Mahdi Vs. HFMD

Poor boo contracted the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease.

He went to the babysitter on Monday (He only goes on Monday’s since my mom teaches classes on that day).

Then on Tuesday i got the news that Aleesya (she goes to the same babysitter) was diagnosed with HFMD, then on Thursday night Mahdi had a slight fever, which i thought was because of his teething issues. But then on Friday morning, we noticed little red spots on his face.

Luckily he’s so white, that just one spot will be super obvious… let alone a few dozen.

Poor spotty little boo.

Not loving his new crib.

Mama being specialized in childcare and trained by experts to detect HFMD at her old preschool, rang every alarm bell, and we left straight for the hospital.

He was admitted into Tropicana Medical the next 2 nights for observation, since his temperature was rather high and he had some ulcers inside his mouth which made his food intake poor.

Finally got the all clear to go home 2 days later. Yay.

Me and Boo at the hospital waiting to check out.

I just wanna say thank god for his medical insurance or this whole ordeal would have cost us an arm and a leg. When did healthcare become so damn expensive??

I used to think that insurance was stupid, and a scam, since it’s really a gamble cuz you never know if you will ever get sick. I myself, have never been so sick, that i had to be hospitalized. Except when i had Mahdi that is..

Then i see cases like our dear friend (RIP), being so young and active and then suddenly have an aneurysm and drop into a coma. 😦 Luckily he had lots of friends who were willing to donate to ease his family’s medical bills. If it was me, who would want to donate to that lazy blogger who had a few good friends and posted way too many photos of her kid. sigh.

Shows that you could never too prepared for a rainy day.

What not to say to a LADY!

Found this video while aimlessly browsing youtube.

Then passed it on to Muuzi for his input.

Me: Yo, *link*
Muuzi:  oh man, i said like 70% of that

Me:  you say ALL THESE THINGS!!

Muuzi: ahahahahhahahah

Me:  haha

Muuzi:  ok 99%

Me:  how are u even married?

Muuzi:  ahahahhahahah

Me:  i have such low standards..

Muuzi:  ur gullible

Me:  hahaha, JK i love you sooo much

Muuzi: me too, muah

Tis the Flu Season

Oh, i hate hate hate being sick…

My boys are both sick, Muuzi is at home asleep on MC (lucky!), and Mahdi has a runny nose and is coughing. 😦

I’m feeling terrible, but trying to keep strong since my boys need me.

Tissues are EVERYWHERE!!

Hopefully this ends soon. Sigh.

And here it goes again.. Psy part 2.

You could hate it all you want, but it’s only been three days, and it’s already gotten almost 90MILLION views on youtube, and it’s insanely catchy beat is already embedded in my head.

Looks like we are merely days away from cover videos, and corporate flash mobs.

Not bad for a guy who’s lyrics are basically gibberish to the masses.

Edit: As of 17/4/2013 the current toll of views has surpassed 100M views. Amazing feat.

The hunt for PreSchools part-1

I say it’s part 1 because i’m sure that it’s not going to end here.

Here is a shortlist of schools that i’m considering.

Kinderland, Sri Hartamas (http://www.kinderland.com.sg)
Tulip Montessori, Bangsar (http://www.tulip.com.my)
The Brainy Bunch, Taman Tun (http://www.islamicmontessori.com)
Sparkles Montessori, Sri Hartamas (http://sparklemas.tripod.com)

Another one that i’m interested in, but is definitely not in my price range is Julia Gabriel, Bangsar. They have a great programme, cuz my mom used to work there, but as i said. It’s super expensive. 😦

I’ll soon add and eliminate this list once i’ve done more research on it.

The Preschool Nightmare

So it has begun..

Muuzi and me have been putting off enrolling Mahdi in preschool for awhile now. Since everytime i think about paying someone i don’t know to take care of my boy, i keep feeling his much better off being with people who genuinely love him.

It’s no secret that i stopped working and stayed home with Mahdi for the first 9 months of his life, and once i got a job, my mom took over. And honestly it’s been great. He is happy and knows that he is greatly loved.

But now he’s a rambunctious 15 month old, who weighs around 10KG’s, and vs. my mom who is 56 years old… who is easily tired out and prone to severe backpains from carrying him around.

So as much as it annoys me to have someone else take care of my boy. It has to be done. sigh.

But that is only half of my problem.

HAVE YOU FRICKING SEEN THE PRICES OF PRESCHOOLS THESE DAYS!!???!

It’s honestly almost as expensive as my degree at MMU.  And honestly.. he’s only 1.3 years old! I’m not expecting him to be a rocket scientist. I just want a place for him to meet other kids and maybe sing songs and play with some blocks.

These ‘schools’ are trying to shove religion, science, and maths programmes down these kids throats.

It’s insane. They even have exams…..

CRAZY.

i don’t remember learning anything important in kindergarten. Mostly just gluing stuff together and a whole LOT of colouring with crayons.

Is it too much to ask for a normal clean and safe preschool with happy kids, with song and dance and learning thru play which isn’t an insane RM1000/a month, is that an absolutely ridiculous request?

Check out this article for futher info: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/childcare-costs-squeezing-malaysias-middle-class-pockets/

What do you mean the stock market for teddy’s is going down!!??

Time Lapse rant.

If there was one thing i could change about my past, it’s the fact that i never had any savings as a child.

Any money i did have was used to support my family, pay for my education or spend frivolously on dumb things.

I feel jealous when i see my friends who’s parents worked hard in collecting a little comfortable nest egg for their kids. So they can pay for Uni, or buy a house later in life.

Now in trying to buy our house, it seems so difficult since we don’t have RM40,000 just laying around to pay the deposit. And all the things that the government put in place to ‘help’, doesn’t really help at all.

As if it’s not bad enuff the prices of the houses in Malaysia are borderline insane… i mean, half a million for an apartment in Sungai Buloh…. REALLY!???

I mean, If we can afford the monthly repayments of a 100% loan, WHY can’t we get a 100% LOAN?? It’s so freaking unfair.

You can be sure that I’m not going to let Mahdi have this issue when he grows up.