Thunder storm...

First time in Netherlands we have thunder storm... Anne is sleeping now, I hope the loud "bang" would not wake her up! The temperature drop back to 15+'C again... I think tomorrow will be another cold day for us... *sigh* Why spring also always rain one? I thought only autumn will rain more often... but... it has been raining for 3 days since monday... I want summer now!

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Girl is still a girl!

Well, many people who see Anne for the first time will think that she is a BOY, because of her almost "botak" head lah! (By the way, any one has good tips on what do eat during pregnancy so that the baby will grow more hair??)

I like to let her wear skirt, but the weather here just not allow me to do so. You see, will you let your girl wear skirt when the temperature is always below 15'C? I prefer to let her wear jeans! Today, when she was watching 四千金's MTV, she saw them wear skirt. Then she said:"Skirt, 美美". Hahaha... After bath, I decided to let her wear her skirt, in the house (today is a rainy day, cannot go out with skirt lah!). She is very happy now, always say:"美美"! Girl is still a girl, right?

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Yeah~~~

I am happy. Loong will be back soon (tomorrow afternoon lor)! At first I thought this week would be a very very long and tough week for me, but seems like it's OKAY to take care of Anne alone! In short, Anne is a good girl. Besides always want me to be with her and always want me to carry her to take the things that she wants which she cannot reach (normally is things that I will not allow her to touch), she still can consider is a good girl. Sleeps well, eat well!But I must admit that I let her watch too much of TV until now she always request to watch either ‘戏’for Barney/Teletubbies/Baby Einstein and ‘歌’ for 四千金's MTV. I have to let her watch TV so that she wouldnt kacau me at kitchen or toilet maaa...

Anyway I am glad that it's going to over sooooooon. Next, I want to reduce her time of watching TV, hope that she is not that addicted to TV yet!

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I do have a credit card and I seldom use it. I prefer to use my husband's card so that we can focus our poits collection and can get our rebate gift faster. After I read this article: Do you have a credit card you don't use?, I feel that the writer is like talking to me. He got the point! Now, I have to think whether I should keep my card or not!

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Tag: 10 About Hubby That I Dislike

Angeleyes tagged my on this.

I wish Loong will not read this... But, let him know also OK what??!?!

1. He likes to do things in a "super fast" mode. Every task he prefer to finish it before the dead-line. The earlier, the better. That's why he has high-blood-pressure at such a young age.
2. He always wanted me to do something according to his way of doing thing. For example, work as fast as he did. Weay... I prefer to do it slowly, but for sure I am confident that I can finish it before the dead-line!
3. He is more hygenic than me. He cannot stand dirt. After I cooked, must mod the floor. But if I do not want to mod the floor, he will do it. :-P He is too hygenic until he always prohibited Anne to play 'wildly' at church or when we were outside. I would let Anne crawl and roll and touch anything that I consider OK (to him most of it is not OK).
4. He will keep quiet when I am complaining abiut him. Hey, give some response lah!!! I am like talking to air you know?
5. He likes to talk to me when I am in the kitchen (either cooking or washing dishes), and expected that I can listen to him clearly. After that he will complain that I am not listening to him, or my ears not function well.
6. Everyday must read newspaper. Reading newspaper is more important than playing with Anne! Only will stop when I asked him to STOP!
7. Too concentrate when doing his work. Everything happen beside him, he cannot see or hear oneeee...
8. Force me to eat orange. I don't like orange!
9. Expected me to have a super-good-memory like a computer which can remember where we keep every object that he is looking for. Anything went missing, is my fault! Duh~~
10. This is the recent dislike: Always want me to cook supper for him! Supper NOT good! (*and I am lazy to cook for him ler!*)

Oh, I can finish this tag pretty fast mah... Not going to tag anyone!!!

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Tag: 我宝贝女儿名字的意义

今天被Irene Lim点到了。

我女儿与Irene的静静一样是鸡年生的，名字也有个“静”字。我不是因为Irene想的那样“因为鸡年出生的小孩，通常会比较叽喳也比较顽皮”而取了一个“静”字。纯粹因为我喜欢“静”这个字。唉，我想有‘静’这个字的孩子都不静吧！静恩也不是一位安静的女孩，声量还超大声的叻！

可能很多人还不知道我女儿的中文名是：静恩。我们是基督徒，取名没算生辰八字。公家也没有什么特别要求，一切由我俩决定。‘静’和‘恩’是两个很普通的字，多数的人都会念。我不想取个很多人都不会念的字，就像我的名字酱，很难记。但这两个字也是很有意思的两个字。好了，为什么叫静恩？静是安静的意思。恩是恩典的意思。我们希望我们的女儿会时时刻刻‘静静’细数，领受及等候主的‘恩典’。就这样简单！

好啦，到点兵兵的时候啦！我点一个就好：

• VivianZ

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My hubby will be away for one whole week! Help!!!

Loong will be away for his field work starting this Friday until next Friday. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. It's 7 days! The field work is actually for Master students. But due to Loong didn't do his Master here, his BOSS (actually is supervisor) requested him to join as well.

I hate it when he told me that he cannot avoid to go. Weay... One week leh! 7 days! How am I going to handle one running + naughty + high demand toddler alone for one week? 7*24 hours!!! Ahhh... I started to imagine what will happen now. If we are in Malaysia, I think it's shouldn't be a problem for me... But... Here, alone? I cannot trust myself lah! Loong keep on reminding me to keep the keys properly la and do not forget to bring the keys out!! He even want to train me to eat faster! Duh!!

Pray for me, OK?

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炒芹菜

老公只有31岁就有高血压，听人说芹菜有帮助降血压的功效就煮了这一道菜。想煮苦瓜，但买不到苦瓜，再加上老公是一位吃不了“苦”的人，这计划暂时作罢！

材料：

• 芹菜一颗
• 鸡腿肉切块
• 冬菇浸软切片
• 蒜米少许

鸡腿肉腌料：

• 少许酱青
• 少许盐
• 少许绍兴酒

步骤：

1. 热锅，加少许橄榔油。
2. 爆香蒜米，加入腌好的鸡腿肉翻炒。
3. 等鸡腿肉5分熟时加入冬菇继续翻炒。
4. 最后加入主角芹菜继续翻炒直所有材料熟透。
5. 盛谍，准备享用。

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Marmite Chicken.

I love marmite. When I have to cook for myself and I am lazy to cook a proper meal, just give me a bottle of Marmite. I can eat Marmite with noodles, rice and everything! When I first saw this recipe in MMB, I know I am going to fall in love with this dish! Here's the steps:

Ingredients:

• Chicken wings
• 2 pips garlic, chopped
• Egg (beated)
• white pepper

Marmite Sauce:

• 2 tblsps Marmite
• 4 tblsps hot water
• 1 tblps sugar
• Black pepper

Steps:

1. Coat chicken wings with some white pepper and egg. Deep fry, take and out.
2. Dissolve marmite and sugar in hot water.
3. Heat oil in small pan, saute garlic, add black pepper, pour in the Marmite mixture.
4. Once the sauce started to boil, add in the chicken wings.
5. Stir...
6. Take out and ready to serve

Pretty easy eh!

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Happy Mother's Day 2007

This is my 2nd Mother's Day. Nothing so special about this day!

I received one carnation today. Not from my girl's Daddy, OK? It's from our church's Sunday School students. Nice or not?

When we came back from Church, it was almost 1p.m. I had to rush to fed Anne her lunch, bath her and put her to sleep. So, Loong cooked lunch for me. Hehehe.... He cooked curry mee... I must say it was yummy, OK? Else he would refused to cook again next time!

This is what I cooked for dinner. Just a simple meal. Loong doesn't like western food and we prefer to eat at home! It will be a nightmare to bring Anne out for dinner. OK, I admit also: we are poor family survive on scholarship, cannot afford outside food lah!!! :-P After dinner, Loong washed all the dishes while I played with Anne....

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of you~~~

12 招教養出快樂小孩

今天看了一集的<淘气过生活>，谈的主题是在家教育。其中3位嘉宾都是提倡并正在实施在家教育。我赞成在家教育的，但要实行就对自己没信心。无论如何，嘉宾们介绍了这个网站：中華基督教慕真在家教育協會。有空的话上去看看。在那发现了这篇很好的文章：12 招教養出快樂小孩。(注：取之中華基督教慕真在家教育協會)

研究發現，快樂的孩子擁有一些共同的特質，包括：較有自信、樂觀、有自制力。我們整合專家意見，提供12個訣竅，讓你養育出一個快樂的孩子。

1. 給孩子隨性玩耍的時間，不要把生活安排得太有規則
美國兒童教育學者湯姆斯．阿姆斯壯指出，自由玩耍比有計劃性的活動，對學齡前的孩子來說更為健康有益。父母要避免將孩子的時間塞滿各種活動、課程。所有的孩子都需要有一些無所事事，隨性玩耍的時間。唯有這樣才能讓他們的想像力無拘無束的發揮，讓他們可以悠閒的看蜘蛛織網、研究螢火蟲如何發光；以他們自然的速度去探索他們所好奇的世界。也許，有時你也該放慢你的腳步，拋開你的行程表，跟著孩子的節奏享受生活。

2. 教導他關懷別人
快樂的孩子需要能感受到自己與別人有某些有意義的連結，了解到他對別人的意義，要發展這種感覺，可以幫助孩子多與他人接觸。你可以和孩子一起整理一些舊玩具，和他一起捐給慈善團體，幫助無家可歸的孩子，也可以鼓勵孩子在學校參與一些義工活動。專家指出，即使在很小的年齡，都能從幫助他人的過程中，獲得快樂。並養成喜歡助人的習慣。

3. 鼓勵他多運動
陪你的孩子玩球、騎腳踏車、游泳；運動不但可以鍛鍊孩子的體能，也會讓他變得更開朗。 保持動態生活可以適度紓解孩子的壓力與情緒，並且讓孩子喜歡自己，擁有較正面的身體形象，並從運動中發現樂趣與成就感。

4. 笑口常開常
和孩子說說笑話、一起編些好笑的歌，和你的孩子一起開懷大笑，對你和孩子都有益處。光是大笑，就是很好的運動。

5. 有創意的讚美
當孩子表現很好時，不要只是說：「很好。」讚美要具體一些，說出細節，指出有哪些地方讓人印象深刻，或是比上次表現更好，例如，「你今天有主動跟警衛伯伯說早安，真的很有禮貌。」不過，讚美時也要注意，不要養成孩子錯誤的期待。有些父母會用禮物或金錢獎賞孩子，讓孩子把重點都放在可以獲得哪些報酬上，而不是良好的品格和行為上。父母應該讓孩子自己發現，完成一件事情所帶來的滿足與成就感，而不是用物質報酬來獎賞他。

6. 確保孩子吃得健康
健康的飲食，不僅讓孩子身體健康，也能讓孩子的情緒較穩定。不論是正餐或點心，儘量遵循健康原則，例如：低脂、低糖、新鮮、均衡的飲食。

7. 激發他內在的藝術天份
雖然科學家已證實沒有所謂的「莫札特效應」，但是多讓孩子接觸音樂、美術、舞蹈等活動，依然可以豐富孩子的內心世界。專家發現，當孩子隨音樂舞動、或是拿著畫筆塗鴉，其實都是孩子在抒發他內在世界、表達情感的方法。孩子喜歡畫畫、跳舞或彈奏音樂，也會對自己感到比較滿意。

8. 常常擁抱
輕輕一個擁抱，傳達的是無限的關懷，是無聲的「我愛你」。研究發現溫柔的撫觸擁抱，可以讓早產兒變得較健康、較活潑，情緒也較穩定。對於大人而言，擁抱也能讓人減輕壓力，撫平不安的情緒。

9. 用心聆聽
沒有什麼比用心聆聽更能讓孩子感受到被關心。想要當個更好的傾聽者嗎？不要只用一隻耳朵聽，當孩子對你說話時，儘量停下你手邊正在做的事情，專心聽他講話。要耐心聽孩子說完話，不要中途打斷、急著幫他表達或是要他快快把話說完，即使他所說的內容你已經聽過許多遍了。陪孩子去上學途中或哄孩子上床睡覺時，是最佳的傾聽時刻。

10. 放棄完美主義
我們都期望孩子展現出他最好的一面，可是有時候太過急切糾正或改善他們的表現，例如，嫌棄他們沒把桌子擦乾淨，乾脆自己再擦一遍；或是糾正他們一定要把東西擺到一定位置。事事要求完美，會減弱孩子的自信心與不怕犯錯的勇氣。

下次當你忍不住想要參一腳，急著幫孩子把事情做的更好時，不妨先想想看：

「這件事跟健康或安全有關嗎？」
「這件事10年之後還有這麼嚴重嗎？」

如果答案是No，那麼就放手讓孩子去做吧。

11. 教導他解決問題
從學會繫鞋帶到自己過馬路，每一步都是孩子邁向更獨立的里程碑。當孩子發現他有能力解決面對的問題，就能帶給他們快樂與成就感。當他遇到阻礙時，例如被玩伴嘲笑或是無法拼好一塊拼圖時，你可有幾個步驟來幫助他：

1. 確認他的問題。
2. 讓他描述他想到的解決方式。
3. 找出解決問題的步驟。
4. 決定讓他自己解決這個問題或提供一些幫助。
5. 確定他能獲得需要的協助。

12. 給他表演的舞台
每個孩子都有獨特的天賦，何不給他們機會表現一下？如果他們喜歡說故事，鼓勵他多說故事給你聽。如果他對數字很擅長，帶著他去逛街，讓他幫你挑選價格便宜的東西。當你能欣賞孩子的才能，並表現出你的熱情時，孩子自然會更有自信心。

最後，不論你認不認同以上的原則或策略，也不論你是學校教育或在家教育，即或你還有另外12招更好的方法，你都應該以親子關係為優先。因為在健康優質的關係裡，甚至可以解決能力做不到的問題，並且上帝將孩子賜給你的心意是，讓你享受這一份生命連結的關係，而不是去忍受因外界眾多紛擾而產生的衝突。

不論生活光景如何，大膽的去享受夫妻關係和親子關係是無罪的，反而是在恩典中卻因為功課而帶來不和諧，是上帝所不喜悅的。

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Laziness...

I have been neglecting this blog for some times already. This blog is approved by PPP 2 weeks ago but I still not yet write any paid-post! Damn lazy!!

Anyway, I moved in to a new student hostel yesterday. We have 2 PC with 100Mbps internet connection! Very good indeed! I think I will try to blog more once I finish unpack and tidy up my new place! If you miss me, please visit my other blog: Love.Joy.Life.