things are back to routine at home. mama's back to her nocturnal lifestyle, cute and cuddly in the day and demanding at night. thigh pains aren't a big issue, but the itch is! apparently itchy skin comes with end stage renal failure. toxins in the blood or something. it's been there for a long while, but now it's really starting to kick in strong. she just scratches and scratches and keeps repeating "gatal! (itchy)" every 5 minutes at night. it's mean, but i keep joking that it makes her look more ape-ish. (really! in the cutest way possible.) so anyway, gatal requires more baby lotion. powder. chlorpheniramine. and of course, her all time favorite back scrubs.

you know how people pat your back when you swallow something down the wrong pipe and start coughing? well mom pats mama's forehead. it's funny but i tried it on her today and it works! strrange.

i'm working my way through the SAT 'phonebook'.

MAMAvocab

plower = flower.
stowkeng = stockings = socks.
meeloh = milo.
teteteh = computer.
bee char kway = yew char kway. (bought min chang kway for her before i figured this out lah.)
boy = timmy.
anna = agnes.
pohsuan = mom.
tayleong = daddy.
si gemo/ si ampat kaki = the fatty/the four legged = bran.
si bunga = the flower = carol. (cos you bought flowers for her.)
si kereta = the car = isa. she has another name for you but won't say it here.
si perot besar = the big tummy (pregnant) = sis. suwei! cos everytime she saw you in the past you were pregnant, haha.

i like talking with the malay accent. :D