Our Little Smarties

My Ticket to Good Health

Emily — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:02 +0000

One of the best ways to feel good about myself is to maintain an optimal health by eating healthily and incorporating all the essential vitamins and minerals in my diet.

As a woman enters her 30s, it is important for her to begin thinking about her future health and her current health during the 30s especially if she is planning to have children. I wish I’ve heard of this advice when I was younger. But again, it’s never too late to work towards the optimal health now.

As a matter of fact, a good nutritional intake is always a better option than taking health supplements. However, a healthy meal just doesn’t happen all the time. We spend long hours at work, we have family commitments and other activities that keep us busy. Thus, we often end up with unhealthy fast foods.

I started taking these three health supplements or tonics to optimize my health now.

Yomeishu

This health tonic can relieves fatigue, strengthen physical power, treats chilliness of hands and feet caused by air-conditioners and improves blood circulation. Just a 20ml before bed time.

GNC Women’s Ultra Mega Dietary Supplement

A multivitamin-mineral specially formulated to meet women’s nutritional needs. Its timed-release tablets provide gradual release of vital nutrients for optimal nutrient uptake over hours. Two tablets to be taken after breakfast.

Chicken Essence

The nutritious and all-natural tonic trusted by generations for its goodness. One bottle a week is just perfect for me.

Mommies, are you taking these health supplements too?

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Nurture a Love of Reading

Emily — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:37:27 +0000

One of my fondest childhood memories is reading story books in the school library. I was thrilled when I received my first library card. I visited the library after school everyday. I would borrow some of the story books to read at home too. My love for reading slowly established when I was young – largely due to the encouragement from my parents.

I want to nurture a love of reading in Little Edison too. This is my very-simple plan:

Step 1: Make reading part of our daily routine (in-progress)

I picked up a story books to read with Little Edison every night. One of his favorites is the Dora Phonics Reading Program that contains 12 story books about Dora’s adventures.

Step 2: Have plenty of books in the house (in-progress)

The expert says that books should be integrated into our family’s life every day. Keep books in the bathroom, on the bedside table, in the living hall etc.

Step 3: Visit the library or book store regularly

I plan to bring Little Edison to the library soon. I want to encourage his interest for books by allowing him to choose the books that he wants to read. Reading for pleasure should be our ultimate goal.

Step 4: Be a reader myself

One of the best ways to nurture a love of reading in Little Edison is to be an active reader myself. Oh well, let’s pick up a good book now and be a good role model to Little Edison.

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Hair Talk

Emily — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:28:28 +0000

I love long hair that is sleek and straight. That’s the reason why I’ve been keeping my hair long since many years ago. The last time I cut it really short was in year 2003 (I think). I also permed my hair once and I regretted it because it was so damaging to my hair and the curls were difficult to maintain.

However, long straight hair also equals a lot of work. I have to blow dry after every hair wash. If I allow my hair to dry naturally, it will become unruly and fluffy. I hate the way it looks without blow-drying.

I have to spend 15 minutes every morning to blow-dry my hair, and I’m getting really tired of it. The only solution now is to rebond it. My hairstylist recommended the soft rebonding or cosmic straightening to straighten my hair. The end result is a naturally straight, soft and manageable hair. Unlike the traditional rebonding, the soft rebonding and cosmic straightening will not make the hair super super straight, flat and losing its volume.

Sounds good? Yeah! It will cost me $200+ and 5 hours in a chair though. I’m not so concerned about the cost because I feel that a perfect rebonding deserves every penny. It is lasting and non-damaging to the hair. However, I’m more concerned about the 5 hours! The process is really very long and tiring.

Looking at the big picture, I have to get it done this week. If I invest in these 5 hours, I will be able to save 15 minutes every morning – which is almost 2 hours/week and 8 hours/month. After all, I have a family and a toddler to take care, I have a career, I’m keeping a blog and I definitely need my hair to be “easy-to-maintain”.

Decision made today. I will be taking half day off this afternoon for this 5-hour project. Speeding off to my salon after lunch today. Tata!

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No Monday Blues

Emily — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:44:31 +0000

Monday. It’s a part of the week which is most difficult to start with and we all know that (unless you are one of the blessed-few who doesn’t have to work). It’s the beginning of a long and hardworking week.

The Monday morning blues can be hard to beat, but surprisingly, I ain’t feeling any blues today. I was beaming with joy when I woke up this morning. Feeling fresh as ever, after a good night’s sleep.

It’s the start of the March school holidays. Yay! I can wake up slightly later in the morning as I don’t have to send Little Edison to school. Little Edison is a happy boy too; he can laze in bed till lunch time!

Before the holiday starts, I managed to pick up some good reads for Little Edison. These are some of the books that I picked up from the Scholastic Book Club (through his kindergarten). Simple short stories. Great illustrations. Perfect for the young readers.

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Edison – 2.5 years

Emily — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:17:07 +0000

“What is this? Can I use?” The curious cat asked.

Little Edison’s favorite thing to say is, “I don’t want!” and it really annoys me to the max. He doesn’t want to eat. He doesn’t want to go to school. He doesn’t want to listen to me and the list goes on. It has been a terrible month for me.

During the working hours, my office seems like an oasis of calm. After work, I face with uncontrolled chaos at home. The poor helper is struggling to run after Little Edison and to feed him. The worried mother-in-law is trying her best to persuade him to eat. On the contrary, I proceed with my dinner, watch TV and read the newspaper.

Truth be told, I’ve given up. If he refuses to eat, let him go hungry. It’s a simple equation: don’t eat equals to hungry, which I want him to fully understand. It’s sometimes crazy and frustrating dealing with his hunger strike. I hope that it’s just a common childhood phase and he will grow out of it very soon.

I noticed that he is fast in picking up words from us. When we are talking, he will listen and try to participate in our conversation. I keep reminding my hubby to be extra careful in his words now. The other day, when we were driving along KPE passing by the ERP gantry, he suddenly said “ERP! Chee-bye!” (note: this is vulgar words in Hokkien). I was shocked and at the same time, I wanted to laugh. It’s definitely something that he picked up from my hubby. I hope there is no other ‘Hokkien words’ in his vocabulary.

Whenever a mischievous twinkle sparkles in his eyes, he starts to do funny acts that really drive me up the wall. He threw two pieces of his kitchen toys from our window down to the garden on the first floor. Our unit is located on the 7th floor. He laughed and clapped his hands after he did that (???). I gave him a serious warning, but he didn’t seem to bother. Two days ago, I found two ten dollar notes in the dustbin in our bedroom. It must be him again. And not forgetting those marker drawings on our leather sofa which I’ve yet to clean.

My Little Edison – he brings ‘joy’ to my everyday life!

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