It ain't easy

It ain't easy to be a working mum at all. I used to enjoy so much on my work, I could work until midnight and even staying up whole night, Joe called me a workaholic, but I always remember what my mum taught me since young, if you were not born as smart as other people, you have to work harder than them to get to where they are. But ever since I became a mum, I had to sacrifice my work life for family, I have to. there is no 2nd option, in fact, it is not even an option.

Especially when your kids are sick and you have a project schedule to meet, that is the moment you need to choose, and again, you know it is not even an option for you. Just like now. Oscar has been sick for days, high fever, cough nonstop, runny nose. And his little body had been injected with too many medicine, paracetamol, zrytec, ventamol, rhinathiol, molitium..and still he is not getting even better. I knew this time he is going through a tough battle, but what a mother could do is only keep checking his temp every hour and praying he would take in the next feeding of the medicine without alot of struggling, coaxing or whatsoever.

Oscar is a kid who is really scared to take medicine since he was a baby, now he is 4 years old and he isnt doing any better. He would puke the whole of you even before the spoon of medicine reach him, just by the thought of " they are going to feed me medicine" can already kill him, he will struggle, cry like nobody business and at last, all the drama will end up with us, cleaning up all his vomitus. it is a never fail playing scene. I have tried coaxed him, even using the hard way, but it never work wonderfully. But it is totally different with Emma, you could just syringe her with any medicine with you carry her in your arm of course. I wish Oscar could be easier, but no, even he knew the medicine syrup doesnt taste bad at all, he still afraid.

I cant blame him, every kids is different, but whenever he is sick, I felt like i have an emotional rollercoaster. Not just emotionally but physically too. And also, me and Joe will argue more than ever, and that is the moment i would feel like why on earth i married this unreasonable man. I hope i dont sound very alien. Joe had a lot of different stands with me, for example, he would think coughing is not a big deal, he always think Oscar is doing ok, he doesnt need that much of medicine, but for me, coughing nonstop at night is NOT OK, fever coming back in less than 4 hours gap is NOT OK, and back to house chores, I dont think rubbish that stays in the bin for 2 days is ok! I can only say we seems to have alot of divergence ever since we have kids. 

It really not easy to be a mum, a working mum, a working mum who is still exclusively breastmilk pumping, a working mum who has 2 small babies who always sick.

if i ever overcome any of the hurdle in life where my hurdle now is taking care of the sick kid when i can still deliver my job with a good and excellent work, i give myself a hats off, a pat on my shoulder, a welldone to myself. 

and now, all i need is sleep.

hopefully the sick kid could get better tomorrow. 

Doutor coffee cafe penang

My good friend had a job promotion (sort of) and was really kind to give our family a treat at this newly opened japanese italian fusion cuisine in Gurney plaza. I read a few review online and was really excited to try out their menu especially their fluffy tomato omu fried rice. 

The queue was long when we arrived for the lunch, everyone want to be in the air cond room to shun the heat wave, so we got the outside seat effortlessly. I was rushing this morning so didnt have time to cook for the, kids so we plan to order some pasta for their lunch since they are the pasta lover. 

I ordered a military macha latte(rm14.9) that looks special from the beverage menu. A tad pricy compare to the normal latte. For the taste, it is more like the combination of mocha+matcha. 

Fen ordered a vanilla souffle pancake for the dessert. 

 And the signature spaghetti(rm14.9) , which is quite cheap for the price of spaghetti.

And spaghetti carbonara that I forgot to tax with my fork.

As for my long long craving tomato omu fried rice, surprisingly it is a total disappointment. To be honest, the fluffy cloud like texture of the eggs taste a bit jelak after a few spoons, I couldn't finish it at all:(

Fluffy tomato omu fried rice (rm17.9)

As for the kids meal, we ordered the teriyaki chicken spaghetti which we thought is the safest option to go with the kids, but the teriyaki taste was too mild and the kids only managed to gulp in a few spoon and started to push away their plate:( #ohmyfussykids 

The boy was not very happy and cried a little that day when we didn't jio him to take photo together. 

And the little baby boss started to get really cranky as we skipped her afternoon nap for the lunch that immediately aftee lunch she fainted in my arm

The Shinise Cafe

There was a random Sunday night in April we brought the parents to this little cafe called Shinise. if you going into the right street, it wouldn't be hard for you to spot the cafe, as it would be that corner that has the most lights on.

    

Saw couples of my friends sharing their exquisite home dessert and also the open-mic events which happened every Tuesday night where whoever that knows how to love to jam could bring their music gears to the stage. Seriously, I think whoever came out with this idea is a genius. If I were 10 years younger and my both hands are free,I might give it a shot. 

So we went into this Shinise cafe and fell in love with the catchy song played by the Sunday live band, the 2 uncles in their 60's who played the oldies live band definitely caught my 2 picky parents heart. I have an old soul lives inside me I guess, which was nonetheless cultivated by my parents. Oldies reminds me of those nights sitting inside my daddy old rusty car, with the Windows wind down and I looked up on the moon and counting stars, and there was radio that playing all the classic old songs. I am sure it brought back a lots of fond memories to my parents too.

My mum ordered a fish and chip which I think was above average, not bad. I think fish and chip could never goes wrong if you don't know how to choose.

my dad and I tried out their Latte and mum order a macha latte, which i think was pretty good. But do try out the mango milk shake, it was really good until we forgot to take a photo.

And as a pasta lover, I ordered a mushroom carbonara, which I think the flavor can be stronger, honestly the spaghetti was a bit too dense but good thing is my picky kid oscar still likes it. 



Joe ordered a oriental chicken chop which I think was really good, the chicken is crispy but not over cooked so it was still juicy inside.

I love their tiramisu, the presentation is nice, and the cake wasnt too sweet, which is good for me.

The kids was really happy that nobody asked them to go to bed at 9pm today, but both of them immediately dozed off in car on the way back home.

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