Meaning of Rachel

Rachel (Hebrew) : female sheep. Bible : the wife of Jacob.

I like this name as Rachel was born in the year of Goat.. suits her (female sheep) ;P As for her Chinese name, 黄静儿, it means quiet. It was chosen based on her Ba-zi. Quite a few names were given by the Master, but I have always like the character 儿 and according to the Master, Rachel has a quick temper, she's straightforward and she will tends to offend people in future by her words when she works. So it's better to have a name that tame and quieten her down.


Now at the age of 3 yrs 7 mths, she's already talking non-stop at times and kept asking why this and that? How come? etc... At times, I wondered if her name doesn't works for her??


Now that she's learning to write her Chinese name, I sort of regretted choosing a character with so many strokes for her. Too tedious for me to teach her :( So far, she has managed to write her surname. Phew! It's really not easy teaching kids to write.. still got 2 more characters to go...

Another Genting Trip...

Another Genting holidays for my family.. sigh.. cause at this moment, that's the only place I can afford to pay for all of us. No choice. :)

This trip we had got 7 of us - big group. my aunt, mum, sister, Jonathan, Rachel, one of my mum's friend and me. First day all of us squeezed into a Superior Deluxe Rm. Not that difficult cos we brought down 1 mattress and did some shifting in the room.. and hor.. for us adults, whenever we went up, not much time is spent on sleeping. :) Especially my mum's friend. We arrived at Genting around 3.30pm and by 4+pm she was off to the Casino. Didnt went back to the room till 9+Ppm, took a nap, bath and off to the Casino again till the next night. When we went back to the hotel at 5am, she was not in the room liao.. off to the Casino again. She didnt went back to the room till the next afternoon for a shower only.

Luckily my sister went with us because her son, Jonathan, wanted to go. I guessed, this will be the one and only time I'm bringing him. He was so naughty and sad to say, unbearable behaviour! Only wanted to play at the Arcade, whatever things he wanted to buy must buy on the spot, refused to eat the whole day (and his mum also cant be bothered). When we told him that we will go shopping for a while, he will start throwing his tantrums, screaming, shouting, pinching or pulling Rachel's hands or legs. Sigh.. even at times, Rachel got frustrated and pissed off with him. Once, he started to kick me in one of the shops we were shopping at. I got pissed off and was very angry that I kicked him back twice with force. The salesman was stunned and watched with his mouth opened. Few minutes later, Jonathan started to cry.

Now that Rachel knew how to play one of their games.. Love and Berry. It was a dress up and dance games and she got to collect a card for every game. As for Jon, he played the King of Beetles game, which is a Scissor, paper stone game.

For our 2nd Day, my cousin, who happened to be at Genting also, managed to get a suite at Genting Highland Hotel. He asked us to move over, so all of us except my mum's friend, moved over. Nice and spacious room. The 2 kids were excited about the new room and there was a Jacuzzi in the bathroom.

This time round, I dont have much luck with Roulette lei.. :( so didnt play much also. First time went up to Genting, I spent my time playing Jackpot. First day won a bit, second day, lost a bit, last day won a little big. Overall still lost a bit. :(

The last day... happy for us because can stop Jon's nonsenses.. sad for Rachel and Jon cos they wanted to play more of the Arcade games.
Five Stars Holidays upgraded up our return coach to Executive Class. It was a 16 seater coach with massage seats, personal entertainment TV with games. Very spacious and initially my mum was still grumbling that got to climb up the stairs etc. Once up the coach, she was so happy and speechless. Luckily with the games features, we managed to keep Jonathan happy and quiet throughout the way back to Sin.

Sand Art..

Today, my sister, Pauline, wanted to bring Jonathan out shopping. She said long time didn't bring her son out already. Anyway, today her bf is working overtime and she's bored too.

She went to fetch Jon home around 3+pm. Due to the heavy rain, we only set out around 5pm.. in time for dinner too. We went to IMM. Over there while we were having our dinner, the kids went to do Sand Art. This is the first time the kids are doing it. Rachel enjoyed the session. She was supposed to share the Pokemon picture with Jon but in the end, she refused to let Jon participate in the process. No choice, my mum paid for another pic - Ultraman for Jon.

For Rachel, she wants her pic to have every colors in it. As for Jon, his colors are quite limited. But I guess both pics turned out quite okay. Rachel even told me that she wants to do it again. Very fun and she likes it. :)

Learning to Write

Recently the learning bug has been biting Rachel. :) Last Saturday, she took her notebook and asked me how to spell and write her name. Wow! I was glad man! Bcos I don't have to force her to learn how to write her own name. And since then she just concentrated on writing her own name. By now, she already know how to spell and write. She even showed her teacher that she can write her own name. Teacher of cos, was impressed and even commented "Well Done!" which kept her happy and proud the whole day.

Her current hobby is blowing bubbles. Almost every weekend she will insist that I allow her to bring the bottle soap water downstairs to let her play after breakfast/ lunch / dinner. Sigh.. Well, I rather let her bring it downstairs to blow then blow in my house. :)

Welcome to this world.. Princess Faith...

This morning at 9.26am, received a sms from my best friend, Eve's SIL - Astee asking if I have heard the good news from Eve. I called her after I received the sms. Was told that Eve has given birth to her baby this early morning. I asked Astee what's the baby's gender but was told to make a guess.. My guess was Girl! Bingo! Ha..ha.. I was right! :) Asked Astee for Louis HP number and sent him a congratulatory sms. He called me shortly after and we spoke for a while. Eve was still drowsy after the C-section, baby was fine too. According to Louis, baby looks like him. Louis was really happy! Laughing while he was talking! So happy for the both of them! Congratulations again my dear friends! I was so happy the whole day after I heard the good news. :D

As for Princess Faith... Welcome to this world! A lot of people will be showering their love and care upon you.. including us, Auntie Eileen and Rachel jie jie. :) See you soon...

Growing Up...

Recently was browsing through pictures of Rachel when she was a baby till now.. Wow! Realised how much she has actually grown.

Finally.. time to blog..

Wow.. it's been "donkey years" since the last time I did any posting.

Recently just applied for Broadband access at home, cos my tenant wanted to use Internet, we agreed to share the cost equally. Well, there are pros and cons having this Internet access at home.. pros are you can go online to check anything you want, access emails 24/7 now and chat online.. cons.. boss will call you even on Sat and Sun.. to check this client's contact for me now and sms me.. :( then mum and Jon kept asking.. what new games to play online??? Never-ending...

Recently, Rachel has started to learn writing alphabets in school. Good thing is at least she will continue practicing writing the alphabets at home after school, though not everyday which I hoped. Instead of starting from A - Z, her teacher actually chose the easiest to start with.. F (down, side, side), E (down, side, side, side), B (Down, small tummy, big tummy),R (fastest alphabet learnt - cos it's for Rachel!) H (two friends holding hands),I, J, M, and latest is W. Tried getting books with dotted lines to guide her in writing.. after 2 rows of writing, Rachel started complaining... My hand very tired already. Don't want to write anymore.

Now, I'm starting her on numbers.. only write 1 and that's it. Tried writing 2 but after the dotted lines ended, she also ends the writing of 2. Brought her to library to borrow some books, DVDs and PC-Rom Discs. Not very interested in reading the books, mainly because she still doesn't know how to read. PC-Rom programmes/games are a bit too advance for her as she hasn't learnt all the alphabets yet. So still interested in just watching DVDs... now into Sesame Street.

Sometimes I felt that I'm quite a "kiasu" mum. Expecting Rachel to be able to read and write at the age of 3. But then on the other hand, there are already some children doing much more than Rachel. I brought her to Yamaha Music School, showing her children learning music. I asked her if she felt the children are playing very good? She said yes.. then I proceed with my next question.. Do you want to be like them? So clever? Can play so well? Answer : NO! I don't want! Well, was quite disappointed with her prompt and immediate answer then. :( But no worries, I will still try to get her to learn music.. Cos it was so-called proven scientifically that children who learnt music are much better in their studies next time. :)