is tonsillitis contagious?

i think so.. Coz i think i have developed the symptoms of sore throat.. Itchy throat, runny nose.. So not comfortable..

Kids and TV

What do you think of allowing kids to watch TV when they were still young? Personally, I think we should allow kids to watch TV but moderately of course! Apart from that, we also have to monitor the types of shows they watch.

I let Adam watch TV since he was 2 months old. I don't know if he could understand the show or not but he seems to enjoy it very much. He especially loved Dibo the Gift Dragon and My Friends Tigger and Pooh.. His eyes would be glued to the TV while his hands and feet wailing as if imitating the characters movement. Sometimes he even made noise as if he was interacting with the cartoon characters.

I found cartoon shows nowadays are more educational and would benefit them in the long run. Shows like Little Einstein, Word World and Special Agent OSO taught not only the kids but parents too :p This is so different from the cartoon from our days like Bugs Bunny, Road Runner where it all revolves around playing tricks and killing each other which of course without us realizing it, translates to violence.

Two of my cousins speak fluent English just by watching the cartoon shows. Their ranges of vocabs are even larger than mine. When I was their age (maybe till today), I am sure my English was not as good. Considering I may only afford to send my kids to the public school where the quality of the English teachers are doubtful (you should read some of the English teachers' blogs that I have read), I need to prepare my kids with good English foundation before they go to school. Some friends were making fun of me when I speak mostly English with my son saying we are in Malaysia and not in England. That's the point! If we are in England where everybody speaks English, I would speak Malay to my son.. As we are in Malaysia, I am sure soon enough he will be able to catch up on his Malay even with Terengganu slang..

Apart from shows on Playhouse Disney, I also bought alot of educational DVDs for my son. He could dance and jump while learning to talk. He could improve his motor skills and exercise at the same time. Of course I don't let him watch TV all day long.. There are times I would read his books to him and play other toys with him. Limit should be set since they were young so they would know that there alot of other interesting things besides the TV.

Personally, I do not approve Astro Ceria. I found the shows sometimes are not child appropriate. I have discussed about this with one of my friend and she shared how her 2 or 3 year old nephew said to his grandmother "nenek ni macam ibu tirilah" when she scold him. He learned it from watching Hikayat Putera Shahzan where they potrays stepmothers as the angry creature who would scold kids for no reason. This should not be in the mind of 2 or 3 years old. Apart from that, I found the voice over for some of the cartoons that were translated into Malay are very boring. They use adult's voice for kids characters. So not appropriate!

As parents, we are the one responsible to mould child and get the best out of them. If you believe kids should not watch TV at all or you think Astro Ceria is the best channel in the world, so be it. Only you know your kids and only you know what is best for them :)

Cheers!

daddy's birthday present

Hi guys! It's been years since my last post and since I got not much to do in my new office, I decided to write again after the very long pause.

My birthday is on Sept 10, 8 days after Adam's. Last year I got the best birthday present ever, 8 days old Adam Harris
minus his mommy
!

And for this year, mommy kem bought me a lovely shirt and treat me coffee (which ended up with me paying). Thanks dear! And while having the coffee, I saw a guy with his two sweet daughters, getting into their car with shopping bags. I can't help but to think some good points of shopping with your own daughters;

1. daddy looks younger
2. no nagging
3. no need to carry the shopping bag
4. no time consuming as the girls walk faster than mommy
5. no sakit lutut or sakit pinggang (dunno why it's always happened when shop with the mommy)

So that will be my wish list for next birthday. Nak gegirl!

~ magical baby ~

i was on my way home (home means my mom's place where i am residing on weekdays until my delivery) from work.. i was tired, hungry and wanted to shishi! it was 7.30pm and from past experience, there would be at least 3 cars queing to park at my mom's place (the downside of staying in a condo).. this was when i recalled these 2 incidents.

the first one, i was driving around in ikea car park for about 10 minutes and couldn't find a single parking. jokingly, i asked my SIL (who was also pregnant) to ask our babies to pray for us to get a parking. amazingly, we found an empty space less than a minute later!

the second time, i was waiting for parking at my mom's place for about 20 minutes and remembered the first incident. so, again, i asked my baby to pray for us to get a car park and voila! someone drived out!

so, back to my story, as i reached jalan raja laut, i rubbed my baby in my tummy and asked him to pray for us to get a parking coz mommy was really tired.. upon reaching the gate, i saw there was no car queing for parking.. hmm.. good sign.. when i reached the car park.. tadaaa! an empty spot right in front of me! you can just imagine how excited i was to see it..

i have always believe that people with less sin will have better chance in getting their prayer answered compared to others who has committed more sins... so, my theory was right all along.. and of course, before you try this, you must have faith on this theory less it would not happen :)

thanks my baby! do grow up and be a good boy and always help mommy to pray for a parking eh :p

daddy dear, there you go.. my first posting.. jangan bebel dah :p