Arianna's favourite sounds.....

we woke up early this morning and drove home towards Klang.
more like left penang at 6am and reached here about 11am.
traffic was ok, not too many cars , but there were quite a number at the rest stops comapred to other times of the year.

at one stop , i saw ths lady carrying a plastic plates and 2 other bigger containers, one having some nice thick curry and another having fried RICE!!!! made me all hungry, this was like 8 am in the morning .
she was later joined by another 2 car full of kids :)

anyway , Arianna seems to sense there a difference in her enviroment.

back in penang , the house was full of movement and theres always something to do and some one's voice nearby. and now that she's in klang its just me , chris and her.

she didnt quite adjust well and was crying,
we tried all the tricks we had learnt so far,
no change, crying her lungs out.
then we tried some of the toys she got for the full moon.
she reacted positively to a toy Grand Aunty Janet passed , which has the "itsy bitsy spider song" which i normally hum to her.

unfortunately she didnt react to it 10 minutes later.
those shaker toys and all the other just didnt have an affect.
so i swithced the tv channel to one of the radio channels.
no response, so i asked chris to flip to the golden oldies channel, and guess what, she kept silent , success!!!
and she even slept through.
i even did a small test to try if she likes the lite and easy channel or the classical music channel or even the mix channel. not even classic rock.
nope. she cries.
so now the tv is stuck on the golden oldies.
i dont quite mind , i like oldies, so does chris's dad and so does chris :) so i guess there is where it comes from.
i'm gonna try and hook a couple of speakers to the decoder tommorow and see how it goes.
she had been crying for about nearly 2 hours before we found out that she likes classic golden oldies songs.
and i can still remember the song which was playing that got her quiet, it was a version of volare which was in English as well as Italian. quite a number of good old songs were played. some elvis as in the list as well. the supremes, sinatra... so many.

as long as she doesnt go on crying non stop , i'm happy, gosh can she cry, she turns really red red when she does. and now that her tear ducts have formed , its kinda painful to see our little one cry like that.

good thing the golden oldies channel does not have any ads , or else she'd be crying during every commercial brake.
my only complaint on it is that sometimes i hear some nice song and i dont know the title and theres no website for me to check the title. so i gues i got find that software which can identify the song by recording a sample of it. more of that once i get it

on another note, it was a wonderful feeling to have a quick nap in the afternoon on my own sweet bed after a week back in penang. its not that the one in penang isnt good or nice, its just that feeling that you get when you get back from a holiday. anyway its getting late and i dont want to spend too much time on the pc tonight. time for some Z's .

nite nite

around the gambling table during new year

Just before thr mah jong game started , the kids had their fun first.
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happy chinese new year !

May we all have good health and wealth.
Time to eat drink and be merry.
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wan tan noodles and a bowl of shaved ice

This was taken 2 days back at our little snack place in nibong tebal.
Chris always tries to get a bowl of wan tan noodles when she gets into penang because over here its made with black sauce and in jb is with a red sauce, the ones in selngor however is a disgrace.
Also on the menu, shaved ice and syrup. Just the thing for the hot humid weather....
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pre Chinese New Year entry

Hi folks!
I'm writting this on the pda as i am in penang.
On thursday the 22nd , morning we took Arianna to the clinic. Checkup and jab was fine.
Then we went to the office as chris wanted to meet up with everyone in the office.
There were many excited faces.
Next morning , we woke up early , as we normally are by arianna's morning feeding cries. 30 minutes later we locked the house and hit the highway to penang for chinese new year.

so far all is cool although i'm having a tummy problem.
Hope it ok before tommorow.
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past month review, a birthday , a full moon

this 22nd , baby Arianna will be a month old.
according to my mum , for a baby girl the full moon party thing is to be done -3 day = 19th and since she's rat year -2 = 17th Jan , today , same day as Chris's birthday. yeah its 2 party's at one go.

Fist of all , i'd like to thank my mum, for coming down here earlier and helping us out and teaching us the things to expect in early parenthood. i dont know where we'd be without her help.

thank you mummy !!!


i'm also very proud of my darling wife Chris who has been wonderful and ever so loving me and our new born Arianna. She's learned so much and she's doing a great job at being a mum , i'm so proud of you darling.



















you never fail to amaze me

on another note ,Chinese new year is around the corner , yeah , year of the Ox.
see what i got free on the weekend (center one)


also last night my brother Charles and his family except Chyenne came down to Klang ( Chyenne had to go to school).
so pictures of that are as below:


yeah you guessed it right if you've been reading this blog for some time now, thats Gerald (baby G) and he's being fed by Grandma... yummy. he really missed his Grandma while she was here in klang. all the kids did.
from left , Charles , Melanie , Chris and Arianna sharing a light moment. maybe they were making fun of me? mmmmmm
yeah he missed his Grandma.

look how he's grown. teddy bears courtesy of Aunty Chris, each kiddie gets oneyes, Gerald is entertaining.


and that was last night.

Today it was all about the 2 darlings in my life.


Happy birthday Christine darling!

Happy full moon Arianna. be a good girl and drink your milk :) yum yum

i'm signing off and i'm gonna sleep. good night

Arianna's annoyed

See how cute she is when she's annoyed :)

Chris

afternoon nap

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz,
note the hands....
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i'm trying to sleep here......

Yes she was a bit grumpy.
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3 weeks old

Yeap. 3 weeks. And she's growing by the day.my little sunshine
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baby suite

Eeheheh. Thanks Richard & Celia
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trying to burp her

She just doesnt want to. Chris has been trying for the last hour with all sorts of styles
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hand in hand

Arianna and daddy... She just really loves her dad ;)
hugs,chris
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sneezing time ( test video )

She also shows her mittens.
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Ariannas sleeping pose

Mmmm.... Looks familliar.
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burping time......

She's fully awake and we're trying to burp her.for some reason, sometimes it can take a while.

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hair cut day

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see her right foot

And she's sleeing like that.....
Whatever that keeps her happy.

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hie!!!!!!!!!

Since Chris is in confinement and cant be reading let alone stare at the screen ,so i'm sending this message for her:
hie everyone!!!!!!
Thanks for all the sms's and calls.

I should be back online about 2 weeks from now once confinement is over and Arianna is sleeping.

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happy new year

Bb is sleeping.
Didnt sleep too long last night.

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