Has it really been that long since I last blog?!

Wow! Time really flies when you are occupied 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Since the arrival of Abigail, everything changed in my 'smooth sailing' daily life.

Imagine this : You wake up in the middle of the night, with a bottle in one hand, and something else on the other hand which gets heavier and heavier every night. You better not fall asleep while doing this or the baby gets milk all over her face and body...which YOU have to clean up! You tried your best to stay awake until she finishes the bottle, then you start 'winding' her, hoping that she 'burps'...usually takes a good 5-10 minutes if you are lucky. Then, nappy changing time. You try to be as quick as possible, taking care not to wake her up or else it will be 'more' time putting her back to sleep...Abigail is considered a fast 'drinker' and the whole process takes about 30-45 minutes, all depends on luck. Finally, you put her back to her cot, and try to fall asleep yourself as fast as possible because the next feeding time is just a couple of hours away. The thought of 'falling asleep as fast as possible' is so stressful, you find it difficult to fall asleep...The same thing happened day after day, night after night, for the past 10 weeks. Is it worthwhile? One little smile or giggle from her makes everything worthwhile. I am willing to do it again and again and again and again...

More about tears and laughter of fatherhood in the next episode...

嗨! 每天忙工作, 好久没上来看看了. 刚过完年, 先在这向你们问候好, 还有迟来的祝贺 : 新年快乐, 事事顺利, 心想事成, 最重要还是身体健康. 顺便留言几句...请用心读完以下十句经言, 可能你会有用......

1) 遇到你真的爱的人时, 要努力争取和他(她)相处下去, 因为当他(她)离开时, 一切都来不及了...

2) 遇到可相信的朋友时, 要好好和他(她)相处, 因为在人的一生中, 可遇到知真的不易.

3) 遇到人生中的贵人时, 要记得好好感激, 因为他(她)是你人生的转折点.

4) 遇到曾经爱过的人, 记得微笑向他(她)感激, 因为他(她)是让你更懂爱的人.

5) 遇到曾经恨过的人时, 要微笑想他(她)打招, 因为他(她)让你更加坚强.

6) 遇到曾经背叛你的人时, 跟他(她)好好聊一聊, 因为若不是他(她)今天你不会懂这世界.

7) 遇到曾经偷偷喜欢的人时, 要祝他(她)幸福唷! 因为你喜欢他(她)时, 不是希望他(她)幸福快乐吗?

8) 遇到匆匆离开你人生的人时, 要谢谢他(她)走过你的人生, 因为他(她)是你精彩回忆的一部分.

9) 遇到曾经和你有误会的人时, 要趁现在解清误会, 因为你可能只有这一次机会解释清楚.

10) 遇到现在和相伴一生的人, 要百分百感谢他(她)爱你, 因为你们现在都得到幸福和真爱.

请好好珍惜及关心你身边的人, 不要错过了才来后悔. 愿你们快快乐乐享受每一天....YEAH!!!

Is my HK TRIP..

Dear all,

Firstly, i do wish everyone, a Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Holiday! It sounds too late, but still in the holiday mood..i believe!

Secondly, welcome to new daddy. We have a new member to join, Abigail Low, a very happy and cheerful baby. Welcome you..:-)

And now, need to share some photos about the hk trip b4 the cny. It was full of funs and joys, esp with my beloved Augustine. Believe it, you will have more funs and lots of stories if you travel with your baby instead of putting him/her at home. Besides missing of him/her, you don't enjoy ur trip as well, this is my advice.

Augsutine is going to be 2 years old. Yes, he is still taking the infant ticket. That is so lucky that the plane is not full occupant, he can sit next to me. He likes to look outside and never fall in sleep at first. He was so excited, even this is not the first timefor him to take the aeroplane. (His first plane was in 9 months old, going to hk also). He knows he is "flying in the sky". He knows aeroplane.

He never feel tired even we woke up in the very early morning. Too exited and seems never want to close his eye. Yes, he dont want to miss anything...!

We talked to him, we explained to him about the where and what we are doing now. He looks at us with the "open eyes" and sounds very "questionable"..
He is very tired about the few hours "questioning". Falling into sleep..zzzz...finally.

When we reached hk, it was very cold in the first 2 nites. Changing the weather, make him sick. He was having some caugh and cold. But he is still that "active" with the new environment, new weather, new people, new language..new faces..new air...:-) Never feel enough playing.

He loves shopping. He love to buy toys. For sure, his daddy also a "big boy". Augustine is inherited. We bought him lots of toys to for this trip. :-)

He likes to take MTR. He likes to see train. He also likes to say "goodbye" to it. Eveythiimes he rides, he love to say "hi" to people, esp those young n pretty gais...looking at her and smile to her...hahaha..."inherited" as well???...?? Lots of funs, lots of unexpected stories..

We went to HK Disneyland. He almost "lost himself" in the theme park. He like to watch the 3D movie,Donald duck's story. We went into the theater for 2 times! Yet, he still not feel enough.

waoh..I still take the Carousel with him! Oohh...how many years ago..since i was young..

After the fantastic disneyland adventure trip, augustine can't fall into good sleep at nite. He kept alert and awake in the midnite, talking to his friend, Donald Duck and Mickey. Oh...I was very tired at that nite, and can't wake up in the morning.

We do enjoy a lot in this trip. Even, we feel tired. I always encourage all my friends to bring around the kids for the trips. Trust me, you wont regret! He/ she will bring you lots of funs and unexpected experinces.

Augustine growing up after this HK Trip. I can see he sounds like more active and "takative". He want to watch movies with us, and like to listen stories. He seems like understand lot of our topics. He is more playful and more cheerful now..

Sharing some of the photo to all of you, you can also go into Augustine's blog for more stories and experiences...

http://my2ndbeautyfullife.blogspot.com/


Enjoy.

Sorry to keep you all waiting.

Hello to all aunties and uncles, it's Abigail here. My dad was supposed to write the blog but he is sound asleep now. I usually keep him awake during the night, mainly because I need my milk and also I am afraid of the dark...I prefer to sleep during the day. Sleeping during the day has many advantages:

1. It's brighter during the day, so no monsters in the cupboard or anything like that to bother me.
2. A lot of noise during the day, which makes me feel safe...just in case I need anything, someone will always be available.
3. The telly is usually switched on during the day, so I can watch (listen to) some Chinese soaps, Korean soaps and also those Hong Kong MTV...
4. Sometimes, I pretend to be asleep, so that I can listen to what the grown-ups are gossiping, but they usually talk about me, hehe...

Alright, let's introduce myself. My full name is Abigail Gahei Low. Abigail means 'father's joy', I do bring him a lot of joy, especially when I refuse to sleep at night. Gahei is a direct translation of my Cantonese name, which is 家希. Low is the surname. I was born on the 8th January 2009, still in the year of the Rat. This is also one of the reason why I prefer to sleep during the day and 'have fun' during the night.

According to the grown-ups, my mum went through 36 hours of labour before they decided to 'pull' me out...using a pair of 'spoon' like equipment. Honestly, I didn't feel anything at the time but apparently, blood was 'flying' everywhere in that labour ward. The doctor who 'pulled' me out had blood all over her! Dad was there, witnessing all this while it happened. He didn't panic or faint, just a little bit (just very tiny bit!) of tears at the corners of his eyes...

Life outside of mum is interesting, I learn new thing everyday...I learned how to suckle from mum and also from bottle; I learned how to burp after every meal; I learned how to smile and cry and shout...and also how to blog! The best time of everyday is around 1pm. I finished my lunch, I burped, and after a while mum and dad will bath me. I like being bath because it makes me smell good and refresh.

Ooh! Mum is yelling at me. She said I should not spend too much time in front of a pc because it releases something called 'radiation', and they are not good for growing babies. I better stop here for the time being. There will definitely be some photograph of me in my next blog. 'Genius' dad downloaded all my photographs in another pc...

Busy...

Sorry guys, it's been hectic since the arrival of Abigail, not even time for myself, think I better get used to that, haha...

Promise I will upload some photos as soon as possible...maybe I will teach Abigail to blog, then I can have some 'me' time.

Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year when it comes!

I AM really sorry.

First of all, before I start, I would like to apologise to all the mothers in the world. Secondly, I would like to tell all mothers in the world : I SALUTE you!

On the 8th of January 2009, I was in the labour ward with my wife, witnessing the arrival of my daughter. The scene was not pretty, not at all! I would not let my wife go through all that again. As a matter of fact, I would not like for any female to go through that...not my daughter...I know I might sound a bit selfish coz I have already got a daughter, but, if you were in the ward with me that night, you will agree with me.

Why am I apologising?

Still remember when I was in high school, we have a small gang of really good friends and we call each other 'brother'. Man, the language we used back then...we were lucky we weren't strike by lightning. Every time we opened our 'smelly' mouth and started talking, I think all mothers in the world started to sneeze. And we thought we were really 'cool' talking like that. For this reason, I would like to offer my most sincere apology, to all mothers in the world.

Again, very sorry.

Since I can't do anything other than wait...

Hello to everyone on the blog! And may I also take this opportunity to wish all of you a very happy 2009.

Since I have nothing better to do while still waiting for the arrival of baby King, I thought it would be a goo idea to write something in the blog.

On Christmas eve, I received a letter from Malaysia. It felt like a Christmas card inside...So, who was so clever? So precise and confident, that the card will arrive just in time? It was my dad, again!! How did he do it? I don't know... Inside the card, there were a couple of photographs. One of the photographs which caught my eyes instantly, was a photographs of a group of secondary school boys posing for the camera - a group of very happy boys! The photograph was in black and white (someone did that on purpose), and if my memory serve me right, it was taken in Mimaland (not sure about the spelling). It doesn't have a date on it, I hope someone from the blog can remember this specific trip and able to tell us more about the trip...