I love all the attention of visitors who dropped by showering me with lots of goodies. Mum tells me that i should not get used to and be spoiled by all the attention, I am not bothered about all the fuss though. I love seeing all my aunties, uncles and meeting my new found friends :-)

ROCK ON !!

Indecisive...

I knew it....my parents have changed their minds again.  Now they don't want to call me "Jayson" and are contemplating yet another name.  It's really not worthwhile telling everyone what they want me to be called. I think I will wait for them to apply it to my birth certificate before I officially publish my name.

Visitors - My very own fan club

My Very First Reading Book - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Clarke

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is my very first reading book. It was read to me as a bedtime story.
I was told that it was voted by cousin Annabel as her favourite book from 19 years ago. Cousin Annabel is really smart, so I am sure by reading this title will make me as smart and clever as her!

My 12th Day Birthday ｛十二朝}

Today is a turning point for me as it is my 12th day birthday. Tradition has it that after 12 days my mum is supposed to have recovered and we are open for guests to visit. Where I live in the traditional villages, we openly serve Chicken Wine {雞酒} and Ginger Vinegar {薑醋}, these are the dishes are supposed to contain not only high levels of alcohol :-) but high levels of calcium which is good for mum's recovery process.

In actual fact the wine in the chicken wine is actually made from fermenting rice.  We started making ours back in March when they heard that i was arriving in August. The Ginger Vinegar was made a month ago in order to ensure that the ginger is absorbed and made soft as it emerges with the sweetened vinegar.  There is a saying that if "the ginger turns out sweet" then it shows that I am a good baby.  Anyway, my mum tells me everyday that I am a good boy anyway!

Before serving these items we also have to do a Bai Sun/worship ceremony, where we have to serve the gods first.

Mum says she is no traditionalist and she won't be touching anything of the above...so i've decided that i will share it with my aunties, uncles & grandparents instead.  Though my grandmother, has been eating the Chicken wine all afternoon, and has passed out at the kitchen table!

Monday Morning Blues

I think I've been rather tired lately.  I've used up far too much energy crying for attention over the past few days and have successfully kept my parents awake in the middle of the night. Today I am feeling the repercussions and have a very low energy level.  I slept like a log all day with the exception of getting up to bath, eat and well....the inevitable - Excreet!

First Sunday at Home

Sunday morning is blissful. It captures the attention of waking up daddy whilst mummy is fast asleep. Daddy bathes me & feeds me and does all the jobs that mum does daily. I hear them talk about a Sunday Brunch, I've picked up on the word "Champagne", wonder what it is .....can't be any better than my bottle of Milk...

Vote for a name

So my name is 羅霖 for those of you who read chinese it is my Dad and Mum's surname put together. My english name however is not published yet. Today, they think i should use "Jayson", dad (Jay) says that it is because I am his son. Mum thinks it sounds good too, because in Greek, it means "healer, man on a quest" (mum thinks that if it means "healer", then someday i may even be a doctor...

Anyway, tomorrow they may change their mind again...