Kids

WARNING: VERY LONG POST

So my thesis is 99% done. Left a bit of so-called leftovers that needs to be edited. Chapter 5 didn't get the chance to be read by my supervisor, but I think it should be okay because it's only conclusion. HOPEFULLY IT'S ONLY CONCLUSION AND DOESN'T MATTER THAT MUCH. :\


Yesterday went to my cousin's house to celebrate his daughter's one year old birthday celebration. Most of the guests are.. yup, adults. Hahaha. With alcohol. Train the one-year-old how to drink so that she won't get drunk that easily when she grows up. Ha. Ha. Just kidding.

When I looked closer at her, I realised that she looks 90% like me when I was small. Oh no, not the looked-like-boy me, but the very-cute-and-seriously-looked-very-dumb me. Eyes big big, chubby cheeks (not that chubby as mine last time, but still chubby), I nearly kissed her cheeks and only realise, eh, this kid is not mine. Cannot simply kiss other kids' cheek okay. HAHAHAHA. :P

I like to read articles regarding parenting since highschool. Okay, I must admit that I have interest in a lot of stuff. Too many, sometimes. The interest to read parenting stuff is not because I want to have kids already (I have phobia with kids who mop floors in public while screaming so I wouldn't want to have one yet thank you), but because I'm interested on what kind of psychology that parents are advised to use on kids.

How to make them to listen to you, how to avoid di-per-sia-sui-kan by your kids and behave in public, how to eat vegetables obediently (seriously what's wrong with kids why they got phobia with vegetables), how to stop your kids from dating when they are still in primary school (previous generation it was how to stop your kids from dating when they are still in secondary school but I figure out during our next generation it might be ahead of few years so I'm writing primary school LOL).

Main point is, I'm interested in psychology that's why I'm interested in parenting stuff. Hahaha. Not that I'm not interested in how to deal with friends/relationships/workplace, but the more I read about stuff like that the less sincere I became when it comes to dealing with people. Kids on the other hand, they're still developing their minds. Still innocent. LOL.

Funny how being one of the rebellious kids in the world wanting to control my future kids to not be rebellious. Note to my future kids: Just grow up until you're 5 year old okay? You'll remain cute forever. Don't get a bf when you're 5 please.


And because of my interest here, I tend to be interested on how parents take care of their kids especially when the age gap of their kids are 2 to 3 years only. Means taking care of a toddler, who probably just learned how to walk, talk, eat, touch everything chew anything ask a lot of things PLUS a baby who just, well, learn how to flip his/her body when he/she sleeps.

For those who knows Vivy Yusof, know that she's a very successful entrepreneur who operates Fashion Valet with her husband and have a toddler + baby. Her blog, Proud Duck is a very famous blog featuring her life as a wife, mother of two and entrepreneur, and how to juggle all these roles successfully.

And from her Instagram, I got to know Tim Tiah and his wife, Audrey and I started to follow Audrey's blog, Four Feet Nine and got to know how she juggles her toddler + baby and earns income by being a blogger (even though I don't really like her amount used of WTF). Work-at-home mum. Which is something that I hope to do someday because as much as I want to be financially independent, I cannot imagine letting other people to raise my kids. FYI, other people included parents. Since I love to write and probably won't stop blogging, I can earn income through freelance writing whatsoever.

Think think only la. Can do or not is another thing. Hahahaha. Got kids or not is also another thing. HAHAHA. Going to get married or not IS ALSO ANOTHER THING HAHAHAHAHA.

I used to tell my parents that I wanna be food editor where companies pay me to eat and all I do is just to eat and write reviews. HOW EXCITED IS THAT. Or, travel editor where companies pay me to travel and all I do is just to travel and write reviews. WOOHOOO NOW THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

But of course, parents will be parents. Let you study Accounting & Finance and you wanna just eat, travel and write ah? 

I can sleep also la. If that's what you mean. Which, of course is not what they meant. Bleh.


Anyway, Tim Tiah is an entrepreneur also, a co-founder of Netccentric. He blogs at Tim Tiah, but more on his life as a father, entrepreneurship and reviews on everything he uses. LOL. Almost everything la I think.

Both families are entrepreneurs with successful businesses, and only at such young age. Vivy Yusof and her husband are only at their late 20s whereas Tim Tiah is just 31 years old.

Where will I be when I'm 30 years old?
Somewhere on earth. Haha.

I remember reading an article from Shopify and this sentence struck me:

Never compare your beginning with other people's middle.

Translation: You may seem like you still have a long way to go, and no matter how hard you do, it seems like you just can't succeed compared with other people who are already successful.

Don't. Successful people too met their own struggles. They too encountered failures. What we see of them now is what they achieved after years of facing issues, solving problems and learn how to have patience and determination.

Money can be earned. But strong character needs time to build up, and not every person is able to do it. It takes a lot of sleepless nights and support from close ones.



So as you can see, this post is not 100% about kids. I always have this ability to divert from what I should write. Probably have too many things in my mind so I one shot type all out.

If you're reading this, thank you for your patience for finish reading it. It just means that you have a certain level of patience and I applaud you for that. Please do not tell me whether you skip certain paragraphs or not. Hahahaha.

In You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk. - Psalm 143:8 -