Last year, upon giving birth to my 2nd, a lot of things
happened. Work started pouring in, opportunities started filling my cup it was
overflowing and so does my duties as a mother of two. Everything doubled up
except for my wallet.
I have a lot (if I wasn't too tired to brainstorm by the end
of the day) to pin down here in my precious blog BUT, time was envious of me
and my biological clock was no longer a teenager so, I skipped through blogging
the biggest event of my life which is (1) the 15 minutes birth of our darling
CL and all the easy postpartum and confinement, (2) the successful story of how
I managed to fully breastfed my baby for 7 months, (3) how we planned the
biggest event throughout my carrier, (4) how we had to live without daddy for 3
months, (5) Belle’s first day of Preschool and now, we're moving to a new
place!
A lot of this event, I might or might not have blogged about
in my DAYRE but then, DAYRE decided to go bye-bye. I felt betrayed! There go my
babies' milestones and my terrible rambles. haha. (hey, rambles are proof of my
existence)
This year, as I continued painting my face with the never
ending batch of makeup, I decided hey,
why not rock the boat even harder and do this blog some justice.
Just as that thought pops in, I find myself attending a
Parents related event. What a coincidence, right? Me, a parent, attending a
relevant event with my 2 babies and telling myself I CAN DO THIS when I almost
gave up before I left the house.
If you didn’t already know, The Parents Avenue Magazine was
founded by this ambitious mother of two right here, Stella Mathilda.
2018 is the second year of them organizing the cover search
for Parents Avenue. I remember the long lines of babies, toddlers and children
in particular trying out their luck for the competition on 2017. It was
overwhelming.
The stage area was crowded with parents, families, etc. I
totally forgot how doing a cover story is this tiring so, bear with me. This is
rule one of being a blogging mama (1) don’t bring your kids to work.
Opening act by Beautiful Ballerinas of Charlotte Dance
Studio.
The participants are all so adorable, thank God I can nibble
on my baby's cheek if not, I can only admire from afar.
Competition divided into 2 categories.
1. Category A (Newborn to 18 months)
2. Category B (5yrs to 12yrs)
This year they have added a special category which is The Special
Pregnant Mom Category.
Here are some photos from the event from a mother with a sleeping
baby in her stroller (woke up 1.5 hours before the event wraps) and a
hyperactive toddler who kept telling me this three things, (1) lets go home,
(2) it's time to go home and (3) play bubbles at home.
I was thirsty and hungry throughout the whole event so here
comes rule two of being a blogging mama (2) don’t go to work with an empty
stomach. Thank God the kids were fed prior to going there.
This talented young magician here from MADS Imagination that
couldn't help me distract Belle from that 3 proposal (until the dad came and
help take her for a tour around Suria Sabah). MAD Imaginations was awesome by
the way. They're the only reason why it is okay to dance (with a baby in my
arms) to a Baby Shark song in the centre of a crowded shopping mall.
The thing I love about this event is how well they managed
the time. Started at 2pm and ended just before 5pm which is as timely as a
Parent (like me). No long waits, not so much commercials in between the program
etc. Perfect for me (at least) as I was already thinking of going home to bath,
feed my kids and most of all, get through KK City traffic. I was getting
anxiety. Thank God for the perfect tentative. Please tell me an awesome parent
did it with parent like me in their mind. haha. jk.
Annie-ways (thanks again annie)... here are the winners for
all of the category.
Category A
Winner : Tristan Xavier
Taking home Rm800 cash, trophy, certificate, sponsors gifts
and be on the cover of Parents Avenue Magazine.
1st runner up : Zephaniah Isley
Taking home Rm500 cash, trophy, certificate and sponsors
gifts
2nd runner up : Tristan Lim
Taking home Rm200 cash, trophy, certificate and sponsors
gifts
Category B
Winner : Quenisha Lo
Taking home Rm800 cash, trophy, certificate, sponsors gifts
and be on the cover of Parents Avenue Magazine.
1st runner up : Umaiyaal Theui Ramu
Taking home Rm500 cash, trophy, certificate and sponsors
gifts
2nd runner up : Avan Sundavan
Taking home Rm200 cash, trophy, certificate and sponsors
gifts
Special Pregnant Mom Category
Winner : Chloe Nicole Majinbon
Taking home Rm800 cash, trophy, certificate and sponsors
gifts
Each finalist takes home took home trophy, certificate and
sponsors gifts
This sums up to the final rule to being a blogging mama (3)
Take photos of yourself before the event, before all the chaos; which I didn't
so I didn't have a proper OOTD of the day. So here’s the only proper photo I
had and it’s not even a solo one haha but this is life with kids now and who
says it is not relevant to this event anyways.
Cheers to every parent alike.
Until the next post. May your patience be with you and
stress be without you.
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