Why Jae? Why Sesha?

I know someday, you'll ask why I chose these names. I could easily choose a more "Chinese" friendly name or invent something silly which I'm quite sure your mum will like.

Why Jae?
It's a short for Jade. I always wanted this name for my daughter. Way way before I even got married. I think it's a beautiful name to associate with a girl. I always picture a lady with the name Jade to have charisma and class. But the real deeper reason is I want my first child to be my precious forever. I like the history of Jade being the equivalent of gold in ancient China; the most previous mineral man can have. Why not gold or diamond you may wonder at this point. Because I want you to remember your roots. That we will always be Chinese and carry the virtues of Chinese.

Eventually the name evolved to Jae, which I feel has a more light-hearted ring to it. Which suits your character very well so far. You are always that little cuddly girl who loves attention and things that makes you happy.


Why Sesha?
Another name I always wanted if I had a son is Freeman. Inspired by Morgan Freeman, a black actor whom I admire a lot. But it's the real meaning of the name that sticks with me; freedom. More specifically the freedom of speech, the freedom to chose, the freedom to live your life to the fullest. Every person deserves to enjoy these freedom. Not everyone appreciate the millenias of fear, fighting and hardship in order for us to enjoy these freedoms. I hope you'll grow up appreciating these freedoms and become a free-spirited person. Responsible but always dare to make a choice.

We went Orchook for lancing..

Late night supper with Jae

No.2, 3.4kg on 14 August 2010, 1855hr

After getting scolded by mummy for monkeying around in the backseat...

Jae: I want mummy love me...*sobs*
Mummy: Jae Jae naughty, mummy don't love you!
Jae: Jae Jae not naughty....sobsob
Mummy: Then who's naughty?!
Jae: ......Daddy.......

.....

Elephant grass

Daddy: I don't like you.
Jae: I don't like you also.
Daddy: I don't want to bring you to the playground tomorrow.
Jae: I like Daddy!

My giant elephant grass.

Jae to mummy: "Mummy you like me?" Mummy replied yes.
Jae to daddy: "See, mummy like me. Nobody like you daddy."

:(

We were window shopping after dinner when mummy sat down at a cafe, to rest her feet for a while. The little one came up, looked at mummy and said, "you want to eat AGAIN?!"

Jae's picking up all the lahs and lehs from school. Maybe that's where they should start the Speak Good English campaign. LAH!

Little missy peed in the ball pit. Every kid got to get out. Playground closed. Massive cleaning.

From cot to baby bed to now single size bed. :)

Just after daddy bought her a new toy, Jae smiled and said, "I ike mummy, I don ike daddy." Happy Father's Day.

The little one held my face, look into my eyes and said, "daddy close your eyes okie, everyone sleeping already okie." Ahh..she's definitely back to her kaypoh self again.

Time Did Not Fly.

No it didn't. The last three years were some of the most difficult years of my life. They were also some of my most rewarding years, seeing Jae grow from a little pea to a running jumping kid. I'm glad we passed the stage when Jae needs constant milk feeding and attention. She's a big girl now, able to poo and pee in the toilet without much fuss.

In another 3 months or so, we'll be expecting Number 2. It'll be all hell break loose once again. It'll be easier but not easy for another 3 years. I hope there's a way to fast forward but then again, we would have missed the precious 3 years of watching Number 2 grow up.

Then there is always the problem of Jae adjusting to her new role as the big sista and come to terms to having less attention from daddy and mummy.

To me, Jae will always be the special one. The one who changed my life for the better. The one who truly given me a purpose. Right now, I can only hope Jae learns to share her toys in time.

Back to Kampong Day!

Her new found shoe!

Night Terrors

The old folks always tell us not to let the kids play too much during the day. Their theory is if the kid is over-excited during the day she'll have nightmares at night.

Loads of bull I thought.

Not anymore.

We had a few bad nights of night terror with Jae. At first we couldn't understand why she was screaming for mummy in the middle of the night when she's just beside her. She'd be crying non-stop for an hour, unable to calm down before she became too tired or too hungry to continue. Some night we had to walk her out of the room and see what exactly she need. Still no clue what she wanted.

Then I recall reading something about night terrors, which is different from nightmares. Most of the symptoms matches, the crying, shouting for mummy when mummy is right in front of her, totally unable to express herself or calm herself down. And the remedy; don't over-tire the kid during the day.

Perhaps there's a change in the sleeping time in school. Now we make sure she get to bed by 10pm everyday.

One Year

So much difference in just one year...




...When she just learned how to walk..

I'm Two!

Happy Birthday Little Jae!

One little Monkey and One little Tiger

Check out these two little rascals, showing off their jumping skill!