I don’t know if it’s continuation from the previous time, but Rachel was down again yesterday…

I notice that she had a slight temperature, gave her medicine and put her to sleep, thinking it’s just mild fever… Less than 2 hours into her slumber, she sounded like she developed phlegm and was coughing and ‘choking’ on it, which wakes her up and demanded to be carried… It went on the whole night, within 1 to 2 hours interval… By 6am, her body temperature was SO HOT, her face was flush red!

Tecky went to get her some high fever medicine, but after forcing it into her, I was getting very worried as the temperature did not decrease… We later realise that Tecky took the wrong medicine the first time around, about 2 1/2 hours later! Lucky it was just cough medicine I tell you… *SIGH*

We both took leave today, to care for the little one… This is probably the worse of her sickness, and she’s even showing reluctance to milk, and did not have much energy… I hope it all go away soon, as her 2nd birthday is coming up, and I don’t like the idea of her being sick on her birthday! For now, her fever is under control, but her voice has changed already…

Having a nap (3 whole hours) after her medicine…
We put a double layer of pillow to lift up her head more, to ensure the phlegm doesn’t flow back and block her breathing…

I was so busy I forgot totally about it!

Though a little late (thanks G for reminding me), I would like to wish EVERY mothers out there that read this humble blog of mine, a VERY VERY happy mother’s day…

p/s : On behalf of Rachel too ‘kay? A wonderful smile from the little one like that would make the day, no luxury required eh?

Venue : Precint 9, Putrajaya
Date : 4 May 2008
Instructor : Aaron Kok

It was an opportunity to learn how to maximise the potential of the photo that stares back at me at the end of the photo shooting session, whether or not the photos turn out as hoped (which in my case, they normally don’t)… It was also answer to my question of whether or not there’s a better way to organise the fast growing numbers of my photos…

I definitely appreciate what I’ve learn in the workshop, and hoping to be able to make use of the knowledge shared, to build my preset way of post-processing, and my own preferred method of storing my photos… Above all, I’ve been exposed to the ease of lightroom and trust me, from the skeptic I was, I’m totally bought…

As mentioned by Aaron, I too hope that with this, the final output of the photos will show some improvements, and at the same time, I hope to be able to understand everything more, so that I could expect what I want, at the point of shooting, instead of having to change it in the digital darkroom…

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Picture was taken on a casual public ‘for fun’ shoot with Tecky at my mum’s coffee shop… Conclusion from the whole session was that everyone in that area was either too intrigued, or too busy body… We have so many people walking up to us asking what are we taking, what was it for, and such… The more amusing one was, a customer of my mum actually walked up to me, asking me if I did take his photo…

Conversation took place in mandarin…
Customer : Just now, you took my photos?
ME : HUH?!
Customer : Was I in the photos you took just now?
ME : Err, no… Wasn’t taking your photo…
Customer : What are you taking the photos for?
ME : HUH?! For fun lar…
Customer : For fun only? OK then…

According to my brother, this guy has previously went in the hiding before (owe loan shark money?), so I guess was the reason he didn’t want his photos ‘published’… Either that or he was supposed to be at work somewhere out of Klang, and didn’t want the wife to see evidence of his presence… hahaha (I made the second one up, from no supporting facts, JUST FOR FUN)…

You know that advertisement where the father was teaching the kid how to say flower, when the kid turned around and say ORCHID LAR!?

Well, I so good heartedly made ribena for the little one for snack, and before she went onto her second piece of biscuit, told her…

ME : Rachel, drink water first…
Rachel : wanted to go for biscuit instead
ME : RACHEL! Drink water… Took the cup and put it to her mouth…
Rachel : No water. RIBENA!
ME : o.O”… OK, drink ribena…

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On another note, Tecky went to India (New Delhi) today (4 May 2008) evening… He’ll be there until Wednesday (which I know is short), but I still don’t like not having him around… Same goes for Rachel I guess, as when I came back from he airport, the little one went to the window waiting for the father… LOTS of explanation later, she repeated and informed others that “Daddy go INN-IA. Take airpwane. Werkin”, and even at a time, took my phone, acted like she was dialing, and when asked who she was calling, said she was calling daddy…

Mentioned before about the email from Emma Williams ( Managing Editor, Schmap Guides) which requested for my approval to include a photo I took somewhere back in 2001… Well, she emailed again today (of course it’s mass emailing lar) that the photo has been selected and posted under Historical Buildings section…

It wasn’t as if I did exceptionally well in the photo, and I would probably think that they chose it because it was of the Parliament House, and also there are 3 other (nicer & clearer) photos of the Parliament House that was included too… But still, I’m somewhat delighted about it lar… It is credited to this blog wey… haha… Now, I wonder how many people would actually see it…