Monkey See, Monkey Do

Cheeky Monkey has been quite naughty nowadays. :)
Other than imitating Momi in pain by making the "AW AW AW" when she goes "Ouch, Ouch, Ouch", I have been clowning around quite a bit in the house. For instance, I saw Momi pretending to ride a bicycle and I would copycat and pretend to pedal hard on my invisible bike too. Everytime Momi says "Bicycle, Cling Cling!!!", I would move my legs fast and furious, ma-chiam going for cross-country cycling competition.

When Momi asks me to cry, I would put my fingers to my eyes and pretend that there are tears from my eyes while making that "Wee Wee Wee" crying sound. If Momi asks if Teddy is crying, I would put my fingers to Teddy's eyes and make it cry the same way I did. :p

When I am naughty, Momi would order me to face the wall and tell me to "Ji Leng Tie Qiang Bi!!!" (i.e. stick to the wall like a lizard). Ho ho ho!!! I like to do this and I would duly put my palms on the wall and plaster my cheek to the wall like a lizard. How did I know how to tie qiang bi like a Ji Leng??? Learnt from my creative Momi lah. She demo to me mah!!! So, monkey see, monkey do lor!!!! This Ji Leng Sheng Gong has replaced my previous Hai Dai Quen. Nowadays I hardly do my Hai Dai Quen.

Oh, BTW, I am picking up new vocabulary fast. Other than the vomitting sound "Whey Whey!!!" which I picked up from Momi, Dadi and Nai Nai, I have also picked up "Pui!!!" from Momi. Yah yah!!! These sounds are a lot more easy to master and I simply love seeing the shocked expressions on the adults' faces. Keke!!! I overheard Momi telling Dadi that she is going to be mindful of what she says in front of me now. :)

What had happened in the past 2 weeks

Loads of stuff happened in the past two weeks. Ye Ye's house is finally done with the renovation for the kitchen and the toilet. Nai Nai had not been patching my left eye for the past 3 weeks and I have become very resistent about the eye patch. I would peel it off on my own.

Momi dearest had a bad fall last monday. She hurted her tailbone (2nd time injury) and was on 4 days MC. Nai Nai bathed me during the weekdays while Dadi took over on the weekends. Momi tried to minimise carrying me and bathing me to avoid straining her lower back. She tried to patch my eye on Thur evening but I struggled too much and she aggravated the injury. Yah, I was one naughty baby. Whenever she tossed and turned in the bed and went "Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch!!!", I would also copycat and went "Aw, Aw, Aw, Aw". An unsympathetic little fella, you say?

I had been such an entertainer to the adults in the past few weeks. First, my pool of vocabulary has improved, although I still baby-talked quite a bit. Here's the list:
Day-Dee - Dadi
Ma-Mee - Momi
Nai-Nai - Nai Nai
Ye-Ye Ye Ye Ye... - Ye Ye (I don't stop at two. :p)
Jiew-Jiew - Jiu Jiu
Gong-Gong - Gong Gong
Po-Po - Po Po
A-PLE - Apple
Na-Na - Banana (Haha!!! Yah, it's no more Mao Mao!!! Momi was very relieved. :p)
Plee - Please
Tan-kew - Thank you
Xie-Xie -Thank you (mandarin)
Zhan Xixi - dirty
Bu-Yao - No
Mai - No (Teochew)
May - Quick (Teochew)
Bao - Bun, bread, carry
Xia - Go down
Ku-Ku - shorts and trousers
Sock
Go Out
Sea Shell
Book
Pig
Zhu zhu - pig (mandarin)
Beh Beh - blanket
Puan - bolster
Man - Superman or Spiderman
Meow - Cat (imitating the sound made by cat)
WOff WOff - Dog (imitating the cound made by dog)
Ma - Horse, Zebra
Ehhh - Elephant (imitating the sound made by elephant)
Vroom Vroom - general all modes of transport on the road
Ga-Ga - Wooden monitor lizard in the balcony, anything ugly and scary, cockroach
Bi - Ribena
O-PHEN - Open

My favourite letters are "C", "O", "M" and "W". I can pronounce the first 3 letters, but everytime I sees "W", I would say "M". "M" is my favourite letter cos it stands for "McDonald's". Hiak hiak!!!!

When Momi was at home on MC, she would disturb me by getting me to call her "Ma-Mee" cos she finds it so endearing to hear it from my mouth. Dadi?? Dadi was happy to hear me finally calling him but he said the way I called him was too "dia", too "manja". You adults so troublesome... tsk tsk. Dun call you, you worry. Call you, you said I too "dia"... Enjoy my "manja"-ness now cos I will outgrow this phase soon. : )

I have taken some pictures over the past 2 weeks but Momi has no time to upload. Hopes she finds the time to do it soon. BTW, I would be paying a visit to Dr Ganga this Thur. See what he has to say this time. We would also be going to the Zoo this coming Sun, together with Gong Gong and Po Po. We would take loads of pictures and show you ok? Boy, so exciting!!! My first trip to the Zoo!!! Can't wait for Sun to arrive. I would get to see "Ma Ma" (Horse and Zebra) and "Ehhhh" (Elephant) and HIPPOPOTAMUS!!! I always laughs at Momi when she says the word HIPPOPOTAMUS cos it sounds funny. : )

Mr Smelly Feet

Haha!!! Paiseh Paiseh huh, but this update was decided by Momi dearest, not me hor. She cannot understand why Nai Nai allows me to wear shoes without socks. First thing, she thinks that I look like an lau ah pek (old man) when I wear my shoes without socks. Secondly, without socks to absorb my perspiration, my feet would be smelly if I wear the shoes for too long. Like Monday lah, Momi took off my shoes and detected an unpleasant smell. She called me "Smelly Feet" and ordered Dadi to bring a basin of water and my bottle of shower gel to wash my feet in the room. I was treated like an "Ah Xia Gia" with my maid washing my feet before bedtime. Of course, I got naughty and kicked my feet in the water and ended up making the floor wet lah. Of course, my shoes also found their way into the bucket where Momi gave them a good wash and scrub to remove the unpleasant smell. They are now having a nice tan from Mr Sun at the window. :)

Sigh, now I have all sorts of unglam nicknames. Frankly speaking, what is the big deal about "Mr Smelly Feet". I have heard of babies with nicknames that are worst, such as "Smelly Fart".... Ho ho ho!!! Compared to that, "Smelly Feet" is not that bad lah. As Momi currently controls the access to my blog, she can update anything she wants. Nevermind, when I can update my own blog, I will delete this update away...

Momi's Bad Hair Day...Everyday

Hiak hiak. Momi went for a haircut at the newly open JY hairdressing/ slimming/ beauty centre at Seng Kang. She decided to have her hair cut there cos her regular hairstylist - Auntie Jo has gone back to Malaysia. She decided to give JY a try cos it offered the cheapest haircut in the entire mall... but, it was a wrong choice cos the stylist cut her hair until very very short. Now, even Dadi's hair is longer than hers. Tsk tsk...

Anyway, Dadi kept poking fun at her, saying that she's got a boy-boy cut and spent so much money some more. Dadi said Momi should have used my hairclipper to do the hair job FOC... hiak hiak... Dadi laughed at Momi's hair and I smacked him on the tummy. Poor Momi, I can understand and empathise with you cos I always kena bad hair job from Dadi (with Momi as the accomplice lah). Nevermind, cos the hair will grow back quickly. It just that now I cannot pull your hair and stomp my feet on your hair when you put your head on the pillow cos it is way too short liao. Hee hee!!!

(Momi said: "Hair too short and ugly. No face to place my photos in Rara's blog. You will see my pictures when hair is longer. :p)

Happening Monday

The contractor didn't come in today and Nai Nai decided to bring me out to gai gai. First, we went to the Airport to send off an auntie to Indonesia, then to Lisa Jie-Jie's house for lunch and play play play!!!

I was thrilled of course, as that would mean I would get my bus ride as there is a direct bus service from Nai Nai's house to the airport. Yipee!!! As usual, the moment I got to the Airport, I went amok by running all over the place. Of course, I also remembered to pop by to say "hi" to my old friend - Ronald McDonalds and gave him a big hug. It was fun as Nai Nai and the other relatives played catching with me in the airport. :P

When I went over to Lisa Jie-Jie's house in the afternoon, the 2 of us had so much fun playing with her new toys. Lisa Jie-jie would talk to me and I would respond to her with my baby-talk. I had so much fun that I forgot all about my afternoon nap.

When Ye Ye came over to fetch us home after dinner, I was so tired that I slept in the car on the way back. The moment Momi carried me into her arms, I woke up and gave her the blur look cos still groggy from sleep mah. I was tucked into bed after my milk but I didn't really sleep well because of all the fun and excitement that I had in the day. Yah, I "han bin" (had nightmares) and woke up several times in the night, crying very loudly and insisted that I wanted this and wanted that lah. Want the air-con lah, want to be carried lah, want to go out of the bedroom lah...all in a semi-conscious state. Momi and Dadi tried all ways and means to pacify. The worst happened when my diaper leaked and I wetted on myself and Momi. I literally screamed when Momi stripped off my diapers and pants. I was tearing the place down with my wailing. When my cries alerted Nai Nai, Momi was more than relieved to let her take over and bring me to her room to sleep cos she could finally catch a little sleep as it was around 4am in the morning. :p

Yah lor, too much excitement in the day and that caused my nightmares in the night. Dadi is now contemplating if he should bring me to the Zoo cos he is afraid that I would have nightmares after the trip. Hee! Momi said never mind as we are going to Zoo on Sat. If I have nightmares on Sat night, we would sleep late on Sun morning. Yipee!!! Yipee!!! Can't wait to go to the Zoo!!!

B for "Mao Mao"

Momi and I were flipping through my picture books on Sat night. We came across a fruit bowl and she pointed to a banana and asked me "What is this?". I told her "Mao Mao". She didn't quite catch it and asked me what was it again and I told her "Mao Mao". I could see her face contorted as she tried to stifle a giggle while trying to correct me by saying "No, darling. It is a banana. Say BA-NA-NA." But I was one stubborn little fella. I told her "Mao Mao" again. Momi wanted to laugh out loud as she found it funny. She tried to get me to repeat "Mao Mao" to Dadi but I was angry with her for correcting me. Now, what's wrong with "Mao Mao"????

The next day, Momi bought me a bunch of bananas and as usual, I pointed to it and said "Mao Mao" again. She kept correcting me and it made me so mad that I refused to say even "Mao Mao" after that. Momi, you are hurting my self-esteem by making fun of me leh... :(

Of course, when we went back to Nai Nai's place, Momi updated Nai Nai on the episodes where I said "Mao Mao" for banana. Nai Nai was puzzled and said she never taught me that. Well, in actual fact, I used to say "Na Na" for banana. Hmmmm... now, who could have taught me that or was it self-taught??? Hmmmm, I shall not tell you yet. Wahahahaha!!!!

I want to Gai-Gai!!!

Hi, Momi. I want to go out gai-gai. Could u please help me put on my sandals? Please???

Nobody wants to help me. Hmmmph!!! I wear the sandals myself...

Having Fun At the Playground

Having fun crawling in the tunnel under Momi and Dadi's watchful eyes and camera. :p

Crossing the wobbly bridge and climbing up and down.

My Special Scale

Hi, folks. I tried to smuggle myself among the suitcases on the conveyor belt at Changi Airport check-in counter so that I could fly to Jakarta with my dearest Nai-Nai... Anyway, the plan failed and I was caught in this picture.... Tsk Tsk... didn't get a free ride on the flight but got to weigh myself on the conveyor belt. Hmmm 10.6 kg only??? Surely I weigh more than that? The scale on the conveyor belt not accurate one.

Hei Bi and Hai Dai...

Notti Dadi decided to call me "Hei Bi" (meaning shrimp) after he saw me throwing a tantrum and twitching my own body while I was lying in the bed. He said the way I moved was comical and reminded him of a "Hei Bi". He imitated me and kept calling me "Hei Bi". I hated it and twitched more... ended up kena laughed at by Momi and Dadi...

What is "Hai Dai"??? It is actually "seaweed" lah. Sometimes, I would wave my hands in such a way that they look like seaweed caught in the swift tidal currents so Dadi and Momi call it my very own "Hai Dai Quen", a unique boxing which incoporates the swift (or rather, perculiar?) movement of the seaweed. Well, it is not to hurt anyone, but more to inject some laughters to those who see me practising my "Hai Dai Quen". Hai Dai, anyone?

Bumming Around at Ye Ye's House

Momi is clearing stock again. That's why you see some pictures taken ages ago.... Yah yah.... I know... it is another shot of me drooling again.... so unglam....tsk tsk... Like this sure scare away the cute babes.....

Ye Ye!!! Where are you going with the bucket of water? I also want to follow!!! * Kay-poh Baby*

Swinging my golf club like a pro. Another Tiger Woods in the making????

Ehhh... What u want huh?!

Jail Bird

I'm a jail bird, coop up in a crappy little cell infested with little creepy crawlies.......

Someone, anyone can save me?

Expressions!!!

U folks must have been bored to tears with my blog cos nowadays got very few photos. Well, the photos are getting lesser and lesser cos I no longer guai-guai pose in front of the camera. I tend to go behind it to view the image or get really up close and personal to the extent of sticking my finger at the lens. Anyway, I hope Dadi got time to upload some pictures so that Momi could post them on my blog. BTW, got a hair trim yesterday. Not very even cut so the hair is ugly. Dun think there would be loads of pictures coming in so soon. Tsk tsk..... U will have to be entertained by this collage of funny expressions. : )

Happy Birthday, Great Gong Gong and Jiu Jiu!!! And Happy Children's Day too!!!

1 Oct is Children's Day. Here's a Happy Happy Day to me and all the kids in the world. It is also a special day for my Great Grandpa (Great Gong Gong) and my fave Jiu Jiu as they celebrate the birthdays on 1 Oct at Great Gong Gong's house.

See the yummy mango cake that Momi bought? She tried to entice me with the cake to get me to call "Gong Gong", but unfortnately it did not work.

There were 4 older boys and 2 teenagers at Great Gong Gong's place. Momi said I must call them Jiu Jius too as they are her little cousins. Haha!!! The term freaked them out. :p Anyway, they love playing with me as I am the baby mah. I ran and played with them and tripped over my toes at one point. Aiyah! Got cry a bit because of the shock from the fall. I did not bump my head lah. :p

There were so many adults and kids around and I relished in the company of such a crowd. I was not shy lah, but I refused to be carried by those new faces. I would sayang my Great Gong Gong's face (because he is the birthday man mah!!!) but I refused to be carried by him. Notti notti baby.

Those Jiu Jius very funny now. All didn't want to sing the birthday songs loud loud. Only my Momi sang loudly with me clapping my hands along with the songs. Nevermind, Great Gong-Gong. I will sing loudly at your next birthday celebration ok? Great Gong-gong blowing out the candle on the cake with help from the Jius Jius. Where am I??? Norh!!! I'm already getting ready for a big slice of the birthday cake... (Hee! That's me holding onto the paper plates lor. :p)

A Quick Update on What's Been Happening

Hello, folks! How have you been doing? Long time no updates in my blog yah? Momi dearest has been busy and Dadi has been taking few pictures nowadays.
Here's a quick update on what has been happening these 2 weeks - basically, life is very much the usual routine!!! Keke!!!
- I still have to do the eye patching everyday. Dr Ganga is recommending to increase to 3-4 hrs per day. Nai Nai has problem following doc's instruction as my skin would get irritated and red if the patch stays too long. Anyway, I have also figured out how to remove the patch so it doesn't really stay over my eye for long.
- Still refusing to talk, although I do say a few words as and when I like it. :p
- Visited Gong Gong and Po Po 2 Sats back and messed around the things in the house. I played with a ball of raffia string and hid it. Gong gong called up Momi to complain that he couldn't find it. Hiak hiak!!! I will go back next weekend and help Gong Gong find the raffia string, ok?
- Xiao Jing Jie-Jie visited Xiao Jiu Jiu in USA and brought back two sets of clothes and a cool watch with interchangeable straps and watch cover of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eyore. It's cool but I dun like to wear it. I like to carry it around and show off. When Momi wanted to put it on my wrist, I would wave her off. : )
- Momi decided that she wanted to potty-trained me, but was put off when Dadi brought up the possibility of me pooping in my pants and messing up the house. The peeing part wasn't so scary, but the pooping possibility was an absolute NO-NO!!!
- Uncle Johnson gave me a Barney water bottle. I love it and carry it around. Have not use it yet.
- Concept of money has set in on me. I now fishes out dollar notes instead of credit cards from Momi wallet. I smart boy cos I will always fish out the biggest value note, such as $50 or $10. I will hold the note in 2 hands, admire the print and laugh in delight before running around with the note. Usually I would run to the door cos I want to go out and buy things mah. :) Yah, I very money-faced one. $$$$

Ru Yi You

I'm sure every baby uses Ru Yi You on the tummy to relieve the wind in the tummy to prevent colic. Everytime I sees the commercial being aired on the TV, I would start rubbing my tummy. Recently, when Momi applies the oil on my tummy, I also tried to apply it for her too. Sometimes I rubbed on my own tummy after Momi applied the oil and then put my fingers into my mouth which sent a sting in my mouth. Yah, you are quite right to say that I deserved it. I still dun quite learn my lesson and still kaypoh with the application sometimes.

Haha!!! Whenever Momi asked if I am "xiang xiang" (smelling good), I would also try to bend forward to smell my tummy. Haha!!! So silly right?! So difficult to put my nose near the stomach. It is a lot easier to put my nose on Momi's tummy and smell the Ru Yi You. Yeah, I love the smell of my Momi dearest. It's a mixture smell of Ru Yi You, shampoo, shower gel, body lotion, baby powder...

SUPER Duo

Dadi participated in a food race last Sun and hurt his ankle from all those running. Momi brought me out to the supermarket early early in the morning on Sat and Sun so that Dadi could steal some extra time of precious sleep.

Momi and I went to Cold Storage on Sat after breakfast at Burger King. Bought loads of stuff (meat, beehoon, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, brocooli, eggs, mushrooms, sausages etc) to cook meals for me, as well as Dadi's newspaper and breakfast. Saw my neng neng (1.8l) on promotion but Momi knew there was no way she could manage if we buy just one tin. I was pretty persistent and kept pointing at the neng neng. Smart yah?!

The next morning, Momi & I left the house earlier before 9am for a coffee-kaya bun breakfast at a coffee shop. I got to explore the nearby park in the glaring morning sun before Momi finally plucked me up and planted me back into my pram. Only when we past by the coffee shop did Momi realised that she had left my water tumbler on the table. Tsk tsk... so forgetful. Luckily her eyes caught my lonely tumbler on the table....sigh...

Momi decided to check out the nearby Prime Supermarket for fish and my oh my.... it was a wrong move!!! First thing, that place was super cramped!!! The aisles were narow and my pram had a tough time moving through. Second, the heartland uncles and aunties there were not BB or pram friendly and they "eye-balled" Momi for bringing in the pram... sigh... Momi quickly paid for the newspaper and evacuated from that place. There is no way we would go to the supermarket again. U bet man!!! Momi and I are confirmed going to shop for groceries in big supermarkets like Carrefour and Cold Storage where they have big trollies and big aisles fo people to browse and buy stuff at their leisure pace. Market strategy lah! Like that people will buy more stuff and it would boost the sales mah.

Before we made our way to Cold Storage, Momi went to buy dim sum for Dadi's breakfast... but then hor, tsk tsk... she paid up and walked off without the food again!!! Tsk tsk!!! Twice in a morning leh!!! Very bad. I better stay near her in case she forgets about me and leaves me behind *shudders at the thought of this*

Back at Cold Storage, my SUPER Momi lugged 2 big tins of neng neng, paid up and made our way home. When we past by the playground, I was gesturing and making so much noise that Momi couldn't say no to me. I was allowed to go down to the playground for a while. SUPER Momi had to follow me as I climbed up and down and ducked under the fixtures to play hide-&-seek. Boy, I can understand why Momi said if she wants to have another BB, she better start soon cos she definitely has problems keeping up with me. I seem inexhaustible with high level of energy, but Momi's battery got limited lifespan one. : )

Go Out! Go Out!

I woke up earlier than Momi this morning. She was still sleeping like a pig at 7.30am. Hee, I just laid next to her on the mattress and nuah a bit. After a while, I got bored and decided to kah-jiao her. I started to stroke and probe at her arm and her face. When she rolled over to back-face me, I tickled and scratched her back. No response... I then put my hand under her t-shirt and scratched harder on her back. Haha!!! That worked and the sleeping beauty finally woke up.

I stood up and pulled her hand in an attempt to get her out of bed. As usual, she acted blur and asked "Go where?" and I told her "Go out". No mistake about that. I did say "go out" and pointed at the bedroom door. Momi couldn't believed her ears and asked "Go where?" and I responded with a resounding "go out"!!!

Ha, guess I got Momi's full attention. She was quite awake and very impressed with me. However, when she tried to get me to repeat those 2 words to Dadi, I decided to clam up again. Yah, I am one stubborn little boy. Dun want to say means dun want to say. Got character hor? :p

Happy Birthday, Dadi!!! Muaks muaks!!!

Today is Dadi's birthday. How old ah??? Eh, I cannot tell you. Age is also a man's secret. Keke!!! I didn't make a card for Dadi cos I am not allowed to mess around with paint yet, but Momi did up a simple collage for Dadi.
Momi & I wish Dadi a Happy Happy Birthday and we want to tell Dadi that we love him lots!!! Muaks muaks!!!

Me & My Itchy Fingers

Sigh... me and my itchy fingers....
I have been observing how Momi and Dadi loaded the vcd into the player over the last weekend. Yesterday afternoon, I decided to try to load my Hi-5 vcd by myself since I know where the vcd should go in. However, the flap refused to spring open and I forcibly tried to shove the vcd in...*Claps of thunder and flashes of lightning!!!* I pushed too hard and the flap protecting the vcd drive went inwards!!! Shucks!!! The drive was stuck and it wouldn't budge. Dadi had to open up the player and put the flap back in place. However, it would not auto-close on its own now. Dadi scolded me for being naughty. I heard they are going to put some safety gadgets in place to prevent me from accessing the equipment in the TV console liao... : (