Where should we invest ?

I am starting to worry the depreciation of my cash sitting in the bank. With the low interest from the saving, I think the money is not gonna be useful after many years later. My mum suggested that it is best to use the money to buy some shares and keep them for long term. After all, they will appreciate over the years. But on the other hand, hubby prefers commodity investment like gold or silver. Unlike shares, commodity does not require about knowledge or experience in investment. It has a more stable price over the years and very unlikely it will depreciate badly. However it is better to get reputable company like the american silver eagle to manage our hard earn money.

What's up with Mama Patch

I am starting to worry as my boys are now taking too much of my time. Instead of spending more hours in front of the laptop, now I have to chase them all day long. I can only run to my laptop once in a while to check and reply urgent emails/orders. Since my neighbour is hospitalized now, I had to send QQ to school myself and even pick up her and some neighbour’s kids. Sometimes I even take more than 24 hours to reply emails, which can be quite embarrassing especially when I am running on online business.

Updates on Mama Patch Ring Slings

Some new Designer Pocket Ring sling, order customized by the customers
I get more orders for Ring Sling with Pockets nowadays as compare to the silk (which is still my favourite). Guess it is more convenient to wear a sling with pocket so we can at least go “free-hand” as we ladies hardly has pocket on our pants. As we allow customer to mix match the pocket prints and the color of the sling they want, they can really amaze me with the combination of design they come up with.

Most recent order, Barnsling Zip Pocket on White Ditte (Nah…I just wanna show off my new hair color ) I think this Barnsling will look very striking on Black Ditte too. To find out more variation you can create with our Designer pocket Ring Sling, do visit http://www.mamapatch.com/category/ring-sling-designer-pocket/

Updates on Mama Patch Modern Cloth Pads

Not only I am crazy about using cloth myself, I get very hooked up seeing the beautiful colors and combination I can come up with my products. Just can’t stand snapping pics of the cloth pads (You will think I am nut if you see me frequently lining up the colorful pads at my main sling door for the light I need for shooting!!) Hmm…at least something of my personal creation which I am really proud off! See more @ http://www.mamapatch.com/category/modern-cloth-pad/

Recent Discovery

After using cloth pad for my menses almost a year, I sometimes cannot be bothered if there are unremoveable stains on my pads. I am still sceptical about if it really gonna grow bacteria in the between layers so I decided to open up an old pad to check. Guess what’s my finding?

As I do not bother to soak with soapy water (you see, I can change new ones as frequent as I want, hehe…) the surface sometimes leaves stains. When I cut it up, I am SO SURPISE to see that the inner layers (right to the bottom) is actually as good as new!! Wonder why??

Well, the answer is because blood (blood from any part of our body, not just menses) is easily staineable ONLY when it is exposed to air. It will be good to sun your pads on the line as sun not only kills bacteria (hey, our blood is sterile anyway, OK!), it works great as a whitening agent too. But even if you don’t, you can now be assured that your pads is really clean in the inside (see picture above). Don’t believe, go open up your pad and check it out yourself


Updates on Mama Patch Petite Wetbags


Worry about the messiness of using Cloth Pads during outing? Here, is the solution by using wetbags. Mama Patch cute Petite Wetbags are designed for your convenience of pad storage. With just our single zip wetbag, you can keep the soiled pads in the zipped area (with pretty colorful waterproof lining) and separete the cleans one on the outer pocket. Isn’t it conveninent?Check out more prints @ http://www.mamapatch.com/category/wetbag/

Now if you are still lazy about bringing home soiled pads from shopping for hours, just go out with your disposable and bring a cloth for change when you are about to come back. Otherwise use only cloth at home on weekends and nights for a deep and comfy sleep.
Now you do not have any excuse for using cloth pad, do you?

My laptop is dying

I can’t believe it. Since last Saturday, my 2.5 years Lenovo laptop has totally died on me,with no sign of power supply when I press on the ON button. Not sure if it is the adapter that is not working or my laptop that had passed away. I hope it does not as I have not saved all my work details onto my external drive.

What I am really sad is that I just spent RM200 to replace a new keyboard on my laptop. I should have gotten an external keyboard and attached to it instead of getting an original one from Lenovo :(

Sigh…won’t be able to go online for the time being.

My wooden cot

Not wanting to let our girl sleeping in the bouncing net, we bought a nice bed and comfy bedding for our girl and placed it at her nanny when she was 6 months old. Since it was a huge one, she has been sleeping in it till four beside me as the bed is attached to our bed.

I still remember how fun and how excited I was when we were shopping for her bedding. I immediately feel in love with the lovely and sweet design available in most shopping malls. Eventually we decided a unisex theme and got one from one of the Baby Bedding online store.

But when our 2nd twin babies came along, we hardly put them in too, as it is more convenient for them to co-sleep with me at night due to easy breastfeeding. However it really works great as extension to my bed so that we have bigger space to turn around. Even if the boys rolled into it, I would not have to worry about them falling off the bed.

I doubt they will want to sleep in there for many years just like their sister. Luckily I can still convert it into a pretty daybed for my living hall for their nap later on.

Great picnic at Damai

Anyone saw me in Facebook already knows how *burning and exploding* mad I was a few days back. Anyhow I had a great weekend at the Damai Picnic and I shall share the happy thing first.

Really, I did not expect this picnic to be so fun, especially for the kids (how I wish I am a kid again!) There are so many activities arranged for kids

* fresh cupcake decoration kids can decorate (a small fee for children activities will be charged)
* arts and crafts for kids
* story telling

besides yummy BBQ and great talks/demo going around for the adults. Those who have not turned out, you have really miss this one. But if you are into babywearing, we will have another babywearing gathering soon, on this Sunday at Tiny Tapir, Ampang Park.

Dealing with complex human being

I do not know how I ended with a degree in economic. With totally no interest with the corporate world, my degree ended up sitting in no where and here I am, stuck with kids at home all day, having to handling madness at home. It can be really mental torturing if I do not have anyone to talk to. Luckily I chat almost daily with friends online. If I am given a choice to upgrade myself, I would definitely want to get myself a online degree related to human and communication. Perhaps I should check out the online program offered by the Capella university to see what they have to offer.

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Avoiding crowded places

Afraid of going to crowded places, it has been quite sometime since we went to the mall. Since it was quite boring on last weekend, hubby suggested we go out but my little girl insisted on having us wearing mask. I am really amaze to learn that she has so much awareness on H1N1 after teacher talk to them about (such as proper way to wash hands, avoiding crowded places and such).

Aiyo…if wanna wear mask, might as well we stay at home, right? Furthermore, how to get my 2 boys to wear mask ler? Eh, we have not get insurance for our kids ler. Since we do not have the budget to increase our monthly premium, we are actually under insured with our current policy. How I wish the life insurance rates are made more affordable for big families like ours.

Playing with Illustrator

I just realise I can really do pretty well when it comes to artwork design. Realizing it is time that Mama Patch comes out with proper leaflet since the products are already in the stores, I decided to design and print some promotional media as give outs.

It is actually my first time using the Illustrator, and to my surprise, it can be quite easy to use as compare to Adobe Photoshop. Stay tune for more updates on what I have done for Mama Patch.

Cranky boys @ 1

It is indeed tiring taking care of the boys especially at this stage when they are learning to walk. Didi has been very cranky these days and want me to carry him almost at all time. With flu and cough, his appetite is really lousy and he just would not eat. Korkor on the other hand, just not willing to sleep on his own at night.

The kids can really drive me crazy especially when now I am rushing for some artwork done. How nice if we can really take a break and go for a refreshing family vacation to catch some fresh air.

Picnic with Tiny Tapir

Not knowing what to do on weekends? Take advantage of Tiny Tapir’s lovely grass at their bungalow @ Damai and have a picnic with your family ( some picnic cloths provided). The event is FREE lots of activity for yourself and your children too.

Things to do

* fresh cupcake decoration kids can decorate (a small fee for children activities will be charged)
* arts and crafts for kids
* story telling
* muay thai exhibition
* demo classes for Jewelry making (adults)
* demo classes for Scrapbooking (adults)
* demo classes for making cloth pads (women only!)
* demo class for bento making!

If you wants to learn more about babywearing, there is a section for babywearing talk upstairs, organised by carrier makers. To find out more, read details here

KAM snap press

Guess what I have got recently?

During my birthday last week, I decided to make a small investment for Mama Patch and I got myself a KAM Snap Press for my sewing project. It is indeed a very heavy chunk of metal and now I can easily apply snaps for Mama Patch cloth pad, bags and even repair my kids cloth diapers. If you have anything which requires snap press service, just send over your kids project and I’ll help you to apply the snaps onto your projects :)

Online trading tool

Doing trading online can be very convenient today as compare to those days. With a click from home, by just refering to option trading software, it is so easy to buy and sell at the right time. My mum is now hooked to the internet daily as she has to download and analyze the daily market movement and monitoring. With a strong basic, it surely helps a lot by having the trading software. I wish I am like her, having the patient to sit by the computer to try out the free online tool to learn to monitor the movement of the market daily.

33rd birthday

This is the 2nd year I celebrate my birthday with 3 kids. For dinner, I just prepared nasi lemak for the family. Told hubby not to get any cake but instead he came back home with 3 big slices of cake from Secret Recipe.

Initially I wanted to go to spend a nice weekend at the Japanese buffet (heard so much about this place), but after a second thought, it is really too pricey to spend for a meal like this. Furthermore, it might be difficult also for us to eat in peace since 2 boys will be making lots of noise. Better save the money and go later when they are bigger.

Low confident child

First my girl thinks that “specky is UGLY”. Then recently, she refuse to join the kids for games at her best friend’s birthday party in Mac Donald.

Last weekend it was the second time QQ was invited to attend a birthday party at Mac D. Just like the first time, she refuse to sit in with her friends, but instead “kepit” under my wings with sitting with the parents. When games started, Iris came over to pull her hand to play, but she just refuse (although I tried to bring her out to hold her friend’s hands). The moment, I let go, she will run back to me like a small little children.

I am really sad to see my girl behave this way. Although she is now already 2nd year in pre-school, can see that her confident level is way too low compare to kids her age. Now I am tempted to enroll her into after school classes so that she can mix with more people without me around.

Updates on my lil men

Almost abondoned blog here.

Just some update on my boys:
Despite already one year old, my punk hair twin boys only have hairs in the middle of their head. Not sure why, they are still almost hairless. At their 2nd pnuemmococal jab yesterday (we were poorer by Rm560 again this round visit), their weight and height was found below average (chart slopping downward). Doctor was a bit concern and asked to do a blood test to check on their iron deficiency. Bills on jabs are already too high so I though it is not neccessary to do the test. Furthermore, insufficient in iron is normal for breastfed babies, right?

We need to increase our savings

How I wish we have more disposable income so that I could send my girl to music class like dancing or taking up violin. With only hubby working alone now, we really have to consider every single cent spent as there is so many mouths to feed. At least the boys are still young and still solely on breast milk plus some solid food.

With less income from blogging now, I am still finding ways to increase my income from other ways. I really wish we have more money to keep aside for savings, or better still, invest in good commodity like the silver bars so that the value will appreciate when we cash it out in future.

Gold for my kids?

The boys first birthday will be arriving in another 2 months time. I wonder what we should be getting for them, as their first birthday. We have even planned up a birthday party in Melaka in this coming school holiday and also a mass picnic celebration in KL. As I hope that their birthday celebration will be a memorable one, there are so many things to prepare if I really want to make it very unique. Maybe I should suggest getting one gold coin as a gift for each of them as gold is the best investment where its value is preserved.

Do you think twin babies are expensive?

I just can’t help but feeling proud of myself that I am still able to breastfeed the boys now, at 10 months. I know, it sounds almost unbelievable to most as it takes a lot of effort to successfully breastfeed one baby, what’s more feeding two.

Yesterday while running my errands, I was talking to some ladies while waiting for my food and they commented that my twins must be “pricey” in terms of spending on milk powder and disposable diapers. Not wanting to explain in details about cloth diapering in a hot coffee shop, I just merely tell them they are not that expensive, apart from being difficult to take care of. Reason is because they are still on breastmilk only, and we have not invest a single sen on formula as of today.
Guess where their eyes go to immediately after that? I bet anyone listen to my answer would shift their eyes to would be anxious to find out if I am that BIG to be able to feed TWO! *common reaction*

Feeding 2

I just can’t help but feeling proud of myself that I am still able to breastfeed the boys now, at 10 months. I know, it sounds almost unbelievable to most as it takes a lot of effort to successfully breastfeed one baby, what’s more feeding two.

Yesterday while running my errands, I was talking to some ladies while waiting for my food and they commented that my twins must be “pricey” in terms of spending on milk powder and disposable diapers. Not wanting to explain in details about cloth diapering in a hot coffee shop, I just merely tell them they are not that expensive, apart from being difficult to take care of. Reason is because they are still on breastmilk only, and we have not invest a single sen on formula as of today.

Guess where their eyes go to immediately after that?

*common reaction*
I bet anyone listen to my answer would shift their eyes to my body part to find out if I am that BIG to be able to feed TWO! Hey, I know you are now imagine how I look …….Ok… I admit, they are rather small after all!