Zoop’s Rantings On Life…

Ian has been down with fever since last night. I can’t take him to the doctor’s because they don’t open during week unless it’s the hospital emergency services. No, thank you, we could end up waiting for hours.

So, I will wait for Monday. In the meantime it’s Calpol/paracetamol and Nurofen/Ibuprofen for him. Poor baby, he was drowsy the whole day, crying in pain. I suspect it’s tonsillitis, white spots at the back of his throat and etc…the usual stuff that he gets.

Even right now, he is still awake at 1030pm and just lying on the sofa. He didn’t want to go upstairs. So, looks like it’s camping in the living room tonight for us! Hope that he gets better tomorrow, but I doubt it. He needs his antibiotics! Just keeping my fingers crossed that he won’t get any worse…

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I found with shock that Jett Travolta has died, aged only 16 years old.

This sad event is receiving a lot of press attention at the moment.

One article which has certainly caught my attention, speculates as follows:

Kelly Preston has said that she believes toxic cleaning products in her family’s home caused her son’s health problems early in life.

Jett, her 16-year-old son with husband John Travolta, died suddenly Friday morning after suffering a seizure while on vacation with his family in the Bahamas. He was hospitalized when he was 15 months old  with Kawasaki disease, a rare illness that mainly affects young children. It’s treatable but can have unforeseen complications, including lasting damage to the heart.

The boy’s body will remain at Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas pending an autopsy.

The direct cause of Kawasaki disease remains unknown, but some studies have shown a possible link between the disease and exposure to carpet-cleaning chemicals or living in an area close to a stagnant body of water, according to research gathered by Children’s Hospital Boston’s Kawasaki Disease Program.

Studies also found that the disease is reported more frequently among children from higher socioeconomic groups, of which Jett Travolta was certainly a member.

Source:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b77259_john_travoltas_son_jett_dead_16.html

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We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Let’s all hope for a better New Year for everyone!

How was 2008 for you? It was mediocre for me but I am thankful that it is uneventful.

I hope that the New Year will bring me more MONEY!! Hehehe…and good health of course! My new year’s resolution will be the same as always…lose weight and hopefully have no.2!!

So what about you? What’s your New Year resolution?

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If you are wondering what is Boxing Day, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia…

“Boxing Day is a bank holiday or a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population. It is based on the tradition of giving gifts to the less fortunate members of society. Contemporary Boxing Day in many countries is for many a “shopping holiday” associated with post-Christmas sales and early starts to ‘January sales’.

This day is historically the UK’s name for St. Stephen’s Day. Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr, being stoned to death in Jerusalem around A.D. 34–35. St. Stephen’s Day is usually celebrated on December 26, which is a public holiday in some countries and areas in Europe and around the world with predominantly Christian populations.”

If you want to read more, you can click here.

Anyway, Boxing Day is usually having the left-overs from Christmas Day dinner for us….hehe. So, we had this at my MIL’s and then after that we left for a short window shopping at Ikea because it was the only shop left open after 3pm. It closes at 7pm on Boxing Day. Nothing to buy there, no good bargains like last year.

But the next day, we went shopping again….This time to Manchester at the Trafford Centre. It was packed with lots of people, but I reckon this year it was not as busy as last year. Bought a lot of things, mostly presents for next year’s Christmas…hahaha…good bargains…

After that, we went to Wing Yip in Manchester too for some grocery shopping for myself and my friend Shelly. Well, that is my holiday and shopping for now.

My friend, Shelly and her baby..

I will be back to work on New Year’s eve for a 10 hour shift!!! I will also be working on New Year’s Day, feels so lazy after having a month off on my annual leave…but I am a bit glad to go back to work.

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This year’s Christmas was celebrated in the same as all the years I have been here. I go to my MIL’s place for the Christmas dinner/ lunch. It’s always turkey…hehe with brussels sprouts, sausage meat, stuffing, vegertables, cranberry sauce, potatoes and gravy.

Mutilated Turkey!!

Christmas Dinner!!

Christmas pudding drowned in custard and Christmas cake below..

Then we will have mince pies and also Christmas pudding! I couldn’t have it, just have the Christmas pudding. We were all very FULL after that! But the food was quite nice, my MIL cooked it…hehe..

Anyway, Ian had his early Christmas present 8 days ago; ie; his train set from MIL and us. Then he had more toys from us and MIL.

Presents from us above and below presents from Grandma..

Great book, got him a fire engine one as well..

Cars, books, art and craft toys…I have actually bought him less because I have ran out of space to keep his old toys!!

With Grandma..

Nevertheless it was a good Christmas. Tomorrow is Boxing Day. More food and hopefully shopping!!! So how was your Christmas??!!

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