More than Words...

Preparing for the Lunar New Year

2012-01-09T07:58:00.000-08:00

A year had flown past in a breeze~

The last I remember about Lunar New Year was when I was still back in the Temple.

Frankly speaking, I kinda of miss those days. It was tiring 1) to rush back to Temple to help out during Lunar New Year eve after two rounds of reunion dinners, 2) to work long hours when we have events 3) to stay back late when we have urgent meetings. But the sense of achievements back then was really good or even great! I guess afterall, events had always been something I can cope with. However, I did not regret taking that step last year, because I believe in accepting new challenges in life or rather learning to step out of the comfort zone :)

I learnt a lot over this one year. Not only I learnt how to write official letters/reports, I also learnt how to talk to the general public and handling difficult issues... I also learnt how to conduct interviews with young children and to conduct investigations... There are so many new things I had learnt!!!
Wiah to continue to learn more things everyday :)

Hallo 2012~!!!

2012-01-09T07:45:00.001-08:00

Hallo 2012!!!

I can't believe I failed to follow up with my blogging again :(

Well, I put it down into my new year resolution for year 2012 to keep blogging~~~ So you going to hear more from me once again (I hope!)! Oops.. Yes! U will~~~

The last time I blogged was when I was busy juggling with work and Jamie's birthday party :) It was great though I had 50% lesser guests than last year. I thought the numbers was more manageable, and I think the little children really love to make cupcakes! Maybe I can consider organising cupcake making workshops for little children or cupcake deco sessions for birthday parties for extra income :P hahaha... But really, it is more for the fun~!!!

See how HAPPY the little angels were~~~

See Little Children Happy Makes me Happy too ;)

Jamie's Two Year Old Birthday Bash - Almost Done

2011-11-01T03:16:00.000-07:00

Finally I got all the items I ordered online~!!!

Just two weeks more to Jamie's birthday!!!

The cake toppers were sent to the bakery already and the balloons decoration had been ordered! Will confirm the catering by end of this week.

Oh ya! Need to change Jamie's school birthday cake timing! Going to the zoo with Jamie and her classmates in the morning on 11 Nov 2011 and having her birthday celebration at school in the afternoon after their naptime :) So exciting! I always love the little ones from her class and I think they love me too coz they like to dash into my arms and asked me to hug them ^^

Still not feeling very well, so gona stop here ^^

Chat again soon :)

Sick Again...

2011-11-01T02:34:00.000-07:00

Lately, I had been falling sick quite frequently :(

I wonder if it's the stress or I am just 'getting old'...

Sighh...

Looking at my workload.. this two days of MC seems like a luxury...

Can't imagine going back to work tomorrow :(

Well well, let me TRY to do some work since I brought my laptop home...

So Angry...

2011-10-07T08:06:00.001-07:00

So Angry...

Had waited for 3 days and yet to hear from the bakery.. I had so much faith in it all along and even speak good words for it in its facebook. But what did I get in return?

I understand, maybe the staff who served me could be out of town but I believe there should be someone covering her/him...

I have two cakes yet to confirm the orders!!! OMG... what should I do?!! If I don't hear from it by Monday, I am going to post a complaint on its FB and then change a baker!!!

Late Nights...

2011-10-03T17:25:00.000-07:00

*Yawn*

Been sleeping really late these days...

No, I stopped bringing work home because I realised I cannot work from home. So instead of feeling bad over the pile of work I brought home and spoilt my weekday nights and weekends, I decided to just try to finish whatever I can at work and head home with only one intention = spend more time with my family members.

So what have I been busy about?

Well, Jamie's birthday parties lor!

Though there aren't much to worry about for Jamie's school party (for this year at least) since we will only be buying a cake and preparing the goodie bags. However, there is always the concerns on cake toppers. Hmm.. I have two sets of mickey cake toppers but am worried Jamie will keep looking for the set she had been playing with. So may have to get another set for the party. Let's hope she continues to be Mickey's big fan for a few more years so I can recycle the toppers a few more timse :P

Okies, as far.. after ALL the late nights and panda eyes... these are the status of her parties preparation:

1. ordered both cakes but waiting for the confirmation slip. Both from pine gardens.. will show u the photos of the cakes i ordered when i get home tonite..
2. bought 90% of the goodie bags, and party stuffs
3. ordered the remaining 5% online liao, waiting for delivery
4. ordered the 25 cupcakes n made payment le..
5. decided on the tentative sunny and rainy day programmes

I am only left with:
1. 5% of the party stuffs
2. the layout of the place

All the Way! All the Way! GOOOOOOOOO~~~~~

Jamie's Two Year Old Birthday Bash - Food and Activities

2011-10-02T05:02:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I also wonder if I am just creating too much stress for myself, by hoping to do so much for Jamie's birthday each year.

It seems to be my biggest event of the year instead of Jamie's.

However, it's really fun to go through the planning over and over again... And it's fun to always have something to look forward to every year :D

We are kinda of 'too old' to have birthday parties so now we can only look forward to our children's parties ^^

Love sharing the whole planning and preparing process and Hope this will help those who are planning their little ones'parties too ^^

Let's start with the planning of the food and activities...

Sunny Day Programme
10.30am: Arrival of Guests with children
10.30am - 11.30am: Free and Easy Big Splash Time
11.30am - 12.15pm: Wash Up and Dress for the Party
12.15pm - 12.45pm: Cupcake Making
12.45pm - 1.45pm: Lunch Time
1.45pm - 2.00pm: (Optional) Party Cone Deco
2.00pm - 2.30pm: Cake Cutting
2.30pm: Home Sweet Home or (Optional) Big Splash Part 2

Rainy Day Programme
10.30am: Arrival of Guests with children
10.30am - 11.00am:: Party Cone Deco
11.00am - 11.30am:: To be confirmed
11.30am - 12.00pm: Games
12.00pm - 12.30pm: Cupcake Making
12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch Time
1.30pm - 2.00pm: Cake Cutting
2.00pm: Home Sweet Home or (Optional) Big Splash (if weather permits)

Food as far had been confirmed to be 60 pax until 1 week from the event.

Had always been ordering from Elsie Kitchen (Halal) but the last round was kinda of disappointing for my house warming. I tried Meihao99 during a block party in August 2011 and thought it was really good. Hence I decided to give it a try for Jamie's birthday. But the only pity was, it was not halal...

Now is Cake...

By the way, Jamie is having two parties these year. One is for her school on her exact birthday 11 November 2011 and the other is on 13 November 2011 and will be at my brother's condo function room. Really thankful for my brother and da sao for helping me booked the function room.

Back to the Cake. As usual, the cakes will be from Pine Garden. And I will be trying some new favours this round. Have to say Citrus Drops and Lychee Martini was great the last year. This year, we should be having Citrus Drops and Fresh Strawberry for school and Hazelnut Chocolate and Fresh Strawberry for home party :)

Cake designs have to be kept as a secret till after the event :P Now to search for the cake toppers... Had a set for one cake but may need to get another set for the other cake :D

So exciting now that I bought 90% of the goody bags items + order catering, tentatively confirm the programme/activity and tentatively confirm the cake orders.

More to go and yet I am loving it ^^

Dementia...

2011-09-14T07:33:00.001-07:00

Seriously I think I am having some form of dementia...

My memory span seems to get shorter as the days go by...

I can no longer remember what I do more than 2 days ago...

I tend to be very forgetful when comes to bring things home or around...

Nowadays I need to immediate attend to a task so as not to end up forgetting to do it altogether...

Really sad over it...

Is it coz of the side effects of C-section? Or is it just because my age is catching up on me?

Jamie's Two Year Old Birthday Bash

2011-09-07T10:04:00.003-07:00

Compared to last year, I am way out of schedule in the planning of Jamie's 2nd year birthday party.

But I am soooooo glad that I finally confirmed on the birthday bash venue.

Thank you to my brother and da sao for helping me to book their condo function room on 13 November from 10am to 3pm. I am now currently confirming the guestlist and programme schedule for the day.

Cakes? Yes, I am waiting to browse the catalogue for Pine Gardens. The cake we had last year was awesome!!! And hence, we are ordering from them again this year!

What's more, this year Jamie can celebrate both in school, at home and in a party!!! So there are lots more planning and coordinating to do...

Wanted to order the cupcake tiers but then it's WAY out of my budget for this year. The renovation drained us and hence I think we should reconsider about splashing the cash away again. Jamie's birthday bash is definitely very important to us! But I believe there are cheaper alternatives.

Hope to share more on my planning ;D

Lets see her pretty cake for last year...

Jamie

2011-09-07T10:04:00.001-07:00

Racing with the Time...

2011-09-07T09:40:00.001-07:00

I realised these days I like to pack all my weekends with various schedules to feel fruitful.

Example, just last Sunday alone I did the following:
1. Brought Jamie to the clinic to have her vaccination + my helper to do her 6-monthly medical examination.
2. Bought the reserved shower head from Punggol Plaza
3. Shopping at Sengkang Plaza for stationeries, recipe books and groceries etc
4. Dropped the shopping bags at home
5. Visited my in-laws for dinner

It seemed that these days weekends were never enough for a good rest because I want to do so many things too apart from resting...

However, the funny thing is, I don't feel upset having to run all these 'errands' or need to pack the weekends. In fact, I feel fruitful, happy and efficient.

And you know what? Just yesterday, I felt so sad towards my 'commitment' to Jamie. I felt I was not spending enough time with her. I asked myself why should I feel upset about spending time with her, instead of looking at the piles of work I brought home everyday. I have no issues about the piles of work. I have issues about my mindset towards spending time with Jamie.

Once again, I wonder if I am a good mother. If being at home means I am there for her? I know in my heart, I never felt my mother was there for me when I was young, though she was a housewife.

I remembered seeing Jamie ran to me and gave me super big hugs these days when she saw me coming home from work. It followed by her dancing to tunes from her new 'laptop'. She was even happy with just lying on my laps and watching TV with me. These were all that she asked for. And I had in my mind when she would go to sleep so I can do some work. I did not get to do any work so far at home, at least not the productive kind of work.

I held her hands tight last night, looking at her sleeping face. I told myself I want to give Jamie more than my mother had given me. Not just being physically around means I am there for her. I must too have in my mind that I am ever ready to just sit down with Jamie, sing with her, dance with her or just lie down and watch TV with her whenever she comes to me happily.

I felt guilty again that my helper had to carry her off when she 'disturbed' me looking for her birthday cakes online. It was really a stupid thing to do right? I should have just spend time with her and source for all these things when she fell asleep... What's the point of throwing her the best party in the world, when she could not get the little attention from me everyday. I feel guilty towards her. But cannot help it to hope I have more personal time and that I wish that she can understand I need to be alone to source for her party items...

I told myself again that Jamie will never appreciate the birthday party I organised or the toys I bought for her, if I don't even spend enough time with her daily... I have to try really hard to remind myself over and over again... Otherwise, I am going to create another person who is low self-esteem, always feel unloved by the mother, doubts her own capabilities and always yearning for recognition from others etc...

I really don't want that to happen...

Arrival of the Terrible Twos

2011-09-02T10:49:00.000-07:00

2 more months to Jamie's Two Year old party and I had yet planned anything!!!

Think this year will be something simple:
1. 5-7 Nov Long weekends: Family trip
2. 11 Nov: Celebration of Jamie's actual birthday in school and at inlaws house
3. 13 Nov: Playdate cum Birthday Party

Ermmm, I know it does not look very simple. But then, Jamie's birthday party will definitely not be as big scale as her First Birthday Party.

Apologize to all those who will not be included in the invitation list.

This round, only friends/relatives with children and close single/married (without kids) friends will be invited for her birthday party.

This is to allow friends/relatives who do not enjoy children's parties to reject the invitation too. So please let me know too if you will not wish to be included in the invitation list ^^

Venue for the birthday party had yet to be confirmed. Hoping to book the function room at my brother's place but the booking is subjected to availability. Since Jamie loves to swim, I had thought it will be fun for Jamie to have a swimdate cum birthday party with all her cousins and friends ^^ However, if the function room is out, then we need to find other alternative like a chalet with swimming pool etc or simply make do with a simple party at home.

Anyhow, it's time to start searching for nice birthday cakes for her school celebration and her birthday party ^^ And goodie bags too!!! OMG~

Take a look at how pretty and capable my Jamie has become :)

Picture 1: She is not afraid of big dogs even at close proximity
Picture 2: She loves to swim hence she loves dolphins too
Picture 3: She helped her Baba to assemble her new table and chairs!!!

To Help Or Not To Help...

2011-09-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, I really wonder whether we are helping the right people.

It seems that those who really need help, don't seem to be coming forward. It's either they refused to admit that they need help or they do not know the avenues to do so.

And the most shocking thing is, there may be people involved who know exactly what happened, but the fear of losing the placement or the job, hindered their conscience calls...

It's really sad to realise what the whole has become.

On one hand, there are cries for justice that we are not hearing from the ground. On the other hand, those who really need help prefer not to be helped / do not wish to rely on others' 'mercy' / ignorant of the avenues to request for help / fear of the consequences hence refused to step forward to ask for help.

It's really impossible to try to please everyone.

I guess if we intend to add value in others' lives, we should do it unconditionally. We should not have wished for 'thanks'. However, we cannot help but wish we are 'rewarded' with some form of appreciation whenever we resolved an issue/concern. After all, being in the front line is not easy. Many a time, we may even become the punching bag of those who are simply not happy with the 'system'.

I had been trying very hard to think positively and to see every setback as a new challenge to resolve. This ensures that I have the emotional strength and spiritual energy to face the oncoming waves........So far so good :D

Jiayou~~~

Jamie goes to School...

2011-07-19T07:11:00.000-07:00

Jamie had since started school for 1 month. These days she no longer cries when I dropped her in school. And she seems to be learning lots of new things everyday! Most importantly... She can say so many more words now!

She will tell me she needs the 'towel' and 'diaper' for the bath.

She will also ask me 'Mic Mic go where' when she cannot find her Mickey Mouse.

There was one day she called my colleague's daughter by her name - Lycia... The other day she will try to express in a paragraph of baby language...

It was amusing to watch and listen to Jamie everyday :)

Sometimes I cannot help but feel a bit sad as I am now kinda of redundant. She no longer needs me for the essential chores. And now she does not need me to explore 'new lands' either. I have to find new roles to play in Jamie's life again. Sometimes I secretly feel I should take back my rights as a mother and take charge of Jamie fully again like when I had not started working :(

Sighh...

But well, I do not regret sending Jamie to school at such a young age. I feel that now she understands social norm more than children who undergo home-parenting till N2. Only when she learns to socialise and learns to understand there are some things that just don't seem right, she can start to be more conscious about what she does and says.

Of coz, some parents will feel there is no need to let Jamie be so conscious about her words and actions at such a young age, otherwise she may become too predictable.

I guess no matter what we do for the children, there must always be moderation and a morale of the story behind. Only then the children can understand adults' real intent and rationale behind a certain rule adults set.

House Warming... (09072011)

2011-07-11T09:04:00.000-07:00

First of all, I will like to thank everyone who attended my house warming on 9th July 2011 (Saturday)!!!

I understand that Saturdays are really precious to many and hence all the more, I appreciate everyone who reserved their special Saturday to share our joy in our new nest :)

Thank you once again!!!

And for friends who did not managed to make time last Saturday but still like to visit us, feel free to drop us an email/SMS or phonecall to let us know when you are dropping by :) We love playing host and Welcome visitors :D Jamie loves playmates too!!!

Thanks for all the gifts too :D We really like them very much and will make effective use of them :D

Too many photos to share le :P Please browse from my Facebook instead :D

Trying to cope...

2011-07-04T07:24:00.000-07:00

I had thought moving into a new place will give me more peace. But I guess I was not ready for the series of changes, new adjustments, unexpected illnesses and increase in household expenses.

I finally realised why we should salute housewives. I think they 'work' as hard as any one of us out there in the office as they do at home. Not only there are tonnes of repeated housework to be done daily, there are also lots of hair-dropping issues to think about = Where to get the cheaper groceries, What to cook tonight and How to save electricity and gas?

We never had to worry about all these before we settled into our new nest. It was as easy as giving a lumpsum alowance to my MIL and leaving the rest of the calculations to her. But now, we have to do the calculations ourselves. And the amount is getting bigger everyday :(

I guess soon, and I really mean very soon, I need to start making the choices, what I have to save on and what I cannot...

But of coz we are much more fortunate than many so we really should not complain. We have a good helper who cooks well and loves Jamie ALOT. So we can continue to have our couplehood and social life. Though there aren't many amenities around, but we have at least a sheng siong and a 24hr coffee shop that serves good food, a bakery, a hair salon, a DIY shop and a clinic. NTUC and Popular is also reachable by LRT now. But of coz I will appreciate the Punggol Central and Bigger shopping malls are setup faster than planned. As we get more crowded in Punggol, I forsee the patience of the Punggolians will drop further...

But many will tell me, that's the 'speciality' about living in Punggol. It's a quiet and youthful estate, unlike the cluttered mature estates... But of coz after living in a kampong style Yishun that has Chong Pang Market just 5min walk away for 20+ yrs + another 2+ yrs in the all accessible Bishan, I really need more time to get used to living in a non-happening and ulu Punggol lolz...

However, I am grateful I have great neighbours and the neighbourhood is brightly lit. I will appreciate there are less irresponsible investors who rent their new homes to foreigners though... Please think about the safety of others too, especially those with young children...

Other than us trying to adjust ourselves, I can see Jamie's frustration and stress too. So much so she fell badly ill. Her fever had been going up and down like roller coaster, however she looked perfectly sober and active. I can only think that she is fighting her own anxiety in her own ways... It's really not easy for a little child like her having to go through the change of a new home and a strange place called school...

Having to cope with insecurity and fear of being left behind is really not easy. I feel really guilty to put her through all these. But my hubby thought this can make Jamie stronger if she can adapt to it faster than expected. However, she is just a young child.. I really hope I am not doing the wrong thing...

I guess other than ourselves and Jamie, my poor helper had a hard time coping in the new home too. The chores are never the same now in the new home because the materials the house is made of and the design is different from my MIL. My MIL doesnt have a built-in stove or hood. She doesnt have kitchen cabinet or vanity. So it's all new to both me and my helper. We are thankful that our design Sean is willing to go through the hassle to teach me how to maintain all these materials in the house. Thanks Sean!!!

He is really a trustworthy and reliable ID who is more than an ID to us now! He is now our friend too!!! And I always to joke about how my hubby will be nagged by Sean for 'destroying' his design concepts of the TV consoles by messying it up with cable wires :P

I guess I feel better already talking about all these stress... Though it takes time to adapt and adjust, I believe we can do it de :D And we can do it well.. building and maintaining and protecting our very own nest...

Movie Review - Xmen First Class

2011-06-07T09:40:00.000-07:00

If you are a Xmen or/and Marvel fan, this movie is not to be missed!

It kinda of sum up all the Xmen's series together, telling us how did everything come about:
- How did Prof X and Magneto come about?
- How did the two of them fall apart?
- How did Prof X became handicapped though he seemed so powerful?

And many other questions that popped up in our heads every now and then as we watched the Xmen series.

Like the part wheh Hugh Jackman came on screen as Wolverine. The whole cinema was like screaming uncontrollably!!! OMG... And I did as well~ But pity he did not join the team this early.

Was pretty shocked to know that Prof X was such a flirt in his younger days, using his powers to woo and please girls in the pub. Was surprised to know that Mystic actually likes Prof X initially and what made her turn towards Magneto eventually.

Understood why Magneto was so bitter about humans. It all boiled down to a bad childhood and loneliness and fear of non-acceptance created by the human race. Though its cruel, but we had to admit few humans will acknowledge even the same kind from another country, not to mention a different kind. However, we need to sympathised with most who are fear of the unknown.

It was really sad to see the Mutants fall apart... Afterall, they only have each other. This scene is such a trademark. I cannot but be reminded when the two mutant seniors were allies and great friends.

The actions were great though some may hope for more graphics.

I was shocked to see Hank there in human form. He was so different from the Hank in the Xmen series. He was unable to even accept himself in this drama. The Hank who became the mutant diplomat in the ministry was so much more confident.

After watching this movie, I feel like watching Xmen series all over again...

New House Almost Ready!!!

2011-06-04T11:21:00.000-07:00

Past few weekends had always been about the new house.

Am really happy and grateful to my ID who rushed the work for us so as to meet our targeted dateline. But seriously looking at the amount of work to be done, we are really surprise he could complete the reno in less than a month. Most importantly, the job was really well done :D

We really like what we see...

THE RENOVATION PROGRESS

We took 2-3 weeks to confirm the reno design because we went on a short trip during the Labour Day long weekend plus we took some time to think through about the ceiling design to achieve the ambience we want.

17/05/2011 (Tues)
1. Confirm reno design, materials and colours

19/05/2011 (Thur)
1. Measurement for carpentry works
2. Fabrication started in the back end after the measurement

21/05/2011 (Saturday)
1. Bought sink, stove, hood, taps, toilet accessories etc
2. Bought all lights and ceiling fans

23/05/2011 (Mon) to 27/05/2011 (Fri)
1. All Wet Works are done (kitchen base, washing machine base, bathroom kerb etc)
2. All Ceiling Works (living room, dining room and master bedroom)
3. All Painting
4. Acid Wash
5. All Electrical Works and Piping Works
6. Select the grilles and wallpaper we want.
7. Vanity overhead panel

30/05/2011 (Mon) to 03/06/2011 (Fri)
1. All Carpentry done - kitchen cabinet, master bedroom wardrobe, master toilet vanity, living room cardboard, bomb shelter, bay window, tv console in living room and master bedroom.
2. All Lights up and working
3. Bought roller blinds for 3 bedrooms
4. Aircon installation
5. All Ceiling Fans installation

Seems that the house is all ready for move in?

Just a bit more till the official move-in date :D

1. Wallpaper for living room and master bedroom
2. Rubber lamination for 3 bedroom
3. Windows and grills for service balcony
4. Grilles for 3 bedrooms and living room
5. Mounting the top layers of the kitchen cabinet and vanity cabinet in master bathroom
6. Installing of stove and hood
7. Installing of sink pipes and taps
8. Paint touch-up
9. Buy basic electrical appliances like rice cooker, electrical flask
10. Buy basic utensils and cutleries

So looking forward to see everything done next week :D

Jamie going to School

2011-05-31T10:37:00.000-07:00

Yes. I finally made up my mind.

I guess this will be the best arrangement.

I need not worry what if there isn't any placement before next March. And I don't need to spend too much time to shop for a 'good' centre.

I guess there isn't any perfect centre anywhere. However, they are just trying to make a living, at the same time using their beliefs to educate the children and assist in their character development.

I won't say the choice I made is THE BEST but I heard it's branded. Of coz, the staff's rate is one of the reason too. But the most important thing is, it's not only regulated by law, it is also regulated by my own employer(s).

It's not easy to make this decision. Afterall, I heard too many horror stories. However, I just feel it's time for Jamie to grow up and stop thinking she is always a baby.

Seriously, sometimes I hope she can continue to believe she is always a helpless baby. However, she needs to grow up. At 18mths, she cannot even be bothered to hold her own milk bottle. My helper loves her too much to scold her. I love her even more. Thus it will be good to let her learn from the other children.

It will be good for her to learn how to socialise too. It should still be a few more years before I decide to close factory or have another child. She has to learn how to care and share from somewhere else in the meantime.

I really hope I won't be like those paranoid parents whom I spoke to before.

But I guess it's normal to be anxious and worried about Jamie's well-being :P

I will be making the startup payment = registration fees + 1 mth deposit + 2 wks prorated fees + registration fees + insurance fees etc on 6 June 2011. Jamie will get a chance to have a look at the school.

15 June will be her first day of school. I will accompany her for the first 3 days in school. After which, I will ask Pyone to spy for another two days before we entrust her to the teachers.

Hard Truths that Wakes the Giant...

2011-05-31T10:17:00.001-07:00

Many will feel that hard truths are something we should prefer not to know. Sometimes I feel that way too. However, being able to feel the pain is better than feeling nothing at all about it anymore.

After feeling upset over it for so many years, I finally know the answer. I finally know what I had thought had happened, did happen.

For those who are still guessing what I am talking about, guess not. Because I will not want to talk about it anymore. I am happy to know the answer that kept me sleepless over the years.

And yes, I cried very hard over it before. I still fear for the worst. I still fear the history will repeat itself. I fear all efforts will be gone to the drain because of this stain.

I keep telling myself that I have to be extra grateful and thankful for this second chance. It did not come easy. It came because of many efforts from people who still believe in me.

Thank you all my friends who still have faith in me and believe in me. Thank you very much! I will not let your efforts and prayers gone to waste.

I will keep working hard till the last second from the verdict.

Only two months and I feel belonged and loved by my new comrades...

Please let me stay here for good...

Please...

Jamie at 18mths...

2011-05-15T08:04:00.000-07:00

At 18mths, it has come the time to decide when is the right time for her to start school.

Many believes it will help speed up her language learning and increase her independence, hence picking up more self-help or even survival skills. However looking at how little she looks at 78cm tall and weighing 10.3kg, I can't help but still feel she is a baby.

I sometimes wonder if I m too protective or that ironically my new job has left me more worrisome of my Precious' well-being among a group of strangers.

What's more, is she ready to learn about what's right from wrong? I learn seeing her smile in her amiable or even cheeky way. Love to observe what's up next in her sleeves too.

She is now a professional copycat, who loves pretending to cook and wash clothes. She starts to love books a little bit more but singing and dancing is still her favorite. She will just sway and dance to any music or if u are lucky, u may hear her humming to the songs too :)

Spinting in A Marathon...

2011-05-15T07:48:00.001-07:00

You must be wondering why does one need to spint in a marathon...

Well, sometimes we have to...especially when everyone else is doing so...

It's especially hard for a newbie to keep up with the rest though. Nevertheless, we have to. Especially when this one chance does not come easy.

I really appreciate for being told the truth which I had searched for so many years. Although I am equally helpless even after knowing the truth, I felt that at least now there is fair play. I no longer need to wonder what really went wrong. And I can work hard to improve what is expected of me.

But of coz, no matter how hard I try, I still have to leave to fate to decide what becomes of me when this year ends. However, at least I know I have tried my best and I had fought hard to prove my worth. Be it a good or bad ending, I know I can smile to myself as I move on...

I pray for whoever up there to give me the strength to run on and on... To catch up with the rest... To pace side by side with them. And to feel useful to the team and organisation.

Jiayou~~~

Photos...

2011-04-24T12:57:00.000-07:00

Check out the new slide I just put up to display all my DayOuts and Weekends Photos :D

Think this is the best way to share my tonnes and tonnes of photos. Other than from this slide show, you can also check out the rest of my photo albums from Facebook too :D

Meantime, I will try to catch up on my blogging :D

Backlogs

2011-04-24T10:12:00.001-07:00

Alamak...

I realised I have ALOT of backlogs to blog about LOLz...

Somehow blogging has become like part of my life already and each time I realised I cannot keep up to blogging about how I feel or what I had been through makes me feel really guilty :(

These are some of the items I owe you all :)

1. Photos and Comments of my Cruise Trip
2. My Many Weekends Outings
3. Jamie and some of her outings with her Buddies
4. Sharing of my last few cooking experiences

Oh My.. That's a lot..

I try to catch up bit by bit k?

Stay Tune :D

又爱又恨.. A mother's struggle...

2011-04-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

对于子女的可爱与玩劣,我想很多父母也都是这么想的吧!

Sometimes I really wonder what runs in her little mind.

Is she testing my patience? Or is she just ignorant of her own feelings?
Is she feeling insecure about going to school soon? Or she just needs more attention from me? Is she really mature enough to know everything we say to her? Or is she just guessing? Why is she a monster for a day and an angel for the next few days?

Some tell me that she is getting stickier coz she is approaching her Terrible Two Years but other said she is just insecure about going to school.

Frankly, sometimes I am kinda of lost. And when I am lost, I start reading parenting books to reassure myself. I guess it's never easy to be a mother. And it's even harder to be a good mother.

Sometimes I feel inadequate as a mother. Whenever I feel that way, I will start telling myself one is enough. And yes, that's exactly what I am feeling now. I just feel that I am not adequate as a mother. I mean, no or few mothers can read their children's minds. I don't even think my mother knows what runs in my mind. Or at least what I need. I can only remember I was brought up feeling inadequate. Inadequate in whatever roles I play, whatever work I do or even whatever decisions I made in my life. I was never told that I was good enough for anything or anyone.

I grew up thinking I was just lucky. When I met my hubby, I told myself he was just an angel loaned to me by 'God' (any invisible power up there). It can't be real or it was just too good to be true. I know I sound like a silly girl but yes, I had been and will be worshiping my hubby. I remember during the first few years together, I was so afraid to wake up one day realizing it was just a dream... Haha...

11 years had passed. And it is still like a dream to me.

I guess this is not the way I wish to bring up Jamie. I definitely wish that she can grow up to be a confident young lady who feels good about herself.

That's why I feel it's important for me to feel adequate as a mother. I can't imagine whether she will respect me if she knows her mother has low self-worth.

I need to throw away all my bad childhood memories, bad childhood experiences and start to believe in myself. Even if it was because I am lucky, there must be a certain reason for being 'selected' to be the lucky one.

Not everyone can be lucky enough to stay lucky for this long :)

Start of Renovation - Aircon Trunking and Meeting Contractors/ID

2011-03-25T02:48:00.000-07:00

After waiting for close to 3 months, we finally starting our renovation soon.

We were told that Step one was to buy the aircon and do the trunking before we bring the contractors down for site visits.

Before we did the trunking, my very hardworking Laogong went to do all the measurements of the layout we had in mind and placed the adhesive tapes accordingly.

We did the aircon pipe trunking on last Saturday (19 Mar 2011).

Immediately after we did our aircon trunking, we met two contractors on Sunday (20 Mar 2011) for site visits. I did not expect the sessions to be so exhausting. However, it was a good experience.

We did not waste a second. After the sessions with the contractors, we charged to IKEA to shop for furniture ideas. We saw something we really like the moment we started our rounds.

To ensure that the measurements is correct, we went back to the new house to confirm the measurements and headed back to IKEA to make purchase of these few items - 3 seater cum lounge seater cum footstool + dining table + coffee table.

WooHoo!!! So now we only left with buying a fridge and an oven (gotten a free microwave when purchase my sanyo washer cum dryer :P)!!!

We spoke with another three IDs so far and gotten two unsatisfied quotations. Will do the site visits again tomorrow (26 Mar 2011) and hope to hear good news soon from one or more contractor(s)/ID(s).

Poor Jamie had to tahan the dust and follow us along for all these running. However, she also looked like she enjoyed herself, checking out her new room during each visit ^^

My Big Little Girl...

2011-03-23T19:47:00.000-07:00

16months and going 17months.

Time really flies.

I guess, everyone is sick of hearing this from me :P

But yes, time really flies...

A month ago, Jamie was still staggering as she walks. Now she is practically running half the time! Sometimes, she even walked on tiptoes!!!

There was once she held on to the sofa and lifted up her legs.

Pyone told me it was because of this cartoon she watched everyday on Disney Playhouse Channel, called Ballerina Angelina.

Ohhh... I watched it a few times on TV before when I was on AL or on MC. I like the cartoon a lot myself because I used to be a dancer too. I didn't know Jamie would pick up those dance steps on TV. But I knew Jamie loves to sing and dance, like myself and my hubby.

These days she would sing to herself even!!!

I guess I will really send her to some performance arts, speech and drama and music or dance classes which she will enjoy a lot. Still observing what are her other interests. Think she loves to draw, so maybe can consider some drawing classes too?

Some of you must be thinking I am crazy. Don't worry, I will enrol her to a trial class first before I decide which to sign her up for. Will only sign her up on those she enjoys and also will only sign her up for one term first to see if it's beneficial or whether she just likes it on impulse.

Most importantly, she must like what she learns. Otherwise, she will either forget those skills or they will just become a white elephant taking up memory space in her brain and also eating into her childhood play hours.

Can't wait to explore more with her :D

Sometimes all these eagerness to give her my all, make me feel dampen about a #2. However, I would not want her to become a pampered and self-centered princess. Guess I will continue to pend on my plan for #2, maybe for another year. Will put her on observation and see how things go.

For now, I am glad that I had finally won her back again!

Seriously, before last week I felt that she really HATEs me for not spending time with her. But just few days back, I felt that she really LOVEs me again. She even chose me to pat her to sleep, when she usually needs Pyone to pat her to sleep. And she would lean really close to me to sleep these days. The funniest thing she did this morning was to pull me towards her when my hubby gave me the usual morning kiss before he headed off to work!!! Haha~ Guess Daddy has become a mummy-snatcher too?!!

I guess it was not easy making that decision. But her positive responsiveness and her love for me had assured me that I made the right choice.

Thank you Jamie, for loving Mummy again :D

再见

2011-03-23T02:16:00.000-07:00

又是该说再见的时候了。

朋友问我，说了那么多次再见，应该习惯了吧？

其实不然。

难的不只是该怎么说再见，难的还包括说再见以后该用怎么样的心情再见面。

这次的再见，和以往的不一样。因为彼此都知道我们依然还是会再见面，只是换个方式见面。

但是，我们却没有因为这样而少去了心中的那一份无奈。

其实我十分讨厌说再见，因为说再见是一件很累的事。到了新的地方，还要学习重新适应、学习重新了解周围的人。

但是，每次我都别无选择。

因为我是一个相信缘分的人。我相信老天爷老早已决定了大家的缘分。我们一辈子所作出的决定与行动都是冥冥中自有安排的。我们该在什么时候出现在哪里、做些什么也都早被安排好了。所以我相信这次的回来又离开，其实是有个重大的意义。我也希望可以继续为了这个重大的意义而做出自己的贡献。

虽然脑里是这么想的，但是要说再见时心中却还是有些许感伤。

值得等

2011-02-28T17:54:00.000-08:00

虽然等了很久，但庆幸的是终于让我等到了。。。

也因为等了那么久，所以再等一会儿还是值得的。。。

加油！加油！加油！加油！加油！

为了美好的将来加油、前进吧！

恭喜发财，新年快乐！！！

2011-02-08T01:33:00.000-08:00

祝大家在新的一年里，顺顺利利、万事如意、心想事成！！！

Wishing everyone has all the dreams come true for the Rabbit Year :D

Jamie had lots of fun during this Lunar New Year because she no longer only get to watch all the older cousins walk around. She gets to join them this year too :D

But because she can walk now, she is quite a monster occasionally. And she is very busy, trying to 'help' by transporting the tidbits from one coffee table to the next coffee table. Not only so, she will 'demand' to eat the tidbits too. As it's the new year season, we did not restrict that much of her diet as we thought it would be good for her to learn to eat more food.

Now that she can do with rice, we no longer need to pack porridge when we go out. We just have to ensure she has rice or noodles at the destination for Jamie :D

She had lots of fun playing with the kids this round too. It's really so cute to watch the kids play together... and I really look forward to see all of them grow up together :D

See how pretty my Jamie has grown into too :D Heehee...

May Jamie 快高长大、越大越美丽!!!

Tips for First Year Birthday Bash~!!! (1)

2011-02-01T02:51:00.000-08:00

Was trying really hard to write this blog entry earlier on lolz...

And finally I found some inspirations from all the little tigers' and tigress' mummies who had started planning for their little ones' first year birthday bash :D

Today I will share on what to look out for when planning for the First Year Birthday Bash... it's kinda of similar to the planning for the full month celebration but more details to look out for...

1. Party Theme
2. Budget
3. Venue
4. Caterer
5. Number of Guests
6. Party Favors
7. Party Decorations
8. Backup Plan(s)

It was definitely a very stressful process which I went through thinking about Jamie's First Year Birthday Party. However, it was an enjoyable experience too!!! I had a hard time going through the above 7 points before I made decisions. And there were decisions which were made at the last hours (within 7 days from her party). But I was glad everything turned out great!!!

It was raining on Jamie's First Year Birthday Party and there were some guests who flew my kite at the last hour etc. There weren't enough food for those who came after 8.30pm. There weren't enough standing/sitting areas for all the guests due to the rain.

All these imperfections could easily dampen one's spirit. But yet, it was due to these imperfections I realized a lot of things too.

Haha.. I am going to stop here for now :D Share more in the next entry ^^

Happy Lunar New Year ^^

Happy Lunar New Year~!!!

2011-02-01T02:29:00.001-08:00

Back to work since Monday.

Was a little sad because somehow I felt that my one week MC was misunderstood as trying to run away from the busy period :( Sigh.. I guess no one wants to be sick. No one enjoys taking those horrible medicine. I rather spent this one week bringing Jamie out everyday, than to be bedridden.

But I have to admit that I was pretty lucky because I still can enjoy part of the previous weekends. However, the feeling of going out when you felt as if you were floating half the time, isn't an enjoyable experience. Even till today, I felt as if I would faint sometimes. Sigh.. When can I fully recover from this horrible illness?!!

I pray that the Rabbit Year will be a healthy year for the whole family = my parent's family (which includes my brother, my da sao and my pretty niece) and my in-law's family (which includes grandma-in-law).

It really hurts to see grandma-in-law coughing so hard. And I felt it was my fault who spread the germs to grandma-in-law. :( And now, even Pyone is a little sick coz she sleeps in the same room with grandma-in-law.

Really hope everyone can recover soon and stays healthy and healthier for the new year... And ^^ Hope it's a better new year for everyone ^^

Counting down to watching the little children play with each other at my grandma's house on chu yi. Hope these little cousins will grow up to love each other :)

Happy Lunar New Year :D

Sicky Mother and Baby...

2011-01-26T01:09:00.000-08:00

Was unable to sit up most of the time until today.

Most of my friends should have heard that I was admitted to TTSH on Saturday at 2plus. Yeah, it was another scary experience, and it seemed I had been going in and out of hospital these days :( Haizzz...

It all started with a sore throat on last Wednesday (19/01/2011). I went to get some medicine on Thursday from the company doctor... But it didn't helped me, instead I started a very bad cough. I went to see the polyclinic on Friday and took a Medical Leave.

That fateful night, I started running a high fever. The fever remained persistent till Saturday morning. Since Laogong was still on MC that day (he was admitted to TTSH few days back too but got discharged on the same day), he decided to send me to TTSH A&E for a checkup. By then I was sneezing and coughing non-stop :( With a 38.5 to 39.8 degrees fever...I even started to vomit whenever I eat.

I remained under observation in the A&E until 8.30pm. I was put on drip and injected with anti-vomit medication. Felt better and could eat some food. However, my fever remained high. I was told they review my X-ray again and suspected I had chest infection and the virus had infected my lungs hence the fever was so persistent.

At 8.30pm, when the fever hit 39.4 degree even after medication, Doctor informed me that I need to be warded for 24 hr observation. I was then transferred to the EDTC. I continued to be in a half asleep mode.

Doctor was getting worried, and decided to inject me with some medication to forcefully reduce my temperature. It was only then, my fever was under control. After another dose of antibotic and medication, I was feeling better liao.

At 8.30am on Sunday morning (23/01/2011), Doctor told me I could be discharged. However, I had to be bed-rest for one week and go for my follow up checkup on Saturday at the nearest polyclinic.

I went home and continue to sleep for the day. Was pretty upset about it because had wanted to celebrate Laogong's birthday for him but I was too weak to do anything for him. Sighh...

Today is my third day of rest. Felt better but still quite sick, especially after having to get up at 3am to kept toweling Jamie with ice water. She started a fever on Tuesday afternoon out of a sudden. She was still cheerful in the morning but suddenly had a fever after an afternoon nap. And the fever was persistent too.

It worried us that she might have infected my chest infection but Doctor did not tell me anything about my illness being contagious :( Took her to see my family doctor and he gave her antibiotic.

Jamie was really cute. I was telling her she better eat her medicine if not Doctor will give her a painful injection. And she had been drinking up her medicine without struggling. She got better too after the antibiotic. Initially she was lying lethargically in our arms. But after one dose of medicine, she was already up and playful. However she is still very weak still.

Haizz... sob.. poor Jamie... And poor us... a family of sick people now :(

Thankfully Laogong's recovery rate was really fast.. if not wonder who can take care of me and Jamie :( coz even my helper was feeling sicky yesterday...

Pray that we all recover soon... And can enjoy our CNY...

Pray...

Jamie Can Walk~!!!

2011-01-19T00:19:00.001-08:00

Was really thrilled to saw Jamie FINALLY stood up on her own and started walking with no support~!!!

She was short for her age and looked really 'cartoon' walking around the house. Being small for her age, she can even move around narrow 'paths' without much effort!

At first she would be worried to walk into pitch dark bedrooms but now she felt excited to explore her way all around the house~!!! And she refused to let us hold her hands anymore!

But I noticed she is still wary when she is out of the house. She would hold our hands tightly or even refuse to walk when she is out of the house. I brought her to the playground yesterday and she even sat down to 'feel' the texture of the ground before she attempted to walk on her own~!!!

Look at how Pretty My Little Princess has become :)

Check out her taking her first steps...
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1393936067167

Happy Full Month Alvern ^^

2011-01-10T20:28:00.002-08:00

Happy Full Month Alvern ^^

A month flies and now my dear friend Sandra has completed her confinement and Baby Alvern is one month old already!

Miss the good old days when I choose to laze at home or bring Jamie out whenever I want to :D Miss those precious days and moments I spent watching Jamie. Cleaning and Washing was seen as something very mandane then but now, it's something very enjoyable for me to do for Jamie. I guess too much of anything is no good :P

Hence I still have to work but yet to ensure I have enough time for Jamie. To see her new surprises everyday. And to have her kiss my cheeks before I go to work everyday and when I come home from work. And before we go to sleep :)

And I just remember that I hadn't blogged much about the preparation of Jamie's first year birthday party. Hmmm and since we are on the topic of full month, I will just briefly touch on the preparation for baby's first month celebration and first year birthday celebration.

I think when it comes to deciding how we will like to celebrate our baby's full month, it depends largely on 1) Budget 2) Targeted Guests

If Budget is a concern but not Guest Size then you can consider the following:

1. Less than 30 pax
- A potluck / home made food
- A simple BBQ session.

2. More than 30 pax
- A simple tea buffet at $5/pax

You can prepare the red eggs yourself too and buy some ang ku kueh + glutinous rice from the market to add on to the dishes.

If Budget is NOT a concern but Target Guests ARE a concern, you can consider the following:

1. Less than 30 pax
- Ala Carte Banquet at a restaurant - $25-$30/pax
- Buffet session at home - $12-$15/pax

2. More than 30 pax
- Buffet session at restaurant - $20-$25/pax
- Buffet session at Chalet - $12-$15/pax + rental of chalet

If you have no issue on budget, you can consider to add on to have nice full month gift sets to your guests. You can easily find the whole list of bakeries available online that supply these gift sets from $6.80 to $15.80/box. Different bakeries may require different minimum order.

Full month celebration is definitely easier to prepare than the first year party.

Will share more on the preparation for first year party shortly.

Finally Get to See the House Interior ^^

2011-01-10T20:09:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday (09012011) was a very special day.

We 'celebrated' two special occasions on the same day :)

Not only we get to FINALLY see the interior of our new house, it's also our 11th year anniversary together :)

Time really flies... 11th year is definitely not a short time but yet having this new nest will mean we are going to embark on a new journey together, once again.

It's definitely will be a different feel altogether.

Compared to living in the comfort of my PIL's house, not having to worry about 3 meals and the utilities bills; having our own house give us more ownership and yet require more responsibility in managing the household.

All may sound scary... But it's definitely will mean topics for discussions. New ideas to brainstorm and new activities (search for appliances, lights and kitchen items etc).

I look forward to building the new nest together with my Laogong ^^

Finally... My New Nest ^^

2011-01-04T22:02:00.000-08:00

We FINALLY collected our new nest keys on 03/01/2011 from HDB :)

So excited over it.

Had started chatting with different IDs and Contractors to get a good reno quotation.

Stay Tune to check out my renovation progress k ^^

By the way, check out the link to my reLaunched Online shop k ^^

Movie Review - Hello Stranger

2010-12-29T18:41:00.000-08:00

I know I had skipped writing quite a number of Movie Reviews already, which include Chen Zhen - Fist of Fury, Harry Potter, Rapuzel etc.

But I feel that I cannot skip this one.

After so long, I finally found pleasure in watching another really GREAT Romantic Comedy :) The last one I saw and felt is really good was Valentime's Day.

This great movie I will like to recommend is called 'Hello Stranger'. It's a Thai Romantic Comedy.

The Story is about how two Thais met and get to know each other in Korea. The man was there on tour package to keep his promise with his just broke-up girlfriend since they booked this tour before they broke off. And the lady was there on backpack and lied to her boyfriend to attend a Korea friend's wedding ceremony. Ended up the lady's lie was discovered and she broke off with her boyfriend over a long-distance phonecall.

Two heart broken souls then stood by each other and spent many wonderful days together. They grew to like each other. However, on the day of departure back to Korea, the man's ex girlfriend appeared in Korea to patch up with him. The two 'strangers' then went back to Korea separately to live their own lives.

The man who once again was with his ex girlfriend then realised he had fallen in love very much with this stranger he met in Korea. However, because they had not exchanged real names or contacts, hence he was unable to find her. But the magical thing happened that both of them appeared at the same theatre to watch a Korean performance. Yet they were not able to bump into each other.

The man had never believed in fairytale love before he met the lady. That was the reason why his ex girlfriend broke up with him. He did not believe in marriage or living happily ever after. When he met this lady in Korean, he did not believe he would fall in love with this lady. However, the lady is a great Korean Romantic Drama Fan. She believes in all the 'impossible love in the world' and she knew she was in love with this stranger, but yet his aloofness pissed her off often.

Back in Korea, the man realised that Love is when two strangers felt so at ease with each other even if they knew nothing about each other. In other words, you can call it chemistry or fate. He then made a call to the lady's favourite DJ's radio and coincidentally, the lady was listening to the radio...

The movie ended with the DJ asking the man to leave his real name and contact with them...And the blissful look on the girl's face when the man expressed his love to her over the radio...

It was really a great ending. And this would mark the beginning of their relationship, I think.

I guess there are still many people in the world who do not believe in love at first sight or falling in love with a 'stranger' very deeply. And I am not relating to those who fall in love with Con-Men or Love Cheaters who just want the ladies' money.

But maybe because there are too many Con-Men and Love Cheaters around, hence human beings have become very cautious in where and who to place their hearts with. Things were so much simpler in fairytale stories, when a prince saw a commoner girl and fell in love at first sight. He then swept her up onto his royal stead and brought her to his palace where they live happily ever after...

But lately I noticed people are very aloof about relationships too. Instant get together and over night they may break off already. It's really sad huh?

Anyhow, I am still one of those who believe in Happily Ever After kinda of relationship. And I had always believe Love Can Make One Do Wonders...

And I believe that two strangers can fall in love after spending days together. Because me and my hubby are a good example of two semi-strangers who got together after spending 8 days together continuously.

We did not go on tour but we spend every afternoon to night together back then. We aren't really strangers but we only seen each other a few times (exclude watching him walked around in school or eating in the canteen on the same table) and it was during the Countdown to Year 2000 when we actually have 'a good look' and interact with each other.

We then hangout as new friends together for the next 8 days because of our similar holiday job working hours. Miracles happened and Ta-Da it was like we really cannot do without each other after the 8th day. Of coz, we did try to think over whether it's just an temporary infatuation or overdose of seeing each other etc. We did try to logically think over the feelings we grew for each other in just 8 days.

But we were unable to find a word or words to reason it out with ourselves. We tried not to meet on the 9th day and it felt as if we lost a part of our souls. We really did not quite know about each other and yet did not think about the challenges ahead of us. I guess it's really magic that brought us together. And yes, we are celebrating our 11th year together on 9th Jan 2011.

Ever since, I enjoy sharing my story with my friends and tell them not to run away from these magical feelings... But well, I think most humans still don't believe in it... Do you?

Xmas Weekends with Just Jamie ^^

2010-12-29T00:49:00.000-08:00

hahaha.. I am so naughty to kept emphasing that I spent the weekends alone with Jamie (and Pyone). Maybe most people will think I am upset over it or trying to suan my hubby. Actually, I am ok with it. I was more worried that I had nothing to do over the weeknds than upset that my hubby went to KL with his friends.

I guess it's fair that he should have his personal social life too. Besides, I know those guys for as long as I know my hubby. They are really nice chaps :) Decent and Mature.

So friends out there, stop pitying me :P hahaha...

Anyway, it was a great Xmas Weekends with Jamie (and Pyone). I used to be upset that my hubby had no time for me. But things changed after I had Pyone into the family. She had become my good helper and good friend. We talked about almost anything and everything. I think sometimes I talk to her more than I talk to my hubby ^^ We had lots to share about Jamie and her growing up. She always had lots to share when I came home from work.

As much as she felt I neglected Jamie quite a bit coz of the late working hours (for the last few months), I felt that she felt lonely too at home. I could see her eyes sparkled when I came home. They sparkle as much as Jamie's eyes!

I would really hope things will change for the better and I can accompany both Jamie and Pyone more, especially we move to the new house.

Anyhow, back to my Xmas Weekends!

Saturday (25/12/2010)
It was quite a last minute decision to meet up and I am so glad we did meet up!

And I feel it's fate that me and Annie (who is my hubby's cousin's wife. Yes, sounds really complicated) can click so well ever since we started chatting about our wedding preparation two years ago. Following that, we had lots of sharing due to our pregnancy too.

It was fun watching the kids, even though they had yet learnt to play together. Jamie who was still unable to work then could not chase after Brian korkor at all.

Vivocity children playground really look fun! We even saw kids swimming at the pond area on the roof. Wow... And Vivocity is really thoughtful to install the baby changing room just next to the playground. The only pity was, it started to rain just as we wanted to bring the kids out to the playground to play after dinner.

Nevertheless, the two children enjoyed watching the dogs in Pet Safari and Shopping at Daiso.

Can't wait to bring them out together again :)

26/12/2010 (Sunday)

Was really that we can have a mini 'celebration' at Sandra house this year despite her confinement. Her mummy is really so nice. My mum would have kicked all my friends out :P hahaha...

Jamie was again ignored by another big korkor, Lucius. She really wanted to 'please' him. However, I think Lucius needs more time to get to know Jamie better before he can open himself up.

But it was cute to watch Jamie peeked over at Baby Alvern and even said 'Baby, Play.' to Baby Alvern. She was eager to share her mickey mouse with Alvern Didi too but Didi was far too young to response to Jamie jiejie :(

Anyhow it's really great fun watching all the kids grow up, especially it's the kids of your long term friends. Knowing each other for coming to 11 years, we had now progress from watching each other 'grow up' to watching each other's children grow up. One day, I will hope the three children can hang out together like the 4 of us too :)

Preparation for the ReLaunch of SGShopper.com

2010-12-28T22:06:00.000-08:00

Getting ready excited over this Re-Launch...

Almost ready... Jiayou

Juggling both work and hobby now is definitely not easy. And that does not include the need to find time for Laogong and Jamie :D

But will really hope things work out well this round :)

Hence I will work hard to make it work :)

Never Say Die is my motto in life ^^

Jiayou~!!!

Stay Tune for the Re-Launch :D

Slimming Progress

2010-12-28T20:12:00.000-08:00

Finally found my weighing machine this morning.

I took a deep breathe and stepped onto the weighing machine...

Almost fainted when Pyone told me it said '60kg' 0____0

But realised she saw wrongly.

Okay, not too flattering either....

After 2 weeks of salad and minimal exercise and some treatments... I am down by 1kg~!!!! OMG... hope this means every 2 wks = 1kg. Hope I should be back to 48kg in 20 weeks time (5 months?!!) Ermm.. kinda of long...

Anyhow I had decided to sign up my RC gym instead! It costs $100 per person (One time payment) And I can use it from 7am to 11pm everyday. It's really cheap compared to the $1000+ we have to pay for the yearly gym membership :(

If I ever can wake up before 7am, I will like to go for a jog before I head to work... That's IF I can wake up before 7am :P

The RC is only opened for registration on every first and last Friday of the month. This Friday is New Year Eve, so I will need to wait till next Friday to sign both my hubby and myself up for this RC gym.

So looking forward to it~!!! Hope I can shed off more weight soon~!!!

Archiving...

2010-12-28T18:08:00.000-08:00

I was doing some archiving for the previous entries and realised I only wrote so little entries for the last few months :(

*guilty*

Most people will tell me, it's really hard to maintain any hobby when you have a full time job. But I believe in 'We are what we conceived to be'... Or something like that. Haha.. Lets hope the person who taught me this won't be reading this blog :X

Anyway this phrase means as long as we have faith either in ourselves or in something, it will just come true. So I am going to continue to tell myself that I WILL NOT give up this blogging hobby and maybe I DO hope one day, I can hit an amazing number of hits per day too :P hahaha...

Oh yaa, I realised too that many of my friends are my ermmm 'FANS'? Hee..

Thanks everyone *Kisses* and more *Kisses*

I will continue to work hard in blogging ^^

Hoping to post a few more entries today :P Stay Tune :D

Oh Yes... My new website is ALMOST DONE :D Going to Add a Link here too :)

Stay Tune :D

Time not Enough...

2010-12-26T20:19:00.000-08:00

It always happened after a full weekend with Jamie.

And it's worse when I spent a LONG weekend with Jamie.

Time never seemed to be enough with Jamie. I never get tired of her. And fun time always passed really fast.

Though I always complained of how bored it was when I was not working, or how deprived and broke I was during that 18 months, I never really regretted over it either.

I enjoyed the full pregnancy and the early months after delivery. Without stress from work, I could really enjoy the motherhood process and enjoyment.

The only issue back then was just MONEY... If MONEY is not the issue, I think I will love to spend everyday and every minute with Jamie.

And now that I had worked for coming to 6 months, I started to miss those days with Jamie again, especially so when Jamie is so expressive and responsive these days.

I love to watch her play.

I love to hear her talk.

I love to kiss her on her cheeks and have her kiss me back.

I love to hold her tightly in my arms and have her hug me back.

I love to have sit on my lap or/and lean on me as we watch the TV together.

I love to bring her out and share the moments with her, though sometimes she can be such a monster. However, when I tell her nicely, she will understand and be good.

How I miss her so much now. And wish I can be with her always...

I never seem to get enough of her... :D

May You Live Happily Ever After

2010-12-22T08:30:00.000-08:00

I had always love to attend weddings.

Especially more so for my good friend's wedding.

He should be considered as my male BFF I guess :)

I had to say he really put it a lot of effort to make his wedding a great success. Most guys hate going through the details and doing the research work. However, he seems to be enjoying it.

Great Job Winston :) She is really a lucky girl ^^ And of coz she is also someone who is so special that you wish to do so much for her~

I had always believe that True Love is when One can go all out to do something that One had always think it's impossible. When two persons are truly in love, nothing seems impossible.

It applies to myself and my hubby. And so does it apply to Winston and his spouse. He was never a great singer but he definitely sang his best or unbelievably well during his church wedding. I can see her shy yet delighted look on the bride's face.

It's really a lovely sight to watch two persons so in love with each other get married. It's rare these days already. Seriously I had seen couples who don't look quite in love during their wedding. To many, wedding had became just a process along the way when two persons come together.

But I never believe in that. So did my male BFF :) That's why we can be each other's morale support for so many years. It was never easy being the repeat students among so many younger friends. And it's not easy being one of the very few taking the old syllabus. Without his cheering on, I guess it was hard to believe I can make it in my As. And he had always been a great inspiration to know that One can do so much with so little time.

He never seemed to be tired after a long day of work. He is always looking for more business opportunities and at the same time working hard voluntarily for community and relevant good causes.

May you and your lovely spouse live happily ever after :)

Ermmm, try not to forget your female BFF here when you have some spare time! Haha...

Oh yes, Jamie came along to his wedding too. And I believe she enjoyed herself though she might not know what was going on. See how happy she looks...

Touching Up on the Blog

2010-12-15T21:07:00.001-08:00

Currently touching up the blog layout and design a little. May not be too obvious yet but hopefully this will bring new life to the blog. And of coz, New readers too :)

Opening up new opportunities too for retailers or blogshop owners who wish to find a more affordable source to advertise their products. Feel free to drop me an email at jolene428@gmail.com if you have any collaboration ideas :) I am open to joint marketing, blog advertising or space advertisement etc. Do feel free to give your suggestions :)

Backlog Backlog Backlog...

2010-12-15T19:59:00.000-08:00

Sighh..

Backlog again~!!!!!!!!!

I think I need a secretary to help me set a routine so that I don't end up having too many backlogs in my blogging :P

hahaha...

Anyway, I am currently busy revamping my online shop :) Hope everyone will have this EYE-OPENING sensation when you see it :) It's really well done and must give credit to my buddy cum new biz partner Chan for this great job :)

I am so looking forward to see the completed website :D

And will try as much as possible to catch up with my backlogs :P

The Amazement of Online Networking...

2010-12-15T19:49:00.000-08:00

How amaze can online networking be these days?

So amazing till you actually can get to know your neighbours even before you move into your new flat.

YES~ That's what I am doing now!

I now know both my next door neighbours even before I get the new house keys!!!

That's not all~ I know many neighbours from the next few blocks too which are within the same development...

It reminds me of the good old days back in my mother's place where we get to see the same Uncles and Aunties in the lift for the last 20 over years...

My mother likes to call it the 'Kampong Spirit'. And it does not exist in all the HDB estates. There are some particular estates like Yishun (where I came from) which are very strong in the kampong spirit...

After moving out of Yishun, I still get to see familiar faces at Chong Pang Market whenever I visited my mother. What's more, I realized most people who grow up in Yishun, likes to stay in Yishun or at least like being in Yishun whenever there is a chance.

The most amazing thing is from Sgmothers, I got to know this friend, who happened to be my Da Sao's younger sister's primary school BFF... And my brother used to teach her Taekwando too!

Singapore is small and through all these online networking, you will realize it's smaller than you think!

But of coz online networking sometimes can get you into potential risks too, especially if you share too much about yourselves, your family and where you staying. You never know if you ever going to have a BIG fan who will stalk you home or even bring inconvenience to your family members.

Hence, always be careful what you share and who you share it with...

Meantime, enjoy knowing more people through this amazing portal called the internet :)

Neighbours! I am so looking forward to moving into the same development, block or even floor with you :)

Key Collection to my New Nest ^^

2010-12-10T00:03:00.000-08:00

Hurray Hurray Hurray!!!

Thanks for all the good people that are in my life :D

I was still wondering when I will receive the letter for the Key Collection Dates when I browsed the Punggol.org forum yesterday. To my surprise, I was among the last few who had yet to receive any letter of notification for key collection~!!!

As usual, the Gan Cheong Spider side of me popped up and I immediately panicked and wondered if I was left out altogether by HDB (accidentally).

I was lucky to have met up with nice neighbours earlier on and also had chatted with many on the forum. So I SMSed this particular very helpful neighbour and he advised that I could check out my HDBpage.

And YES!!! The Key Collection Date was posted right there!!!

We are going to have our very own nest on 3 Jan 2011~!!!

I immediately plunged into looking at the lunar calendar for next year to find a good date and time to open the door. It needs not be on the same day as my Key Collection but definitely not too many days later since we still need to check for defects etc.

And my Mum was as excited as me. We exchanged quite a few calls to confirm on the Door Opening Day and Time. Felt really glad she would be helping me get the things ready and do the ritual too. I am really new in this and did not want to do the wrong things :P

Excited Laogong went to check out the new house after dropping me at work :D I wonder if he managed to peek into any neighbour's house that is under renovation now :P Waiting to hear more from him later :D

And Guess What? It's our 4th Year ROM Anniversary Today :D And Guest What he gave me??? A iPad~!!! I had longed for it like for months and YES~ My very sweet and generous Laogong decided to grant my wish so being obedient (to find a job) and understanding :P As I said so myself. After all, he had been busy at work, be it at home or at office. But of coz, I had to appreciate his understanding too for my busyness and not being able to be a full-pledged good mother who can be there for her little girl at all times.

Thanks Laogong for always making me feel important, appreciated, accepted and understood :D HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LAOGONG :D Thanks for the Very BIG Gift :D

And now I am saving up to buy a BIG gift for Laogong too :) Hope I save up enough (by spending less) soon :D

Another Late Working Nite...

2010-12-06T08:19:00.001-08:00

Sigh... Another late working night...

Sometimes I wonder when will all these end.

And I really wonder why are those people not tired of it all? Is it coz they have no other better and more productive things to do about their lives? Or that they are just worried they are forgotten? Some people like to do things to be remembered, be it something good or something bad...

Jamie was asleep again when I got home a while ago. She woke up for a few minutes whining for me. It made my heart breaks to know that she needs me and I could not be around for her. I knew she wanted to stay up later for me but she was too tired to do so. And I am grateful that my good helper, Pyone had created a sleeping routine for Jamie. She used to take her naps between 8pm to 9pm, and drove everyone crazy till 1.30am before she KO-ed. Now with her new routine, she would stay up to play till 11plus and fell asleep after that. Okay, *touch wood* Hope Jamie keeps up the good habit :)

Well, of coz she can't be compared to my friends' children who sleep at 9pm. It's quite impossible to think of it even, especially her parents love to hang out late. And we don't mind bringing her along even to late night movies as long as she doesn't make a noise. In this way, our good helper gets her reward while taking care of Jamie still in the cinema ^^

I really miss Jamie a lot... And I felt really bad that I worked late the whole of last week since I got back from the trip. What's worse was, I was so tired that I could not bring her out much over the weekends, since I need to catch up on my sleep.

Sometimes as I held Jamie in my arms as she leaned on me dearly whenever she saw me at home, I wondered and really wondered.. Sighh...

No time and energy to catch up on serious blogging again :( Haizzz... Everything becomes a bit meaningless when you worked so hard for a living and yet not able to have a life...

I tried shining a torch down the tunnel... Yes, I see some lights... and I continued to walk towards it...

Back from my First Cruise Trip ^^

2010-11-30T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hi All :D

It's been another few weeks since I last blogged.

Sigh.. my low period don't seem very low right?

Well, let's hope it's only temporary :) So I am staying positive and learning as much as I can for now in this 4 month old job ^^ Guess it's still too early to judge it.

But one good thing about being back working is I FINALLY can enjoy PAID holiday!!! And FINALLY Laogong and I can have some private time with each other.

Yes~!!! We just got back from our first Cruise Trip and this time we were on board with the all famous Royal Carribean, Legends of the Sea for 3 Nights~ We boarded the ship on 26 Nov and arrived in Singapore on 29 Nov.

Was out the whole of yesterday to met up with my Uni friends of which one will be delivery next week. Now praying for her smooth delivery... She is pretty amazing to be walking so fast still when she is 38.5 weeks pregnant.. Wow... I was not working when I was pregnant. I had bad heartburn and low blood pressure towards the 3rd trimester. Hence I was half the time lying in bed during my pregnancy (including my first trimester). I really can't imagine myself having another child while working...

I also met up with some close friends to celebrate one of their birthday :) Had a nice drink and chitchat session too. Missed going to Batam with them already~!!! Yah, I just went on a short Batam trip with the two of them. I think it's fun to be travelling with your good friends. That is, if we won't mind about each other's bad habits or weird habits.

So I was out the whole of yest and was working today so until now then I can upload the photos for my trip. In my next few blog entries, I will share more about the trip :)

HAPPY ONE YEAR OLD JAMIE~!!!

2010-11-10T09:35:00.000-08:00

HAPPY ONE YEAR OLD JAMIE~!!!

Time really flies... One year has passed and WE have survived this year as new parents. The process of learning about parenthood is definitely not easy and now we have entered the stage of learning about parenting.

The new challenge now is no longer just about whether we know how to bath or feed Jamie. We now need to learn and to standardize the discipline methods for Jamie. We need to provide even more for Jamie physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically...

Jamie's Birthday Party on 6th Nov 2010 was a great success.

It was raining since late afternoon but my guests did not disappoint me. I really appreciate their time and effort in making their way down to the FAR EAST Aloha Loyang on a raining day. I am really really touched by everyone of them who attended Jamie's Birthday Party...

However, I still have to apologise for:

1. Not having enough time for any group of friends, as I was very busy running around receiving and sending off my guests. But I tried as much as possible, esp during cake cutting to take photos with all my guests. However, I think I still missed out a number of friends :( So Sorry about it :(

2. It was only later then I realised the guests who came after 8.30pm did not have much food left. I feel really bad about it. I was quite confident there would definitely be food leftover at the end of the day because a number of guests only made known to us about their absence after I confirmed the number of pax with the caterer, hence I was unable to make further reduction to my order. However, despite the 20-30 absentees, the second serving of food had to be topped up earlier than expected. Sighh.. I am really sorry about what happened.

And because of that, I told myself that I may not organise such big scale events in years to come. And I have intention of organising small groups of quality catch up session with each group of friends instead.

Nevertheless, it was a good experience and I enjoyed myself a lot throughout the planning and preparation for the party. But of coz at the same time, I was really stressed too. But thank you my hubby for always supporting my crazy ideas :D

Take a look at some photos taken on that day. For more photos, kindly browse from my facebook account :D

Oh ya, because it was a very special occasion when my grandma-in-law birthday happened to be very near Jamie's birthday, hence we decided to celebrate grandma-in-law's birthday during Jamie's cake cutting session too. This additional event had made Jamie's birthday even more memorable and special...

Hereby I will like to thanks all my guests for attending Jamie's first year birthday and for all the thoughtful presents too! Jamie really loves them all :) Thanks so much :)

2 more days to Jamie's 1st Year Birthday Party...

2010-11-03T09:16:00.000-07:00

It's quite an irony why I could blog today.

Not coz I was sick with stomach flu, I guess I might not have time to blog until after Jamie's Birthday Party~

Just 2 more days left~ And I could say I am 90% ready :) I just need to do a few more things and buy a few more things will do :) The rest like the following had been completed and packed in boxes. And those ordered would be sent directly to the venue on the day of the event latest by 5.30pm.

1. Goodie Bags - 4 varieties x 10pc each
2. Balloon package - 1 jumbo balloon bouquet, 2 entrance balloon bouquet and 7pc x 3 bouquet of printed balloons.
3. Catering - 100 pax
4. Cake - 3kg and 2-tier
5. Table Cloth/Banner/Posters/Decorations

I just need to buy/pack the following and will do all done :)

1. More plates and cutleries for cake cutting
2. More cups and syrup + ice for drinks
3. Stationery for decoration purposes
4. Guestbook - still thinking how to do it
5. Angbao Box - With Sandra
6. Pool Pit - Borrowing from Ivy
7. Balls for the Pit
8. Colouring Pages and Crayons
9. Guestlist - still thinking how should I prepare the guest list.. hmmm...
10. Music for the day
11. Portable Speaker
12. Icecream and cone/cup for the children

Almost done :D

It's always a mixed feeling to plan an event. As much as I think it's fun, I am stressed over whether:
1. my guests will enjoy themselves
2. my guests will have enough food
3. whether any bad things will happen
4. whether the weather will be good
5. whether the gifts will be able to cover the expenses (oops :X)

But I guess it's pretty normal to feel this way? Hmmm...

Anyway I really hope things will turn out well and everyone will enjoy the day and the kids will love the goodie bags :D

Okay, time to rest.

Will need to go to office to finish some work before I can go off to see the doc and go home to rest... Nitez :)

Hope to chat again here soon ^^

Oh ya, I hadn't shared about the vendors/suppliers I chose for the party :) I will share more after the party k so I can give a more accurate comment :) Anyway, so far their customer service is really good :) And the vendors/suppliers I am using now are:

1. Catering - Elsie's Kitchen (Halal)
2. Cake - Pine Gardens
3. Balloons - Baby Kid World
4. Goodie Bags - Baby Kid World + Baby Terror Online + Many Party Favours + Kidz Goodies
5. Table Cloth/Banner - Baby Kid World
6. Party Supplies - a shop in AMK and SKP in Bishan

Will comment more on each vendor/supplier after the event ;)

17 days more to Jamie's 1st year birthday~!!!

2010-10-20T09:26:00.001-07:00

Heehee, I know I had been lagging behind quite a bit in my blogging. But really hor, once a while I still had late night meetings or there were so many times I just wished to spend more time with Jamie when I got home from work. And of coz, I had also been busy with the purchasing of Jamie's birthday related items and also doing all the planning etc.

Frankly I think I was so excited that I over-invited the guests. Which means, I was initially not expecting myself to invite so many people but then it turned out otherwise. But of coz among my guests, there are some friends which I had not had the time to catch up for a while, so I guess this is gona be really a good time to do some quick catch up. And among other friends, I am really happy to be able to share my joy of Jamie's growing up with all these significant people in my life journey.

I am also very grateful to all those who had agreed to help me with the birthday party! Minghui, thanks so very much for agreeing to become my photographer. I really hope you can enjoy yourself too, despite all the 'work' to be done. Really thanks thanks and thanks so much!!!

And of coz thanks to my 5 lovely girlfriends who are always ready to help out!!! Love ya all :D

My preparations are almost done~!!! So far I did the following:
1. Confirmed the Catering (Elsie Kitchen - Halal)
2. Confirmed the Cake (2-tier 3kg cake)
3. Ordered the cake toppers and candles
4. Ordered all the goody bag items
5. Ordered the balloon decorations

And I still had to do the following:
1. Pack the Goody Bags
2. Do up the angbao box
3. Do up the guestlist for reception counter
4. Do up the guest book
5. Prepare Music for the event
6. Prepare the venue deco - Jamie's Montage
7. Bought some additional items

I intend to get everything done latest by 31 October so that I would not need to feel stressed closer to the event date. However, I felt blessed that I still had Friday, 5 Nov 2010 to do last min purchases.

Oh yaa, don't forget the theme of the party is Mickey Mouse :D So my dear guests out there, do dress up as best as you can to the theme to win a mystery prize~!!! 3 prizes to be won~!!! I intend to do a colouring contest and treasure hunt contest too if possible. Still in the midst of brainstorming for the children activities.

Because......... I am expected up to 40 children at the party!!! The age group ranges from as young as below 1 yrs old to 12 yrs old~ It's really a headache to think abt what to put into their goody bags :P But lucky, I finally break through and made up my mind :)

Oh yaa, the adults are bound to have some fun at the party too and be reminded of their own childhood :D

10 Good Places for a Family/Friend(s) Outing with a Baby (Part 1)

2010-10-04T08:53:00.001-07:00

I guess thinking about where to bring the baby to every weekends should be a 'problem' to many couples. Some have no idea that they rather leave the children at home or stay home with them altogether. And other never taught it is a problem at all.

What about you?

What about me???

Well, personally I don't find it an issue at all. Maybe becoz I am blessed with two things:
1. A good helper
2. A Car

With this two 'assets', I can bring my baby to anywhere I want. And yes, without the presence of my hubby either. Hahaha...

Anyway, in this case I will share about where we can bring our babies or children below age 5 years old to every weekend.

1. Kite Flying at Marina Barrage

There was one weekends when my jie-meis jioed me and my family (hubby, jamie and my helper) our for a kite flying session at Marina Barrage.

That was among the very few times I had flied my kite since I passed 12 years old. I remember I tried flying a kite at Marina South before when the rows of steamboat restaurants were still at the area. But yet I could not remember who I flied the kite with!!! Hahaha...

Anyway, at first I was a bit worried whether it was too hot for Jamie since she is know as the 冷气宝贝. And indeed it was pretty sunny at first till she could not open her eyes and had to have both her sun-hat and umbrella over her.

However, I realized like many other babies, Jamie loves the outdoor. She was so happy and can't wait to get out of the house every weekend. See how thrilled and pretty she looked in her sun dress and sun hat¬!! I think this is her favourite outfit so far.

Jamie did not have to hide from the sun for very long. We reached the place close to 6pm and by 7pm, the sun no longer heated the place. What we saw was a beautiful sight of the Singapore Flyer and MBS...

The scenery was so lovely that we had wedding couples and families bringing their camera crew to take pictures there.

And since the sun has set and the weather becomes very windy, it was Jamie's party time. She struggled from one adult to another adult among the group enjoying the attention. And when she got tired, she simply lay on the picnic mat and listen to the adults' conversation.

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You may wonder so does it mean there will be a lot of preparing work to do for the picnic food? And with a baby, it's definitely become very leh chek if still need to prepare food and lugged it to the destination.

We kept the whole process simple because we just like to snack a bit in the midst of kite flying and have the main course after the outing. Hence we brought very simple food for picnic which we grabbed from Carrefour: 2 roast chicken, assorted sushi, grapes and strawberries plus packet drinks. We then had a very filling supper after the session.

You must be wondering whether Jamie can tahan till so late? Well, she is our daughter afterall, and hence she doesn't sleep very early if she wants to ^^ She was wide awake to share my tou hua supper :D

Is kite flying difficult? Hmmm, we have two experts with us on that day so Laogong picked up the skill pretty fast then :D But then there were so many kites that, half the time the amateurs are pulling down the other experts' kites and kena glared at or their kites were dragged down by the expert kites.

Anyway, its really magnificent to see so many kites in the air all at one time. And the most exciting part is when the sky is dark and the kites with lights started to rule the dark sky...

Look at how much Jamie and Daddy were enjoying their time together :) I guess when Jamie is older, we can teach her how to fly kite together with us!!!

Hence, I greatly recommend parents to bring their children to Marina Barrage to fly a kite or just picnic and watch other people fly kite. There is ample space for the little ones who can run around. You can bring along the pets too. But do remember to bring an umbrella for the infants before the sun set, in case the sun is too glaring for them. And if you do not want to buy food, you can always make simple snacks like mini sandwiches and fruit salad to bring along.

And it's a good venue for big group outings too!!!

Checking out the New House Again...

2010-09-19T08:05:00.001-07:00

Met up with some new flat neighbours yesterday and took a look at one of the estate neighbours' house interior.

It was really difficult for us to imagine how big will our new house be and hence it was really very thoughtful of these neighbours to allow us to visit their house so that we can have an idea of the meaning of 90sqm.

I have to say, my new house is gona to be really small... And I feel bad that Jamie won't be able to enjoy as big a bedroom as her little cousin :( Nevertheless, I am going to doll up Jamie's room to ensure she feels good about her own room still :D

We sneak up to have a closer look at the new house too. And I was disappointed by the size of the window plane :( Sob...It's really small... I really miss the big big windows at my mum's house. Having grown up in a home with lot of big windows and able to have a good view in-front, I guess I will definitely need to adjust my expectations of the new house from now onwards.

But of coz, having been able to own a house I call my own is already a blessing. And hence I will continue to look forward to this new place :)

A Sicky Week...

2010-09-17T10:04:00.000-07:00

I was not convinced that today was Friday...

Maybe coz I had a sicky week at work, so despite the week being super fast sailing, I was not excited when Friday comes.

However, the goggyness due to the medication did keep my spirit low, instead I was still working at my usual productivity (I think).

Was pretty excited to be given the chance to speak to PAs of Ministers and MPs and Chairmans or high-level personnels of various CCCs/GRCs. And I hope eventually I can speak to Ministers over the phone too!!! Hahaha...

Anyway, one more event to go for this period of the year, and we can slow down a bit and catch up on some backlog. Everything seems important, setting up the system, running the temple events and fighting fire everyday. All these work is tiring but make me feel alive.

I have to admit it's really not easy to juggle so many roles... As a woman, other than having to be a good mother, we need to be good daughters, good daughters-in-law, good wives, good employees, good employers, good managers etc etc etc... But ultimately, we have to be a good person too.

I guess having to be a good wife + mother + worker is really tough already, not to mention the other roles... Sometimes I wonder if I would be happier being a full time mother, but then I was then quite sure I won't be because I was really low on cash. If I were to be a stay-home mum I would not be able to shower Jamie with what I am showering her now too. Instead I would be blaming it on her everyday that I had to stay home all day to do the housework and take care of her.

And secretly I actually feel happier when I am at work. I feel that at home, there are too much stress over how we should behave etc because we need to set a role model for the child and also not to result in double-standard disciplinary actions. It's really not easy.

Frankly, I never wanted to become a shadow of my mother, hence I had many times hope that my Laogong can take over the role as a DM. But then, he does not seem to be very interested and yet disagreeable in some ways regarding the way I wish to discipline my child. Haizz...

Anyway, I guess it's still a long way ahead for me... And there will definitely be much more challenges coming my way... Thinking about it makes me tired already and don't feel like having another child.

Jamie Missing her Ice Cream (Baby Yogurt)...

2010-09-08T08:50:00.000-07:00

Jamie surprised me again last night by opening and closing her hands when I sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for her.

And I realized it's good to give tasks like such to Pyone too, because Jamie spent more time with her than with me. Thus Pyone is definitely the best person to teach Jamie certain things during their playtime together.

Most people prefer their helpers not becoming their 'friends', and most of the time, they may not even want to bring their helpers along for family day-outs. I guess we are quite different from the majority population. We believe in giving before we expect to receive.

But of coz, I don't deny, like most other employers, I had nightmares and crazy worries before Pyone joined the family. However, from the day she stepped into the household, I somehow just felt I can entrust Jamie to her. And so far, she has been performing well, learning fast and being very positive.

And I believe being positive doesn't only depend on the helper's personalities. It also depends on how she is treated by her employer and the other family members. If we treated her as if she is an outsider or with paranoid attitude, the helper will always feel that no matter what she does, she can feel belonged as part of the family.

The helper is going to spend a good 2 years or even more with the family. If she can never feel belonged, it's definitely not a good feeling. I guess it's the same when we work for an employer who never really treat us as part of the organisation. Soon or later, we will want to leave the organisation right?

But of coz, there are definitely black sheeps around in the foreign helper industry. However, we should always keep an open mind that we may be the next lucky one to get a good helper afterall :D And as long as we treat them fairly and shows them that we can trust her, I believe she do her best in all her tasks.

Anyway, I was teaching Jamie the alphabets and number charts on the wall, when Jamie suddenly burst out crying. I did not know what was the reason, until I opened the fridge and she pointed to a direction. I then realized she misses her ice cream (baby yogurt).

Last week she had a good supply of the baby yogurt so I did not buy new ones during our grocery shopping day over the weekends. But this week, there aren't any left. And when I taught her the word 'Ice cream', she seemed to be reminded that she has no more ice cream left.

Just now I brought her to Thomson Plaza NTUC Finest to buy her 'ice cream.' When Jamie saw the 'ice cream', she started to make a lot noise to indicate that she wants the 'ice cream'...

This is a picture of a banana favour yogurt she ate earlier on...

The baby yogurt comes in 6 in a packet with assorted favours - vanilla, banana, pear and peach :D I tasted it myself and think it's very nice.

Heehee...

She is really getting cuter everyday~!!!

Looking forward to the New House...

2010-08-31T07:29:00.000-07:00

The news came both as a surprise and a shock...

I was surprised I can finally have my own space... But at the same time, I know we are not financially ready for it yet.

As much as I had been looking forward to this new house since 2007, I now secretly prayed that our key collections and/or renovation can be delayed as much as possible...

After visiting my brother's new house, we started discussing about our new home. And I suddenly feel like checking our the Punggol.org website which I hadn't been checking for a while. I was dumbfounded to know that 603A and 603B had received their HLE request letter and someone in the PL thread had estimated that I will receive my letter by October. This would mean, I will be able to get my house by end Dec...

I remembered I had hoped to celebrate Jamie's birthday in the new house or Xmas in the new house. Now that I can get in end Dec 2010, this will mean I maybe able to spend my CNY 2011 in my new house.

But we had an issue. We weren't financially ready yet...

We knew even if we only get the keys in June 2011, we may barely have enough too :( And to get it end 2010 will definitely be not enough.

Nevertheless, we are both secretly happy over the new house still...

We decided to have a look on our own to see if the forum is telling the truth. And yes, it's true... See my new house picture...

It was a super hot day on Sunday (29/08/2010) when we visited the PL site, but then even Jamie was thrilled.

We then shopped at IKEA and Courts to check out the prices of the furnitures and electrical appliances. Saw somethings we like but since we are not sure when we can get the keys, hence we cannot place deposit yet. Pray there will be a better sale end of this year :D

Jamie had her fun too, trying out the potential children furnitures :P

We involved Pyone as well for the furniture choosing because she will be staying in the new house with us for 1.5 yrs before she decided whether to extend her contract. Though I had asked her before and she said she will like to come back to work for me after her contract ended and after a visit back to Myanmar, but then we really never know how things will turn out to be. As much as possible, I will wish to convince her to shorten her visit back to her homeland if not I will be very handicapped when she is not around.

Anyhow, I told her she would be sharing a room with Jamie so it's good that she can give opinions on what type of furniture we can get for Jamie's room.

A second child? Guess the idea has to wait. I don't think I will have a second child if I don't have a good helper. I even told Pyone that I will have another child only after she returns.

Laogong said I sounded as if I was threatening her but then her response was really positive and felt very appreciated :D

After the visit, we headed to ECP for our dinner at BK. For the first time, I let Jamie tasted French Fries. It was cute to see Jamie biting the fries :D It reminded me of how I used to bribe her with Mcdonald Fries before each gynae checkup :P

AT LAST, a swimdate for the two little cousins...

2010-08-31T06:25:00.000-07:00

Had been looking forward to this day.

Had went for a swimdate with other children and friends but yet to go for a swim with my niece and my da sao.

It was a wonderful experiences for both Jamie and myself.

Last Saturday (28/08/2010) which was one day before my mum's birthday, we decided to pay my brother a visit at his new house. We had yet seen it since he moved in in early July. Since it's a condo, we also get to use the swimming pool.

I could see that Jamie really envious her little cousin... It makes me hope to decorate her future bedroom nicely :D

And yes, my house is ready by end of this year. Will talk more about this in the next blog entry...

Other than the kids had fun together, it was a great time swimming together with Laogong too. He rarely bring Jamie out during his free time, so every moment of dayout with Jamie is so precious to both Jamie and myself :)

After the swim, we had KFC for dinner and ended the Family Day together with my mum's birthday cake cutting. Jamie for the first time, tried cake (egg white) and she seems to like it. She too tried Tomatoes and she loves it~!!!

I am so looking forward to next year when the two kids will be able to run around the house together holding hands...

Re-Opening my SgShopper.com

2010-08-26T07:54:00.000-07:00

Yea. I had been inactive in SgShopper.com for more than 6 months.

At first it was because of baby, then when my helper came in, I started to look for a job. When I found my job, it took me a while to settle down. Finally, I am all ready to start my business again :D

Did some revamp to my website.

Add in some Facebook and Twitter Function :D

Will update the products soon too :D

So Stay Tune :D

My Little Terror...

2010-08-24T06:22:00.000-07:00

Now that Jamie has started crawling and learning how to stand, she is no longer as inactive as before. She is not only proactive but very verbally expressive too.

She now can make the following sounds:
1. Mama
2. Baba
3. Mum Mum - Food
4. Nai Nai - grandmother

She called out to me 'Ma Ma' when she saw me walking out from the lift just now.

And she called out to her daddy 'Ba Ba' really loud so that he would walk out of the room, when she wanted to show off new stunts to him.

She called out to my MIL (her grandmother) when she wanted to play with her.

And we knew it was no coincidental because she made all these sounds sound purposeful.

Other than these sounds, she can do the following now too:
1. Walk when leaning on something
2. Stand up when holding on to non-movable objects
3. Commando Crawl very fast
4. Can hold herself up in all fours.
5. Change from Sitting to Lying down and Lying down to Sitting position easily.

And now that she can sit up sturdily, she can now play with my niece Claris. After not seeing Claris for the past 2-3 months, I realized she had really grown up a lot. She now has really long hair, which can be tied into two pony tails.

However, though she had started interacting with other children of her age in the childcare centre, she had instead grown very shy. She didn't even dare look up at Jamie when Jamie tried to invite Claris to play with her.

It was rare of Jamie to do that to other children of her age too. But after much observation, I realised Jamie isn't anti-social, she just doesn't like playing with the boys. Jamie is very friendly when she sees little girls.

Yes, Jamie doesn't really like boys I think.

She had been kicking Kayden korkor and Boxing Lucius korkor... But the strange thing is, she seems to be okay with Asher didi... So I am really not too sure what she is thinking.

Maybe she is defensive and worried about kena bullied by the big brothers, so she decided to show them she is not a push-over first?

Nevertheless, she had grown up alot over the last 1 month, and I am looking forward to more new stunts from her.

Can you see her 4 full grown pretty teeth? Heehee... She can bite her biscuit easily into two... And also pick up her favourite gerber starry biscuits with her thumb and second finger and put it into her mouth ^^

Last but not least, I noticed her favourite character is Mickey Mouse~~~ So I am going to give her a Mickey Mouse Birthday Party for sure :D

White Fungus Dessert (Hot/Cold)

2010-08-22T10:56:00.000-07:00

Last week, I bought a packet of white fungus soup/dessert ingredients from NTUC. Had always the dessert and the instructions on the packet of ingredients looked really simple, I decided to buy the packet and give it a try.

Frankly, I had always fancy cooking. However since I don't have an oven, nor staying in my own house, hence it will be hard of me to take over the kitchen. But because the new house till TOP in 2Q 2011, hence I had decided to start to learn how to cook from now onwards, so that I can make our own meals next time.

So I am going to start with this white fungus desserts (hot/cold). This is how you make it:

1. Wash the packet of ingredients with tap water and rinse them dry.
2. Boil a pot of 2-3 litres of water.
3. Pour the ingredients into the boiling pot of water.
4. Turn to low fire and let it boil for 2-3 hrs.

If you will like to make it like a soup, you can add in chicken or pork meat too. However, if you like to have it as a dessert, you just need to add rock sugar on top of the packet of ingredients.

When the time is up, you can either drink it hot or put it into the fridge to chill it down. It tastes really nice when it's cold :D

I like it chilled :D

I heard it's really good for pregnant woman, because it helps to build up the lungs for labour. Kids with asthma or cough can take this too to strength the lungs.

What a Scare...

2010-08-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

Had a bad scare from yesterday to today.

I was on my way to work yesterday when I received an SMS from Laogong saying that Jamie had rolled off the bed. Laogong fractured his feet last week and hadn't got better, so he decided to take an MC yesterday. I guess it was all fated that at least Laogong was at home at the point of the accident.

I immediately U-turned and drove home to see Jamie, even though Laogong told me Jamie was alright. I felt guilty that because I had thought Jamie would be safe with a playpen on one side of the bed and Laogong on the other side of the bed, it would mean the possibility of her rolling off the bed would be slimmer. However, little did we know, she actually had the strength to push the playpen away and dropped to the borrom where there was a bolster. She was lucky that the bolster had reduce her drop to the maximum. I was told Jamie did not hit her head on the floor.

Jamie was actually very happy to see me back home. I took 2 hrs off to ensure everything was ok with Jamie. She seemed cheery and even giggled when I asked if she had pushed away the playpen to roll off the bed. And when I reprimanded her for the act and told her she won't be as lucky the next time round, she sticked out her tongue.

Haizz.. what a cheeky girl...

All was okay other than Jamie slept more in the daytime and was wide awaken till late.

The next day (which is today) when I left the house to go work, I purposely put Jamie into the playpen so that she won't rolled off the bed again.

At 5pm, Pyone called me and said Jamie had been crying non-stop and she did not know what's wrong, except that Jamie's left hand seemed to be in pain. I was rushing some work and could not head home immediately so I told Laogong to go home to check on Jamie first. He then updated that the whole of Jamie's left arm, hand and fingers seemed to be numbed and it hurt badly when she moved her left arm, hand or fingers.

I headed home at 6.15pm but was caught in the traffic till 8pm. By then, Laogong said Jamie seemed to have recovered fully and could move her left arm, hand and fingers already. To play safe, we still brought Jamie to see the doctor.

The doctor checked her and said it maybe just temporary side effects and if there wasn't no abnormalities happening to Jamie and if she did not vomit non-stop, then she should be alright already.

Jamie got home and took a nap and till now she is wide awake and playing.

Really hope she is ok... It's really a big scare for both me and Laogong...

Carebears counting down to Jamie's First Year birthday party...

2010-08-15T08:07:00.000-07:00

3 more months to Jamie's first year birthday party~!!!

Jamie just had her 9mth routine checkup on 14 Aug. Everything is great and she has no hearing issue. But she seems to be either stubborn or distracted easily :P

She seems to be purposely ignoring the sound which the doctor plays into her ears with a device. And when she was told to look in front at a toy, she purposely looked around instead. I guess my naughty girl was trying to be cheeky. Anyway she did response after 3 times of playing the noise in each ears.

Jamie is 69cm now, weighing 8.3kg. Cute height and good weigh :D Jiayou Jamie :D

She can sit upright very steadily now and can stand up on her own with support and while holding on to something. She can crawl faster on a bed than the hard floor.

The pillows are no longer enough to barrage her. So we moved in the playpen and made it comfy for her to sleep. This will be where she will sleep in the daytime and at night, she will still sleep with us.

She is more cheery these days and ever so adventurous about food... I think she has tasted more food than any of her peers had...

Her hair is getting thicker but I hope it can be longer by her first birthday :D

A Confusing Movie - SALT

2010-08-15T03:17:00.000-07:00

Laogong and I watched this movie on Friday night.

Heard a lot of good reviews on it from my friends.

But most mentioned about the actions and all. I was quite looking forward to watching this movie. But I was actually quite disappointed with the movie.

I was expecting it to be like Angelina Jolie is really NOT a russian spy and set off to kill all the real spies... It turned out that she IS the spy and ended up killing both the spies and the CIA...

Hmmm... Kinda of weird and things are happening too fast...

Don't really like the storyline :X

But I have to admit, the actions are great :D

A Movie that triggers some thinking - Old Cow Vs Tender Grass

2010-08-15T02:40:00.000-07:00

Guess most of you won't watch this movie?

I heard of friends who said they don't support local movies. And some who is anti-J team after the Jack Neo's incident. To me, I am pretty neutral about the incident. I always believe when something happen, both or all 3 parties were at fault. Anyhow, I didn't remember seeing the J-team sign in the movie.

But apart from it being a local movie, there may be other reasons for not willing to watch this movie. On the other hand, there are many reasons which enticed me to watch the movie.

One of which is, I am very curious what type of message will the movie be broadcasting?

But one thing for sure, the movie only said it's OKAY for an older SINGLE man to be together with a younger SINGLE woman. We remove the fact that it would happen to older MARRIED man too, who keep a younger SINGLE woman or even younger MARRIED woman as their mistresses.

And the brilliant part of this movie is that we are assuming the young SINGLE woman is RICH and the older SINGLE man is POOR. So when the young woman express fancy to this older man, the possibility of liking his money is not possible.

Okay, so how is it be possible for a younger pretty rich single woman to fall in love with an older, ugly, poor single man? After watching the movie, you will believe it's really possible...

1. The woman must have a hard-to-forget previous relationship, eg. the ex boyfriend died in an accident caused of her wilfulness.
2. The woman is super wilful and the man is super patient.
3. The man had never had a girlfriend before and hence he still has the 'first love is the best' belief and hence willing to do everything and anything for this girl unconditionally.
4. The man had seen worse women.
5. The man has nothing to lose because he is a lonely man with no family member left in this world. Hence spending time and money with this young woman makes him feel life is more meaningful.
6. The man is simple minded and easy to please.
7. The woman needs someone who is more mature to listen to her and to advise her.

With all these factors involved, it's definitely possible for an ugly older man to be with a pretty younger woman.

But seriously hor, I won't go for an ugly older man :X

Jamie's First Anime Movie - Despicable Me

2010-08-15T02:17:00.000-07:00

Heehee, guess I just had to leave out some blog entries lah... If not do a short short one :P

Wanted to leave this two movie reviews altogether but really don't feel like doing it if I can spend just 5min writing each of them.

I still remember the last time Jamie watched a movie was when Pyone just joined us in end March. Because Pyone was still new and had some language barrier, hence we normally bring her along together with Jamie when we went out.

4plus months had passed and Pyone had proven herself to be a great worker, who is not only hardworking but efficient and effective in her tasks.

This is another movie treat for her. And of coz Jamie, to test if she would be as obedient as she was in a cinema when she was still very young. Jamie proved herself to be not only obedient but also enjoyed the movie alot. Other than the little soft whining towards the end of the movie, when it was close to her sleeping hours. However, after minutes of patting, Jamie dozed off even with the loud sound system blasting away.

The storyline was simple and nice. It was about a man who chose to be a villain because he wanted to do something that makes his mother feel proud of her. But he was too kind to be a successful villain. He took in 3 orphans in hoping to get them to fulfill a mission, which will eventually allows him to steal the moon. However, it turned out that he was touched by these 3 orphans and became really nice. And eventually, he learnt how to be a good father and care for other people.

In the end, it turns out that his mother is proud of him when he becomes a good fatherly figure and able to show care and love to the 3 orphans.

I had been thinking about the morale of the story for a while... And I think this should be it. Sometimes we need not be the greatest people in the world to feel good or proud of ourselves or to win our parents' over or makes them feel proud of me. Being who we are and learning to love, care and share for other people, is actually a more priceless gift and hard to attain skills which will make your parents feel proud of you.

Hence people out there who are busy trying to earn as much money as you can so to give your family or parents a good livelihood. Slow down and think. Maybe by spending more time with your family members and parents is actually more important than bringing in more bread and butter for them....

My Fruitful Long Weekend Part 2 - Two National Day Dinners

2010-08-15T01:39:00.000-07:00

I realized it's really quite tough to keep up with my blogging...

Hahaha... But then I won't give up so soon yet... :D

Ok, this is a backdated blog entry again :D

Remember I was saying I had a very fruitful long weekend last week? Yeah :D This is part 2 of the blog entry ^^

I really had a very fruitful long weekend. Before I elaborate further, take a look at what I did last weekend.

Saturday (7 Aug)
9am to 2pm - Half day Work
3pm to 4pm - Shop for red tops.

Red is something you don't get to see very often in my closet, hence having so many NDP Dinners to attend will mean I need to top up my closet with red tops :D An excuse to shop ^^

4.30pm to 6.00pm - Get Jamie, myself, Laogong and Pyone ready
6.30pm to 7.00pm - Gather at Sandra's house and walked over to the Tampines Central Park for the NDP Dinner
7.00pm to 10.30pm - NDP Dinner
11pm to 1am - Mahjong session at Sandra house
1.30am - Home Sweet Home

Sunday (8 Aug)
10.30am - woke up and prepare to go out
1pm to 2pm - Jamie's playdate with Klaire and Asher at Peekaboo
3pm to 5pm - Jame's playdate with Lucius at Ivy's house
5.30pm to 6.30pm - Prepare to go for NDP Dinner
7.00pm to 7.30pm - Fetch my parents and headed towards the ACE the Place NDP Dinner at Woodlands Ave 1
7.30pm to 10.30pm - End of the dinner, fetch my parents home
12am - Watch Movie

Very fruitful right? These days weekends are so precious to me that I will try to pack as many things I can in it :D Today is an exception. Yest was another long day out. And I guess I need a rest to relax and browse for Jamie's birthday party ideas, as well as recee her party venue to know how to do the table arrangement etc. Last but not least, to catch up with my blogging and drafting the guestlist for Jamie's party :D And to think abit about how to kick start my online business again.

Back to the topic of the blog entry :D

I guess this year's is both Jamie and my first time attending NDP Dinners. And one shot, we attended 3 dinners so far. I believe there are more to come in the future and it's definitely a good time to catch up with my bosses, colleagues, friends and family members. I always love attending the NDP in the stadium because it gave me a sense of belonging. Similarly attending the dinners with my bosses and colleagues gave me the same feeling too. I feel belonged to where I am working now. And there is no longer the need to feel shy about where I am working. Take a look at the plaque I took on behalf of my organisation ^^

If you are curious where is this place... Feel free to Call or SMS me for more information :P hahaha...

On 7th August 2010, we attended the National Day Dinner at Tampines Central which was very near to Sandra's house. It was in fact, just 5min walk away. It was a great opportunity to catch up with them and feel the same feeling we once did when we attended NDP together many years back. However, it was a pity Ivy wasn't able to join us.

This time we brought along the stroller, but Jamie was only willing to sleep in it. Most of the time, she rather sat in our laps and looked at what's on the table and on the stage.

Frankly, it was my first time receiving a plaque from a MP and I thank my boss for giving me the opportunity to receive the plaque on he behalf of him who was attending another National Dinner in another location.

Heehee, I wore the early bird prize again but then it was just a body wellness voucher which I think comes with a lot of gimmick. Most likely I won't be using it.

I guess it was an eye-opening for my helper too to attend all 3 National Day Dinners with us. And it was a great chance to treat my parents to a good meal too.

I brought my parents to the NDP Dinner on 8 August at Woodlands Ave 1. It's a open field opposite the Singapore Sports School. A nice place to fly kites.

But I realized I was quite tired after the long day out with the two playdates that I forgot to take pictures with Jamie. And also I chose to dress her up in something more casual and comfortable ^^ And I think she liked it because she won't be feeling so warm then.

Oh yea.. that's my boss taking the plaque :D A very nice and patient man. Someone who shows appreciation when the jobs are done well.

My Fruitful Long Weekend Part 1 - Two Short PlayDates on the Same Day

2010-08-11T11:47:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was our long weekend National Day holidays.

And indeed I made full use of it, packing in as many activities as possible for Jamie, myself and Pyone. Frankly, I can simply stay at home and rest. However, I feel that since Jamie does not get to see me all the time now, hence there must be something for her to look forward to every weekend. And since I sometimes work late on weekday nights, all the more I need to spend time with Jamie over the weekends.

And it is not just about Jamie.

Most helpers in Singapore has dayoff, other than those who takes care of the old folks. However, Pyone does not have dayoff. She is very sure that she is here to work hard to bring as much money home as possible. The thought of it already makes me very sad. However, I cannot be selfish and keep her in Singapore after her contract ends in end March 2011. She has her own children to take care too.

And I feel it's important to bring Pyone out every weekend because on weekdays, she doesn't get to go downstairs with grandma for her usual walks.To maintain our healthy well-being of our mind, we need to relax and enjoy life a little. Same goes for Pyone, even when she is only a helper in Singapore. I believe as human, she needs to take a break from work and enjoy herself abit. After all, I know my little tyrant makes her so busy that she hardly has time to sneak some rest before my inlaws come home. I feel it's important to take good care of my helper since I had decided to put Jamie's safety in her hands. Only when she is healthy and strong physically and mentally, she will continue to be a good helper.

Another reason for willing to squeeze my time table so tightly, is because I had observed that Jamie has been quite on her own. I feel that there is the need to expose her to more children, so that she will become more sociable.

Guess what? After kicking Kayden korkor the other day, Jamie has proceed to kick and scratch Lucius korkor in he face and pinching Asher didi...

Yaa.. Jamie is so defensive these days...I really wonder if it is genetically because of me.. because I was a tomboy when I was very young and I will always stood up when someone bully me :P

Last Sunday we went for two playdates in just a few hours.

We met Rachel-Asher and Caryn-Klaire at Peekaboo-Kallang Leisure Park from 1pm to 2pm. It is a nice place for the kids and what's more it's free for babies below one years old. What a good lobang Caryn has introduced to us :)

Asher seems to be the second boy that Jamie doesn't mind playing with. The first is Lucius. And the interesting thing is how Jamie expressed her jealous when:
1. Asher looks at Klaire when playing with Jamie
2. I praise Asher or/and Klaire

After lunch at the food court, we headed to Ivy house to meet up with the rest of the girls and Lucius. Lucius seems to have grown taller again. He is such a big boy now!!!

And Lucius and Jamie was initially okay until Lucius started crawling over Jamie unintentionally. And notti Jamie decided to 'punish' Lucius by a flying kick and a scratch on his face. OMG~ I feel so embarrassed about it and kept apologising to Ivy.

Sighh I really wonder if it is a good thing for Jamie to be so defensive :(

But she definitely has to learn to socialise with other children.

Master Chris Lok Graduate lor~

2010-08-11T11:12:00.000-07:00

I realised I missed out a very important blog entry :P

On the 28th July, I took half day leave and attended my laogong's graduation.

After 2 years of no-day-no-night juggling of work+studies, he at last has unburdened himself of a once-huge stone. However, this has yet allowed more free time for himself and for us. This is because of his new responsibilities attained at work.

Well, we all know with more responsibilities, more sacrifices may have to be made. For a better future, I kinda of gotten used to it.

But what's important here is that, we took quite a bit of photos this time round as compared to his Bachelor graduation. I have to say it's really sad to recall that there was no battery in the camera during his bachelor graduation, hence there are almost NO photos to remember the event. But there is still one disappointment in his Master graduation. And it's because Jamie was not allowed to attend the ceremony because she is less than 6 years old. I look forward to taking shoots with Jamie in the studio in my bachelor gown, together with Laogong.

Frankly, Laogong was not very bothered about whether I can attend his Masters graduation but I feel that it's a really important event of our lives together. This is because his studies had so-called witness both our wedding and my pregnancy/delivery.

I still remember Laogong was still busy with his NTU project on the eve of our wedding. And some idiots even called him to go down for some team meeting. And he ended up working through the night to do up the photo montage because he only managed to finish his NTU project very late into the night.

And I was super nervous as the day drew nearer to my EDD. I kept telling Jamie to choose the right timing to come out because I will really not wish to deliver during his exams. And when I finally went for my C-sec 2 wks before his exams, I felt so relieved, because Laogong had time to visit me everyday. But since his exams was during my exams, hence I didn't get to see him a lot until after his exams.

Have to say that I am really proud to see my Laogong makes it through his studies though there were so much distractions - wedding prep and baby prep. And I really pei fu him to be able to study continuous for so many years.

He graduated from NTU EEE in Jun 2006 and entered NIE immediately in July 2006. He graduated from NIE 1 year later. After 1 year of teaching, he started his Masters in July 2008 and graduate in July 2010.

Sometimes, Laogong will tell me he did not know whether he has chosen the right path to marry at a younger age than his close friends. However, I always guide him to think positively since how many guys of his age (less than 30 yrs old) and has a wife, a child and a Masters certification. And by the time he is 30 yrs old, he will have his own house too. He may have enjoyed lesser bachelorhood, but yet he has a very fruitful life because he went through so many other experiences than just enjoying his bachelorhood.

I guess it's normal that once a while, we will be lost and suddenly think we have made the wrong choices. But in fact, it may be because the result of the choice is too good to be true... Humans are really weird sometimes right?

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Fun Weekends with Jamie

2010-08-01T10:48:00.000-07:00

Heehee, I realised it's really difficult for mw to write on every backlog entry but I will really try my best...

But first of all, I will like to share this fun weekends which has just passed.

I always tell myaelf I have to bring Jamie (and Pyone) out every weekends. Even if we can't go out on both days, we must at least have a dinner outside for one of the weekends. And ever since I started driving to work everyday, I became pretty independent when comes to going out with Jamie. When Laogong has no time for us on weekends, I will still pack Jamie's bag and bring her out (together with Pyone). And I have a feeling Jamie looks forward to every weekends these days.

SATURDAY (31 July 2010)

Saturday was my shift day, and since I will like to spend as much time over the weekends with Jamie as possible, I decided to bring Jamie to work. We packed her backpack on Friday night and was thankful Jamie woke up on time to set off.

Guess what? Packing Jamie's backpack is getting more difficult these days. As Jamie grew older, she no longer just survived on her milk. In fact, she only drinks max 3 times a day of milk, of which she drank the least milk in the afternoon. Her alternative food is two meals of porridge + fruits + white bread + baby biscuits... And that does not include the rice she 'begged' from me during my dinner time. And thus there are so much more things to pack for Jamie before we head out these days, And thats the reason why I need to pack the night before in case I miss anything out, I still can add it in.

Look at what's in Jamie's backpack these days...
- two milk bottles
- 3 servings of milk powder
- 1 thermo flask with hot water
- 1-2 water bottle with cool water
- 1 thermo flask with one meal of porridge
- 1 set of baby cutleries + the 'bowl' for her during meal
- 1 bowl of cereals for the other meal if she will be out for the whole day or have her previous meal to early
- snack pack - 4 types of baby biscuits, of which gerber puffs is her favourite
- fruits - 1/2 pear/avocado + 8pc of grapes
- 1 slice of white bread tear into smaller pieces
- 1 set of additional clothes
- 1 sweater
- 2-3 hankies
- 3-6 pull up diapers
- 2 bibs (1 cloth and 1 plastic)
- some plastic bags/zip-block bags
- 1 blanket
- baby pillow
- 1 toy
- 1 teether
- toilet pack - diaper cream, wet wipes, ru yi oil etc
- 1 big pkt of tissue paper
- changing mat

A lot of things right? And the backpack is definitely heavy. However, all the food and toys and snacks will definitely keep Jamie happy for the DayOut, so I guess they have all become an essential for the infant/toddler.

Anyhow I packed this backpack on Friday nite. Saturday Jamie spent her morning at my workplace and had some sort of fun...

I left the office around 2pm and headed towards Bugis Junction. Almost caught in a jam coz of the NDP preview, however, was grateful the situation was not as bad as it seems. But I was very hungry by the time I reached Bugis. I suddenly felt like having Ajisen and went over there for lunch. I order a ramen + 3 side dishes to share with Pyone. Jamie was too excited to see the food and rejected her milk and had portions of white fish and 1 tofu.

I was kinda of shocked when she tried to topple the table with her legs. There was already a bowl of ramen and at least 1 side dish on the table. But yet her legs seem so strong.. I let out a scream and held on to the table... Phew...

I met my cousin later to walk walk in Bugis Junction and took a walk to take a look at the party shops. There are so many things to buy for the parties...

I asked for a few quotes and had some ideas in mind after that. We then wondered where we should have our dinner. Since Bugis Junction will confirm be crowded, we decided to try our luck at Iluma. True enough, there was no dinner crowd at all. We chose the Manhattan Fish Market as our dinner venue.

Since there were 3 adults (including Pyone), we ordered my all time favourite Platter. While waiting for the food, we watched how the two little children interacted with each other. Firstly, they found great amusement with the menu.

Then it's time for their dinner before ours come. As usual, Jamie has a very good appetite despite her small size. She finished all the cereals and went on to her white bread. But Kayden had problem finishing his cereals. Anyhow I heard Kayden is a milk baby instead while Jamie does not really enjoy drinking her milk, hence I think Kayden will still have the essential nutrition from his milk.

Ta-Da... our food came and both the kids can't help but stare at it...

My naughty Jamie even went out to banging the table till we fed her with the garlic rice which came with the platter. She finished about half a soup bowl of garlic rice... Wow...

Once again, we were reminded our the time, our mothers brought us out together for shopping and other activities. I will hope we, the next generation can continue this tradition and try as much as possible to bring our children out together to interact with each other.

SUNDAY (1st August 2010)

Sunday was a rest day in the morning. We only headed out at 5.30pm. This is my first time attending a grassroot National Day Dinner. Thanks to my bosses, the office staffs were invited to attend together with them. And guess what? We sat really near DPM Mr Teo Chee Hean. He even came over to have a toast with us~!!! Wow...I never felt so proud of myself in my whole life... He was really right in front of me and I felt as if I was dreaming, till I was totally stunned and didn't know how to react....Now thinking of it, I should have ask if he can take a picture with Jamie. And I can show it to her teachers next time when I register her for primary school :X Hahaha... Just joking...

I really look forward to meeting more ministers and more MPs~!!! Looking forward to the next NDP Dinner on Saturday (7th August 2010). I guess the atmosphere will be even better since it's nearer to the actual National Day...

The last time I attended an NDP event was in 2006, when Laogong and I represented PropNex in the Economic Contingent for the NDP that year. After that, I lost touch with the NDP feel until last Sunday. I felt good, swinging the flags with the rest of the MPs, grassroot leaders and residents...

I really feel belonged in this organisation. And I really hope this will be where I will retire. But sometimes I feel that the more I wish for something to happen, the more stressed I may be at work. Or worse, to a certain extent, some may view me as being to eager to please...

But I guess, only someone who has been through the search for the right workplace with the right colleague, right working environment and most importantly, the right boss, will truly understand why I feel so blissful and fortunate everyday at work, no matter how busy I am...

And for those who are still searching for this right workplace, I sincerely hope you can find it soon too.

A Movie that Makes me Think very Hard, even after watching the Movie...

2010-07-26T09:36:00.000-07:00

Watched this movie on a Friday night.

It made me think a lot, so much so, I am still thinking about it after watching it for almost a week.

Frankly, until now I am still wondering about the ending. I guess it shows how successful the movie is.

The movie tells about Leonardo DiCaprio who is an expert in bringing the 'target' into a dream which leads to him telling Leonardo a secret. At first it tells of Leonardo who was continuously disturbed by his late wife, and then later more truth were disclosed of why he was going through all these...

The movie kept keeping the audience in suspenses, and there were just more and more riddles, questions coming out of everyone's head. One second you may have thought you solved the mystery but the next you may realize it's not really what you think it is.

But I like the part when Leonardo shared how he and his late wife had enjoyed building their own world in their dreamlands. It tells of many other people in this world, who chose to believe what they want despite the reality not as they think it is. Example, some will choose to selectively hear and accept what they think is the truth (and not what is the real truth).

Seriously, who in this world, likes to believe in the real truth? Most will choose to believe and do what they think is best for themselves.

And I think in the movie, Leonardo is the one who is still trapped in the dream, because he chose to believe the dreamworld is the real world. While his wife had already awaken from her sleep and tried every means to wake Leonardo up.

However, there is another alternate ending too, which tells of the kill-yourself to wake from your sleep method had failed and hence Leonardo himself ended up trapped in his sleep too.

And the biggest irony of it all is the Japanese man who hired Leonardo for the assignment so that he can be the new rising power. Instead, he ended up trapped in his sleep and lost everything.

Come to think of it, is it really worth it afterall?

Planning Jamie's Birthday Party...

2010-07-26T09:27:00.001-07:00

Just browsed the different types of cupcakes available.

Wow.. Wow... Wow... Nowadays it's really profitable to make money from kids' events. I finally found something affordable, value for money and looks really nice but sad to say, they have a full schedule on that weekend.

Still thinking about the timing for Jamie's birthday party. Tentatively, it should be on 7 nov 12pm to 3pm or 6 nov in the evening from 5pm to 8pm. It seems that having it during lunchtime is a better choice. And yes, I am still thinking about the venue.

Everything is really not cheap. And many said children of 1 year old hardly remember their birthday party anyway. However, I know there is bound to be some minimum things I will like to do for Jamie...especially now that I finally have some income...

Sighh, sometimes I felt like a useless Mummy who needs to think so hard to decide on what to buy or do for Jamie. I very much wish that I need not have to think so hard... And can give or do whatever I can to or for Jamie...

To make that possible, I must work hard and save hard~~~

Happy Birthday Lucius Korkor...

2010-07-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

Biography by Jamie...

Thank you Lucius korkor for inviting Mummy and me to your One Year Old Birthday Party on 17 July 2010. I enjoyed myself so much!

Thank you Mummy for buying me the pretty pretty dress for Lucius korkor birthday! I think I look like the cutest baby at the function, other than Lucius korkor :P

See how sweet I look :D

(yes, Jamie is really so so so vain~!!!)

I love the big portable pool you have which you filled up with balls. Heehee, the balls looked so yummy that I thought they were apples...

I love the purple balloon which Aunty Ivy gave to me :D She is so pretty! Lucius korkor is a lucky boy to have such a pretty mummy!!!

I love your very pretty and delicious looking cake and cupcakes! Though I am still too small to have a bite but they really look so yummy!!! Mummy also told me they tasted great and she can't helped it but eat more of the mini cupcakes~!!!

And I heard Mummy said that she will like to get me pretty mini cupcakes for my birthday too! Hurray! I love Mummy so much!!!

I love the decorations too. And of coz the yummy goodie bags and the cute softoys Aunty Ivy prepared for Lucius's korkor's buddies. I am so proud to be one of Lucius korkor's buddies~!!!

Heehee, I also love the fried rice and califlower which Mummy fed me :D Yummy Yummy...

Last but not least, it's great that I can go for a swim after the party with Mummy, Aunty Sandra and Uncle Fuwei~~~ They are always so sporty and I am really looking forward to Alvern didi to swim with me often :D

Mummy told me a few days ago as she packed my old clothes away, that those are to be given to Alvern didi. I must say I am kinda of jealous but then I really can't wear those clothes already anyway. And it's best that Alvern didi can make full use :) But I am secretly hoping, some Aunty will give me a little sister instead soon, so I can give my clothes to her :D

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I have to say it was really a big big effort to plan for a baby's first year party. First of all, the babies are at the not-here-nor-there age group, hence most of the time, they won't know what is actually going on. And in many cases, the babies may end up being overwhelmed to see so many new faces in one day.

There are so many factors to keep in mind:
1. Theme/Dress Code
2. Location and Timing
3. Targtted group - all relatives? Friends with kids? Average age group of the kids?
4. Number of guests
5. Door gifts? - for adults
6. Kid goodies bag - suitable for all ages
7. photography (and videographer)
8. Invitation Cards
9. Birthday Cake
10. Deco and Cutleries
11. Any Photo/Video Montage of Baby?
12. Songs for the occasions?
13. Activities for the children?
14. Catering
15. Types of gifts preferred?

Hence, I really have to say this: Ivy, you did a great job :D You are a great Mummy~!!! And as always, you are my positive role model :)

Wishing you happy always from now onwards.. And Wish Lucius always healthy, happy and filial to you :) We will always stand by you and Lucius k?

Love you and Lucius very much~!!!

MUACKZ~!!!

Jamie: Aunty Ivy and Lucius korkor, I love you very much too :D MUACKZ~!!!

Backlog Backlog Backlog...

2010-07-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

I realised that for the past 2 weekends + this weekend, I had been so so so busy that I am now having lotsa of backlog blogging...

Some may wonder why I should feel back about not blogging up-to-date since it's not a job after all. But I feel quite obliged to myself and all my friends who had been following closely to my blog... And I very much wish to record every bits of memories I can...

But I realized other than having so many appointments lately over the weekends, I myself rather spent more time playing and hugging my lovely little Jamie, than switching on my laptop and write my blogs :(

I feel so so bad about it...

Guess I must really make time for blogging manz.. Coz it's my hobby, so no matter how tired or how busy I am, I should never neglect my hobby...

Hope I can catch up with my backlog blogging soon...

Haizz.. Why not today? Frankly I had a long and busy weekends... And I really need to sleep early because am working tomorrow. Sorry :(

But I am glad I did some updating on Jamie's milestone and did up my expenses chart.

YES~!!! My First Pay is coming soon and I am SOOOOO looking forward to it~~~

And I know most of you are still wondering what job am I in now.

Hahaha, keep you all at suspense first, until I get confirmed in September :)

Wish me luck~!!!

Nitez all :D

Jamie is a big girl now... Happy 8mths old to Jamie ^^

2010-07-12T07:43:00.000-07:00

Yes, Jamie is a BIG girl now. She can now sit upright on her own and she had tried many new food. She is a very adventurous girl when it comes to new food and she never hesitate to have a taste of the new food if she is given the choice.

She had tried the following for the last 1 mth.
- cheese
- grapes
- strawberries
- kiwi
- honeydew
- baby yogurt

And she is having a balance diet with two solid food meals a day and milk 3-4 times a day. She gets to eat fruits after each meal too. Wow... She really can eat quite a bit.

Occasionally she gets to steal some rice, some bread (wholemeal white bread), some baby biscuits too... We didn't really control what she can or cannot eat, but simply just let her try. And if there was no sign of allegy, then we will continue with the food.

Tomorrow we are going to let her try egg yolk. Lets hope she doesn't have allergies to egg.

Let's take a look at how mature she has become...

Went shopping with Jamie last Sunday and bought the high chair in the photo, and a playpen mattress which made Jamie's playpen very much more comfy. Now she can sit and sleep in the playpen for a longer period of time.

Noticed her cute little sunglasses? I forgot to bring out her hat and hence bought the sunglasses for her when she had to be under the sun for a while. Isn't it cute?!!

Learning new things everyday...

2010-07-12T07:36:00.000-07:00

Time flies, I had worked for a week + 3 days. And everyday is still a new challenge to me. There seemed to be so much that I have to do and can do for my new workplace. But yet I feel really blissful and happy working there.

I had thought my engine must have been rusty after not working in an office for 1.5 years, however, it turned out that I can 'swim' from the moment I was let into this new 'pond'.

I won't say I did a lot so far since I had only worked for 8 days. But then, I will say I believe there are many more things I can do and that I will be able to do too.

I guess some people find me weird. I actually like working. I like feeling useful and adding value and leading a fruitful life, helping another organization to improve their working system etc.

I am very grateful that I have a good helper too. I felt thankful over and over again that I can actually work with no worries at all. Even when Jamie was sick for a few days last week, I know I can trust my helper to take good care of Jamie. Only then I can concentrate fully at work. And yes, I have to keep saying this. I am really thankful that I can find a job so soon, and have a good helper to take good care of Jamie while I work hard to provide more for Jamie...

A Remake of the Predators

2010-07-12T07:27:00.000-07:00

I really wonder the need to remake this movie.

First of all, it was not remake in 3D. And secondly, there was no big hollywood actors/actresses in this movie. So I really wonder why did they want to remake the movie. What's worse, was that it was quite obvious it was a budget movie.

What I find really interesting though, is the alien predators catching those who they feel is the predators in the human world to be gamed after. And it was quite amazing to see how the aliens had wanted to win over fair match.

For example, the aliens got rid of the previous survivor who was trying to kill the rest in his hiding place. They did so, so that they can have fair game. And the part when the Yakuzi fought the Predator. It showed how the aliens respected such fair match.

On the other hand, in contrast to the alien Predators, we had this human doctor who use all the scrupulous methods to stay alive and abused good men's kindness. It was really an irony how the same kind can try to kill each other, and not worked together to kill a common enemy.

It also tells of the one that looks most harmless, could be the real serpent in disguise...

Not a fantastic movie but yet I find the morale of the story still not too bad.

Movie Review of Twilight Saga (Eclipse) - Every Girl's Dream

2010-07-12T06:36:00.000-07:00

Frankly, I still feel that the movie is a bit slow, especially the parts when Edward and Bella are talking to each other. It was the animal instincts in Jacob that perks up the story a bit occasionally.

I still remember the very first time I decided to watch Twilight, was because there was no other movie to watch. I did not read the story and had no idea what was the story about. When we left the cinema, the first thing that both me and Laogong felt about the movie was that it was SLOW and the storyline was really lame. OR rather, I should say in a nicer way, SIMPLE...

But Edward was then really someone very charming to me. Someone who I thought it's really sweet to have in our lives. Edward was the typical guy with the 'Naughty Look' but yet he was not the player type of man. This makes him more yearn for by all his female fans. And Jacob was then really a turn off because of his long hair. He was pretty skinny too then. Edward, who looked relatively taller beside Bella, was like a knight in shining armour (ironically, he does have a shining body).

I decided to watch Twilight - New Moon, partly because it seems natural to follow up on the part two of the movie. Surprisingly, Edward's drug addict alike pale-coloured, skinny and boney body was a BIG turn-off to me. And I felt that his lips was too red and the face was too pale, compared to the first episode.

On the other hand, Jacob grew so much bigger and fitter and manlier... His short hair made him looked boyish but yet freshing. His toned body made so many girls screamed in the cinema. He was like the unconventional prince on a black horse, always there to fight off any evil for Bella.

Though Edward was still always there for Bella, Jacob's loud expression of love and affection was what really made his fans went crazy.

At first, I really thought the story was lame. Especially when I felt that Bella was no superb beauty. Instead she was simple, plain, don't doll up herself and very clumsy. But yet, there was two men who were so crazy over her. But while I watched the Eclipse, I finally knew the morale of the story.

Yes, the storyline was still simple. But simple it may be, it tells about every girl's dream. Or should I say most girls' dream...

1. Edward had this typical playboy look but yet he was very old school and only will 'touch' Bella after they were married. Such men are largely extinct...

2. Jacob is the typical fun and outgoing boyish guy but yet he has this wild and animal side of him, who thinks aloud about his desires over someone he loves very much.

3. Every girl will like to have a man who has his gentleman/old school personalities and boyish/wild personality at the same time. Every girl will like more than one man to be madly in love with her and want her so badly. Every girl will likes to have more than one man who is willing to die for her. It simply means, every girl will like to feel important in more than one man's heart. It doesn't mean the girls are not contented, it just means they want to feel very very special.

4. Edward was the mature and gentleman type of man every girl likes but at the same time, you may find him a bit too boring, because other than lying on the flowerbed doing nothing, he doesn't seem to have any other hobby.

5. Jacob may seem childish and untamed, but yet he is fun, adventurous and you will never be bored with him. And his expression of love is so loud and verbal! This is every girl's dream, to have a man who enjoy telling her how much he wanted her to be his.

6. It tells the irony of human beings. As much as they wanted to have a man who loved them wholeheartedly and will not even look at other women, but yet when they are given a vampire lover who only have a heart for one girl and will stay loyal to this one girl as long as they live (which is forever), they may find it too boring to face the same face for eternity.

7. Jacob's loud expression of how he thinks it's okay for one person to love more than one person was the animal him who feels it's normal to find more than one person attractive. Isn't this a subtle desire in many human beings to hope they can love more than one person at a time?

8. Bella who seems plain, isn't just any girl on the street? And hence the storyline reflects how any other girl on the street had hope they can be loved by more than one man, or should I say more than one special man.

9. The vampire and the wolf are like perfect rivals. One likes to manipulate (by sucking another's blood and becoming his/her master) and one likes to be manipulated (don't you feel that Jacob just wants to be like a naughty little puppy adored by Bella?)

Seriously I will like to have such a handsome and strong puppy who loves me and me only ^^ And will do everything I want him to do :)

10. The story also talks about the fear that marriage will be the tombstone to romance. Bella expressed how she is fearful of marriage, partly because of her parents's divorce. And partly because she is worried Edward will get tired of her one day.

11. Eclipse also reveals many stories of the other vampire members in the Colin family and how they became who they are. The first two movies had emphases solely on Edward and Alice. And now we get to know more about Jasper and the other female vampire (can't remember her name).

12. Last but not least, the movie revealed that Bella really loved both men, and she chose Edward not because she loved him more, but because she had wanted to find a place she belonged. This also tells of how a child from a divorced family will behave or believe. They will always hope to have their own family or join another family to feel belonged, since they are always insecure or feel unwanted.

I wonder if there ever such a man that is both Edward and Jacob? Hmmm.. well, I feel my Laogong is the closest I can find so far :P Hahaha...

Actually I think every man has a combined personality of both Edward and Jacob. Some personalities are more conscious than the other, and some has another subconscious personality which they may not be aware of.

But seriously, every man will like to manipulate or be manipulated at the right time. It's all about timing and moderation. And if you know how to play the game, you simply can get any man in the world you want :)

And yes, I will want to watch the 4th movie of Twilight if there is going to be a 4th movie :)

Oh yaa, many girls are still screaming in the cinema whenever Jacob took over his shirt or appear topless

*SCREAM*
*SCREAM*
*SCREAM*
*SCREAM*
*SCREAM*

First Day as a Working Mother...

2010-07-01T10:09:00.000-07:00

When Pyone told me Jamie missed me a lot today and was crying for me in the afternoon, my heart really hurts. But I know I need to work still. I kept reminding myself and Jamie that it's for our own good that I work.

Frankly I enjoyed my first day at work today!!! And I am looking forward to more new tasks and more new things to learn everyday too!

It makes me feel good to be back at a work station and feeling useful to an Organization once again. I think it is very hard for someone has been working since she graduated to really stop working and be a Stay-at-Home Mother. Maybe some women do enjoy staying home and spending 24hrs with their children. But I know after a few months of motherhood, that it is just not me. Even if I am not working full time, I will need my personal time too! I need to meet my friends, go for ladies night out and do my massages/facials or just go shopping alone. I used to be afraid of being alone when I was single, but after I was married and now with Jamie, I really appreciate and treasure every bit of lonely time I have. Sometimes, I wish I can have more lonely time even.

I do miss Jamie and I feel that I appreciate her even more now that I cannot see her so often. I really hope she feels the same too, and not drifted away from me instead. I promised her I will find time to bring her out or even get her to participate in my workplace events especially when she is older.

I had never missed her so much. I practically flew my way home wishing to see her ASAP...I hope to decorate my work station with more of Jamie's photos soon. And Jamie was soo sweet when she saw me! She wants me to hug her all night!!! And guess what, she even woke up early enough to receive a super kiss from me before I set off to work. And tonight she slept early too. Maybe she wishes to receive a hug from me tomorrow morning too.

And yes, I am slowly bringing all my barang barang to work. Feeling very at home already :) The colleagues are really nice. Even helped us to make orange juice for lunch! So nice of them!!! And since lunch is provided so it's really enjoyable to sit around at the table together to eat and chat at the same time. Yeah, no need to squeeze and sweat at the eateries. We can eat in peace at our own pantry.

And we have so many things in the pantry that we will never go hungry. Think we need to be really discipline so as not to put on too much weight. I remember I put on like 4-6kg the last time I worked here. So I really need to discipline myself.

Since we have microwave, steamer, induction stove, juicer, toaster/oven etc etc etc, we can cook anytime we like too! So Cool right!

Really looking forward to grow old in this Organization!

Jiayou Jiayou Jiayou Jolene~!!!

Shopping Dayout with Jamie on eve of new job start...

2010-06-30T07:29:00.000-07:00

Sounds so sad right :P

I believe I will still have the chance to bring Jamie for shopping on weekdays :) But then I guess today is a special day. Because it marks the end of my Stay-at-Home-Mum or Work-from-Home-Mum Days...

From Tomorrow onwards, I will be a Working Mother...

I already know that I will definitely miss Jamie a lot at work tomorrow. I may even wish to call home at lunch time to 'talk' to Jamie. However, I am sure Jamie will be in good hands and will be well-take care of.

Hence I will keep reminding myself that I will work hard and bow low for the sake of Jamie. I want to buy her more pretty dresses and more toys. I want to give the best I can to Jamie. I want her to have a no-worries childhood. I want her to be a happy child. Jamie will be my motivation and aspiration to work hard and jiayou in my new job.

But of coz other than for the sake of my child, there are many other reasons for me to wish to work for my former boss again. And one thing for sure (at least for now), I want to retire in this job. It has always been my dream to find the right job so I can retire in it, just like my dad. He has been working 30+ yrs for the same company and he is retiring from the job soon. I wish I can be like my father....It's very tiring to keep finding the right job and the right boss...and the right colleague(s)...

So All the Way for this new job :D

Since I was worried that I may not have the time to bring Jamie for a shopping trip before the Lucius' BIG DAY, I brought Jamie to Kiddy Palace in TPY to choose her a pretty dress for her favourite korkor :D

See Jamie's pretty dress for Lucius Korkor's First Year BIRTHDAY~!!!

Other than that, since it is the last day of the GSS for Kiddy Palace Members, hence I also bought Jamie's supply of diapers and wet tissues.

Am really curious whether Pureen Diapers is good or not, and since it is selling at only $15.95 for 84pc (M size), hence I bought a packet to try. Won't mind changing to Pureen from Huggies if it's good. However, Huggies is still my favourite :P

Heehee, take a look at Jamie new loots...

Had been using Laogong's haversack as diaper bag since Jamie was born. So specially bought a new haversack for Jamie (and her caretakers - Me and Pyone) so Laogong can have his haversack back :D

OH YA.. Not forgetting the fun learning tool complimentary from Aunty Joey and Uncle Desmond I met up for tea time after our shopping!

Actually I had tried to avoid walking into any kiddy palace shop for sometime because I know I definitely will want to buy something for Jamie. But since financially we may not be able to sustain anymore if I continue to have no fixed pay, hence I had to force myself to stop buying things for Jamie. Now that I know I can have a fixed pay job, I thought it will be nice to buy Jamie something again to mark the start of Looking forward to buy more loots for Jamie soon ^^

Hahaha... What an excuse to shop for Jamie :P

Love you Jamie!!! Mummy Loves You SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH~!!! So Much till I only want to have one child so I can LOVE U AND YOU ONLY :D

Suddenly A Big Fan of Tom Cruise!!!

2010-06-26T09:06:00.000-07:00

Seriously, I was never a Fan of Tom Cruise.

I had always thought he is not very good looking, shot and of big ego. Read a lot on papers that he didn't like to take roles that makes him look ugly or dirty. And he only likes to show certain angle of his face which he thinks he looks best in. He seems to be only interested in showing what he thinks he is good in, and not what the movie goers want of him.

Unlike him, Brad Pitt was the Blond and Tanned Guy who seems to be taller and always pick movie scripts with depths. He never minds too much about getting himself dirty or ugly. Looking at all the movies he had done before, you can see his growth. However, things changed after he got together with Anglie Jolie.

After I watched the Movie Knight and Diaz, I have a switch in preference.

I was a bit shocked to realize, Tom Cruise is actually not that short (maybe because Diaz is not too tall?!) and also he is able to be both fair and yet garang.

Ermmm, yes.. I had always thought fair guys are less garang than the tanned ones. But I think ermmm some guys just don't get tanned even if they go under the sun as much as they can.

Anyhow I really like the plot for Knight and Diaz and the Name of this movie is just great! Cruise = Crusader = Knight vs Diaz = Day.

The movie seems to tell us that some times it's not that bad to lead an exciting life too ^^ And the movie makes girls wish to have a knight like Tom Cruise to protect them from all danger!

Way to go Tom Cruise!

I think he looks great in Long Hair. His deep set eyes really suit Long Hair better than short hair...

See below for the pictures... Agree with me?

Seriously if a guy who that sort of pretty eyes look at me in the eye, most likely my feet will go soft and I will lost my sense of speech for as long as he is in sight...

Hahaha...I feel young again, going crazy over movie stars :P

Last but not least, I think Cruise and Diaz are like the best match I saw in so many movies. I think they are like even made for each other in real life. Tom Cruise has this boyish face and eyes that makes me want to protect him and yet he is a big boy with a big ego who wants to be the knight. And Diaz is always like a young girl who is excited over little things, and need some discipline by the big boy once a while :D

I used to watch their Vanilla Sky. Forgot about the plot but I think it's a very intense movie... Don't mind re-watching it...

Jamie First Cycling Experience (26 June 2010)

2010-06-26T08:41:00.000-07:00

It was a tiring day today but it is totally worth it!

Guess even after I started my full time job, I will want to make time to bring Jamie out.

Had a long Open House today from 11am to 4pm. Had to clean up the house abit too to prepare for the Open House but it's just part of the job to ensure the house is at its best condition for viewing to fetch the best price.

I was pretty tired after the viewing, but I had promised Jamie to bring her to ECP to cycle. I never want to be a Mother who doesn't keep her promises. So despite I am tired and sleepy, I still bring her and Pyone to ECP. And of coz, my very nice Laogong came along too. He is really very nice to me because despite it being his last school holidays weekends, he still make time to help me out at the Open House in case too many buyers come at the same time.

Jamie really enjoyed herself and she had her many first times today.

Not only it's her first Cycling Experience...

It is also her First Encounter with the sand and sandcastles...

And her First time able to sit up unsupported in a Baby Chair to eat her meal!!!

I am really looking forward to experiencing more first times with Jamie!!!

Yeah! I found a full time job~

2010-06-26T08:29:00.000-07:00

It has been a good long wait.

I can't say I really sent out many resumes. But I know I am looking for THE job.

THE job that I can retire in for good.

My Laogong likes to call me a serial job hopper. Seriously, I don't find it fun to keep changing jobs and keep starting all over again. It's really very tiring. And since I tried almost every job I am interested in and even tried something I never thought I will do - Sales... I guess, I know what's my Ideal Job in mind.

And I am pretty excited about this new job I found.

I can't share much about it now yet. Will share more after I start work.

All I can say is, all things happened for a reason. In other words, maybe we can call it fate that we may end up walking in circles and coming to the same place you left long ago. It may not be a bad thing after all. It may just mean when you first got the job, it may not be the RIGHT time. But now that years had passed and things had changed, it is the RIGHT time for you to take up the job again...

Sounds really interesting right?

Heehee... Stay Tuned :) I am starting work on 1 July 2010. Hear more about my job after next thursday then :)

Happy Birthday Brian~

2010-06-21T07:40:00.001-07:00

Jamie went for her first children birthday party last Saturday!!!

Was really happy that Jamie was invited though Annie had wanted a simple birthday celebration for Brian.

There was a lovely cake with a jungle theme and lotsa of party hats!

Seriously, I cannot remember when's the last children party I attended but this is definitely the first children party I attended with Jamie! And I am looking forward for more to come! I can't help but start thinking about Jamie's birthday party already ^^

Heehee, still thinking about the theme for Jamie's party :D

Partly, I am also not sure if I have found a job by then. If I am still on freelance job, then budget maybe a constraint. Hence, I pray that I can find a full time job soon so that I can start saving for Jamie's birthday party :)

2 Great Movies I watched lately...

2010-06-21T04:18:00.000-07:00

Hihi, sorry for the backlog again...

Had been busy and hence couldn't blog much. Anyhow, I will catch up with the backlog before I accumulated more backlogs!!!

Watched two movies lately and really like them both A LOT!!!

Top on the List is SEX AND THE CITY 2~
Follow by TOY STORY 3~

SEX AND THE CITY 2

Had wanted to watch Sex and the City 2 with my 3 girlfriends but then everyone seems to be kinda of busy and I won't want to miss the movie. So ended up, I watched it with Laogong and my SIL for her birthday celebration. I think I will feel even more INTO the movie if I had watched it with my 3 girlfriends :P

But even so, I feel very much attached to this movie.

I did not really follow on the series but then I watched Sex and the City 1. I love the movie series because it seems to answer a lot of questions.

And the 4 different women in the movie, in the part 2 now represent 4 different women playing different roles in the society now.

We have the newly wed Carrie who is ever worried her romance with Mr Big will end with her marriage and longs for daily sparkles to maintain their relationship. She ends up kissing an ex bf who she used to like a lot. Mr Big then realized the two of them had very different expectations in the marriage. Hence he 'punished' her with a diamond ring (which she had refused to wear all along because she wished to be unconventional, since not having children is an unconventional marriage too).

We also have the career-minded control freak Miranda who was being unfairly treated at work because she was a outspoken woman working with this new MCP partner. She then realized it was not worth it to miss her son's school events for a lousy boss. She then quited and got herself a better law firm to work and add value in.

We have the girly Charolette who has two lovely girls but yet they are driving her crazy because she lost all her ME time. She found herself a good nanny which she then was worried about having affairs with her hubby. She then realized she needs to maintain her own ME time too and that her marriage should be based on trust. And of coz, she found out that her nanny is a lesbian ^^

Last but not least, we have the always so sexy Samantha. She is her old ways, having sex around with different men in the movie. However, the movie focus on the all worrying Menopause of every woman in the world... Samantha was so worried she became unattractive and low sex drive that she was high on vitamins to curb her menopause symptoms...

My favourite character from the movie? Hmmm.. I seem to have a bit of everyone...

I am the Carrier who hopes she is forever in love with her hubby; the always worried that about not being attractive Samantha; the Charlotte who needs ME time and also the Miranda who wants the best of both worlds - career and time for her family.

I love the friendship between the 4 women too. When one has problems, the rest all headed down for each other...

And though everyone has very different personalities yet they can accommodate with each other differences, at the same time complement each other. There is this scene when the two mothers, Charlotte and Miranda had a drink together and Miranda cheered Charlotte up and tells her its okay to hope to have some ME time.

She is like me who loves my baby girl so much, and worries that Jamie loves my helper more than me. But at the same time, I know that I cannot do without my helper. Without her, I can never have my ME time or have my life back. But yet I am like Miranda who hopes to find the right boss to appreciate me, so I can have the best of both worlds - working hard and yet a lovely mother to Jamie...

These 4 characters really reflect many women in this world... And from them, we realized we are actually just normal human beings, who have our needs and desires as well. As much as we wish to have a status in the society, we hope we can be wonderful lovers, wives and mothers...

Being a woman is really not easy.

All Women out there, Cheers to All of You~ U are a surviver!!!

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TOY STORY 3

The other wonderful movie I watched is the Toy Story 3

Frankly, I didn't want to watch Toy Story and Toy Story 2 because I thought the toys look ugly and non-relevant to me. Maybe because the toys are toys for boys???

I was lucky that Sandra invited me to watch this movie at a corporate rate. If not, I may have skipped it as well. It was a great movie and very very relevant to me.

I always believe there is a child in everyone... especially myself. I too have a very special toy from my Laogong. This toy used to be a 'decoration' in the first family car. He gave it to me before he got enlisted into NS, in fear I felt lonely when he cannot be with me always. The toy was meant to keep me company always, at all times... We gave it a crappy name because of a crappy joke. Yaa, I named it Pipi ^^ My old friends would have all seen Pipi since year 2000. Yes, he is as old as my relationship with my Laogong.

He was there when my Laogong cannot be there for me. He sat through all my Uni exams with me. I know it's childish and crappy but yes, he was right there on the examination table with me :P

Most people would have got over toys or even more so, soft toys. But never me. Why? Maybe because I grew up as a emotionally lonely and insecure girl. I need to hug soft toys to sleep especially if I sleep in the dark. I had always thought my mother didn't love me very much or was never proud of anything I do. Ya, not even when I topped the class or was the top 25% in JC... Whatever I did back then, even till now, was never enough for her to feel proud of me.

So, my toys became my good friends, who hear me out when I was sad or cried to sleep. They were always there for me. They were always there for me. However, most of which were thrown away by my mum or man-slaughtered by her via the washing machine (because by then they were so vulnerable and in stitches...)

I never let my mother has the chance to come near Pipi then, because as the day grew, Pipi became 'weaker' and now he is in stitches all over. I really don't know how long can he continue to be there for me. But the movie touches me. It gave the other perspective. Here, I was worrying whether PIpi will be there for me till I am old. But actually he is more worried I threw him away one day, and hence he cannot grow old with me.

I cried in the movie twice. Once when the toys were about to be burnt into flames (but was later saved by the 3 very cute aliens) and another time when Andy waved goodbye to Woody.

Sob... I love the movie song very much.... 'You have a friend in me' (I think).

It said... Our friendship will never die...

This is how I feel towards Pipi :D

And I was so worried that Pipi will be lonely when I was busy at work, that I found him a few friends, and I am glad I did. After watching the movie, I can't imagine if Pipi had been alone all these years...

Pipi now has a pinky dog, a twin brother, a pink penguin and a toy stitch to accompany him :D And not forgetting the many other soft toys in my collections - a BIG yellow dog, a purple dog, a killer whale, a nemo, a turtle, a horse and many many many more toys ^^ (and of coz my dwarf ^^)

But most importantly, I will always be there for him, as much as he is always there for me :) He is not just a toy to me. He is a special someone to both me and my Laogong. Laogong knows he can count on Pipi to take care of me when he is not around.

I still remember I almost lost Pipi once. When the esplanade was newly opened, Laogong and I took Pipi out for a spin to the esplanade. But when we were about to leave the place, Pipi was nowhere to be found. We did not bring a bag along so Laogong had kept it in his pocket. It must have dropped out!!!

We searched everywhere but couldn't find Pipi. We decided to look around the last place we saw him before we leave. I was crying hysterically by then. And guess what? Pipi heard my prayers!!! He heard my crying~ He was sitting on the door knot of the handicapped toilet exactly where we last saw him!!!

But before this last search, we could not find him anywhere there!!!

It sounded really creepy but all the more I felt that Pipi is 'alive'!!! And he tried his best to be founded by me~!!! From then on, I never let him leave my sight.

I have to say, now that I have Jamie, I need to protect Pipi further. Since he is so old and weak already, he can barely escape Jamie's evil claws without losing an arm or leg... So I hid him away in the daytime and only took him out at night when it's time to sleep.

Now that I saw the movie, I secretly hope I can catch Pipi in action with the rest of the toys in the middle of the night ^^

"Pipi, I will always be there for u, like you are always there for me :)"

Jamie is 7 mth old liao!!!

2010-06-15T01:05:00.000-07:00

7 months have past and Jamie is 7 months old now!

Frankly, sometimes I still cannot imagine myself to have delivered Jamie :P

Actually a bit sad that I haven't spend a lot of time with Jamie lately. Working on a flexible working hours also means, I can't fixed a routine with Jamie where I have a certain fixed schedule which I spent time with her. It's like halfway through our playing, I may have to leave home to work. I wonder if her staying up all nights lately means she is protesting she wants more time from me, and since I am staying up late every night, it seems like the best time I can spare for her too.

Seriously, sometimes I feel I am losing Jamie everyday :( Haizzz.. I must put in the effort to spend some quality time with her... And this can only be so if I have fixed working hours...

Anyway, steal a glimpse at my pretty Jamie...

She is a big girl now :D My pretty little princess :D

I was trying to carry her as if she was a young baby but realized she has all grown up... Wow.... And I seem to have missed out 3months of her childhood coz I had let Pyone took over all my duties... I feel so redundant nowadays :(

I hope to find back the loss time...

I want my Jamie back...

2N2D Trip to Genting/KL/JB

2010-06-11T02:04:00.000-07:00

We knew that we will be travelling this week, however we only knew we will have to set off on Monday night on Monday itself after Laogong got home from work. And because it was so impromtu, we did not have the chance to browse for the hotels. I had to drive to my client place to settle some Letter of Intent issue as well before I can go home to pack my bag. I was glad that things are settled before the trip, or else I will be half the time wondering how's the matter during the trip.

We set off at about 1am. Jamie was still awake and watching us went out. She must be wondering what time we would be back, because Pyone told me Jamie stayed awake till 3am that night.

Poor Jamie...

Anyway we had supper and reached the customs at about 2am.

The following is our short trip itinerary:

08 June 2010 (Tuesday)
1am – Had supper
2am – Set off from Singapore Custom

6.30am – Reached foot of Genting Highlands
- Had breakfast at Mcdonalds at the Shell Petrol Station cum Stopver

7.30am – Reached Genting Highlands
- Play Jackpot
- Tour the place

10.00am - Had Lunch at Marrybrown
- Watched Prince of Persia at 10.45am
- Ate the Prata Cheesy Sausage
- Laze and Have Teabreak at Starbucks

1.00pm – Set off to Kuala Lumpur
- Stop for Short Naps

4.30pm – Reach KL and Checked in to Hotel Istana (5-star), Twin Deluxe
- Took a Nap

6.30pm – Woke up from Nap
- Had A&W
- Shop at Bukit Bintang
- Walk to Berjaya Times to Shop

10.30pm – Reach Hotel and Took a Bath.
- Watch TV and Sleep

09 June 2010 (Wednesday)
8.45am – Wake up and Wash up
9.30am – Breakfast at Hotel Istana

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10.30am – Went back room to take a nap
11.30am – Wake up and Pack up
12.00noon – Check out and head towards JB.
4.00pm – Stop over at Yong Peng for a rest and teabreak of Waffle Spicy Chicken

5.30pm – Reach JB City Square Plaza. Shop.
7.00pm – Had Mcdonalds for Dinner at City Square Plaza

8.00pm – Set off to Singapore
9.00pm – Reach home

Ya, we didn't do much because it was meant to be a Er Ren Shi Jie short trip where me and Laogong spend time together without the distraction from Jamie. We didn't plan what we want to do too, so just go to a place and see what we can do. Laogong loves the cold weather in Genting, that's why going there is a MUST in this trip. And then going JB for shopping instead of spending a few more hrs in KL was because we ran out of places to shop after one night since we know Bukit Bintang pretty well already.

Was happy we managed to watch Prince of Persia too coz only then Laogong has a good cosy place to steal a short wink... And also I think the movie is pretty nice with a very nice ending too :D I was thinking it was a corny show hence never had thought I want to watch it in Singapore.

Think Jamie was very upset she cannot find us for the last few days and she showed us black face when we got home. It took her a while to simmer down and let me carry her too. But she still refused to smile :( And I realized she can really do without me soon. I am not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

I think it will be good if I need to go to work but bad too coz I am not sure if she will still love me next time :( Haizz But well, we can't have the best of all worlds sometimes...

Jamie has 2 teeth now~~~

2010-06-11T01:55:00.000-07:00

Been some time since I last blogged. Was pretty busy with my sick Jamie... who ended up coughing and sneezing.

Took her a week to recover. And was so happy the recovery welcomes 2 new teeth too :D She now has her two bottom front teeth :D

Yea, she bites. So have to be careful these days...

Nowadays she is kinda of spoilt too, always insisted to have what she wants. But well, I guess I can't do much about it too if I need time to do my own things too. And yes, she has grown more independent now and can make do with just my helper these days.

I guess it will soon be time to go to full time working.

But I believe I will really miss her :( But I wonder if she will miss me as much too. Nowadays she is back to calling for 'Mama' and 'Baba' again. I wonder why do infants kept changing their habits. I guess she now know that calling my Laogong 'Baba' can get him to turn around and response to her. And hence she really enjoys calling him that :) And I am happy to see Laogong more engaged with Jamie now too :)

Now uploading photos for the 2N2D trip we had in Genting/KL/JB. Quite amazing to visit so many places in such a short time right? I really enjoy the impromtu trips we had... And I feel more at ease on a roadtrip to Msia than on public transport... Coz I can sleep with ease and bring everything I want along too LOLz... I even brought a lot of pillows and my softoy dog with me too :D And yaa, I can sleep in peace when Laogong is driving too coz I have faith in his driving :D

Pity we couldnt find any baby clothes from the trip. But I compensated it by buying yesterday for Jamie instead ^^ Hahaha... Stay tune for my short trip journal in the next entry :D

Jamie is still Sick :(

2010-05-29T09:46:00.000-07:00

Finally I decided to get a digital thermometer for Jamie...

Realized the scanner thermometer is not accurate :( haizzz.. Jamie had been running a fever the whole day and it was only until evening time when I went to Thomson Plaza to get the digital thermometer then I realized it.

My poor Jamie.. I hope not too many brain cells had died coz of it :( haizzz.. Luckily at least I kept her on the cooler plaster for the whole day...

Laogong suggested giving Jamie a cold bath at night. Really worried about her body temperature and so had to do it. It's already a torment to watch her struggling during each medicine feed. And to watch her struggle in the cold water, I felt that we were really heartless to her.

But then, we had no choice :(

Her fever went down after the cold bath.

She was even enjoying her new toy car. She got really exciting watching the wind-up toy car moved from Me to Pyone and then from Pyone to Me. She would whine when the car stopped moving.

I guess this means she is still conscious... Phew...

Really pray that Jamie gets well soon...

Take a look at Jamie having her cold head treatment + her new loots I got from Thomson Plaza this evening... And most importantly, her new toy car :D

Guess I can don't eat when I am broke. But I can't help it but still wish to buy toys for Jamie when I don't even have enough to buy bread (food) home...

Jamie has her first tooth~!!!

2010-05-24T07:43:00.000-07:00

Was so worried when Jamie was suddenly down with a slight fever this afternoon. I was glad I decided to cancel my appointment and stayed home for her.

I gave her panadol and she finally get some sleep in the evening.

She had rejected her afternoon milk. And I didn't understand why. I decided to feed her from a spoon instead and she drank it.

Hmmm.. I wonder if it had anything to do with her teething then.

At night, she woke up and finished up her porridge as usual. Played a while before it was time to rest again. I gave her medicine in case her fever came back during the night.

Then out of curiosity, I rubbed my finger on her gum and felt... something SHARP..

OMG~!!! That's Jamie first tooth?!!

I got really excited and showed Jamie my teeth and told her she now has a tooth too. She started to chew her toy rabbit furiously as if in rejoice...

But then after a while, she got really uncomfy and cried.

I let her played awhile on my lap before patted her to sleep again.

Poor Jamie struggled on the bed for a while before she finally dozed off...

I really hope this is not the beginning of more teething discomfort :(

Nevertheless, I am proud that Jamie has her first tooth now :D

Jamie hates Broccoli...

2010-05-23T22:50:00.001-07:00

Jamie had her first greens yesterday.

I was wondering which to try first and decided on broccoli. Guess I made the wrong choice because I realized only after I attempted giving Jamie broccoli, that it is one of the most hated vegetables by babies :P

Hahaha...

Guess Jamie is just a normal baby too who hates Broccoli...

I blended broccoli and added into her porridge with her other favourites like salon and potato... And my smart little girl could spot that tingling taste of the greens.

At first, I did not know what was she trying to do by waving her hands in the air and giving me that 'Yucks' look, yet eating more of the porridge.

After a while, I finally understand that she loves the fish and potato but could not comprehend that additional 'weird' taste in her food. She started to wave more angrily at her food...

I decided to negotiate with her to finish her porridge by showing her a piece of her favourite carrot-favoured baby bites and saying that if she finished her porridge, she can have her biscuits for being a good girl... She took the deal and finished 3/4 of her food but no more than that. I had to reward her anyhow because she did kept majority of her 'promise'. She looked really happy as she ate her biscuit.

But things were abit wrong at night. I was not around due to work when Pyone fed Jamie her porridge with broccoli.

And no one seems to know what Jamie wants to. I guess she will eat her food if we gave her another biscuit. But then she may not give in this time either.

When I reached home, I was shocked to know that Jamie vomited all her dinner out in protest, dirtying the rocker. It showed how angry she was.

I had to give her a talk and counsel session when I got home. She had refused to drink her milk too after her vomit tantrum... No one else could get her to do anything they want her to do.

But my little girl was such a dear when she saw Mummy is home and wanted Mummy to sayang her. I decided to coax Jamie to have her dinner. I asked Pyone to warm up the porridge and put in her favourite pumpkin, potato and fish. While Pyone was warming up the food, I carried Jamie and stood and watched. I told her she was going to have her favourite food and she has to eat before she gets hungry later at night.

She did. She finished the huge bowl of porridge.

I guess as Jamie grows up, she showed not only preference in her food, but also seems to be understand more human language.

I remember I was at the zoo and Pyone was feeding Jamie milk when it was time for her lunch porridge. Jamie showed signs of her preference in having her porridge instead of milk. I told her we are outside so we can't have porridge now but she can have her porridge when we go home later. But first she must finish her milk so she won't go hungry before she gets home. After the negotiation session, Jamie finished the bottle of milk.

I think I really love being a mother ^^

And I hope Jamie loves having a Mummy who 'understands' what she was trying to 'say'...

Gearing up for Work...

2010-05-23T22:47:00.000-07:00

After the Zoo day on Saturday, it's time for me to seriously start work.

It was a long day of viewing on Sunday.

No luck so far but then will still strive on :D

Jiayou Jiayou Jiayou ^^

I believe thinking positive will achieve positive results ^^

Jamie goes to the Zoo...

2010-05-23T21:48:00.000-07:00

Guess I may end up blogging once a week, but then I will try my best to blog more regularly. Anyhow, I will still at least blog once a week.

It was a busy weekend for me.

On Saturday, we brought Jamie to the zoo. It was MOE family day so laogong managed to get $10/pax tickets to the zoo. He got 3 for ourselves and Pyone + 3 more for Yeewen, Yeepey and her bf...

It was a tiring but fun day for all of us :D And we were really lucky. It was drizzling when we reached the zoo and stopped when we started touring ard, and started to pour at 11am+. But we managed to hide at the elephant show sheltered area when it poured. So we had the free KFC lunch there as we watched the show. When the show ended, the rain stopped too. So Lucky right?

But hor, Jamie is still too young to appreciate the zoo and the animals. She was sleeping half the time too. I realized she likes to sleep when she is out on a warm day :P hahaha...

But I think she has her own fun that day coz it's a family day after all with Daddy and Mummy :D

Think will really like to bring her and my niece to the zoo after she learns how to walk :D Will be so cute to watch the two girls holding hands and looking at animals together :D Heehee...

And I can't wait to know which animal Jamie loves most!!!

Weekly Dates with Ivy

2010-05-15T04:34:00.000-07:00

Really enjoy the weekly dates I am having with Ivy these days :D

It was always hard to catch up with each other due to our baby commitments. Now that our little ones are older, we can actually have more time for ourselves.

At this modern age, there are not that many Stay at Home Mummies already and hence it's a blessing that we have each other as a mini support group. I still remember the days when we spent together waiting for our partners to come back home from work. If not for her, I will be bored to death at home alone during pregnancy and before I started working. If not for her, I will have an emotional breakdown after feeling so burnt out with the baby, before my helper arrived. Thanks to her, I learnt about how to plan my wedding, how to plan my baby and how to apply for my helper. She has always been my 'mentor' in many ways. And she has always been so independent and helpful.

Now I wish to be there for her always :)

Looking forward to our next weekly date.

And many many more weekly dates together :D

More than Words...

Preparing for the Lunar New Year

Hallo 2012~!!!

Jamie's Two Year Old Birthday Bash - Almost Done

Sick Again...

So Angry...

Late Nights...

Jamie's Two Year Old Birthday Bash - Food and Activities

Dementia...

Jamie's Two Year Old Birthday Bash

Jamie

Racing with the Time...

Arrival of the Terrible Twos

To Help Or Not To Help...

Jamie goes to School...

House Warming... (09072011)

Trying to cope...

Movie Review - Xmen First Class

New House Almost Ready!!!

Jamie going to School

Hard Truths that Wakes the Giant...

Jamie at 18mths...

Spinting in A Marathon...

Photos...

Backlogs

又爱又恨.. A mother's struggle...

Start of Renovation - Aircon Trunking and Meeting Contractors/ID

My Big Little Girl...

再见

值得等

恭喜发财， 新年快乐！！！

Tips for First Year Birthday Bash~!!! (1)

Happy Lunar New Year~!!!

Sicky Mother and Baby...

Jamie Can Walk~!!!

Happy Full Month Alvern ^^

Finally Get to See the House Interior ^^

Finally... My New Nest ^^

Movie Review - Hello Stranger

Xmas Weekends with Just Jamie ^^

Preparation for the ReLaunch of SGShopper.com

Slimming Progress

Archiving...

Time not Enough...

May You Live Happily Ever After

Touching Up on the Blog

Backlog Backlog Backlog...

The Amazement of Online Networking...

Key Collection to my New Nest ^^

Another Late Working Nite...

Back from my First Cruise Trip ^^

HAPPY ONE YEAR OLD JAMIE~!!!

2 more days to Jamie's 1st Year Birthday Party...

17 days more to Jamie's 1st year birthday~!!!

10 Good Places for a Family/Friend(s) Outing with a Baby (Part 1)

Checking out the New House Again...

A Sicky Week...

Jamie Missing her Ice Cream (Baby Yogurt)...

Looking forward to the New House...

AT LAST, a swimdate for the two little cousins...

Re-Opening my SgShopper.com

My Little Terror...

White Fungus Dessert (Hot/Cold)

What a Scare...

Carebears counting down to Jamie's First Year birthday party...

A Confusing Movie - SALT

A Movie that triggers some thinking - Old Cow Vs Tender Grass

Jamie's First Anime Movie - Despicable Me

My Fruitful Long Weekend Part 2 - Two National Day Dinners

My Fruitful Long Weekend Part 1 - Two Short PlayDates on the Same Day

Master Chris Lok Graduate lor~

Fun Weekends with Jamie

A Movie that Makes me Think very Hard, even after watching the Movie...

Planning Jamie's Birthday Party...

Happy Birthday Lucius Korkor...

Backlog Backlog Backlog...

Jamie is a big girl now... Happy 8mths old to Jamie ^^

Learning new things everyday...

A Remake of the Predators

Movie Review of Twilight Saga (Eclipse) - Every Girl's Dream

恭喜发财，新年快乐！！！