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Power Ranger's Night Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit - Amen !

Father God, please keep Ultraman .. eerr .. no, Power Rangers safe, healthy and strong all the time to beat all the bad people. - Amen !!!

A Loose Nut

Today a friend asked me this, "What are the names of Transformers' parents? Example Bumblebee Optimus Prime, etc"

Hmm, doesn't make sense, right? I asked to check whether was he asking about his parents' names? "nhuh? Where got?"

"Got"

"Don't know ler"

I'm starting to think that this guy is probably an aged uncle who probably doesn't understand what is Transformers all about and maybe, has not even watched it before. A loose nut.

Then he said, "Transparent"

Hey, I'm Like That Too .. !

Recently a friend asked me whether are there any differences between my boys, Ivan and Jayden. I pondered over it and I realised there are plenty. Plenty of differences, after all, we human beings are unique creatures created by God. Instead of that, I look for something in common. Ha ! The list is shorter and surprisingly, there's something awfully similar between the both of them.

They are slow eater. Really really slow eater. You got to even say the word sllooooowwwwwlllyyyy. Ivan takes hours to finish up his meal and Jayden has to split up milk into 2 feeds (sometimes). 2 different feeds as the milk has chilled down and he prefers warm milk. He too, took a long time to finish up, approximately 20 minutes.

Like many other children (as well as chipmunks, hamsters, squirrels, etc), Ivan 'stores' food in his mouth . He keeps it there for a good couple of minutes and then only chew, *pause*, chew, *pause* ............. "Ivan, eat faster !" "I'm eating ... !!!! You cannot see meh?"

Now, Jayden. He whines for milk. The first few sips were sucked down pretty fast and then, it gets slower and slower. It gets more and more difficult too. He will start to struggle, tongue pushing milk bottle out and he starts making irritated faces. UUgghhh ... he's just saying, the milk is cold now. Get it warmed up and I'll drink again.

Having something in common with another being can be surprisingly pleasant but it can be the adverse too. Simply put, it's pleasant if it's a common interest but it's not if it's a common attitude (eg. the same stubbornness, quick temper, etc). So, it's either "Hey ! I'm like that too" + Hi-5 or "Puhhhleeasseee .. Look who's talking? You are the stubborn one, okay???!?!?!"

*yawn*

Anyway, there you go, one character in common. I'm not listing out the rest, I will leave it to them to discover on their own. Hopefully, they like what they discover and no wars at home, please.

Lunch Bag

I bought Ivan lunch bags made of recycle papers. (ya ya, I know I know.. I should use the boring lunch box with the boring Ben 10 character on it instead. Common, boring and environmental friendly. Hmmm...) But, well, I bought them and I shouldn't waste, right?

So, we got creative and we decided to decorate the bags. We drew pictures on it before, we did math quiz on it once, we spelled words on it and last week, this is what he wrote.


Ivan loves mummy, loves daddy. Oohh wait .. 'D' is wrong. D A .. Ohh .. wait .. there's no 'love'. Ok, Ivan loves daddy, loves Jayden and ha ! Ivan loves Ivan ! (He left out the heart shape next to his name initially and added in to show that he loves himself).

And at the back, I have to eat my rice and drink soup ! (He was having dinner at that point of time)

Disclaimer : Ivan wrote those with my help. He gives me his idea and I guide him with the spellings.

Hi and Bye

"Byeeeee!!!! Be home early ! "

"Drive safe ... ! Don't forget to pick up this and that.. !"

"I love you !"

"Be back for dinner !"

The stuffs an Eva Longoria looked-alike wife will be telling you before you leave home for work everyday, in her sexy lingerie. And when you got back, you will be greeted with "Honey, you are back !" with her loving kiss and in her tight embrace. Aaahh ... how blissful life can get.

BUT, you will only get that if your Eva Longoria looked-alike wife is a full time homemaker. And, provided she doesn't have a handful of children to look after. And, most importantly, she must have a fat allowance to maintain the level of cheerfulness and of course, her gorgeousness.

I am none of the above and as a result, Jef has none of the above. However, don't need to pity Jef. He has a sweet replacement. His sweetie son greets him bye's and hi's to him each time he leaves home or vice versa. Yeah, Ivan the sweetie (and long winded). Each time he leaves home, Ivan would say, "Daddy, hug and kiss !" "Can you remember all the things I tell you?" Daddy replies alittle too quickly, "Ya ya ya ya". Sensing that Daddy didn't remember after all, Ivan said, "Why you cannot remember? First, I say, drive safe. I say what? I say I love you 100 times. Remember that please, okay and I say, call me if it's jam. Remember ! " "And Daddy, come back early!" "Have a great time at work ! Daddy, remember all I said, okay?"

This chatter box cutie little pie sends him (and I) off to work sometimes. Oh ya, incase you are wondering, when we got home, instead of "Hi Honey, you are back?" We got a "Surprised!!!!!!!". Ivan would be hiding and jumps out of his hiding spot to surprise us.

Life is still as sweet and blissful even though there's no Eva Longoria. *teehee*

Just to share, whenever I leave home in Malacca to come to KL many decades ago, I used to say to my dad, "Be good ya, don't stay up late everyday and call me !" Sounds like an over protective daughter? Haha ... actually, this was what he would be telling me. I'm just reading his mind bubble out loud. Cheeky huh? :)

First Grain

The first grain. First grain of rice for Jayden and he gave me the satisfied smile. *teehee*

I was feeding Ivan dinner yesterday with Jayden lying down on the bed. As usual, Jayden stared at the plate of food hungrily, moving his mouth probably imagining that he's munching the food. Hmm ... delicious ! And, poor poor baby.

And ... I took a grain of rice, mashed it up slightly and fed him. *grin* Woooo ... that's when he replied me with a satisfied smile. Hhahaha ... My baby loves food ! Well, that was the first grain and that's it till he's 6 months old. (which is just a couple of days away).