should I look?

should I look?
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Dad said to use a mirror on my foot.....um.....can't do that while I'm on a high chair!

what should I do, Lemme think......maybe glance at um legs again stealthily....Is she too old for me.....neeh......what matters is she got em good pair of legs......woo hoo!

My 1st Trip to McD's

My 1st Trip to McD's
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Yay I yam one i yam one......lalalalalala 13th September.......

September baby

September baby
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Dear Auntie Grace and Auntie Gigi,

Thanks a million and one hundred and eighty eight times for the money for my birthday. It sure helps Da and Mama to buy my diapers and food, diapers of which I use about 5 to 6 pieces a day (and of course because I like to torture my folks, I can only use mamypoko....the rest of the inferior diaper brands my bum bum shake is allergic to!) And as for food, I need a substantial amount of it it coz i polish off quite a bit of it daily......., I am now with the new nickname of "Kinetic Boy" or "Protest Lim" depending on the mood I am in, my Ma and Da rename me often accordingly....

So thats all for now, do take care and please put on lots of moisturizer auntie Gigi and auntie Grace, coz one of you is in a very hot desertlike place and the other is in a very cold fridge kinda place...

with lots of kisses to Russel, Georgia, Unc Bill and Unc Alfred and doggy Roscoe.

Andre aka Kinetic aka Protest Lim...

September

Do you sometimes feel this way when at work? Um...I do! (Uh....except I do not seem to own that particular eye catching amount of cleavage.....by far)

Unclear as tho' blindfolded on whats happening, expected to do the job with hands bound.....straddled on a chair with no option but to brave it....

It is a difficult situation to be asked to do something you don't really like, no matter if you are good at it or not, because being good or bad at something is so subjective to every individual's opinion.....yes?

Hence once again you come to a crossroad in life, to stay and make it happen or go and search again for that elusive destiny...confusion, demoralized......maybe a little dissappointed too.........

Ah......but then what is life without it's trials and tribulations..

Cheeky as can be.....

Cheeky as can be.....
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Hi Grandma/Grandpa and Aunt Grace/Gigi,

This is me picture taken 2 days ago, thought of just updating you on what I'm getting up to, well....I can crawl commando style on my stomach.

I can crawl on my knees for all of three moves, I can get on my hands and feet and sit back down again!

I pull myself up from whatever I can get my hands on.....shelf, couch, Daddy's ears.......

So this is me.....August 2005. Miss all of you and love you lots.

Andre

Love of my Life...

Hypnotic....
Originally uploaded by inveigle.

This little boy, he occupies my every thought, he is in my heart and mind every moment I am awake...the joy of having a child of your own....it's something no one can explain, and nothing you will ever begin to understand until you experience it yourself....ah....but only when you are ready........

The song in my heart........it sings about a little squinty boy with a determined mouth...hynotizing his dad to buy him a motorized bike......

some days are just yucks!

Had an awful time at work last Friday, took me two days to recover from the trauma to sit down and write about it......man it was yucks!

Being human though, of course we all go around hunting for a scapegoat to blame, but you know something, I do believe that the fault lies in each and every one of us, and not just one person, I learnt some very important things to remember while poring through some books, don't critisize, condemn or complain.....talk about your own mistakes before crtisizing another person.....

I believe that this helps in all areas of our lives, do I remember the blunders I made when I first started out...oh yes! do i remember the stupid questions I used to ask...oh yes!....hence I just wish everyone would just take some bloody timeout to remember how it used to be ......and be more reasonable, more understanding and wiser....to someone new, someone fresh, someone eager to learn but still wet behind the ears........the world would be a much better place......

alas...if only........

absolutely delicious fried rice...

Many years ago I used to frequent this cafe called Backofen in Ampang Point, run by a wonderful couple, the lady named Nora, made this absolutely to die for Fried Rice served with some heavenly Sambal Belachan.

Alas, the cafe is not there anymore and I have been having sleepness nights and salivating days dreaming about the fried rice ...

Does anyone have any idea where they disappeared to?? The Viennese Coffee was also scrumptious.......

I need to get my fried rice fix.......so bad! Help......

Ruminations of an unsound mind...

Tired.....Confused....Lost! Unsure.......next step? what do I want to do with my life? Sigh.....just at a point when I think I want to make a go to make it work great, up pops a couple of job offers that gets me thinking again about ......what else....my life.....

How can you be sure about what you do ....when will you ever know it's the right vocation.........or will I be bent at 72 and then it dawns on me? Man, That'll be a little late to realize I should have been selling kaoy teow at the pasar malam and would have been happier than having slogged in an unforgiving industry for decades.

But you know what, I do love what I do, and I suppose in every work place you will face frustrations with others as others would feel frustrations with you.......but jeez...I wish that someone, somewhere would just start a global work system that every bloody company has to follow.......some kinda structure that works 85% of the time. Maybe that would help certain "parties" get their act together.

I AM NOT PERFECT! I make my fair share of boo boos and blunders. But heck, I try not to do that every single day, what is it about certain departments that just forget to let a thought process pass through their brains before putting it down on paper AND THEN GETTING some other poor souls to execute it???!!!

Do they not know that it would be

A) Impossible to carry outcertain things in too short a time period = Disaster
B) Unclear Briefs about Execution = Disaster
C) Work Overload and Deadlines one day after another = Disaster
D) Neglecting to follow up on things = Disaster


See, I am angry.......angry at myself. I should have checked again and again and again instead of thinking, they are old enough to know what they are doing and they will know the urgency of the matter not to take it lightly.........

Oh Well Guess What ...all above = Disaster!

So, let's see what Monday the 25th of July brings then.......

Ruminations.......my ponderings.....vents.......or it could also be a cow chewing it's cud.......you be the judge of that.....

peek-a-boo!

horsin' around wif ma dad 4
Originally uploaded by inveigle.

Ma daddy playing peek-a-boo wif mummy....or is it wif the camera....ummm....

andre lim

me and ma daddy!

horsin' around wif ma dad 1
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it's a saturday and daddy is at home playing wif me.....me so happy...see my big big smile!!!

tee hee

andre

i knock me head..peen!

i knock me head..peen!
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dear daddy, mummy, grandma, grandpa, auntie gigi and auntie grace and everyone who loves me,

I whacked my head wif my toy...bonk!

peeeeeeeeennn!

ah buuuu!

andre

lookit me, scratchy face and all....

lookit me, scratchy face and all....
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dear mummy and daddy,

it's that time yes! When i get myself into all kinds of spills and such...c my face, nice? I did it all by myself.!!!! And lookit me....so happy about it...yay!
I did something else too, but I need to take a photograph of myself tonight and will update you guys k?

Love from Andre

remembering....not so long ago

remembering....not so long ago
Originally uploaded by inveigle.

I remember clearly the day I took this photograph, i was wondering when he would grow, when he would give me his first smile, his first laugh, his first toothy grin......we've passed all that now, he will be one in 3 months..how time flies.
It's been tough, sometimes, I feel like my life is not my own anymore, every day is filled with thougths, worries and hope for this little boy, but ironically, I miss his baby times already......soon he will outgrow mummy's hugs and kisses and struggle to be let down to run and be with his friends.....what wil I do then....?
:o) You can never describe the love you feel for your child until you have that child......the smile he bestows upon waking is nothing you can buy with all the money in the world......

my_new_space

mynew_space
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It's April now, unbelievable, 2 months into my new job.....will take things one day at a time, work hard and smart - i hope! Keep a good balance so that I get to spend some quality time with the little one and the father of the little one, make time for family.....
It's true, when one fine day ,you realize that you'd want to spend as much time with close family and make the most of things while you can before you regret it, that means you're getting old.....sigh, that means I'm getting old.......oh boy!

7 months and 5 days old

It's been a very tiring and trying time, first it was juggling pregnancy and a demanding job, that was rather daunting! Then lo and behold, after having slogged blood and tears, in times of sickness and stress, back to work before the end of my maternity leave......etc. The powers to be decided that I'm pretty dispensable after all. Hence for the first time in ten years, I found myself outta a job with free time on my hands.......that was on February 14th 2005, yup Good Ole Valentine's Day. You may say,, I will never view Valentine's Day in the same light again............to be continued.

7 months 5 days and a couple of hours old...

Feb 16th 2005, woke up bright and early(you see junior wakes rather early, hence lie-ins are very much a thing of the past, but we'll get to that in another story), it was actually quite wonderful to not have to rush off to work.......but of course, when it is not by choice...it doesn't feel all that good after all!

The plus side, um.......more time to spend with mini G. or junior, it's wonderful, put the house in order, water the plants..............the bad side, man, I need to find a job, real fast...my Dad needs a certain amount of money per month for Dialysis, being the only child...this situation needs a remedy fast!

Hence, Thank God I had a wonderful and loyal client who is now my Boss! He hired me almost immediately and to make a long story short, I was amongst the work force again on February 23rd 2005. 9 days after retrenchment! Thats just a nicer way of saying that I was Fired! :o)

I guess, the moral of the story is, you will never know the future, until the day comes when you may regret your actions in the past, hence, never step on any toes along the way, I was saved by someone whom I have been working with for almost ten years, now I work for him! Imagine if I had been a real moron and treated him like.............phew!

So, here I am tapping away on my ibook......sharing with you a very simple thot....be sure not to do unto others what you will not do to yourself, so that you are sure things won't come and haunt you one day.....a clear conscience ensures a brighter day tomorrow.

6 months 22 days

growing up day by day
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Here's a pix of my ray of sunshine taken 13 days ago, he is definitely growing up day by day, as you may have noticed by now, all my posts are actually what my little boy's age is on day of post....corny isn't it? Ah...but don't all mothers feel the same way? :o)