Short Trip to Hokkaido

Its been more than 1 year since we went to Hokkaido…didnt even realize it has been tat long. This time the trip was really short coz H had a meeting to attend at Hok.Uni so we decided to tag along. But after agreeing to go i was kind of questioning myself if i made the right decision coz the weather turn a really bad turn here in toyama and also hokkaido. Infact we left 1 day later than the initialize planned date coz the flight was cancelled due to bad weather. The day we arrived at Sapporo, the weather was -12.5C and was continuing to climb down by minutes….The 2 days in Hokkaido was spent mainly inside the home…i was so worried that little PB might catch cold…and the moment we got home…i was just too realief that we were back home safely. It was a short and tiring trip….but one person who never fails to have fun regardless the weather or place is surely bug….

having her snow flavoured ice-cream

H giving a helping hand...

 

going for a walk

getting to know his JiJi

bug's attempt to get their photo together

PB progress

wat happens when big sister comes to help

captured by bug

another one by bug

 Unlike when bug was small, i sometimes feel very guilty coz i havent taken as many shots of PB…i keep telling myself i need to do a better job but time just seem to fly by with so many things to do….

i managed to survive the first week of work….but i still rathe “shaky” and still need alittle bit more time to adjust my system. H does the huge share of housework coz since he is alittle small, it takes up alot of my time…but i am not complaining. I am enjoying it more than ever…coz i know they grow up very fast so i want to enjoy every second of it….I need to spend more time with bug to make sure in our mad busy-ness she doesnt lose her touch in reading…( english) since she has been doing great till now…than there is piano classes which we still havent arranged for her…and my exercise which i still havent started…i am hoping by the end of this week, i  can have some results working with PB’s bedtime…make it like 9.30pm….let see how…

H has a bussiness trip tis friday, which means i need to pick up the kids…here comes the challenging part…coz it takes at least 40 min to reach daycare…(after getting down from tramp and getting the car from uni)…i might leave from work earlier like 4.45….infact i think i am gonna it a regular thing….whenever he has bussiness trips, i would leave work earlier…to pick up the kids…since they r very nice here…it shouldnt be a probelm…

just another day..

I am finally back to work…less than 10 min in office, my boss called to tell my next project…which is another “dream” works as i always put it. My major is actually neural network and fuzzy logic …and my main concentration for my Phd was in neurofuzzy optimization…but now all my works seems to be involved with image processing…something totally different…putting work aside…since it never ends…

well things at home are so far in order…i wake up at 6am but surely in between the time i sleep (12 am or 1 am) after giivng PB the last feeding…i still need to wake up in between..to bf him.  Most of the preparations for daycare is done the night before except for our obentos…even tat  its prepared the nite before…in the morning i just put it together. After tat i need to bf PB and get dressed…while hideki takes care of the breakfast and aina…we leave home around7.30….and he drops me at the eki or shiden..

I havent quite decided which i want to take…although trains seems to be the closest to home (2 min walk) but the hours are alittle inconvienient…i need to wait for 40 min after work to get on the train…wherelese with shiden its every 5 min but i need to walk home for quite a distance which could probably comes abt the same…..

Coming home after work to make dinner is really a  challenge coz it takes like 45 min just to bf him by then its almost 7 ..i need to rush to make dinner and he is up for most parts…and cries to be rocked to sleep…the big sister sometimes helps and sometimes too helpful and tries to lift him down the chair when i am not looking (here is the scariest part)….so i cant  fully concentrate on cooking..then theres bath, bedtime, cleanup, dessert time for bug,storytime etc etc…If  H is around, then he takes care of cooking and bathing aina…which leaves me onli PB to be taken care of…otherwise..its a mad rush to make it for bedtime on time (bugs).

One thing that i decided to do is  continue on with breastfeeding…i was never succesful with bug since i didnt know much abt it but this time thanks to some advice/support from my friend..i am surviving so far. I dont want to stop it although its rather dificult to manage it while at work…so far i need express my milk every 3 hrs when at work. Since there is no nursery room or any private roooms i just feel better doing it in the washroom. The changing room here for ladies is separated by a small piece of cloth so i dont feel comfy especially since the pump(electric) makes some rather irritating noise…I just put the milk in a obento bag and keep it in the common fridge where everyone uses…just hope no one realizes its breast milk..haahaha…can u imgine the shock the japanese man will get if they happen to see a milk bottle wat more with breast milk ….HAHAHA>.. they would surely think “yappari gaijin da ne”…2nd shock after i shocked them wth returning to work after 9 weeks…

new year resolution??

izzit alittle late for new year resolution? well i have been thinking abt it since december but never had the time to put it all together….

by tis time next week, i will be back to work, PB and bug back to daycare and our life would be back to normal…at least for me…no more long vacations, late wakeup…i need to think abt obento, breakfast, dinner, daycare preparations and on n on..Sometimes being busy is a good thing…it helps to make time move fast. One thing i can afford to do is be lazy or procastinate on things…

Thinking back i think i did manage to fully fulltime 2 out of my 4 resolutions..which was home, baby, cling cling…and the one more abt japanese proficiency is a work in progress (at least tats wat i wanna think).

This year for 2010

1. Work on my savings ( i wanna get a car for myself ) …and stop wasting money buying nonsense small and not worthwhile cute things!!!

2. Better time management (wake up same time everyday!!!)

3. Exercise (55kg) – once PB hits 3 mths old and bed time is “readjusted”, make time for my exercise!!

4. sit for exam

5. Build up on my reading list which took a back sit for 6 mths…

Shrine @ New Year 2010

every year we normally go to the shrine but this year since PB is so little and with the terrible snow..we decided to skip it…but 2 days ago, bug insisted on going and we went for a quick one….

snaped by bug

PB's first new year

another shot by bug

bug and PB @ 2mths

bug cant seem to get enough of her little kiddy bro..but the probelm is he doesnt seem too happy abt it at times…who wouldnt since there have been incidents of “bagging heads, nose etc etc”…regardless wat…she is a great big sista who helps me out alot…

PB’s expressions…

smile??maybe not

PB @ 2 mths

a girl??

believe or not, we hardly bought any new things for CC coz everything was a pass down froom bug and some from my fren pohkien… infact he is more in pinks tthan any other color….

bug and shabu shabu