For those who are not aware of this.. yes.. ! i’m diagnosed as having Hypertension. In another words, high blood pressure lah. And i blamed it on the lack of the kind of food i cannot get here. Back home, i cannot remember eating so much instant noodles.. nor burgers .. but here in Canada.. you kinda wanna eat really fast.. and get it over with. Nope .. i don’t need a Mesothelioma lawyers like those who has Mesothelioma of course.. but having said that .. i just want everyone to know.. that migrating is not as fun as everyone thinks. Not only the food is different.. i haven’t ate steam fish for years now - because i cannot find “ang kor li” here.. only fish i can find here are salmons .. and cod fish .. and they are mighty expensive here.. the fresh ones.

PB is very witty .. ! that was one of the reason why I fell in love with him and came all the way from Asia. An example of his wittiness below :

See lah..!! can die or not..!!

Yes..! the brat can get sassy if she wants and I’m sure every parent can attest to the same situation .. and what do parents do .. when your kid gets sassy..?? Well, we were grocery shopping when she insisted on carry a bag of groceries .. and not even to the door she said .. it was too heavy.. and it was gonna break her arms. So we said to the brat.. that if she wanted to eat.. then she would have to help carry no..?? Her reply..??? “FINE! I’ll carry it.. and have a broken arm.. when i get home!” *slap forehead* See lah..!!! sassy or not..?? I can find appetite suppressants but why don’t someone make medication such as sassyness suppressants..???

On Saturday.. when i woke up .. i received a comment on chloe’s blog saying that the babysitter’s niece who was in Chloe’s blog .. that she was a “HAPPY” kid. I asked the sitter if she knew .. that person.. and apparently it was the sitter’s brother’s woman. I didn’t really think much about it.. and wrote on chloe’s blog. .that it was funny that an adult of 20yrs old.. would fight with a 5.5yrs old kid blog and what was written on it. I should give her a cash drawer to put all her grievances in .. like i give chloe a dream box .. to put her bad dreams in. Muahahhahaha!!!! childish..!!

Please bear in mind that Chloe’s blog is about her friends. .and her growth.. and not to be used to put anyone down. If i wanted to do that.. i would do it in my other blogs. Anyhow, to cut the story shout .. the sitter’s brother demanded that i take the picture down .. and what i wrote about his woman. *roll eyes* and at this point.. i was really tickled by all the commotion. Of course, a simple, “please can you take it down just for me.. so that my woman wouldn’t go crazy” would have been enough.. but nope.. he told me to “F*** OFF!” . Such a nice young man - father, son and b/f and brother. If he could say that to me.. over the phone, you can imagine .. what kind of fine character this person is.

He hung up on me. .and insisted that I called his woman a bad mother .. because I had wrote that the poor kid was in the playpen looking sad. OH MY GOD..!!! any kid in the playpen would look pathetic.. if they were there for a long time..!!!!! and if she wasn’t a bad mother.. why get so worked up.. for nothing..?? You can call me a bad mother for all you want.. just look at my kid.. and you will know.. what kinda mother I am. Likewise, when anyone look at her kid.. well.. they are entitled to think whatever they want. If i thought she was a bad mother.. i would have instigated her b/f’s parents to kick her fat butt out.. and fight for the custody of the kid. If i thought that she was a bad mother.. I would have reported her to the necessary department. *shrug* but after all the above.. i am so glad.. we saw their true colors.. !!!!! can you imagine.. letting my chloe grow up with ppl like that.. ???? parents who uses vulgar languages so freely..??

Thank God..!! we never have to talk to them ever again. .or have anything to do with them .. ever again. My kid is never going anywhere near them, we don’t want to be associated to such character, would you..?? We are not that “type” of parents, plus we all know where this relationship will end up. The kid was only 17 or 18 yrs old when she got pregnant - that must say a lot for this person, don’t you think. The sitter’s brother used to be such a nice kid.. but after his association with “some” ppl.. he took a 360 degree change - which in my humble opinion is the saddest thing in any parents life. 5 yrs from today.. I’m gonna revisit this post.. and i’ll let you know.. where they are all at. I am not always right.. but i’m seldom wrong .. and from what i’m seeing.. it’s just not good. Having said all that, they are definitely outta our system.. and our lives - good riddance of bad rubbish.

And yes.. this is what i think of him.. so if i say butthead.. you all know who i am talking about lah.. !! and by the way, if i had thought she was a bad mother, i would have told her that the chinese tattoo she had after her daughter’s name.. was tattooed wrongly and it meant B.I.T.C.H. and not what she think it meant. I could be mean too .. but why should i.. right..?? afterall, it is her child and not mine.. she would be ill treating - if she was. *shrug*

As parents we want to give the best to our kids, not only in material things.. but in health and socially. And holding her back in her swimming lessons.. and others.. was the hardest we had to make.. but we know that we want what is best for her. Chloe is so excited about her swim.. she was trying out her swimming cap with Keegan her babysitter. We did luck in on Keegan.. because she does a lot of things with Chloe.. but after 4.5 yrs.. in a small town .. there really isn’t much they can do.. especially if the weather is bad.

Chloe went for her first swim today.. and she loved it.. can’t wait till next week to go again - she said. I loved that she is so adorable..and yet knows that mama is upset with some peanut brains of this town. Yes.. ! that one.. i’m sure you all know who i’m talking about. But luckily, I have Chloe and supportive family and friends.. and all my blogging friends and fan.

We don’t get to do a lot of things with Chloe.. but as the weather gets warmer.. and if it is the weekend.. PB and I try to do stuff with her.. like the library or going for walks.. or visiting friends.. and of course.. the playground. Yes, we don’t just push everything to Keegan to do.. we do stuff with Chloe too.. because she would rather do stuff with us.

So off to the library we went this weekend.. but we weren’t there for long since we had to go swimming later. Chloe loves to draw and color .. as soon as we got into the library .. she sat and colored. The next time.. i’ll bring my lappie with me.

Chloe telling me.. i have to be quiet… muahahahhaa!! who’s the mother eh..??

We never let Chloe go swimming till this year because we felt that she was too young.. before now. She had a swimming costume before from her grammie.. but it is too small now.. so we had to get her a new one. She chose the pink one of course..!!! and cannot wait to try it out.. show off. She was so hyped up about going swimming the next day.. it was cute..! Did she have fun..??? check out the next post eh.

What a cutie pie right..??

Yes..!! i try to get Chloe involved in whatever I am doing. Rather than to have her watch tv.. while i was doing my dishes.. i asked her to help me mop the floor. You and I know.. she wouldn’t be doing a “clean” job.. but what does it matter.. if she was happy to help.. and i made her feel important.. that she helped mummy. I think by teaching her all these good values.. can only make her a better person.. and by doing these.. she will start young and learn that the house needs to be kept clean.. and that not only mummy and daddy must do housework, so does she.. and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. So while i do the dishes after dinner.. Chloe helped me clean the floor. Cute or not..??

Building confidence in your child is very important and we never over indulge Chloe. She won’t eat the piece of chocolate if we said no.. but she would whine. And she wants to be Hannah Montana.. but we tell her .. she is just as good if not better than Hannah Montana. But we will still give her fake hair to put on .. to be Hannah Montana. We don’t believe in buying lots of materialistic stuff for her. .and then leave her to play on her own. That’s the reason why .. we hired Keegan to help with playing with Chloe. If i’m ever on the computer.. someone is there to play with her.. be it PB, Keegan, Gary or her Grammie. Chloe is never left on her own - being a mother is darn easy… but being a good mother.. now that’s the tough one. And my only wish is to be a good mother.. and that Chloe not only grow up healthy.. but confident.. and a good and useful person to the society. Isn’t that what all good mothers want..?

Godma Lynn came for a short visit .. about a week. She left this morning.. and headed out .. to embark in her new job.. actually a lateral transfer..?? Anyhow.. Chloe saw her Godma Lynn twice.. and twice was short visits. Chloe asked me .. how come Godma.. didn’t play with me.. in the park.. they just sat on the bench… *roll eyes*. I think the kid is kinda disappointed. We tried to explain to her.. that Godma has a lot of ppl to visit too.. not only her. But Chloe replied.. “BUT SHE IS MY GODMA!!!!” *slap forehead*

Keegan preparing for her Grade 12 - final prom. This prom is her graduating prom.. therefore .. it is very important to any gal her age. She just had her hair done here.. and came over to show us. If you wanna see the $500 dress she paid for .. for her prom.. check back later.

I donch know how much she paid for her hair.. but it looked really nice. But of course, we already know that Kate is quite a pretty gal.. and has no problem… making herself pretty. Can’t wait till Chloe and her graduating prom.. but she ain’t getting a $500 dress.. muahahhahaha!!!

The much dreaded yearly dental visit is here again. A year ago, about this time.. Chloe had her caps done in the hospital. They had to put her to sleep .. because she was so scared even to be sitting on the dentist chair. The same thing this year.. but it didn’t take as long this time.. since we did visit the dentist like a few months ago.. because a cap had fallen out.

She had some cleaning done.. and the dentist checked to see if that fallen cap was causing any trouble.. because they didn’t do anything about it the last time. But as you can see .. the dentist office quite the stylo-malo.. everything quite high tech .. for a small town like here. I bet he has a cell towers at home.. muahahhaha!!! In Canada .. dental care is taken care of by the government but only once a year, anything more.. you kinda have to pay on your own.. or get some kind of supplementary health care program.. like Blue Cross. So yes.. !! i bet Dr Leblanc is making lotsssss of money.. muahahahahha!!!

These days Chloe wants to be Hannah Montanna, in fact, she wants us to call her Hannah Montanna Chloe. She wants to be Hannah so much.. that she asked for a blonde wig… and since we won’t get her one.. she pestered her babysitter - Keegan.. to buy highlight gel for her. *slap forehead*. And so she did.. the gel cost Keegan $13 .. and something cents.. *slap forehead* .. of course we paid Kate back lah.. ! poor kid.. earn so little.. still gotta spend money on the brat.

Does she look like Hannah Montana..??

Long time friends of this blog had been asking me why I don’t link shows no more. You can email me.. for the full version of the story. But remember.. you have to be real friends.. and not some random ppl that happen to pass thru’. No time to answer everyone lah.. you know right..?

My very first hand made Mother’s Day gift .. from Chloe made from school. And yer know what.. that girl can keep a secret..!!! muahahahha!!! i didn’t get to see this till Sunday.. on Mother’s day.. so cute right.. ?? on the back of the handprint.. it said.. something about remembering .. how small her hand is.. when she grows up. Hahaha!! so touching.. She will always be my baby gal. Still gotta go find a stand to stand this up.. My very first hand made gift - Motherhood is priceless.. especially when you have such a precious kid.

A few days ago, I wrote .. and wonder if my Chloe has horns.. remember..?? This morning .. a check with the regular teacher.. and the child involved.. we found out that Chloe was telling the truth. *Phew* .. darn relief lah..!!! As mothers .. we donch wanna think that our angels can get evil.. but if for some reason .. they are.. then we have to nip the problem at its bud . .no..?? I love my daughter .. but if she was learning .. or behaving wrongly, it is best to make it right now. I don’t want to be like some parents whose kids sells stuff at our store.. and blame us for buying them, instead of telling their kids not to sell the stuff. How would we know .. if they are allowed to..??? we always try calling .. if the kid is below 16 .. but if kids can have sex legally at 14 here.. what makes these parents think that selling their games or consoles are illegal..?? And like the parents of those who are into drugs .. and instead of sending them to a drug rehab, they blame the traffickers. *slap forehead*

Anyhow, I’m pleased to inform friends and family .. that my kid is not a bully nor does she have horns. Moral of the story - don’t panic, find out the real story and then act accordingly. If your kid is really evil, then you have to get a saw and saw off the horns.

I am a mother for 5.5 yrs now. And I know being a mother is truly not easy but one that gives out unconditional love. Whatever I do, I do it for my kid first and I’m sure that alot of mommies out there are this way too. This generation of kids are the most blessed if I may say so.

I come from a generation where my mom thinks that boys are more important and that supporting me thru’ college was unnecessary. I don’t blame my mom for thinking and behaving this way .. because that was how she was brought up too. I grew up in a generation where my mom would search our entire house .. to find our diaries just to see what we were up too. I grew up in a generation where my mom said many harsh and vulgar words to me .. when i was growing up. I grew up with a mom who only wants to hear the good stuff and never the bad. And if anything went bad.. it had to be the “girls” fault. Many of you out there.. may have experience this kind of treatment .. because of our different culture . .and generation .. and our education background.

I grew up with a mom who thinks that the best thing a daughter can do is to marry someone rich, very young - so that she doesn’t need to take care of us anymore - not her problem anymore (her exact words). Do i hate my mom..?? nah.. ! But it sure taught me something.. that if i wanna have a kid.. than i must never treat her the way i was treated - as easy as buying a micro sd card. Pretty straight forward eh. I don’t hate my mom .. but please stop being stupid and stop asking me if my mom knows about my life in Canada nor had she made an attempt to contact me here or the other way around. Especially those who knows me .. and knows that I never talk about my family except this one in Canada (pb and chloe).

And to all good mommies out there.. Happy Mother’s Day.

Last week I wrote about Chloe getting punched by her classmate and refuses to go back to school the next day. But yesterday, when PB went to pick chloe up at school, her relief teacher had notified PB that Chloe had taken a stool and hit her classmate back with it - because she didn’t want the other girl to be first. Shocked of course, when we heard about it.. but for the life of me.. i cannot see my brat being so violent nor evil.

As soon as she came back to the store, she hid under her table.. and started crying.. big time… when PB asked her to tell me what was going on. Of course, she wouldn’t say at first.. but after much cajoling and probing.. she said she didn’t pick up the stool and hit her school friend. What happened according to Chloe was .. she wanted to go down the slide first… and she had a stool with her on the bridge of the slide.. to sit like a princess (why i have no idea) .. and then the other girl went down first.. and she tripped on her stool.. while trying to go down the slide.. and the stool fell and hit the other kid. I know that Chloe can be quite bossy at times.. but never had i seen her raise a hand on anyone.. especially another kid. I had asked Kate if Chloe had ever hit her .. and Kate said no.. but Chloe would try and scratch her hands.. if she was mad.

We continued reminding Chloe about what bullies are .. and how no one wants to be friends with bullies and how when the other kid punched her last week and how upset we were. We re-enforced our believes and tried to see if there was a different story. And this morning .. i asked her again, if she ever scratched Kate - in which she replied yes. I asked her if she did pick up the stool to hit her friend in school, she said ” you already asked me 100 times yesterday, and I said “no” .. it was an accident!”

But her relief teacher did distinctly tell PB that chloe picked up the stool to hit her friend. So did my daughter grew horns overnite.. that I don’t know of. As parents, we of course, want to think that our kids are angels. It is very dangerous… if as a parent you do not want to hear both side of the story.. and that your kid does not know the consequences of her actions. So come Monday, we explained to Chloe that we will ask her teacher to speak to her classmate without us with Chloe .. about what happened. Plus we are gonna leave our phone # for the other parent to contact us.. if the teacher’s finding is that Chloe did actually pick up the stool to hit the other girl. Because if Chloe did that, we have to let the other parent know that we are on top of things - and this is never gonna happen again. On the other hand, if it was a misunderstanding.. i want to set the record right too.

This morning .. Chloe decided to have a tummy ache. She said her tummy hurts so much.. she didn’t wanna go to school. Further probing .. we learned that she knew her “boxing friend” was gonna be in school today, so that was the reason why she didn’t wanna go to school. I explained to her.. that I will make sure to remind her teacher about her “boxing friend” and that she could call us immediately if she gets punched again.. and we’ll come pick her up immediately. Then she said.. it was ok.. to go to school. On the way to school, she told us that there was one time.. where her “boxing friend” boxed her face as well - but that was a long time ago. So this was the 3rd time…??

We spoke to the teacher again.. and again she played it down.. and make light of it but yes.. we are gonna be keeping a real close eye on this “boxing friend”

Going for walks with Chloe beats going on the treadmill , that’s for sure. I just wished the weather warm up quicker, so that we can do it more often. Having said that, most importantly, these walks tire the lil’ brat out, so that she will go to bed .. at about 10.30pm.. without too much fussing. If she coops up in the store the whole day because of bad weather.. she doesn’t get to do much, and therefore don’t get to spend her energy anywheres. And yes, that’s me an chloe ..