changing life

read a blog abt this kid Chee Keong @ RIP Chee Keong.

I'm amazed at what ordinary people does quietly...
I'm ashamed of myself after reading what Daphne Ling has been doing...

Relay for Life, Penang

Derek kisses his mom at the Relay for Life benefit, as his 6-year-old sister, Brianna, stands by. Wanting to contribute something to the cause and to “give back,.” Cyndie recruited volunteers for the benefit. Before the race, Cyndie speaks to the crowd about her pride in her son’s bravery during his battle with cancer.
The Sacrarmento Bee

My team members:

Myself, HH & Faith, Christine aka Pui Yee, Daniel Yong, Leh Choong

I need 4 more to complete my team.

Relay for life (Penang)
Date: 8 - 9 March 2008
Start: 6pm, 8th March 2008
End: 10am, 9th March 2008

Don't worry, you don't have to walk/run for 16hrs. Just a selected time slot of maybe 1 or 2 hrs.

More info about Relay for life:
Relay for Life, Penang
Relay for Life, KL
Relay for Life, international

A special story:
Mother's journey

Teething again!!

Faith is teething again. This is her 7th & 8th teeth. No wonder her appetite for food has gone down. And we thought it has something to do with the food we gave her, what a relieved...

1st teething: 4mths, front lower 2
2nd teething: 6mths, front upper 2
3rd teething: 8mths, front upper side 2
4th teething: 10mths+, front lower side 2

She loves chewing on the finger brush whenever we brush her teeth. Yes, we've started to brush her little teeth since the 1st set of teeth.

easy way out

is there really an easy way out? A friend has been complaining abt his workplace for weeks, abt tough boss, bad colleagues, challenging assignment, etc... Should he quit or stay? I would try hard to stay, as the saying goes "When the going gets tough, the tough get going". To me there is no such thing as an easy way out. If he quits, what is the guarantee that he will not face the similar situation in the new company? quit again? be your own boss?

This is life. And life is not always a bed of roses - even roses have thorns!!

Faith's posting

Was trying to do something with the pc but Faith wanted my attention. So i put her on my lap in front of the pc. and there she's goes banging on the key board. tata... her 1st posting on my blog.

Faith's 1st blog

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not well

Faith is having running nose, little cough & slight fever (2days ago). But she's just like nothing is happening. Keep on bouncing, crawling, waving to strangers, making noises, even playing on her own.

I'm so surprised coz usually when children is sick they are quick fussy & more difficult to manage. I know coz i've watched & helped with my 5 cousins & 1 niece growing up & getting sick.

This girl that God has given us is totally different. Total deviation from what i knew. Even her babysitter is surprised.

Thank you God for such a wonderful girl. Faith is really a great little girl. She has stopped her mid night feed on her own (I think it's HE who helps her).

shock!!

I was shock to find out that some many of my church members are not registered voter. I don't know how many exactly but definately more than 50 ppl and many of these ppl are above 25, some above 30 and have not even voted ONCE!! Shame on you!! But thank God they have decide to register yesterday. Hopefully they will be able to vote for the coming election - whenever it will be.

Not being a voter is like...
- having a stranger dressing you up and most probably you'll not like the fashion.
- let others feeding you whatever others wanted.
- living a life on remote control, except you are not the one that's holding the control.

Go register as a voter. More info at SPR
Check your voter status

BTW, I'm a registered voter & had voted in the last election and I'm below 30yrs old :)

movie nite @ home

Faith is such a good girl. we watch a movie at home & she just rolled/crawl here & there. PTL!! we have not watch a full movie at home for some time. not that we dunwan to watch, we choose not to watch.

oh, we watch Amazing Grace. i would say it's a movie abt how abolition of slave trade came abt. Fav line from the movie "You can do both".

new blog?

A friend suggested a separate blog for Faith. How come I've never thought of it? Not that Faith is going to write anything yet.

Let me think abt it

And some of us thought our royalty is just wasting time doing nothing. Go have a read. Some of them might be better than most if not all politicians.

A Princely Call To Nation-Building

Some ideas from this article:
Take personal ownership over the well-being of the country.

Do not succumb to indifference and apathy. Hold on to your ideals. Do not give way to cynicism and opportunism. Believe that you can make a difference.

Choose leaders who were earnest in building unity and did not resort to religious or ethnic posturing to further their careers.

Yummy food

Faith has started to take semi solid food. We've given her plain porridge for start, then we tried adding carrots, potatos, pumpkin, spinach, banana milk shake. She loves them!! kept asking for more & she's has no problem at all! PTL!!

So now, she starts to have dinner together with us at the dinner table in her high chair. before this we have dinner & she plays on the floor. It's really fun & exciting to see Faith having dinner with us at the table. There is some messy but it's ok. Will try to take a photo of us having dinner together.

Not Camera Shy

This video was taken abt 3 weeks ago. She has finished her bath & I was going to dry her up. She also took green hippo - her bath mate, with her or chewing hippo. She was really loves camera. Take a look at the video & you'll understand.

Our latest photos

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Denim

Don't she look sweet?

I've done it!!

So, after 3hrs & 15mins of running & walking Faith has it around her little neck & hands + mouth. That was not my personal best, in fact it was the slowest time I ever get. But it was the 1st long run in5 years & i'm glad i can finished 22km (Penang Bridge Run 2007) in just little bit over 3hrs.

4th month

Relaxing....
Face off with Mr Camel

22km

22km. That's the distance I'll try to complete this June. This will be my 3rd half marathon, trying to get the medal for Faith. Esp I've already have 2 - 1 for myself, 1 for HH.

Been training for the past 1 month plus. currently doing abt 3km each run, hope fully pushing it to 5km in a month's time. Will be joining with another friend who just got married last weekend.

Kinda scary/tense if i will be able to complete the run in time (below 3hrs); personal best was abt 2.5hr, 3 yrs ago. I was younger then.

Hunger complain

Here's Faith complaining to me about her hunger.

Half day

Today I'll be taking care of Faith all by myself for half the day. 2nd half of course or i would not be writing this.

morning smiles

Faith loves to smile when she wakes up in the morning. Just call her name & she'll greet you with a smile!

chit chat

You'll be surprise if i tell you that Faith does chit chat with us. Of course not adult speeches but baby talks. She's so cute! She just loves to talk.



Some nite ago, i asked her "Who is Faith?" She said "kru..." I asked the same question again & she said "A kru..." Then I asked "Who is Zi Xin?", she went "A kru..." again! as if she's answering my question. So... cute lah...

Fatih's sleeping actions

fever

Updates:
Faith was cranky for Fri & Sat. Her thight was sensitive to touch. poor girl...
Thank God she's well again on Sunday morning!! PTL!

Faith is 2 months old today, so she got her immunization jab today also. fever came with it abt noon & she bit more fussy. Now, she's still little bit warm. not sure if need to take her to clinic since her temp is abt 37-38C

kinda worried....

sound? noise? voice?

For the past 2 weeks +, Faith has been making lots of sounds. esp when we talk to her face to face, as if she's making conversation with us. It's amazing & fun to see her does that. I said see, coz Faith will also make lots of facial expression along.

yesterday, HH told me Faith has a new vocab which i have yet to hear it. looking forward to it....

sleep to wake

ms deep thought

I think......

Awe struck

i've been awe struck ever since the birth of Faith. kept wondering how husband & wife make love then a life is created. that life spend 9 months inside mother's womb then out she comes. just 2 tiny little cells at first & a child after 9months.

great job God!! truly amazing!

outings

yesterday evening, we tried to bring faith to the garden. we had to cancelled twice. very funny.

1st cancellation due to faith has poo-pooed, big time.
2nd cancellation due to she has wee-weed. we got her changed & she fell asleep, funny little girl.

this morning, we took faith to do a blood test. then we went for breakfast & she was sleeping all the time. yes even during the blood taking session at the hospital. Faith woke up after we finished our breakfast and it's due to diaper full & hunger.

it was fun taking her out. i wonder why some parents complain they can't go anywhere once they have babies?

sleep watching

watching Faith sleep has become one of my fav past time. she makes so many faces during her sleeps, makes me wonder what's going on in her head.

at times, she stirs then falls back to sleep. if she doesn't, probably her nappy is wet or hungry.

i love to watch my daughter sleep.

v v or poo poo?

Faith is a funny little girl. We found out she always cry a bit just b4 she wee wee or poo poo. Which is good, we know when she wants to do her business. Problem is we'll have to go thru a checklist:

• does she wans wee wee?
• does she wans poo poo?
• diaper change?
• hungry?
• wanna be carry?

PTL, Faith only feeds once in the middle of night!! and we get more sleep :) what a good girl she is!!

Sleeping style

Faith loves to sleep. probably all new borns are like that. She has lot of styles, here are some. Her fav is sleeping with arms wide open. Baby Faith makes lots of faces during her sleeps ie smiling, frowning, ultra small mouth etc... at times we wonder what's she's thinking or dreaming to make all those faces?

Have Faith!!

Yesterday HH gave birth to our beautiful daughter!! Praise the LORD!! She's Faith Lam Zi Xin, weighting at 3.8kg. Yes, quite a big one but she still seems so small & fragile. HH has a c-section due to Faith is overdue & cervix didnt dilate enough. But HH is recovering fine & Faith is doing well, thanks to all your prayers!!

As we suspected before Faith was born, she does has strong legs -- strong kicks in womb then & now outside.

There you have it, our little Faith in person.

Happy inside?

HH just called me after her supposely last check up. Apparently our child is all cozy & happy inside HH's womb. Nothing is happening, water is still as good as before, placenta still good condition & baby is still growing!!

Now doc mention abt inducing labor, we are not sure abt this. of course we want natural lah but we hv only 10 extra days to wait. How?

2 more days

We are all excited! Kept wondering when exactly will our child comes out... yesterday? today? tomorrow? on time -->11 Jan?

After all the months of waiting, praying, feeling our child's movements.... i am getting nervous. will i be a good papa? cool one? strict one? fun one? selamba one?

just 2 more days! come back next week to this blog & you'll see our child's photos!