During our recent trip back in Ah Por and Ah Kung’s house in Sitiawan, I got acquainted with one of Koko Collin’s favourite toys from his past – Tad, the talking frog!
He is really one amazing toy! He counts numbers with me, sings with me, teaches me colours, and is also multi-lingual, switching effortlessly from English to French! And Tad doesn’t complain when I keep pressing and banging his chest to talk more stuff!
Now, I wonder if only Tad could turn into a prince…? Hmmmm 
So many keys!!! Yummy!
It’s a wonder how simple black and white pieces lined up can produce beautiful music when struck correctly with fingers..
Not my brother’s fingers though..hehe.
Anyway, our first duet probably won’t be good enough to cut any records too..:-p.
Can’t wait till my fingers are strong enough to make some music on the piano! Hee!
What the product advertised…
How I played with it....
How Koko Collin played with it...
Over the last weekend when we all went back home for a family vacation, I has happy that Papa and Mama managed to sneak in some time to take me to the beach in Lumut – my very first time at the beach! Koko Collin was over-excited to go, jumping up and down but his day at the beach would eventually turn out quite unpleasant (you shall know why later on).
Anyway, Kudeh Wei was also in town together with his friend jiejie MY, he offered to drive us all to the beach. Great to know it was not at all far from Ah Por’s house. Wee! Here are some of the pics taken at the Lumut beach..
When everyone (but me) were taking off their slippers and shoes when they saw sand, some red ant bit Koko Collin's foot...
...after that he was so scared of even touching the sand. Mama tried to calm him by letting the waves gently touch his hurting foot..
Koko Collin is now in paranoid stage over the sand...
..so Mama carried him back to 'safer' ground...
Fun wiping off sand on nice fluffy short grass...can't wait to do this soon! Hee!
There's just something about the cap...
Koko was much better when we were about to leave...:-P
I just love those kokonut trees! Me and Papa in the shade!
Totally enjoyed my beach day! Gotta take note of the dangerous sands though..;-)
Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes! I’m already feeling much better today. Still got a bit of cough but I think my fever is gone! (hopefully forever…hehe).
I am able to smile and stand like usual now…:-D
“Hey, Caitlynn…what d’ya say? Tell us what you learnt today?!”
Things I learnt from this harrowing episode:
1. When in early stages of flu, one can still go for the throat swab test….faster and cheaper too. In my case, it was either the full complete test (1 day result) or immediate treatment
2. H1N1 is no longer a pandemic, it’s now an endemic. END does sound more scary than PANDA but in essence it means there is no longer a need to quarantine someone with its symptoms or anyone with contact with the infected. It’s now (jeng jeng jeng) EVERYWHERE… so everyone just needs to practice personal hygiene and go see doctor when sick lor..
3. Tamiflu may sound cute but it is definitely NOT NICE to swallow…
4. Medicines are scary.
5. Papa, Mama and Koko Collin are great to have around, in sickness and in health! Hee!
6. God loves me and He answers prayers! 
This has been a really scary and sickening (pun intended) week for me. Had minor signs of being sick as we travelled home for the weekend. Saw one doctor in Sitiawan and when we came back to KL, I went to visit another one last night.
And when you see two different doctors in the same week, you just know it’s not gonna be a good week…
My cough was getting worse, I was drinking a lot of phelgm, my temperature would shoot up on a regular basis (even though I’m not angry), and my nose started to run a bit. And since this also kinda affected my beauty sleep and feeding, Auntie D suggested that I should see the doc straightaway.
So, last night, the doc did some hearing and testings on me and said there could be some water that had already entered my lungs…and since my condition is very similar to the H1N1 flu thingy, my only options were to do a complete test, which I would only know the result in like 24 hours, or straightaway take the tamiflu medication as a precaution as if I had already contracted the flu.
Papa decided that since I was in the high risk category, taking the test wouldn’t be a good option so I have started on my tamiflu medication since last night. Apart from that, I’m also swallowing some bronchosaurus-whatever medicine for my cough, some anti-biotics and PCM for my fever. Sigh. How could Koko Collin love taking medicine so much?! I’m beginning to be really terrified of them!
Yeah, it’s really scary times for me so I would appreciate all prayers, yah. Hope to be my bouncy, cheerful, smiley self soon!
Apparently, I am not the only one in the state of the unknown about my tongue operation. I just found that that the location where my op will be is also UNKNOWN!
Yeah, isn’t that funny? The doctor nor his PA nor anyone else that works in the hospital cannot be sure if it is in Selangor or KL. So since this friday is supposed to be a state holiday for Selangor, we were just informed that the hospital suddenly came under Selangor area and thus would be closed this Friday! Haha…not.
So, Papa and Mama has since rescheduled my D-Day to 24 Sep 2010. Probably it’s a good thing too since I just contracted some cough and fever over last weekend and is only recovering now.
God does work in mysterious ways. Hee!
I noticed that those shiny crowns, or do they call it tiaras (?) seem to be synonymous with princesses and beautiful women. Does putting some heavy crown on the head make one look prettier? I have no idea…
Anyway, I also have no idea how it might look on me…because the closest I can ever imagine it to be on my head is when these Burger King crowns get put on my head!
Sigh…
<sing song> Some day, my tiara will come...<sing song>
Scary moments ahead...
When you have to face the unknown
Of going where you have never gone
Where courage is stocked at a minimum
And uncertainty overflows at a premium
I pray and look to God to provide
Strength, hope and friends by my side
To overcome this scary ordeal
And to quickly recover and heal
This Friday, I’m scheduled to go for a tongue releasing operation in the morning. For a baby, it really is the stuff of horrors. I have completely no idea of the scariness of it – which is pretty, erm, scary! Anyway, I could only read of what happened when Koko Collin went through this similar episode before and I know that many people prayed for him that time and I also believe that God answers prayers!
So, I would appreciate all prayers for this coming Friday as I boldly crawl into the operation theatre…
