拉ok,为的就是2007年6月6日!

后来,又发了英雄帖给 Clement 和 Jeannie,想让整个群英会更加热闹。但是 Jeannie 最后无法出席,就由我们东邪西毒、南帝北丐拼个你死我活了。

我们在 Cineleisure 的 KBox 第50号厢房里各出奇招,有“蛤蟆歌喉”、“走音神掌”、“耳聋十八掌”、“杀鸡指”等等。大家越唱越起劲,最后还使出所有的秘密绝招!Wolfgirl 还到福建省去请神,让《拢是为着你啦》的原唱者上她的身。Idy 也不甘示弱,哀伤悲痛如杨过地用“黯然销魂曲”演唱江美琪的《亲爱的你,你怎么不在我身边》。Clement 更不用说了,他简直就是慕容复!不但广学天下所有派别的武功,还可以“以彼之道,还施彼身”,杨培安怎么唱,他就怎么唱,五月天怎么唱,他也照样怎么唱!当然,慕容复虽然学得很像,但是还是骗吃骗吃的。我嘛,就是杀鸡门的掌门人。武林至尊,杀鸡屠龙。阿频不出,谁与争疯?

到了下午5点,我们还是没有办法选出一个武林盟主。于是,只好下次再约,继续论贱!

Toy Story

Partly because the Great Singapore Sale is on, and partly because almost all of Jaimie's existing toys are hand-me-downs, Angie decided to go on a toy shopping spree when we were at IMM last Sunday.

Among the toys that she ended up buying are:

(1) Train Fun - a toy train set that moves on a colorful track that features rotating segments. Jae doesn't have too much patience with this one.

(2) Park! Amusement - a musical ferris wheel set that plays tunes such as "London Bridge is Falling Down", "Marry Had a Little Lamb". The playset also spots blinking lights, jumping pellets and a little train engine that goes round and round...very fun!

(3) Catepillar stuff toy - with the numbers 1 to 12 along its body, and the 24 alphabets on its two dozen legs. Jae calls this thing "Ka Ka".

(4) Mickey Mouse Mechanical Arm - a half-meter long plastic claw thingie that can be activated by tugging on a lever at one end. According to Angie, this is more for me to use to pick up dead lizards and cockroaches KIA in this house.

(5) Magnetic Draw - magnetic doodle board, with doodling pen and 4 stamping tools. Doodles appear in colored gradients. Cool.

The box in which Park! Amusement came in is funny. See pics here:

Wednesday, June 6

Doodling Jae

Angie bought a magnetic doodle board for little Jaimie two days ago, at IMM. It comes with a drawing pen that has a fine tip on one end and a broad one on the other. Other accessories include 4 stamping tools - hexagon, heart, circle and star shapes.

This one is different from the previous one we had many many years ago in that as you draw or stamp on the board, the doodles appear in different shades of color instead of monochromatic black. Contrast not that great, but still quite cool leh. Ok....I think I quite suah-ku.

Jaimie seems to enjoy playing with this new toy of hers.

Here's the first totally unassisted doodle she made!

Tuesday, June 5

爱爸爸


最近媛媛最爱的人是她的爸爸。

早上一起身,就“爸爸爸爸爸爸爸爸”的叫,把她亲爱的爸爸从睡梦中叫醒。起来后就一直缠着她的爸爸陪她玩玩具。按到有音乐的玩具就硬是要她的爸爸当她的舞伴。爸爸开车的时候,她高兴不高兴也开口“爸爸!”“爸爸!”的喊两下,喊到爸爸昏头转向。那颗心啊,是泡在糖水里然后裹上蜜糖再撒上糖霜。

我告诉媛媛亲爱的爸爸说,孩子爱你的时候,缠你的时候,叫你的时候,好好享受每一刻、好好享受每一个叫声。女儿长大了之后,也许就不会和爸爸那么亲热了。那时,他只好对着录象,回忆孩子把他当偶像的时刻。

我们做父母的,只有拼命的收藏回忆。将来媛媛长大了,会有一段时间朋友比较重要了。将来媛媛长大了,会有另外一个男孩比较重要。到时,在祝福她长大、祝福她找到终身快乐的时候,我们俩就一起回忆女儿小时候所有的点点滴滴吧。

放假 I-N-G

What's a five letter word that means you don't have to set your alarm clock before you go to bed at night?

The answer is "Leave".

Having accumulated 10 years of working service since last year, I'm now entitled to 28 days of vacation leave per annum, up from the previous 21.

Shiok.

This morning, at 0709hrs, I got yanked out of my sublime dream state by a string of repetitive sounds. "Hey wait a minute. I'm pretty sure the alarm clock wasn't turned on last night!” I thought as I reluctantly transited from the realm of the Dream Lord into the waking world. Gradually, my consciousness crept in and with that kicked in my sense of hearing.

No, it wasn’t the alarm clock.

It was Jamie. Standing on her mattress, looking over the foot of our bed and calling out, in her little melodic voice…

“爸爸,爸爸 ….”

I can’t think of a better way to wake up.