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DD 15mth milestone

2011-02-27T20:39:00.000-08:00

Yipee..DD is now 15th mths plus. Time and Tide really waits for no man as she is growing up everyday, it just seems like yesterday she was born. My baby have now become a toddler and before I forgot all her milestone till date, let me blog it down..

DD 15mth milestone..

- Able to walk steadily and independently and at times seems to able to run..hahaha (she started her first baby steps on 23/12/2010)
- She loves to climb up and down the stairs (need to hold both her hands for that task)
- Know how to squat and when you ask her to jump, she will do the jump action (but still cannot lift both her legs off the ground).
- Have successfully got rid of her pacifier for about 2mths (she actually refused to have her pacifier when she have had her serious flu in Dec 10)
- As at now, she have got 6 teeth.. (4 ontop, 2 bottom) but can see 2 more spouting out soon on her lower gum (and she have been drooling quite a lot recently)
- Can say the word ‘bear’ and recently ‘baby’. Also understand simple words and action like “hug”, “kiss”, “kai kai”, “come”, “mum-mum”, “sleep”, “yes” , “no” etc.
- When you tell her going “kai kai”, she will go to the door there to find her shoes and ask you to put on for her.
- When ask her to throw away things, she will bring to the dustbin and throw away.
- Know where her hair, nose and ear.
- Can scream real loud when her brother tried to snatch her things or if things don’t go her way.
- She loves to hold conversation with people with her baby language

I love to see my gal growing up and learning new things everyday. When she kiss me that moment, it is simply priceless.

CNY 2011

2011-01-31T20:31:00.000-08:00

In a few days time, we will be ushering the year of the Rabbit. This year, DD will be able to get involved in the reunion dinner as she is now older already. She have also master how to do the 'Gong Xi Gong Xi' gesture. I have also brought her a hairband which I think she will look cute in it. DS clothings are also all settled.

Now at 14mth plus, she is able to walk more steps on her own and seeing how she wibble wobble to balance herself is so kawaii. I think by next mth, she should be able to 'chase' her brother. However, I must admit that her temper is much worse than DS and when she wants, she really wants..Hmmmm..sounds horrible and I don't know if I can cope with the 2 kids alone.

Tomorrow, will be a busy day as I have to wake up early to run errands and ensure that we finished our task before 3pm plus. Let me hereby wishes everybody "恭喜发财。身体健康。万事如意 :)"

Bye Bye 2010

2011-01-02T20:25:00.000-08:00

I'm glad Year 2010 had gone and it's a brand new year and I hope this year would be an awesome year for me & my family.

The kids have been taking turns to fall since Christmas Eve. First, it was DS who caught the stomach flu and so he had to stay at home with us while his dad went ahead with his Kukup trip. Then DD fell sick on Christmas day just when I thought I can celebrate the day happily with my family. Brought her to the doc on Boxing Day as her temp was 39.4. After med and constant sponging, she was ok by evening.

Juz when we thought she had recovered, she started having running nose and cough and fever. We rushed to KK when she started to vomit on New Year Eve and I told DH that few years ago (year 2007), we also rushed DS to KK on New Year Eve..so now history repeated itself..

The wait at KKH was still ok and they even took blood test for DD. She now weighs 8.4kg and like DS, her birth weight was good but don't know why both my kids actually 'shrink'after that.Luckily, the blood test was normal and doc told me that DD got very bad running nose and that caused the cough and fever. DD also got a very big ulcer so that caused her to have difficulty in swallowing liquids but we must still keep her hydrated. We left the hospital after spending nearly 2 hours there and we managed to reach home in time before New Year Day.

Looking back, let me recall DD at 13mths, 2 weeks and 4 days old milestone..

- Knows who is her Gor Gor, Papa, Mama and Auntie.
- When we asked her to give things, she will give.
- Ask her to dance and she will shake her head.
- When asked her if she wants things, she will nods her head and when we tell her no no, she will shake her head.
- She knows how to walk a few step independently.
- Can climb up the take or sofa herself.
- When she sees her papa sleeping, she will put her index finger to her mouth and do the 'sshhh'gesture.
- When she takes the house key, she would point to the door and want to open the gate with the keys.
- She will hug and kiss a soft toy when asked her to.
- Loves to wave to people and do the bye bye and flying kiss action.

I just can't wait to see more of her milestone and looking foward to blog all her 'little'achievement. As for DS, he is now more outspoken and can express himself better. Now that he is in K1, I hope I can see more improvement from him.

Therefore, I hope that in Year 2011, I wish everybody Pink of Health esp for the kids and that the kids will be happy always.

Christmas is coming

2010-12-16T23:50:00.000-08:00

Christmas will be here in about a weeks time..Let me first blog about my kids birthday party on 14/11 (Sun)

The day started around 8am for us. DH and I decorated the place with banner and ballons..Next after DD had her shower, we let her choose the 7 things (book, money, scissors, pen, drumstick, calculator and ruler) that will represent her future..and she choose drumstick (but I forgotten what it means already)..Her bro used to chose book and he really is into reading so I think my DD will be a glutton next time..haha

After lunch, we headed of to collect DS ice cream cake from Swensen's first. As it was raining heavily, DH decided to drop me back home first and he will collect DD cake from Pine Garden himself.

Luckily, the rain stopped shortly and DH came back with DD cake soon after. It wasn't long before the food and the guests came. It was just a simple family gathering and I was glad that the guest enjoyed the food and cake. Most importantly, I think my two kids have a great time that night as so many people sang birthday song to them..It was definately a wonderful nite.

Milestones

2010-10-16T00:21:00.001-07:00

Time really flies..In about a month's time, DD will be turing 1 and DS will be 4. As usual, I think I will celebrate the kids birthday at my humble house and will be inviting family members since my house is kinda small to invite my friends too. I will be ordering ice cream cake for DS and for DD, I am still thinking though time is running out. Now that DD is already 11mths, let me recall her milestone till date.

- Able to stand on her without support for a few seconds.
- Walk a few baby steps with support although she still prefers to crawl as her speed is super fast.
- Able to nod and shake her head.
- When we said "bye bye", she will open and close her fingers and when asked to do a flying kiss, she will put her hand over her mouth.
- Knows how to say papa, mum-mum, ah pek..
- Loves music and likes to dance.
- She knows how to push herself around the house in her kiddy car.
- When she wants to go down from the bed, she will turn her body to ensure her legs touches the ground first.
- Able to throw and roll a ball.
- Recognised everybody family members and will pass things to them when asked to.
- Do funny face expression such as smile till her eyes are all closed up, etc.
- Climb up the window grills *faints*

Can't wait for my DD to start walking but that means more tiring to look after her as she is more active compare to her brother but every minute spent with her is worth it for she is such a little sweetie pie.

For DS, I can also see a lot of improvement in him. Both my sis commented that he can express himself better when he is on the phone. Then DS can also go to the toilet on his own and he is so much independent now.

I just love both the kids to the max..

The kids are sick

2010-09-25T02:39:00.000-07:00

Again..the kids are sick!! DS caught the fever virus first and his sister caught from him too (never ending cycle). Brought DD to see doc today and her fever was around 39.4. Was so worried as she was still young thus can easily develop fits. After medication, her fever came down but she still feel feverish. She super grouchy today and cries at the slightest thing. Just hope that she can recover fast and that both kids will be stronger and healthier too :)

Memories Lane

2010-09-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

Ooops..its been months since I did my last update..I didn’t know where to start as so many things have happened during the last 1 mth plus.. Ok..time to recall the events..

26 to 27 June 2010 (Sat & Sun)
DH went to Malaysia with his brother during the weekend but because DS still have his phonics class, I decided to give it a miss but I need to bring DS to class all alone. We took taxi instead of driving as I have no confident in my skills at all! The taxi fare was so ex but luckily, I managed to con DH some $$ before he left for his trip. At night, I invited my sis over for dinner and we had yummy chicken rice.

DH was back from his trip and he brought home kwuay, crackers, shoes for DS and waist pouch for himself..but sad to say, nothing for me and DD coz he said nothing much for the gals.. *sigh..think next time will juz go for shopping trip on my own*..

3 July (Sat)
We got tickets for the NDP rehearsal and so I decided to forgo 1 week of the phonics lesson. As it was drizzling throughout the whole evening plus it’s the 1st time mass rehearsal, there was not much atmosphere in it. Overall, didn’t enjoy the parade as much as I hope I will be.

4 July (Sun)
We brought the kids to Sentosa beach for a day of play in the sand. DS of course enjoyed himself very much..Had a fun time digging the sand and playing in the water. We brought DD to play water too but she was to young to have fun. Nevertheless, it’s the family bonding time that I treasure with them :)

11 July 2010 – 16 July 2010.
Got a complimentary baking lesson at Genius R Us @ City Square Mall through a lucky draw. Glad that DS enjoyed his bakery class as thought it will be more enjoyable for gals. Roamed around the shopping center before we proceed back to MIL place. At night, we ealized that DS started to have spots on his hands and foot. He also complain mouth painful..

Brought him to see doc again in the morning as heat monster was back. Doctor diagnosed it was HFM…OMG!! I prayed hard that he will recover in time becoz !7 July, we are going to USS. He only had a few spots but his ulcers in his mouth was causing more discomfort. Luckily, he recovered within 4 days and we brought him back to the doctor to certified that he is ok. USS here we come..

17 July 2010 (Sat)
Universal Studio…It’s the day that I have been looking forward but the day started with a heavy rain DH also complain of gastric pain. However, after medication, he was much better and was able to join us. We had sumptuous breakfast with my colleague before we went to explore the Theme Park on our own. We didn’t take many rides as I was busy queuing to taking photos with those characters. Managed to watch the 4D Shrek Show though but DS didn’t enjoy it as he was frighten by the movement of the chair.
Anyway, we stayed at the Theme Park till 10 plus to watch the fireworks. Think the rides and show were too thrilling for DS for he kept having nightmare on the night itself plus he even wet the bed (think too tired to wake up to go toilet). The theme park was worth going and I will definitely return but only when the kids are older so that they will be able to truly have fun and enjoy themselves.

28 July 2010 (Wed)
DS was not feeling well as he was coughing badly. Decided to take leave and brought him to the PD. Brought DD along as she needed to take her jab too. PD diagnosed DS with mild bronchitis so he needed to take the neb. Luckily, he didn’t struggle and after the puff, he was feeling better. DD was 8mth plus and she weighs 7.8kg and her height is already 70cm. Left the clinic with $300 plus poorer but health is all that matters.

29 August 2010 (Sunday)
Brought the 2 kids & maid out to the Zoo. It have been so long since we last went (think about 2 years ago). Anyway, the trip is more enjoyable to DS as we brought him to the water playground to play and also he likes to see those animals. However, due to the rain, our journey was slower thus we miss quite a few animals’ shows. Luckily, we will be going again in October so next time, I will definitely go watch the shows then explore the zoo.

10 Sept 2010 (Friday)
It’s a PH so we decided to go to Sentosa beach and also RWS with PIL, SIL & family. However, the day also started with drizzling and so it caused lots of inconvenienced to us. Nevertheless, DS again enjoyed himself at the beach because he loves playing with the sand. As for DD, she was busy looking everywhere and being carried around by so many people. It was indeed a fun filled family gathering outing. Looking forward for our next trip again.

DD Injection & Review

2010-06-21T00:56:00.001-07:00

Just came back from the PD. Today, brought DD for her injection & review. At 7mths and 7 days old, she now weighs 7.35kg and her height is 68.4cm. PD gave her 6-in-1 and her pneumococcal injection and she had to have her buttock poke twice. PD said she can start on porridge any time as she is now eating cereal & puree food already. However, I don't think I will start her on porridge till she is about 8th mth plus ba.

Oh, my poor little gal had a fall 2 weeks back. She fell from my bed to the floor which is luckily not that high compare to last time DS fall. She crawled from the mattress to the bed and went to the other side of the bed and landed on the floor. Had a bad cried and a bump on her head. Hmmm, her crawling speed is now so much faster and well developed that sometimes, she will crawl from the living room to the kitchen to look for my maid. *faints* We really have to keep a hawk eye on her everytime. The only thing she doesn't have now is her tooth..She have been drooling and bitting since 4mth plus that I thought she should have her first tooth out soon but till date, no sign of her little tooth spouting out.

Let me recall eher milestone till date (7mth plus)
- able to recognise people. Likes to play and disturb DS
- able to pull herself to stand position
- from crawling position, able to sit up herself
- likes to make clicking of tongue sound
- when she doesn't get what she wants, will show angry face by stiffing up her body and 'scolding' you by using her baby language
- likes to make sound by saying 'ba ba ba' or 'da da da'
- likes her food served fast

I think that's about all ba but watching her grow day by day is such a joy and I really enjoy and savour every precious moment with her.

Happy Me :)

2010-05-27T07:42:00.000-07:00

YES!! I am so happy becoz my blog is up again. I have been wanting to post for so long but somehow I have problem signing in. It even says that my blog have been deleted and I was so upset becoz DS & DD growing up stages have been recorded here and all the wonderful & precious pictures are also in it. Glad that everything have been resolved.

Let's see, DD is now coming to 7mths and I have started her on cereral when she turned 6mths old (15/05/10) and she simply loves her food. So far, I am starting slow on her food variety compare to DS time as many ppl said it is better to start later. DD can also crawl now but she is crawling using her tummy as it can help to'push' her forward. Whenever, she saw DS playing with toys, she would also want to get her little hands on it. But maybe she is much more active now, I think she does look so pui now compare to last time. Of course, healthy is more impt.

As for DS, since he started school, he began to sing songs & rhythms more often in Chinese. Also, sometimes his wacky action & answers never fails to make you laugh. He is also 100% off diapers at night now but yesterday, he actually wet the bed :( and the whole family have to wake up and clean the mess. But ever since DS started with i-creative learner, I became more busy as I have to help him with his homework, scrap book and also the flash cards. For flash cards, it is the most difficult as he always have a problem recognisation and remembering the words. It's very stressful for both of us. Luckily, DS is having 3 weeks break before my stress comes again.

Yeah..2molo is a holiday so I can spend more time with my children & relax myself. Pics will be uploaded soon. Let's all enjoy the long weekend.

Review & Injection

2010-04-07T23:46:00.000-07:00

Just brought DD for her injection and review. Now that she is 4mths & 3weeks old, she weighs 6.6kg & her height is 66.5 cm. I thought she was heavier than DS but when I brought out DS health booklet to compare...DS weighs slightly more even when DS assessment was done much earlier than DD. Never mind, being healthy is more impt. DD now can roll over at a much faster speed and somehow, she always managed to turn herself around the bed...She is also trying to pull herself up. So fast, DD will be 5mths in about a few days time.

As for DS, he has so far attended 2 lessons with i-creative learner. So far, he is ok but when its come to flash card, I always have a problem trying to get him remember the words and as a result, both of us felt so stress up. I really felt bad because I should have been more patient with him but its really fustrating trying to get him to remember the words even after many tries. Arrghh..this is start of education pressure.

For me, I am back to office for about a mth plus now. However, when I just returned back to work, I caught a fever bug that lasted for about a week. The fever was so high that my temperature soared up to 39.4. The doc thought I had dengue fever. Luckily, it turned out to be false alarm but I had also passed the fever bug to DD and ended up, she had also had a high fever two weeks back. So after this episode, I just wish for my family good health and happinese :)

Back to work

2010-03-03T09:52:00.000-08:00

Wow..CNY have come & go in just a wink. Even my 16 weeks of maternity leave is all used up and I will be back to work tomorrow. Kinda of feeling a bit sad coz I love lazing around the house, playing with the kids & doing nothing at times.. But no choice, have to eat plus now with so many mouth to feed.. I just have to chase away my lazy bug in me.

DS have settled quite well in school now. He now no longer whined when goes to school *cross fingers* and he have made some remarkable progress in communication skills. Though, his pronunciation is still a big problem but at least he can express himself better now and his wacky replies at times never fails to make everyone laugh. Even since he went to school, we can see he has grown to be much more independent. He can go toilet on his own now and he is diapers-free at night too. He is able to brush his teeth on his own and knows how to bath himself too (but not very clean lor..hahaha). He now feeds himself during meal times and goes to bed early too.. However, he still have to hone his motor skill as he is still not able to hold his writing materials in the correct way.

As for DD, she is now 3mths plus and one side of her head looks flatter than the other and also, her neck is still not steady yet so we are now trying to give her lots of tummy time. Hopefully, she will improve by her next visit to the PD. Now DD just loves to put things inside her mouth so now we have to watch her like a hawk. DD have also done her FIRST roll over on 2nd day of CNY (15.02.09) and I was glad to have witness this physical development. But after her first attempt, she just refused to do it again until recently she started rolling over again.

Arrgh..I will definitely miss both the kids when I get back to work.

Here's some of the kids recent pics :)

CNY round the corner

2010-02-12T23:06:00.001-08:00

CNY is here again..We will be ushering the year of Tiger in a few more hours. This year, no spring cleaning for me to do *Yipee* and tonight, we will be going to PIL place for reunion dinner. This year we will have an additional family member to join in and that person is my DD.. Also, this year, beside the usual relative house visiting, we will also be going to DH friend's gathering (details to be updated). Very fast, tomorrow DD will be 3 mths old already.. Let me recall her progress till date

- able to flip to her tummy if lay her sideways.
- loves to talk to people and have her gor gor around her
- can put her whole hand into her mouth and eat her mini 'drumstick'
- neck still not stable which I am very worried so will ask PD during her next checkup in March

Think that's about all.. Meanwhile, let me wish everyone a Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year!!

Busy with activities

2010-02-06T00:34:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't been blogging very frequently (as usual) because since DS went to school, I have been busier. Busier because DS is sick more frequently and worse, he brought the virus home too and to prevent DD from being sick, I have to ensure that DS dun get to close to DD. But still DD was oso sick with flu and cough in Jan and seeing how she struggled with her med makes me so heartpain. Also, since DS is in school during the day time, DH and I makes use of this time to go out. We've been to Resort World, Chinatown, Bishan etc and shopping during weekday is such an enjoyment as we can avoid the crowds.

Very fast, DS is in school for 1mth plus but he still refused to go to school every morning. We have to use many ways to coax him to school. As for his performance in school, the feedback tha I've gotten from the teachers are that DS is a very soft spoken boy and he doesn't interact much with his friends. He also don't like to write or colour and he still can't hold his writing materials well (teacher have to hold his hand to guide him). Hmmm, getting very worried for DS as I also think DS pronounciation is not very accurate too. Maybe, I haven't been teaching him much as now we still have DD to look after. I just hope he will improve and overcome the above problems as times goes by.

DS starts school

2010-01-11T21:17:00.000-08:00

Yes..this is my 1st entry for Year 2010. DS have started going to cc but as usual, he still can't adapt to school. Though its already week 2 but he is still crying whenever he sees us leave the school. But no choice, he have to learn how to adapt and hopefully he will outgrown his separation anxiety soon. So now with DS in school, me and DH have more time for ourself. We would sometimes go shopping, watch movie and even swimming (back to par tok days)
As for DD, she is coming to 2 mths already. She loves people to talk to her and she will responses back.. Some of the photos I took for the kids recently..

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T05:43:00.000-08:00

Yes..in another few hours, we will be ushering year 2010. Year 2009 have been a good year for me as I have gave birth to my baby gal on the same day as my boy, so now the siblings shares the same birthday. Time flies..now my gal is already 1mth and 2 weeks old. The maid have also came for about a mth plus and hopefully she can continue to work with dilligence. My hope for year 2010 will be that everybody around me will be surrounded with happiness and be healthy. The kids will be good and my job will scale to a new heights.
Last but not least, let me share some of my gal photos with you all..

Updates

2009-11-06T06:13:00.000-08:00

Yes..few more days before my gal EDD..Went for checkup last Tuesday(03/11/2009) and gynae told me now DD is about 3.2kg. Asked me would I want to wait for the actual EDD anot? Now still thinking on this question.. Finally, we settled the maid issue. She should be coming in next Tuesday so hopefully she is someone whom I can entrust my kids with and a great helper.

Will be celebrating DS 3rd birthday this Sunday at Toa Payoh and AMK. I hope I can still have time to update my blog in future...Meanwhile, stayed tuned.

Check up

2009-10-13T21:59:00.000-07:00

Went for blood test and gynae check up last Sat (10/10/09). Also, happened that my 2nd sis was there for blood test and we had lunch together at Ajisen (Thks BIL for the delicious lunch treat). Since I had nothing on, we roamed around Compass Point for a while before I went for my gynae check up. Baby is ok and now weighs 2.5kg. As for me, I am now 64.3kg and Dr Adrain said that baby head has turned.

After the checkup, DH picked me up and we went shopping at Suntec. I met my secondary school mates there and its been so long since I have seen them (1 of them is even a mother of 3). Anyway, our main objective is to go to JL to buy playpen mattress since we have some vouchers. We managed to find 1 that is suitable and off we went to have our dinner at Hotpot culture. The dinner was enjoyable as DS is happily playing with his new cars that DH had brought for him. After dinner, we went to Starbuck café for my sudden craving of ice coffee. By the time, we went home I was so....tired.

Review

2009-10-07T21:54:00.000-07:00

Brought DS for his assessment review for 2-3 years old yesterday. Decided to bring him to our family doctor instead of Dr. Koh as I find that our family doctor is more detailed in explaining. As usual, DS is on the 50 percentile (Measurement taken at 34 mths - weight: 13kg, height: 92cm) and since he has been progressing on such scale since young, the doctor assured us that he is growing normally. DS managed to complete all the task stated in the health booklet and this time, though there are still some resistance from him but luckily, the doctor is very patient with him and DS also warmed up after a while (with the sweets and stickers effect).

The only thing the doctor commented is that his speech is still not very clear. I asked the doctor should I bring him to see a speech therapist but doctor said that since DS can express himself, there is no such need except that we need to speak to him slower and pronounce our words clearly so that he can pick up the correct pronunciations (I do admit that I speak too fast at times and my English is not prefect, so DS might have pick up some incorrect pronunciations from me). Now DS already know the Capital letter alphabets but for small letter alphabets, sometimes he will still make some mistakes.

After the review, we went to Tiong Bahru Plaza to collect some vouchers but the shopping mall was too small and there was not much eatery place. We managed to grab our lunch cum dinner at Liao Bejing and after that we boarded the bus back to PS. We roamed around PS for a while before heading home around 9pm plus.

Long weekend

2009-09-22T21:40:00.000-07:00

Always loved long weekend as I rest and spent more time with DS. We are filled with activities over last long weekend

Saturday (19/09/09)
It’s DH niece big day..Yeah, she and her BF have finally settled down after 9 years of courtship (even longer than me and DH relationship). As I can’t go to her house to see her 出嫁, we only reached SIL house at around 11am plus for the tea ceremony. The bride didn’t come back till 2pm so I spent my time playing Majong again.

We rushed back after the tea ceremony as I wanted to let DS have his nap before the wedding dinner @ 6.30pm. DS managed to nap for an hour plus before I woke up again to get him prepared. We will a bit late but luckily, we still managed to witness the couple solemnization. It was so sweet and touching when they exchange the vows. As usual, though the wedding invitation card states that dinner will be served at 7.30pm but the dinner didn’t starts till 8.30pm..Luckily, I had some food before the dinner but for DS, can see he was quite hungry already. Dinner ends at around 11pm plus and we sent PIL back. By the time we reached home, it was already midnight and I was so tired after a long day.

Sunday (20/09/09)

Decided to bring DS to East Coast Beach for some fun. The beach was crowded as it was a public holiday. We decided to have lunch at Mac first and after that, we brought DS to the beach for some fun. DH even brought DS to swim in the sea also and can see both of them having a wonderful bonding time swimming and building sandcastles. Really love and treasured those quality time that we spent as a family (^o^)

Monday (21/09/09)

Met up with the confinement lady sister at Compass Point to pass her the deposit. Hope that the confinement lady will be good as I have not used her before and contacts were obtained from the net. After that, we decided tabao lunch to SIL place and while we were having our lunch, PIL dropped by too. BIL asked if we want to go swimming at SAFRA Yishun since we have no programme on, we decided to join in too. So off we went back home to collect all our swimming stuff and we met them there. DS truly enjoyed himself and we had a hard time trying to get him out off the pool as he was having fun on the slide and the Jacuzzi pool. After the swim, we all went over to BIL place for dinner and left the place around 9pm plus.

Pasir Ris Park

2009-09-06T18:00:00.000-07:00

Since the weather was good (no sun nor rain) yesterday, we decided to bring DS to Pasir Ris Park playground for some fun and exercise. We brought along DS football and off we left the house at 1pm plus. The park was surprising not crowded so it’s kind of quiet and the best part was that DS don’t need to queue for the swing. However, part of the playground was spoilt and was condoned off but still DS enjoyed his slides and had a fun time climbing here and there..

After more that an hour of play, we started to feel the raindrops so we decided to leave the park and DH drove to Downtown East for our lunch. Think all the running makes DS very hungry coz he managed to finish a big bowl of Macaroni and since there was a jumbo sales nearby, we decided to pop by. Brought a pair of comfortable flip flops for myself, a bolster and some kitchen cleaning cloth before heading to PIL place for dinner.

Checkups

2009-09-05T23:57:00.000-07:00

Went for my Thyroid and Gynae check up. Doctor reduced my dosage for thyroid medication as now my condition is under controlled. Next, I went for my gynae checkup since I’m already at Compass point. Dr Adrain was late so I didn’t get to see him till around 3pm plus (luckily, DH and DS was there to accompany me). Baby is now at 29 weeks and weigh 1.5kg (height forgot to ask…) Told gynae about my increase frequency of leg cramps in the middle of the night but he said that was normal and all I can do is to get DH to wake up and massage for me.. We went back around 5pm and DS went to his dreamland shortly after and didn’t wake up till 9pm before we headed to IKEA for our late dinner.

Evelynn 21st Birthday & Cable Car Ride

2009-09-03T02:30:00.000-07:00

Yes, we went to attend another 21st Birthday Party again on Saturday 29/08/09. This time is DH niece birthday and it was held at her hse BBQ pit. We had buffet and BBQ but due to many cats lurking around the area waiting to be fed, I decided to bring DS up to the hse so that we can relax a bit. We stayed till 11pm plus before heading home.

On Sunday, we went for the cable car ride again since DS enjoyed his ride during our last trip. Actually, we were contemplating whether to bring DS for the ride because it was raining when we left the house but luckily the rain subsided around late noon. We decided not to drop off at any destination since we have already been to all those places and moreover it was still drizzling. So basically, it was a joy ride and photo taking session for us in the cabin.

Daisy 21st Birthday Celebration

2009-08-24T21:38:00.000-07:00

Super tired today as we went to attend Daisy’s 21st Birthday party at NUSS Suntec City Guild Hse last night (23/08/09). Though the party only started at 6.30pm but we were already at Suntec at around 2pm plus to roam around. Managed to ‘force’ DS to his dreamland and he slept for about an hour plus before we met 2nd Sis for coffee cum chit- chat session first before proceeding to the venue.

The theme for the party is Hat party so DS and I each wore a cap / hat and we were seated together with the birthday girl classmate from NUSS at Table 4. The party was great and DS gets to participate at the dancing segment. But as he is too young to understand the rules and regulation, he didn’t get to win any prizes but can see that he enjoys himself very much because he kept wanting to get on stage and perform his break dance.. Hahaha.. Everyone started to comment how good DS dancing was and even Daisy’s classmate asked me whether want to send him to any hip hop dance class *faints*

We left shortly after the cake cutting session, which was already closed to 11pm and reached home before 12midnight. Quickly showered DS and after settling everything, we all went to bed closed to 1am..So now I am typing this post with my mind half asleep (^o^) yawn

To my dearest cousin, Daisy: Thanks for inviting us to your party and we hope you had as much fun as we had last night. Watching your video last night brought back many fond memories that we used to share in the past…Over the years, you have grown and mature a lot. I wish all the best in whatever you do and stay young, funky forever!!

Cable Car & Sentosa

2009-08-17T21:42:00.001-07:00

Since cable car is having 50% discount till 15 Aug for S’porean, we decided to bring DS for his first ride up on the cable car since he is always pointing at it whenever we saw it at HabourFront. Reached HabourFront at ard 4pm and paid $17.60 for 2 tickets since DS doesn’t need to pay. Our first destination is to Mount Faber which we let DS played at the koi pond and also roamed around the area to look at the scenery before we decided to queue again for the ride to Sentosa.

When we reached Sentosa, we wanted to go to the beach so that DS can played with the sand and the water but think DS too long never touched the sand liao..the moment his feet touched the sand, he immediately asked for towel to clean his feet *faints*. We decided then to proceed to the food court for dinner but after walking for quite a distance, we still couldn’t find the food court. Decided to take the train back to VivoCity instead as I was already tired from all the walking.

Reached VivoCity and went to Food Republic for dinner but food there is expensive. After dinner, we walked to the open theatre for the rock bank concert but DS was also very tired coz the moment I carried him, he doze off immediately. Decided to go to Vivo City to let DS have his nap while DH continued to watch the performance. After DS woke up an hour later, we went to HabourFront MacDonald’s for some food before calling end of the day.

Kukup Trip

2009-08-17T21:41:00.000-07:00

During the National Day Holiday (09/08/09 – 10/08/09), we went to Kukup with DH family and friends (ard 30plus ppl). At first, I thought DS couldn’t stand the long bus ride as the last trip to Batam still leave a bad memory in me but luckily, this trip DS was still ok. We left Singapore ard 7.30pm plus and only reach Kukup during lunch time.

Had seafood for lunch before proceeding to the resort to rest. The resort is not very nicely furnished but at least still got recreation facilities such as Karaoke and Mahjong. DS gets to play with the kids (he just refused to nap) while I proceed with my Mahjong. Night time, we had BBQ food but poor DS couldn’t eat most of the food as it is all spicy. After dinner, while everyone was having fun playing firecrackers, I stayed in the room playing with DS as he was afraid of the loud sound. We finally managed to coax DS to bed at 1am plus.

DH and I woke up ard 7am plus to have breakfast after which DH went to roam ard the place with his sisters and PIL. DS woke up around 8am plus and after that DH brought him to the mangrove swamp for a walk. After they returned around 12pm plus, we checked out from the resort and went for seafood lunch again. Left Kukup around 2pm plus and only reach Singapore at 5pm plus. Think this trip will last me a few more years before I get to travel again.

Animal Farm & NDP Preview

2009-07-23T21:46:00.000-07:00

18/07/09
After weeks of wanting to bring DS to the animal farm near Seletar, we finally went there. The farm was a bit ulu but we managed to find it eventually. The farm was small but DS was still very excited to see those animals (Horse, Goats, Goose, Duck, Rabbit etc). He even patted them and after seeing the dogs at the grooming center, we decided to leave the place as I was badly bitten by the mosquitoes. Just then, an uncle came up to us asking if we would want the tickets to NDP preview, as he couldn’t make it that day.

Since we have no agenda for the day, we accepted the tickets and rushed for to Marina Bay as we have to be seated by 5.45pm. We reached there on time and were lucky to be given the red seats, as the seats are located at the center of the stage. Once the parade started, DS was very excited, waiving his flag and beating the props provided. Could see that he was enjoying himself. But there was one segment on terrorism and that was when DS started to cling onto DH as there were gunshots and some fireworks. We managed to pacify him a bit before he wanted to sit down again to watch the parade again. But it was not too long before he cling onto DH again as now it was the gunfire that frighten him. Luckily, my packet of biscuit managed to do the trick and once again he was coaxed back to his seat. DS missed the firework performance too as the loud sound really terrified him and moreover, it was way past his naptime and he was very grouchy.

After the show, we went back to Suntec to have our dinner and headed straight home after that. Overall, I really enjoyed this year performance as this year theme was more to the musical show and watching it ‘live’ really makes it more special.

Trip to KKH

2009-07-23T21:44:00.000-07:00

This trip actually happened last month but I thought I was forgotten to re-post, as my 1st entry was gone mysteriously.

20/06/09 (Sat)
DS felt feverish and my thermometer was spoilt so couldn’t get a reading for his temperature. Fed his some fever med but was again wasted as he vomited all out.

21/06/09 (Sun)
DS seems ok already. We thought heat monster have left so brought DS to E-Hub for the ferris wheel ride & Escape Theme Park for some fun (but we didn’t stay for too long as they don’t allow preggy women on all the rides). Went back to MIL place again for dinner.

22/06/09 (Mon)
DS complain of toothache and heat monster returns…We gave him the fever med but still DS refused no matter how we coax him to drink. No choice, let DS self-heal himself as we thought he was having his molar teeth.

23/06/09 (Tue)
Heat monster & toothache remains plus now DS started to have watery stools and he also complain of stomach pain. DH brought DS to the clinic downstair but doc confirm that DS was not having his molar but rather he had got an ulcer. There was no more fever so doc gave med for his diarrhoea and some cream for his ulcer. Back home, DS diarrhoea had gone from bad to worse esp during the night.

24/06/09 (Wed)
DH decided to bring DS to KKH A&E to see doctor, as we were worried that prolonged diarrhoea will be a serious. So rushed down to KKH at around 4am plus and we were lucky that the waiting time was not so long. Can see that there was some renovation done, as now the hospital is nicer. Doctor said that as long as we keep DS hydrated it is ok and there is no med to stop diarrhoea so we can only wait till he built up his immune system to this virus. But at least, DS was more co-operative during this visit to the doctor. Left the hospital by 5am plus. All in all, DS took about a week to recover from his dirrhoea and his tummy was flatten due to this… But it wouldn’t be long before his tummy budge out again..hahaha

DS @ 32mths

2009-07-12T21:38:00.000-07:00

Ever since my pregnancy, we seldom bring DS out for outing, as I get tired easily. I think the last time we brought him out for some fun was during Father’s Day (22/06/09). We brought him to E-Hub for the Ferris Wheel ride and also to Escape Theme Park. But I hope to bring him out more often before I gave birth in November.

Now DS is more creative in his conversation..Just like two nights ago, when I called him “宝贝”, he actually answer back and said “No宝贝, call me Jayden Soh or Xiang Xiang” DH & I really laugh like anything over his answer (^o^) Also, whenever we asked him to sing “泥娃娃” he will purposely sing “ 你妈妈”. His wacky and mischievous behavior never fails to entertain us.

Oh, his Mandarin have improve a bit and so have his Hokkien but now his sentence will combined some English, Mandarin and even Hokkien *faints*. Also, now he is super duper attached to his daddy..If he never see me, he is still ok but the moment DH is out of his sight, he will start crying for him.. I just hope he will get over this clingy phrase soon as now we really can’t tahan his behavior.

Hmmm…finally DS is able to poo poo in his potty. Now the only time he is on diaper is when he is sleeping or when we were out for shopping trip. *Well done, son* Think we need to start training him to sleep without diapers soon *Gambatak*

Detailed Scan @ TMC

2009-07-12T21:37:00.001-07:00

Went for my detailed scan yesterday (06/07/09) @ TMC. Baby is now 20 weeks. The wait was so long though I have already made my appointment. The scan confirmed that I would be having a gal through Dr. Adrian already told me beforehand the gender of the baby. After my scan, met a friend for lunch at Taka. We had yummy dim sum for lunch at Crystal Jade and I had a great time catching up with my friend, as we have not met for over a year. We parted our ways after lunch as she had other programmes while I juz went back to MIL.

Back home, DS was so sweet, kept touching my tummy and sayang his mei mei. Hope he will love his mei mei when the baby is born…

DUCKtours

2009-06-15T03:31:00.001-07:00

Last Sat ( 13/06/09), brought DS for to a DUCKtour trip @ Suntec since we have free complementary adults tickets. So together with DH and family (a total of 11 adults + 1 toddler), we boarded the 1700hours tour. DS of course was very excited and I got to keep grabbing hold of him as he kept leaning over the side to see the water. The land tour was not as fascinating and interesting compare to the sea trip.

After the ride, we went to have our dinner and off we went to esplanade for a walk before proceeding to boat quay. It was a long and tiring walk as DS wanted to be carry instead of walking on his own (Super Lazy Bum!!). Luckily, there were many people to help us lightening our burden. We went back at 11pm plus and DS only slept at 1am in the morning!! What a tiring day for all of us.

Pregnant

2009-06-03T01:49:00.000-07:00

Yes..I am pregnant. Now its over 3rd mth plus so my first trimester is over (had bad morning sickness). It might came as a surprise for my friend to read about my pregnancy since my friends should know that its always me who is keen on having another baby but luckily managed to convince DH to give another ‘try’.. Anyway, better do my updates before I forgot all the details:

28/03/09 (Sat) – Brought a test kit from colleague and tested ‘positive’. Visted Dr. Adrian but he wasn’t in..

04/04/09 (Sat) – Dr. Adrian confirmed my pregnancy and was given EDD 25/11/09. Also a November baby.

11/05/09 (Mon) – Went to Thomson for detailed scan..Everything is fine and EDD is now on 19.11.09 (closer to DS birthday)

Will go for another checkup 3 weeks time and by then the gender of the baby should be known..Hope this will be a girl. Anyway, regardless of boy or girl..as long as healthy can already. November will be a busy mth for me in future.. Hahaha.

Updates

2009-05-06T21:33:00.000-07:00

Hmmmm…I know I haven’t update my blog for sooooooo long but that’s because there wasn’t any happening things recently and now most of the time we would stay at home or just pop over to SIL place as I would be so tired to go out.

DS also on the other hand wasn’t in pink of health recently. Kept having flu, cough and fever. To make things worse, DS wouldn’t want to take his medicine. Every feeding time is like a battling time as he would struggle, cry etc and it would always end with vomits on the floor due to too much crying.

Wow..DS coming to 30mth already. When DS is good, he really melts your heart but when he is naughty, he really drives you mad. Anyway, I just hope that he will continue to be mummy’s good boy and grow up happily and healthily.

Toilet Training Updates

2009-03-16T21:26:00.001-07:00

After weeks of hard work as we need to constantly mop the floor, bring DS to the potty, asking him if he needs to pee, encouraging him etc, DS can now be ‘diaperless’ during the day *well done* except during naptime and bedtime. But like what DH said, DS is now like a ‘L’ plate driver coz at times, he will still pee a bit onto his brief before he will quickly asked us to bring him to the potty and also, when he is at the potty he simply cannot poo poo out (duno why). I guess he will have to learn and get use to poo poo in the potty. 加油!!

Thomas & Friends @ Jurong Point – 15/03/09

2009-03-16T21:25:00.002-07:00

DH decided to bring DS again to JP as there is a performance by Thomas & Friends. We reached there at around 11am plus and since the show only starts at 1pm and there was no queue, we decided to have lunch first. However, after our lunch, the queue for the show was very long and thus we decided to just proceed to 2nd storey to watch instead. Luckily, we managed to find a good view and my friend also brought her DD to JP to watch the show but the performance was very short. After the show, DS was initially very shy as he wanted me to carry him but after a while the 2 kiddos were holding hands walking around *so sweet*.

As my friend DH needs to grab a bite, we decided to go to Mac while DH helped us queue for the ride and DS gets to enjoy the fries before we rushed up for the ride. I accompanied the kiddos for the ride and I am glad that both the kids enjoyed the ride. Hope to meet up my friend and her DD soon as her DD was simply too adorable and cute to play with…

28th month

2009-03-16T21:25:00.001-07:00

DS is now 28mth. Although he is still not speaking in proper sentences & his pronunciation is not very clear (I think due to short tongue) compared to some of the kids of the same age but I am glad he have made some improvement on his Mandarin (at least, he understand what I am saying and knows his body parts like眼睛，手，脚). He also can count from 1 to 14 and knows his name. However, recently when we asked DS about colours, he seems to get all his answer wrong so we were wondering if DS is then colour blind or is he just not strong in colours recognition (Hope he will improve over time).

Weekend Updates

2009-03-02T20:41:00.000-08:00

Fri (27/02/09)
Since I went back home earlier last Friday night, we decided to go to the newly renovated Sembawang Shopping Center. When we reached there, we saw that the car park was full but luckily the queue was very fast. Reached there and quickly settle our dinner at Wang Chai HK Tea Room as I was famished. Halfway through the dinner, DS started to misbehave by wanting to leave and started to wave goodbye to the waitress. But luckily, the waitress there entertained him a bit and he started playing ‘peek-a-boo’ with them. The waitress then mentioned that she wanted to bring DS to the outside playground and when DS heard the word ‘see-saw’, he immediately asked DH to bring him out.

As DH and DS have already finished their dinner, DH took DS out to play while I continued with my dinner. The outside playground is bigger and more suitable for DS age group than Vivo-city (there are also exercise corner for adults). DS have had so much fun and refuse to leave!! We had a hard time trying to ‘catch’ hold of him so that we can proceed to Giant supermarket for our grocery shopping. After our shopping, while inside the lift, DS suddenly pointed to Giant logo in the lift poster and said the word “Giant”..Hmmm..wonder did DS recognized the Giant supermarket logo or the word itself??

Sat (28/02/09)
After DS afternoon nap, we decided to have dinner with BIL family at AMK coffeeshop. As DH niece have $30 worth of Crystal Jade voucher, we decided to stop by the outlet at Bishan to utilize the voucher before it expired. Ended up, we brought $30 worth of bread from there.. We drove BIL family back and at the same time, decided to have a friendly majong session (no $$ involved) before we went back at 12am in the morning.

Sun(01/03/09)
We spend our afternoon @ Downtown East & E-hub as I thought there were some performances there (ended up, it was a Malay concert). As usual, we had Mr. Chicken Rice for lunch and we happened to see Darren Lim (& his kids) and Mark Lee filming. We were lucky to find a place to eat before the filming started but the place was so crowded & noisy after that.. Since there was no performance to watch, we let DS had his kiddy train ride again and we roamed around the area till 5pm plus.
Weekend Pics

To the Library

2009-02-23T19:18:00.000-08:00

Since DS was down with fever on Friday & Saturday, we could only stayed at home to rest. However, DS was well by Sunday so we decided to go to Northpoint for shopping as there is an extension to the existing shopping center. We walked around the new building and also stopped by the new library. The library was bright and spacious and I like the children area the best. Read a few books to DS there and also borrow 4books for DS (ended up, my bag was so heavy).

Roamed around the area for a while before asking DH to bring us to BottleTree Park for a walk. The park was quite small but packed with people as they were there for prawn fishing. DS wanted to go to the pond to catch fishes too but as he had just recovered from his fever, we decided that it will be best not to let him into the pond. DS also wanted to go to the playground to play but because of the heavy rain earlier on, all the slides are wet so DS could only sit on the swing. We didn’t stayed there for long as we need to go to PIL place for dinner. As DS did not have any nap earlier, he was so grouchy at PIL place and on our way back home, DS was already zzZZZ in the car..

Toilet Training – 16/02/09

2009-02-18T21:59:00.000-08:00

Tried to let DS go ‘diaperless’ for about 2hours (8pm to 10pm) and during the 2hours, there were 2 ‘accidents’ and it was very tiring coz I have to kept asking DS whether he needs to pee and also kept bring him to the potty (that was why yesterday, I decided to take a break..hahaha). Think I still have a long way to go before I can officially let him go ‘diaperless’ during the day for his pee pee and poo poo “Gambatak”

V-Day mini celebration

2009-02-17T21:57:00.000-08:00

Since DH & family will be coming over to our hse on Sat, we decided to have our V-Day dinner on Friday. We went to Mad Jack @ Jalan Kayu as there is a little play area for DS. We ordered nuggets & fries, mash potatoes for DS while I had black pepper chicken & cream of chicken soup. As for DH, he ordered Nasi Lemak but food was not as good as we had the previous time (they don’t even serve water there!) and DS was only interested in eating the fries. So I had a full but not delicious dinner. After dinner, its shopping time again (to burn off the calories) so off we went to Compass point again but most of the shops were about to close..Hmmm..waste a trip there.

Sun (15/02/09)
Woke up around 10plus and after DS have his milk and shower, we went to Suntec for our brunch. We decided to have Imperial Treasure to compensate for our lousy dinner on Friday. Me & Dh have noodles and for DS, we ordered rice with soup for him plus Xiao Long Bao..DS enjoyed his lunch so much that he actually sits down without much fuss and ate quite a big bowl of rice (Me and DH also get to enjoyed our meal too)..

After our lunch, we went over to JL @ Marina Square as there was some sales promotion (7% GST Rebate) going on. Brought a wok and also some stuff there and because we spent more than $60 bucks, we can also redeem a pack of 5kg rice.. Walked over to Suntec again for more shopping and this time DH got himself a new HP while DS got himself a Thomas & Friends train gate. DS only got his nap when we were on our way back to PIL place around 6pm plus…

Happy Valentine’s Day

2009-02-11T16:13:00.000-08:00

3 more day to V-Day and that means DS is coming to 27mths. DS is slowly adapting to school (at least no more resistance) and he is making friends now. However, he is now much more naughty as I believed he have picked up some bad habits in school eg, likes to throw things around, pushing people etc. The good thing is that his language skill is better now, as he understand more and can express his thoughts better. Here’s his milestone till date

1) Understand the difference between big and small, long and short
2) Able to sing the two little dickie birds, Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Alphabet songs etc with lesser missing words and slightly clearer pronunciation.
3) Can points to the items in the picture and count. Able to recognized Alphabet A-D and also differentiate colours like green, red, yellow etc. But whenever you asked him for the object colour, his first answer will also be “green colour” ~faints~
4) When you asked him who does he love “Papa or Mama” he will answer “Papa & Mama” *so sweet*
5) When I wake up, he will ask me go and put on my ‘pack-t-cle’, which is actually “spectacle”
6) He now knows how to pose, hug people whenever he takes photos and he simply loves taking photos.

Well, now whenever we asked DS if he needs to pee, he will said yes and so I think he is ready to be toilet trained but it will means more mopping of the floor as I think the first few mths will definitely have lots of ‘accident’ plus DS drinks lots of water a day.. Hope he can be toilet trained soon, then I can save on his diapers…hahaha :)

CNY Pics

2009-02-07T23:44:00.000-08:00

Luo Hei – 01/02/09

2009-02-02T01:29:00.000-08:00

Received a phone call from my family to ask us to go back for dinner (Nasi Lemak & Mee Siam) but DH wanted to watch the Chingay @ AMK instead so we decided that DS will followed me back to TPY while DH will go back to AMK and after the show was finished, DH will then come and picked us home. As DH was afraid of road closure at AMK, we decided to leave for TPY after our lunch. DH also followed us up and stayed to chat with my family.

DS of course was very happy to play with everyone plus he gets to eat lots of New Year goodies. While DS was playing, we decided to have an early dinner. The food was yummy even though its only a simple dish. As I have decided to follow DH back to AMK, we went on with our Luo Hei after our dinner. This is my 2nd time eating Yu Sheng this year, but for DH and DS, it was their first time. DS was excited throughout the whole process of tossing and shouting. He also joined in by kept on saying ‘Huat ar” and after we finished our tossing, DS actually used the chopstick to take a mouthful of Yu Sheng to eat. I am so surprised he knows how to use the chopstick to eat but I actually forgot to take photos of the Luo Hei process.

We left shortly after eating and DS fell asleep on our way back to PIL place. We were lucky to be able to still find a parking lot as we could see a lot of people at the tent opposite PIL house. After dinner, we all went down to watch the Getai first and around 9pm plus, the floats started to arrive. We were able to find a good spot but as we were very near to the lion dance troop, DS have to use 1 hand to cover his ear while the other hand happily waving to all the participants on the float. The floats even stopped for a while and we managed to take some pictures but I left my camera at PIL place so I can only take those pics with my hp and the quality was not that good. I managed to convince DH to rushed up to PIL place to grab my camera but when he returned, the floated started to move off, ended up not much photos was taken. We went up after the floats left but the guys stayed on to watch the Getai. Left PIL place at around 10pm plus and the floats have just arrived my area but as we have already seen the floats earlier on, we decided to head back home to rest. Happy Birthday to all on Ren Ri...Hope all of you have had a wonderful day :)

CNY

2009-01-27T21:44:00.000-08:00

1st day – 26/01/09

Though DS slept quite late the day before, he was wide awake by 9am plus so we quickly gave him his milk but ended up, he vomited all out. So gave him some bread followed by his med for his flu and cough. We got ready and left the hse by 11am plus to visit PIL place. Reached there and there will already some guest at PIL place and shortly after we came, DH cousin etc started to come too and it was so crowded. DS was having so much fun that he refused to asleep till about 4pm plus and by the time we woke up around 6pm plus, we have to quickly rushed over to TPY as my relative was already there and as usual, we were the last to arrive and have our dinner. (But in our hurry to TPY, our car actually met with a small accident, which DH is now totally heart-broken).

While we were having dinner, my aunt and family decided to go back first and so I didn’t have time to actually chat with my cousin and play with her son :( After our dinner, they decided to have a game of majong but since my 2nd sis and family was not around, there was nobody to play cards so I could only watch those kiddos play. The majong session ended around 10pm and DH was lucky to win some $$…but our night didn’t ended so early as we still went to SIL place after that to sit around till 12am..

2nd day – 27/01/09

Since, there were no more visiting to be done, DS and I slept till past 12noon and all of us just laze around the house until we left for the River Ang Pow at around evening time...

3rd day – 28/01/09

Office was closed for a day so I am able to bring DS to school and find out how he was coping in class. Teacher told me that Jayden is ok in class and he have also adapted to school life. After DS went in the class, DH and I went to the foodcourt to have our brunch and later I went back to school to continue to 'peek' at DS while waiting for his class to end. Realised that DS didn't even pay attention in class as he kept walking here and there and that teacher have to keep calling his name.. Around evening time, we went to Compass point for our dinner and some shops were still closed for the holidays. Didn't shopped for very long time as I have to get ready for work the next day.

Reunion Dinner

2009-01-25T20:43:00.000-08:00

Woke up early than usual to continue spring-cleaning the house, as we will be reunion dinner at PIL place later the day..DS woke up worse than yesterday, his flu was pretty bad that his nose was like running tap and he started to develop cough too..As usual, once he have cough, he will vomited out all his milk so its cleaning and more cleaning.

Managed to finish all my chores around 5pm but DS was still sleeping and we decided to let him sleep a while more as the medicine might have caused him to be drowsy. Decided to wake DS up at 6pm as BIL called to inform us that everybody is ready for the dinner. So we rushed down and soon it’s was dinner time. MIL cooked a table full of yummy food but DS was so cranky that he just refused to sit in his high chair and wanted DH to carry him. So I quickly have my dinner first and after that its my turn to look over DS..But once everybody finished their dinner, DS began to ‘warm’ up and started playing with his cousin. We started our ang pow exchange shortly and stayed at PIL place till 11pm plus…

Spring Cleaning

2009-01-24T20:45:00.000-08:00

Decided to spend the day cleaning up the house since CNY is just a few days away. OMG…after a hard day of cleaning, my hands ached like anything that I really don’t feel like celebrating CNY anymore. Also, DS seemed to caught a cold..kept sneezing the whole day so we quickly fed DS some med hoping that he will be well before CNY.

Chinatown Trip

2009-01-24T20:42:00.000-08:00

Finally, we managed to squeeze some time out and brought DS to Chinatown for a last minute shopping trip. We went over last Friday (23/01/09) at around 10pm plus with BIL & family. Somehow, the atmosphere is not as ‘happening’ as previous years and its so much ‘quieter’. Maybe it’s because we went there late or maybe its because of the economy downturn but I just couldn’t ‘soaked’ into the festive joy. Anyway, roamed around for a while before we went for supper and headed home at around 1am plus (my camera batt actually went flat when I reached there so couldn’t take much photos).. What a tired night for all of us.

Inside BIL lorry, getting ready to go to Chinatown.. DS with BIL
DS and DH

CNY countdown..

2009-01-20T22:38:00.000-08:00

DS still haven’t adapted to school life yet. Still very clingy to DH and now he even refused to wear his school uniform. As DH can’t accompany DS into the class, so no more updates from him regarding DS behavior but next week, I will go and talk to the teacher to find out how DS is coping in class.

In just a few days time, it will be CNY. Always love this festival as can get to eat good food, play cards, meet up with relatives etc.. How times flies, this will be the 3rd time DS celebrating this festival and of course he is too young to understand the custom (significant of receiving red packets, eating reunion dinner etc) but he’s sure going to have a fun time. I have already got DS a few sets of new clothes and I have also brought all the New Year goodies too. DH also helped to put up some deco around the hse and this weekend, I will spring cleaning the house. However, this year due to time constrained, we did not bring DS to Chinatown to soak in the atmosphere and see those lighting but I was thinking of bring him either to River Ang Pow or Sentosa Flowers 2009 during the third day of CNY since I am not working… Counting down to CNY!! Anyway, in case I don’t have time to blog again, here’s wishing everybody “Happy ‘Niu’ Year & Gong Xi Fa Cai” Have a good and prosperous year ahead (^o^)

1st week in school

2009-01-11T20:35:00.000-08:00

That’s fast, DS have been going to school for about a week liao. Parents were finally asked to leave the classroom (After 3 days in class) to let the children settle in by themselves. DH told me that at first DS was still ok but when it was time to pick DS up, he was crying so badly that he was trembling (poor boy). Anyway, as some kids have been sick since the 1st day, DS caught the flu bug yesterday and was down with flu too. Gave him some med yesterday but will monitor him again and most probably will not let him go school today to prevent spreading of the bug.

Ever since, DS went to school (though its only about a week), I noticed that he seems to be more talkative and he really enjoy singing though some words pronunciation are not accurate and the lyrics it’s a bit here and there.. Also, we noticed that DS seems not very interested in craftwork and also the writing and colouring part. What he really enjoys is those singing session. I do hope that as time progress, he will show more interest in those areas such as writing and coloring and he will sees learning as a fun process to acquire knowledge.

1st lesson

2009-01-05T20:34:00.000-08:00

I was on leave again on Monday (05/01/09) to accompany DS to school. He woke up around 9am plus so gave him his milk at 10plus. We actually wanted to shower him before his class but he refused so we just sponge bath him and changed him into his school uniform. As we were walking to school, we saw a few of his schoolmate who have just returned from their classes (1st session: 9am – 11am) and it was so cute to see them all dress in red. We were earlier than Friday so DS wanted DH to bring him to playground to play first.

Class started promptly at 11.15am and so off we went to classroom but before we could enter the class, DS need to wash his hand first which one auntie would help the children washed their hands. After everyone was in the class, the teacher started the lesson with a welcome song followed by the lesson theme that was things in red. DS was quite responsive in class but when the teacher gave them lego to play, he was still very ‘sticky’ to me and he just refused to sit and play with other kids but I managed to coax him to play and sit down till it was his time to do his colouring. He managed to do quite a fair bit of colouring (his first attempt at colouring) and of course, it was very messy but at least he managed to follow the teacher instruction. The rest of the lesson was spent singing songs and story telling time. Classes ended at 1pm and teacher gave all students an apple and a vcd to bring home.

1st Day @ school

2009-01-03T06:21:00.000-08:00

Finally, its DS fist day to school on 02/01/09 (Friday). I tool a day leave to accompany him to the orientation. At first, I was worried that he would not wake up on time as he had slept quite late the previous night. Atlas, I was wrong, DS woke up at 8.30am (even earlier than his usual timing), so I told DH jokingly that DS couldn’t sleep well as he was too excited to go school (I remembered I used to be very excited on my first day of school). Got him prepared by packing his bag with pencil box, colour pencil etc and we left the house at 10.55am as school starts at 11.15am and we sure wouldn’t want to be late on his first day. However, the moment we stepped out of our house, it started to drizzle so DH got to go back home to bring the umbrella.

When we reached the school, we were about 2mins earlier so we have to loiter around the area but the teacher soon welcome us in to the classroom. The classroom was very small but since the class size was small, it was still ok (max 15 students). At first, DS was very scared to mix around and he refused to let go of me but luckily, there was some lego lying around so me and DH coaxed him down to play and soon he began to warm up. The teacher. Teacher Ada, brief us on some information that we should know and then we went on to purchase the school uniform. I brought 2 sets for DS and after we purchased, the teacher said we could go home already, as class will only start on Monday. We will see how DS will react on Monday again as I will also be on leave to accompany him to school. Pics will be posted up soon..

Bye 2008

2008-12-30T03:18:00.001-08:00

In a few hours, we are going to say Bye Bye to Year 2008 and welcome Year 2009. Looking back, there have been a few changes in my life and I hope Year 2009 will be a better year for everybody. Here’s what I wish for in Year 2009.

- DS continue to be happy and healthy
- DS to put on some weight and grow taller
- DS to enjoy his new school life

As for me, I wish to have:
- A big fat bonus and salary increment *Dream on*
- Able to scale to a new height in my career or at least still have a career
- Spend more time with my family
- Wish for a number 2 (provided I can change my DH mindset first. Hahaha)
- More $$, good health and stay young

However, I think the most impt is to wish for the people around me to be safe, happy and healthy. Enjoy Year 2009. Cheers!!

Christmas celebration

2008-12-29T02:21:00.000-08:00

Christmas was spent at my eldest sis place as it was her turn to hold our annual Christmas gathering. Sister ordered our lunch from Gelare and the food was yummy esp. the seafood pasta *Two thumbs up*. However, DS just don’t like the pasta and he managed to eat some pie and ham instead. DS was so happy playing with his cousin toys that even when I tried feeding him the ice-cream log cake, he just refused to eat and continue with his playing.

Soon, it was gift exchange session. DS this year has got two new sets of car toys series. As for me, I got a set of toiletries and a hand cream from my sisters (hope they like my gift too). We stayed till 4pm plus before proceeding to my SIL for another round of gift exchange session and makan session. This time round, our family received chocolates and for DS, he got himself a new book and a pack of flash cards. As DS had not have any nap earlier on, we decided to leave at around 10pm plus. I think DS had to much fun on that day as he kept having dreams and cried throughout the whole night which means I ended up with panda eyes the next day I went to work..

25th Milestone

2008-12-15T23:07:00.000-08:00

DS is now 25th mth already and below are his little ‘achievement’ till date:

- Loves singing “Thomas and his friend” when he played with the train
- When you asked him “Where is mummy?” DS will reply “Mummy work work”
- Able to climb up and down the stairs without support
- Counts 1 – 10 in English and Chinese though his Chinese counting pronunciation is not so accurate.
- Recognize # as Okto icon as shown on TV (*faint* coz proof that he is true TV fanatic)
- Able to say and understand some simply Chinese and Hokkien language
- Able to jump with both his feet lifting the ground.
- Sleep without his pacifer
- Loves singing and dancing

DS now weighs around 12kg. Of course, he is still considered small built compare to his peers but PD said his weight is still ok. DS will be going to his playgroup soon in about 2 weeks plus. Can’t wait for him to start school and learn more things from there.

Sleeping without pacifier

2008-12-09T16:49:00.000-08:00

After reading that Shannen & Ah Zheng are now able to sleep w/o their pacifier, it motivate me to try again and wane off Jayden this habit since we have tried previously without success. I am happy to announce that DS have been sleeping for the past 5 nights (05/12/08 – 09/12/08) w/o his pacifier and I hope he can continue to do so *Well-done boy* . Although, I can sense that he is still looking for the pacifier in the middle of the night but I have to ignore his cries and pat or rock him back to sleep.
Hope he can forgot about his pacifier and able to sleep soundly without his pacifier soon.

Sesame Street show

2008-12-07T19:58:00.000-08:00

After reading from Ah Zheng blog on how interesting is the show, I told DH that we should bring DS to Marina Square to watch it too since yesterday (07/12/08) was the last performing show. So after DS woke up from his dreamland at 11am plus, we quickly got him ready hoping that we are able to make it for the 1pm show. But due to heavy traffic on the road, by the time we reached there, we only catch a glimpse of elmo before it ended. We could see DS was a bit sad so I told DH that we would have our lunch first and then queue for the 4pm show as the organizer said that queue would formed about 2pm plus.
We settled our lunch at the foodcourt and after that DH volunteered to stand in the queue so that I can bring DS for shopping first. So I brought DS to the kids play area to sit on those kiddy rides and before we knew it, DH asked us to come and joined him as they will be issuing the pass soon. Really glad that we managed to get the photo taking pass and our sitting view was good too.
At first, DS was quite distracted as he wanted to walk around but once, the show started, he began to enjoyed himself by dancing and singing and the moment Elmo appeared, he simply love him lor..Kept waving at him. Think DH effort for standing in the queue for 2hours did not come to a waste..kekeke. Anyway, after the show, it was photo-taking session but the guy who took the photo for us did not did a good job as the photo turns out blur *sad* But nevermind, since we got the chance to be up-close with Elmo.
After everything ended, we decided to proceed to my MD place @ Valley Park for the BBQ session as the sky was turning dark. DS was so tired that he fell asleep in the car again and luckily, there is a sofa at the function hall so that DS can continue his sleep while I help out with the preparation. Just when we got everything started, we began to feel the raindrops so we just have to bring everything to the function hall again and have dinner there. Luckily, the drizzling stop shortly and we carried all the stuff again back to the barbeque pit again to start our BBQ again. But naughty DS just refused to let us eat, he kept wanting to run here and there so we brought him to the playground to play for a while.
The night ended with our gift exchange session and I got a purple Esprit wallet and DS got himself a VCD which consist of Barney, Bod the Builder, Thomas & Friend and another character whom I don't know.. We left the place around 10pm plus and I was already very very tired.

The stage DS playing with DH before the show Doing some dance movement Elmo Happy DS Cookie Monster & Elmo Our Family photo DS & a snowman

Melting Pot Cafe @ Holiday Inn Hotel

2008-12-06T23:05:00.000-08:00

I'm so full...Just came back from our buffet dinner @ Melting Pot Cafe which is located at Holiday Inn Hotel. Actually, per person is $30something++ but we got two complementary dinning vouchers so our family gets to dine for free (children below 5 is free).
At first, I wanted to let DS have his nap before we went out but DS just refused to sleep and he cried so much that he vomitted out all his lunch..so ended up, DS have to shower again and we decided that we should just leave the hse earlier even though the buffet dinner starts at 6.30pm. We were just roaming around that area when we saw some cars on display so DS just went around each car asking me to take photos for him *Faints*.
After DS phototaking session, we proceed to have our dinner. The spread variety is still ok and the food is not bad too..but what I like is the ambience as they have a 'Live' band to create the cozy feel. However, after DS finished his dinner, he was very grouchy and the moment DH carried him, DS fell asleep immediately and so we stayed there for a while before heading home. On our way back, we bypass Orchard Road and DS woke up just in time to see those lovely Christmas deco. Tomorrow is going to be a busy night too as we will be going to our MD place for BBQ plus gift exchange ;p

Mount Faber Park (29/11/08)

2008-12-04T18:04:00.001-08:00

DH decided that since I wanted to do some Christmas shopping for our company gift exchange, we should go to Vivocity for my shopping spree (as there are many shops there). So off we went at around 3plus (since now DS refused to take his afternoon nap anymore) but on the way, DH saw the sign that shows the road to Mount Faber and suggested that we would go and take a look first. So off we went to Mount Faber Park and it was such a long walk from where we park our car…but it was really nice and scenic once we reached the peak. DS also have a fun time running around the park and it is there that DS started to climb up and down the flight of stairs himself without holding to anyone or anything. *well-done boy*

After resting and photo taking, we decided to walk down slowly to our car and DH then suggested to go to Tiong Bahru Plaza for dinner as it was already 5plus and since I have applied for the Thai Express card, we decided to have dinner there again. Just as we were back to go home, I saw a perfect gift for my colleague and 1 gift settled *happy coz did not went home empty handed* As DS did not take his nap earlier on, he slept all the way throughout our journey home…Here's some of the picture On our way up to the park DS posing for the camera Taken with DS DS loves walking round the park DS and a mini merlion Taking a break Dinner Time

Fun day in the park (23/11/08)

2008-12-04T18:02:00.001-08:00

DS woke up ard 7 plus in the morning and started to ‘disturb’ me. But I ignored him and continued my sleep till an hour later to prepare milk for him. I then suggested to DH to bring DS to Pasir Ris Park playground as the weather was good and we haven’t been there for quite some time already. So after all the packing of our barang barang, we managed to leave the hse at 9am plus and reached there close to 10am.

DS loves the playground there because he gets to play the slide, swing, see-saw etc. After a while, we decided to take a stroll at the beach but DS wanted to go to the sea to play instead. So no choice, got to leave for Downtown East to have our lunch and redeem DS free kiddy train ride. After our yummy lunch at Mr. Chicken Rice, we went to redeem two tickets for train ride and DS of course likes sitting in the train and turning the steering wheel. We did not roamed around Downtown East as we were rushing back home because DS will be having his trial class at Seimpi Music School @ Hougang Mall with Rayden later in the afternoon.

So home we went and DS was so tired that he doze off while sitting beside me and even when we reached home, he was still sleeping soundly and I was so worried that he would not wake up on time. Luckily, after half an hour, he managed to wake up on his own and I quickly shower him before we left the house again. Reached there earlier than Shannen (for once) and I quickly went upstairs to register and pay the fees ($35) but due to a bit of miscommunication, we nearly couldn’t join in the clas. Luckily everything was sorted out and DS was so eager to go to the classroom. As there were many keyboards around, I had a hard time trying to get DS to sit still but once the teacher started singing, DS quickly join in and even DH who stood outside to peep, commented that DS seems to enjoyed himself very much. After all the singing, the teacher gave out some ice-cream sticks to all students for the theory lesson but DS just refused to follow the instruction and only interested in playing with the sticks (Rayden was such a good boy though as he can sit quietly with Shannen).

Shortly after, the teachers proceed with the practical lesson and the keyboard again distracted DS from concentrating and he just refused to follow my instruction. However the moment the teacher came, DS behaved himself again but since DS have not started school yet, I reckon that he still have no basic concept on what to expect in classes (eg, to follow teacher instruction, sit still etc). Anyway, he will have plenty of time to learn..Hahaha. After classes, we roamed around the mall for a while before we went to PIL place for dinner again. What a busy Sunday!! Pics of the day..

Pics taken from Vivocity

2008-11-27T04:17:00.001-08:00

A fun filled Sat – 15/11/08

2008-11-19T23:43:00.001-08:00

Anthea called me up ard noon and asked me if we wanted to go to Vivo city with 2nd sis and family but since we couldn’t drive our car yet, Sis offered to come over to pick us up. As we all have not had our lunch, we decided to eat at MacDonald and DS was also happily eating the fries with us. Proceed to do more shopping (plus phototaking session) and also at the same time, let the kiddos have their fun at the outdoor playground. After all the playing, DS was already very tired but he still refused to sleep and still continued his fun at the arcade.

As it already near dinner time, we decided to go to Redhill market for our dinner but DS fell asleep on our way there and so when we reached there, he was super grouchy but still managed to finish half a bowl of porridge. After our sumptuous dinner, BIL drove us back and once back home, DS became energetic again and slept only at around 11pm plus.

Birthday Celebration

2008-11-19T23:41:00.000-08:00

DS turns two on 14/11/08. Actually, my original plan is to bring DS to sit on the Ducktour but due to previous bad experience at the sea, I decided to bring DS for makan and shopping. So off we went to Suntec in the afternnon but DS was again sleeping inside his pram. We went to the food exhibition to take a look and ended up buying some stuff back. Also, went to the book exhibition to buy DS a few writing and colouring books, as he will be starting school soon.

After that, we proceed to P.S and have Thai Express for dinner. Dinner was good and so was their service. The staff kept playing with DS and after knowing it was his birthday that day, they even sang him a birthday song (So sweet). After dinner, we proceed to Centerpoint as we wanted to buy him a “Thomas & Friend” train set. Just happened that Robinson was having 20% storewide so it was a good buy and DS got to choose something that he liked. Finally, its home sweet home around 9pm…

Double Birthday Celebration – 09/11/08

2008-11-19T22:35:00.000-08:00

Event 1 – Birthday Celebration @ TPY

Since DS woke up at around 8am plus and we decided to go to TPY home earlier to wait for our buffet spread of Nasi Lemak and Popiah. We wanted to collect our Swensen’s ice cream cake on our way but since it was drizzling so we decided to bring DS up home first to play with his cousin. After DS warmed up with them, DH and I sneaked out to collect the cake at Entertainment Center and during the short period, I still managed to buy two T-shirt for DS.

After collecting of cake, we went back home and everybody was already there and waiting for the food. Luckily, the food came shortly and we started our delicious lunch (Food was good and so was the family gathering). Since we were going to visit my cousin place later in the afternoon, my sis and I decided to do the cake cutting session right after lunch. The two little birthday boys (their birthday is only 3 days apart) were so excited upon seeing their cake and can see they enjoyed themselves very much. Since everybody was still very full from the lunch, they cut only DS ice cream cake first and eat as a desert.

We decided to proceed to my cousin hse @ Simei to see baby Arthur (less than 3mths old), and he is such a darling (reminds me of DS when he was a baby). We left their hse after spending one hour there and it was back to TPY to pick up our stuff and to go to AMK for round 2.

Event 2 – Birthday Celebration @ AMK

DS was simply exhausted that the moment we drive off from TPY to AMK, he slept immediately in the car. So DH went to collect the cake himself while we waited in the car. Reached PIL place and he was still sleeping soundly. After 2hours plus of nap, DS woke up and was playing with his uncles, aunties, cousin etc and after dinner, it was another round of cake cutting session. However, this time no candles were lighted as FIL said that cannot blow candles twice. So everyone just sang DS birthday songs and eat the cakes. Glad that everybody finds the cake nice. It was indeed a tiring and long day for our family.

P.S. Thanks for all the presents, ang pows and the well wishes..

Tree Planting & Nov birthday Bash – 02/11/08

2008-11-19T22:26:00.000-08:00

Since DS have recovered from his seasick motion, decided to bring him along to our Company tree planting event at Sengkang Riverside Park. However, when it was time to leave the hse, DS was still sleeping very soundly so I told DH that I would just attend the event myself. After finishing planting my tree, DH called and said that he have arrived with DS. So quickly walked to the main road to join them and also roamed around the mini carnival there. Shortly after, we went back to my company tent for photo taking session and also to collect our lunch. As it was scorching hot that day, we decided to go back home and enjoyed our lunch instead.

After lunch, we all decided to have our afternoon nap since we will be attending the Nov birthday bash at one of the forum mummies place later in the evening . At first, I was quite worried as it was raining very heavily but luckily the rain stopped just as we were about to leave the hse. DH drove me to buy the famous Jalan Kayu otah and after buying, we quickly rushed over to the party venue but we lost our way and luckily, Zhen DH managed to direct us to the correct street and we finally found the correct way *Ended up, actually DH close friend also stayed at the condo*

When we reached there, most of the families were already there and I so happy to see the mummies and kiddos ago again. There were two new families whom I just known and met at the gathering but didn’t get to chat with them as I was busy feeding DS his dinner. For DS, he was busy playing with the toys and also watching TV. Soon, it was cake cutting session and we let DS wore the party hat. He simply loved the hat and also the cake singing session. Last but not least, we did the gift exchange and DS got himself books and also jigsaw puzzle. We left around 9pm and our family really ourselves at the birthday bash. *Thanks Zhen & DH for organizing and the hard work*

Batam Trip – 27/10/08

2008-11-18T23:18:00.000-08:00

Brought DS to his first overseas trip and we went over to Batam with DH & family. So a total of 20plus people went to the day trip. I woke up at 5plus in the morning to start preparing DS barang barang (boiled hot water, bring cold water etc) and after I have finish, woke DH and DS. We tried to give DS his first milk feed but maybe because it was too early so ended up DS vomited everything and we have to rush to bath DS and also do the cleaning up. Reached PIL place at 7am and everybody was waiting for us.. so without further delay, we set off to HabourFront to board the ferry at 8am.

Aboard the ferry, DS was quite happy at first but maybe he woke up too early, he started to doze off half way through the 45mins journey. Finally reached Batam and DS was so cute..he saw those custom officer in uniform and he even salute to them. So after we got through the custom clearance, we boarded a bus to start our sight seeing tour.

First, we went over to a bridge that was supposing to be a landmark in Batam. Our tour guide allowed us to go down to take pics but the moment we got down the bus, we were swarmed by sellers trying to sell their wares. Ended up, we just brought a rattle toy for DS as he was fascinated by it. Just as we were happily taking pics, DS started to vomit and he dirtied his clothes. Brought him up the bus to rest but sad to sad, throughout the trip, he was still vomiting very badly (so didn’t have mood to take pics). Moreover, DH was having seasick too so couldn’t help much to take care of DS. So throughout the trip, me & DS were confined in the bus as others was happily eating, shopping etc.

Things got better in the evening, when we went to our last stop at a shopping mall. DS looked slightly better and was playing again. As I didn’t want to go home empty ended, decided to buy DS a pair of jeans and also a polo tee for myself. Remaining money was spent on Doughnuts, food and tips for the tour guide and bus driver. Soon, it was time for us to board the ferry back to home. The journey back was much worse and the sea was rough thus the ride was very bumpy. *Poor DS vomited again*

Overall, we didn’t enjoyed ourself at all (as the whole family ended up sick) and doctor said that DS have suffered from seasick thus kept vomiting. Think our next family trip will have to travel by air..*Hopefully soon*

Taken with Gor Gor Jason

Blue theme family

In the bus

Tired looking DS in the bus

DH & DS

Taken with PIL & SIL

DS toy brought from Batam

Collection of passport.

2008-11-11T01:56:00.000-08:00

Hmmm..have got this entry on my computer for such a long time but yet I forgotten to post it up..In the end, still decided to post it up just for memory purposes (for future use)..So more back-dated entries to come..hahaha.

Finally we got DS his passport and we collected it on Sat (18/10/08) at the ICA Building. Made an appointment at 11.30am but still we have to wait for about half an hour before we can collect it. After that, we went for lunch at the market before we walked over to Kandahar Street to buy 2 rolls of delicious Kaya cake. As it was closed to DS nap time, we decided to shop around Bugis Junction so that it will be cooler for DS to sleep in his pram. However, DS was so distracted by the surrounding that he just didn’t want to sleep at first but while DH was buying clothes for himself, DS finally slumbered into his dreamland. So we continue our shopping at BHG as they will have 20% storewide sales. Brought a longer bolster , bolster case x 3 and 2 tumbler for DS.
After a while, DS woke up from his nap and since it was drizzling outside, we decided to have a quick bite at The Soup Spoon but DS doesn’t like the Mushroom Soup that I have ordered, instead he preferred my wrap instead. Waited for the rain to stop and we walked all the way from Bugis to Plaza Singapura. Wanted to buy something from JL as they will have 20% sales for card members too but me and DH forgotten to bring out our cards so no choice, we just roam ard PS. As the weather was cold, decided to eat Korean Ramen at the foodcourt nearby PS. After my hearty dinner, its home sweet home again.

First Birthday Present

2008-10-16T20:36:00.000-07:00

Went out to Punggol last night to collect DS advance birthday present from a friend..DS was so excited about his new toy (Megablock toy car set) that upon reaching home he kept asking me to open up the toy for him to play, but I intend to open only on his actual birthday so now he can see, look and touch nia.... Hahaha.

P.S.: Thank you my dear friend for the lovely present. Hope to meet up with you & your xiao baobei soon. Pics will be posted soon

23th Month Milestone

2008-10-13T22:07:00.000-07:00

Wow..my baby is really no longer a baby liao (but, when you asked DS his name, he will reply ‘baby’) , 1 more mth to go and he will turn 2. At 23th mth, he is of course more mischievous, he knows how to do a lot of funny facial expression and he is able to understand instructions better. He knows that when I take the cane out, he must behave else he will get a beating (of course, now he still haven’t kena wacked but if he’s really naughty, I wouldn’t hesitate to cane him coz I know spare the rod, spoilt the child).

I wouldn’t be holding a party for him this year but will be having mini celebration for him instead. First, will be held on 02/11/08 (Sun), which is organized by Nov forum mummies. I haven’t been in touch with some of them and I really look forward for the gathering. Then on 09/11/08 (Sun) afternoon, my sis and I will celebrate our kiddos birthday together since both kiddos birthday are only 3 days apart. After that, I will need to buy another cake to bring to PIL place to celebrate again at night. DS will need to blow the candles 3 times….Then on DS actual birthday, DH & I will bring him out for some fun.. Hope DS will have fun and like all the arrangement I have for him.

Whole Family is Sick

2008-10-09T21:30:00.000-07:00

Oh no..This week is a lousy week for us..The reason? Me, DH and DS have been sick since Monday. I have got bad flu, cough and lots of phlegm. DS have got fever (which luckily have subsided), running nose, cough with phlegm. DH also have got phlegm and chest pain. ~OMG~ The virus is in attacking all of us and making us sick.
Brought DS to see PD twice this week and also visit our family GP, total medical bill for DS this week: $212. However, just hopes that this amount paid will let my DS recover faster and get stronger. His weight drops again. Last Sat his weight was 11.2kg, then yesterday when we brought him to PD, it was 10kg. So he lost a total of 1.2kg within 5 days!! So heartache to see him sick and slim down again. Pray hard for DS, DH and myself for speedy recovery.

To the beach

2008-09-29T07:44:00.000-07:00

Since the weather was good, we decided to bring DS to the beach for some fun..So after DS breakfast, we quickly bath him and off we went to East Coast park. We also invited SIL & family to join us too since more people = more fun. We reached there first so off we went to play the sand and water. At first, when I took off his shoes to let his little feet touch the sand, he just refused and kept asking me to put on his shoes. But we quickly let him played with the water and he enjoyed it so much that he forgotten about his shoes..

SIL and BIL came shortly and they played with DS and even tried to built a sandcastle. However, the afternoon sun is just too hot for us to continue playing and so off to Mac for lunch (along the way, I brought a float from one of the stall there and so I think I will be bringing DS for his swim soon). After lunch, DH wanted to ride bicycle but I was against it as it was way too hot. Ended up, we went to Parkway for a shopping trip but DS was so grouchy as he was already very tired.. He slept all the way from East Coast to my MIL place at AMK...

Pics of the day
Mummy..shoes!! Water time Playing with papa Lunch time.. zzzZZ

Singapore Flyer Pics

2008-09-19T06:58:00.001-07:00

Mid-Autumn Festival

2008-09-14T02:34:00.000-07:00

So how do we celebrate this day? We have a gathering at my sister home. Though, it was not really to celebrate this festival as this is more of a get-together, but still I always love being with my sisters and playing with my niece and nephew.

DS is also 22th mth old on 14/09/08. Very happy that he can now do that proper ‘good’ action. Last time, whenever you asked him to do the ‘Good’ sign, he will response by pointing his index finger but now he can close all his little fingers leaving only the thumbs up. Also, now when he see his papa car and you asked him “Whose car’, his answer will be “Papa’s car”… He can also pronounce “Watch” very clearly when he see it. Overall, I think his progress (motor and speech) is still ok ba..but of course, compare to some of my friends child, he still got a long way to go. However, I am happy with the pace he is now the most impt thing is that, I want him to grow up happily and have a wonderful childhood.

Thumbs-up

Trip to Chinatown

2008-09-13T02:30:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, after DS nap at around 4pm plus, we went down to Chinatown to see Mid Autumn Lighting at Chinatown. We walked all the way from Suntec to Chinatown as we wanted to go to Singapore River as well.. Wanted to find my fav. Restaurant near Boat Quay but couldn’t find it anymore so ended up, we have dinner at Chinatown food center. After dinner, we walked along the streets to see lighting but were surprised to see that the road was closed for ppl to take a stroll. So we took some pics and as we walked further up, we could hear some lion dance music and true enough there was lion dance performance ahead.

We wanted DS to take pics with the lion dance troupe but he was so scared (Timid boy) that he grabbed DH real tight lor… Hahaha. Anyway, we walked with the crowd towards Central Shopping Mall and from there we walked towards Clarke Quay as there is a fountain whereby DS can watch children playing there. To reward DS good behavior, we brought him Japanese Green Tea ice-cream from Marina Square which he loves it very much..After eating, its home sweet home again.

Singapore River

Standing in the middle of the road..

Eating yummy ice-cream

Downtown East

2008-09-07T21:03:00.000-07:00

Woke up ard 10plus in the morning as I was super tired doing all the housework on Sat afternoon. DH then suggested that we bring DS to Pasir Ris new indoor theme park to play. So off we went but the entry fee was so ex. Decided to bring DS to downtown east instead for the mini carnival there to let DS sit on the train and merry-go-round ride. After that, we went to supermarket for grocery shopping and all this while, DS was slept peacefully in his pram.
After shopping, we went back home to put our stuff and I told DH that we should explore Seletar track as I know there are some eateries there but we have never been there. However, after some time we still couldn’t find the way but ended up at the Seletar airbase so took this opportunity to let DS see those big big airplane. After that, DH decided to explore another route and we ended up at Seletar dam for a walk.. Left the place around 5plus for PIL house.

Wif DS @ carnival

Family Day @ Singapore Flyer

2008-09-06T20:59:00.000-07:00

Finally, the day I have been waiting for arrive – Family Day @ Singapore Flyer. We woke up at 7plus to get ourself ready as I will be meeting my colleague at City Hall MRT at 8.45am. DS too was very co-operative except that he got a ‘blur’ look because he was never a morning person. We left the hse at 8am and reached our destination on time. But the walk from City Hall to the Flyer was quite a distance and DS simply wouldn’t want to sit inside his pram..So tired by the time we reached there.
Saw most of my colleague already there and so once we gathered, we started taking pics and at around 11am, we boarded the S’pore flyer. Though the ride was about 30mins but because I was busy taking photos, I did get to enjoy much..Hahaha.
After the ride, we went for lunch @ Popeye and the mash potatoes was yummy.. We wanted to try the fish spa also but the price was ex lor..so we went to play at games stall but sad to say..before we could played, the stalls started packing up as the carnival was only till 1pm.. Ended up, we hitch a ride from my colleague and went back around 2pm..

Library

2008-09-04T21:39:00.001-07:00

Since I knock off early from work yesterday, decided to go to the library @ Bras Besar to borrow some books for DS and read to him. Was there for over an hour just choosing 4 story books! This is because I wanted to find books that are colourful with not so many words. After a tough time finding, I ended up with these 4 books (Wanted to borrow more but 1 card only entitle to 4 except major holidays).
1) I’ll miss you every day
2) A birthday for Cow
3) Peek-a-boo, Mama
4) Peek-a-boo, Papa.

Went back PIL home ard 7plus and after having my dinner and shower, I started to read “A birthday for Cow” to DS and he seemed to like the book. After reading the first book, we went over to SIL place again (since PIL and SIL stayed nearby) and DH niece decided she wanted to dye her hair. So we went together to a home @ Sengkang to dye our hair (I’ve got lots of white hair to cover lor) and have a haircut. Returned back to PIL place at 1am this morning and I woke up at 7am..Very tired now but also happy coz my hair is now black again :)

Nite outing

2008-09-02T21:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night, we have resume our night outing once again as I wanted to pass some cakes to my auntie who helped to look after DS for about more than a year plus. Went home to have a quick shower plus to have dinner. Reached my auntie place ard 8pm plus and the Gor Gor is so happy to see DS again. The two little boys played by themselves while DH & I were chatting with my auntie. Just as we were about to leave the hse, my uncle came back and DS was also happy to see him. Let my Uncle carried him and even followed him around. Ended up, we left their hse ard 11pm as it was already past DS bedtime. Hmmm..wondering if DS can still remember them as he have not seen them for about 4mth plus? I think I should bring him more often to their place for get together

Mr. Botak

2008-08-31T21:18:00.000-07:00

Wanted to go out but it was raining the whole day. So ended up stayed at SIL hse to laze around before we proceed to PIL hse. Just as we were about to leave and go to their hse, DH mentioned that perhaps we should bring DS for his haircut as his hair was pretty messy. So the 3 of us (DH, SIL and me) went to SIL hse opposite hair saloon and the moment we stepped in, DS started to protest by screaming, crying and kept pointing towards the door. I had no choice but to carry him while he had his haircut. Meanwhile, SIL helped to grab his hands and DH got to help to keep his head still..What a chaos at that time. Just a 5 mins affairs need so many manpower..~Sighed ~
After his haircut, went back SIL to bath him again and also the three of us also need to shower too as we are all covered with DS hair. Ended up, we were the latest to reach PIL hse. Now DS kept touching the back of his head as it was very prickling. So he is once again Mr. Botak.

New Camera - FS5

2008-08-31T09:39:00.000-07:00

Went to Commex exhibition yesterday as I have been wanting to change my camera to a newer and better model. I dropped DS at my SIL place as I knew the place will be too crowded for DS to tag along. So we left the hse at ard 12 plus and off we went to SIL hse at AMK.
After settling DS to his dreamland at 2pm for his nap, DH, DH niece and myself left the hse quickly as the sky was very dark. Upon reaching Suntec, it was so crowded that we have to squeeze our way in. Went to a few booth to take a look but still decided on Pansonic Lumix as the camera design, features are not too bad. In the end, I chose FS5 (Made in Japan) and paid $410 for it (usual price: $449).
Features of the camera:
10.1 mega pixels
iA function (Intelligent Auto mode)
4 x Optical zoom
30mm wide lens
Freebies include:
1pc 4GB SDHC card,1pc 8GB SDHC card, Camera case, Screen protector, Mini Tripod, Lens Cleaning Kid, SD Card Reader & 1 additional OEM battery.

Good deal? I don't know coz digital appliance stuff price drops very fast. Anyway, thinking of selling my 5 mega pixel camera (only 3 years old nia)away. Any takers? Wow..this mth super broke liao coz I also brought an external hard disk 320GB at $129 at the exhibition. Total damage for this exhibition: S$539.00

Wanted to bring DS to West Coast playground to play today but now he and DH still in their dreamland... Maybe going shopping later ba..

New Playgroup School Found

2008-08-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

Finally, my chatbox is slightly active now. Think must update frequently so that can generate 'visitors'. Kekeke. Anyway, called up my nearby playgroup (Kindertots) yesterday as I was thinking that since Appletree classes only commence next year (Yr 2009), it means that DS will have about 3mths of idling at home and irritating his father. I was quite happy to know that they have really flexible schedule, you can actually choose the number of days you want your kids to attend the class. Eg: Once a week, twice a week or even 5 times a week. The school even offers weekend classes. The kids get to learn art & craft etc and its only 2hrs session (Not so tiring). But DH doesn’t seem so keen with the idea as he is afraid it will be stressful for DS. Will try to convince DH to go and take a look at the school this Sat and hopefully, DS can attend classes by next month.

Yippee…Starting from Sunday, I am able to bring DS out at night again coz its already lunar 8th mth liao. Sometimes, it is just so bored to stayed at home at night. Also, next Sat (02/08/08)our family will be going to Singapore Flyer for a ride. Can’t wait coz I think it will be a nice experience ba…I can foreseen all my weekends for the next few weeks will be burned by activities :)

21st Mth

2008-08-21T21:42:00.000-07:00

Three more mths before DS turns 2 years old. Currently, he still very small built compare to children around his age and he cannot speak a proper sentence yet. He is still into babbling baby words and also one to two syllabus words. He roughly knows the sequence of number 1 – 10 and A-Z, however he still cannot recognized the writing yet. He also likes to sing to the song of “Row Row Rw your boat”, “The Wheel on the bus” but he still cannot sing a song all by himself. As for words, he knows “mummy”, “daddy”, “papaya”, “I know” etc and when you asked him “Chi Bao le mei you”, he will answer “hai mei you” even though he had juz finished his meal.. Hahaha.
Oh, he knows how to drink from cup already without spill but cannot have too much water for him coz he still don’t know how to control his hand very well. I am trying to wean him off his pacifier and yesterday was the third night he tried to sleep without his pacifier. But still every night, he would sit up and tried to look for his tutu and asked me pitifully “where?”. But sorry son, mummy got to be heartless for a while coz I am trying to help you kick off this habit. Hope you can sleep without your pacifier soon. Love you to bits..

Photos taken during the long weekend.

2008-08-16T21:00:00.000-07:00

vainpot
DS with specs

Smiley DS

Fireworks
Juz woke up fm nap
DS with PIL

Updates

2008-08-08T19:27:00.000-07:00

Yes..as the title says it all..I haven't been updating regularly and that's why I need an update coz many things to write yet so little time..

03/08/08 (Sunday)
Brought DS to Zoo for the first time. Went to collect the complimentary entrance tickets from Sis before meeting SIL and family to go Zoo together. As usual, weather for that day was hot but felt that it was more bearable compared to our Bird Park trip. DS of course was very happy to see so many animals and best of all, he can eat all the junks food that we brought along to the Zoo (chips and soft drinks). We also brought DS to the children world for him to play in the pool and also the playground. DS enjoyed himself so much there that we have a hard time running after him. Manged to cover most of the places but of course not in details as it was already late afternoon when we finished. We will definately bring DS again coz its such an educational place to visit. Just that I didn't bring along my camera so not much photos taken.

04/08/08 (Mon)
DH was no reservist today so took leave to take care of DS at home. DS woke up at 9am and tried to wake me up too..But I managed to let him stayed in bed till 9plus before giving him his milk at 10am..After which its playtime and bathing time. Fed DS his lunch at 1pm and at 2pm..its nap time. DS slept from 2pm to 6pm and by then. DH was already back and that's how I spent a day with DS.

08/08/08 (Fri)
This day is an auspicious day coz 8 sounds like Fa in Chinese and it means prosperous. Office was closed today so decided to meet up my colleague for brunch at AMK HUB. Meet her at 10 plus and we shopped till 1plus before it was time for DS nap. Brought him back to MIL place for his nap time while me too get to rest also. Went to Orchard alone at night to meet my sister and BIL for shopping. Brought lots of books for DS at Borders as they are having 15% discount storewide. However, think DS only likes the Thomas and Friends Book that I have brought. But really happy that I have brought something to his liking.

09/08/08 (Sat)
Its our Nation 43th Birthday and also Ah Zheng 2nd Birthday celebration. So in the afternoon, we went over to pass Ah Zheng his pressie and also have delicious buffet lunch there..Wow..Ah Zheng have grown to be a big, strong and handsome boy and when he standed near DS..its really a world apart. Left Jen hse after the cake cutting session as DS was super cranky (its over his nap time hrs). DS slept from 3plus to 7plus and the moment he woke up, we quickly rushed over to TPY to watch the fireworks and NDP parade. Stayed till 8plus and after that its to my 2nd sis hse as I need to collect things from her. Was there until 10plus before home sweet home.

10/08/08 (Sun)
Went over to MIL place in the afternoon coz they got 'pai pai' seventh mth so need to go there early to pay respect to ancestor etc. As usual, DS likes to go to MIL place coz there are lots of ppl to play with him. We stayed until 9pm plus so a day is gone just like that.

11/08/08 (Mon)
Office was closed so I actually planned to go out as I didn't want to waste my day off. But ended up, stayed at home the whole day coz the weather was hot plus DH wanted to watch the Olympics game. So what a boring day to spend my off day!!

Wonderful bonding time with DS

2008-06-23T03:52:00.000-07:00

Now that I can spend more time with DS...I felt that I can see his growth much better. In terms of speech and physical. I realised that DS can pick up actions from commerical very fast and now he likes to dance to the tune of M1 latest commercial advertisment. DS likes me to sing songs to him and he will do the actions together with me. He also enjoyed asking me to read books to him or taking his doodle pad to ask me to draw (but my drawing super lousy lor..)
Also whenever I went back home, he will take the keys for me waiting for me to unlock the door and then help me take my handbag..He knows that whenever I went home, I will head straight to the toilet to wash my hands and leg so he will just wait for me by the door and after I come out, its always hugs and bao bao time (so sweet). I also enjoyed putting DS to bed as we will played for a while before both of us head to dreamland.. Oh yeah, tomorrow I am going to register DS for a place in Appletree playschool. Hope he will learn more things and have fun there..

Pics from Cousin Daz camera

2008-06-13T06:26:00.000-07:00

18h Mth plus Milestone

2008-06-13T05:32:00.000-07:00

Brought DS for his 18th old jab today. At 18mth plus (2molo is 19th mth), he weighs 10.10kg and his height is 81cm. Still at his 25th percentile but PD assure us that this is still ok. Jab as usual means struggling and crying. After the jab, DS quickly gave Dr Koh a goodbye kiss and pointed at the door..But we will be back in another mth time for his chicken pox jab.

Let me recall what have DS achieve over this period of time..
- knows more words and also two syllabus words such as auntie, uncle, sorry, xie xie, please, barney (but sounds like ai ni), elmo etc
- able to identify different type of transport vehicle such as bike, bus, car and train
- knows how to play his animal jigsaw
- able to do actions for some nursery songs when I sing those songs to him.
- when u asked DS to count, he will know how to use his finger to point and use his baby language to express
- knows his counting of 1,2 & 3
- able to identify some of DH family members such as ah pek, ku ku etc
- knows to said some animals names like dog, cat, monkey & bird
- have become a little tyrant when he doesn't get the things he wanted (very bad temper) plus a super destroyer.

Now, I hope to tain him to sleep without his pacifier but that will be difficult coz his pacifier is like his 'drug'. Without his pacifier, he cannot even sleep. Errmm...Wondering when can he wearn of this bad habit.

Seafood dinner @ Punggol on 24/05/08

2008-06-08T21:38:00.000-07:00

Sis called me up in the afternoon to jio us for seafood dinner @ Punggol Marina. At first, we declined the invitation as I wanted to go to Clark Quay to watch the Art Festival. But after much persusion from Sis and my niece, we agreed to meet up. So let DS have his nap from 2plus to 4plus. After feeding him his milk, we quickly rushed out, as I do not want to be last to arrive. We were the fist to arrive so brought DS around to see yatch and some photo taking. Sisters arrived shortly and we proceed to have our sumptuous dinner. We order chilli crab, black pepper crab, tou fu, vegetables and man tou. *Yummy yummy* Even though we feed DS before we left the hse, he still managed to finish his bowl of rice and 1 man tou. After dinner, we went over to 2nd Sis home to rest and relax. Went to SIL place at ard 9pm plus as we wanted to bring DS for his first swim tomorrow.

How we spent our Vesak Day Long weekend..

2008-05-26T03:27:00.000-07:00

16/05/08
Its DH birthday and since I was at IMM that day, decided to buy a cake for DH as DS loves to hear birthday song and blow candles. Out of fun, I have also decided to buy 1 shirt and a T-shirt for DH birthday present. However, just as I was about to rush home, I saw that Fox having sales too. Managed to buy 2 t-shirt for DS too. Back home, I told DH that everyone got present except me (only got burned holes in my pocket. Hahaha). Left the house at 8plus for dinner and we decided to eat nearby as it was already very late. So we settled for Mad Jack @ Jalan Kayu. Food was not bad but DS did seems to enjoyed our food. Left the place after our meal and went to SIL hse for cake cutting session as the cake was to big for both of us to consume ourself.
Once reached there, I simply let BIL and DS cousin entertained him while I went to surf the net and relax. We cut the cake around 10plus and DS was so happy (maybe he thought was his birthday). Anyway, left their hse closed to 12 midnight.

17/05/08
Thought of going shopping in town but received a call from PIL that they wanted to come by my place. So my shopping plan was cancelled and instead the whole day was spent at home. Because, we decided to bring DS for a morning walk at MacRitchie with SIL and family, we went to SIL place again for a stayed over. I went over with DS first, while DH stayed backed and clean the house. DH came around 12 midnight with delicious Roti Prata and everyone had a nice supper including DS. After supper, we all went to sleep around 1am plus.

18/05/08
Woke up around 8am but the whole family was still sleeping. Soon, everyone was awake including DS (but he was very grouchy as we woke him up from his sleep). Had breakfast at coffee shop first before we went over to picked up PIL. Reached MacRitchie at ard 9am plus and DS was very happy to see tortoise, fishes etc. On our walk, we also saw a Golden Retriever and the dog was very obedient. DS was not scared at all, he even went to hug and stroke the dog. He simply loves the dog but me…I was standing far far away except to take some photos of him and the big dog. After two hours plus of walking, we decided to go back home as the weather was already too hot.

Went back to PIL place for dinner and after dinner, we accompany BIL to AMK Central to choose a TV consol for the living room. But nothing caught his eyes, so we went to AMK hub to shop for a while before heading back to PIL place for a night stayed over.

19/05/08
Told DH that I wanted to go shopping today and he agreed. So let DS have his early lunch and I thought that it would be a good idea to let him have his nap for a short while. But atlas, DS slept till 4pm plus and so we changed our plan and went with BIL to choose a TV consol at Thomson. Hmmm… nothing caught his eyes there and so we went to Sungei Kadut as there are more choices there. Finally, he found something to his liking and we went for dinner at Woodlands after that. Went back home at around 8plus as the next day is a working day. So long weekend burnt just like that. Sigh…next long weekend will have to wait for Aug..

18th month milestone

2008-05-13T21:29:00.000-07:00

DS is now 18th mth already. He is now more fun to play and at times can make you laugh till you drop because of his wacky actions. He is able to say words like “Xie xie, please (but sounds like pea to me), Kor Kor, Por Por, eyes, shoes, apple, bird, bus, car” etc. He is able to identify his body parts when u asked him to (but subjected to his mood). But also, he is also become more mischievous and naughty already and always testing my limits. Also, realized that DS don’t like to eat durian and chocolate or anything that is black in colour eg. Rasin.. He also likes to play the ‘Eeee game’, which he will pretend that there is something dirty on the floor by pointing, and then run away. Now that we are taking care of him ourself, we think he have put on more weight coz even his nanny said he looks bigger now…So fast, now can start to think what course to enroll DS also so that he can learn more things and have fun.

Updates

2008-05-08T17:07:00.000-07:00

Haven’t been updating as often as I wish I could :( Now I must recall all things we have did over the past one month…Happy reading the long long post with no pics coz i haven't download the pics to my computer.

13/04/08
Brought Ds to Pierce Reservoir for a morning walk as I wanted to bring DS see the monkeys over there and also let DS exercise coz he is very lazy as he always wanted me to carry him. The walk was fun and we managed to see monkeys over there but I was so scared of them that I told DH to bring DS go and see while I waited for them in the car. After that, we went to have our prata breakfast which DS like it very much. Think next time will bring DS to MacRitchie for a walk there too..

19/04/08
Supposed to bring DS for a trial class at Claymore Point with Virgo and her DS but the teacher was sick so class was cancelled which was just nice because DS was also down with fever, cough and flu.

26/04/08
DS woke up early at around 7.30am which was good because will be meeting Virgo and family to go to the trial class “Boggie Bug” together. As our car was a weekend car so we couldn’t use on Sat morning so Virgo DH offered to pick us up from our house. We reached there at 9pm plus and the class already started. The singing part was very interesting and could see that DS also enjoyed himself. After the class, we went for our breakfast at MacDonald’s and the kids will having fun by making a mess there..Hahaha. After that, went over to Pragon Metro coz there was a 20% storewide sales. Brought DS a remote control car and also present for my niece.
After our shopping, we went over to Suntec exhibition hall as Virgo DH needs to run some errand there while me and Virgo also took this time to stop by a booth that was trying to ‘hard-sell’ us a course for the development of children right brain. But the course was too pricey for me to even think about it. Anyway, we went to Carl’s Jr for lunch after that and the children simply love the kiddy ride over there. Had a hard time trying to coax DS out of the ‘car’ ride. We went back home after 4pm plus and DS was so tired that he fell asleep while on our way back and woke up on at 6pm plus for his dinner and shower. Had a fun day out and thanks to Virgo & family for everything too..

01/05/08
Reached Raffles SC for shopping at 11plus to meet up both my sis for buffet lunch at Café Swiss. Brought DS toys car again coz he simply love playing with cars. We proceed to the Swissôtel The Stamford, Level 2 café at 12pm as we were already very hungry by then. However, food was not that fantastic maybe because buffet was only for appetizer and desert and the main course can only choose once. But I do enjoy the company of my sisters, their DH and my lovely niece and nephew. After lunch, went shopping again but we left around 4pm plus as we forgot to bring DS milk bottle out. Went back home to let DS have his milk and sleep.
In the evening, SIL called to ask out for dinner. So we went to Giant Tampines for our dinner and also to buy some grocery. But DH suggested that we went to Courts first as he have wanted to change our TV set for a long time. Finally, DH and BIL decided to buy a 40’ LCD TV that was on sales. We were there for so long that its way past their closing time but DS was very happy because he can get to run around the big megastore. After that, we went back to Giant to buy some grocery before we went back at 12pm. What a long and tiring day out.

02/05/08
Not working today as company declares a day off but weather was so hot that we could not go anywhere. So decided to spent the day by sleeping (I really need my beauty sleep). Went out only in the evening to Punggol Plaza for dinner and some shopping at NTUC. Wanted to walk around longer but most of the shops were closed by 9.30pm. So went back home to watch TV instead.

03/05/08
Was going to stay over at SIL place for the night as we were all going to Jurong Bird Park the next day. Went over to AMK Fish & Co first because its my SIL birthday and after that shopped at AMK Hub for a while. DS of course was very happy because my BIL simply adore him and can see my DS also loves to play with him. DS had a great time but not me cause I am not used to sleeping in their bed. Ended up, I slept at 3am but woke up at 7.30am.

04/05/08
Wanted to go Bird Park early but because SIL went to market to buy breakfast and by the time everybody finished and get ready to leave the house, it was already 10am plus. So reached there at 11.15am but the bird show have already started and DS was sleeping. However, he woke up when everyone started clapping and managed to still catch a bit of the show. Stayed and explore the bird park until 3pm plus before heading to Woodlands for lunch. But weather was super hot that day that I did not find the trip very enjoyable. As for DS, he was so happy to see so many birds flying around and now he is able to imitate how the birds fly..

A nite of eating

2008-04-16T21:46:00.000-07:00

Finally can update my blog from office so now I can update more often already. Yesterday evening, after work, went to Marine Square Coffee club for 1st round of dinner with two of my colleagues. Though the food they ordered was so delicious and tempting, I didn’t and couldn’t eat much coz I will be meeting my ex part-time diploma classmate for 2nd round dinner.
After parting off with my colleagues, I went over to Suntec to meet my two ex-classmate and we decided to have dinner at Soup Resturant. We ordered the set meal for 3 at $68++ but maybe because I have already ate some food over at Coffee Club, that was why I didn’t find the food over at Soup Resturant that fantastic. I enjoyed myself more with the company than the food because it have been a while since I last saw them (our last meet up was during my DS 1st birthday, which I invited both of them to my hse).
After dinner, we still went over to Starbucks to chill out and have coffee. Left the place at ard 10plus as all of us still have to work today. Can’t wait for our next meet up again J

DS precious moments...

2008-03-21T02:37:00.000-07:00

Busy March

2008-03-21T00:32:00.000-07:00

Hello all..Well, the Month of March is indeed a busy month for me & DS..Look at how we spend our weekend in March..

01/03/08 (Sat)
Went to DS nephew DD birthday party at night..The birthday gal is indeed very well built that though my DS is older..he looks much younger than his age..hehehe..There was other older kids around so DS was having fun playing with them

02/03/03 (Sun)
Brought DS to Victoria Theatre to watch an ACT 3 childred play and this was our fist time there..At first, I thought DS would make a nusiance there but I'm proud and happy to say..He managed to watch the play for about 30mins before he started to lose his distraction on stage and wanted to run around. Luckily, I brought along his pacifier and it managed to coax him until the end of the 55mins show. *Phew, we were not shooed out from the theatre*. After the show, went back to MIL place for his cousin birthday celebration but we went back before the cake cutting session as me and DS was super tired already.

08/03/08 (Sat)
Its my Uncle birthday so me & my sisters went over to a resturant in Toa Payoh to celebrate his birthday. Dinner was good but the company was even better...Always loved and enjoyed family gatherings. Went back to my Uncle hse for cake cutting but the birthday guy was so surprise we brought him a cake as the cake was 'smuggled' to his hse without his knowledge. Hahaha.. We have lychee martini cake from Pine Garden (same as DS 1st birthday) and after DH majong session, its home sweet home..

09/03/08 (Sun)
THe day I have been waiting for finally arrived. Went to Erin new hse for a gathering. Its good to see my forum friends again and of course their kids. Well, this gathering was better than the last that was held at my hse because the kids are older now hence can interact and play better. Also, this stage is much more fun to play with. My DS enjoyed playing with all his playmates and I hope we will have more such gatherings to come. Yipee :)

15/03/08 (Sat)
Supposed to go for another gathering at my colleague hse but last mins all the mummies cannot make it..so we stayed at home to acoompany who was sick with flu.

16/06/08 (Sun)
Wanted to bring DS to Pasir Ris Park for a stroll..but halfway thru the journey, it started to rain so no choice..went to Giant hypermarket @ Tampinese instead to buy grocery. After abt 2 hrs there, we went to Tampinese central for shopping instead as the weather is still no good to spend the day @ beach..Been so long since we went to Tampinese and I enjoyed my shopping there. We also managed to take our first family neo print card there..So now I can put that card in my wallet and see my DS face everyday..After that, we went to Punggol beach for a while before DH drove us home for dinner time.

21/06/08 (Fri)
DS was sick since Wed nite with fever, flu and cough..Only fever has subsided but the flu bug and cough is there so my plans for Sun to the Bird Park will be cancelled...Been looking forward to it but no choice, DS haven't recover so it will be stay at home for us this long weekend.

CNY Celebration

2008-02-17T01:29:00.000-08:00

Wow..only few more days to go before end of CNY. Been eating and playing card these few days. Hmmm..let me recall how did we spend the last 11 days of CNY.
06/02/08 (Wed)
Brought DS to Compass Point coz I need to help him change the shoes size while DH needed to clean the hse. Took bus with DS and was glad that he was very well behaved during the trip. Brought Mac for lunch and wanted to let DS took a nap at ard 3plus(actally i think I need the nap more than him) but this noti boy have been so busy walking in & out of the room and refused to sleep till 4plus. Received a call ard 6pm to inform us that everybody is waiting for us for the reunion dinner..Quickly woke DS up & off we went to IL hse. Dinner was great and was glad that DS enjoyed himself too but he was too tired to stay till the ang pow exchange time. Went back ard 11plus.
07/02/08 (Thurs)
Woke up ard 10am and quickly prepared DS porridge and after that get himself ready to go IL hse again for visiting. Reached there and have lunch at IL hse there but DS was so tired that he just slept throughout the afternoon in midst of all the noise chattering. Went back my hse at 5plus (as usual, we were the latest to arrive) to have dinner. After dinner, its majong time for DH while me just played cards with my family. Luckily, DS was not so sticky to me so me can at least relax a bit.
08/02/08 (Fri)
Eldest sis invited us over to her hse to have steamboat and DS have had fun with all his cousin while I just laze ard the hse. What a good way to spend CNY.
09/02/08 (Sat)
Went to BIL hse for buffet dinner and took DS to the pool for the first time. Just let him dip his feet into the water and can see he truly loves the water (think will bring him for his first swim soon). Played cards again there and luck was good. So happy that can win some milk powder $$ for DS..hahaha.
Well, the rest of the weekends are spent visiting and more visiting. Okie..have to signed off here coz DS just fell from the bed and is now crying. Got to attend to him liao. Some of pics taken during CNY period.

Counting down to CNY

2008-02-04T07:24:00.000-08:00

Hmmm..think I didn't blog that my New Year was spent rushing DS to KK coz his fever hit 40 degrees. Was so scared that day that me and DH juz rushed DS to KK @ 3am in the morning. Luckily, after a few days, DS is well again and it was so relieved to see him up and running again. It was indeed an unforgettable experience.

Yeah..2 more days to CNY. It's always my fav. festive season since young. The gatherings and good food makes me so happy :) BUT the only minus point..I hope DS will be good to me during this period of time coz now he is so 'sticky' to me and he only wants me and nobody else *faints*. Now at 14mth plus, DS is super naughty, keep throwing his tantrum and sometimes I wonder how to teach him coz I know beating him is not a right method but I really don't know how else can I teach him. Think I have to ask for advise again.

Juz came back from shopping as I need to buy DS shoes..but sad to said boys shoes pattern are so limited compare to gals..Hmmm..boys dun need to wear shoes? How come shoes makers can design so many cute and pretty shoes for gals but boys are so limited! Anyway, decided to get DS a pair of snoopy shoes as most of the shoes there wasn't much choice available. Will let DS try on tomorrow. Hope he is able to wear so that I dun have to go down to change the size. Okie. I'm going to bed but before I sign out, let me wish all " HAPY NEW YEAR & GONG XI FA CAI" Its pics time again..else, I might take another mth before I update again..hahaha =p

Bye bye 2007

2007-12-31T21:00:00.000-08:00

A few more hours to go before we we said bye to Year 2007 & usher the Year of 2008. My New Year countdown celebration was fun @ all because DS is sick with fever and even vomitted last night. His temperature shot up to 39.8 tis afternoon. Was so worried that I nearly rushed him to hospital but luckily, fever subsided a bit now. Hopefully, he will be well by tomorrow. Brought him to see doc this morning and his weight is only 8.8kg. Average for his age is abt 9.0 - 9.5 kg. Doc said he is a bit underweight as his birth weight was very good but dun noe why his weight growth is very slow now. Doc recomended that we can let him drink PediaSure to see if there is improvement on his weight growth. Think will let DS try after he is well.

Hmmm...before I forget..let me try to recap DS milestone now that he is 13mth 2 weeks 3 days old..

1) Understand the meaning of throwing, rolling & kicking a ball..

2) Noes how to said more words such ball, duck, dog, H, roll, eyes, up.

3) Finally noes how to drink from a sprout cup. Next I'm going to teach him how to drink from a straw.

4) When asked to dance, he will shake his head..

5) When asked him where's the light, he will look up..

6) Can walked by himself but only for a short distance.

7) Noes how to throw tantrum by lying on the floor and refuse to get up.

Looking at DS different milestone in 2007 has really make me think that a year is gone just likethat. My wish for Year 2008 will be to spend more time with DS, family & friends and that everybody will be happy and healthy.. Happy New Year to all :)

Christmas Celebration

2007-12-26T23:35:00.000-08:00

Today is a super tiring day coz after such a long weekend and its back to work..I hope everyone have had a good Christmas this year..Well for us..we did. Prior to Christmas (during Hari Raya Haji) , we have already brought DS to Orchard to see deco and lighting plus we walked all the way from Centerpoint to Tanglin Mall to see those children playing in the fake 'snow'...

On Christmas eve, my sisters & family came over to my hse to have a Christmas feast plus gift exchanged. DS of course enjoyed playing with his cousins and we adults enjoyed the dinner..We had Swensens Ice Cream Cake, pasta (spicy and non spicy), Ham and cheese, Turkey and Chicken soup... After dinner, its gift exchange time..This year, DS received two books from my eldest sis and a Winnie the Pooh tent with 50 balls in it..DS loves playing inside the tent with his cousin. Can see he truly enjoyed himself that day.. Its nice to have such gathering with my sisters as we can catch up with one another and I can chat with them everything and anything under the sun.. More such gatherings in future sisters..

Yesterday, Christmas was spent over at my Sister-In-Law place..They also have a mini gift exchange and DS also received some presents there...But, I haven't upwrapped those pressies yet as DS is not with me now..Shall wait till Fri then let him unwrap those presents himself. Too bad..my present for DS have not arrived yet as I brought some Leap Frog books for him online...

Anyway, now that Christmas is over.must make plans for New Year Celebration :) In case, I do not have the chance to log in to blog..Let me wish you all "Happy New Year and have a wonderful 2008!!"

DS Birthday celebration part 2

2007-12-05T23:30:00.000-08:00

Decided to continue to blog on how we celebrate DS actual birthday on the 14th Nov. Actually, I was at that time contemplating whether should I take a day off anot on his birthday as I have just joined a new Co. and did not have many days leave. In the end, still decided to take a day off on that day as I really wanted to spend time with DS.
Woke up early in the morning but it was raining very heavily so sent an sms greeting to Virgo DS as both our boys were born on the same day. I was very dishearted upon seeing the heavy rainpour as I thought that all my plans for that day were going to be cancelled but luckily, the rain stopped at ard 12 plus. So quickly let DS had his lunch and off we set to VivoCity and its the first time that we brought DS to shopping without driving. We took LRT from our hse and then took the NEL train to HabourFront. The journey was quite long and DS was a bit cranky as he did not have his morning nap. Reached VivoCity and just as we stepped into the shopping center, DS felt asleep liao. So me and DH managed to have a peaceful and enjoyable lunch =p
Roamed ard VivoCity for quite a while before we decided to walked over to HabourFront to see see look look. Just then, DS finally woke up from his nap and I saw that there is a Barney kiddy ride nearby so decided to let DS sit and take pic on it. He was so happy playing with the sterring wheel and kept touching Barney's tummy. He was so reluctant to leave that DH got to kept him accompany while I continue my shopping...
Went back over to Vivocity as my plan is to let DS played at the outdoor playground but realised that nothing over there is suitable for his age so told DH that we can perhaps let DS played with water in the outdoor pool instead as it would be more fun for him. Think DS enyoyed it coz he kept wanting to go over the water there even as we left the pool. Too bad, we didn't stayed there for long as we need to go over Compass Point to buy some stuff (But I was so forgetful that I forgotten to buy another cake to bring over to nanny place for the cake cutting session). Anway, DS was so tired that he fell asleep as we were on our way to his nanny place... I really enjoyed myself on that day (coz i had spent a day of quality time with him) and I hope DS have had an enjoyable time too...

I Miss my Blog

2007-11-29T06:59:00.000-08:00

As the title says it all..I miss my blog and now finally decided to do my updating coz its been too long since I last log in...Okie..first I want to apologies to all Nov mummies from the forum that I have joined..Reason is...I did not attend any of their darlings birthday celebration. Very paiseh for not attending coz of the late info I've been getting (I haven't been checking my mails for a long time coz Co. blocked all the mails website). Really hope to meet up with them one day coz they are such wonderful mummies and they are always there for me whenever I need advise on any issue. So Nov mummies..when's our nxt gathering huh??

Okie..like I mentioned earlier on..its been too long since I blog so now its recap time so I shall blog abt my son birthday celebration.

03/11/2007 (Sat)

Finally, its the day I have been waiting for..its DS birthday celebration!! Woke up earlier than usual coz decided to go to market to buy a drumstick. (This idea was taken from AB blog and decided let DS pick his future career path). Two of my close friends came by in the afternoon and after they left..decided to let DS pick the stuff which I had prepared (Calculator, pen, book, $, drumstick, ruler & scissors). DS picked book out of all the things but I forgotten what it means?? After letting him played for a while, decided to let him nap before guest starts coming in at 6pm (Oh..he was so good boy that day..slept from 3 plus to 5 plus). The buffet was good and think all the guests enjoyed it. Cut cake at ard 8plus and the cake was yummy. I have order 2 tier cake Sesame Street cake with Lychee Martini on top and chocolate below. Guest left at ard 10 plus and by then DS was so tired already that he fell asleep while drinking his milk. So happy that my DS seems to enjoy his big day. Sorry ppl..my laptop seems to have a bit of problem..so now can only share two pics for that day..

2 more days to the celebration

2007-11-01T07:43:00.000-07:00

I'm super tired now but I miss my blog so much and I better do some updates else my readers will not pop by to read in future..hahaha. Yeah..will be having a mini celebration at my hse tis coming Sat for DS 1st birthday. Invited my family and friends over to join in the fun..I still don't know what else to I need to prepare except to clean and tidy up my super messy hse. So excited abt it :)

Now at 11mths plus..let me recall some of the milestone that DS have achieved..

- Can walk a few steps liao (max. abt 5)

- Know how to wave bye bye when asked to and also said bye bye

- First word beside the babbling of mama, papa, mum-mum etc is "CLOCK"

- When I said "No No", he will at times shook his head

- Clap his hand when he see ppl doing that

- Can watch his fav. cartoon, "The Wheel on The Bus" for a long time without moving or even blinking his eyes..hahaha

- Know how to open the cupboard and pull things out

- Will make angry face when we asked him to

- When we point at things, he will move his eyes to that pointed direction

Can's wait to see more of his progress and sometimes seeing my boy grow up day by day makes me have the thought to have another baby and start the wonderful process all over again..But such things cannot be rushed coz its a long term commitment. Well, for now..I will just give all my love and time to my DS who will soon be no longer qualified under the baby category but in my heart...he will always be my little baby boy...

Updates....

2007-10-07T01:55:00.000-07:00

Finally..got a chance to update my blog...So many things to update but duno where to start from..Hahaha. Hmmm..as you all know..I juz changed my job..the new working environment is not bad as my department colleague are very nice to me..But what I dun really enjoyed or rather adapt to.. is the workload and the amount of stress level it can get. Maybe all along, I have been working in local co. and this is my first time working in a MNC company..so I think the pace is something I will have to learn to cope. But the sweet thing is..my department celebrated my birthday last fri and my colleague even called me up on Sat afternoon to wish me Happy Birthday.
Anyway, nothing happening on my birthday..wanted to go to Serangoon Garden there for dinner celebration but weather was not good..so we juz went to Compass Point to have dinner and DH brought me a mango cake. Errrr...haven't decided what I want for my present so DH still owed me a present :) Shopped ard Compass Point as I still haven't decide what cake to get for DS for his birthday. How fast..he's turning ONE soon..I miss his baby days but at the same time..look forward to see him grow..How contradicting I am..Hahaha.
Well..we just came back from J8 and initially we wanted to go to Ding Tai Fong for lunch..but see the queue outside makes me so sian liao. So DH & I had our lunch at Swenson instead. Lunch was great and the best part was..DS was very well behaved compared to yesterday night when we brought him to Compass Point for dinner. He even gave Hi-Five to one of the waitress there... Such a darling at times...
So fast..weekend is abt to end soon and tomorrow is back to work again... Can't wait for the next weekend..