I'm a full-time mummy

My notebook is constantly on though I may not be sitting in front of it all the time. Few weeks back, I was in the midst to process some month-end claims and was chatting with a friend over FB chat when our 6.5 year old boy came over and sat next to me on my chair. He looked at my laptop screen and suddenly asked 'Why is it showing no Australia?'

I was like 'Huh? What?!'

Then I looked at his face, realized he was looking at my laptop screen and I checked out what he was looking... This tiny little advert on Facebook that randomly pops out on my FB page suggesting me to like the page. At first I had no idea why he said 'no Australia' until I realised he meant the picture in the advert.

Wow, coolmess! He recognized the map of Australia! There's no words showing him that it is Australia, unless you see the URL shown which was border.gov.au, but only if you knew .au meant Australia, and I know our kiddos don't know .au meant Australia yet.

Now ladies and gentlemen, do not underestimate the memory power of your kiddos!

You see, when our 1st kiddo was around 4 years old plus, we bought this big world map amd I started with showing our kiddos where is Malaysia (our country) followed by the few countries where our close relatives are located at (Australia, Japan, Sweden, Canada)

I don't do it often though as the map was in the playroom and we're not often in playroom LOL but when we were, I will remind and teach our kiddos on these few countries.

Looks like my teaching is paying off! Very happy and proud that our boy can recognise Australia just by the shape of the country! (Honestly, I can't LOL)

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I came across this article and saw the accompanying image yesterday and decided to share it with you guys of course. For your convenience, I have copied the excerpts from the article here:

" If there was ever a photo that perfectly depicted the pain and joy of IVF, this may well be it. The photo, shared on the Sher Institutes Facebook page, "shows the true definition of love that went into making this gorgeous new baby girl." In it, the baby is surrounded by hundreds of syringes and vials that the mom used during the blood draws and injections she went through in order to conceive.

Dr. Molina Dayal said that those weren't even all the supplies the mother used to conceive. The mother, Dayal said, had been through multiple IVF cycles over the course of a year and a half.

The baby's mother, Angela, who asked that we use only her first name said she would tell others on a similar path to "hang in there." "The needles were the easy part. It was the emotional struggle, the ups and downs, that really took a toll," she said to ABC News. "I'm single and waited a long time for a husband to come. And then by that time it was difficult to get pregnant." "

(* Image source: Sher Institutes)

 Such a sacrifice for a parent to endure just to have a child of their own!

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My late mum used to make this for me and I remembered the days when I got home from school, college or work and seeing a plate of fish cakes nicely sliced thinly waiting for me... Ahhhh... such nice memories. I could just eat a plate of rice with this fish cake slices on its own. This is the first time I'm attempting this dish though I've seen my mother-in law making it every now and then. Every trial and attempts is a step closer to cherishing and bringing myself back to the times when my late mum was still around.

I used the ready made fish paste and just grabbed a handful of it, pat it nicely into a round shape, flattening the top and the bottom slightly while waiting for my non-stick pan to heat up (with about 1 tbsp of oil drizzled on it) and once the pan is hot enough, I gently put the fish cakes on it and pan fry it for a few minutes, generally until the outer skin is golden and crispy looking enough.

I'm just making this for myself actually so I never expected anyone else to hog my dish! Turns out our 4 year old girl loves it! She has never been one who like things like this (she refused to eat fishballs - common ingredients added into noodles dishes here in Malaysia) so I am surprised and happy to see this. I would definitely try this again and add in mash vege next time hehehehe...

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