Well, mom always told me that bad luck comes in 3's... Is it true?
I've been pretty bad luck myself lately, mostly with the banks... But then again, my list of bad lucks has reach multiple of 3's... *SOB*

But it suddenly strike me... It must be because I'm all sad and worried from the previous bad lucks, that I'm emotional and physically disturbed and 'discharged' which makes me more prone to more bad luckes yeah?? DAMN IT! Give me some prozac and make me feel better.... :|
Also, maybe because I'm down, so every other little MINUTE thingy makes me feel like it's such a big fuss and big BAD BAD BAD luck striking again...

I'm determined to STOP THE BAD LUCKS... I think I've had enough for the WHOLE year... now STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT... No more bad lucks for the year of 2007...

Labels: Mishap, My Stories

It was a terrible weekend for the family... First, THIS happened on Saturday, and then on Sunday, we got a call from my brother (CC) whom were on his way home for dinner from 1U to get my mom's birthday present, that he was in an accident, and he needed a tow truck!

First thought was, that bad? Is everyone OK? (His gf and my cousin sis studying in TAR was with him)... He said everyone was OK, but both the front and back of car is a wreck! Thank God for the first part of the sentence... (before I go on, yeah, anyone that was around 1U area yesterday and was stuck in the massive jam, yes, it was my brother and the other cars, yes, total 4 cars involved but the stupid idiot car behind CC ran away - story ahead)

First of, tow trucks fellas are HORRIGIBLE! Anyone got any relative working as this callmen people, I'm sorry, but I so so don't like them... (Well, it's just their way of making money, so they have to, but then as a consumer, I HATE IT)... You see, Tecky's cousin is in this car spare parts line and knows lots of them mechanics and all, and we wanted someone we could trust to get the car fixed... and you know the rule, DO NOT LET ANY TOW TRUCK FELLA TOW YOUR CAR cuz they would then tow it back to their workshop... ANYWAY, after a whole near 30 minutes of
discussion and calls and hassle (and traffic jam and police chasing them off according to CC), we agreed to let this callman that was around tow the car to the police station, and that was what was agreed...

POINT TO LOOK OUT (TIP) : Do not sign any papers that the callman give you even if you said to just tow it to the station! This is their 'CONTRACT' to argue that you've agreed to let them fix the car, no matter what you say or have agreed verbally... To get back this 'contract' we paid RM450 - cuz we wanted our own trusted mechanic to do it.... So yes, not knowing this, CC signed it, because callman said, I can't tow to station if you don't sign, and yes I'm just towing it to the station for you!

When we went over to the PJ state police station to meet up with them, I was still a little worried as to the injuries of the impact would have caused... Cousin had a big bump in her head, and her neck and shoulder was sore, CC's gf was ok, and CC was said to not been able to move his leg for a while after the accident, but he was OK when I saw him... They did went to the hospital for check yesterday night, but I still have not heard of any news, so this time around, no news is good news...
When I saw the car, I was amazed and VERY thankful to God that everyone was OK... Look at it, the back is practically gone, the front was wrecked too... Lucky my cousin was sitting behind the passenger and not the driver, else she would have been pinned down by the driver seat which moved place after the accident...

Oh, so far I have missed the story eh? The front car stopped, so CC had to sudden break, and the car at the back (no one saw the car plate) knock CC (high impact) went off before CC/gf/cousin could realise anything... CC bang the car in front (a Myvi) and Myvi bang a Vios in front of it... BAD EH? According to the police, if the car behind CC does not show up within 24 hours, CC will be the blamed party!!! WTF! After much debating, policeman said, I know there's a car, I know there's witness, but no one saw the car plate, and therefore, I can't put the blame on no one, so you are the back most car, therefore it's you!!! What kinda logic is this? ISH!!!!!

Anyway, that was my weekend, bad eh? *shake head*


On another note, Rachel was very understanding of all this, I'm amazed... She was actually fussing when we got the call, then when everyone was in a panic mode trying to settle things, I admit I didn't notice her, then when we decided to leave to meet them up to see if we could help, she fussed for me to carry, and I told her that uncle CC was in an accident, daddy and mommy need to go see if we could help him, and then to bring them back home, so Rachel has to be a good gal, and stay with Kak Tina, daddy & mommy will come back once everything is done...

SHE WAS A GOOD GAL AFTER TAT, NO FUSSING, AT ALL, eventhough we came back after her usual fussing time (ready for bed time)... And when we came back, and telling the story to my uncle and aunts that was around, she listened tentatively, and then kept wanting CC to carry her... SWEET EH?

It really does seem like she understand... :)

Labels: Mishap

Saturday, 27 January 2007... The day Rachel turned 8 months, I had a scare of my life...

Parents being Don't-Listen-to-People parents, my mom insisted on giving Rachel a bite lick (according to her) of steamed sweet potato that she was having because Rachel was staring at her non stop... I rejected at first, but after a few pushes, relented and say ok lar, since Rachel was having sweet potato porridge anyway, nothing wrong...

WAHLAU, how wrong was I, when she allowed Rachel to bite a big (to Rachel it IS big - about 1cm cube) chunk, and then when I wanted to take it out, I saw Rachel 'chewing', so I let her chew, even called Tecky to bring water and to come see Rachel chew... To my horror, a few seconds later, she tried to swallow and from the look on her face, I saw that something was wrong... She had a 'help me' look, which then I realise she wasn't breathing, then she started to cry, but no sound came out, and started to choke! OMIGOD! I was practically screaming for Tina to go get my aunt (the paed) that stays next door, and mum (guilty of course) was hitting Rachel's back so hard, trying to get the piece out of her throat...

TOTAL havoc, I don't know wat happened, I know I kept asking for answer on what to do now, trying to DIG into Rachel's mouth/throat for that piece, and I guess sweet potato being sticky in texture, is a little tough to deal with in this kinda situation... LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY, after a few (A LOT) harder hits (this was the time I heard her choking for breath), and a dig with my index finger, she started to cry (with sound this time)...

I know I sigh in relief, and with this, tears started to fill my eyes... I hugged her so tightly and realised I could have lost her if that chunk stayed there... Blaming question started to come in, YOU BUY MUNCHKIN FOR WHAT? TO PREVENT THIS KINDA SITUATION FROM HAPPENING!! WHY ARE YOU SO CARELESS!!! etc etc etc... I think God was looking closely down on us at that time, taking care of the situation (I for one did not handle it well), and I couln't thank Him enough for it...

Mum started to say, from now on, she will not dare to simply give Rachel food, and will not givetoo big a piece anymore... To imagine, I always give small piece, she scolded me, "NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO FILL THE GAP OF HER TEETH LAR" (not that she has teeth), so I guess, mum (and myself of course) learnt a very important lesson... Mum told Tina, next time I won't dare give already... And then I realised, my mum has been giving Rachel LOTSA food when I was at work...

Anyhow, lessons I've learnt from this experience, which I don't hope for anyone else to face:
1) DO NOT trust your kid to know how to chew, make sure the pieces of food you give are always in the right size (and texture)
2) DO NOT give in to anyone when it come to what you think is not right
3) DO NOT PANIC when anything happen (difficult but important)

After a careful thought, I remember I read somewhere saying that if choking happens, lay the baby on yourlap (tummy down) and hit the back... I'll do more research on this, whoever got good suggestion do comment, but I'll post another post when I have the right answer...

Labels: Mishap, Parenting Tips, Rachel Huan