Happy Mommies' Day

I can't remember what we did for Mother's Day last year, or the year before, or the many years before before. Anyway, we didn't go back to Kluang this year for this special occasion reason being, since PP fell sick, then bedridden and subsequently passed on and finally the 100 days, we have been travelling up & down so much so that our travelling bag has found a permanent home outside our wardrobe, not inside. As we were joking about it the other day, I think we've reached the visits' quota for the year already...lols.... Besides, we were just back in Kluang two weeks ago. The thought of another 3 hours drive down South again, just made my head spin.

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Besides the long drive, there is another reason though. It is because I also wanna join "My Mom's Best" Group to distribute Mother's Day gift to all the great mommies of ailing kids at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)'s paedaetric wards which was held on Saturday. The reason for this is to cheer these mommies and rally them along, to be strong for their ailing kids and hope with this simple gesture, it will help to brighten up their day even for a tiny weeny bit. As for this part of it, I will blog about it another time.

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So for my mommi dearest, we arranged for a beautiful basket of bright red gerberras to be sent to her together with a yummy cake to sweeten her up a little... hehehe. Gerberra instead of carnation cause carnation felt kinda old & boring and my mommi is anything but that.

By the way, she just MMS me a picture of her enjoying the cake with a bunch of her girlfriends. She sure do knows how to have fun... Anyway, from my experience at UMMC on Saturday, I think all mommies are the greatest. Of all the wards that we visited, we barely see any daddies (sorry la daddies... today is mommies' punya day... give chance ok..). Everywhere I turned, I saw mommies sitting by the bedside, cuddling the child, comforting them, feeding them.. everything. Then I thought....

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0 - 9 months
1) Stuffed themselves silly every two hours for our hunger pangs
2) Travel miles & miles to fulfil our crazy cravings
3) Avoid medications eventhough they fall sick cause worry that drugs will screwed up our brains (if only they know we will still be corrupted & screwed up eventually....)
4) Carrying the extra weights caused by us everywhere she goes
5) Look hideous in those unflattering maternity clothings because of us
6) Puked themselves silly when we decided to transform ourselves in her womb
7) Sacrifised all her pretty shoes cause her dainty feets has suddenly looked like an elephant feet over the months
8) Sacrifised all her pretty clothings cause her curvy shape has also suddenly looked like a water balloon.
9) Has to buy new bras too cause it suddenly went up two sizes. This of course is considered the perks of the whole torturing process la...
10) oh, also, hope that we are born healthy & complete too..

And when we are born...
1) Learn to carry us without squashing the life out of us
2) Bathe us without drowning us
3) Identify our different pitch of wailings to ascertain our needs
4) Make sure we have enough milk
5) Change our diapers
6) Occasionally kena drowned by us with our hot pee
7) Burp us after each fed so to get the air out. Instead, we thank them with our sourish puke
8) Every two hours midnight feeds
9) Oh, if we are a boy, they sure kena spray at the face by our water gun when we cant hold ourselves any longer when being changed.

Then, when we start to crawl...
1) Make sure we dont put the whole house into our mouth
2) Endure teething bites on their shoulders
3) Child proof the entire house just so we are safe.
4) Transformed their designer house into a messy playhouse with toys everywhere which could turn into a murder weapon when accidentally stepped on.
5) Patiently toilet training us.

When we start going to school...
1) Hope we get along well in school with friends
2) Do alright in our studies
3) Mixed with good companies
4) Wake up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for us (which was stuffed under the bus' seats eventually by some of us)
5) Make sure we have what our friends have most of the time, just so we wont feel left out.
6) Make sure our uniforms are washed & pressed.
7) Make sure lunch/dinner is ready when we stepped our foot into the house.
8) Work hard to pretend they are interested in what we are doing so that we wont shut them out of our life eventhough we could be doing the world most boring thing...

Stepping out of the nest into the world of hungry wolves...
1) Hope we turned out to be a good person
2) Get a good job
3) Drive a car
4) Have a roof over our head
5) Worry whether our laundry is clean or not
6) Worry if we had enough to eat
7) Worry if we earn enough to survive
8) If no bf/gf, worry if we ever would have one
9) If got bf/gf, worry if they are for real or what... and not sure if they are good enough for us. Cause we are always the best in the world. In their eye, no others can be better than us.

Even after we are married
1) Whether we are earning enough to support our own family
2) Whether we are getting along with our in-laws
3) Whether we are happy
4) Is our hubby/wife treating us right...

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I am sure the list just goes on and it will never end one la... Just that, I am not there yet and I still cant fully comprehend the sacrifices. To all mommies out there, feel free to let me know what else you are worrying about your babies... so that someday, when it is my turn to be one, at least I know what to expect...lols. (easy way out).

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Anyway, all I wanna say is, I really do think mommies are the greatest. I would just like to take this opportunity, to wish MY MOMMI and all mommies alike, a very

"HAPPY MOTHER's DAY, YOU'RE THE BEST"

And please, all mommies, please don't get conned by the overly commercialised aspect of it. You know we love you no matter what, right. Right? Eventhough we don't bring you to expensive restaurants or buy you expensive gifts, it doesnt mean we love you any lesser. Just that we appreciate the value instilled in us by you, that is, 'to spend our money wisely'.. hehehehe...