Naughty Girl - Nat Nat

Look at Nat's checky face... u can tell she's not a well behave gal... That's the face she show me when she inserted a nut into her nose!! Geram, rite?

Indeed, Natalie is really mischievous comparing to her brother, Ethan. Even when she's in my tummy, she had already misbehave by tangling round the umbilical cord. Get herself entangle, then detangle... on and off for the last 3 months... alas.. I'll still have to go for Cesarean.. Why? because of the naughty fellow la..

However, she's a tough fellow. No matter how hard she fell down, she'll get up, rub her hands and move on...

Yesterday, she scare everybody out of their wits!! She was eating peanuts while she skype with her granny. Just before I get the warning from my mum, Nat put a peanut into her nose. She walks to me and say "Mummy, I've got a nut in my nose... see... here!!!" (pointing into her nose) I quickly reach out for a touch light to check if it's real! True enough, there is a nut in her nose, deep in. I was blank for a while not knowing what to do next. She had inserted a small little plastic into her nose before but it came out when she sneeze (until now, I still cannot figure out what was that small plastic) I was panic and screaming away, grabbing her downstairs, trying to get my car keys....intending to bring her to clinic. She was smiling and thinking why is her mummy so panicky!!! And best part is she still got the cheek to tell everybody tat she'd a nut in her nose... Yeah.. very farney....

Suddenly, I try to calm down and stay cool, trying to think straight of what I can do before going to a doctor. Nat is also very steady. I told her that I need to remove the nut from her nose with the help of a tweezer. I showed her the tweezer and ask her to lie down, close her eyes and don't move. She's kinda tense up looking at how serious I was staring at her. Thank god I manage to pull out the nut with the first try. I show her the nut and she smile at me, as though nothing serious about inserting a nut in the nose.

These are the unexpected things that happen to kid! Ethan inserted colour pencil tip into his nose before too!

My love will get you home

I love this song a lot and hope to share this with you too

Trans fat in Mc Donald

Trans fats in unexpected places

As more information about the danger of trans fat in our food becomes known, people are discovering trans fats in surprising places. Certainly most people have heard that most vegetable shortening and margarine are filled with trans fat, However, did you know that even a McDonalds milkshake has trans fat?

Here are some of the most surprising foods that contain trans fat. While some of the quantities are small, keep them in mind when you calculate your total intake of trans fat each day. In addition, ask fast food restaurants for a printout of their foods' nutrition information and read the labels for trans fat levels on all your packaged foods.

McDonald's Milk Shake: According to the McDonald's web site (Sept 2005), a McDonald's Milk Shake trans fat content is .5 grams for a small (12 ounce) chocolate shake. A larger 21 ounce chocolate shake has a full gram of trans fat, 11 grams of unhealthy saturated fat and a whopping 18 total grams of fat. This size packs 770 calories into its cup, a pretty hefty total for most people..

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets: You may love the crispy bits of fried chicken that McDonald's bills as McNuggets, but be advised that a package with just 4 of these little bits contains a gram of trans fat and 2 grams of saturated fat. With a total of 10 fat grams and 170 calories, this is definitely a better choice than the McDonald's Milk Shake.

Doughnuts: Yes, doughnuts (and donuts too!) One glazed Dunkin' Donut has 4 grams of trans fat and 2.5 grams of saturated fat. That can add up to artery clogging action really quickly.

Cake mix: Packaged cake mixes almost always contain trans fat. While the amounts vary (from low enough to be billed as 0 trans fat on the label) to several grams, cake mixes and frostings are a major source of trans fat. Check the label for partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening and watch the trans fat content as soon as the labels are all FDA compliant.

Ramen noodles: Quite a few of the popular brands of instant ramen noodles contain trans fat. Check the labels on your ramen as well as packaged soups for unexpected amounts. Soup does NOT need to contain trans fat and neither does pasta.

For more infomation on trans fat, please visit http://www.transfatfree.com/pages/articles.htm

Flax seed helps to lower cholestrol level

I have been reading articles about supplements that improves health as I notice my health deteriorates since child birth. Since I breast fed my 2 babies, I notice that my body is weaker compares to before childbirth. Lacking of calcium is the most prominent notice as my nails breaks easily. So supplement is the only way to replenish the nutrion required. Apart from taking tablets supplement, the best thing to take is fresh food.

This is something good that I would like to share with everyone. My mother in law started with this and she'll brain wash all of us everyday about eating healthily by taking fresh fruits and vegetable in the morning before going to work. Somehow, I have got hooked to it for years.

As a working mother, I spend most of my time either at work or caring for the young ones at home and I hardly have any time for myself to do exercise or to eat healthily. For that reason, I will definately take a glass of juice in the morning before going to work. What is the content of my juice?

I will include a lot of stuff in the juice and rotate between ingredients every day. Toasted nuts will definately be added in the juice i.e almond, melon seed, walnut, sesame seed, macadamia, flax seed and so on. Fruits will include orange, apple, banana, guava, pineapple and vegetable will be usually celery and tomato. Put all cut fruits and nuts into a blender and drink immediately. Simple and easy!

Do you eat the fruits with skin or without? What about the wax on the surface of the fruits? I normally wash and soak it with salt water for 10 minutes before consuming.

Recently, I read an article about the benefits of flax seed of lowering the cholestrol level and I have started eating them. It could be a hassle to start but once you have started, you cannot live without! I felt so much better not comparing to before. That glass of juice in the morning is able to keep me full until lunch hour! Try it out!

That's What Friends Are For

~ That’s What Friends Are For ~

And I, never thought I’d feel this way

And as far as I’m concerned

I’m glad I got the chance to say

That I do believe I love you

And if, I should ever go away

Well then close your eyes and try

To feel the way we do today

And then if you can remember

Keep smiling, keep shining

Knowing you can always count on me, for sure

That’s what friends are for

For/In good times and/in bad times

I’ll be on your side forever more

That’s what friends are for

Well you came and opened me

And now there’s so much more I see

And so by the way I thank you

And then, for the times when we’re apart

Well then close your eyes and know

These words are coming from my hearts

And then if you can remember

Keep smiling, keep shining

Knowing you can always count on me, for sure

That’s what friends are for

For/In good times and/in bad times

I’ll be on your side forever more

That’s what friends are for

By:Dionne Warwick

You’re right.. That’s What Friends Are For is one of my favourite songs, besides If We Hold On Together by Diana Ross, I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack, The Power Of The Dream by Celine Dion, One Moment In Time by Whitney Houston, Hero by Mariah Carey… and the list goes on.

I have anchored such great positive emotions with That’s What Friends Are For.

Want to know a little history of That’s What Friends Are For?

Written by Carol Bayer Sager and Music by Burt Bacharach
Originally recorded by Rod Stewart in 1982
Became famous in 1985 when recorded by ensemble known as Dionne & Friends, consisting of Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight
Was recorded as a benefit for American Foundation for AIDS Research, and raised millions
Won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, as well as Song of the Year writers Bacharach and Bayer Sager
Ranked by Billboard magazine as the most popular song of 1986

This is my first blog posted online. I didn't know where to start and don't know who will be reading.. so be it. Blogging is about writing and sharing your personal thoughts and ideas.

I was so down last week as we were hit by 3 car accidents within 5 days. Can you imagine the stress travelling on the road, not knowing who will bang you from behind? First incident, I was travelling on the Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong (LDP) on Friday morning going to my office in Sri Hartamas. Traffic was bad that morning as there was road closure at some part of the highway. I was crawling like 10-20km/hour and suddenly, I felt someone hit my head from the back! I felt a sudden concursion and was caught in the blue at that time. Then I realised that a Triton hit me from the back. It was pretty bad though as my boot leaps in for about 2 feet. That weekend, I am suppose to trade in this car for my new Nissan! Out of sudden, all my mood dampened. I have to spend the whole morning running from 1 police station to another to make police report. Next time, if you ever meet with a car accident, make sure you go to the nearest traffic police station only. The police officer stupidly ask me to fill a form (I spend about 10 minutes filling the form) and when I handed him the form, he ask me to bring the form to the nearest traffic police station, saying that they do not have a syncronise systems with traffic police! What is the point of asking me to fill up the form in the first place? Moreover, whatever I wrote on the form is useless as I need to do it all over again in the traffic police station in PJ old town. Best things to do when you meet with an accident, call your insurance agent to get you a runner! They provide full service at RM 50 from getting the documents from the police station to getting your car repaired and claimed from the insurance company. Cool, rite? All sorted out without going through the hassle of knocking your head against the wall before you can get things done. This is what happen when you don't know who to speak to. It's all about who you know and not what you know. That's the real world out there, buddy!

1 car into the workshop the very morning after reporting to traffic police. I really felt handicapped out of sudden as I need my husband to send me to work. We need to live with 1 car for 2-3 weeks! This is mad!

Nevermind, as usual we go to church on Sunday. Guess what! Somebody hit out car and goes off. The driver's door and the back door are dented. In my heart I was thinking, why is this happening even I take the effort to go church on Sunday morning. This shouldn't happen. It was another sad day for us. Anyway, that is not so bad... At least the car can move.

Two days later, I called my husband in the afternoon and he told me he met with an accident. I thought he was kidding in the first place as he didn't sound serious. This time is bad. Traffic police cannot sort out the issue of who's fault. What happen was, there is two lane turning to the right at a traffic light in Puchong. My husband was driving on the outer lane. When the traffic light turns green, cars on both lanes are suppose to turn. Unfortunately, this young lass didn't turn but went straight bangging my husband car! Who's fault? This lad works in car accessories shop and knows the runner too. He asked to settle this outside police station and he insist that my husband should pay him instead. Can't be settled on the spot so they proceed to the traffic police for solution. This lad knew he was wrong but refused to admit it. He then twisted his word at the police station saying that he was turning and my husband bang into him. Dent on the car can't prove him wrong. Bad enough, we have to repair the car ourselve and it costs us RM 1600.00! Damp suay man...

This time the car was hit at the wheel, so cannot drive and must send to workshop immediately. I was asking God then, why he allow all this to happen within days! Is HE trying to tell us something? I've got a friend who say my house feng shui is bad. That's why Bad things are happening to me at all times! Before the accident, my mum was hospitalised due to Chikukuniya.. very servere as she was was donw with temporary facial paralysis due to virus attacking the nerve systems. I was down with the same virus subsequently. However, it was God's blessing that my mum recovers like a miracle. Following that incident, I was told that a church member passed away due to chikukuniya. Is this blessing in disguise? It's so contradictary with believes at times. What do you think?