Monthly Archives: April 2010

Lately I have been getting only 4-5 hours of sleep every night. I know this is REALLY devastating for my health. I can see you shaking your head at me now :S But there’s just too MUCH to do and I can NEVER complete my work. I know you will tell me to wait until tomorrow to do but when you are in this online ladies fashion business where competition is so stiff, you cannot afford to wait and carry forward to the next day. I am just so tempted to send Baby to the nursery, so that I have at least 3 hours of uninterrupted work done in the morning. When she’s around, I can barely do much. The only way to keep her still is to put her in front of the tellie, which is really bad. Life being a WFHM is TOUGH! I have not even looked at the extended service plan that the hubs has asked me to review. I have not done a single thing that he has asked me to do :S

My friends always ask me what motivates me to sacrifice my beauty sleep to exercise every morning. It’s easy to tell them the benefits of exercising but they have to try it to feel for themselves the manifold benefits of regular exercise. Apart from feeling good after exercising, a result of the endorphins, when I exercise I experience brainstorm surges. It’s during these brainstorms that I get during my exercise sessions that I plan what and how I should write my online assignments. This morning while jogging with Baby in tow on the stroller, I drafted on my head on what I should write on garage flooring and a few other online assignments. The day that I skip exercising will be the day that I’ll feel restless all day and my brain just won’t get started haha!

Lately I am a sucker for ice-creams, especially Magnum Almond! I would crave for it after lunch everyday. I used to gorge on ice-creams very often but have since kicked off the addiction. But lately, the addiction is back! But no way am I going to chomp down the whole Magnum ice-cream all by myself. I don’t want to resort to nuphedragen after a month of indulging in ice-creams. So my kids are the beneficiaries of my ice-creams and they gladly share them with me. This way, my crave for Magnum is satiated (albeit just a few bites), I don’t have to feel guilty for the rest of the day for chomping down the whole Magnum all by myself and I don’t gain any weight too!

Baby with a Magnum in her hand, which she shared with me.  She is another ice-cream crazed fan, just like mummy and her 2 jie jies!

After delivering Sherilyn my #2, I found it hard to shed the last 2 kilos. For a few months, I drank a kind of flavored protein powder in the morning. That was supposed to be a meal replacement drink and works something like the best weight loss products but that did not help me much in shedding the extra kilos. It was through exercise that I finally ditched the last few kilos. I love food too much and can never skip my meals and just survive on meal replacement drinks. I still find that exercising and eating lesser portions work really well for me. This way I can still eat everything that I love.

Whenever my 3 kids drive me up the wall to the point that I feel like throwing in the towel, I stop for a moment, take a deep breath and reminisce what I had gone through years ago. 9 years ago, I told God that if only he could give me one child, I will be forever grateful to Him. 9 years ago, the thought of cuddling my very own baby in my arms seemed terribly remote. Every month on end, I was in tears when I had my menses. Both my hubby and I had problems, which made it doubly difficult for us to have a baby. It was a double whammy. The first fertility specialist whom we consulted was childless herself. I find her not compassionate and not understanding enough. A woman who is undergoing infertility treatment is very vulnerable in her emotions and she needs an understanding and compassionate doctor. We were even referred to a fertility counselor at the hospital. Gosh, that so-called female counselor was the coldest and meanest old maid I had ever met. The things she said and the manner she said them stabbed my heart like a hot BBQ skewer. I vouch never ever to see her again. Shame on her for calling herself a counselor.

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Several months ago, my mum gave me a scare of my life. She told me that she had slipped on the wet bathroom floor and fell, landing on her back. God must have been watching over her as she didn’t break any bone, albeit the fall caused a huge patch of blue black bruise on her back. Anyone who saw the bruise would have thought that she was badly hurt. Women her age who have falls are extremely prone to breaking their brittle bones. One day I may buy my parents a walk-in bath tub. Have you seen those walk in tubs designed for the elderly and disabled? They reduce the risk of slipping and look really comfortable and relaxing to have your baths in there.