Perils of Party Plannings Part II

Sighhhhhhhh...........I guess God is really testing my faith and patience. There just seems to be no end of cock ups! First the guest list.........thought it was finally confirmed and I went ahead and confirmed the number of guests with the caterers......now some are cancelling as something has come up and they cannot get away. Ok I am fine with that as some who said no are coming at the minute. No worries as any excess food can be 'ta paued' mah! I have a 5 year old nephew who can eat for 3 persons! yup he's a fat boy and spoilt brat too.....but I love him no matter what.

Then now I have 2 cakes and 1 jelly cake (given FOC by the caterer) and planning of the cake cutting ceremony has now been divided to 2 sessions....1st cake presented by my sister and the jelly cake will now be cut at 5.00pm and the second cake from friends will be cut at 6.00pm and I wonder if my Angel will think Mom and dad have gone mad with so many cake cutting sessions not to mention the amount of cake leftover.......ARGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Never mind, I shall relish eating the jelly cake leftovers and leave the other cakes to be polished off by whoever wants them! Glad I got the party favours done up and the party games and decos are not under my jurisdiction! Thank goodness I have my cousin Alvin to be my support and all time joker to lift up my flagging spirits! Yay! Alvin!

So to all those coming.....see ya! To those who can't make it, it's ok and God bless you!

Post script to last posting

Come to think about it last week may have been weekly horribilis but Saturday 25th June 2005 turned out to be rather enjoyable. It was the 'annual general gathering' for some of the participants and facilitators of the 44 week Bible Journey program 2002. We all met at Ikano and proceeded to Ikea Restaurant where we ate, chat, laughed and had a good lunch. Turn out was good as all who were informed of the AGG were there. But the best was being able to meet up and yak about anything and everything under the sun! Just because it sounds like we are a very religious group, don't be fooled by it! We too have our 'naughty' moments.

To the gang, thanks so much for the lovely afternoon and attention showered on my mischievious baby. It was good for her to see all the aunties and uncles again! Richard thanks for the sumptious tea at Winter Warmers and Mario thanks again for being my 'date' for the occasion.

Bad week

Gracious! What a week! Starts out with my baby being sick, my hubby having to be in Singapore overnight on Friday when Angeline's fever was still bad......it had to culminate in a worse case scenario Sunday evening.

We parked our car in front of Assumption Family House and thought we were lucky to get the spot. Boy! Were we wrong! When we came out of the church grounds after mass, our car was badly damaged! Some stupid jerk had rammed into our car and destroyed the back wheel axle and the back lights too! To top it off, the idiot ran off!

To the person who did this, you are the scum of the earth! We know where you work, you worm and I hope that someday you will know what it feels like to have your personal belongings destroyed and damaged! Thanks to you, we now have to fork out $$$$$ for repairs and that itself is going to take at least a whole month! And pray tell, how is my husband going to get to work? How are we going to send our sick baby to the hospital? I hope YOU ROT IN HELL YOU WORM!

What's a mother to do?

The doctor who treated my baby on Wednesday night just called. The urine test results came back positive for ecoli. Poor Angel! She was hospitalized from May 9-11 this year for the same problem. Now I have to bring her to the hospital on Monday morning to do another urine test and get more antibiotics. Her doctor told me that Angel will have to go back for another hospital stay to do further tests on her kidney and urinary tract once the ecoli infection has cleared.

Paranoia is fast setting in my being now. My fear of the same problem with Patricia recurring is rearing it's ugly head. I just don't know if I can take another blow like Patricia. My heart is heavy with fear and worry. Where is my faith when I need it the most?????

Just another week more to go and Angel turns one. The 'birthday party of the year' is fast approaching and still so many things to do and I know that by the time the party is over and such I will be the one checking into Assunta!

Please God keep my baby safe and healthy.

Sleepless in Damansara Damai

Yesterday afternoon was harrowing to say the least! My Angeline had a very high fever the whole afternoon and into the night! Took her to the clinic and all the doctor had to say was 'could be viral fever'....I just wanted to scream! Had a sleepless night and only got to sleep at 5 am after her fever broke only to have her dad wake me up at 6 am! Needless to say I've got dark rings and bags under my eyes.....not sexy anymore....PANDA BEAR STRIKES AGAIN!

It never is easy being a mother and a housewife. It may sound kinda cliche but I now know just what my mom went through when my siblings and I were kids. Even more so with me as I am a polio victim. I am one of the fortunate ones. I can walk almost normally with a slight limp and without any aid of a wheelchair or crutches. Makes me appreciate Mom even more. Just wish I had shown her just how much I love and appreciate all she had given me when she was still here. Mom I know you are watching me from above, I just wanna say thanks and I love you Mom. I miss you even more now.

Wonderful news from a good friend

Today I received wonderful news from a very good friend who is more than a friend to me. She is my 'sister' and godmother to both my daughthers. She emailed that she is pregnant! I was so happy to hear that. You see, like me, she too lost her eldest son 4 years ago. Her 2nd son is my godson and now to know that she's expecting again......just blows me away!

I am terrified of getting pregnant again! Yeah well, I am 44 this year and I already have Angel. My fear is that I will favour a child from my own womb over Angel as you all know, I adopted. Plus I am worried about the condition of the baby. Would the baby be normal? Would I be able to carry the baby full term? I am so terrified that this time around the baby would also be like Patricia, a Down Syndrome baby.

I am not against Down Syndrome babies......far from it! I just worry that if the baby is born with Down's, who will be there to care and love him/her? It is just not fair to Angeline to be saddled with the responsibility. Maybe some of you out there may be thinking I am paranoid and crazy to be worrying about a pregnancy at my age! Don't forget that Lin Chin Hsia got pregnant at 47 with her second baby!

Sometimes I wish that I had not started smoking. Then maybe I would have been able to have children 14 years earlier. Yeah, I was smoking 2 packs a day! My gynae told me to quit as my fallopian tubes were narrowing and the chances of me conceiving was low. Whan I finally got pregnant, I quit cold turkey! But by then it was too late. Patricia was born with heart problems, premature at 7 months, weighing only 0.95 kgs and Down's Syndrome. I was 38 when I finally got pregnant and 39 when Patricia was born. Just 1 month and 21 days from my 40th birthday, I held Patricia in my arms for the last time. She died March 1 2001 in my arms with a last painful shuddering breath.

Till today, I can still remember that awful night of March 1 2001. Sometimes I wish that there was a time machine, then I'd go back in time and undo all the bad things that I'd done like smoking and maybe even hold Patricia again in my arms. Yeah wishful thinking.....right!

Perils of Party Plannings!

Hello everyone,

Why didn't anyone warn me that planning a party for a one year old is such a headache??? Even the guest list is like a 'social faux pax' waiting to happen! In the end we ended up inviting close to 100 people (adults and kiddies included!). Then comes the RSVP part where we give a date for all to respond so that we can confirm with the caterers how many pax to cook for, book the hall to try and accommodate the 'masses' so to speak.

With the RSVP date given, we still have some who haven't given any response! There just is so much to do! Thank goodness we have bought the birthday girl's party dresses (2 dresses only mah!), confirmed the hall and got most of the things done except maybe the party packs for the kiddies to pack, ballons and decos to buy........and all these while the papa's going nuts over the cost and mama's so called 'over spending'!

Still it's worth every aggravation and headache because this party is for our beautiful and cute baby, the light of our lives, the pain in the rear and loved to bits by her doting and crazy parents. Just hope that she will not be overwhelmed by the number of people singing her birthday song when she blows out her birthday candle.....hahahahahahahaha!

my baby angeline

I am happy to say that after years of heartbreak since losing my baby Patricia, I am now a mother again to a baby girl (adopted) Angeline who turns one on 4 July. My baby Angel is so cute and mischief is her middle name. She has brought so much joy and laughter into this home and has helped my hubby and me to be more loving and considerate to each other.

Some may say that motherhood sucks but for me it's wonderful. Watching my Angel learning new things smiling and posing each time the camera is aimed at her crawling and now walking makes time pass each day pleasurably.

Thank God for miracles kan? Till the next time, take care!

My Own Blog

Hello friends! Since so many of my friends have their own blogs I thought I'd have my own too! To be honest i know next to nothing about BLOGS so guys and gals be patient with me. Most of the VP people would recognize my VP nick: scully1961........ahakkkkksssssss! YESSSSSSS! I am back!