2009

Happy New Year!!!

I spent the last month of 2008 in Osaka taking care of my wife. In the first few weeks, she was still having trouble with her morning sickness which was not in the morning... She could wake up in the middle of the night to puke, or feel queesy in the middle of the day.. I think the word comes because most moms do feel very puky in the mornings, but it should b called "maternal nausea" or something like dat... Imagine if you have to throw up in the middle of the day and you make the excuse of "morning sickness"???

Well 2009 has come and my child.... still not sure if it is a boy or girl... will be born in less den 5mths... or there abouts lah... June 13th is the expected delivery date.... hmmmm.... must get wifey to bear the kid on any other day man.... sekali the baby really born on 13th and ever so often Friday comes along... he or she will have his or her birthday on a very unlucky day man....

But seriously though, most guys do not like the number 13... even if they are not Christian.... For me, I do like the number because I choose it for whatever team sports I join.... the reason being that my birthday is First of March...1...3.. so using 13... it is easier to remember my brithday.... hint hint...

As for other things... I came back with the impression that nowadays parents every where, do not really know how to look after their children... This is not a joke...I saw so many moms just allowing their children to be perfect idiots and terrors. There was a news story that a little girl fell to her death because her mom was at work and her dad who was supposed to be looking after her went to the shops for a while... While he was gone, the girl went outside, stood on a small chair to play on the verandah and fell.... WTF??? I also saw a mom allowing her son to play around on the train station platform almost unsupervised... What happens of a train comes in and he was close to the edge of the platform.... The birth rates of Japan is similar to Singapore at 1.2 per couple... This is very similar to our numbers.... which means that we are not even able to make half a couple for each couple!!! That is why I insist on a spare tire for myself man.... I plan to make and have my next kid in 3 years time and this is even before the first one is born!!!

But no matter how many spare tires you have, you must really look after all your children.... Please do be careful... I said look after and not SPOIL hor.... But then hor... I am also really pretty scared of old people looking after babies too.

Take for example my Energizer Rabit.... She is really living in the twighlight zone now... She was playing mahjong.... as always lah... and I asked her who she was playing with and right in front of her frens, she gave the wrong name.... Uh.... I do understand if you haven't seen the fren for a long time and or the fren is not with you and you get a little confused, but in front of the fren??? She even called my wife by the wrong name too.... I am wondering how far down the slope of Alzheimer's she is already.... and to top ot all off, when I got back... I found that she had put 2 of my mugs in places where no human would... I have a shelf for cups and also a tray for washed utensils and also plates... If she put them there... I would not even complain.... but she put the in the shelf I keep all my sauces and condiments!!!! Even an idiot would do a chotto matte and think.."why am I putting mugs into a place where there are no mugs?" She even proudly said that she beat a puppy because it was crying last night.... Uuhhhhhh... babies no matter of which type... human... dog or cat only know one thing.... to cry!!! Don't tell me she will beat my baby when he or she cries when bring it over here??? They express their discomfort by crying...

So seriously speaking.... what can I do about this? She will want to come and "look" after the baby... she will claim that she has all the experience looking after babies and how can I say no??? And how will she look after the baby??? I have no idea... but I do have an idea that it will not be very effectively.... She does not use her mind for minor things and cannot use her mind for greater things.... So I do not know man.... The only other alternative will be to split my family apart till the time when my energizer rabit is no more... or at least in a home where she cannot cause and problems...

This will be a problem for other families too... With families becoming more nuclear... grandparents try to be more soft and complaint to their grandchildren and this spoils them. Spoiling a child will only do it no good.... I am saying to be mean to your child, but lets be realistic... if the child has everything his own way... or is allowed to do anything under the sun.... then how will you be able to rein this child in when it is time to?

Well gotta go for now.... cheers and byesssss... PEACE!