Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Life is so b-e-a-u-ti-fooooool

yesterday my second sister broke me a news.. "some short sms song" a sms arrived and i read "harn, you're goin to be 4 eee (4th aunt) in 9 months time".. upon reading it, i am happy for her that finally she's expecting a baby (after several years of trying) and at the same time i feel older that someone new's gonna call me an "auntie"?

miserable la.. i'm not that old yet..

anyway.. thoughts of how my sister's life will be, popped up, and i could imagine her struggling for her family in monetory terms..

nowadays, having a baby is not cheap (especially in KL).. a couple will have to spend money for hiring a babysitter, a "cho yuet" person (i don't know wad is it called in english), buy food, education, diapers, clothes, childcare, etc etc and the list is gonna be like neverending...

the cost : hundreds to thousands for each category..

(found out from my friend : childcare cost about RM 650 a month in KL.. not inclusive of milk and diapers)

imagine how life will be when one has got an unexpected news when they're financially tight...

8 comments:

Jellyfish said...

that's why it will be happier to work together as a couple and share the ups and down, or find a quite well to do husband but of good nature one la :P

Anonymous said...

i become aunt when i was 10years old ler..haha..yes, it's not easy to have child in kl..my bb cost me 600 for childcare, and i need to spend others, totally about 1k for her

Anonymous said...

I have a nephew that is older than me, funny thing happens always.

Speaking of the baby expenses.. my friends almost fainted when the doctor told the couple that they are expecting a triplets.

Lucky lar, the hubby got quite a good career and can manage it.

(btw the babies were borned last year, all 3 are healthy)

Chen said...

Hehehe, that's why I prefer to have a miniature pinscher instead :P

Merv Kwok said...

aunty aunty! dont teach niece how to bosiah hor!

izso said...

ah? Niece meh? So fast know the sex of the foetus? O_o

Auntie Alicia, I am a grand uncle already. And what's worse, the people who have to call me that are married and have 2 kids.

Anyway.. congrats to ur sis!

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

For the costs of childcare, bear in mind that Tarzen was adopted by gorillas for free! Say, you have orang-utans thriving in your jungles, right? Heheh.

Alicia said...

jellyfish : hehe so easy ah? xD

irene : hehe best way out.. MIL (some couples have this option)

jee : same here.. i've a niece that is older than me too.. triplets! i think it's really squeezing one's budget in m'sia

chen : my notti boi eats alot.. :/

darrenz : wad if... accident? hehe

merv : hater u

izso : don't noe yet la.. xD

csc : lol.. but nowadays.. ppl wouldn't want to have their kids with tarzan's ability or mentality.. hehe