Mothering Corner

Personally, I think a degree is important. But if my kids have other plans than going to university, I will try my best to respect their decision. Going to hair schools might offers a good career too since professional hairstylist is a great profession now. I know a few successful onces who make close to RM1000 for rebounding too!

Anyway, as long as my kids have found their dreams and passions in their future career, they will have my full support. I don’t want them to end up in university and getting a job that sunken them all day long. Working life doesn’t have to be that borin, ok?

Wherever I go, most people will tell me that my kids are really clingy to me. I know that they have always acted like this since they were babies, and at first I thought it was due to breastfeeding. They wanted to have comfort nursing most of the time, and mommy was spending a lot of time at home.

However, things might not be as good as before when I’ve started helping out in hubby’s office. My kids are still clingy to me but they have slowly gotten the idea that I can’t be there all the time.

I hope that I will have more time for them at night, but sadly, I am too busy at home too. Maybe they are being clingy because of insecurity. They just want mommy to have more time for time, undisturbed and uninterrupted. It’s not like they are going to cling on to me forever huh? So I will just let them be clingy (when I’m free).

Most of our friends and relatives are pretty concerned about our kids staying here with us in Bangkok. They follow us to work everyday, and will only go home in the late evening when everyone is exhausted. We haven’t enrolled into preschool yet, so some people think that they are wasting time and not learning anything.

Frankly, at our current situation, we can’t possibly send them to a Thai preschool yet. They can’t understand anything except sawatdeeka and krob kun ka. LOL! That’s too little for Thai language.

Besides that, we don’t want them to feel the pressure of going to school when they are adjusting to a new environment. I know that they might not be learning fast as their peers back home, but I’m glad that they don’t have to go through the tough and competitive learning environment in a typical Chinese schools in Malaysia anymore. They will be going to international school for elementary years, and it is going to be so much fun learning at school.

I just hope that we will have more time to bring the kids around, but we can only rest on Sundays. It’s pretty tiring for us and we still haven’t bought our own car. My boy keeps telling us to buy a bus but that’s only a kiddie talk. LOL! Anyway, we are doing fine here, so don’t worry ya? My friends…

We “survived” our first week as a family in Bangkok. My kids have an idea of how their new routines are and I’m not as hot tempered as before. I was having a hard time for the first 2 days, but I know I should have more patience in helping my kids in settling down. With just a little mental adjustment, all of us are feeling much better with the major changes.

I guess I will be pretty busy for a while. I can’t even imagine when will my next vacation be, or when will I ever going to visit Outer Banks. However, I’m glad that we stick together as a family. Besides that, nothing beats the satisfaction of seeing my kids sleeping looks after a busy day at work.

I brought along a few knitting projects to Bangkok, but I just don’t have time for knitting anymore. I can only knit less than 10 rows per day, so my progress is pretty pathetic. I planned to knit some clothing for my kids to keep them warm in the cold office. I know that I can just buy ready made clothes, but I prefer to have some personal touch.

We don’t have car seats here, so my girl wants to sit with me at the front passenger seat. I know it’s extremely dangerous to do so, but things are not easy for them initially, and it’s more comforting for her. Hopefully, we will be able to get the car seats for them soon and buckle them up on the road. Then, I can knit in the car again.

I hardly cooked for the past few years. MIL is the person in charged in the kitchen, and since that part of the house is her territory, it’s best to stay away from it.

But since the day we moved here, I have been busy preparing meals for hubby and the kids. Most Thai food is spicy and my kids prefer to have simple home cook meals. I have to wake up early in the morning to cook for them before we leave to work. So, it’s pretty busy and rushing for me!

Nonetheless, I Google around and found some simple recipes which is nutritious for kids and easy to prepare. If we are not too busy in the weekends, maybe I will let the kids help out in preparing the meals. Cooking with kids seems like fun.

I’m very busy in Bangkok and I tend to lose my temper on my kids too. They are really driving me up the wall, but come to think about it, they might be having a hard time getting adjusted just like I do. Besides that, they are following us to work and their routines are all messed up, so it’s understandable that they are getting very fussy.

I think I really need some herbal supplement like kava to reduce my stress and improve my health. I can’t fall sick now and I need to keep my cool. It’s bad scolding and lecturing my kids all the time, so I have to control myself better now.

Kids, I’m sorry that I yelled.

Hubby and I talk a lot about what and how are we going to help our kids in getting adapted in Bangkok later. We need to start a new business there, but we know that it’s not a good idea to send them to preschool so soon. We want them to get used to the new environment and learn some basic Thai language and culture before going to school in the following month. So, they will be going to work with us at our office.

I’m not sure if hubby can concentrate on doing his job, but for the time being, we don’t have other option. They will have to follow us everywhere we go until they are ready for school. Luckily, we are not some California auto insurance agents and I will be working at the office most of the time, so my kids can just stay there with me until I finish work. If both of us have to be out and about all day long, I don’t think my kids can take it.

In short, it’s always hard in the beginning, but I know we will get used to it and things will be better soon.

My kid woke up yesterday and told me that he’s not going to school anymore. He’s going to Bangkok school later once we move there. It seems like both my children are mentally prepared to shift to another country and start fresh again in a foreign land. They have been there before, but a vacation is totally different from relocation.

One thing for sure, I’m going to be very busy initially and I wonder if I will lose more weight this time. Most of my friends said that I am getting slimmer, so it sounds like something good to me. LOL! At least I won’t have to spend money on Hydroxycut Max or any expensive slimming program huh?

We are counting down to the day we fly. It’s just around the corner…

I fell sick twice for the past 2 months and I hardly fall sick before this. I must be really tired for the traveling and preparation, my immune system is not working as good as before. Thus, I sleep early these days, and if I have late nights, I try my best to take a nap with my kids. They are really clingy to me anyway, so I might as well just sleep in early with them.

Besides that, I haven’t been exercising. I stopped going to yoga and belly dance due to our moving plan. We have some exercise equipments and one of those boring treadmills at home, but I hardly use them. I’m not so interested in home gym because it’s boring to me. And my kids will definitely join in the fun before I can even sweat anything one. LOL!

So, what’s the best exercise for me? I think it’s just playing with the kids outside in the evening. When they run, I run. When they jump, I jump. I missed having a lot of fun when I was away, so it’s time to make it up to them now.