Monday, October 02, 2006

I am THE SuperWoman

Let's see what mummy did during the weekend...

Cooked lunch and dinners. That includes washing up, WITHOUT a dishwasher. For the benefit of the western readers, Asians are not into dishwashers. We'd die without a washing machine instead.
Perhaps, I should share my recipes next time, those I learnt from my mom, grandmothers and colleagues. Simple dishes, really.

Laundry. Ironed Paul's shirt and pants for work.

Washed the toilet.

Vacuum-ed and mopped the floor.

Visited my dad. (Mom's away holidaying at some mountains in Japan)

Made a couple of new greetings cards, and a bead keychain.

Managed a short good nap while Daniel's nap.

Went cycling with Daniel. And of course lots of playtime with him too. Speaking of which, I joined him in the kiddie plastic pool one evening and one of my neighbour's kid said to his mom in absolute amazement "Ma, ni kan! Baby de mama i chi wan sui eh!" ( Look mom! The baby's mom is playing together in the water!) Well, what can I say while sitting in the pool in my shorts and tee, and having loads of fun with Daniel. Poor kid. To be a fun parent, you gotta be a kid yourself!

I think I am a capable woman. Of course, Paul could help out, but I was just in the mood for house work. And don't ask me where the energy and zest came from, I too have no idea.

And all the little guy did was...

7 comments:

theresangpl said...

You are amazing. I salute you. Did you massage your Danielle? I attend a course to study the baby massage, very useful for child from 0 -18 years old!
Phek Lan

Anonymous said...

I’m with you with dishwashers. That’s why I protested when my wife bought a sleek KitchenAid dishwasher. That’s why I don’t do the dishes anymore.

Hmm.

Okay. I’m lazy. (Nice try, huh?)



Mike
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Angeline said...

I won't do dishes without a dishwasher. I have been spoilt.

Can't believe you did all that during your weekend.

I am the lazy sort who sleeps till 11am while hubby is 'parenting' baby, wakes up slowly, does nothing all day and then goes for a late afternoon massage at the spa.

Ally said...

PhekLan,
I think I deserve massage more than that little monkey Daniel! Hahahaha. I did read somewhere that massages are soothing and helpful for babies who are premies or cranky. It's more of the skin-to-skin contact that is therapeutic. So I pinch his cheeks... also skin-to-skin contact. Heheheh
Mike and Angeline,
Is there a dishwasher that can wash the big black chao-ta (burnt) wok? I would luuurve that. It must have scrubbing capabilities. Heck, I want a machine that can cook too!

Kean Hong said...

then "buy" indon maid "machine" la, can cook, wash, clean, play,... wat ever also can do..

Anonymous said...

Hello my dear superwoman friend.How are u,hey Daniel is getting bigger so fast man.What's his age now?

regards
amrit

Ally said...

He is 16-months old. Yah, they grow up fast and we age fast too! So LIVE to the fullest man!