Here’s a simple guide to bringing your kids out for dinner and back. Follow these instructions and you should have a pleasant fuss free night.
- Pack diaper bag(s)
- Realize you forgot their dinner and turn back.
- Scoop two year old’s porridge from the stove into a Thermos and place into diaper bag. Thankfully you’ve already fed the eight month old her puree dinner.
- Fill toddler’s water bottle. Add a dash of Ribena so he’ll be more likely to drink it.
- Wash up baby and change her into footsie pajamas. You may be back past her bedtime and you’d like to put her to bed right away.
- Finally leave the house
- Strap both into their car seats
- Pass the toddler his pacifier so he’ll stop whining
- Shush and pat the baby so she’ll stop whining
- Arrive at destination, release both from their seats and start walking to restaurant
- Toddler alternates between asking to walk and asking to be carried. Go along with it; it’s called picking your battles.
- Get seated, ask for two baby chairs.
- Wrestle both into the chairs
- Pick up a pacifier from the floor. Pick up the toddler’s left shoe. Pick up baby who’s crying to be carried.
- Try to open menu but baby is now reaching for the butter knife. Hastily push utensils to the furthest corner possible.
- Snatch pepper and salt shaker out of the toddler’s fist.
- Finally order food
- Pick up more pacifiers off the floor. Make a trip to the restroom to wash them off.
- Come back and pick color pencils off the floor and hand them back to toddler who’s “coloring”.
- Snatch pencils out of toddler’s fist while barking at him to stop drawing on the table.
- Carry baby because she’s whining again. Stand up and bounce her.
- While bouncing, bark at toddler for trying to get to the damn knives.
- Pick up paper napkins from the floor.
- Ask passing waiter in strained voice, WHERE THE HECK IS OUR FOOD?
- At this point, waiter may have mercy on you and gives you a teaspoon for baby to play with
- Baby starts eating the spoon and you have five minutes of peace
- Ask the waiter for a new spoon when baby drops hers
- When food arrives, it’s finally time to break out the iPad because toddler is slowly going stir crazy in his seat and has mysteriously lost all his color pencils.
- Eat as fast as you can. Chewing is optional. Indigestion be damned.
- You may need to eat with one hand while the other clutches the baby. This is okay because you’ve gotten really good at this.
- Ask the waiter for a new spoon when baby drops hers (again)
- Alternate shoveling food into your mouth and shoveling food into toddler’s mouth.
- Pick up baby’s pacifier from the floor. Put her back into her high chair and head for the restroom to do another round of washing.
- Come back and be horrified because baby has somehow managed to squeeze her butt out the back of the chair and is hanging on for dear life. Readjust her and pick her up again.
- Nag toddler to drink more water.
- Bark at poor unsuspecting sister in law for talking too much during dinner and not eating fast enough. Baby is flinging herself around because it’s an hour past her bedtime.
- Still chewing, ask for the check.
- Yell at toddler to sit down and stop taking off his shoes.
- Ask for the check again. It’s been five minutes!
- Pay, throw things back into diaper bag and get out of there.
- Snap at toddler for resisting getting into his car seat. Strap both in and go go go.
- Once home, tag team it with Daddy so that he gets toddler ready for bed and tucks him in
- Carry baby into your room where she promptly closes her eyes and falls asleep.
- And then because you’ve overtired baby, be prepared to be woken up by her every hour until 5 am, which is when she is up for the day.
That’s all there is to it! Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Feel free to follow this guide for a easy family evening out. ^^
Love, Fatty, Shorty, Fighter and Mochi Tiah.
SO. Exercise. The bane of my existence.
I always knew I’d have to exercise someday.
Whether to to be healthy or stronger, or tp keep slim when my metabolism finally breaks down on me wtf.
When I was younger, I promised myself maybe I’d start exercising when I’m old. Like 30. HAHAHA.
And sweet Jesus, I’m 30 now. O_O
I have finally accepted my own mortality wtf. Which is why I’ve started working out for the past two months actually. I jumped on the Kayla’s BBG bandwagon because Bobo started doing it a year ago and I was super impressed with her results. I was pregnant with Penny then and I said I would start it when I’m all done giving birth.
Well guess what I am wtf.
So I embarked on my Kayla journey. To be specific, my Kayla journey to hell. Cos that was what it felt like hahahaha.
Obviously I’m not a fan of exercise. But I know people like me who, once they got into it, started to have fun.
Well guess what. It’s been 7 weeks and I’m still not having fun fml hahahaha.
I’ve gotten sliiightly better but the beginning was horrific. Kayla is intense!!!!!
For starters, I had no equipment or preparation at all.
I used Fighter’s shampoo bottles as dumbbells.
I used a bathmat for traction (and got carpet burn)
I used my toilet bowl as a bench for step-ups WTF.
(You can rightly conclude I exercised in the toilet wtf)
Exercise savvy friends were horrified hearing this hahahahaha. They were like, WOI DON’T USE TOILET BOWL VERY HIGH AND DANGEROUS.
I was like no worries, next to my toilet bowl is my towel rack so I held on to it. Hahahaha.
And friends be like: “….”
Anyway, since then I’ve improved. I borrowed a yoga mat from my sister in law. I bought two sports bras from H&M which are used in heavy rotation wtf. I bought two teeny dumbbells which weigh like two pounds each wtf. I appropriated Fighter’s Ikea stool to use as a stepping bench.
But occasionally I still feel like puking wtf. I used to get headaches after workouts but thank goodness those have stopped. I still contemplate suicide hate myself for starting this regime and curse Kayla for concocting horrible Cirque du Soleil type exercises hahahaha.
But I’ve been sticking to it. I haven’t missed one day so far and while I’ve cheated (cut short a few times by a few minutes cos I really thought I might throw up wtf) I haven’t let myself skip anything because I know once I start I won’t start again.
That said, here are a few ways you can cheat at Kayla and tell yourself you’re not cheating WTF.
- Turn on the timer then slowly go open the file/booklet to look at the first exercise wtf.
- Once in a while, pause because it’s absolutely crucial to check the timer cos you know, you need to know how much time you have left wtf.
- Put your weights in the furthest corner so when it’s time to use, you have to go there to take them wtf.
- Halfway, adjust your sports bra wtf
- Or retie your hair wtf
I’m like the worst BBG practitioner cos I don’t do any of the low intensity or high intensity exercises besides her recommended circuits. And I definitely don’t eat clean because I very scared I lose too much weight so I eat even more WTF.
The other day I ate a fried rice portion for 2-3 people fml. And the day before I ate a whole regular pizza by myself + garlic bread wtf.
So maybe my results won’t be as obvious but quite surprised still got!
Before starting BBG VS 6 weeks in. 
Before and after.
Got a bit of difference right!!
So while I hate it…. BRB while I choke my hatred down and get back on the yoga mat. Hahahaha.
P/S: I am now in week 8.
Ohai everyone.
Here’s every parents’ dilemma: How to entertain your kids at home?
Normally I’d bring them for a swim, or fill up their inflatable pool and let them splash around in the evening. Or take them out for a walk or to the playground.
With the haze so bad these days, I don’t dare to take the kids out of the house anymore. T_____T
You guys very bored hor?
I don’t like them watching too much TV, or playing with gadgets unless it’s absolutely necessary (like I need some space to eat a meal). Even now, Penny is always trying to grab my phone. -_- Fighter don’t need to say. We read of course (and Penny tries to eat the books), and sometimes I break out the Playdoh. But Penny wants to eat it again wtf and Fighter is not very interested; he’ll just squish them a bit but I don’t think he’s at the developmental stage where he knows how to fashion things out of dough yet. 
So these lazy hazy days, this has been the saviour of my sanity. It’s a gadget but the right kind!
I never really had much use for a printer at home before. If I wanted something printed, I’d just go borrow the machine at Fatty’s office hahaha. Now only I realize the advantage of having a personal printer.
Here are three things I accomplished with my HP Printer.
Print out activities for children!
If you prefer using your phone, there is a HP Printables App! You can download it on the Apple Store or Google Play Store. The printer I’m using is the HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3635 which has a wireless function. Basically you can connect it to the same WiFi as your phone and print from the app. 
Fighter very kan cheong about his activity papers hahahaha. He was very fascinated with the printer! I guess that can be an activity by itself.
We went through different printables on the app and he chose for himself.
Printing in progress! 
Coloring in progress! I’ve never seen him so excited about coloring before to be honest. I think it was the whole process of having the freedom to pick what he wanted to color, and having it print before his own eyes. 
Masterpiece wtf. Ok ok Fighter still has some way to go. 
Printed out a second sheet for the day – a Disney one. Besides coloring, the HP Printables App has other printable activities too – 3D origami, spot the difference and memory card games. Go wild yo! Fighter preferred coloring though, maybe still doesn’t grasp the concept of the others yet. 
Guess what this is?
Print out homemade flash cards!
Fighter actually really likes them. (maybe cos he’s quite good so he very proud to show off his knowledge hahahaha) I have numbers and letter flash cards already so I printed out a natural elements themed one instead. Also cos the illustrations damn cute la hahaha. 
After painstakingly cutting them up. To make the cards last longer, you could print them on thicker paper or cardboard.
I printed on normal A4 paper but I’m planning to laminate them. 🙂
Print out pictures for walls!
Went off the HP app a little bit and found these illustrations. Printed them out and put them in frames. These will look so cute on the nursery wall. 🙂
As you can see, it’s actually possible to entertain kids indoors without resorting to electronic gadgets, and without spending too much.
Wanna take up the #10daychallenge?
The #10dayschallenge is a challenge to spend time with your children without having to resort to your smartphones and tablets and engage them with the HP Printables for 10 consecutive days.
I challenge you to spend some quality time using the HP Printables with your kids, take a picture of them playing and upload it on to the HP Malaysia Facebook page with #10dayschallenge to win free entry to the Kids Day Out event.
20 pairs of tickets will be given out to the best entries to enjoy “The Good Dinosaur” movie at GSC Signatures, The Gardens during the Kids Day Out event on 28th November 2015.
Contest starts from 5th-19th November and winner will be announced on the 12th and 19th November on the HP Malaysia Facebook Page.
Good luck!
I just realized – two kids in and I never wrote a ‘What’s in my diaper bag’ post! I did do one on Dayre some time back but not a proper one so here it is.
(Actually tried recording a video for this too. But it came out too ugly FML. I used my computer’s webcam and it was damn bad la I’m ashamed to call it my work hahahaha. So into the dustbin it goes wtf.)
So with two kids now there is obviously even more things I have to carry with me.
I used to just use a tote bag of mine to lug stuff around in but with two kids, this ain’t cutting it no more.
There are three categories of baby stuff that most parents carry around – entertainment, feeding and changing.
So… what’s in my diaper bag. Items are obviously a mish mash of a baby’s and toddler’s.
1 – Skip Hop chevron diaper bag. I love this bag too much! It’s a decent size yet not too cumbersome to carry around. It comes with tonssss of pockets and compartments like every self-respecting diaper bag should. The shoulder strap is padded so it doesn’t feel heavy even when full. The strap can also be unbuckled on one end to thread through a stroller handle so you don’t need a hook. And the pretty chevron design too of course <3
2 – Rattle for Penny. Sorry, dunno the brand cos Mummy Ooi bought this in the UK.
3 – Books. This one will change obviously so Fighter won’t get bored. For Penny, just a resilient board or fabric book that she can chew on hahaha.
4 – iPad. For when books or toys fail don’t judge hahaha. We try not to give Fighter the iPad but if we’ve been sitting at a meal for some time and he’s already tired of his books then out comes the iPad la so we can eat in peace.
1- Baby Wipes. So necessary it goes without saying. I used to exclusively buy Pigeon wipes only but with baby 2 anything goes hahaha. This Hello Kitty wipes was from Guardian.
2 – Baby blanket. You never know when this will be useful! In a cold mall, as a cushion, as a mat…
3 – Diapers. Also no need to say la wtf. I carry two sizes, for Fighter and Penny obviously.
4 – Cardigan. For if Penny gets cold. None for Fighter because he hates layering. -_- If I know we’re going to a colder place I just make him wear a jacket out the door.
5 – Diaper cream. This particular tube is Melvita but I use Sudocrem at home.
6 – Hand sanitizer. I never used to use hand sanitizer but now this will do in a pinch when I need clean hands when Fighter or Penny suddenly demands food wtf. Or if I change a diaper and there’s no water around wtf it’s better than nothing.
7 – Mosquito patches. Only in Malaysia. Damn scared of dengue la please they’re still so young! But anyway mosquitos seem to love me more than them, if we go out and we’re all wearing the patches I’m the only one who gets bitten wtf. Good la they avoid getting itchy or sick.
8 – Headbands. For Fighter WTF no la for Penny hahahaha. She still has very little hair so in order to look like a girl she needs hair accessories hahaha. She’s usually in pink, so can’t go wrong with a pink headband in the bag. The green one was left over from a birthday party some time back.
9 – Antibacterial wipes. Not for wiping baby butts, I use this to clean pacifiers and utensils, and restaurant high chairs and surfaces they may touch. Don’t play ok last time Fighter played in a contaminated indoor playground and contracted the stomach flu. Then he passed it to the entire family including nanny and grandpa wtf.
1- Food jar for Fighter. This one is from Thermos and I love the colorful yellow ducks on it!
2 – Milk powder container – this one is from Clevamama. It’s tiered so I can keep more than one portion of formula in it for Fighter.
3 – Fork and spoon. This is from Oxo Tot and I initially got it for Penny, cos Fighter already has his own. But Penny is a long way from feeding herself and I really like the design of this! The handles are round and easy to hold and it’s rubber backed. The spoon and fork itself are curved and seems to make it easier to pick up food.
4 – Bib. Hit or miss cos Fighter got mood whether want to wear or not. Penny is on a bib strike now so …. more laundry for us wtf.
5 – OXO Tot snack cup. The handle is also curved and rubbery so it’s easy to hold. The lid has soft rubber flaps so kids can reach into it easily but the snacks won’t fall out. My only gripe is that because it’s not airtight, snacks won’t last in there. What I do is replenish the snacks before we go out and store them in the original container when we’re back.
6 – Milk bottle. Penny’s milk bottles are from Doctor Brown. Cos Penny is still refusing to latch during the day aih. But as long as she’s drinking I can pump!
If you haven’t read my blog post on my breastfeeding journey, go here.
That’s all the essentials in my diaper bag! Not a lot I think cos I know other moms carry a lot more hehe. What’s in your diaper bag that I don’t have in mine?
My masterpiece a few weeks ago!
The Competitive Aunties had a girls only potluck dinner at Bobo’s place a couple of weeks back. Each of us had one menu item to contribute and mine was dessert.
They all damn kiasu asked me to make cake cos “it feels more like dessert” wtf what nonsense is this please hahahaha they just want me to make something difficult, being competitive hahaha. And I’ve never actually baked a cake before (cheesecake doesn’t count).
Well suckers! I managed to find a cake-like recipe that actually turned out to be pretty easy to make. I don’t actually like cake so this recipe is even more win.
I made a fruit tart. 😀
Got the recipe off here and adapted it to suit myself.
Did a how-to video for it too. 😀
Some things to note! You can actually prepare the dough and the custard separately the day before serving. Refrigerate both and they can keep for 1-2 days. On the day itself, just put the dough into the pan, bake, let it chill then pour the custard in. Chill the whole thing until serving for max yumminess.
For some reason, my custard was a bit lumpy wtf. Didn’t stir fast enough? Anyway after chilling the tart, I didn’t notice any lumps so… CHILL ALL THE TARTS! Lol. I guess you could also sieve it too.
The last decorative step would be to glaze the strawberries. Simply mix strawberry jam with water, and paint the strawberries a nice shiny layer. I skipped this step because I was running late.
Nah another show-offy picture hahaha. Very pleased with my first attempt! 
And here’s us aunties taking plating very seriously.
In order to achieve this photo! Everything looks so good omg take me baaaaack hahaha. 
First is pumpkin soup made by Wei Zhi. It was thicker than normal and she said it’s like puree lolol but it was really good! Just the right amount of salt and pepper hahaha. 
Then stuffed mushrooms with cheese and bacon by Hui Wen! This was too good la had to grip my own hands so I wouldn’t overeat and deprive the rest hahaha. 
Pomelo salad by Wei Zhi again! This food blogger really damn overachiever hahaha. I’ve never had it before and it’s quite nice! I think it was pomelo plus crushed nuts and mint? When I ate, all I can think of is how much work she had to put in to break up the pomelo pieces hahahaha.
Chicken wings from Careen! We excused her from cooking cos she’s pregnant so she tapao-ed Dominos wings hahaha. Erm after you deliver we fully expect you to go back to the kitchen ok Careen WTF. 
Main course of seafood aglio olio by Bobo! When she told us earlier she simply throw things inside I was like what is there to throw in – oil ah wtf. Cos aglio olio ma hahahaha. But she actually added tons of shrimp, mussels and scallops in and it was delicious! 
Oh yea this is the sacrifice behind the scenes to take nice flatlay pics hahahaha. OMG we damn loser and auntie-ish I cannot.
Stand on chairs until Bobo’s dog Nacho suddenly thought it was ok for him to get on the chair too hahahaha sorry ah we spoil your training Bo.
But still quite pretty for aunties right wtf. *persistent
Even at two years old, Fighter has very definite preferences.
He likes is arguably obsessed with the minions from Despicable Me.
Even as a baby he was into minions…. hahahaha. (no la bluff one, here I made him wear #twinning outfits with mommy of course)
But he really really likes them!
His first Halloween costume hehehe.
Normal days also want to wear his Minion glasses. I got it for him when we visited Universal Studios in LA!
When Penny wears HER Minion onesie, he gets agitated and wants her to take it off so he can wear WTF.
He asked for a Minion backpack for the last birthday… and named it Nana (for banana)
And the one time we caught Despicable Me on Astro, he stayed still and watched it continuously until the end. D: I was super surprised cos at that age he never stayed still watching anything for more than five minutes.
So what to do when your son is such a huge Minion fan?
Make full use of On Demand by Astro of course. Hahaha.
At the launch of the new On Demand Entertainment.
With OD, you have three options:
- OD Free: Astro customers who connected their PVRs to their home WiFi will be able to download from a collection of popular TV series for free! You can pick the latest seasons of popular TV series like Empire, Scandal, The Walking Dead, Heroes Reborn, Quantico, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Game of Thrones, The Blacklist, The Voice and many others, all at the same day as its US premiere.The latest episodes of local content like Akademi Fantasia, Classic Golden Melody etc. are also available. This entitlement is based on your own subscription package.
- OD Plus: On Demand access to a vast library of movies, complete box-sets of TV series and children’s content, at just RM15.90/month.Honestly, we are a culture of instant gratification so with OD, we basically get to not only watch what we want, when we want, but to also binge watch! Binge watch your favorite TV series such as Grey’s Anatomy, The Flash, The Big Bang Theory or movie franchises like the Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings series, or Korean TV series like Infinite Challenge, Just Married, etc at home or on the go.
- OD Store: If binge watching is not your thing and you want to catch the latest movie while nuah-ing in bed, you can download the latest cinema releases from a wide range of languages, including Malay, Chinese and Indian. For example, current offerings on OD Store are The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Inside Out and Fast & Furious 7
Here’s how to get On Demand. Press the home button on your Astro remote control and scroll to Settings > Network > Wi-Fi.
If you’re not already connected, scroll to new Connection, key in your password and that’s all.
Then go back to Home, click on On Demand and browse the available categories.
If you’re like us and need to entertain a toddler during long car rides, I can now download Despicable Me on my iPad with OD and let Fighter watch. OMG now that I think about it I’m totally doing that on our next trip to Penang.
And yes, Fighter will be glad to know Despicable Me is one of their offerings hahaha.
Think I was nearly as excited as Fighter would be when I saw the Minions at OD by Astro’s launch party. Cos it’s the Minions la who wouldn’t be excited!!
Wish we had brought him hahahaaha.
Astro brought together famous characters from the TV shows and movies available On Demand. Can you guess which show or movie from the following photos?
Halloween-esque cupcakes…
Ok this one very obvious. Saw Fighter watching this the other day too.
Hahahaha cannot tahan these two, too idiotically cute lolol.
The two in front should be pretty obvious too.
Confirm know!
Actually I cannot tell what movie/TV show is this from… besides Aladdin wtf.
This one also… Little Mermaid?
No need for me to tell you hehehe. Yes Star Wars is available too. 
With Wei Zhi and Elly.
Astro subscribers who connect their PVR now to their home WiFi before 31 Jan 2016 will enjoy 3 months’ free access to OD Plus’s content! Say other people, let me go do it myself too hahahaha. For more information please log on to watchOD.com 🙂
(Looking for Fighter’s pacifier)
Me: “Jude, where is your pacifier?”?
Fighter: “Upstairs.”
Me: “Are you sure?”
Fighter: “Uhm!”
(We go upstairs but the pacifier is nowhere to be seen)
Fighter: “Pacifier not here.”
Me: “Yea where can it be?”
Fighter: “Downstairs.”
Fighter has recently become braver with cats. We were taking a walk and saw a cat again.
Fighter: “CAT! CAT! MEOW!!!”
Tonight he uttered his longest sentence so far.
We left Penny at home with Nanny sleeping and went out for dinner.
Fighter: “Aunty. Nancy. Take baby. Sleeping.”
Fighter (holding iPad): “Aunty. Nancy. Ipad.”
Nanny: “Sorry Fighter, no battery.”
Fighter goes and takes the charger. “Aunty. Nancy. Charge iPad.”
When meeting a friend.
Me: “Fighter, say hi.”
Fighter: “No.”
Me: “Fighter, say bye.”
Fighter: “Bye!”
Fighter is pretty obsessed over cars and driving. But he doesn’t like toy cars, only real ones. One of his favorite things to do is get into the driver’s seat of our car and pretend to drive.
Fighter (after playing with the steering wheel for a while): “Mommy, drive?”
So for a treat I let him sit shotgun while I drive in a circle super slowly around our parking lot.
Fighter: “Mommy. Go left.”
OMG since when did he learn left and right!?
Fighter’s learned how to count recently too.
Fighter: “Wan. Too. Hee. Four. Pie. Six. Seben. Egg. Nine. Ten!
Me: “Good job!”
Fighter: “Eleben. Twaf. Thateen. Fothin. Feeftin!
OMG since when does he know to count beyond ten!?
After a tantrum.
Fighter: “Mommy. Jude cry.”
I came home from Singapore after a day away for a wedding.
Fighter (runs up to me and pats me furiously): “Jude sayang mommy.”
Upon seeing something new (and interesting)
Fighter: “Oh?? Otis?” (what’s this?)
And this is what Penny can say so far.
Penny: “Tatatatatatatatatatata”
Some pics after the jump!
I was in Singapore with Hui Wen for Ally’s wedding this weekend!
All cleaned up wtf.
Taken in the lobby of our hipster boutique hotel.
With my date <3
Audfit details:
Top – Nasty Gal
Skirt – Azorias
Shoes – Esperanza
Clutch – Kate Spade
With the beautiful bride <3
With Eeflin whom I haven’t seen in forever! (and her co-host)
I’ve known these girls since we were young innocent and dating men wrong for us WTF.
In the taxi over.
When I came home, the kids were so happy to see me!!! I also happy la of course.
Penny giggled when she saw me and reached out for me. She wouldn’t be put down and just clung to me the whole afternoon.
And Fighter ran up to me and did that whole thing – randomly pat me fast on the leg and said “Jude sayang mommy” Hahahaha never seen him do that before.
OMG sorry the room is a mess but the kids pulled all their hats and costumes out of the box. I was looking for the cow horns to dress Penny up for Halloween.
But then Koko wanted to wear the horns instead wtf.
Penny looking on in bemusement at her brother.
Fighter is supposed to be a …. bullfighter LOLOL.
See his cow printed shirt? That’s actually Penny’s onesie (we have two of the same onesie). Copycat wanted to wear it. -_-
The baby cow doesn’t like her horns hahahahaha.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Argh bullfighter/cowboy doesn’t like his hat either.
HOW DO OTHER PARENTS SUCCESSFULLY DRESS THEIR KIDS UP
I’d actually planned out a whole cowboy outfit for Fighter complete with plaid shirt and jeans but he wasn’t having any of it. Apparently his sister’s onesie which is way too small for him is nicer.
Ok she forgot the horns are on her head.
Moooo~~
It’s good to be home 🙂
Erm. How about my feet are an embarrassment to humanity. Hahaha.
I’m normally a person who takes quite good care of myself (or so I like to think). With one kid, I still managed to groom myself reasonably well.
But with double the babies now, I’ve had to neglect my personal grooming (and sometimes hygiene LOLOL uh please still be my friend).
I used to go for pedicures every 6-8 weeks before to get my nails cleaned and snipped and dry skin sloughed and scrubbed off. And if got time, get a gel manicure too since it lasts nearly forever. But I haven’t gone for a manicure/pedicure since Penny’s birth because it’s become too much of a time luxury. 🙁
So now my feet like this lo. Nail polish half grown out, skin all dry, scaly and hard, and bonus – got flea bite scars from when we had an infestation at home FML.
So okay la like Muhammad, if Audrey won’t go to the nail salon, let the nail salon come to Audrey wtf.
Introducing, a DIY foot spa, by Aud.
I did some Googling and put some ideas together. For my DIY foot spa, I decided there should be three parts – exfoliation, a foot soak, and a foot scrub, ending with moisturization.
Exfoliation
Also known as remove, hard, dry pieces of skin. Our feet go through a lot every day, supporting our body weight (in the case of moms, their own and their baby’s weight), running or standing around, and getting squeezed into torturous heels. 
Check out my feet OMG. Calluses and peeling dry skin. Luckily no cracked heels only.
For exfoliation, you can use a boring old pumice stone, but I chose to do it the easier (and cuter) way. I used my Scholl Valenka Express Pedi Hello Kitty edition.
Foot spa is supposed to be relaxing ok! Don’t need to use elbow grease; just switch it on, and let it grind dead skin away.
Admire the hugely satisfying result – dust and dead skin cells on the roller.
Calluses at this point are softer and thinner.
Next, is the…
Foot soak
Scoop up a cup of rolled oats.
Throw the oats into your blender or food processor and grind away. A good tip is to make sure the oats are finely ground, so that they won’t clog up your toilet or sink when you dispose of it later.
Add 2-4 cups of milk to the oats. I used breastmilk HAHAHA because it’s good for skin okay!! (Also I have a lot of it) Normal people, you can use cow’s milk.
Add hot water according to your desired temperature and soak those tootsies for 15-20 minutes.
Foot scrub
For a scrub, I added sugar into the bath.
I put my hands in and used the sugar to scrub all over my feet – the soles and the tops of it too.
This is actually a lazy way, because after a while the sugar dissolves into the water. For a more effective scrub, try mixing sugar (you can use brown or white, as long as it’s granulated) or sea salt with some olive oil, and then massaging into your feet.
After I was done, I rinsed my feet off, and for good measure, took a shower.
Update: Feet feel good! The oatmeal helps to soften skin and soothe irritation, so my feet feel clean and fresh now.
Since I’m pampering my feet, I might as well go all the way and cut my toenails hahahaha.
The final touch is to slap on some moisturizer and put on socks before you sleep – the cuter the better hehehe.
Do this once a week and you should have permanently soft feet in no time!
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Had a mini photoshoot the other day.
With Malaysia’s Next Top Model here wtf. Hahahahaha i love her outfit! I tend to dress her in pinks and whites so this is a refreshing look. I call this look Punk Princess Penelope wtf. Her black tshirt which has a donut motif on it wtf and navy tutu skirt are both from Ali Express LOL. 
One of my favorite photos in the series.
*whispers* Penny, why are you eating your shoe??
FYI, I do not starve my models ok hahahaha. 
You need to smize yo!
Why did I choose this career it’s so hard being a fashion photographer wtf. See? Now she’s eating the rug. *throws hands up* I did not starve you Penny! 
Oh look who finally decided to show up. My male model. Punctuality is not a common trait these days wtf.
(asked him to sayang baby and he obliged hahahaha)
Oh this is an outtake. Male model putting on the wrong shoe and female model trying to crawl to eat the camera wtf.
Now male model is finally looking at the camera but but… Penny! Where are you looking!?
Oooh nice one, Penny. You’re doing the booty tooch. Tyra would be proud!
Penny looks good here but Fighter… *sigh*
Haha ok this is the best of the lot. Fighter’s got the cool bad boy pose down pat, while Penny is extremely good in the role of “being in awe of her Oppa” ahhahahahaha.
Any baby fashion brands wanna sponsor my models please email me. I’m not only the photographer but also their agent wtf.
Mummy Ooi was very amused by her grandkids’ twinning outfits so she dug up some old photos and sent them over. Apparently Ooib and I used to twin too!
Tadah!
Although to be fair, this is our kindergarten uniform wtf.
Wow my first bikini hahaha. I actually think my smile looks like Fighter’s here! And Ooib looks like Penny here.
But here Ooib looks like a thug wtf. Check out our twinning outfits! Not exactly the same but similar color schemes hehe.
Twin until wear the same pants WTF. We were wearing Fat Her’s pajama bermudas hahahaha and clearly we found it hilarious.
All suited up with our grandparents.
Matching jackets!
Think we were on the way up to Genting or Awana or something.
This was probably Chinese New Year cos we’re all dressed up. My outfit damn cute ah! Got stockings some more with transparent Cinderella-ish shoes.
Twinning but both of us looking like turds hahaha.
Supporting Mamee Monster since 1988. There should be an award for this.
Matching lunch boxes.
*covers face with hands* HAHAHAHA WHY THEY MAKE US DO THIS WHYYY
BONUS: Two year old Aud, walking purposefully hahaha.
Do Fighter or Penny look like me? 😀
Ohai guys! So this happened the other day. *points below*
This is the first ever video I’ve created that wasn’t commissioned by an advertiser.
I’ve been thinking of going into video for some time now but put it off cos I feel like it would take up too much time, filming and editing. Plus I don’t really have confidence in my editing and video storytelling skills hahaha.
But here’s me just biting the bullet! Don’t care la suck then suck la hahaha at least I’m practicing with every video made.
Anyway, the other day I was walking to meet Fatty who had Fighter with him at the mall. Little did I know they had a surprise waiting for me. 🙂
Watch the video to see! I so happened to be recording and Fatty was also recording on his end so we have two points of view wah so advanced wtf. Enjoy!
(and sorry about the shitty video)
Some photos!
I’m not a watch person but I love this!!!!
And I love my family. 🙂
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