Co-sleeping???

Before having children, we never thought that the house is small, nor the bed is small. After having one child, the house seems to shrunk a little. After having two, the house seems to be congested. :( Babies. They are small but they sure come with a lot of stuff. A queen size bed, even a king size bed is too small now for all four of us. Of course, since I’ve already failed to train my first son, Mo to sleep in the baby cot. I am trying to train my second son, Vaeyn to sleep in the cot at the moment. But on and off he still comes on the bed for his night feed. I try to make sure that I put him back into his cot every time after the feed. I do feel a little guilty as his brother got the privilege to sleep on the bed and he doesn’t. But, the bed is really just too small now. Mo would cry if I put him in his baby cot now, which is just lying there, collecting dust. I really regret for not training him well in the first place. I was too lazy to carry him and put him back into the cot after his night feed. It seems way easier for me to just have him sleeping right next to me as he can feed anytime he wants without having me getting up. Also, probably because I am a working mom, I always feel like I have not spent enough time with my baby. Hugging Mo at night kind of compensate the time when I’m not with him, makes me feel less guilty. But if you are like me, planning for the second one in such short gap; take my advice to train your baby to sleep in his own place.

Baby Vaeyn is already awake for a while now, after his brother vomited on the bed. Mo is having a little phlegm and started to cough since yesterday, only after the haze clear up. I guess the cough has been developing since last week but was not too bad till yesterday. I gave him Prospan- natural cough mixture made from Ivy leaf. Then, he started vomiting phlegm after his dinner. And now, right after his morning milk. I think I will have to reduce his milk intake today to avoid phlegm. Baby Vaeyn also is having little cough. I am not too worried about him because he is having the best antibiotic from the BREASTMILK! J He just fell asleep again as I nursed him while typing.

Gotta get up to have my Nutrilite’s Protein Mix before I start the day! Cheers everyone! Happy co-sleeping! Happy baby cot training! J

Positive lifestyle

As a working mother of two, and still nursing my 3 months old at the moment, life is rather challenging! But after practicing 'positive affirmation', every time when I remember to, I do see some changes in my life. Firstly, I got many part time job offers as described in my previous post in September. For instance, translating documents job which pays pretty well; also might be going for another translating session on the 30th of October. I guess the universe is responding to my request!
At the moment, I have also joined a couple who are involved in the MLM business (AMWAY) for over 20 years to try out new project. I'm just taking things as it comes, not sure how much money I'm going to make from it but I loose nothing for trying I guess. The couple is currently making quite a big amount of passive income as retirees, and they showed me a pretty believable plan as well. Before they approached me, I have already been using Nutrilite's supplements but have no idea about the business at all. I think the universe is arranging opportunities for me that everything will eventually fall in place as I wish.
So, I started the business just about two weeks ago. I am currently reviewing their other products to convince myself about the business! (Well, you know many people have negative impression on MLM businesses. I'm no exception.) At the moment I have started off with these products:

1. SA8™ Premium Concentrated Laundry Detergent (1kg)
- This is pretty good. Just one and a half scoop for the front loading washing machine. On top of that, my house helper soak the bathroom with Clorox and THIS DETERGENT. She told me it works like magic in stain removing.

2. DISH DROPS™ Concentrated Dishwashing Liquid (1L)
- Read about this product long time ago as one of the recommended dishwashing soap for baby bottles. By diluting it at the ratio of 1:8 (Soap: Water), it works like every other dishwashing liquid. The difference is that it is actually cheaper because you can make about 12 bottles out of that one bottle of DISH DROP. 

3. L.O.C. ™ Multi-Purpose Cleaner (1L)
-This is good for cleaning the kitchen top and other surface such as floor. I would totally recommend this if you have little children at home because not only that it remove stains in only once cycle of mopping (do not require rinsing with water), it is also anti-slip. Pretty good huh? My son is running around now even when the house helper is mopping.

4. L.O.C. ™ Metal Cleaner
-This is a must have in every home. I never thought that the bottom of my pans and pots can be cleaned until I use this product. It is really good at getting rid of the burn stain on metal. So far, this is probably my favorite product by AMWAY.
So far I have been using these products, also taking Nutrilite’s Protein Mix and Double X and BIO-C (vitamin) at the moment. I will update my product review in my post later. If anybody are interested in making a little EXTRA CASH, or would like to BUY PRODUCT from AMWAY, please kindly drop me an email at simplepluseasy@gmail.com

Gotta run! Keep it up with the positive thoughts! It will change your life!
XOXO

Positive Affirmation Works Wonders

Good day! It is indeed a wonderful day today, ending in an hour. I must say positive affirmation works, when you are just reminding yourself about it every now and then about it. Well, my bank account is still not debt free. There are still some payment to be made, hopefully ASAP. But I did have some unexpected income this month. Well, when I was in India with my husband for a short trip, I received an email from a company inquiring Korean translation on general business topics. It was on the following Monday. I quoted them a full-day price, and they booked me. I went for the job, and everything went swiftly. The best part is, I got to eat free Japanese food (unaki); drank free Starbucks coffee (Americano); and I got paid as well! ;) Haha! I really sounded like a stingy Chinese, don't I? Well, I guess life can be quite simple if you just tune your mind to what you really want. Even though the tuning part is really tough, I hope to get more of translation jobs and become RM10,000 richer by the end of the year. I know my dream is small compare to others, but I think that is enough for me by the end of the year. I will dream a little bigger after this.

   

Minimize to maximize

Decluttered my wardrobe today. Putting away those pregnancy clothing and giving away clothes that I won't be wearing anymore. I have so many clothes that just sits there for years. Some because I could not fit in, some are those that just do not look good on my. Also, there are many saree materials that are not sew. Luckily my part time nanny-maid is willing to take the saree material as they can be sew into Baju Melayu as well. I believe owning less will give more space for new things to come.

Last night, my toddler had a rough night. He cried three times in his dream, even shouted as I could not attend to his need. I do not know why, but he seems to be having a tough time sharing me with his baby brother especially at night. I guess their age gap is too close. Day time, he would try to play with the baby. But at night, he starts to hold me very tight and do not want me to go near his baby brother. If I breastfeed the baby, he would just come and lie down on my other lap. Maybe he needs a little more time to feel secure. I hope he will get over it soon.

Yesterday, I did not have time to do my positive affirmation on blog. In fact, I was tuned towards the negative thoughts of worrying about the money. On top of that, I am having postpartum rashes popping out here and there on my knee, elbow, stomach and thigh. Doctor prescribed anti-histamine for me but it does not seems to tone the rashes down. I am trying not to scratch it as that can cause it to spread. Hmm... Really not sure what to do. But, I believe that life will show me the way! Life will. MY SOURCE OF INCOME IS INFINITE! I APPROVED MYSELF TO HAVE GREAT HEALTH! Yeah!!! Feeling great and motivated now!

Alright! That's it for now. Gotta get ready for a wedding dinner.

After three years, new blog!

Many things occurred over the past three years. I got into teaching, got married, had two lovely boys, and wondering if I could have lived any better than this. Well, my life is not perfect but definitely better than when I was in the graduate school back in 2009 to 2010. It is not that research life sucks, but somehow working long hours kills all the fun. If it was not the long working hour, I would have been so passionate with what I was doing. Now, teaching in a university opens up a new door for me to do research. I do not have to work long hour, but certainly requires a lot of dedication and passion. No one will torture you, or question you for chemical stocks. No one will bully you to clean the lab. But you definitely need a lot of self independence because of that. Thank god I have a very dedicated research partner and research students. If everything turns out well, I can probably do my phd with this. So, that's the update of my work life.

Actually, I am on confinement leave (leave after delivery) for two months at the moment.With a toddler (1 year 8 months old) and a new born (1 month 1 week old) at home, it is not easy to do ANYTHING. Fortunately, my husband got me a reliable part time maid. Both the babies are sleeping now, and so I have some time for myself. I was supposed to sleep but time is too previous to waste...I guess. I was listening to Louise Hay a while ago thinking if I should go to sleep, and then I got up and type this post. Hmmm....Life is good but not perfect, especially my financial status. After joining the university, I am able to enjoy the quality life of going in to and out from work on a flexi scheme. However, financially, I am broke. I guess I should admit... I am very broke indeed. Having my salary to be emptied every month by paying bills and still owing to my credit cards, the feeling is not good. Every month, it is just enough to cover the previous months debts. And debts accumulate as I have to pay car insurance, and other tiny winy stuff. Still, I consider myself to be lucky because my husband is paying for the house mortgages, or else I guess I would be homeless right now. :) Haha... I really need to make about an extra three thousand every month to have some saving. Or at least debt free. So I started to think what I could do online. For instance, open an online store. It is a good idea, the only problem is I do not know what to sell. Then, I thought of doing translation. Well? 0.02 USD per word, I will have to spend the whole night up doing it while changing diapers. If only they pay me better... Maybe I should just start to do 'POSITIVE AFFIRMATION' that Louise Hay was talking about and let life take over. Show me how to make an extra buck!:P No no no~ That is definitely not a positive affirmation. Okay, no more blabbling, and let's do an experiment. From now on, I will do my positive affirmation by posting it on my blog everyday. Let's see what happen.

DAY 1. Positive Experiment

My job pays well, it gets me through my daily expenses. And my source of income is constantly increasing. Thank you.


Well, will write again soon. As soon as my babies are asleep again.