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Entries from April 2007

Amah working Kylie how?

April 7, 2007 · 24 Comments

In the course of my work, I occasionally have to go out to see my customers and also deliver goods to them. And during such times, my very able and kind assistant is always there to help me take care of my office and also Kylie! 

She’s even kind enough to capture the moments when Kylie does naughty cute things in the office with her camera and report to me accordingly!  So here are some photos of my lil cheeky princess in action.

kyliephone071.jpgLike helping Auntie Angie answer the phone

 

 

kylie4.jpg Help do the laundry

 

kylie3.jpgErrr…whining for attention…

 

kylie5.jpgWhining for attention again….same day act..

 

kylie1.jpgShe decided to perform stripshow ala dancing..

 

 kylie2.jpgat the same time posing posing somemore!

Thank you Auntie Angie!!

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Drama King

April 5, 2007 · 26 Comments

I was very upset with Kieran again last night. He was slower than his usual already slow pace in getting ready for school and was not obedient, e.g.

Me- Kieran!!!!!!!!!!! bla bla bla….

no reply…

Me-Kieran!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

K-yes? (but still remain at what he’s doing….)

Me-Kieran!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME HERE!!!!!!!!!! SHOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

K-yes???

Me-Yes what? COME HERE LA!!!!!!!!!!

K-But I can’t hear you…

Me-*fuming mad now* You can’t hear you have to come upstairs la!

K-but I’m watching this cartoon….bla bla bla..whine whine….

Me-You better come up now or I’m leaving you alone in the house! 1…2……….

K-*dung dung dung…heavy feet coming up the stairs*

Later…

K-Today is Wednesday?

Me-ah ha..

K-I hate Wednesdays…got to get ready go back to office, practise piano…then go piano lesson…I will be late for school!

Me-bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..(my usual exclamation when I’m out of words)

I’m really wondering if I should stop his very expensive piano lessons…but when I asked him if I should sell the piano off and he said NO! Otoke?? (How)

Then when I picked him up from school later in the evening, as usual he was running around as his face was all flushed. Then his good friend came to me..

F-Kieran didn’t do his homework and didn’t pass up also!

Me-*Turned to him with screwed up face* Why you didn’t do your homework?

K-I pass up! I don’t know… bla bla bla..

F- He didn’t do! He doesn’t know how to do.. (this is the friend Kieran copies from most of the time…)

Sigh……….

Kieran continued to complain about not knowing what to do..bla bla bla and I told him to just ask the tuition teacher and he smartly answered,

K-No..ask Aunty Fiona la! (my future sis in law who’s very patient with him, helps to feed him, shower him and helps guide him with his homework!..eh what happened to mummy? too lazeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)

As Aunty Fiona was guiding him, he was distracted with the tv and kept turning to the tv and I got so fed up with him and also my mom in the background grumbling..

Mom-aiya look at him…mo sum kei duk shue one la.. (no heart to study)

Kept reminding him to concentrate and he kept turning his head, and poor Aunty Fiona also loosing patience with him. Then he was sulking as he had only one char kuey while my niece had 2..ayooooo…He pushed my niece down and didn’t want to share his soya bean with her. So my mom got upset with him also cos my niece was gracious to share with him and he was not appreciative. As usual my mom said very negative words like he was a ruffian la, very bad la..bla bla bla and he kept saying not fair la..bla bla bla…

K-I hate you! (said this to mom and went inside the room to sulk)

I waited for a few moments before reacting. Took the cane and went in and whacked him like there was no tomorrow, told him to stop whining and go out and finish his homework. Aunty Fiona continued teaching until she couldn’t tahan also so she went to shower. Kieran just stared at his book and kept saying I don’t know how to do…

Me-Just close your book and put it back and ask your tuition teacher tomorrow..

K-wuahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sob sob sob…I..i…i..dun…know hhhhow to to to doo oh oh oh…..

I was just dumbfounded at him and really don’t know what to say leow! Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..

Categories: ApOh · Children · Frustration

Busy busy..

April 3, 2007 · 12 Comments

Wah kena (got) sounding from my fansi friend for being MIA (missing in action) and not putting up a post yesterday. Sorry lor, she summore sms-ed me to ask what happened to me, wanting to report police summore! Wah, me so the touched… :D

Was out seeing customers and collecting $$ so no time to update lor, and this morning come in got another surprise, one of my staff just stopped work without giving notice and was not contactable since yesterday. Angie was calling him since yesterday as he disappeared after lunch! Wah so clever, just collected salary and disappeared leow! Ayo..we were discussing what could have caused him to pull such a stunt. So far, he’s been a very good worker (my son simply adores him), and me as an employer also been quite good to him leh, in fact, he was forced out of his residence recently by my pah wong (errr dun know the Engrish word for this la…) office neighbour and had to move out like in a week. He needed some cash to pay off the tenant who rented his own apartment. So me as usual, very nice one (refer to this story) so allowed a loan to him and he can repay the loan in 5 months time. But malang di timpa malang, (more trouble came upon him) his wife’s family home was burnt to the ground in the kampung and he had to help them out and housed them in his family home. He didn’t come to me for another loan but he did approach another worker, but of course that worker also furious with him la, he himself was in trouble, and he had to borrow money to help others pulak! How can?? If he approached me, I don’t think I will loan him anymore lor. But then again, he didn’t approach me, and nothing happened like he was being wrongly accused or being scolded or whatever, but he just DISAPPEARED!

I was telling Angie, maybe he got offended when from what I said last week when an old worker (F) of mine came back to visit. I just asked F when he was coming back to work for me again. Did he get offended?? I didn’t mean anything, in fact I do need extra help…sigh…being an employer is so hard nowadays…I really want to know what really happened to him lor…it’s such a waste that he had to resort to running away like that, not that I’m like heartache because of the loan he has not repaid, I really don’t mind but to me he was a good worker despite him not turning up for work when he was supposed to  at a few occasions….sigh..

Categories: Frustration · Myself · Work