Moments in My Life

Middle of the night … suddenly I heard a voice from the bed.  I was sleeping on the carpeted floor.

Brandon: cot emoshun cot emoshun cot emoshun cot emoshun cot emoshun …

Mommy: *blur* … aiyo Brandon, sleeping time now lar … cannot take Scott’s Emulsion lar.  Tomorrow morning I give you lar.

Brandon: cot emoshun cot emoshun cot emoshun …

Mommy: OK OK … drink some water now … later in the morning when the sun comes up, I’ll give you Scott’s Emulsion.

Brandon: *gulping down the water from the sipper, then went back to sleep*

At night while dreaming also want to take Scott’s Emulsion. I bought 2 bottles back from my trip because I couldn’t find them selling here. Bought the Orange flavor Scott Emulsion Cod Liver Oil.

Have you notice the prices has been increasing in many of the things and services we uses? For one thing that you and I know about is the price of gasoline has gone up way too much now. It is about $4.59 per gallon at the Union 76 by the corner of 182nd and Western. It wasn’t too long ago when the price at the pump was under $2 per gallon. But it might seem ages ago that the price was that low.

So how we deal with this price increase? We try to stay home more. We try to spend less time driving out. Shopping online and spend more time on the internet to research on things before I buy them. I think there might be a boom on online users in the near future because I can see how people are spending more time online nowadays.

That is why social media marketing services like in Izea (SocialSpark and PayPerPost) is becoming very popular. They help advertisers to get their messages across to their consumers through blog posts, blog advertising, blog sponsorship as well as product sampling. It is definitely much cheaper than advertising on TV or billboards. Honestly, I no longer watch any TV or go out for movies.  And I believe many people already turn to using the internet to watch movie (DVD), news and even tv series. I know I do.

One of the things I listed on my to-do list in Malaysia was to visit a Fish Spa. I took my knowledge that there are fish spas in two places from what I read the bloggers wrote about. There is one in Bangsar. Another one in Pavillion Mall.

What I didn’t know that there is a new Fish Spa Foot Master at One Utama, a shopping center which is much closer to where I was staying. The first time we learned about this place was because we were visiting an eatery (KTZ) next to it. The promoter was very friendly and even invited Ethan dipped his hand into the tank. But because our time there wasn’t for this purpose, we didn’t go for it.

The next time we went, we already planned it out. It was about noon time and the kids fell asleep while we drove from TTDI to One Utama, very short distance. We knew immediately we had to stop at this Fish Spa since our kids both were sleeping. We pushed the strollers to aside and 4 of us went to dip our smelly legs into the tank. Each 30 minutes session is RM38. But we signed up for the package of 10 sessions with free 2 sessions, so we only have to pay RM380 for 12 sessions total.

My sister was the first one to dip her legs into the tank. And immediately she screamed! It was ticklish. Then my cousin sister joined in and later, her brother too. I was the last one as I was a bit frightened to put my legs in. I slowly immersed my right heel first. Then I got the ticklish feeling too. It was like a little electric shock when the fish biting kissing on your feet. This feeling lasted very long and I almost stopped half way. But after about 10-15 minutes, it gives a very nice sensation. We continued for a total time of about 45 minutes.

We enjoyed chatting with each other. I think is nice to go with a group of friends or family. Can chit chat mar. JoAnn’s son woke up first so she left the session earlier than the 3 of us. So did our feet feel much smoother? May be a little bit. I have deep cracks on my heels which was hard to heal with just kissing from these fishes.

We went back again before we left KL. It was also 4 of us, but that time my cousin brother was replaced by my Aunt (kammo). My account still has 4 sessions left. It has no expiration date and I left the acct with my cousin sister, hopefully she will bring her mom there again to enjoy.

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I spoke too soon.  That one day he was good, no wetting the floor.  But the next day (yesterday), he wet the floor FOUR TIMES!  Luckily I told Hubby to take away the rug in the dining area before we came back from Malaysia.  So now I don’t have to be cleaning the rug when this incident happens.  I just have to wipe it with a rag and clean it again with 401 solution and paper towel.  

First time when it happened, I told him if he has the urge/feeling that he needs to go, he should use the potty.  I asked him where he needs to go if he wants shee shee?  He pointed to the potty.  When second time happens, again I told him the same thing and he pointed to the same place again.  Same time with the third time.  Fourth time it happens, I immediately knew he was about to wet his pants, I quickly told him to hold it so he stopped.  The floor was already wet but I hurry to take of his pants and brought him to potty.  He continued his business in the potty.  For the first three times, when I asked him to hold it, he couldn’t. 

I hope he will learn this himself soon. I can’t be bringing or reminding him to potty everytime.  Worse is, whenever I ask him if he has the need to go, his answer is, “NO! NO! NO!” *sigh*

My relatives in Malaysia will sure be very happy when they see the title to this post - ‘Going back to Malaysia again?‘. How I wish I can. I really miss them very much too. I love the food, the people, the shopping and the weather too. I like the rain … kinda help to clean out the air around. You see, we don’t get much rain here in Los Angeles. The air is much polluted here.

Anyway, my itchy hands acted up again and I was checking air fare from EVA Air. Their total ticket price is the same as I paid for my recent trip and lower than Malaysia Airlines for the same traveling dates. If so I may be packing up and heading to the LAX again in the next few months. Just a hint … I may be sending beautiful personalized Christmas Cards from Malaysia. *wink*

The 5 weeks break from being at a full time housewife is heavenly.  For that 5 weeks, I hardly cooked at all  (except a few times I made pasta for the kids).  I did not have to do any chores, no cleaning, no dusting, no cooking, no driving.  As for laundry, we shared this chore between my sister and I.  But most of the time my sister did it. And sometimes my aunt help with the laundry too as we were busy caring our sons.  Thank you kammo!! Most of the time, our laundry is folded by my aunt’s maid, Tini. Thank you Tini!

Now I am back being a full time housewife and a part timer blogger. I have to blog, clean, plan what to cook, cook, dust, research for groceries sales, cut coupons, buying groceries, wash laundry, fold laundry, etc etc … hmmm … actually I think I would prefer to go back to KL to continue my break for another month or longer. LOL!

To be financially independent is what most people are looking for.  As for a full time stay at home mom like myself, I also yearn to be financially independent if possible.  It is very difficult for me to be able to work full time outside our home if no one is there to help caring for my child.  But I also learn there are many ways to earn some extra income while staying at home with my child.  One of them is starting an Online Business. 

If I ever want to start an online business, I would probably be opening an Online Baby Store selling products for baby and toddler. As a mom myself, I love shopping online for baby products from the convenient of my own home. I do not have to drive out to the mall to purchase the items I want. I can also make comparison between the online stores to make sure my purchase is of the best value. So I definitely think this online business concept is possible and may bring in a good income.

But before I can start an online business, there are many things that I need to research for the website. Although I can pay someone else to do the whole package for me, but I rather learn it myself. I love to learn new things. And one of the most important component of an online business if how you want to receive your payment. There are many ways a buyer can pay for an order - credit card, electronic check, paypal or others. To set this up, I may engage the help from Orbit Payments from Global Funding Alliance.

Their credit card processing rate is low, only at 7.45%. Not to mention that they offer professional and secure solution to how the payment is processed and handled. Another feature they provide is weekly payouts, only a single week in arrears. This way will help my online business to grow much faster. There are many more features which I can’t finish explaining here. But you can always read more about this on their website.  They also provide a demo if any of you are interested to test their system out.

I know it is not as easy as it seems to start an online business as there are many other areas that I have to look into beside this. I will have to put in a lot of time for research and setting up before my online store actually able to open to the public.