there will come a time that i need to change the theme of my blog especially when i’m feeling bored. and that’s when i’ll go in search for free wordpress themes (because i’m obviously not paying :P) that i like. this usually prove to be a difficult task but google helps. and after countless searches, i will usually chance upon something that i might just like. but, i also hope that there will be free wordpress templates for you

I’ve been trying to lose my postnatal weight (if you can call it that) after my previous miscarriage. It just seemed that after a miscarriage, the weight just seemed to stay and not go away. It was easier to lose weight after giving birth than a miscarriage especially if you miscarriage after the first trimester which I did. I’ve tried exercising but it didn’t work because I didn’t have the discipline to begin with. And I’ve tried cutting down on my food but failed because there’s just too much good food around. I’ve tried bringing food from home for lunch so that I limit the amount I eat but when a colleague says, “Let’s go for lunch here and there”, that’s it! My food from home will end up being my domestic helper’s dinner. Poor thing! And I recently went to Koh Samui for a holiday and that’s when my diet went havoc. So, I came back and consciously tried to reduce the food I eat and watch what I eat. Breakfast is now raw oats. Not too bad and if I’m still hungry, I eat nasi lemak. Oops! And I managed to lose 2 kgs so far. Phew! But, if you’re having problem losing weight and watching your diet, you may want to try weight loss for idiots.

it was a spur of the moment decision to drive to koh samui with my hubby’s boss. in fact, the decision was made two days before the confirmed “departure”. we quickly got the car insurance for driving into thailand and packed our bags the day before.

we left our house at 5:45 am and met up along the NKVE at 6:15 am. had mcdonald’s for breakfast. and thank God we did because lunch was at 7 Eleven in thailand. the next stop was at the donsak pier to board the ferry which was at 5:00 pm (thailand local time). and by the time we reached our hotel on chaweng beach, it was like 7:30 pm. that’s a long time for a journey! by the time we had dinner, we were so tired.

the next day, we rented a motorcycle and went around town. during the ride, the conversation was:

LF: mom, car seat!
mom: motorcycle has no car seat
LF: mom, car seat!
LF: mom, fireman sam (indicating to the cartoon that he could watch from the car’s DVD player)

thereafter, he didn’t want to get onto the motorcycle anymore. so, we had lunch and headed down to the beach. spent about 2 hours on the beach and back to the hotel for a nap. we had dinner with hubby’s boss and family.

we had almost the same routine everyday whilst we were at koh samui. for the last 2 nights that we were there, we went to the ark bar and the ice bar. LF didn’t like the ice bar much because it was at -7 degrees celcius. hahaha!

LF with his new float

after 4 days at the beach, we were ready to head home. on the way back, we stopped by at hatyai for 2 nights just to take a break from the long journey.

Mummy & LF at the Ark Bar

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the durian season is here! and that’s usually good news for my family as we love durians. and it became the best news for LF. he just loves durians. of course, we try not to give him too much because we’re afraid of it being too “heaty” for him. yesterday night, i brought home a durian to be shared between gary, LF and myself. LF waited for an hour and the half and refused to drink his milk until he got to eat the durian. and he kept pestestering gary, “dad, durian”.