Ethan is a Liu Lian Tou

Posted by Precious on 10/29/09 • Categorized as me, my family, my home

I’m very blessed to have a maid who can sew. Yius who hails from Bandung, Indonesia worked in a garment factory for many years (7, I think) before she came to us. She took an old sarong cloth that I’ve had for a long time and turned it into this skirt, which she calls a frock.
Frock 1
I was really impressed. Not just that she can sew but she cut the fabric in such a way that the flowers look like they are cascading from the top. Love it! :D
Frock 2
So it is a frock or a skirt? I notice that Yius’ vocabulary includes many English words. For example, Suzana would call a Biawak (Monitor Lizard) a Buaya (Crocodile) but Yius would call it a Komodo. A Komodo sounds so scary compared to a biawak or buaya!!!

Frock 3
With the leftover fabric from the sarong, Yius made a Bible cover.
Bible Cover 1
We’ve been experimenting with making Bible covers as many Bibles, their cover is made of leather which disintegrates with prolonged use.
Bible Cover 2
This is our first success at it!

Sewing is outside of Yius’ job description so she does them only when she’s completed her professional duties at home, and only when she wants to which she does: she finds sewing very calming).

In other news, infant Ethan is a Liu Lian Tou (Durian Head). Wanna know why? Hop over to Ethan’s Mommy’s blog. :D

I’ve come to the opinion that nursing mothers really need to stock up on chocolate and other comfort food. The sound of a baby crying distresses the heart even when you know that all you need to do is change a diaper for the crying to stop. I guess it’s like how the sound of a hammer pounding on your wall feels distressing even when you know that once the nail is in, the hammering will stop and you will have a nice place to hang a photo. Hmm…

I once visited a house that belongs to a couple where the hubby and wifey are hard-of-hearing. They don’t live there anymore, they’ve moved back to live with their parents after having a baby because they are unable to hear when their baby cry.

Speaking of crying, I came upon a heart-rending post where a couple had to decide to give their son up for adoption. I’m not sure if anyone will be willing to provide this boy with the family he needs, they will need to be really committed to loving him, long-term.

In another blog, a couple had to admit that their son is a psychopath.

I didn’t know that there are these kind of issues that families have to grapple with in this world.

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